Ace would be looking over in shock, processing what's going on before looking over at Rocky
Ace: - Wait, That's your brother?!
Rocky would only look at his brother in anguish, before he looked back up, his eyes seemed to look redder from before however
Rocky: - Yea...he is my brother...the one who...I THOUGHT CARED FOR ME
Dewott: - Rocky wait, I can explain-
Rocky: - I've been missing you for years! I thought you were long gone along with our missing parents who I've been searching for for so long! After hearing about the guild, I thought I could find them after they've been missing for so long.
Dewott: - Rocky! You know how much I missed you too! I couldn't find you or our parents either! You can't single me out of this at all!
Rocky: - And yet, when I was calling for you, you didn't bother looking for me! He seemed to be tearing and more stressed from all this, his voice would be shaky as well
Rocky: - And I was scared. Scared that I had to live by myself in that home for so long. I didn't even know you were here of all places. If I would've found you here, why not return home and try to find me again? Why stay in the guild? This was a good point in question, which made the Dewott look a little guilty about the situation, so he would calm his voice down a little
Dewott: - Rocky please, I had a good reason why I didn't return. Listen I didn't-
Rocky: - BUT NOTHING, MAX! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG, HOPING FOR YOU TO RETURN, BUT I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD BE THE ONE TO FIND YOU INSTE-
Dewott: - I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE AT THE HOUSE WAITING FOR ME!
This shut the entire guild up. The show was entirely on the two mons, who both seemed to be very upset about this unusual conflict. It also seemed to get the co-GuildMaster's attention as well, who is a Blissey, and was looking over where the conflict was. Citrine would drop in between the two
Citrine: - Now settle down. We can probably talk this out in a more friendly manner. Yelling would get us nowhere.
Ace: - Yea Rocky. Just calm down and relax, it will be okay Ace walked up and patted his shoulder as well
Dewott: - Yea, let me explain myself. It's just ...I never thought you would be back home, and I had a place to call home here in the guild, so I had never checked. I'm sorry Rocky, I should've come over to look, but I was so busy that I wasn't able to get a certain location of where you could be.
Rocky, still somewhat blinded by his anger, and finding his missing brother in the guild, is so upset that he suddenly pulls out Razor Shell and charges at his brother
Dewott: - Alright then, fine! If you won't hear my reasoning... I'LL FIGHT IT OUT AGAINST YOU, JUST LIKE OLD TIMES
Ace tries to hold Rocky down while the Dewott's partner, who is a Charmeleon, tries to hold him back as well, trying to prevent the fight
Ace: - Rocky don't! This isn't really a good time to fight now!
Rocky: - LET ME GO, I NEED TO SHOW THIS NO-GOOD BROTHER WHO HE IS
Charmeleon: - Fall back, Max. This really isn't the time to do this!
Max: - OUT OF MY WAY, I NEED TO SHOW HIM HIS PLACE
Eventually, both of them slipped, and Rocky and Max would charge at each other, but just before either of them landed a hit, psychic energy would stop them and pull them back from each other suddenly
?: - That's enough, both of you!
Out of the clearing came a Mewtwo, a shiny one at that, who seemed to be really upset about the entire fight that was breaking out suddenly, he was moving up slowly to the pair
Ace: - (Uh oh, isn't Mewtwo one of the scariest mons to ever face when angry? Oh no, did we anger them? If that's the case, we are so doomed)
Mewtwo: - Now c'mon, why do we need to have a sudden fight at my guild? This isn't how I raised you, children He said in such a happy tone, which surprised Ace out of nowhere
Ace: - (Lesson learned, don't judge a book by its cover)
Max: - GuildMaster! My brother was attacking me because I left him, and the thing is I didn't know he was back at the house!
GuildMaster Mewtwo: - That's not something we should fight over, alright? I see you two are brothers who haven't met for so long, and I think you two should be getting along, rather than having to fight things out, as all siblings do.
Max and Rocky just stared at each other, Rocky still having his tears run down his face as Max started to tear up as well. The GuildMaster then let go of the two of them, giving them a second chance, which in turn caused the two to walk up to each other and hug each other in return
Mewtwo: - Perfect. While we let them settle their differences, who might you two be? The Mewtwo said, turning over to the Luxio and Boltund
Ace: - Ah, I'm Ace. I came here with Rocky and Citrine. Rocky said something about working here in the guild possibly?
