Today's the day! It was Team Pokepals last day here at MDPF HQ and due to this the team members were all getting prepared for the upcoming mission, unaware of a certain surprise that awaited them soon enough
"You sure they'll be busy?" asked a young timid voice
"Of course! I made sure to ask each and everyone of them what they were planning on doing" said a smug voice
A laugh could be heard in response to this "You sure you got the correct info? I mean your interrogation skills aren't the best"
"And you're a poor actor too" another voice chimed in, this one sounding ominous
Someone sighed at the bickering and clapped their hands "Look it doesn't matter if the information is right or not. What does is that if we don't decide on this soon, it will be to late"
Everyone present agreed as they all apologized to one another "Good now let's decide on this like civilized Pokemon"
"Team Pokepals will never see this coming" the same ominous voice from before said in a sing song like tone
Meanwhile with Team Pokepals
Leaf looked over the various tubes she had in her room as she put them into her small brown knapsack. She sighed as she slowly double checked her medical equipment to see if she had everything she required for this mission. As much as she didn't want to have any of her teammates die on her, she could only fit so much into the small brown bag and to be honest, with how much the team gets hurt on missions... what she was bringing wouldn't be enough
Rio was looking at the photo frame he had on his desk which held a picture of him and his uncle. He smiled sadly at the image as he rubbed away a few tears that wished to be released. He needed to be strong, needed to be focused and needed to have his mind on the mission ahead. Grieving will have to wait for the time being as he resumed his packing, thought to be honest he didn't exactly need anything
Eve sighed and wanted to know who in there right mind thought it would be such a good idea to let Phantom know about her taking on an Ace Rank mission so she could have a few words with them. Unfortunately for her, she was stuck in her room as her cousin kept on asking her if she had everything and if she was prepared. You would think that Phantom would stop treating her like a baby after doing various dangerous missions herself, but it seemed that wasn't the case and wished someone would just come in and inform her cousin that he was needed... however luck was not on her side as Phantom smacked her on the head for not paying attention and started his rambling once again, making Eve smack her head on the wall in response
Chic on the other hand was probably the only one not having a hard time. Unlike the other, she was in fact getting pointers and advice from her older brother as he went on to list different techniques that he knew she could use that would be helpful during the upcoming mission. Unlike mostly older siblings who would be worried to death about sending their baby siblings... Robin knew when it was time to let Chic have her freedom, the best he could do is help her prepare
Lastly Pika was once again looking over the information for the tenth time in a row. He was scared of course and as such wanted to not mess up in what would be the most important mission in all MDPF history. He needed this to be successful and if he had to re-read every single file until he was satisficed, so be it. He had already packed and everything else was ready after all, one more look at the info wouldn't be bad right?
When Team Pokepals all met up at the entrance of MDPF HQ, they were surprised to find the place as dark as night
"Who turned off the lights?" Chic asked curiously as Rio sighed and made his way over towards the switch to turn on the lights
"Surprise!" said many of the MDPT as soon as the lights were turned on. Team Pokepals on the other hand, looked shocked by this turn of events and at the number of Pokemon present in the room
"Wha-What's this all about?" Pika asked, being the first to get over his shock as his Team slowly got out of theirs
A Mimikyu nicknamed Mimi and an Alolan Vulpix nicknamed Noelle, both laughed at their expressions
"It's a goodbye party dummies" Ivy, a Snivy said with an eye roll
"Goodbye party?" questioned Leaf confused, from what she recalled the past times that a MDPT left there were no goodbye parties... or she just never heard of them before
"You didn't think we'd all let you leave on an important mission without saying goodbye to all of us or your friends right?" asked Luna, a Munna, as she floated beside Chic and Eve
"Let's get this party started then!" screamed out Lilly the Lillipup
With that said, Team Pokepals had the time of their lives as they danced, talked and played with all their friends, even Leaf was having fun as she played a game of truth or dare with two of her old classmates; Flora (a Floette) and Spidey (a Spinarak)
Just as the party was coming to an end, Candle and Zee (a Litwick and a Zoura) both ran towards the Pokepals members with a small box floating between the two
"Wait! Before you leave..." Candle stared saying as Zee took over
"We got a present for you guys" she said with excitement in her voice
"Oh what kind of present?!" Chic asked her childhood friends in wonder and curiosity as she bounced up and down
"Ta-da!" Candle revealed as the box was placed before the Gold Rank team. When the box opened up, it revealed none other than different colored scarfs
"When we heard how you guys would be leaving on an important mission, we wanted to give you all a little something to remember us all by" Zee explained as Leaf used her vines to grab a yellow scarf for herself and let a small smile appear on her face
"That was really thoughtful of you two" Pika said with a smile as he grabbed the blue scarf and tied it on. Looking down at the open space, Pika decided to add his Gold Rank badge onto it as the yellow mouse clipped it on the middle
"You guys didn't need to do all this though. We could never forget any of you after all. However, thank you for the gift" Rio told the two female Pokemon with gratitude in his eyes and grabbed the light red scarf for himself and grabbed the light green one for Eve, who was having trouble putting it on
"You guys are the best friends I could ever ask for... don't forget about me" Chic said with tears in her eyes as Pika helped Chic put on her dark green scarf
Zee, Candle and even the rest of the members of MDPF nodded there heads as the members of Team Pokepals all hugged their friends
After the party
"Ready?" Pika asked his teammates
"Ready as I'll ever be" Chic said with narrowed eyes at the doors, as if it were mocking her
"No need to worry bout me leader! I'm all in for this!" Eve said as bouncy and excited as she always was
Leaf had nervous glance, but after a moment nodded at Pika "If anyone gets hurt, I'll be prepared to patch them all up" she said while nodding her head towards the knapsack she had on her
Rio walked up to Pika, tugging at his light red scarf around his neck "We're with you all the way leader"
Pika nodded and turned towards the horizon "In that case, let's go!" he said as they each started heading down the steps
"Good luck!"
"Don't get yourselves killed in the process!"
Pika and his team have now left MDPF HQ with determination to succeed at their mission. They have no idea of the troubles that await them soon as a lone blue Pokemon looks at the group and disappears soon after the group passed by
But first things first however, they had to go to...
Team Pokepals have left the HQ and are about to begin their mission. What troubles await them, who was that blue Pokemon and just where do they need to go first? Find out in the next chapter ;)
