September 26th (LaRousse City, Hoenn)

(May's POV)

I just knelt in front of the bomb thinking of how to disarm it. You have to pick the right wire unless…..the wires were a gag!

I quickly grabbed the wires and pulled them out. Thankfully, the bomb didn't explode. The bad news, it dropped thirty seconds making it a minute for me to get rid of it!

I picked up the bomb which thankfully was all taped together and ran out of the wing for the stairs aiming to get to the roof, "Blaziken, follow me!" I yelled.

He heard me and ran behind me as I made it to the door leading to the roof finding it locked, thirty seconds.

"Blaziken, kick down the door with Blaze Kick!" I commanded.

"Blaze," he said and kicked the door down. I ran up the stairs as fast as I could to the roof with Blaziken at my heels, fifteen seconds.

"Blaziken throw me in the air and I'll kick it up as high as it'll go," I told him as I ripped my shoes off.

"Blaze," he said and put his hands together for me to stand in and threw me in the air. After reaching the highest I could go, I threw the bomb into the air and did a black flip to push it further with my feet to make it go higher.

Five seconds later it exploded and I felt the heat of it on my skin like yesterday. I then fell back toward the roof to have Blaziken catch me and put me down before using firespin to wrap up the flames from the explosion to dispel them.

After I got on my feet, I gave Blaziken a hug, "Great job Blaziken, thank you," I said gratefully.

"Blaze," he said warmly and we slowly walked downstairs.

By the time I reached the first floor, I was suddenly hugged by a pink blob that almost knocked me over.

"You scared us half to death!" she wailed.

"Dawn…please let go….your crushing me," I painfully said because she was irritating the burns I got from the bomb.

"Sorry, but you worried us and you got burned again!" she cried finally noticing the burns.

"Relax Dawn, I'm fine. Though I think I'm gonna be sore for a week," I said stiffly at the end.

"How can you handle all this, I'm surprised you're not dead yet," Gary said incredulously.

"I just do what I can. Though I'd like to avoid bombs for a while," I said honestly before turning to Blaziken. "You did well, return."

I turned to look at Drew, "How's your sister doing?" I asked.

"I don't know, my parents took her to the paramedics and then I stood outside waiting for you to show up," he said.

"If you don't mind, I'd like to see how she's doing," I said before leaving everyone and went outside to face a huge applause and the mayor of the city coming up to me.

"Thank you so much for stopping Team Galactic and getting rid of that bomb, the city of LaRousse thanks you," he said gratefully.

"I wish I could except that credit but I don't deserve it, I only helped slightly. The real credit goes to PHPA, they did most of the work and helped get everyone to safety," I said, trying to dispel the attention off me. "If you'll excuse me, I need to go see someone."

I went to the ambulance with everyone following behind to find Lizzy sitting in the back of the ambulance with a warm blanket around her shoulders and her parents sitting next to her on either side.

"Are you doing okay?" I asked concerned.

"May!" she shouted as she stood up and hugged me. "You're okay!"

"I suppose you could say that," I said while returning the hug.

She stepped out of the hug and gasped at my burns causing everyone to stare.

"My goodness dear, what happened?!" Lizzy's mother said in shock.

"I suffered a few first degree burns from the bomb, it's no big," I said as I then felt wetness go down my leg. Crap!

"Paramedic, could you get me a bandage please?" I asked taking a seat on the back of the truck.

"Here you go miss," he said as he handed it to me.

I moved my skirt to see that the wound from the bullet yesterday was bleeding.

"What the heck airhead, at this rate you will wind up killed for sure," Drew said angrily.

"I know the risks grasshead!" I snapped. "But I still do it anyways so I can help keep people safe."

"Even if it kills you?" he asked angrily.

I stayed silent, "Miss, you should go to the hospital and get the burns checked out," the paramedic said gently.

"Thanks but no thanks, I can fix them on my own," I said kindly and stood up.

"May, you should really get those burns checked. Besides, you might pass out," Dawn said concerned.

I turned to smile at her, "I'll be fine."

"How?" Lizzy asked incredulously. "How can you deal with all this?"

"Sometimes I can, sometimes I can't, but it's the feeling of knowing you helped saved lives that outweighs the stress of being a teen hero," I explained.

"You know that it's unhealthy for you to think like that. You're gonna burn out that way," Drew said concerned causing me to smile sadly.

