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Kiss and tell
Everything I say
Stuck inside your little web
Everybody wants to know, yeah
Lips that lie

Chapter Seven

Alice's POV

"So. Where did you live before?" Gary asked me suddenly.

"I was born and grew up in Saffron City." I lied. "In fact, that was where I discovered the love I have for the rarity different pokemon have. Sabrina was always an inspiration to me. She's the one to give me an Eevee at the start of my journey. Back when Espeon was an Eevee, she had this flower shaped mark where her star is right now. I guess it changed when she evolved. And that got me off on my path as a researcher." Wow. I'm getting so much better with these false backstories.

"I see." Gary slowly nodded his head. "You've been anywhere else?"

"I went to Unova. It was a place vastly different than the regions around here." I lied. Arceus, how dumb can one person be?

"We're here." Gary announced as the elevator stopped on what I think is the lowest floor possible.

"And where is here?" I asked him as the door slid open. My eyes widen when I saw an entire forest in front of us.

"This is a pokemon preserve the researchers here have developed over the years. We raised pokemon here to observe them naturally. It's a not so kept secret, but not many people actually know about it." Gary explained as he led me through.

"Wow. I didn't expect this." Espeon commented as she looked around.

"Pi pika chu ka pi." Pikachu said.

"I have to say, I'm impressed." I said out loud.

"Follow me this way." Gary grabbed my hand. I felt my heart skip a beat. I controlled it though. Not now. This really isn't the time.

I let him lead me to the center of the manmade forest. I walked passed various pokemon, some I have never ever seen in the wild before. I really hate to admit it, but this lab is actually doing something useful.

I snapped my attention away from the beauty and to my mission.

Oh my Arceus. What is happening to me?

Get your head out of the gutter. We still have a mission to do. Lucario snarled at me from inside her pokéball.

What the hell do you think I'm trying to do. I snapped back. Arceus, she still gets on my nerves.

Then focus. she growled. I mentally sighed. Dame pokémon.

"So, what do you think?" I snapped back to reality when Gary asked me that question.

"Oh! It's wonderful! Simply beautiful!" I answered. "I could never imagine anything like this growing under a building!"

"Blastoise!" with that sudden noise, I felt Pikachu dig her claw slightly in my shoulder and Espeon jumping into my arms.

"Oh yeah. I forgot to mention." Gary said as I saw a Blastoise walk towards us from the trees. "This is also where we can store our pokémon if we don't want them cooped up in their pokéballs. It's basically a forest so it's a perfect place for them." Gary said.

"I see." I said as Blastoise got closer. Pokémon have heightening senses better than a human's. I bet Blastoise can see through my disguise.

"Don't worry. I got this." Espeon said as her eyes faintly glowed blue. "He won't be able to recognize you."

Soon enough, right after Espeon said that, the Blastoise reached us.

"If you can remember, this is my Blastoise." Gary explained.

"Oh! You mean the one from my first day here, yesterday?" I asked.

"Yeah. I'm still sorry about that." he sweatdropped. "Usually he has control over his attacks, but he was Mega Evolved so..."

"It's fine!' I exclaimed. "I'm sure he's just a big softie on the inside!" I petted Blastoise. I held my breath.

"Blaaa..." he sighed in happiness. Good. Nothing is wrong yet. He doesn't suspect a thing. "Toise?"

I jerked my hand away as his eyes snapped open. Internally I froze. Pikachu and Espeon got ready if anything went wrong.

"What's the matter?" Gary asked his pokémon.

"Blast..." Blastoise narrowed his eyes at me. I steadied myself. There's no way I'm letting a pokémon get in my way.

"Oh! Miss Amari!"

I turned around to see Lilo waving at me as she made her way over.

"Sakura?" I asked.

"Oh! Did I interrupt anything?" she asked.

"No of course not!" I answered. Actually, I was thankful she interrupted. If she was any later, I would've failed my mission. And I fail nothing.

"Is there anything you need?" Gary asked.

"Yes! I'm here for Amari!" she clapped her hand together.

"Me?" I played dumb.

"Yes you! If you don't mind, I want to hang out with her some more, you know since we're the only two female students here." Lilo grabbed my wrist.

"That's sounds like a great idea!" I exclaimed. "Gary, do you mind?"

"Not at all. You two have fun. We can just hang out another time." he waved us off.

"Great!" Lilo cheered before the two of us dashed through the forest. Eventually, we made it to the elevator. It was empty and we got on.

