London

Benoit tugged London along as the Flareon along the street smiling excitedly. The Eevee had waited ever so patiently for London to return from Canada. He was so excited he couldn't speak English to London as he pulled him along the street to the train station.

"Whoa, where are we going?" London asks.

"You'll see!" Benoit says.

Benoit ends up taking London out of the city to a small field in a place London probably never even heard of. It was still in the UK, but even London had never heard of it.

"Where are we?" London asks.

"Hartley Witney! Don't you just love how quiet it is" Benoit says, holding London's paw.

"It is nice... I guess" The Flareon responds scratching his head.

Benoit takes London to a field and the two have a picnic together. After they finish eating Benoit pushed London over and laid down on his chest. The shorter Eevee felt calm listening to his heartbeat, "So uh, when did you pick up drawing?"

Benoit thinks about it for a moment before answering London, "When we had to stop dating back in New York I felt kinda lonely so I thought maybe drawing would distract me from how disappointed I was. Turns out I had a knack for drawing and I'm a pretty good artist now..."

"You do commissions?" London asks.

"Mhm" Benoit replies.

London raises an eyebrow and smiles, "I think I'll buy a slot then-"

The Eevee pushed his head up from London's chest in panic...

"No!... I mean, your the love of my life... I can give you a slot for free if you want! Heh heh"

"Oh... How thoughtful of you" London says scratching the back of his head.

London sat on the field and watched Benoit draw on his scetch tablet. It took almost an hour but the Eevee finished drawing and what London saw was enough to make him tear up, "That's adorable-"

What Benoit had drawn were several sketches and drawings of him and London getting snuggly and lovey dovey with each other. Benoit had a bashful smile on his face as he looked at London who was still marveling at the drawings.

"These are adorable Benoit!" London says.

Benoit touches noses with London and smiles, "Thank you... Uh um, do you like them?"

"Do I like them... I love them! I think they're bubbly and so sweet!" London says excitedly.

"Arrête ça" Benoit whimpers teasingly.

London laughs and kisses Benoit on the cheek, the Eevee freezes and takes in what just happened. The Flareon sitting right in front of him was smiling and laughing with him and it made him so happy... He jumped onto London and gave him a French kiss. The Flareon was surprised at first but then he looked back ant Benoit who had a loving smile on his face and a wagging tail, the Eevee was poking his finger and looking between London and his sketch tablet... London pulls Benoit in closer and starts kissing him back.

The two get so into eachother they fall into the tall grass still kissing, biting and touching eachother. By the time the two were done loving eachother for the day, they had ended up in a hotel room on the bed. London started sweating nervously as he lay in bed with a sleeping Benoit, "If Isabel finds out I'm dead"

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Edelweiss
Düsseldorf, Germany

Keyen yawned and smacked his lips as he watched the Jamison brothers in their cell. Rico was doing pull ups on the bunk bed and Luke was doing sit on the floor. Tomorrow the Jamison brothers and their accomplice would be flown to Washington DC to stand trial for the crimes they had committed. Keyen just wanted to go back home to Boston and see his friends, he had been traveling around for a while and couldn't wait to just plop down on his couch and relax... But for the time being he had to sit and watch the two work out in their cell.

Rico stopped doing the pull ups and swung himself into the bed. Luke got up from the floor and wiped his face.

"Please tell me you have a plan to get us out of here" Luke whispers to Rico.

"I had a plan... It went to shit thanks to that brilliant ex-wife of yours" The Rico whispers back, irritation in his voice.

"Stop reminding me" Luke groans.

"Why should I stop reminding you?! You married a colleague, a dangerous one at that, she's almost killed me 3 fucking times now! I'm still feeling pain in the same spot where she stabbed me in Vancouver even though your pals healing saved me. She haunts my nightmares and I want her the fuck out of my head!" Rico screams.

"I said stop fucking reminding me... Since you want to shit on my mistakes, how about I shit on yours! You drunk the serum that we were supposed to fucking destroy you dipshit! And now look at you... You're probably worse then me now! So I don't wanna hear you telling me how much I've fucked up you little prick!"

"I'm the prick?! Oh yeah sure!" Rico scoffs.

The two continue to argue and argue. Keyen growing bothered by the back and forth starts reaching for the collar controller... But he decided not to pick it up and instead banged his paw on the desk loud enough to get the twins attention, "For the love of Arceus, shut the fuck up! Both of you! Holy hell you're even worse when your arguing!"

"Stay out of it!" The brothers shout.

Keyen feels his eye twitch, the two continue to go at it with eachother while Waterlily walks towards Keyen, her assistant in tow scribble on a clipboard, humming a toon to herself and smiling happily as she walked over to the Umbreon. When she got to Keyen she picked up the controller and electrocuted the both of them for about 10 seconds.

"How about this... No one gets to talk!" Waterlily says.

Luke and Rico groan as the Sylveon sits on the metal desk.

"And if as so much whisper... I will shock you" Waterlily says hiding her threat with a loving smile.

Keyen gulped nervously, Rico growls and bangs on the energy field. The Sylveon pops a starburst in her mouth and gestures for Keyen to sit in the chair, the Umbreon complies.

"Could this might get any worse" Luke says.

"Grah! Shut the fuck up!" Rico shouts in fury.

Luke had enough of Rico. He grabbed him by the shirt and shoved him against the wall aggressively, "How about you shut fuck up!"