"That may be, but all my life, I wanted to help protect people so they don't have to suffer what I had. That's why I've grown used to helping other people," I said before sighing and continuing. "I won't lie, it is hard and a tad bit lonely because I've been alone for most of my life, but if there's any friends I've made from all of this, it's you guys. Whether you consider me a friend, an annoyance, or both, thanks," I said gratefully while I pulled out a note and handed it to Dawn.

"If you could give this to Misty, I would greatly appreciate it," I said before turning to grasshead and gave him a small hug. "Thanks for caring."

I stepped out of the hug and walked into the crowd with a small smile. For some odd reason, I felt a lot better from just saying what I did.

"Max you have a ride for me?" I asked, tapping the communicator to activate it.

"May! What the heck, you scared me to death, what happened?" he shouted in concern.

"I disconnected the dynamite from the gasoline and then had Blaziken throw me up while on the roof to push the bomb into the air as high as it would go. It exploded causing me to suffer a few first degree burns," I said summarizing what happened.

"Good grief May, you're gonna get yourself killed one of these days," he said tiredly/worriedly.

"I'm just hoping that there are no more bombs for a while, so you have a ride for me?" I asked again.

"No, I was gonna send you Kirlia and she could teleport you since the distance is short."

I sighed in relief, "Thanks Max," I said before signing off.

After I sent back Kirlia when we teleported to the pokemon center, I poked my head into the hall, "Brock," I whispered. "Are you there?"

"May, how was the mission?" he asked while walking down the hall to see me.

"It was okay, can you treat some burns for me?" I asked.

"Yea, but what happened?" he asked.

"I got burns from getting rid of another bomb which I hope is the last one I have to deal with for a while," I said tiredly.

After Brock fixed me up and gave me more meds, I quickly changed out my dress and put on my clothes from earlier. Somehow after I changed clothes, the dress and heels disappeared. Guess Max had Kirlia use teleport.

I walked back to the dorm and saw that Misty and Ash were watching TV.

"Did anything happen while I was gone?" I teased.

"No Lin, nothing happened. Sorry to disappoint you," Misty said flatly.

"Don't get mad at me, can't help but make a person curious," I said holding my hands up in defense before heading to my room. "I'll be back in few minutes."

I quickly took a shower, reapplied the meds, and changed before going back into the common area to see everyone was back.

"How was the event," I asked stepping out of hallway.

"It was interesting," Dawn said quietly. Actually everyone seemed to be in deep thought.

"What happened?" Misty asked bluntly.

"So the event went okay and the party crasher was caught," Leaf said speaking in code so I didn't know about the mission. "But the party crasher planted a bomb and a good friend got a few first degree burns while getting rid of it."

"You seem more upset than from that alone," I noted.

Dawn sighed, "It's what she said afterwards that got us to feel so down. She said that she was willing to help people even if she got seriously hurt in the process. That she has been a loner with no friends and hardly any family, how can she be so selfless like that?" she asked sadly.

"It sounds like your friend feels that she wants to save people from suffering how she had."

The five looked at me shocked, "That's exacted what she said, how did you know that?!" Leaf asked incredulously.

I shrugged, "It just seems to fit the situation and you know her name is May. She's the Top Coordinator/teen hero who helps people."

"How did you know it was her that we were talking about?" Gary asked.

"The word bomb gave it away and I've seen her on TV."

"Speaking of May, she said to give this to you," Dawn said as she handed my note to Misty.

Misty took the note and opened it up to see what it said and then folded it up before smiling softly.

"What was the note about?" Ash asked.

"It was basically a get well note, it was kind of her to do that," she said.

Hey Misty,

I heard that you are feeling sore and emotionally troubled from yesterday. I'm sorry to hear that so here's some good news to cheer you up. I'll be in Lilycove City for a few hours tomorrow afternoon and I was wondering if you wanted to meet up. If you want to, meet me in front of the Tiger Lily café at 3:30. If you can't, I understand and in that case, I hope you feel better soon.

Your friend,

May

I knew that she was telling half of the truth, but I didn't mind, from the look of it. I think knowing she could see me as May tomorrow made her feel better.

"I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to bed, we do have school tomorrow," I pointed out.

Everyone groaned, "Don't remind us, we hardly had a weekend at all," Dawn complained.

"Did you finish your English paper?" I asked her.

"I'm almost done, I just need to proofread it before I print it out," she said.

"Wait, the English paper is due tomorrow?" Ash asked in panicked.

"Ashy-boy, we told you three times this weekend and you had all that time to do it," Gary said tiredly.

Ash was about to say something but Gary cut him off, "And I'm not writing it for you, this time you get to do it and suffer."

