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After resting up for a bit, I proceeded to go to Kiki’s room. When I got in there, I saw Kiki kneeling on the floor with Victoria behind her and Laura beside her. I walked up to them. Victoria: Sensei, please! If you keep pushing yourself, you’re going to hurt yourself! Kiki: N-No. Willpower… is a muscle. I… will not… let mine… slip… away… I have always said: 1 must fight hard to defeat the chaos inside. This just happens to be my chaos. So if you will, please allow me to fight it. Matthew (whispering): Hey Laura. What happened? Laura: I’m not sure. She was fine 1 moment and then just feel to her knees in pain. I don’t know what’s going on. Kiki: Ohh Matthew. You have returned. Please pay no regard to the weakness you just witnessed. Matthew: Uhh, yes! Ok. Kiki: I am perfectly fine. I was just only a bit winded. That’s all. Victoria: So, how was Cal? I mean like, did you beat him in a battle? Matthew: Yea. Although, I got to be honest, for a former Gym Leader, he wasn’t that tough. Kiki: So you did. I see. Victoria here has alos already been informed of everything she must do. That means there is but 1 thing left to do. Matthew, I will face you in an official Reborn League match. If you win, not only will you have your badge but you more importantly will get your machine as well. Matthew: Sweet and double sweet. Laura: Ooo. A Gym Battle. It’s been a while since I’ve witnessed 1 of those. Would it be alright if I watched from the sidelines. Kiki: Do as you wish Laura. I will be waiting for your arrival in the courtyard Matthew. Kiki started to walk out the door but when she got to the doorstep, she bent over and grabbed her stomach in pain. Kiki: Ugh! Ooo. Apologies. I-I am all right. She proceeded out of the room and into the courtyard. Matthew: You ready to watch me beat a Gym Leader? Laura: Well, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t interested in watching you battle. This ought to be fun. Matthew: Now you’re talking. Let’s go! Me and Laura raced out of the room and were about to go to the courtyard but as soon as we got to the door, Victoria stopped us. Victoria: Matthew! Laura, wait! I need to tell you 2 something. Laura: What’s wrong? Victoria: When you were gone Matt, Kiki didn’t give me the graduation exam at all. Matthew: What? Then what were you 2 doing all this time? Victoria: She instead showed me how to run things here in the academy. Laura: Why would she do that? Is she gonna retire soon or something? Victoria: No, it’s worse… Matthew, Laura… Kiki’s dying. My heart dropped to the floor. I was already worrying about her being beheaded by Solaris’ Garchomp and now I’m being told that she’s dying as we speak. Me and Laura looked at each other with sad faces and then back towards Victoria. Matthew: How… How long has she been sick for? Kiki: She’s been sick for months but she’s trying her hardest to hide it from the academy students here. Laura: Makes sense. She seemed off. Last time I was here, she seemed more like her usual self. Matthew: Man… When did you find out. Victoria: She just told me before. And worst yet… There’s no cure. Laura: What? No way… Matthew: Fuck! Victoria: I think she intends for me to take over when she… when she… Laura: You don’t have to say it. We know… Matthew: This seriously fucking sucks. Like… Fuck. Victoria: Umm… Laura, can I talk to Matthew alone for a few seconds? Laura: Ohh sure. Yea. I’ll just head out to the courtyard. Laura walked out to the courtyard, leaving me and Victoria by ourselves. I could see she wanted to say something but was afraid to. Matthew: What is it? It’s ok. Just say it. Victoria: Matthew… I don’t feel good about you fighting her like this! Matthew: No. No no no no no. Not this again. Victoria: Just hear me out. I’m sure we’ll be able to convince her to give us the machine another way. But battling her in a Gym Battle? That’s gonna be too hard on her body. It’s gonna kill her more literally. Matthew: Victoria… I get it. She’s dying and you’re sad. Hell. I’m sad about it. But you have to realize 1 thing. She KNOWS she’s dying and she wants to continue doing this. You don’t have the right to stop her. Now if you’ll excuse me- At that point, Victoria threw out a PokeBall and out popped a Pangoro. It blocked my path from the courtyard. I turned around and looked her dead in the eyes. Matthew: Victoria, what in the hell are you doing? This isn’t what’s right to do. Victoria: Well it is to me! If I have to, I’ll battle you myself. Yea. That’s right. If you can't beat me, then there’s no reason for you to even challenge her. Matthew: Victoria… Victoria: Battle me! Now! After I won the battle, we both stood there in silence. Finally, Victoria spoke up. Victoria: This is all for the kids right? Matthew: That’s right. Victoria: They’re more important than her life right? Matthew: Victoria, that’s not what I mean. Victoria: I’m just gonna head out. Victoria sluggishly walked out to the courtyard. Before I went to challenge Kiki, I went to the healing spot that was in the academy. Then I went out to the courtyard. A lot of people were standing on the sidelines, prepared to watch the battle go down. I looked over at Victoria. She just looked like someone ripped every emotion out of her except for depression. Kiki seemed like she was trying to focus on the upcoming battle. Laura was just standing there, eagerly waiting for the battle to start. She looked over and smiled and waved to me. I did the same back. That actually made me feel a bit better but not by much. I walked up to Kiki. Kiki: If you are ready for battle, please take your place on the other side of the battle field. Matthew: Ok. I walked over to the other side and stood there. I grabbed a PokeBall from my belt and waited for the battle to begin. Kiki: Matthew… Let us all see how well your discipline holds you. Victoria: The… The challenger, Matthew, will now face the Gym Leader, Kiki, in a 6 on 6 singles battle. Either side may make substitutions. The battle will end when either 6 of either trainer’s Pokemon are unable to battle… Begin. After the battle ended, everyone that witnessed the battle cheered and clapped. Kiki just returned her last Pokemon back to the PokeBall. Matthew: That was a good battle Kiki. Very tough to beat you. Kiki: I thank you for the compliments. Amudst true focus, your energy shines through. All of your hard work has earned you this. Pr-Proceed, take… Matthew: Are you ok Kiki? Kiki: I’m sorry. Excuse me, I- Kiki went to turn around but as she did, she collapsed onto the ground. Everyone gasped. Victoria, myself and Laura ran over to Kiki and helped her up and also took her back to her room for her to rest. About an hour later, Kiki woke up. Kiki: Ahh… What happened? Victoria: Sensei! You’re awake. Kiki: What happened Victoria? Victoria: You collapsed after your Gym Battle with Matthew. Kiki: Ahh. That’s… unfortunate. Victoria: Just concentrate on your breathing. Like in Beginning Meditation right? Keep it steady. You’re ok. Kiki: Am I? Am I really Victoria? Laura: I know what happened was bad but you don’t- Matthew: Wait Laura. Just let them talk. We have no involvement with this. Kiki: There’s no longer any point of keeping up this facade of serenity. Collapsing in my own courtyard… My reputation… It’s just like glass. It’s all shattered! Victoria: Kiki, nobody could be as strong as you have been through all of this. I mean… Look at everything you’ve done! All the people you’ve made happy and- Kiki: And nothing Victoria. And nothing. I have to be honest with myself. In the end, for astrong as I’ve been, I’m still too weak! Victoria: Please Sensei. You must try to calm down. This isn’t- Kiki: You want me to calm down? How can I? “Defeat the inner chaos?” Did you think I was only talking about zen of the mind? I could be centered to DEAD-ZERO and I will still end up just like that. Victoria: You musn’t think like that Kiki. Kiki: No amount of meditation is going to change the simple fact that my own body… my own body is killing itself! Victoria: Right… I’m… Victoria ran out of the room with her arm covering her face. Me and Laura looked at each other with shocked expressions. She never saw Kiki go off like that and I just never thought she would do that. Kiki sat back down with her eyes closed. Kiki: Matthew. Laura. Please leave me. I wish to be alone right now. Matthew: Yea. Of course. Laura: Alright… Me and Laura got up and exited the room. Victoria was just outside of the room wiping tears away from her eyes. Both me and Laura went up to her and hugged her. Victoria: Thanks you 2… Matthew: No prob. Laura: You’re welcome. Victoria: But wow… I’ve never seen Kiki get upset like that before. Laura: Yea. This is new to me as well. She’s always so calm and collected. That was a bit scary. Victoria: But I’ve also never seen her faint before either. Matthew: Yea. That was uhh… That was a scary situation. Laura: She must be going through a lot. Victoria: I understand if she just needs to rest alone for a while. I’ll try and keep things together, so she can hopefully get better. Laura: What about the machine? Ohh. Sorry. I didn’t mean for that to sound ignorant or anything. Victoria: It’s ok. It didn’t. And don’t worry about that. I’ll be sure to get the machine from her too. As well as your badge Matthew. Matthew: Sweet. Victoria: Although, she doesn’t make it, that badge would be reset. Matthew: Well, it’s not like it would be the 1st time this kind of thing happened… Under the same type of way too unfortunately. Anyways, what are we supposed to do til then? Victoria: Funny you ask that. Something’s been bothering me. Laura: What’s that? Victoria: Wasn’t Cain coming to challenge her as well? Matthew: Yea but… Wait. Everything felt like it froze in time. I was so caught up in all of the stuff that was happening in Apophyll that I totally forgot Cain left 1st to come here to get the machine. But I never saw him anywhere here since I’ve been here. Laura: Who’s Cain? Matthew: He’s a dude who dresses up as a chick and wears all purple stuff. He’s also another 1 of my friends that’s trying to break out our friends but… I haven’t seen him. And I saw him leave on top of his A. Muk to come here to face Kiki! Laura: Th-This sounds like a problem… Victoria: I asked Kiki before. She said he was never here. Matthew: This is really bad. Laura: Maybe he got lost? Victoria: I doubt that. It’s hard to miss a beach this big. Laura: True. Hmm. Hey. Isn’t there a place between here and Coral Ward? Matthew: Hmm? What place? Victoria: Ohh. You mean Azurine Island. Laura: Yea! That place! He might be there. Victoria: That’s a good spot as any to go look for him. Would you go look for him Matthew? He still has the key to the Wasteland after all. Matthew: Yea but that isn’t important right now. I just hope he’s ok. Laura: Don’t worry Matthew. I’m sure he is. Victoria: I’ll take care of Kiki, so don’t you worry about her. Matthew: Right. Then I’ll see you later. Hey Laura? Laura: Yea? Matthew: Are you up on helping me go to Azurine Island and find Cain? Laura: Of course! He’s helping to free my sister and the others after all. Matthew: Great. Let’s get to the boat and put in the destination! Me and Laura bolted out of the academy and towards the boat to go find Cain on Azurine Island. Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES

We started to walk on the beach to our destination which was the Apophyll Academy. The beach looked lovely despite the water being all brown. Laura: Wow… Matthew: What is it? Laura: Ohh. It’s nothing. It’s just been a long time since I’ve been here. Matthew: Wait. You’ve been here before? Laura: Of course! All Gym Leaders and the Elite 4 Members show each other where their gym is. And if a new Gym Leader takes over a previous 1, then all the Gym Leaders and Elite 4 Members will visit them to introduce themselves. Then that Gym Leader is allowed 2 weeks hiatus to explore the region to find the other Gym Leaders places. Matthew: Wow. That sounds really complicated. Laura: Maybe. But if there’s a crisis, then they’re able to go help or go get help from 1 of us. Matthew: That’s true I suppose. Were you a student here at any time though? Laura: No. I was only here when I became an Elite 4 Member. I came here to search for Kiki’s Gym. Although, I did enjoy my time here. Matthew: Kiki? Ohh yea. The Fighting Type Gym Leader. Laura: Mhm. So since she has the machine for Strength, I think that means you have to battle her for it. Matthew: And then I’ll have 5 badges and be a step closer to saving everyone. Laura: Along with me! Matthew: Haha. Yes yes. I know. We saw a building in the distance. We ran the rest of the way there and stopped near the entrance of it. We looked in awe of the building. This actually made me miss school a bit. Matthew: This place looks amazing! Laura: It sure does. Looks the same to me but I’m just glad it’s still here. Matthew: So, have any idea where she could be? Laura: I think she has her own room in the back of the building. So lets check there 1st. Matthew: Alright. We both walked into the academy. It looked pretty nice in there. There was also a healing machine and Nurse Joy here. Thank Arceus. Now I could just travel back here when my Pokemon were hurt. We went back out through another door. There were a couple of dorm rooms to the side of the academy. The area itself looked like a battling arena. We continued walking up into another door. A girl was standing in front of the door that led into Kiki’s room. Matthew: Hey. Is Kiki here? Academy Girl: No. She left just a little bit ago. Laura: Do you know where she went? Academy Girl: I think she went down to the Training Grounds just a bit ago. Matthew: Where’s that at? Academy Girl: Easy! Go out the door near Nurse Joy and continue heading down. There should be a bunch of people lined up or something. It’ll be easy to spot her. Laura: Ok. Thank you. So off we went again to go look for Kiki. We exited the academy and went down where the training grounds were. We looked everywhere and finally found a group of people in a circle. As I was about to go through an opening, I looked up and saw Kiki. My face went from smiley and cheery to shock and horror. I recognized her. She was 1 of the people on the screens in Shade’s Gym. She had her head sliced off by a Garchomp. Then I remembered that Solaris had a Garchomp. I backed up in horror from the realization and accidentially bumped into Laura. Laura: Matt? What’s wrong? Matthew: Umm… I… Look, I’m not trying to scare you right now but something bad is gonna happen to her. I don’t when but something will. Laura: H-How do you know that?… Matthew: In Shade’s Gym, I looked at a bunch of videos. She was on 1 of them. Laura: Well… We’ll just have to make sure it doesn’t happen. Matthew: Yea… Yea. You’re right. Look, don’t tell ANYONE though. Ok? We don’t need people freaking out right now. Laura: Ok. I won’t tell anyone. Matthew: Good. I took a deep breath and walked up to Kiki. Kiki: Hello there. Are you a new student? Matthew: Erm, no. Sorry. Kiki: No need to apologize. It’s perfectly fine that you’re a visitor. Please have a seat though. I’m about to teach a class. Matthew: Ohh right. Sorry. I walked over by a rock and stood up against it. I watched as Laura closed up the circle and Kiki began her class. She went on and on about right and wrong and nice and evil or something like that. To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t paying attention. All I could think about was that image of the Garchomp slicing Kiki’s head off. Luckily though, the class was over fairly quickly. Me and Laura went up to Kiki. Kiki: Hello again young man. Ahh. Hello there Laura. How are you doing today? Laura: I’m alright I guess. Kiki: You seem troubled. As does this person here. Is there something you require me for? Matthew: You see, some friends of mine, including her younger sister, were kidnapped and the only way to save them is if we get that machine for Strength. Kiki: Ahh. I see. Well it is in my possession. Laura: May we have it? Kiki: Hmm. It is usually awarded to graduating students of the Academy. Laura: But… But… Kiki: Do not worry young Laura. I shall be returning to my room in the academy. We shall talk there. I will be expecting both of you there. Farewell. And with that, Kiki walked off to her room. Me and Laura looked at each other. I could tell she was worried. Matthew: Don’t worry. I’m sure she’ll give it to us. Laura: I hope so… We walked back up to the academy and went inside. As soon as we were about to go back out to get to Kiki’s room, a voice shouted out my name. Victoria: Matthew! Matthew: Victoria? Laura: Who is this? Victoria: Oh my… Is that Laura? A member from the Elite 4?! Laura: Haha. Yes. Who are you? Victoria: My apologies. My name is Victoria. I am Kiki’s apprentice. Laura: Ahh. I see. Well it’s lovely to meet you. Victoria: Thank you. Wow. What are you doing here? Laura: I’m here to help Matthew get Strength and then help bust out the kids. 1 of them is my sister. Victoria: Oh my Arceus! I almost forgot! Have any of you seen Kiki? Matthew: We just met her a couple of minutes ago. She should be in her room. Victoria: Good. I’ll see you 2 in there soon then. Victoria rushed right between us and into Kiki’s room. Me and Laura looked at each other in amazement. Laura: Wow. She really wants to save the kids as well too huh? Matthew: Seems like it. Let’s follow in her footsteps though. Laura: Agreed! Me and Laura ran towards the other side of the academy and into Kiki’s room. When we got there, Victoria was already talking to Kiki. Kiki: Hmm. I see. You need the machine to save the kidnapped children. Incidentally, these 2 here also came to me asking for that. I assume that that is not a coincidence? Victoria: No, not at all. Matthew is a very good friend of mine Laura: And as I’ve already told you, my younger sister was part of that group. So I joined in too. Matthew: We’re all working together to save them. Kiki: Right. I am moved by your plight. Truly. However… Matthew: What? Kiki: Victoria, you know as well as I do that only a graduating student of this academy can be awarded this machine. 1 must attain inner strength before acquiring worldly strength. Laura: But… Kiki… Kiki: To disregard that procedure… It’d be disrespectful to every student who has followed it before. Matthew: So what you’re saying is that only Victoria can get it? Victoria: Hmm… Then, Sensei, I wish to apply for graduation. Kik: So you will. I suspected you might finally ask. This may be best, given my… worsening condition. Matthew: Wait. What do you mean? Laura: Maybe now isn’t the time to talk about that. Matthew: Ohh. Right… Sorry. Victoria: Sensei… Kiki: Nevermind that. We must not let inner turmoil complicate outside affairs. Victoria, were you successful in your challenge of the Reborn League, as I had asked of you? Victoria: I will be honest with you. I did not. So much was happening and I had other priorities. Kiki: Hmm. That is unfortunate. This machine only works when a certain badge is required. Laura: So… What now? Kiki: What about you Matthew? Matthew: What? What about me? Victoria: Ohh yes! Yes! Matthew can do it! He has plenty of badges already! Another 1 won’t be a problem! Kiki: So am I to assume that you intend to pass of the machine to an outsider regardless? Victoria: I am sorry Sensei. If the situation was less drastic, I would not. But under these circumstances, I will if I have to. Kiki: Hehe… I suppose it cannot be helped but knowing that that is your intention… Matthew, you shall be tested now as well. Matthew: Uhh… I don’t have to meditate and learn my life’s purpose or something like that do I? Kiki: No. Nothing of the sort. Victoria, you will stay here and test for your graduation. Matthew, your challenge is elsewhere. Matthew: And that would be…? Kiki: Pyrous Mountain. Laura: Wait a minute. Isn’t that a volcano near here? Matthew: Wait. It’s a volcano?! Ugh. I hot being in hot places. Laura: Wait. You possibly have to go through a volcano and you’re focusing on it being hot instead of the lava? Matthew: Not until you JUST MENTIONED IT! Laura: Ohh… Right… Sorry… Matthew: It’s whatever. What do you want me to do Kiki? Kiki: Atop of Pyrous Mountain is 1 of my newset, though finest, students. Victoria: Do you mean- Kiki: Indeed Victoria. Matthew, your challenge is to climb the mountain, find that student and then challenge him to a battle. Matthew: A battle? Ooo. That’s 1 test I’d be happy to take. Even though it’ll be on top of a volcano but whatever. Kiki: I wish you good luck. Matthew: Sweet. It’s time to go. Actually, before I do, come out into the open room Laura. I need to talk to you before I go. Laura: Ok. See you guys later. Me and Laura left Kiki’s room and stood out in the widened room. Matthew: I know you’re an Elite 4 Member but as you said, you only brought your Lilligant and I’m gonna be going into a volcano mountain. Laura: So what are you saying? Matthew: For the time being, just stay here with Victoria and Kiki. I’m sure they won’t mind being around you. Maybe you can catch up with Kiki or something like that. Laura: Well… I suppose you’re right. Plus, it will be way too hot in there for me. Alright. I’ll wait here for you buddy. Matthew: Haha. Buddy? Laura: What? Is it too soon? Matthew: Naw. Just wasn’t expecting it. That’s all. Laura: Ohh. Well I mean… You’re helping me rescue my sister and all so… Matthew: I get it. Thanks. Laura: You’re welcome. But hey. You should leave and go battle that person. You’re right. I’ll see you later Laura. Laura: Bye Matt. I left the area and completely left the academy but as I was about to head towards Pyrous Mountain, Victoria came running out, yelling to me. Victoria: MATTHEW! Matthew: Ahh! What the hell Victoria! Victoria: Oops. Sorry. I just wanted to wish you good luck. Matthew: And you had to scare me half to death to do that? Victoria: Plus… The student Kiki is talking about… His name is Cal. He was actually once the Fire Type Gym Leader for the Reborn League but he retired for some reason and came here after something bad happened? Matthew: So… A Fire Type user up on a volcanic mountain. How ironic is that? But it does sound tough. Victoria: He’s really strong. And somewhat cute. I mean… I… We both stood there for a couple of moments in awkward silence. Victoria: Anyways… Don’t worry about me and the test. I AM the top student of Apophyll Academy for a reason. When you see him, tell him I said hi alright? Matthew: Sure. I’ll tell him “Victoria said hi and that you’re somewhat cute.” Haha. Victoria whipped around and gave me a death stare. Victoria: If you say ANYTHING like that to him, I will find you and make you regret it. Matthew: I… I was just messing with you… My word… Victoria: Haha. I know Matthew. Good luck. See you later! Victoria turned around and walked back into the academy. I took a deep breath and walked over to Pyrous Mountain. I could already feel the heat coming from the cave as I got nearer. I went inside. It was really, really, REALLY hot in there. I hated it but I needed to pass my test. I started to go up and down the different layers of the mountain. Apparently, there were small holes for the lava to go down to so I could continue going to the top of the mountain. It took a while but I finally was able to do it. When I reached the tunnel at the top of the cave, I dropped to the ground. It was too hot in there but I was so glad to be out. I got up and continued to walk up. I finally reached the top. I looked for Cal. On the other side of the top of the mountain, I could see a figure. I walked over and there was a dude just standing there. He had red hair and all his clothes were mostly red and black. Matthew: Umm… Hi? Cal:… Hi. Can I help you? Matthew: Umm… Kiki sent me up here to battle you. Cal: She did huh? I haven’t had a serious battle since I resigned as Gym Leader. Matthew: Yea. I heard about that. Cal: But even then… I was misguided. Matthew: Umm… Ok? Cal: I had let anger drive and… control me. That’s why I came here. To learn to let go of the rage I felt towards my brother. Everything I’ve ever done… It was just to try and prove myself better than him. You’re challenging the Reborn League now, correct? Matthew: Yes I am. Among doing other things. Cal: Tell me. Have you met a leader named Shelly. Matthew: I have in fact. Why? Cal:… How is she doing? Matthew: Well, she’s a bit- Cal: Timid, right? Matthew: Yea… How’d you know? Cal: It might have been my fault that she is like that. Matthew: What did you do to her?! Cal: I used to keep her around... Watch over her. We connected on some level. We were both always scorned by our brothers as well as our families. Blake… Blake ALWAYS got the attention. He got all the praise for everything. And me? Anything I ever did was just a sloppy second. Matthew (thinking to myself): I got a huge Cain vibe from that sentence. Cal: Back then… I was too full of rage to see he was the source of my anger. But Shelly… She understood. But what she failed to understand is that my anger wasn’t directed, like hers, towards trying to earn his love. 1 time, she said something backwards… It set me off… I reacted terribly and- Matthew: Dude, what did you do to her!? Cal:… I regret hurting her more than anything. Matthew: You’re a piece of shit. Cal: Maybe so but yet, because of it… I was finally able to change. Ahh. Sorry. Look at me, just rambling on. I suppose though being assigned to meditate alone for days on end has that effect on people. I can see claerly now, but the source of my energy… It is exhausted. Foremerly rage but now? What do I have? Matthew: Look, I don’t know what you did to Shelly but now, this is more than a test. This is gonna be revenge for her. Cal: Hmhm. Perhaps I’ll stop talking and find out in this battle with you. After the battle was over, I turned my back to him. I was expecting a harder challenge than that from a former Gym Leader but that was nothing. Matthew: You know, with you being a former Gym Leader, I was expecting a serious and difficult battle. I would have gotten a more serious battle from a Caterpie. Cal: Hehe. I seem to have lost my fire after all. But perhaps it is for the best. I only ever started training Fire types to beat my brother’s Ice. How stupid of me. Matthew: You’re the 1 that said it. Not me. Cal: In any case, you may go and tell Kiki that you defeated me. I’ll be staying up here still. I’ve got things to finish. Er, meditation that is. Matthew: Whatever. I started to walk away. I then remembered that Victoria wanted me to say hello to him. He didn’t deserve it but I decided to be nice for Victoria’s sake. I stopped but didn’t turn around to face him. Matthew: Before I leave… Victoria wanted me to tell you she said hi. Cal: Ahh yes. Her. Well thank you. Matthew: Mhm. I continued my way back into the mountain and went as fast as I could through it to get out at the bottom. I went to the academy and took a rest near the rest station. Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES

Thanks dude. And yea. I feel like we BARELY get to see Laura in the main story so I thought I'd bring her in more like this. Although for right now, they're just friends.

