I knew deep down that this was going to end in fire. Give man the power of electricity and he will get shocked. Give man the power of his wildest dreams, and he'll bring forth the destruction of humanity. However, for the time being, I had to be faithful to my family and support Team Magma.
After the whole long meeting was over, Wester and I went outside to the recreation grounds to relax and talk. He leaned against the wall of the building, while I sat on the dirt with my legs crossed.
"You don't seem too excited about the Void Pokemon," I noticed after a moment. Wester shook his head.
"It should be an amazing discovery, but once Barron gets ahold of one... Who knows?" Wester knew that Team Magma was wrong as well. He joined when he was young and reckless, and got too far in to make it out.
"I didn't even think of Barron." I blurted out in fear.
Barron was the current leader of Team Magma. The leader of the Kalos division, Nacisse, had only met Barron once. Wester also met him once, at a massive Magma rally in Hoenn. You see, Wester had once been located in Hoenn, but that all stopped after he met Barron. He admired Barron. He looked up to Barron.
When he finally told Barron, Barron asked why Wester was even in Team Magma, and banished from the Hoenn division. At least, that's the story that Wester told me. That was enough though, many grunts didn't even know who Barron was. As far as they knew, Nacisse was the leader of the Team.
"You know Naomi..." Wester looked upset when I looked up at him, "I never told you the full story about when I met Barron. I can tell you're think about that."
Before I could dismiss his suspicion, he started telling the story...
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Wester was 15, and he had been in Team Magma for 4 years. He had witnessed the harnessing of Groudon's powers back when he was a kid and yearned to be like Team Magma and its leader, Maxie. He even dyed his hair a fiery red color. He left his mother, his only family member, behind at age 11 to join Team Magma. He was scouted by a local ace grunt and quickly joined the ranks.
It was tough to catch up, being so young, but Wester got along. He wanted to prove to the world, and to the father he never had, that he wasn't weak. Back to when he was 15, there was a huge Magma gathering in Mauville City, and Wester went, along with most of his squad. They wanted to meet the different kinds of Magma members, but Wester wanted to meet the big boss himself, Barron.
Wester had heard of the man through rumors, and was impressed. No one knew how old Barron was or how he joined Team Magma. All they knew was that he was the leader and anyone that crossed him would likely end up dead, or very close.
Wester wanted to present himself to Barron. He thought that Barron would be surprised by his loyalty to the team, and would maybe even make him an apprentice. Wester didn't know how to find Barron, but he was confident he would. And he was leaving the convention, he spotted him. There was no mistaking him, Barron. He had a young face, and thin complexion. He wore a deep crimson suit, black pants, and sported a shimmering necklace with a massive, solid gold 'M' dangling from it.
Barron had naturally orange hair, spiked up to the right side. His eyes were a serious, piercing black, but he never wore more than a smug grin. When Wester met him, he gladly spoke of his loyalty to the team, and talked about everything, and how honored he was to meet the leader himself.
"How pathetic. There's no need to dedicate your career to me," Barron chuckled, "be an individual. And besides, it's past your bedtime."
"How can you say that?!" Wester barked, surprising Barron, "I left my only family member.. I left my mom behind to help your gang! What do you have to say to that?"
"I'd say your family has a habit of leaving your mom behind." Barron smiled evilly, knowing that it'd hurt Wester, "Keep your hair red though, I appreciate the support."
Wester was in a new world of anger. He through his fist out, hitting hard into Barron's gut. Barron hacked out some blood. Barron picked Wester up by his collar, and slammed him onto the hard concrete. Wester was motionless, in absolute agony, as Barron walked away.
"This is why you never meet your idols, kid." Barron rolled his eyes, spitting on Wester's face.
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"He never banished me," Wester admitted, wrapping up his story, "but I left to Kalos. I changed my hair back to its normal color, and have worked since then to become everything Barron has failed to be. I have a new family now, and it's you guys."
Wester and I stayed there in unthinking silence. When we finally regained ourselves, it was late night outside. He lifted me over the fence, setting me down on the outside, before throwing himself over.
We both got into his car, as we drove off into the dark. Wester didn't say where he was taking us, and I didn't ask. When he finally stopped driving, we were at the top of a tall hill overlooking the city. He got out and sat on the hood of the car. After a while, I got out and joined, scooting close.
He looked over to me and smiled.
"Naomi, I have to tell you th-" He was interrupted by a call on his phone. He picked it up.
"What?!" Wester asked, confused.
"Are you sure?" He was in disbelief.
"Well, alright. Thanks for telling me." He nodded, hanging up the phone.
"Is everything alright?" I asked.
"No." Wester looked upset, "Nacisse is dead."
"What?" I was shocked.
"Yeah." Wester was surprised as well.
Nacisse was so young, only a handful of years older than Wester. He was nice, and no one was really out to get him, except for Team Aqua.
"Who's the new leader?" I asked.
"Felix." Wester said dryly.
