"All right all you stupid goobers! Do you know what f****** time it is? I said do you know what f****** time it is?!"

The crowd roared in approval and she pulled back the mike. "All right, all right, that's what I want to hear. Now, I bring to you the best Unova has to offer, the greatest, the sexiest, the hardest of the hardcore and the queen of all rock and roll…"

Ethan smiled a bit but noticed it had gotten a bit warmer all of a sudden. He opened his eyes and found Roxie lying on top of him with a smile on her face. "Hi sleepyhead!"

Before he could respond, he realized she was lying atop him, with just a towel on. He suddenly shoved her off, waking Pitch and Wiggler while he was at it. He turned away as his heart began to calm down. "Oh…."

"Hey, what was the f*** was that for?! For the love of hell!"

He let out a giant sigh of relief. "Man, don't do that to me. You know how it makes me feel. I get all flustered and I feel so weird—"

Homika got up off the floor and sat down on the edge of the bed. "F*** that's perfectly normal. You're supposed to feel like that. You should be used to this by now, f***! It's not like you haven't seen more of me. Do you need a f****** reminder?"

He turned his head away as she dropped the towel. "N-n-no, I think I can remember all the same."

Homika grumbled. "You're hopeless. Why did you have that stupid smile on your face anyways?"

He shook his head. "I was just having a nice dream. Where I was at one of your concerts and I wasn't hiding away but out in the open. Like old times."

"F***, you don't have to remind me. I still haven't gotten used to having to live like this."

"I-I don't think any of us have," Jasmine said. They turned to see her walk in and she smiled. "I didn't think it'd be so hard. I'm still afraid to see what they're saying about me in the papers."

"Everyone hates you…still."

She sighed as she walked over and sat down next to him. "Great…"

"I don't know why you're whining. Everyone still thinks Ethan is the greatest evil since…f***! You two captured Giovanni and his friends, right?"

"Yea but he isn't obligated to reveal the truth. He can just keep dragging my name through the muck for however long he likes," he said. He laughed. "Eventually the truth will come out. I was just afraid that I would have to live in hiding by myself, with just my team. I mean I love them all but—"

Jasmine giggled. "Well I didn't have a choice silly. Especially after I killed you."

He looked over at Homika, who hadn't bothered to pull up her towel, causing him to look away. "Stop that! F***! Well…I still don't regret my decision. I knew it was gonna be tough, really tough. Everyone is at a total loss as to what happened to me, though a lot of people think I've become suicidal since you died. What was my alternative? I've worked too hard at this to just give you up that easily!"

He sighed and reached his arms over and pulled the two of them in. "Thanks, I really appreciate it."

Homika blushed. "F***, why can't you be bolder than that?"

"No thanks!"

Jasmine laughed. "So are we the only ones who know you're alive and well?"

He looked over at Wiggler and laughed. "Actually…no. I've already clued in several others like my mom, my grandparents, Crystal, Lyra, Skyla and Iris—"

"Why Lyra, of all f****** people?"

"Well she is Crystal's cousin so she just happened to be around when I told her. She swore she would kill Jasmine."

"Ahh…" Jasmine said. He got to his feet and looked out across the sea.

"So that aside…now what? I'm sick of just doing nothing. I can only go out and fish for water Pokemon so long. Didn't realize there were so many in Hoehn either."

"Hoehn is basically water. You should have known that."

"I know, I know," he said as he looked down at his hand, which still wore the Team Rocket ring. Part of him wondered while he still kept it, perhaps because it was really a great looking ring. And maybe because it also reminded him of all the mistakes he had made and not to repeat them. "You know…"

"You still have that f****** ring? I would have smashed it to bits!"

"Yea, I still have it, serves as a nice reminder of all the mistakes I made."

"Sounds depressing to me," Homika said. "You should get rid of it."

He smiled. "You know…you guys know how Giovanni continues to be bitter and drag my name through the mud? I think it's time for Team Rocket to make a comeback."

"What," Homika and Jasmine said in unison. Wiggler and Pitch could only share the same sentiment. He turned around and looked at them.

