September 8th (Lilycove City, Hoenn)
(Drew's POV)
I quickly rushed over to May and tried to feel a pulse. It was there, but very faint.
"May's still alive, but barely," I reported.
"Max is the same," Misty called.
Dawn picked up the syringe with a Kleenex with tears in her eyes, "Why did she do this? We knew she was in trouble, but did she have to be this drastic?" Dawn whimpered.
Suddenly there was an explosion causing us to hit the back wall as a mechanical arm appeared grabbing May and Max.
"No!" I shouted as I saw them taken outside where they were placed into an armored car.
"The prizes have been secured," a man reported in to a walkie-talkie.
"Like hell!" Dawn shouted as she threw a knife at him slashing his arm causing him to drop the walkie-talkie.
"You bitch," the man yelled as he threw a pokeball revealing a Skarmory before grasping his arm in pain. "Take her down with Swift!"
Swift started making its way to Dawn, but was stopped as Paul stepped in front of Dawn protectively and summoned Elective to use Protect, "I dare you to try that again," he threatened venomously as he switched pokemon for Magmortar. "Use Flamethrower."
Flamethrower hit Skarmory causing it to faint, "Go Now!" the man shouted as he quickly jumped into the truck while recalling Skarmory.
The truck then raced off, "If he thinks he can get away, he's got another thing coming," I said angrily as I grabbed a pokeball. "Flygon, let's go."
"Fly," he shouted as I got on him and raced after the truck.
Soon Ash, Dawn, Gary called out Charizard, Togekiss, and Arcanine and followed me as we tried to chase after the truck.
Soon they released a bunch of Golbat and Metang causing us to be surrounded.
"We'll handle them, you guys go ahead," Misty shouted.
Paul, Dawn, and I nodded as the others stayed behind to deal with them while we continued after the truck. Suddenly a Salamence appeared and attacked us with Hyperbeam.
"Great," Dawn muttered as she ordered Togekiss on the ground so she and Paul could get off. "Keep going Drew, we'll take care of this angry lizard."
She ordered Togekiss to use Aura Sphere as Paul called out Elective. I ordered Flygon to chase the truck and use Hyperbeam. The car then crashed into a tree forcing it to stop. Soon the man and others came out and called out Golbat. I called out Roserade and Absol and ordered them to use Magical Leaf and Razor Wind.
After knocking out the Pokemon, the grunts were then held in place by thick vines that came from the ground.
"Great timing," I called as I turned around to see that Paul had ordered Torterra to use Frenzy Plant.
Torterra then dropped them and the Frenzy Plant vanished as the others came up. I walked up to the man gripped the collar of his shirt, "Why did you take her and who sent you!" I shouted.
The man groggily cackled at me causing me to get mad and shake, "Tell me!"
"Drew stop!" Gary yelled as Paul ripped the guy from me.
"You need to have control, don't let him get to you," Paul advised as he started to tie up the thugs.
"May and Max are a bit battered from that crash," Leaf called causing me to run to them and start analyzing May's aura.
I sighed in relief, "She's still here, but very weak," I said as I quickly scanned Max. "Same for Max as well."
"Well we can't go back to the house, it's obviously not safe," Misty said. "So where are we going to go?"
"We could take her to the bungalow," Dawn suggested.
"That's not safe either. If they could invade school grounds, they would have no trouble kidnapping them from there," Gary argued.
"Then where should we go?" Leaf asked.
"We'll take them to PHPA headquarters, we have no other places that have better security," I said as I started to carry May.
"But how will we get there?" Gary asked. "Lance obviously won't help."
"Perhaps I can," a familiar voice said causing us to turn around.
I smiled softly in seeing Gardevoir, "I felt unease when May and her brother were talking early this morning so I called for some help."
We then noticed a figure behind her and looked in surprise, "Clair?"
"We'll put them in the PHPA infirmary, there's too much security for anyone to attack them," she said sternly.
"What about Lance, he won't be happy about it," Misty pointed out.
