[color=orchid][h1][center]Sophia Danvers[/center][/h1][/color]
[color=orchid][h3][center]On the way to Pokemart[/center][/h3][/color]
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Sheer, blind panic took over Sophia as, without warning, Kero grabbed her shoulders hard enough to bruise and yelled in her face. This was a completely different side to him, nothing like the calm and collected, if annoying man she'd met earlier. For just a second, as she looked into his eyes... It may have just been one of the terrified, irrational thoughts racing through her head, but for that moment, she feared for her life.

Her legs nearly gave way under her as he let go, taking her Pokemon as well as the other girl's, and left for the Pokecentre. Her breath came in gasps. It was as if something was squeezing her ribs. Her surroundings blurred, dots of light dancing in front of her eyes as all sounds became distant except for her thudding heartbeat. She tried to force more air into her lungs, but she couldn't shake the grip that the cold, sick feeling had over her entire body. All she could do was tremble violently. Kero was right. Maybe she didn't deserve to be a trainer. What had she just done? What had she let happen?

A boarded-up shop window cracked. No, no, she inwardly screamed at herself. The crack grew, the board inside splintering. [color=orchid]"S-Stay away from me!"[/color] she shouted at the group, half-running, half-staggering a safe distance from them before slumping to her hands and knees, still hyperventilating. A street lamp shattered, showering glass onto the path.

No, she couldn't let this happen, she'd done enough damage... She struggled to slow her breathing. Finally, the gasps evened out. Her tense muscles slackened. Weakly raising her head, she looked around her.

Thankfully, nobody else was hurt. She tried to stand up, but flopped back down like a broken doll. The panic attack seemed to have consumed all her strength, and had given way to a numb sense of disbelief. Her psychic powers very, very rarely went out of control... This had been one screw-up after another. A stuck record of some of the more hurtful things her mother had said to her repeated itself through her mind.

Even though the others were probably too far away to hear, and the girl was still unconscious, she muttered something. It was something she barely ever said, except to family members. [color=orchid]"I'm sorry..."[/color] She felt tears sting her eyes. [color=orchid]"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..."[/color]

Meanwhile, Staryu, the only one of Sophia's Pokemon who hadn't been taken, spun over to the passed-out girl and attempted to wake her with a gentle splash of cold water.