Lives of Crime

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A teenage girl walked up the the metal hallway, she got a tip that what she sought was here, those two agents were finally worth something. Her bright yellow tnktop stood out in the crowds of white and black, her sneakers were silent in the stomping of boots. she saw a friend and stopped.

"Hey Mondo." She said as her machine wizard pal walked toward her. His bangy brown hair was in his eyes and his white intermediate uniform had oils stains on it.

"Hey Mist? You off mission?" Mondo asked his face as usaual beeming a smile.

"Yeah, and that isn't my name." She said giving him an annoyed look with her contacted blue eyes.

"You know I'm joking Erin," He said nudging her shoulder, "besides you look good as a red head."

Erin replied "I just can't wait to get rid of this ponytail." She took the strunce off and her hair flowed to it's normal lengh. Mondo stared for a moment and then turned away blushing. Erin laughed as Mondo tried to cover his tracks.

"So why did you leave the mission?" Mondo asked trying to change the subject. Erin froze.

Erin studdered for loss of words, "He..loved...me." She looked into her mind at that smiling boy whom she traveled so long with. She would sure miss him, sometimes it was like she really was his friend, though she knew that must never happen.

Mondo's eyes went to a look of empathy, "Erin, it's okay."

"No, Mondo I really should handle it." Erin said. By some galatic intervention a page ran down the wallway in thier uniform of a rough red gore-tex. Most of them spent time relaying messages to outlandish bases though it was heard the boss keep some for small time messaging. The page handed a note to Erin and quickly dashed away, dispersing crowds of intermediates going to the mess.

Erin read the note ato herself, Agent 41a, report to the cover department imediately. After he was almost pleading for curiousity she handed the note to Mondo.

"This soon?" He asked after he skimmed the note. "I wonder what the next assignment is."

"Mondo, cats may have given males curiousity, but they left sense to themselves." Erin quoted.

"What was that supposed to mean?" Mondo asked putting a hand in his long brown hair.

"Well, it's time for me to go. Bye Mon!" Erin said in a rush.

Mondo tried to comprehend this and at that time Erin made a good forty yards between them. "Wait!" He said though it was too late, she had already evaporated into the crowd. He smiled to himself.

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Harris lay in a bare tree watching his target with the rifle in position, his blue bandanda ripled in the wind. The cold air did not bother him much, His Azumarill, Splash, bobbed excitedly on the overhanging branch. They both watched as the target came into position, he shot. The slakoth went into a rage at first by instict and then as the chemical moved in his bloodstream, began to cry. James and his partner jumped down the withered oak and towards the dormant pokemon. Harris took out a vile and Splash filled it with the sleeping pokemon's tears as well as he could, having no opposable thumb. This was the twenty third hit, in time Team Aqua would fufill it's purpose.

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Edward walked through the forest nearby Mt. Chimney, various numels wandered around as the machop fought. He walked up to the wall and knocked on it twice. A slit appeared, he whispered the passward and the rocks tumbled. He walked in. Some agents he knew waved as he came though, Flame, his charmander, followed. Sweat rolled down his face and dampened his red hoodie, the volcano was cool to have a base in, but couldn't they get air conditioning? He supposed it would ruin the effect.

He walked into the mess hall, got one of those tofu pizzas and sat down next to his two friends Max and Nicole.

"Hey Ed where you been?" Max said as he sat on the quick-table doing thier signiture handshake. He felt the smoothness of Max's skin, the blisters on his fingers, one such as he could never have such an unweathered body as those two. Flame climbed on the bench, the top his head barely getting over the table, Max got some stone bricks for Flame to sit. Nicole was a scientist studying how land was formed and Max was a computer geek who spent most of his time typing his theories until his fingers nearly fell off. Edward was a roughened field agent who had a liking for rock climbing, thus you could always see some chalk residue on his hands.

"The same old." Ed said as Flame began drinking some milk that Max gave him.

"Yeah, me too." Nicole said stroking her ninetails.

"You?" Ed asked to Max. Max looked up for thought and said it.

"I found out how Team Aqua can expand the ocean." Max said bluntly.

Ed spit out his milk. "What?!" Nicole smiled.

Nicole kept better control, "Max, If this is true then you are a genius."

"I know, I know." Max said taking a bow. "I should tell boss right?" Ed stared in disbelief for what seemed to be hours.

"Yeah, I'll come." Ed said finally. They got up and walked toward the door.

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to be continued.....

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kevin g.