The commander of Big Green let out a small sigh, staring at the envelope in his hand as he remembers a little request Mr. NoHands ask for, which is to let Hope go to one of their missions. Apetrully didn't really want Hope to go since since these missions can get dangerous, but Mr. NoHands's reasoning for this was: "Hope have been living here in Big Green for two years and haven't been on a single mission with any of us. I know she's not an exact official member of Big Green and is rather a residence of Big Green, but she should have an experience of what we do. Someday, Hope will have to be alone and there will be enemies after her. This might be a good thing for her to just go on at least one mission for the experience of it, commander."
I guess Hope should learn what we do around here, but I don't want her to get hurt either. Apetrully thought as he stood in front of Hope's bedroom door.
The commander continue to stare at the white envelope, as he silently gulped. Inside the envelope was an invitation to this small event, saying that if anyone is able to defeat these duo in a battle, they'll happily join any group who've defeated them, along with some directions to this area. Apetrully thought it would be good for Big Green if they have a couple of more members join their cause. He knew Hope wouldn't be able to fight in this, but maybe she could represent Big Green instead of him and just watch the others fight these two for the win. The commander pray that those two future members wouldn't make the pink and white monkey compete in this challenge or anything else that would be weird by force.
With a simple knock on the door, it was quickly answered by Hope. There was a smile on her face when the pink and white monkey notice Apetrully and said, "Hi, Apetrully. What are you doing here?"
Apetrully took in a deep breathe and present the envelope to Hope, saying, "Can you represent Big Green for me?"
"Represent?" Hope said, taking the envelope and opening it to see what's in it.
Raising an eyebrow in confusion, Hope said, "You want me to represent Big Green at this event. Kind of like a mission? You've never asked me to do something like that before, Apetrully."
"Yes. Just a simple mission for you. All you have to do is to represent Big Green and watch the others fight these duo. Maybe you could even cheer the members of Big Green on while you watch them. Nothing else." Apetrully said.
"Well... I do need to get out of Big Green more besides staying in my room to do my usual thing all day." Hope said, staring at the invitation. "I guess I'll do this mission, Apetrully."
A slightly relieved look was on the commander's face, but there was still this sickening feeling in his gut that tells him it might not work out well yet he did tried his best to brush it off.
I have to ask Woo the Wise if he could make a signal for Hope. Apetrully thought.
Sweet Arceus, I'm actually going on a mission. Apetrully had never ask me to go on a mission before! I would have ask him if I could go on a simple mission, like a delivery mission with Second Squad or something like that, but there wasn't really that much of a chance to ask him. Hope thought.
Hope wrapped her arm around the commander's neck, making him feel a bit stiff, and said with a big smile, "Don't worry, Apetrully. I'll make sure to do a great job with this mission. You can count on me!"
Let's just pray for that this mission goes well. Apetrully thought, hoping for nothing bad will happen to them during the mission.
"So, who are these duo at the event?" Hope suddenly ask the commander.
"Huh? Oh, well... The duo are twins, a girl and a boy, who goes by the name of Gianna and Daisuke Liuhan." Apetrully said. "They're not exactly that well known, except for requesting for fights with certain people and animals, rarely been beaten, and wearing odd costumes during these fights."
Okay. How are they not well known for that? Those sound like impressive things to me, except for the 'odd costume' part. I guess that's pretty weird. Also, their names sound really weird if you ask me. Hope thought to herself, trying to make some sense of this.
"Who are going to this event?" Hope ask.
"First Squad, except for Mr. NoHands. Oh yeah, also Alpha Girl and Kowloon are coming along too." Apetrully said.
"...Why are Alpha Girl and Kowloon coming to this event?"
"We do need a little boost since the the duo rarely been beaten before."
"I guess that's kind of reasonable." Hope pounded her fist into her hand and said, "Alright. I'll make sure to do a good job as a representative of Big Green and watch First Squad and the others. I have to get ready!"
As Hope quickly closes the door, Apetrully turn towards the direction of Woo's room and quietly said, "Let's hope that this will be a regular mission and nothing else. Please let that be it and nothing else."