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CHAPTER 63:
(Early morning)
Frank was being led to an interrogation room by two cops. It was a morning intervention, as there were two sessions necessary for him, and an investigator was brought into this situation to help it. Once in the room, Frank was forced down into a chair, and ended with the police leaving the room. It was empty, and calm; a dead silence overtook. Frank looked down at his hands as they were still handcuffed and mumbled, "They forgot to uncuff me."
The investigator told him, "It's for the best. Besides, I only need your eyes, brain, and mouth."
"For what? I ain't talking shit."
"We're well aware about what you've done and what you want… buuuut I might be able to persuade you once I explain the terms for your bail."
Frank's eyes now focused on him as he repeated, "Bail?"
"Well, only if you agree to what I want."
"Which is?"
"Well…"
The investigator explained, "If you become part of the government, we will bail you."
Frank asked, "President?"
"HAAA, in your dreams. No, we will consider you as a, how you say, external force."
"Does that have an actually decent title?"
"No, it just sounds good."
"Ok, 'investigator', what's this government BS gotta do with…"
"Well simple. Apparently the teams have been disappearing as Elimination has committed suicide while cleaning said teams out. Now, obviously you had something to do with it, I assume?"
"I ain't saying shit."
"Well, consider this as your one way ticket out of prison. Because otherwise you might just end up in a maximum security prison for the rest of your life, only seeing two guards and whatever family member decides to drop by… mostly your wife."
Frank sighed from the thought of it and asked, "Ok, ok, so basically I need to agree to this?"
"Yes."
"Just… say yes?"
"Well, we are recording so your answer is in stone."
Nodding his head lightly he agreed, "Fine… I'll join this… governmental shit stain."
"Very wise decision."
A click was heard, echoing off the walls, as a tiny recorder was then placed down. The man told Frank, "Now, I'm not an investigator, but I do some detective work, especially in illegal research. And you definitely have your hands buried deep in illegal research, right?"
Frank told him, "Your point?"
"Well, if my contacts are clear, there is a slew of things that are considerably exotic."
"Dude, my marriage is exotic on it's own, be specific."
"Alright", the man calmly stated, "How about we started with this interesting evolution… nightmare… evolution?"
The man quizzingly asked as Frank sighed, and turned his head around. He asked, "What about it?"
"Well, you know something of it. From what we know, it's an alternative to typical mega-evolution, and a buffer between that and shadow Pokémon."
Frank wanted to pretend it was never asked, but he answered, "Basically, it's just that… an alternative."
"Mhm, but it's not bound, correct?"
He responded in a bored, annoyed tone, "No, it can be activated any time, without any… trainer consent bullshit."
"But from what we can find it states it's very erratic?"
"Well, depends. It's only as controlled as it wants to be or others train it to be."
"So you created a monster form."
"No, I never created the form. I mean, I claimed rights and discovery here just so nobody else does but how is that illegal?"
The man pulled a stapled sheet stack and opened it up, "A nightmare form is a step closer to creating the perfect killing machine. A fantasy of war and horror, mixed between the emotions of life and death… the bearer of both sides with no remorse and no moral."
He looked up, "That was what Professor Luniben stated when questioned about it. And you quoted at one point, 'Cipher made a shadow Pokémon, trying to find a way to control them, but it resulted as a Pokémon with no thought… the nightmare form was their goal and I have found it.'"
He asked, "Now Italy, understand that the nightmare form you speak of is negative emotion. The mega-evolution involves cooperation, loyalty, justice, and many other admirable traits… this form… it progresses anger, rage, murder, disobedience, selfishness, and so many more disreputable traits. But a reason why I also bring this up involves… well, let's say your wife in the mix."
Frank shook his head gently in confusion, "What the hell does Midori have to do with this? She knows it exists, she doesn't have an evolution…"
"That's the point Italy…"
The inspector changed the direction, "Your wife… oh your wife… have you ever considered how well she's put up with you? Arceus, it must be so horrific. Have you considered when she may… break?"
