As with the last time the Alolan elites sit in their conference room monitoring the traitors and waiting for the perfect time to strike. This time Lyra and Sawyer are with them. Sawyer sits and takes notes from Sato while Lyra sits with Marcus who is keeping an eye on Khoury. The boy in question is pacing about in his room muttering to himself. 

To Marcus' surprise Lyra displays an incredible ability by reading his lips. She tells them all everything he is saying which turns out to be the boy trying to find proof that our heroes are kidnapping the traitor.

"He may become a liability if he gets desperate." Acerola remarks. "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. At the moment he is nothing more than a nuisance to both us and his friends. Unless he can provide some sort of proof to his claims the traitors aren't likely to believe him. We just have to keep our actions discreet until it's time to reveal the truth." Ash says as he sits typing on his computer. The other elites just nod and get back to their tasks. 

This silence stretches on for a few hours before Kiawe and Guzma both knock on the table to signal that the time has come. As one everyone stands and exits the room as if to go to their rooms.

As Kiawe heads down he's joined by Chloe and Sophocles while Guzma takes some of his beefiest team skull members.

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As the three near the room Kiawe signals for Chloe to move further down the hall while the two of them act as if they are doing some type of inspection. It isn't long before they reach May's door and knock. The brunette opens the door wearing a blue nightgown and rubbing her eyes.

"What do you want? Do you have any idea how late it is?" She rudely asks in a groggy voice. "We understand that it's late and we're sorry to wake you but Max has gone missing." Kiawe says causing May to wake up fully. 

"What do you mean he's missing?" She asks trying to remain calm though her eyes show the concern she feels along with the intrigue that the elites do have a weak spot. "After the matches earlier, he went missing and no one seems to know where he is." Sophocles answers with faux concern. 

"Have you contacted the police?" She asks. "Yes. They are currently searching the islands for him. We came to you to ask if you could give us any leads as to where he might go." Kiawe says. He could be at some park. During my travels he has run a couple of times and each time he was found at a park sitting at some swings. 

"Let me get dressed and I'll help you look for him." May says rushing into her room to grab some clothes and gets dressed in plain view of them. Both boys do the courteous thing and turn away to give her some privacy. 

Once she's dressed the three of them leave master's tower to begin the 'search' with Chloe following at a distance. With actual concern May begins to look through bushes and by swing sets for her brother. Kiawe and Sophocles act as if they are searching as well but monitor what their target is doing. 

When May is thoroughly distracted Kiawe gives the signal causing Chloe to have her Bellossom to use sleep powder to knock the woman out so they can get her to Po town.

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Guzma sits in the lobby after his fellow elites have left and watches via a tablet as his grunts infest Tierno's room with Alolan Ratata to get him out. Once that's done, they knock him unconscious and use a luggage cart to get him into the elevator and out to the waiting vehicle that takes them all to their execution site.

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As the two traitors begin to wake up, they see a sight similar to the one Trip and Serena saw only this time Max and Bonnie sit in front of them chatting about their next date. May starts to cause a ruckus getting everyone to look at her.

"Meowstic, use confusion." Max says letting a male Meowstic out of his nanodex. The blue feline hits the loud woman with a wave of psychic energy to quiet her down by giving her a massive headache.

"What the hell is going on here?" Tierno asks. "Isn't it obvious? You're here so we can deal with you." Bonnie cutely says. 

"What do you mean deal with?" May asks once her headache subsides enough for her to speak. "Deal with as in we're going to torture you and make you suffer. I mean really, Khoury was spot on with his evaluation. He hit the nail right on the head when your two friends Serena and Trip went missing." Max elaborates.

"That idiot was right?!" May shouts. "Only about certain things. Namely the disappearance of your friends. Mind you this will keep happening as more and more of you get defeated." Bonnie says.

