Three Years

Chapter Three - Shalour City

Hello guys!

And I am one week late haha- Really sorry for the delay! I was really busy this last week, and I did not have time to post it. 

I have also, with this chapter, news. I will now post every two weeks and not every week. I currently have a really busy schedule, and if I don't want to enter in a too long hiatus after only 6 or 7 chapters, I have to stop to post every week and do it every two weeks. I am really sorry about that. It would normally be better when I will find my internship, which is obligatory to complete my year, and when I will find it, I will stop to spend the hours I normally used to write this story to write some emails to find this internship. Maybe, at this moment, I will re-start to post once a week. For the moment, I just can't. The next chapter will normally come the next week, probably Sunday because I will just come back of a one week trip in Germany ant it will also be my father's birthday the saturday so I will not have a lot of time.

Also, this chapter was not, like the two firsts, beta-read. The only thing which corrected it actually is my spellchecker, and it is probably not perfect. And like English is not my mother tongue, I know that what I write is not perfect. It's why I really need someone to proofread this fanfic and help me with it, so, if you are interesting, don't hesitate to contact me!

Anyway, I hope you will enjoy this chapter!

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"X ! Wake up !"

     The boy went more under his cover, moaning about how annoying his friend was in the morning. They arrived at Coumarine City late the day before, and as a big part of the hotels were complete, they took one hour to find a room in a shabby hotel. They immediately slept when they arrived, but the girl needed less sleep, and when, after a flight training, she saw that it was already nine am, she decided to wake up her friend, who was still sleeping.
"It's early !"
"It's already nine am! Wake up, X !"
"It's too early !"
"We have to go to the lab! Hurry up !"
"I don't want to leave my bed !"
"Don't restart an isolationist period, you xidiot !"
"Let me sleep !"
"No ! Come on!
"I don't want !"
"But you have to !"

     They continued to argue during a few minutes until the girl won it. X finally left his bed with a tired annoying look to his friend. Why did she that, asked him to himself, even if he already knew the answer.
"So, eat your breakfast quickly, the lab is far from here and like they are probably close at midday, we should arrive before."
"What... What is this thing ?" Asked skeptically the boy, looking of the thing which was meant to be a breakfast.
"It was the only hotel who accepted to welcome us yesterday evening, what did you expect ?"
"I didn't expect a lot of things, but... Can't we eat in another place?
"We don't have time, you woke up too late !"

     With a long annoying sigh, the boy ate the thing, like he definitely couldn't call that food. He felt like he was eating a Ditto, it was weird. It's why he was, as Y did surprise when someone said :
"It's good !"

     The both Kalosian turned back. In a table near to the only window of the lunchroom, another duo was eating. They wore some spring clothes which covered all their arms and legs and was surprising according to the weather of this month of June. One of them even had gloves. For both of them, a hat hid their hair and faces. According to their voice, it was a boy and a girl, who probably came from other regions, and not of the same one, as their pronunciations were quite different. 

     Y looked at them and asked, surprised :
"You find this thing good ?"

     The two people noticed the other duo and looked embarrassed. The boy said, with an amusing smile :
"Yes, it's kinda weird, but we both already eat some more disgusting things so..."
"I see... You are tourists, right? Don't think that it's representative of Kalos' food, it's not. If you're still here this night, I'll get you some real Kalos food."
"We know," said the girl "and thank you very much for your proposition. But we are not really tourists and unhappily, we plan to leave the city today."
"I see, what a shame! By the way, I'm Y, and you ?"
"Ah... We... We are..." started the girl, looking a bit confused.
"My name is Ama, and her name is Toki. Nice to meet you, Y !" interrupted the boy. "So, what are you doing here ?"
"We have to visit someone in this city, but we knew it only yesterday, and it was too late to find another hotel. And you ?"
"We don't have enough money, so we went in the less expensive hotel we could found."
"You don't have money? Did someone steal it ?"
"Not really but..." Said Toki, with a sad voice.
"Y, I finished." Interrupted X. "And like you said, if we don't want to be late, we have to go now."
"Oh yes. Goodbye, Ama, Toki! It was nice to meet you !"
"Goodbye, Y !"

