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Palm City. Valk read the letter again. A Professor Poplar had written it, inviting trainers to this place.

Having exited the infirmary, egg securely in a chest bag, Valk now began to navigate the streets of Palm City to find the address in the letter. With no Pokemon ("eggs don't count really" he thought)few resources and zero training experience, Valk would do whatever the Professor suggested.

"She isn't in" the guy at the door said. "Come back after lunch". He was quite a bruiser, dressed all in black, so Valk didn't argue and walked off to see the beach. He didn't notice the guy pulling out a small radio and speak urgently into it, then follow at a distance.

The beach was bordered by trees that led up a slope into deeper woods. It was pristine, the sand untouched. Valk sat on a log to watch the sea birds wheel and play. It was a nice view until the three guys in black stood in the way.

"Ok kid, drop all yer stuff and we'll see what we want, then ya can go off this beach and get lost." Said the guy that he had seen at the Professors door.

"Oh," said Valk, "so the professor isn't out for lunch?"

"No kid you're out to lunch, what kind of fool are ya?" The tallest of them said. "Do as yer told"

Valk had stalled a bit, but faced with these odds, he really was scared. He took off his backpack, the thugs chuckling.

One thug grabbed at the chest bag, jostling it and nearly pulling Valk to his feet. Letting go, the thug laughed as Valk tumbled off the log, feet up. Neither the thugs nor Valk noticed the pack suddenly glow from within. They couldn't miss what happened next though.

All three thugs suddenly looked around in a daze, one screamed and felt his head. Another stumbled back, fell, scrambled up and ran up the beach away from town. The third took off toward town and the last finished holding his head only to run into the surf, swimming out of sight.

Valk didn't stop for answers, grabbed his backpack and scampered into the woods.