Hello people. This is my longest chapter yet. If you don't add me to you story list, and you don't review, might as well not read the story. For all the people that did review, thank you. I will be accepting OC's for different roles. Such as: President of Kanto, President of Johto, Presiden of Hoenn, President of Sinnoh, Male GW henchman, Female GW henchman. If I don't get OC's, I'll make my own.
Ash dragged his feet down the blue streets of Sapphire City. The city was beautiful, glimmering in the sunlight just like a Sapphire, but the Gym was nowhere to be found. Ash has walked the perimeter of the whole city about seven times. All he could see were luxurious houses and Pokemon Training sites. There was also a strange lake near the middle of town, but Ash didn't care about any stupid lake. Soon, the sunlight was fading away and shadows were enfilading all the streets in Sapphire City.
Ash, exhausted from his traveling, walked towards the lake. He glanced towards it, his mind wandering towards all the memories he has had with Dawn. He remembers the first present he ever gave Dawn and wonders if she still has it.
"Are you going to get on the submarine or not? The next one is coming up in a few minutes," a man interrupted Ash's serenity.
"A submarine tour?" Ash was confused.
"No, it's the submarine to the gym." Ash walked over to the man and bought a ticket. "Wait right there, looks like you're the only guy on the last trip." Ash sat down on the bench, gazing up at the moon. It was beautiful, it was cheerful, it was sweet. So much like Dawn. Ash wiped off some tears that were bothering his eye. He got up with renewed strength.
"Dawn, I'm doing this for you," Ash said to himself.
"Ewww… Dawn, I'm doing this for you," a voice mocked him, "Love me, hate me, kiss all around me." Ash spun around, staring right into the face of Paul.
"What was that about?" Ash pushed Paul backwards.
"I didn't say anything. That was Nick." Paul pointed towards his fellow friend.
"Ash, I'm Dawn. Want to kiss me?" Nick mocked again.
"Shut up. No girl is going to go after you. I want to rescue Dawn, not kiss her," Ash was trembling with anger. It was the guy who tried to kill him with the Gliscor! Nick was about to blurt out a comeback, but Paul pulled Nick by the collar and dragged him out of Ash's path. "Thanks, Paul."
"Just go get your third badge, loser. Be careful, the person is tough. He almost beat me," Paul warned him, finally having some respect for his rival.
"But I beat you, and by using Science, I will therefore be able to beat me. If I am greater than you, and you are greater than me, than I will be as strong as the gym leader," Ash boasted. Nick couldn't help it, as he fell to the ground, rolling around in extreme laughter.
"Whatever, your submarine is leaving." Paul pulled Nick back up by the collar, and they slowly walked up, laughing at Ash as they left.
"I hate those jerks," Ash said to Pikachu as he bolted towards the closing door of the submarine. "We'll beat him the next time we face him, right?"
"Pika Pikachu! (The last time you beat him was luck. Don't count on doing it again)", Pikachu said. Ash, misinterpreting Pikachu, lightly patted Pikachu in the head.
"Thanks for your support." Ash looked out of the window of his submarine. He saw schools of Remoraid calmly dart by. He saw beautiful pink Corsola hiding between bright red corals. As Ash leaned closer to the window, he saw an Octilerry leap towards the submarine. Instinctively jumping back a few inches, he saw that the top of the submarine was made out of glass. Glancing up, he realized that the submarine was rising out of the water. Ash could identify the image of a distorted rock ceiling. Ash felt his ears pop as the driver of the submarine open the door.
"I'll pick you up in an hour," he said. Ash walked out into the cave. It was dark at first, but after he passed the first hallway, the light went from dim to bright. He felt his ears pop again as he passed another barrier. He saw many shops and people, all busy strolling around. Ash glanced up, and he saw something that closely resembled a sun.
"This place is cool," Ash said to himself.
"No doubt about that," a passerby said, "This whole town was built inside of an air bubble. So big, the bubble is super durable. We also have our own artificial sun. It's on for twelve hours a day." Ash went for a stroll down the streets. It was a mini replica of Sapphire City, except less residential buildings and much more shops. All the shops contained rare trainer items, such as horns from sea Pokemon, or claws from Dragon's. Even the streets in this bubble were painted Sapphire, just like Sapphire City. Ash continued to the middle of the town. Instead of the expected lake, there was an aquarium. In the middle of the tank, was the gym, just about the size of the lake. The gym was level to the top of the tank, and it appeared as if the gym was in the water. It was basically a large aquarium with a dry spot in the middle, big enough to fit a gym.