Mewtwo: - Oh of course! New members are always welcome here, I'll have my assistant here lead you over to the registration room, with papers so you two can sign up and get yourselves settled, then we can look in and see if your worthy of joining our guild
Ace: - Wait, what about him though? He came with us Ace said, pointing to Rocky, the GuildMaster smiled and nodded
Mewtwo: - Oh don't worry, I'll make sure to send him over once they've resolved their problems. For now, you two shall follow me, and I will hand you the registration papers so you two can work it over for the time being.
He said as he motioned the two straight to his office
Mewtwo: - Now come. We must leave them and make you two new guild members
Ace: - Alright, sounds good then.
Citrine and Ace both walk over to the office, which blocked out the cries from the Wotts, and the GuildMaster would fly quickly to pick up registration papers and a pencil, and hand them over to Ace
Mewtwo: - Here you go. Now, I've got some business to take care of here. So if you need anything, just ask! He said in an excited tone, before floating back to his table, appearing to be filling something out for the time being, leaving Ace and Citrine with the registration papers
Citrine: - Well, I'll leave you to it, since I am new to this. He laughed nervously, before stepping back a bit.
Ace nods and looks over the form, filling the names of who would be joining, but would slow down as he looks more into questions he didn't know about, getting slightly more nervous before turning to Citrine
Ace: - Hey Citrine, do you know the answers to these? I really can't seem to figure them out myself
Citrine: - Well, let me see then
He took the paper from Ace and read it
Citrine: - Well the team name we can't discuss for now, but I'm sure you can remember and write down your family, right?
Ace would then look more stressed and upset from citrine saying this, panicked, he would quickly apologize
Citrine: - Oh shoot, right! I almost forgot about that, I'm sorry!
Ace: - It- it's okay, just don't remind me again. He said with a sounding sigh, before looking away
Citrine: - Yea well, with that uhm...you can just write unknown for Uh...that question, I'm sure the GuildMaster will understand.
Ace would nod and write 'unknown' for each answer he could not figure out. Then he looked over to the team's name.
Ace: - So I guess we just wait for Rocky then, while you fill out your part of the form
Citrine nods and takes the form and writes his info. Conveniently enough, the door would creek a noise from being opened, and Rocky would come through whilst rubbing his eyes from the tears he had earlier
Ace: - Rocky! There you are, how did it go with your brother? He said, walking up to the oshawott, who still had a slight shaky voice
Rocky: - I-...it went alright, j-just needed...to u-understand his actions better He said, taking deep breaths through his words, Ace would give a reassuring pat on his shoulder
Ace: - Hey, don't worry about it too much. We're working on the guild form, and we need your help with making a team name, so we're wondering if you have any ideas?
Rocky: - Huh? Oh, uh yea, we can work on that. So, have you got any ideas?
Ace would look over to Citrine, who would shake his head, before looking back to Rocky
Ace: - Well, we have decided to wait till you came around so we can discuss it together at the least
Citrine: - Well I thought of Team Electric Fighters for one
Rocky: - Citrine, I'm a water type. He looked over with a deadpan face
Citrine: - Right, I was gonna mention that being the only issue heh. He said, rubbing his head
Rocky: - Well what about Electric Whirlpool? That seems like a cool name
Citrine: - Eh, I dunno, doesn't fit right to me either He shakes his head, before ace would raise his hand
Ace: - Could I make a suggestion?
Rocky and Citrine would turn over to look at him, hearing his response
Ace: - What about Team Thunderstorm?
Rocky: - Oh! Team thunderstorm, that actually sounds pretty good!
Citrine: - Yea, I think it's a really neat team name, I like it too, Team Thunderstorm it is
Citrine would then turn and write down the name on the form, Team Thunderstorm, then he handed it over to Rocky for him to finish the form with his information and hand it over to the GuildMaster.
Mewtwo: - Thank you! Now if you let me look at this... He scanned through the registration form making some humming noises, into sudden confusion noises, before looking back in curiosity. Huh, some information is written 'unknown'. We need that information for registration purposes. So, could you tell me why this is written unknown to begin with?
Ace: - Well uhh...