"She won't break."
"Really? Sounds like you're lying to yourself."
Frank shook his head more visibly, "She won't."
Calmly, and faintly, grinning, "Professor… if the nightmare form works its wonders when there's such huge amounts of anger and rage and even grief… what would happen if she were to get it?"
"And when would that happen?"
"Well… the Ralts evolutionary line is very susceptible to their trainer or partner's emotions. Over the course she's been with you… and sleeping with you… and having 'close contact'… don't you think that whatever negative emotions you display build up in her mind? Years of evil anger in that head of yours, a criminal mastermind, a deviously despicable figure… murder… conniving… it builds up Italy… you might have your own nightmare sleeping right in your arms."
Frank got up, despite the cuffs, and yelled, "This isn't fucking shrink office! I ain't answering shit on that anymore!"
The man simply agreed, "Very well Italy… let's return to the original subject."
(At the camp)
Morning sunshine, the next day brought along its new train wreck of problems… or at least that's what would've came about. Yugo came out of the tent with the cold winter air brushing against his face. He took a deep breath and looked about. He hoped last night would fix Reeka, but he's said that so much that he doubted it.
He stood outside and waited for the team to come out, first one being the Lucario herself. She stretched herself out, then spotted Yugo and smiled, "Morning idiot."
With her usual formalities. Yugo was a bit surprised by her new attitude and replied, "Morning Reeka… you seem different."
"Like what?"
"Well… you're not exactly giving me death threats."
"Hmm… would you like me to?"
"No, no… it's just a bit…"
She went up to him and told him, "I thought you said you wanted to…"
"I did… *smiles* I guess this'll work as it should."
Reeka put both arms on top of Yugo's shoulders, folding over his back, "Well… let's make sure it stays like it then… hmm?"
"We can save that stuff for the private sessions, m'kay?"
"Hmm, how about no."
"Reeka~"
"Ok, Yugo, I'll be a behaved girl."
"I wanna join!"
A fluffy flash jumped on Reeka and hugged her, as Ghezirha asked, "Morning everyone! So, what are we gonna do today?"
Yugo answered, "Train… just train until I feel as if we can get the next badge."
Reeka asked, "Oh, we're not ready enough?"
"Mmm, it's more like if I don't train everyone else, then they look pretty weak to the rest."
"Oh come on, can't I do everything?"
"Then what would be the purpose of team?"
"I don't know, to talk to."
"Mhm."
Ghezirha poked in, "She's not really wrong."
"Yeah, but there's no fun in just talking. Besides, can't have lazy Pokémon here, can we?"
"I guess…"
He rubbed her fur, "Come on, you like training anyway with everyone. And speaking of everyone, let's wake up the rest."
And so they did. Within half an hour, the sleeping bunch became awake with grogginess. A cheap breakfast, and some morning yawns and talk got the group waken up enough to tackle the fighting training.
So Yugo paired simply with Elene and Ghezirha first. After a long stare, Yugo yelled, "FIGHT!"
And the girls went wild, throwing off their attacks. As the huge fire and dark blasts happened, Yugo looked across to see Emma in the least of moods. Oddly, she'd be the one who'd gladly watch the fight or be in it, but right now she looks more like she's… annoyed with it.
Elene blasted a huge fire band across the floor as Ghezirha jumped over and shot a dark sphere at her. The fight ended with Elene using psychic and then pyrotechnic explosions that put burns on Ghezirha.
Keir and Jacques went out, Keir actually managed to take the Lopunny down.
Reeka pummeled Elene.
Emma took the Vanilluxe out.
Fafner torched Keir.
Reeka cleaned off Fafner.
In the end from that, it was down to Reeka and Emma. Reeka's new attitude dropped dead on the floor as Emma's facial expression was not any better. Yugo yelled, "FIGHT!", and the two went at each other ravenously. Reeka's bone rush went at Emma as her swords went slicing through the air, into the dirt, and blocking the rush. Reeka used the rush to pry the swords out of the way and kicked Emma in the knee, then the Serperior swung her foot into Reeka's head, throwing Reeka to the side, only for Emma to tackle her to the floor, but Reeka went a little rogue, kicking Emma in the stomach.
