I started to try to find Melia on the ship although, I wasn’t really speeding around the ship looking for her. I still had this hatred for her because she let my mom die. It just kept playing through my mind on how she could have saved her but she didn’t. Instead, she was playing dress up and pretending to be Emma for whatever reason. As I made it outside of the ship onto the deck, the slight breeze that I could feel was calming me down. But that all quickly vanished when I heard Valarie calling me over to her, which is where Melia was. Aelita was there too. The 3 of them looked at me in an awkward way.
I couldn’t blame them. Even Melia. Speaking of which, she was the 1st 1 out of us to break the silence.
Melia: So you came after all Matt… I’m gl-
Matthew: Look, can we just get to the point of this little meeting?
Melia: Ahh… Of course… I actually called you 3 here so that I could appropriately apologize for the things I’ve done under the alias “Emma.”
Matthew: Like apologizing for that is really gonna do anything.
Valarie: Matt, you haven’t even let her explain anything yet.
Matthew: Psh. Whatever.
Melia: I had to win their trust and keep it at all costs. So… I did and said things I shouldn’t have and I regret it. Every single 1.
Aelita: Well… I’m still a little salty but I suppose you did rescue me from my cell.
Valarie: Well… I still think that comment you made about me was completely unnecessary.
Melia: I know and I’m so sorry about that. You have no idea how bad I felt for saying that.
Valarie: But I guess you had your reasons. So just this once, I’ll let it slide.
Melia: I did. I did have my reasons. But that doesn’t excuse anything for what I’ve done.
Aelita: And what exactly were those reasons?
Matthew: …Yea. I’m curious too.
Melia: I was tasked with saving everyone from Team Xen and to investigate castle.
Matthew: -thinking to myself- Wait. Tasked?
Melia: I’m not sure if you all are aware of this but there are 2 structures on the island.
Valarie: Hmm… Now that you mention it, I do remember Braixen saying something about that. But we never got to discuss it with everything going on.
Melia: Well apparently, there’s something hidden in that 2nd structure. In fact, it’s so secret, not even Team Xen Admins are authorized entry.
Matthew: You’re joking right?
Melia: Why would I joke about that? I guess it was put there so no 1 intruded. It’s some sort of invisible barrier.
Matthew: Yea yea…
Melia: Anyways, I just started to snoop around the castle to find a way to get rid of that barrier. Unfortunately though, I couldn’t find a thing. There wasn’t enough time.
Matthew: Ha! So it was a waste of time is what you’re saying? Figures.
Valarie: Alright alright. So let me get this straight… You created this “Emma” person so that you could investigate in peace. Is that right so far?
Melia: You are correct. Yes.
Matthew: Why? Why would you do that?
Melia: Well if I was thrown into prison with everyone else, I wouldn’t be able to get anything done.
Despite being angry at Melia, I couldn’t help but agree, to myself that is, that if she were thrown into prison with the rest of us, her movements would indeed be limited. Still, I was angry with her for not trying to do something to save my mother. But even with her freedom, she apparently found nothing. Which didn’t exactly help the situation with how I was feeling about her right now.
Melia: However, I did find out 1 thing.
Aelita: And what would that be?
Melia: Neved told me that Team Xen is trying to gather energy. Specifically from humans.
Matthew: Wait. Humans?
Valarie: Why humans specifically?
Melia: I cannot tell you because he wouldn’t be clear with me. Everything he told me was cryptic.
Matthew: Well… I guess you did find something useful after all. Although, I don’t know how useful that really could be.
Melia: Ahh… Yes I suppose… But 1 thing’s for sure. There’s definitely something special about humans that Team Xen is after.
Valarie: What I’m curious about is why you didn’t let us help you.
Melia: While I can’t disagree, I also couldn’t risk blowing my cover at any point. Who knew if Neved had fake prisoners placed around as spies? I didn’t want to take that chance.
