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So, for anyone who wants to know the ages, here they are (In order from oldest to youngest):
17: Blue, Serena
16: Red, White-Black (twins), Calem
15: Lyra, Silver
14: Brendan, Lucas, Mei, Kyouhei, May, Hugh, Barry, Dawn
13: Leaf
12: -
11: Gold
It's also kind of important to note that not all of the characters originated in their home region. For example, in the beginning of X and Y, the player had just moved to Kalos, so I choose to believe that Calem came from Sinnoh. Same goes for Brendan, only he came from Johto though lived in Hoenn. Since Giovanni came from Kanto, I believe Silver was raised there but escaped to Johto to free himself from his father's abuse. This isn't necessarily crucial information, but it's good to know to avoid any confusion.
Disclaimer: I don't own it ok
Monster
Chapter 3
May made the loudest most obnoxious groaning sound she could possibly muster. Currently, the brown haired female was seated on the small grey couch in the main room, impatiently waiting for the rest of the survivors to arrive. And it was taking forever!
Well, okay, she'd only been there for around five minutes, but still! It didn't help that the seat she was sitting on was pretty much the most uncomfortable piece of furniture known to mankind! With the exception of the other chairs in the room, naturally.
May made the noise again. This wasn't due to the fact that she was so mentally tired of waiting that it was coming through in sounds. No, it was actually a 'subtle' hint to get Brendan to ask her what was wrong. He didn't seem to notice however, and merely continued to shift awkwardly in his seat, clearly feeling very out of place. Even if he didn't talk, the idea of being in a room filled with arguing people still made Brendan uncomfortable.
May was getting fed up. Here she was, making obvious hints to how tormented she was with boredom, and he was ignoring her! Or he had just zoned out again. He did that a lot.
It didn't matter anyways, as the brunette was in no mood to wait for him to snap out of his trance just so she could have someone to talk to. Letting out a sharp grunt that was really more of a growl, she kicked him on the leg as hard as she could in a sitting position.
"Ow!" Brendan cried out, straightening up instantly. Seeing the few people in the room turn to look at him, he blushed pink, shrinking back into the seat. He shifted his head to look at May. "What was that for…?"
May reached over and flicked him. "You weren't responding. I had to make sure you weren't dead or something." She commented as the small boy rubbed his ankle with a wince.
Brendan cast her a side-glance. "May, I know that's not why you kicked me…. W-was it because you were bored?"
"Yeah. Also cause I wanted to know what you think this whole 'meeting' thing's about." She blinked. "Speaking of, what do you think this whole 'meeting' thing's about?"
How redundant. Brendan let out a half-hearted laugh, then realized she probably didn't intend for that to be funny, and stopped instantly. "Um… I don't really know. Maybe he just wants to know how we're all doing?" He shrugged his shoulders.
The brunette rolled her crimson eyes at that. "Brendan. Stop being so optimistic."
"Oh okay… W-we're probably all going to die then."
"That's not what I meant!"
"B-but you asked f-for my thoughts a-and I said them, b-but then you said that's not right!" Brendan protested, stammering horribly as he rubbed his head. "S-so, uh, if that's not right and the other thing is… Um… w-wait…" He shook his head madly. "N-no! I-I didn't mean-! Wait… no…" The small boy went still, face growing red with embarrassment. "…I forgot what I was saying…" He mumbled.
May exhaled slowly. Brendan was her best friend, he really was, and she loved him as such, but the poor kid was so socially inapt it was almost painful! Yes, with May's help (as well as Black and Barry, who were close friends of his, not hers) he had started to get a little bit more confident. However, the moment he got the slightest bit flustered everything just fell apart. The brunette cast him a sympathetic glance. Never in her life had she ever met anyone so shy. Then again, she hadn't met very many people. And she probably never would.
A pang of sadness met with that comment. May winced visibly as visions of bright fire burned through her mind, blinding her momentarily. No. She tried to clear her head. She couldn't think like that. It was done.
"May?" Brendan asked gently. He nudged her arm. "I-is something wrong?"
