DB : Hmm, I may need to list out the character ages at the end of the chapter. It will help me, and the readers of course, on how old is the characters are.

Kate : You couldn't do that in the 1st or 2nd chapter, can you.

DB : It sorta slip my mind.

May : I wanna know what happen next for us. The Flower festival.

DB : Oh, dat. Well, Disclaimer first, then Chapter.

Brendan : DB does not own Pokemon, Pokemon Rangers, P-. You know what? DB does NOT own anything related to the Pokemon franchise.

DB : Simplify, easier than read the whole list of stuff I had incorporated into the Fanfic. Now onto the chapter...

Chapter 6 : Scavenger Hunt

Night time was getting close in the Striaton City, with everyone getting ready for what was to come. Tonight, there will couples planting a beautiful flower in hopes of good health, and a happy life. There would be a scavenger hunt event after planting the flowers, which will be located either in the route to the previous town, the city itself, or the route to the next city. May wanted to plant a flower with Brendan, who agreed to do it with her.

"You guys better find a spot soon," Kate said, as she was having a drink she recently bought at the fair. The sight of the couples was romantic, either the guys were giving the girls some flowers, or were having a splendid time together. Kate sighed, deep down, she wished Kellyn was here with her. Unknown to anyone but herself and her partner Pachi, she had developed a crush on Kellyn. Ever since she met Kellyn in school, she had grown to liking him a lot. Her heart skipped a beat when he spoke to her. She knew what it meant when her feelings for him grew even more as time passes. And that feeling was how she grew a crush on him. Though she didn't have the courage to tell him that she liked him. It might ruin their friendship, or worse, Kellyn wouldn't even like her back. Things were rushing around in her mind with every outcome of how she could tell Kellyn about it.

"Kate, are you alright?" May asked, breaking Kate's train of thoughts.

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine," Kate reassured while waving her hand. The thoughts of her thinking about Kellyn had vanished and was now paying attention to what was happening around her. The fair was beginning to become crowded with couples, buying roses for their soulmate in hopes that they would be together for a long time, possibly till their end of their time.

"So, May, how does it feel to battle with a Gym Leader?" Kate questioned as she stood just below a tree while May sat on the grass, waiting on Brendan to return.

"To be honest, it feels great to battle them," May laugh, knowing that she indeed had her father's blood in pokemon battles. Maybe one day, she can take on the Pokemon League, but would be on another time since she still had a dream of becoming a top coordinator.

"Maybe you can even try to battle the Champion himself," Kate quipped. Her Pachirisu had hopped into May's arms, before cuddling to sleep.

"Yeah, maybe," she adsentmindedly stroke the squirrel's tail, since it was fluffy. Thoughts bout being a trainer than a coordinator sounds so weird to her. Maybe she had the potential to become one, but only time could tell as she still had a dream of being a coordinator. She knew Brendan could become a Champion since she loves to battle. He even help her out with it before the Gym battle.

"I have a question, May. What are your thoughts on Brendan?" this question caught May off guard, causing her to fall over. This caused Pachi to scramble off of her and climb onto Kate's shoulder out of fright. May quickly sat back up, with her face being scarlet red after hearing that question.

"Erm... er-," May couldn't find the words to describe her thoughts on Brendan. She couldn't have a crush on him already after just meeting him. But why does it feel like she knew him a long time ago. And why was she blushing so badly after that question. She was now having a million thoughts about the question, that she beginning to feel dizzy.

"Hey, May, your alright?" Kate asked, realising that May hadn't replied to her question yet. Maybe she was stunned, maybe she was embarrased about it. Fortunately, the said guy had just returned from the Centre.

"S-sure. W-why?" May was now stuttering,

"Cause Brendan's here," Kate pointed out.

May turned around before coming face to face with the teenage boy, causing her to jump."What'd I miss?" Brendan asked, raising an eyebrow since May had just fallen over again.

"Oh, nothing much," Kate just couldn't help but give a small grin after what had happened. May did have a crush on the boy, she just didn't realise it yet.

Half an hour had passed, the people on the street started to move to the park, getting ready for the festival to begin. Fortunately Brendan brought some roses to plant since it's a flower festival, and roses are a symbol of love. May gets reminded of those roses from a certain green headed guy, but she shook it off and remembered why she came here. Kate was behind them, reading a brochure that she took while looking through the food stalls along the street.

"Hmm, a scavenger hunt after the plantation, cool," Kate commented. Each couple would get a different list of things to find either in the city or the route leading from the city. Although this meant that Kate would have to be on lookout for those Team Dim Sun grunts. She wanted to know how did they become uncooperative after that incident.

