"Okay," Mindy said, although the answer raised even more questions she decided that would be for another time. "This way," she said. She exited the alley and turned in the right direction.
[i]"Come on James,"[/i] Penalopy said as she floated behind Gavin and Mindy, but she turned invisible when she exited the alley. The Mime Jr.  walked with Fez, relying on his other senses to keep track of the legendary he was supposed to guard. At least she had the sense to hide from view when they walked among humans, but it did make it harder to know where she was going.

"I don't mind," Michael said and he looked at the two puppy Pokémon. Both were equally excited about the upcoming battle, he wished he could share that. "I guess it will depend on who can control their enthusiasm the best," he added, looking from Missy to Sparky. "Unless..." He turned to Whitney. "Can we do a double battle? Two versus two?"
Whitney gave it a thought and nodded. "We can do that, sure. Two Pokémon, two rounds, so a total of four Pokémon. Agreed?"
Michael turned to Niccia. "What do you think? Gym leaders usually don't start with their strongest, so I want to give Anthony a chance to fight first, Missy is stronger than him."

Saruya took on an aggressive stance. [i]"Who are you?"[/i] she growled, her snout rippled as she bared her teeth. Whoever these Mightyena were, she was ready for them.

Kim nodded to Mitch in return and when they walked away she turned to Varina. [i]"Let's go back to Andy,"[/i] she said and she started walking slowly to make sure Varina could keep up with her.
Andy had found what he was looking for and had a stack of regional newspapers on the table, going back till the last time he had heard from his brother. He read through them with a serious expression. When Kim saw that she sat down on the floor, she didn't want to disturb him.