This part of the story starts out with a girl from Max's past, walking into a shop. It just so happens that she is in Czar. Czar is the same city Max and Zet are in. It just gets more and more interesting from there. It turns out that the girl from Max's past is his and Zet's next target. Even though Max and Zet call themselves Bad Dude Bounty Hunters, they still have an obligation to the police to turn in any one who breaks the law, even if it's a bad girl rather than a bad dude.
VIVI: (walking into the shop and up to the shop keeper) I like your shades.
SHOP KEEPER: I like your manners little girl.
SHOP KEEPER: Looking to make some big bucks?
SHOP KEEPER: I think you'll fit in.
3 men looking to capture Vivi, all walk up to the shop outside and prepare to storm it which Vivi senses.
VIVI: (grabbing the shop keeper's fire exstinguisher) You know what the first rule of combat is?
MEN: (barging into the shop) Alright, we've caught up with you.
VIVI: (starting to spray the men with the fire exstinguisher until they fall down and stay down) Shoot them before they shoot you.
A man that goes by the name Gordon then drives in front of the shop and helps Vivi get away. Later, at a secret location, Vivi and Gordon discuss debt and poker.
GORDON: I had no idea the legendary lady luck is still alive.
GORDON: Poker Vita the queen of the hearts.
GORDON: They tell tales of you from here to TW.
VIVI: If Vita were still alive, she would be almost 400 years old.
GORDON: That's true, considering the fact that you have her blood line and how you are so much like her.
GORDON: Youngest old gambling champ in Kalos.
GORDON: Poker Vita never lost a game and she never cheated.
GORDON: She was just a born winner.
GORDON: She was also a gambling genius.
VIVI: Maybe that's a myth.
GORDON: I under stand that you've got quite a large debt.
GORDON: Would you rather deal with me or the International Kalos Police miss queen of hearts?
In another place, Max and Zet are standing in a casino elevator, talking about a law that Zet dreamed about.
MAX: Prophecy!
ZET: So Murphy's law says, "Only hands can wash hands. If you want to receive, you have to give.".
ZET: Something like that—wish i could remember the exact words—any way.
ZET: I think Murphy's telling us to just do it.
ZET: What do you make of it?
MAX: Some how i don't think Murphy would be quoting Goethe.
ZET: Come on.
ZET: It's just a dream i had.
ZET: Lighten up.
MAX: I have a bad feeling in the pit of my wallet that that dream is going to suck up our last few dollars.
Max and Zet enter Gordon's casino to get some quick cash since they are in short supply of money. Zet comments that Max's eyes are too good and he'll get thrown out if he wins too much. Max then walks around the casino until he spots a group of interesting people having a poker game and a girl his age watching.
MAX: (standing close to the table full of people and looking at Vivi) Mind if i get a front row seat?
VIVI: Not at all.
Max sits down at a black jack table where Vivi is siting and watching the adults play. She is told that a man with Max's face will sit down at her table, lose all of his money, and give his last chip to her as a tip for watching. Gordon wants Vivi to deliver the chip to him and her debt will go away.
However, when the last man, all alone, at the table is down to his last chip, he decides to give it to Max as a gift. On his way out, Max collides with his look a like and ends up with the other man's chip-the one that Gordon wanted. Vivi catches up to Max and demands the chip.
VIVI: (running up to Max) Hey you, you're messing up the whole plan.
MAX: Huh!
VIVI: Don't play stupid.
VIVI: I was suppose to get that last chip.
MAX: You're preety thrash.
MAX: You were planning to either ask or take someone's chips the whole game and i didn't say a word.
People start whispering and gathering around Max and Vivi.
VIVI: Just give me the darn chip!
Max swallows the chip and after seeing 2 men coming closer to them, Vivi runs off.
MAN NUMBER 1: Can you come with me to the office, boy!
MAN NUMBER 1: We have some questions.
MAX: Like what?
The man then punches Max in the face and that thoroughly pisses him off and he goes into attack mode.
MAX: (reaching into his back pack and grabbing out his 19 inch steel bar) Bad move.
Max knocks out the first man cold with a swift hit to the jaw with his 19 inch steel bar.
MAN NUMBER 2: You punk.
Man number 2 runs up to Max and then tries to punch him. Max dodges and then hits him hard in the back, with his 19 inch steel bar. A few more men start fighting Max, but even out numbered, he manages to knock them out cold with his cat like reflexs and his 19 inch steel bar. Soon, Zet shows up in the crowd and watches Max take on multiple opponents at the same time. He then runs over to Zet.