"I was about to kill that pokémon." I growled once the doors closed.

"Yes, I could see." Lilo smirked at me.

"You're on my good side; don't get on my bad one." I glared at her.

"Sorry, but that does seem rather extreme to me." she sighed with a sly look on her face.

"That's because you're too soft." I retorted.

"I'm offended!" she mock gasped. "I'm just as tough as you!"

"I doubt it." I muttered.

I let out a sigh. "Well, it seems like this just make my mission even harder. That dame pokémon won't let me near him again as long as he's there."

"Leave the pokémon to me." Lilo offered. "You just handle getting close to Oak and get that password."

"You're not going to use that attraction poison again, are you? I remember what happened the last time when you told me." I crossed my arms.

"Hmm, yes. Perhaps that wasn't the best mission to test it out on, but I believe I've perfected it this time." Lilo answered as the elevator doors opened.

I looked over and saw a pokémon standing there. It wasn't like one I've seen before. It looks like a Meowth, but the cream colored fur was replaced with a light midnight blue.

"Ah! Stitch!" Lilo exclaimed. The Meowth walked into the elevator and jumped in Lilo's arms.

"Is that a Meowth?" I asked her.

"Of course it is!" she answered. "Just an Alolan one." she said as the elevator doors closed.

"How interesting. I see how you became such a star at the Rocket base there." I pondered out loud.

"People clearly underestimate the locals here, but I of course always change that." she smirked.

"You could learn a thing or two from her." Espeon chipped in.

"Shut up. Who asked you?"I glared at her.

"Oh! A new pokémon? How interesting." Lilo commented. "So who did you trade in to give this girl a shot?"

"My Charizard." I replied. "But I'm only trying her out for this mission. If she does well, then she'll be a good part of my team."

"It's not like you to change things up, Alice." Lilo smirked. I glared at her.

"I just want to focus on the mission right now. "I sighed. "But make sure I have no obstacles in my way."

"Of course. After all, isn't that what else are friends for?" she smirked. I smirked back. Yes. She is right; we are friends.

Over the course of the next few weeks, Lilo has been successful in her mission to keep the pokémon away while I got closer to Gary. I have to say, there were some moments I am not proud of and will hurt Espeon if she ever dare to bring up. But overall, the mission was going as planned.

And I found a little information that could also help.

"Hmm. Interesting."I muttered as I sat down on my bed with a book in my hand.

"What's that?" Espeon asked me as she jumped on the desk.

"A legend." I replied as I opened up the book.

"About what?" she asked.

"You're psychic. Can't you just find out yourself?" I shot her a glare.

"Good point." she nodded as her eyes glowed blue. I felt a presence in my mind as I notice Pikachu looking at me weirdly.

"That's not what I meant!" I snarled at her.

"Fine. I'll read it after you're done." she curled up on the table as her eyes returned back to normal.

"The one psychic pokémon I choose and it's the most annoying one of all." I muttered. I went back to reading the book. Lilo loaned me this. She's been here longer than I have so she has gathered a bit more information about this place. She found this book a while ago and thought that it would be helpful in the mission. She wanted me to read it and I am, but only to find success in the mission.

As I continued to read the book, I couldn't help but scoff at the legend. Supposedly, all of the Legendary and Mystical pokémon have the ability to take on a human form where they can blend in with the regular humans, but they still have their powers. But that wasn't the end of it, no. They can also transfer a portion of their power into a regular human and give them the power to use a diluted version of that pokémon's power and they can change which power/pokémon they have at will. Ha! I'll believe it when I see it.

"Knock knock!" a voice outside of my closed door exclaimed.

"Come in Sakura." I said out loud without looking up from the book.

"But aren't you going to ask me for the password?" she whined. I sighed and closed the book. I was done reading it anyways. I held it in one hand while standing up and opening the door. When I did, I saw Lilo standing there with a pout on her face.

"There is no password." I told her flatly.

"Aw! You're no fun!" she whined as she stepped in. I closed the door behind her.

"And you're supposed to be a general." I retorted.

"Come on Alice! You know me! I'm always like this!" Lilo sat down on my bed.

"Unfortunately, yes." I sighed. I placed a hand on my hip while I held the book she gave me up in the other. "And why the hell did you give me this? This has nothing to do with the mission."

"It does so!" she stuck out her tongues. "Mewtwo is a Legendary!"

"An artificial one." I countered. "And this legend is stupid. There's no way they are willing to give their powers to a human."