Emma just went full tackle and the two went wrestling on the ground punching the ever loving shit out of each other, baffling the entire team. Several jabs, punches, and throws were exchanged between them as it started to show visually as blood, bruises, and scrapes were accrued.
The Serperior just flipped Reeka off her into a tree, making a dust cloud swarm around the tree. Yugo was fearing that this would get out of hand and told them, "Ok girls, you proved your point let's settle this as a..."
Reeka jumped out and slammed a bone rush into Emma's knee, with a moderately loud crack as Emma screamed in pain, "FUUUCK!"
And grabbed it, then used her functioning leg to kicked Reeka, with another audible sound of bone cracking, only this time it was Reeka's jaw that got misplaced. She was screaming in pain, rolling on the floor, only as Yugo exploded, "CUT THE SHIT YOU TWO!"
Emma was on the floor holding her knee while Reeka cracked her jaw in place, screeching in pain from it. He scolded, "Great, now look at what you two did! God, everything was going just great and then you two fuck it up like that! And Reeka, I thought you changed? Or did you forget that?"
Both of them didn't respond, only as Rebecca told him, "I'll see what happened; maybe you should go train up the rest."
"Yeah, that's when the rest actually get back up from their little spars. This shit will take a lot more time, and some separation."
"Look, that's probably the best situation because my mother has seen this kinda stuff before where two Pokémon will kill each other figuratively, and the best solution, split them up, try to have some talk to them, and then you reintroduce and hope it works."
"Does it actually work?"
"Most times, yeah."
"Alright, maybe have Reeka with me and Emma with you?"
"Yeah, that'll work."
Judas barged in, "I thought we were trying to keep everyone under control?"
Yugo explained, "Look, I understand teamwork is the best BUUUUT we got two girls fucking all my plans up and literally I'd rather just have Ghezirha for a week that this, not even fuck her, just… hug, I don't know."
He pinched his nose bridge as he couldn't find a simple solution. He pulled out Emma's Pokéball and sent her back in, then tossed it to Judas and Rebecca. Judas asked impatiently, "Why the hell am I getting the Serperior?"
Yugo answered, "Because at least I got Reeka somewhat under control, maybe you can do the same with Emma."
He waved off, "Also, I'll be back at lunch so don't go screwing up."
"Screwing up? Scr'wing up!? Do yew know what the hell I gottin my hands?!"
"I'm aware Judas, but I'm sure an entire team and a freak show can manage."
"Freakshow!?"
Rebecca told him, "He's trying to get on your nerves."
Judas sighed angrily, "Right… alright, let's get this bitch trained…"
"Well, if all goes wrong, we can use Ghezirha."
Ghezirha popped her head up, "Use me for what?"
"As a way to calm down Emma."
"Oh, ok… I guess?"
(Meanwhile)
Yugo brought Reeka to another section of the forest, far from the camp. Once there, he asked Reeka, "How's your jaw?"
Reeka barely answered, "Fine."
"Well, seeing as you got what you deserved, let's try a different strategy."
He pulled a medium sized branch off the ground, weighing it to see if it will work, and he then crutched on it, "Ok Reeka, let's try a little endurance."
Reeka asked, "Endurance of what?"
"Simple, I'll beat the shit out of you with a stick and you have to defend yourself."
She snickered, "Easy."
"Ah, ah there, there's a catch: you can't break the stick."
"What?"
"You have to DEFEND yourself, meaning you cannot attack."
A smug smile appeared on his face as Reeka crossed her arms, half grinning, "You sly piece of…"
"I know, it's a little idea."
He swung the stick with no alarm as she blocked with one arm, bruising it. Yugo get hitting her with the stick as each time she blocked with her arm, but slowly moved it up to where her fists were blocking it off. The constant hits were tiring the both of them out as Reeka had more black on her arm than blue, but she was able to defend it with slightly more precision.
