( Drew's POV )

A scream filled the silence. Oh no! If there was any reason my parents would sent me back home it was because of all the murders and disappearances lately. I ran to where the scream came from, followed by May. My heart beated faster and May grabbed my hand. Why was she acting like we were together? A couple. May and Drew. It would've been a nice thought if I it wasn't right at the moment I saw Brianna. That thought would have to wait. She might be a pain in the ass for most of the time, but she did ask for help.

"What's wrong?"I asked, looking worried. May immediately looked from Brianna to me, as if we would ever get together! Brianna was shocked and tears were coming up. Actual tears. So there was something. Good to know, 'cause with Brianna, well, you never knew...

"I was here, walking..."she said with a trembling voice. "With Surskit. But... But... But then..."

"But then...?"I asked. I would just act like we were friends, that would be better for all of us. To push my anger towards Brianna aside. "You can trust us Brianna."

"I looked away for a few seconds and when I turned around..."she said swallowing. I knew where this was gonna go. "Surskit was gone."

"Why would anyone steal your Surskit?"May said. "It isn't even trained!"

"Because it's a water type."I said, finally getting the hint of the Azumarill. Water types were Misty's specialty. The target was Misty. May made an 'oh' look and Brianna just wondered why that said anything. "This might even be worth officer Jenny's time. Brianna could you please come with us?"

"Us?"she asked.

"Really?"I said, sniffing indignant. "Your pokémon has disappeared and when we offer to help you, this is your response? Go get a life Brianna."

"I want Surskit back, more than you do."Brianna growled, more to May than to me. I rolled my eyes. "Can't I worry that the love of my life, at the moment I'm the most vulnerable, spends time with my rival."

"It's called reality, Brianna."May said.

I sighed, if they were going to have a fight over me, they would do it when I was far away from them. "I don't want to break your little heart Brianna, but I'm leaving, soon. Even if May and I would be a couple, we would never hold the relationship up so far away from each other. Now, are you ready to go to officer Jenny, because I would very much like it to catch the killer."

May smiled, while biting her lip. "Gotta catch 'em all."she said, smiling. I rolled my eyes and sighed. I lived in a world full of idiots.

( time skip )

Officer Jenny didn't seem very happy with us disturbing her. "Come in."she growled. Brianna was worried, for the first time in her life. May and Brianna had another fight about if May should go with us or not. At first May didn't want to, but when Brianna said she was fine with that May decided she did want to come. That left me being in the middle of a fight between them, again.

"Brianna,"I said, taking a glance at the girl. Of course she was overreacting, but there was some worry in that cold face of hers. "Lost her pokémon. A Surskit." Officer Jenny sighed. "I know it's doesn't seem like any help, but..."

"Look kid."she said annoyed. "I have tons of work to do, and I seriously don't have time for this. If you want to tell me something, be quick or be gone." I nodded.

"Surskit is a water type, so was Azumarill."I said as fast as I could.

"So?"officer Jenny said even more annoyed. Arceus, this wasn't going as I planned.

"Misty has recently moved here. She's the Cerulean City gym leader and a specialist in water types."I said. "I think Misty is the target."

"You think?"May said annoyed. Officer Jenny didn't believe us last time, though I wondered why, this time she had to believe us. Jenny looked at May, practically asking her to say what she wanted to say. "Like we already told you officer, my friends have heard the killer talking with someone else. They said they were after Misty." Officer Jenny chuckled.

"We've seen the camera videos, dear."Jenny said. "There was no killer. No knife. What happened with the camera is a mystery."

"Not anymore!"May yelled angrily. "The information we gave to you is important! All the respect officer, but you suck at your job! We're closer to finding out who the killer is than the police! And we are sixteen years old! Take the information we give you. Do you have anything besides that?"

"Yes, I have!"officer Jenny shouted. "The Azumarill has been bitten by a Houndoom. DNA tests. There is no student nor a teacher with a Houndoom. The torches were gone when I got back to where the Azumarill has been murdered. Barry has died with a gunshot. Timmy with a knife through his neck. Leaf has been kidnapped and held in a place that is currently the most important clue. If we find that place, the murderer can't hide. My information is based on facts, I can't risk it to believe some teens that think they're smart. Am I clear?"

We nodded, but Brianna didn't. "As clear as crystal, officer."she said. "But to be very honest all your facts aren't gonna help my Surskit, now are they!" Officer Jenny raised an eyebrow. I wanted Brianna shutted up, but she went on, "My Surskit is in danger. Arceus, this whole town is in danger! And the police doesn't do a thing about it! Do you want to find the killer based on facts. That's fine with me. I had a phone, even though that was forbidden. Still I'm not the killer. But it is a fact I had a phone I shouldn't have. What do you think about that fact officer?"

"I think you three should go away before you're getting yourself into trouble."

"We are already in trouble, officer!"Brianna yelled.

"Get out!"Jenny yelled back. She stood up and opened the door. "Now!"she hissed, before we quickly walked away. I was angry, but I did get it. This murderer was a complete mystery. What would it feel like when some teenagers where better at your job than you? Still we asked her for help, she didn't take it. We should take things in our own hands now.

( ????? POV )

I walked around the corner in my disguise. Nobody paid attention to me, like usual. They didn't care about me. Nobody cared about anyone but themselves. If you would ask me who the most selfish person was I know, I would answer 'the world'. Killing wasn't even hard when people where this unworthy of life. I braided my hair as I sat on a seat in Snorlax's Beer.

"Can I help you?"the barman asked. I looked around checking if Derek was nowhere to be seen.