"He'll have to deal with it. In the meantime, we'll collect May and Max's pokemon as well," she said before looking at Gardevoir. "Can you find everyone and teleport them to where I'm thinking?"
Gardevoir nodded and teleported out. Clair then helped us get May and Max to the PHPA infirmary where we were currently waiting for the test results of both of them.
"You mind telling me what's going on?" Clair asked as we watched May getting tested.
I sighed, "We don't really know. Before May took the drug, she told me this had to do with the Ropex Formula."
Clair's eyes widened, "That's was this is about? Sweet Arceus we are screwed. If anyone gets their hands on it…."
"Clair, what exactly is the Ropex Formula?" Leaf asked. "We've heard it's dangerous because it causes a pokemon's temper to go in full outrage."
Clair sighed, "It's more dangerous than that. Once injected into a pokemon, it will make them filled with rage and kill anything or anyone in sight before spreading the disease on. They eventually die from too much stress on the body."
We stared at her wide-eyed, "It's that dangerous?! Why hasn't it been destroyed?" Dawn asked angrily.
Clair frowned, "We don't know where it is and the people who own the formula don't want to destroy it so it's out there for the taking. Do you know who wants it to where they would go after May and Max?"
Everyone looked at me causing me to sigh, "I don't know who. When I asked May this morning, all she said was 'someone who's there but isn't'. Those are the exact words she told me."
"Hmmm…..someone who is there but isn't," Dawn muttered. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"Drew…."
I flinched in surprise as I thought I heard May.
"Sleep….."
Wait….sleep, why sleep? I then remembered this morning, "I'll tell you one way or another". I slapped my forehead in stupidity, that's how May was going to give me answers.
"Uh Drew….you okay?" Ash asked.
"I'm fine, I just figured out what May said early and how to get some answers," I said quickly as May and Max were roomed into their room.
"Care to fill us in?" Leaf asked annoyed.
"Just find a chair and make a circle around both May and Max's beds," I said quickly as Gardevoir poked her head in the door. "Gardevoir, can you boost the psychic energy in this room?"
"What are you planning to do?" she asked.
"Talk to May like before," I said and saw her nod in understanding.
I smiled and nodded in thanks before grabbing a pokeball, "Butterfree, use Sleep Powder," I commanded as I called him out.
"Free," he trilled as he did what I asked.
I felt myself nod off and laid my head down on May's bed before I saw black. I looked around and saw the saw ball of light and floated toward it. I stepped through it into the same field of roses from when I talked to May before. I looked down to see that my clothes changed to a green apple dress shirt, black dress pants, and black shoes. I looked around and saw that everyone else made it. The guys wore the same attire as me except their shirts wore different colors and the girls wore knee length spring dresses with a short sleeved cropped cardigan and sandals.
"What is this place?" Dawn asked in breathless wonder.
"A neutral meeting place that May and I have with our auras," I explained.
Gary smirked, "Why does this not surprise me?"
I then looked ahead to see May and Max in the distance, I then ran over to them and gathered May in my arms, "You're alright," I murmured into her hair.
I felt her chuckle, "I'm fine for the most part," she said as she hugged me back.
I pulled away a little, "For the most part?" I asked concerned.
May pulled out as her form flickered and changed to where it looked like she was in her mid-thirties, "That's why I said 'for the most part'," she said with a sigh as the others caught up to me.
"May, why do you look like your thirty?" Dawn asked as Max's form flickered and changed to where it looked like he was in his twenties.
May sighed again, "The drug is making our minds unstable besides putting our bodies to sleep making it hard to keep our forms our age," she explained.
"So do you know how you're going to get out of a coma?" Leaf asked.
May put her hand behind her head and grinned sheepishly, "Uh….."
"You don't have a plan do you?" Paul asked bluntly.
"Nope," May said with a shake of her head as her form changed to where she was in her seventies.
"So you just take that drug without knowing how to wake up!" Misty yelled. "What the Hell!"
"Hey, I needed to be able to get me and Max out of harm's way and this was the only thing I could do. I couldn't pull another fake death," May said angrily.
