Chapter 14: Unexpected Situation – (May's P.O.V.)
Tonight was a marvelous night. I got to see Paris, hear a story, dress up in a costume that I'm still wearing, and be there for someone who was having a love crisis. There's so much I found out today. Although it's not like the journey with my friends through the Hoenn and Kanto Regions. But, ending up in another world is what "takes the cake."
Me and Sly were walking up a street, back to the safehouse. Everything was peaceful at this moment. A few minutes had passed in this silent journey, so I decided to start up a conversation. "Hey, Sly?" I said. He looked at me in curiosity. "Do you think you could ever learn to love again?" I asked him. He twisted his face a bit in deep thought. A second later was when I got a reply. "I don't think so. Why do you ask?" I looked down at the ground. "It's because… I was thinking that… maybe someone can help you with what you're dealing with right now." I stated. He raised his eyebrows slightly, and grinned. "Are you proposing something?" he asked, chuckling to himself. My head shot up and I looked straight ahead, pretending my ears didn't hear that. Gloating a bit, Sly even crossed his arms and walked backwards, still grinning to himself. I could feel my face going red. "I'm just messing with you, May. But, I do appreciate your help. Like I said, it's been three months since I've felt like this." He said. I looked over at him. I stuck my face two inches close to his. "Well, don't get used to it. Because you never know when something like this might happen." I told him. Sly stumbled a bit from the lack of balance, but managed to keep himself standing. I laughed at his antics. He joined in the laughter for a few seconds and then we died down after. I looked down and saw something glowing. "Hey, what's that?" I asked. He looked at it and became confused as well. We got closer. "It looks like a rock." He stated. This "rock" was glowing like a flashlight and it was really weird. After a few seconds, Sly decided to touch it. When he did, it got brighter and brighter. It was so bright now that we were forced to cover our eyes.
"May… May? ... Come on, May. Wake up." A voice said. I opened my eyes to see a blurred image of someone familiar. "Ash?" I asked. The figure helped me up. "Who's Ash?" the voice asked. I blinked in confusion. The figure changed physically and I saw clearly again. "Oh, Sly. It's you." I said. He smiled in sympathy. "Well, of course. Who else did you expect to be with you when we saw that light?" he asked. I was about to answer until I realized where we were. "Where are we?" "I haven't got a clue. I woke up a few seconds before you and I saw this place." The place we were in was white everywhere with no ending to any of it. Before I moved a step, Sly rushed in front of me and spread his arms out as if to shield me. He was turning his head in many directions. "What's wrong?" I asked him. "I hear something." He said, without looking at me. I cupped my hands behind my ears. I didn't hear anything. I was gonna ask something, but then I heard something. It sounded like… voices.
"Where did Lord Cromwell and Lady Korma go?" "They couldn't just have vanished into thin air." "They were on our radar and now they're gone." "You know, this happened with Lord Rhiner and Lady Takara." "Then that means they're in the Chamber of Vanishing." A few voices sound panicked. Maybe they were talking about us. Maybe we just accidentally overheard a conversation about someone else. But wait, did they say what I think they just said? My eyes widened in realization. "There's that name again!" We said in unison. I looked at Sly and he looked at me. Before we could say anything, something was flying right at us. It was darkening this whole space the closer it got. "Watch out!" Sly shouted. He lunged at me and we both fell through an object in that space. Before we knew it, we were back on the street where that rock was.
"Are you okay, Sly?" I asked. His head was laying on my lap after that lunge. He raised himself and looked me in the eyes. "I should be asking you that question." He said. We both stood up after that question and looked at out surroundings. We were back all right. Suddenly, I felt a vibration coming from behind. I looked back and saw something else coming towards us. "Look out!" I shouted. Sly saw what it was and pushed me out of the way before back-stepping away from that object. We looked up to see two figures on a building, pointing pistols at us. They looked very familiar. I looked back at Sly to see that he reacted like he saw a ghost. And then two words came out of one of their mouths. "Freeze, Cooper!"