Chapter XXVI: Volcanic Ash can Kiss My Ass

It was safe to say that the next morning had May a little shaken up; "Oh Brendan!!!" shot through her head randomly, just because. She had no more dreams after going back to sleep, but wow, that was the oddest dream she's ever had in her life.

"I've got to get over myself," she said silently while Brendan was in the oversized bathroom. "Today we'll reach Fallarbor Town, and which then I need to focus for the Pokemon Contest," she said while standing up. She looked through her PokeGear, and read through about the Fallarbor Contest. "Let's see," she said while reading through it. "It used to be home of the Super Contest, but now anyone can compete in them," she read out loud. "And the last Contest was held yesterday, the next one being in a week; okay," she said while deciding to check out Battle Tent information too.

"They had trainers not use their own Pokemon team…" she read while seeing Battle Tent info. "…so what are they to do here?" she asked while reading in on it. "Hm…I see…." She said. By time the both of them were ready, they entered the front lobby seeing that breakfast was being served. Eggs (omelet, scrambled, fried), toast, bagels, bacon, rice, shrimp, OJ, and all of that good stuff (A/N: now I'm hungry). Pulling out their newly refreshed Pokemon, everybody went over to a specific area to find something to eat; Brendan and May's Pokemon headed specifically to the egg corner, trying to figure out what type of omelet they wanted, while May and Brendan's Pokemon ran over to the toast section:

"I want tomatoes, salsa, mushrooms, peppers, mozzarella cheese, bacon bits, and pepper please!?" shouted Brendan.

"Combusken (this is an omelet, not a Burrito)!" shouted Combusken.

"I know, it sounds delicious, doesn't it?" said Brendan as the chef looked at him confusedly.

"You know, you could have just said everything," he said as all of Brendan's choices were the ones available for use.

"Well actually, I chose not to have lettuce or the Magikarp pee in it," he said. "Especially lettuce; that sounds nasty for an omelet," he said. "And besides, what's with the Magikarp pee, and how'd you get it?" he asked.

"Trust me kid, you wouldn't believe what people request here." Said the chef as he poured the beated eggs in the pan.

"Uh…give me a piece of toast with butter and strawberry jelly!" screamed May in excitement!

"Marshtomp, marsh (there's no one to make the toast for you, genius)." Said Marshtomp while shaking its head.

"I know toast is so delicious!" she said, but then sadly realized that there was no one behind the counter; a small sign read: "Master Toaster will be back in…10 minutes." "Ugh, screw this," said May while pulling on the chef hat and going behind the counter. "Who here wants toast?" asked May as all of Brendan's Pokemon shot up in glee. By time everyone had what they wanted, sat down, and May slipped out of trouble from the toast chef with a nice girly apology, it was eating business as usual; Brendan his omelets like a wild animal, and May had a whole nice plate of toast, bacon, and fried egg, and ate it as a human being should eat food…like a wild animal.

"Damn; two omelets will get you stuffed," said Brendan as he held his bloated stomach.

"May you check our room, and make sure we have all of our stuff?" she asked.

"Do you have the key?" he asked. When he left, May silently turned to the surrounding Pokemon eating off of their plates and things. Slakoth silently climbed upon May's lap, and fell asleep.

"Hi Slakoth, or…Monkeyman," she giggled.

"Slakoth (sure)," he said while shifting positions.

"Man, last night was so weird for me," she said. "I mean, it was just absolutely crazy," she said. Slakoth then turned to look at May with slight interest.

"Slakoth slack (did you and Brendan do the do)?" it asked with an odd glint in it's eyes.

"Well, what happened was, Brendan did me in my sleep," she said silently.

"Slakoth, Slakoth slack (Brendan, that sly dog)!" said Slakoth with more interest.

"I know I shouldn't worry too much about it, I mean, dreams are something nobody's supposed to worry about," she said.

"Slakoth (oh)," said Slakoth as he turned around, and lost all concern in it.

"But I mean…wow," she said. "It was just so surprising that I'd have a dream about…that!" she said.

"Slakoth (I don't care)."

"So what you're saying is that no matter what I dream about, I can get over it…because it's not real?" May asked in excitement. Slakoth didn't answer. "Oh my god, thank you so much Monkeyman," she said while grabbing him into a hug. "I love you so much," she said while giving him a nice, heartwarming hug.