"Which you can't really do if you've already done it," Max pointed out as his form changed to where he looked sixty.
We glared at him before I sighed, "Okay, we'll figure something out," I said tiredly. "Can you now please explain what the hell is going on?"
May and Max looked at each other before May gestured for him to talk first.
"Okay, so first of all, I was the one who figured out the Ropex Formula," Max said causing us to stare at him shocked.
"You invented it?" Gary asked surprised.
Max sighed, "Not invented, but figured out," he explained. "A think tank asked me to figure it out and I didn't know how bad it was til I was too late. I warned them to destroy it, but they never did. They hid it away and that was the end of it til Hunter J escaped."
"But that's not possible, she's in prison," Leaf argued.
May shook her head, "She escaped and someone is impersonating her to keep her escape hidden," she explained. "She started to threaten Max to get the formula which he couldn't do because he had no idea where it was and had no idea what to do which was why he wanted to see me yesterday. Due to us talking, they beat up my Glaceon badly."
May looked furious as her formed changed to where she was seven years old, "I healed her up and decided to strike back. I stole the formula and destroyed it along with any of its research, but not before I knew how to create it," she said causing us to look shocked again.
"You stole it? How? We don't even know where it is?" Misty said astonished.
"I have connections," May said shortly. "After that, Drew started to ask if everything was okay because he knew that I drugged the popcorn with sleep powder."
"Wait….you drugged us?!" Dawn screeched.
May glared which looked cute since she looked like she was seven, "I had to because you weren't gonna let me leave without explaining myself. Now quit interrupting!" she snapped. "Anyways, after it looked like Drew was helping me with Math this morning, they beat up Blaziken and Lucario because they figured I told him something. After I patched them up as best as I could, I stole that vial of XSC39 and drugged Max and myself so Hunter J couldn't get us to help her."
"Do you know why Hunter J wants the formula?" Gary asked.
Max and May shook their heads as Max's form changed to six and May's turned back to normal, "We figured she wanted it for a client. Otherwise, we have no idea. It isn't like her to steal anything for her clients but pokemon," May said.
Leaf sighed, "I guess that makes things more difficult for us, but we'll catch her. Try to rest and heal while we try to fix this mess."
May nodded, "We better head back and report to Clair," Leaf said as the others started to fade.
"I'll join you guys in a minute," I said before they faded completely.
"Max, you should go back and rest," May said gently as his form changed back to normal.
"Fine," he agreed before giving us an evil glare. "No funny business."
May sighed as she put her head in her hand and her other hand on her hip as Max faded away, "Why does he do that?" she muttered.
I chuckled as I gathered her in my arms again, "It's a guy thing, we're very protective of our girls."
May gave a small laugh, "I suppose it doesn't bother you because you'll get to say the same thing to him about Lizzy."
I smirked before I kissed her and she sighed in content, "I'm sorry you had to find me like you did, it must have been painful," she said sorrowfully as she looked down.
"It was, I felt a stab in my heart when you took that drug," I said sadly as I laid my face in her hair.
I then felt her tremble, "I'm sorry, but I didn't know what else to do," she strained to say as she tried to prevent tears from falling. "I had to protect Max and my pokemon."
I lifted her head up and kissed her again, "I don't blame, you were trying to protect those you care about. I just wish that you weren't put in those situations."
"You and me both, I hate to bring any of you pain," she sobbed.
I continued to hold her til she settled down, "Thank you Drew," she sighed.
She stepped out of my embrace as her form changed again to where she looked thirty, "This age changing thing is starting to get really annoying," she muttered.
I smirked as I plucked a rose to stick in her, "You still look beautiful to me no matter what age you are."
"Flirt," May muttered, but kissed my cheek. "You should be getting back to the others."
I nodded and turned away to leave, but I felt her grab my hand, "Please stay safe," she said worriedly.
I felt a small smile appear as I changed my form to look like I was thirty before turning around to kiss her, "Don't worry, I will."
(Leaf's POV)
We explained the situation to Clair who left to try and get the people in Analysis to start tracking down Hunter J.
