Camerupt ran into the room, gasping for air and he tried not to slide on the slick floor. In an surprised awaken daze, Crobat looked at Camerupt. "Camerupt, what's wrong?! Is there an intruder?!" The pocket monster rubbed his eyes and flew down, trying to confort his friend. Mightyena stood up suddenly, looking around. "Intruder?! Where are they?!" Mightyena barked, running around and snarling fiercely. "N-no Mightyena, everything's alright. I-I mean, it's not alright! Something crazy happened!" Camerupt took a moment to recover his breath, and gulped. "What happened? Is Master alright?" Crobat asked, looking concerned. "N-No! That f-f-face thing! It possessed him! It made him- different! He zipped and zoomed all over the place! I can't just explain it, everyone f-f-follow me!" Camerupt got off his knees and trampled his way out the door. Crobat and Mightyena looked at each other in a puzzled way and then followed. Wheezing opened his eyes slowly and looked out to them. "What's going on? Is it morning already?"

"Come on, Wheeze." Mightyena called looking through the doorframe. Wheezing slowly hovered and flew out the door.

The team followed Camerupt to Maxie's main office, which was a mess. Papers were everywhere, his chair was on the floor, everything was out of place, books were off the shelves, and Maxie and his mask were gone. "You sure somebody didn't bust in?" Mightyena asked, looking confused. "This place looks awful! It looked like a freakin' tornado hit it!"

Crobat flew around, examing the room. "Hmm. The face thing is gone, and so is Master. I think I heard about something like this . . ." Crobat lowered to the other pokémon's levels. "There's this old myth about a ancient device. One that would possess humans and rid them of their insecurities. It made them powerful, and bold. But it was destroying towns, making people jealous and angry, killing people. It caused total anarchy as everyone was fighting to have it in their clutches. So other pokémon teamed together to rid of it, and it was buried in a . . . old cave . . ." Crobat halted his speech, his eyes widening. "You don't think that we have it. Do you?" Camerupt asked, his tone quivering. "We may have it, did you say it looked like a face?" Crobat asked, looking at the nervous fire type. "Y-yes, and it's a very dark shade of green." Camerupt explained, gulping. "It's the it. That's what they said it would look like. I can't remember what its called but we should go after Master before he does something idiotic or crazy." Crobat flew upwards again and headed towards the window. "I'll come with ya, but only because I'm a bit worried about this thing." Mightyena said, clenching his teeth against the lock and opening it with slight ease. "I-I-I'm coming, too." Camerupt walked towards the window. Mightyena and Crobat were waiting outside, and they pulled Camerupt through.

Wheezing yawned. "I'm going back to bed. Good luck, guys." He said, as he floated back to the team's room. The group rolled their eyes and started their journey to find their master. Along the way, they saw two figures standing alone, seemingly hiding in the bushes. "What will we do if our hordes discover our relationship? We will surely be abandoned, or killed!" One voice said, sounding scared. "I would rather die with you than return to our rivalry. I am sick of seeing your horde's blood 'll run away. Run away far from Hoenn." Another said, sounding serious. Camerupt stopped to listen to their problem, having a small urge to help. He quietly approached them trying not to startle them. Mightyena noticed him inching towards two mystery figures, becoming startled. "Camerupt, what are you doing?!" He whispered, trying to steer him back towards the group. Camerupt moved the bushes, revealing two monsters that would never be seen together, unless they were in battle. A Zangoose and a Seviper, who both jumped in surprise when the bushes were pulled away. The Seviper hid behind the Zangoose in fear, as the creature shown its claws. "Who are you?! Where did you come from?!" He said, shielding the serpent-like creature. "We're not going to hurt you, we're friendly, we swear." Crobat explained, trying to calm the frightened pair. The Zangoose paused, trying to think. "A-are you wild or captured?" Said the female Seviper, who revealed herself. She looked very different than most of her kind; her markings were bright shades green and pink, and the blade of its tale, along with its fangs, were shades of blue.

"We are captured, but we swear we won't hurt you." Mightyena promised, approaching them. "Alright then, if you don't hurt us, we won't hurt you." Zangoose slowly approached them, standing tall. "What are you all doing outside at this time of night?" Seviper asked, slithering towards them. "Well, it's a long story. We don't really have time to explain. How about you come with us? We'll explain on the way there?" Camerupt asked, looking at them. Zangoose and Seviper shared a slightly concerned look, but decided to follow along. The group and their new tag-alongs continued down he route to find Maxie and return him home safely.

Meanwhile, the base of Team Aqua stood quiet as eight grunts patrolled the outside. Two of each eight stood protecting each set of doors.