"Slakoth slack (Kyogre, get off of me)," he said while shaking his head. When she let go and put him back to the floor, Brendan came back from the rooms, and shook his head.

"Nah, we didn't leave anything,"

"Good, let's go," said May as all of the other Pokemon had just finished up their breakfast.

Entering Route 113 was pretty easy, but the weird thing about it, was that in all of the grass was some odd ashy stuff. It got all up on their clothes and things, and all of the constant whipping was really pissing the both of them off. The other thing pissing them off was the number of wild Pokemon that neither of them wanted.

"Damn all of this ash," said May while whipping some ash off of her shoulders and arms.

"Tell me about it; if there isn't a volcano here in sight, than why is all of this crap here," he asked. After all of the whipping and things, there was a small boy dressed in a ninja outfit who jumped from the mists of the volcanic ashes, and did some sweet moves.

"They call me Ninja Boy Lao," he said in an extreme Asian accent. "I challenge you to battle; ich habe vier Koffing!" he shouted.

"What the fuck are you saying," said May and Brendan in unison?"

"Look," said the boy while taking off his ninja mask. "My brother and I might've watched a whole marathon of Naruto DVD's last night, and I need to switch back into my own show calling, Pokemon," he said while reveling the four Pokeballs on his belt. "My brother's around here somewhere, but until then, I'm the one who does al of the battling and things while he's collecting this ash for our dad at the end of the Route," he said.

"Before I come out and completely whoop your ass," said May simply. "This is the way down to Fallarbor Town, right," she asked.

"Yeah, this is the one," he said. "It's not too big; probably the size of Billings, Montana," he said.

"What the hell's a Billings?" asked Brendan.

"Nothing," he said while taking out one of his Pokemon. "I believe it was you who declared that she could beat me at this," he said while turning to May.

In total, together the two of them fought 5 battles, and gained about 1896P from the trainers. They found Lao's brother, Lung, and whooped his ass pretty badly too. But it was the last battle that was most interesting; due to the fact that there were too twin girls that seemed quite rich, but freaky.

"Hello there…"

"…strangers," said the twins.

"Listen up freaks," said Brendan. "If you want to battle us, all you have to do is say so," said Brendan while preparing a Pokeball.

"We'd like…"

"…a team battle. We'll see…"

"…what you can do. And if you win…"

"…we'll pay what we owe, x2," they said.

"Sounds good," said Brendan while talking out his Pokeball. "May, I think we should take out these guys old school," he said while grinning.

"Hm…right behind you," she said while taking out her Pokeball as well. They threw them out, and as Brendan's Marshtomp came out to battle for the first time, May pulled out Skitty. "MAY!" shouted Brendan.

"What," she asked confusedly.

"When I said old school, I meant our first Pokemon."

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" she said while closing her eyes and holding up her hands in defense.

"Too late now, let's just make the most of it," he said while turning to face the opponents. They pulled out 2 Whismurs, and the both of the grinned at the summon of their Pokemon.

"Hyper voice," they said in union quietly. It was the worst thing that anyone could ever hear in their entire lives; the two Whismurs dominated the air by using extremely loud screams, the twins didn't even need to get on their knees or cover their ears like everyone else was doing.

"Stomp Skitty," said one of twins. While the other Whismur was still shouting the skies, the other one ran and took a big stomp on Skitty, who was running around in circles. Jumping back, the other twin turned to its Whismur.

"Pound Marshtomp," she said. The other Whismur stopped Hyper Voicing, and then literally football tackled Marshtomp.

"Shockwave," said a twin.

"Shadow ball," said the other. The two Whismurs jumped into the air, as one shot a Shadow Ball to Skitty, and Shockwave to Marshtomp.

"The both of y'all switch," shouted May and Brendan in unison. All of a sudden, the two Pokemon jumped, and landed into each other's places. Unfortunately, the Shockwave still gave half of it's volts over to Marshtomp, and because the Shadow ball already picked a location…

"You can't run from Shockwave," said the left twin while grinning. Marshtomp had slight scorch marks on him, and then Shadow ball was making its appearance.

"Skitty, Assist on that Shadow ball," shouted May. Skitty all of a sudden jumped into the air, and then shot a huge Flamethrower at the ball, blocking Marshtomp from further harm.

