Pokémon academy

Chapter 40

[Calem's POV]

Ash and I sat beside each other with a bored expression. We were interrogating Marnie but her stubbornness was exhausting. She wouldn't listen to anything we wanted to tell her nor would she tell us anything that we wanted. Sure we could use the Metagross communication chip but the thing was it can only transmit the information that the person is thinking at the moment. We can't dive into her head to pull out any specific information.

"Marnie, please would you listen to us.. I promise you everything will be alright. You don't know what you are doing. Jus-"

"NO! I will not listen to any of the crap you have to say. You are only trying to ruin what my father wants!"

I sat and heard Ash and Marnie talk, well Marnie refusing to talk. It was getting quite boring.

"Marnie, please. You have to trust us. Your father is a criminal. He has caused havoc in several regions and is the leader of the greatest crime organisation."

"I know that! And I want to make my father's dream come true! Unlike you brother! You are a traitor! You betrayed father when he trusted you the most! Why did you do that? Why did you betray father?" she asked me with obvious hate. I raised my eyebrows and clicked my tongue before answering.

"Well... He's not my father." I said as I rubbed the back of my neck.

"What do you mean he's not your father?" she eyed me suspiciously.

"I mean what I said. He's not my father. He killed my parents, aka your uncle and aunt, or simply said his sister and her husband." I spoke and with every word my tone darkened.

"..."

"So yeah, we are cousins, not siblings. And Ash is also our cousin. His dad, my mom and your dad were siblings. Giovanni killed his siblings so he could do his work without any trouble. But Ash didn't want to let that happen. So he started this organisation which is now a great success."

"I can't believe it.. That cannot be true. We have been together since childhood."

"Yeah, he killed my parents when I was just a baby."

Marnie didn't say anything in reply, she just sat there with her head low. I exchanged looks with Ash as he was also not saying anything.

"I'll tell you everything I know.." she said suddenly. We both took a sigh of relief. Finally.

Ash called the guards to open up Marnie and bring her something to eat. We told her about things that had happened along the years and how her father had caused trouble for everyone. After Marnie ate, she started telling everything she knew about Giovanni's plan for Galar.

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We were now walking around the facility while talking to Marnie. I don't know but maybe Ash was a little too trusting, too soon. We shouldn't be showing her the headquarters. I even asked him if it was okay to do it now, and he was okay with it.

As we were walking towards the training center, Ash's phone rang which he picked. "Hey Serena, what's up?" he asked cheerfully on the phone, I didn't hear the rest of their talk as I looked at Marnie, she was looking at Ash with a curious look. 'Oh boy', a small smile escaped my lips as I knew what was coming up next.

"Sure, we'll be there soon. Love you. Tell Leaf too." He said as he hung the call, but little did he know his last words had peaked Marnie's Curiosity. He put his phone in the pocket and looked at me. His eyes narrowed as he looked at my goofy expression. "What happened to you?" He asked, I didn't say anything as Marnie was already about to answer for me.