I smiled as I walked up to N, playfully wrapping my arms around his waist. Letting out a chuckle I smiled as he ruffled my hair.
"Hey, Master, what are you doing here?" I asked shifting my bag. A twinge of disappointment fading my smile as I realized one thing. Will had never returned the pokemon, but I had a feeling he hadn't given them to the league either.
"Well, there is a museum here and I have always been fascinated by them," N admitted tilting his head. "Since when was I Master, N is fine."
"Well, I did get you something to apologize for interrupting." I started only to be stopped by N.
"Alice, you're not in trouble. I did not authorize those two to go after Mina, and I definitely don't blame you for what happened to Rose." He said gently petting my cheek. "Alice was absolutely insane, you defended yourself and Ranger as well as the Muna back there."
"Wait, what happened to Rose?" I asked voice trembling. The last thing I really remembered was calling out Blue Bell.
"Badly burnt, three of the Patrat in her care, unfortunately, didn't make it," N whispered, placing a finger over my lips. "I don't blame you for what happened. They were not going to let up, they had been trained to kill. Dad took the other three, I don't think they are still with us. But I could feel there anger, there fear and pain. They didn't have voices, they couldn't speak. They were miserable."
Nodding slowly I followed as N lead me into Nacrene towards a small cafe. Sitting I pulled the TMs out of my bag, placing them on the table I slid them towards N.
N seemed surprised as he examined them, only pausing to give us an order -a fresh smoothie for him, a Mo-mo milk and fries for me- to our young water.
"Wher did you get these? They are definitely on the expensive side. Skull bash, Softboiled, Dragon Breath, Steel Wing, Sludge Bomb, Flash Cannon, and Hone Claws. I'll give you a thousand for the first three, five hundred last three and five thousand Steal Wing." N commented reaching for his money. Quickly I held up my hands.
"No, I can't accept that. If you must compensate me, Blue Bell could use Flash Cannon. I can not accept your money." I said with a small nod. "Consider them a gift."
"There is a nice restaurant in Castelia City. After you get this badge I insist I get you dinner." N said, taking my hands. "These are worth more than just one."
"They may have been donated by some wealthy people," I admitted thinking the water as he walked off. "Funeral gifts for the pokemon."
"I won't accept them then, and we both know you won't have that. Let me by you dinner, then we will call it even. Keep Flash cannon."
Right as I opened my mouth to retort six goons in Plasma uniforms ran past the middle two carrying a pokemon skull. Not far behind them were a man -who had very curly hair and was in a somewhat feminine outfit- a stern looking woman -who looked like a very motherly person in her apron, hair pulled into a bun- and Volkner.
'I swear they aren't mine." N hissed as we rushed towards the group.
"Sorry to pull you into this Volkner, but those goons took a very valuable."
"Dragonite skull by the look of it." Volkner nodded smirking as I caught his eye."What does your keen intuition tell you, Holmes?"
"They aren't Plasma, those uniforms didn't fit. Hints of red under the hood would indicate Magma." I responded nodding lightly. "But it would be a good idea to investigate. It's good to see you again Doctor Watson."
Glancing over I chuckled as N shot the woman a confused look, she simply shook her head in equal confusion.
"Volkner and meet back at the ranch when we worked the Poaching case. It started off as a quip but, looks like it stuck. My name is Night, this is my Master N." I said holding out a hand. "I would be willing to help investigate why the skull was stolen and retrieve it for you."
"Lenora, I'm the gym leader of this city and co-runer of the museum with my husband." Lenora nodded shaking my hand. "That's Burgh, he is my brother and is the successful artist slash gym leader of Castelia."
"We would appreciate the assist. If you need any information, just ask." Burgh added with a nod. "I mean, I came to break my artist block, perhaps we can help each other."
"What do you know about the stolen skull?" Volkner asked walking to my side. "Perhaps that will help us in figuring out why it was stolen. I mean it doesn't seem like Magma's MO."