Yugo stopped the attack as he saw her arms looking thrashed pretty bad as the branch itself was stripped and ready to break. He threw it aside and told Reeka, "I think a break can be used."
Reeka just dropped into sit positon as Yugo sat down slower. As they rested, he asked, "Why did you do that?"
She rolled her eyes as she knew what he wanted. She took a deep breath, and asked, "Breaking Emma's knee?"
"That too, but why did you two go savage like that? I thought we came to an agreement last night."
"We did. But she doesn't… seem to like what's going on."
She was hesitant and trying to say the right words. Yugo asked, "Ok, what does Emma not like?"
"She sees you with a bitch, point blank. She wants you to herself and wants me out of it."
"Are we really going to talk about this again?"
"Guh, duh… are you blind?! You saw her staring at me, I already knew what she was thinking."
"So basically, what, she wants you gone?"
"Yeah, she wants me dead, I know that."
"Dead?!"
He shrieked out as Reeka then caught herself, "Oh, you meant that kinda gone, oh. Well, that too, but…"
"Ok, ok, hold on, for this specific thing I'll take your word, but I want to ask her on it. I don't want this to go down that path we nearly had a month ago."
She rolled her eyes on the memory of it, but Yugo shook his head, "Nevermind, let's just continue."
He flipped up his beaten to hell stick and yelled, "On guard!"
Reeka stood up, but was confused by words, "Wha…"
And was hit in the face by the stick, snapping it in two. Yugo looked at his halved stick, "Ah crap, it was ready to break."
But was slow to react as Reeka lunged at him and went at him.
(At the PD)
As the police chief and several lawyers were "legally" getting Frank out of prison, the bastard himself was sitting in the interrogation room as they decided to keep him there as they drew up contracts and such. As they did, the same informant from earlier came in and asked, "You said you have a wife, right?"
Frank rolled his eyes, "I'm fucking sure no one else has the last name Italy."
"I figured. Well, we just got a notice your wife ended up in the hospital."
A glimpse of worry ran across his face, "What happened?"
"We're not sure, she's in a coma, and your friend found her on the floor, no injuries, and in the hospital, no injuries internally either."
"Well, I know she doesn't pass out from nothing."
"Well something did, because not only that, but once nurse heard her mumbling along the lines of, 'Don't kill me, I didn't do it.'"
Frank shook his head, "Maybe something I did she's thinking of."
"Perhaps. But again, we don't know."
"Well, how about I get uncuffed so I can ask?"
"Nice try Italy, but we're still doing the work."
"Oh, yes, if that was the case, why the hell am I still stuck here?"
"Because if you remember, being a government employee requires a lot of paperwork."
"I skipped all those steps so I don't do or know it."
The inspector sighed as he left and locked the room up. The commissioner walked up and asked, "Ok, so I'm cutting through a whole load of this bullshit just so I can get it straight without legalese: you want me to release him and you'll cut all taxes from the police station for… a year?"
The inspector nodded, "Yes."
"Is that… even possible?"
"It's the government, we can do a lot of weird work without reason or plausibility."
"Like that downed plane?"
"No, that was Unova's fault."
"Mhm, ~right."
The commissioner went into the interrogation room and uncuffed Italy. His surprise was streaking across as behind the glass, he was asking about it, simply waved off, the man simply told Italy the situation and the conditions to follow.
(Back at camp)
After a long session of blocks and blows, Reeka came back with her arms bleeding. She held up with it, as Yugo looked pummeled and broken as well, but got Reeka to get back to the defense. Rebecca proceeded to fix the arm, or at least bandage it, as Yugo tended to himself.
Lunch time was simple and quiet, premade food and water, but the quietness came from the feel in the air… a schism between Reeka and Emma that appeared as if the group was ready to split. Yugo watched as Reeka and Emma's eyes were directly staring at each other, as if waiting for the next move. Once lunch was finished, Yugo got up and asked, "Alright, Emma, you're now up next."