May shook her head firmly, fixating her red gaze upon him. "No. I'm fine." She chewed on her lip a little bit. "I'm just kind of worried actually. It's been a while since Blue called a meeting, something huge might've come up!" She threw her hands up in the air, almost smacking Brendan across the face. "For all we know Red could've gone insane and starting killing everyone with a piece of Wailord membrane!"
There was a pause.
"B-but I just saw him two minutes ago!"
….
May starred at him for a long time.
"Brendan." She began slowly. "That was a joke. I wasn't being serious." Brendan looked horrified.
"O-oh! Y-y-yes! I knew that!" He forced a smile, starting to tremble a little bit. "Um, ha ha? I-it was really funny…." The boy looked down, gripping at his legs for support. "Ha…"
"What's really funny?" Black, who had been sitting right next to Brendan on the chair beside him, butted in. Brendan turned to him.
"Um…. I-I don't know, but it was…."
Black blinked. "Sounds pretty rad."
"I-it was pretty rad." Brendan confirmed with a nod.
Yo' Black," May spoke up, catching the brunet's attention. "What do you think this whole meeting thing's about?"
Black shrugged hopelessly, looking a tab bit disgruntled. "I dunno. White said something about Dawn, Leaf and Silver when I asked her, but that's about it." He smirked. "How badly do you think they fucked up?"
May's expression mirrored his. "They probably set the whole field on fire."
"Well, I certainly could see Leaf doing that…" Brendan mumbled thoughtfully. "Uh, no offence to her, b-but usually the first mission out doesn't go so well…." His eyes adverted to the floor. "I would know… But, uh, would Silver and Dawn really let something like that happen?" Black and May exchanged a long glance, clearly rethinking their proposals. Brendan pulled down on his hat. "T-they are two of the most mature people here…."
"True…" Black muttered, leaning over and resting his cheek on the side of the couch. "Then again, Silver has a hair trigger temper and Dawn's shot herself in the foot before."
May snickered a little at the memory. The blue haired girl hadn't even reacted when it happened. Instead, Dawn just kind of starred at her foot for a long time, not even seeming to register what had happened, before merely shrugging and heading off to bed. They had to get Lucas to drag her out and give her medical attention, all the while trying to get Blue to wake up, who, being hemophobic, had passed out. It was a mess, though when she looked back on it it was one of the funniest things May had ever experienced. Or would ever experience.
May almost punched herself. Stop thinking like that!
"Y-yeah…Brendan mumbled, looking down and fiddling with his clothing. "Um, but I-I still don't think… Y'know, that's what happened." May had to agree. The boy didn't look up. "O-okay, May, I know y-you told me not to be too positive but um…. Maybe they discovered something useful?" His voice waved at little at the offer. "L-like… I dunno, something that could help control the Pokemon?"
May snorted. "Nothing can control Pokemon! Don't be stupid Brendan, you know that."
Brendan flinched. "R-right…. Sorry…." He whispered, shame edging his voice.
"I dunno about that!" Barry spoke up loudly from behind them, causing Brendan to jump and Black to tense up. May just sat there. The girl flipped her head up to get a better look at the blonde, who was leaning down on her.
Barry straightened up, placing a hand on his hip and stalking around. "Lucy said something about a thing that could-"
"Lucy?" May broke in, smirking.
"Lucas. Shut up, it's a nickname." Barry rolled his eyes. "Anyways, the thingy he talked about apparently has the ability to capture Pokemon or whatever, and pretty much make them your slaves." He grinned. "Sounds pretty fucking badass."
"Totally fucking badass!" Black agreed.
"Shut the fuck up Black I didn't ask you."
"Wow…." The brunet pouted. "Rude."
"Wait, wait, wait!" May interjected. She held her hands up, eyes squeezed shut. "You mean to tell me that there's an item out there, that can not only save all of our lives, but give us complete control over this world, and he didn't FUCKING TELL US ABOUT IT?!" Her voice became an animalistic growl, crimson eyes snapping open. Brendan went paler then usual, trying to push himself as far away as possible from May.
