Qiqi realizes that she has been doused in water twice today. By Tate and Liza on accident, and underwater by Archie. But whenever Archie does anything, it looks like he isn't showing his true self.
'...Can I really trust him.' She thinks to herself.
"And we're here!"
She didn't notice they reached Pacifidlog Town already.
Archie jumped off, carefully. "Do you want me to help you off?" He asked. Qiqi jumps off too, carefully this time.
"...I uh see you got it." He mumbles to himself, scratching the back of his head.
She turned her head back and forth. "I can't seem to remember where it is..." She said.
"You can't seem to remember? Luckily, I know where it is. Unless the location changed for this world..." He said, holding Qiqi's hand.
"Changed for what?"
"Oh nothing!"
"I'll stay out here. Will you be alright on your own, scamp?"
"Yes. Qiqi will be fine."
"If you say so."
Qiqi walked into the pharmacist. It was quiet, peaceful for her. The man behind the counter got up to his feet as she walked up to it.
"Hello! Would you like to buy medicine?" He asked her.
She jumped, trying to see and talk to him. She just gave up on her fifth attempt. "Yes. Qiqi wants medicine for..."
"For?"
She froze. She couldn't remember.
"Oh that's right! Last time you came and got the medications for the old couple at Mt. Pyre! I actually have it, let me get it for a second." The man said, disappearing into the back.
She stood there, motionless. She stared out, deep in thought with herself.
"Qiqi?"
She looked back at the counter, the man was back.
"Ah my apologies. Thank you sir." She thanked him, jumping and grabbing the bag of medications.
"No problem, kid. I should probably ask the mayor to add directions to the town and..."
She opened the door and stepped outside, she was feeling a bit nauseous now.
"Oh scamp, that was faster than I thought! And I thought it would take longer..." Archie said to himself, smiling at the girl.
"I'm tired, I'm going back."
She sent out Azurmarill.
"Qiqi?" He said. She jumped onto the Pokemon, holding onto it.
"Qiqi, what happened in there?!"
She looked at him, before looking back.
"Please don't follow me, Archie."
He watched as the Azurmarill went farther and farther away from the town. He stood there, before reaching into his pocket. He pulled out a phone.
"He better ring up..." He mumbled to himself, dropping his happy facade. He sat down, letting his legs go into the water. He didn't mind it for now.
"Hello? Archie, what is this about?"
"Hey Cyrus. I can confirm there's at least one Electro and Cryo User here." He said to the phone.
"...Get the Electro User, you can kill the Cryo one. They don't matter, we already have Cryo power in the tracker."
He backed the phone away, and left out a huge sigh. 'I forgot how hard it is to talk to Cyrus sometimes...' He thought to himself.
"Well you see Cyrus...I don't really want to kill the Cryo User."
"Excuse me?"
"Do you think it's possible we can have a bargaining chip? Because think about it Cyrus, no one wants to get a child killed or harmed, do they?"
"...I see. I'll discuss this with Giovanni-"
"How many do we need left? We already have Cryo and Ameno. That's pretty much it. He said himself that there's at least two kids with Visions; Klee and Diona." He kept on going, interrupting Cyrus.
"Archie, we don't know those two are at. Diona is supposedly dead and we have no information about Klee so far. If you keep going on, I will end the call."
"WAIT WAIT WAIT!" He shouted over the phone. "There's another kid, her name is Qiqi!"
"Fine, go on."
He sighed with relief. "Qiqi is the Cryo User I was talking about. I think she can heal herself, that'll be a problem for us."
"So, you want to kidnap her."
"..."
He ended the call. He placed his hand on his head, and left out a sigh. "Remember you're only doing this for the good of Pokemon..." He reminded himself.
"SIR! YOUR LEGS!"
He jumped and looked back. That pharmacist worker was there, and he was pointing at him. Archie than realized something, his legs were sitting in cold water, at night. "SHI-CRAP CRAP!" He screamed, getting up to his feet. And he legs were completely doused in water. 'At least this wasn't when that happened...' Remembering what happened with Sharpedo.
"Oh dear sir, are you alright? I was about to close shop and then I saw you! Are your legs alright-"
"WOAH WOAH! I'm alright! My legs will probably be sore for a few days or so, but I'll survive!" He tried calming down the worker. "But I'm in a rush, so see ya!" He sent out his Crobat, the Pokemon gently gripping his shoulders. The Crobar began to fly up.
"Wait sir!"
Qiqi did feel bad about what she did to Archie. She was sure he felt confused and worried, since she just up and left once she got the medications. Azurmarill looked at her, as they walked together in Mt. Pyre. It nuzzled on her, trying to make her happy. She looked at her Pokemon.
"I just...just want to remember." She whispered to herself, talking to Azurmarill.
"Qiqi!- Wait, what happened?! You're wet again! Did you fall into the water again?!" The old woman asked her, hugging Qiqi.
"I got the medications..." She held up the bag for the old couple to see.
"We don't care about the medications right now. What happened?" The old man spoke up.
"I...meet a man today. He helped me get those medications." She admitted, her Azurmarill's ears perked up. The old woman nudged her head, encouraging her to go on. "He said his name was Archie."
The couple gasped, and the woman pulled away from the hug.
"Qiqi...You are certain you saw Archie right?!" The man asked her.
She nodded her head. "Yes. He let me ride on his Sharpedo and I accidently fell off into the water." She continued, but left out the wild Pokemon attack.
"Qiqi, you don't understand!"
Qiqi tilted her head, confused now.
"Archie, the leader of Team Aqua, is dead!"