Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon

(RE)EDITED


Wake up!

Maddy groaned and stirred, but didn't awaken.

Wake up!

Why don't you shut up? Thought Maddy. Her head felt sore, ad she had a feeling opening her eyes wouldn't help the pain.

A boot hit her side hard. Ow! Come on! Wake up!

"She's not going to wake up just because you tell her to."

Voices ran clear in her head now. A familiar voice… Danny?

"Well, she's going to have to!" someone began to shake her roughly, "Wake up!"

"I wouldn't do that if I were you…" Danny again. The hands shook her again. That's it…

Her fist went straight up and hit whoever was there.

"Ow!" cried the one who had been trying to wake her up. Bull's eye… A small smile flickered across Maddy's face.

She heard someone laughing. She recognized it as Growlie.

"The brat's already awake!"

Do you want me to hit you again? Suddenly Maddy remembered what had happened. Alarm rang through her whole body. Where were they?

Before she could say anything, another voice joined the first two.

"Virus! The boss would like to speak to you now," called a gruff stranger.

"Y-Yes sir!" Maddy's annoying captor, a female, suddenly lost the arrogant tone to her voice. There was the sound of a door opening and closing, and then Danny again.

"She's gone now," he informed her.

Maddy yawned and sat up. She surveyed the room around her. It looked something like a waiting room that had been taken over by plants. There was moss everywhere, the floor was tile, from what she could see of it, and it was pretty dark, the only light came from holes in the wall and ceiling. From what she could tell, it was broad daylight. She could clearly see what looked like a front desk that was covered with vines and probably wasn't of any use to anyone. Table and chairs lay scattered randomly around the room. She and her companions were on the grassy floor in the center of the strange building.

"How long was I out?" she asked Danny. What was going on?

"No idea. I was only rudely awoken half an hour ago," he answered.

"What's happened since then?" she asked.

"Virus, the woman, or at least she says she's a woman, she looks sixteen to me, is one of those creeps who attacked us. I think they use code names because I can't imagine anyone naming their kid Virus. Other than that, I haven't found out anything useful. We've pretty much just been trying to wake you up," Danny reported.

"Maddy's a deep sleeper," commented Growlie, who had lifted his leg to scratch behind his ear. Maddy laughed at this comment, but then her face fell.

"Hey, where's Espeon?" she asked, suddenly serious.

Danny shook his head as if he had wondered that himself, but hadn't been able to figure it out.

"Haven't seen her since I woke up," he confessed.

"How long were we out, anyway?" Maddy asked, a frustrated edge to her voice. This wasn't a favorable situation. They were in a strange place surrounded by strange people, and they probably didn't even know the date! It seemed impossible.

Danny shrugged. He didn't know. Growlie looked at her apologetically, not knowing what to say. Maddy sighed. This was impossible.


Virus stood outside the bosses office and fiddled with her hair, a thing she did when she was nervous. This was her last chance. Because of that creep Silver, she had been placed at the bottom work line: guarding a century old science lab. Nobody actually went there, the boss just sent people miles away from Orre as a way to get them out of his face while saying it was an important job. Among the officers of Team Snagem, it was considered bottom rank work.

But of all the luck! They were still debating whether or not the Espeon her team had caught was the one that escaped from the main government building, the one completely dedicated to their law, but Virus was almost certain. It had to be. An Eevee only evolved into an Espeon when a trainer learned friendship with it. That was beyond rare. She began to gnaw on a few strands of her hair.

"Virus, you can come in now," her bosses voice snapped her to attention.

"Yes sir?" she tried to look as professional as possible as she entered the boss's room. The room was suited for an office. It had a single wooden desk, a material rarely used anymore, but what else were you supposed to use on the only fertile spec of land in the middle of a desert? Anyway, it wasn't where you'd find the boss most often. He was usually out training with Jolteon, his pokemon of choice. The two were so alike it was scary. They were both muscular, but not to an obsessive point. They could more accurately be described as lean. Her boss's tone was always perfectly calm, and both he and his Jolteon always had a look in their eyes, one that was a mix of all seeing knowledge and one of curiosity. It was like saying: I know everything, now tell me more.