"You never know." Lilo winked.

"And it still doesn't have any connections to the mission. Why did you really give me this?" I asked her.

"I thought it was interesting and gave it to you to read it too!" she answered.

"Well it's just a load of shit to me." I responded as I handed the book back to her. "I don't have time to read stories only bastards believe."

"Can't you just lighten up a little?" Lilo said as she took the book back. "That's also one of the reasons why I gave you something like this to read."

"And why the hell would I do that?"

"Well, there's a little party the researchers are having and everyone is invited."

"Lilo. That does not concern the mission."

"We can still have fun though! I'm sure Madame wouldn't mind. After all, we were told to fit in and gain their trust."

Well she got me there. "Fine. When does it start?" I sighed.

"Great!" Lilo cheered as she hopped up from my bed. "It's six, but the party doesn't start until ten so we have plenty of time!"

"Time for what?" I raised a brow. I really didn't like that crazy look in her eyes.

"Oh nothing!" she waved it off with a cheeky grin. She stood up from my bed and pulled out my suitcase. "Random question, do you have any cute clothes in here?" she opened it up and started looking through it.

"Lilo! What are you planning?" I glared at the girl.

"Oh come on! It's a party! We have to get dressed up!" she blabbed.

"With scientists and researchers. They're not really the partying type." I pointed out.

"You never know! Behind those geeky lab coats could be a party animal just waiting to break free!"

"I doubt it. Why are they throwing this party anyways?"

"I don't know. I just heard about it while crawling through the air ducts. Did you know that you can eavesdrop in every room while in there? And it sounds so clear! And the vents give perfect view of their computers!"

I had no comments on that. I can say that Lilo is probably my closet friend outside of my base, but she is no covergirl of Team Rocket in terms of her personality. Or methods.

"Oh! Did I show you yet?!" Lilo stopped rummaging through my clothes and clapped her hands together.

"Show me what?'I asked.

"Come on out Stitch!" she threw out a pokéball and her Alolan Meowth popped out. "I know that I hid it in here, Ah! Here it is!" she went up to the vent in my room and took off the grill. When she did, she brought out a record player. Without the horn of course for some reason.

"How did you-?"

"Okay Stitch! Show her!" Lilo told her pokemon. Stitch walked up to the record player Lilo placed on the ground and turned on. Stitch placed a claw on the spinning record. No sound came out, but when she opened her mouth, music came out.

"What the hell?!" Espeon spoke for me and my pokémon.

"Isn't it cool?!" Lilo was absolutely giddy. "I found out when Stitch accidentally placed a claw on a record and dragged it across it!"

"Well, it's interesting." I spoke. "But about the party, I'm not going."

"But you have too!" Lilo protested. "This is our last chance to get those files! Tonight will be the night. I know it!"

"We have more chances. Trust me. But I'll humor you. Let's make a bet. You win, I'll go to the party. I win, we don't."

"Deal! What is it?" she asked.

I snapped my finger and Espeon summoned up a picture of a pokéball on a dartboard on the wall. "Whoever can hit nearest to the button in the middle wins."

"Fine with me! I go first!" she exclaimed. I stepped to the side and let her. She brought out her dart gun and loaded it with one of her darts. She aimed at the dartboard before firing. It landed right on the mark. "Ha! Beat that!"

I said nothing as I stood where Lilo was. I summoned one of my stars and closed one eye. I brought it up to my face and aimed.

Suddenly, the music that was coming from Stitch's mouth went to a loud part and startled me. With that, I lost focus just as I threw the star. It ended up at the edge of the dartboard.

"Yay! I won!"

"That stupid music distracted me!" I protested.

"Doesn't matter! You have to go to the party with me now!" Lilo stuck her tongue out.

"Ugh... fine! But nothing too flashy!"

"I still say you looked really cute in that dress I picked out!" Lilo pouted as we went down to the floor the party was on.

"It was a wash cloth!" I growled at her. "I told you that it would be easier if I chose my own clothes."

"I have to admit, it's not bad." she said. I was wearing a yellow dress that hugged around my thighs before they stopped just above my knees an inch or two. The sleeves went up halfway to my forearms with a white under shirt peeking up from the otherwise revealing cleavage. My black high heels matched the black band wrapped around the dress at my waist. I kept my hair in the same style with my contact and glasses still on.

Lilo was wearing a off the shoulder lavender dress with white heels. She added a white sash around her waist to match. I left Pikachu and Espeon in my room while having the others in their pokéballs hidden. Lilo had her pokémon in their pokéballs hidden too.

