Oh how she had dearly missed bathing, though she couldn't even remember the last time she took a bath, she knew it was sometime before she was kidnapped. It was just one of those things she randomly remembered all of a sudden when she spotted this lake of glistening fresh water. Well, for the specific, it was more of pond status compared to most lakes, but it was fresh water alone, and baths were very welcome.
Of course, April and Lucas did, in no way, share her enthusiasm. Still, April agreed it would be a refresher for Lucas to have a bath, though she finally took over after watching May fail for 10 minutes to get an awfully stubborn dirt spot.
Now, it was just May, her clothes on the shoreline as she stood in the water facing away from the shore, watching as the tips of her hair the reached the water floated on the surface. Though while she was not doing that, she was also getting rid of her own collection of stubborn dirt spots, she failed to notice a man standing on the shoreline, facing her backside.
"You know, if I were a Pokemorph Hunter, you'd be back at the base by now."
May jumped, quickly covering her breasts with her arms and turning around. There, she was a man with dark navy blue hair, short, but it still very elegant. He wore a white shirt that was some what frilly at the bottom, and a dark navy jacket and pants to go with it. Around his shoulders was a cape, a dusty gray color trimmed with a regal blue on the edges, that almost reached the ground, splitting into three parts that all resembled the fins of an Empoleon, all held on him by a blue ribbon tied at his chest. His white gloved hands also held a mask that was the sheer resemblance of the head of a trident.
"What do you want?" May glared, and the man just chuckled.
"Nothing from you, I assure you. I'm just a friend of the pokemorphs. Otto Von Warrington, an Empoleon morph." he bowed deeply, then looked back up at May, "And you?"
". . .May, Ariados morph," She said after a long pause. She was afraid to take her eyes of him, least he do something the minute she let down guard.
"Hard to guess with your clothes off," Otto chuckled, sitting down on a rock near the shore.
"If you don't want anything with me, then why are you still here?" May asked, a harsh tone in her voice.
"Untrusting, hm?" He smiled, "Not surprising, for a pokemorph on the run like you. I'll keep this short and to the point then," he adjusted his sitting position on the rock, "You see, our friends are trying to make peace between all the factions and the Organization, and you just seemed like a person to help reach our goals."
"I'm sorry to say," May sighed, turning back around, "that me, nor my sister have any connection with the factions of the Organization. Now would you kindly leave?"
Otto smiled, "Of course," and with that, he just stood up and left. After double and triple checking that Otto still wasn't there, May got out of the water, putting her clothes back on and going back to April and Lucas.
"Finally done with your luxury hot spring?" April asked as she walked towards them, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes I am, thank you." May stuck out her tongue.
"Interesting, I thought pokemorphs lost their ability to do common things by themselves when their memory was erased," All three of them turned around to see Luna walking up to them, her Honchkrow flying behind her.
"Well, if that happened, we'd all be dead," May grinned, getting a Sucker Punch ready, but April lifted her hand so that it blocked May's way.
"Take Lucas and get out of here. I'll deal with her."
"What? But-"
"I said go. If I went with Lucas, I might do something rational, god forbid," April gave a small smile to May, and she smiled.
"Don't get captured on me, 'kay?" May winked, then grabbed Lucas's hand and ran off.
"Hey! Come back here" Luna started to run that way, but April blocked her path.
"She may be as annoying as hell, but she's still my sister. You have to go through me to get to her," April remained emotionless, but Luna just smiled.
"Good. I always like a challenge. Might as well enjoy the job while it lasts."
"Enjoy? Ha, that's good," April stood up straight, her arms folded to resembled the wing placement of a Xatu, "Enjoy this."
Suddenly, she split off into multiple copies; all of them exactly identical, and all them staring intently at the Honchkrow.
"Honch. . ." Honchkrow looked around, confused what to do, until Luna stepped in.
"Honchkrow! Use Dark Pulse to wipe all the copies out!" She yelled, and the large bird emitted dark rings from his body, destroying all the copies in an instant, and rattling a nearby tree, where April came falling out of.
"Decent," April sighed, wiping the dust off her clothing, "Looks like I can't use the trick I did with your Shrifty morph partner."
"Duh, that's because morphs are idiots," Luna smirked, but the Xatu morph remained emotionless.
"You remind me exactly of my sister. . .and not in a good way."
"Honchkrow! Air Cutter."
April remained standing firmly, until it almost hit, then she disappeared and reappeared a few yards away almost instantly, letting out a dark orb from her hands as she rematerialized.
"Shadow Ball!" she watched as it hit the Honchkrow, but he merely shrugged it off.
"Are you an idiot or what?" Luna laughed, "Using a Ghost move against Dark? Puh-lease.
April simply smiled, "I guess I am."
"May. . .we're going to get caught, aren't we?" Lucas asked quietly.
