Chapter 24
"Preventing Disaster"
Now Maxie and all the grunts ran together out of their base and headed toward Lilycove. When they reached Mauville, they split into groups of two to go through it and then met back up as a group on the route closest to the Safari Zone. Once everyone was there, they broke into a run again and dashed to the Safari Zone.
Once at the gates, Maxie stopped and said, "I don't know what we'll find here, but be prepared for anything."
The grunts all nodded. Then they all went in. The Safari Zone staff and several other trainers were tied up in a corner. Some of the grunts hurried over to untie them, while the others went with Maxie. After awhile they found Archie.
"Archie, what on earth are you doing?" Maxie asked.
"Well, well what do we have here? A group of pesky agents. Anyway, we've taken over this location in hopes that we can make our team a lot stronger."
Now a group of Aqua agents showed up and they squared off against the Magma grunts, and before long a battle was underway.
"I'll tell you what." Archie said over the noise to Maxie.
"If you can beat me in a battle, then I'll have my grunts release control of this place."
"Agreed." Maxie said quickly.
"I beat you once, and I can do it again."
"Oh, yeah? You only beat me because I was having to make sure Rosella didn't escape during our battle."
"I doubt that." Maxie said.
"Enough talk, let's begin." Archie said.
The battle got underway and raged for several minutes and finally a victor emerged….. Maxie.
"Dang it! I can't believe I lost to you twice in one week! Fine, we'll go."
Archie turned to the Aqua grunts, who had also lost their battles and said, "Come on, we're going."
The Aqua grunts shot mean looks at the Magma grunts before they followed their leader.
Now that they were gone, the head of the Safari Zone approached me and said, "Thank you for saving us."
"I'm glad we could help." I said.
"I don't know how to thank you enough." He said.
"A simple thank you is enough." Maxie said.
"Now if you don't mind, we must get going."
The grunts now followed Maxie out of the building and went back to their base. The grunts went back to whatever they had been doing before they were called, and Maxie went back to the room where Rosella was training. Maxie walked into the room and saw that Rosella was still at it.
"Okay, that'll do." Maxie said.
Rosella jumped, because she hadn't heard him come in. Rosella recalled her pokemon, and Maxie took her back to her room so that she could get some rest. Then Maxie went to his own room to rest.