"I told you two to never underestimate them."

Archie and Lysandre sit opposite across a table, with Giovanni facing both of them. The two men are refusing to look at their leader, they both look…rather rough. Archie's left eye is completely covered with a black eyepatch, Lysandre has put his left sleeve into a knot, trying to not remember what transpired.

Giovanni stares at the two men before he speaks again, "Do you or do you not know what would have happened if you got caught?"

Archie gives in, rolling his eyes, "Our entire plan would have fallen before we started it-All of the public would have found out about the existence of Visions. You've told us this a hundred, possibly thousands times! Stop drilling it into our brains, already!"

"Not enough times, I'm afraid," Giovanni slams his fists against the table, grabbing Archie's and Lysandre's attention onto him. But the former mafia leader isn't focused on the Kalos man, but rather to Archie. "If they had found out, all the champions, gym leaders, every single Interpol, would have shut us down. We wouldn't and couldn't begin our invasion of this world and Teyvat. Now, do you understand what could have happened, Archie?"

"…Yes sir, I understand."

"Good. You will not be heading out anywhere, until you've fully recovered. You will be allowed to attend the meetings, but no action will or shall come from you. The same goes to you Lysandre," Giovanni turns to Lysandre. "Don't think I've forgotten about you."

Lysandre only nods his head, refusing to let his pride die any further than it has.

"Both of you are dismissed."

Exiting the room, to whom the grunts titled it as 'Giovanni yells at you' room, Lysandre tries to head back to his office. Tries. Archie, of course stops him, mid way to his walk.

"Wait, hold on a second there!" Archie cries out to him, running over to him.

Lysandre can only let out a groan, despite how friendly he is with the grunts and fellow admins, expect for Maxie, Archie's personality is a double-edged sword. In which, in some occasions, he will not leave you alone. "Save your energy for other day. I'm still not over what…Noelle did to me." He says.

Archie takes a look at his knotted sleeve, "Understandable-very understandable. But hey! I was thinking-"

"No."

"Oh come on! You haven't even heard it yet!"

"Whatever you suggest is always a terrible idea."

"Hear me out on this one, already?! Now…new outfits."

"No."

"New outfits to replace our old ones, come on! We need something new to adjust to…unfortunate consequences. Plus, I heard from Ghetsis that you used to have a clothes line."

Lysandre pauses, "That…was a collaborative. Diantha came up with the designs, all I did was make them. Nothing more."

Archie shrugs, laughing afterwards, "So? That means you're good with fleece and wool, you know your way around. Listen, we got free time, I'll come back with the designs, you make the outfits. Deal?" He opens his hand, offering a handshake to Lysandre.

The ginger-haired man hesitates with the pirate's deal. Maxie will no doubt rant about him even more to Lysandre if he finds this out, but… "Fine." He gives in, sighing.

2 Hours Later

"W-Why are you still here? Shouldn't you be working by now? A-And besides, if Ghetsis finds you here, talking to me, he'll hurt us-"

"Like I said, nothing's going on. You two wont't have to work and so I'm completely free for now."

"But wouldn't they get suspicious?"

Bill questioned, sitting down with his knees up, and hands laid top on his knees. Sucrose, she too sat, but almost completely down, and hands placed gently on her legs. To any outsider, it looked like they were getting read some kind of bedtime story.

And to which Colress was providing, "Bill, Bill, Bill…What did I just say?"

"It's a slow day…No one's doing anything." Bill grumbles out.

"Exactly, now then," Colress turns back to one of the workshop tables. On top of the table is a rock, feather, coin, and a chip placed in certain spots. "Shall I repeat what happened to me in Unova a few years ago?"

Bill shifts a little over to Sucrose, "Is…Is this really the guy who helped you?"

"Y-Yeah…You get used to what he says and does…I find it's not weird as my experiments with alchemy." Sucrose whispers to him.

"Alchemy?"

"SUCROSEWEGOTSOMETHINGTOSHOWYOU-"

The door is kicked open, Colress immediately jumps to avoid being seen, for a short while. In comes Archie, with a eyepatch covering his left eye and wearing some kind of black pirate hat.

The three people stare at him.

Once again, Bill whispers to his lab partner, "Colress wasn't kidding about his eye!"

Sucrose nods her head, and whispers back to him, "I know…! But what's with that hat?"

"Like it?" Archie asks, grinning wide. "Lysandre made it for me, a new outfit made entirely for me! I also made sure to help him design his outfit, but both of our outfits might take some time to make." He rambles on and on, then pauses. "How does it feel, eh? To see someone you loath so much, winning?"

Sucrose frowns, "…I don't have anything to say to you." She says, turning her head away from Archie. "…But…How's that eye doing?"

Archie's grin fades, him letting out a small groan, "It's doing fine. Better than you think. I'm heading out. Enjoy your free…" As he turns to walk over, he stops to notice a certain someone. "Colress? Are you here to supervise them? Giovanni said you don't have to."

Colress shakes his head, "I'm making sure they won't sabotage their equipment." All in one beat, without losing his cool.

"I see…" Archie says, narrowing his eyes at him. "I'll leave you to that…!" He, all of a sudden, smiles before leaving the room.

Lusamine has a fair share of fabric scraps, that it leaves Lysandre to shame. In a storage room, he's working and trying to making Archie's next piece for his outfit. It's hard to do said action with only one arm. Hopefully, he's right-handed. And as he works, the door opens.

"Ah," Lysandre says, not bothering to look up. "You're back. How did Sucrose take it? Was she screaming at you-"

"Colress is working with them."

Lysandre pauses, setting down his right arm, "What?"

"He's working for them," Archie repeats himself.

"Archie, he's working for them because Sucrose needs a limit and a observer to make sure she doesn't sabotage-"

"Lysandre, absolutely nothing is happening! Colress was told to NOT go to that room, but he was in there! I'm not being paranoid, I know-"

"I did not say you're paranoid, I believe you."

"…Really?"

"Yes, really. Despite how much Maxie loves to claim how very dishonest you are…But if Colress really is working with her-"

"And possibly helping her escape…"

Archie and Lysandre seem to come to the same conclusion, they'll have to caught Colress. And quickly.

author's note: hi guys! sorry that this chapter, once again, focuses on Sucrose. but i promise next chapter, we're going to see a familiar blonde haired artist! but anyways, life's been busy and all.

im heading to college, and im about to graduate!

oh and one more thing, im thinking of writing/doing a Doublelocke of HeartGold and SoulSilver. the protags would be Ash and Liko, and it would just be me pulling from other Pokemon media. i probably wont take it seriously, but hey stay tuned in for that if i do write it!

but enough for now, i hope you all have a wonderful day/night and i hoped you all enjoyed this chapter!