We stood outside the recovery room waiting for Drew to show up, "Why do I get the feeling their making out?" I muttered.
"Whatcha say Leafy?" Gary asked.
"Nothing," I said tiredly as Drew appeared.
"We should help in Analysis to see if we can find Hunter J. The sooner we do that, the sooner we can try to figure out a formula to wake up May and Max," Dawn advised.
We nodded in agreement as we left for Analysis. When we got there, Lance was there with Clair looking at the monitors and he didn't look happy.
"Figures that she's the cause of this whole problem," Lance muttered.
"Lance enough! May is not the problem, she was brought in because she and Max were threatened by Hunter J," Clair snapped. "If you say another thing against her, you are out of here."
"You can't do that, I'm in charge of this agency," he sneered.
"But I can kick you off this case," she retorted.
"Any luck?" I asked interrupting their argument.
"Nothing yet," Clair reported.
"Chief, we have a hit," someone called.
"Where?" Clair asked.
"Near Lake Valor," they said quickly as they blew up the location on the main screen.
"Chief, another spotting at Lake Verity," another person shouted.
"Same with Lake Acuity," another reported.
"Well she can't be in all three places at once," Clair snapped.
I froze, "Uh….guys, does this situation ring a bell?" I asked agitated.
They looked at me confused til Gary face palmed, "Crap, they're going after the Lake Guardians."
"What are you talking about?" Lance asked sternly.
"Hunter J is trying to capture the Lake Guardians, why else who there be blips of activity in those areas," Dawn explained.
Suddenly I was hit with pain and I leaned over gripping my head, "Leafy what's….."
Gary and the others then leaned over gripping their heads as well, "Something's wrong," Dawn strained to say.
"What's wrong?" Clair asked in concern as all eyes were on us.
"The Lake Guardians, we feel…..their pain," I said painfully.
"Chief, we have a call coming in from Cynthia," someone announced.
"Answer it," Lance called.
"Lance, what is going on?!" she asked slightly angry.
"We don't know, my agents assume that Hunter J is going after the Lake Guardians," Lance answered.
"Wait a minute, Hunter J escaped?! I thought you said she couldn't escape because of tight security!" Cynthia snapped.
"We didn't know she escaped until my agents told me that from May and Max," Clair explained.
"Where is May now? She's probably the only one who can stop this," Cynthia said concerned.
Clair looked grim as the pain faded from my head, "Both she and Max are in a drug induced coma."
Cynthia looked shocked, "How?! Why?!"
"She did it to protect herself and Max from revealing the Ropex Formula," I said angrily. "Hunter J threatened to kill us and beat her pokemon if they didn't obey so she had no choice."
Cynthia sighed, "That girl never as a break," she muttered sadly before looking thoughtful. "But why would Hunter J want the Ropex Formula?"
"We don't know, May and Max theorized that a client of hers wanted it," Clair said.
"That doesn't make sense though, she doesn't deal with anything but pokemon," Cynthia argued. "What client would want a virus that would wipe out life on this world as we know it?"
I felt a shockwave of thought pass through me as I realized the danger of the words 'this world'.
"Leaf, what's wrong?" Dawn asked concerned.
"Tony, run a complete scan of the prison and the prisoner's biometrics," I ordered.
"Yes Miss Green," he said as Cynthia's picture shrank in size while pulled to the side while Tony ran the scan.
"What are you thinking Leaf?" Ash asked.
"I'm thinking Hunter J wasn't the only villain to escape," I said angrily. "Who do we know that has tried to destroy the world before in order to create a new one?"
The gangs eyes lit up in shock and anger, "Miss Green, three prisoners biometrics don't match up," Tony reported.
I sighed hoping I was wrong, "Team Galactic," I seethed angrily.
"Are you telling me that trio escaped as well?! Lance, what kind of a prison are you running?!" Cynthia shouted angrily.
Lance looked pissed but said nothing as everything clicked into place causing me to gasp, "Of course, this is all revenge!"