Rocky: - He has Amnesia and cannot remember anything for the moment, we're hoping that we could work in the guild to help jog his memory
Mewtwo: - Well if this is the case, then "Ace" was it? What can you remember right now?
Ace: - Well I really don't know what to believe, I was found lying on the ground, till suddenly Rocky was able to help me back up and brought me to his house safely, I don't know anything before that if anything. It's just all a blur to me now.
Mewtwo: - I see. Well, I'll have to have my co-GuildMaster keep an eye on you for the time being, but I think I'll let it slide for now! Conveniently the Co-GuildMaster, A female Blissey, was coming in at the right time to hear what the Mewtwo had said
Blissey :- You said something about me dear? She looked over in curiosity
Mewtwo: - Ah Marie! Perfect timing! I need you to keep an eye on this Boltund since it seems to have memory loss here, and we wouldn't want them to be faking it for traitorous acts for, that problem if you know what I mean
Marie: - I see, I can keep an eye on this particular one She said, Turning over while making a slight serious and angered face looking over the boltund, which made him very confused
Ace: - (Why is she looking at me like that, I haven't done anything wrong) Ace thought, a cold sweat dripping from him, as he looked back at the Blissey while she walked up over to the guild master, whispering something to him as he nods and looks back at the group
Mewtwo: - Oh anyways, where are my manners! I'm Clover, I'm the GuildMaster for this guild, the Guild of Infinity, and right here is my co-GuildMaster, who will help me monitor this guild and make it one of the best guilds out there!
The Blissey nods at the trio, Rocky now curious about when they were going to join, walked up to the two
Rocky: - So, when do we actually get to become official members of the guild then?
Clover: - Weeeellll, you'll just have to go on a simple mission exploring a mock dungeon of our choice and will have to succeed. Marie would walk up to the group with a more serious tone to finish the explanation
Marie: - You will be tasked based on your skills during the exploration of the dungeon, and whether or not you can finish successfully, while meeting our criteria requirements of completing a dungeon, will decide whether you can join the guild or go home. This will all be based on your chemistry and skill. Whether you want to cooperate as a team or fail to do so, we will be judging from this mock trial. She looked over at the Boltund. She doesn't seem to like Ace already for his presence, Ace thought
Clover: - I'm sure you guys will be fine! This should be an easy one, and you'll fit right in! Now, if you can leave for the moment, we will decide for you when we are ready to start your mock dungeon trial! He said, pointing over to the door while excited to have new members join
Citrine: - Wait! How will we know where the dungeon is?
Marie: - I will guide you there in a bit, just give us time to organize the location, and I'll direct you to the location
Citrine would nod as they exited and waited outside the office of the guild. Some were still staring at the trio after the huge situation, but not as much as it had died down soon enough. The silent awkwardness from the three of them commenced once again until Rocky spoke up
Rocky: - So Citrine, what was your past like anyway? I want to get to know you a little better if you don't mind! He said with a smile, Citrine just sighed before looking over at the two
Citrine: - You really sure you wanna know? It's a pretty dark story that you guys might not like it
Rocky: - It's alright, plus we are going to really be going anywhere, so we got the time to listen. Citrine nodded as he sat down to look over at the two. Ace just silently listened in too
Citrine: - Alright, well I'll try to keep it short. My life was pretty simple, I was with a family with my father and mother, along with my two siblings that I cared about. We were having a casual stroll around the village when suddenly, a strange black figure, it looked like a mew, suddenly attacked us. Ace would jump in surprise, something about that sounded familiar but he couldn't put a finger on it, yet still decided to barge in
Ace: - Wait, A MEW?! Rocky jumps in panic of Ace yelling suddenly
Rocky: - Jeez Ace, calm down. Nearly gave me a heart attack there. He said jokingly
Ace: - Oh, sorry about that His ears flopped down a bit upon hearing this
Rocky: - No worries, it's alright. He said, patting his shoulder.
Rocky: - Anyways, as you were saying?
