This chapter begins with both Max and Zet on their bikes traveling through the open road near Teyawana. They stop and rest even though it's only 1:00 pm. Zet then cooks them a special lunch. Zet has cooked his specialty, fried ramen noodles with beef as a side dish, while Max finishes practicing his some what advanced fighting moves and comments that lunch can't be called fried ramen noodles with beef since there's no beef.
ZET: Hey Max, it's hot, juicy, and ready.
MAX: (standing in a pose with his shirt off) I'm just about finished.
MAX: (standing in a pose with his shirt off) I love training my self.
MAX: (standing in a pose with his shirt off) What's cooking?
ZET: My special fried ramen noodles with beef dish.
As they're eating, Zet talks business to Max while looking at a paper of their next target at the same time.
ZET: (showing Max the paper picture of Asmo Solensan) His name is Asmo Solensan and he's are next target.
MAX: (looking at his plate with a disappointed look on his face) Uh listen Zet.
ZET: (showing Max the paper picture of Asmo Solensan) This guy is a major player in the syndicate, who operates all around Teyawana.
MAX: (looking at his plate with a disappointed look on his face) You said fried ramen noodles with beef.
ZET: (showing Max the paper picture of Asmo Solensan) His name is Asmo Solensan.
ZET: (showing Max the paper picture of Asmo Solensan) Are you listening to me?
MAX: (looking at his plate with a disappointed look on his face) There's no beef in here.
MAX: (looking at his plate with a disappointed look on his face) So you really wouldn't call it fried ramen noodles with beef, now would you?
Zet stops showing Max the paper picture of Asmo Solensan and puts it down.
ZET: (speaking sarcastically) Yes, i would.
MAX: (yelling and holding his plate of fried ramen noodles) WELL IT'S NOT.
ZET: It is when you're broke, okay.
MAX: (holding his plate of fried ramen noodles) What happened to the 1200 dollar reward we got for that other dude?
ZET: (talking and yelling) The repair bill for the motorcycle you banged up, the one from that bakery you trashed, and the medical bill for the nerd you bloody maimed is what KILLED THE DOUGH.
Max complains that he doesn't go after "small catches", judging by Asmo's crime and bounty price, but Zet convinces him they need this bounty reward money by reminding Max that the ramen noodles in TW are the best in Kalos.
ZET: Now, 3 days ago there was a big fight between his group and a rival syndicate.
ZET: He beat up his own guys and then took off quickly.
ZET: Word on the street is that he's hiding out with some sweet thing in Teyawana.
MAX: (holding his plate of fried ramen noodles) TW is a place for small time criminals.
ZET: Yeah well this small catch is worth 2 and a half thousand dollars.
MAX: (holding his plate of fried ramen noodles) I don't feel like it.
ZET: Speaking of noodles, they say in TW, the ramen noodles are the best in Kalos.
Asmo Solensan had stolen an entire supply of an illegal substance known as pink eye (aka pinky eye fluid) from his own crime syndicate and is now being chased by his former crime partners. In Teyawana, he travels with his sick girl friend, Kate Solens, selling the pink eye fluid in under cover deals to earn enough money to escape to Xars. Pinky eye fluid greatly increases the physical capabilities of who ever takes it, giving them the ability to perceive time at a high rapid rate, causing every one around them to appear to move in slow motion. At the El Eatery diner in Teyawana, Asmo finds a buyer who wants a demonstration.
ASMO: (walking into the diner and siting down at the front of the counter with Kate) Give me a cold drink!
KATE: (looking around and seeing 3 middle aged men looking at her) I'll have some punch.
CASHIER: I've got the drink, but i'm afraid i'm out of punch.
ASMO: (showing the cashier the pinky eye fluid in a tiny glass container underneath his coat) I'm sure there's one can in the back room.
CASHIER: (going into the back room with Asmo following) I'll check.
A few of Asmo's former crime partners show up outside the diner with guns in hands and prepare to storm in the diner. Asmo prepares to make a deal with the cashier, while his former crime partners are outside getting ready to storm in on Asmo and take him out.
ASMO: (pulling the pinky eye fluid out of his coat to show the cashier) Rare hard core pinky eye fluid.
ASMO: (holding the pinky eye fluid in his fingers) You're a buyer who knows the score.
ASMO: (holding the pinky eye fluid in his fingers) Check it out.
CASHIER: Is that real pinky eye?
