O!I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in forever, but I just started school and I have a lot of stuff that I have to do! D:

This is just a short clip of what is happening in real life. xD

Summary: Dawn Berlitz is a respectable detective, closing every case she's encountered. But, when a mysterious murder case pops up, she is partnered up with a strange witness. Before she realized it, she was pulled into a dark game of love and death.

Disclaimer: Last time I checked; I wasn't working on a video game or anime. So, please, just tell me that you KNOW I don't own Pokemon.

CLUE

Chapter 1.5: IRL

~May's POV~

I felt a faint vibration in my front pant pocket. I quickly whipped out my phone and looked at the screen. The number was private, rising my interests. I certainly hoped that it wasn't Drew and his prank calls again.

I sighed, tapped the green call button, and tried to pull off the most enthusiastic voice I could muster. "…Hello?" I responded into the phone.

"Are you May Maple and are you a friend of Dawn Berlitz?" A gruff voice asked quickly, making me jump. It definitely wasn't Drew, for sure.

"Yes," I responded slowly, feeling dread build in my stomach.

"I'm officer Takuto of the Sinnoh Sheriff department. I'm sorry to break this to you, but you're friend was found unconscious in the small warehouse in Vilestone. We don't know what happened to her, or why she is unconscious. She seems to have been shot, but it's not vital. The doctors think she's comatose." The Sheriff said slowly.

I felt my heart stop. "Dawn…" I mumbled and dropped the phone where I was.

"Are you okay?" Misty waved her hand in front of my face as she turned her lips into a frown.

"We need to get to the hospital, NOW!" I shouted. Panic coursed through my veins and I bee-lined towards the door.

Harley stepped in front of me with a dark aura surrounding him. "Where do you think you're going?" He snickered and spread out his arms, preventing me from getting through.

"Move it GAYWAD!" I shouted and kicked Harley in the shin.

He dropped to the ground and moaned in pain. "What the hell Maple?" He whined and rubbed his shin.

Drew, Ash, Gary and Leaf appeared from behind their doors. "What's all this commotion?" Gary asked sternly.

"Dawn…Hospital…" I managed to croak. I fought back tears as I watched my friends and co-workers stand there in shock.

"What are we waiting for? Let's get to the damn hospital already!" Leaf swore. I knew that she wasn't the type of girl that would swear. She was innocent and sweet, but at a time like this, I wouldn't blame her for using profanity.

The guys snapped their head towards Leaf, looking at her in disbelief from witnessing such a horrid word slip from her lips, especially since we were still in the office environment.

Leaf stormed out the building and headed towards her car. Everyone followed her closely behind.

"Do you know what exactly happened?" Misty asked with sad eyes. She walked quickly alongside me to our cars.

"I don't know. Not even the doctors know." I frowned. "I think someone was trying to murder her. She was shot in the chest, but apparently it wasn't vital. She's currently comatose somehow…" I mumbled and hopped into my car.

Misty climbed into the passenger seat, leaving her own car behind at the office parking lot. I supposed that she wanted to talk to me about what was happening.

I put the key in the ignition as quickly as I could and backed up the car, I sped to the hospital, not paying attention to the road like I usually did.

"May…watch where you're going…" Misty mumbled. Her lips were pursed and her face was paled. She gripped onto her seat tightly.

I ignored Misty's plead and sped into the hospital parking space, parking with little care. "Stop, May, calm down!" Misty shrieked and slammed my car door shut. Immediately, I locked the door and booked it into the hospital.

"Hold on!" Misty growled, obviously frustrated that I wouldn't listen to her, but I ran up the stairs and took a breather before I spoke to the receptionist.

"Where…is…Dawn…Hikari…Berlitz?" I huffed loudly and caught my breath. My head pounded from the adrenaline rush.

The lady at the front smiled sweetly and twirled her green hair braid which slung over her shoulder. Her green eyes glistened with worry. "You must be her friend." She said softly. "I believe she is in room 206." She said with a little more urgency.

"Thank you…Cheryl…" I said quickly reading her name tag, and sped off towards the room. I didn't hesitate to fling open her room door.

"Dawn!" I shout and rush over to her bed. Her usual soft ivory skin was pale and scaly. Her normally mid-night blue hair was dull. Dawn's lips were dry and cracked as her eyes were squeezed shut as if she was experiencing a nightmare.

At that moment, Gary, Misty, Leaf, Drew, Ash and Barry entered the room. The all looked sullen and shuffled their feet over to Dawn. Their eyes glued to the ground.

"She looks…horrible." Leaf commented sadly. I bet she didn't mean it in a bad way by the way her facial expressions were read.

My gaze was cold and hard as I watched Dawn's steady breathing. Her chest rose and fell over now and then. Her frozen body lay on the bed, unmoving.

"Do you think she'll make it?" Misty croaked and buried her face into Ash's shirt, who in return, patted her back softly.

"She will, I know it! You have to have faith in her." I narrowed my eyes out the window and pursed my lips.

"May…she's in a comma, and the conditions aren't very good." Drew said slowly, not trying to break the news harshly.

"I DON'T CARE!" I shouted and squeezed my eyes shut. I wished that this wasn't reality. I hoped that she was still smiling and hanging out with the normal gang at the detective's office. I wished that she was still taking up those rare, strange cases that made her the infamous 'weird girl.'

I reached up to wipe my eyes and realized that a tear had escaped. I couldn't cry. Not now. I had to be strong for Dawn, since I know that she'll come back. I know so, and I was going to prove it.