"No, we aren't, I promise you," May replied, quietly as she could as she stood as still as she could, pressing herself against the tree trunk as much as she could to try to avoid detection. She wasn't sure what yet, but she knew she didn't want to know. She didn't have to worry about Lucas, however, since he was safely tucked away in the tree.
"Luna reported that she lost the other girl and the kid, but it currently trying to capture the Xatu morph," An all too familiar voice said, or Tengu, but she didn't feel like being specific.
"She never was that great at keeping a group of pokemon in one area," An unfamiliar voice sighed.
"Well that's because she's usually paired with Eleven. For some stupid reason, the boss sent her out here with me."
"Probably because he's testing you, making sure you aren't holding back. . .because of her."
"Then why do you have it easy?" He asked, "You're in the same boat as me."
The unfamiliar one remained silent, then finally said, "Because the one they have thinks I'm-" he paused, looking around.
"Something wrong Aaron?" Tengu asked.
"Yes, actually," he turned towards the tree May was standing behind, "There is."
The next moment, May found herself with her hands pinned high above her head with Aaron's hand, as both Pokemorphs looked at her skeptically.
"Is she that Ariados morph you were talking about?" Aaron asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, she's the one. . .though there should be a Kabuto morph with her."
"Well, there isn't," May frowned, "He's safe now, far away where you guys can never reach him; I made sure of that."
"Oh really?" Tengu asked, "Then why did you come back, and why did you spy on us?"
"I got lost, so I thought maybe spying on you two would give me an idea where my sister was."
"The Xatu morph, correct?" Aaron asked.
"Yes," Tengu nodded, "She may be telling the truth, but she didn't look like one to drop off a child and leave him. Unless, of course, he's still around here somewhere."
Aaron smirked, "Maybe if we promise her freedom then she'll turn in the brat."
May spat on what she could see of Aaron's face, hissing. "Never in my life! I wouldn't even dream on doing it! Ever!"
Aaron wiped the spit off his face, then smiled, "She sure is rowdy. I wonder what she'll do if we get really close to where the kid is."
"Nothing, because he isn't near here." May scowled.
"Really now?" he raised an eyebrow, and Tengu's eyes widened.
"Aaron, don't do it. There's a town near here. If they find out about us, think about your brother."
He paused, then smirked again, "Well then, let's just make sure they don't find out."
He forcefully stomped the ground, a visible shock wave coming from the impact, and a violent shaking coming only moments later. The minute May saw a flash of brown fall from the tree, she tore from Aaron's grip and caught Lucas in her arms, holding him tight against her chest.
"Well Tengu." Aaron turned to him after the shaking had stopped, "Would you like to do the honors?"
Now, one thing confused Luna. Though she liked to believe it, she knew morphs weren't that stupid. And yet, this Xatu morph kept using Shadow Ball over and over again, even though the first time she tried it barely did anything, and still was.
It confused her greatly.
Of course, considering April, she always had some type of master plan. Maybe it wasn't the smartest one, like, you know, running, but it was the most time consuming, which gave May more time to escape with Lucas.
But, knowing her sister, she would probably decide to be and idiot and go back to find her. Because, of course, she was April. She could take down a Honchkrow in a matter of minutes.
Not.
Well, considering that Luna kept asking herself why she was still using Shadow Ball, she probably didn't remember Shadow Ball's side effect of lowering special defense, which is what Psychic types had a lot of in attack. Of course, Psychic did nothing against Dark, but she had a plan for that too.
While she was hiding behind a tree from yet another attack of the persistent Honchkrow, April tried to fire up another Shadow Ball, but failed, making her sigh.
"Well, might as well try it now and see what happens," she looked up, only to meet an about to fall tree right above her, which, thankfully, she got out of the way before her and the tree could meet personally.
"You know, you shouldn't let your mind wander off into space during a battle," Luna frowned, but the Xatu morph kept staring intently at the Honchkrow, as if she was trying to make it faint with her mind. Then, her right eye glistened, and she dodged yet another Dark Pulse.
"Psychic." April reached out her hands to the Honchkrow, enveloping it in a violet-ish array of colors, before if finally faded the poor crow was panting.
"But- Wha- How did you?" Luna's eyes widened as she kept interrupting herself in her amazement.
"How did I damage a dark pokemon with a Psychic attack?" April finished for her, smiling, "Easy: Miracle Eye, and a ton of Shadow Balls to lower Special Defense."
Luna's amazement turned to a smirk, "You're more of a challenge than I thought."
"I. . .I wouldn't say that just yet." April continued smiling, though suddenly her fatigue was apparent, "No wonder Pokemorphs never go against Hunters: they have so many pokemon, and we only have ourselves."
The Hunter blinked, "What are you getting at?"
She shook her head, and then raised both of her hands, "I give up."