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Dusclops phases into HQ. He looks around, but doesn't see anyone nearby. Sighing in disappointment, Dusclops instead moves to the couch. On it, he carefully places a brightly colored notebook. This notebook contains all the information Thard compiled about HQ's leaks. It should be discovered fairly readily, and both trainer and pokemon hoped the data would be useful to the repair crew.

Having finished his task, Dusclops phases back out of HQ.

Ike, having seen the note book left by Thard, put it some place safe so it wouldn't get lost or torn. Earlier today, Ike took the burden of signing the papers in Rustboro all by himself. Mr. Stone promised that the location of Aquos Island would be kept secret, and the workers would not be the full picture of the project. It had that "top secret" feel to it, and that was good. Ike had returned to the island and was ready to greet the workers when they showed.


Earlier today in Vermilion City, an underwater welding crew was hired by the Devon Corporation. All contractors in Slateport were too busy still working on repairs in Lilycove, so Mr. Stone had turned to an outside company. Around the ship yard stood welders prepared to board a ship to send them to the island. Some, though, were suspicious.
"Where's this island again?" asked a worker.
"I have no clue." said another. "But there's big bucks in it!"
"Boss said it was some ocean lab or something." said a third worker. They were soon joined by their project manager.
"Right, everything's aboard. On we go, gents." he said, pointing to a ship. They all started to walk the ramp up to the ship except 3 workers in the back, all with worried looks on their faces.
"Admin Ken, we were told that we'd be aboard the St. Anne! This changes everything!" asked one of them.
"This changes nothing. Keep your cover. If it's not this time, it'll be the next job we get to board the St. Anne. We'll just loot it another day." replied Ken. The three reluctant to board the ship were that of NeoRocket, a group that had held up Team Aqua in Azalea Town a few weeks ago when trying to poach Slowpoke. They soon did board the ship and the boat was off on it's way to Aquos Island.

"Hey Kiara, Satan, Nyoka, Aquarius, and yet-to-be-named egg. ^^" Sammy greeted, the normal optimistic look on her face. "What's up?" She asked, watching as Troy came into the room. For the past few days, he had been carrying the egg as if it was his own, as he was doing now. His protective nature had, once again, gotten the better of him.

"Hello Ms. Maddy! ^^" Sammy called, waving. Still feeling a bit tired, (even though she had slept in...) Sammy curled up in a chair that was a bit to the right of the center of the room.

"I'm fine." Sammy responded, clutching onto the couch as she let out a yawn. Squirt jumped onto Satan, equally happy to see him. "Squirtle!!!" He called, trying to tickled him... He didn't know if Satan was ticklish, but this was as good of a time as ever to find out.

"Good," Kiara said, taking a seat on the couch and picking up the egg. She held it up to see it in the light. Satan's eyes widened as Squirt began to tickle him after pinning him to the ground. He began to wiggle furiously, to no avail. Aquarius floated a safe distance away, eyes dancing with something like amusement.

Squirt hopped off of Satan when Mr. Ike came in, not wanting to get in trouble. "Hiya Mr. Ike! ^^" Sammy said, but her cheeriness soon vanished when she heard the word 'swimming'. At this point, she had completely forgotten to ask if her egg could hatch; she just hid behind her chair and pretended that she wasn't there.