"So what are you going to do tonight?" Lilo asked.

"What else? Try to pry that password from that bastard's mouth." I answered.

"You really think it's going to be that easy?"

"Probably not. But when has anything we've done been easy?"

"Fair point."

The elevator chimed as the doors lid open. I looked out and saw the usually clean lab floor a complete mess with the white walls bathed in a collection of different colored lights.

"What. The. Hell?" Lilo gasped at the sight before her.

"I thought scientists were sane." I commented as we stepped out.

"I think someone spike the punch." Lilo said as she stepped over a passed out intern.

"I don't think there was any punch to begin with." I corrected as I took a whiff of a cup of the drink everyone was drinking.

"You would think this as a professional lab, not a frat house." she commented as we finally got to a place in the room where it was clear.

It wasn't long before we got ambushed by a bunch f drunk guys. Lilo flirted with them and got carried off. Not literally, but well, she meant as well be.

"I'll be right back." she winked back to me as she walked off with the group of guys.

"I'll believe it when I see it." I called after her rolled my eyes. Soon, they disappeared from my view. With them gone, I can actually get some work done. I scoped out the room. Nothing really useful. I wonder where the professors in charge are. I'm sure they wouldn't ever approve of a party like this.

Oh wait, there goes Professor Ivy. And she's drunk like every other fucking person here. Great. At least there's professional supervision here.

"Hey. Amari." I turned around to be face to face with Gary. I bit my tongue to avoid a curse slipping out.

"Hi Gary." I plastered a fake smile on. "Um, this seems to be an interesting party."

"Yeah. It's different than what everyone would think it would be, but everyone is cool with it though." he shrugged. That was when I noticed the cup that was in his hand.

An idea popped in my head. If I can get him drunk enough, then he can spill that password to me. Perfect.

"So, what's everyone drinking? It smells nasty, but it seems to be everywhere." I asked.

"Just a little something special." he winked at me. "If you know what I mean."

"But isn't almost everyone here-?"

"Doesn't matter. The professors here don't care for this one night of the year. Here, I can get you some."

"Um, I'm good." I pushed the cup he placed in my face away. He shrugged and took a sip out of it. Arceus, and here I thought everyone here would be perfect little angels. "Should you even be drinking that? Don't we have work tomorrow?" I asked him.

"Nah. We always have a day off after a party like this. Gives us a chance to recover from the hangover." he grinned at me. I noticed a wonky look in his eye. Great, I'm about to be dealing with a drunk guy. "Here, just have a sip." he held out the cup back at me. I raised a brow. Exactly how drunk is he right now? I looked at the cup. With the lights going on, I can't really tell what kind of alcohol that's in there, but it doesn't look too powerful.

Now, I've dealt with alcohol before. In Team Rocket, we would sometime have the admits sneak some from the kitchen and our teams would just drink it and pass out soon after. I can handle my liquor. I'm just not sure about the other people here.

"Okay." I said cautiously. I grabbed the cup and took a sip of it. Immediately, I felt a burning go down my throat. It wasn't like the one at the base. That was weaker, but only because we got the people over the legal age to buy the good stuff when we got sick of the crap that had in the kitchen.

I managed to keep my composition and handed the cup back over to Gary. "Wow, that was strong." I tried my strongest not to gag. It seriously was strong.

"One of the advantages of having a lab here. We can make this stuff stronger than what they sell." he grinned as he took another sip.

My Arceus, what the hell happened to the stuck up boy I used to know?

"Hey, it's getting a bit crowded to so why don't we head over to somewhere quieter?" he suggested.

"Um, okay?" I said uncertainly. I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing. Gary grabbed my hand and led me out of the room. When we were walking in the hallway, I noticed some people passed out on the floor. It that a bucket on someone's head? Oh, I see that there's a Jigglypuff somewhere around here.

We wounded up a room where there was only a few other people in. Most of them passed out. Of course. The lights were still dm and the colored lights are a cool blue and green here. Gary flopped down on a loveseat and patted on the seat next to him. I carefully sat down as Gary took another sip of the drink in his hand.

I mentally raised a brow. How the hell did he end up like this?

"So Gary," I began. I got cut off by a loud burp. Coming from him.

"Excuse me." he laughed. "Happens sometimes."