Citrine: - Right, a Mew attacked and caused major damage upon the town and ended up killing my family. I managed to escape, since I didn't want to die but... all I did was leave my family to die. I got upset that I even broke down and started crying. I was brought into an orphanage where I was with other mons who took care of a group, including me. But I was being horribly mistreated His voice was slightly shaking a bit as the two looked at the Luxio in worry as he continued
Citrine: - They- they bullied me and c-called me trash, I... I hated that place so much that...I ran away from there and didn't want to ever go back. S-so I lived my life alone for a long time He said during some deep breaths of fear, trying to remember the situation as is while trying to not burst again in tears, he rubbed his eyes before he continued
Citrine: - S-so then I would be walking over to d-different places, t-traveling and living the life as a wild mon, until I saw the guild. I thought that maybe I could take revenge on the Mew that killed my family if I became an explorer, but...all I did was cower away in fear. I thought maybe if I evolved, I wouldn't be as scared as I would be for those past couple of attempts. He looked down for a little, before he continued
Citrine: - So I trained so hard as much as I could, being able to finally level up after so long and... I saw the thunderbolt happen from afar and met you guys...and that's the story of how my entire life came up till now He looked down and had his eyes closed, blushing in embarrassment while trying his hardest not to cry terribly again, but Rocky suddenly came up to Citrine and gave him a hug
Citrine: - H-huh?
Rocky: - Citrine...I'm so sorry you had to deal with that...but everything is okay now, because you're with us now. And you're safe, that's all that matters now
Citrine, a little surprised by this, would be a bit shaken, but would hug back in return, slightly tearing up, while Ace slowly moved to the two and joined in, comforting the Luxio as well.
Citrine: - T-thank you guys...I r-really appreciate it.
Ace: - It's no problem, buddy.
Just then, Marie shows up to the trio to them hugging, not even bothering to look up as she was reading off her clipboard with papers that probably had information of the mock test results
Marie: - Team Thunderstorm, your mock dungeon is ready if you're all ready to go now
Rocky would end the hug to turn over to the co-GuildMaster, curious about the mock dungeon himself, he figured he would ask them now here
Rocky: - So Marie, about the mock dungeon. What's the dungeon gonna look like and what kind of items should we bring with us to the dungeon itself?
Marie: - Well in the mock dungeon, you'll be supplied a bundle of materials, and as for the dungeon, you will find out when the time comes, as it is a mystery for how the dungeons work for you. So, you will only know what comes from there when we make it to the entrance, but only a specific layout of the dungeon, with how many floors and that's all
Ace: - Oh, so how many floors would we have to go through?
Marie: - Like I said, you'll find out when you get there. Now if you come this way, we will be moving out to the dungeon
Marie would walk over to the exit as Ace, Rocky, and Citrine nodded at each other before following the Blissey to their destination.
Time passes, and soon the group would make it to what seemed like a giant mountain, with a giant hole in the middle for what seemed to be an entrance.
Marie: - Here we are at the mock dungeon Team thunderstorm would look in surprise, with Ace being the most surprised
Ace: - Woah, this looks very huge. Is this what a mystery dungeon looks like?
Citrine: - From what I recall, yes, since they're supposed to be very huge dungeons that would have different floors to explore as we go up to the top of the mystery dungeon. There would be different floors and different wild Pokémon that reside the dungeon, and because they will be there to attack us, we must defend ourselves as a group and work together, oh and we can find items that are left around the dungeon to use like berries, wands, or even apples to help prevent ourselves from getting hungry. Oh, and we must keep an eye on traps, yes traps, as they can harm us a whole lot or even separate us or give us conditions like burn, paralysis, or even blindness, which would be very bad for us to-
All this nerding out from Citrine would get Ace all confused, and eventually would slowly drive him nuts over the mass information, luckily, he wouldn't need to hear any more as Rocky stopped him there
Rocky: - Hey Citrine, I think that's enough. You're starting to get Ace all confused with all that information he said with a sweat drop
Citrine: - Oh, uh right! My apologies Ace
Ace: - Dungeons... so... confusing
Marie: - Well, looks like you guys know the basics of it, good. If there are any questions, now would be the time to ask She said in a more serious tone
Rocky: - Oh, I think you mentioned we would get a supply of items to use in this mock dungeon
Marie :- That you will, here is the list of supplies you will need for the dungeon, but I'll need the bag you have on you She pointed at Ace's bag, in which he looked over, and took it off him as she held a temporary bag that was certified to the Guild of Infinity
Ace: - Will I be able to get my bag back later?
