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Jubilee was looking at clothes swirl around in a front load washing machine at the laundromat. She had gotten her dress dirty, while she was in the forest, so Kidd made her clean it - and his - laundry. He had fallen asleep on a bench by the change machines.

He also lent her his old pajamas to wear, which were far too large. They were white with a repeating Pikachu print. She had the sleeves of the shirt rolled up and it looked like a dress on her. The cuffs of the pants were rolled up too and secured with duct tape.

She sat down in front of the washing machine and spun her finger around. "Spin, spin, spin..." She didn't mind it here, but she was the only child here, so far, so she thought it was boring.

Jubilee saw a woman and boy dressed all in blue come in. She kept looking back and forth between them and the washing machine and weighing her options.

First, she looked over at them. She wanted to go where they were. Then, she looked back. But she didn't want to disobey Kidd. But he was asleep, so how would he know? But he could always wake up. Well, he had only asked her to do the laundry. She didn't have to stay here to do that, did she? It wasn't like hand-washing clothes in the river, because the washing machine looked like it could do fine without her.

She looked at the numbers on the washing machine. She remembered Kidd told her that when they all looked like 0s, it meant the laundry was done. Now, it looked like "30:00". She grinned and said, "That's plenty of time. So long as I'm back by then, he can't get mad."

"Hello, there! What's your name?" She pointed to herself with her thumb. "I'm Jubilee." Then, she smiled and said, "I'm glad I'm not the only kid here anymore. This place smells nice, but it's snoresville."

"Eilam? Hm..." She stopped and thought. She remembered Kidd said his wife, Dea, had an extremely rare Pokemon she nicknamed Eilam. But this wasn't a Pokemon. This was a kid like her. But maybe he was just like her and had been a Pokemon? "I don't think we've met, but I have heard that name before. This is kind of a weird question, but did you look different a while ago? I know I did. Anyway, it's nice to meet you!"

When Kidd heard Dea's voice, he shifted positions on the bench from lying down to sitting up, but he was still asleep. He just sleep-talked in between snores. "Dea. Bread loaf..."

Jubilee clapped her hands. She thought this was exciting. So, she was right, after all. He was like her. "I had a feeling. There were too many things that were the same to just be a..." She stopped to think of the word she wanted to say. She was still looking at Eilam the entire time she did so.

Then, she got distracted when she saw Dea kiss Kidd and looked over in their directions instead. "Um...coincidence?"

Kidd suddenly woke up and gazed and Dea. His eyes widened and he smiled. "Well, that was one of the better wake up calls I've ever gotten." Then, he stood up and wrapped one arm around her. "Oh, wow, looky here! I wasn't expecting to see you in a place like this. How've you been? I've been good. Did you bring Eilam with you? I had Jubilee with me, but she's off doing laundry now." He hadn't bothered to look to where he had told Jubilee to be, yet. He was too happy and busy with Dea for that.

After that, she looked back at Eilam. "Yes, I did come with him. Hmm, is she like a princess?" She thought of the fairy tales she read about princes waking up princesses with a kiss and wondered if the opposite was true too.

"That makes sense. Perfect sense." Kidd laughed. He was surprised he hadn't thought of that before. It was probably because he pictured her staying her staying home, because of her condition. But he knew she was adventurous and if she was feeling better, then she'd definitely be on the road again. That made him smile even bigger. "I missed you too. Nothing beats this. Nothing in the whole wide world!"

After what he heard about Eilam, there was a pregnant pause before he spoke again. He looked over at a boy dressed all in blue who was talking to Jubilee. His arms fell limp at his sides. "Is that him?" This sort of thing was incomprehensible to him before, but after seeing a girl use Metronome, he had to open his mind to more possibilities. Just a little more. "He looks different." He wasn't sure how to put it. "Growth spurt, I guess?"

Jubilee thought that was precious. He didn't know Kidd could be princely like that. She thought of him more like a louse. An incredibly nice louse. Like a Voltik. "That's awesome!" She stopped when she saw how concerned Eilam looked. "What's the matter? What's going on?" She felt all sorts of things at once, happy, excited, and confused.

Kidd could tell something was off with Dea. "Are you okay?" He put her hands on her shoulders, because he was worried she might faint. "There's no point in hiding it if you aren't. If you need anything, please tell me."

