J-Awesome_One

Anime logic. XD

Taka and Victoria started there walk towards the Underground Railnet. It was an awkward, silence kind of walk. Taka wanted to talk to Victoria but didn’t want to suffer her vocal wrath. So he just kept quiet. By the time they made it to the entrance of the area, the sun was setting and it made the newly renovated area a beautiful looking orange color. Taka was taking a moment enjoy the view. Victoria was annoyed at this but she couldn’t help but enjoy the view too. But she knew those 2 had a mission to do. She walked into the Underground Railnet. Taka noticed this and rushed in after her. As they walked through the tunnel, Taka noticed that there was still a lot of cracks on the ground and the place was still messy. Taka: Hey. Mind if I ask you something? Victoria: What is it…? Taka: They renovated a lot of Reborn but why haven’t they touched this place yet. Victoria: We haven’t gotten around to it. Not like this whole thing happened in a couple of hours. This took days to accomplish. Taka: O-Ohh… I guess that makes sense. Victoria: We will be fixing this place up soon but it’s not a top priority right now. Taka: Right… Gotcha… Can I ask you something else…? Victoria? Victoria stopped at an area where they had to either go up or down. Since they didn’t start the renovation of this place, she knew that they wouldn’t be able to go the short way, which would be going up, to get to their destination. So they had to go down. But she just stood there, looking up towards the blocked off route. Taka was confused on why she was looking up there. Taka: Victoria? Are you ok? Victoria: …That’s when it all started. Taka: When… what all started? Victoria: My Sensei’s untimely… Her untimely… Taka: It’s ok. You don’t have to finish that sentence. I understand. Victoria: Do you really though? Do you know how it feels to lose someone that close to you? Taka: I… I guess I… I don’t know. Victoria: Hmph… Anyways, this is where it all started. Matt came here to see if he could find Cain but I was here instead. Taka: Ahh… I don’t mean to cut off your flashback or whatever this is but shouldn’t we get going to meet up with Arclight? Victoria: Yea… Yea. You’re right. Let’s go. The 2 of them resumed their walk to where they were supposed to meet up with Arclight. Taka felt like Victoria wanted to keep talking about what happened so he told her that if she wanted to talk as they walked, it wouldn’t bother him. She shot him a stare that basically said “I’d talk and walk whether you wanted to hear it or not.” But she sighed and started to tell her tale to the young man. By the time she got to the part where Victoria and Matthew realized Cain never made it to Apophyll, they were in the area where they could reach the Yureyu building. Victoria stopped for she had thought of something. Taka: Why’d you stop? Victoria: You know, I’m curious about something. Taka: What is it? Victoria: How exactly did you and some of the other members of Team Meteor capture Cain? Taka: Ohh. You want to know about that? Victoria: Yea. I always wondered how you did it. Taka: Well… I guess I can tell you. When he came close to the island, I had Chatot use Chatter to distract him and then had my Exeggutor wrap their neck around him and trap him. And then we were able to keep him in that prison. Victoria: Hmm. I see. Taka: I honestly didn’t like doing that though. Victoria: Well you still did it nonetheless. Taka: Yea… I know. Victoria: Well let’s keep going. We’re about halfway there. The 2 of them continued on their way. Victoria was kind of enjoying this time with Taka. She still didn’t trust him however. They finally made it to the area where there were a lot more train tracks on the ground. They made their way to where they were almost to where Arclight was but suddenly, 2 Team Meteor Grunts came from a hole in the wall and blocked their path. Female Meteor Grunt: Ha! You 2 aren’t going anywhere! Victoria: Great! Team Meteor Grunts! Taka: I expected to find them in the building. I shouldn’t be surprised by this though. Male Meteor Grunt: We figured there might have been a chance of someone figuring out that our hideout was here. So we were put here to take care of anyone that came by. Victoria: Wait. If that’s true, then what happened to Arclight? Female Meteor Grunt: Arclight? We didn’t see anyone else come here besides you 2! Taka: You know what. I’m glad you guys are here. Male Meteor Grunt: Ohh yea? Why’s that? Taka: I’ve had an itch to battle some of you Meteor Grunts for a long time now. Think I’ll be able to do that now. Taka grabbed a PokeBall from around his waist and was prepared for a battle. The 2 Team Meteor Grunts didn’t grab their PokeBalls though. Instead, they looked at each other and started to laugh. This confused Taka and infuriated Victoria. Victoria: Urgh! What are you 2 laughing about?! Male Meteor Grunt: You can drop it now Taka. Taka: Huh? Drop what? Female Meteor Grunt: You can drop the act now. You got intel on the enemy. Taka: What?! You know that’s not what I did! Male Meteor Grunt: Seriously, you can drop the act now. I’m sure whatever you go on the enemies will be enough for us to defeat them so we can achieve our goals. Taka: No! Stop the lies! Stop- Victoria: I… knew it! Taka: Huh? No… No! Don’t believe the- ow! Victoria pushed Taka onto the ground in the middle of everyone. She