"Marshtomp, send them bitches in a Water Spout!" shouted Brendan. Marshtomp blew a heavy shot of water toward the two Whismurs, and just as he said, a humongous Hydro Tornado came, and began twirling them around. Even some Volcanic ash joined the party of the twisting, and the twins, for once, actually seemed human.

"Wait, come back!" they screamed while jumping up in the air to try to reach them, but to no avail. When the collision of the Flamethrower/Shadow ball seized, May decided to end this ridiculous battle.

"Skitty, lets end this bitch with another assist," she shouted. Skitty began moving her tail back and forth, and she had popped out a Whirlwind. The Water Spout already in progress blew away, and the twin girls did all that they could to run after it.

"Come BACK!!!" they shouted.

"Bitch don't know who the fuck I am," said May while walking back to Brendan.

"That's what I'm talking 'bout," said Brendan as they carried on. "Wait a minute; what about our money!?" But of course, 15 minutes later, they approached a small house on a side of a small hill.

"Maybe they can help us out somehow," said May as they approached it. By time they did, there was a small sign on top of the house, reading: Glass Workshop: Turning Volcanic Ash into Glass Items since 1240.

"We've got to see what's up," said May excitedly. "This glass guy can probably make me a nice pair of glass earrings," she said while rushing into the house.

"More like a glass dildo," said Brendan as he too walked in. When they got into the home, they encountered a man who was actually working on some metal thing. It turned out to be a headband with a big metal symbol.

"Naruto!?" asked Brendan as he eyed the ninja headband.

"Yeah, it's my sons'," he said. Turning to the two of them, there stood a man with messy brown hair, and dark sunglasses (but the sunlight reflexed off of them, making his eyes seem like they were bright light). "Hi, I'm the Glass Maker," he said while offering his hand to the side of May. She moved over, and shook his hand with an odd expression on her face.

"Um…okay." She said. When they parted, he offered his hand at the back of Brendan's head, jabbing it due to the fact Brendan was looking around.

"Ow; what the hell's wrong with you!" shouted Brendan as he turned around.

"Oh, sorry, terribly sorry," he said while reaching for his hand and shaking it.

"So…are you blind," asked May.

"Blind? What are you talking about, young lady," he asked while glaring at the wall.

"Well, I mean, you have on those sunglasses…"

"That doesn't make me blind," he said. "Now, I'd like to turn your attention to my seat," he said. "On it is two Soot Bags," he said.

"I'll take them," said Brendan. "As I am the one with the 'soot bags' of the group," he said while grinning at her.

"Sure kid," said the Glass maker. "Anyway; I need some Volcanic ash to make some more glass, as that is my business," he said. "I have no flippin' clue where my children are at, so I need you guys to do it for me," he said.

"Look, we're not slaves of any kind," said Brendan. "We have our own things to do, and…"

"Did I mention the pay?" he asked. Brendan made his way to the Soot Bags, and tossed one to May.

"Let's go get some VA…"

"Hold on a second," said May while punching Brendan in his stomach, as he was about to run out the door. He fell over, grasping his stomach, and his wails of pain were ignored, as May and the Glassmaker talked business. "Now, if you're offering us pay; how much," she said.

"I am in PAIN HERE!!!" shouted Brendan.

"Let's talk about…1000P," he said.

"2000,"

"1500,"

"2500"

"500"

"4500 Poke; take it or leave it," said May.

"Meh; I'll just get more money back anyway. It's a deal," said the glassmaker. After more negotiations, May and Brendan (who was still crying over his stomach) were out the door, and off for the search of Volcanic Ash. Searching for the stuff was easy, but putting the damn stuff in the bag was the hard stuff.

"It's ash, what are you gonna do about it," said Brendan as he shoved some into his bag, but all of it flew out.

"This is an absolute bitch," said May while trying to capture some in the air. They were walking back through the route to get the stuff; it was hard enough as it was getting it from the ground, but the air was a whole other story. But in the middle of their mists, Ninja Boy Lao came back to help them with collecting.

"Now, if you scrape the bag against the grass, as so…" he said in his ninja accent. "Then it'll collect a lot quicker," he said. "I have to do this crap everyday, just so you know…" and as soon as his advice was followed, they collected soot about 10x quicker than normal.

"Thanks, brat," said Brendan.

"By the way," started May. "Is your father, blind?" she asked with some uncertainty.