Reeka almost turned to give a snarl, but held the impulse and simply let it go… but gave a nasty stare to Emma as she strutted alongside to Yugo, and the two walked off to the forest. Reeka sighed and just twisted her neck upright, trying not to scream or yell anything out loud. Rebecca asked, in a sheepish manner, "Trying not to, uh, ruin your private life?"
Reeka looked at her, but answered, "The only reason I'm not fucking her up… yes."
In defeat, she said that heavily.
But in the sticks…
"Yugo, you need to change her out."
Emma looked down at him as Yugo held his face in annoyance. He responded, "Change her out with who?"
"Well, maybe I could take over?"
"Ok… and how?"
"Well, I'm not arrogant in everything I do, I can do many things she can't do, I actually care for the team, and… *smirks* I'm much more attractive than her."
Ending it off a little snobbish, despite what she first said. Yugo, however, asked her, "Ok, once you tell me you got a nightmare form, we can talk. Oh wait, with that creep in your head, I hope you don't get one."
She crossed her arms, "Hey, I wouldn't mind one!"
"Ok, and what happens if whatever her name is, decides to takeover. What's your excuse?"
Emma just gave a worried look, "None…"
Quietly admitting. Yugo told her, "Look, you and Reeka need to grow up and at least tolerate each other. I mean, she's gotten better thankfully, but if you're gonna start acting like her as she is to you… then we're gonna have a bad time."
"Hmph!"
She turned around and faced away from him, still standing there as to give him a cold shoulder. Yugo wasn't buying and just moved on, "Well, how's your knee?"
Emma answered, "It's fine."
"You sure?"
"Yes, Rebecca got it healed up."
"Hmm, that's a surprise to me…"
He pulled a different branch off the ground, flipped it about, and armed it like a sword. He flipped it around and asked, "Are you sure it works good?"
"I'm sure Yugo."
Then he yelled, "Duck!"
He swung the branch, only as Emma literally jumped over him and threw a vine whip, knocking him over. He got back up and flung a quick distraction of a shot of fire, which then he fired a sharp psychic blast, blowing up a chunk of dirt around. Emma was not affected much by the cloud as she still saw Yugo, especially running into the thicket around. He jumped up behind her, but she caught it and spun around earning a hell of a kick to the stomach… and sent him flying into a tree, bashing hard against his stomach even more. He collapsed to the ground, grasping his stomach, vomiting on site. Emma blinked for a moment as Yugo then screamed out in pain, coughing up blood on top of it.
Emma was borderline freaking out, running to Yugo, almost tearing up, "Y-Yugo, a-are you ok?"
Yugo almost exploded, "I'M IN FUCKING PAIN, I'M NOT OK!"
"I'm, sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry…"
She repeated, trying to hug Yugo, only to make the pain worse as she was squeezing him. Yugo yelled, "You're killing me faster like this! Get me a fucking doctor!"
(Later)
"So let me get this straight…"
A doctor stated as Yugo laid in bed, in stable condition, with his companions across the room, "This young man here suffered damaged lungs, internal bleeding, and several fractured ribs… after your freak of a serperior decided to kick him directly into the stomach… in which he hit a tree full on… and began the obvious symptoms. Is that it?"
Emma, bunched up in the corner just muttered, "I'm sorry…"
Yugo snapped, groaning as he did, "Say you're sorry again and I'll put a fucking bullet in you."
She balled up more as the doctor told Yugo, "You'll need to relax because not only do we need to make sure you're not going to croak on us, but you'll need to have surgery done to fix those ribs. And then the bills."
Yugo moaned as he didn't want to do the last part. Judas asked, "Ok, so what do we do?"
The doctor stood up, "Well, there are two things we can do. Wait until we can discharge him from the hospital once we believe he is fit to leave, or we patch him up within a day or two and discharge him from there, which poses a higher risk to his health."
