Maxie was a lot of things, calm, collected, passionate, and had a small fear of water, but he cared very much for his members of Team Magma, and for Hoenn itself. That was one of the reasons he and Tabitha started the organization that worked to further the advancements of humans. They were still young, inexperienced, and Tabitha was a bit hot-headed, but they would do everything in their power to achieve their goals. Tabitha, Maxie, Archie, Shelly, and Matt were all residents of Mauville City before it was remodeled by that fool Watson. He and Archie were rivals since they met, ever since they received their starters a Carvanha and Numel. Shelly, and Tabitha rarely got along as they both were prideful and hated to lose.
After Mauville's reconstruction and many lost their homes due to raised living prices, many, including Maxie and Archie's families,had to relocate to the abandoned New Mauville project. This experience shaped Maxie and Archie in two different ways. Archie and his family worked alongside the electric type pokemon and the few water pokemon that inhabited the lake to make New Mauville livable for the pokemon that resided there. While Maxie and his family worked to make New Mauville livable to Human standards. This caused many clashes of ideals in the family which split the New Mauville inhabitants into two factions. After a while, the two factions began to work together, and New Mauville was a haven for them, but that was soon stopped as Watson came with Officer Jenny. That day they were evicted from New Mauville, and a new security measure was added to keep unwanted pests out.
When Maxie and Archie turned eighteen they were in Fiery Path with their fathers, they were training their pokemon, but a Muk that was a sore loser appeared and used Sludge Wave at the boy. There fathers threw them out of the way and took the attack, Maxie's Numel roared angrily before using Magnitude and knocking out the Muk. No one understood why the poison wasn't affected by Antidote, they slowly faded into oblivion. Maxie blamed Watson, if he made sure there was enough room for everyone to live then his father would still be alive, he swore to make sure that humans would always develop. Archie however took up his father's ideals, to make sure that pokemon were always cared for. This marked the creation of Team Aqua and Team Magma, one would bring peace or pure destruction to the world.
Maxie sighed in frustration as he looked at the red orb as it sat on his desk unresponsive. Tabitha was there with him but he couldn't fathom what was irritating the normally cool-headed Magma leader. "Why won't the orb respond to me, the legend spoke of the red orb giving off a blinding glow in the presence of the one destined to control Groudon's immense power after Primal Reversion, am...I not the one destined to awaken Groudon?" the man sighed as he fiddled with his glasses. "It matters not at this point, I'm not even ready to defeat Groudon much less awaken him," He pushed the orb into his coat pocket. "Tabitha walk with me." The burly man looked surprised as he followed Maxie out of Team Magma's base on the side of Mt. Chimney. The two walked around the mountain, Hikers who recognized the outfit moved cautiously out of the way as the Magma leader and second-in-command treked to Fiery Path.
"S-Sir, are you sure?" Tabitha questioned as he saw the path that led to Lavaridge Town, he knew Maxie's story.
"Yes...I need to remember my motivations, my reason for creating Team Magma." he said as a haunted look past over his face, he needs to see his demons. To confirm to himself that he was fighting a winning battle. He started as he heard a scream sound in the path, "Tabitha, go get some grunts and return here, I going to see what happened." he nodded as he ran to base. Maxie ran into the cavern, "Hello, reply if you are alright." he heard another scream and the cry of a pokemon. "Thats enough, Mightyena front and center" the hyena pokemon howled loudly as it took off into the location of the yelling. When Maxie caught up to Mightyena he saw him standing with a Vulpix and a Houndour in front of a red-haired lady and a baby. The opposing pokemon was a Muk that was now focused on Maxie. "It couldn't be," the Muk tried to fire a Poison Jab at Maxie who moved to the side, 'Of all pokemon it had to be this Muk, I have to end this thing now; it's too much off a threat.'
"Mightyena use Take Down!" the Mightyena howled as he bolted toward the Muk who couldn't dodge. He rammed into the pokemon knocking him back, "Return, Go Camerupt!" Camerupt locked eyes with the Muk and the heat around it intensified. "Evolution beyond evolution, Mega Evolve!" a pink sphere engulfed Camerupt and burst revealing a black Mega Camerupt, "Now use Earthquake!" Camerupt stomped his feet and the ground began shaking Hurting Muk and the Vulpix. Muk tried to get away but Maxie ordered Camerupt to cut him off, "I'm sorry, but you are too much of a threat, now use Rock Slide!" Camerupt's cry resonated off the walls making the rocks fall on the Muk who was buried. Maxie sighed as he went to the woman,
"Maxie, it's been awhile, 'ttebane." Kushina weakly spoke, Maxie remembered her as one of the older kids that followed Archie. "Please, take care of Naruto, I know I can trust you Maxie." Maxie slowly nodded as he picked up the crying boy as well as the Vulpix. "In my bag is an egg, give it to Naruto when it hatches." He nodded as he grabbed the bag from next to her.
"Kushina, Tabitha is coming, we could help you." Maxie spoke as he looked at the weakly smiling woman, "K-Kushina, where is Minato?"
"He was protecting us from the Grimer that the Muk was leading, he probably got overwhelmed; just take care of Naruto." she insisted. He sighed as he nodded one last time and Kushina stopped moving. Maxie felt something mess with his pocket that held the red orb, he saw Naruto holding the red orb happily.
"No child, that isn't-" He stopped when he saw the red orb glowing brightly while the boy played with it, 'how, they joined Archie; how can their child be the one destined to awaken Groudon,' Maxie sighed as he saw Tabitha and five Magma grunts run forward. Tabitha stared at the boy in wonder, and then saw Kushina's body.
"Oh no, Kushina," he whispered, Maxie said nothing as he held the boy who played with the red orb.
"Three of you go further down, there should be Grimers attacking a blonde man, if he is dead, defeat the Grimers and recover the body for burial." The Magma Grunts saluted and quickly ran down the cavern's path. Maxie continued to look at Naruto in wonder, 'Naruto Uzumaki, you are truly Team Magma's heir.'