The two at the front were getting tired by the second, but they would rather stay up all night than be scolded by Archie. One yawned, as the other played cards by himself on the ground. A dash of colors zoomed down the path leading to the entrance, but neither seemed to notice. Maxie quickly stopped by a tree, looking at the small security at a distance. Grunts guarding the door, huh? I gotta admit, that's smart for Archie. But, I have a bit of an idea. Maxie smirked, and dashed away. The grunts still stood at the door in a tired daze, but then bright lights suddenly appeared out of nowhere, causing them to cover their eyes. Carnival music started to play as well as a booth appeared. "Step up! Step up!" Maxie announced, dressed like a carnival employee while wearing a fake mustache and pointing to a Test-Your-Strength pole.

"See if your strong enough to ring the bell! Ring it, and you'll win a plush of any Pokemon you chose, and many other prizes!" He smiled as the grunts stood there dumbfounded. A few moments passed before he rolled his eyes."Well, COME ON!" His yelled boomed loudly, causing the grunts to run towards him. "Uh, how much does it cost to play?" Grunt #1 asked. "Nothing! It's absolutely free! Just hit the target, ring the bell, and win a prize." Maxie informed, showing off a shelve of many plushes and other novelties. The grunts smiled and looked at each other with excitment. Grunt #1 quickly picked up the giant mallet and raised it up, wobbling slightly as he couldn't exactly hold its strength. He slammed the mallet down onto the target, and the metal bullet passed five marks before falling down. "Pshh, you call that strength?" Grunt #2 taunted, as he crossed his arms. "It's hard! This thing is heavy!" Grunt #1 whined, dragging the mallet towards his feet. "Move, I'll show ya how it done!" Grunt #2 said, moving the other out of the way and grabbing the mallet. He hoisted it up and slammed it down, causing the metal bullet to go straight up and hit the bell. "Congratulations! You win!" Maxie announced, smiling. "Cool! What did we win?!" Both grunts asked, jumping up and down with excitement. "A one way ticket to mars!" Maxie said, still smiling. "Huh?" The grunts asked, stopping and looking at him. Maxie pulled a remote control out of his pocket and pressed a button. This caused the ground to spring up, sending the grunts to rocket up in the air so far that Maxie couldn't even see them anymore. "Enjoy your trip!" He snickered, waving. He spinned around and returned to his original outfit, then zoomed inside. He hid by a corner in a hall, as Shelly and a female grunt walked past. "So, have you received the papers from the boss, miss?" The grunt asked, trying her best not to seem rude. "Yes, we are very close to finding the blue orb. Hopefully closer than those Team Magma fools." Maxie scowled and gritted his teeth. "Well, I should get to my quarters. I will see you and the others tomorrow for the meeting. Goodnight." "G'night, ma'am." The grunt said, before Shelly gave her an angry look. "I meant miss! G'night miss!" The grunt ran away quickly, as Shelly rolled her eyes. She walked down the hall and went to her room. Maxie grinned, and started to follow her to her room. Shelly walked into a bathroom, and Maxie ducked into her room, which was conveniently located next to the bathroom. Maxie flew around the room quickly, looking for the papers that the grunt had mentioned earlier. He smiled as he finally found them and put them into his pocket. Unfortunately, at the same time, Shelly walked in and got a good look at Maxie. She screamed and Maxie did too, the only difference between them was that Maxie's eyes had flew out of his head as he screamed. Shelly retrived a small barrel gun from his waist and aimed it at Maxie, before he started to spin around the room. She fired rapidly, trying to hit him as the bullets seemed to miss his body. The room filled with gunshots and Maxie's giggling as the two were seemingly fighting. Maxie then jumped out the window, landing on his feet and dashing away. Shelly ran up to it, looking around for whoever stole the papers. But, they were nowhere in sight. She threw the gun down in frustration, yelling "Dammit!"

She furiously left her room and stood out in the hall. "I need every grunt on stand-by, NOW!"

Maxie dashed all the way back to his bedroom, setting the papers down and looking at himself in awe. "This in incredible! This powers are amazing! With it, I can finally acceive my goal of expanding the land for the greater good! I can be someone I've always wanted to be! Hell, I might just be able to do anything!" He looked at the clock, which read 3:30 am. He hesitantly wrapped his fingers around the base of his head and started to pull, causing lighting to flash as Maxie groaned. It came off, as Maxie was returned to normal. Exhausted, he staggered back to his room, the mask falling from his hands. He landed onto his bed face first, crawling up onto his and kicking off his shoes. He tiredly took his glasses off and set them onto his bedside counter, and curled into bed.

A little after 4:10 AM, the group of Pokémon returned, crawling in from the window. "Are you sure it's okay if we stay with you?" Seviper asked, slowly slithering inside. "Of course, but it'll only be for a while." Camerupt whispered, trying not to make much noise as he crawled in. "That's more than enough time. Thank you." Zangoose said, helping him inside. "We should get to bed, it's very late." Mightyena whispered. Crobat quietly flew to the door of their master's bedroom, to see him quietly asleep. "Master is back, but he's asleep and I don't see that thing anymore. We should get to sleeping, we have an eventful day tomorrow." The all headed into the room, not knowing that the mask was on the floor and it glowed, wanting a host once more.