It was a cool summer morning in hoenn. A light mist danced over Rustbro coming off the coast and the wingull wouldn't shut up about it. May had woke up in a curl of blankets. When she opened her eyes she realized Brittany must have gotten up already. She was abit disappointed she had somethings to say to her that were best left in the bedroom. Late lthe night Before she lay in bed thinking to herself.
'This is crazy. What on earth am I doing here. Shouldn't we just be getting to know each other? And last night we...we almost...i mean it was exciting and all but…i like her… maybe we should slow down and do things the right way...not that there's anything wrong with rushing things...right...right?'. All this and more played in her mind over and over again. She looked around the room and noticed all of britts things packed up and ready to go. But, as she gave her things a closer look from her position on the bed she noticed something. She got up and kneeled next to the bag reaching inside. To her horror there sat an Aqua Grunts sigil on a short chain. In a strange sort of panic she quickly got up and changed into her training clothes. Hurriedly she pounced out of the doorway making her way towards the entrance of the Pokémon center.
"Omg shes with them?! But how! Does she know about the mark?! Is that the whole reason she got up on me!" May thought assuming the worst. but by the time she had reached the lobby she quickly discovered that Britt was just hanging out at the café, grabbing a quick breakfast. The second May made it halfway into the lobby Britt Immediately noticed her.
"Where you too in such a hurry eh?" Britt said turning in her chair.
"Oh ah me I... just wanted to catch breakfast that's all..."
"Dude it's like 8 breakfast is here till 11 o'clock" May winced.
"Sorry about that" May said nervously looking away from her. Brittany simply cocked her head and gave her a confused look.
" quit acting all weird like and come sit down" May took her advice and came over to the table grabbing a plate off of the conveyor.
"So ah.." may really didn't know how to begin. She simply sat there and way all her options. ' wait the other aqua guys just up and attacked me… and she had every opportunity to capture me… maybe she doesn't know there after me...oh crap she's staring right at me!'
"Earth base to May ….Hello?...do you read me"? Britt asked waving her hand in front of Mays face.
"Huh"
"You okay May?"
"What yea...yea"
"Where ah…" Britt leaned in. " Thinkin about last night?"
"Yes actually…"
"Me too… I don't know what got into me, that was way too much too soon" may breathed a sigh of relief thank Acrceus she wasn't the one who had to say it.
" I was thinking the same thing actually" they sat there in silence for significantly longer than either of them would have hoped as they finished their meals.
"Look im really sorry, can we just forget last night happened?" britt asked clenching her fork in her hand.
"What? No of course not! Last night was fine, it's just that i wanna do things right."
"What's right look like to you?"
"Well" may turn back and forth in her chair " lets just taking things slow, start small yea know?" Britt seemed a little relieved at that.
" I think we can do that" she gave a winning smile to may. "Say you wanna head ova to slateport? you were telling me over dinna ya wanna go."
"Absolutely i wanna go!" may was slightly more chipper. "Oh I almost forgot…"
"Was the matta?" Britt said with concern.
"i 've got to find Carmine and say goodbye…"
"Right that boy yous was with. Listen may those people he's with? They some bad news man. They've got this hair brained scheme to boil hoenn's oceans away and make more room for those damn corporations to build their factories." May gave pause.
"That's not what they told Carmine! " May was shook.
"Ya worst part is they've been telling people Aqua's trying to drown everybody but, truth is they just formed to stop Maxie."
"Maxie?"
"There leada. Dumb squidward lookin guy with a stick up his ass."
" I can't believe I haven't heard this! The news has been painting both groups as ecoterrorist."
"Believe me they not" May noticed britt was being defensive. Mays plan was working soon she'd have the truth. While it was true she was concerned about Carmine, she was more worried about her immediate well being.
"Britt"
"Yea?"
"Are you with them? Those aqua guys? I saw that skull thing hanging out of your bag this morning" Britt winced.
"Yeah I was going to tell you eventually oh, I just didn't know when would be the right time ya know, a lot of people freak at the name aqua and immediately think about what they're talking about on the news without giving any thought."
" yeah but can you blame them?"
" not really some people in the organization aren't as tactful as they probably could be. but they're all good people trying to keep going the way it is ya Know?"
"are they after someone?"
"Huh why"
"I heard it on the news somewhere"
"Weird that got out… yea we are, see a long time ago there Used to be those people of the water. Said to protect the prince of the sea. We're looking for them hoping we can win the prince to our side. If legends right, we find prince's mother, she has the prince and the prince leads us to the leviathan. Kyogre The ultimate protector of the oceans. We have him ain't no one gonna hurt hoenn.