grabbed her PokeBall and called out her Incineroar. Taka knew that Victoria wasn’t going to hurt him at this point but would kill him if he didn’t do something. Taka: Victoria! No! Please don’t listen to them! Victoria: I knew it! I knew we shouldn’t have trusted you! Taka: Please believe me th-… Wait. We? Victoria: Yes…! I was starting to trust you. But just a little bit! But this… this just proves that I should have just stuck to my instincts and kept you away from everyone! Especially Matthew! Taka: Victoria, listen to me! They’re doing this because they want the group to be arguing with each other! Don’t believe them! Victoria: No… No no no. You’re lying! Fire Fang Incineroar! The Pokemon listened to its owners command and attacked Taka. He was able to jump out of the way though. He couldn’t believe that this was happening. After everything that was going on, this was just making everything worse. As this was going on, the 2 Meteor Grunts gave a thumbs up. Taka caught a glimpse of this. Then, Taka could see something drop from the ceiling and down behind Victoria. It was a Team Meteor Admin and a Bisharp. Victoria was so focused on trying to kill Taka that she didn’t notice them. Taka: Ohh no… Victoria! Behind you! Victoria: Ha! Nice try but I’m not an idiot! I’m not gonna fall for something like that! Taka: I’m serious! Look behind you! Victoria: Shut up Taka! Taka: Victoria! Team Meteor Admin: Too bad you didn’t listen to him. Otherwise you might have lived! Bisharp, stab the girl in the heart! Night Slash! Victoria: What?! Victoria turned around to see who it was but by the time she turned around, the Bisharp was almost right on top of her. She closed her eyes, waiting for the worse to happen. The noise of something sharp slashing through human flesh could be heard. But Victoria wasn’t the 1 that go impaled. She opened her eyes and could see that Taka had jumped in front of the Pokemon and had taken the attack. Luckily for him though, the Bisharp only impaled through his shoulder. But Victoria could see the pain on his face. She was shocked to see him look back at her though and speak. Taka: Ahah… Ar-Are you ok Victoria? Victoria: T… Taka?! What did… What did you just- Taka: I’ve t-told you… I’m not wi-with them… Ohh Arceus that hurts. Urgh. Team Meteor Admin: Fool. He protected a person who was trying to kill him. How stupid can you get. Taka: I-I’m not stupid. But yes… I did protect her… I protected h-her life… I view her as a friend… Urgh… Victoria couldn’t believe what she was hearing. This person that she viewed as an enemy and thought was still apart of an organization that she despised just used his own body to protect her from leaving to the afterlife. All he ever did was try to be nice to her and she was nothing but rude and mean towards him. She knew at this point that he was truly not with Team Meteor any longer. Victoria: Taka… I’m sorry. Taka: It’s-It’s ok Victoria… Victoria: It’s not though. I- Team Meteor Admin: Ohh for the love of- Shut up! Prepare to die! Both of you! Victoria: Right. We’ll have a moment later. Right now, I gotta take care of these 3. Taka: D-Don’t think you’re gonna have all the fun here V-Victoria… Victoria: Huh? Taka looked towards the Bisharp. He somehow had the strength to push off of the Pokemon and get the sword like arm out of his shoulder. Blood started to pour from his shoulder. He still somehow had the strength to grab his PokeBall and called out his Chatot. Victoria was amazed at how he was still able to move after suffering a devastating attack. Taka commanded his Chatot to use Heat Wave while Victoria had her Incineroar use Flare Blitz. The Heat Wave attack swirled around Incineroar as it ran towards the 2 Team Meteor Grunts. The attack powered up its Flare Blitz attack and instantly knocked them out. The Incineroar quickly turned around and attacked the Bisharp and Meteor Admin, knocking them out as well. Victoria then tied them all up and put them back into the hole they were hiding in before their attempted ambush. She then went over to Taka and tended to his wound. Victoria: Alright. Now try to hold still Taka. This might hurt a bit. Taka: Ahh! Urgh! Man that really hurts! Victoria: But you wouldn’t have been in this position if it wasn’t for me… Taka: D-Don’t start the whole “I’m to blame for you being hurt” th-thing… Ow… Victoria: But- Taka: But nothing. I knew you wouldn’t trust me from the start. But that’s why I-I didn’t give up on- Ooo! Ahh! Victoria: Sorry. Taka: It’s ok. But that’s why I didn’t give up on trying to earn your trust. Victoria: Taka… Thank you… Taka: N-No probelm… It’s what friends do right? Victoria: Heh… Matthew really did help you a lot didn’t he? Taka: Ohh he r-really did… Honestly, even though I’ve only been with him for ab-about a couple of days… I kind of feel like he’s an-an older brother to me… Victoria: Well then you have a pretty great big brother. Taka: Heh… I do… Victoria finished patching up Taka the best she could. The bleeding had stopped but Taka’s shoulder was in deep pain. Victoria helped him up to his feet. Victoria looked at Taka but this time, instead of seeing hatred and contempt in her eyes, he could see a kind and kindred look in her eyes. He knew that she trusted him now. The 2 ventured into the next area so they could finally begin their mission of taking down Team Meteor.