"What about Clemont?" Tierno asks. "What about Clemont?" Max asked in a bored tone. "He lost first. Why didn't he go missing?" Tierno asks. "Oh that. Yeah. He serves a different purpose at the moment." Max says almost like an after thought.

"Which is what exactly?" May asks. "He acts as a decoy. Sure he lost but that is kinda the plan. With him out of the competition but still around you all he casts doubt on any claims Khoury or the rest of you might have regarding the other traitor's disappearance." Bonnie says before the rest of the elites come down. With Ash are a Blazekin and Glaceon. Both scowl when they see May. Next to Lana are a Blastoise and Ludicolo. These two have the same looks on their faces as the previous two Pokémon.

"What is the meaning of this?" May shouts. Instead of answering Ash nods to Mallow who walks up to the other woman and punches her so fiercely that May's head snaps back and she looks dazed and disoriented. 

Tierno simply glares at Mallow as if she is nothing more than a spoiled piece of meat. This however proves to be the worst idea possible because in an instant Ash is in his face and drives a knee into the restrained man's gut so viciously that Tierno is sent into a series of dry heaving.

Once the two are able to listen Ash reveals his identity surprising the two. After explaining what the two are in for Ash says something that shakes May.

"Oh, and by the way May. There are two things you should know. First, Manaphy absolutely hates you. Second, both Glaceon and Blazekin have willingly decided to side with us. We've already replaced their pokeballs so that they are registered to us." This statement causes May to try to break free of her bonds by struggling like a caged animal caught in a trap. When she sees that escape will be useless on her own, she resorts to trying to taunt her former Pokémon. To her surprise neither even shows a rise from the verbal onslaught. In fact Blazekin goes as far as to chuckle when she starts. 

Tierno looks at the two Pokémon standing with Lana knowing that they once belonged to him and knowing that they've made the same decision as Blazekin and Glaceon. He only gives them a nod as if to say that he accepts his fate. The two Pokémon look remorseful as all they can do is return the nod.

After May quiets down the female elites proceed to beat her senseless while Tierno watches. Once she is thoroughly beaten everyone turns to the other captive who only takes a deep breath and nods once again. Instead of him being beaten he sees Ash whispering something to Guzma who nods and orders his grunts to take the fat man somewhere else. 

May, once she is conscious enough to witness the next event, is taken outside to watch her remaining Pokémon be tortured and killed one by one. Unlike the previous group however May's Pokémon look pleadingly at her and their former friends as if to ask for their help in stopping this treatment. While Blazekin and Glaceon watch indifferently May is forced to watch the brutality of her captors Pokémon who use every trick in the book to prolong their captives' suffering. Her eyes being held open by Mallow and her head being held steady by Lana.

Unlike the quickness of the last session this one lasts for three hours in which May is also subjected to an array of torture alongside her Pokémon. Of the two sessions May is obviously he first to break. Her face is bloody by the time she gives in with swelling beginning to form. Instead of outright killing her they give her a choice. She can either take the lives of each of her Pokémon one by one or she can watch one of her still loyal ones do it before taking hers then its own. The decision takes several moments to make before she finally says, "I'll put them out of their misery. 

Lillie hands her a gun and watches. As expected May tries to turn the gun on her captors but finds it completely empty.

"Really, May? Did you really think we'd give you a loaded weapon without some precautions?" Ash says in a mocking tone. May stares blankly at the gun in her hand for several moments before looking up. With her mistake clear in her mind she is forced to watch as each of her Pokémon is killed in the most brutal ways possible.

Once that is complete May is dragged away before two gunshots are heard. After checking that the job is done the elites get rid of the evidence and return to master's tower to rest.

That's all folks. What do you think? Did you like that I'm now taking the pokemon of certain traitor? What pokemon would you like to see turn on the traitors next? What ways should the next traitor(s) be dealt with and how should they be kidnapped. Most of all. What has become of Tierno and his pokemon? Find out next time in Betrayal and a new beginning. Stay classy, Nightfuries.