Chapter 46 Debriefing

Jack found himself running through a forest, the trees and foliage around him eerily similar to his property in Alola. He slowed to a stop, breathing heavily, wondering what the hell was going on for a moment before a loud, cracking sound distantly behind him told him a tree was falling. "The fuck?" Jack asked to no one as he began running once more. He turned his head around to try to catch a glimpse of whatever it was behind him he was running from, and he saw an unsettlingly bright light moving through the trees. He cursed and kept running forward. He reached for his belt with his poke balls, but found nothing there. He turned around, noticing the light closing in on him. Realizing he couldn't outrun it, he darted behind a tree. He heard a loud boom and the tree above him began to crack-

Jack bolted up in his bed, breathing heavily. feeling all sorts of sweat coating his naked body.

"Jack, are you okay?" Lillie whispered to him, her voice laden with worry.

Jack remained wordless as he caught his breath. It felt like an eternity as he processed what he'd just seen and he was ready to speak again. "Just some dumb nightmare, nothing to it. Hope I didn't freak you out."Her eyes looked ready to water, and Jack shook his head. "I'll be alright Lillie, no need to worry."

Lillie nodded. "Okay..."

He didn't have morning wood, probably because of the dumb nightmare. He wiped the sleep from his eyes and crawled out of bed. He sensed that Lillie hadn't moved at all, and he figured she was just watching him for whatever reason. "Whatever floats her boat," Jack thought silently to himself as he went to take a piss.

A few minutes later Jack had made his way to the kitchen. He realized it was quite early and the sun hadn't been out for very long, as Mallow had begun her breakfast prep.

"Morning Mallow," Jack grumbled.

"Mornin' boss," Mallow replied. "How'd everything go last night?"

"Everything was amazing. I think Lillie had an amazing time, I know I did." Jack paused as he remembered the exquisitely prepared filets wrapped in bacon he and Lillie had enjoyed as the main course. "I definitely owe you big time for preparing that on short notice."

Mallow smirked. "All part of the job, boss," she said proudly. "But if you're gonna try to make it up to me, I have an idea or two..."

"Oh fuck, I should've known," Jack realized what she was going to ask for: the rule about shoes and socks not being allowed in the house. "Don't tell me you have a foot fetish."

Mallow shrugged. "Okay I won't tell you."

Jack eyed her skeptically, and Mallow smirked as she opened her mouth. "But yeah, no shoes or shocks."

"I never understood the foot fascination thing," Jack replied.

"And I don't understand why guys are so entranced by these babies..." Mallow grabbed her very ample bosom, which her apron was barely able to cover, then gave her jugs a squeeze. "Besides, I think you're the last one who should be kink-shaming, breast-milk enjoyer."

"That was your fault y'know," Jack fired back. "If you hadn't pulled that prank on me-"

"Oh because you'd never tasted breast milk before, right?" Mallow replied. "It was inevitable."

Jack grimaced. He remembered tasting Marnie's breast milk on his first night at the G-Spot. "Okay, fair."

"So when Hilda wakes up, go let her know that's the new policy," Mallow said with a triumphant grin.

"Fiiiine."

"Aw c'mon boss, not until I've had my coffee," Hilda pleaded as she wiped sleep from her eyes. She leaned back in the office chair and groaned. Hilda still had a robe on, one that was having a hard time keeping her buxom chest covered, and Jack was treated to part of nipples slipping into view.

Jack took a breathe to try to focus his vision on not Hilda's rack. "Well, I appreciated what Mallow did for Lillie and I last night so much I asked if I could do anything for her-"

Hilda began to cackle, seeming much more awake, causing her unsupported breasts to jiggle wildly. "Idiot, now she's just going to be as horny as I am all the time."

"She's joining the club then," Jack said with a chuckle.

Hilda shrugged. "That's up to you. I figured because you hadn't fucked her yet that you weren't into her."

"Or maybe I was just trying not to sleep with every woman I know."

"Hmmm, let me think, I bet I could count on one finger the women in Alola you've met more than once and haven't banged yet..." Hilda giggled.

"Oh come on-"

Hilda held up a hand to pause him. "Wait, this is getting me in the mood, lets keep going... So what is it, Mallow, Dawn, Ursula, Mai..."

"Anabel," Jack chimed in.

Hilda shook her head. "Lesbians don't count."

"That wasn't specified."

"Hm..." Hilda continued to ponder. "Oh yeah, that bitch from the club, Clair. Okay, that's five."

"Gloria?" Jack asked. "Wait, I haven't met her twice, just seen her battle."

Hilda smiled lasciviously. "So is that your next target?"

"N-no..." Jack said. "Wait, Diantha, the stripper, and that red-headed weirdo from the strip club."

Hilda scowled. "Strippers are cheating."