"What, you guys couldn't tell?" he asked.

"Well, I mean, he's in denial about it," said Brendan. May nodded with agreement.

"Well, he thinks that people think that he's inferior to them as a glassmaker, cause he's blind," he said. "He gets me and Lung to collect the ash, and he somehow makes glass out of it," he said. After the three of them finally had full bags of soot, they all headed back to the house, and presented him with them.

"Oh, thank you," he said as Lao filled a small counter with the soot. As he dug into his wallet to find a couple dollars, he pulled out about 10,000P, and handed it to the wall.

"Oh, no dad that's about…."

"4,000 Poke alright," said May as Brendan covered his mouth from behind. May took the big bill, and pocketed it with her seductive grin. While continuing to hold Lao in an assassin's chokehold, he looked over, and saw about 5 multicolored flutes in a glass case.

"Hey sir," said Brendan. "What're those flute-like instruments," he asked.

"Oh, well, they're flutes," he said. "Play one of them, and they each have something special," he said. "The yellow one can snap a Pokemon out of confusion," he started. "The red one snaps one a Pokemon out of attraction; Blue wakes up a sleeping Pokemon…"

"So what about the black and white one?" she asked.

"Well, white attracts wild Pokemon, while black repels them," he said with a smile. "Do you guys want one," he asked.

"Sure," said Brendan. But before he could say more, May held her mouth up to silence him.

"Do you think we can get…all of the flutes?" she asked.

"Ah…no," he said simply. He reached for his keys, and opened the glass case. "Which ones you want?" he asked.

"Uh…I'll take the blue one," said Brendan. "My Pokemon sleep to damn much; uh…to the left," said Brendan, as he was reaching for the white one. "No, my left," said Brendan.

"Which one is my hand on?"

"The Yellow one, go to…I think your right."

"Do I have it?"

"No that's the black one; here, I'll get it," he said. But before he let Lao go, May stopped him once again.

"I'll get it," she said hastily.

"Hey, what's going on?" he asked.

"Nothing," she said while reaching for the blue flute. She grabbed the white one for herself, and then, out of no where, grabbed hold of all five flutes, dashed to Brendan while going for his hands, and zoomed out the door.

"Dad, they stole all the flutes, and took 10,000 Poke from you…"

"WHAT!!!" shouted the glassmaker in a new voice; he was severely loud and angry, as he rushed out his door to look for them.

"They're heading for Fallarbor Town," he shouted.

"Go get my cane…AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! GOD DAMN VOLCANIC ASH!!!" he shouted as the two trainers made their way over to the city…

A large cloud made it's way over the sun when they saw Fallarbor Town from the distance. When they entered the city, the first building complex available was a gigantic outdoor food court.

"Food…" said May and Brendan at the same time. The two of them headed on over to the food court, and they split the 10,000 bill, and of course, pig out. As more wild animal eating took place between the two of them, pretty much all of their Pokemon snuck up out of their Pokeballs to get a few slices of pizza and chicken from the floor that they kept spilling. They had so much food, that the Pokemon were full after a while, and retreated back to their balls. When the two of them finally stopped, they held their stomachs.

"Let me get a napkin, to clean this mess up," said Brendan slowly. But when he grabbed his napkin, he saw that the floor was completely clean.

"That's some damn good janitor service," said May.

"Yeah, you don't even see the guy," said Brendan as they headed out. When they did, they decided to check out the sightings of the little city. The Pokemon Center looked more like a gigantic indoor arena, and the Contest Hall and Battle Tent were actually outdoorish centers.

"It says that Fallarbor Town used to hold the Super Contest," said May. "But all that shit got confusing, so now it's the most stylish Contest Hall in all of Hoenn," she said. "Plus, it's to make up for the small size of this town," she said.

"Well, we're gonna need to save some time, somehow," said Brendan. "Alright," he said. "Give me your wallet, and with our combined money, I'll buy us some things needed at the Pokemart, and may you heal my Pokemon at the center?" he asked. She was fixing to pull out her wallet, when she gave a dull look at him.

"You're gonna take my money," she said.

"I'm only gonna buy some stuff with it; I'm using my money too…" he said. By the looks of things, she wasn't buying it, so Brendan had another plan; he knew it wouldn't backfire because he had no intention to rob her. "How about this; if too much money is taken from what it looks like I bought, you get to kick me in the nuts," he said quickly. May thought about it.