Barry crossed his arms. "Calm down woman, he doesn't even know if it's actually real. All he found was some sort of burnt document or something, and it looked goddamn ancient." His orange gaze strayed to the left as he recalled the situation. He reached up to his filthy scarf, adjusting it. "I'd say it's just some fairy tale bullshit."
Brendan raised his head. "I-I though Lucy, crap, uh, Lucas hated fairy tales." Barry reached over and tried to high-five his friend for using the nickname, but ended up smacking him on the head instead. The boy looked slightly shocked, then offered a nervous laugh, smiling a little and holding up a gloved hand. The blonde took this as an indication to hit Brendan's hand as hard as he possibly could.
"Lucifer does have an odd hatred for fairy tales-" Barry started to explain.
"Lucifer?!" Black exclaimed.
"-But I've seen him reading "A Little Flabébé: Adventures in Rainbowville" so there's really no telling his standpoint on the matter."
There was long silence, Brendan nursing his aching hand.
Black gasped, snapping his fingers. "I get it! Because Flabébé's a fairy type and-"
"Black." May interrupted. "You're a moron."
Before the brunet could attempt to protest that statement, a loud thump came from the doorway. As everyone divided their attention to the noise, the door slammed open, smashing against the wall. Nobody even had to look, they could all feel Gold screaming internally at the mark that was evidently left behind. Another job for him to clean up, oh the joys of the half-destroyed world.
"FOR THE LAST GODDAMN FUCKIN' TIME, I DON'T CARE ABOUT YER 'ROYAL BLOODLINE'!" Calem screamed, rollerblading into the room. Serena follow on foot, nose held high in the air. "YER A BITCH AN' THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS!"
Serena sniffled. She lightly pushed him aside. "This does not only retain to my history of royalty, but as well the fact that I am the only person left with pure Kalos heritage in their blood." She flipped her hair, tone laced with sharp irritation. "Losing me would be losing a priceless piece of history."
Calem was seething. "Oh yer a piece of somethin' alright."
The girl's eye twitched. "Some-THING!' She snapped loudly, flinging her arms up and leaning in on the male. "SOMETHING! Pronounce your g's! It's not that hard! Where the hell did you even learn to talk!|?!"
"Yer mom, that's where!" He retorted, looking way too proud of himself. "Oh yah! Motherfuckin' bitchin'!' Serena looked ready to stab him, as she started reaching into her pocket for one of her many daggers. The boy rolled around in circles. "Bitchin', bitchin', bitchin' like a bitchin' bitch! Hell ya!" After gaining enough momentum, he leaped into the air, pulling off a double backflip and landing skillfully on the couch behind him. Right on top of Gold. "See Sere'?" Calem did a hair flip, fixating her with a sly look. "I told ya' that trick would come in handy! Helped me escape from yer crap, woo!" He paused, shifting. "Wow this couch is sharp."
"Help…" Gold rasped, attempting fruitlessly to pull himself out from beneath Calem. The tan male blinked, seemingly unaware of the fact he was practically murdering the kid.
Lyra, who was sitting next to the two, gasped in horror, hands flying up to her mouth. "Gold!"
Calem smirked. "I know right?"
"No!" the girl cried, shoving him lightly. "You're sitting on Gold!"
His eyes widened, standing up as quickly as possible. Spinning around (twice, accidentally), he peeled the little child off the couch, awkwardly dusting him off with one hand.
"Uh, sorry tiny." He apologized, reaching back and placing his hat back on his head.
"Call me tiny one more time… And…. I'll…." Gold gasped weakly, slumping back. "Oww…"
As gently as was physically possible for Calem, he set the black haired male on Lyra's lap, where he curled up in a little ball, whimpering softly. A light blush set on his cheeks, Calem sat back down, crossing his legs. Apparently he thought it was okay to just steal the poor kid's seat after pretty much breaking every bone in his tiny body.
"Hey, Gold," Lyra nudged him, running a hand gently through his hair with her free hand. Her brown eyes glinted with concern. "Take off your jacket, I need to make sure none of your ribs are broken."
Calem pouted. "Just what are ya' suggestin'?"