Marie: - Yes, when the dungeon trial is complete, you may get it back right after.
Ace nods, taking his bag off and handing it to the Blissey as she gave them the temporary bag as well in return, Ace put the new temporary bag on
Marie: - Well if that concludes everything, you are free to enter when you are ready
Ace would nod and turn to his teammates
Ace: - Well I'm ready when you two are
Both Rocky and Citrine nodded as the trio entered the dungeon, while Marie stayed back and watched the trio, looking a little more curious at the Boltund yet a little angry as well
Marie: - So...is this your plan, Mew of Shadows? Take children hostage and emotionally manipulate them to think you have memory loss? If I'm right, then you're a sick individual...but either way, I have my eye on you... "Ace"
Mock dungeon F1
Ace: - Woah...so this is a supposed mystery dungeon? It looks strange at best
Citrine: - That's because it's usually supposed to be Ace, a mysterious dungeon that looks super strange, the only thing we need to look for are the stairs and keep our guard up for any mons that pass by
Rocky: - Yep, so before we move on, who do you guys want to lead the group
Ace: - Do you think...I can lead this group? I feel like I can be a great leader, even if I'm new to this stuff
Rocky: - Sounds good, any objections Citrine?
Citrine shakes his head
Rocky: - Well, looks like you have it, so you'll lead the group from here Rocky said, as Ace nodded and move forward towards the dungeon, they went down a corridor that was extremely dark and hard to see
Ace: - Jeez, it looks very dark in here, I can barely see at all
Citrine: - That's usually like this, you'll always find dungeons to work like this, they are always dark rooms, and you barely would be able to see much in dungeons anyway. well at least most dungeons that is
Suddenly, some Zubats would start to fly out and ahead, scaring the trio a bit, but none was more scared than Ace, who jumps and dives onto the floor, with his paws covering his head in fear
Ace: - I'M SORRY DON'T HURT ME PLEASE!
Rocky: - Uh Ace? It was just a small group of Zubats. Relax.
Ace turned around, only noticing his status and what position he was in, before getting up in embarrassment
Ace: - Hehe...yea, let's pretend that never happened He said with a sweat drop, rubbing his head
The trio continued to move onward before encountering their first mon of the dungeon, a wild Drilbur moving toward them in an attack stance
Rocky: - Ace, be careful, looks like there's someone coming towards us
Ace: - Huh? Oh shoot, how am I supposed to fight it? I don't know any moves at all! He said under slight panic
Citrine: - You used a move before, right when you were conversing with Rocky before I met the both of you, maybe try to do something like that to use one of your moves?
Ace: - But how?! I don't remember what I did during the time, let alone what moves I have
Citrine: - Just try to focus and remember what you did before to see what moves you have
Ace: - (mind talk) (From before? What happened before then? So Rocky stepped on my tail during our walk, then I felt so much pain that I let my frustration out. Wait, that's it!)
Ace would try to focus and relax the moment he felt that sharp pain, then let out his frustrations out like he did, and successfully hit thunder onto the Drilbur
Ace: - I- I did it! I actually did it! Wait, why did it not do anything?
Citrine: - You did it, but I think you kinda forgot about type advantages didn't you?
Ace: - Type advantages?! What the heck are type advantages?!
Citrine: - Less talk, more fight! It looks like the Drilbur is headed towards us.
The Drilbur still coming over to attack, suddenly gets pushed back with a water gun from behind him, Ace turns over to notice Rocky was the source of the water gun
Rocky: - Well that should put him in a weak state. Try to think more carefully with a calm mind. See if you can think deeply of your moves, and it should come up so you can finish him off.
Ace: - Calm mind? Wait, hang on what about the type disadvantages Citrine was talking about?
Citrine: - It's only weak to grass, ice and water types, but it's immune to electric types! Try to find some moves that can work, other than Electric.
Ace: - Ok...so I gotta think of the moves I got then
Ace would close his eyes and try to think hard of his moves, in which he was able to think of 4 moves in his mind, Thunder, Bite, Roar and Tackle
Ace: - (In mind) (Oh these are the moves they were talking about! Well, there's no way I would use Bite at all, and Roar doesn't feel like the best move to use...the only option I have left is Tackle. Well here goes!)
