Mel looked between the two of them, slightly amused. She honestly
wasn't too surprised, considering she'd been listening to Lucario
for god-knows-how-long at this point.
"Anyways," Roy continued, "What ARE you doing here? I haven't seen
you since... then."
"I have a job from my employer! It involved finding you and your
friends here and telling them something... but I forget what..."
Rose said, looking like she had forgotten what she had meant to
say.
Meanwhile, a Pokemon's glare came from a bush, looking... almost
malevolent.
"This isn't the shining, you don't have to say things at the same
time." Mel muttered, crossing her arms and shivering. She glanced
at Lucario. "By the way, I'm gonna call you Riu again. Mom's not
here to stop me, she can fight me."
Riu nodded and then turned his head slightly, ears twitching
nervously. Something felt off. He tugged on Mel's sleeve.
"What?" She asked in surprise.
"I don't know. There's something weird around here."
Mira saw it. She got to her feet instantaneously. "Welp, if you
want to tell us something, we better go get Tiger," She said
coolly, managing to hide the worry from her voice quite well.
Toka glanced down at Riu from Mira's hood. "Uh. I don't think
this is good."
Riu looked between Toka and the bush. "Agreeing with that."
He growled, taking a few hesitant steps forward, just enough to
stand in front of the group, but not close enough to reach the
bush.
"Tiger went to challenge the gym, remember?" Mel pointed out lowly.
Mira turned around and held back laughter. "Oh mother of Articuno,"
She grinned, pulling out her pokedex. "Ground and dragon type," She
mumbled, running back.
"Shoot. Now I feel bad. Hang on, can we.." Mel dug around in her
backpack, holding up an oran berry victoriously. "Can we, like,
make it less willing to attack us?" She held out the berry in front
of her, slightly nervously.
Scyther was hit by the ember he shook himself in an attempt to
shake the move off. He ran at Charmeleon with a quick attack.
Charmeleon then slid back from the move. "Use a dragon claw" Tiger
said quickly. Charmeleon nodded and ran at Scyther the move made
contact and Scyther fainted.
Victor was also distracted from the battle and noticed Gible.
"I don’t think the Gible will be satisfied with such a small
berry." Victor said, looking in his bag for more berries. But Cosmo
suddenly came out of his bag compartment and looked around. "COSMO
I TOLD YOU NOT TO COME OUT." Victor shouted quickly looking at the
Cosmoem.
"I'm always prepared." Mel said, holding up her other hand, which
held a large bag or berries. She glanced over her shoulder and
snickered. "Hey, you know what would be amazing? If Cosmo got in
the bag."
"Cosmo, return." Victor said, his voice now as stern as he could
make it. He didn’t want Rose to know that Cosmo was a legendary.
"Things might not be safe." He said to the Cosmoem in an
undertone.
"I need fresh air. I'll go in only if you give me Sundays off
from the bag." Cosmo said and went into his compartment once
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