"Not Giovanni's Team Rocket but mine. Instead of being a force for evil, how about rubbing it in his face and using them for a force of good instead?"

"Ahhh…that's gonna take some work. Team Rocket is regarded as evil incarnate to everyone."

Homika pulled up her towel, finally. "You've…we've got out work out for us…"

"As opposed to how long it might take for our names to be cleared? Might as well do anything we can, right?"

Jasmine and Homika looked at each other. "W-w-well…if that's what you want to do, I'll do everything I can to help!"

"F*** that's my line. I think it's impossible but ahhh…f*** it, this looks like it could be fun," Homika said. "But where do we start?"

He leaned against the windowsill. "Hoehn seems to have a few pirates around. Perhaps we could start there."

A large boat pulled up to a rich looking yacht and several burly and muscular men in striped shirts jumped on board. A fiery orange haired young woman stood on the deck of the larger ship and laughed. "All right boys, it looks like we got a juicy prize here! Let's strip it and take all its plunder!" She yelled. Ethan knelt down close to the water as Juan swam up behind the larger boat. He got close to it and climbed aboard. He looked down at Juan and winked at him, causing the platypus to duck into the water. "Man, this is almost too easy? How f****** dumb can you be?"

An orange haired pirate. He had heard about her. She was a bit small time but her ego made her out to be a scourge on the sea, a terror so great that ships fled when her name was mentioned. From what he heard, she wasn't as great as she said. The only thing she seemed good at was escaping but he knew a thing or two about that. He had faked death even! He crept around the boat and saw her still standing on the edge, arms folded across her chest. Thanks to Chase, if he felt inclined, he could walk right up next to her and she wouldn't be the wiser. She wore a light blue bikini with a rainbow colored towel around her waist and floating in the water nearby he could see a large Starmie. "Man what's taking you guys so long? It's just a puny little yacht?"

He snapped his fingers, giving Chase the cue to make him reappear. "If it isn't the infamous princess of the seven seas."

She looked over at him. "Huh, Team Rocket? I thought you guys were done!"

"Team Rocket never dies."

"How f****** cute. You must be one of those grunts who just can't let go of the past. Team Rocket is dead, deader than a f****** dead guy rotting away in the ground. Deader than a Shidinja—"

"Are you done Kasumi? I don't got all night here."

She laughed. "You really do think you're hot stuff, don't you? Well I got something for your little candle. Starmie use Water Gun!"

Bolt suddenly crawled into view and fired off a Thunderbolt attack before her Pokemon could act. She jumped in surprise and he held up his hand with the ring. "I'm not exactly small fry."

She put a hand on her hip. "Well I guess I could get your name before I thrash you—"

"I'm not really sure how you'd thrash me with your Starmie of all things. Bolt here is part bug and part electric. I think he can handle anything you send my way. Oh and the name is Hibiki."

"Hibiki? Whatever. And Starmie isn't the only water Pokemon I have you know!"

He heard a loud roar and saw a red Gyrados poke its head out of the water. He nodded. "So that's what happened to that red Gyrados."

"Haha…wait, what? How do you know about the red Gyrados?"

"I caught him, duh! And then I released him so he could live a normal life."

Kasumi frowned. "I really don't know who you are Hibiki but—"

She was interrupted by the sounds of sirens and large lights. He turned to see a police ship coming in and she laughed. "Ahh the police. I was wondering when they would show up."

"Gyrados, use Ice Beam!"

"H-huh?" He said as he dove out of the way as her water dragon unleashed a large beam of ice in his direction. He tripped and fell into the water as the beam flew over his head. He spat out some water and heard something dive into the water. He hauled himself back onto the ship with Juan's help and saw she had disappeared. "Drat, don't tell me she got away!"

He walked around the boat but she didn't appear to be around. "Ethan!" Jasmine yelled. He turned to see her poke her head up from below deck. "We've got the pirates! Where's Kasumi?"

He grumbled. "She got away. I thought I had her and then she had her Pokemon attack me so I had to get to safety. When I got back—"

"This is the police! You are under arrest!"

They exchanged looks. "Ummm…now what? If the police see us, they're gonna want to capture us too!"

"Not with Chase around."