"Well I guess…"
Yugo muttered, lifting an arm, "I'm getting out of this place in two fucking days, don't you dare make my choice."
Judas rolled his eyes on his stubbornness, "Alright, I guess the second option will do."
"Alright then. Now, I'll just ask you all to leave."
Yugo raised his hand up, "Hold on there."
The group looked at him, as he lay there in the bed. He demanded, "I want Ghezirha next to me."
The doctor looked at him funny and told him, "I'm sorry sir, but you can't have her…"
"She's my emotional support Pokémon, say no, and I'll sue."
Ghezirha was just sitting there as she a little confused by that, but not wanting to deal more with this, the doctor agreed, "Fine, but we're not able to make an arrangement with her."
"That's fine, she can go with them for the night."
The doctor wanted to order them out, but sighed once more and said, "Fine, I'll allow it, the rest will leave however."
And like so, one by one they left. The doctor got up and told Yugo, "Anyway, a nurse will come in later to check on you. We'll do the rib surgery overnight so you'll have a nice sleep."
Yugo asked, "So… am I going to be awake or…"
"No, you'll be under anesthetics so there's no need to worry."
"Oh… perfect…"
The doctor left the room, and it was just Ghezirha and Yugo alone. She looked at Yugo and asked, "So… you'll be fine, right?"
Yugo cracked a smile, "Yeah, it won't be bad."
A strike of light pain entered him once Ghezirha hugged him tightly, worried, "Please don't die."
"Ghezirha, complications on some rib surgery is literally none. I'm not going to drop dead here."
"I'm just worried for you, you treated everyone so well…"
"Yeah, I know. But please let go before another rib breaks."
She released from the hug and went back to the chair. Yugo was about to strike up a conversation on the training, but then he heard a voice in the hallway as someone was angrily complaining, "How the fuck did someone break in? The place has been hardwired with security probably since it was built, and I've changed it only a couple years ago!"
The voice sounded familiar, but he shook it off thinking it was his mind acting up, and started, "So how was training with the group?"
(In the hall)
Frank was not in the mood for anything as he got word on Midori… she was in the hospital. After getting released, he got news on his wife's condition and had to see exactly what it was. On top of that, he had to find out what happened with the whole break in.
After several rooms passing, Frank made it to the designated room, seeing Midori in bed, asleep. There was a doctor and nurse there, and Frank had no hesitation asking, "What the hell happened?"
The two looked at each other, with the doctor stating, "Well professor, it appears your wife was in a coma."
"I figured that much, but what happened, what caused it."
"We're not certain. Everything in her seems normal. Everything is functioning as it should. It's just like her dropping on the floor with no reason, going straight to sleep."
"Aaaand, how did she get here?"
"We assumed a friend called up and got an ambulance there."
"Did any… *no wait, cops are currently hating your guts…* uh, was there any damages?"
"I'm not sure, you'll have to see yourself… or have the cops look."
"Yes, that won't be happening."
He walked to the side of her bed and asked, "She's just asleep?"
"Technically so."
"Well…"
He sat down and reached a hand out, shaking her gently, "Midori… Midori…"
Vague groans her heard as he continued, "Hey, wake up."
The nurse told him, "You probably should stop…"
"Shut it, it's my wife, I want to make sure she's alive."
The doctor answered, "I believe the noises she's making confirms so."
"Mhm, Midori… wake up."
She stretched, only to a degree as far as her right arm was limited, and her eyes began to open up. She initially saw blurred faces as Frank kept saying, "Midori, wake up, it's three in the afternoon."
She turned her head and squinted, making out what looked like Frank. She shook her head, mumbling, "Just a bad dream…"
Frank shook her harder, "C'mon, it's me… your loving husband."
Midori looked back to him, making out a clearer face of…
"Frank…"
Her voice went flat as a slate as her left eye twitched. Frank smiled, "Ah, you're awake, they said you got knocked out back at the lab."
Her face was almost ready to blow as she grinded out, "How did you get out?"