Ace then begins to dash forward at the Drilbur, thinking more and more on using the move Tackle, and it finally pulls through, as he dashes head onto the Drilbur, knocking him out entirely as the mon faints, unable to battle
Ace: - There we go! That should take him out.
He paused, feeling confident for a few moments, before he gotten lost in thought once again
Ace: - (In mind) (Wait a sec! Those aren't moves I should know from the start. I understand tackle, since it's a starter move, but...why did I know thunder and bite?)
Rocky: - Nice! You were able to take out your first enemy, how does it feel?
Ace: - I don't know. It feels so familiar somehow... it's almost as if...
A flashback would ring through his mind, where Ace would remember him being on a football team and tackling some opponents while running to an endzone, scoring for his team and cheering would ensue right after, followed by people cheering Ace, before he's brought back to reality where Rocky is calling his name
Rocky: - ...ce? ar...lright ace?
Ace: - huh? What happened?
Citrine: - You seemed to have zoned out for a minute there, is everything okay?
Ace: - I'm okay, I think...I think I remember something about my hu- or my past life. He stopped himself from saying human, since he almost forgot Citrine doesn't know about Ace being a human before.
Rocky: - Your past life? He questions it curiously before realizing what Ace is talking about, and turning over to citrine Oh umm...Citrine, could you step aside for a moment, I want to discuss something with Ace in private
Citrine would nod, respecting both of their wishes and moving away from the two of them, Rocky would whisper to Ace in a quieter tone just to make sure he didn't hear any of their conversation
Rocky: - So, what do you remember?
Ace: - I remember something about playing sports...like Football
Rocky: - Foot-ball? Is that a human thing? He said, turning over his head in confusion
Ace: - Yeah, it is...the thought popped into my mind when I suddenly tackled that Drilbur over there he said, looking over, only to realize it suddenly disappeared. Hey wait, where did the Drilbur go suddenly?!
Rocky: - Ah, yea they usually disappear after they faint, it's a common occurrence for most wild Pokémon here.
Ace: - Wait so if we were to faint...would we disappear?! He said in panic
Rocky: - No, don't worry, it only affects wild Pokémon, we are safe from that He said, calming the worried Boltund down
Ace: - Ah...alright then He would take a deep breath before continuing. So about sports, it's like a type of way to exercise while having fun with others. Like football for example, which is a sport where one team takes an oval shaped ball and tries to bring it over from one end field to the other, while another team attempts to stop one team from doing that
Rocky: - Ah, I think we have something almost close to that, except you have a lot of balls to pass to the other side, and there are 5 goals and something like that.
Ace: - ah alright, good to know...but there's something that's been on my mind about this
Rocky: - Hmm? What is it
He looked over to Citrine, who seemed to be looking around in the dungeon for the time being, he was really invested into knowing more about this mock dungeon
Ace: - I don't know why, but I've been thinking about wanting to tell all this stuff to Citrine, about me being a human, but I don't know, I've wanted to get your opinion on that
Rocky: - Oh that! Well...he is going to be a part of our team sooner or later, and if anything, I think you will be fine with telling him the first chance you get, so I don't think it's a nice thing to leave him out of this
Ace: - I see he said, putting his paw up to his muzzle to think more about it Thank you again, I'll try to think more about it, you can call back Citrine
Rocky nods to Ace as he heads back to call Citrine, he thinks about this more, concerning himself with his human life and working his thoughts
Ace: - (In his mind) (Maybe I should tell him. It's only fair, we are a team)
Rocky: - Alright, we're ready to go when you are he said, waving at Ace, which snapped him out of his thoughts, looking over to the two, before nodding at them
Ace: - Alright then, let's go he said, moving on ahead while Rocky and Citrine would follow behind, eventually they would find themselves in another large room where they would find the staircase.
Ace: - Umm...there's a staircase just up ahead
Citrine: - Perfect! Looks like we can make it to the next floor!
Ace: - Ah, there's more than one floor?
Rocky: - Well ya. Did you think that we would be done after getting to the end of this floor?
Ace: - Well ya, but...never mind. (Mind talk) (Damn, this world is a bit crazy, but why does it seem...familiar to me? Oh well, no use to think about it)
Citrine: - Well, it seems like you're new to this. Also, why do I feel like you sound like a human?