"It's fine." I said, trying my best not to punch him. Arceus, why did I take this mission again? I am so close to wanting to kill him. No wait, I'm so close to actually killing him. "But I would never expect you to drink? I always thought that,"

"I'm the perfect grandson to the esteemed Professor Oak?" he said darkly. I nearly flinched when I saw the look in his eyes. "Well I'm not. Everyone has flaws. Gramps doesn't choose my life. I do."

"But I still never expect you to drink." I said cautiously. Damn, what happened to this boy?

Gary sighed. "It happened six years ago."

"When you started drinking?"I asked.

"No. That came much later, but it was six years ago when it happened." he replied.

"It?"I asked. Hmm, could he be talking about the time where they stabbed me in the back?

"You see, there was this girl. She was the sister of my best friend, but she fell." Gary said, his eyes still covered by his bangs. "She fell off a cliff."

I faked a gasp. "Oh my Arceus! Is she okay?" I asked him. Internally, I was boiling with anger. That moment still haunts me. The moment where I gave it up.

"No." he said darkly. "She died. She died because of Team Rocket."

"Team Rocket?"

"They surrounded her. They made her fall! She died because of them!" Gary snarled. I inched away from him a little. I have never seen him like this before. I thought he didn't care about me. Was I wrong? No. Don't put that thought in your head. You've seen the way he acted at the funeral. The way everyone acted. They didn't care about you! They never did!

"They killed her. That day, I vowed revenge on Team Rocket. Now every year on the day she died, I tried to forget it. That's why I drink. To forget that moment where I couldn't save her." Gary said as he placed his head in his hands. Today was the day? I didn't even notice. Well the blame's on him then. He should've said something. Show some emotion or action. Then we wouldn't be in this little dilemma.

"You know, you kinds remind me of her." Gary looked up at me. Now it was my time to panic. Damn! I thought he couldn't! No, lay it cool. If you show anything, he'll know. He'll definitely know.

"Really? I do?" I responded.

"Yeah. She was always kind to everyone." Lies. "She can make anyone smile." Lies. "And she would never hurt anyone." Lies.

"I guess she and I would get along pretty well then!" I faked a laugh. I can barely control myself at this moment. There was so much going on. I'm close to blowing my cover, but I have to keep it up. I spotted Gary's cup on a table near us when he placed it down. I picked it up and took a sip from it. The familiar fire flowed down my throat, but after a while, it felt good.

"Do you have any pictures of her?" I asked him as finished up the cup. There was a warm fuzzy feeling inside of me. "You didn't really say what she looked like."

"Sure." His speech was beginning to slur. "It's on my computer in my room. I can take you there." Bingo.

He stood up, wobbly, and I stood up after him. I nearly lost my balance, but I didn't let it show. Damn, I guess that liquor was more powerful than I expected it to be. I walked after Gary's stumbling form as we weaved through the crowds of people. I felt myself go lightheaded at a few moments, but I was able to hold onto my stability.

We made it to the elevator. I ignored the coupled humping each other right next to it as Gary and I waited for the elevator to come down. After a f seconds, it came down and the doors opened. Gary and I walked in. Well, Gary nearly fell in. He grabbed the wall for support as I pressed the button to go up. The ride felt like it took forever. The alcohol finally went to my brain, but I got really dizzy. I slumped against the wall as the elevator got to the floor we needed to be.

"Hey? Are you okay?" Gary asked me as we walked out of the elevator.

"I'm fine." Great, now I notice that my speech was slurred. "Guess that drink was too powerful for me."

"Come on, I'll help you." I felt Gary's arm snake around my wais as he led me over to his room. As soon as he unlocked his door, everything went black.

My head was pounding. Everything hurts. I can't think. The light is blinding me. What a start to my day.

"Argh…" I groaned as I forced my eyes open. I didn't recognize anything around me. I started to panic, but the headache stopped me.

"Stupid hangover…" I moaned as I rubbed my temples. After a few seconds, the event of last night finally came back. I gasped as I shot up, but something around my waist stopped me. I turned around to see Gary there. And he had his arm around my waist.

Another thing I noticed; I was naked. And he was naked.

I felt my face heat up as I thought what happened. No wait, it's all coming back, it did happen!

"Shit! Shit! Shit!" I whisper-yelled as I moved as far away as I could, but Gary's arms stopped me again. Damn! How could I be so stupid?! Curse that fucking drink! If I failed my mission then-

The mission! Apart from our current situation, Gary told me the password to the computer! I can finally get the files!

