Chapter 7: Clue alert! FINALLY!
(In the previous chapter...)
The boy's food came first. They were all having rare steak and wudon. As Justin cut the meat open, Amelia shrieked in terror.
What could be in the meat? Let's find out...
"OMG! OMG!" Misty shrieked along with Amelia, taking a picture of Justin's meat with her iphone. "What's the matter?" Dawn asked calmly. But little did Dawn know, she would not be so calm for long...
Ash, Drew and Paul frantically cut open their meat after seeing Justin's meat. Ash screamed a really girly scream. The Maple Sisters giggled despite being so grossed out by the wiggling maggots wriggling out of the boy's meat! (EWW)
Suddenly, the room's door burst open. A waiter came in. "What has happened?" He said. Justin gulped and pointed to the meat. The waiter himself gulped and called in the supervisor. When the supervisor arrived, he was red in the face. But the supervisor was not alone. The supervisor had apparently, dragged the chef along with him.
"I'm so sorry! I do not know what had happened!" The chef pleaded. The boys took pity of the chef and accepted his apology. "Thank you! I'll go and cook the meat for you immediately!"
"Phew...That was exciting." May said sarcastically. "Gee August. You are scared?" Drew teased, knowing that May would blow up at him calling her different months. But Drew was wrong. May did not reply him. Instead, she continued staring into the air.
"Erm...Hello? Earth to May!" Drew shouted at her face. "Huh? What? Where am I?" May stutter in shock. "Erm...You are in Hearthome Department store's Japanese restaurant." Drew replied, confused. "By the way, what were you thinking about?" He asked, sincerely wanting to find out what's wrong with May.
"Oh. It's just that I dunno how to accept the fact that we have to leave right after the mission is over." May said sadly, forgetting the fact that she was sharing that information with the person she was supposed to protect!
Now it is Drew's turn to be confused. "Huh? What leave this place? Are you guys planning to leave Hearthome soon? And what's the deal about missions?" Drew asked May loudly. Since Drew had said those words loudly, the rest of the boys started asking the girls about what do May mean by they are leaving.
Misty shot May a nervous glances and looked sheepishly at the table. Dawn cleared her throat, but said nothing. Amelia took the bullet and spoke up. "Oh no. It's just that we are all playing a video game. And there are those missions we have to do. It just so happen that we are in the climax of the game. And May is sad to end the climax by completing the mission."
The Maple Sisters sent Amelia a thankful look. "Yup. That's right. We are really embarrasses to be upset over this kind of things." Dawn said. "Well, that's just you Troublesome." Paul sneered. Dawn took Misty mallet and said, "Don't mind if I borrow it." Without waiting for Misty answer, she took the mallet and whacked Paul's head.
Paul was about to shout at Dawn when a waitress put the girls food on the table. Before May could dig in, Drew rolled his eyes and said, "May could you at least eat more like a lady?
May glare at him. But she did not protest this time. Amelia chuckled and said to May thorough telepathy. Love's in the air. May groaned as she read the message. May retort, yeah. Like you are not sad to leave the boys at the end of our mission. Amelia narrowed her eyes. Watch what you say around them, OK? Sure no problem mom. May sulkily reply.
"Wait Misty! Watch out! Don't eat the noodles!" Ash screamed. Misty was about to take a mouthful of noodles. Since she was talking to Dawn, she did not notice what was in the noodle. Now that Ash mention, she noticed a bunch of slimy dead worms in the piping hot bowl of noodles. (Yeah. I know I'm good at being very disgusting.) Misty shrieked and pushed the bowl aside.
After she did that, the boys heard several screams from the girls. It seems that there are also dead worms in their bowl of noodles. Justin and Paul reached for the sushi and sliced them open with the knife. The Maple Sisters gasped. In the middle of the sushi, there are a few cockroach egg cases.
Paul screamed for the waiter again. And again, the supervisor and chef came along. They brought the boy's meat along with them. They apologize for the noodle and sushi and proceeded out of the room.
Misty signed. So much drama for one meal... She thought miserably. Well, at least these dramas would keep my thoughts away from my 'what am I going to do after the mission'. Hmm...And at least we got some clues.
This time, the boys cut the meat into a lot of pieces and examine it closely before they took a bite. A waitress arrived and asked them, "Would you like to order your drinks now?" They all decided to have some juice. Misty and Ash wanted watermelon juice. Dawn and Amelia preferred grape juice. Paul and Drew wanted avocado juice. Justin wanted orange and May chose mango.
A few moments later, the boys were enjoying their food. The girl's food has also arrived. The drinks arrived shortly after that. As they were eating and talking, Dawn sniffed the air and said, "Does anyone smelled fuel?" She asked.