"It's fine you can feel them through it…" Gold mumbled, voice slightly muffled. Lyra's expression only grew more worried.
"I hope you're aware that's not a good thing. Like, at all." A low sigh escaped her lips. "I thought you told me you were getting better." As she spoke, the girl cautiously yet firmly felt around his upper torso.
"I am!" He protested. "I just need a little ti-OW!" He swatted her hand away, unfurling his body. "Jeez Ly'! That hurts!"
"Sorry, sorry." She apologized. Gold straightened up so he could sit properly on her lap. "Nothing seems to be broken, but you seem to be quite bruised." She turned to Calem. "Please watch where your landing next time you do that."
He shrugged. "I gotta do what I can ta escape the bitch."
"GOT TO!" Serena yelled from the back of the room. "GOTTA ISN'T A WORD! YOU HAVE GOT TO!"
"Ya' gotta shut up."
"Now you're just trying to annoy me!"
"Ya' mean 'tryin'?" He responded smoothly.
Serena probably would've ran up and torn his insides out had Blue not walked in at that very moment. Seeing her leader, the older girl straightened up, sitting properly with a false smile plastered upon her features. Blue hardly cast her a second glance though as he was deep in "conversation" with Red, others such as Leaf, Silver, Dawn and Lucas filing in behind him. The spikey haired leader walked up to the front of the room, face unreadable and hands set on his thighs. Lucas and Red stood beside him.
May watched as Leaf took a seat in the chair next to her, bouncing slightly with what could either be excitement or pent up anxiety. It was rather irritating, really, with the chair making squeaking noises. May had never really liked Leaf in the first place, she was too happy for her tastes. She didn't have the kind of focus to really make a huge impact on their situation. People often told her she'd grow like Leaf, or at least enjoy her presence, like she did with most people she met (Brendan was a good example of this, May had hated him when they first met). May, however, was unsure of this. Still, it was always good to make an effort.
Okay mainly she just needed to talk to her so she could know what's going on, but still!
"Psst!" May hissed with forced volume. Obviously, Leaf starred on. "Pssssssst!" The Hoenn girl leaned in, pushing her weight forwards by planting her hand on the armrest of the chair and leaning in
Leaf heard it that time, though it was kind of hard not to. "Are you hissing at me?" She asked in a sharp whisper. May nodded firmly, angling herself back and sinking back into the couch.
"What going on?" She asked, gaze perhaps a little suspicious. "Did you guys kill someone?"
For a second, May was sure that had to be it, as Leaf grew horrified. However, her theory was denounced when she shook her head quickly.
"No! Who even told you that?" Her eyes shone with bewilderment.
"... Brendan."
"What?" Brendan whispered, offering May a nervous glance. May pushed his head away with one hand.
"Hey asshole, be quiet, I'm trying to talk to Leaf." She hissed through one side of her mouth. Brendan practically shrank with shame.
"Oh… Um, s-sorry…."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." May waved him off, not really giving a crap about his apology. For a moment, he seemed unsure of what to do, but ended up going back to talking about God knows what with Black and Barry.
"But really," The brunette continued, straying a glance at the younger female, "what happened?"
"Why do you assume I did it?" Leaf's tone made it seem like she was offended. She probably was, but May didn't really care. Getting more information was her top priority.
"'Cause it seems like something you'd do, now would you just tell me?!"
Leaf let out an exasperated sigh, almost child-like. "You'll find out. It was just…" She hesitated. "...A thingy."
Something sparked in the depths of the brunette's crimson eyes. "A… Thingy?"
"Yep."
"Just a… Thi-"
"Don't." Brendan hissed in a surprisingly firm voice, not even turning to face the two. May opened her mouth to ask what that was all about, when Blue spoke up, tone loud and businesslike, as was a necessity, considering how nobody would shut up if he spoke normally.
"Everyone please remain quiet for this assembly." He said, eyes scanning the room fleetingly. "Any outbursts that are not relevant to the discussion will be punished by the speaker having to spend all night with Red, and I mean all night." Red flashed him the middle finger. "Now, is everyone present?"