Matthew: What?! I was with them though! You saw that! How can you say that you couldn’t take a chance if I was with them?!
Melia: …No offense Matt but you didn’t know either.
Matthew: Ha… Wow Melia. You know, I was the only 1 that believed you weren’t dead when everyone else thought you were!
Melia: I… Uhh… Hmm…
Aelita: Speaking of which, that Madame X person said she thought you were dead. What’s the story behind that?
Matthew: Yea. Seriously. The hell happened to you?
Melia: Ohh right… Well to make a long story short, I was rescued by 2 people. Their names are Spacea and Tiempa.
Matthew: Spacea and Tiempa? What kind of names are those?
Aelita: Matthew, let her finish 1st.
Melia: They helped me fake my death and erase myself off Team Xen’s radar.
Matthew: Well I guess what you did back at the castle undid all of that.
Melia: Uhh… Yea… I guess it did huh? But still, if it wasn’t for them, I don’t know what would have happened to me.
Valarie: Well I don’t know about you 2 but I’m glad you’re safe. If it wasn’t for you, we most likely wouldn’t have survived that whole ordeal. So in the end, I trust you.
Matthew: What?! But how-
Aelita: Yea! Me too!
Matthew: Aelita?
Melia: Valarie… Aelita… Thank you.
I couldn’t believe what Aelita and Valarie were saying to Melia. Thank you? Yes. She did save us but she didn’t save my mother. She didn’t try anything to save my mother. Instead, she decided to be cocky towards that Madame X and just make her more angry. But then again, my mom wasn’t their mom as well. So I couldn’t be all that shocked about it. Valarie turned towards me. When our eyes met, I blushed a bit.
Valarie: Well… Augustus said that we should be arriving soon at the pier. I should go check on that.
Matthew: Ohh. Uhh… O-Ok then.
Valarie: Ohh. And Matt… I hope you’re holding up ok after what happened with… Well you know.
Matthew: It’s… It’s no bi-
Valarie: Your mother was brave and courageous. -hugs Matthew- She’ll always be remembered.
Matthew: -hugs back and starts to tear up- Thank you Valarie.
Valarie and I hugged for what seemed like hours but in reality, it was just a couple of seconds. We both let go of each other. She could see the tears running down my face. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a napkin and handed it to me. She then ran off to wherever Augustus was. Aelita followed suit, apparently she wasn’t feeling that well or something. I wasn’t paying much attention though. Then I realized it was just me and Melia, standing there, alone. Another awkward silence occurred and again, she broke the silence.
Melia: Well Matt… It’s been a long time.
Matthew: Are you really gonna do this?
Melia: Huh? Do what?
Matthew: Try to pretend everything between us is fine.
Melia: …I know you’re angry but-
Matthew But nothing! You didn’t even try to help save my mother! And now? Now she’s gone.
Melia: You’re… Yes.
Matthew: So you finally admit it.
Melia: Yes… And I apologize. I apologize for using her moment of death as an opportunity to strike…
Matthew: I knew it… You’re lower than scum Melia.
Melia: But it wasn’t on purpose! I was trying to-
Matthew: I DON’T want to hear it.
Melia: Well… wherever she is right now, I’m sure she would have wanted me to use her death, if it meant saving you.
Hearing those words angered me. How dare she say something like that about my now dead mother! It made sense but hearing her say it blinded my common senses. I turned around, trying to not do something I’d regret later on.
Matthew: Never… EVER… say anything like that to me again!
Melia: But I-
Matthew: NEVER!
Melia: …Ok. I won’t.
Matthew: Are we done here?
Melia: No. I wanna try to work this out. This whole friction between us isn’t good for trying to combat against Team Meteor.
Matthew: We can “work” together but we’ll never be friends.
Melia: But that’s still gonna mess up the teamwork!
Matthew: Shut up! Get it through your head that our little friendship from the past is gone and dead… just like my mother.
Melia: ...You want revenge on me. Is that it?