     The two Pokédex holders left the hotel without any regret, and after having trouble with the bus connection, they finally arrived at their destination.

     The Testsuch's laboratory in Shalour City was outside of the old city, and if a little panel wasn't in it, it would be impossible to distinguish it between the others buildings. But when they expected to see a modern building, according to the laboratory which was in it, they could only see a big but simple brown concrete building, which probably had forty or fifty years. The automatic door was covered flyers which explained the foundation action. The windows which pierced the wall were dark and gloomy. It was not welcoming, it was this kind of building where nobody wanted to go, and when they entered in it, the duo was not confident.

     The hall was also disappointing for a scientist and modern foundation as the Testsuch one. It looked like a doctor office, with the beige and green colors. Just after the door, a security guard was looking at them, suspicious. On a corner, an old woman looked annoying on her desk. In front of her, a few chairs were waiting for some people. The rest, the interesting parts of the laboratory, was behind the three green doors which pierced the walls.

     The old secretary looked at the duo with an annoying look :
"Yes, it's for what ?"
"Good morning miss" started Y. "We're coming from the Lumiose Gym Leader Clemont, about the explosion in the Lumiose Badlands..."
"Have you an appointment with someone here ?"
"No, but..."
"You have nothing to do here. Go out."
"But..."
"Out, now."
"But..."
"Excuse me," asked the security guard, "you're here for the explosion ?"
"Yes" answered Y "Why ?"
"Can you follow me, please? I have some questions for you ?"
"Wait, what ?"

     Before they could say anything else, the man brought them in a little room. With a severe look, he asked :
"Why are you interested by this explosion ?"
"We were traveling to Coumarine City when we met one of our friend, the Lumiose gym leader Clemont on the explosion place, and he asked us to see which informations your lab have. Why ?" Said Y.
"Aren't you the culprits ?"
"Why are you saying that? Why would we do that ?"
"Where were you when it happened ?"
"We were at my home in Vaniville Town" answered X. "We learned about it in our Holocaster. Why do you think that we are the culprits."
"I'm the one who asks here. Can you prove that you were in your home ?"
"We don't have it with us yet. What is the problem with us ?"
"I call my boss, stay here for the moment."

     Without more explanation, the man left the room. Five minutes later, he re-appeared, with a woman. She was probably around thirty years old. She looked strict, with her bun, her white blouse and her black skirt. She observed the duo with suspicion, before declaring :
"It's not them."
"You are sure ?"
"Of course I'm sure, you idiot."
"But the culprits are a young boy and a girl, right ?"
"Yes, but it's not them. The woman is older and the boy has blond hair."
"Maybe he could use a hair dryer ?"
"Believe me, it's not them."
"Excuse-me" interrupted Y "But what are you talking about ?"
"This idiot believed that you are the culprits of the explosion in the Lumiose Badlands, excuse-him." Said the woman. "I'm Katell, the development supervisor of the lab, and here Titouan, the security supervisor. I'm sorry for this mistake, he apparently didn't watch the pictures of the culprits enough."
"So it was a criminal explosion, right? And you already know who the culprits are ?" Asked X.
"Yes we know" sighed Katell. "But..."

     She couldn't finish her sentence. A scientist burst into the room, out-of-breath. He tried to say something, but it was inaudible. Titouan said :
"Hey, calm down, calm down! Yes, like this." The scientist's breath became calm. "So, what happened ?"
"It's... It's terrible !"
"What is terrible ?" Asked Katell.
"The duo of the Lumiose Badlands, the ones who caused the explosion... They attack us !"

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Titouan and Katell are two OCs I created in another fandom, Hetalia, and I included them in the story mainly because I found it funny. But they would not have a big role in the fanfic. To summarize, Titouan is a member of the French navy who looks nice and gentle but can be strict and really serious and who is a miser, and Katell is a serious magician who loves cooking and who have a problem with the concept of power. And they literally can't see each other without fighting.

I hope that you liked it and see you next time!