"But what if the next time I'm at the strip club I let you watch?" Jack asked.

"Well if that's an option then they aren't cheating," Hilda said excitedly. "I wonder if I can bring my vibrator..."

Jack shrugged. "In your purse?"

Hilda nodded. "Yeah, but I'd need to put it in a bag."

"There's no sink in the strip club back rooms," Jack teased. "Just like in here."

Hilda glared at him. "Just because we're both massive perverts doesn't make it okay for you to tease me about the sanitary conditions of my vibrator."

Jack smirked. "You mean unsanitary conditions?"

Hilda rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Is there anything else you needed to talk to me about? I haven't even had my coffee, and I haven't been able to watch the highlights of last night with Lillie..."

"I'm kinda curious, how did it look?" Jack said, his erection now throbbing as he got out of the chair on his side of the office and put his arm around Hilda's shoulder as he leaned over to get a better view.

"Well..." Hilda's voice quivered with lust as she opened the program that recorded security camera footage. The footage was still black and white, but it he could tell clearly what was going on. He had just laid Lillie on the bed, both of them naked, and they began their erotic wrestling. "Fuck that's so hot..." Hilda groaned.

Jack began running his hand across Hilda's shoulder, doing his best to get closer to her to let his pheromones effect her. Hilda's hand slid between an opening in her robe. Jack's hand darted after Hilda's. "So this was your plan..." Hilda said. "You don't play fair."

Jack smirked as his hand caressing her shoulder moved closer to her bosom. "Zinnia said that too."

Hilda moaned erotically, turning to him. Jack saw the words "take me" painted in her eyes. Jack then leaned in for a kiss, and the make-out session began. Jack un-did the light knot keeping the robe together, and Hilda's perfect, naked form revealed itself in the morning light. It didn't take long until Hilda was out of the chair, bent over the desk as Jack took her from behind. Hilda pushed them monitor across the desk so she could still watch the video of Lillie and Jack from the night before while Jack fucked her.

"This is... perfect..." Hilda cooed in between his thrusts.

Jack smiled and gave her ass a smack, the first of many.

After his fun with Hilda and a grueling leg workout with Bea, Jack found himself back in Hilda's office, now coated with the artificial smell of an air freshener.

"Oh, so the Z-Crystal thing..." Hilda began. "Any tips on what I should be looking for? Keywords?"

Jack shrugged. "Besides that? Artifact I guess..." Jack pondered, wondering if there was anything else of note. "Might be a long shot, but I got a gut feeling on something..."

"What?"

"Necrozma," Jack said. "It was something Sabrina talked to me about."

"You want to talk about that?" Hilda asked. "You seemed awfully freaked out about it."

Jack bit his lip. "It's weird... It would sound so completely bonkers to someone who wasn't there."

Hilda shrugged. "We've had a lot of 'bonkers' things go on around the property, Jack. Try me," Hilda said with a smirk.

"Okay I swear this isn't power fantasy or prophecy sort of thing, it's just what Sabrina said..."

Hilda gave him skeptical, but lightly curious look and remained silent.

"Sabrina supposedly has visions of the future, and one of them made her come to Alola and join Aether. That one apparently involved me."

"That's a future bride with ridiculous dedication, Jack."

Jack scoffed. "That's not the point. It's what she says she saw me doing that has me worried."

"C'mon, out with it."

Jack took a deep breath. "She said she saw me doing battle with something called 'Necrozma' A 'black terror' she said."

"Okay..."

Jack shook his head. "Remember when I told you about the murals Hala showed me on Ten Carat Hill?"

Hilda's jaw dropped. "One of them said 'black terror,' right?"

Jack nodded. "The legend Hala spoke of, about a story of a black terror that feeds on light, and the battle atop Ten Carat Hill that hollowed out the peak. Fuck I need to read that book he was talking about. And maybe I should tell him about what Sabrina told me..."

Hilda nodded. "If there's anyone to tell, it would be him."

Jack nodded. "Hopefully he's not still mad at me about May..."

Hilda groaned. "Fuck... Well there's Kahuna Olivia on Akala Island. It sounded like you were thinking of going there anyways."

Jack nodded. "That's definitely an idea. Something you could probably get on with planning..."

Hilda groaned once more. "Ah, there it is..."

A soft knock at the door interrupted the conversation.

"Anabel, right?" Hilda called out.

"Yeah!" Anabel called back. Anabel swung the door open and quickly took a seat next to Jack. "Just finished up with de-briefing Janine."

Jack and Hilda turned to each other and gave a quick look before re-focusing on Anabel. "Okay..."

Anabel explained that Lusamine hadn't hired her directly, but through a shell group called "Team Skull," a small-time crime group that Anabel suspected did Aether's dirty work. Jack made a mental note about how Giovanni likely found out, but continued listening to the story. Janine had been given very strict instructions to not harm Lillie or frighten the target, Cosmog, as startling the little puff-ball could cause it to teleport away, "or worse."

