Chapter 4
The pair and its new member where now walking through the forest, and suddenly, a blond came running out of the bush screaming, "Get it away from me!" "GO! POOCHI!" Jessica called, "Tackle!" The poochena obeyed, and it attacked the surskit that was pursuing the boy. It ran away and Jessica returned her Pokemon. "Good job. Hey kid are you okay…hey wait…Maxie?" "Jessica! What is up! Hey Mandy! Oh…I see you and Brendan are back together! That is really good!" Max said. "Ya, and we are getting married as soon as possible." Brendan said. "Awesome! Can I be the best man?" "Uh…sure?" Brendan said. "YES! SWEET!" "So um…Max…How is…" Mandy started. "How is Kai?" Max said, his smile fading. "Um, ya…" Mandy said. "He is now the most powerful person in my world right now, but has been corrupted by his power…so he is kinda' a dictator. I bet you are glad you aren't with him anymore…he is a tyrant, it's horrible…I came here to get away from the madness. And to see Jessica…" Max said. "You did? Max you are so sweet." Jessica said, hugging him. "So you didn't want to see me, eh Max?" Brendan said. "Well, I didn't know you were in the Hoenn. I thought you were still in the Orre." "Well, I got sent out on a mission to capture Ash's Pikachu…but…" Brendan said, pulling Mandy close to him. "You found Mandy, I see, aren't you just the Romeo!" "Call me that again and I'll kick your ass." Brendan said sternly. "Okay, just kiddin' with ya, dude." Max said.
"So, Kai is now a hated dictator." Brendan said, "First he steals my girl and now he rules with an iron fist over your world." "Wait, Kai was the guy you fell for?" Jessica asked Mandy. "Um…ya he was… " Mandy said quietly, hiding her face in her hands. Brendan pulls her to a tight hug. "He is such a god damned bastard… " Brendan said. " Well, at least he isn't ruling over your world…yet…" "What do you mean yet, Maxie?" Jessica asked, hugging him. "He was talking about taking over this world…" "Why?" "I don't know…to kill us all off? I don't know…well…" Max said, "I do know of some rebels who are hiding here…this is where all of the rebels hide. Kai has no control over this place, so what could he do?" "He could do something if he ruled over all of the Pokemon regions." " You got it. That must be it, he wants to take over so he can get rid of all who dare to fight back." Max concluded. "We…he…no! He can't do that! All of our top Pokemon trainers can take him!" Jessica said, hugging Max tighter. "Well, we can just hope Kai changes his mind." Max said. "What if we were able to stop him, before he gets to us?" Brendan said. "We would most likely get captured, and then killed." Max said. "What if Mandy could work a little magic for us, that is, if we do get caught?" Jessica asked. "No!" Brendan said, "Besides, he has that other girl, right?" "No, he killed her." Max said, "Quite a shame, she wasn't half bad…was a lot like Mandy, except with blue hair instead of red… " "See? If he hadn't of dumped you off, you could have been the one Kai killed, Mandy." Jessica said, "Everything happens for a reason!" "Ya, I guess." Mandy said, "Why did he kill her?" "She didn't like the way he was acting, she thought he was being a tyrant, and he is, so he got very angry. He had her killed." Max said. "Mandy, you would of most likely have been like that too…so you would have ended up like her…dead… " Brendan said. "…" Mandy stays silent. "Mandy, are you okay?" Brendan asked. "Huh? Oh, ya…just peachy…I just found out I could have been dead…ya I'm fine!"
Later that night It is a very chilly night. Max and Jessica are fast asleep in their sleeping bags. Mandy sits alone, her legs pressed to her chest. Brendan walks over to her. "Mandy, it's late, you should be asleep." He said, sitting next to her. "Why are you not asleep?" Mandy asked. "I don't sleep well." "You don't?" "Na, not really…" "Is it because I left you?" Mandy asked, "It made you depressed and restless?" "Well, that is only a little bit of it, I just have restless nights, I don't really sleep, that's all…" Brendan said. "Well, okay…" "You cold?" "No…" Mandy said. Brendan drapes his jacket on her shoulders. "I said I wasn't cold." "Well, you can never be to sure." "Thanks." "Mandy, why did you leave me for Kai? What did I do?" "I donno, he just made me feel happy…" "And I didn't?" "No you did…I just…I don't know! I'm sorry!" Mandy's eyes water up. "Mandy, don't cry…" "I am not crying…" Mandy said, wiping her eyes. Brendan gives her a hug. "Go to sleep now…" Brendan said. He waited a few seconds. "Mandy?" He looks down, Mandy was sound asleep. "Okay, when I said now I really didn't really mean right now…" Brendan said.