MAX: Zet!
ZET: I told you not to win to much.
MAX: That's not it.
MAX: We've got to get out of here and fast.
They start running.
ZET: (starting to run with Max) I haven't seen any one rage against the machine yet.
More men are now chasing Max and Zet while Vivi gets on her bike she calls the "Red Tail". Max and Zet escape from the casino thugs on their bikes with out Zet seeing any one rage against the machine and catch Vivi before she escapes the casino. They apprehend her and take her back to their camp site.
Back at camp, Vivi is hand cuffed to a thin tree, several yards away from Max and Zet so she won't escape. Zet has had the hand cuffs for years and has always put them in his back pack. Both Max and Zet talk to Vivi about the trouble she has caused.
VIVI: Why are you locking me to a tree?
Poochyena walks up to Vivi and starts sniffing at her.
VIVI: Stupid mutt.
ZET: My puppy thinks you smell like money and i have the exact same impression.
VIVI: Well get over it!
MAX: Hey Zet, how many people did you get to see rage against the machines?
ZET: It must have been zero at the very least.
MAX: And who was it that prevented you from seeing some action at the casino?
ZET: Gee, let me think.
VIVI: What ever action or money you were going for is chump change.
VIVI: It's nothing compared to what i've lost.
VIVI: (yelling) IT'S NUTS AND YOU'RE BLAMING THE WRONG PERSON.
MAX: Sure we are.
VIVI: You dudes have brought this on yourselves and if you had given me the chip, there wouldn't have been any problems.
ZET: What chip?
VIVI: Are you brain dead?
MAX: (spitting up the chip he swallowed on to his palm) You still want it?
ZET: Eww!
ZET: That's discusting dude.
VIVI: Gordon will pay a fat stack of cash for that.
VIVI: What do you say we call him?
Max puts the poker chip in his pocket.
MAX: I don't know any one named Gordon.
Max starts to walk away.
VIVI: Hey, wait a minute.
ZET: (starting to walk away with Max and poochyena) Come on poochyena.
ZET: (walking away) Lets go.
VIVI: Come back here!
Both Max and Zet learn from getting a call from Officer Jenny, who watched Hot Shot, that Vivi Winstrate is worth 6000 dollars and they decide to turn her over to the police, but not before Max questions her about her familiar name and her past. Zet inspects the poker chip that Max picked up and learns that there's a computer chip inside. Max and Zet go by the tree where Vivi is hand cuffed and decide to discuss business with her.
VIVI: What do you 2 want?
ZET: Well we were thinking about you and we had a little change of heart.
ZET: Why hand cuff a sweet heart like you at a camp site like this?
VIVI: You creeps aren't getting any ideas of beating me up, are you?
ZET: None of the sorts.
ZET: We're taking you to a place where you'll be very well protected.
VIVI: Oh and where would that be?
MAX and ZET: Jail!
ZET: You're right about my desire for action and money being chump change compared to you Vivi Winstrate.
VIVI: I don't believe this.
VIVI: They actually put out a bounty on me?
MAX: 6000 green ones.
VIVI: I see now.
MAX: I have to say, when me and Zet heard your name from Officer Jenny, i was shocked to say the least.
MAX: You don't look the same because of your longer dark redish brown hair as you did when we first met, Vivi Winstrate.
VIVI: Alright, just who are you and how is it that you know me?
MAX: Me, Ash, May, Brock, our battle in the hot sun, and the fact that i beat you in a pokemon battle by pure luck, after you told me you thought i was good looking, and how you said you hated me after what i did.
MAX: In retrospect, i really didn't mean for Ash's corphish to thrash your marill with his crab hammer attack.
MAX: Any of that ring a bell?
VIVI: There's no way you could be Max.
MAX: In the flesh.
MAX: That's my name and don't wear it out.
VIVI: How is it that you're in the same region i'm in?
MAX: Well i'll give you the short verison of it.
MAX: A few days ago, me and my sister said good bye to Ash and Brock and right before that, she told them that she wanted to travel to Johto alone and how she didn't want to end up depending on me.
MAX: After that, we boarded the ship home and said good bye to Ash and Brock and then we went to the dining room of the ship, had an argument, and a food fight.
MAX: Not willing to go into the details about the argument, but just so you know, i wasn't mad at her because she didn't want me traveling with her any more.
MAX: After the argument, Both me and May came to a realization about what it is we want from each other.
MAX: So after that, we came home and both told our parents our future plans.
MAX: They let her go to Johto alone and they granted me my request of a fresh new start in this rare region called Kalos for a maximum of 3 years.