"Alright everyone, the flower festival is about to begin. So get together with your soulmate and get ready to plant your flower. But make sure to make a wish before planting it, so it would come true. Then we'll have a scavenger hunt later on," the announcement was spoken throughout the park.

Both May and Brendan sat down together, awaiting for the festival to begin. Kate stood behind them, to watch over the festival and make sure that not a single grunt of that organisation was around. She made a mental note to get a disguise soon though, as she stood out like a sore thumb. This was her first solo mission after all, till her teammates arrived. Till then, she's on her own.

Then the sound of the bell was heard, signalling that the festival had begun. May and Brendan began to wish something they both had in mind, before planting the rose into the ground. Without them noticing, they both had the same wishes. Everyone else did the same thing, wishing and planting. It was an enjoyable sight, with everyone either holding hands after finishing off or sat together to talk what they hope for.

It wasn't long when another announcement was made. "Alright everyone, time for your scavenger hunt! Within those brochure you acquire will have a list of treasures you will need to find. Now get hunting, and the 1st couple to finish first would get a chance of winning a pair of bikes and this outfit," a huge screen showed 2 identical bikes and an outfit. It consist of a blue tank top, with a black jacket that reach just above the stomach, a pair of dark brown knee length shorts and a pair of sneakers. Kate realised that maybe if they win this, she could change into that. She took out the brochure and noticed that the list consist of; a special Shiny, something slippery, a round shape object, any fluffy material and something noisy.

"So, what's our list to find?" Brendan asked before looking over the list.

"I think I have 2 objects that's in this list," May commented as she took out what seems to be a MP3 and a fluffy Skitty pokedoll.

"Alright, 2 down, 3 to go," Brendan ticked those off before going through his bag, but couldn't find anything slippery. The rule also stated that the poke ball doesn't count as a scavenger item, since it was the easiest to obtain. Instead, he found the bouncing ball he played with Snivy earlier.

"Make that 3 things off the list," Kate added, crossing that off the list.

"I can get the slippery stuff, but that leaves the shiny stuff to find," it might be a little challenging to find anything that gave out a shine, but they like a good challenge.

Right before they head off to find the shiny object, May made sure to grab a bar of soup, since it was slippery to just hold it in her palm. Now they were heading down route 3 to look for the last object on their list. "So, once we finish the hunt, we should stay for the night at the Centre," Kate suggested, leading the way with both of her hands behind her head. It was a very starry night, she had to admit.

"Sounds like a plan," Brendan agreed, with May nodding along.

It took them half an hour to reach a small daycare and a school along the route. The school looks a little scary since it was all dark and gloomy under the night sky. "I never realise a school can be this scary," May held onto Brendan's arm. She doesn't like the feeling of that school was giving off.

"C'mon, the sooner we find that last item, the sooner we can head back," with that, the 3 teenagers head down the route before Brendan spotted something on his right. Right pass a small patch of grass and trees, there's a small opening leading to a cave.

"Hey, girls, how bout we check in there," Brendan suggested while shaking May off of her arm.

"Sure, I have some flashlights with me," Kate took out 3 flashlights before handing 2 of each to Brendan and May respectively.

They walked over to the entrance while making sure not to bump into any Pokemon along the way. Kate was the first to enter the cave, making sure it was safe to move around without worries of the rocks falling onto their heads. "The cave is safe to enter," she whispered out, to avoid startling any wild Pokemon living within the cave.

"So, how do we find any shiny thing in this dark cave?" May asked, seemingly uncomfortable with the black space around them. It was indeed pitch black in the cave, they could barely see what's ahead of them without turning their flashlight on. Kate flick hers on, shining the way around the cave.

"I'm sure there's gotta be something in here," Brendan spoke, looking left and right to find any peculiar object. The sound of the rippling waves could be heard from time to time, with water droplets dripping into a clear lake from above.

"Well, we can't take the water back with us. It's not shiny enough, and it doesn't fit with the whole shiny part," Kate continued along the path when she spotted something unnatural around the cave. There's seems to be a newly dug hole just beside the lake, with footsteps leading back and forth through the small tunnel. Out of pure curiousity, Kate went and examined the small tunnel. There seems to be faint sounds of someone working deep within the tunnel.

"What's in there?" Brendan asked, looking over May's shoulder, who stood behind Kate to look into the tunnel.