The police boat soon appeared next to the two boats and he could only laugh at how bewildered the police looked seeing a member of Team Rocket with a bunch of tied up pirates. He tapped one of the pirates on the head. "T-T-Team Rocket? What's going on here?"

"Neo Team Rocket more like it."

The police officer with the bullhorn still looked as confused as ever. "What is the meaning of this?"

"I'm sorry but we weren't able to nab Kasumi for you. She got away before I could capture her."

"K-Kasumi? This is her crew?"

"Yes, by the looks of it. Or at least the ones she had with her. Maybe she has more crewmembers around but I can't say for sure. We just captured the ones that took the ship. So are you going to try and arrest me as well or can I be on my way?"

Homika yawned as she flung the paper in his chest. "Augh, f*** it. I hope we don't have to keep doing these late night raids. I'm not a night person."

"I don't know about you two but that was…kind of easy, if you ask me."

"It was easy but she's not a big name. She's only big because of her mouth," Ethan said. He shrugged. "It's a start."

"How do you get the police to let us go? We are Team Rocket—"

"Yea but as far as everyone is concerned, Team Rocket is dead. All the major leaders were captured and two of the other leaders are either dead or vanished. It's not like Team Rocket has been up to no good here."

Jasmine sighed. "Yea but…oh I'm just being a worrywart."

"Yea but the paper isn't exactly singing our praises. They're still trashing us, saying Team Rocket is probably up to some other scheme, that we're up to no good and all that. F***, they're acting like we eat baby Spheals and laugh while we're doing it."

"Like I figured, it wouldn't be easy so I expected it," he said. "I'm just annoyed she got away. I had her and then…she slips from my fingers!"

"Isn't that what she's known for? Well other than being a loud mouth?"

He chuckled. "I think she could learn a thing or two from me when it comes to making escapes."

"You know, you two never told me just how did you do that," Homika said. He laughed.

"That's a secret."

"What…f***! You could at least give me a hint! You really convinced everyone you had bit the dust. Don't you know Jasmine?"

"I'm sorry but he didn't clue me in either. Maybe it isn't the real Ethan?"

He winced as Homika poked him in the side. "I don't know. I'm gonna have to go in deeper to see—"

"You mean like this?" Jasmine said as she jumped to her feet and planted a kiss on him.

"That was supposed to be me."

"Oh, sorry—"

"You aren't sorry so stop lying," Homika said.

"Look, we had kind of a long night so why don't we take it easy? I'm gonna go out and…"

"Fish?"

Wiggler let out an annoyed squeak but Pitch didn't seem to mind. "Yea well there aren't a lot of things to do here. Maybe we could have taken refuge in a town closer to the mainland…"

"What's done is done. Besides, it's low key and doesn't attract much attention. The problem is with Hoehn, there is too much f****** water!"

He really wasn't a fan of fishing but having to live as an exile; he had resigned himself to his fate. Thanks to Juan, he found a large rock in the middle of the sea where he could sit with his line and enjoy the view. The view of nothing but water. Maybe an island or two in the horizon or even a boat or swimmer passing by but not much else. He turned around and could see the Sky Pillar off in the distance. He had heard that a legendary dragon lived at the top of it but he had never bothered to climb it to get a look. Perhaps he'd have to give it a shot one of these days. "You know Juan, I have Chase with me. I bet I could check out the mainland more often. Maybe if I adopt a dis…"

He trailed off as he noticed something shiny in the distance. He leaned forward and strained his eyes to get a better look but it was still too far to get a good look. "Hey Juan, do you mind taking me over there real quick? I wonder what it is."

Juan quacked and he crawled onto his head while he swam over. It always amazed him at how strong Juan was. He didn't expect someone like him could carry him around but he did his job with ease. Perhaps it was all that training he had been through. They neared closer to the rock where the shiny object lay and he saw it looked to be a rock lying atop with what looked like a ruby in it. Or at least it looked like it. He leaned over and frowned. "Wow but why would someone just leave it out like this? Or…wait—" He said before he felt a wet hand cover his mouth and drag him into the water.