"Make me!" Rico growls back.

"Seperate them-" Waterlily commands.

Keyen uses Psychic to move the brothers away from each other. Rico angrily tries to fight the move but he can't move. Luke on the other hand, doesn't bother trying to fight back and snarls.

Six of Waterlily's agents arrived and took Rico out of the cell. They ushered him to a cell just above Luke on the second floor, they shoved him inside and activated the energy field. All Rico did was glare angrily at Waterlily as the Sylveon put her paw on his head, this made Keyen blush.

"Don't be afraid to punish them ok-" Waterlily says.

"Uh... Ok..." Keyen responds, shy as a child meeting a new family member.

The Sylveon opens a magazine and sits back on the table. Just then Tetrahyde comes in whistling to Ride of the Valkyries, she sits on the table next to Waterlily and blows a kiss at a snarling Rico. Vasquez and Hopps come in and sit next to Keyen on the floor... The following day the brothers would be taken to Washington to stand trial. From then on it was all up to fate.

"I can't wait to see how this this little show of ours ends... A handsome promotion for catching the infamous Jamison brothers. Mmm, what a treat" Tetrahyde says to Luke as Waterlily gives her a starburst for her to eat.

Luke grunts and sits back down on the bed... He had one last plan up his sleeve to escape the CIA... It was risky but he would do anything at this point to free himself and his brother from the jaws of the CIA.

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() = Translated from Mandarin Chinese

Canada, 1.5 km outside of Gilam, Manitoba.

A Toxicroak and Cacturn walk through the ankle deep muggy swamp of Northern Manitoba. Their rifles scan the swamp for any movement. The trees that used to shield the swampy ecosystems now lay in the swamp from the extended battle that has gone on for a couple days now. They use the trees as a small bridge to cross without getting their feet too soaked.

"(Xao, where is everyone?)" The Cacturn asks the Toxicroak.

"(I don't know Xin, we lost contact with the home base when everything happened.)"

"(Separated from our main unit before we even made contact with the enemy... what are the odds?)"

"(Do you remember those American Propaganda films? From Vietnam?)"

(Don't bring those up, we passed platoons one through forty three spiked to trees or stuck under the water.)

The two hear a scream and gunshots. Then slowly but swiftly move towards the next leg of the battle.

"(Holy shit! Sergeant!)" Xao reacts as he sees an Electibuzz groaning with his lower torso in the water. The two run towards the Sergeant and quickly setup a small perimeter. Xao pulls the Electibuzz from the water to see that he's been sliced in half from the lower torso, his entrails and blood don't even discolour the water because of how bad the battle has been.

"(Xao, Xin. Listen to me carefully. You must surrender. The Eastern echelon that was to go through the town... they slaughtered them all.)"

"(Under who's authority?)"

The Elecitbuzz coughs blood from his lungs before finally succumbing to his attacker's blows. Xao looks and Xin before closing the Sergeant's eyes and continuing on down the swamp.

"(Any ideas on how we can get out?) Xao asks openly.)"

"(Not alive.)" A voice says behind them before their screams fill the air.

A large figure lumbers towards a town, now only charred rubble in some chaotically organized fashion. The figure walks through the streets looking for any signs of life. Something shifts to the side of the figure who responds by quickly moving to the origin of the noise. A heavily injured female Ninetails holds her baby Vulpix in a charted blanket from what could be a couple shirts covering her up. The figure crouches down to the mother before touching her shoulder.

"I am sorry. I was not able to react fast enough. They moved too fast and jammed everything. They were halfway through torching the town before we even knew what was happening." It says with a metallic voice.

"Then promise me one thing. Promise me that my son will be raised well by a good family."

"I will not father a child that isn't of my own, or when the parents are still able to do the right thing for their children."

"My husband is dead! And I am dying! How can you say such a thing?!" She yells before coughing rocking her baby as he started crying.

"By the will of Arceus, you are healed, and your husband shall walk." The figure says as he walks away. Wood can be heard moving and collapses as a large Flareon walks out from a burning house.

"Honey, I'm okay." He says and the Ninetails, holding her baby rushes over to him and they comfort each other.

"Kai's going to pay for killing Canadians." The large figure says before jumping into the sky followed by a sonic boom as a contrail can be seen going southeast to Ontario.

Ottawa, Ontario.

A Zangoose signs his signature on yet another federal document, sighing as he puts it in a five inch thick pile.

"When I signed up for this, I didn't expect everything to go off the rails in the span of a week! Ugh, I need Christina back here, just for a little bit longer." His office phone rings.

"Hopefully it isn't paperwork." He picks it up. "Colonel Blood... did he at least ask for permission? Of course he didn't, let him in, he knows where I'll be." After a couple minutes, there's a loud thud that can be heard throughout parts of the building.

"And I think I'll be clearing my schedule... that was not a happy flight." Mayvire says as he begins to quickly clear a few papers from his desk. He takes a look and notices that there are some miscellaneous papers still mildly scattered o his desk despite his 2 minute chaotic organization. There's a knock at his door.

"Come in." An Eevee with a metal mask walks in. The mask has amber covers on it's eye holes with what looks like a low-vis belt of Arceus on it's left 'cheek'. The Eevee grabs onto the bottom of the face mask and pulls down before swinging it upwards to show his face.

"Field Colonel Ketster, to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?"

Ketster looks Colonel Blood in the eyes before he says, "War."