"Well, if you're that serious for me to trust you," she said while pulling it out. Before handing it to him, she pulled back. "What do you plan to buy?" she asked.

"You know, Potions, Antidotes; just because we have flutes, they don't cure paralysis, poison, and body damage" he said.

"True," she said while handing her wallet. Brendan then handed her his belt of Pokemon, and the two of them headed their separate ways…

Brendan

When Brendan got up into the shop, walking in was quite creepy; the owner of the shop stood there, his eyes wide open, and wearing nothing but black.

"Hello kind stranger," said the owner. His voice was light, and he also spoke pretty quickly.

"Uh, yeah, so what do you have here at the shop?" asked Brendan with a little uncertainty.

"Did your father touch you," he asked, still in his light and quick voice. "Did he force you to dress like a woman, and sit up on all of your uncle's laps?" he asked. Looking at the man directly now, Brendan saw that he had black eyes, and black hair going down to his shoulders.

"Well, I only have one blood uncle, My Uncle Barry," said Brendan. "And he's a gym leader for Kanto…um…and my Uncle Steve's a dentist, married my dad's sister, and they made stupid ass cousin Whitney…" he said.

"Did your Uncle Steve wish to touch you somewhere…inappropriately…" he asked.

"Did your mom teach you to look at the sunlight, and not moan about how it rains in Manchester?" asked Brendan annoyedly.

"ALRIGHT, I ADMIT IT!!!" shouted the shop owner. "MY MOTHER DIDN'T LOVE ME…AND MY DAD FORCED ME AND MY TWIN SISTER TO KISS AND HE'D TAKE PICTURES!!!!" he shouted. Brendan was seriously feeling uncomfortable, but he tried his hardest to shake it off, and get some God damn supplies. He, in total, grabbed 6 Super Potions, 4 Antidotes, and 2 Paralyz Heals, and together, it costed about 5000P. So, he grabbed 2500 each from his and May's wallets to pay the man, as his wails and cries were still heard when he left the place…

May

When May got into the Pokemon Center, she saw that it was quite empty inside, except for the man sitting at the breakfast/dinner table drooling on a few text books, Nurse Joy, and a woman with a dark green dress talking to someone on one of the phones.

"Why the hell do you have 12 Pokemon," asked Nurse Joy.

"Six of them are my friends," she said. "And the other six are my own," she said uneasily as she handed her Pokemon to her first. When she completed all of the Pokemon healing, the woman with the green dress came to Nurse Joy.

"172's not done is it," she asked.

"Oh, no it isn't," answered Nurse Joy as she handed May back the Pokemon. As the two of them continued to talk in number code, they then both looked at May.

"I'm sorry, young lady," said the woman. She then offered out her hand. "My name is Layette. You might have not known, but I'm the creator of the Pokemon Storage System," she said.

"Yeah, I don't need to use that yet; I only have these 6 Pokemon," she said. "The other six belong to a friend of mine," she said. "He's buying extra supplies at the Pokemart," she said.

"I see," said Layette. After a bit more talking, Layette turned around.

"Well, listen, I don't live too far from here; it's just outside of town in Route 114." She said. "Come on over to my house sometime during your visit in the area," she said.

"Oh, I'll see what I can do," said May while nodding her head.

"Alright," she said. "Goodbye Nurse Joy," And as she began to walk away, May looked down to see a pale blue bandana hanging out of her purse. As May rose an eyebrow, Brendan walked pasted Layette into the Pokemon Centre, looking at her butt.

"That chick had a nice butt," said Brendan while handing May her wallet back. He then handed her 3 Super Potions, 2 Antidotes, and a Paralz Heal. "All of that costed about 2500P," he said.

"REALLY!?" she asked in disbelief.

"Yeah; the stuff was pretty expensive here; back in Oldale, you can get this shit for not even 1000P." he said.

"It'll probably get more expensive throughout each town and city," said May while handing Brendan back his now healed Pokemon. They each turned to Nurse Joy. "May you give us information about the Battle Tent and Contest," asked May.

"Well, they both start tomorrow," she said. "Contest starts at 1400, and then the Battle Tent starts at about 1700," she said.

"What," said May in heavy confusion.

