Me: Yay! It's Shusuke's birthday today! (February 29)
Drew: I repeat what I said in the last story you updated. That has nothing to do with anything.
May: I finally take a starring role in this chapter!
Drew: You're the starring person in the story.
May: so?
Drew: (sighs) You're all hopeless.
Me: Sorry if Drew or Paul seems very OOC. I don't own pokemon.
Hearing the clank of the cell door opening, May looked up from her corner, her hope disappearing. What was it this time? An executioner? A figure, illuminated by the dim light behind was standing in the doorway.
"Come on." The figure who was a girl, known by her voice, held a hand to May. May cautiously took the hand and her hope slowly returned. Somehow, May knew that this person was helping her. Even if everyone she knew was gone, there was still this person.
The girl pulled May to her feet and led her out. The ground in front of the cell was surrounded by unconscious Team Rocket grunts. Who was this girl?
As they ran up the steps, May analyzed her rescuer. She was the same height as May, with blue hair tied back. Her cerulean eyes were determined into escaping. She was wearing a uniform May had only seen worn by people high into the organization.
Suddenly, she stopped. A man, dressed in the male version of the uniform the girl was wearing, was standing in front of them. His eyes widened in shock.
"You… I trusted you!" May's rescuer's eyes didn't change. She simply ran down another corridor, ignoring the man's cries. Whenever May looked her rescuer, one question floated up. Who is she?
I'm Dawn. May stared at her curiously and formed another question. Dawn didn't answer. Suddenly, all of May's surroundings disappeared.
A younger Dawn was hugging the man May had seen earlier.
"Thanks Dylan." She whispered. Dylan smiled. Dawn looked toward the doorway to see another man, leaning against the door frame. He walked behind the wall.
"I have to go." Dylan gave Dawn a kiss on the cheek and let her walk off to where the man was. May followed Dawn.
The young man May had seen earlier was now standing with Dawn talking.
"So, Dawn. Have you considered my offer?" Dawn nodded. "So what is it?"
"I'll help you fight Giovanni Paul, since it's for a good cause." Paul smirked. He pulled Dawn into a hug and she returned it.
"Keep up the good work," he whispered into her ear.
"Of course."
May returned to reality and realized she was lying on the floor. She could see the white ceiling and the floor beneath her was hard wood. May got up. The room was lined with white wallpaper and Dawn was sitting in a chair. An Espeon sat beside her. The gem on its forehead was slowly losing its glow.
"Telepathy…" May whispered. Dawn got up and threw a poke ball to May.
"This is yours isn't it?" May stared in grateful shock toward Dawn and Blaze's poke ball. Someone was standing behind May. That person had green hair. Green…
"Drew!" May cried. She got up and hugged him tightly. "I thought you were dead!"
"Yeah, I'm happy about that myself. Now let go." They broke apart. A man behind Drew with his arms crossed caught May's attention. Where had she seen him before? His dark purple hair hung loosely over his harsh black eyes, which were staring right at her and Drew. May quickly ran through her memories. Finally, she remembered.
"You're Paul." He nodded. Drew looked at May, shocked.
"How'd you know his name?" May shook her head slowly. Who were this people? First Dawn, now this.
"Who are you?" she asked, ignoring Drew. Paul was expressionless.
"Depends on what you mean by you."
"I mean what is your position in this anti-Giovanni place." Drew nodded at May's words.
"We're from AGS." Paul said. May had a strange feeling that he didn't talk much.
"AGS was formed by a small group of sages after Giovanni betrayed us. He formed Team Rocket and turned evil. So in order to obtain revenge from Giovanni, we had to bring him down… but that's the step we can never seem to do." Dawn looked at Paul, as if asking permission. Paul nodded. "A couple months ago, we discovered a banned area. It was covered in shards of steel wherever it was possible to target. We kept watch there and found Team Rocket's boss there."
Drew was speechless. Dawn looked at May, wondering if she got it. Just in case, she told May. "May… Giovanni is the steel sage."
"Hey. Do you think they're ok?" asked Ash. Misty looked at Ash. The pair had been continuing their infiltration and there was still no sign of May or Drew.
"Ash, that's the third time you've said that today and tenth time this week." Ash stopped. He quickly pulled Misty behind the wall as two grunts walked by. The traces of their conversation could be heard.
"…you hear? The two prisoners they caught, they escaped!"
"They had prisoners?"
"Yeah. They discovered two kids, a girl and a boy, with pokemon that wasn't in the boss' databases."
