Richard
Oh yeah! Leon got the balloon! He holds it proudly like he won the damn thing. "Okay, we're ready to go!" This thing probably costs about $20 and *It's worth every cent.* "Allister, you want some candy—" He swings his head side to side to catch glimpses of the little boy. Huh? He's not around! Leon manages to find their cart that had crashed with a couple of employees cleaning the mess around it. He quietly rolls the cart from them and took to an aisle to hide. He finally pulls his Rotomphone out and was deciding to text Allister when he felt a nudge at his leg. Looking down from the screen, Leon smiles as the Cursola seem to be talking to him.

"Oh Cursola! You want some candy?" Yeah, he just asked a Pokémon if they want candy... As if that's the first priority on his mind. The Pokémon seems a bit... Urgent though, based on their body language. And if Leon knows how his Pokémon pals are, this could mean something bad. "Wait. Where's Allister?" He kneels down to the Pokémon, trying to comprehend. "He run off? No? He wanted some more snacks? Not that either?" Leon tries to think. What could have happened... That's when he thought he heard a loud *PLOP* Coming from over *There.* That's right, Allister must be going through a high speed chase or something! "Lead the way, Cursola!" Because even the champ knows if he trusts his instincts now, Allister could be caught!

Rushing through the aisles, thanks to the Pokémon's guidance, Leon was able to see as the store worker was walking off with Allister carried over their shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Luckily Leon had the cart with him all this time so... Once again, he picks up speed and rides the back of it again. "That's kidnapping!" He shrieks as he closed his eyes, bracing for the impact. "I'm *Sorry*!" He says genuinely and then BAAM! Hopefully Allister would be let go of and fall into the cart. "I'm really sorry!" Leon says once he opens his eyes and see the worker sprawled on the floor, groaning. Now Leon is starting to regret this whole chase. This is honestly the first time he thought that.

But now's the time to act! "Let's go!" He wheels them away, shooting glances back at the worker with guilt. Would it be funny to say they went to the self-checkout lane and start scanning things like normal? They just really need the items! And Leon won't steal for the life of him! "Allister, are you okay?" He asks while still scanning their items. He feels suspicious stares from the workers around them.
Mitchell
Huh? Allister looked up to see Leon! Rolling their way in his shopping cart, while Star shuffled behind him. Haha! The champ and his cursola had come to rescue him! If only they weren't about to slam into the person who was holding him, but nope, they did, and the man went tumbling back, as he dropped the boy he was carrying. Allister fell, smacking his head on the ground, which should have, maybe who knows, knocked him out or something? But dazed and wobbly, the boy managed to stand up, leaning on Leon for support.
"Agh, 'm alright!" He assured him. "B-but I think you just knocked someone out... W-we need to leave!" And it didn't look like Leon needed to be told twice. As he pulled Allister towards the door, the two were probably gonna have to skip buying anything. Since they straight up knocked a guy out just now!
"Leon! Can-can we really stay here after that?" He asked. The answer? Probably a no. As the worker started to get back up, and was calling in a bunch of his buddies. "U-uh oh!" This sent the young gym leader into a small panic, as he urged his friend towards the door. "C'mon, we can buy food later, let's just bail!" He gave Leon a shove, but the Galarian man was really intent on buying food!

*"Yeah, they went that way, towards the exit of the store."*
*"What did they look like?"*
*"A man wearing a cape and hat, and a boy with oversized clothes and a white mask."*
*"IT'S CAPE MAN AND MASKED BOY! GET THEM!"*

Shit. It was time to run. "Go, go!" Allister shouted, pulling Leon away from anything that would distract him and b-lining for the exit. Screw the food, the needed to leave! People tried to stop them, but the two were able to run past everyone and make it out of the grocery store, just like they had countless times before. Once outside, neither of them knew where to go, and it's not like they could stick around. So they picked a random direction, and ran for it.
Jamie
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*"H-hey! My food's getting away!"*

-Allister

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