"Mei, Hugh and Kyouhei appear to be absent, as per usual." Lyra said. Blue paused, before shrugging. Those three were a lot more distant from the others, even more so then Silver. They just preferred to work alone, no explanations nessasary. Blue was fine with this, but he'd still have to get someone to explain it to them later. And yes, this was partially because he was too lazy to go seek them out, and partially because he was too impatient to wait for someone else to find them.
Nobody else said anything, so Blue took another quick look around the room to see if anyone's face was missing from the crowd. Black was gently guiding White to her seat despite her protest of how she could 'do it herself.' For a passing second, the leader thought that Gold might be missing (which wouldn't be too horrible considering how this didn't really apply to him yet), but soon found him curled up on Lyra's lap, evidently in pain. For once, it didn't look like this was Silver's fault, as the rival was doing the thing where he just starred blankly at nothing to drown out everyone's voices, minus Lyra's, instead of arguing with the tiny boy. Dawn sat silently in the corner, lips tight and eyes sharp. Blue decided to look away from her instantly. She could fuck him up with a problem and her knew it.
"Alright then!" He declared after a long pause, deciding that if anyone wasn't here they could just suck it. "I feel I should start this off abruptly." He waved at Red, obviously signaling to mute to do something. Red nodded. Reaching behind him on a hard wooden desk, he picked up what appeared to be a rolled out map, and placed it on the wall. As he outstretched it to reveal the contents with held, it was shown that it was a complete map of all the hunting grounds, each marked in a large array of colours. Blue smirked, patting Red on the head and earning himself a glare before turning back to the group. "The far wheat field, of which Leaf, Silver and Dawn visited today…" He reached up, scarlet marked in hand. "…Is now off limits in unless you receive direct permission." With that, he placed a big red X across the location.
A long silence met his words. A rainbow of eyes starred up at the mark he'd just made, thinking, processing. The red of the cross practically glowed against the cream brown of the crumpled paper, effectively stealing all attention away from any other source of distraction. May, expression entirely blank, pushed herself up from her seat, arms falling down to her sides.
"…What…?" She mumbled, not straying a glance away. Her eyes narrowed verminously, teeth gritting together. "….WHAT?!" The girl threw her arms up. Her fist curled in claws. "THAT'S THE STUPIDEST FUCKING DECISION YOU COULD MAKE! THAT AREA SERVES AS OUT GREATET SORCE OF FOOD YOU GODDAMN MORON, DO YOU WANT US ALL TO STARVE TO DEATH?!"
"I second that!" Barry yelled, sounding downright ferocious. He gripped at the back of the couch, seething with barely restrained anger. Mumbles spread out throughout the group, so confused, others sharing the tone of the last two to speak. Blue held his hands up.
"Everyone, just calm down. I have a reason for this!"
"OH SHUT UP!" May snarled, snapping her head over to Brendan as she yelled. "BRENDAN! DON'T YOU DARE AGREE TO THIS BULLSHIT!"
The small boy pushed himself back into the couch, tugging on his gloves. "I-I-I… Um…" He trembled. "I-I th-think we should…"
"May don't yell at him." Black told her calmly, wrapping an arm around Brendan's shoulders to the best of his abilities. May all but growled at him. "I'm serious, all you're doing is stressing him out. Let Blue talk, alright?"
"Thank you Black?" Blue said, sounding slightly shocked at the brunet's serious tone. "Uh, alright then…" He cleared his throat. "Listen, all for you. Earlier today, and I mean earlier, like seriously it took you guys forever to get here my God, the three I sent out to patrol the previously mentioned location encountered a creature possessing dangers far beyond anything we have ever experienced. I think." He turned to Lucas, twitching an eyebrow. "You really could've been more clear about that."
Lucas starred at him, eyes devoid of any emotion. Shaking his head, he took over. "A monster entitled as Giratina, hailed as Lord of the underworld, has invaded the sanctity of the aforementioned location, ambushing any source of nutrition it detects. With it within the perimeter of our hunting grounds, safety is minimal. I forward Blue's proposal." He blinked. "It is in all our best interests."
