A/N: A chapter a day? That's not too bad. Well, this is kind of late, I wanted to upload it earlier this afternoon, but got distracted. Anywho, I kind of bullshitted my way through Karen's parts, but I hope I made her... kind of girly. I think Maya's just a blonde haired blue eyed version of Aveil -headdesk- Also, I do realize that the building that I'm describing isn't QUITE like the one in the game, because I'm like "... that's bullshit for writing"

Anyways, enjoy!

The two girls and their pokemon walked up the stone steps that led the way up to the Team Galactic. Maya paused to gaze up at the large building. It was certainly foreboding, but was deserted. Well, it was supposed to be deserted, whether or not that was true was an entirely different matter. Rarely ever were things are they seemed

"What're you waiting for? Let's go!" Karen, who was standing in the main doorway, called. Maya snapped out of her slight daze and walked through the door that Karen was holding open, nodding in thanks on her way past. Karen made sure to close the door behind them.

"Wow, it's pretty dark in here, I can barely see my hand in front of my face." Maya said with a small giggle. She held her hand before her, moving her hand about in the air to see what would make a difference. She heard a small squeak behind her, and turned to face Karen. Well, at least where she thought Karen was. "What's up? Please me you're not scared of the dark."

"I am. A little bit." Karen admitted sheepishly. "But I don't have a flashlight. Please say that you do." She inquired, a slight hint of urgency to her voice.

"I don't have a flashlight, but I have something that'll work just as well." Maya said, fishing around in her bag, squinting to make sure she was actually looking at the correct pouch. After maybe a minute or two of digging later, her hand finally clasped around her target. She pulled it up, and smiled. "Here we go, an improvised flashlight."

"Is that a pokeball?" Karen asked, who had edged towards the door slightly, as if she were a plant pokemon moving closer to a light source. Maya simply nodded, tossing the ball into the air and catching it once more.

"Go, Togekiss!" A faint white light appeared and then took the shape of the airborne pokemon. Togekiss let out a content sigh, and looked at her master. "Togekiss, use Flash to light our way." Togekiss sighed slightly in compliance. The pokemon focused a sphere of white light in front of her. "Nice work. C'mon Karen, let's go."

"Okay. But let's be quick about this." Karen suggested. "I don't wanna be here any longer than I have to be."

'Well, you wanted to come with me in the first place, so quit your whining.'

"Empoleon, use ice beam on that door, and then ram into it." She ordered. The pokemon gave her a sideways glance, but did as directed none the less. Empoleon took in a deep breath and blew out a beam of solid ice onto the older metal door. He waited a moment for the door to freeze completely before ramming a shoulder into said door, shattering it into a great many pieces.

"How'd you think to do that?" Karen asked. Maya shrugged.

"Basic science. I know how to improvise. Take your pick, but it was simple." Maya offered. "Now, any clues that may be lying around will more than likely be in the boss' office. So we've got to make our way up there and take a look around before anyone, or anything notices that we're here. You understand?"

"I just noticed how adorable your Togekiss is! Did you have it when it was still a Togepi?" Karen asked. She was staring at Togekiss with excitement in her rosy pink eyes. Togekiss gave a soft cry and nuzzled Karen's forehead. Maya heaved a sigh, pinched at the bridge of her nose and shook her head in disbelief. Empoleon chuckled and dodged as Maya aimed a kick at his side.

"Yes, I did. Now Karen, seriously, listen to me or I will not hesitate to kick your pink ass out of the third story window." Maya threatened. Karen's eyes widened, and she pulled her Chansey into a hug.

"You're a meanie!" She said in horror. Chansey seemed to give a squeak of agreement.

"No, I'm just being a firm leader. There's a difference. Now, I'm going with you or without you." Maya turned and started to walk up the staircase. "C'mon Empoleon, Togekiss." Her two pokemon followed behind her obediently, leaving Karen with Chansey in the dark.

A very small Rattata ran by, brushing up against her leg and Karen let out a scream. "W-wait up!" Karen called, dragging Chansey by the arm as she ran to catch up with Maya, who was waiting at the top of the stairs.

"I figured you'd be coming with me." She said with a wicked grin. The small group started up again, picking their way through the hallway. "There should only be two or three staircases until we reach the boss' office. Are you any good with PCs?"

"Just for the pokemon storage system. Other than that, I don't know anything about them." Karen admitted. "Why do you ask?"

"Because any information we find will most likely be on a PC. Duh." Maya said with a roll of her sky blue eyes.

"Can't you please be nice to me for five minutes?"

"Since you asked nicely, I'll tell you that this is my being nice."

"This is nice?" Karen exchanged a slightly worried glance with Chansey, who simply squeaked. The group walked on in silence until they reached the next floor.

"What the hell do you suppose that is?" Maya questioned, pointing to one of the panels on the ground. Unlike the rest of the grey floor, this tile was yellow and seemed to give off a bit of a glow.

"I dunno, why don't you step on it?" Karen suggested.

"Fine, send me to my potential death why don't you." Maya huffed. She took a hesitant step onto the glowing floor tile. Unexpectedly, Maya was whirled about to the point where she felt violently ill and was suddenly in an entirely different location. Maya stepped off the tile shakily and nearly fell over had she not managed to lean on the wall. Ah walls, such wonderful crutches. She stared at the tile in annoyance, before turning to face the open, albeit dark, hallway.

"Karen?" Maya called. "Karen, can you hear me?" She didn't get a response. "Karen?" She called out once more.

"How may I help you?" Maya let out a startled shriek and spun around to face Karen, who had appeared by the tile along with all the pokemon. "Yes?"

"Oh, never mind, I was just… you weren't… I didn't… never mind." Maya stumbled. "Oh look! The stairs! Let's go over there. Togekiss, Empoleon, come over this way."

A/N: Smoooth Maya. Reviews would be nice. They really would. Even if it was "your writing is shity" and then some suggestions on improvement. Until later, babes 3