After receiving congratulations and other praise for what they did for Pyrite Town. Wes and Yuki dropped their Pokémon off at the stadiums nurse station for recovery and they had a moment to review what had happened.
Yuki sighed as she sat down on the bench. "Well that was I guess fun." She stated
Wes chuckled "didn't except all this adventure by hanging with me did ya?"
Yuki hummed "yes and no…" She replied "Something tells me you've been on a lot of adventures before even if some of those were for…" Her voice trailed off "well you know." She stated
Wes sighed, "I'm not proud of what I did Yuki." He stated "But when you're given no direction and are left to wander, often times you just find something to do with your life that excites you." He explained "Certain rules and morals go to the wayside and only afterwards do you feel like beating yourself up for doing it in the first place."
Yuki hummed "Wes, what was Discord trying to offer you? What answers did she think she had?"
Wes sighed "Yuki there is a lot to me you don't know the full details about and there is a lot to me that even I don't know."
Yuki blinked "huh?" She hummed in confusion
Wes exhaled "you can say I have no recollection of my past. Anything beyond a certain point is blank. Details of who I am, where I come from, I just don't know." He hummed and pulled the modified PDA that guide fused with the strategy memo. "All that I knew was contained in my PDA. It had one name. Wes, A trainer number which marked me as a legitimate trainer, money in a bank account that would support me for about a year before it would be drained if I didn't do anything to earn money and two Pokémon who acted as if we had been together since the beginning, Espeon and Umbreon.
Yuki blinked "were you injured or something?"
Wes hummed "I woke up in a hospital just outside of the Orre Region. The doctor said I had entered into the hospital not looking so hot and asked to have my Pokémon checked out for injuries and then I collapsed which prompted a medical recovery for me. Of course I had no recollection of this and no one seemed to know who I was even the trainer database seemed to have it banks compromised as my account was blank as if there was no data which baffled and confused people. I was thirteen then and until I was about fifteen I just wandered searching for answers, battling people who just became numbers on how much money I could get off of them for winning. Of course Espeon and Umbreon being quite strong and skilled and it took me hardly any time for me to gain rumors and other things of someone who was maybe a Pokémon master but without any official data in the banks. I had no way to prove it. So I just kept wandering until I encountered Wakin of Team Snagem who tried to rough me up for money and I beat his pants off. He then noted I was in need of a job and offered me a meeting with his boss Gonzap and Gonzap offered me a place on Team Snagem and as my rank grew he made me one of his top ranked officers, his right hand man with Wakin being his left. It was his wisdom and knowledge I drew upon and he more or less became like a father to me and that was about three year ago and it was just about a year or so ago that we were hired to start stealing Pokémon." He hummed as he looked at Yuki "and you can most likely continued the rest of the story from there."
Yuki nodded with an amazed expression "wow…" She moaned "so she was offering you answers to your past, answers to something that no one seems to know." She muttered then looked at Wes "Wes, I didn't mean to sound so possessive but I…"
"Yuki you did what was right." Wes stated evenly as if praising Yuki for her actions "You wouldn't let the darkness take me. That woman would have dragged me right back to the wrong side and make me lose my way. Oh sure maybe she would have given me some attention and love but her kind of love is like an addiction. One taste and you go insane and want more. After a few doses you become a doped up addict who can't live without her. You saw how Miror B was when Discord was even in his line of sight."
Yuki hummed as she nodded "scary thought..." She muttered then turned curious "Wes what do you think Guide and Discord are?" She asked "I mean they aren't humans are they?" She asked "Even though they seem to know how to be human and have human desires like love."
Wes hummed "like someone once told me Yuki. It's not that important to know." He hummed again "just like I don't need to know all the details to my past and I've closed the book to that saying that if the answers are not at my fingertips then so be it. I do not need to know it to survive."
Yuki hummed as she nodded again "all you need is a direction to point you towards the next goal." She finished
"Exactly." Wes stated as nodded
"Excuse me Wes?" The nurse called
"Yes?" Wes answered as both turned their attention to the nurse of the stadium. The reason that they didn't have Umbreon healed there when he was injured the first time was because the nurse station didn't have the equipment that Phenac City Pokémon Center did but they had a recovery machine and some other basic equipment
"Your Pokémon are fully healed." The nurse stated then looked at Yuki "and yours are as well Yuki but um."