VIVI: Meaning what Max?
MAX: They're only allowing me to stay here for as long as 3 years.
MAX: Any way, on my first day here in Kalos, i met Zet here who was a 1 man group of Bad Dude Bounty Hunters.
MAX: He over heard me talking to a waiter in an airport diner and he joined me for breakfest while giving me a job offer and some great advice.
MAX: He got me involved.
MAX: I got a weapon from an old friend who is also living here in Kalos, Zet took in poochyena who is also a member, and here we are.
MAX: I've been hunting dangerous criminals with my pal Zet here ever since.
VIVI: That's some story.
MAX: So what's your story?
VIVI: A day or two, right after you, Ash, May, and Brock left, i begged my family to let me go to a region all by my self to discover the world, even though i was only 7 years old at the time.
VIVI: All 3 of them said yes, gave me some money to get started, and here i am as a traveling 8 year old girl.
MAX: I see.
ZET: So we're you two boy friend and girl friend?
MAX and VIVI: (talking and yelling) NO and NO.
ZET: Just asking.
ZET: So Vivi, do you still think Max is good looking?
VIVI: Well his blue hair makes me want to throw up if i were to see blue berries.
VIVI: On the other hand, he does have big interesting eyes and a nice head.
VIVI: He's still cute to me i guess.
ZET: Yo Max, you're starting to look all red in the cheeks and sweaty.
ZET: You okay dude?
MAX: (slightly blushing) Lets get back to the matter at hand, shall we.
MAX: What caused the silly sore loser girl i once knew to become a hard core criminal?
VIVI: Not that it's any of your business, but i have financial reasons.
VIVI: So they're only offering you 6000 dollars for me?
ZET: Just how much money do you owe any way?
VIVI: Come on and have a heart.
VIVI: Take me any where, but the police!
ZET: They're the only people that will pay your bounty.
VIVI: I can't be stuck in one place for to long.
VIVI: It'll kill me.
VIVI: My whole family is like that.
MAX: Yeah right.
VIVI: We're Romanies.
VIVI: For eons we've roamed the world looking for love.
MAX: What are you yakking about?
VIVI: You don't know any thing, do you?
VIVI: Romanies are gypsies.
VIVI: You know what we call some one like you?
VIVI: A gaucho.
VIVI: That means a bumpkin that doesn't know which way is north.
MAX: I don't like that word.
VIVI: (howling) The wild is calling me and you can't keep me locked to a tree.
ZET: Save it for the police.
VIVI: I'm not going to run away.
VIVI: Please uncuff me!
VIVI: I can't even go to the bath room this way.
ZET: Girl you're a real talker, aren't you?
Zet, Max, and poochyena walk away from Vivi and go back to their camp site.
ZET: Max my friend, that girl is money in the bank.
MAX: Yeah and no penalty for early release.
ZET: It's just like what Murphy said in my dream.
ZET: If you want to receive, you have to give.
ZET: See Max, you've got to listen to your dreams to find your dream girl.
Zet's walkie talkie cell phone rings.
MAX: Who's that?
ZET: (answering his walkie talkie cell phone) Hello!
GORDON: (talking on the other line) I'm not sure who you are and i don't really care.
GORDON: (talking on the other line) You have my chip and i want it back.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) Well i'm not sure who you are, but me and my partner aren't giving it back.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) Are we done now?
GORDON: (talking on the other line) It's just a poker chip.
GORDON: (talking on the other line) It has no value to you.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) Oh we've become quite fund of it and we know what it's worth.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) 3 years ago a group of computer nerds developed a master decryption program called "crypt breaker".
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) Rumor has it that shortly after its' completion, the programmer turned up dead and the program disappeared.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) A program with advanced artificial intelligence that can decrypt and unlock virtually any security code, but the catch is the program itself is encoded.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) So who ever has it needs the key to open it.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) The key to the key so to speak.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) They say the cops and the IKP special forces have been searching all over Kalos for it.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) Guess they never thought to look in a casino or even if they did, who'd suspect a poker chip?
GORDON: (talking on the other line) Very impressive.
GORDON: (talking on the other line) You've done your home work.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) I was once with the IKP myself, with an older male who would watch over me and show me the ropes.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) That was a very long time ago.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) Course a casino is a good place to hide an artificial intelligence program.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) You had the right idea on the wrong day.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) Now it's only right that we do our civic duty and hand it over to the coppers.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) After all, you just pointed out that it's worth less to us.