"Hmm… what pokemon did they have?"
"I think it was a Flygon and a Blaziken." Misty looked at Ash with widened eyes and let out a gasp of shock. Ash hastily covered her mouth. The footsteps stopped.
"Did you hear something?" there was a silence, as if listening for more noises. Ash and Misty didn't breathe. There was a gasp.
"Oh great! We're late!" A sound of running footsteps was heard running past the corridor Misty and Ash were hiding in. the pair let out a sigh of relief. However, Misty's face was now worried.
"Ash…? I don't think May and Drew are ok."
The boy closed his eyes. He could sense every one of each of the sages location. The blue haired girl, the green haired boy, the boy in the cap, the orange haired girl, and May.
May was the only one he knew but he was sure he would find out who the others were sooner or later. One last presence appeared. A stronger one that all the others. This time, he knew. His eyes flashed open. Giovanni. And the one who had started it all. Him.
May and Drew were disguised in their Team Rocket uniforms again. However, this time Dawn was with them. She was dressed in her own uniform. Grunts walking past Dawn in the hall gave her respectful glances and envious looks toward May and Drew. It was as if they were higher-ups themselves.
Follow me. After I bring you there, I'm afraid you'll have to fight him yourself. If you really need help, help will come. Did you get that? Transmitted Dawn. May and Drew nodded. She led them to an elaborately carved door and knocked.
"Mr. Giovanni?" asked Dawn.
"Enter Dawn." Dawn pushed the door open to Giovanni's large office. On each wall of the room there were several expensive paintings and the floor was covered by an embroidered carpet. Directly behind Giovanni's desk was a large window overlooking the city. And behind the desk was Giovanni himself, dressed in a casual black suit.
A flash of shining gray flew towards Dawn but it was intercepted by a psychic. An espeon appeared behind Dawn.
"Good job Dawn. Excellent reflexes."
"Thank you sir." Giovanni walked up to Dawn and tilted her chin.
"No need to be formal with me Dawn. I already know." Dawn pulled away and cocked her head, smirking.
"Good job, Mr. Bossman."
"Heh. Too bad you didn't expect this. Persian! Iron Tail!" A shower of concrete came raining down on Espeon. Dawn went down, breathing heavily. May backed away, wondering what to make of this.
"When a sage's main pokemon is damaged, the sage suffers… a lot." explained Drew. May, suddenly very angry, let out a ring of blazing red fire that circled around Dawn, Drew and herself. The fire caused Giovanni to back up a few steps.
"Hmm? You know you can't keep that up too long May." It was true. May was already starting to tremble. Drew ran to her and held her up. "Drew. Which one are you? May's the fire, Dawn's the psychic, and Paul was the dark."
Drew's eyes were instantly directed to Giovanni. " Paul was the dark sage?" Giovanni nodded. "What? But how?" A piece of shiny steel appeared in front of Drew and Giovanni. Paul was reflected in it, smiling like Drew had never seen him.
Paul was playing with a black fox type pokemon with yellow rings. He was able to make black spots of darkness appear. Suddenly, a pair of hands snatched up the Umbreon and placed in a cage. Paul ran after it and fell to the ground as it was taken away. His tears wet the ground under him. The images faded. Drew was in shock, as the fire blazed around them.
A sudden crash from the ceiling sent the remaining concrete falling. Drew looked up and as he did, May collapsed into his arms causing the fire ring to evaporate. If there were any more reinforcements, May would lose all her hope again. Already it was slipping away… Drew held her up.
"May, don't give up. I'm still here, besides, look who else is here." May did what Drew said. Her eyes widened. A boy two years younger than May with glasses and navy blue hair sat on a glowing white pokemon that Drew instantly recognized from the legends. It was a boy May knew well, very well. He was suspended above them all on his pokemon. His focus was directed to Giovanni, who had suddenly collapsed.
"Max…" May whispered.
Another chapter finished! It's a cliffie! Since it's a leap year, (February 29, 2008) this is a chapter that is special. (since it's posted on the missing day) then again, lots of people posted chapters up today…
Preview:
May closed her eyes tightly, waiting for the impact that would hopefully kill her, not Max. She was happy for everything... this was going to be her last thought. May waited for the fatal steel shard that never came.
May heard someone fall from behind her and she slowly turned around. Her eyes widened when she saw the scene.
"Drew?" she asked quietly. Blood dripped onto the floor, forming a blood red puddle. The boy had collasped onto the floor- the shard had pierced him instead.
"No..."