Whoever nabbed him, dragged him to a small unassuming island and dumped him onto the beach. He lay flat on the sand, the hot sand eating at his bare back as he gasped for air. He heard someone emerge from the water and soon found Kasumi standing over him. "Ah…of course…a trap."

"Ha, I thought you were smarter than that!"

"I haven't had much excitement in my life…I thought I should check it out."

She folded her arms. "What a doofus. Well—"

"So what do you want? Are you bitter I got your gang tossed in jail?"

"Well…nah. I'm always bailing them out of jail anyways, they're used to it by now."

He sat up and shook the sand out of his hair. "What, you break them out all the time? What are they doing?" He asked before he remembered what he had heard about her. How careless she was and that she often got caught in her attempts to steal and while she always escaped, her crew wasn't so lucky. "You really do suck at this pirate business."

"You just fell for a completely obvious trap. I don't think you're in the position to be talking, smarta**!"

He shrugged. "You're getting quite the rap sheet. You really want to add kidnapping to that?"

"I bet I can add murder to it as well," she said with a grin. She really didn't seem like the type.

"Doubt it."

"You motherf*****. Oh well, I didn't come here to exchange barbs with you—"

"Then what did you bring me out here for?"

She shrugged. "Actually, while you did catch me trying to plunder a ship, me and my crew were actually on our way to raid something much more advantageous, one of the headquarters of Team Aqua!"

"Who is Team Aqua?"

"They're a bunch of pirates, just like me. Except while I like to rob from the rich, they rob everyone!"

"You're all pirates, what's the difference?"

"Yea but that isn't all they're up to though!"

"Well I have heard that the police consider them pretty dangerous but—"

"Their leader is a total fanatic! He's an eco terrorist if you ask me."

"You're gonna have to explain yourself."

"The leader of Team Aqua is a guy by the name of Archie. He used to be a former crewmember of mine until he betrayed me and almost got me killed! Anyways, he leads this band of pirates but he uses the funds from their plunder to fund his real goal, to flood the world."

"Flood the world?"

She shrugged. "Well he's a lover of aquatic Pokemon but he thinks humans are trying to destroy their seas so they can use them for recreation or what not. Archie doesn't care much for that so he does everything he can to help. So he'll attack other ships, seaports and the likes in the name of saving water Pokemon. I mean I love them as much as the next person but—"

"And I'm supposed to believe that from someone with a personal vendetta against him, really?"

She stomped her foot. "Hey, it's the truth!"

He chuckled. "I took you to be smarter than this."

She reached down and pulled him up by the arm. She poked her finger into his chest. "I'm telling you, it's the truth. And besides…I could just turn you over to the police. Last I checked, Team Rocket is wanted—"

"Wanted for what? Team Rocket is done. Giovanni and his bosses were captured and are sitting in jail—"

"Yes and the actual leader of Team Rocket is dead but still I see you have the ring that every leader of Team Rocket wore, which up to this point was Giovanni. So what are you doing with it since the last guy who wore it, is pushing up the daisies?"

He chuckled. "Well…the truth is…I'm the guy who is supposed to be dead and in the ground."

"How the f*** did you do that?"

"That's my little secret."

She smirked. "Well if you are that guy, then last I checked, your reputation is in shreds. Don't you think you should jump at this chance to help gain some respectability?"

"I don't think teaming up with a pirate to raid other pirates will help it. Even if one group of pirates may be up to no good."

"I wasn't giving you a chance."

He rolled his eyes. "Yea, where have I heard that one before? What are you going to do to me?"

He heard a loud roar and saw her red Gyrados towering behind them. He felt like yelling at himself, how did he keep getting into these situations? She held out her hand. "So do we have a deal? Either you get blasted or you can come along with me and we raid Team Aqua's place."

"Yea, whatever—"

"Shake on it!"

He reached out and shook her hand as she grinned. "Yea, you win for now."

"Don't worry. I think we're gonna like teaming up with one another."

According to Kasumi, Team Aqua had several hideouts in and around Hoehn but they were gonna take a ride to one of their more obscure ones, on a small island to the south of Sootopolis City, the small city that lay within a large volcanic crater. "Weren't you a gym leader?"