I carefully pried his arm off of my waist. Arceus, he had such a grip! I placed both of my feet on the ground as I scooped my clothes off of it. I got dressed in a hurry. I noticed that Gary was mumbling in his sleep. Damn it. He could wake up any seconds now.

I went over to his computer and turned it on. When the screen came on, pictures of the three of us were on there. I bit my lip. I can't think of that now. I closed the window and went to a new one. I followed the steps to where the files are. Another window stopped me, asking for the password. I typed it in.

"MAY22AKNAK" I whispered to myself as I typed it in. I bit my lip again. I knew what it meant. And I'm sure he does too. My eyes brightened up as I got in. I plugged in the flashdrive and downloaded all of the files on the M-2 Project. It finished in a matter of seconds. That was when I noticed that Gary was waking up. I pulled the flashdrive out and closed all of the windows I opened up.

Before he could wake up, I escaped from Gary's room, not bothering to close the door. I rushed down to my room and locked the door behind me.

I let out a breath of relief. I finally got it. Without blowing my cover too. But then I remember something. I felt around. I have everything, but there was one thing missing.

"Shit! I forgot my bra in his room!" I hissed to myself. I couldn't go back there! He'll be awake by now! The headache that was buzzing my mind finally cleared.

"Damn it! I'm so stupid!" I cursed at myself a few more times. Why did I even do that?! Oh right, I was drunk. How could I be so stupid?! I knew I shouldn't have taken that drink! And then last night, Gary and I-... I don't even want to think about it!

I stopped pacing around my room when I heard a knock at my door. I froze. Dear Arceus, it was Gary!

"Pika pi?" Pikachu mumble as she lifted the bed sheet over her head. I see she was staying out of trouble.

"Shit!" I cursed again. This is bad! This is very bad!

"Amari!" it was a girl's voice! Lilo's voice! "It's me! Sakura! Let me in!"

I unlocked the door and pulled her in. "Shh! Don't yell so loud!" I hushed her.

"Geez, what's your deal?" Lilo looked at me. "Wow, what a bedhead you have."

"Shut up!" I glared at her. "This is not the time!"

"What got you so worked up?" she asked. "And why do you looked so messy?"

"What's it to you?" I spat.

"Wait a minute, you had sex didn't you?!" Lilo pointed at my chest.

"How the hell did you know that?!" I glared at her.

"Easy, your bra is missing." she shrugged. "I can see that it's missing. At least tell me that it wasn't with-," she stopped. "Oh no, you didn't."

"I was drunk! I didn't know what I was doing!" I countered.

"You actually drank some of that stuff?! Alice! Just one sip could give you a hangover the next day! How much did you drink?!" she demanded.

"About a cup. I wasn't sure." I responded.

"No wonder you don't remember anything. And you're sure you guys did it?" Lilo asked.

"Why else would I be in a panic?!" I retorted.

"Point taken. But did you get the files?" she asked me.

"Got them." I held up the flashdrive. "Time to blow this place."

"Why not with a bang?" Lilo smirked devilishly. "Everyone's out. It would be the perfect time."

"I like the way you think." I smirked back. Time for my revenge.

Normal POV

"Ah geez, what happened last night?" Gary groaned as he sat up in bed. He heard a door slam shut. He turned over to his door to see it wide open. "What the-?" then it dawned on him. The events of last night came back.

"Amari!" he exclaimed. He looked next to him to see her gone. Even her clothes were gone. Wait, her clothes? Gary finally realized that he was naked. "Oh Arceus, Daisy is going to kill me when she finds out." Gary cursed himself when he remembered what happened last night. However, there was one thing that was left that caught his eye.

He put on some pants as he walked over to it. He picked it up and blushed profusely when he realized what it was. "She forgot her bra." he mumbled to himself. He let it drop to floor.

Seeing that she disappeared, Gary got dressed and went out to hopefully get rid of the hangover he had.

When he stepped out of the elevator, he could see some people passed out on the floor while some others were starting to get up. Others were already up and getting something to eat. Everyone would get up before it was too late o get everything cleaned up.

It happened every year. It started when Gary came to the lab. Only some people knew about what happened so they tried to cheer the boy up every year on the anniversary. It started out small; just a day off for everyone at the lab, but as Gary grew up, the parties started to change. It turned from a simple day off to a full out party. One year, some idiot found a way to smuggle alcohol in and it was when Gary started to drink. It wasn't every day. It was just that day. The day she was gone.