CASHIER: I want real proof; perhaps a demo.
Asmo then sprays some of the pinky eye fluid in both his eyes, causing him to scream a little, turning his eyes pink, turning his vision to where he sees every one and every thing in pink, black, and white, and making people look slower even though he's moving faster.
ASMO: (talking with an evil smile and with pink eyes on his face) Yeah, keep those eyes open.
A meowth inside the diner, meows one time, alerting that danger is about to happen. Then it happens. One of the gang members breaks the doors open, quickly opening the door to the back room and then shooting the cashier. There are a few gang members outside shooting bullets into the diner, a few gang members inside shooting up the place which causes Kate, the meowth, and the 3 men to take cover while Kate starts shooting back at the gang members, and 2 gang members standing in the back room door way with one shooting at Asmo, missing several times until Asmo takes his gun and kills him and the other dude with one shot each. After that, Asmo's comes out of the back room and almost gets shot at by 2 other dudes and ends up stealing one of the dudes' gun while Kate shoots the 3rd dude that was about to shoot Asmo. After that, Asmo uses the gun he stole from the 4th dude to shoot to kill him and he then see a 5th gang member looking out the window at him and the 5th member shoots one bullet at him and misses. After that, Asmo shoots and head butts him, breaking through the window and causing the 5th member to fall down dead.
When Max makes it to Teyawana with Zet following in behind by an hour, since he wanted to rest at the camp site, Max visits a religious man named Running Monk, whom he apparently has met before. Running Monk forsees Max finding a red eyed coyote at the Zona Norte on the far side of town.
MAX: This tent of yours is nice and cozy.
RUNNING MONK: The red eyed coyote is in the northern part of these parts.
MAX: A red coyote north of town you say?
RUNNING MONK: You, flying bird.
MAX: Huh!
RUNNING MONK: The flying bird will meet up with a special girl again, the bird will try to reconnect with this mysterious girl, and then death.
MAX: 1 more time.
RUNNING MONK: What's that?
MAX: (getting up and starting to slowly walk away) I was killed once before, by a girl.
RUNNING MONK: You take girls too lightly my young friend.
MAX: No way monk.
MAX: See you later.
RUNNING MONK: (talking to him self) Wakata, please guide his spirit!
At a gas station, Max runs into Asmo and his girlfriend separately. He charms Kate out of some food and a couple of laughs, then tells her that he's a bad dude bounty hunter and that she'll get caught by someone, sooner or later. Asmo then sneaks up behind him and nearly chokes Max to death before Kate begs him to stop. Asmo lets go, but not before Max steals a vial of pinky eye fluid from his jacket pocket. Later, Max then stages a fake deal with Asmo and destroys the stolen vial of pinky eye. They get into a hand to hand fight, with Asmo still partially feeling the effects of the illegal substance he took earlier, but Max still over powers him due to the fact that the fluid in Asmo's body was slowing him down rather than speeding his reflexs up. A car load of former gang members show up and interrupt the fight, causing Asmo and Kate to run away and hijack a bystander's motorcycle. Before Kate boards, she is shot in the back which causes a few virals of pinky eye she had hid on her back to fall out.
Zet comes to Max's rescue in his bike he calls the "Hog Hammer" and Max retreats to his bike in order to continue chasing Asmo. By this time a blockade of IKP (International Kalos Police) cruisers are stationed at the border like gate to leave Teyawana. Max catches up to Asmo and Kate as they break through the border from Teyawana causing a chase. Seeing Max and the cops following them and another syndicate car ahead of them, Kate shoots Asmo dead, making him fall off the motorcycle and then the police shoot the motorcycle with bullets, killing her as Max watches. She falls off the motorcycle with the virals of pinky eye fluid crashing to the ground and breaking.
After fileing in a report to Officer Jenny, Max and Zet set up camp at a park in Teyawana after a long day and a failed bounty mission to boot. It's 9:00 pm and Zet calls out to Max telling him that dinner is ready.
ZET: Hey Max, get it while it's hot and juicy buddy.
ZET: (walking up to him) It's ready.
MAX: What is it?
ZET: My special fried ramen noodles with beef.
Both boys smile at each other.
I know that this chapter was a bit violent, but it was still good. Max wanted a fresh start and he got one all right. Too bad this new life of his is a little more dangerous than his old life. Please send me all your reviews for this chapter! Stay curious my friends!