"In Kanto? Yea but I got bored of being a gym leader. I mean you sit around in a f****** building all day and wait for a bunch of dopes to show up, beat your team so you can give them a freaking badge! Isn't that like the most pessimistic attitude to have? My job is to lose and give out a shiny object. So you know what I said to that?"

"I can imagine."

"Like hell you can!"

"Kasumi, I'm friends with plenty of gym leaders. I'm in exile with two former gym leaders as well, I think I would know a thing or two."

She laughed. "Yea…about that…are you really rooming with those two girls?"

He looked at her with an amused look. "What do you think?"

"That's not an answer d***it!"

He folded his arms. "Well…sure I'm rooming with them. We're in exile together so—"

"Slut."

"What? What are you talking about? I'm not a—"

"Hell you are! Unless you're telling me it's a totally innocent situation. Nothing happens between you and the two girls—"

"Why do you care?"

"I'm just asking!"

He folded his arms. "Well…things happen…but I'm not saying anything else," he said as he glanced away.

"Slut."

They neared the supposed island and he folded his arms. "So where is this hideout? Underwater?"

"Yep but…hmmm…now what?"

"Don't tell me you came here without a plan!"

"Well I did come here with a plan! It's just…I'm not sure it's gonna work now. Shut up and let me think!"

He sighed. "So…is that the only way in? Or is there a way in from the ground?"

"I think so. I'm just not sure where it could be."

"Then let's go onshore and take a look around then. I'm sure we can find something."

"How are we gonna find a secret entrance on an island when we don't even know what to look for?"

He laughed. "It'll be obvious. Not super obvious but obvious enough so where if they forget it…hey, wait a minute."

She looked over at him and frowned. "What, what is it?"

He looked out at the island and noticed that the plants seem to be arranged in a strange symbol, a while circle with two legs that resembled bones and a pointy top. If you had been standing on the island, you might not be able to make it out but from afar, it was loud and clear. "I think…if we check out those plants on the island, we might find something. I'll check it out."

"Hey, we're working together! If you do it by yourself, you'll just run off!"

They landed ashore and he scurried up the slope. He stopped himself as he got too close and then stepped back as she looked at him with a puzzled look. "What?"

"What if there are cameras?"

"Ahhh yea…"

He took out the Pokeball and summoned Chase. He grabbed her by the arm and pulled her close as the candle caused them to turn invisible. "Wow, really? You can do this?"

"Yes, thanks to him. He's got me out of a bunch of scrapes—"

She grabbed him by the arm. "Don't even think about running off now. I know you were thinking about it!"

"Fine, whatever," he said. He was hoping to get away but so much for that idea, she had a grip like a clamp too. He crawled up the slope and began to examine some of the plants. "Now there was some strange logo made up of plants on this island, I bet if we checked them, we might find something."

"Why waste your time and just check the middle?"

"Huh? Ahh well I guess it's worth it," he said. He moved toward the middle and began checking the grass. For a while, he felt nothing but moist dirt or rocks but suddenly his hand came across something metal. He dug his hand in a big more and pressed it, causing a large door to slide open, causing the two of them to fall in. They rolled down a small flight of stairs and came to a stop just next to a door. He got to his feet and sighed before noticing through all that, Kasumi still had a grip on his arm. He snapped his fingers, allowing Chase to allow them to become visible again. "Okay, let go."

"Fine but I did it for good reason."

He rubbed his arm. "Yea, whatever."

"Well, we're in. Time to take a look around!" She said as she opened the door. He poked his head out and saw it led into a huge storage room, filled with crates, boxes and what not. She pushed him aside as she walked into the room and put her hands on her hips. "We've already hit the jackpot!"

"Keep it down! What if there are cameras?"

"No need, this is one of their smaller hideouts. They don't bother with them here—"

"What about guards?"

They heard another door open from the other side of the room and he grabbed her arm and yanked her back into the first room. They heard a gruff voice from inside the storage room speak up. "I swore I heard some voices in here."

"Yea…check around. Maybe we can find them hiding in here."

