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Chapter 6- Unpleasant Surprise
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Dazed, Linda got up from the ground and looked around. It seemed like her match had taken place a while ago. There were several people in the room with dark red shirts, dark red beanies and tan pants.
"H-Hello… Who are you guys?"
"That is for us to know and for you to find out" said a tall man with sandy blonde hair. "Agent 16, Agent 17, you know what to do."
Linda looked around, backing up nervously. "Wh-What are you doing? Who are you people? Where's Matt?
"You'll be seeing him in due time" said one of the people approaching her.
"Ge-Get away from me! EEEEEK!"
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Jade and Colin made their way to the west pre-match room in Arena 5.
"Sound's like everything's going according to plan" said Colin. Jade put her ear to the door. The cute boy was talking.
"What are you guys doing?" his voice said.
"Oh, you'll see young one" Jade recognized the boss's deep voice.
"What the- AAAGH!" Matt yelled. Jade could hear the sound of someone hitting the ground. Matt's voice sounded more faint. "Linda… wake… wake u-" Jade assumed he lost consciousness there. A female Team Sand member spoke up.
"What a handsome little lad" she had a slight Irish accent. "Maybe we should assign this one to Jade." She took Matt and placed him in a dark corner.
"She'd like that" added another woman with a giggle. Jade frowned.
"The other one is waking" said the boss.
"H-Hello… Who are you guys?"
"That is for us to know and you to find out" the boss's voice answered. "Agent 16, Agent 17, you know what to do."
"Wh-What are you doing? Who are you people? Where's Matt?"
"You'll be seeing him in due time" It was the voice of the woman who said 'She'd like that'.
"Ge-Get away from me! EEEEEK!"
Finally, I don't have to track the two down, twist all the words they say, and edit pictures. They'll just do what we want now.
"Jad- Agent 22? We'd better get going. It's pretty late" said Colin.
Jade nodded, and they left for their quarters.
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The next morning, after they woke up and had breakfast, they talked about how to use Matt and Linda to their advantage in their room.
"Well, besides doing dirty work, I don't really see what they're doing for us."
"Well for one, Linda and Matt are both very good looking, and with the high level Horsea, Oddish, Eevee and Mareep we gave them, they'll be unstoppable. They'd make a perfect roll model for the many novice trainers that live here in Cherry-Merry City or whatever it's called. They'll attract many paying spectators. Agent 15 told me-"
"Which one is that again?" interrupted Colin.
"The Irish one. Now don't interrupt. So anyway, she told me that Team Sand runs this tournament every year as their main income source, though they have others."
"Like stealing?"
"Yeah. They do this whole process every year. Find the best looking boy and girl that enters, pair them together and then use the boss's Kadabra to possess them, give them experienced Pokemon, and have them win every match."
"I guess we joined right after the last B-Tourney."
"Yeah."
Suddenly they heard a knock on the door.
"Yes?" said Colin.
"22! 23! We have them for you." It was Agent 15. Colin let her in, where she walked to the middle of the room.
"You need to equip them with the new Pokemon, give them their orders, and make sure nobody realizes what has happened to them. Many years ago, a girl with bright red hair and her Gyrados, Starmie, and Togepi realized what happened, and almost ruined us all. Luckily, we were able to wipe out almost all of her memory of the events. But we don't want something like this to happen again."
Jade and Colin nodded, and then two low ranked agents brought in Matt and Linda. They were staring with a blank face into the distance. Agent 15 and her two lackeys left, shutting the door loudly behind them.
"Okay… we better get started" said Colin. He grabbed Linda's arm and tugged her along, taking her to the grass Pokemon section to get an Oddish.
Jade wasn't in such a hurry. She looked at Matt closely for a moment. She was used to doing bad things in her time at Team Sand, but suddenly, she was feeling worse even than when she first started. He looked at Matt, who used to be so lively and excited, who was now slouched over, looking tired. The only side effect of Kadabra possessing people was their eyes. They went from whatever normal color they were, to grey.
This is gonna be a problem. Thought Jade. If something made Matt's looks stand out, it was his eyes. They were a sparkling blue. People will notice quickly. His eyes sparkled and shimmered with such a pretty blue color… Jade smacked herself on the face lightly. This is no time to be day dreaming. Even though he is cute…
Jade shook it off and grabbed Matt's arm, guiding him out of the room, down the elevator and into the Electric Pokemon facility.
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"Agent 22 and 23" said the boss. "These are the Pokemon facilities. There are one for every single type."
"All seventeen?" said Colin. "What about the combination Pokemon?"