"I'm not sure. But I'll have to check it out. I don't suppose you two would just wait for me here," Kate look back into the tunnel, with a couple of faint shouting coming from the other end. The other two teenagers shook their head, causing Kate to sigh.

"Stay close and don't get us caught," she warned them before they ventured down the tunnel. It was indeed a tight space to move, however they were able to move freely without a worry of getting their skin bruise by the sharp edges of the rocks, protruding from within the walls of the tunnel. The faint sound of machine and someone talking was getting louder and louder when Kate held up her hand, signalling them to stop. She sneaked up a little, just at the end of the tunnel when she could make out 2 figures.

Since Kate was close to the figures, she could hear them talk clearer. "It seems like the boss wants us to find some stone," the 1st shadow figure spoke. The tone of his voice sounded almost as he was annoyed and uninterested at what they were looking for.

"No idea, the boss said we would know when we find it. But could the boss be more specific? It'll take us less time to find the object the boss is waiting for," the 2nd figure said. Kate doesn't understand what they were talking about, but she understood what they were looking for. A special rock they're searching for their boss, whom she guess could be someone who doesn't want to be found out. And judging by their uniforms, they look suspiciously like Team Rocket grunts instead of Dim Sun. Just what the heck were they doing here? Were they working for Giovanni to steal some stone, but the 'R' logo on their uniform had a red slashed across it. Maybe it could be another type of branch of Team Rocket they're under.

Just like the Dim Sun grunts she faced earlier, the Rocket grunts seem to be more secretive too. Were they working together? This had been going on in Kate's mind. "Hey, Kate, what's the hold up?" Brendan whispered the question, to avoid detection.

"Some Rocket grunts at the exit of the tunnel. Somehow, they are different from the usual grunts the other Rangers told at the Union," just then, a third grunt, also a Rocket, stepped up to them.

"What were you two talking about? Get back to wo-," the 3rd grunt stopped abrudtly. This made Kate a little worried, hoping that they weren't found out yet. But she cursed her luck when the grunt turned her head towards the tunnel.

"There's someone in the tunnel," he spoke with a bit of venom in his voice. He tossed out a poke ball before a Mankey emerged from it. Kate took note that there's some kind of headwear it wore. But she didn't care about what it wore, with the Pokemon already closing in. "Alright, come out or Mankey here will make you wish you never found this place."

"Crap," Kate got her styler ready, realising there's not enough space to use her metal staff to block the attack if the Mankey strikes. Using her partner Pokemon might help out a little, but Mankey could proved a little challenging with their unforgiving nature.

"I have a Physic type Pokemon that could help," Brendan spoke out, caughing Kate off guard. Maybe this won't be a difficult situation after all.

"Alright, and I have an idea," with that, Kate told them of her plan.

"I'm getting impatient here," the grunt said, tapping his foot out of annoyance. "Alright, if you won't come out, I'll just do this. Mankey, use Seismic To-." just then, Kate walked out of the tunnel, hand raised.

"Alright, you got me," Kate said, with her Pachirisu on her shoulder.

"A ranger, eh? I bet she was the one who almost knew about our secre-," the 2nd grunt quickly elbowed the 1st grunt to shut him up. Kate's hunch was right, Rocket and Dim Sun were working together, but why.

"Ugh, maybe the boss could just incinerate you now if you never shut your trap!" the 3rd grunt yelled at the 1st grunt.

"S-Sorry! Please, don't tell the boss about this. I beg you!" alright, this incinerate, or whatever it was, seems to scare these grunts a lot, as well as this boss. Maybe she should had wait for back up to arrive, but she had saved Almia from danger, with Kellyn and Keith of course.

"Since he blab his mouth off, I guess keeping you prisoner is no longer needed. Mankey, finish her off," the grunt instructed the said Pokemon.

"I don't think so," Kate said with a grin. Just as the Mankey was about to attack, a Psystike collided with the fighting type from out of nowhere, sending it crashing into the wall of the cave before slumping down onto the ground, out cold.

"Good signal by the way," May spoke, somehow was a few feet from the 2nd grunt.

"And I knew having Ralts is a good idea too," Brendan leaned against the walls, crossing his arms with a smug look. He caught this rarest Ralts in Unova back when they just left Nuvema Town. He knew Ralts couldn't have been born Unova, but it was something he had to capture it knowing full well that it belongs in another habitat.

"H-How...," the 2nd grunt was sure they couldn't get in any other way through the only tunnel, which they were facing at.

"Teleport. Maybe you have heard of before?" he shrugged, pushing himself off the wall he was leaning against.