Matthew: I’d be lying if I said no.
Melia: Then let’s have a battle.
Matthew: A battle? Did you forget that I beat you back at the castle? No thanks.
Melia: I wasn’t using all of my Pokemon at the time. I only had the 3 with me.
Matthew: Hmph… Fine. How many Pokemon do you have anyways?
Melia: 5. Why?
Matthew: I’m gonna bring the same amount of Pokemon to the battle.
Melia: That’s fine. It’ll be good to see your true strength. Ohh wait. Before we battle, Aelita told me that your Snag Machine was damaged?
Matthew: Hmm? Ohh yea… Madelis broke it.
Melia: Ugh. Madelis. What an annoying person.
Matthew: Heh… Something we can both agree on.
Melia: Let me see it for a minute and see if I can find the problem.
I gave her the Snag Machine and waited as she looked over it very carefully. She examined every centimeter of the device and in surprisingly short amount of time. The expression on her face wasn’t a positive 1 to see however.
Matthew: What? What is it?
Melia: I… actually can’t see anything wrong with this. Are you sure it’s actually broken?
Matthew: Am I su- Seriously? You’re asking me that?
Melia: Well I don’t see anything wrong with this. Hmm… Maybe Madelis signal jammed this thing.
Matthew: Signal jamming huh?
Melia: Yea. There was an interfering signal located back at the castle. This device is kind of like a PokeBall. When the signal switched off your PokeBalls… It reversed the hindering effect Madelis put on your Snag Machine.
Matthew: Sooo it works now?
Melia: Yes. So it’s a victory for us!
Matthew: Right… So can we go have that battle now?
Melia: Yes we can. I’m pretty sure there’s a battling spot on this ship. Let’s do it there. I’ll see you there when you organize your team.
Melia left to go to the battle area of the ship. I went back to the room I was staying in. There was a PC in there luckily so I was able to sort out through the Pokemon I had and come up with a 5 Mon team. After picking out the team, I met Melia in the battle area and stood on the other side of the room.
Melia: Matthew… I don’t know what I can say to make you forgive me or change your mind of me but… I will not let up in this fight!
Matthew: I would hope not. I would like to crush you with you giving it your all. I don’t want a fake battle. I want a real 1!
Melia: You are underestimating me. That’s a mistake. If you underestimate your opponent, that will result in a loss.
Matthew: Ha! I will not lose to the likes of you!
Melia: Matthew, you may have gotten stronger but so have I!
Matthew: Enough talk then Melia! Let’s battle!
Matthew VS Melia (2)
The 2 of us grabbed a PokeBall and threw it out onto the battlefield. I wish I could say that I wiped the floor with her team with mine but to be honest, it was almost even. I was luckily able to come out with the victory but just barely. But the battle made me feel better than I had felt in the past couple of days. Even if it was against Melia. I was still angry with her though but this had somewhat softened me up to her.
Melia: Heh… Even after all this time, I still can’t beat you.
Matthew: …Yea.
Melia: Are… you really that mad at me?
Matthew: …Yes.
Melia: I se-
Matthew: Don’t stop your training though…
Melia: What… did you say?
Matthew: You’ve gotten stronger. Don’t stop… We need that.
Melia: -chuckles- Thank you Matt.
Matthew: Don’t get the wrong idea Melia. I am still severely mad at you. But we need more strength.
Melia: Yes. I understand. Anyways, we should be docking soon. I should get back outside.
Matthew: What’s the plan?
Melia: I think we’re gonna drop you and Aelita off at Gearen and then deliver the people of Akuwa Town back to their homes. And after that, it’s back to where I came from.
Melia walked out of the room and onto the deck of the ship. I went back to my room to heal up the Pokemon I had in my possession right now. I was glad that Melia had gotten stronger but the anger and hatred I had for her was still as strong as ever. After making an adjustment to my team, I decided to actually stay out of the room I was staying and got out onto the deck.
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