"Quite a smart boy. We have the combination Pokemon in each of the types."
"Oh, okay then. Do you have one of every Pokemon ever!"
"Yes. Except for one."
"Which is that?" asked Jade.
"Mewtwo. But there is only one of him, so we wouldn't need a replacement one."
"Ah" said the siblings.
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Jade had actually never been in a Pokemon facility. She only knew about them. When she dragged Matt inside the Electric Pokemon facility, she got a surprise.
There were electric Pokemon everywhere, running around, eating, drinking, whatever. There were many small cages, where the Pokemon were fed mass amounts of rare candies every day. As unhealthy as this was for the Pokemon, it won battles.
Since this was an electric Pokemon Facility, there were pieces of metal and fake electric currents everywhere. Looking around, Jade found her way to the front desk.
"Hello there 22. What does this handsome young boy need?"
Jade chuckled. "A Mareep, please."
"Okay" said the woman. She disappeared for a moment, then returned with a Pokeball. "Here you are, 22."
"Thanks" said Jade shortly before leaving. These facilities creeped her out. Matt's possessed body was moving slowly.
"Come ON!" Jade said pulling him. Suddenly, Jade tugged to hard, and they both fell to the ground, Jade on top of Matt.
She was only about 2 inches from his face. His eyes, normally sparkling a baby blue color, sparkled more the color of polished marble. She quickly got up, before someone saw. She lifted him up and kept walking out of the facility.
Jade, dragging along Matt picked up an Eevee also. As the walked, Jade gave the new Matt instructions.
"Now Matt" said Jade. "Can you understand me?"
Matt nodded solemnly without looking at her.
"Good. Tonight, and every night until the tournament is over, you need to win your match. But that isn't all."
Matt nodded solemnly again.
"Okay. Whenever interviewed, always give compliments to Linda. Perhaps, she's pretty, or nice, or smart, or cool or good at battling. Whatever you want to say. And after every victory…"
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"…kiss him on the cheek."
Colin was briefing Linda on what to do at the same time Jade was.
"You got all that? Win match, give compliments, and kiss on cheek. And remember, he'll put his arm around you right before you kiss him, that's your cue. Okay lets practice"
Colin stood up on a chair so he would be the same height as Matt. Linda pretended to be happy about winning a match, then Colin put his arm around Linda's shoulder, and then Linda kissed him on the cheek.
Colin hopped down. "Good. Do that, just with Matt, and not on a chair."
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After Jade and Colin met up, they walked along the sidewalk; she passed a girl with dark brown hair with a black tank top and a miniskirt. She looked at Linda.
"Oh, hey blondie. Just so you know, I'm gonna kill you in the match tomorrow." The girl laughed.
Who is this clown? Thought Jade.
"Oh, how rude of me not to introduce myself" said the girl, suddenly seeing Matt. She walked next to him and latched her arm onto his.
'Hey there cute. I'm Jorie, nice to meet you" said the girl, winking up at Matt.
What a little flirt thought Jade. She needed to do something before the girl noticed.
"Excuse me? These two need to get to the stadium right away" said Jade, unlatching the two's arms.
"Ugh! But like, we were totally making a connection! Right?" Jorie looked up at Matt.
"I have to go, sorry" said Matt in a monotonous voice.
"Bye Jorie" said Linda in a similar tone.
"Yeah, so you we'll be leaving now" said Jade. Jorie gave her a dark look then trotted away.
"That little sleaze!" said Jade. "Whatever, we need to get going."
Colin only nodded as the four continued.
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"Okay, you guys remember the drill right?" said Colin.
Matt and Linda both nodded simultaneously, standing solemnly with their arms to their sides faced forward.
"Alright Belle, nice job!" said Linda, suddenly putting on a cheery, but fake, smile. They were doing a sort of "test run"
"Yeah, nice shot!" shouted Matt. He suddenly turned away. "Well, Linda did most of the work… she's cool that way.
Linda turned in the same fashion. "Yeah, Matt is pretty good. He's really nice too! And cute!" she added with a fake sounding giggle. Matt suddenly put his arm around Linda's shoulder, and Linda stood on her toes and kissed him lightly on the cheek. They suddenly took off the fake smiles, and resumed their straight, uniform stance.
"Good job" said Jade. "Now… go get 'em!" She suddenly pushed them out the door of the pre-match room and into the arena.
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WOWSA- DEY BEEN POZESST!
Yup. Ain't that crazy? Anyway hoped you liked it and stay tuned for:
Chapter 7- Jade is realizing more and more problems with Team Sand, and goes out on a limb… a pretty big limb! But what will the consequences be?