"How am I supposed to get inside?" Ash asked himself.
"Try opening the door," a thin, lean man replied.
"What if the water spills out? And the Sharpedo get out?" Ash questioned the man.
"The gym is not inside the aquarium. There are fish tanks surrounding the gym, as to give an appearance that the gym is inside water. I never knew that would fool anybody," the thin man sweatdropped.
"Pikachu (Even I saw through that)" Pikachu scolded Ash. Ash thanked the man as he proceeded to walk through the door. He passed through a tunnel, and he could see several Sharpedo swimming towards him. Not wanting to risk anything, Ash bolted inside of the gym. Inside, the thin, lean man was standing before him.
"This is Sapphire Gym," the thin man welcomed him. "I am Norris."
"Where's the gym leader?" Ash asked.
"I am the gym leader." Kids, these days, are so stupid Norris thought to himself. Norris led Ash down to the battlefield. Ash walked through the whole gym, as he glanced into rooms, through doors, and windows, but Ash couldn't see anything that resembled a battlefield. He could only see tutoring classes, university professors, college rooms, and storage rooms. Norris led Ash up an elevator. When Ash got out, he noticed that he was outside, standing on the room of the gym building. "The top of the gym is the battlefield. See the plank over there," Norris pointed, "Walk onto the glass aquarium. It should be long enough to barely fit you."
The battlefield was the gym ceiling. It contained all water, and no platforms. The battlefield was mainly, an Olympic Size Pool. On the side of the pool were platforms about seven feet long for land Pokemon to stand in. Ash walked over the plank as he stepped onto the top of the aquarium. The Sharpedo that was charging at him before was right under him now, knocking at the glass window. Ash looked down; he was about twenty feet up in the air. One small slip could be the end of his life.
"This gym is all about balance and concentration," Norris said, "You have to focus on the battle, not the fact that you're going to fall. Even you're Pokemon have to balance!"
"Easy for you to say. You're skinny," Ash rebuked. Norris chuckled as he let out his first Pokemon. A Qwilfish landed in the water. It dived under and then sprung back up, squirting a jet of liquid right at Ash's face. Ash sidestepped to the right, and almost slipped off of the glass aquarium. "Pikachu, hurry up and knock this thing out," Ash gulped.
"Qwilfish, start it off with rain dance." Qwilfish started frolicking in the water, as the "clouds" above Ash drew closer to each other. With the flick of Qwilfish's tail, a pouring rain came down, making Ash's clothes feel heavy, and the glass aquarium much more slippery. The Sharpedo under Ash knocked at the glass harder now, as if attempting to knock Ash down twenty feet. "Qwiflish, take that little beast out with a waterfall." Qwilfish first dived underwater, and then leaped back out, a water bubble surrounding the puffer fish. The little beast tackled into Pikachu, knocking it into the water. Ash, too busy trying not to die, did not notice. Pikachu glanced back at Ash who was busily trying to get the Sharpedo to flee. Pikachu realized that Ash was not going to give orders anytime soon, so it took matters into its own hand. Pikachu's cheeks absorbed electricity, and the static from the rain powered up electric moves even more. "Qwilfish, finish off this wimp with Poison Jab."
"Pikachu, dodge!" Ash shouted, still occupied with the Sharpedo. Yet, it was too late. Qwilfish's Swift Swim ability allowed it to act faster. With blazing fast speed, Qwilfish charged at Pikachu, it's tail glowing a dark purple, who's glow was enhanced by the rain. To people from far away, there was a purple orb hovering in the rainy sky. Qwilfish swam towards Pikachu, did a flip turn, and in the process was able to hit Pikachu in the forehead. Pikachu was knocked down underwater. Pikachu waved its little paws frantically to swim back up, but it was slowly losing energy and oxygen. Right before it reached rock bottom, Qwilfish tackled it back upwards, right into Ash's arms.
Ash was knocked backwards, his feet losing grip on the aquarium. His foot slipped backwards as he struggled to regain his balance. He put Pikachu aside and he got on all fours. Putting his feet back into position, he slowly stood up, carrying Pikachu in his arms. "I'm sorry. I was too occupied with myself," Ash apologized, "That's not going to happen again!" Ash took a Pokeball from his belt. Quickly enlarging it, he threw it at the water. "Come out, my last resort Pokemon!"
