EPISODE 22: The Road to the Desert!

After a long time under the sea, persevering through the harsh coldness of the water, we finally accomplished task number one, obtaining the Aqua Archives. As for the grunts, not a single one of them survived. Zeal was able to wreck their escape pods with her Pokemon while the ones left in the submarine, drowned alongside it.

"I've done mine, you're turn to think of a plan." says, Zeal who gasps desperately for oxygen while we lie on the sand grains.

"All I can think of is to pass through the vents," I mumble, also gasping desperately for oxygen.

"Sigh, the vents again? Who thought you this? Must be Xavier huh?"

"No, he's the one who disagreed with me. I just do what is more comfortable rather than-"

"Comfortable? Where is the fun in that? Trust me, during my first days as an agent, I used to go through vents and they turned out to be boring. Missions should be done with creativity just like how every professional do it. Xavier, Melchior, Vizion, Copper, the Executives, never once did I see them use the vents as a way in. Go think of an idea, you can feel it in your jellies." she cuts my words.

"An idea? hmm, can you show me more details about our next target?"

"Sure. The Desert of Hoenn is somewhere near Mauville city. A bit to the north then east. It is famous for its harsh conditions, luckily Professor Olive gave us some Go-goggles which will be pretty handy when dealing with these kinds of situations. Their hideout is a pyramid which only allows members to enter. There are no logos or whatsoever to make it not seem obvious to the police and other members.

As for the pyramid, it is located north from um... some kind of ancient ruin which perhaps has no purpose. So, any ideas? Oh and, copyright! The bombardment is my idea, so you have to think of an original one."

"I think of an original idea?! Can't we do the same thing we did to Team Aqua?"

"A pyramid is ten times larger than a submarine. Go on, think of a good idea. I was able to think of ten just by hearing the word "desert.". You can feel it in your jellies." persists, Zeal, encouraging my lazy mind to think.

"Let's see, Team Magma is an organization with "ground" type as their main theme. I have a lot of counters to that-"

"Don't think about the grunts, think of the structure."

"The structure... hmm, let's see. The structure... ... ... Nope, I'm completely clueless. Oh, wait a minute... I think I have the perfect idea!"

"What kind? Please don't say its the vent mechanism again. It's getting lackluster nowadays."

"Since it is a pyramid, we can attack from the pinnacle."

"So, you're saying we climb?"

"Pyramids only have one way in and that is where the grunts are. The rest are probably inside our roaming around the perimeters. All we have to do is to make a grand dash to the top and dig-"

"Dig? I don't think that's the right option. It will be too noisy, gathering the attention of many grunts below us. Think harder." she convinces.

"Hmm, why not dig a tunnel and emerge from below. We can surpri-"

"That will only lead us to an array of grunts surrounding us. We're only two so that won't work out."

"Then why not... we just please use the vents. It is so easy-"

"Yet boring. Think harder Luna! Seriously? This is not what I expect from an elite operative who participates in major missions and operatives. You've worked for the executives and yet you still have no absolute idea but to pass through the vents? Think harder."

"Think harder... Ah! I know. We can knock out a grunt or two, steal their disguises, and use them! We'll act like members of Team Magma when in fact we're trying to steal their archives? We're- let's say, newbies who recently joined their organization and we want to know where the archives are so they'll lead us right?" I beam happily, after thinking of another plan.

"For a dopey organization like Team Magma and Aqua that will probably work. I've better ideas but I guess I can go with yours. Go contact your pilot, we've got to leave immediately."

And so, my proposal has been approved once in for all after three tries at least. To be honest, my idea seems great and we can just bury the grunts and let them suffocate on the sound while they're knocked out as we steal their disguises. So much advantage in a desert terrain, and this will be my first journey through there.

Portion one of the mission is complete, leaving one more left to go. I really hope our plan will turn out as a success rather than a failure.