This was a lot to digest. Even though Kidd didn't understand a lot of it, but he did think it explained everything. He would have to ask questions about this later. As far as he was concerned, Dea needed him now. "Darling, everything is going to be okay. Come, take a seat." He gestured to a an empty spot next to me. Empty, now that was lying down in it, of course.

"I did see some at the grocery store on my way here. I'm sure that'll do until we can get to the hospital." He conveniently left out the meant for customers part. Seeing as he got here on a stolen bicycle and he definitely intended to return the wheelchair once he actually did go grocery shopping, he didn't think it was that important a detail to disclose.

Jubilee was definitely familiar with the name Team Rocket. Her eyes lit up when it was mentioned. She wanted to ask Eilam more about what he knew. There was so much going on, right now, though, that she'd have to wait 'til later. She didn't particularly want to accept that, since her curiosity compelled her to ask questions. "I see. I know I'd feel bad if he did. And he would if she did and I'm sure you would too. I can tell she's loved." She smiled uneasily. It was hard, because she was so worried about Dea. "You sound like you know what you're saying. Amazing." She liked that there were people who could be as certain as he was.

Kidd had no intention of letting Dea out of his sight, so he had to trust someone else to get a wheelchair. "Jubilee!" he shouted.

Her Togetic-ish ears perked up. "Huh? What? Do you need something?" She was worried he might be mad at her.

"Could you get a wheelchair, please?" He didn't particularly want to do this, but after living with her and seeing her mature a teeny, tiny bit in that time they were together, he had to have some faith in her.

She was relieved that he wasn't angry at her at all. She looked back at Eilam and said, "It looks like you were right. We will be traveling together. Not very far. It's just next door." She turned around and walked to the exit. Without looking back, she said, "You are coming with me, right?"

"Nah, nah, nah." Kidd fanned his left hand as a minimizing gesture. "There's no need to be sorry. It's not like it's your fault."

"Yeeeah, the timing could be better, but that's life for you, right there. When this is all said and done with, I want to spend some quality time with you. Speaking of which, where're you staying now? I've just been in the --" He stopped to think of a less blatant word than "barracks". He didn't want anyone besides her to overhear that. They couldn't tell he was a grunt, because he wasn't in uniform - he was wearing a white tee shirt, blue jeans, and work boots. He was fine with telling her, because she already knew this already. "--it's kind of like a dorm. You know the place."

"Oh, Spike's fine. He's in his Pokeball, right now. I've got it hooked to my belt. Do you want to see him?"

Without stopping, Jubilee responded to Eilam. "I see." If it weren't for their current predicament, she would have gushed a lot more. "In that case, we are allies. Partners? In laws?"

She stopped when she got to the grocery store. She went inside, got a wheelchair, and headed back outside. "Okay, I got it. If we push it together, we'll get there twice as fast."

"You're right, they are kind of lumpy. But it's okay. It kind of reminds me of the bed I had growing up. It's weird how you get nostalgic over the strangest things, right?" Kidd just knew it. She was adventuring. He was glad that the two of them had sleeping arrangements comparable to his own, but he still worried about the whole not having a roof over their heads thing.

"And no problem. I'm sure he'll be on his best behavior. He just saves his stink eye for me." After that, he reached for his Pokeball, let Spike out in front of him, and stuck the empty ball back on his belt.

Spike turned around and glared at Kidd. He stopped when he noticed Dea. Then, he began preening himself, because he wanted to look his best for someone he considered an honored guest. After that, he looked at the two of them. He could tell something was up, but he wasn't sure what. He put his forepaws on Kidd's leg to prop himself up and looked over at Dea.

Meanwhile, Jubilee was with Eilam and they were at the door of the laundromat. "So, I can call you 'brother' then?" She thought this would take a while to get used to. She had come from a big family with many brothers she had known since she and they had been hatched, while she had just met Eilam. But she thought the sooner she started, the easier it'd get. It already felt like they knew eachother, because of Kidd and Dea.

"I know we give this to them when we get inside, but how exactly does this work? I know you sit on up and wheel around, but can she do that herself or what?" She thought Eilam would know more about Dea's level of mobility than she would.