Twisted Realities
by Kyoto-chan
A/N: ...It's been soooo long since I last updated. Gomen ne, but I've had a writer's block for TR for a while! -sweatdrop- I haven't fully gotten rid of it, but I can progress with TR with a little writer's block.
Disclaimer: You've heard it once, twice, even THREE FREAKING TIMES! Doesn't it sink into your head? KYOTO DOESN'T OWN POKEMON.
Chapter Four: Consequences for Love
May returned her Azumarril into its PokeBall, and snuck around into the next room, avoiding the two Aqua members that were currently on watch and pretending not to notice her.
One Aqua member cleared his throat once May had been out of earshot, and whispered into his walkie-talkie, "Maple's out of sector one. Moving into sector two. Plan okay at this point."
"HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!" an executive Aqua shouted at May, running after her.
May gulped, running into a dead end.
She picked out one of her PokeBalls randomly, quivering at the fact it might have been her Blaziken.
"Okay, come out!" she called, throwing the PokeBall in the air.
And her fear was confirmed, it was, indeed, Blaziken.
The executive laughed at May, "That Blaziken's the best you can do, Champ? Go Sharpedo!"
The executive's PokeBall was in the air, her Sharpedo released onto the water.
"Use tackle, now!"
May quickly commanded, "Blaziken, dodge and use flamethrower!"
Blaziken obeyed, using the flamethrower, but affecting the Sharpedo only a little.
Archie replied to the Aqua, "Good. Following alarm phase."
He spun around in his chair onto his desk, and opened the hard plastic cover of the alarm, only to slam it down hard.
Red lights flashed in every room, and the P.A. system announced, "Red alert! All Aquas discontinue current work, and fall back! This is not a false alarm, nor a drill!"
The P.A. system continued repeating the same thing.
"Damn it! Maple, you got lucky!" the executive growled, withdrawing her Pokemon from the battle, then running away.
May looked around, and blinked.
"Red alert? They must've changed their alarms since I quit! At least this is a distraction..."
She quickly navigated through the rooms, until she ended up where Archie was sitting, apparently looking as if he was waiting for her.
"Kukuku...you've finally arrived, May Maple."
May was surprised.
"What do you mean by finally, Archie!"
"This was all a set-up. That executive was a detour, and even the nurse that was taking care of your precious Brendan Birch was in on the plan."
'The...nurse...! She was an Aqua all along!'
May's eyebrows furrowed, as she grew angrier.
"Fine Archie, but give me what I want!"
"What you want? Oh you must mean this!" Archie exclaimed, pulling out a test tube from his desk drawer. "The antidote!"
May growled, "Yes, you know what I want, Archie!"
The Aqua Leader laughed sadistically, "But first, you must give me what I want. Join Aqua again, and become mortal enemies with that Birch kid."
May's eyes widened.
'For Brendan to live...I must become his enemy?'
"Oh, and you must also never ever try to leave Aqua, because you know, one bullet piercing through Mr. Brendan Birch will kill him--especially if pointed at his heart or his head..."
She gulped, and her heart sunk. She couldn't run away again, just because of love. Brendan would die if she would try to become his friend after leaving Aqua.
A few rebellious tears fell from May's eyes, but she said her final decision after wiping them away: "Fine."
A/N: Short chapter! Maa', this changes the ending I had in store at the beginning, but the ending would be a bit softer. -smiles- So no Evil-chan (Kanta), what I told you in the PM is now...untrue. P -pats her ebil twin on the back- You weren't going to reveal it anyway. xD