GORDON: (talking on the other line) It's not worth less if i pay you for it at the park at around eightish tonight.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) 300000 dollars.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) You know what, i'll go easy on you and ask for 30000 dollars.
ZET: (talking on his walkie talkie cell phone) That's very cheap for a magic key.
GORDON: (talking on the other line) Alright!
Gordan hangs up and so does Zet. He gives Max a big smile and a thumbs up. A few hours after that cell call, Max, Zet, and Vivi bike to another park at 8:00 pm to do business with Gordon. Zet hand cuffs Vivi to another thin tree so she won't escape. As an added percaution, Zet tells poochyena to guard Vivi by hiding in the bush a few yards ahead of her.
ZET: Okay Max my man, 6000 bucks turns into 30000 bucks.
ZET: Do the math dude.
ZET: That's 5 times greater than earning 6000 bucks.
MAX: (holding the poker micro chip in his hand) Our wallets are going to be obese.
ZET: Just be ready, don't get caught off guard, and if you need me, i'll be hiding in those 4 weird looking bushes.
MAX: (holding the poker micro chip in his hand) Okie dokey.
Max walks closer to a strange black car a few yards away. A man gets out of the car and talks to Max from a few feet away.
GORDON'S HENCH MAN: (opening the brief case of money and then closing it) You sure do dress oddly for a bad dude bounty hunter.
MAX: (showing Gordon's hench man the chip) I guess you could say i'm a rare one.
Gordon then comes out of the black car and stands next to his hench man and gives instructions for the trade off.
GORDON: Now we will both count to 3, then my client here will throw the suit case towards you softly and at the same time you'll toss the chip towards him carefully.
MAX: (holding the poker micro chip in his hand) Fine with me.
ZET: (talking to himself) I'm trusting you dudes.
GORDON: (whispering into his mouth piece) Confirm that we have the chip and then kill them.
GORDON'S OTHER HENCH MAN: (whispering into Gordon's ear piece) Right!
GORDON'S HENCH MAN: (preparing to throw the brief case) Lets do it.
MAX: (holding the poker micro chip in his hand) One!
GORDON'S HENCH MAN: (preparing to throw the brief case) Two!
MAX and GORDON'S HENCH MAN: (tossing the poker micro chip and brief case to each other at almost the same time) Three!
Max throws the poker micro chip at the thug and the thug releases the brief case of money, but also shoots 2 bullets at Max.
BANG BANG!
Max ducks behind a thick tree and runs toward the hench man, knocking the thug out with his 19 inch steel bar, taking his guns away, and taking back the chip he tossed. Zet pops out of the bush and tries to aid Max.
Vivi manages to escape her hand cuffs using a hair pin. She then runs to her bike with poochyena chasing her and tries to take off with the brief case of money before Max can reach it, but one of the hench men takes it and gets into the car waiting for Gordon to get in. The rest of Gordon's group comes out of the car and tries to retaliate by firing insults and gun shots at Vivi, but she manages to knock one of them out cold by riding over the hench man with her bike at a high speed and takes his gun too while riding away from Max, Zet, and poochyena. Finally, the cops show up with weapons drawn, causing Gordon and his group to surrender. Jenny and the rest of the cops arrest Gordon and his thugs. Max and Zet then tell officer Jenny how all the chaos started and how Vivi escaped their custody. Max warns Officer Jenny that while Vivi might seem innocent, she took off with one of the hench men's gun and in some way, saved his and Zet's life.
Max then pleads with Jenny to let him keep the guns he took from the hench man for protection against future criminals. With Officer Jenny being one thirds angry, one thirds happy, and one thirds scared for Max's well being after the way things turned out, she decides to let Max keep the 2 guns that he took, but not before telling him the awesome responsibility of having a weapon. Max takes an oath, saying he will only use the weapons for self defense.
The next night, Max and Zet are standing outside a different casino, looking at the big bright beautiful display of words at the front of the casino.
MAX: (looking at the special poker micro chip in his hand) All this thing is good for now is 1 bet.
ZET: Might as well use it.
Max and Zet begin walking towards the casino when Max stops to see a bike that looks familiar, being rode by some one he couldn't see that well a few yards away. He then smiles and catches up to Zet.
It's just like i said. This story is going to get better and better as it goes along. Having a girl from his past that has made a drastic change in her personality, reappear in his life was a shocker for Max. Max and Vivi are a lot alike. Max is the only one that seems to have matured romanticly. Please type up your reviews for what you thought about this chapter! With that being said, i hope you like my next chapter. Stay curious my friends!