Just to be safe, he motioned to Chase to hide them again. Just as he did, one of the guys pushed the door open and looked around the room, even staring right where Kasumi and he sat. He wore a blue cap with the same symbol he had seen on the island, along with a white and black striped shirt and baggy blue pants. He growled and shut the door as he let out a sigh of relief "Well, they aren't in that room. Let's check around here."

"Did you hear about what happened last night?"

"What?"

"The papers are saying Team Rocket is poking their noses around here."

"Team Rocket? I thought that group is dead! Giovanni and his executives were captured and the actual leader is dead!"

"I know, exactly! And yet apparently, a trio of three Team Rocket members, a guy and two girls ended up catching Kasumi and her crew."

"Hah, where have I heard that before? Kasumi getting caught."

"Yea but I think the bigger thing is that Team Rocket is around. Even if it is just three so far, we should be on the lookout."

"I bet Archie knows what to do, I wouldn't be too worried."

"Yea but you wonder…I heard that late leader of Team Rocket, he was the master of close escapes…"

"Well I don't see anything here. You think he escaped death?"

"I don't know, I'm just saying there's a lot of rumors floating around that guy."

The two continued chatting as he heard the door close and he snapped his fingers for Chase to uncloak them again. Kasumi looked at him with a mischievous look. "Boy, you sound like you've got quite the rap sheet yourself."

"Well…it's a bit weird to have people whisper about you like that, I have to admit."

She got to her feet. "Well let's go check it out!"

"We aren't here to plunder. Well I'm not—"

"I am and you don't really have a choice, like it or not!" She said as she grabbed for his arm but this time he slipped away. He got to his feet but she swung her leg forward and tripped him. Before he could move, she was sitting atop him with a grin on her face. "Not so fast!"

"Fine, fine."

"Now, we plunder—"

"Did you ever consider how you'll take all this treasure with you?"

She winked at him. "I don't need to take everything strapped down. I'll just take the most valuable stuff and call it a day!"

She reached into her bikini and pulled out a pair of handcuffs and to his surprise, slapped them on both of their wrists. "Hey, is this even necessary?"

"Yes because I know any chance you'll get, you're leaving."

He sighed as she got up, pulling him with her. "I hope you have the key to that."

She patted the bottom part of her bikini. "Oh yea but until our deal is over, the cuffs stay on."

"You came prepared, didn't you?"

She didn't answer him as they stepped back into the room. They searched through most of the crates, Kasumi hunting for anything of value, while he just tried to keep from getting bored. To her annoyance, the room didn't produce any real fruits. She dragged him off to a corner and sat down.

"This bites. I swore I heard they had some real treasure around here but—"

"Perhaps it was a lie to get the gullible to come here and get caught."

"Shut—"

He covered her mouth and shook her head. She frowned as he pulled his hand away. "So can we go?"

"Don't you want to see what I'm talking about?"

"About their supposed goals? Not really."

"Too bad, you're coming to see anyway. Now let's get going."

She dragged him into the next hallway, which was more like a waterway. They stood on a railing on the side of a large pipe, which had water down the middle, deep enough where boats could pass through with ease. He snapped his fingers, causing Chase to cloak them again, since Kasumi didn't care much for stealth. No wonder she had a knack for getting caught. She dragged him along the cold railing and they walked by a pair of Team Aqua grunts, who didn't even notice them. "Wow, I could get used to this."

"Don't. Once this is over, our little partnership is over."

"Awww don't be like that."

"You're gonna get me in deep trouble with—"

"Hey, look over there. I think that door leads to one of the offices," she said, pointing to a large wooden door a few doors down. She hurried over, dragging him along. He really wished she would lose the handcuffs, so he could escape of course. She opened the door and poked her head inside. "Huh, no one's inside. Let's go."

She pulled him inside the large office room, though it looked more like a museum, with a bunch of large glass cases filed with various marine related things. She undid the handcuffs but for now, he wasn't interested in running away. He walked over to one of the large cases and noticed it wasn't a case but something resembling a newsstand, with several brochures and booklets. He picked up one and scanned the title. "The Coming Aquatic Age, how to prepare for the new world order of water Pokemon. That's cute."