Laura: Well? Where is she?! I stood there in confusion. I didn’t expect to see Laura until it was time to battle the Elite 4. And now she’s here going crazy about what happened to her little sister. But then I thought about it. How does she even know about the orphanage bust out. Matthew: Ok. Whoa whoa. Calm down. How do you even know about the orphans escaping? Laura: It was on the tv. The Doctor said something about a shy girl, a purple haired boy and a person with an Arbok tattoo that kidnapped the people in that orphanage. Matthew: Wait. Kidnapped. What do you mean kidnapped? Laura: The Doctor said that those 3 people came in and kidnapped the orphans there. My sister was part of that group. Where is she?! Tell me this instant. Matthew: Calm down. Look, I remember the day I bumped into you. You said thank Arceus you were leaving that place right? Laura: So what if I was? Matthew: Why would you believe anything the Doctor says whether it’s to the police or to anyone else. He’s lying. Laura: If he’s lying then… What happened to my sister? I could see tears coming from her eyes but she was trying to hold it in. I came over to her and put my hand on her shoulder. Matthew: Hey hey. It’ll be ok. Look, I’ll tell you everything. But we have to walk and talk. What I’m doing right now has to do with your sister and the rest of the orphans. Laura: A-Alright. We started to walk up the stairs that were near the Grand Hall. I looked back and saw Laura wiping her eyes. Matthew: You sure you’re gonna be ok? Laura: Yea. J-Just wiping… Something from my eye. So, what happened at the orphanage? Matthew: Well… This little girl I was put in charge to watch was spotted and the Doctor took her away. Her name was Heather. Laura: Ohh her. We saw that on the news when I was still at the orphanage. They said her dad killed himself. You mean he gave you the responsibility to watch over her? Matthew: Yea… Right before he jumped off the bridge… Laura: Ohh… I’m sorry… I didn’t mean for you to relive that- Matthew: It’s ok. Really. I’ve come to terms with it. I felt something come out and touch my shoulder. I looked over and saw that it was Laura’s hand. I looked at her face. She was so pretty and beautiful looking. It felt nice to have someone trying to comfort you with physical support. But I was so enticed by this, I tripped over a rock and almost fell over. When I caught my balance, I could hear snickering from behind me. A cute snickering. I looked back and it was Laura laughing. Matthew: So that made you laugh huh? Laura: Haha. Ohh. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be rude. Matthew: Haha. It’s ok. If it’s funny, you laugh. Don’t hold it in. Laura: Well… If you say so. Haha. So that Heather girl got taken into the orphanage huh? Matthew: Yea. Me and my friends weren’t gonna stand for it. We knew there was something bad about him. So, we decided we’d storm in and get her back. Laura: Wait. Just her? Matthew: Naw. I was in there before any of this happened. I promised myself I’d find a way to get them all out of there whenever a chance came. And it did. Laura: Ohh. Well thank you for considering my sister and the others. Matthew: It’s no problem. So we rushed in and they offered to help. By the way, your younger sister, Charlotte right, told me about you. Laura: So then… You know what position I’m in in the Reborn League? Matthew: I sure do. And I must say that’s pretty awesome. We turned a corner heading down to the Coral Ward. I looked up to the sky. It wasn’t too bad looking. Looked better than how the rest of the wards did. Laura looked up too. Laura: What are you looking at? Matthew: Just enjoying the view up there. Laura: Hmm. It does look nice actually. Matthew: I know right? It’s beautiful. I never really appreciated the things outside til I came here. Laura: Really? I always love the stuff outside. Mostly my garden back at home. Matthew: Your home. Isn’t that somewhere in the Chrysolia Region? Laura: H-How did you know that? Matthew: Charlotte. Laura: Ohh. That makes sense. So, how helpful were they? Matthew: Pretty helpful to be honest. Especially Charlotte. She burned the Doctor with a cigarette. Laura: Ouch… I hate him but I don’t think even I can do that to another human being. Matthew: Well, I don’t blame her. I think I would have done the same thing. Laura: I don’t like harming other people. Matthew: Sometimes, there’s no other way. But, to be honest, I’m too nervous and afraid to fight someone. So I can see your reasoning too. Laura: I’m the most… Gentle out of my 3 sisters. Matthew: I can see it. Suits you. Laura: Hehe. Thanks. Anyways, what happened after you all escaped? Matthew: Well we we- Agh! As we were walking down the steps, I missed 1 and fell down a couple. Laura went to run over to help me up but I stopped her and got up on my own. Laura: Whoa. Are you ok? Matthew: Yea. I just uhh… Wasn’t paying attention I guess. Laura: You seem like the clumsy type. Matthew: Under certain circumstances, yes. I am. Laura: And those circumstances are…? Matthew:… Let’s stick to the story alright? Laura: Haha. Sure. Matthew: So we were headed to your family’s house but the underground railnet door wouldn’t open. So I was the 1 chosen to go up to Shade’s Gym to beat him for the badge and to have him turn the power back on. Laura: Sounds like you had a lot to do. Matthew: Don’t even get me started. Then, on the screen, I saw Team Meteor come in and well… They took everyone except for my friend. He escaped and is actually doing everything he can to get the stuff ready to rescue everyone right now. We made it to Amaria’s dock shed. Laura looked up and down at it and then back at me. She seemed confused. Laura: Wait. Your friend crossed Azurine Lake to help them? But you said they were captured near a door in the Underground Railnet right? Why didn’t he just follow them? Matthew: Well, to make sure they didn’t take him, he had his Pokemon shake the ground and caused a large crack appear on the ground and a lot of debris got in the way. So now me and my friend need to go get Strength and the badge to use it. Laura: Ohh. Well that makes sense. Sounds like it may take a while though. Matthew: True but we really wanna help free them. At that point, an idea popped into my head. If Laura is part of the Gym Leader, then she should have the appropriate items needed to get through the debris. Matthew: Wait. Laura. You’re part of the Elite 4. Don’t you already have access to Strength. Laura: Yea. Why? Matthew: Why don’t you move the debris out of the way then? We can save them quicker! Laura: I would but I only brought my Lilligant with me and she can’t learn Strength. Matthew: Damnit. “sigh” I suppose we should continue with the 1st plan then. I took the key out and unlocked the door. I opened it up and turned on a light. On the water in front of us was Amaria’s boat. Me and Laura walked up to it and looked at its structure. Laura: Are you sure this is gonna hold up? I heard the water here would damage any boat that went across it thanks to how toxic it was. Matthew: It’s true but as long as we don’t just go everywhere, it won’t get too damaged. Laura: Ohh. I see. I climbed up onto the deck. I looked back at Laura who seemed like she was about to see me off. Matthew: Hey Laura? Laura: Yea? Matthew: Aren’t you gonna come on here? Laura: Uhh… Why would I? Matthew: Well I mean you came all the way down here to find your sister. Might as well join along and help. I mean… As long as you’re not busy. Laura: Ohh… I didn’t know if you’d want me to come along or not. Matthew: What? Of course I would. Come on. We’ll look for the captain’s quarters when you get on. Laura: Captain’s quarters? Matthew: Like wherever they keep the steering wheel or whatever it’s called on a boat. Laura: Ohh. Ok. If you’re fine with it, then I’ll come. Laura came aboard and we started to look around the ship. We both went into the last room we hadn’t explored and that room turned out to be the room where you steer the boat. But this boat was different. Somehow, it had a GPS like tracker on. I put in Apophyll Beach and started the boat. It started to drive on its on to the destination I put in. With nothing else to do, we decided to go into the living quarters and relax. Matthew: Wow. This is the 1st time I’ve ever been on a boat. Let alone a boat that drives itself. Laura: Really? You’ve never been on a boat? Matthew: Nope. Scared to death of deep water. But I’m doing something important so I gotta get over my fear of it. Laura: Aww. That’s great Matthew. I’m proud of you. Matthew: Hehehe. Th-Thanks Laura. Her compliment started to make my ears blush dark red. Laura looked at them and almost started to freak out. Laura: Wh-What’s wrong with you?! Are you ok?! Matthew: Whoa whoa. It’s ok. It’s just whenever I blush, my ears turn that color instead of my cheeks turning red. Laura: Oh… Oh my Arceus. You had me scared. Matthew: Sorry… Laura: It’s ok. Your body is different than mine. It does things differently. But… You were blushing? Why? Matthew: Ohh… Well umm… It’s nothing really. I mean- Laura: Ohh come on. You tripped over a rock. Almost stumbled down the stairs and now your ears. Just spit it out. Haha. Matthew: Well… If you want me to. Look, Laura… You’re a really cute girl and I have feelings for you. I know this isn’t the best time to ask this kind of thing but would you maybe… Wanna be my girl? Laura: Aww Matt. I appreciate the compliments and the affection but I just don’t feel the same. B-But I’d love to be friends with you! Matthew: Yea… Yea that’d be cool. Laura: Good. For the next couple of minutes, we just sat there in the living quarters of the boat in awkward silence. I always messed up on asking out cute girls and this was just another 1 added to the list. Suddenly, a red flashing light started to go on and off. We could hear some noises coming from the front of the ship too. The ship started to rock back and forth a little bit. Me and Laura ran towards the deck. When we got out there, a group of Mareanie and Skrelp were seen coming up onto the ship. Laura somewhat hid behind me. Laura: Wh-What’s going on? Why are they attacking the boat? Matthew: Well the water is toxic and they’re Water and Poison Types. The boat might have bothered them and they’re attacking us now. You got Pokemon right? Laura: I only brought my Lilligant remember? Matthew: It’ll have to do. Go Pistol Pete and Godra Goodra! Laura: Come on out Lilligant! We need your help! All the Pokemon popped out of their PokeBalls and landed onto the deck. They got into their stance for action. Matthew: Pistol Pete, keep firing Water Pulses to blast these Pokemon back into the sea! Godra Goodra, you use Dragon Pulse to do the same thing! Got it?! Clawitzer: Claaawitzer! Sliggoo: Sliggoo Slig! Laura: Alright. Use Quiver Dance 1st Lilligant! Lilligant: Lilligant. Laura: Good! Now that you’re powered up, use Petal Dance to knock these Pokemon back into the water! Lilligant: Lilligant Lill! The Pokemon started to blast the Mareanie and Skrelp back into the water. They were all almost off the boat but we didn’t see a couple of them come up from the side of the ship. When we noticed them, it was too late. A couple of the Skrelps used Hydro Pump on Lilligant, sending it into the air. Then some of the Mareanies uses Venoshock on Lilligant while it was still in the air. The double attacks sent it flying over the ship. Matthew: We need you Jessie! Wrap yourself around the Lilligant and bite onto here so we can pull the both of you back up! I threw the PokeBall and out came Jessie. She did as she was told and flew after the Lilligant, wrapped herself around the Pokemon and bit as hard as she could onto the top of the deck. The Lilligant was hanging over the water. If Jessie couldn’t hold on, then Lilligant would fall into the water. Laura ran over and tried to make sure that my Arbok wouldn’t let go of its grip to the boat. I knew we had to take care of the rest of the Pokemon. Matthew: Alright you 2! Finish them off! Aura Sphere and Dragon Pulse attacks! The 2 Pokemon powered up their attacks and then unleashed them. The 2 big beams bolted towards the remaining Mareanie and Skrelp and blew them away. It also blew away a little bit of the deck away with it but it wasn’t anything to important. Matthew: Thanks you 2. You did a good job. Return! As soon as the 2 Pokemon went inside of their PokeBalls, I ran over to Laura and helped her drag both her Lilligant and my Arbok back onto the boat. Jessie looked tired but I was proud of it. Matthew: Nice job Jessie. You did great. Go inside your PokeBall and rest up. Arbok: Charrrrrbok. Jessie went inside her PokeBall. I rushed over to Laura and her Lilligant. While it was safe from falling into the water, it looked like it took some serious damage from those Pokemon moves. Laura: Do you think it’s gonna be ok? Matthew: It’s definitely taken a beating. I think I saw a healing machine on the boat here. Let’s go look for it. Laura: Alright. Return Lilligant! Lilligant went back into her PokeBall and we both searched for the machine. As we were searching, I could hear Laura starting to sniffle. Matthew: Hey. What’s wrong? Laura: I-I just feel bad that my Lilligant got badly hurt by those Pokemon… I’m part of the Elite 4. They shouldn’t have been able to hurt it like that. Matthew: Hey. No matter what position you’re in or how strong you are, a move can still be hurtful to a Pokemon. Especially when it’s a combined attack. Laura: Plus, I’m just worried about Lilligant. I want it to be ok. Matthew: Don’t worry. It will be. The next room we walked into had the healing machine. Laura jumped up and down with happiness. We ran over and put our Pokemon into the machine so they could all heal. After about a couple of minutes, the healing process was done. I returned my Pokemon back to my belt. Laura took her PokeBall and stared at it. Laura: Come on out Lilligant! Lilligant: Lilli. Laura: Hey Lilligant. Are you ok? Lilligant: Lilli Lilligant! Laura knelt down and hugged her Pokemon friend. Laura: I’m so happy you’re feeling better. Matthew: You’re 1 of the toughest Lilligants I’ve ever seen. You got a pretty special trainer there. Laura looked at me with happy tears in her face and Lilligant gave me a smile. Laura stood up and pointed a PokeBall towards Lilligant. Laura: Alright. Now return Lilligant! Matthew: You really are a good trainer Laura. Laura: Thanks Matthew. Your battling skills are pretty impressive yourself. Matthew: Thanks. A voice started to talk over the speakers of the boat. Neither me or Laura knew the boat had that feature so it freaked us out at 1st. Speakers: WE HAVE ARRIVED AT YOUR DESTINATION: APOPHYLL BEACH. PLEASE ENJOY YOUR VISIT. Matthew: Oh my Arceus that was loud and unexpected. Laura: Tell me about it. Matthew: Well we’re here. We’re gonna get that machine, then get the badge and then help get back your younger sibling and everyone else. Laura: Right! Let’s do this! We walked out of the boat and stepped off of it onto the sand. We stood on the beach looking at our surroundings and where the next place of our adventure would take place. Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES

I woke up and stretched. I was groggy but I knew I didn’t have time to dilly dally to fully wake up. I got my stuff and headed straight to the Underground Railnet. It didn’t make sense for Cain to still be there but I didn’t know where else to go. I made it and explored the cave looking for Cain. As I continued the search, I saw a Victoria pacing where I saw Cain crack the floor to escape. I ran up to her. Matthew: Victoria! Victoria: Matthew! Ohh thank Arceus you’re alright. Matthew: Yea. I saw the whole thing go down. Victoria: What? How? Matthew: In Shade’s Gym or the old power factory or whatever the fuck it is. Shade turned on a screen and I saw everything. Victoria: That’s horrible. But… The only good thing about that is that I don’t have to explain what happened. Matthew: I suppose so. But do you know where Cain went? Victoria: Yea. I ran into him and he told me everything. But since there’s all this debris in the way, no 1 can get through. A Pokemon can move it, but- Matthew: But I need Strength right? Victoria: Yes. But you also need the badge to use it. Matthew: Great… The group is gonna have to settle on being kidnapped for a while it seems like. Victoria: I’m sorry Matthew… Do you remember before? When I told you about Apophyll Academy? It’s on the other side of Azurine Lake. Matthew: Yea. I remember. What about it? Victoria: Well, me sensei there, Kiki, actually has the machine for Strength. Matthew: Really?! Victoria: Mhm. I told Cain and ran off right away. Matthew: I don’t blame him. He really cares for them. As do I. Victoria: I know. I almost forgot. The badge you need to be able to use the move is the Blight Badge, from the Poison Type Gym Leader. Matthew: Aya. Victoria: Yea. Matthew: And I can’t get to her unless Cain gives me the key to the wasteland. Victoria: It’s actually called the Byxbysion Wasteland. Matthew:… Yeeeaaaa. I’m never gonna be able to pronounce that so I’m just gonna stick with the wasteland. Victoria: We need to go with Cain across Azurine Lake! Matthew: Right. If we hurry, we might still be able to catch up to him! Victoria: Go to the Coral Ward! Victoria rushed off ahead of me. I also went as fast as I could. All this running was wearing me out though. So even though I hated doing this, I slowed down and just started walking down there. It took about 15 minutes but I finally got there. I looked out towards the docks and saw a figure standing there in all purple. It was Cain. I ran up to him. Cain: Heyyyy Matthew. Matthew: Thank god you’re still here. Cain: Yea. I would have left sooner but it was late and I didn’t want something to attack me in the middle of the night. So I stayed in the PokeCenter here. Matthew: I had to catch some sleep as well. Cain: I figured. I wondered where you were. Hehehe~ So, I take it you already know what happened? Matthew: Mhm. I saw the whole thing. Cain: Saw it? How? Matthew: Shade showed me in his Gym. Now’s not the time for it. We need to get Strength and your sisters badge to use it. Cain: Mhm. And I plan on doing just that. Matthew: Wait. I forgot. The water is too toxic for Pokemon or boats to cross it. What are we gonna do now? Cain: Hehe. Don’t worry. I can take care of that problem.~ Come on out Muk! Cain raised out his PokeBall and out came his A. Muk. It splashed down in the water and looked like it was enjoying its toxic swim. I remembered the 1st time I was down here and Cain used his A. Grimer at the time to rescue the Popplio. Cain jumped on top of his A. Muk. Matthew: Wait. What about me? Cain: I’m sorry but there’s not enough room for 2 people on my Muk. I’m sure you’ll figure out something. But until then, see ya Matthew! I’m gonna do my best to fix this! And with that, the A. Muk shipped off with Cain on the back of it. I waved goodbye but felt horrible. How was I supposed to help now? I decided to go think on how to help when a door to a dock shed opened up loudly. The noise made my heart jump. Amaria then popped out of it. My eyes widened. Amaria: Ohh hello Matthew! Matthew: Oh my Arceus… You’re alive! She walked over towards me and I grabbed her, giving her a hug. Amaria: Umm… Yea. I’m alive. What’s gotten into you? Matthew: I… I saw something and I thought you were gone and… I’m just glad it didn’t happen. Amaria: Haha. Well good. But I did find something out. Matthew: What’s that? Amaria: I’ve been working with Ame to monitor the pollution in the lake and figure out its sources. Matthew: Do you know where it’s coming from? Amaria: According to the research we’ve done, it seems like almost all of the pollution is coming from 1 place. Blacksteam Factory. It’s in the west Peridot Ward. Matthew: Ohh yea. I think I remember that place… Not a good memory. Amaria: Ohh. Well, I’m sorry for whatever happened to you there. I was about to go there myself and see if I could stop the pollution. Do you wanna come help? Matthew: Well, I can’t do what I wanted to do. Sure. Let’s clean that place out. Amaria: Great! I’ll meet you outside of the factory. See ya in a bit. Amaria took off towards the factory. I followed suit. I didn’t know what was gonna happen there once we got there but I did know 1 thing. Team meteor was definitely behind this. As I got to the factory, I saw Amaria looking out towards the water. Matthew: Hey. Are you ok? Amaria: Yea. Just… I’m upset the water is all toxic. Water is so beautiful you know. Matthew: Well we’re hear to make sure it goes back to the way it was. Amaria: Right. Let’s find a way in! We looked around the building for a way in but there wasn’t any. There was the door right in front of us, but really. What evil organization would just leave a door unlocked or not trap it with stuff? We weren’t gonna take that risk. Amaria then looked up at the rooftop and smiled. She backed up and held out a PokeBall. Amaria: Alright. I think I know how to get in. Come out Deliverance! Matthew: Whoa. A Lapras! Amaria: Alright Deliverance. Use Waterfall and then Ice Beam! Deliverance did as it was told and used Waterfall and Ice Beam. When it finished, a set of icy stairs was formed. It would be tricky walking up them but at least we have a way up. However, the only problem was that it wasn’t at all cold and the sun was out a bit today. Amaria: I know it might be tricky but we gotta hurry before this melts. Thank you Deliverance. Return! Amaria somehow raced right up the icy steps. I didn’t have that much luck. It took me a couple of minutes to get up it but I did. As soon as I got to the top, I jumped onto the roof. The stairs then started to break and soon completely fell to the ground. Amaria helped me up to my feet. Amaria: You alright? Matthew: Yea. Got up here just in time. Amaria: Sure did. Alright. Let’s do this. Me and Amaria walked through a door inside the building. Immediately, we were stopped by 2 Team Meteor Grunts. Team Meteor Grunt: Stop right there! Amaria: Yea no. Come on Matthew! All 4 of us sent out our Pokemon but the battle took less than 10 seconds. Her Deliverance squashed their Golbat as my Pistol Pete obliterated their Lairon. After the battle, 1 grunt staggered back as the other ran away. Matthew: That grunt is prob gonna tell the boss. Amaria: Then let’s move quickly before anymore come! We ran into the room the grunt did but when we emerged, we were in front of a lot of Team Meteor Grunts. Matthew: Looks like we’re outnumbered already. Amaria: Matt… Do you trust me? Matthew: Uhh… Yea. Why wouldn’t I? Amaria: Thank you. Then get ready! Come out Deliverance! Matthew: What are you gonna do! Amaria: Now, use Ice Shard! Matt, run through when the attack lands! Matthew: A-Alright! Deliverance fired off an Ice Shard and separated a couple of the grunts, which gave me the opportunity to run between them and behind them. They closed back up the gap. As I kept going, I could hear what being said between the grunts and Amaria. Team Meteor Grunt: Now you’re in for it! Amaria: You think so huh? Atlantica, help me out! Let’s do this you 2! I turned a corner and could no longer hear anymore voices. I walked down a corridor and saw a room. I went to investigate it but as I did, a man popped out. It was the same man that I meant back when I was trying to rescue Victoria in that cave. Matthew: You… ???: I did not expect us to meet again. That’s a mistake that I’ll be correcting right now. Before I could say anything, the man flipped a switch and the floor beneath me gave out. I fell down to the next floor. Matthew: Ugh. Owww… That was a fall and a half. Urgh. Where am I? I stood up and looked around. I could see some crates that were holding some Pokemon captive. As I continued exploring the area I was in, I noticed a cell. It was then that I realized I was trapped. A Team Meteor Grunt, I presumed was guarding the place, turned around and noticed me. Team Meteor Grunt: Hmm. We have a human in there? Well whatever. Have fun being imprisoned with some of the other Pokemon we’ve stolen. You ain’t going NOWHERE! Matthew: We’ll see about that. Alright, let’s go Pistol Pete! I threw the PokeBall up into the air and out popped the Clawitzer. Matthew: Alright Pistol Pete. I know you’re 1 of my strongest Pokemon on my team. Charge up an Aura Sphere and then fire it. Clawitzer: Clawitzer! Pistol Pete put up its large claw and started charging its Aura Sphere. The Team Meteor Grunt stood there still having a smug look on his face. Team Meteor: Haha. You won’t be able to smash through these bars with that pathetic Pokemon. You’re- Matthew: None of my Pokemon are pathetic! Fire the Aura Sphere! Clawitzer: Claaaawitzer! Pistol Pete fired the Aura Sphere toward the cell bars and obliterated a couple of them. The grunt look surprised and threw out a Pokemon and tried to stop me but was flattened in seconds thanks to Pistol Pete. Before I exited, I looked back to all the Pokemon that were still locked up in the cages. Matthew: Hey. I promise I’ll set you all free someday. With that, I made my way out of the room. I had a couple of battles with some more grunts. I came across a couple of grates that were blocking a path to another doorway. There was a panel next to them. I walked over and pressed the button. The 1 grate went down into the floor, leaving just 1 more standing. I decided to go through the building to try to find the other panel. I found 1 panel but that 1 was to just open the front door of this building. At least now we could get out quick enough if we had to. As I continued to search for the panel, I was searching for Amaria too but I had no luck. At last, I found the panel and pressed the button. I ran back to where the grates used to stand and got prepared for whatever was through that door. I walked through and was met with the man that tried trapping me before and ZEL. zeL: Oh, it-it’s you. You… You probably shouldn’t be here. Matthew: Well neither should you lot but here you are. ???: Hmph! You’re an annoyance. You’ve meddled in our dangerous affairs. However, I have to congratulate you for cutting through my subordinates. Matthew: Hopefully, you don’t think a bit of sweet talking is gonna get me to stopping all of you bad guys. ???: Of course not. You have a reward. Come. Observe. I was a bit hesitate but I didn’t have much choice. I followed the man up to what was another PULSE Machine. Except this time, instead of a Tangrowth, it was a Muk. It looked like it was in pain. zEl: Sir, they already know about the PULSE. It was he who contributed to the destruction of the PULSE-Tangrowth project. Matthew: And don’t forget I did it 3 times. ???: Hmhm. I’m aware. But Matthew, this is slightly different. As you can plainly see, this is a Muk. The machine to which it’s attached to is draining its life force and suffocates its spirit. Matthew: That’s fucked up. ???: To you maybe. Look as its own body just drools into a mere puddle of itself. Matthew: You’re gonna kill it if you keep doing this! I turned my back to the man as I tried to find a way of trying to free the Muk. ???: Haha. Now that your back is turned, Garchomp, Dragon Rush! Execute! Amaria: Atlantica, quickly! Ice Beam! I felt some kind of coldness behind me. I turned around and noticed a frozen Garchomp. I looked at its arm and it was a few inches from my neck. Matthew: O-Oh my… ???: You got lucky. I could have had you out of Team Meteor’s way once and for all. Amaria: Not on my watch! Amaria jumped down from the top of the place she was at. The man returned his Garchomp back to its PokeBall. Amaria: Matthew, are you alright? Matthew: I… I guess… But I was- ???: Hehe. Scared for your life boy? You should be. You chose to meddle with Team Meteors affairs and you are now on our hit list. Amaria: That Muk! I don’t get it. This PULSE Machine floods the lake with poison. Why in the world would you do that? You’re destroying a beautiful lake. You’re making life hard for Reborn City! ???: Precisely. We will do whatever it takes to evacuate the city. If they’re homes are destroyed or they can’t drink water anymore… Matthew: You people are fucking monsters… ???: Shut up boy or I’ll kill you in other ways. Amaria: Leave him alone! You’re awful! ???: Do not judge which you do not understand. We have our motives. If you do not share them, then you are our enemy. Amaria: I’ll never allow you to get away with it! The man looked towards Amaria’s wrist and he grinned. The way he talked also seemed to change. ???: Interesting. Amaria: W-Why did your tone change like that? ???: That Sapphire Bracelet… Amaria: This? It was a gift from Tania. You’re not taking it if that’s what you’re thinking. I’ll fight to the death to protect this! That’s all I needed to hear. I didn’t want someone else dying. I stood up and shouted. Matthew: NO! NO MORE! AHHH! WEHTTAM! ???: What are you shouting about- Wehttam: YeEeEeEeEeEeEeEsSsSsSsSs. I have returned to make sure that this mere vessel does not get DELETED! Amaria: Matthew? What are- Wehttam: Dear Amaria, sweet girl. Please pay attention to the crooked man in front of you. We must not have him trying for another murder of the surprise kind. Amaria: R-Right! ???: Haha. I don’t know what you are trying to pull her Matthew, but it won’t work. Wehttam: I am not pulling a thing evil mortal. You are witnessing a great thing today. Yeeeeaaaa. Amaria: Matthew, try to deactivate the PULSE while I keep this man busy! Wehttam: As you wish. As Wehttam was about to try to destroy the PULSE Machine, ZEL came running out in front of us. Zel: Like hell you will! Wehttam: Ahh yes. You. You are an interesting subject, lifeform known as ZEL. Zel: Urgh! Quick talking like that! It’s annoying! Wehttam: If you do not like the elegance of my voice, that is all on you. zEl: It seems your presence here is unnecessary. Zel: So get the hell out already! Wehttam: Before the fight, I must ask. Is there an entity or another soul inside of your body? zeL: Wha… What? Zel: Shut the hell up! Wehttam: While I will not up the shut, I shall defeat you in WONDEROUS battle! Wehttam: OoOoOoOoOoOhHhHhHh. What a WONDERFUL victory! zeL: Solaris, I-I’m sorry but we couldn’t- Solaris: Useless. Useless as your useless actions. Wehttam: Despite whatever it is you 2 blab on about, the PULSE Machine has been deactivated. Solaris: It’s still too late. The lake is already too far gone. Speaking of gone, there’s no point in staying here. But before I go, a parting gift. Amaria: What do you- Solaris: Tyranitar, use Superpower… On the girl. Before anyone could do anything, the Tyranitar took its fist and jabbed Amaria right in the stomach. Wehttam ran over to her and held her upright as she struggled to catch her breath. Amaria: A-Ah…! Solaris: Team Meteor, retreat! And with that, everyone of Team Meteor retreated. Wehttam stayed in the room keeping Amaria on her feet. Wehttam: Are you alright Amaria? Amaria: Y-Yes. I think so. But… You… What are- Wehttam: In due time, this vessel shall tell you all about me but the time is not now. In fact, I do believe it is time for your friend to return. See you in the future dear Amaria. Amaria: Huh? Wehttam had Amaria lean up against her Lapras. He held his hand over his stomach and just like that, I was back in control of my body. Matthew: Ohh thank Arceus that worked. Amaria, I saw the whole thing! Are you ok? Amaria: Yes but what happened with you? You started talking different and you just became more… Crazy. Matthew: As my other self said, now isn’t the time for that. Amaria: Tru- Ow! Anyways, good job on shutting that thing down. I’M-I’m ok. Just a bit winded, that’s all. The good news is that the water shouldn’t be polluted anymore. Matthew: But didn’t that Solaris dude say it was too late? Amaria: He did but while it is true that a lot’s been ruined, the Water Treatment Center under the city will clear it out. Matthew: Sooo we did good today? Amaria: Ye- Ow! Matthew: Maybe you should just relax for a bit. Amaria: You’re probably right. Deliverance, return! Matthew: You alright Amaria? Amaria: That attack might have hurt a little bit after all… Matthew: Well, if you need help- Amaria: No no. I’ll be fine. But you still need a away to cross the lake don’t you? Matthew: Yea but anything that touches the water will be hurt or destroyed. Amaria: Destroyed yes but only if it’s out there for a long period of time. Matthew: What are you saying? Amaria: Take my boat. Something tells me you need it now more than I’ll ever need it later. Here you go. Matthew: I don’t know what to say. Amaria: Just take down Team Meteor for me. Matthew: Where are you gonna go to. Amaria: Me? I think I’m just gonna go back home and rest for a while. Matthew: Where’s that at? Amaria: It’s up in the Aventurine Region, north of Reborn City. If you’re ever in the area, please drop by! Tania is probably waiting for me… Hehehe.~ And thanks for helping. Matthew: No problem Amaria! And thank you! Bye! Amaria walked slowly out of the room and building. I stood there looking at the key. I could finally go and help Cain free our friends. I walked out of the building. As I was walking, I thought how I was almost beheaded by Solaris’s Garchomp and how Amaria saved me. I felt bad that I didn’t save Amaria but she was a tough girl. I’m sure she’d make it. I was just about to walk past the the Grand Hall when I heard a woman’s voice call out. ???: It’s you! Stop! I turned around to see who it was and to my surprise, it was the woman from before. The woman outside of the Orphanage. It was Laura. Matthew: Wait. I know you. You’re Laura. Laura: How do you know my name? What have you done with my younger sister!? Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES

Haha. Thanks.

Since everyone basically knows about Laura, I shall spoil a little more for everyone. 1. Laura shall be participating in some battles. And I don't mean like me saying "Laura tries to battle so and so but loses" No! You will actually see her battle. Might not be many people but you will see her in action. 2. There is Matthew. There is the soul, the entity that is Wettham. AND... There will be a 3rd version of me... Kind of... It's more like a 2.5 version of me. AND HIS NAME WILL BE!... Either Mattam or Wehhew. Yea. I know. Not exciting names. But, some ideas will be rummaging through your brains! 3. Last but not least, YES! Mattam/Wehhew will also participate in battles in the same way I said Laura would. Sooo yea. Enjoy these announcements!

Lol. Well, it's hard to make a full blown Arbok tattoo in pixelated form. Although, I do have an Arbok tattoo in real life.

Matthew: Hmm. Mmm? Whoa! What the fuck?! Where am I?! I woke up and find myself flying through a dark void. I was completely freaking out. Then I remembered 1 thing. Matthew: Ohh yea. I woke up in a weird place. Wehttam! Where are you? Wehttam: Hello! Welcome! Matthew: Ahh! You scared me! Wehttam: My apologies. Matthew: So why did you have me meet in a lifeless void? Wehttam: Well for 1, this is a dream. And also, doesn’t it feel kind of nice just floating? Matthew: Well I mean… Yea. It does kind of actually. Wehttam: Exactly. It’s relaxing. And I think after the day you’ve had, you need this. Matthew: You know, you’re not wrong. Busting out everyone from the orphanage, those videos, Shade and knowing that most of them got captured again… A lot is weighing on my mind right now. I feel bad for sleeping right now too. But if I don’t, I will mess up and be useless to everyone. Wehttam: Yeeees. I believe you Matthew. Matthew: Hey. Do you have any idea what Shade is or was or… Whatever he is? Wehttam: I tried to figure it out during the battle you 2 had but… I have no clue. He’s nothing like me. That’s for sure though. Matthew: I hope not. That’d be scary thinking that someone that looks like that is sharing their soul inside my body with my soul. Wehttam: No. We souls look more majestic… Or majestically crazy. Matthew: I take it you’re majestically crazy. Wehttam: But of course. Have you not noticed the hair? Matthew: True. -sigh- I just… I don’t know what to do. Wehttam: You will do what you were destined to do Matthew. And whatever it is, it involves those group of people. Matthew: I wish I knew what it was so I can just do it quickly already. Wehttam: Haha. Quite intriguing. Matthew: Hey. I don’t mean to bring up your emotions buuuut… You still miss Florinia? Wehttam: Ohh I do. Her green hair and green clothing. And her smartness. She’s a lovely vessel. I wish my soul was inside of her body. Matthew: Umm… Considering that I’m human and have a more… different mind than yours, that sounded waaaaay weird. Oh my Arceus. Wait. Am I turning into Cain!? Wehttam: Hahaha. It seems that the purple boy who dresses as he feels has rubbed off onto you my dear vessel. Matthew: Ohh shush. He has not! Wehttam: By the way, speaking of feelings and attractions, how do you feel about that Laura person girl? Matthew: She’s beautiful. And pretty strong apparently. She’s part of the Reborn League. Wehttam: That is most WONDEFUL! Matthew: Mhm. I hope 1 day we get to meet again and maybe she’ll… Well… You know. Wehttam: What? Do tell. Matthew: I’m hoping she’ll want to be with me. Wehttam: Ahhhhhh yes. The young man wants her to be his mate. Matthew: I’d rather use the term girlfriend but whatever. Wehttam: Well, I don’t know how that will play out but… Matthew: Wait. Are you about to tell me something about the future!? Like you did with Link when he was a Rowlet! Wehttam: Calm thyself. I shall tell you. Your adventure will continue and shortly, she will join you. Matthew: Seriously? Wehttam: Yes. And it’ll last for a very long time. Matthew: That’s… I can’t… Wow… That’s gonna be awesome! Wehttam: Hehe. Yes my child but do try to control your excitement. Matthew: Sorry. Just… I can’t believe it. Wehttam: Well, you do deserve happiness. Matthew: Don’t you think you do too? Wehttam: I am flattered that you care about me but alas. As I am just a soul, an entity, I cannot commit to a, as you humans call it, relationship. Matthew: Damn… That seriously sucks. Wehttam: I shall be alright my friend. You have a chance though. The 1 you have chosen is a beautiful vessel. Matthew: Thanks man. Wehttam: No problem. Ahh. It is almost your time to be WOKEN! Matthew:… You mean I’m gonna wake up. Wehttam: YeEeEeEeEeEeEeEs! Matthew: Wow. This feels like a short sleep. But alright. I hope to see you again soon. Wehttam: As do I to you. Matthew: Umm… Wait. How do I lay down if I’m just floating? Wehttam: The air is your floor. Just close your eyes and you shall return to the real world. Matthew: Ohh. Well alright. Later Wehttam! Wehttam: I shall see you at another TIME! Yeeeessss! I closed my eyes and shortly after, I was fast asleep. WEHTTAM RATINGS