"Or worse?" Jack asked.

"Janine wanted clarification on that as well but was not given any," Anabel explained.

"Wonderful," Hilda replied sarcastically. "Please don't tell me that little thing can demolish the house or something stupid like that. Breaking a window would be acceptable."

Thankfully the rest of the briefing was not very long, as that was the juicy part about the Aether Foundation investigation. "I'm gonna see what Mallow's cooking up for lunch for Janine and Selene," Anabel said as she stepped out of the room.

"Thanks for the update!" Hilda called out as the door closed. Hilda then turned to Jack with her arms folded. "So you're telling me the psychic chick who can see the future didn't see the trap we sprung?"

Jack rolled his eyes. "She said she doesn't get a constant stream, kind of like clips or images of varying relevance. Or at least that's what it sounded like," Jack said as he realized Sabrina hadn't been too specific.

"Well thanks to Giovanni we knew that whole thing was coming and Nebby and Lillie are safe," Hilda explained.

"Yeah..." Jack said. He owed Giovanni big time for that. Plus he finally got to fuck Lillie out of the ordeal. An immediate pang of shame hit Jack as he knew Lillie was more than just a girl to fuck.

"Anything else for me?" Hilda asked.

"Anabel, Selene, and I are going to have to talk to the staff about Janine, right?" Jack asked.

"Yeah..." Hilda said. "That's Anabel business though."

Jack sighed. "Well okay then." He got up and out of the office, going for the kitchen but after one turn he came face-to-face with Zinnia.

"There you are!" Zinnia said excitedly. "You owe me, Jack."

Jack smiled lasciviously. "Oh do I?"

Zinnia's eyed dropped to his crotch for a moment before returning his gaze. "Okay that too, but we didn't get any training in yesterday, and you haven't let Rufflet or Marshtomp out at all, right?"

"Shit you're right..." Jack grumbled. The events of the Aether dinner party had overshadowed the triumph that was Rufflet joining his team. "But wait, aren't you supposed to be preparing for your match tonight?"

Zinnia shrugged. "It'll be easy, poor guy hasn't taken a pokemon off me in the two matches I've had with him."

"I definitely need to train..." Jack said, Sabrina's words echoing in his mind about his potential future. "Zinnia, this is gonna be a little weird... But do you know anything about visions? Or psychic prophecies or shit like that?"

Zinnia chuckled. "Yeah. Don't tell me you're having them."

Jack shook his head. "No just... someone might have had one about me."

Zinnia's eyebrows rose. "Oh?"

"I'll tell you outside," Jack replied, taking Zinnia's hand and leading her out of the house.

Once they got to Zinnia's training area, a little out of the way spot by the line of trees, Zinnia tugged his hand. "So let me guess, is this about what that Sabrina chick told you on the balcony at the dinner party?"

Jack nodded grimly. "Yeah..."

"I should've been there."

"She wouldn't have said anything with you there," Jack replied. He took a deep breath and then gave Zinnia the info he'd told Hilda not too long ago.

When Jack was done, Zinnia nodded seriously. "Well, who knows if that's all true or not, but I can see it in your eyes that it's bothering you."

"And if it is true?" Jack asked.

Zinnia shrugged. "You gotta be strong Jack. That's why we're out here."

Jack grinned. "Yeah... But I don't think I'll be as strong as you anytime soon."

Zinnia scoffed. "Oh you'll never be stronger than me, but I can still help make you strong enough for whatever may be coming. And that's not a sex joke..."

Jack nodded, an immense sense of relief washing over him. "Thanks Zinnia."

Zinnia cackled loudly. "Don't thank me just yet Jack, we're about to get even more intense."

After the training session which saw Marshtomp get more acclimated to its new body, and Rufflet acclimated with having a trainer, Jack went to the shower. After getting out, he found May laying on his bed, naked and touching herself. A simple "I need you" was all he needed to hear before he needed another shower again. Needless to say, it took him and May, his bodyguard for the day, a while to get to the Battle Club for Zinnia's match.

Upon entry he felt a couple steely looks from the security guards and he immediately knew Giovanni was going to need to see him. "Oh fuck, the Janine thing," he muttered. Giovanni had tipped him off about the ordeal, and Janine being in International Police hands was a big deal to say the least.

He made his way to the nearest bar, May beside him, and he saw Flannery wave at him with a big smile on her face. "Hey Jack!" Flannery called out to him from behind the bar.

Jack smiled and waved back, but he noticed out of the corner of his eye a security guard making his way over to him. Jack held up a hand to Flannery. "Rain check, be back in a bit." Jack turned to the security guard and smiled. "I assume you're here for me?"