Another long silence washed over the group. Calem raised his hand.
"Yes Calem? You don't need to raise your hand." Blue commented.
"But ya' said… Ah, never mind." He shrugged mindlessly. "What I'm tryin' ta say here is that without the place, how are we gonna get enough food and shit ta get through the winter?" He leaned back, arms folded behind his head. "Yer kinda fuckin' us over in the long run, no offense."
Serena's eyebrows shot up. She… Agreed with him? No. Impossible. The black haired girl rolled her eyes. Clearly she needed more sleep, she wasn't thinking right.
"I'm hesitant to agree… But Calem makes a point." Lyra said next. She chewed on her lip, feeling at the brim of her hat. "There's only meager portions to be distributed on our best days, and I'm not sure if we could all survive losing anymore." Her brown eyes fixated on Gold for a moment, who had all but fallen asleep due to the previously sleepless night. Anxiously, she ran a hand gently through his fluffy hair. "It's summer and we're already struggling…."
Blue hesitated, seeing that everyone had grown doubtful, even those who had seemed to side with him upon the statements reveal. He looked over to Red, who returned his glance monotonously. "I…" He swallowed. "I need you all to understand that there's no way around this! If we try and hunt there, Giratina will only steal what we can catch, possible killing us in the process." His voice grew grim. "I don't want to lose anyone else, not after the last six." Suddenly, he was replaced with a burning strength within, snapping his head up with his eyes narrowed fiercely. "And none of you should either!"
"Then we should fight it back!" There was no pause this time, not even a chance for the gears in the group's heads to turn. May simply burst out once more, even more enraged as the conversation went on further. Anger sparked off of her. The air seemed to grow tenser. "You're being a coward! A wimp! A snivelling idiot with no right to lead this group!" Her muscles flexed. "I refuse to stand by and slowly die due to your stupidity! And the others do to!"
"Don't tell me what to think!" Barry snapped.
May glared at him. "Well you do, don't you?"
"….Yeah."
"So shut your goddamn mouth or I'll whip it shut!"
"That's enough!" Blue cried, refusing to lose control of the group. "I'm your leader and what I say, goes! Nobody is throwing their lives away under my control, got it?!" Red cast him a wary glance. "may, because or your outbursts I have no choice but to put you under watch. You may not patrol without anyone I deem as responsible, which excludes Brendan. Sorry there but you're kind of a pushover." Brendan looked down sadly, but nodded, understanding. "You will be placed under a watchful eye 24/7, is that clear? Also you have to sleep with Red tonight. It's horrible. He snores really loudly and always steals the blanket, good luck getting a wink of sleep." Red rolled his eyes.
Black starred. "You sleep together?"
"Well, duh! Married people always sleep together." Barry reminded him sarcastically. The two exchanged grins, only to be interrupted by White.
"Black, Barry, you two are in no position to be making those kinds of jokes and you know it." Brendan giggled softly at that, while Black rolled his eyes.
"You three! Quiet." Blue cut in sharply. He returned his gaze to May, who had yet to sit down. "I hope you understand why I'm doing this. I simply cannot allow you to act this rashly, whether or not you like it."
"…This is some real bullshit Blue." May snarled darkly, eyes flashing. She straightened up, flashing poisonous glares to everyone in the room. "Are you all going to just let him do this?!"
"May…" Brendan mumbled weakly from behind her. "Y-you… You need to understand t-that, um…." He winced, fighting to find his words. "….P-people really care a-about you. A-and by going against, uh, t-the thingy, you'll only be risking all our lives as well." May's gaze softened slightly, though her rage was unfaltering. "I-I… We really need you…."
"…" The girl said nothing, mouth drawn into a thin line. "…You're a real softie, Brendan. I don't like it." the boy adverted his gaze. Flipping her hair over her shoulder, she spun around, stalking over to the door. As she did so, she continued to speak. Her tone was cold as ice. "I'm going to bed. I don't want to hear anymore about this for the night." And with that, without waiting for anyone to say another word, she pivoted on her heels, slamming the door behind her as she went.