" weiirrrddd."
"Yea strange world we live in huh, you know skitty can mate with wailords?"
"Ah… excuse me?"
"Yea no fucking joke, just put them suckers in the same room and" Britt proceeded to slap her hands together in an abscene gesture causing everyone to turn around, or stop what they were doing; and look at them.
"Great needed to know that…" may sighed as her face slipped into her hands.
"Imma….not gonna badger ya about joinin us or anything just so you know. I'd like to keep my work life separate hehe …"
"Well thats fine, wasn't planning on joining… but i am on board with stopping team magma."
"Oh yea?"
"Yes absol-utely!"
"First off i say we finish up here, head out and go find that carmine fella, let him know he got tricked into somethin."
"Right i'll go grab our stuff!" may said as she got up from the table a look of determination in her eyes.
A short while later May stepped out of the pokemon center to see britt having a smoke over by one of the light poles near by.
"You ready?" Britt asked
"Yea let's do this!" may said with her Nav in hand. She clicked afew buttons intill the display poped open.
" Okay so i was thinking about it. Carmine didn't show up a the center which means that they must have camped out in one of the nearby routes. But, where…"
"Well, i know Magma's rumored to have a base near lavaridge town, maybe they're headed there?"
"Looks like we can cut through this cave and that'll take us up through mauville."
"See now i don't think they made it that far already thats almost a weeks travel ya goof" may blushed at that.
"Wwell ah, i knew that of course!" she quickly closed her nav tucking it away in its appropriate pocket.
"116 then?" britt asked with a knowing grin on her face.
"Lets go!" may said as she began to run.
"May hold up whats the rush?! Ya neveah said i had to do no runnin!" Britt shouted after her.
Meanwhile…
"Ugh my head…" Carmine said as he sat up from the dew covered grass. "WHAT" Carmine shouted as he took in the scene before him. There he was pants off, dick out, shirt on with Maggie sleeping on his leg drool everywhere. " M-M-Maggie? And me ? oh my Arcues did i. Dude.`` Maggie startled awake and let out a yawn.
"Yawn… morning… carmine" she slowly pulled herself up and and re adjusted parts of her clothing dusting off random pieces of grass.
"M-morning… say would you happen to know ah.. Whats going on?" maggie simple gave him a strange look.
"What are you talking about?" maggie asked grabbing his boxers and tossing them at him.
"What happened last night?" Carmine said as he got up looking around his surroundings. Luckily it seemed no one had come by yet.
"We got drunk and fooled around." Maggie said very nonchalant. "Other then that not much why?"
"Fooled around?" Carmine said looking for his pants.
" yea, don't make a big deal out of it" Maggie at this point had decided it would be a good time to start packing up the camp site, and presided to stand up.
"Hey im still talking to you." carmine assurted as he put one of his legs through the slightly damp pant leg of his red and black pants.
"Im still listening."
"So are we like a thing im confused, because at first i thou-"
"I'm gonna stop you right there Carmine" she let out a sigh as she took down the unused tents. "Just because I sucked you off doesn't make us a couple, where just friends, and we had a little fun that's all. Nothing to it."
"Nothing to it, huh?" Carmine said in a slightly offended tone.
" don't take it like that, it had just been a bit since i've done anything. And you happened to be there and willing so i figured hey why not . anyways last night was… fun" Carmine had no idea what to think. Maggie was a friend and had it not been for the alcohol he didn't know if he'd make the decision to 'fool around'. "Thanks for talking with me last night though, I had a lot of fun last night.'' Carmine was starting to understand that she didn't feel like talking about it. But, unfortunately for him it seemed that's all he could think of.
"Hey you! What do ya think your doing lying to Carmine huh!" Carmine had been so focused on Maggie he failed to notice May run up to their camp site.
"WHa- MAY?" Carmine shouted in surprise.
"What are you on about?" Maggie said as she looked up from her work.
"You! You told him you were Trying to stop Aqua from drowning the world!"
"Yes that's true, what are you getting at?" maggie seemed ethier annoyed or she was hungover.
"Did you mention how your all working for those corporations?!"
"Well no thats not even true besides, he hasn't even techni-"
"Jesus may didn't you hear me shouting… why'd you run?" Britt said just catching up to may. She took up a spot next to her trying to catch her breath while doubled over.
"Oh great, you" maggie said with some disgust in her voice.
