ES AU: Augmented Mind

Chapter 1: A Change

(A/N): The story will be told in third person perspective and will not change unless specified by me. It's not going to be a carbon copy of ES in terms of plot and dialogue, so things may be altered by me to spice things up. Take the story with a grain of salt.)

- Bold letters signify actions.

- Italic letters signify thoughts.

- " " signify dialogue.

- Underlined letters signify Author's Note.

~3... 2... 1... START!~

With the success of capturing a Hypno outlaw, Speed and Trace both tied up the outlaw to report to the local authority and get the rewards for their effort. Once inside the police department building, they were approached by a Magnezone and two Magnetons accompanying it.

"Great job kids, you've done well." The Magnezone praised, it may not be able to express emotions or tone of voice that well, but it almost looks like it was proud of the duo. The tied up outlaw was then briefly taken away by the two Magnetons inside the building.

"Anytime Sir Magnezone!" Trace replied back with an energetic voice and a huge smile on his face, proud of the fact that he was able to capture yet another outlaw that can't no longer cause troubles to others. Speed said nothing and they shortly leave the building after getting their rewards.

---Outside...---

"Phew... What a day, huh?" Trace mentioned with a relieved sigh, they have did a job's well done today and Trace was thinking of relaxing for the day with Speed.

"You can say that again..." Speed sighed, he looked down at the floor with a somewhat upset look which concerned Trace.

"Hey dude, is anything wrong?" He asked, but the moment he remembered what happened yesterday with Speed and that Eevee girl, he had a smug look on his face.

"Oh I know! I bet you missed that girl from yesterday didn't you?" Trace teased with a light chuckle, which caught a quick reaction from Speed.

"What?- No way, I was just very tired, that's all." Speed responds back, denying Trace's accusation with a blank look on his face. All he wanted was to finally have a few hours of rest, being a Rescuer was quite the exhausting job even if he did know how tiring it would be. He also had siblings that needs to be taken care of at home.

"Alright alright, whatever you say." Trace shrugged, skeptical with what Speed said knowing that what she did yesterday definitely did a huge impact to his behavior.

Speed remained quiet, Trace still had that huge smile on his face but he stayed quiet with Speed as they walked through the town to find out what they could do with the free time they had. After awhile, Speed found the silence to be a bit uncomfortable, so he decided to speak up.

"Hey Trace, are you not going to see your dad?" He asked, trying to strike up a conversation with Trace because usually he would meet with his dad once their Rescuer job was done for the day.

"Meh, don't wanna." Trace replied simply, he just didn't want to. His dad might ask him to help with a task regarding science and that was the opposite of what he wanted to do. Speed stayed silent, but acknowledged his answer with a nod.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!

The sudden sound of a huge explosion could be heard from a distance, and they could feel the ground shaking slightly. Both Trace and Speed turned their head in an instant, wondering what could be causing such a noise to occur.