Well tbh, you can't totally blame her. Team Meteor invaded Apophyll and then someone from that team killed her sensei. Being the son of the person who did that wouldn't be easy to get along with. But yes. It is saddening.

Taka and I made it out of the Grand Hall. He was worried about me being by myself because I wasn’t all that good but I was determined to do this. He finally gave up trying to help me get everyone and went off towards the Beryl Ward to go look for Victoria. I went off towards the North Obsidia Ward to go to the club to see if Arclight was there. It took a bit for me to get there. A couple of times, I had to stop and take a quick rest because of my broken ribs rubbing up against each other from walking so much. But I pressed on, getting through the pain. Luckily for me, when I got there, Arclight was already outside the building. When he saw me, he waved me over. Arclight: Matt! It’s been a while. You look… terrible. Matthew: Heh… I wish I-it was just looks. I feel terrible too… Arclight: What happened to you? Matthew: I took a full f-frontal attack from a Tyranitar. I have some broken ribs and a bad headache. Arclight: Damn man. That’s rough. I can’t believe you’re even up and about right now. Matthew: I honestly should have someone with me while I walk around but- Ow! Ohh my sides. Ugh. I-I’m stubborn. Arclight: So what are you doing dragging your broken body up here? Matthew: Ame wants you to meet up with her and the others a-at the Grand Hall. Arclight: Ohh. She does huh? I have a pretty good idea what this is about actually. Matthew: Y-You do…? She hasn’t told me or my buddy anything yet… Arclight: Should have there earlier but I ended up getting pretty involved in the city’s business after Adrienn asked me to throw a tag out for xem on the broadcasts. Matthew: Adrienn? Yo-You’re telling me xe’s behind this and n-not Ame? Arclight: Well Ame’s helping out a lot but most of this is Adrienn’s doing. Matthew: -thinking to myself- Heh. I guess xe was able to fix up this city like xe said xe was gonna do. Arclight: Thanks to xem’s idea of having me broadcast that out, we had been able to recruit a lot of volunteers that way… though some of them just wanted to meet me. Matthew: W-Well you can’t blame them I guess… Arclight: So not too long ago, I got a call-in tip from a listener about… Well it was about Team Meteor. I know. I know. Big shock. Matthew: S-So is that what Ame what’s everyone to meet up about? Arclight: I assume so. I’m gonna get going. Matthew: A-Alright Arclight. I’ll see… you… Arclight: Matt? You doing alright man? Matthew: Yea… J-Just a… bit… win- -falls onto the ground barely conscious- Arclight: Matt! I had fallen to the ground in front of Arclight completely exhausted from the pain and the headache. I could hear Arclight calling me but I didn’t know what to do or where I was. I felt lost. I could feel someone reach onto my belt and call out some of my Pokemon. Then I felt someone pick me up and place me on something. It felt familiar. Whatever I was on was taking me somewhere. It was actually my Stantler that Arclight called out and had put me on its back to help carry me back to the Grand Hall. When we got to the front of the Grand Hall, Arclight yelled out to Ame to come outside. As Ame came running out, she was shocked to see me almost totally knocked out on a Stantler. Ame: What?! What happened to him?! Arclight: I’m guessing his injuries made him pass out from the pain he was feeling. Ame: Ugh. I told him that he shouldn’t have gone out. At least not by himself. Arclight: I’m betting he’s really mad about this right now. Ame: Probably. Did he tell you anything though? Arclight: Yea. He told me you were calling the team here. But I’m gonna head on ahead and clear out the area. Ame: Alright. You basically know everything about this anyways. Just be careful. Arclight: I will be. Ame: Actually, can you do me a quick favor before you leave? Arclight: What is it? Ame: Would you go to the Coral Ward and tell Adrienn to come to the Grand Hall? Arclight: You got it Ame. Make sure Matt here gets rest. I know you wanted to use him in this plan of yours but right now… he’s not in a good way. Ame: Yea… I know. Thank you again Arclight. Arclight: Right. See you in a bit Ame. Arclight started to head to the Coral Ward to talk to Adrienn. Ame was leading Stantler to the Grand Hall so she could tend to my injuries with the help of Nurse Joy. Meanwhile, Taka was in the Beryl Ward looking for Victoria. He was used how the ward looked all destroyed and distorted. This place now looked beautiful and so much better than the last