A postcard. An Arceus damned postcard.
Looker was tired of it. Every time he got close, she vanished, only leaving a post card in her wake. She was Public Enemy number one.
And they still couldn't catch her. She knew how they would approach, how they would look.
And Looker hated it.
Mars was an expert. She was certainly showing it. Since their encounter in Driftveil, she had never been far from his mind, on how easy she had fooled him.
Just last week, she had visited Emma in Lumiose City, giving her much needed information on the whereabouts of Ghetsis, whom was still at large.
And yesterday, the information proved truthful. Looker's boss was beyond pleased with that 'Mystery Woman' who was leaving anonymous tips on International Police subjects.
Looker flipped the post card over.
Looker,
I know how much you still hate me, I see it on your face occasionally. Yes, sometimes, I'm closer than you realize.
Although, I want to give you the tip now. I have discovered the location of the Shadow Triad, they are hiding in Irrucus City. Colress is on the Plasma Frigate out near Unova's Route 18. I am hearing rumors of villainous activity in Hoenn. Two groups called Team Aqua and Team Magma are starting to stir something. I'll find out what I can and send it to you.
-Mars
PS: Cute kid, she your adopted daughter?
Looker sighed and threw the post card onto his desk.
One of his co-workers poked their head in. "Whatcha ya got there Looker? Love letter?" The girl winked at him.
"More like someone being infuriating. Care to find out who?" Looker grabbed the post-card off his desk and handed it to her.
Her eyes started to move back and forth as she was reading the letter. Her eyes bulged at the last part.
"You've gotta be kidding me. Mars! Do you know how long we've been looking for her?'
"I know. She's been that Mystery Woman the boss wants to hire." He sighed.
His co-worker slid onto his desk. "Well, you know what region she will be in. Go get her and take her to the boss."
-..-..-..-
Looker's shadow loomed over the girl at the Sotopolis beach, a smug grin plastered on his face. "Mars, by the authority of the International Police, you are under arrest."
The ex-commander remained motionless on the towel, sunglasses concealing her eyes.
"Any last words?" He boasted, readying his handcuffs. Only silence followed. She must be to shocked to form any rational thought! Looker prided himself, he had finally caught her. He leaned down, his knee resting on the golden sand.
"Hey mister! What are you doing?" a child ran over, an ice cream cone in his hand.
Looker turned to the kid,, extending a palm to ward away the innocent bystander. "Stay back! This woman is a dangerous criminal!"
"She's not dangerous! She's nice! She bought me ice cream!"
"It's a all a lie. She used to steal Pokemon." Looker replied as he turned his attention to the kid.
"Forgive and forget, that's what mommy says." The boy took another lick of ice cream.
Looker sighed, standing up. "See, sometimes, people like them are likely to re offend. that means they will most likely do it again."
"Maybe she won't."
The detective shook his head. "I can't take that risk kid. She's been evading us for years, only Arceus knows what she has actually done."
"Arceus?"
"Yes, the one true god of our world." Looker raised an eyebrow.
'Nu-uh! Nope!"
"Really than who is?" he smiled.
The little kid lifted his arms in the air. "PRAISE LORD HELIX!"
Looker laughed out loud. He turned to look at Mars. Why hasn't she moved? he thought.
"Why are you staring at her when she's sleeping?" The boy voiced up again.
Looker froze. He saw it now, mouth slightly open, slow breathing, no response. He turned to the kid. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS EARLIER!"
"Was I supposed too?" The kid asked innocently.
Looker closed his eyes and sighed deeply. "Yes, because now I can't arrest her until she wakes up."
"Why?"
"You ask a lot of questions.'
"I'm curious."
"Call it a code of honor. I don't like to disrupt sleeping people. They don't qualify as understanding their rights."
The kid grinned, looking past Looker. "I don't think you'll have a problem with that now."
He frowned. "Why is that?"
The boy grinned and pointed a finger past Looker.
The detective turned to see Mars awake and sprinting away from him. She was just asleep!
"I think you woke her up!" he giggled.
"MARS!" he shouted as he started after her, his duster flapping behind him. He was having trouble, the dress shoes were a problem. He kept sinking into the sand and was having to dodge people like crazy. Of course she would pick somewhere crowded, easy to disappear and blend into. He still saw her, running to the market, bare foot. "INTERNATIONAL POLICE! GET OUT OF THE WAY!" he shouted.
She was fast, but hot stone would slow her down. This time she was not going to escape. He ran into the market and started turning in circles. "She couldn't have gotten far." he muttered. A woman approached with a baseball hat and blue hair wearing sandals, shorts and a t-shirt.
