*DEAR SHADE*

I just kept rereading those first two words to be sure and I kept feeling like I was misreading it. Because, I mean it could have been meant for the others to read, but I just knew this was meant for me to find. So, they knew I could read the language. Plus, they also know where I am staying, and the fact the know my name is very concerning. I didn’t want to wake anyone, and I definitely wasn’t going close enough to the door to grab it. But I could only make out the two top words due to the larger font size from where I was standing. I couldn’t even focus properly to view the rest of the words cause my mind kept panicking. And I keep thinking back to the person who suggested me to be taught the language.

Ben, the trainer with the robotic arm and the mega beedrill. But, does that mean he tailed us since we first crossed paths or did he just happen to see us? But the latter option still means he followed us without our knowledge. I mean it could be someone else, maybe the detective I keep meeting? Maybe if I stop panicking and read the message I’ll know.

After a few steading breathes, I move towards the letter before pausing, and creating a Puppeteer clone to bring the letter to me. I send to copy forward and as it reaches the mysterious letter; the paper is pulled back under the door. I make the clone fade away as I dash backwards from the door, and remove the colouring to my rings, making me almost invisible in the almost black room. I create two Puppeteer clones to grab Sune and Lumi and move them back further into the room. Once they were hidden in a dark corner of the room to keep them hidden, my clones vanished, with the letter silently reappearing a few seconds later. That confirms someone is out there. I just sit back there in the shadows contemplating whether or not I should move forward.

They clearly know I am in here and they want me to read the note while I’m near the door. I should just wake the others, but whoever is out there will know that and leave without me getting my answer. I could just try Extreme Speed to reach the note faster than they can respond but how would they react? Dammit! To many unknowns.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I quietly say as I cautiously approach the note, staying on edge to not be surprised by something. I get close enough to make out the first two words again and once I am about half a meter away from the note, I can clearly read the message.

*DEAR SHADE

I WISH TO MAKE A DEAL.

YOU SEE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING I NEED AND I HAVE SOMETHING YOU MAY WANT. BUT THE FIRST PART OF THIS DEAL IS YOU OPENING THIS DOOR SO I CAN DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU FACE TO FACE

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I’LL GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO DECIDE

:)*

Yeah, I am not touching that door with a six foot pole.

The page sat there as I read it once, twice, three times, trying to decern who it might be from. I was still wondering if I should just snag it but I still didn’t even know who was on the other side of the door. And who draws a smiley face in this scenario? That’s just weird.

The page suddenly was pulled back under the door as another shot back under to rest in the same position making me jump back. I stayed at the further distance for a while before approaching again. I got close enough to read it again.

*WELL I SEE YOU ARE HAVING A HARD TIME DECIDING

I WOULD TO IF I WAS IN YOUR SHOES

SO GOOD WORK, YOU REALLY ARE QUITE INTELLIGENT*

Flattery? I say to the thing behind the door in a bored tone, getting no response.

*AND YES, FLATTERY DOES WORK QUITE WELL NORMALY, BUT I WOULD SAY IT’S A BIT DIFFERENT FOR YOU*

My eyes shot open in surprise at reading the sentence before glaring towards the door, then returning to the note.

*WELL, HOW BOUT I TELL YOU WANT YOU MIGHT WANT AND THEN WE SEE?

SO, YOU KNOW THE MEGA STONE YOU FOUND IN THAT OLD SUB?

ITS FAKE. THE KEYSTONE IS REAL BUT THE OTHER HALF IS NOTHING BUT A MARBLE!*

Okay, how the fuck did you know about that? I ask the thing behind the door, getting nothing once again.

*AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, LETS JUST SAY I HAVE MY WAYS. ANYWAY, I KNOW WHERE AN ACTUAL MEGA STONE IS. THIS PARTICULAR ONE YOU MIGHT LIKE ;).

SO, YOU GOING TO OPEN THIS DOOR?*

…

I stood there contemplating what to do. I mean, I pretty sure he is offering to give me a mega stone for me. A umbreonite if you would. But those don’t exist. So he has to be lying. But what could he possibly want? The other object we found on the sub, the dice looking thing? No, if he wanted that, he would have already had it if he knew about the sub and the stones. So what could we have that this thing wants?

The paper once again vanishes and is replaced.

*OKAY, SO CLEARLY YOU ARE STILL CONTEMPLATING IT

TELL YA WHAT, I’LL COME BACK TOMORROW NIGHT

SLEEP WELL SHADE

-THE NOTE WRITTER

P.S- EVEN IF YOU LEAVE THE CITY, I’LL MEET YOU TOMORROW NIGHT, ALTHOUGH THE CITY WONT BE ABLE TO PROTECT YOU :)*

After a I had read the message, even that ominous ending, it vanished back under to door. I didn’t hear anyone moving down the hallway either, so they are probably still there. I wish I could see through walls or even better move through them without destroying them.

A sudden last letter shot through the doorway and rested in the same spot, scaring me and making me jump back but I moved forward to read it once I realised what it was.

*P.S.S- GOOD CHOICE IN NOT WAKING ANYONE UP ASWELL, I WOULD HAVE LEFT IF YOU TRIED THAT AND MET YOU OUTSIDE THE CITY*

Once I finished the note, it also vanished, and I listened for any movement but once again heard none. So, I could open the door and see who or what is outside the door but would they take that as an invitation to enter or possibly a threat?

God damn it. What am I going to do?