"Who cares! Sound the al-," Kate quickly knocked him out with her shrunken staff. The other two grunts were put to sleep thanks to Brendan's Ralt's Hypnosis.

"Alright, now take their uniforms off Brendan. We can use their uniforms as disguises. While me and May will find a way to hide the grunts," Brendan nodded, with the help of his Ralts, the clothes was taken off while May and Kate searched for a place to hid the three bodies to avoid suspicions.

They found a small hole in one of the walls and it was perfect for hiding the bodies. They tie the grunts up before carrying them into the hole. Brendan later pushed the metal shelf over the hole, completely covering the hole and not a single trace could be seen. They quickly put on their disguises, checking if they had anything missing before Kate hid her styler behind a bunch of rocks just before the tunnel. If any of the grunts saw her styler, then it would make the whole place be on alert and she doesn't want that. They need to be quiet and secretive of their presence here.

"Alright, you two, I need you to find and locate this special stone. While I will find out what are they planning," Kate instructed, with the two teenagers nodding. They split up, to two separate tunnels. Kate's Pachirisu hid under the black cap she wore. Though it appeared to look flat, it's quite spacious for Pachirisu to hide under.

After running pass multiple passages and a grunts who doesn't seem to bother to check who it was thanks to her disguise, Kate finally found something which might help her out. A laboratory, with all kinds of chemicals placed within the racks with labels of unknown elements she never heard of; Iridium, Tritinium and many more.

However, she was looking for some clues on their plans, even something about the stone they're looking for. But all she could find was formulaes and elements within the lab, nothing else. She hit a dead end in this find, with nothing but a single piece of note on the floor till she realised she missed that.

She picked it up before flipping it over, reading it over quietly. The note read out;

Find the stone that has the ability to xxxxxxx, xxxxxx and xxxx Pokemon. If touched by hand, it will xxxxxxx with the xxxxxxxx hand. Please use either...

The rest of the note couldn't be read at all, thanks to the smudge left by someone who dropped some ink over it either by accident or on purpose. But it was a clue nonetheless, shoving it under her cap for her partner to hold onto it.

"I wonder how's the other 2 doing," she wondered as she continued to search through the lab, spotting an archieve room along the way.

Meanwhile, both Brendan and May were searching high and low for any weird looking stone that's different. It could just be an evolution stone, but the Rocket grunts won't be doing here if it were just those kind of stones. It could be something else they had never seen before. Just as they hit a dead end when the ground gave way right under May's feet. Brendan quick reflexes managed to grab hold of May's wrist, preventing her from falling down into a dark pit.

"Thanks, Brendan," May was hoisted up back over the edge when something shiny caught Brendan's eyes. It was coming from a small tunnel from the hole that the ground had made.

"Ralts, try to Teleport us in there," Brendan instructed, with his Pokemon nodded before the horn on his head glowed. Within a couple of seconds, they were teleported into the tunnel. There was bright stone, shining brightly in the end of the tunnel. "Something shiny, I guess this is the one," May reached out to the stone, with Brendan doing the same thing.

Right as they touched it together, they were shocked with something unknown. They tried to pry their hands from the stone, but they couldn't move it at all. It was like their hands were glued to it. It was beginning to hurt, a lot, like a thousand needles piercing through their entire body while the bright light starts to engulf them entirely. Though just as soon as the lights engulf, it reverts into a dimly lit rock.

The sudden pain left both Brendan and May breathless and in pain, though they finally able to pull their hands back without trouble. "Wh-what the heck was that?!" May exclaimed, holding onto her hand, checking for any bruise or anything out of the ordinary.

"I-I don't know exactly what had happen," Brendan was as confused as she was, looking at his hand a couple of times while examining the rock. Somehow, the light started to fade as time passes. Brendan assumed that it could be that there wasn't any energy left within it after what it did to them. Which reminds him, what did the rock do to them after touching them, leaving them in such pain.

"Possibly just a light show," a voice spoke out of nowhere, causing Brendan to look left and right.

"Hey, May, did you just-," Brendan was interrupted as a voice called them outside the tunnel. It sounded like a male voice was calling out to them, possibly one of the grunts. May was looking a bit nervous, thinking they were found out.

"Have you found anything yet?" the grunt asked. May breath out a sigh of relief after realising their identity was still a secret while Brendan called out a yes. If they want to play the part, they had to act the part. A rope ladder was later dropped over the tunnel they were in before a couple of grunts entered the tunnel they were in.

