My eyes watered and my throat burned, coughing as I swallowed the black smoke accidently. I blinked and rubbed my eyes furiously over my eyes in a failed attempt to sooth the burning. I heard Drew swear from some few feet away from me, and heard loud shouts and other coughs over my own coughing fits. I felt a hand touch mine, and I instinctively wrapped my fingers around the hand larger than my own and was promptly pulled forward.

"You alright, May?" I heard Drew whispered hoarsely next to my ear, his arms wrapped around me, holding me tightly against his body. I felt his lips touch my temple, a hand running through my hair.

"Yeah…" I managed to force out, inevitable taking in more smoke and breaking out into coughing fit. He held my body tight against his own as mine racked with the coughs, "What happened?"

"Kei. That bitch." I turned to the icy voice behind me, hands reaching out blindly. My hand came in contact with hair, soft hair and instantly, a small hand was wrapped around my wrist, gentle yet firm. Miyuki continued to speak, "It was not a pokeball in his hand. It was a smoke device for screening." As she spoke, she gently let go of my wrist and I let it fall back by my side.

"Fearow, clear the smoke!" We heard Damon command with the sound of a Pokémon being released. A few second later, we heard another cry of, "Fearow can't do it alone, guys!"

There were shouts of "Masquerain, help Fearow!"and "Murkrow, help clear the smoke!" from Drew and Shu. Soon, the smoke was cleared with the collaboration of the three Pokémon and we could see again.

But there was nothing to be seen. Team Magma had disappeared.

O.o

As he happily made his way outside, adjusting his belt on his waist, he noticed that something was wrong. He was pretty sure where he was.

I mean, come on, when you are in the middle of nowhere, with mountains around you and with guards dressed up in red uniforms with black horns on their heads, it was pretty hard to mistake where you are.

Now, what were the odds that he can fight them all and escape?

Next to none, I believe.

So what were the odds that Team Magma had been idiotic enough to leave his mobile with him?
O.o

"Why is there an ambulance here?"

Everyone turned to look at May at the question. May stared back at them for a second, confused, before she motioned at the ambulance going past them and towards the back entrance of the headquarters. "Well, look there! Did anyone of you call an ambulance?"

There was a pause for a moment before they all (except Miyuki) ran after the ambulance. Miyuki calmly walked inside the headquarters, ignored the receptionist questioning about the others and walked inside the bathroom near the receptionist's desk.

Even years later, the receptionist will claim that she had never heard of scream more angry and more terrifying than the one she heard that day.

O.o

Hmm, so he was right when he said that Team Magma was stupider than they looked.

Checking his mobile for any missed calls or messages, and after finding none, he slipped it back into his pockets. He decided to explore the hideout of Team Magma before he used his mobile.

Just as he was about to take a step further, all the Magma members suddenly started moving. Cautiously, he took a step back when he heard the sounds of helicopters and machines. He watched as the huge aircrafts landed in the large clearing, shielding his eyes as the rotating blades of the helicopter blew the dust in every direction. He stepped back when he saw some figures emerging from the aircrafts and heading towards where he was standing. Stepping to a side so that his back was pressed against the wall of the hallway and he was well into the shadows, he stood with baited breath as 3 people walked past him, one woman and two men.

The woman was wearing a black knee-length dress with a red hood on her head, two black horns adorning it. One man was dressed in pretty much the same way, pants replacing the dress. But the other man dressed in casual black cloths was what intrigued him the most.

He watched as the blue haired man walked past him, his face smug, a small box craddled in his arms.

He raised his eyebrows questioningly as the trio walked deeper into the hall. He sighed and detached himself from the wall, flipping out his mobile and quickly pressing 1 on speed dial.

He had seen stranger things but this time, he was ready to have a mental breakdown without some moral support. Immediately.

O.o

"What is happening?" Chiyo exclaimed, catching the sleeves of one of one of the male assistants.

"Oh! Saitou-sama!" The man bowed and Chiyo huffed impatiently.

"What are you doing here?" Chiyo demanded.

"Nurse Joy got an emergency call." He replied, bowing before he continued on with his task.

Chiyo turned to the others, "Okay, who called?"

Others shrugged. Shu shook his head before proceeding after the Pokémon Center's staff, "Come on guys, we'll see."

O.o

Miyuki stepped out from the bathroom, looking top notch. She turned to look at the receptionist who was staring at her wide-eyed, petrified. One look from the 'ice queen' signed the deal that this incident was never to be spoken of again.

As Miyuki was ready to head towards the back entrance, her mobile rang. Sighing she pulled it out and looked at the caller id. A photo of an ostrich stared at her.

Eyes wide, she pressed the 'answer' button, "Hello? What? Slow down!...I mean…you are WHERE? Are you joking? Because if you are, I assure you that I will take my sweet time maiming you!...No? Huh? How long? No!"