"Oh that? Well, I kinda made a deal with the government so…"
"That's what I thought you said…"
And she lunged out of bed screaming, trying to strangle Frank as both practitioners scrambled to get a sedative. Meanwhile Midori had both hands around Frank's neck as she went screaming, "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST SIT IN A FUCKING CELL FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AND STOP FUCKING WITH EVERYONE?!"
Frank was trying to pry her hands off, but a doctor injected the sedative into her neck, making Midori lose strength and fall back asleep. Frank, on the floor in surprise and confusion, looked in front of him to see her body go limp. He asked, "What the hell did you put in her before?"
The doctor shrugged, "I don't know… I never seen a patient go like that… maybe in a psychiatric ward, but not after a coma like that."
(At the camp)
Emma was sulking a bit as she was in fear of killing Yugo, while Reeka was in on the borderline of the woods mentally blaming Emma for all this. As the night fell onto the group, one by one they went to sleep, leaving the cold to force them in.
Reeka stayed out, visibly disgusted and enraged, but what could she do? Simple, she rolled her eyes and walked her way to the hospital, she had nothing better and she herself was worried for Yugo.
But at the hospital, Ghezirha got kicked out into the cold as her "time" was up. Now, she just stood out in the cold and walked off to the camp… assuming… well… it was dark and she had no actual idea which direction the camp was, especially once the wind picked up and… started to snow.
The snow started falling down and began forming a thin layer on the ground. She shrugged and just walked down the street to maybe find a hotel or something.
(At the lab)
"So hold on, you're telling me you're now working for the government?"
Bender asked Frank as he nodded, "Yep, I get out of jail, and they get information that's both illegal and dangerous. Everyone knows the government knows how to handle with dangerous information so… what the hell."
"Uh-huh, what about Midori?"
"I don't know what the hell happened with her. She's alive, thank God, but why she strangled me…"
The Blaziken snickered, "Oh, there's something she decided to do finally."
"Yeah, why she was, who knows."
"Well is she coming back to the lab or what?"
"I have no idea. Doctors said in a week, maybe…"
"FRANCESO FUCKING ITALY!"
"Or maybe today."
Frank got up and looked out the hallway door to see one angry wife heading down the hallway getting in his face, "How the fuck did you get out!?"
"Same way I did, I fucked with the right people."
She wrapped her hands around his neck. "Not the strangling… again. Bender… Help!"
Bender grabbed her by the waist and pulled her off, with her flailing her arms around like fly swatters. She stopped and asked, furiously, "How did you get out of prison?! I literally handed everything to them so they DON'T let you go!"
Frank sat down again, "Yes, but you forgot one problem."
"And that'd be what?"
"The government sees opportunities in everything, especially me."
"What deal did you make with them..."
Her eye twitched as frank answered, "Simple, I work for them and give them the info I know, and I get out of jail, records buried."
Her face was the literal definition of rage containment, only the eyelids twitching. She asked to no one, "Why am I even here?"
"I don't know, maybe ya still love me."
Midori then moved her hand up and Bender's arm opened up, letting her go. She stormed out as the fire bird looked a little surprised, "Wait, she just…"
Frank looked at him, visibly unamused, "She could'a thrown you across the room, she's not going to do it. She only did it because she was asking herself what would any of it solve."
(Payne's Enterprise)
Payne was having a meeting with Enshur and Arthur trying to find a way to "dispose" of them from his building, which probably meant trafficking or something. Payne suggested, "What I can do is strip off this priesty bullshit and go in as your first and last names, not even fuck around with the middle name, just do that, just first two names."
Arthur asked, "And if we fail this whole… departure?"
"Well, depends, if you get killed as planned, then I can't help you. If you live, congratulations, just stay away from me. I'd hire you two as something but I got nothing."
"Not even a measly job?"
"Not even a cook or a janitor. To be fair, I can borrow someone's Muk to clean all the floors and empty the trash. For a cook, got 'em."