"Here it is, though I'm not sure what it is," Brendan stated, moving out of the way for the 2 grunts to take a look. This made the 2 grunts to look at it with shock expressions. This made both of the teenagers felt uneasy, hoping they didn't mess anything up.

"I can't believe you found it. The boss would be so happy!" the grunt exclaimed, running back from the way they came in. Brendan and May quickly followed suit, to find out what they had found.

Back with Kate, she had gotten nothing but the stained piece of note throughout the lab and the small archive room. "Well, I guess this is a bust. Let's go back and meet with the others, Pachi," with that, Kate left the room without a single trace of her being in there at all. However, if she paid more attention, she would have spotted a camera just above the shelf, watching her every move. The camera feed was being watched by one of the Admins, who wasn't looking all too happy about. They had been compromised by the Ranger and someone else.

"I never expected you to be here at all," the voice spoke with ice dripping in his voice, completely unfaze of how easily they were discovered. They had made sure to prevent any detection of their movements, and yet here they were, in the cave with them.

Right as Kate turned a corner when a grunt ran pass her. Shortly followed by Brendan and May who was chasing after the grunt when they spotted her. They slowed to a stop, wondering if Kate found anything. "What happened? Were you found out?" Kate asked out of worry.

"Not exactly. We more like found something they were looking for," Brendan said, rubbing his head.

"What?!" Kate taken this with surprise, since they instead of prevented Rocket from getting what they came for, they found it for them instead.

"We need to-," but before she could say anything, a group of grunts surrounded them in a quick motion. Kate now was sure this whole Rocket grunts were a lot different than the ones the other Rangers had face back then. They were never this fast nor this tidy when trying to block off their opponents.

"What the?!" Brendan look around, but found no way to tell whether they were discovered or not. But they would be answered when an Admin stood behind the grunts.

"I never expected we can be infiltrated that easily. Will have to let the boss know about this," the voice said, while keeping his face under the shadow to avoid getting recognised.

"Who are you people?" May asked, completely not sure what was going on nor why was Rocket here anyway.

"Heh, we have learnt our lesson from giving out useful infomation. From now on, we always keep our mouth shut, even the newbies," the voice spoke, with a visible grin. Kate recognise that grin anywhere, but for now, they had to escape.

"Ralts! Teleport us out of here!" Brendan instructed, but found out his Ralts had been knocked out without realising. "What?! How?" he was shocked that his Pokemon was taken out easily and fast with no signs of bruises or whatsoever.

"I guess the boss is right. Sneak attacks is so much better than just appearing out of nowhere," the Admin chuckled, as a Gloom appeared behind the grunts. "Now, let's see how long you can hold against a newly trained grunts, who now have the same skills as a Pokemon Trainer," with that, almost all of the grunt threw out their poke balls. They were completely surrounded and nowhere to escape, and their only means of escape is out cold.

"I hope you three will entertain the grunts. Though I doubt they can defeat the Champion himself," with that, the Admin left, leaving the three alone with the grunts and their Pokemon, all ready for a fight. May just look over at Brendan out of shock, though Kate knew about this and wondered how did the Admin found out. But for now, they had to concentrate on their current situation.

"Brendan, we'll talk later. For now, find a way to heal Ralts while me and May will try to buy you some time," Kate took out her staff, readying for a fight. Her Pachirisu stayed her cap, in case anything tried to grab her and become separated again.

"Me? But I just barely knew how to battle with Pokemon after the Gym Battle!" May exclaimed.

"Just try something. I noticed you have the skills to become a trainer, but- Whoa!" Kate barely dodged Shadow Ball from a Ghastly by jumping to her left. Just as a Machoke was about to attack her, she swipe her staff at the Pokemon feet, knocking it off before doing a back flip to avoid more attacks.

"May! Help me out!" Brendan cried out as his Swampert barely able to hold out two attacks from two different Pokemons. May send out her Blaziken, hoping it could help out a little, which it did.

"Damn, now I really could use some back up," Kate cursed, using her staff to block Ice Punch by a Hitmontop. Just how many Pokemons were there anyway, she wondered. May ran over to Brendan before she kneel down beside his Ralts, hoping to help him out. Just as she touch the Ralts's head, the psychic Pokemon glowed dimly, before it started to wake up. Right after waking up when it started to evolve too, to Kirlia.

"Whoa! What did you do?!" Brendan yelled out of shock after seeing his Ralts had evolved into a Kirlia.