"Good luck Ash, night everyone," I said before heading to my room.

I crawled into bed to hear them still talking but I was so tired from today, I zonked out within a few minutes.

September 27th (Lilycove City, Hoenn)

No surprise, I woke up the next morning feeling sore. I crawled out of bed after putting on my glasses to go to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror to see that my burns were still there as a slight shade darker than my skin tone. I put on the salve and then makeup to cover all the burn marks making me feel a little bit better. I then changed before grabbing my backpack and headed to the kitchen to find everyone but Dawn and Ash.

I saw that Gary had a sly smile on his face, "What's with the grin?" I asked.

"Ashy-boy fell asleep at his computer last night and I found him with his head on the keyboard with Pikachu on his head. It was hilarious, I even took a picture," he said while chuckling.

He showed me the picture, sure enough Ash had the left side of his head on his keyboard and Pikachu on top.

Suddenly, I came up with a devious idea, "You know there's a better picture for a moment like this," I grinned slyly.

Gary looked confused along with everyone else, "What do you mean?" he asked.

"Just get your phones ready," I said before grabbing some cereal to eat.

After I got back to the table, Ash came out still sleepy from staying up last night to finish his paper but on the side of his face was huge imprint of a part of the keyboard he fell asleep on.

Gary along with Paul and Drew took a picture before Ash could notice, "What's with picture?" Ash asked drowsily.

"Just go in the bathroom and look," I said before continuing to eat my cereal.

Ash left confused, a few second later we heard an "AW CRAP!" which caused all of us to snicker.

"You sure know how to call 'em Daffodil," Drew said arrogantly while flipping his hair.

"Maybe the next one I notice will have to do with you," I teased.

Ash came back with the imprint still there but it was fainted out a bit, "Delete that picture Gary!" he yelled.

"I don't see why I should Ashy-boy. It's too funny and besides, I'm not the only one with it. Paul and Drew took one too," Gary teased.

"Delete it!" Ashe roared.

"You'll have to catch us first," Gary said as the guys quickly raced out the door while the girls and I sweatdropped.

"Oh boy," I sighed and looked at my poketch. "The boys do have the right idea though, homeroom is in ten minutes."

The girls and I grabbed our backpacks and left for homeroom to find that guys in there. Ash had a grumpy glare while staring at the other guys who grinned slyly. I took a seat next to Dawn and the bell rang signaling that my life was going to get difficult.

"Sorry I'm late, I had to stop and see Mr. Stone," a fake sweet voice said.

"Just don't be late next time, take a seat," Mr. Thornwood said.

She took a seat behind me, "Surprised to see me loser?" she asked.

I knew that she would be back, but she had Ms. Parker's homeroom so I was a bit curious as to why she was in my homeroom, but I decided to ignore her.

"Tramp, I was talking to you," she hissed.

"Miss Hartwood is there a problem?" Mr. Thornwood asked.

"There's no problem," she said in a fake sweet voice.

She continued to verbally harass me and it looked like Dawn, Leaf, and Misty wanted to murder her, but I just ignored her. No use in retaliating without an argument happening.

The bell rang and I went off to math to discover that Brandi was in that class as well. Actually she was in all my morning classes and she continued to verbally harass me.

After morning classes were done, I just wanted to go back to the dorm and crawl into bed. I think all the injuries and lack of sleep are getting to me and my mood was becoming depressed from a few of Brandi's comments.

Soon it was lunch and Dawn went storming down the halls, steaming from the ears, to the cafeteria, I followed behind her at a slower pace. By now I'd lost my appetite, so I grabbed an apple and a carton of milk before walking toward the table where everyone else was at. Everyone was eating although Leaf and Dawn looked like they wanted to murder someone and they were taking it out on their lunch.

I sat at the table and Misty looked concerned, "Aren't you gonna eat?" she asked.

"Nah, I'm not that hungry."

I sighed, "Leaf, Dawn can you please stop butchering your food, it's not doing you any good," I said tiredly while eating my apple.

"Sorry but I'm just so mad from Brandi harassing you in all your classes. How could you take that? She called you every insult in the book," Leaf complained.

"I don't care, in the mood I'm in right now, might as well say most of it is true," I said shocking the whole table.

I saw Brandi coming over, "And she's gonna make it worse," I muttered before talking a sip of milk and then putting the carton on the table.

"This," she hissed as she took her milk carton and poured it on my head, "is for being a cheater at the battle tournament on Friday."