Ace stop walking and looked back at Citrine, looking a bit nervous
Citrine: - Ace, you, ok? You seem a bit nervous.
Ace: - Ya, I am ok. Let's just move on to the next floor. (Mind talk) (I hope Citrine does not find out I am a human so soon)
Citrine (mind talk): - (I have a feeling that Ace is hiding something. But I would need a way to get him to tell me)
The team moves onto the new floor
Mock Dungeon F2
Team Thunderstorm reaches the second floor of the mock dungeon, where they find themselves surrounded by many wild dungeon Pokémon
Ace: - Leaps up from the stairs So this must the second flo- *YIPE*! Looks down to notice two Raticates biting his front legs, one on each
Ace momentarily panics, but quickly shakes off the Raticates before checking his injuries. At the same time, Rocky and Citrine reach the top of the stairs, seeing Ace with open sores on his front legs, near his paws
Rocky: - Ace?! Runs up to Ace What happened to you?
Ace: - I got jumped is what happened.
Citrine: - Jumped? Did you mean to say, ambushed?
Ace looks nervous again before turning to Citrine
Ace: - O-oh, yeah, that's what I meant
Citrine: - Hmmm Says with slightly annoyed, but serious look on his face (He doesn't act like he's from around here)
Ace: - (That was close. Almost gave it away again. I have to be more careful)
Rocky: - Ace? Are you ok? You seem lost in thought.
Ace: - Snaps out of his slight daze Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Sees his wrists have blood trails going down them from his forearms Well, mostly fine
Rocky: - Hold on. Goes digging in their bag. We should have something to wrap up those wounds.
Rocky finds a bandage roll, which he uses to wrap around Ace's arms, and cuts the pieces with one of his claws
Rocky: - That should do it.
Ace looks at bandages on his front legs, which causes him to remember the times after football games where he went back to school the following day with bandages wrapped around his forearms due to some arm injuries he, as well as his teammates, would regularly get during the season
Ace suddenly gets a small headache after the memory finishes playing in his head
Ace: - Ack!
Rocky: - Ace?!
Citrine: - Something wrong?
Ace: - Looks up at Rocky and Citrine as the headache suddenly clears Ehehe, no I'm good He replied, looking even more nervous than before
Citrine: - (Ok, now I know Ace is hiding something, but why isn't Rocky as shocked as I am about what Ace is saying? Is it possible he knows what Ace is hiding?)
Ace: - Anyway, what bit me?
Rocky: - I don't know. You were up here first.
Ace: - Well yeah, I know that, but where did they—Ace looks around the room and sees many pairs of eyes reflecting in the little light that they have
Ace is now looking like a deer in headlights after seeing how many eyes were staring at them
Ace: - Why are those eyes looking at me?
Rocky: - Oh come on Ace, are you a scared dog?
Ace: - HEY! Getting a bit angry at rocky
Rocky: - Hehe, sorry Ace, just wanted to lighten the mood here.
Ace: - Well, it's not helping Rocky!
Citrine: - Well, you proved my point that you are very hot-headed
Rocky: - Ah Citrine, I don't think we should get Ace angrier than he is
Citrine: - Well it's true, Rocky. He got mad at you. That's why I came to see what was going on since he shot a thunderbolt in the sky.
Ace would get so mad at the Comment citrine made of him so much that he shoots a thunderbolt onto him
Citrine: - HEY! What was that for Ace?!
Ace: - You know exactly why I did that, Citrine!
Citrine: - Well it's true Ace. You really need to cool down and think first before you do anything. Like right now, that thunderbolt did not do much, but if it was a move that could hurt me, we would have a problem then.
Ace: - looked the other way. (Mind talk) (I think Citrine is right. I get angry way too easily, but I do not want to tell Citrine that I need help. Cause if I do, then he'll give me the biggest 'I told you so'. What should I do?)
Rocky walked over to Ace and placed his paw on him.
Ace snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Rocky
Rocky: - Hey Ace, you ok?
Ace: - Ya, I just needed to cool myself down is all.
Citrine: - Heh, sure ya did.
Ace: - Gives a serious look to Citrine
Ace cools down after a few seconds
Ace: - Anyway, about these rats... points to the hundreds of eyes staring at them
Colony of Raticates: - WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL US?!
