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((Sorry Jump, been stuck in TERA too much to post.))

"Above Castelia," Kero said as the jet lifted up above the city. "I have a better idea, since you still require briefing, can you make it? Give us an angle and jump." An apathetic sounding challenge.

***

"If people grow up ruled, they'll always think that way. My bets on the future generations, not this one." Goldberg took the wheel of the boat and set them off to a new destination.

"Don't gotta like 'em, just gotta save 'em."

"Sal," Henrietta turned her head at the arrival of the martial artist. And then Wayne changed the subject instead of answering her. She shot him a glare. "Wayne, this is important. We could all die."

Nimbasa truly was a spectacular city. Luka had only been walking around for an hour or two, acquainting himself with the area so he knew where he could go and do stuff and where the gym was. From what he could tell the gym was in the amusement park which seemed like a bit of a bizarre location, but, when he saw the huge purple building with its lightning bolts and thunderous appearence it made sense. So, Elesa the gym leader wasn't very subtle with her electric based theme. Hopefully when Luka tackled the gym tomorrow he should do alright. The only Pokémon he had with a direct weakness to Electric types were Squirt and Professor Layton, and he had Misa on board who was completely immune to those types of attacks. Clearly Elesa would be prepared for such a tactic so he would have to be careful.

He found himself a bench and sent out all of his Pokémon so they could just sit and chill. He liked chilling with his Pokémon. It allowed them to bond. And from what he could tell it looked like Professor Layton was going to start another of his lectures on the history of the desert. Why did he seem to attract all of the weird Pokémon?

Still, that didn't matter. One reason for choosing this particular bench was that he could see lots of people around him. It was the perfect place to try out his weird super-sight thingy that he had. He had got it working somehow in the desert but now he needed to get control of it. After all, it could be useful and it might help him to help his Pokémon in battle. He concentrated really hard on picturing the area around him, disconnecting himself from where he was and ranging around the area. Before long, the mesh and the colours began to appear in his head. He could see his Pokémon in front of him with a bright yellow aura of general cheer and then as he pushed his mind further out he could identify other people who had a variety of different colours, some blue, some yellow, some green and some red. Unfortunately, he couldn't go too far, his mind hit a barrier a few feet away from him and he had to stop pushing. He opened his eyes and could still faintly see the mesh and colours over the top of the world around him. It was weird, but, if he could harness this ability it could be useful if he figured out how to use it properly.

"We've fought them twice, Wayne!" Henrietta snapped, clearly meaning to make him be quiet, then she looked at Salieri. "Team Plasma, one of their people approached me last night. He said we've interfered with them enough. To look the other way or we're dead."

***

And the jet came, flying through the air to Jump's location. The cargo doors had been opened, giving Jump an entrance as the jet engine air ship slowed to a halt to hover and wait for Jump to get aboard.

Oh s**t.

Wayne backed quietly. He held an apologetic look towards Henrietta then started to speak: "I... have a bit of a confession as well. That parasol girl you mentioned? Last night, I woke up to find her in my hotel room with a sword pointed at my neck."

The trainer frowned, "Said she'd hurt the people close to me if I told anyone. But then she mentioned my little sister and... it's not like I could hold back after that. Guys, after I told my dad they found out. They killed my friend. Blew up my granddad's place."

He looked back to Henrietta. "I'm serious about this. You guys should stay away from Plasma. We all should. Fighting them is not worth the risk."

((Forgot to add "there was no point in mentioning Eunmi since she planned to stay in Castelia to be an artist"))

"Remind me again why you think this is necessary?"

A few of the shoppers in the department store's toy section turned their heads when the pale raven haired girl spoke. Her voice had a reverberating quality to it that was slightly eery. Or perhaps it was just in their heads. Either way, they didn't care for too long and soon started walking again.

N shook his head, his back to Zero's human disguise. "I asked you not to talk with your Extrasensory voice in public while you're still mastering it. It draws too much attention."

Zero smirked and leaned back in her seat on a waiting bench. "Would you rather have me talk in feral grunts?"

"That's a good point you raise," he agreed in his usual level tone. "The candidates all seem to care about their pokemon. However, this could be a facade just to please me while I'm in their presence, because I make my interests known immediately. So I'd like to examine them further while they have no idea I'm there."

He turned around, pointing to a fake moustache over his lips and a pair of toy glasses attached to a fake nose covering his real one. "I've watched enough Unovan television these past few months to know that simple disguises like these are very effective against humans. I predict a 90% chance of successfully passing myself of as an unassuming bystander."

Zero tilted her head to the side. The Zoroark tried to stifle her laughter. N must have truly trusted this method if he believed it would be more effective than simply having her conjure an illusionary cover for the two of them. The monster fox decided not to mention that. It would be funnier this way. "It's perfect."

"Of course it is. And only 100 pokedollars."