time he was there. He remembered the last time he was there, he actually teamed up with that weird person ZEL to take on Matthew. He was glad he was able to defeat them both. Taka had looked all over the Ward but couldn’t locate her. He decided to go look at the Beryl Cemetery just so he searched the whole area. As soon as he entered the area, he recognized the dress she always wore. She was standing in front of a headstone. He headed up to her. Taka: Uhh… Hey Victoria… Victoria: Hmm? Who’s… there… Taka: Victoria? Victoria: W-Wait… You’re… Victoria noticed right away who Taka was. The last time those 2 had met, it was on top of Pyrous Mountain and Taka’s father, Sirius, used his Garchomp to kill Kiki. Victoria had rage all in her eyes. It took him a couple of seconds but Taka realized what was going on and backed up a bit trying to calm the tension down. Taka: Ok. Whoa whoa. I get that have some hatred toward me and my father and I understand that- Victoria: Anger?! I’m furious! You’re damn father killed my beloved Sensei! And now you’re here?! Planning on attacking the new Reborn Region?! Well I’ll NEVER let you Meteor jerks mess up this region again! Come on! Taka: Hey! I’m not here to do anything to Reborn! Victoria: Lies! You’re part of Team Meteor! I don’t know why you people want to destroy this region but it won’t work! Taka: Victoria, I swear to you I’m telling the truth! Victoria: I could never trust Meteor scum like you! Taka: J-Just listen! I came here because- Victoria: I will never listen to the likes of you! My teacher is dead! She’s dead because of Team Meteor! Taka: I’m seriously sorry about your teacher! I didn’t know my dad would do that! If it means anything, I was against that! Victoria: Well you sure did a lot to try to stop it or at least show any kind of remorse! Taka: I… It’s just… Victoria: What is it?! Taka: …It was hard speaking up against my father. There could have been dire consequences if I did but thanks to Matthew- Victoria: Wait… Matthew? What about Matthew? What did you do to him?! Taka: Nothing! He’s fine. Well… he’s still here at least. Victoria: What are you talking about?! What’s going on?! Why are you even here?! Taka: The other day, my dad, along with Team Meteor, tried to take something away from Matthew and his friends. They were able to stop them but not before my dad injured Matthew. Victoria: Injure him…? Let me guess. You did nothing about it that time too. Taka: No! I jumped in and defended Matthew and… well everyone there! I battled my dad and now I’m with Matthew and everyone else that’s fighting against Team Meteor. Victoria: So what you’re telling me is that you have turned against Team Meteor and joining with us? Taka: Yes. Victoria: …I’m sorry but I just can’t trust you. There’s a reason you’re “siding” with us? What is it? Is it to gather intel on us and report back to your father? Taka: No. I’m serious. I’m not with them anymore. If it wasn’t for Matthew… Victoria: The way you talk about Matthew… You make it sound like he’s the most important person in your life right now. Taka: He is. You don’t know how grateful I am to him for helping me find the light and to get the guts to not only stand up to my father but leave Team Meteor. If it wasn’t for him, I’d still be apart of that organization and maybe even… Well I don’t want to think about it but I owe everything to Matthew. Victoria: I… I still don’t trust you but I won’t fight you. For now. Taka: I’ll take it. Victoria: What are you doing here anyways? Taka: Ame sent me here to get you. Victoria: Wait. Ame sent you? Taka: Yes. She’s trusting me for right now. She’s letting me help out with whatever she has planned with everyone else. Victoria: Everyone else? Who’s all going to be there? Taka: Me, you, Matt, a guy named Arclight and some Adrienn person. Victoria: I see. Well… I guess I should head down to the Grand Hall then… I suppose you can tag along if you want. Taka: I would love to- Victoria: But understand this. I still don’t trust you. 1 false move or if I even think you’re about to betray us, I will hold nothing back and kill you. Taka: Uhh… I-I… Victoria: The fact that Matthew and Ame have some kind of trust in your is the only reason I’m even tolerating you around me. Taka: Uhh… Yes. I get it. Victoria: Good. Let’s get going then. Victoria started to walk out of the cemetery back to the Grand Hall. The whole confrontation with her had left Taka a little bit scared but he realized that a lot of people would probably have that same reaction because of his former affiliation with Team Meteor. He waited for Victoria to be a couple