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Down in the lab, I quickly locate the empty storage unit where the DNA sample used to be. I have Xatu try peering into the past to try and see the label on the now absent container.

"Oh, Shuppet, could you come here for a moment?"
[It's unusual for you to call me like this, it must be-- YAH!]

"What is it?"
[HER!] Shuppet points at Xatu [Keep that crazy bird away from me!]

Xatu makes no response.
"Shuppet, I need your help. Xatu can't communicate in English. You can. Besides, she's acting normal today. Just for a second, please?"
[Fine. But just this once, and under protest.]

"Agreed. Xatu?"
Xatu glows a faint blue and Shuppet floats over next to her.
[I know not the human name for this creature, but I sense the presence of the sea god.]
[Ugh! Ew-ew-ew! That's sooo creepy! I hate having that thing in my head! Just for that, I'll ... crap, I can't think of a good prank! Eeeeeeuuuugh, I think I need to wash out my brain...] Shuppet floats away.

[To myself] "The sea god? Could it be Kyogre?"

I come up from the lab with Xatu. Dusclops is waiting for me.

"Well, I think that's as much as I can do. Someone who knows the lab better than I do should double check the inventory, but I suspect the soldiers made off with Kyogre's DNA sample."

Dusclops, having delivered his report to Ike (and the other one to Brian) phases the three of us (my two pokemon and myself) out of HQ. Shuppet can be heard from the kitchen, running the faucet and trying to wash out his head. From his telepathic mutterings, he's still grossed out by Xatu's mental invasion.

Shuppet has managed to clear his head (in more ways than one) and, since I'm not around to stop him, decides to find a prank. He carefully moves a chair about an inch to the side, right in Maddy's path. If she sees it in time, she might be able to avoid tripping.

[Now I just hide and see what that Gible can do] mrgreen

*As Ike was finishing cleaning his room and the surrounding area in the Hanger, a familiar Dusclops came by to give him a piece of paper*
Ike: 0.o... Thanks...whats...Oh! *Reads the report, most anxious to hear the news. It's been eating at him all day. After a couple of scans of the report, Ike crumples up the paper and throws it in a trash can, extreamly mad at himself.* GAH! Could of at least done more to protect our stuff before running and hiding! *Moans and grunts, pacing back and forth in the Hanger. His brain comes to a sudden realization. He then thinks to himself.* ...Why did they not give a better chase?... You'd think they'd have an easy way to blow us out of the sky... were they focused on something else?... They probably took the DNA and data files as some proof that we're conducting experiments or something... *Stops pacing after he catches himself in this odd behavior.* But who was he talking to then?

Shuppet phases away somewhere, laughing at the mischief he caused.

"Shu-shu-shu!..." rofl

*Hunter slips into HQ and leaves a note where it can be seen by everyone*
Terribly sorry I've been away. I've been scheduled in a lot of hours at the pool so I haven't had an immense amount of time to hang around here, but the pool season is coming to an end, so expect to see good ol' Hunter back in action soon!

*barely sees Maddy on the floor in pain a couple feet away from me still in a panic over my book*

Me: You ok? *goes to get Maddy an ice pack*