"Its also not Plasma's. Why would liberation have anything to do with a skull?" N asked shooting Volkner a somewhat cold glare.
"Magma is obsessed with expanding the land, Plasma wants to save pokemon. I believe we are going about this all wrong, Rider Oder sleuth!" I calked quickly tuning to the forest tuning into the world around me. I could hear the small group behind me as I went into hunt mode.
"Keep up, the game is on." Volkner chuckled as we entered Pinwheel forest.
"Alright, Alice. What is going on?" N demanded as I stopped turning to a small group of Venipede.
"Gather as many pokemon as you can and be on the lookout for anyone suspicious. Ther will either be in knight outfits, sed outfits with horns or white with a big red 'R' on the front. Do not let them leave, Work with the Sewaddle to make a trap." I ordered smiling as they nodded scurrying off.
"Rocket?" Volkner hissed, gently grabbing my shoulder. " I thought they disbanded years ago."
"Quite to the contrary my dear Watson. I will explain to you later but right now we have criminals to catch." I responder dropping to the ground. If there was any chance of wild Poochyena living in the forest I was taking it. Taking a deep breath, I howled. A few moments passed and several ods look shared before I got a response. Three Poochyena darted out, with a small Lillipup behind them.
"Take N and Lenora to the left, Rider I want you to take Burg after the right trail. My dear Watsons, we are going after the skull." I said calling Watson out of his ball. Not waiting for a response I held out my hand for Watson to bite. I heard N gag when he drew blood.
"You alright Master? The sight of blood too much for you to handle?" I asked glancing back at him. Burgh and Lenora also seemed quite pale and Volkner had a look of dread on his face.
"It works, and she will be fine." He said, dread dripping from every word.
With no other objections, I and Volkner headed forward, Volkner calling out his Manectic cautiously.
"Blood, smaller prints as well. It's likely that they are cutting parts of off pokemon. Maybe Pansage's leaves right at the bottom. It's not exactly poaching, but it is horrible and inhumane." I whispered as we followed Watson deeper into the forest.
"Hey, Master, what are you doing here?" I asked shifting my bag. A twinge of disappointment fading my smile as I realized one thing. Will had never returned the pokemon, but I had a feeling he hadn't given them to the league either.
"Well, there is a museum here and I have always been fascinated by them," N admitted tilting his head. "Since when was I Master, N is fine."
"Well, I did get you something to apologize for interrupting." I started only to be stopped by N.
"Alice, you're not in trouble. I did not authorize those two to go after Mina, and I definitely don't blame you for what happened to Rose." He said gently petting my cheek. "Alice was absolutely insane, you defended yourself and Ranger as well as the Muna back there."
"Wait, what happened to Rose?" I asked voice trembling. The last thing I really remembered was calling out Blue Bell.
"Badly burnt, three of the Patrat in her care, unfortunately, didn't make it," N whispered, placing a finger over my lips. "I don't blame you for what happened. They were not going to let up, they had been trained to kill. Dad took the other three, I don't think they are still with us. But I could feel there anger, there fear and pain. They didn't have voices, they couldn't speak. They were miserable."
Nodding slowly I followed as N lead me into Nacrene towards a small cafe. Sitting I pulled the TMs out of my bag, placing them on the table I slid them towards N.
N seemed surprised as he examined them, only pausing to give us an order -a fresh smoothie for him, a Mo-mo milk and fries for me- to our young water.
"Wher did you get these? They are definitely on the expensive side. Skull bash, Softboiled, Dragon Breath, Steel Wing, Sludge Bomb, Flash Cannon, and Hone Claws. I'll give you a thousand for the first three, five hundred last three and five thousand Steal Wing." N commented reaching for his money. Quickly I held up my hands.
"No, I can't accept that. If you must compensate me, Blue Bell could use Flash Cannon. I can not accept your money." I said with a small nod. "Consider them a gift."