"Your last resort Pokemon? What for?" Norris asked.
"I bet your Qwilfish is your strongest Pokemon. My Mew is my strongest. It'll be a good battle."
"My Qwilfish is my weakest Pokemon. It goes down in one hit. It's only use was for the rain dance," Norris explained. Even so, the blue New Species Pokemon hovered above the water. When it comes to terrain advantages, no one has one against Mew.
"Mew, use a Psychic and kill it in one blow."
"Qwilfish, go under and use Waterfall." Mew's eyes turned a light shade of purple as it tried to locate the Qwilfish. By then, the Qwilfish had already hid underwater, dodging the fatal blow. As Mew gave up her search for the Qwilfish, it turned around for more orders. As Ash was about to give a command, Qwilfish sprung up from under Mew, and knocked into it with all its strength. Mew got hit by a blast of water, and he felt himself being dragged down into the cold, icy pool. Qwilfish was biting onto her tail like a fishing rod, and was slowly bringing her down into the water. Mew squirmed, trying to release herself from the upcoming predicament. Qwilfish kept on biting Mew with his fangs, as Mew tried to levitate back up.
"Permission to fight for myself, master?" Mew pleaded Ash. Ash nodded. Mew released a blue sphere of energy from its body. The blast knocked out much of the water from the pool, and sent Qwilfish flying into the air.
"Quickly, use Destiny Bond." Qwilfish turned purple, as did Mew, but Mew did not notice anything. Mew kept on stringing blasts of energy together, and fired them all at Qwilfish. When Qwilfish plummeted back to the pool, it got knocked out cold by the water. Mew's back slumped as it felt itself fainting. The purple aura surrounding its blue flesh grew stronger, and it quickly incapacitated Mew's brain. Mew suddenly felt himself sink down into the shallow waters of the roof pool.
"Good job Mew. Return!" Ash recalled Mew back into its Master Ball, and threw out a different Pokeball. From the Pokeball, a Charizard emerged.
"I'll be nice today, and not use a pure water type against your Charizard. Go Empoleon!" Norris threw a Pokeball high into the air. From that, an Empoleon appeared in the gym pool.
"Charizard, get high into the air!"
"Empoleon, freeze its wings." A white ball of ice formed at the base of Empoleon's beak. With a sudden release of energy, a beam of white light made contact with Charizard's wing. Charizard was blown backwards by the blast as frost accumulated on its wings. The perpetual beam of ice eventually cooled down the temperatures, causing the pouring rain to become a snowstorm. The sunlight reflecting off of the snow caused a blinding light that pierced Charizard's eyes, immobilizing it as Charizard closed it eyes. Charizard was shooting flames into the air to melt the snow, but all to no avail. Not soon after, layers of ice began forming over Charizard's wings, forcing it to the ground.
"Charizard, when you land, break the ice on your wings and use Seismic Toss." Charizard retracted its wings so it was close to its body, and the heat inside of Charizard melted the ice, and it plummeted to the ground. Right before it could hit the pool, it spread its wings wide, soaring over towards Empoleon.
"Entangle it with Grass Knot." Empoleon focused its grass-type energy, and its eyes radiated a bright green. Grass sprung up from under Charizard and tied up its legs. Charizard lost its balanced as it tipped over into the pool. "Finish it off with Surf." Empoleon concentrated all its energy, and the water from the pool moved closer to Empoleon. The rain water added to the collection of aqua in Empoleon's arsenal. Empoleon ducked under the shield of water, as the water approached the fallen Charizard. Empoleon's head sprung out from the wave of water, as the icy blast made contact with the Charizard. The dragon was knocked backwards by the strong tide, right under the legs of Ash.
"Good try Charizard. Go, Gabite. Start it off with Dragon Claw." Gabite popped out of its Pokeball before shouting its name. It tried to sprint over towards Empoleon, but its endeavors were useless. The water from the pool drastically slowed the little land shark, who was not use to water. Gabite didn't notice its worthless speed as it attempted to slash at Empoleon with its claws. Its claws radiated the colors of the ocean as it swiped at Empoleon with its fist. The claws barely made a scratch on Empoleon. The penguin glared at Gabite, who seemed to recoil in fright. "Gabite, use Draco Meteor." Gabite fired a blast of energy up at the air, but instead of splitting up into tiny little balls of energy, it stayed as one piece, as it fell past the gym into the streets of Sapphire Cove.