She then walked away with everyone looking upset, "Lin are you okay?" Ash asked in concern.

Milk dripped down my face, I took some napkins at the table and dried my face, "Sure," I replied dully.

"I'm gonna rip her hair out, she's gone too far," Dawn said gruffly while starting to stand.

"No," I said in a serious tone.

"But Lin," she whined.

"I said no. This is not your fight, it's mine. Today is her day, I'm not in the mood for revenge. I'll only retaliate if she insults one of you. She can me call me dirt, but not my friends," I said darkly before taking another bite of my apple.

I turned to Drew, "I'm surprised you haven't insulted me yet, I thought you would have done it by now," I said curious bored tone.

He flicked his hair while frowning and raised an eyebrow, "Don't you think you've been harassed enough for one day?" he asked.

I shrugged, "Nope because Brandi isn't done yet, she'll keep doing it until school is over," I said shortly as the bell rang signaling the end of lunch.

"Dawn can I borrow a ponytail?" I asked.

"Sure, aren't you gonna change?" she asked as she gave me a ponytail.

"I don't see the point in doing so, we only have three more classes left," I said while putting my wet, milky wig in a ponytail. Note to self, ask Max to order a new wig ASAP.

Chem went okay despite the continuous verbal harassment. Gym though was the worst. After we changed into our gym uniforms, we did a few laps outside and got assigned teams for soccer. Brandi and her posse were on one team while my friends and I were on the other.

The game started out okay until the drama queens tried to take cheap shots at me and the girls. Then Brandi kicked the ball hard that was heading toward Dawn who wasn't looking. I pushed Dawn out of the way, but in the process I got hit in the stomach really hard causing me to fall on the ground and get the wind knocked out of me.

"Lin!" the girls cried as I lay on the ground trying to remain calm and get my breath back.

I sat up slowly but it was still difficult to breathe. The girls along with the guys and the teacher came over, "Mason, you alright?" Mr. Richards asked.

"I'm fine," I wheezed. "May I go to the nurse's office?"

"Yes; Hayden, walk her down. Johnson, come over to the other team. The rest of you, keep playing!" he barked.

"You alright Lin?" Drew asked concerned.

"I'm fine, just out of breath and a little light headed," I wheezed before he helped me to the nurse's office to find Brock there.

"Lin, what happened to you now?" he asked concerned.

"I got the wind knocked out of me," I wheezed.

"Get on the table," he said and listened to my breathing.

"Well, you don't have any broken ribs though I do suggest you go back to the dorm and take it easy," he said in serious voice.

"Thanks Brock," I said finally getting my breath back though my stomach felt bruised.

Drew and I then left the nurse's office and went back to the gym, "You sure you're okay?" he asked again.

"For the second time, I'm okay though I'm gonna feel sore from that hit. Now what's with you being all concerned, what happened to the arrogant, smirking grasshead?" I asked trying to lighten the mood.

"He'll be back later, but taking a hit like that is serious. It's not something you can kid off. Besides, you've been off all day," he noted.

"I've been somewhat depressed and tired. I'll probably skip class tomorrow so I can rest and heal then go back for the rest of the week," I decided.

"If you say so, see ya later Lin," he said and went back outside back to gym while I changed out of my gym clothes back into my milky, wet outfit from earlier.

I went back to the dorm and took a shower to get rid of the milk in my hair since it seeped through the wig. I changed into something nice for meeting Misty before grabbing my pokeball charm bracelet and left a note as Lin saying I went into town and would be back later. I checked my poketch to see that it was 2:00 and decided to stop by the Lilycove City Pokemon Center.

I reached a video phone and called Max, "Hey Max, how's it goin'?" I asked.

"Things are going well here. What about you?" he asked.

"I'm doing okay. I'm meeting Misty in a few hours, I think she needs someone to talk to about the whole event from this weekend," I explained. "Can you do a few favors for me?"

"Sure May, whatcha need?"

"First, can you order another brown wig that I wear as Lin. A girl that hates my guts spilled milk on it and I need it ASAP. Lastly, can you give me Beautifly in exchange for Wartortle, she hasn't seen me in a while."

"I'll send you Beautifly in a second. So you already have an enemy at school, what did you do to make her hate you?" he asked.

"I did nothing, I think she got jealous because I got Drew's attention or something and has hated my guts ever since. She knocked the wind out of me today by kicking a soccer ball in my gut."

"May, at this rate your injuries are going to become permanent and you'll have more problems, you have to be more careful," Max lectured.

