Chapter 8: Explanations and Situations – (May's P.O.V.)

For the past five hours, I've had to listen to my newfound friends explain everything that they do in this city. So far, this is what I understand at most.

These three formed a group called the Cooper gang. They specialized in thievery. At first, I was frightened, but I've dealt with bounty hunters who were trying to make an honest living. Apparently, Sly came from a very long line of thieves. Thieving was the Cooper family business. When we got to the point to his parents, Sly skipped that and moved on. I'll ask him about it later. According to Bentley, all three of them grew up in the same orphanage. Guess that's how they were really great friends. Ok, with their rash of robberies, someone must be after them. They explained that a police organization called Interpol assigned a few people to the case of capturing the Cooper gang. But, there was a certain Inspector, as Murray put it, that caught Sly's attention and his love. But, again, Sly skipped anymore of that topic and said that it wasn't important. Something was on his mind. After explanations were done, they asked me if I explain where I came from. I already told them about Pokemon. Creatures, on my world, that have various abilities and powers. The people who train with them are called Pokemon Trainers. Trainers use Pokemon in battles where one trainer fights another. I didn't know what else to tell them. That's when I remembered my Pokedex.

I pulled it out of my back pocket and presented it to them. Bentley took it with one of his mechanical arms from the wheelchair. Bentley and Murray were amazed by the device and what each of the Pokemon, I recorded, look like. I showed them the three Pokemon I mistook them to be at first. They each had a bewildered expression of their own. After a few minutes of looking at the Pokedex, Sly looked in my direction and smiled. I had no choice but to smile back. And just like that, he walked away and headed to the second floor of their "hideout." I watched him go and became confused to what I saw before he vanished.

"I have a question." I told Bentley and Murray. They stopped their investigation on my Pokedex and looked at me. "What color are Sly's eyes?" I asked. They looked at me in shock. "They're naturally brown. Why?" Bentley said. Murray, and I saw it. His eyes were brown, but they slowly changed blue in a clockwise rotation. "Because they are blue, right now." I told him. He looked in a mirror and sighed. "Is this natural for him?" I asked. Bentley and Murray simply nodded no. I looked back at Sly as he turned around. As soon as he looked at me, he gasped and stumbled back. "What?" I asked. "A-Are y-your eyes n-naturally… green?!" He stuttered. 'Green?!' I ran past him and looked in the mirror myself. His words spoke true. My eyes were now solid green instead of the natural blue they always were. It's like someone took the color out of Sly's and my eyes and replaced them with a different color.

I looked back at him and our eyes met. Both worried expression melted into calmness as we stared blankly at each other. After a few seconds, Sly closed his eyes and shook his head, snapping himself out of our trance. I did the same thing and returned to reality. "Ok, first we had to deal with Sly's eyes changing colors and now May's are doing the same thing. Just what is going on here?!" Bentley shouted out. I looked at Sly again, only to see him putting his hand on his hip and the other scratching the back of his head. His eyes were still blue. I was worried about the same thing. I had my hand grabbing my other arm as I looked at my feet. I didn't know it, but Sly was looking at me.

Sly walked up to me, and I lifted my head. His face was very close to mine. Just like before that accidental kiss. I thought he was going to kiss me again, but he embraced me instead. I was surprised at first, but let myself sink into the hug. He was good three inches taller than me, but it was enough. I rested my head on his shoulder and let out a few tears. One, for getting myself into this mess. And two, because I was starting to become a little homesick.

Bentley and Murray just watched us in sympathy. I even heard Sly mutter and whisper something in my ear. They were words that were going to be in my head for as long as I will remember. "Welcome, to my world."