Misty thought about letting Ash into her sleeping bag. She knew it was dangerous but she hated stuffing him into a shoe. She lowered Ash into one of her red sneakers. Ash stretched a little and then moved for the tip of the shoe. Misty pulled out a fresh pair of her socks.

“Good night Ash.” Misty smiled sweetly at him.

“Night Misty……… good night Casey, Sabrina!”

“See you tomorrow Ash!” Casey blew him a kiss only because she knew it would get a rise out of Misty.

“Good night Ash, pleasant dreams.” Sabrina gave him a little wave.

Misty stuffed her socks into the shoes opening sealing Ash inside.

“Poor Ash, I bet it smells in there.” Casey said, pityingly.

“Har har.” Misty rolled out of her sleeping bag.

Casey rolled out her custom made Electabuzz ball team sleeping bag and plopped down on it. Sabrina unrolled hers telepathically. Misty felt the tiny boy in her shorts pocket squirm weakly. She really hadn’t felt him for the past couple of hours. Being cooped up all day in the pocket must have drained him. That was too bad, Misty wanted him to struggle when she decided to use him. She looked over at Casey’s sleeping bag and giggled.

“Wow, you really are just as obsessed as ever.”

“You better believe it!”

“…….. Look, I’m sorry about earlier, biting your head off back at the hotel.” It was a hard thing for her to admit.

“Forget about it, you were just worried about Ash. I understand completely.”

Misty yawned and slipped into her sleeping bag. When she looked to her left she saw Sabrina was already in hers with her eyes closed. Misty turned back to Casey.

“…. Out of curiosity, what would you have done with Ash if I hadn’t of been looking for him?”

Casey rolled over onto her shoulder, “Whadda ya mean?”

“What if I hadn’t been traveling with Ash? What if he’d shrunk on the side of the road somewhere and he had been picked up and sold to the hotel? What would you have done him?”

“Hmmmm, I’m not sure.” Casey said after a long while.

Misty stared at her, she found there was something she really wanted to ask Casey, “Casey, about the Electabuzz’s….” She began.

“We’re gonna have a come back the start of next season!” Casey promised, “They’ve scouted some really good talent. Sure half the team shrunk but these replacements are dynamite. We’ll be sure to win th-“

“Actually I’m more curious about the Electabuzz players who shrunk, not the replacements.”

“Oh?” Casey looked at Misty curiously, unsure of where she was taking the conversation.

“Were you…… good friends with them?”

“Yeah,” Casey smiled, “I always followed them everywhere. I went to every game. They let me hang out with them in the dugout. I loved those guys…….. too bad they had to become shrinkees.”

“You knew them for a long time?”

“I’ve known some of the guys on that team since I was five. Brad Stoneway, our team’s third basemen before he shrunk, used to carry me on his shoulders and do victory laps at the end of every game.”

“Every game?”

“We always won.” Casey said proudly.

“I got to be something of a mascot for the team, they called me their little ‘roadie’.” Casey smiled at the memory.

“When Ash asked you what you did with them earlier you rubbed your stomach but after her got upset you said you sent them home……. Did you really send them back to their families, or did you eat them?”