Everyone stared at me, "Think about it, that trio of idiots wanted to create a new world along with Cyrus but he didn't let them in. For revenge, they want to achieve the same thing, but to destroy us in the process because we brought them down."
"But that doesn't make sense, why destroy the world, it doesn't fit their ideals. And we still don't know why Hunter J would want the Ropex formula?" Paul argued.
"We'll have to figure it out later, right now we need to protect the Lake Guardians. Cynthia, I'll send agents to all three locations, we'll be in touch," Clair said as she ended the call.
"I'm sending you to Lake Valor, go change and meet back at Command Central," Lance ordered us.
We nodded and changed into more suitable clothes before going to Command Central to have an Alakazam teleport us to Lake Valor.
I looked around and saw that the middle of the lake was shining and a building looking thing hovering in the sky. I turned to the right and saw Cynthia talking to Professors Carolina and Rowan, "Cynthia," Dawn called.
They stopped talking and turned to look at us, "Has anything happened?"
Cynthia nodded grimly, "Hunter J has released something into the lake," she said angrily.
We turned to look and see a ball of light rising from the lake while Hunter J and her Salamence were flying around.
"Salamence, use Hyper Beam," Hunter J ordered.
Salamence roared and did as ordered at the ball of light. The ball glowed and took the form of Azelf.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt," Ash shouted.
"Toxicroak, use Dark Pulse," a sinister voice ordered.
The Dark Pulse stopped Pikachu and threw him into Ash, "Don't interfere," the sinister voice said as he emerged from the shadows.
We turned around and glared, "Saturn," I spat.
He chuckled, "Surprised?"
We said nothing but continued to glare, "Piplup, use Bubble Beam," Dawn shouted.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt," Ash called.
"Roserade, use Petal Dance," Drew ordered.
"Use Iron Tail," Two other sinister voices ordered.
Suddenly a Purugly and a Stuntank appeared from the attacks and hit Piplup, Ash, and Pikachu back.
"Piplup, Pikachu, Roserade," Drew, Dawn, and Ash cried as they caught their pokemon.
"Well now, seems we're missing one," Jupiter snickered. "Where's the one who's light on her feet?"
Drew glared at her, "Why do you care?" he snapped.
The trio laughed, "We don't, but we're glad for the state she's in. It looks like she picked the wrong option to hide, but it works in our favor," Saturn chortled.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Dawn said angrily.
"We couldn't go about our plan if your friend was in the way so we had to do something to get rid of her," Mars said with a smirk.
We were confused, what the hell were they talking about? "Still confused, does 'Ropex Formula' ring a bell?" Jupiter said with an evil grin.
"You're the ones who wanted it!" Gary yelled.
"Yes and no," Saturn said with a small grin. "We said we wanted it to send your friend on a wild goose chase. We have no use for it except for it being a decoy to corner her in which she can't escape."
We stood there stunned, the formula was bait to lure May into thinking she needed to destroy it and hide herself from anyone ever finding out trapping her in a state of where she can't wake up.
"You bastard!" Drew shouted angrily.
The trio grinned evilly as Hunter J captured Azelf causing us to lean over in pain.
"One down, two to go," Jupiter said pleased.
I called out Espeon, "Use Swift."
"Toxicroak, use Sludge Bomb," Saturn ordered.
Both attacks met in the middle and caused an explosion and smoke. As the smoke cleared, Toxicroak used Poison Jab.
"Espeon," I cried as I knelt down next to her.
"That's it!" Dawn shouted as she threw her remaining pokeballs into the air to release her pokemon.
Everyone else including myself did the same, "You're outnumbered!" Gary shouted.
The trio smirked, "Are we?"
Suddenly we saw Hunter J's henchmen surround us and called out their pokemon making it even, but before we call out an attack, Mesprit and Uxie appeared.
While we were looking away, the trio and henchmen attacked before we could counter. We were ready to order a counter attack, but stopped when the smoke faded and we saw that some of our pokemon were held at knife point.
"Return your pokemon or these will be dead," a henchman shouted.