of feet away from him and started to follow behind her. Meanwhile in the Coral Ward, Adrienn was near xyr’s now fully fixed Gym, giving some instructions to the volunteers. Arclight came over towards xem to talk. Before they talked though, Adrienn finished talking to the volunteers and sent them on their way. Xe then turned his attention towards Arclight. Adrienn: Sorry about that Arclight. I apologize for making you wait like that. I’d like to thank you again for broadcasting about the renovation. We’ve gotten more people to help out. Arclight: No problem man. Glad I was able to help out. Adrienn: So what brings you down here? Arclight: Ame’s wanting to meet everyone up at the Grand Hall. Adrienn: Ahh. So is this what I think it means then? Arclight: Probably. Adrienn: Alright. Would you like to accompany me back to the Grand Hall? Arclight: I would but I’m gonna get a little head start. I’m gonna clear some of them out in the front. Adrienn: Alright. Be careful. Arclight: Ohh. Before I forget, Matt’s back too. Adrienn: He is? Arclight: Yes but he’s not looking so good. Adrienn: What’s happened to him? I’m not too sure but he collapsed when he came to get me. I brought him back to the Grand Hall so he can rest up. He’s supposed to join with us on this too but… Adrienn: I see. I shall go there right away then to see him and Ame. See you in a bit Arclight. Arclight: Later man. Arclight walked away from Adrienn and out of the Coral Ward. Adrienn got himself prepared quickly and then left for the Grand Hall. When he made it there, he walked inside. He looked towards the PokeCenter part of the building and could see a bed, Ame, Victoria and Taka standing around it. He walked up to it and saw that I was in the bed. I felt very weak and hurt and tired. My eyes were barely open. Adrienn: Ohh my! Ame: Ahh. You’ve finally gotten here Adrienn. Victoria: Hey there. Taka: Uhh… Hi. Adrienn: What’s happened to him? Ame: Well in the condition he’s in, he can’t really move much unless he wants to pass out again. Victoria: Yea. And it was this “ex” Team Meteor member’s father’s fault. Adrienn: Wait. Ex Team Meteor member? He used to work for Team Meteor!? Victoria: Yes. That’s what he said. I don’t completely trust him about that though. Matthew: G-Guys… Please… D-Don’t fight am-mongst… yourselves… Ame: Matt, you really shouldn’t try to speak. That won’t help with your recovery. Taka: You have all of these tubes attached to him. What’s that gonna do? Ame: Well it’ll heal him way faster than normal. He should be up around the nighttime. Adrienn: What happened to him anyways? Taka: My father… attacked him viciously with his Pokemon. Adrienn: Then your father will be dealt with when we meet. Victoria: I second that motion. Taka: I do too. Victoria: Mhm… Adrienn: So Ame, I assume that you’ve assembled us here to finally get storm the Team Meteor base that’s here in the city? Ame: Yes. It’s time to put that plan into action. Victoria: Wait. There’s a Team Meteor base somewhere in the city?! Taka: W-Wait. Is that true? Ame: I’m afraid it is. But since you’re here, I thought maybe you’d be able to tell us something about that? Taka: I would if I could but this is the 1st time I’m hearing about this. Victoria: Hmph. This isn’t helping your case of gaining our trust. Taka: I-I’m being honest! I don’t know anything about it! Adrienn: Well that’s a bit disappointing. Do we at least know where it is? Ame: It’s the Devon Corporation building. Adrienn: I figured as much. Victoria: How did you know that? Adrienn: I’ve been inside almost every building in this city but the Devon Corporation building barely lets you walk in the front room. Victoria: I suppose you’re right. The storefront looks shifty for what’s supposed to be an international company. Taka: So what are we doing? What’s the plan? Ame: Well, from what Saphira has told me, the leader is being hidden there. Victoria: Solaris… I’ll pay him back for what he did! Taka: Father? Ame: No. It’s not him. It’s Lin. Taka: L-Lin?! Ame: Yes. I take it her name doesn’t sound pleasant to you? Taka: I’ve only ever met her once but… it wasn’t a calm situation. Ame: Well that’s more than enough to confirm what Saphira said. Adrienn: Which is what? Ame: We can’t take any chances with her. And that’s why I need all of you. And I’m going too. Adrienn: Ohh? That’s surprising. I thought you were going to be staying on the sidelines? Ame: It’s true that Anna asked me to do that originally… Matthew: -thinking to myself- Wait. Anna asked Ame to stay out of this? Why would she do that? Ame: But at this point, if we can end all of this now, I’ll