Vinnie's hand had already reached the doorknob by the time Red called to him again, and on reflex, he turned to see what it was.
The entire sequence seemed to happen in slow motion, with the Venusaur frozen on the spot. He forgot how to move, how to breathe - how to do anything except watch the way his Pokeball's hinge strained as it was forced open to the point of breaking. It snapped with such a small, plastic sound, and yet it seemed so loud that it stamped itself deep into his memory.
There was no going back now. Vinnie was officially an unregistered Pokemon - but instead of leaving, he'd just been thrown away.
His face broke into an expression of hurt as Red discarded even his name. With his knuckles almost white from the grip on the doorknob, Vinnie wrenched the door wide open, wishing he had the Max-like strength to simply rip it off its hinges as he did so.
Vinnie gave one last, seething glance at his former trainer as a lone vine came slithering out of his sleeve. With a crack! it whipped across the room and slapped the broken Pokeball from Red's hand.
Without another word, the Venusaur slammed the door as hard as he could and did as wild Pokemon do - he ran. Somewhere out of the suffocating dorm hallway where he could scream and swear and try to stop himself from shaking.
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The entire sequence seemed to happen in slow motion, with the Venusaur frozen on the spot. He forgot how to move, how to breathe - how to do anything except watch the way his Pokeball's hinge strained as it was forced open to the point of breaking. It snapped with such a small, plastic sound, and yet it seemed so loud that it stamped itself deep into his memory.
There was no going back now. Vinnie was officially an unregistered Pokemon - but instead of leaving, he'd just been thrown away.
His face broke into an expression of hurt as Red discarded even his name. With his knuckles almost white from the grip on the doorknob, Vinnie wrenched the door wide open, wishing he had the Max-like strength to simply rip it off its hinges as he did so.
Vinnie gave one last, seething glance at his former trainer as a lone vine came slithering out of his sleeve. With a crack! it whipped across the room and slapped the broken Pokeball from Red's hand.
Without another word, the Venusaur slammed the door as hard as he could and did as wild Pokemon do - he ran. Somewhere out of the suffocating dorm hallway where he could scream and swear and try to stop himself from shaking.