We clenched our teeth angrily and did as they said. They let our pokemon go and I hugged Espeon tightly, "Are you alright?" I asked concerned.
"I'm alright," she said tiredly before I returned her.
We then looked to the lake as Mesprit and Uxie used Future Sight only to then be captured by Hunter J making us kneel over in pain.
"You won't get away with this," I said angrily.
The trio smirked as Hunter J brought forth the Lake Guardians, "You will receive payment as promised," Saturn said.
Hunter J nodded before flying away on Salamence for her ship along with her henchmen. Once aboard and ready to leave, Future Sight struck causing the ship to start flying for the lake and was swallowed up. We all stood in shock at what we just witnessed as smoke and embers arose from the lake.
Suddenly the smoke disappeared and a mist rolled in, "What's going on?" Mars snapped.
We looked to the middle of the lake and heard a familiar "Bi".
"It can't be…." I said softly in disbelief.
It was Celebi and someone wearing a white cloak to cover their identity. A hand appeared out of the cloak of a preteen girl as something levitated from it. A bright light shone and it landed back in the girl's hand. A soft melody was played as the girl walked across the lake toward us. The melody was powerful and it broke the Lake Guardian's prison free. The melody ended and the flute the girl had turned back into a key as the Lake Guardians floated to her.
Could it be…but that's not possible, "May?" I called in surprise.
The girl didn't respond giving reason to believe that it wasn't her which made us more confused. She had the key that May had, but if she wasn't May, who was she?
"What do you want?" Jupiter snapped.
The figure chuckled and a clump of hair appeared out of the hood only for her to quickly tuck it behind her ear. What shocked me, if no one else, was that the hair was green, a shade lighter than Drew's.
"Tell me, is the reason that you are doing this all because you want your own little world all to yourselves," the girls asked with a smirk.
"There needs to be a purer world than this," Mars argued.
"That's a hypocritical statement, there is no such thing as a pure world. Every world, existing or not, is tainted from violence and other horrible things. The 'pure' world that you wish to live in would be tainted by yourselves," she said philosophically.
We stared at her at her wisdom, she's really wise for a preteen.
"How dare you mock our ideals," Jupiter screamed. "Stuntank, use Poison Sting!"
I stared at the girl in horror as the attack raced toward her. She stood still and raised her hand to project an Aura Sphere to stop the attack causing us to just stare at her.
"Just who are you?" Saturn asked sternly.
The girl smirked again, "A Guardian of Arceus of course."
We just stared at her, everyone did, "Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie, you have the honor," the girl said as she gestured her hand to the trio.
The Lake Guardians sang their names and circled around the top of them, "Since you wish for another world, your wish shall be granted. The Lake Guardians will be sure to see that you are to suffer all the pain that you have caused," the girl said with disgust.
The trio screamed and vanished into the portal that the Lake Guardians created.
"You righted that wrong that has come, thank you," the girl said as she bowed in gratitude.
She then turned to us, "You must be deeply confused I imagine," she teased.
"That's an understatement," Paul muttered.
The girl giggled, "It's funny, you act the same yet different."
We just gave her confused looks and she laughed, "You must wonder who I am since I said I'm a Guardian of Arceus, correct?"
We nodded, she smiled as she let down her hood letting us see her face and we were shocked, "I think you can figure out how I happened," she said with a smirk.
She then walked to Drew and placed a vial in his hands, "Give this to your friends, it will heal them of their mistake."
Suddenly Celebi appeared and said something to the girl, "I suppose I must head back to my time."
"Wait….what's your name?" Drew asked.
The girl smirked yet again and flicked her bangs before tossing a rose at Drew, "You'll figure it out in due time, but for now, you won't remember me when I leave due to the Lake Guardians erasing your memories. We'll meet again in time."
She then stepped into the portal Celebi made and disappeared. Then the Lake Guardians circled the sky and a sparkling dust appeared on us and we fell asleep.
(Dawn's POV)
I felt myself being shaken awake and opened my eyes to see Paul looking down at me, "Ugh, I have a terrible headache," I muttered as I sat up gripping my head.