The group sniffed the air. "Yeah. I did." Drew slowly said. "And I think it came from our drinks!" May said, staring at the drinks.
"WAITER!" Paul screamed again. The flustered looking waiter arrived with the chef and supervisor. "Is the food OK?" The chef worriedly asked. "Yeah. It's OK. But not the drinks." Misty said. "The supervisor took the drinks and had it sent to check. "I'm really sorry that you guys have such an unhappy dining experience. Here are some vouchers to use the next time you come here." The supervisor said.
The rest of the meal is OK. The waitress came to asked what they would like to have for desert. They decided to order a family pack ice cream and some peach flavoured mochi.
When the desert arrived, the group started at the food suspiciously. They weren't taking any chances this round. After looking at the desert to make sure it is OK, Ash took a scoop of ice cream with his fork. "Aww man." Ash said. "What?" Misty asked.
"That." Ash said, referring to his fork. The group observed that there are tiny shards of glass stuck in the fork. Small enough to not be seen, but big enough to cause deadly damages if someone swallows it.
Justin silently took a peach mochi and sliced it open with his knife. A red liquid oozed out of the mocha instantly. "Eh. I did not know that mochi in Hearthome has red liquid in it." Amelia commented. "No. It is not supposed to have that!" Justin said.
Dawn glanced at the red liquid and took out her pair of silk gloves and touched the red liquid. "It is red paint!" Dawn said. Paul finally had it. He shouted at the top of his voice, "WAITER, CHEF AND SUPERVISOR! COME HERE IMEDIATELY!"
The waiter, chef and supervisor arrived, sweating profusely. "Erm...You would not have to pay for the food. And we are giving you more vouchers. And we would not charge you for today's meal." The supervisor nervously said.
Paul glared at him. The rest of the group sweat dropped. "Well, not gonna stay here for desert anymore buddy. Cya." With that, Paul leaves the room. The rest of the group shrugged, following Paul.
"So where are we going to have our dessert?" Misty asked. "We can go to the hope cafe." Ash said. "Yeah. I guarantee that they have better service than that!" Drew replied.
The rest of the afternoon went by smoothly.
(At the boy's dorm...After dinner.) (Yeah. Time flies. I'm lazy to describe about it.)
"Hey. So what are we going to do now?" Asked May. "How about twenty questions?" Drew suggested. "That's a good idea. We'll ask you guys first. Then you ask us!" Justin said excitedly. "Why are you so excited?" Amelia curiously asked. "Cause he loves twenty questions." Ash replied.
"We'll go first. Why did all of you transfer over to our school in the middle of the term?" Drew asked. "Erm..."Misty stuttered. Girls, we just can't tell them the truth. Misty said to her sisters through telepathy. You are right. It's too risky. Dawn added. Yeah. They might shun us. Its means mission failed if they do. Amelia commented. I'll just say something like our parents' got a new job. May said.
Before any of the sisters could stop May, she told the boys their parents had new jobs. "Really? Second question. Where are your parents now? If they are working here, why they never visit you Sisters?" Ash asked sceptically.
"Erm...You see..."Amelia started to say an excuse, but was cut off with a loud SMASH! "OMG!" Dawn shrieked in terror. "Look!" Justin said softly. All of their attention turned to the window. It turns out that somebody had thrown a brick into the window. The window was apparently smashed.
"Uh-Oh." Was all May could say. Drew took her hands and squeezed it. "Don't worry. We'll go and get a teacher. You girls stay back. Take care." Drew said confidently. He and the rest sprinted off in search of a teacher.
"Hmm...Why must we find a clue when we were having fun?" Dawn complained once the boys were out of sight. "I dunno. But that brick saved us from explaining where our parents are." Amelia muttered. "Hey! Look! A note is attached to the brick!" Misty said, pointing at the brick. Amelia slipped on silk gloves and detached the note from the brick.
Revenge. Revenge is so sweet. I can almost taste it. It would not be long! Farewell till next time! "That's what the note says." May said, after reading the note out loud. "We finally have a clue." Dawn said. "I wonder if there are more clues where that came from." Misty wondered. "Well, I'm sure there would be." May say slowly. "How do you know?" Dawn questioned. "Look, the note said that farewell till next time! So there will be another attack or some sort of sign." May blubbered out.
Amelia heard a lot of footsteps approaching. When Mr Bryon opened the door, the Maple Sisters could hear a lot of the students chatter. "Alright. You boys can't stay here tonight. You guys need to sleep in the guest room. Take some of your belongings with you." Mr Byron said after inspecting the damage.
