An Eye For An Eye

Entry #6

Today was a MESS of a day... Salamence far exceeded our powers and almost demolished us. He was too powerful for conventional attacks, Patience and I just started chucking Gravelerocks, eating Blast Seeds and casting Petrify Wands. By sheer luck, we finally managed to take him down.

Something else happened too, a Pokemon, called Gadget, came to the village. Gadget isn't her real name though. Strangely, she seems to know Ampharos. Are they friends? Colleagues? I don't know...

Ian sighed, his mind kept coming back to Gadget. He was really curious about the strange hooded Pokemon. He couldn't resist a good mystery.

It was only then he noticed sweat dripping of his face, he wiped his forehead and grunted.

"Summer really does suck."

"What?! Are you serious?!" Keldeo exclaimed.

"Unfortunately, yes." Virizion said. "The chief of the Expedition Society is not in at the moment."

"You got to be kidding me! You're telling me we came all the way to the Water Continent for nothing?!" He exclaimed, as he laid on his bed in their room in the Café Connection. They had only arrived in Lively Town 2 hours ago, the sun had already set. Virizion had decided to find the Expedition Society Headquarters and inform them of their arrival, while Keldeo find a place to settle down for the night.

"So... Now what?" Keldeo asked.

"They told me that the chief had left for a village, west of Lively Town." Verizon said, taking out her map of the Water Continent and inspecting it. "From the looks of it, it could take us about two days to get there."

"Two days?" The Colt Pokemon said. "But I'm exhausted! I haven't slept properly for almost a week!"

Virizion sighed, but she couldn't deny that fact. She too, was also exhausted from the travel. All she could think of now was a good night's rest.

"Fine." She finally gave in. "We'll remain here for a few days. I was told that the chief might return in the few days."

"Great! We could go around and see what this town has to offer." Keldeo suggested.

"Get your head out off the clouds and focus on the mission." Virizion snapped back.

"Right... Sorry."

Virizion looked down at her map, in deep thought, before raising her head again.

"Actually, there is one thing we could do. I heard Swanna needs a restock in supplies, and someone needs to carry them back."

Keldeo looked at the grassland Pokemon for a few seconds before unerring a single word under his breath.

"Dammit..."

Ampharos stared at the map he had pinned up in his room of a guesthouse he was using. It was a map of the Water Continent. Certain parts marked with a red X.

"These incidents are becoming more and more frequent..." He said to himself. "It is indeed quite disturbing."

Just then, he heard a knock at the door.

"Hmm? A visitor? At this late hour?"

He approached the door, his hand hanging over the doorknob. Half expecting whoever at the other side of the door would just leave him alone, so he could get back to his work.

Screw it. He thought. He opened the door with a quick jerk.

"Look, could you come back tomorrow? I'm kinda busy right-"

He stopped himself, when he saw the large, dark blue figure in front of him. Around its neck, a brown hood.

"Gadget..." He said, almost reluctant.

"Ampharos." She said. "You know why I'm here." She entered the house, to Ampharos disagreement.

"You sent us the information, the location of the potential culprit to these turning to stone incidents." He said. "It was only a matter of time before you came here yourself." The lighthouse Pokemon shut the door, and followed Gadget who had entered the room he was previously in.

Gadget looked at the map that was pinned onto the wall. Her face, a cold blank stare.

"You know I don't intend on arresting him." Gadget said, in a serious tone.

"It doesn't have to end that way." Ampharos said. "Work with us, and and we can bring this Pokemon to justic-"

"SCREW JUSTICE!" Gadget yelled, slamming her fists into the wall. "A Pokemon like that deserves no mercy! Especially from me...!"

Ampharos, slightly intimidated by the gleam-eyes Pokemon. But he could sympathize her.

After what had happened, six months ago.

"What happened in Amp Plains wasn't your fault." He said. "But maybe we can fix it, if we just capture the culprit, he might tell us a way to reverse the effects."

"To hell with that." Gadget snapped. "When I find him, I will make him suffer for every second of pain I've been through...!"

Ampharos remained silent, as Gadget headed for the door.

"Why then." Ampharos finally said. "Why did you send me here if you were going to finish the job yourself?"

Gadget stood still, shaking her head.

"I'm going show you, no, the Expedition Society. That an eye for an eye, is the most effective method."

She opened the door and left, slamming the door behind her. Leaving Ampharos, alone. Her words still echoing in his mind. An eye for an eye.

"Makes the whole world blind..." He finished.