"Use Ice Beam." Empoleon fired out another continuous beam of ice at Gabite. Gabite, unable to flee due to the pouring rain and the rising tides of the pool, was hit by the incredible blast. Gabite's back froze as it was completely enveloped in ice. Empoleon, finding the situation hilarious, taunted the little Gabite, before pushing the shark over on its face. Gabite landed face down in the water, but being the stupid creature it was, decided to continue to breathe. Ash recalled the shark back into its Pokeball. "Four down, two to go," Norris exclaimed.
"Go Gliscor, show this guy what you're made of." A flying bat appeared in the dazzling rain, as it tried to stay a flight. "Gliscor, use X-Scissor."
"Freeze its wings!" Gliscor dived towards Empoleon, its wings parallel to the ground. As it approached the penguin, its claws glowed a greenish color. Moving its hands across its chest, it slashed at the penguin, but its claws seemed to bounce off at Empoleon's incredibly tough skin. Gliscor attempted to flee, as Empoleon clipped its wings with another Ice Beam. Like Charizard, Gliscor found it harder to stay in air, and the frosty rain did not aid Gliscor. "Finish it with Surf."
"Gliscor, when it comes, use Guillotine." Empoleon became the focal point of all the water in the pool. Moving its wings in a fancy motion, Empoleon directed the water straight into Gliscor as it dived into the water itself. As usual, Empoleon's head popped emerged right before the water made contact with its victim. Gliscor was ready. Charging up all the power it could in its claws, it used all its energy as it slammed its arms onto Empoleon's head. Empoleon was knocked out of the wave as the wave made direct contact with the Gliscor. Both Pokemon flew to opposite directions of the pool. Gliscor hit its head on the platform, as Empoleon was already knocked out when it made contact with the ground.
"Good job Ash, but it's no use now. I have four Pokemon left, and you only have one. Go, Quagsire!"
"I saved the best for last," Ash said, pulling out a Pokeball from his belt. He tossed it into the air, and a Sceptile emerged, landing in the pool. Trying to look cool, it spit out a twig from its mouth. "Sceptile, this one is very weak to grass type attacks. Use Leaf Storm." Sceptile opened its mouth as leaves started to surround it, creating a tornado at the base of Sceptile's mouth. The tornado grew wider and stronger, soon becoming the size of Sceptile. Sceptile whipped its head around, firing the cyclone directly at Quagsire. Quagsire tried to dodge the cyclone, but even for a Quagsire, Norris' Quagsire was too slow. Quagsire was blown back, its slippery body sliding across the Pokemon pool floor.
"Quagsire, use Recover."
"Sceptile, quickly attack it with Leaf Blade." Quagsire glowed a bright white, so bright it was impossible to distinguish Quagsire's facial features. Sceptile sprinted towards Quagsire, its legs dashing across the water. Sceptile's leaves turned into one, its energy was focused towards its leaves. It leaped in the air quickly, as it brought the leaf across Quagsire's face. The sharp blow knocked both Pokemon back—Quagsire sliding even more across the pool, and Sceptile flying in the air. "Sceptile, use Bullet Seed." Sceptile opened its mouth as it exhaled little green bullets. Each seed made contact with Quagsire, knocking it a little further backwards. Quagsire tripped over the edge of the pool, flying towards Norris. Norris raised two thin arms as it gracefully caught the huge Pokemon.
"Return Quagsire, you tried your best. Go Gyarados!" The giant sea snake glared at Sceptile. Sceptile was deeply terrified, but being the tough Pokemon it was, it didn't show any signs of fear. "Gyarados, the rain is still here, use Waterfall." Gyarados swam towards Sceptile at lightning speed; water began to surround the intimidating sea snake. The rain added more water to the column of spiraling water. Gyarados charged at Sceptile with break-taking speed. As the giant collided into the lizard, Sceptile was blown back face-up into the pool. Gyarados charged up another waterfall, but at that second, the rain stopped falling. Gyarados charged at Sceptile again, but this time, that blast did not knock Sceptile off its feet.