"Hey ya sweet cheeks, i ratted ya out to this angry young thing next to me. Shes here to beat ya ass." Britt said with a smerk pointing her thumb at May.
"What are they talking about Maggie?" Carmine asked Maggie.
"I have no idea, your friends been fed some BS Aqua propaganda."
" HEY don't you call it bull, propergander or whatever i don't even know what that means" Britt said as she reached for something on her belt. May just sighed.
" Carmine you've got to get away from here these Magma people are going to burn the world!" May shouted.
"May I have no idea what your talking about! Did you consider the only person you heard this from is an Aqua member?"
"Carmine don't listen to them i told you those aquas' are craft they'll do whatever it takes to get people on their side!" Maggie shouted finally standing up.
"Stop talking shit and fight me you purple haired bimbo!" Britt shouted as she through out her Cravannah.
"Oh so you want a fight huh!" Maggie through out Gas in response. Both Pokemon took the field in front of there trainers.
"Churro assist!" May shouted as her torchic came out of its ball on its own. Carmine didn't know what to do.
"Typical , Gas Use Magnitude!" Maggie shouted as the ground began to shake.
"Churro up! " May shouted as her torchic jumped into the air dodging the attack.
"Cravannah, hit em with the old one two!" Britt shoutted as her Cravannah swam through the air Bitting down on Numel's Head.
"Guys stop!" Carmine shouted.
"No! These Magma guys are evil! If we don't stop her, she'll end up taking you somewhere and brain wash you or something!" May shouted in reply. "Churro dive!" as she commanded Torchic began to dive down toward Gas.
' iv'e got to stop them!' Carmine thought to himself as he threw out one of his pokeballs. Roku took the field using a confusion attack on both Churro and Cravannah. While the attack managed to throw Churro back Cravannah seems totally unfazed.
"Carmine?! What are you doing!" May gasped in shock.
"Protecting my friend!" He shouted back. " Roku hit em with another confusin!"
"Catch the birddy twit" Roku said sending Churro flying into may.
"Gas Eruption!" Maggie shouted as large fiery boulders shot out toward their opponents. \
"He, whats a little fire gonna do to…" Britt suddenly stopped noticing that the boulder struck Cravannah knocking him out instantly. "What the hell! Cravanah Return! May i think we…" as she looked over to may she realized she had tears in her eyes. "May?.."
"Why? Carmine you can't! If they succeed well all…" may said sniveling.
"That's enough May. what the hells wrong with all of you attacking her before she's even had a chance to explain herself! As far as im conserned thats all the evidence I need of aquas corrupting hand." Carmine spit as he reached for rokus Premiere ball. "Return." Roku turned into a brilliant red light as she was absorbed into the sphere.
"Both of you leave now!" Maggie yelled as numel let out a gargleing noise.
"Come on babe who needs these chumps anyways.." Both may and Britt returned there Pokemon as Britt lended here hand to may.
"Guess your right… who needs them…" May took Britts hand hulling herself off the ground.
"May you can't be serious, your sitting here attacking us because you think im joining the wrong side. When her people attacked you!" Maggie pointed an accusatory finger at her; Carmine winced.
"What? Bull what for? The only reason they'd be after someone is if they were from da people of da wah…. Oh shit" Britts expression changed to one of realizations as she turned to look at May. "wait a minute.. May, May Birch the Professor's daughter. GOD DAMN IT you told me about it and everything! May Listen i need you to come with me to see Archie right away!"
"What... what do they want with me" may said crestfallen.
"I told you already they need you. They're not gonna hurt yea or nothing i promise!"
"May she's using you!" Carmine shouted trying to convince his friend. May shot an angry glance at him.
"If i have your word Britt ill go" May said turning away from the group.
"May you can't.."
"CARMINE SHUT THE FUCK UP IM SO SICK OF YOUR SHIT! yOU'VE BEEN NOTHING BUT A POSSESSIVE FREAK SINCE I MET YOU!" May screamed as she started toward him. " GET AWAY FROM ME YOU DISGUST ME! EVEN IF IM MAKING THE WRONG CHOICE IT'S STILL MINE TO MAKE!" May's fist came down on the side of carmines face hard. Tears welling in his eyes as he fell. Maggie quickly rushed over to him swinging but missing as May began to run away. " come on Britt let's go."
"Right" Britt said trailing after her. Onc ethe two had left Maggie went to Carmines side helping him up.
"Are you okay?" Maggie said examining Carmines bruised cheek.
"No… No im not.."