"It turns out, the Espeon was the escapee. Congratulations."

Virus restrained herself from screaming for joy. This was the break she so needed! She'd be executive in no time!

"You're back to Orre field jobs, oh, and I'm taking you off of the thief investigation for a new assignment."

Could this day get any better? She was back in Orre, and now she didn't have to deal with the pest who had kicked her out in the first place! She was ready for any assignment he could give her!

"Your to watch over the others found with the Espeon. They don't seem threatening, but since they were found with something this valuable, we can't take any chances."

Virus's face fell. What? Se was stuck with a drooling puppy, a know-it-all, and a violent banshee? So not fair! The boss, (his true name, as most team members new, was Dimitri, but they just referred to him as boss) read her look.

"Come on, Virus, it can't be that bad," he said sympathetically.


"What's the matter with her?" asked Maddy as Virus walked into the room with a sour look on her face.

"Maybe she's mad at you," suggested Growlie.

"I didn't hit her that hard…" muttered Maddy.

The three stared at Virus, awaiting an explanation.

"Aren't you three scared?" she asked.

"Of you?" asked Maddy, snorting, "No."

"But you don't have a clue were you are, or who we are, and you're perfectly calm about it!"

"Where are we and who are you?" shrugged Danny.

Virus bit her lip and glared at him. Then she sighed.

"Guess I'm going to need to get used to this, since I'm stuck with you... people," She hissed the last word, as if restraining herself from saying something worse.

"What?" exclaimed Maddy, "You mean we're stuck with you?"

"Here's the short summary: We're team Snagem, this is our headquarters, I'm not telling you exactly where that is," she said looking at Danny, who's mouth was open indicating he had been about to ask, "Any other questions?"

"I'm hungry," whined Growlie.

Virus looked at the puppy. Then decided to ignore him and looked at the other two expecting them to ask her something. Of course, Danny did.

"What's Team Snagem? Why won't you tell us exactly where we are? Why are we here? Where's the Espeon that was with us? Why were you at that old abandoned laboratory?" Danny listed his thoughts as they came to him. Virus stared blankly. Then shook herself.

"Anything else?" she asked weakly.

"Yes, I just wanted to give you a chance to answer my other questions," Danny said.

Virus groaned and slapped her forehead. That's it, the boss was mad at her, why else would he be putting her through this?

"I'm hungry," Growlie's whining didn't do much for Virus's mood, even if she couldn't understand it.

"We're hungry," Maddy voiced Growlie's complaint out loud.

Virus raised an eyebrow and opened the door a crack. She spoke to somebody outside, confirming Danny's theory of there being guards outside the door. Se turned back to them.

"Follow me," she said sternly.

The group followed her outside, and took in the beauty of their surroundings, literally. The whole place was covered in greenery, and circled by a great lake. There were buildings built in trees, or at least what used to be buildings, they were now covered in vines and moss, like the building Maddy, Danny, and Growlie had just been in. Danny paused for a moment to read the sign outside of their prison. PC? What did that stand for?

"Come on!" Virus's impatient call urged him onward. The guards (three of them) followed them as they left.

They headed up a steep hill. To the left of that was a chain of waterfalls that started so high up you couldn't see he top, pounding into a pool of water. It wasn't that deep, you could see the bottom, but by the indent in the ground you could tell it had once been much deeper.

They were now high in the air, and Danny could look down at the point where they had once been. He peered down and saw that there was a steep hill leading downward from the building marked PC. At the bottom was what appeared to be a dried up stream and the entrance to an old cave now covered in thick vines and rocks. He squinted. He could had sworn something had moved…

"Move it!" Another cry from Virus yanked him out of his mind and he rushed to catch up. As he ran, something in he center of the path made him trip.

"Ow…" he groaned and, rubbing his knee, sat up and looked at the object that had caused his fall. It was a… sign? He flipped it over, and sure enough, it was a sign. It read:

WELCOME TO AGATE VILLAGE