The Mechanics of Hidden Machines
Chapter 10: The Chaos Conclusion
Sometime later, as evening was arriving across Johto, May and Drew had arrived back at the Ecruteak City Pokemon Centre and May was telling Harley and Soledad about everything she and Drew had done as the group of four were sitting together at one of the tables and enjoying their dinner. "And then we had a large horde of Zubat chase us just after the lights went on in there! We had completely forgotten about how often Zubat tend to show up in any cave, so it was quite a shock to say the least." May explained, with an eager smile as she was sharing the whole story while Drew simply watched her in amusement while Harley and Soledad were listening to her. As the latter two in question stared in silence for a few moments, Soledad was the first to speak up as she showed a smile of fascination.
"Well, it sounds like you two really kept yourselves busy today. I have to admit, I didn't expect for that simple idea of yours to result in the two of you doing so much." Soledad commented. May showed a bright smile and nodded in agreement, as she had so much fun during the entirety of this day while doing her tests.
"That's right! It was so much fun!" May happily replied. She then turned her head to Drew with a grateful smile on her face. "And I really have to thank Drew for his help. I doubt I would have been able to get my tests without him." May added. Drew simply stared at her in surprise before showing with an expression of annoyance; he still felt as though he didn't have to be dragged along for the ride, and he wouldn't have had to deal with all the nonsense he had been through today thanks to being May's assistant for all these tests.
"I still think you would have been able to do all of this on your own…" Drew muttered to himself. He was quick to take notice that May was showing him an expression of puzzlement, like she was wondering if he had just said something, and he nearly jumped from alarm once he realised this before he showed a nervous smile. "Uh… what I meant to say was…" Drew was silent for a few moments before he showed a bright smile. "You're welcome, May. I was more than happy to help you out." Drew replied. May felt a bright smile quickly return to her face at this reply, and she was quick to jump up on her feet much to the group's surprise, and she made her way out of her seat before turning around to face the others.
"Well, now that all of the tests of the HMs have been done, you guys know what that means?" May asked. The others turned their glances to each other in silence for a few moments, before they looked back at May and slowly shook their heads, wanting to know that she had planned. However, they were quick to regret wanting to find out as May quickly showed a smile of excitement before jumping up in the air. "That means that next it's time for me to try out the TMs! And I'll have a long list to get done. Who wants to help me out?" May asked, turning her head to look at the others as she was awaiting to hear who would be willing to help her out for her next set of tests.
Silence filled the room for at least a few seconds before Harley and Soledad slowly turned their heads to Drew; there was no doubt in their heads about who would be willing to assist May. Drew turned his head to realise that the others were looking at him, before he let out a sigh of dismay and buried his face in his hands. "Ugh… why me…?" Drew quietly asked, his voice muffled underneath his hands. May quickly showed a smile of excitement upon realising that she would have Drew's help again before she rushed over to him.
"All right! Thanks so much, Drew! This is going to be the best!" May cheered. With this, she started to make her way over to her room to grab her list of TMs she had written down so she could show him what they needed to get done. Once she was gone, Drew could only let out a loud groan of dismay, seemingly realising just what he was in for now.
"How do I get myself into these messes…?" Drew quietly asked himself. He had a feeling that by the time all of this was over, he was going to make sure he kept his distance from May as much as possible, because at the rate this was going, she was really going to wear him out. He knew that she was enjoying this, but for him, this was just far too much.
But then again, since when was understanding how things worked between video games and real life ever easy?