The security guard nodded. "Yeah, boss needs to see you."

"I bet he does," Jack replied and followed the burly man to the elevator. The man pressed the second floor button and Jack remembered the balcony spot Giovanni had spoken to him last time, free from Ursula's potential eavesdropping.

"Wait right here, the boss will be with you shortly," the bouncer instructed.

Jack put his hands in his pockets, looking out over the battlefield at the center of the atrium structure, grinning as he saw how perfectly groomed the battlefield was, and how in not too long a time it would be absolutely disheveled.

Giovanni walked uncharacteristically quickly to the meeting spot, and Giovanni wordlessly took a spot leaning against the glass barrier, overlooking the battlefield as Jack had. Giovanni paused for a while, making Jack more and more nervous. "So Janine never made it back that night."

Jack's stomach became a pit of dread as he remembered he wasn't supposed to say anything about Janine to anyone, especially to a man like Giovanni. "Correct," Jack croaked, trying and failing to hide his nerves.

"But she's also not in custody."

Jack nodded. "I don't know much else on the matter."

Giovanni chuckled. "She hasn't left your property though."

Jack turned his head, unable to hide the sudden fear in his face.

Giovanni smiled. "Ursula's got a camera on your front gate. She's quite a pest."

Jack nodded. "Ah..."

Giovanni cleared his throat. "I was contacted by her clan actually, asking if I had any information. I told them I didn't."

Jack sighed with relief, letting the tension disappear from shoulders he didn't realize had tensed.

"So they know she's in Alola? Janine said her clan didn't know."

"Janine has a very overprotective father," Giovanni answered. He took a deep breath and then continued. "I'm sure you're not allowed to say much, but the only chance you have of diplomatically resolving this is by giving me some info. If I knew this was happening, the real fuckers who are plugged into everything will find out very soon. Hanging out with those IP girls will doom you if you don't cooperate."

Jack nodded. "Anabel was really insistent on keeping things quiet."

"My source knows, so her clan will know in short order."

"Team Skull?" Jack asked.

Giovanni nodded. "Yeah. Bunch of broke, mouthy, idiots."

Jack nodded and took a deep breath. "Okay, Janine brokered a deal with the IP, saying she won't be taken into formal custody, but she also won't be induced into that truth serum thing the IP can do. It was explained to me her clan would kill her if it was found out she'd been detained."

"You just saved a lot of lives just now," Giovanni said.

"It doesn't feel like it." Jack paused, then shook his head. "Janine said she'd cooperate on any ongoing investigations of her dealings outside of clan work. Mostly the Aether investigation Anabel and Selene are doing. Then she'd be free to go. Oh, and I forgot to mention she probably tore her ACL, so movement is going to be difficult for her for a bit."

Giovanni nodded. "Explains how she got captured then."

"Janine also said something about being the last of her mother's bloodline?"

Giovanni nodded. "Yeah, her mom's family was a clan in Johto. They ran afoul of another clan..."

"Ah."

"Yeah. So I take it she's being confined at your property?"

Jack held his tongue.

"I already know she hasn't left," Giovanni said. "Looks like you've got another bloodline to help resurrect."

"I didn't agree to anything-"

"If she hasn't escaped by now, she's already targeted you."

"Targeted?"

"For knocking her up," Giovanni said with a chuckle. "You sure you want an army of kids running around?"

Jack shrugged. "I think it's too late to turn back now."

Giovanni's bellowing laughter seemed alarmingly loud as people from other levels of the atrium turned to Jack and Giovanni. "Good point. Well, unless you have anything for me, that's all I needed to talk to you about."

Jack nodded. "Ursula's bodyguard Arezu says she wants to be a spy for me."

Giovanni shook his head uncertainly. "Too easy."

"That's what I thought."

"Get Anabel on board with putting that Ursula bitch under the truth serum thing. I'll get my connection, we can get rid of the problem for good," Giovanni said.

Jack smiled. "Brainwash her? Any idea what we should make her? Besides not a cunt to Irida?"

Giovanni smiled. "I leave any of the perverted ideas to your capable mind."

"You think Janine's dad is gonna come here and demand to meet with you?"

Giovanni scoffed. "Probably. You should knock her up before that happens."

Jack opened his mouth to protest, but found no words.

"Enjoy the matches, Mr. Cobal," Giovanni said as he turned to leave.

Jack shook his head and sighed, looking out over the complex. He knew he couldn't tell Anabel about what he'd just divulged, but he felt relieved he'd gotten the ninja problem off his back. "Ninja problem, this sounds like a crappy comic book," Jack muttered amusingly.

He heard footsteps closing in on him, and he turned to see May's ridiculous body with a green liquid in her glass. "C'mon, lets get a seat, matches will be starting soon."