I tried to remember what happened but all I could remember was a figure wearing a white cloak, "You alright Troublesome?" Paul asked.
"For the most part," I said as I looked around to see everyone looking like they had headaches too. "Does anyone remember what happened?"
"All I remember is a figure dressed in a white cloak," Leaf said and everyone else nodded in agreement.
Drew looked at the vile in his hands and the rose, "I remember the cloak and the person telling me that this vial was for May."
"Well, if it's for May, we better give it to her," I said as I stood up.
"I'll take care of the situation here," Cynthia said tiredly. "You guys go on ahead to report to Clair and Lance."
We nodded and notified Clair that we needed to come back to headquarters. We were then teleported back and quickly went to the infirmary to give the medic the vial. After some testing, we discovered it was the antidote for the drug which baffled everyone including ourselves.
"So you don't remember who it was?" Clair asked again after we gave her and Lance a full report.
We shook our heads, "When we try to remember, all we see is a white cloaked figure," I explained.
The door to the conference room opened and the medic stuck their head in smiling, "They're awake."
We quickly stop up and ran to May and Max's room to see them sitting up looking pale, but smiling. Drew walked over to May and kissed her cheek while holding her hand affectionately.
"I knew you guys would figure it out," May said tiredly but happily.
"So what happened?" Max asked.
We looked at each and explained what happened causing May and Max to be surprised and upset, "Figures we fell for a trap," May sighed. "And for the Lake Guardians, I should have been there stopping all that."
Drew squeezed May's hand gently, "You did what you did out of instinct and as for not being there, it turned out alright in the end."
"So you have no idea who this figure is?" Max asked.
We shook our heads, "We don't know, but I know they saved us and gave Drew the antidote to wake you up," I said.
"I sense that your memories were altered or erased, but it was probably for the best. Sometimes knowing the smallest thing can change your future entirely," May said thoughtfully before she yawned.
Drew kissed her forehead, "You two should get some rest," Drew said as he stood up. "We'll be back tomorrow."
May and Max nodded as they fell asleep again, we walked out and made our way to the jet to take us back to school. I trudged behind everyone in thought trying to still take in all that happened that I could remember.
I then felt someone hold my hand, "You alright Troublesome?" Paul asked.
I nodded, "I'm just trying to process all that happened today that I could remember."
"I think we all are," he agreed.
"Do you think we'll ever find out what truly happened?" I asked him.
Paul nodded as we took a seat on the jet, "I have a feeling it will be quite a while before we will, but we'll eventually remember."
September 12th (La Rousse City, Hoenn)
(May's POV)
Over the course of the next few days, I was able to heal Max almost to perfect health and heal myself for the most part though I was still quite weak and had to use a wheel chair since I was low on energy. We were discharged/kicked out by Lance the day after we woke up and Drew and the gang didn't feel comfortable leaving me in the house so Max and I had been staying at Drew's house warmly welcomed by his parents and Lizzy.
I was currently sitting in the garden with Drew's mom and Lizzy for tea. Max left yesterday back for the Pokemon Center to help out Nurse Joy since he felt 'fully recharged'. His words, not mine.
"You doing better today?" Jennifer asked.
I nodded, "I think I might be fully back to health in a day or two, guess that coma drug really drained my energy levels."
"Have your powers or aura abilities react weird or act strange?" Lizzy asked.
I shook my head, "Thankfully everything seems to be acting normal."
Lizzy sighed in smiled in relief as a maid came up, "Madam, there is a man who is here to see Miss Maple," she said.
"Thank you Mary, bring him here," Jennifer said politely.
May nodded and walked away. A few minutes later, she returned with a gentleman wearing an expensive black three piece suit, "That will be all Mary, thank you," Jennifer said.
Mary nodded and left, "How can we help you?" Jennifer asked.
"Miss Maple," he said to me gruffly.
"Yes," I said as I set my tea cup down.
He reached into his suit coat and pulled out an envelope, "You have been summoned to court by Solplex Research Facilities."