Redemption

Chapter 27

        (Y/n) picked up her phone and answered it without thinking to worry. Gladion was the one calling. It was only in the middle of the afternoon. There was nothing wrong with that.

        "Where are you right now?" was the first thing Gladion said after she greeted him.

        "I'm in the city eating ice cream with Hau while Lillie gets a trim, why?" Upon hearing his name, Hau paused and gave her a questioning expression before returning to his sherbet treat.

        "I need you to go to the professor's lab and convince you know who that he needs to leave. It's an emergency. I've already sent Yana to come pick him up, but he says he isn't going anywhere," Gladion informed her. "We got the guy off our tail for now, but I don't think we're out of the clear."

        "What are you talking about? Why does he need to leave?" (Y/n) had already picked up on the nature of the situation, but she truly hoped it wasn't being caused by what she thought.

        "Oh, I don't know. Why don't you ask Gold himself?" Gladion hissed.

        "Now listen here," (y/n) snapped at him. "Don't just call me so suddenly and expect me to just understand everything. Calm down and tell me what I need to know." Now Hau had simply stopped to listen to the part of the conversation that he could hear.

        Gladion sighed. "I'm just really not in the mood right now. Go talk to him. He says he's not leaving because of you. Moon ran into Gold here on Ula'ula Island. He left with some woman from the Battle Tower. They're definitely looking for him." Gladion stopped to listen to Moon who had spoken in the background. "Moon said she heard him saying he'll be heading to Akala Island. There might be more time, but there's no need to take risks in a situation like this."

        "Okay, thank you. Now go get some rest. You sound like you need it. I'll meet up with you later today. Tell Moon I said hi," (y/n) said, as she stood from the outdoor table that she and Hau were sitting at.

        "Yeah, whatever. Don't do anything to get yourself into any trouble," Gladion huffed. "I'll be at the office for the rest of the day. If you have any trouble getting into the building on the way, just call." (Y/n) said a final goodbye and hung up before she began to relay the situation to Hau.

        "Then what are you waiting for? I can stay here and wait on Lillie, but you need to get going," he said, politely shooing her away.

        "Thanks Hau. I owe you another round of malasadas."

        "That's three now. You'll want to catch up on those repayments unless you want your pockets to start crying," he joked. Ah wait, Hau was entirely serious about that one. (Y/n) could only return a nervous laugh before she cleaned away the last of her frozen treat and headed towards Professor Kukui's lab. As she ran, she released her Lycanroc.

        "Can you head to the dock and wait for me?" Her pokémon responded with a bark. "And don't bite Mrs. Yana," she added. Lycanroc made no such promise and already started to go in the opposite direction of her.

        (Y/n) arrived to Hau'oli Outskirts out of breath since she had ran the whole way there. To her surprise, Silver was already waiting for her as if he knew she'd be there. He sat in the sand in front of Kukui's lab, but still remained a decent distance away from the shoreline.

        "Hey," she casually called as she sat down next to him. "You know why I'm here, don't you. I'm sure Gladion already called."

        "I already told him that I wasn't going anywhere right now. He didn't have to call you," Silver mumbled. He played in the sand with one of his hands, picking up a handful of the substance and letting it fall through his fingers.