"Lost ya girlfriend?" She asked with a southern accent.
"No, I'm looking for a convict." He muttered.
The girl snickered. "Sonny, the convicts just broke into the museum."
"Convicts?" he asked.
"Some Team Aqua blowhards just walked into the museum there." she drawled before walking towards the museum.
He stared at the back of the girl's head, spotting a single strand of red hair. A wig. He started running at Mars. "YOU ARE UNDER ARREST!" He shouted angrily as he tackled her to the ground. She rolled on top of him.
"Not here, not now. You're going to blow my cover you idiot." She scolded him as her hat fell off.
"You are a criminal, resisting arrest, you are going to be put away for life." Looker managed, her hair dangling into his face.
She stood up and pulled him to his feet. "Listen, we can continue this game of cat and mouse after I finish up here in Hoenn. I'm trying to stop a possible crime syndicate here, two actually."
"That is work for the International Police. Not for some criminal vigilante." He whispered at her, his voice razor sharp.
"Do you still think I'm a criminal Looker? Do you really?" she looked him in the eyes.
"Once a criminal, always a criminal."
'What about Saturn? You let him walk and he downright tortured Azelf by detonating a bomb in a lake which burned the pokemon. Even killed some of the wildlife too. Why let him go?" Mars fought back.
Looker thought about it for a moment. He quickly reached out and cuffed Mars' hand to an umbrella that was cemented into the ground. "I think I need to make a call."
"This isn't quite fair!" shouted as he walked away.
"Deal with it!" he called back. He pulled out his phone and dialed the HQ.
A few seconds later, a voice picked up. "Looker, how is it going?" His boss, asked.
"I have a confession to make, a personal one." Looker admitted.
"Good god man, the church of Arceus can't even here it so you call me?"
"Work related."
"I see, so spill, what's bugging you."
Looker took a deep breath. "I had been keeping it from you for a while, but I need to be honest. It's about the Mystery helper."
"You know her?" replied.
"So do you, it's Mars, the Team Galactic fugitive. I've been chasing her around for months, knowing it. Somehow she's been able to avoid us and gather information." Looker explained.
was quiet for a moment. "You mean to tell me our public enemy number one has been helping us catch everyone else?"
"Yes sir, I'm just a little conflicted about what to do with her."
"You mean, you know where she is?"
Looker sighed. "I just handcuffed her to an umbrella stand twenty feet away from me. Seems like she's trying to do all this for a pardon. She even brought up on how we gave Saturn a pardon even after he destroyed Lake Valor. She seems very focused on her work right now."
A pause followed. "We are sending a team your way. Do not let her escape, I want her in for questioning before we put her away for good."
"Sir, if I may, she did have a rough past which explained her joining Team Galactic, since then though she's been a model citizen." Looker pleaded.
"Why? What is she doing now?"
"Yanking on the cuffs so she can go try and stop some group called Team Aqua at a museum in town." Looker snickered.
He heard typing on the other end. "Team Aqua, a few news stories and the information she gave us, wiping out humanity by raising the seas. Looking in at the museum now...damn, your girl was right. Bunch of people in there, looks like Aqua."
"What should I do?" Looker asked for direction, this was a precarious situation, crime was occurring and here he was on the phone.
His boss groaned. "I can't believe I am saying this, but put a tracker on her and take her with you to the museum."
"I have to work with her?! I don't know how to infiltrate a crime syndicate!"
His boss laughed. "Then ask her how to." With that the line went dead.
He stared at the sky for a moment, still trying to process what just happend. He turned around and walked back to Mars.
"Let me guess, my Victini rights are going to be read to me?" she rolled her eyes.
The Victini rights were created after a bunch of Team Plasma members walked off because they had not been informed of their rights after trying to abduct the Pokemon Victini.
"No." Looker groaned as he dug an ankle bracelet out of his bag and bent down. "My boss is making you help me."
Mars' eyes widened. "Please tell me you are joking. You wouldn't last a year in the criminal world."
"That's where you come in." He un-cuffed her. "Seems like we are temporary partners before you get jail time."
"This can not be happening." She complained.
Looker sighed. "Guess that's two of us. Now how are we going to get into the museum with out being noticed?"
-TO BE CONTINUED-
Author's note: See? I can come up with a continuance. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Thank you to japaneserockergirl and 122 Generation for appropriate reviews. I hope I can get about 50 views so I know to write another chapter. See you next time! -Jay
