PF Sophie July Event - Patrolling Pains

When Sophie woke up, she heard a lot of commotion outside in the training halls. They were talking about how some of the trainer’s stuff was missing. Sophie didn’t take much word from this, until she saw that some of her gifts from Sage were missing. She was furious. She kept that stuff well hidden because she didn’t want them stolen, but someone from Team Rocket or another Trainer had taken them right from under her nose. She barged out of her door, only to see a lot of the Trainers in a group together. “All right, who stole stuff from my room!?” She shouted into the crowd. The crowd looked at her, and all shook their heads. The group then explained what was going on. Team Rocket has been on a stealing spree lately, and the Rangers haven’t been doing their jobs. However, Sophie had her own answer to that. “It’s either Team Rocket, or some of the Trainers in here. That’s my only theory as to why our stuff is being stolen.” She said. The Trainers simply told her that they were going to patrol around the town, since the Rangers were doing such a lackluster job with it. Sophie nodded her head. “That would be best, seeing as how those Rangers can’t even keep themselves safe.” She said.
She was not a happy cat today. With all that she found out this morning, it left a bad impression on her. It made her have an angry look on her face, and reflect that in her body posture. ”How can those Rangers be so bad at their jobs? Why is it that they can’t keep us safe, and at the very least themselves? Are they all lazy? Do they care for all of us around here? Are they conspiring with Team Rocket about all this?” She thought to herself as she got outside to begin patrolling the city. ”Well, I’m going to show those dumb Rangers up and do what they are incapable of doing.” She thought before she began to head to the town square itself.
When she got there, she saw nothing but panicking pokecats, census flyers, and warning posters all over the place. ”Wow. This is what they’re doing in order to keep us safe? Pathetic.” She thought to herself as she began to walk around. She was keeping her eyes open for pokecats who looked suspicious, had black bands on them, or anything else that looked black to her. So far, from what she could see, there was nothing related to all of that yet. At least she wouldn’t need to fight them in this area, at least. As she walked around, she saw a group of kittens walking around, as if nothing was happening. She approached the kittens, faking a smile on her face. “Hey kids. Listen: It would be best for you all to get inside.” She said to them. One of them looked back at her, who she assumed was the leader of the group. “Oh yeah, why should we? Nothing’s happening to us, and whatever happens, we can handle it.” He said to her. Sophie shook her head. “No. If Team Rocket catches you, you will not be able to escape. Not only that, but they won’t leave you breathing if you fight them. They are stronger and tougher than you, so there is no way you all can take even one of them on, even if you pride yourselves on fighting.” She said. The leader still wasn’t listening to Sophie. “Yeah right.” He said. Sophie was losing her patience. She didn’t want to keep dealing with them, which soon her wish came true. Some female pokecats came over to the kittens. From how they were talking to them, Sophie assumed that they were the mothers of the kittens. They told them to go inside, and all the kittens listened to them. ”Glad that’s done and over with.” Sophie thought to herself.
After wandering around the Town Square for what seemed like an hour, she decided to go patrol the farms and see how she could help them. It didn’t take her very long to get to the farm, and when she got there, she saw all the farmers running around frantically. ”What happened here? She thought to herself. She also saw no Rangers or Trainers here. That was truly bizarre. She decided to approach a Villager to see what was going on. “Hello? What is going on around here?” She asked the first pokecat she could get to. The female Villager glared at Sophie. “Not only are the Rangers not doing their job, but we also have no tools to farm, so we have to make more tools, as well as try to tend to the farms with our bare paws.” The Villager said. Sophie nodded her head. “I see. It seems like you have a lot on your plate. Would you like any help with anything?” She asked the Villager. The Villager nodded her head. “As a matter of fact, yes. We need help with watering the plants, as well as help with making more tools, though we wouldn’t let you do that, so it would be watering the plants for you.” She said. Sophie sighed. “All right. I can water the plants. Sounds easy enough.” She said. With that, the Villager showed Sophie where watering cans were, as well as sources of water. Sophie took one of the watering cans in her mouth and went to the fields.
There were a lot of plants that needed water. Sophie got started. She went to the berry plants first, and made sure that they all got enough water. As she did this, she kept her eyes open for any Team Rocket cats that may be here to cause trouble and chaos. At first, she saw nothing out of the ordinary as she watered the plants. As she got close to finishing the job, however she saw a cat with a black band on their tail walk onto the field. It was hard to see at first, but Sophie saw an outline of what looked like a red R on the band, from the stitching that was done to make it. She set the can down and approached the pokecat. “Hey! The fields are off limits to other pokecats, so you will need to leave.” She said to the pokecat. They looked back at her, and laughed. “I mean it.” Sophie said, right into the pokecat’s face. They still laughed as they walked more onto the field, trying to take the watering can she was using. Sophie sprung into action. She tackled the pokecat, getting ontop of the Rocket cat. “I told you to leave; now it will have to be by force.” She said.  She grabbed the pokecat by the neck fur, and began to drag the Rocket cat. The rocket cat did their best to escape, and soon did escape Sophie’s grip. When this happened, Sophie charged the cat. She grabbed the Team Rocket cat with her paws, and got into her hind legs. With the Rocket Cat still in her forepaws, she used Vital Throw to toss the pokecat against a rock outside the field. The Rocket cat did hit the rock, and soon other Villagers came over and began to chase the Rocket cat out. They tried to fight back, but they were outnumbered, and were forced to retreat. Sophie grabbed the bucket again and brought it back to the shed, watering all the plants she was able to water.
Sophie decided that the Villagers got all the help they needed today, so she decided to patrol the houses next. Getting to them was a real chore because of all the pokecats running around, as well as other Trainers doing their own patrols. When she got to the houses, Sophie began to look everywhere. She left no stone unturned, or any bush unchecked. She even looked on the roofs of the houses. From what she saw, she saw nothing out of the ordinary. She saw kittens watching her as she walked around, looking for any Team Rocket cats, or anything missing.
After a few hours of walking all over the island, Sophie sighed. She was tired from all the walking around. ”At least I know what the Rangers feel everyday.” She thought to herself as she decided to call it a day today. She began to make her way back to the Trainer’s Hut. When she got back, her paws and legs were rather sore. She got inside, and heard the Trainers giving their report on what they found. “I stopped a Rocket from stealing from the Villagers, and didn’t find anything that was stolen.” She said to them. After that, she headed up the stairs to her room. When she got inside her room, she plopped down on her bed and began to think about things. ”Why are the Rangers not helping us? Why are they not patrolling around the town? Why is Sage too busy to be there for the pokecats who need help? Why haven’t I seen him recently?” She thought to herself. “I want to see him again, to tell him something.” She whispered to herself before she fell asleep for a cat nap.