"Do you have anything strong?"I asked.

"ID first."the man said. I sighed.

"Fine."I said irritated. "A cola, please?" The man smiled and walked away to give me the cola. Arceus, I hated this! I needed the alcohol. The man came back with a cola in his hand, I laid down some money and took the cola.

"So, what are you up to?"the man asked, suddenly very friendly. I rolled my eyes.

"I'm gonna study and me and a friend of mine are gonna watch a movie."I said, like I was the person I already wasn't for a long time. The man gave me a smile, so I could see his rotted teeth.

"A date?"

"A friend."I explained. "No date, just a girl's night." The man nodded and walked to someone else to annoy with his personality that was just as rotten as his teeth. I took a sip of my cola and looked at the door. I sometimes wished I was never in the position I was in. That I went back to never killing anyone, but it couldn't go back to the way it was before. Derek and Brendan appeared in the doorway. Brendan seemed uncomfortable with me being here. I walked up to them.

"Well, took you long enough."I snarled to Derek. Brendan gave me a nervous look and Derek didn't even bother to look at me.

"Can I have a beer?"Derek asked to the barman. The barman grinned, showing his ugly teeth I wanted to get rid of.

"What kind?" Derek shrugged.

"The strongest you have."he answered and turned around to look at Brendan. "Do you want anything, kid?" Brendan slowly shook his head. Did that guy really think he could come to us, get revenge and then have his fairytale ending with whoever that girl was? Talk about a big fantasy. The barman stumbled away. I wondered how the pub was still the highest ranked pub after all that happened here. My eyes met Derek's.

"So how was training?"I asked him politely. Brendan walked away to carpool. Derek looked at me. I noticed he was alert and that probably didn't mean he had good news. I saw his tensed muscles and his eyes showed worry. That was the most emotion he ever showed me.

"The kid isn't good enough."Derek said, keeping his voice low. "He doesn't have the strength or the will to kill. Not to mention that every police officer is looking for the guy. We can't keep coming to Snorlax's Beer, people will notice him." I looked down at Brendan.

"What do you suppose?" Derek frowned.

"You brought him here, you should answer that question."

"We could kill him."I said. Whispering wasn't even needed, it would just show that I didn't want to share my information with others. And when people had the idea you don't want to share information, then they'll ask you about it. It was an annoying, but true thing.

"After he went to our side?"Derek asked surprised. "No, no you can't do that."

"Getting softhearted?"I said playfully. Derek showing another side of him, That was something to remember. "He just needs a push in the right direction."I said interested. "He'll start having the fire you need. Or he'll commit suicide, but that's not a problem."

"What the problem is..."he started, looking me straight in the eyes. "Is that he's holding us back."

I smiled as I said, "Do you have the information you needed?" Derek nodded. "Then just kill him. We don't need him anymore. So, why not?"

"I'm just using my brain."Derek said seriously. Why did he always have to ruin my happy mood? "He is one of us now, you go figure out what you'll do with him."

"Fine."I said annoyed. "We'll make him leave. As far away from here as possible. If you tell him that, I'll buy a ticket to Alola." Derek nodded. "So are you gonna tell him?"I asked. No answer. "Please, say something."

"Don't braid your hair again."he said firmly. I chuckled a bit.

"Why?"I inquired. "I like it."

"They're too girly." I smiled. Derek walked to Brendan to tell him about our plan. The barman stumbled from behind us with a large mug of beer. I gave the ugly man a nod, then I decided I'd rather look a whole day at Derek than at this man. The man coughed from behind me and it took everything in me not to throw a knife at him. Arceus, I had changed so much. But I knew I didn't want to go back anymore. This was my life now. And I was glad it was.

( Brendan's POV )

The guy from yesterday came to me. He had taught me how to fight, the basics at least. I just wasn't that focused when he taught me that. Zinnia. I could still see how the knife flew through the air, piercing itself into Zinnia's neck. How she fell on the ground without even making any sound. How her clothes got drenched by her own blood. But what I remembered most of all was the happiness in her voice when she saw me. And that became her death.

"You've got a choice, kid."the guy said. I nodded, pretending to be very obedient. "Leave or die."

"What?"I got out. They were at least clear about their meanings.

"We don't have enough time."the guy said, not even a trace of guilt in his voice. "We're giving you the opportunity to leave. I would take it." My eyes widened.

"Yeah, sure."I said angry. "I give up my entire life to leave or to die." The guy looked me straight in the eyes. No, he wasn't feeling guilty about this. "Fine. I'll leave. But I want to talk to May first."

The guy sighed. "Don't say anything about us." I nodded. I wouldn't. It would just seem like I vanished into thin air. But May would at least know I hadn't...

________________________________________________________________________________

I told you I would update today! I'm keeping my promises, some of them at least... Did you know I read my chapters two times after I've written it.

1. Writing the chapter

2. Reading it to my sister (she's older than me, but it gives me the chance to correct spelling mistakes. Also, she finally joined WattPad, so please follow her. Her name is Squirtlesaur4ever.)

3. Reading my chapter in silence and correcting errors in the storry and some grammar or spelling mistakes I forgot. My sister hears the chapter right after I've written it (so she's faster than all of you, ha!) then I write other chapters and like two weeks after I've written a chapter I read it one last time. I usually have like 4-5 drafts.

4. Publishing it.

I'm now filling the last days, so sorry if the chapters now suck. Tomorrow it's Friday (in this story), so I'm getting closer to revealing the killer. Who do you think the killer is?

Vote

Comment

Thank you!

                  -LapisLazulli2-