do whatever it takes. Besides, I wouldn’t be doing the right thing as the Champion of this region now would I? Matthew & Taka: WHAT?! Taka and I couldn’t believe what we just heard Ame said. The shock of hearing that had made me shot straight up in bed. Which wasn’t a good thing because that severely hurt my ribs and my head. But the shock of hearing Ame being the Champion of Reborn had cancelled out some of the pain. Matthew: Ow! Son of a- FUCK! Y-You’re the Champion?! Ame: Matt! You shouldn’t be- Matthew: J-J-Just answer my question! Ame: Yes! I’m the Champion! Wait. You mean you didn’t know? Matthew: No I d-didn’t! Ame: Ohh… Well I guess it’s not that surprising. It’s not something I like to just toss around or brag about. Taka: I… can’t believe it though. Ame: Well of course. I mean to be honest, it should be obvious. I did restart this League after all. Who do you think runs the trial runs for Leaders? Matthew: That’s… Th-That’s… Oogh… -slumps back down onto the bed- Taka: Matt! Are you ok? Ame: I think we should try to avoid more shockers like that around him. Adrienn: You need to rest for now Matthew. Victoria: Yea. I don’t like seeing you like this buddy. Ame: Anyways, that Champion stuff isn’t really important right now. Taka: Right. The plan. What is it? Ame: Well I’ve already talked this over with Arclight. Here’s the details. The main level is probably fairly secure, even if they don’t want to be seen. So we’re going to take a pincer movement with 1 group in the front and another approaching from the basement level which connects to the Railnet. We’ll rendezvous in the middle and tackle the upper floors together. Any questions? Adrienn: Yes. How are the groups decided? Ame: Well that’s somewhat… complicated. Victoria: Why’s that? Ame: Well I was planning on me and Adrienn taking the storefront. We would pretend to be there on city restoration business, as to not make us look suspicious. Then I was gonna have Matt, Victoria and Arclight come up under and behind them. Adrienn: But with Matthew like this… I see the dilemma now. Matthew: I-I can still do this… Ame: Are you crazy?! You can barely move right now! I would say that you won’t be able to move about on your own til we get back during the nighttime. Matthew: B-But Ame- Ame: No buts Matt. I appreciate that you want to contribute to this plan but I’d be putting you into danger and I can’t risk that. Victoria: So what do we do now? I mean I’m sure me and Arclight can still do this. Ame: Maybe… But I’d feel better about a 3 man team down there. Taka: W-Well… what about me? Adrienn, Ame and Victoria looked at the young man. They didn’t ever consider having him being apart of this. Victoria seemed like she was against this but Adrienn and Ame seemed alright with this idea at the very least. Ame: Hmm… Adrienn: I mean that could work. Victoria: Wait a minute. You’re not seriously considering this are you? Ame: Well it would make me feel better. Adrienn: And I’m sure he’s a strong trainer. Ame: And if what he said about defeating his father is true, he’d definitely be a good replacement for Matthew. Victoria: Ok. Look, I don’t mind him being here keeping an eye on Matthew to make sure he doesn’t do anything stupid but you’re thinking about letting an “ex” Team Meteor member go into a TEAM METEOR base and being around them and potentially telling them anything about us? ESPECIALLY Matt? Taka: Victoria, I don’t know what else to do to prove to you that I’m no longer apart of that team. But I promise you that you won’t be disappointed if you let me come with you. Victoria: I’m sorry but I- Ame: Fine. You’ll be joining Victoria and Arclight, Taka. Victoria: What!? Ame: Look, if he betrays us, we’ll deal with him then but… right now, we need him. Victoria: Are you kidding me?! What about asking 1 of the Gym Leaders?! Adrienn: They wouldn’t be able to get here to do this mission in time. We don’t have the time to wait for anyone. We need to do this now. Victoria looked at Ame and then back at Taka. She didn’t want the possibility of him betraying them and then giving them some kind of info about us over. She then looked over to me. I slightly nodded my head yes and gave a very weak but understandable thumbs up. She sighed and looked back to Taka. Victoria: Fine. You’re with us. But DO NOT try anything! Taka: I won’t. You’ll see. Adrienn: Great! If we all work together, we can show them what we’re made of and end this once and for all! Victoria: And I’ll show them the same mercy they showed Kiki… Ame: Then we’re set. We shouldn’t waste anymore time. Victoria: I’m sorry you can’t come with us