Stepping over a passed out body of an intern with a lamp shade on his head, Gary opened the fridge in eh break room and took out a protein shake. It was better than nothing and frankly, he needed something to wake him up.

As the minutes ticked by, the workers of the lab slowly woke up and cleaned the lab. In about two hours, the entire place was cleaned.

"Hey." Gary asked Professor Ivy. "Have you seen Amari anywhere?"

"Hmm? I don't believe so." she answered. "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Sakura either. I know the two of them hang out together sometimes. I wonder where they are." she mused.

Suddenly, the room was filled with smoke.

"What is that?!" Gary shouted as he covered his mouth. Of all the time not to have his Blastoise with him!

"Listen up! Is that a snobby voice I hear?" a laughter rang through the room.

"Nope! Just some whining I hear so clear!" another voice joined in.

"Who is that?!" Gary demanded. He had his eyes half closed so he couldn't see anything through the smoke.

"Prepare for trouble!"

"And make it double!"

"Let's skip the intro. I'm sure they get who we are by now."

"You're right. Arctic! Use Ice Beam!"

Everyone dove out of the way was an ice blue beam parted the smoke and left behind da trail of ice on the floor.

With the smoke gone, everyone could see the two assailants who dared attack the lab.

At the sight of their shirts, Gary's eyes narrowed and a growl escaped his throat. "Team Rocket!"

"Wow. He really is slow." The one with lilac hair sneered. Her ivy green eyes gleamed maliciously at the crowd gathered in eh room.

"I'm sure his skills are even worse." The other girl said. Her white hair almost blinded everyone in eh room as her red eyes scanned the room passively.

"How did Team Rocket even get in here?" Professor Ivy wondered out loud as she dusted herself off.

"Not telling! That would be bad manners to spill a secret!" Lilo teased with her Alolan Ninetales next to her.

"Come now. They did ask a question. I think we should give them some sort of answer. It doesn't have to be the right one." Alice said coolly; her pokémon was still unknown.

"I like the way you think!" Lilo nodded. "Now listen here. All of you are just a bunch of suckers! And guess what your prize is?"

"You might get out of this alive." Alice finished for her. She threw her hand out and a barrage of gold stars pelted the staff.

Gary dove out of the way and took cover behind an overturned table. He heard the stars dent the metal next to him as he gritted his teeth. How did Team Rocket even get in here?! It's nearly impossible to get in the lab! Unless; no that would be out of the question. Everyone here passed a background check. These thoughts and more ran through his head as his hand hovered over the only pokéball on his belt.

He decided to take a chance and poked his head from behind the table. That white-haired girl looked familiar. Then it hit him. She was the one who almost killed Ash. Even more than before, Gary's blood was at a boil. She was the one who caused all of this. And she was going to pay.

"Go! Scizor!" Standing up from behind the table, Gary threw his only pokémon out. In a flash of light, a tall red bug pokémon popped out.

"Sci." it narrowed its eyes at the sight of the two Rocket generals.

"Oh lookie! The boy decided to finally fight!" Lilo sneered at Gary. "Now it's time to have the real fun."

"You deal with it." Alice waved her off. "I have some other business to deal with."

"But, but-!"

"Listen up you bitches!" Gary yelled. That caught the attention of both of them. "You!" he pointed towards Alice "Nearly killed my best friend! And after what your entire team did to his sister, you're going to pay!"

At that, Alice gave a dry laugh. "Ha! You really thought that the other idiots in Team Rocket killed your so called best friend's sister?" a smirked crawled on her face. "Guess what? It was me and me solely. I ordered those men to go after her. I ordered them to kill her. There was no blood on their hands. Just mines."

"You, you!" Gary was visibly shaking. "You monster!"

"On second thought, I'll think I battle him. You do whatever you do best." Alice told Lilo.

"I thought you would never say that!" at that, the girl pulled out her dart gun and randomly fired throughout the room. One by one, people started to drop to the floor as they got hit by the poisonous darts.

"If you think you can beat me, then you're sadly mistaken." Alice said coldly. "I had trouble getting rid a little girl so I will have no trouble getting rid of you."

"You murdered an innocent girl!" he said as his Scizor deflected all of the stars from the Swift attack. ""You took her away from a perfectly good life."

Anger boiled in Alice as Gary was talking. "How should you know? It seemed that you didn't care enough for her if you didn't get to save her. According to my men, they didn't saw two boys coming to the scene after they left, but you did nothing to save her!"