I walked out of the tunnel and headed up towards Beryl Bridge. Not only was I going up there to get the power back on so we could escape but I was also going for my 4th Gym Badge. I’d be lying though if I said I wasn’t afraid. Not scared of for my life scared but just really frightened. It didn’t help that no 1 even offered to come with me when I asked. Ohh well. I had a mission to do. Actually 2. Before getting up there, I decided to do some training with my Pokemon. In about an hour, I got done with my training in the Jasper Ward and continued. I finally made it to the old power plant. I stood in front of the door. I stared through the glass to try to see if there was anything in there. The only thing I could see were grates blocking the path forward and 1 of those computers capable of talking to Ame. I walked in and walked up to the computer and pressed the button. Ame’s face appeared on screen which lit up a little bit of the room. Ame: Hey Matthew. How are you… Why is it so dark where you are? Matthew: I’m in the old power plant that’s across the Beryl Bridge. Ame: Ohh! So that must mean you’re gonna face Shade. Matthew: Yea… Any pointers? Ame: Well, the building there is all messed up. The lights flicker on and off as I can see right now. That will power his Ghost and Electric attacks. But if you can mess with them, then it won’t do a thing. But besides that, just hit him hard. I’m sure you’ll do great Matthew. Matthew: Before you go, I wanna ask you something. Ame: Sure. What is it? Matthew: Is Shade even a human? Ame:… Good luck Matt! Bye! Matthew: Wait! You didn’t- The computer shut off and I was back in the complete darkness again. She didn’t give me an answer. Well time to find away to get these grates down. There were 2 rooms to go into. I decided to go through the right 1 1st. I didn’t know where I was going or what I was supposed to do. As I walked around, I could faintly see a panel. I didn’t know what else to do so I pressed the button on it. A light above me came on and the screen in front of me turned on. I watched as a woman, wearing something close to what Victoria wears, turned around and was beheaded by a Garchomp. The screen then went to black. I was horrified to what I just saw. Matthew (thinking out loud): What the… What the fuck did I just watch? Did Shade do that? Or… I gotta continue. I continued walking around the room when I came across another panel. I took a deep breath and pressed the button on it. Just like before, the lights came on and a video started to play on the screen. Amaria appeared on screen. This got my heart pumping. It had been a long time since I last saw her. I was worried something might have happened to her. As I continued to watch, I could see a red haired woman come up behind Amaria and push her off of a ledge. At least, that’s what it looked like to me. The screen went to black. I leaned over the panel with my hands on my head. Matthew (thinking out loud): No way… Is she dead? Amaria is dead? No. This can’t be real can it? I… This is so fucked up! I stood up and walked away. I couldn’t see any other panels or anything else in the room so I went back to the main room. As I entered, I noticed that some of the grates were gone. But there were at least 2 left. That meant that those panels were connected to those grates. Which meant I had to find the other 2 and watch more horrific videos. I entered the left room and searched for more panels. I eventually found 1. I pushed the button and the video began. A girl in weird clothing came up on screen. She was just standing there. The clothes she was wearing closely resembled something of that to Team Meteor. Suddenly, the screen started to turn white and a loud explosion happened. When the screen went back to normal, the girl literally crumbled into pieces. I was horrified but it didn’t freak me out that much. If this girl was truly part of Team Meteor, then it was 1 less person to be dealing with. I continued my search for the last panel. I finally found it. I pressed the button and looked up in shock and horror as Corey appeared on the screen. It was like someone had plugged something into my brain, recorded this moment and then somehow got it onto a tape. Corey stood on the bridge, turned around and fell to his death. The screen turned off. I stood there with tears swelling up in my eyes. Matthew (thinking out loud): Corey… I’m sorry… I’m trying my best to protect your daughter but it just seems like I keep fucking up… Wherever you are… Do your best to keep an eye on her when I can’t… I wiped the tears away from my eyes. As I was about to walk away, Godra Goodra popped out of its PokeBall. The gooey little dragon looked up at me and noticed my puffy, red eyes. Goomy: Goomy Goom? Matthew: I’m alright Godra Goodra. I’m just… Memories popped back up and they’re just not good. Goomy: Goomy… We both looked up at each other and then Godra Goodra jumped up into my arms. I hugged it as it nuzzled me. Matthew: Thank you Godra Goodra. Goomy: Goomy Goom! I continued to hug it until I started to see a bright flash. I looked at my Goomy and saw that it was lighting up and changing form. I put it on the ground and watched as my Goomy evolved into a Sliggoo. Matthew: Godra Goodra… This is amazing! The light faded out and right before me was my newly evolved Sliggoo. I knelt beside it and gave it a hug as it snuggled my head. Matthew: Did you evolve to make me feel better? Sliggoo: Sliggoo Slig! Matthew: You’re such a good friend. Thank you. Sliggoo: Sliggoo! I stood back up and returned Godra Goodra back to its PokeBall. I couldn’t believe that 1 of my Pokemon evolved just to make me feel better. I felt confidence going through my body. I was ready for whatever was gonna happen next. I walked back to the main room and the rest of the grates were gone. I started to walk up the path. Eventually, I could see the outline of a shadow. It was Shade. I walked up to him. Matthew: Alright. I’m not too sure what you have to do with all the stuff I’ve seen but I’m here to get my badge and to turn the power back on. Ready to go down? Shade didn’t say a thing. Instead, he floated up above me. He opened his eyes which were red and then smiled the creepiest smile I’ve ever seen in my entire life. This freaked me out for a couple of moments but I regained my composure. The battle then begun. After the battle was done, something floated over towards me. As it got closer, I noticed it was a badge. I took it and put it in my badge case. Then shockingly, Shade spoke. Shade: Omen Badge… Yours… Matthew: Y-Y-Y-You can talk?! Shade: Power? Activate… The lights in the place suddenly came on as if the power plant had never been damaged or something. Shade didn’t seem as scary when in the light. Shade turned to the large screen that was in front of us. Shade: Observe. The screen turned on and the group was there. I saw as the door that was previously closed shot open. Everyone cheered for my success but it didn’t last long. Sirius appeared at the door. Matthew: No! (On screen) Sirius: Greetings, all. This is even more convenient than I expected. (On screen) Charlotte: And just who are you? (On screen) Sirius: That’s of no consequence to you. Grunts! Seize them! Matthew watched helplessly as Team meteor Grunts poured into the tunnel and 1 by 1 kidnapped all the children. Everyone except for Cain. Cain was able to bring out his Nidoking and crack the floor between him and the Meteors before fleeing. (On screen) Team Meteor Grunt: Sir, what do we do? (On screen) Sirius: It’s of no concern to us. He’s not part of our deal. Matthew: Deal? (On screen) Sirius: We’ve got everything we needed. Exactly what the Doctor ordered. The last line felt like it punched me in the stomach before the screen faded to black. Matthew: N-No… The Doctor teamed up with Team Meteor?! Damnit! Shade: So dying souls offer the keys to your gain. Matthew: What do you mean? Shade: Let not them suffer to the poison in vain. Before I could ask him what he was talking about, Shade disappeared. I looked around the room but he didn’t appear before me. I sat there sad about what happened to the group. We just got them out of a bad place and now they’re probably in a worse place. Another factor that I was beginning to realize is that I was getting horribly tired. I knew it was a bad time to get a couple of Z’s while the group was captured but I’d be more useful and resourceful if I was wide awake and alert than sleepy as hell and in a not caring mood. So, I made my way to the Beryl Gym and used Corey’s bed once again to get some much needed sleep. Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES

She's gonna be important to him/me. She was going to show up in Episode 20 but I think it'd make more sense for her to come in Episode 21.

I shall. Just got done with the next Episode. Now to write it up. Should be up later today or at night.

Ohh. I'm sorry that happened to you. Well I'm glad you feel better now.

Lol. Maybe but if someone was constantly talking to me in my head, I don't think I'd be able to make this story for everyone.

Thanks a lot! And yes it is. Except for the other soul inside me. That is purely just for this. xD Well... At least I don't think I have another soul inside of me. o.O

In the Chrysolia Region in a fancy looking place, Laura was walking around the house. It had been a long time since she was last inside it. She just got out of the orphanage place. She was worried about her younger sister, Charlotte, and the twins, Anna and Noel, being in there. But her sister was 1 tough cookie so she figured she’d be fine in there. She decided to plant some flowers in the garden but it had to be in eights for some reason. After planting flowers in the garden, she decided to tidy up the house. It had been a while since anyone was inside it and it was somewhat dirty. She cleaned every inch of the house but felt satisfied when it was all finished. By the time she got done, it was nighttime. Laura decided that she’d go watch a little tv before going to sleep. She turned on the tv and started to flick through the channels. She landed on the news channel but as soon as she was about to switch it, a news report came across the screen saying “Orphans Escaped With Help Of Criminals.” Laura was horrified. Laura: Wha… What happened? I hope Charlotte is ok. She turned the volume up on the tv. A TV crew turned the camera towards Dr. Sigmund and a police officer. Dr. Sigmund: Yes. 1 was wearing mostly all purple. It was a boy dressed up like a girl basically. The other 1 had purple hair and wore mostly like a forest like colored shirt. She seemed somewhat scared to talk to me or anyone for that matter. The last 1 was heavyset and had an Arbok tattoo on his arm. He seemed like the leader of the 3. Laura watched on in horror. But the way they described the last person. She remembered a person like that. Yes. It was that young man she bumped into the other day when she was finally able to leave. She paid attention back to the tv. Police Officer: Can you give us anymore details? Dr. Sigmund: All I know is that those orphans that were tricked into leaving. They need to be saved and brought back. The culprits are responsible for this! I hope when they get captured, they get the worse kind of punishment by the law. Police Officer: Alright sir. Thank you for the information you’ve given us. Dr. Sigmund: My pleasure. And please… Please find them. News Reporter: Well there you have it folks. We’ll be back with more information as this story unfolds. Laura turned the tv off. She knew how the Doctor was. She was still scared about the group that had basically “tricked” them into escaping. Laura: Charlotte… Noel… Anna… Don’t worry. I’ll find you. I’ll find all of you. I gotta find that man with the tattoo. I hope he or the others haven’t hurt her or the others. Without hesitation, Laura walked out of the building and journeyed her way back to the Reborn Region. She was going to find out as much info as she could so she could reunite with her little sister and the twins.