By now, the young blonde had broken into a sprint, the small device still pressed to her ear as she pushed the huge oak doors, "No, I am going there! Please wait…yes…yes….I'll b- Oh my Arceus!"

The scene that greeted her was easily the most terrifying. She blinked and let Damon pull her to him. She fisted her shirt for support as she took in the scene, the call she had received forgotten.

Shimizu and Suzuki were lying on two stretchers, the hospital assistants ready to pick them up to carry them off to the Pokémon Center.

Reiji and Alek were standing at the entrance with Carlos, sweating profusely and worry creasing their foreheads as they helped the assistants in their task.

"W-what happened?" Miyuki whispered.

"We don't know, Miyu." Ayame replied softly, hugging the girl.

"Daichi is going over the security tape of the past one hour." Chiyo said, leaning behind the said red-haired man, staring intently at the screen as the man continued to click away.

"There. Come here, guys." Daichi paused the video and pointed at it. "At this point, Shimizu was about to send us out." He clicked play and all the room occupants looked at the screen.

"We need to do something of this battle outside." They watched Suzuki speak as she rubbed her eyes.

"Like?"

"Go children," They watched Shimizu stand and heave a sigh, "Make us proud."

They watched their past selves walk out of the room, leaving Madam Suzuki and Shimizu alone. Shimizu dropped back into his seat and Suzuki walked towards him.

Daichi skipped forward by 2 minutes. They watched as there was a knock on the door and Suzuki walked forward to open it.

Their eyebrows rose when they saw Kei enter the room.

"Kei, are you okay? What about Team Aqua? Are the civilians safe?" Shimizu fired question after question, rising from his seat and walking towards Kei and Suzuki.

"Yes. It's all done." Kei grinned at them and Suzuki cracked a small smile.

"Is everything taken care of?" Shimizu asked, concern evident in his features.

"Actually no, you see." Kei gave them an innocent look, reaching in his jacket to retrieve something, "Not everything is taken care of."

They all watched with wide eyes, Miyuki's left eye twitching occasionally, and Damon held her tighter, as Kei produced a small…candle. Pink candle.

"Candle, Kei?"

"Why yes, Shimizu. It's a candle." Kei replied. They all watched intently, ignoring Daichi's shout of 'Aha! Kei never calls boss by his name!' They watched with slight disgust when the pink candle began morphing. Soon, Kei was holding a miniature Lickitung, which then proceeded to lick both Suzuki and Shimizu.

The occupants of the room sat still, watching the pixilated image of Kei standing quietly over their fallen elders, the Lickitung morphing again. Suddenly, Kei glanced up and surprisingly, right into the camera before he raised his free hand and suddenly the camera went blank.

"The hell did I just see?" Drew mumbled.

"You just saw a brat attacking two people." Miyuki said acidly, detatching herself from Damon's grip.

"Miyuki!" Chiyo gasped, "Do you really think Kei did that?"

"I don't think Kei would do that…" Ayame mumbled. May looked at her; the brunette's face clearly showing that she didn't believe what she just saw.

"Come on, Miyuki! I know you don't like Kei and all but-"

"No, that was not Kei." Miyuki declared, cutting Daichi mid-speech and crossing her arms. "That was an imposter."

"Miyuki?" Shu motioned for her to elaborate. The blonde promptly held up her mobile, showing them all a number they were thoroughly familiar with, with an exception of Drew and May.

O.o

Light streamed in from the door for a few moments before it was softly closed again as four figures made their way into the dark room.

"Now…I see that you are here." A figure shrouded in darkness spoke from where it was seated at the head of the table, finger tips joined together, elbows resting on the table.

"Sir." The four figures bowed. One of them stepped forward, and placed a box in front of the man.

"Ah…my, my. I see that Mack stand corrected." The man cooed. One of the three people standing at the door bowed. "Is this…?" The question trailed off as trembling fingers reached for the box placed before him.

"Yes, yes it is." A smug voice replied, seemingly pleased with a job well done.

"Sir," a voice, decidedly more feminine, started, "we should begin as soon as possible."

With fingers touching the smooth and cool surface of the box, he looked up at the four people standing before him, "Ah, but I believe Kei here had taken out the infamous Kiyoshi Shimizu."

The name of the Police Head was spoken with so much disdain that the replying was made so much more pleasurable, "That I did, sir. That I did."

"But," the female voice interrupted, "we must not undermine the brats working for him."

The man sighed, "Again, you are correct, my dear Courtney. Very well, we shall proceed."

Ah, I had to cut this chapter here otherwise I would have written down the end in this very chapter and it would have taken a hell lot of more time to update….
Thank you, AdorableMe and LoveLoverGrl! Yeah, it was meant to be baffling for the readers. And I hope you got your answers, and if there are still confusions, read on!
I apologize or the long delay in updating… I have not been well lately. Even today, I had to take a day off from school (its making me go crazy, wondering what is happening in school…) and I used th time to write you all this chapter…

Please review, won't you? Please?