Aaron had the glove containing his Xatu on as he started to focus. He was on the outskirts of the city practicing with his powers. He lifted the boulder in front of him a few inches off the ground before it fell back down. Aaron cursed loudly as he held up the glove containing his Lucario and blasted the boulder to pieces. It was the fifth boulder he had destroyed in his rage after another failed attempt at levitating it.
He didn't notice Professor Holly walk over until she started speaking which made him jump a little. "Anything you want to talk about?" She asked looking at the shattered boulders.
"No." Aaron told her as he tried to levitate another boulder only to smash it again with an aura sphere. "How did you find me?" He stopped his training as he took off the gloves and put them in his bag.
"I've known you since you were a little kid. I know how you act when you're mad." Holly smiled at him. "Look, I'm not here to talk about your feelings even though I think that we should." This earned a stern glare from Aaron. "I'm inviting you to a banquet one of my colleagues is holding tonight. All of your friends are going." She looked at him waiting for a response.
"I'll think about it." Aaron said turning away and walking off. Professor Holly sighed as she walked off to return to her lab.
Later that night, Aaron stood in the corner of a large banquet hall wearing a crisp black suit as he examined the room and the people in it. He sipped a glass of punch as Professor Holly walked over to him wearing a red dress. "You made it!" She smiled at him. "And you clean up pretty well."
"Thanks, so what are we here for?" Aaron asked looking at her with a cold expression.
"You really want to know?" Aaron nodded his head. "I think that there're people here who have capture crystals. I want to know who does and why." She said looking around nervously.
"Don't worry, I have it under control." Aaron pulled back his sleeve revealing a watch embezzled with one of the crystals. In his pocket, he also had a few crystals.
Just then, a man wearing a light gray suit with spiked, jet-black hair walked over. "Hi, I'm Reginald." He said shaking Aaron's hand. "And Professor Holly's boyfriend." He added making her blush.
"Oh, yeah, Aaron, this is my boyfriend, and my research funder." She said hugging Reginald.
"Really, I haven't heard anything about you." Aaron said examining him as he delivered a peck on the cheek to his girlfriend.
"Well, I've heard plenty about you, and Jenny seems to care a lot about you." Reginald said looking at Aaron. "Perhaps we can talk about your time away." He said looking at Aaron who glared at him.
"It's not something that I'm fond of talking about." Aaron said walking away.
He walked over to the punch bowl to refill his glass. Reginald stood next to him. "Maybe we can talk about the Lost Plane some other time. It's not like someone in this place has an arsenal of capture crystals and plans on using them to rule the world."
"What do you know?" Aaron asked turning to him.
"Not much. But I did manage to get my hands on this." He reached in to his pocket and pulled out a pocket watch with a gold colored capture crystal in the back of it. "Look, we don't need to talk about this now, but I suggest we do at some point before it's too late." Aaron nodded his head as Reginald walked away to go socialize.
Aaron walked out of the hall and on to a balcony looking out on to the docks. He leaned on the railing as he let out a sigh. "Having a good time?" May asked standing by the door. She stood there wearing a red ball gown with her bandanna tied in to a bow in her hair.
"Yeah, great." Aaron said sarcastically as he continued to look out at the dock.
May walked over and grabbed his arm. "Come on, you're going to come dance with me."
"I don't dance." Aaron said pulling his arm away.
"Well, you are tonight." May dragged him inside by his arm as she forced him on to the floor. Aaron sighed as he got in to the position and began moving with the music. "I thought you don't dance." May said smiling at him.
"I know how to. I just don't like to." Aaron told her.
"Well I like dancing with you." May said leaning her head on his shoulder.
"I'm glad that someone in this place is happy tonight." Aaron smiled briefly as they danced through the night together.
"Looks like May's having a good time." Brock said pointing at Aaron and her dancing together. He had danced with about every available girl at the party and was now relaxing as he sat down to enjoy some food.
"Yeah" Ash said smiling as he and his Pikachu sat back and relaxed. "And it looks like Max is having a good time." Ash said pointing at Max who was dancing with some of the guests' Pokémon. Just then, Ash's Pikachu was snatched up by a Delcatty that seemed eager to dance as it dragged him on to the floor. Brock and Ash just smiled as Pikachu started dancing with her.
Then the Delcatty's trainer walked over and took Ash by the arm; she had long blonde hair and shimmering green eyes. "It seems that our Pokémon like each other. How about we dance?" She said leading him on to the floor making Ash blush heavily as he started to dance with her.
Brock let out a small sigh as he found himself alone now with a plate of food and a cup in his hand. Just then, a girl with short blue hair walked over and smiled at him. "Want to dance?" She asked smiling. Brock immediately snapped out of his mood as he jumped from his chair and walked with her on to the dance floor.