The boys nodded and quickly took their things and head towards the guest room. Justin gestured for the Maple Sisters to follow them.
(At the boy's guest room...)(Normal POV)
"Heh. Sorry for that." Ash mumbled once they are in the guest room. "I don't feel like doing twenty questions today." Amelia said. "Hmm..." Justin said. "How about you and I have a battle?" He suggested. "Alright." Amelia said. "But I want to battle your Leafeon." Justin said.
"Let's start the one on one battle." Ash is the referee. "Amelia VS Justin. Being!" "Leafeon, charm up!" Amelia said. "Now Eevee! Let's hit it!" Justin announced. "Are you sure you want Eevee to battle it's evolve form?" Amelia doubtfully asked Justin.
"No problem. Eevee, use quick attack!" Justin commanded. "Leafeon, use protect! " Amelia commanded Leafeon. "Not bad." Justin remarked. "Go Eevee. Use Shadow ball." "Leafeon, let's get going! Use iron tail on the shadow ball!"
"Now magical leaf!" Amelia said. Eevee was hit be the magical leaf. Suddenly, Eevee begun to glow. Eevee had become an Umbreon. "Thanks Amelia. Can we stop the battle now?" Justin politely asked. "Sure. I know. You wanted Eevee to evolve!" Amelia concluded. "Am I so easy to read?" Justin asked. Everyone ignored his question.
"Umbreon! Meet a new friend!" Amelia said, throwing a pokeball in the air. An Umbreon appeared. "Hey. You have an Umbreon too." Justin said. "Yeah. This Umbreon is special. It can use the attack teleport." Amelia said.
"Yup. That's why we can teleport ourselves back to our dorm. That's why we do not need your help." Misty said. "Let's teleport back now." Dawn requested. "I want to get enough sleep for class tomorrow."
"I'm right with ya sister!" Amelia said cheerfully. "Isn't it a little early?" Paul asked. "Well..." Dawn drawled... loss for words. "We would like to do some special training in our dorm. Special training that you guys just can't see!" Misty frantically covered up for her sister.
"But isn't it gonna be tough for you to practise without water since most of your Pokémon needs water? And wouldn't you make a mess in your room?" Drew asked sceptically. "Erm...Well..." Misty said loss for words as well.
"Humph! If you have a brain, you would have know that we only wanted to feed the Pokémon, and we would get Amelia's Delcatty to use protect." May said, smirking at Drew. Drew glared at May and said through gritted teeth, "Well, looks like someone is cocky! Remember, pride comes before a fall!"
"You should tell that to yourself!" May countered. "That's enough! Umbreon! Teleport!" Amelia commanded. The Maple Sisters disappeared in a flash.
"Well...That was fast." Justin commented. "Yeah. Wonder how she taught her Umbreon to use teleport!" Ash mumbled. "Maybe I should get her to teach Weavile that too..." Paul muttered. "Sigh...now we are in a guest room. Wonder how a brick would come flying through our window..." Drew mumbled, lying on the bed.
Meanwhile with the Maple Sisters...
"Two huge clues in a day..." Misty said. "Make that four. First the horrid food with yucky animals." May said. "Then the fuel laced juice. The 'wonderful' desert..." Dawn trailed off. "Then the flying brick." Amelia finished her sister's sentence.
"Right. It's four. By the way, do you think that the waiter and waitress is the culprit?" Dawn inquired. "Maybe. But I reckon it is the chef." May said. "It could be the supervisor." Misty said thoughtfully.
"Hmm...But if all those things are cause by the same person, the person must have been able to sneak into the school!" Amelia said. "Yeah. I don't feel comfortable leaving the boys in the guest room." Misty worriedly said. "Yeah. What if some weirdos broke through the window and killed the boys while they are sleeping?" Dawn said suddenly as the thought came into her mind.
"Let's get our Pokémon to spy on them." May decided. "Blaziken, go and hide outside the window of the guest room to spy on the boys." She said. "Ambipom! You're on duty too! Go stay outside the guest room!" Dawn instructed.
"Well, I guess I'm gonna be using corsola... Corsola! You go to spy outside the whole Palkia dorm!" Misty said. "Then we need a spy from inside! Go Espeon! You go into the dorm! Make friends with the Umbreon!" Amelia said. "How are you gonna get Espeon inside?" Dawn asked.
"I'll ask them to let Espeon stay with them to make friends with Umbreon." Amelia said with a wink.
Alright! How's that? Try to guess who's the culprit of those problems! Review me your answers. And what do you think of this chappie? Plz review!