Ace jumps from the sudden swarm of voices
Ace: - YIPE!
Rocky: - These mons talk?!
Citrine: - It's a mock dungeon, what did you expect?
Ace: - Wild pokémon can talk?!
Citrine: - Oh, you didn't know? Smirks with sarcasm
Ace: - HmmmmmMGMGMGMGGHHH angered, frowns hard
Citrine: - puts on a fake pout face Awww, the dumb little thunder dog doesn't know about wild pokémon.
Ace: - Raaaaaaa- shoots a thunderbolt, with a slight purple outline, at Citrine -AAAAAAAAAAA!
Rocky: - HEY! He would run in front of Citrine and reflect the thunderbolt out of the way with his shell, and instead hits the entire army of Raticates instead
The stairs to the next floor can be seen just past all the fainted Raticates after they faded away a few seconds later
Citrine: - Heh, guess you aren't so useless after all.
Ace would snarl at Citrine before walking towards the stairs
Rocky tapped Citrine on the shoulder to bring him aside, he agreed and looked over at the Oshawott
Rocky: - Citrine, I think you went a little too far with your words, but I do agree that Ace should not get worked up so quickly with you. So, if you don't mind, just let me talk to him for a bit and see if I can smooth out the problem with the two of you?
Citrine: - Alright Rocky, but under one condition.
Rocky: - Huh? He looked curious
Citrine: - What were you talking about with Ace beforehand? You trying to hide something from me?
Rocky looked at Ace who's still not looking at them.
Rocky: - That's something that Ace has to tell you. He asked me to keep this a secret. So, I can't be the one to tell you.
Rocky walks over to Ace, while Citrine just watched for a bit, standing still, feeling a bit of guilt coming over him
Citrine: - (mind talk) (Rocky is right. I decided to join their team, so I need to understand Ace and how he feels, but I still wonder what Ace is hiding from me. Well, I gotta wait till Ace is ready to tell me.)
Rocky: - Hey Ace, are you ok?
Ace ignored Rocky and started to go up the staircase
Rocky: - Ace?
Ace stopped halfway up and looks at Rocky still having an angry face
Ace: - WHAT!
Rocky: - Woah Ace calm down man. Like I know citrine was being a bit rude, but that does not mean you have to be rude to me.
Ace calms down
Ace: - I am sorry, Rocky. it's just that…
Rocky: - I know Ace, but again I feel we should tell Citrine the truth.
Ace: - But Rocky
Rocky: - No buts Ace.
Ace walked down the staircase and walked over to Citrine.
Ace: - Citrine
Citrine: - Ace?
Ace: - Citrine, there's something I need to tell you, but you need to promise me that this stay between you me and Rocky got it?
Citrine: - Ok I promise, Ace
Ace tells Citrine everything about how he used to be human, and that he does not remember much about this life as a human.
Citrine: - Ace, why did you not tell me all this when we met up at the start?
Ace: - Well, I was a bit worried that you might tell the police about me, or that you were a mon who wanted to take me down cause I was human.
Citrine: - Ace, you and Rocky helped me after we met, so I would never do that to you. Remember we are friends after all.
Ace hugs Citrine, and starts to cry. Citrine patted Ace on the back
Citrine: - It's ok, Ace. Please don't cry.
Ace stopped hugging Citrine and wiped his tears
Ace: - Thank you, Citrine.
Rocky: - Well I am glad that is all over with. Now shall we go to the next floor?
Citrine and Ace: - Right, Rocky
Team Thunderstorm heads to the next floor.
Back in the guild, inside the GuildMaster's office, in a secret room where the GuildMaster and co-GuildMaster were watching team Thunderstorm, and how they are doing...
Marie: - I still don't trust this 'Ace' guy, Clover.
Clover: - But Marie, I think Ace is special. I don't know what it is, but I can feel it when I was talking to him.
Marie: - If you say so, Clover but If Ace does something wrong, then I am kicking him out of the guild, ok?
Clover: - sigh Ok, Marie, but I think you should head to the exit of the dungeon. They should be done when you get there.
Marie: - scoff Fine then!
Walks away
Clover: - sigh I hope Marie and Ace can get along one of these days.
End of Chapter 4