Look who's back. It's been a month and a few weeks since my last word here. In a few days, my classes for the first semester are coming to a close and a month's worth of vacation is coming, but my GRADES, hopefully, will NOT destroy it.
During the break, I plan on doing a few updates before my classes resume in November, and with stuff to do in school, things may still be slow, so I apologize in advance,
About the chapter: The couple leaves for Anistar City, but as they were approaching the train station, they meet someone who may be important.
Without further ado
'Within the Alley'
The young couple woke up early from their sleep since they were to depart from Lumiose City. The rest of the group remain to do their errands they agreed upon two days prior. The only thing they don't know is that the two have a purpose other than spending their time together, they were to do a task from someone else.
"Good morning, Serena." Ash greeted the honey-blonde who was just waking up.
"Good morning, Ash." She replied before pecking the cheek of her boyfriend.
Probably, this is the first time the couple woke up from separate rooms since the space they have in their room in the professor's laboratory was getting crowded due to the presence of the others. They decided that the girls and boys sleep on separate rooms, and that includes Ash and Serena.
Upon seeing the couple's moment in the room, five pairs of eyes stared at their small moment. Ash and Serena immediately pulled away and stared back at the other girls in the room. The others didn't mind and just allowed them to continue their business.
"Today's the day." Serena said excitedly, knowing what was to happen "Finally, we get to spend a few days alone together,"
"I'm also excited, Serena." Ash replied "I got our things ready last night, and we are ready to leave this afternoon."
"Are we going to take the train this time?" Serena asked "The route is kinda lengthy."
"Of course we are." Ash said "I don't want us to get tired. We have lots of things to do in Anistar."
After the group took their breakfast, the couple left the laboratory to proceed to the Lumiose City Train Station. The group reminded the couple that they should be careful during their small break and to have fun.
Ash and Serena decided to walk to the train station since their train doesn't leave for their first destination in Couriway Town until four in the afternoon.
"So let's recall our plans." Serena said as she put out her personal guide. "We take the train to Couriway Town and stay there for one night before taking the trail to Anistar City tomorrow."
"Sound about right." Ash said "I actually thought that there was a direct trip to Anistar City when I booked the tickets yesterday, but upon recalling, Route 18 is just a short trek, so we could reach Anistar on the same day. Plus if we have trouble, we could just rent a car."
"No, Ash. Let's not rush this time." Serena said "It's kinda rare for us to be alone, so why don't we enjoy out time together?"
"Sounds good to me." Ash replied causing Serena to embrace him
"Thank you."
"HEY! STOP HURTING HER!"
"Pika?" (Huh?)
"Anything wrong, Pikachu?" Ash asked, causing Pikachu to point at a dark alley beside them "Serena..."
"Go, let's help her." Serena immediately replied
Upon arriving at the end of the alley, two figures appeared before the couple, one was a girl, about a few years younger than Ash and Serena, but is also older than Bonnie, the other figure was a Pokémon familiar to both of them, most probably because of an incident in a mansion a few months back.
"Seems like we're too late." Ash thought to himself
"Are you two okay?" Serena asked the girl
"We're fine, but those people..." The girl replied, still in shock, but surprisingly, kept her footing
"What did they do?" Ash asked
"They t-tried to s-steal Mimi." The girl replied again, this time, trying to keep the tears in her
"Mimi?" Ash wondered, "Oh! Is that Espurr yours?"
"Sorta, but we're friends for the most part." The girl replied as she clutches the psychic-type in her arms
"Well, let me introduce ourselves." Serena said "My name is Serena, and this person beside me is Ash along with his Pikachu."
"My name is Emma." The girl introduced herself "I usually stay within these alleys ever since..."
She then whispered to the two
"We're sorry to hear that." Ash said "By the way, where did those people who threatened you go?"
"They just disappeared like POOF." Emma replied
"Well, I guess those guys heard us coming and they went away immediately." Serena said
"Probably." Ash agreed "Those guys might come back anytime, so you must keep yourself safe."
"But I don't have any place to stay." Emma replied
"I'll take care of that."
"Looker?" Ash immediately recognized the voice "What are you doing here?"
"I just arrived at my office here, and saw you two go here in this alley," Looker explained "I thought there may be trouble, so I went here."
"So you're the 'Looker' Ash was talking about." Serena said
"So, like what I said, why don't you come stay at my office..." Looker said
"Emma." The girl introduced herself
"...Emma, you are safe in there." Looker continued
Emma thought of the offer, and with Mimi being a psychic-type Pokémon, exchanged thoughts with her through telepathy. After a few minutes, Emma faced the three, and said
"I guess there's nothing wrong..."
"Good." Looker interrupted her
"Wait, but my friends would look for me." Emma said
"Don't worry, you could go out when you feel safe, just lock the office since I'm out most of the time." Looker replied
"Why is that?" Emma asked
"I work as a detective, that's why." Looker replied "So, let's go there now?"
"Okay." Emma replied
"You two?" Looker then faced the couple
"We're going to Anistar City." Ash replied
"Okay, you know the plan." Looker said "And I guess Serena knows it too."
"Kinda." Serena replied
"So, we'll see each other in a few days." Looker said "We need to make plans."
"Bye, Looker, Emma, and Mimi." Serena waved at them
"We'll visit you at any time." Ash said to them
"Bye!" Emma waved back
-Lumiose City Train Station, 15:30-
"Seems like Looker is a nice guy." Serena said
"He is, but it's kinda weird since I didn't see his 'quirkiness' since he approached me." Ash replied
"It might mean that whatever you two might be going through is serious." Serena said "Remain safe, Ash, please."
"Hey now, am I going to die or something?" Ash jokingly said causing Serena to tighten her grip on Ash's hand "OW! Okay, okay, of course I can't leave all of you this early, especially you two beside me."
"Oh Ash, when are you going to think about yourself for a change?" Serena said
"That, I don't know." Ash replied
"I already knew that when you kept on jumping off high places." Serena said "Tower, Volcano, what else?"
"Looks like the train is approaching." Ash said
When the train stopped, and emptied its passengers, the couple went inside immediately to take a seat near the back.
"Well, it's going to be a long train ride." Serena then said as she placed her head on Ash's shoulder
"I'm surprised that the people didn't mug us with questions." Ash said
"Don't think about work right now, it's time to... relax." Serena said while yawning.
"I guess so." Ash replied before taking a nap, and in three hours, they will be in Couriway Town for their first stop.
-Undisclosed Location, XX:XX-
"Sir, we failed to get you a subject for your experiment." One person said
"Two people suddenly arrived when we were about to get her." Another person said
"But we got to place a tracker on her before we left." The first person continued
"Very well, I guess we could make up a plan based on that person's actions in the next few days."
And there we go, looks like I've lost my touch. It'll come back soon. So, things are starting to unfold this time around, but then, things remain slow for this time, not for long though.
About my future plans: Some minor edits on the previous chapters, probably, and 2-3 chapters before November ends.
No preview for the next chapter, but you should have an idea on what will happen in Anistar City.
That's it for now, until then.