….
A low sigh escaped from Blue. He ran a hand through his hair, turning back to the crowd. "Look… If any of you have any further objections, please just… Save them. I'll listen to you if you want to talk to me later. For now, can you just all let me give out tomorrows patrols?" he waited, tense, expecting an outburst of protests.
No one said a word.
"I don't like that look you're getting." Mei removed her ear from the wall as she heard Hugh speak up from beside her, expression irritated. Gaze sharp, she flipped over to face the boy, arms crossed.
A gasp sounded out from behind the blue haired male before she had a chance to say anything. "That was so mean Hugh! Your mother would be pouting right now! I think your face is really pretty, Mei! ~"
Mei blinked, craning her neck to look over Hugh's shoulder and into the lively blue eyes of the other male. "That's… really sweet of you, Kyouhei, but I don't think that's what he meant."
The trio was currently crouched beside the wall of the living room, listening in on the meeting. Why they hadn't just went inside to do so was unknown by all of them, expect for Mei. Yes, the girl was definitely planning something, Hugh could tell by the look in her eyes, how she moved, how she talked. Practically everything she did just oozed suspicion, hidden by their careful disconnection from the rest of the group. Thankfully, any other information they could've gotten from the meeting had been cut off when May stormed out in a fit of rage, slamming the door behind her and making it impossible to understand anything the leader said. To open it would blow their cover, so they had no choice to go with what they got, which Hugh prayed wasn't enough.
Hugh titled his neck suspiciously. "I hope whatever you're planning has nothing to do with the monster they mentioned."
The girl starred at him, shocked, then laughed, patting him on the shoulder. "Ah, am I really that obvious?" She straightened up. "Clearly someone needs to do something about this thing, and Blue will never suspect us to go after it! All we have to do is break out at night, sneak past whoever's guarding, which I have another plan for, and vanquish Giratina!" She smiled brightly. "It'll be simple."
"Simple? Simple?" Hugh snapped back, clearly horrified by this proposal. "Mei, that's suicide! Were you listening at all?! There's no way we could manage something like that!"
The girl scoffed. "Oh please, if things get too dangerous we can always run!" That comment earned a well deserved eye roll. "I know what I'm doing, Hugh. Remember that time I single handedly exterminated that hoard of Rattata living beneath the flooring?!"
"That was different!"
"How so?"
Hugh's face made good friends with his palm. "Because Rattata's don't come from hell!"
"Don't swear. Also they might as well have!" She pointed out. "Kyouhei, what do you think?"
Kyouhei blinked, before looking down, pulling at the edge of his shorts. An uneasy look flashed across his face. "Um… Mei, didn't Blue say this was super duper dangerous? I don't want you or Hugh to get really bad owies…" His tone was uncanny somber. Mei looked unsure herself for a second, before breaking out into a slightly forced grin.
"Oh Kyo, get your hair out of your ears! I'd say you're going deaf these days if I didn't know any better!" She laughed, also forced. "Blue didn't say it'd be dangerous! He said it'd be fun…gerous! Yeah!"
To her surprise, Kyouhei didn't brighten. "I don't think that's what he said Mei…"
Alright. She was done with childish tactics. "You'll get to kill things." The girl said simply.
The boy gasped, reaching up and squishing his own cheeks with excitement. "OOOOOOH! ~"
Haha, victory! Only one more to go. "Hugh?"
Hugh sighed, eyeing her bitterly. "You're seriously adamant on doing this, aren't you?" Mei nodded, not a single doubt in her mind. He sighed again. "Fine. You win, but if any of us are hurt in any way I'm blaming you!"
She laughed. "I'll blame you though."
"I hate you."
"You love me.~"
To be continued….
UGH MORE TIRED WRITING.
Thank you again for all the kind comments, and for following, favoriting and reading! It means SO much to me! Also yes, I gave Calem an accent. Sorry if I fuck it up a little sometimes. Upon starting this story I had no idea what I was doing with both him and Serena, so I'm kinda just going with what comes to mind.
Well, until next time! Also more action next chapter, yeah!
~*Galefire*~