"Sceptile, the rain enables Gyarados to attack. Use Bullet Seed to spin Gyarados around and then use Leaf Blade." Sceptile fired myriad of seeds at the left side of Gyarados. Gyarados spun counter clockwise inside of the pool, unable to stop itself. Sceptile then charged at the spinning Gyarados. When Sceptile was in arm length of Gyarados, it leaped, slashing at Gyarados with its enlarged claw.
"Gyarados, use Dragon Dance." Suddenly, the clouds above the battlefield sparked with electricity, and the waves in the pool started churning. Gyarados voluntarily spun around as lightning flashed around it.
"Sceptile, use Leaf Storm." Sceptile formed leaves that started spinning around its mouth. It then fired the cyclone of leaves at Gyarados, but this time the leaves were frailer and weaker. "Quickly finish this thing off with Bullet Seed. The mini green bullets added power to the Leaf Storm, created a melody of attacks that blew Gyarados off its tail.
"Gyarados, use Bounce." Gyarados lifted its tail, swung it back down, and used the force to leap into the air.
"Sceptile, dodge when Gyarados comes down." Sceptile looked up as it tried to identify the Gyarados. However, the dark clouds made Gyarados practically invisible in the sky. A shadow zoomed at the right corner of Sceptile's eye. Glancing towards the right, he could recognize the Gyarados coming down obliquely from the right. Sceptile leaped towards the direction of Gyarados. Gyarados could see Sceptile jump up as Gyarados came down. Sceptile quickly grabbed a hold of Gyarados' wing. "Quickly, use Leaf Blade." Sceptile's blades turned a bright green as they merged into one single blade. He slashed at Gyarados' backside. Sceptile quickly leaped off of Gyarados, landing right in front of the sea snake. Gyarados started swimming towards Sceptile, but as Gyarados reached a few inches of the lizard, it fell from the blow to its spine. Gyarados collapsed, splashing most of the water, out from the pool.
"Time to use my last resort Pokemon. Come on out, Ludiculo!" A giant, lily pad like creature appeared in the pool, now containing water of about two feet high. Ludiculo started dancing, its legs spreading water everywhere. "Ludiculo, start it out with a rain dance." Ludiculo started dancing more feverously now. It's legs went in and out of the water as it spun around clockwise. Soon, the clouds started raining cats and dogs.
"Let's finish this. Use Leaf Blade."
"When it gets close, use Leech Seed." Sceptile started running at Ludiculo with all its energy. Ludiculo, sensing Sceptile will get close soon, fired countless number of vines at Sceptile. Sceptile was halted for a second by the vines, but it kept on running, even though it was a bit slow. "Now, use Substitute." Sceptile swiped at Ludiculo, but the dancing Pokemon seemed not to notice the attacks.
"Sceptile, the Ludiculo is not moving, use Leaf Storm." Sceptile, at close range, fired a cyclone of leaves at the Ludiculo. The dancing Pokemon still did not notice. Suddenly, Sceptile fell to the ground, its vines glowing a bright green. Sceptile quickly hollered in pain as a red light connected Ludiculo to Sceptile. Ludiculo sapped away Sceptile's health. Then, the rain water that collected on Ludiculo's head disappeared in a flash of blue light. The Ludiculo seemed to recover from all the scars it received from Sceptile.
"What's happening?" Ash asked.
"It's Ludiculo's Rain Dish ability. It heals Ludiculo in the rain. Ludiculo, use Surf." A giant wave of water seemed to attack Sceptile from nowhere, knocking it over. Sceptile struggled to get up, but once it did, the vines on its body activated again. It fell back onto the water, gasping in pain.
"Quickly, slide under Ludiculo, and use Bullet Seed." Sceptile swam under Ludiculo, turned its head around, and shot a multitude of seeds at Ludiculo's underside. Ludiculo disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Haha. That substitute worked on you. You're stupid," Norris made goofy faces at Ash.
"That's not nice. Come on Sceptile. Fight to the maximum. Dodge whatever Ludiculo is going to do!"
"Sorry. I do that when I'm about to win. Ludiculo, one more SURF!" Ludiculo appeared from the opposite side of the stage. The rain water accumulated up to seven feet of water. Ludiculo surrounded himself with water. With a kick from a dance, the wave charged at Sceptile. Sceptile was knocked into Norris, who easily caught it with one hand. "Ludiculo, bring Sceptile back. Let's go eat some Victory Cake. This is the first win yet, after I lost to two other jerks!" Norris went back down the stairs without a word to Ash. Ludiculo brought Sceptile back and shook Ash's hand before chasing after Norris. Ash glumly recalled Sceptile as he walked down the cold, cold stairs, drenched in rain water.
