Courtney? Or Courtney?

Panic seized Baimu, and he hurried over with Zweilous.

"You're okay... right?"

The flash grenade dispersed the thick fog.

It revealed a purple-haired girl in a red hood with two golden horns, a tight red skirt, and tall red boots.

She looked sixteen or seventeen at most.

Not far from her stood a Camerupt with two miniature volcanoes on its back.

Both had been caught by the sudden flash. One rolled silently on the ground, covering her eyes, while the other shook its head furiously and sneezed.

Someone from Team Magma? And with that hair color and those golden horns...

Had Courtney appeared in the anime? Baimu searched his memory. Team Aqua's only female executive to appear had been Shelly, while Team Magma's only executive had been Tabitha.

That was nothing like the three-team setup in Pokémon Adventures.

Ordinary Team Magma members usually had black horns on their hoods. Golden horns and purple hair could only mean Courtney.

Or should he call her Courtney?

In the Pokémon World, the two names sounded the same. They were just written differently.

After running into Team Aqua in Dewford Town, he hadn't expected to meet Team Magma deep in the mountains.

Wait!

This couldn't be one of Team Magma's bases, could it?

And what had she said earlier? "You're finally here"? Who was she waiting for?

Me? Was that fisherman planted by Team Magma just to lure me here?

After some thought, Baimu decided not to attack Courtney or Camerupt. Ever since he'd nearly had a nasty run-in with Team Aqua, he'd read news reports and blog posts online about the two organizations after the battle between Groudon and Kyogre.

Like Team Aqua, Team Magma had shed its status as a criminal organization. But unlike the marine conservation group, it was now a