"I don't know, but let's find out after we escape," with that, the Kirlia nodded before its horns glowed. Within a second, they vanished into thin air before reappearing in front of the tunnel, where they had came in from. "Quick! Dump your disguises and get out of here!" they quickly took off their disguises, with Kate collecting back her Vatonage styler. They then quickly ran out through the tunnel, with their Pokemons back in their Poke balls. They had no idea whether they were being chase or not, with their minds set on escaping the place and away from the cave.

After a few minutes of running, they sat by the entrance to the Striaton City, caughing their breath after their flee. Brendan hunch over, caughing her breath, while May leaned against the trunk of the tree for support. Kate, on the other hand, was checking if they were followed, with her partner Pokemon perched on her shoulder. The note was already kept within her bag, in case they lost it without realising. "First thing first, get the scavenger hunt done. Then we can talk about what had happened back in the cave" Brendan spoke between breathes, the girls nodded at that. He took out the objects that were listed in their list when he realised they had forgotten all about the lit stone.

"Damn it!" Brendan cursed, frustrated after going through all that to only came back empty handed.

"I don't think it really involves an object being shiny. Look!" May pointed towards the amount of people with dissapointment written all over their faces. They all had bright objects within their hands, but all of them were rejected by the host of the hunt.

"Wait, I remember something called a Shiny Pokemon. From what I recall, Shiny Pokemon has a different type of colour to the rest of the Pokemons in the wild. And if we look closely, your Ralts, or in this case Kirlia, has a different colour than a normal Kirlia," Kate pointed out. Brendan called out his Kirlia, realising that it was indeed a different colour instead of the usual green. He thought maybe it was caused by some cruel kid who changed the colour of Ralts's skin from green to sickening blue hue. Guess it was indeed a special Ralts, or in this case, a Shiny Kirlia.

They walk up to the host of the scavenger hunt, with the Kirliar being held by May. "Is this all the object in the list?" Kate asked, handing out the 4 objects which consists of May's MP3 Player and her fluffy Skitty doll, Brendan's ball which he played it with his Snivy, and the bar of soap May had gotten from the Pokemon Centre.

"And, what about the Shiny part?" the host asked, raising his eyebrow.

"Was this kind of Shiny you were seeking for?" Kate move a little to allow May to show the host the Shiny Kirlia.

"Yes, yes indeed. This is the Shiny I had been looking for. I knew people would misread about the Shiny part," the host chuckled about how they could dismissed the Shiny as any bright object and not a Pokemon with a different colour. "Anyway, congratulations for winning the Scavenger Hunt! Here's your prizes," indeed, a new set of clothes and a pair of bikes was shown to the three teenagers.

Just then, a girl with a brown hair tied into a ponytail came rushing by. "Aww, I was beaten to the punch. Though I never expected a Ranger to be here either," the girl spoke.

"What?" Kate was really confused at what was going on when the girl look over at them.

"The name's Hilda. Now if you don't mind, but could I get an autograph from the Champion of Hoenn?" Hilda look over at Brendan, with a pen and note in hand. "A co-worker of mine really likes your style of battling. And after seeing you in the region, well... let's just say he flipped," she waved it off like it was something normal.

"Alright, Brendan, or should I call you Champion since you kept this secret from me. Mind explaining why you've never told me you beat Steven back in Hoenn," May said, obviously not ammuse by Brendan's secret.

"She... I... what..." Brendan was now in complete lost of words, and notice Kate had disappeared with the clothes, leaving him to deal with the girls. He was truly stuck on this one.

Within a shady building, a couple of grunts began to move the dimly lit rock onto the table of the lab, after it had been taken from the cave. Since it was never taken away, they felt like it was a victory when their boss entered the lab, examining the stone. The grunt was about to report about the three teenagers when their boss yell out of rage. "The stone had been drained of its energy! It's completely useless now!" this scared off the two grunts, who quickly ran out of the lab while a 3rd grunt, who stood by the door, got the full wrath of the boss.

"I guess we should have captured those three," the Admin from before spoke, shaking his head.

Me : Damn... how long was this before I began writing again?

May : Just ignore that and list out our ages in this fic your writing.

Me : Right;

- May : 16

- Kate : 17

- Brendan : 16 and a half

- Kellyn : 17

- Keith : 16 and a half

- Rhytmi : 16

- Hilda : 15

I will list out the rest as the story progress, so I won't spoil the story at all.

Brendan : Really, do you really have to put me up with an angry looking May who clearly wants to rip my throat while Kate left me there, alone?

Kate : R & R please.