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Aighty, well here's the next chapter of the Two Choices story. So you better enjoy, I spent a good ten minutes on this!

Nah, just kidding, it was more like five minutes.

Random Fact of Story: This was originally May I? part II except with more detail and better grammar and such lol.

A/N: Tis another short chapter. Thee is sorry for thy. . . shortness. Art thou not pleased with thee haha? Its fun talking like that. ::grins::

Muddy: What the heck did you say?

::sighs:: Nothing. . .

Muddy: Then why the hell didn't you say that? You just kept saying your long and winded sentences!

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Chapter 4:

The boy shook his head and reached out to hold the girl's hand. Not only was her hand the thing that the boy held onto but it was the only thing that was keeping him from falling off. He didn't say this to her; it would only make her worry really and make her wonder why he felt this way.

He would just have to lie, put on a mask and be two-faced. It would wrong, he knew, but it would keep her from discovering the truth. . . and keep her safe as well.

May felt her heart race when the voice spoke in its eerie and wicked tone. It felt as if sharp, tiny needles were pricking at the bare of her back. Butterflies flew angrily in her stomach as she slowly turned her head to peer into the eyes of the strange. She though, did not see anyone. . .

For it was impossible to see her own self without a reflection of some sort.

May frowned and tried to block out her thoughts but the voice from the back of her head kept haunting her with its words dripping with malice, hatred, and dismal. Some call it a conscience, others may call it the one that thinks twice for you. But what she liked to call it was. . .

Fear.

She didn't like to listen to her fear, it destroyed all hope that she worked so hard on to create in the first place, especially when everything seemed impossible. But fear always tends to find her at the wrong times to torment her. That's what she hated at the most part, when fear struck. Especially now of all times when her boyfriend seemed to be in a trouble of his own.

'Ha, why do you need to look for me when your just a tiny little voice inside the depths of my mind?' May thought in her head as she turned her head to stare at her reflection. Sapphire-blue eyes stared back up at her. 'What do you want? I'm sure that I can figure out what's wrong with Brendan by myself thank you very much.'

'Myself is yourself after all,' the voice retaliated in its own icy cold tone unlike May's regular warm and sweet speech. 'Now, now, no need to go all hostile on me. I am, after all, only trying to help.'

May saw her eyes narrow in the water's reflection. 'When I need a second opinion, I'll be sure to ring you up okay? Now if you excuse me, I have some thinking - no, not to you - to do. So leave! I hate fear. . .'

'Without fear though, there would be no hope, no courage, no bravery. Fear is not a bad thing May, fear can be used for good. Fear can be used to fight your enemies, fear can be used to scare people you dislike. Fear is a wonderful thing that Latios created. Fear is only bad when you're the one going up against it. It is then why hope, bravery, and courage were created, to kill the fear that dare tries to attack you.'

'The fear that I'm talking to right now is up against me.' May dipped her finger into the lake waters and sighed. 'I don't need my fear to tell me what to do, all I need is my love to help Brendan.'

'Ah, but it was your fear for Brendan that called me in the first place wasn't it?'

'I didn't mean to!'

'But you did. Now you're stuck. Brendan now. . . what is he up to? Hmm. . .'

'I'd rather you didn't do that. . .'

'But I am and there is no way that you can stop me!'

'I don't have to listen!'

'But you can still hear me can't you May? I will always be here to haunt you. . .'

'DAMMIT! LEAVE ME ALONE!'

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Brendan gulped nervously. "A-are you sure about that? It seems kind of risky to me. I mean, I've done a lot of stupid things in the past but this. . . this just goes way past the line."

Archie nodded and sighed. "Trust me Mr. Birch, it's the only way to save yourself, May, and Wally. I wish there wasn't but. . ." he sighed again and rubbed his temples. "Are you willing to go through with this?"

Brendan closed his eyes in a thoughtful manner before opening them again. His ruby-red eyes glared into Archie own orbs. "Yeah," he nodded, "yeah, I am. I would do anything to save May. Even if it means. . ." he gulped again. "Are you sure about this Archie?" the white-haired trainer asked for the second time that day.

Archie looked down at the ground, one hand running a hand through his thick, black beard. "I believe it is. What better than to have Wally dead than to have. . . well, I don't think you want to hear it again do you?"

Brendan shook his head no. "I rather have it repeat inside my head then to hear it outside of it once again, thanks." The boy trainer ran a hand through his snowy-white hair and frowned. "I thought I only had two choices. . . but the third one was right in front of my eyes."

Archie only smiled a sad little smile before walking past Brendan. "I must bid you farewell Mr. Birch. I am sure we will not meet again for the time being. Good luck and good day. . ."

Before Brendan could respond, Archie vanished into thin air as if he teleported.

Archie though, did not do anything of that sort. He instead turned the corner and walked into a run-down building where a certain someone was waiting for him. This certain someone would happen to be. . .

The Team Magma Leader noticed the Team Aqua Leader walk in and quickly demanded, "Did you tell him?"

"Brendan is such an easy fool to trick." Archie smirked as he sat across the Team Magma Leader in his own cushy, black leather chair. He laced his fingers and sighed. "Soon Maxie, we shall have our revenge on both those three pathetic trainers. Are you sure that Birch will not kill Wood though instead?"

"That, Archie, I have no doubt of." Maxie took a sip of his coffee and simpered as well. "Now we wait. Let us wait for Brendan to lose it. . . let us wait for May's fear to kill her own self. . . let us wait for Wally's own foolishness to be his demise. For those three little brats are fearing the wrong thing. "

"And what would that be Maxie?"

"While they're busy fearing us and each other, they really should be fearing their own selves."

I'm sorry! This chapter isn't much of a cliffhanger! I even ashamed myself! Haha, I know you guys are glad there isn't much of suspense at the of the chapter unlike the last three chapter though, I'm sure. But there is suspense as to what Brendan and Archie are still planning huh? Description was blah-like imo lol. Sorry for the shortness too!

Well. . . yeah. ::sweat-drops:: Thanks for reviewing!

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