Matthew. But you’ll be fine by the time we come back! Adrienn: Indeed. There’s something I would like to talk to you about when we get back from this too. Ame: Make sure you stay here and rest Matthew. I swear if I see you in there, you’ll be in trouble. Taka: Matthew, I promise to do my best to help out your friends and to take down Team Meteor. You can count on me. Matthew: I-I know I… can buddy… Kick some m-major ass out there… for me… At that point, I was too weak and tired to stay awake and immediately passed out to sleep. Ame, Adrienn, Victoria and Taka exited the Grand Hall and started to make there respective ways to the Devon Corporation building. Ame and Adrienn went the above ground way while Taka and Victoria took the Railnet to meet up with Arclight in the underground. Their mission was just about to begin. Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES

Thanks. I'm hoping to get another episode up this week. Work makes this slower than I'd like it to go but ohh well. that's life.

Taka’s and my Gliscors landed on Route 1 near the rear of the Grand Gates. I luckily was able to keep myself still on my Gliscor despite being in immense pain. We returned our Pokemon back to our PokeBalls and slowly walked into the Grand Gates. We could immediately tell that this place had been cleaned up and fixed. Taka and I both looked around the area. Taka: So… they’re really fixing this place up huh? Matthew: Wow… I-I’ve only ever seen Reborn in a state of ruin. I remember how this place looked when I 1st came here… I-It’s totally fixed up… This is awesome! Taka: I’m glad they were able to fix this place up. Team Meteor has really been doing bad stuff to get everyone out. Now maybe things will finally turn in our favor. Matthew: Yea. I hope so t-too… Taka: Come on Matt! Let’s see how it looks on the other side of the Grand Gates! Matthew: R-Right behind you Taka! Taka ran out of the Grand Gates as I sluggishly followed suit. When we came out on the other side, we were astounded at what we were seeing. The whole area was fixed up. I remembered when Team Meteor blew a huge whole in the staircase in front of us but now it was all patched up. The roads near the bottom of the stairs were all fixed up. No holes or cracks were to be seen. The buildings were also all fixed up. Taka and I stared on in awe. Matthew: This… This is… Taka: This is better than when Team Meteor started messing up the region… Matthew: It looks better? Taka: Well to me yes. Matthew: W-Well… I’m just glad it’s starting to finally change now. In a good way. Taka: I never thought this region would ever look this beautiful ever again. Matthew: Me neither… Taka: What ward is this anyways? Matthew: Umm… I think this is the North Obsidian Ward. Taka: This is incredible. I still can’t believe what I’m seeing. Matthew: Yea… I wish we could see the other wards but we should get going. Taka: Where are we even going anyways? Matthew: We’re gonna go to the Grand Hall. Taka: O-Ohh… Matthew: What is it? Taka: It’s… It’s nothing. Matthew: Well… ok then. Let’s go. The 2 of us started to walk to the Grand Hall. As we slowly walked down, we looked around the place. Everything indeed had been fixed. A lot more nature had been implemented into the areas now. A lot more flowers and trees could be seen. We started to walk down the steps that were near the Grand Hall. When we made it down the steps, we walked up to the front of the building. We stared up at the newly modeled building. It was fascinating. Matthew: Wo- Ow! Damn that hurts. But this place… It’s so different from when I last was here. Taka: Yea. It’s definitely different. Matthew: Well let’s go. I started to walk towards the door of the Grand Hall but when I got up to it, I noticed that Taka hadn’t moved. He was staring at the ground. He seemed a little hesitant about going inside. Matthew: T-Taka… What’s wrong? Taka: Ame… She’s in there right? Matthew: Yea. We’re gonna go speak to her. Taka: Should I really be going in there? Matthew: Of course you should. Why shouldn’t you? Taka: I used to be apart of Team Meteor Matt. I doubt the head of the entire league challenge and the region would want me to be in the building with her, let alone still in the region. Matthew: Taka, you’re thinking too much into this. Yes. You were apart of Team Meteor. And yes. Admittedly, you did do some bad things. But you’ve got out of that life. You’re no longer apart of it. Plus you’re with me dude! Taka: I’m not sure man. Maybe I should just stay out here. Matthew: N-No man. You gotta come inside. You got this. Everything will be ok. Taka: Erm… Well… I guess