Cain was way faster than me. Then again, I am a heavy-set person so it’s obvious he would outrun me. By the time I got to Shelly’s Gym in the Lapis Ward, I was almost out of breath. I stood outside of the gym for a couple of minutes catching my breath. As I did that, I heard yelling coming from within the building and it sounded a lot like Heather. I decided I’d catch my breath inside and make sure no 1 was hurt. I ran upstairs and of course, it was Heather who was yelling. Heather: Ugh! Why do you keep following me?! I just wanna be left alone! Cain: Hey, Hey, I just don’t think it’s good for you to be alone right now. Shelly: I kind of um, I kind of agree with him Heather. I’m really worri- Heather: Hey! Don’t take his side! You’re my friend! Shelly: Ohh… I-I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to… Matthew: I know you’re hurt, confused and scared but I don’t think you should yell at Shelly like that. She’s just being honest with you. Heather: Hmph! Cain: Heather, I know how it feels to be alone. But- Heather: But nothing! PLEASE shut up! You don’t know me at all! You said I needed a friend right? Well guess what! She’s right here. Matthew: Well… I mean she’s not wrong Cain. Heather: Exactly! You’re my friend right Shelly? Shelly: O-Of course… You’re my only friend after all… Matthew: I don’t know about that Shelly. I mean- Heather: See?! Now is that good enough for you? Then leave! Shelly, tell the purple haired guy to go away! And Matthew, if you’re siding with Cain, then you go with him! Shelly: I um… I’m sorry but- Matthew: Look Heather, we just want what’s best for you. I admit that Cain is pushing it a bit much here but I also just wanna make sure you’re ok. Heather: Well I am! So- Cain: You know Heather, most friends don’t boss each other around like that. She seems kind of scared of you. Shelly, would you like Heather to be nicer to you? Shelly: Umm… Y-Yes… Sorry Heather… Heather: Ugh! You’re all ganging up on me! I don’t need this! I’m leaving! Heather pushed both me and Cain out of the way and ran down the stairs out of the building. Everybody looked at each other baffled. Cain: Ffhbuegwyiqfgyoriwqgfyorwgfuag! Come on guys! We got to go after her and make sure she doesn’t hurt herself! Shelly: Umm… Wait for me! Matthew: Don’t forget me! Ow! Man I hate running! All of ran out of the building to catch Heather before she did anything that could hurt herself. Luckily though, she didn’t get far. Unfortunately, the reason we caught up to her was because of the Doctor. Matthew (under my breath): No… No. Not him. Not now. Heather: Would you PLEASE just get out of my way?! Dr. Sigmund: Hmph. That is absolutely no way to speak to your elders. Heather: Just shut up and move already! I don’t care what you’re saying! Dr. Sigmund: You seem unusually animous child. Haven’t your parents taught you any manners. Cain: Lay off the girl geezer. Dr. Sigmund: Excuse me but I am not a “geezer.” I am a doctor and I have worked MANY hours to earn that title and in turn, I expect to be addressed appropriately. Cain: Well if you insist. Back off then, Dr. Geezer. Heather: Pfft. Matthew: Did you just giggle at Cain’s joke Heather? Heather: No! I had something stuck in my throat. Cain: You had a giggle stuck in your throat? Heather: Shut up! Dr. Sigmund: While I do HATE to break up your giddy humor, I’m afraid I must. Little girl, where are your parents? Heather: Just shut up about that! Shelly: Her um… They’re um, not here anymore Doctor… My heart dropped as I heard Shelly say those words. I know she didn’t know the Doctor was really a bad dude but I couldn’t help but be a little upset with her by this. I knew what this meant now. He was going to make her live at the orphanage. It maybe the law here for any children without parents to have to live there but I’d rather them just sleep out in the wild or anywhere than stay here. I looked at the Doctor and saw a grin come across his face. Dr. Sigmund: Is that so? Hrm. I see. So, who is now your primary caregiver? Matthew: I-I am! Everyone looked at me with weird looks on their faces. I didn’t know what I was saying but I was trying to save Heather from having to go into that place. Dr. Sigmund: Is that so? Then let me see your paperwork. Matthew: I… I don’t have any. Her father asked me to watch over her right before his death. So- Dr. Sigmund: I see. While it’s sad that he died and asked you to watch over her, unless you have papers that legally say that you’re her caregiver, then she’s still an orphan. My heart dropped even lower. I couldn’t do anything to save her right now. Heather: It doesn’t matter anyways! I don’t NEED anyone! I’m fine all by myself! Dr. Sigmund: Seeing as you have no guardian, I may have a solution for you. You see, I myself run a service for the children of Reborn. I give homes to those who have none. Food, shelter and even many friends, just like yourself. Does that sound nice to you Heather? Heather: I don’t need or want anything from you you creepy old man! Dr. Sigmund: I have no idea why you are being so rude. I am offering you everything you need to get your life back on track. Why do you resist? Heather: Like I called you before, you’re a creep! No girl would ever want to be around you! Matthew (under my breath): She has a point there. Dr. Sigmund: I see. Well, I would say that you leave me with little option. However, it is you who does not have a choice. Cain: What do you mean? Dr. Sigmund: Under Article 4, Section 9- I knew what he was doing. He was gonna read out all this bullshit stuff about how children with no parents were to stay at the orphanage. I didn’t feel like being bored to death listening and I’m sure everyone else felt the same. Matthew: Can you just cut the crap and just tell us you’re gonna take her? For the love of Arceus… Dr. Sigmund: Hmm. If that is what you wish, then so be it. Orderlies? Seize her! The 2 orderlies came up and both grabbed 1 of Heather’s arms. Cain: Hey. No. Not cool. Back off, Dr. Oldguy. Heather: Hey! What are you doing?! Get off of me! Let go of me right now! Dr. Sigmund: Take her to the orphanage. I will be there shortly. And if any of you even think to interfere, we will call the proper authorities which will result in a criminal record and a lawsuit against your name. Now, do have a good day. Dr. Sigmund and the 2 orderlies, with Heather, walked away towards the orphanage. Cain turned towards me with a somewhat disappointed face. Cain: Matt, what was that all about? Matthew: Dude, they were gonna take her regardless. I just… I sped up the process. Cain: Why?! We could have saved her! Matthew: How?! You didn’t even try anything except for calling him Dr. Oldguy! Cain: Do you even care about what happens to her? Matthew: Of course I do. As Cain and I continued to fight, we started to hear someone cry. We turned around and saw that it was Shelly. Shelly (crying): Oh my Arceus… I j-just… Matthew: Yes Shelly. You are 1 of the reasons this happened as well! Shelly turned around and ran back to her Gym. Cain then came up to me and pushed me. Cain: Whoa Matt. Back off. None of us knew the Doctor was bad. Well except for you apparently. Why didn’t you tell us? Matthew: Well for 1, I wasn’t expecting to run into him out here on the streets and 2, what am I supposed to say when we’re RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FUCKING GUY?! Cain: Look, I have no time for this. Do what you want, but I’m gonna go make sure that Shelly is ok. Cain then bolted up to Shelly’s Gym. I stood there for a couple of minutes. I was angry that Heather was taken in by the “Good” Doctor. I didn’t want her hurt anymore than she was right now. And I took it out on the wrong people. I sunk to the ground and sobbed for a bit. But I knew I had to help out somehow. I started to walk back to Shelly’s Gym. I went inside and climbed the stairs. I saw Shelly on her knees crying as Cain was trying to console her. I came up beside them. Cain: Ohh. You’re here. Matthew: Look… I’m sorry. I just… I was just mad that this was happening and I took it out on the wrong people. Cain:… It’s ok. It’s understandable. Matthew: And I’m seriously sorry to you Shelly. Shelly: B-But you’re right… If I hadn’t said anything, he wouldn’t have known that she was… Ohh Arceus… I-I’m so sorry Heather. Cain: You didn’t do anything wrong Shelly. Don’t blame yourself for what that creep does. He’s his own demon. It’s kind of my fault though… I was the 1 who chased her out of here. Matthew: Ohh don’t you start that. Haha. Shelly: She’s g-going to be so mad… I’m s-sorry… I’m such a bad friend… Matthew: No way! You’re an awesome friend! Cain: You were there for here and that’s what matters. ~Til the end I’ll be with you, we’ll go where our dreams come true~ ~All the times that we’ve been through, you’ll always be my best friend~ Shelly: Wh-What? But we only just met a little bit ago… Matthew: Well so did we but I consider you my friend. Cain: Details.~ Point’s the same though. ~Here we are on a new adventure, danger lurks somewhere in the darkness~ ~We are set for surprises, even battle! We’re a team, no 1 better mess with us!~ Matthew: Weird. It’s nighttime which means it’s dark and the 3 of us are here. Shelly: What do you guys mean? Cain: Well we ain’t gonna leave Heather with Dr. Butt now, can we? Matthew: In a matter of 15 minutes, you have given him 3 different names that include the word Doctor… But still. He’s right. Shelly: B-But he said we’d get in trouble. Isn’t that bad. Cain: Yea. You’re probably right. We might be arrested and put in jail… Big trouble. Matthew: If this is supposed to be a pep talk, you’re failing at it. Cain: Ohh shush Matthew~ But I’m willing to risk it all to save Heather. Shelly: Y-Yea… I hope she’s ok. At that moment, the 3 of us heard a shriek. Matthew: What the hell was that?! Shelly: W-Was that… Heather? Cain: We have no time to lose. Come on! The 3 of us ran outside into the now thunderstorm. I hated the rain but now wasn’t the time to complain about the rain. We stood outside the door and talked about what we do before we just tried to ambush them. Suddenly, an idea popped into my mind. Matthew: I have an idea! Cain: What is it? Matthew: There’s 3 orphans in there that seem to be desperate to try to escape that place. I bet if we ask them for help, they will and it’ll make this easier. Shelly: W-Would they help us get Heather? Matthew: They hate this place a lot. I don’t think they’d leave anyone behind that didn’t want to escape as badly as them. So yea. I think they will. Cain: Well, it’s a good of a plan as I think we’ll come up with. Let’s go inside! The 3 of us barged into the door and it opened up. Just like last time, Anna was standing right in front of me. Anna: Hi again Matthew! Cain: I take it you are the 3 kids Matt was talking about? Charlotte: And what exactly did he say about us? Matthew: Chill. I told them that you 3 want to get the hell out of here. Charlotte: Ohh. Well that is true. Shelly: D-Did the Doctor bring in a girl earlier? Anna: The girl with the pink hair? Yep! Charlotte: She was fighting and yelling all the way up to the top floor. Not that that’s surprising or anything. Anna: Anyways, hi new people! I’m Anna! Nice to meet you! Cain: Haha. Hey. I’m Cain. You’re pretty peppy especially since you’re in here. Matthew: She’s a weird 1 but it grows on ya. Noel: She always is. And always when it’s least appropriate. Matthew: Well I think that’s a good thing. Anna: Right Matthew! I think that’s when it’s the most necessary! By the way, that’s my twin brother Noel. Noel: Hi you 2. Shelly: H-Hi. My name’s uhh… Shelly… Charlotte: And I’m Charlotte. Now that introductions are out of the way, what are you 3 doing here? Shelly: W-We’re here to save Heather! Cain: Yea. An orphanage bust out. Matthew: You guys want in? Anna, Noel and Charlotte looked at each other with smiles on their face. It was weird seeing Noel smile. Charlotte: Is that even a question? Of course we wanna get out of here. Shelly: B-But we’re not leaving without Heather! Charlotte: Well duh. Noel: But how can we help? Our Pokemon were confiscated, so you’ll be outnumbered. Charlotte: Alright. I think I can handle a couple of them for ya. Charlotte went into the other room and started yelling at a couple of the orderlies for her cigs. Then we saw them carrying Charlotte into another room and putting her into the Curcuit. Cain: Hey, what’s the Curcuit? Anna: It’s where they put the really bad kids to be alone. Matthew: I don’t there are any really bad kids here. Anna: Ohh. There are. Just not that many. Orderly: Hey! Who’s that in the doorway?! Matthew: Alright. Cain? Shelly? Since we’re the only ones with Pokemon right now, we gotta get through these people. Cain: On it! Shelly: R-Right! 