"Gary." I said firmly and stood up from the stool I was sitting at near Dawn's bed. "I'm going to take this case." I nodded.

Gary gave me a strange look and frowned. "What case are you talking about."

"I'm going to find out who did this. I'm taking up Dawn's case, and I'm going to reveal what happened to her." I growled.

"Wha-," Gary started, but he was cut off.

"I'll do it with her." Drew butted in and tugged on my arm. He wrapped his arm around my waist and smirked. "It's for a friend."

"Fine." Gary caved in with a sigh. "I just want to let you know that there is one person that I think is suspicious…" Gary narrowed his eyes towards Dawn.

"Who?" I asked eagerly.

"Start by searching up Paul Shinji's files. He was partnered up with Dawn on this case. He claimed that he was a witness and a victim…but he might as well be the suspect." Gary growled and tilted his head low. "I'm pretty sure he is." He said darkly.

"I'm on it!" I gave a brusque nod and lead Drew out of the Hospital. He followed me silently and let me drag him to the car.

We left first while the rest of the detective gang members stayed to 'talk' to Dawn. They left soon after we did.

I gave a final look up to Dawn's window and saw a shadow hanging at the window. "Drew…" I started. "Did you see that?" I narrowed my eyes at the window to find that the shadow was gone.

"See what?" He said slowly looking up at the hospital building and analyzing where I was staring.

"Nothing…" I frowned and focused my attention back on driving. "It's either that something is going on…or I need an extra cup of coffee in the morning." I scowled.

"I'd say the coffee." Drew suggested with a smirk.

"Gee thanks for the friendly suggestion." I rolled my eyes and parked outside the work building.

Drew entered first to see Harley standing at the door with his arms crossed in front of his chest. A scowl was present on his face and he furrowed his brows at the sight of me peeking behind Drew.

"Where did you go, Maple?" He shrieked and pointed his finger at me once again accusingly.

"I went to the hospital, because I actually have the heart to see a friend that got hurt, unlike you." I snapped and followed Drew to the document room.

Drew snorted and I smirked when I saw Harley's face fall. His eyebrow twitched and his scowl deepened.

"Now do us some good and leave us alone." I added with a snooty voice. Drew chuckled slightly at my tone.

That did it for Harley. He turned his heel and stormed off to his office room, where you could hear him rant to himself about him being better than me.

I rolled my eyes when I heard some of the things that he said about me, but I ignored them, as did Drew.

"Paul Shinji." Drew mumbled to himself repetitively and licked his thumb. He looked though some files and pulled out one with a red sticker imprinted on the side.

"I'm not sure if we should look though this…" I glowered at the paper and placed my hands on Drew.

"We have to. This is for the sake of Dawn, remember?" Drew retorted and set the file on the table. He flipped it open slowly for a dramatic effect, but I just rolled my eyes and helped him flip the file open.

"It's…empty…" I gasped and patted the creamy folder that lay on the table. Instead of files and documents of information, where was a note pinned to the folder.

"Don't interfere." Drew read and narrowed his eyes at the note.

Red letters seeped into the paper and dripped onto the floor. Drew leaned forward and took a small sample.

"It's blood…" Drew trailed off and capped the sample flask that he took. He shoved the flask in his pocket and looked around. "It's pretty fresh too…" Drew grumbled and grabbed my hand.

I felt nauseated and let Drew drag me out of the room. "That must mean that someone is on our case…already." I hissed. I suddenly remembered the shadow near Dawn's hospital window. "That's impossible…" I mumbled.

"What?" Drew asked and shut the door behind us. His eyes darted around the room and he tensed for a moment.

"Is there something wro-," I started, but I was cut off by a girlish, shrill scream. The scream turned into a blood-curdling plea for life, but it was silent after a while.

"Harley!" I shouted hoarsely. I knew that I didn't like that guy, and I probably never will, but it doesn't mean that I would hear him die all of a sudden, especially if he was in the same building as me.

Drew didn't say anything. He just dragged me over to Harley's office. The stench of blood grew stronger as we drew closer to his rooms.

I squeezed my eyes shut in preparing to what I was going to experience. Drew slammed Harley's office door opened and jumped back.

My eyes shot open, and I ended up regretting doing so. I felt bile build up in my stomach as I looked down at the disfigured person lying on the floor.

"Harley…" I croaked. I looked down at the purpled hair man. Red liquid oozed from a slit in his neck little gurgles of blood dribbled from out his now pale lips. His arms were obviously twisted backwards and pulled out of his socket. His legs were seemingly shattered from underneath his skin. His face was twisted in utter horror. Eyes were open with complete fear, boring into the wall across from his view.

"Drew…I'm scared." I mumbled and gasped onto his shirt. He closed his eyes. I could feel him slightly trembling and pulled him in a tighter embrace.

"May…I'm sorry, but I don't think I can do this case…" Drew squeezed his eyes shut and returned my embrace.

"I…" I started, but my voice hitched in my throat, hidden somewhere there, stuck forever. I couldn't get the right words out, but I ended up croaking. "I guess…we can't…" I sobbed into his chest. Completely torn on what I should do. Was it worth my life and Drew's to fight for the mystery of Dawn's almost demise? Should I do this for Dawn's sake?

"I'm shattered." I closed my eyes and breathed into Drew's shirt. "I can't do it…"

~End of Chapter One Point Five~

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