"We don't even know if it's safe…"
"Ok, look, I'm doing my best to help you. I can just contact the KDC and have both of you back to Johto or wherever. I'm not a goddamn homeless shelter and, while I like the idea of a couple possibly non-paids working for me, I got nothing to offer. So I'll be deporting you out of here either way."
Enshur begged, "Please, we can't trust anyone at this point, we need a place to stay so we can be safe. We don't wish to die for a simple mistake."
"Yeah, I'm trustworthy, sure, *gets up* and who the hell do think is better, huh?"
He walked over to the window, staring at the city below, "Everybody these days is a crook, I mean, who do you honesty want to trust? Who… who…"
His sentence drifted off as an idea sparked in his mind. "Who?"
He said once more, before looking afar and then pulling out his cellphone. He dialed up, waited, and then he asked, "Yes, I'd like to talk to… whoever is currently running the lab?"
His eye movements were focusing, listening carefully, then he answered, "He's back now? Huh. Well, tell him I got a nice bit of labor to use."
(At the Aloha islands…)
The islands were starting to split apart and snap at the seams. Riots, insanity, uprising, it all went so fast after Flare came in as fast as well. Aloha was now going aloha as each island was in a flame ball, some literally, others figuratively.
On the main island, a woman was running out trying to find some way to get off the island. All the planes were down, boats were either stolen, sunk, or gone, and there was no way to escape. She would've taken a chopper, but most of them were on the other islands and Flare was even leaving it all behind.
She went through the street, looking around for an exit of something, but with her wounds, she just went into some building. Passing through the debris and broken hallway, she saw down on the floor, taking a breath and relax. She looked at her wound, finally stopped bleeding, she shakes her head as the situation couldn't get worse…
"FREEZE BITCH!"
She jumped, fear stricken, as a man wearing a black bandana wearing man wielded a pistol, pointing at her. He was as scared as she was, and he wasn't backing off. The woman just raised her right arm, "Please… I don't want to cause any problems."
The man screamed, "Too late bitch! You caused every single one of them! The entire fucking island is destroyed and you fuckers caused every single problem here! And I'ma get rid of one more of you Flare fuckers!"
The woman begged, "Look, I-I understand it's not good on your end…"
"Have you been fucking listening?! You caused EVERYTHING!"
He screamed in rage as the woman tried standing up, "Look… we had… little choice… Lysander moved here… seeing it was a quiet place… so we invaded."
"Oh yeah, that justifies my reason!"
"Look, I-I can take you to a boat…"
She lied off, catching herself quick. But the Skull goon asked, "What boat?"
She corrected, "Not boat… it's a helicopter… there's three on the next island… at the base."
"And what, you can fly it?"
"Y-yes…"
She realized there were no helicopters there, but hopefully there was something there. The man walked closer, "and how do I know there is a helicopter, and you're not just bullshitting your way through so I don't liquefy your brain with my ACP?"
"I… I came from that base."
"Then what the hell are you doing here?"
She ddin't say a word, until the man pulled her hair and dragged her up, "Bitch I asked you a question! Is there anything there!? Is it all just a load of bullshit?!"
She shook her head crying and screaming, "There's ways to get out, but there's something there!"
"What's there?! Answer me bitch!"
"I don't know… it just came in and people started screaming…"
Tears began to run down her face. "Th-there was something that mauled me…"
She showed the arm. "I-it just attacked me and… e-everyone else is dead."
The man didn't buy it, "Bullshit, you probably got mauled by an Incineroar or some shit in the woods. You're using that as a coverup. I might be a skull grunt here, but I AIN'T FUCKING STUPID!"
She begged, "Please, please! You just have to go there, there's a..."
He grabbed her head, forcing her head back, and put the gun to her back, "Nah, I'll drag your flat ass there as well. If there's a little monster running around, you'll be a damn good distraction. Now shut it before I blow your spine out!"
He proceed to command her out from the building and back the way she came, slowly, but ever so…
But in the shadows, something was watching them… it just watched as the two went towards the Flare base… it just gave a chuckle… a low, dark chuckle.
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