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Rei yawned and forced himself out of his hotel room. He was getting lazy in the past week; his research had slowly rolled to a halt, and he spent more of his days just... being...

Lazy.

Lazy! The word wasn't in his vocabulary until he came into this hotel. Now all he thought about was relaxing by the shore, stargazing without actively observing the skies, and drinking the little fruity drinks that the hotel workers served.

It would simply not do. He had to stop the madness. Rei picked up his things and called his Zubat over.

"Countess, let's go outside. I need to be active again." She swooped under his hood, the sunny weather outside a pain to deal with, given her delicate skin. He walked to the dock and noticed Maddy and Allen. After taking a moment to observe the weather outside, he joined the two on the dock, said his greetings, and ordered a drink.

Maddy smiled as Rei joined them and shook her head at Allen's question.
"I guess I could ask Dark about them if I really wanted to, but it wouldn't be as fun that way." She told him with a smirk.
She downed her glass of lemonade and promptly ordered herself another.
"They seem to do a good job of appearing everywhere we go, though."

"That's a really good point." He looked from Rei to Maddy, "That hadn't even crossed my mind, but it's a real possibility." He grabbed his TADS from his pocket and began fiddling with it, he wasn't really looking for anything particular, as if he could even figure out how to remove such a trace on his own.

Rei shrugged. "Perhaps he's got something planned for us. No point in attacking us if he's not ready." His gaze drifted towards the sea.

"In any case, with someone as wealthy and influential as Lysandre, it's safe to assume that he's got plenty of contingency plans for whatever he has in store for Kalos. I suppose time will tell which plan he acts upon."

Allen nodded in agreement and was about to speak but a couple figures he hadn't noticed before spoke up behind him.

"Well, we didn't think it was true. Ol' Russel has a habit of lying, but this time, he wasn't at all kidding." A deep voice sounded behind him. Allen jumped from his chair, instantly recognizing the voice. He whipped around, holding two Pokeballs in his hands, ready to fight.
"It realy is him! I thought he had fled the region." A second voice mocked sadness, "I guess we weren't good enough for him." Allen breathed heavily. Slowly backing up.
"And he brought 'friends' too. ones that might catch a high price from Lysandre if we were hearing them right."

Rose saw the strangers and heard one of them mention lysandre, so she wondered if they were team flare. She grasped a pokeball in case it led to a fight

Michael strolled in from the beach his hair still wet from swimming when he noted the hostilities forming. He headed for the captain and asked, "What happened here ma'am?" His Pokemon were all out and ready to attack the two who seemed to be stirring up trouble.

Rei sighed. Given the fact that his superior, Allen, was concerned with fighting, Rei wasn't going to stand much of a chance in battle, but he'd do his best if it came to it. He turned to Maddy for his decision.