Zed and Raina looked in shock at the once beautiful town. No one was anywhere to be seen. ?Umbreon and Leafeon retreated back to their Poke-balls, most likely to escape the horrible sight. Zed then remembered something: His friend, Lyra, lived here. In a hope that his friend was alive, he called her number on his XTransceiver. His heart nearly stopped when ringing came from the house on his left. He and Raina ran over and started moving rubble to find Lyra. When they found her, she wasn't breathing. Zed cried out in despair that Lyra had died. She had been his childhood friend, and even helped him out multiple times. Raina, afraid her brother was going to do something horrible, tried comforting him.
"Zed, I'm really sorry, but who was she? Please, I need to know..."
"She was my friend. She cared for me when i was sad. She saved my life, Raina. Her name, was Lyra." Zed replied.
Raina hugged her brother, sharing his pain.
A few hours later, Zed had calmed down. They had continued digging through the rubble, and found a Poke-ball. it still worked. When Zed opened it, he was surprised to see Lyra's Marill. When Marill saw what had happened to Lyra, she had reacted extremely similar to Zed. Umbreon had come back out to help translate what Marill told Zed. "She says that she wants to travel with you Zed, to take revenge on the people who did this to her trainer." Umbreon translated, "She also said while the town was attacked, Lyra had told her to find you if she didn't make it." Zed looked at the little water mouse Pokemon, and held out his hand in welcoming. "Welcome to the team, Marill. I wish it could have been over happier circumstances, but now we have to find where those guys headed. Lyra was like a sister to me, and if something happens to one of us, we will take our revenge." Zed looked down, remembering what had happened to Drake. "Marill mentioned a region, Zed," Umbreon suddenly told him, "it was the Sinnoh region. Don't we have family there?" Surprised by this fact, Zed nodded. Waking Raina from her nap, carefully as the last time he did she nearly shouted his mind to pieces, he told her where they were headed.
"Okay, Zed, anyways, i would like to see cousin DJ and cousin Gabe again." She said.
"It's Gavin, Raina. If we want to make it in time, we must leave now. Are you up for another trip?"
"Yes, my brother." was her reply.