"Military time," said Brendan. "The contest will start at 2 in the afternoon tomorrow, and the Battle Tent at 5, three hours afterwards," he said. "All you do is take the number away from 12," he said.

"Uh…oh," said May.

"My uncle Barry's a Lieutenant in the military…well he was; now he's a Kanto gym leader," he said. "Yeah, he's on my dad's side," said Brendan by the look on May's face, she was gonna ask.

"Well, that woman has invited us over to her house," said May. "I think we should head on over there, and hang there for a while," she said.

"Well, that sounds good," said Brendan. The two of them headed out to Route 114…

By time they reached Layette's house, it was 4 in the afternoon, and they had faced about 10 more Pokemon Trainers, includeing another team battle. When the team battle was completely dominated by Brendan and May once again, they crossed a hanging bridge to Layette's house, which they were both crept out to cross.

"Well, if you wanna get to that Layette woman's house, we have to cross it, "he said nervously. He stepped on first; it creaked loudly when he did. But they did get over the bridge, and to her house, where she gave the both of them a Seedot or Lotad doll, and explained how she's getting millions for the Storage System.

"I made it in about 1996," she said. Brendan was out training his Pokemon for the past hour, and it was May and Layette talking.

"No, no, no, Horny, you gotta charge up your horn power before zooming down to Warrior!" he shouted from outside. "Nuzleaf, be sure to keep your guard up when your opponent is coming for you."

"Nuzleaf nuz (I'm mentioned in the story again)!!!" said Warrior while nodding and presuming a defensive position.

"I've got to say, Layette, that's an extremely smart idea you've came up with," she said. "I would have never guessed that people like my father had to of had all of that before your storage system," she said amazedly.

"Yeah, well, it just sort of came to me," she said. There was a loud "DING," from the distance.

"That's dinner," she said while standing up. "So, will the two of you be staying?" she asked. When May continued a thinking position, Layette looked at the sun. "It's getting quite dark; I think you guys should," she said. "Plus, I won't charge you anything," she said.

"Well, alright," she said.

"Grab Brendan and we'll all eat," she said. May walked up to the front door, and poked her head out from inside.

"Brendan!" she shouted. He continued to tutor Iron Heart on the extreme tackle. "BRENDAN!!!" she shouted. When he continued to talk to Aron, she walked into the living room; another idea formed in her head…

"…you've got to really shove it," said Brendan. As Aron nodded, from the distance, a large showerhead hit Brendan at the side of the head, forcing him to fall over.

"Layette said come eat," she said. Brendan lay on the grass motionless, and Monkeyman decided to pick up a nearby stick to poke Brendan with….

That night, May woke up by a small sudden scream. It wasn't just any scream either. It was small, and it was a masculine voice somewhere. Leaving her room, she saw that down in Layette's room, a light continuously blinked sky blue. Brendan was snoring and drooling on the couch, but he obviously didn't know what the hell was going on himself. May silently crept on over to the room, and when she poked her head in, she saw Layette on the computer, but what was on it rose a good number of questions in her chest.

Sitting on the computer was a Team Aqua member. He was in a higher rank than the one she's seen at the Petalburg Woods (that one just looked like a pirate on crack). This one had a light blue bandana on, with the Aqua ensign; only at the bottom of it had a small white "SSS" at the bottom.

"What's the SSS, kind of like the KKK….on second though, no…" she thought while eyeing the man on the screen.

"…well, we're starting the transaction tomorrow," said the man on the screen. His face was quite young, as if he was in his late teens/early 20's. "My special squad won't be hanging out there too long; we'll only come if…special backup is needed."

"Sean, Tri-S should really be there to help out the cause!" said Layette. "If this is supposed to last for days, you have got to help out the most that you can," she said quite worriedly.

"We're seeing what we can do, but intelligence of Magma interference has been noted to us by Archie; I think Shelly's letting everybody else know about it. I'm just glad that I don't have to worry about paying those 'grunts'" he said.

"Well, I guess they have to put food on their tables any way that they can as well," said Layette.

"Pss…maybe, but the fact of the matter is, we've got to halt Magma in their tracks; those damn Fireheads are both copying us, and are hella stupider than us too," said Sean. May could have sworn that Sean took an extremely quick glimpse at her.

"I heard that a grunt from our side joined Magma, declaring that the payment's better," said Layette.