"Don't worry, I'm trying to avoid injury, you think I like getting hurt?" I asked sarcastically.

"No, oh I just finished ordering your wig. I'll have Kirlia teleport it inside the safe when it arrives so it should be there when you get back, now I'll send you Beautifly."

"Thanks Max, see you later," I said and went to the pokeball swap machine. In no time I had Beautifly with me and I went outside.

"Beautifly take the stage!" I shouted happily as she came out and did a beautiful morning sun.

"Beautifly," she said happily while flittering through the air.

"I'm glad to see you to Beautifly, why don't we practice some contest appeals before I have to meet up with a friend," I suggested.

"Beautifly," she said happily and flew beside me.

After doing a few contest appeals, I saw that the time was 3:20 and the café was ten minutes away.

"Alright Beautifly, that's enough for today. Do you want to stay out?" I asked.

"Beautifly," she said and landed on my head as I walked to the Tiger Lily café. I sat at an outside table with a chai latte while I ordered some Poffins for Beautifly.

A minute later I saw Misty carrying her Azurill, "Hey Misty, I'm glad you were able to see me while I was in the city," I said as she sat across from me.

"Thanks for the invite, I really wanted to chat with you," she said as a waiter came up.

"I'll have a chai latte," she said and the waiter walked away.

"So how are you feeling?" I asked.

"I'm alright, I'm not so stiff anymore, but the memories are what bother me the most," she said honestly. "Ever since Saturday night, I've had recurring nightmares."

I took a sip of my drink waiting for her to continue, "I guess what bothers me so much is that I couldn't help myself in that situation. I was helpless and weak which goes against my character. I hate feeling helpless and weak," she said angrily with tears starting to show.

I felt her pain and placed a hand over her fist that was on the table, "Misty, you are not weak, you are one of the strongest people I've met. It's okay to admit we were scared, but admitting it and taking time to overcome it is what makes us stronger."

I gave her a napkin to wipe her eyes as the waiter delivered her tea, "Thank you," I said as he went away.

"Thanks May," she said as she finished drying her eyes. "Sorry about that."

I shook my head, "Don't apologize, you have every right to cry. It's hard to overcome the memories of being kidnapped," I said soothingly.

"So how do you feel, I heard that you had to disarm another bomb last night," she said as she took a sip of her tea.

"I feel sore and I'm hoping that I won't have to mess with bombs for a while."

"May, how are you able to take a hit like that and keep going? Don't you get tired or physically drained?" she asked.

"Yes, but I feel an obligation to always help those in trouble because I want them to be safe and not have to experience the pain that I've gone through for years," I said honestly.

"But putting others before yourself all the time, isn't that unhealthy?" she asked concerned.

"It is, but that doesn't stop me. All my life, I've been pretty much a loner with hardly any connections to anyone except a few people. I just want everyone to remain safe and avoid the things I deal with," I said before taking a sip.

"I noticed that you seemed to not have many friends, at least you can count me as a friend," she said with a smile.

I smiled back, "Thanks, and it's nice to actually meet outside of a mission since on missions we have to put our focus elsewhere."

"Yea, life at PHPA is tough, but if we can help other people, it's worth it," she said. "By the way, what is the story between you and Lance, he seems to dislike you a lot?"

I frowned, "We got off on the wrong foot. We first met at a robbery in progress in Johto back in the early summer. His agents went in to stop the thief, but got knocked out within a few seconds. Then I showed up and was able to stop the thief which caused attention to shift to me instead of PHPA. I think the reason he dislikes me is that I have a different method of doing things than PHPA's and he finds my presence annoying," I explained huffily.

"So that's why he doesn't like you."

"For the most part, since then, I don't like him because he thinks that I can't handle what I do and if there is one thing that makes me mad is someone not having faith in me that I can do something when I know I can do it," I muttered.

She nodded in understanding and looked at her pokenav, "Time flies while you're having fun, I can't believe it's 5:00, do you want to come back to the dorm with me?"

"I guess, I have an hour or so before I have to leave," I said as she stood up while holding Azurill.

"Come on Beautifly," I said as I stood up and put some money on the table.

Beautifly landed on my head while Misty and I started walking back to campus. Unfortunately, some press noticed me and started to swarm me.

"Miss Maple, what are you doing on your hiatus from the contesting circuit?"

"Miss Maple, is it true that you disarmed a bomb in LaRousse City last night?"

"Miss Maple, is it true that you saved Elizabeth Hayden's life?"

