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An Abnormal Adventure

Chapter Three: Pokemon Center

"Here it is," Reyna looked at her digital map. "Accumula Town."

Ayami looked on ahead into the bustling streets full of families, sellers and even some scientists that were dotted around the town.

"It says that you can see amazing views from the hills. I guess it's talking about those hills over there." Jackson pointed to the far-off hills on the horizon.

"Let's go see the view from the hills first before we do anything else," Ayami said, then started sprinting towards the crowded street. Jackson and Reyna followed suit soon after, attempting to push through the crowd and keep track of Ayami on the way.

A few minutes later, the three friends looked in awe at the view. Lush green trees and the occasional hills melded well together, and Ayami could see a light brown line streaking in the middle of it all. It was most likely the trail they were going to walk on soon.

"Oh! There's a Pokemon Center here!" Reyna said, breaking the silence. "It's right around the corner- well, not literally, but you know what I mean." She laughed, then put her digital map away. "Let's go and heal our Pokemon before we head out."

Ayami, Jackson and Reyna skidded down the hills and walked to the Pokemon Center. As they got closer, they saw a crowd of people blocking the entrance, and one person in a strange costume trying to calm them all down.

"It's been two hours!"

"I need to heal my Pokemon!"

"Where's Officer Jenny?!"

"Everyone! Calm down!" the strange-costume guy shouted. "Just be a little more patient!"

"What's going on?" Ayami asked a nearby man, who looked at the three in annoyance.

"This guy's been blocking off the Center for two hours," he grumbled. "Better go to that other Center in Striaton City if you want, because this is not going to open up for a while."

"Reyna- what're you doing!?" Ayami turned around and found Jackson grabbing onto Reyna's shirt. She broke free of his grip and walked up to the man in the strange costume, somehow finding a way through all of the angry trainers.

"What're you think you're doing!? Blocking off the Pokemon Center!?" Reyna shouted, her voice ringing throughout the area.

"Just doing what the boss said…" the costume guy said, obviously surprised that Reyna stood up to him.

"I want to speak with this 'boss' of yours, then." Reyna crossed her arms. The crowd silenced for a moment, then they started cheering.

The costume man scoffed, but he opened the door. "Fine then- I doubt you'll make him leave." He smirked.

Ayami and Jackson had already pushed through the sea of trainers and managed to catch up to Reyna. Ayami pulled Reyna back the by collar forcefully, almost choking the girl. "Are you really sure you should be doing this?" Ayami hissed in Reyna's ear.

The brunette pushed away and looked at Ayami in determination. "Of course- if it means helping out the people," she declared, making the crowd erupt into another round of cheering.

Ayami sighed and looked at Jackson for help, who awkwardly shrugged and gestured to the open door. The three headed in; Ayami watched the doors close, like in those cheesy haunted house movies.

No going back… Ayami thought worriedly.

The three cautiously looked around. The Pokemon Center was dark; the only light coming from the sunlight filtering in through the windows. There were also big, brown bags near the waiting area that was obviously full of Pokeballs.

"Look- over there." Jackson pointed. The girls followed his finger and spotted a light coming from what looked to be a back room. The three tiptoed to the door and peered inside.

The room was brightly lit, compared to the rest of the Pokemon Center. It was big, and covered with many empty blue-colored shelves that looked like it had held things before. There were bags similar to the ones outside, but some were half full. There was a man in the center with an even stranger costume facing one of the shelves. He had long green hair, and his costume looked sort of like a robe, except the top part of the robe ended off in a crown shape, and one half was yellow, and the other half blue. He turned around and grinned, and Ayami was taken aback by the eyes on the front of his 'robe', and also the red eyepatch that was covering his right eye. (A/N: If you know who this is, I commend you because I am not good at describing DX)

"Ah, so they have arrived." The man said, smirking like he knew something.

"What are you doing with those bags?" Reyna spoke first; she was surprisingly calm.

"They hold… Pokeballs." The man said, obviously thinking about what he was going to say.

"And what are you planning to do with those Pokeballs?" Jackson piped up, stepping in front of the girls.

"That I cannot say." The man smiled.

"But it's something bad, isn't it? You're going to do something bad with those Pokeballs!" Reyna's voice was significantly louder this time.

"Smart girl." The man again smirked. "But if you think you can stop me, I'm afraid I'm too strong."

"Oh yeah?" Reyna reached for her Pokeball, before realizing that her Snivy had fainted at her battle against Ayami. She turned to Jackson with pleading eyes. "Send out your Pokemon, please?"

Jackson shook his head. "My Oshawott's weak, and even if he was okay to battle, he'd still be stronger." He said, glaring at the man.

The man laughed. "Smart boy, I see." He suddenly threw a Pokeball in the air, sending out an Abra. "As much as I'd love to defeat you here, I have no business with you yet." He said, narrowing his eyes at the girl who hadn't spoken the entire time. "Ayami Sakura, I look forward to work with you." He smiled mysteriously, seeing the girl's eyes widen with confusion. "Abra, Teleport." He said, and suddenly he was no longer there, along with all of the brown bags.

Hours later, the three had booked a room in the Accumula Town Pokemon Center, having everything going back to normal- sort of. After the mysterious man had disappeared, the police officers came immediately to investigate about the missing Pokeballs. They interrogated the poor, confused trainers until they couldn't get anything else out of them and left. Nurse Joy (who had apparently been on break) had no idea that it had happened, and apologized greatly to the trainers for the inconvenience. She got the Pokemon Center running again, and everyone was able to do what they had wanted to do and left, feeling happier than they had when they first visited.

"Man, that was a crazy day." Reyna sighed on her bed, playing around with her blankets a bit.

"At least we were able to drive that weird man away." Jackson said, but had a weird tone in his voice.

"I wonder what he meant when he said he was looking forward to working with me…" Ayami murmured, her thoughts whirling, her brain trying to make sense of that one sentence.

"You'll find out soon enough." Reyna turned off the lamp closest to her. "Now let's get some sleep. I'm sleepier than a Snorlax." She yawned, and collapsed into the mess of pillows and sheets. Not long after, Ayami could hear soft snoring sounds coming from the left side of her bed.

Ayami's bag suddenly shook, and a red energy popped out, turning into Emolga. The Pokemon flew into Ayami, giving her an apologizing hug.

"It's okay. I didn't get hurt, so you have nothing to worry about." Ayami reassured, but Emolga wasn't sure, judging by the worried look on its face.

"Emolga must really care about you." Jackson smiled, then looked at his own Pokemon who was sleeping in the corner. "I'm going to get some rest." He yawned loudly, then covered himself completely with the white blanket, only revealing a hand to turn off his lamp.

Ayami was the last to sleep. And still, as she was dreaming away, one thing bothered her.

I look forward to work with you.

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Anyways, thanks for reading!

-EarthSpell