Chapter 6

"May? Is he—oh, hello again Drew! Nice of you to join us." Yue said from the doorway. She helped May get him up, but when he stood he immediately shook them off.

"I can walk on my own thanks…" he mumbled as he made his way for the hall. May sighed as he turned the corner.

"He hates depending on others…" she said sadly. Yue nodded.

"Yeah, I figured that out pretty quickly. Come on." She said as she followed Drew out of the room. May was about to do the same when another flash of lightening lit up the room. For a split second, she could have sworn she'd seen a figure by the window. She whirled around to look at it, but it was gone and the room was dark once more.

"May? Are you coming?" Yue called. She jumped, returning her attention to the world around her.

"Yeah, sorry!" she cried as she ran out of the room as thunder crashed yet again.

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"Ok, Moonlight. Here we are again. Sitting here. Waiting. Waiting for you to, yet again, tell us why we're here." Each time Moonlight seemed about to begin to say something. May would say something else—each getting more and more unnecessary by the minute.

"May, I would like to—"

"Because it isn't like we ever know what we're getting ourselves into around here."

"Yes…but—"

"Don't mind us. We're just here to do your suicidal bidding."

"Will you just—"

"It's raining, Yue, did you notice?"

"SILENCE!" Moonlight roared. The atmosphere around them seemed to darken and the walls and floor shook. Lightening flashed, which added to the effect. Slowking simply sighed.

"That should do it." he mused. Midnight smiled slightly.

"Now, then, may I please explain?" Moonlight asked calmly. May would never understand how she could seem so stern one second and so calm the next… She remained deathly silent.

"I think that means yes. Hm, this should be long…tea anyone?" Slowking asked. When no one answered, he shrugged and wallowed over to the kitchen to make himself a cup. Moonlight sighed.

"Are there any more questions, interruptions, unnecessary words, tasks to be fulfilled other than this, or random topics to be discussed before I go on?" she asked.

"I think we're all ready, Moon." Midnight said. May wondered briefly why he had called her "Moon" instead of "Moonlight" but brushed off the topic knowing that she had messed with Moonlight enough for the day. She really did like Moonlight, but she just felt so frustrated that the Absol hadn't told her what was going on. She then felt a wave of shame wash over her as she realized that, if she hadn't interrupted so many times, she could already know. She noticed that Midnight was giving her a knowing look.

"Now," Moonlight began, "When the four of you left, Slowking and I continued to work on translating tablets. It took weeks to finally decipher what all of them meant."

"Not to mention we still haven't finished tackling the clearing tablet." Slowking put in.

"The one where you guys found us after the Red Eyed Evil were defeated." Spoof explained, noticing that the two coordinators and ditto looked extremely confused.

"Yes, thank you Spoof." Moonlight continued, "Anyways, what we did decipher was that there was something coming—something big. And we knew that you would need to be involved…yet again, terribly sorry. But we couldn't figure out what it was or how it would involve you."

"There was something missing." Slowking added, "Something important."

"Which is where Midnight, here, came in." Moonlight said.

"Question!" May cried. She had kept this one at the back of her head for days.

"Yes?" it was Midnight that answered.

"How is it, exactly, that you got caught up in all of this?" May asked. He blinked and Moonlight looked down at the floor. Slowking sighed.

"Midnight has been involved from the beginning." He said sadly.

"I think I would know about him if that were true, right Moonlight?" Yue said. The Absol didn't answer her. She faltered.

"Right?"

"Midnight…" Moonlight started, "has indeed been involved from the beginning. My beginning, not yours." Yue cocked her head to the side, looking confused.

"What do you mean?" she asked. May could tell that her friend was startled by the idea of not knowing everything about the island inhabitants. She knew this place like the back of her hand…or so, it was thought. What would Moonlight have kept from her?

"Midnight," she said softly "is my brother."

"Twin brother, to be exact." Slowking said as he took another sip of his tea. May noticed that Moonlight seemed to have gone into a trance. She looked…sad. But she blinked and was back to her old self.

"Midnight has been away for a long time." She said abruptly. "He's been searching for answers as well. It was he who discovered the information we were missing."

"Ok…" Yue said, looking a little taken aback. It must have been hard for her to believe that there were still things about her old home she didn't know about; May felt the urge to scoff.

"Welcome to the club." She thought.

"Well?" May jumped, Drew hadn't spoken at all. She had almost forgotten that he was next to her. He sounded impatient. "Tell us what was missing?" Moonlight hesitated, she looked as if she were having trouble with what she was about to say. May felt her heart begin to plummet: if Moonlight was faltering, how would the rest of them react? It was Midnight who spoke instead.

"The Red Eyed Evil are not dead." He said blankly. "Only trapped. Trapped in a world of darkness and sorrow. They were to be shut away forever, never to escape and never to harm anyone again. That was the plan. But, as I am sure you all know, hardly anything goes as planned." Chills ran down May's spine at his words. She looked at Drew to see his reaction, but as usual he was masking any emotion he may have been feeling. She looked at his eyes, they were his weakness. She could tell anything from them. But she saw nothing helpful until Midnight continued.

"They can help each other escape, but only if one of them is free. Now don't think for a second that Fog is here to help them escape, she has not a hope in the world for their escape. She has only one hope, and is doing only one thing. That is, she is here to stop the one that is trying to escape from helping the others. And that one is her brother, who has made a fine place to hide out of Drew's heart."

May watched as Drew's eyes widened. His hand flicked to the black area on his chest. His mask was gone. He was shaking when she wrapped her arms around him. He barely seemed to register that she was there.

"…Wh-What?" Yue squeaked. Tok sat motionless on the couch, his blank stare aimed at the floor. May wondered what he was thinking…what he was feeling. But before she could get too deep in thought, Drew spoke.

"I…knew." He said. She gave him a puzzled look. He was shaking his head. "I knew! I saw him!" He was screaming now. She tried desperately to calm him, but it was no use.

And who could blame him?

"He was there! Right there! He spoke to me, SPOKE TO ME!"

"Drew, please, calm down." May whispered. He glared at her.

"Calm down? CALM DOWN? Let's put a monster in you, May, and see your reaction!" he spat. Her eyes widened.

"Freaking out won't help, Drew!" she cried. Usually he would have stopped and thought about it. Maybe even pause long enough to collect himself. May was surprised when he growled.

"NEITHER WILL YOUR PATHETIC ATTEMPTS AT HELPING, GIRL!" he roared. She gaped at him. As soon as he'd said it, it was as if something clicked and he was his normal self again. His eyes filled with horror as he fell silent. The whole room was silent. May realized that she was still gaping and shut her mouth. Yue looked as if she wanted to say something, but stopped. It appeared that she didn't really know what to say. Tok's eyes were the size of saucers as he stared at his trainer.

"Oh dear," Slowking said, breaking the silence, "it seems I'm out of tea."