"It's missions, along with yes, and yes to answer your questions. Beautifly please use Morning Sun," I said softly.

"Beautifly," she said and used Morning Sun on the press to distract them while Misty and I high-tailed it for the entrance to campus.

After we got there we caught our breath, "Do reporters do that all the time?" Misty asked tiredly.

"Sometimes in big cities like this," I said. "Sorry you had to go through that."

"That's okay, at least we made it back to campus," she said optimistically.

We were about to go inside the dorm building when I spotted everyone in an open area nearby under some trees, "I think everyone is outside, I said to her while pointing them out.

"I guess you're right, weird though, I thought everyone would be inside now," she wondered out loud.

We made our way over to see that everyone had their backs turned to us. I smirked with an evil thought, "Beautifly, use a small Gust on the hair of the green-haired one," I whispered with a grin.

"Beautifly," she whispered before silently getting close to grasshead, she then used a small Gust on grasshead to mess up his hair and spook him.

"What the…!" he yelled as he tumbled over causing everyone to turn around while Misty and I were laughing.

"Nice one May," Misty said as she gave me a high five.

"I try," I said as Beautifly landed on my head.

"May!" Drew yelled in anger at me messing up his hair.

"Oh calm down grasshead, it's just a little wind," I teased after Misty and I walked up to everyone.

"Nice one May, you scared the crap out of him," Gary complimented while snickering.

"Can it Oak!" Drew snapped.

"So what are you doing here May?" Dawn asked.

"I was in the city on business today and I decided to catch up with Misty. Then she invited me back to see you guys" I explained.

"How are you feeling?" Leaf asked causing everyone to listen in.

"To be honest, I feel like a Machoke used me as a punching bag," I said bluntly. "But it'll go away eventually."

"How can you still be here on business if you feel like crap?" Ash asked.

I shrugged, "You have to keep going despite being in pain sometimes."

Suddenly my poketch started beeping and saw that it was Max, "Hey Max, what's up?" I asked.

"You have a caller on your hotline that wants to talk to you, some girl named Lizzy."

"Put her through Max."

Max disappeared to be replaced with Lizzy's image, "Hey Lizzy, how are you feeling?" I asked.

"I suppose I've been better, I just wanted to call and thank you for saving me last night."

"It's no problem Lizzy, I'm just glad everything turned out okay."

"So where are you?"

"I'm actually at Lilycove City right now. I'm visiting your brother and his friends."

"I'm wishing you didn't," Drew huffed while trying to fix his hair.

"It was one tiny gust attack grasshead, get over it," I said flatly.

"What happened?" Lizzy asked intrigued.

"I had my Beautifly do a small gust attack to mess up grasshead's hair and scare him to death," I said with a sly grin.

She laughed, "That's funny, wish I could have seen it," she giggled.

"You want a death wish?" Drew threatened.

"Oh bite me. Besides, how are you gonna kill me if you never see me?"

"You'll die when I see you next," Drew said.

"Oh please," she said in a bored tone. "Anyways May, I just wanted to call and thank you for last night, it was nice talking to you."

"Same, good luck with your contests," I said and then ended the call.

"Beautifly," Beautifly said as she flew into the air to look at me.

I checked my poketch, "Thanks for the reminder Beautifly, return," I said while returning her to her pokeball before turning my attention to everyone else. "I've got to go, I'll see you later."

"Bye May, see ya later," the girls said while the guys excluding Drew nodded.

I left them but circled back around to climb up the tree and change into my pjs and new wig that Max delivered. I sat on the couch with the TV on as everyone came in.

"How are you feeling Lin?" Dawn asked.

"I'm doing okay, the majority of the soreness will hit me tomorrow."

"So what did the nurse say?" Leaf asked.

"Brock said that I didn't have any broken ribs and that I should take it easy. With that being said, I think I'm gonna miss class tomorrow so that I can heal from the bruising and then go back for the rest of the week," I explained.

"That sounds like a reasonable plan," Misty agreed. "What are you watching?"

"I was gonna watch that new show about the legendary mysteries."

"Ooo, I saw the preview for that. It looks good, mind if we watch?" Dawn asked.

"Sure," I said as I turned on the TV and soon we were watching the series premiere.

Team Rocket Headquarters

(No one's POV)

An automated door slid open to allow a blond agent to enter her boss's office with her boss's back to her.

"Did you get it?" her boss asked.

"Yes sir, the fake one is in place of the real one so no one will notice," she said.

"Excellent," he said with an evil grin while stroking his Persian and looked out the window at the dark night sky.