Taka’s and my Gliscors landed on Route 1 near the rear of the Grand Gates. I luckily was able to keep myself still on my Gliscor despite being in immense pain. We returned our Pokemon back to our PokeBalls and slowly walked into the Grand Gates. We could immediately tell that this place had been cleaned up and fixed. Taka and I both looked around the area.
Taka: So… they’re really fixing this place up huh?
Matthew: Wow… I-I’ve only ever seen Reborn in a state of ruin. I remember how this place looked when I 1st came here… I-It’s totally fixed up… This is awesome!
Taka: I’m glad they were able to fix this place up. Team Meteor has really been doing bad stuff to get everyone out. Now maybe things will finally turn in our favor.
Matthew: Yea. I hope so t-too…
Taka: Come on Matt! Let’s see how it looks on the other side of the Grand Gates!
Matthew: R-Right behind you Taka!
Taka ran out of the Grand Gates as I sluggishly followed suit. When we came out on the other side, we were astounded at what we were seeing. The whole area was fixed up. I remembered when Team Meteor blew a huge whole in the staircase in front of us but now it was all patched up. The roads near the bottom of the stairs were all fixed up. No holes or cracks were to be seen. The buildings were also all fixed up. Taka and I stared on in awe.
Matthew: This… This is…
Taka: This is better than when Team Meteor started messing up the region…
Matthew: It looks better?
Taka: Well to me yes.
Matthew: W-Well… I’m just glad it’s starting to finally change now. In a good way.
Taka: I never thought this region would ever look this beautiful ever again.
Matthew: Me neither…
Taka: What ward is this anyways?
Matthew: Umm… I think this is the North Obsidian Ward.
Taka: This is incredible. I still can’t believe what I’m seeing.
Matthew: Yea… I wish we could see the other wards but we should get going.
Taka: Where are we even going anyways?
Matthew: We’re gonna go to the Grand Hall.
Taka: O-Ohh…
Matthew: What is it?
Taka: It’s… It’s nothing.
Matthew: Well… ok then. Let’s go.
The 2 of us started to walk to the Grand Hall. As we slowly walked down, we looked around the place. Everything indeed had been fixed. A lot more nature had been implemented into the areas now. A lot more flowers and trees could be seen. We started to walk down the steps that were near the Grand Hall. When we made it down the steps, we walked up to the front of the building. We stared up at the newly modeled building. It was fascinating.
Matthew: Wo- Ow! Damn that hurts. But this place… It’s so different from when I last was here.
Taka: Yea. It’s definitely different.
Matthew: Well let’s go.
I started to walk towards the door of the Grand Hall but when I got up to it, I noticed that Taka hadn’t moved. He was staring at the ground. He seemed a little hesitant about going inside.
Matthew: T-Taka… What’s wrong?
Taka: Ame… She’s in there right?
Matthew: Yea. We’re gonna go speak to her.
Taka: Should I really be going in there?
Matthew: Of course you should. Why shouldn’t you?
Taka: I used to be apart of Team Meteor Matt. I doubt the head of the entire league challenge and the region would want me to be in the building with her, let alone still in the region.
Matthew: Taka, you’re thinking too much into this. Yes. You were apart of Team Meteor. And yes. Admittedly, you did do some bad things. But you’ve got out of that life. You’re no longer apart of it. Plus you’re with me dude!
Taka: I’m not sure man. Maybe I should just stay out here.
Matthew: N-No man. You gotta come inside. You got this. Everything will be ok.
Taka: Erm… Well… I guess I can.
Matthew: Good. Everything will be ok. I promise.
Taka: Ok… Ok. I believe you Matt. Let’s go inside.
The 2 of us went up to the doors and went inside the Grand Hall. The inside hadn’t really changed much but to be honest, it didn’t really need to be fixed up. It looked great when I 1st came to this region and it still looked great right now. We walked up to the counter. We could see Ame standing there talking to some people on the other side of the counter.
Matthew: Hey Ame. W-What’s up?
Ame: -turns around- Ohh Matt! You’re… here…
Taka: Uhh… Hey?
Ame: I’ll… get back to you 2.
Ame turned back to the people behind the counter and finished their conversation. But I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. She was talking about Laura’s resignation and how apparently Bennett was now in the Elite 4. After that, she turned around to us but didn’t seem to have a happy expression on her face.
Ame: Matthew, did you bring in this Meteor Grunt for questioning?
Taka: I’m not… Umm…
Matthew: No. He’s here helping me.
Ame: Wait. Helping you?
Matthew: Yes. He’s quit Team Meteor and has decided to help us to fight against him.
Ame: Hmm… How can you trust him? How can you trust any Meteor member?
Matthew: Listen, I know how it sounds but-
Taka: No. I got this. I understand that it’s not easy to trust me. I USED to be part of Team Meteor. But thanks to Matthew here, I’ve opened my eyes and realized that what they were doing was wrong and I didn’t want to be apart of it. So please… From me to you, please trust me.
Ame looked at Taka with a serious look on her face. Taka also had a serious look on his face. I didn’t know what was gonna happen here. Would Ame be alright with this and let him continue helping us or would she not trust him and throw him in the slammer? They looked at each other for a good minute at least. As this intense stare off was happening, I could feel my legs weakening. My leg crumbled but as I went falling to the ground, Taka grabbed onto me and helped me stay up on my feet.
Taka: Whoa! You ok there?
Matthew: Y-Yea… I guess I’m still more hurt than I thought I was. Heh…
Ame: Hmm… Alright. I trust you.
Taka: Huh?
Ame: I think if you were still a Team Meteor Member, you wouldn’t even look at Matthew as he was falling to the ground.
Taka: I told you and of course I care about him. He’s a really good friend of mine. I owe him everything.
Matthew: And I still owe you for fending off your dad from trying to kill me.
Ame: Wait. Your dad tried to kill Matt?
Taka: Yea. He’s kind of the reason Matt’s so messed up right now…
Ame: Well thank you for keeping him alive.
Taka: -chuckles lightly- No problem.
Ame: Alright. Now that that’s all settled, I would appreciate if you 2 could help me.
Matthew: S-Sure but with what?
Ame: Well the important thing is… Well before I explain, I think we should bring everyone here. This might take all of us.
Taka: Who exactly is all of us?
Ame: Adrienn, Victoria and DJ Arclight. They’re taking care of various things around the city.
Matthew: T-Then all we gotta do is go find them right?
Ame: Well yes but I don’t really know where they’re at right now.
Taka: Well drat. Where do we start then?
Matthew: I- Ow! Ugh.
Ame: Matt, are you sure you should be moving so much? I knew you were in pain when we talked over the computer for your battle against Ciel but I didn’t know it was this bad.
Matthew: No no. I… I can do this. I know where Arclight and Adrienn should be. Arclight should be at that Club place and Adrienn is probably at his Gym. Probably already all fixed up and stuff though.
Taka: What about that Victoria girl?
Ame: Well last time I talked to her, she was helping out restoring the Beryl Ward. She might be there.
Matthew: Alright. I’ll go to Arclight and Adrienn and you go to Victoria Taka.
Taka: Wait. We’re gonna split up?
Matthew: Y-Yea. It’ll save more time.
Ame: But Matt, you’re really hurt right now. You should really-
Matthew: N-No no. I can do this.
Ame: So stubborn. Alright. Fine. When you find them, tell them to come back here. I’ll be waiting for you all to come back.
Matthew: A-Alright. Let’s go Taka.
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