The next thing he knew, he hit something or someone, hard. Then he felt the figure falling on the ground. Opening his eyes again, he saw that he fortunately hit the target he wanted directly at the center; the egg was just lying on the ground nearby the unconscious guy. "I'll be taking that." Riku muttered to the man as he picked up the oval-shaped thing from the soil. Riku smiled at his victory over the attack, and started to walk away deeper into the forest.
The only problem was he wasn't paying attention to where he was going.
"Whaa...don't tell me I got lost again?" he whined to himself as he looked up at the peaceful sky above him. Frowning, he let his body lay down, leaning on the trunk of the tree. Riku sighed, it may take him hours just to find his way back..."If I'm that unlucky." he mumbled sadly. He looked down at the egg wrapped around by both of his arms. He thought about it, and with confidence in his eyes, he decided to find his way back as soon as he could, for the egg's sake-
"Wait a sec; didn't the professor hear the explosion awhile ago? I didn't see anyone behind me, but I'm positive that it was loud enough to shake the whole building..." the boy suddenly beamed. "Maybe he's looking for me right now!" getting up from his position, he ran down a random path excitedly in hopes of bumping into the man and finally getting out of this huge group of trees.
Meanwhile, back at the lab...
Kiyoshi continued to snore loudly in the couch, his arms stretched out of the bed he was on as well. At the same time, Rowan went to his private study because he was thinking that Riku was taking his time in choosing, though it normally doesn't take that long, he knew that Riku was a little different. Strange to say that he fell asleep all of a sudden after gazing at the one file he got from the shelf. So...yeah, they missed the explosion.
Back at the forest...
"Why do I have a feeling that those two are just sleeping in comfortable places..?" Riku mumbled with a dazed, annoyed, and tired look on his face. He had skipped breakfast to avoid the goodbye, which was a bad idea. The boy was starving...he could hear the growling sounds coming from his stomach, demanding food as soon as possible. He couldn't do that, Riku was in the middle of a forest, with not a single berry tree in sight. Leaning on another random tree, he closed his eyes for a few seconds to rest, only to be interrupted by another growl from his tummy. "Ugh...so hungry..." he clutched his stomach tightly to stop it from grumbling; it didn't work. He stared at the egg again. No way was he ever going to try eating it, that would be just plain wrong...for him anyway. Though if he didn't find a food source soon, he might actually collapse!
"Come on Riku...tough it out...Professor Rowan's lab has to be close...or somewhere around here..." he somehow managed a little smirk to form. "At least...I have the egg that poacher was trying to steal."
Suddenly, a light green powder flew out of nowhere, surrounding Riku entirely. By mistake, he already inhaled it, and as soon as he did, he immediately realized what it was. "S-sleep powder..!" he coughed. His vision grew even more blurry, dropping the egg in the process. Falling on the ground, he was able to make out two figures approaching him. "U-uh...no...don't..." he passed out afterward.
"Hehe, not so tough now are you brat." the man sneered. It was the same guy that tried to steal the egg before, but this time he had back-up...it stood on two legs, and had a blue and red rose for arms. It had a three-spiked head on top, and its body is mostly covered with leaves.
A Roselia. "Rose!" it smirked along with its master, happy that he was able to please him.
The poacher picked up the egg and tossed it to the Pokémon, catching it easily. Then, he carried the boy into his shoulder and turned to his companion. "Hah, these prizes will make awesome gifts to the boss won't they?"
"Roselia-Roselia!" he cried back happily. The man laughed aloud along with the grass type Pokémon. Riku was already unconscious now; the tables have turned on him. And now the two started to head back to their base, where they would show their accomplishments to the head and hope that it would be sufficient enough for a raise.
Kiyoshi and Rowan, who were still napping, had no idea what had happened to the boy, or the egg.
A/N : I rewrote it, and it still ended up being way too short. Never mind, you were expecting an update, I know. But I had a feeling I had to finish this up first...you know?