"You don't know anything!" Gary yelled. "Scizor! X-Scissor!" Scizor did as his trainer asked. With his arms, Scizor flew up to the general and rushed towards her, but Alice jumped out of the way just in time.

"That's the best you got?" she said coolly. Lilo next to her giggled, but stopped when she saw something on Alice's back.
"Uh? Alice?" Lilo whispered quietly to her, her hand over her mouth.

"What?" Alice turned towards her. The Swift attack she ordered was keeping the Scizor at bay.

"Um, there's something on your back."

"What? What is it?"

"Uh, well. I can't say."

"If you can't say, then why you point it out?"

"Okay, there's a mark on your back. Right where your shirt ends."

"A mark? What kind?"

"A uh…"

"A what?"

"Hickey."

"What?"

"You have a hickey."

"What the hell?!" Alice quickly looked back. Right as Lilo was, there was a large purple mark right in the middle of her lower back, where anyone can see it. She turned back around to look at the boy who caused it. Her face heated up as her gloved hands went behind her back to cover it up.

"That's it!"

Alice's POV

He gave me a hickey?! When did he do that?! Oh right, it was during the part where we were both drunk and were having sex. Damn him!

"Alice! Watch out!" Lilo called out. I snapped back to attention, but it was too late, the piece of rubble I was on collapsed under me and I was falling. I righted myself and hopped on a few pieces of stone before landing on the ground.

Unfortunately, the piece of ground I was on was aimed at for a Flash Cannon just as I landed so when I did, I was sent flying. Again.

Now I am seriously mad. No one! And I mean no one gets away with tricking me, and embarrassing me, like that ever!

"Hey. You okay?" Espeon called out to me.

"Yeah." I grunted as I pulled myself to my feet. "Are you? Where are you?"

"Over here." I saw a shimmer to my left and saw Espeon briefly appearing before disappearing again in the dust. I gave a mental sigh. At least she's safe. Her Swift attacks were what giving us the edge here.

"You tricked me!" I heard a shout ring out. I turned back around to see Gary facing me. I narrowed my eyes at him.
"What the hell are you talking about?" I glared at him.

"I trusted you! It was all a trick, wasn't it?" he snarled. Hmm. Interesting.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, but if you want a fight, I can give one to you." I snapped my fingers and a pink light covered the two of us. His Scizor, which was next to him, got pushed back, but was still standing.

"Amari!" Gary shouted out. I froze. That was my cover name. He found out. My lips curled into a grin. Took him long enough.
"Seems like Mr Wonderful here has finally found out the riddle!" I mocked him. "Was it hard?"

"It was all because of that mark." he pointed to me. He saw the hickey?! Damn it! "How could you?"

"Don't you see the bid red 'R' on here?" I pointed to my shirt. "I'm a Rocket. We're supposed to deceive people. And breaking them from the inside out. Crush him!" I ordered. Espeon picked up two large rocks with her Psychic and threw them at Gary. That should take care of him.

But it didn't. I covered my eyes as bits of rock flew everywhere.

"You killed her!" Gary roared. Is he still on this? Frankly, it's getting boring.

"She deserved to be dead! You can never bring her back! She's gone forever! IF you wanted to save, then you could've at least showed it!" I screamed at him. I noticed that his eyes widen.

"You." he pointed to me. "You were the one at the funeral." He remembered that? "You have the gall to come to the funeral of the girl you killed?!"

"Of course. How else would I get to see the many people who so deeply cared for her." My every word dripped with sarcasm. I saw his Scizor lunge at me, but I jumped out of the way. Suddenly, Scizor veered to the side and hit exactly to where Espeon was.

"Espeon!" I called out as she stumbled and fell to the ground.

"I'm fine. Just a bit tired. I think I can do one more attack." she told me as I picked her up.

"Hey Alice!" I looked up to see Lilo hopping down to me. "Got our way out. Ready yet?"

"We spent enough time here." I regained my cold exterior. "Espeon! Last Resort!" Espeon hopped down from my arms and a bright purple light shone from her. The light grew bigger and bigger until it was launched at Gary and his pokémon. With that, the two of us teleported out of there.

I warned you! I warned all of you!

Also, underage drinking is very wrong and I don't encourage it at all, so don't do it children!

I think my overall point here is that don't do nay of the suggested themes in this chapter! Please! I beg of you! There's a reason why this is a high T rating!

Well then, I think that's done. Anyways, Enjoy your summer and have fin! And check out my stories that I'm updating today!

-AKCC, signing out!