It almost seemed to crazy to be real. He put it down and grabbed a small booklet instead. This one was titled Introduction to Aquatic Pokemon, a bit less inflammatory than the first one. He really didn't need an introduction to even more water Pokemon, especially in Hoehn so he opted to put it back. He looked over the other booklets; trying to pick one he should read when suddenly he heard an alarm go off. He looked up to see Kasumi slip a precious stone into her bikini and giggled. "Oppsie!"

"Hey, what's the big idea? I thought we were here to discover Team Aqua's true goals, not for you to get a pair of sticky fingers!"

"It was soooo tempting. What can I say, gems are a girl's best friend."

"Somehow, that makes me glad the girls I know don't think that. Well our little parternership is over—"

Before he could get away, she quickly snapped the handcuffs back on him. "I'll decide when it's over. Now, let's get out of here!"

She dragged him out of the office and he again signaled for Chase to turn them invisible, and it was a good thing too because the doors opened and several Team Aqua grunts appeared out of several doors and moved toward the office. Kasumi grabbed him and pressed them against the wall to avoid getting bowled over by the oncoming wave of grunts. She giggled a bit. "This is too easy."

As soon as the last grunt hurried by, she dragged him back up the catwalk toward the entrance of the hideout. "It looks like there was an entrance above short, it was just disguised."

"Yep, they're pretty good about that kind of thing."

"Yea but thanks to a certain someone, they might close up the entrance to prevent the intruders from escaping."

She stopped running as they went past a bent and pushed him against the wall, causing the two of them to appear visible again though he figured that was by accident on a part of Chase. She smiled at him. "About that…"

"H-huh—" He said before she suddenly pressed herself against him and kissed him on the lips. He immediately tried to push her off but she pinned their handcuffed wrists against the wall and pinned his other wrist against her waist. Why did he keep getting involved with girls who were stronger than him, he was really gonna have to bulk up or something. Try as he could, she pressed and even rubbed herself on him and his heart began to jump out of his chest. Ugh, how was he even gonna explain this one. She finally pulled away and he suddenly realized his wrist was now handcuffed to a wall mounted alarm. She giggled. He tried to free himself. "Hey, what was that for? Did you just do that to distract me?"

She covered her mouth with her fingers. "Well you said it yourself, they might close up the entrance to prevent the intruders from escaping."

"Yea but—" He said before she reached over and punched the alarm. He stared at it in horror before he felt her caress his cheek.

"You really are a great kisser. We have to do this more often. Oh and take care of the boys in blue for me, okay love?" She said before blowing him a kiss and diving into the water. He looked over at Chase.

"Hey, could you do something about this?"

"Hey, who's that? Looks like our intruder to me!"

He turned to see several Team Aqua grunts walking up the catwalk toward him, just as he suddenly felt out as if he had floated out of his own body, like he suddenly couldn't feel anything from the cool air of the hideout, to the hard rock and to even the cold catwalk but the feeling passed as he fell forward, his wrist free. He rubbed it for a bit before taking out a Pokeball, summoning Bolt. The grunts stopped dead in their tracks as the spider appeared on the side of the wall.

"I hope you guys brought something other than water Pokemon to this fight," he said. Bolt unleashed several thunderbolt attacks, causing the grunts to either jump back or fall into the water for safety. Chase floated over to the other catwalk as several more Team Aqua grunts approached and began to cast fire on the metal, eventually causing part of it to melt away and fall into the water. Bolt fired off another string of electric attacks before he motioned them that was enough and summoned them back and made his escape.

By the time he made it back to Pacifidilog City, it was late night, perhaps even past midnight. He let out a sigh as he saw the lights to the house darkened and Juan let out a quack. "Yea, yea, I know I'm in trouble. Perhaps I should just find somewhere outside to sleep…wait no, that would make it worse."

He got close the boardwalk and hauled himself on before summoning him back to his Pokeball. He let out another sigh and noticed he smelled like some kind of perfume. "Ack, even worse. I better wash this off…no that would wake them up."

He sighed again and unlocked the door before slipping in quickly. He closed the door behind him as quietly as he could, just as the light to the living room turned on. His heart sank as he gathered himself. "I'm gonna love to hear you explain this one."