"There is a nice restaurant in Castelia City. After you get this badge I insist I get you dinner." N said, taking my hands. "These are worth more than just one."
"They may have been donated by some wealthy people," I admitted thinking the water as he walked off. "Funeral gifts for the pokemon."
"I won't accept them then, and we both know you won't have that. Let me by you dinner, then we will call it even. Keep Flash cannon."
Right as I opened my mouth to retort six goons in Plasma uniforms ran past the middle two carrying a pokemon skull. Not far behind them were a man -who had very curly hair and was in a somewhat feminine outfit- a stern looking woman -who looked like a very motherly person in her apron, hair pulled into a bun- and Volkner.
'I swear they aren't mine." N hissed as we rushed towards the group.
"Sorry to pull you into this Volkner, but those goons took a very valuable."
"Dragonite skull by the look of it." Volkner nodded smirking as I caught his eye."What does your keen intuition tell you, Holmes?"
"They aren't Plasma, those uniforms didn't fit. Hints of red under the hood would indicate Magma." I responded nodding lightly. "But it would be a good idea to investigate. It's good to see you again Doctor Watson."
Glancing over I chuckled as N shot the woman a confused look, she simply shook her head in equal confusion.
"Volkner and meet back at the ranch when we worked the Poaching case. It started off as a quip but, looks like it stuck. My name is Night, this is my Master N." I said holding out a hand. "I would be willing to help investigate why the skull was stolen and retrieve it for you."
"Lenora, I'm the gym leader of this city and co-runer of the museum with my husband." Lenora nodded shaking my hand. "That's Burgh, he is my brother and is the successful artist slash gym leader of Castelia."
"We would appreciate the assist. If you need any information, just ask." Burgh added with a nod. "I mean, I came to break my artist block, perhaps we can help each other."
"What do you know about the stolen skull?" Volkner asked walking to my side. "Perhaps that will help us in figuring out why it was stolen. I mean it doesn't seem like Magma's MO."
"Its also not Plasma's. Why would liberation have anything to do with a skull?" N asked shooting Volkner a somewhat cold glare.
"Magma is obsessed with expanding the land, Plasma wants to save pokemon. I believe we are going about this all wrong, Rider Oder sleuth!" I calked quickly tuning to the forest tuning into the world around me. I could hear the small group behind me as I went into hunt mode.
"Keep up, the game is on." Volkner chuckled as we entered Pinwheel forest.
"Alright, Alice. What is going on?" N demanded as I stopped turning to a small group of Venipede.
"Gather as many pokemon as you can and be on the lookout for anyone suspicious. Ther will either be in knight outfits, sed outfits with horns or white with a big red 'R' on the front. Do not let them leave, Work with the Sewaddle to make a trap." I ordered smiling as they nodded scurrying off.
"Rocket?" Volkner hissed, gently grabbing my shoulder. " I thought they disbanded years ago."
"Quite to the contrary my dear Watson. I will explain to you later but right now we have criminals to catch." I responder dropping to the ground. If there was any chance of wild Poochyena living in the forest I was taking it. Taking a deep breath, I howled. A few moments passed and several ods look shared before I got a response. Three Poochyena darted out, with a small Lillipup behind them.
"Take N and Lenora to the left, Rider I want you to take Burg after the right trail. My dear Watsons, we are going after the skull." I said calling Watson out of his ball. Not waiting for a response I held out my hand for Watson to bite. I heard N gag when he drew blood.
"You alright Master? The sight of blood too much for you to handle?" I asked glancing back at him. Burgh and Lenora also seemed quite pale and Volkner had a look of dread on his face.
"It works, and she will be fine." He said, dread dripping from every word.
With no other objections, I and Volkner headed forward, Volkner calling out his Manectic cautiously.
"Blood, smaller prints as well. It's likely that they are cutting parts of off pokemon. Maybe Pansage's leaves right at the bottom. It's not exactly poaching, but it is horrible and inhumane." I whispered as we followed Watson deeper into the forest.