Meanwhile… (Over at Hoenn)
"You can do it Max. Strategize and think. That's what you were born to do," Norman encouraged, "You got to pass this G Men test. This is my last Pokemon, and that is your last Pokemon. You can do it. Just reach your maximum capability."
"Thanks Dad," Max smiled.
"Slaking, use Crush Claw."
"Not so fast. Mightyena, use Sucker Punch." Slaking raised its fists as it grunted forwards towards the Mightyena. Slaking picked up the tiny wolf in its big hand, but before Slaking could apply any pressure, Mightyena fired a barrage of punches at Slaking's face. Slaking got slapped from the left, the right, and finally got hit under the chin. Slaking threw Mightyena against the wall before collapsing. Mightyena bounced off the wall back onto its feet. "Now, Slaking has to rest. Mightyena, quickly use Howl." Mightyena stared at the moon through the window and howled at the moon while Slaking was loafing around. The moon provided Mightyena with inspiration and energy, making the little beast more energized than before.
"Slaking, use a Focus Punch."
"Quickly, Mightyena, use a Sucker Punch." Slaking tightened all its focus into its fist. As it retracted its fist backwards, gathering more potential energy, Mightyena already punched Slaking multiple times, before bouncing off the ape's big stomach. Slaking charged at the little creature, but Mightyena was too fast for the monkey. Slaking fired its punch at the little wolf, but, instead, the fist met with the wall. "Mightyena, quickly use Crunch and throw the fat monkey at the other wall." Mightyena grabbed onto Slaking's fat with its sharp teeth, causing Slaking to grunt in pain. With a nod of his head, Mightyena threw Slaking upwards. Jumping up, Mightyena kicked its two hind legs, knocking Slaking to an alternate wall. Slaking quickly fell to the ground, fainted.
"Good job, you beat my third Pokemon. Welcome to the G Men."
"That's not an accomplishment. You almost beat my fifth Pokemon. Why is the G Men test a 5 on 3 battle? Why not a 6 on 6?"
"Because we are more experience then you," Norman said, petting his geeky son on his head.
"Are you experienced?" A voice crackled. Norman tried to find the source of the voice. With a huge crack, the ceiling of the battlefield cracked open as a Salamence stood between father and son. In the blink of an eye, henchmen, wearing a uniform with the letters GW on them, surrounded every nook and cranny of the room.
"What do you want? Get out of here," Norman threatened.
"We want your son. Don't fight with us, or I'll be forced to take you down," the evil voice chuckled. Norman fingered the Pokeballs of the healthy Pokemon. He was in a major dilemma. Either he would use a Pokemon and get blasted or killed by the Salamence, or he could let them go but secretly pursuit them. While Norman was deciding on the best course of action, the evil hunter on the Salamence swooped up the little boy, put him in a little cage, and tied the cage to the Salamence. "Here Delibird. Give this man a present," the evil voice chuckled before flying off. The Santa Pokemon threw a wrapped up gift at Norman. As the gift exploded, Delibird fled back to her master, and the henchmen mysteriously vanished. The evil Deoxsys hovered in the sky.
"Caroline… May… HELP!" Norman shouted, before blacking out.
Max was dangling from his cage at the back of the Salamence. One minor misstep, and he will surely fall to his death. Max tried to sit as still as he could, but the fact that a Delibird was perched on the cage wasn't helping. It wasn't long before Max noticed that they passed the borders of the Hoenn region. He was taken to a mysterious desert. He saw something that looked like a Kibago, a dragon Pokemon only found in the Isshu region. He heard a thump as the world became a darker place for him.
Max felt himself waking up. Max tried screaming, but when he did, even though his scream echoed the walls, he could not hear himself. He tried to move his arms, but they were tightly roped onto the chair. He tried to kick his legs, but they were banded together. He felt someone pulling something out of his ear.
"Boss wants to see you tomorrow," A GW henchman chuckled. "For now, you've been a bad boy. Time for time out!" The henchman released the ropes, pulled Max up by the back of the shirt, and threw him into a concrete wall. He heard a jail door slam shut.
Dawn pulled off Max's blinds. "It'll be okay," Dawn whispered, "Just fight to the maximum."