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The conversation ended as quick as it began, and Jace looked pretty damn tense to Ivy. Since she heard the click from her father's end, she knew he'd rather dodge the question rather than try to justify himself. Ivy stretched her arms above her head casually, looking at the older man, still sporting a smile to mask the tumoultuous feelings inside.

"So?" She asked him. "Anything special? Should we be freaking out right now?"

Jace slipped his comm back in his pocket and was silent for a moment. Then he said a long string of curse words in another language, so Ivy didn't understand them. "Yes, yes we should be. Your father has in fact heard about what you did in Saffron and he's investigating nearby. He told me to search Cerulean City so I guess we're going there for now." Jace grumbled something under his breath after that, something that sounded like a complaint of overwork.

Ivy scoffed at the man. 'We'? Ivy could handle herself just fine in mouldy old Lavender town! Chances are her father would be looking at Fuschia City, she figured. It'd be nice if she understood the random mutterings of Jac though, it was either really fast so she missed it, or a different language entirely. Can't be important, in any case, and she kicked a pebble along the side of the route, fishing into her belt for her Pokéballs.

"Quick match before you go to Cerulean?" She said you specifically, making sure Jace got the message that she didn't want to go all the way out to Cerulean. And Lavender was close enough to Saffron that she could go back once things died down and take out the Gym Leader there. "There's some crap I wanna get down at Lavender anyways, new shoes to support my feet better to kick with, and stuff."

Jace knew he needed to stop treating Ivy like a little girl. She wasn't really his daughter, but it felt like she was. "I promise I'll battle you later, but not right now. My Pokemon, and myself, are still worn out after our recon. Not to the mention the whole running from Viridian thing." He hestitated before continuing. "Call me if you run into trouble. I know you can handle yourself in a fight, I just have a hard time remembering it. Its my overprotective fatherness I guess."

"Right now would be my best chance to beat you, though." She flashed a quick grin, but left the balls in her belt. Jace clearly didn't want to fight at the moment, but she'd find a way to challenge him later. Could he handle her if she decided to double up against him, like she usually did against any random people she battled? Possibly, but he might end up looking down on her after that. The victory'd be much sweeter if won fairly, after all. "I can just have Kirlia teleport me down to Cerulean if an Elite came- I can handle the rest of 'em easily, y'know."

"And about your daughter, hurry up and find out where she is already." She stressed this specifically. "All I gotta do then is teleport in, take Millie, and teleport back out, maybe go to Johto for a while or some crap."

"I'm trying, you know I am. You'll be the first person I tell when I find her and Rose." Jace yawned and stretched his aching muscles. "I gotta get to Cerulean before Sean thinks I'm a traitor. Because you know, I'm totally not." Jace smiled at his horrible attempt at humor.

Just then, something fell out of the sky, crashing into Jace's head. "What the hell!" Jace looked down at the ground to see what hit him. It was an unconscious Pidgey. Jace repeated his previous statement, but in more of a confused tone that an angry one. He knelt down beside it and examined it. "You got any Potion on you darling?"

With a flash of light, Kirlia was released in an instant, but not before Ivy snatched up the piece of paper tied to it's talon. The Kirlia knew what to do pretty easily, and used Heal Pulse in the Pidgey. "Good girl. Ivy said quietly, petting her beloved psychic Pokémon on the head before returning her into the ball. Ivy then unraveled the paper, revealing some kind of... coded note of some kind. She couldn't read it, that's for sure, but she knew it was important somehow. Her first thought was to give it to Jace and let him use Team Rocket's resources on it, but what if it revealed the location of a weapon, or something? She shook her head, frustrated, and turned to Jace questionably.

"Dude, can you read this?"

Jace took the note with one hand and rubbed the top of his head with the other. Even something as small and light as a Pidgey hurt when gravity was involved. "No I've never seen this type of code before. Sorry."

Jace pulled out his comm and looked up a list of codes Team Rocket used, in the off chance that it was one he hadn't learned yet. "Not here either."

Ivy grabbed the note then, from Jace's hand and pocketed it neatly. "In that case, I'll keep it, maybe see if anyone can read it while I'm in Lavender." She stuck her tongue out at Jace playfully. "Sorry, but I don't want Team Rocket getting their grubby claws on this!"

"Its quite all right. I was thinking the same thing." Jace said with a smile. "Though if it turns out to be a weapon, I'm less scared of Team Rocket having it than of you having it."

That stung a little, but she figured Jace was just joking around in his awkward little way. It'd be totally awesome if it was a weapon though, Ivy was almost salivating of the power she'd have, of how much she could hurt Team Rocket with it. "I could like, point it at 'em, and force 'em to hand over every last bit they got! We'd save Millie and Rose too, Jace, this is gonna be awesome!"

She mimed aiming a huge gun at Jace, winking at him. "I'd make 'em beg for mercy! And after taking everything from the bastards, I'd shoot it anyways!"

Jace knew she was just excited about the thought of beating Team Rocket, but her talk of killing them made Jace cringe a little. He had done some awful things for Team Rocket, killing included. It wasn't something he wanted to do again. "Don't get your hopes up." he said softly, "For all we know it could be something completely useless. Like the secret to immortality, or a Poffin recipe, or a love letter from Giovanni to Professor Oak." Jace shuddered at the thought of the last example.

Ivy let out a cheerful giggle, and patted the man on the back. She didn't know who this Oak was, but on the off chance that the love letter thing was true, Oak would make for pretty good leverage, wouldn't he, against Giovanni? And the thought of the poffin recipe was ridiculous. However, how much could she sell immortality for? Maybe enough to hire people strong enough to join her and Jace in the war? Well anyways, they'd better wrap this up before Silencio decided to go on the prowl, so she started walking towards Lavender, but turned back to Jace.

"We'll win against Team Rocket." She promised. "And once we do, we'll get revenge for everything they've ever done, right? I'll send you a comm once I find a hidey hole in Lavender!"

Jace sighed, she was enjoying the secret note a little too much. He almost called after her to be careful, but didn't, this time. Instead he said, "You better! Running from city to city watching your ass is exhausting!"

"Got a nice ass, I bet." She snickered. "Creeper." Ivy then broke into a full sprint, wanting to get there before dawn came. She needed to sleep, after all.

Jace made a small noise, realizing that he had just been outwitted by a fourteen year old. Then he shrugged and took off toward Cerulean. "I swear, Sean and Giovanni are going to run me ragged. Oh wait, its Ivy that's going to be the death of me." He muttered to himself.