I can. Matthew: Good. Everything will be ok. I promise. Taka: Ok… Ok. I believe you Matt. Let’s go inside. The 2 of us went up to the doors and went inside the Grand Hall. The inside hadn’t really changed much but to be honest, it didn’t really need to be fixed up. It looked great when I 1st came to this region and it still looked great right now. We walked up to the counter. We could see Ame standing there talking to some people on the other side of the counter. Matthew: Hey Ame. W-What’s up? Ame: -turns around- Ohh Matt! You’re… here… Taka: Uhh… Hey? Ame: I’ll… get back to you 2. Ame turned back to the people behind the counter and finished their conversation. But I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. She was talking about Laura’s resignation and how apparently Bennett was now in the Elite 4. After that, she turned around to us but didn’t seem to have a happy expression on her face. Ame: Matthew, did you bring in this Meteor Grunt for questioning? Taka: I’m not… Umm… Matthew: No. He’s here helping me. Ame: Wait. Helping you? Matthew: Yes. He’s quit Team Meteor and has decided to help us to fight against him. Ame: Hmm… How can you trust him? How can you trust any Meteor member? Matthew: Listen, I know how it sounds but- Taka: No. I got this. I understand that it’s not easy to trust me. I USED to be part of Team Meteor. But thanks to Matthew here, I’ve opened my eyes and realized that what they were doing was wrong and I didn’t want to be apart of it. So please… From me to you, please trust me. Ame looked at Taka with a serious look on her face. Taka also had a serious look on his face. I didn’t know what was gonna happen here. Would Ame be alright with this and let him continue helping us or would she not trust him and throw him in the slammer? They looked at each other for a good minute at least. As this intense stare off was happening, I could feel my legs weakening. My leg crumbled but as I went falling to the ground, Taka grabbed onto me and helped me stay up on my feet. Taka: Whoa! You ok there? Matthew: Y-Yea… I guess I’m still more hurt than I thought I was. Heh… Ame: Hmm… Alright. I trust you. Taka: Huh? Ame: I think if you were still a Team Meteor Member, you wouldn’t even look at Matthew as he was falling to the ground. Taka: I told you and of course I care about him. He’s a really good friend of mine. I owe him everything. Matthew: And I still owe you for fending off your dad from trying to kill me. Ame: Wait. Your dad tried to kill Matt? Taka: Yea. He’s kind of the reason Matt’s so messed up right now… Ame: Well thank you for keeping him alive. Taka: -chuckles lightly- No problem. Ame: Alright. Now that that’s all settled, I would appreciate if you 2 could help me. Matthew: S-Sure but with what? Ame: Well the important thing is… Well before I explain, I think we should bring everyone here. This might take all of us. Taka: Who exactly is all of us? Ame: Adrienn, Victoria and DJ Arclight. They’re taking care of various things around the city. Matthew: T-Then all we gotta do is go find them right? Ame: Well yes but I don’t really know where they’re at right now. Taka: Well drat. Where do we start then? Matthew: I- Ow! Ugh. Ame: Matt, are you sure you should be moving so much? I knew you were in pain when we talked over the computer for your battle against Ciel but I didn’t know it was this bad. Matthew: No no. I… I can do this. I know where Arclight and Adrienn should be. Arclight should be at that Club place and Adrienn is probably at his Gym. Probably already all fixed up and stuff though. Taka: What about that Victoria girl? Ame: Well last time I talked to her, she was helping out restoring the Beryl Ward. She might be there. Matthew: Alright. I’ll go to Arclight and Adrienn and you go to Victoria Taka. Taka: Wait. We’re gonna split up? Matthew: Y-Yea. It’ll save more time. Ame: But Matt, you’re really hurt right now. You should really- Matthew: N-No no. I can do this. Ame: So stubborn. Alright. Fine. When you find them, tell them to come back here. I’ll be waiting for you all to come back. Matthew: A-Alright. Let’s go Taka. Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES

SO! A little update here. Well... more like a little spoiler. In about I wanna say 2 to 5 episodes, I shall be replaced for a small bit in 1 of the upcoming huge events that takes place in the story. But I guess you'll never guess who. And if you do... Well good for you! I'm really hoping to get the next episode out at least late this Saturday but if not, I will do my best to get it up sometime next week. So stay tuned for when that happens.