9. Attraction
"Hmm..." the brunette hummed, slowly creeping through Goldenrod Tunnel. She held the key that Petrel had given her after he tasted defeat. Lyra took step after step, eying all the thrown trash on the floor. "...Eww..."
Her Scyther scoffed, poking the trash below him. 'Dirty people here.'
Lyra nodded absentmindedly in agreement, and blinked. Everyone seemed to be... missing? She scanned the area, and there was no one in sight in the tunnel; only the trash on the floor.
Lyra's eyebrows knitted together in confusion. "Aren't there people here in their little shops? And the trainers? What do you think, Wolver?"
Wolver—Lyra's Scyther—facepalmed—although he had to be careful about that due to his sharp blades—and walked next to him. 'Lyra. This is Team Rocket's plan. Duh.'
She blinked, frowning. "Right... Well, where would this key fit..." she mumbled, walking along the abandoned tunnel.
They walked a bit, and Wolver suddenly stopped her, pointing to the dark hallway to their right. 'We should try that door over there. It was locked when we tried to open it,' he huffed, crossing his... blades?
Lyra smiled. "That's right! Let's go!" She walked—or rather skipped—along to the suspiciously dark hallway.
Wolver only gawked at his trainer, wondering if she would be either screaming or giggling if a random person would suddenly grab her. 'Oh Arceus why...' he muttered, following his trainer closely behind.
They both got to the door, and blinked at it. The rather large fine print on the sign said enough.
KEEP OUT.
Lyra smiled, and looked at the key she had obtained. "Sure hope this works..." She shoved the key into the lock and fidgeted with the lock.
CLICK!
It opened. She sighed in relief. "Hey, we're steps closer to the director!" Wolver only growled in response. "C'mon then," she hummed, walking in the door. Wolver followed her again, until they reached the basement.
"What the hell," Lyra blurted, and saw the scene before her. There were open and closed gates and colored switches next to them. She groaned, sulking.
Lyra's gonna have to navigate her way through there with the switches.
"Damn, more riddles... My head hurts," the brunette hissed, rubbing her temples. "Oh well, let's just get th—"
"Wait."
Both Lyra and Wolver turned around, only to see a rather disorganized Silver. His silver eyes seemed to hold anger and confusion.
The redhead stopped, and sighed. "Lyra." Her name swirled off his tongue.
She smiled, before walking close to him. "Hey Silver..." she muttered, giggling a bit.
"Wha—" He was cut short when Lyra pushed him against the wall. Her smile dropped to the most threatening glare Silver had ever seen her make. He sweatdropped, gawking at her.
"I swear to Arceus if you tell anyone that you stripped me back at the Radio Tower, I will hunt you down. Got it?" she threatened, her face getting closer to hers.
Silver blinked, flushing. Her threat to him was... rather impressive. He didn't think Lyra had the guts to threaten him like this. He slowly smirked, grabbing her wrists and pushing her off slightly. "How will you hunt me down? Isn't it me that hunts you down?" he retorted.
Wolver growled at the redhead. 'Let go of my master.'
Silver ignored the Scyther's threat, and watched as how Lyra's cheeks covered in a blush. He clicked his tongue, and got closer to her. "So there's no way that you'll accomplish that, now is there?"
At that moment, he felt a strong attraction for her. He doesn't fully know why, maybe due to her threat, maybe due to her cute blushing face—
"W-What do you want?" Lyra blurted, ignoring his question. She shuffled a bit, avoiding his piercing gaze.
'To see you,' he thought. "A battle, what else?" Silver finally let go of the girl and pulled out a Pokéball. "Up for it?"
She slowly nodded, and whistled for Wolver. "A-Alright!"
He released his Murkrow, his signature smirk plastered on his face. Murkrow chirped, grinning. 'Hiiiiiii!~'
Lyra waved at him. "Awwww! He's so cute~"
Both Wolver and Silver growled in... jealousy? "Murkrow! Get your ass together dammit! And start off with a wing attack!"
And the battle began once again between these two.
Of course, Lyra had won again, but barely. She smiled at him, as she noticed his improvements. "You've gotten better, Silver."
Silver merely sighed, looking at his fainted starter on the floor. "But I still didn't beat you."
She shook her head, before walking towards Feraligatr and placing a revive in its mouth. Feraligatr woke up, and smiled. 'Hai, Lyra.'
Lyra giggled, and stood up, facing Silver. "I'm impressed, Silver!" He only blinked at her, and muttered a weak 'thanks' to her. Lyra then hesitated, before reaching up to him and pulling him into a quick hug. "You've done great."
Silver flushed a lot, and grasped her shoulders, fighting between hugging her or pushing her away. If he chose to hug her, his hormones would probably take over. He picked the second option, and pushed her away. "W-Whatever..."
They stood in an awkward silence, before Silver cut it. "I'm uh... leaving. Just don't lose to Team fucking Rocket." He turned around, and started walking away.
"See ya!" Lyra chirped, before turning around and started to fidget with the first set of switches. "I will beat them Silver..."
She was determined to beat them for Silver.
A/N: Hey! Two updates in the same week! /SHOT/
Hahahaha! No one can stop me from shipping these two! C:
Hope you enjoyed this update as much as I did!~
Review responses:
RyleetheEpic: Exactly! Silver is adorable when in love—/bricked/ Yeah, because having them without personalitites is boring. :D They just want Silver to stop being in denial—
Shin H. Vega: Thanksies! :D And yeah, I figured since Magnemite is a floating piece of metal—/stabbed/ I'm working on these updates! /hugs/
