as Marina and Eric slept at the front of the cave, few would know that at the back, behind a unusually normal wooden door built into the cave wall, was the secret home of the Master, lavishly decorated, it looked like any persons normal home, it even had most technology that normal homes posssessed, TV, a PC, washing and dish washer machines, with lavish fake-fur carpets and a huge chandilier hanging from the main ceiling, the room devided into 6 sets of stairs at the edges, each leading to a room, with a pokemons face and name engraved on the door, Merlin and the Master were drinking some green-tea with Arthur, the flight suit wearing, old-looking Dragonite of the team, when suddenly, Merlin's eyes widened.
"problem?" the master said with concern
"ahem...we have..guests" Merlin actually said this, it wasnt thought anymore, but proper speech
"Well I say! how terribly unsporting of us chaps to not go and greet them like gentlemen" Arthur said, between sips of Tea.
If there was one thing arthur loved more than anything else in the world, it was tea, he knew all the varieties, he drunk it almost constantly, he even drunk it in battle, calmly fighting with his legs, head and tail, his arms would always be holding a tea-cup and saucer full of the stuff, he seemed to be nigh on fueled by it, he spoke in the accent of an old British air pilot, which gave him a unique air.
"then we should call everyone else together.." the master said "Bruno!"
the huge muscular, army-camo wearing poliwrath named Bruno walked down the stairs slowly looking slightly angry.
"What?! Ya know, some people were only tryin' ta get some sleep up dere ya know!" Bruno said in the tone of voice that didnt really show intelligence, but what he lacked in that field, he made up for in strength..no..strength isnt the word that describes Bruno, more...Tough, Bruno was so tough that if he was the captain of a row boat powered by slaves, there would be no need for a drummer to drum out the beat, at Bruno's idea of hard work, the drummer would have needed the entire Drum-kit, including Snares.
"theres someone at the mouth of the cave" the Master said calmly
"Well why didn'ya say so!? Lets go out and bust some heads!" Bruno said excitedly, happily looking forward to a fight.
"What is all the commotion about.." the voice made it sound like it was anything But a question, it was a commandment, a Metagross with eyes, solid-red and empty looking, his metal shell cracked in one big line down his eye, his Metal bodys colour was such a dark blue it nearly looked Black, and he spoke as if someone had stripped his very emotions and soul, and left only a dark shell in its place.
"Sideways, seems we got guests!" Bruno said, cracking his knuckles
"Then I shall Break them..." Sideways said, with no change in the tone of his voice
"thats not how we do things.." the master said, looking up at the group. "were going to go spy on them, maybe find out what their intentions are, nothing more..and we'll send in Merlin 1st, his speed and psychic stealth will surely make him nigh-undetectable."
"Agreed" Merlin said, and with a sound only describable as "woosh", he seemingly vanished out of the room and seemingly through the door.
As the two slept, Merlin crawled across the roof, his black cloak flapping about, he knew the secret to hiding, it wasnt to be silent, because human curiousity is always drawn to silence, its not to be inconspicuous with the darkness, because unsual black-ness always draws human attention, he had learned to be like a re-assuring breeze, something that humans felt at ease with... he looked down at the two, scanning them psychicly..he had much to find out...