3 orderlies came running up to us as me, Cain and Shelly all squared up to each of them. Orderly: It’s past visiting hours. You’ll have to leave. Cain: Yeeaaa. I don’t really feel like it. Matthew: So we’re gonna have to decline. Shelly: S-Sorry… Orderly: Fine then. We’ll make you leave! Orderlies! Attack! The battles didn’t last long. Can, Shelly and I all came out victorious. All 3 of the orderlies left. 1 came out of nowhere and snatched Shelly away from us. Orderly: Ha! Gotcha! What will you do now?! Matthew: Shelly! Suddenly, a Pokemon popped out from 1 of my PokeBalls. It was Pistol Pete, my Clauncher. Pistol Pete raised up its claw preparing for an attack. Matthew: Pistol Pete? Clauncher: Claunch. Clauncher! Orderly: Ha! Go ahead. Fire off an attack. You’ll only hit your friend here. Shelly: H-Help… Pistol Pete stood there looking at the orderly. It then used Aqua Jet. It moved so fast the orderly didn’t even noticed that it had appeared behind him. Then, it opened its claw up and launched a powerful Water Pulse attack on him, knocking him down thus, letting go of Shelly. Shelly ran over to Pistol Pete and hid behind it. The orderly got back up and looked over at the 2. Orderly: You’ll pay for that! The orderly started to run towards the 2 but stopped in his tracks when he saw Clauncher start to glow and change its form. Everybody in the room watched as Clauncher had evolved into a Clawitzer. Clawitzer: Claw! Clawitzer! Pistol Pete opened its giant claw and an aura could be seen powering up inside. In a matter of seconds, it fired it at the orderly knocking him against the wall, knocking him out. Cain and I ran over to make sure they were both alright. Matthew: Are you ok Shelly? Shelly: S-Scared but I think I’m ok… Thank you Clawitzer… Clawitzer: Claw. Cain: Do you know what attack that was Matthew? Matthew: No idea but it looked awesome. Cain: That was Aura Sphere. Matthew: Wow. You’re amazing. And you deff made a friend out of Shelly. Now, return back to your PokeBall. I grabbed its PokeBall and returned it. We then walked up to the others. Anna: Wow Shelly! You’re really strong! You’re Shelly right? Wanna be friends? Shelly: F-Friends? But I- Anna: I know. I know. You already have a lot of friends but there’s room for 1 more right? Shelly: I-I don’t really have many friends… Anna: What do you mean? Of course you do! Can’t you see all the strings? Shelly: Strings? Anna: Everytime a friendship is made, an invisible thread is tied between the 2 people. Only, unlike everyone else, I can see them! And there are so many around you! Shelly: R-Really? Matthew: Well… I have no clue what she’s talking about but I do believe you have a lot of friends. I consider you my friend. Anna: See? Lots of friends you have! Shelly: Wow… Anna: And now it’s 1 more now that we’re friends! Noel: We don’t have a lot of time left. The other orderlies are probably going to be coming back from locking Charlotte up. Matthew: So what now? Noel: 1 of you need to block the doorway. That way, no matter how many of them there are, they can’t gang up on you. Cain: I’ll do it. And great idea.~ You’re pretty smart kid. Nidoking, you’re up baby! Cain: Matthew & Shelly, you 2 go and try to rescue Heather! Matthew: You got it! Shelly: R-Right! As we were about to head to the upper levels of the building, 2 orderlies rushed in, grabbed Noel and took him upstairs. Matthew: Looks like we got another person to save Shelly. You ready for this? Shelly: I have to save Heather… S-So yes! Matthew: Alright. It’s time to show these guys our awesomeness! We ran up the stairs and instantly had to battle some orderlies. They weren’t hard but I think if I had to do it on my own, it would have been somewhat harder. After defeating a set of orderlies, 1 of them pushed a button on the wall and a grate came down, blocking our path from going up. Shelly: Wh-What do we do now? Matthew: We should head back down. Anna should know something. We ran back downstairs and went straight to Anna. Anna: What’s wrong? Shelly: Th-They blocked off the path to continue upstairs… Anna: What? That’s no good. How do they expect us to rescue anyone if they go and do a thing like that? Matthew: Well they probably don’t… Nevermind. You know any way of getting that out of our way? Anna: Hmm. I believe there is a door openy thingy in the lab in that room right there. Down the hall and to the left. We’re not allowed to go in there. And that’s exactly why I know it’s there. Anna’s quirky attitude made me feel a little bit better in this place. We went into the room and followed her instructions. We had to battle more orderlies but they were no trouble. We got to the panel and pressed the button. We could hear something on the upper floors. When we went to check it out, the steel grate was no longer on the floor. So we continued up. Along the way, we saw Noel being held in a cell. Noel: Hi you 2. Matthew: What the… Why did they put you in here? Noel: For helping you guys I guess. Shelly: Th-That’s not right. Matthew: Don’t worry. We’ll find a way out for you. Noel: By the way, Heather should be upstairs some more. That’s where the Doctor does his “treatments.” Matthew: Alright. Thanks for the tip. We left Noel in the cell and continued upwards. As we headed to the next floor, we ran into an orderly I battled the 1st time I was here. Male Orderly: So it’s you doing all of this Matthew. Matthew: Yea. Problem? Male Orderly: Were you here before just to stake out the place? Matthew: Nope. But seeing as to how the Doctor treats his patients, I’m glad I’m doing this. Female Orderly: We will do all we can to protect the children here of Reborn! Shelly: You call torturing them protection? I think you need to ask yourself who the real bad guy is here… Male Orderly: I’m not allowed to do that. Matthew:… Ok. What? Male Orderly: And you’re not allowed to be here! Leave at once. Matthew: Yeeeaaaa. No. I think we’ll stick to beating you both in a Pokemon battle. After the battle, the 2 orderlies walked backwards to the wall. Male Orderly: This building… This building is full of regrets. I went over to the panel and pressed the button. The cell doors opened but the steel grate didn’t go up. Matthew: Seems like we’re gonna have to ask for more help Shelly. Shelly: Well… The cells are open now… Maybe N-Noel knows something? Matthew: Good idea. Let’s go. We went down and met up with Noel whose cell was now open. Noel: Well it’s great to be free but did you not go get Heather? Shelly: It was blocked off by a steel grate. Noel: Ohh yea. I almost forgot. There should be a spare key for that in the Doctor’s private library. Unfortunately, that’s usually locked up. Matthew: So what now? We’re not gonna give up. Noel: I know. I know. I’m gonna head downstairs. Ask Anna. She might have an idea. The 3 of us quickly went downstairs. When we got to the bottom floor, Anna was sitting near the doorway where Cain used to be. Noel: What happened to Cain? Anna: Oh my Arceus! Cain is so cool! Not only is he not letting any of the orderlies out but he managed to push them back! Matthew: Really? Shelly and I went into the room. Anna was right. Cain had been able to push his way into the room. He was still battling some orderlies but it seemed easy. Charlotte was also in the, as we could only presume, the Curcuit. There was a panel near it. I pushed the button and Charlotte was freed. Charlotte: Wow. You guys are really pulling this off. Cain: Well of course we did.~ You really doubted us? Charlotte: Do you really want me to answer that? Cain: Haha. We’re good. ~Me and my friends are gonna do it right, you’ll never see us run away from a fight~ Charlotte: Jeez. You remind me of Anna. Singing at a time like this? Matthew: Trust me. You get used to it. Cain: Yep. Charlotte: You’re a regular magical princess, aren’t you? Cain: Someday my prince will come and sweep me away! Charlotte, dear, be my prince?! Charlotte: Umm… Yea, as if. Shelly: What is Cain talking about? Matthew: At this point, I have no idea. I’m just going with the flow. Orderly: Damnit! This guy is good… Cain: You don’t know the half of it, but even I have standards. Shelly: Standards for what? Charlotte & Matthew: Ugh! Cain: Now get out of here! The 2 orderlies backed off and then ran down down. Cain returned Nidoking back to its PokeBall. It was obvious that Cain and his ace were drained. Cain: I’m gonna take a little break right now. Matthew: Tag in! Charlotte: Well that’s all good and well, but I still need my cigs. Cain: Really? What a great example you’re setting for the kids. Charlotte: Ohh shush princess. I’m joking. Our PokeBalls are down there. Shelly: O-Oh! Those are important! Are you ready to go Matthew? Matthew: Hell yea! Let’s rescue them. Me and Shelly went south and saw that a steel grate was again blocking our destination. 2 orderlies came rushing up to us and we started the battle. As usual, the battle didn’t last long. When we were done, Charlotte came up to 1 of the orderlies and whispered something into his ears. His eyes widened. He went over to the panel and pushed the button, opening the grate. Charlotte went in and gathered up everyone’s PokeBalls, her cigs and the private office keys. Before she left the room, she came up to Shelly and me and handed us the keys. Charlotte: Go into the room right next to this 1 and keep going straight up. You’ll probably have to battle more orderlies but when you get through them, press the button on the panel and the steel grate will rise up into the ceiling. We’ll be waiting up there. Try not to take too long. Shelly: O-Ok. Charlotte took off. Me and Shelly did as we were told and went to find the Doctor’s room. We found it and unlocked the door. We eventually found the panel and pressed it. We bolted out of there and straight up all the stairs. I was tired as hell when we got to the top but once I caught my breath, I could see the whole scene. Charlotte, Noel and Cain had their Pokemon out as Anna stood next to the table Heather was on. The Doctor was there along with his, I presumed, Electivire. Shelly & Matthew: Heather! Charlotte: And the last guests arrive. Matthew: What are you doing to her? This is insane! Dr. Sigmund: I am in the middle of Heather’s session and you are interrupting it. Charlotte: Well Doc, it’s a party now. What do you think? You got a diagnosis for your situation yet? I think I do. It’s called: Royally fucked! Dr. Sigmund: Very cute Charlotte. We’ll deal with you and your problems during your own session. Matthew: There’s not gonna be another session I’m afraid. Charlotte: Sorry Doctor. I’m afraid you’ve missed the mark. I ain’t the ringleader of this circus. They’re here for the girl. I’m here for revenge. Cain: Revenge? Shelly: L-Let her go now! Matthew: You’re a little bit out-numbered here I’d say. Cain: Yea.. I think you should just probably fold Dr. Geezer.~ Dr. Sigmund: That is true. But ask yourselves this. Is all of this little rescue mission really the best thing for this girl? Anna: It’s better than lighting here up like a Christmas Tree! Now let her go ok? Shelly: Umm… Please let her go? Charlotte had her Ninetails move out of the way as she walked over to the Doctor with a sinister look on her face. Everyone looked on at her as she took a puff of her cigarette and blew the smoke into the Doctors face. Charlotte: Let her go Doctor. Dr. Sigmund: Or what? Charlotte: Or this! Charlotte took her lit cigarette and held it against the Doctors skin, leaving a burn mark on him. He screamed in surprised pain and jumped back. Cain: Whoa… You didn’t have to burn the guy. Charlotte: This jackass has done worse to me and my sisters. Don’t you DARE feel sorry for what I just did to him. Matthew: Hey. Go for it some more. But can we just grab Heather and get the heck out of here? Dr. Sigmund: Enough. If you want the girl, take her. Have it your way. The Electivire let go of Heather freeing her. She jumped down off the table. But she didn’t seem right. Cain: Oh thank Arceus. Are you ok Heather? Heather:… Dr. Sigmund: By the way, I have already taken the liberty of contacting the authorities about this little incident. You will all be shortly arrested. Cain: Well, we got Heather. So in that case, let’s get out of here pronto. Anna: Let’s go! Everyone rushed down the stairs with me being the last 1. When I got to the bottom floor, I was out of breath but Anna was still there. Anna: Come on Matt! We’re gonna go to the Underground Railnet. We’ll meet you there! Matthew: O-Ok!… See you… All there then! Anna ran out of the building as did I. It stopped raining when I went out there so that was a good plus for me. I went as fast as I could to go to where Anna said everyone was going to. I finally made it with everyone. Charlotte turned towards me. Charlotte: Finally. You made it. Matthew: Hey. I’m not in the best of shapes right now. Charlotte: So look, we need a plan. The police are gonna be looking for us. They probably know we’re gonna try to escape the city. So they’ll have all the exits blocked. But luckily for us, this tunnel runs underneath the city and comes out right in the Chrysolia region. And my sisters have a house there. We can lay low there until everything here calms down. Matthew: Sweet. Let’s go. Everyone started to walk towards the destination. We got to a panel and a closed door. Charlotte went over to the panel and tried to activate it to make the door open but nothing was working. Charlotte: Damnit! This stupid thing won’t turn on! The only way through is to use this computer and it won’t even turn on. Matthew: Fuck. What now? What do we do now? Noel: Calm down. We’ll think of something. Cain: What’s it for anyway? Shelly: I-I think I know… I think it’s the basement of the old Yureyu Building. I think I read somewhere that they used to use it to import resources via the rail, so they had it run right through their headquarters. The used to be the economic center of reborn, but then… Ummm… Matthew: But then what? Anna: That’s when the earthquakes happened! Shelly: Yea. They were hit so hard that they had to close. Matthew: Jeez. That’s just horrible. Shelly: They also managed the city’s electricity… So that went down too. Cain: Ohh yea. The entire city shut down when that happened. Thank Arceus for Ame though. She restored it. Noel: So the problem is that it won’t open because it’s probably still hooked up to the old power plant. Matthew: Ugh. It just seems like anytime we get somewhere, something else comes up in our path. Anna: Wait. The old power plant? Wait a second! That’s where Mr. Shadow lives! Matthew: Mr. Shadow? Wait a a minute… You don’t mean- Anna: Shade! I bet if someone went up there and asked him to turn it back on, he would! Shelly: Is… Is he even umm… human? Anna: I don’t know. But he’s really super nice though! Matthew: How do you know?! Noel: He never speaks Anna. Anna: I just do. Ohh yea! Matt, you’re taking part of the Reborn League right? Matthew: Yea but I don’t think this is the time to be thinking about badges. Anna: I do. Shade is a Reborn Gym Leader. My heart felt like it stopped and my whole body turned white. That thing, that demon, was a Gym Leader? That had to be a mistake. Matthew: You’re… You’re kidding right? Anna: Nope! You should go up to the old power plant and ask him to turn the power back on and then fight him. Matthew:… Are you sure about this? Cain: Isn’t that place across from the Beryl Bridge? Anna: Mhm. I’ll have Nostra tell him to unlock the door. So go quickly ok?~ Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES

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