Yuki hummed in confusion "is there a problem. Nurse Lena"
Nurse Lena hummed "Well the Pokémon you turned in aren't registered to you." She stated looked at Wes "I'm not sure of the arrangements you have with the trainer of Espeon and Umbreon but the other Pokémon you have is a Furret that is registered to Cail. There is a law stating that I'm to hold the Pokémon until either a release form is submitted into the databank or an authority is consulted as this Pokémon cannot be released to anyone besides the registered trainer or to one that has his authorization or a higher authority."
Wes stepped up to that "that Pokémon is a Shadow Pokémon. It was stolen by Cipher and corrupted. It shouldn't even be registered period to anyone until it is purified. Yuki is helping me purify Shadow Pokémon." He pulled out his card "I'm not sure if this will cover her. It states that I'm immune to any laws considering the act of stealing Pokémon"
Nurse Lena hummed as she read over the card "it covers the act of stealing but I'm not sure if it covers possession of stolen Pokémon." She sighed "I'm not trying to cause you two trouble but I don't want to get into trouble either."
"Psst… Yuki." Guide's voice whispered "reach into your pocket and hand the nurse your license."
Yuki blinked "huh?" She reached into her skirt and pulled out another card "uh..." She read it over "okay…" She gave an upward glance "you know Guide you really should have put that on the first card you gave us and set this up."
"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah," Guide grumbled "it slipped my mind alright, look just give her the card and you'll be clear."
Yuki sighed "Nurse Lena," She handed the card "here is a card from a very high authority."
Nurse Lena hummed as she read over the card "I see. You and Wes can have the possession of the modified Pokémon also known as Shadow Pokémon as you are working to purify them and the trainer database will be notified and updated whenever a modified or Shadow Pokémon is obtained by you two." She sighed "okay that clears me." She handed their Pokémon back along with the cards "I'm sorry it just I don't want to lose my job because I willingly give over Pokémon that weren't legally yours even a trade is supposed to be registered in the database
Wes hummed "we understand." He blinked "could you do me a favor and put in a note for both mine and Yuki's profiles that we can obtain each other Pokémon from a nurse in case one of us is down and she can have Pokémon out that are owned by me. We need as many Pokémon as we can legally use per trainer"
Nurse Lena hummed as she nodded "I can do that." She turned to the computer and worked with something then blinked "huh… it's already in there."
"Heh, heh, heh." Guide snickered "beat ya on that one Wes." He taunted
Wes gave a narrowed eyed glance as he looked upward then looked at Yuki with an expression "Yuki can you think of any other clauses we want to add to make things easier."
Yuki hummed and got into a thinking pose "well we have the act of stealing Shadow Pokémon covered, possession of Shadow Pokémon Covered," She then blinked and said "What about the purified Pokémon? Where do they go after we purify them?"
Wes paused for a moment then looked upward "uh Guide you got a fix for that."
"Well hmm." Guide hummed as if that took a moment for him to think "I could do this one of two ways." He stated "Either A, I send you a very long goose chase to find every single trainer that a particular pokemon got stolen from or B I could make a modification making you the original trainer and making it seem as if the stolen pokemon was released into the wild and you caught it." He offered
"We'll take the second option." Wes stated evenly
"Done." Guide stated "anything else players."
"Yeah where do we go from Pyrite?" Wes stated
"Uh actually you're not quite done here, still a few loose ends to tie up, allies to meet, partners to obtain, etc., etc., etc."
Wes sighed as he hung his head "A direction please…" He stated with slight annoyance
"Go, See, Duking." Guide directed "he's about to give a call to you."
A phone rang
Nurse Lena picked up "Pyrite Stadium Nurse Lena speaking." She paused as she received an instruction then nodded "Right Mr. Duking I'll send them over." She looked at Wes as she held the phone "Mr. Duking wants you two in his office."
Wes hummed "We're on our way Duking" He called and both he and Yuki headed out of the stadium.