"Pay's got nothing to do with it; it's all in the cause," said Sean. "So, are you recruiting those for our cause?" he asked.

"I'm trying," said Layette. "I've gotten 2 trainers to stay here; one of them seems stupid and unnecessary, but the other one…I've got a liking to her. She seems like she'll do well for it…" said Layette.

"Do you mean the girl behind you?" said Sean. Both Layette and May froze; she turned around slowly, and indeed saw May with her big blue eyes looking at them in both innocent and hazardous curiosity.

"I'll call you back, bro," said Layette before shutting off the phone service thing. Sean nodded as it was shut off. Layette then walked to the door, dragged May inside, and closed the door silently, while locking it.

"Do you know, what the hell you've just gotten yourself into," asked Layette.

"No…" said May extremely worriedly.

"Well, legally, and when I say legally I mean Team Aqua wise, I can kill you," she said while gripping onto May's shoulders.

"I won't tell anyone; I swear," said May while trembling.

"Damn right, you won't," said Layette while pushing May up on the small couch in the room. She then pulled up a seat for herself, and faced May. "Now, know this," she said. "How much of the conversation have you been listening to?" she asked.

"I…" started May.

"How much," said Layette. This was a brand new dark side to her that May would have never thought possible.

"Okay…I walked in when Sean said something about starting the transaction tomorrow," said May honestly.

"Do you know how much normal grunts get if they sign in with Archie," she asked.

"No," said May.

"About 1000 every 1st and 15th of the month," she said. "So about 2000 a month," she said. "That's considered around…20 United States dollars, 9.7 Great Britain Pounds, and 14.50 Euros," she said. "That's not a lot of money per month now, is it," she asked.

"No," said May.

"But those idiots don't know that you can sign in with an Admin as a spy," she said. "They get about 2000 a week; a Grunts pay every week," she said. "But don't worry," she said. "This isn't really about money, it's why I'm in this organization," she said.

"How come?" asked May in pure curiosity.

"No one never really wanted to expand the waters, of course, until Team Magma appeared. They used unnatural forces, and created two subcontinents in 1993, right between the Philippines and 'down under'" she said. "The media has never released this information, to anybody. So then, Team Aqua formed to reverse this, and when we did, we were at an all out war. The deviant forces we used to reverse and create this natural problem were destroyed, and then we learned that using the forces of two Pokemon could increase the power of the earth, or the sea…"

"Groundon and Kyogre," said May.

"Exactly," she said. "Everyone wanted to help out for some kind of cause, so someone needed to save the overhauled Professors with the extra Fire, Ground, and Water Pokemon being caught between the two teams…"

"So that's why you made the Storage system…" said May.

"Damn right it is," she said silently. "I decided to open this up to the public when Officer Jenny from Petalburg City found a band of Aqua grunts screwing up in a bank robbery," she said.

"Well…Brendan and I were caught up in a shootout in Slateport City; but that was more than 2 months ago," she said.

"Yes; that was when Goods were heard to have been transported from Rustboro City to Slateport," she said. "Even Team Rocket, an organization that's been around since the 60's came to try to intercept everything," she said.

"Listen May, join up for the Team Aqua mission," she said. "I know Archie's has exaggerated his plan," she said. "But imagine those land loving SOB's are trying to overtake water, when everyone damn well knows that it's needed for plentiful of life," she said. May had on a thinking face for a minute.

"Look, Layette, I really do appreciate all of this, and I do agree that those land loving idiots are stupid for trying to overtake water, but…I can't just join up in stupid gangs and organized crimes like this…"

"Did I mention that as an official spy, you get a 30 pay raise over everybody else," she said. May continued to hold a thinking face, but in the next room, Brendan had halted snoring, as a hazel eye could have been seen from the distance.

"Spy…huh…let's talk about spies, May…" he thought. In his bottomless bag, a small red bandana with a volcanic "M" began shining orange as Brendan glared at the room the women were in….

GASP!!! Well, I know this wasn't the best chapter, but in the next one, a few familiar faces will be seen as the Battle Tent and Contest will be competed in. Anyway, REVIEW! Y'all know I just love review. Now review me, before I find each and every 9,000 people who read this story, and kick you all in the NUTS!!! (Well, for the chicks…I can't hit girls). So dudes, if you don't want your nuts kicked, review me dammit.