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"That's adorable," Keiko giggled at the sight of the Azurill with the Soothe Bell. "I've heard a lot of good things about the Soothe Bell, you're lucky to have one."

A knock on the door was the usual formality before entering someone home. Snagem was no different. So what would possess Krokorok to bust the door down using Lightning as a battering ram? It was a move not even Arthur would have expected, though he really should have. In the time he'd spent visiting him in the Pokemon Center, he'd found that Krokorok was in stark contrast to himself. As some of the trainers who met him would say, he was the textbook definition of an "douche."


Throwing the now unconscious Magnemite over his shoulder, Gray- Arthur had decided to name him that because it just seemed like the perfect name- strolled into Snagem like nothing just happened. Picking up Lightning, Arthur stepped inside and immediately began bowing in apologies. "I'm so sorry everyone," he said. "Please forgive Gray for his actions."

Arthur didn't realize until he rose up that there were only two or three people in the main hall. It made him a bit relieved, but he was still afraid of getting in trouble with even one person. That was the only reason he went on apologizing. The thought never crossed his mind to simply return Gray to his Pokeball. Even if he did, he'd probably just come out of his own free will. The only thing that could restrain him was a distraction.

Speaking of which, Gray's sudden entrance had triggered the anger of a little Volbeat. As the fly buzzed around him, Gray swatted at it as if that would get rid of it. Seeing that that didn't work, Gray walked back to Arthur and made a grab for Lightning, attempting to use him as a fly swatter this time. Of course the trainer wouldn't let him get a hold of the poor Magnemite again. "Leave Lightning out of this," he said. 'And leave the...bug...alone." He called simply called it bug because he didn't know what it was.

After a moment of scanning, he looked around for the Volbeat's owner. "Excuse me," he called out. "Does this Volbeat belong to anyone?"

Arthur jumped when he heard someone shouting. Though it wasn't directed at him, it still scared him that somebody was shouting in his direction right after one of his teammates broke the door. Looking to the source, he saw a man almost half the size of everyone else and probably only a few feet taller than him. Of course he couldn't know for sure since he was sitting down. In fact, he would have mistaken him for a teenager if it wasn't for the tone of his voice.

Relaxing a bit simply because short people were less threatening, Arthur saw that the Volbeat - Ballast, as he'd called him - was reluctant to leave Krokorok. It wasn't really a surprise considering Gray was making faces and taunting the bug as it left. "Quit it Gray," Arthur said. He was trying his best to sound threatening like Kaya, but it didn't quite come out right. Glancing back at Arthur, Gray simply snorting. If he had fingers he probably would have flipped him off.

Shaking his head, Arthur heard Kaya apologizing, which made him jump again. "No don't apologize," he stammered. "It's my fault for not tying Gray down. If he hadn't bust through the door like that he wouldn't be so mad. I'm sorry. So sorry." At this point he was nervously bowing like he'd just committed some major crime. Gray, on the other hand, was making faces at Ballast behind Arthur's back.

Realizing that Kaya had posed a second question, Arthur glanced back at the door that had been destroyed. "Actually you can," he answered. "Can you please not tell Sub about this? If he asks just make up some excuse."

Watching as Kaya "fixed" the door, Arthur couldn't help smiling at his "genius." Unless there was some crazy CIA agent in Snagem, nobody would find evidence of Arthur- or really Gray's- involvement. Speaking of which, Kaya seemed to call the rebellious Krokorok "spirited." That wasn't exactly a word Arthur would use for Gray. Squirrel was spirited. Lava when surrounded by fire was spirited. Gray was in no way spirited.

Still he couldn't argue with Kaya's message. As a trainer it was his job to tame Gray's and hone his power. Sure it would be a hard rode ahead, but if he couldn't change one little Krokorok how could he call himself a trainer. "But to do that I can't let some Pokemon push me around...or anyone for that matter." That was why he came to Snagem afterall.

Arthur snapped from his thoughts when he felt Lightning moving around in his arms. It had finally woken up from the earlier attack without any memory of what happened. It instinctively looked to Arthur for an explanation, but the trainer simply shrugged his shoulders. Telling Lightning would probably make him want revenge and attack Gray. The last thing he'd want was more infighting.

Letting the Magnemite go back into orbit around them, Arthur finally turned his attention back to Kaya,. "Thanks for that. I'm Arthur by the way...Bronze Snagger."

"Well, that was ~/~ annoying," Chaos sighed, reflecting on the mission that, in his eyes, had been failed. Sure, they discovered the source of the signal, but they didn't do anything about it. To make matters worse, again, in Chaos's eyes, they didn't even get to have fun with the mosh pit that was on its way.

Chaos relaxed on one of the couches of the main lobby and tried to forget that mission even happened. He could use some stress relief right about now.

"Hello, Arthur." Sub would speak to the fellow Snagem as he stepped out from the shadows behind his comrade. "Pray tell, a little digital birdie told me you didn't want me finding out about something. What might that be?" He said, with a big grin, he loved to toy with people, and so did his 'digital birdie' it would seem. GRAY that is.