A/N: Heya! I am back! You might be wondering why I am working on two stories, and the answer is that they are the same…somehow. Seeing that I have as many egoshippers as pokeshippers as readers, I've decided to continue the story in two simultaneous fics that branch out from "Wanted." If you are an egoshipper, you should read "Outlaw." If you are a pokeshipper, you should read "Unbreakable." If you are a double-shipper like me, catch up with both :) Both fics take place after the last chapter of "Wanted" and might cross at some point, but they are generally their own individual story. As happy as readers might be with this, this double writing also entitles that I will take longer to update because I won't update unless I have the corresponding chapter to each story. All or nothing, that's what I say! Anyway, I hope you enjoy either or, or both stories, and that they are good enough for you to stick to the end. Thank you for following me here. I wish you happy reading!

Outlaw

Chapter 1: OMG SOS

Beep…beep…beep…

"How are they doing?"

Beep…beep…beep…

"Waterflower is delicate. Oak is stable. They were close to dying, though. But that should be the least of their worries…"

"I know! I heard the news too…"

"They are just kids…"

"It's so sad…"

Beep…beep……….beep…

"Waterflower's vital signals are collapsing again. Call Doctor Blake!"

Beep…………..beep……….

"She needs to go into the ER…now!"

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeep…………………

Gary's body was completely relaxed and warm under the soft and smooth blankets of the beds of Cerulean hospital. He slowly moved the fingers on his right hand, only to feel the pull back of the IV line in him. He flinched. He then moved his left hand aiming to reach the edge of the bed and felt the coldness of the metal grip that surrounded the left side of the bed, making him shiver for a quick instant. He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled through his mouth though the exhaling quickly turned into a yawn. The anesthetic was still present in his body, and it made him tingle all around.

"Where am I?"

He opened and closed his eyes slowly several times, allowing his sight to adjust to the lack of light in the room. He looked around and saw a similar view of the four walls that had hosted Misty three times in the past six months. He wondered how in God's Earth he had ended up here. Hospitals were a Misty thing to do, not a Gary thing to do.

"Where's Misty?"

He moved his head to his left and saw a closed curtain. There was no light coming inside the room, suggesting it was pretty late at night. There were no other noises but the beeping machines inside the room and the sound of his own breathing. He took another deep breath. The silence and calm around him was almost… frightening.

"What am I doing here?" Paranoia was beginning to sink in.

A small light began illuminating the middle of the room, forcing Gary turn to his right to find the source of the brightness that broke into the darkness that currently surrounded him. He saw the light belonged to a small artifact on the edge of the make-believe nightstand in between his bed and the empty one next to him. It was his cell phone.

He slowly turned to his right, using his right arm to hold his weight as he used his left hand to reach the phone. He returned to his resting position and read the cover of his cell phone.

"50 NEW MSG"

Gary raised his eyebrows. He flipped open his phone and read the last message received.

GT DA FUCK OUTTA DER NAO! DEI R COMIN 4U! B. Gall

Gary cleared the screen only to realize today's date: it was Wednesday; two days after he was supposed to leave for Indigo Plateau to present his final report on the Gym. He did not know what had happened to him but he knew being in the hospital was a good reason not to be on time on his research for the League. He had wanted nothing more than to turn in his final report and quit. He was not going to allow Maya to blackmail him anymore; he was tired of the games. He did not care if the League told the world about his little badge incident. At this point, it did not matter to him at all. "Fuck the League."

He opened his cell phone again to read the other messages. He had already seen one; he only had forty-nine to go.

He scrolled down to the very first new message received, and it was dated Friday, 2:06 a.m. It was from his friend Becca Gall as well.

"Dude, r u ok? Did u guys make it?"

Gary frowned, not understanding what she was talking about. He closed that message and began reading the other ones, one after the other. The more he read, the more he remembered what had happened.

"Is Misty ok? Did you guys burn bad?"

"OMG! I heard about the Pokemon! I'm so sorry!"

"Srsly, you are freaking me out! Answer me!"

"Did you guys die?"

"OMFG! The PL! The PL wants to press charges!"

"GARY! DAMMIT! GET OUT!"

Gary read every single text message in his cell phone, and got exasperated at the increasingly aggravating tone Becca had with each passing message. He was slightly more confused than before, but he at least now remembered why he was in the hospital. The Pokemon Gym had burned down. The Pokemon had burned along with it; the only surviving Pokemon where the ones Misty had carried with her. He had saved her life yet again.

Gary saw the huge flames coming out of the Pokemon Gym. The sounds of the sirens drew him crazy. He hated the sound of danger, especially when he knew it was Misty who was in peril. He turned to face Jake who had an awfully big smile on his face. He knew Gary was in pain, and he was enjoying the suffering he felt.

"Oh, well. I guess you didn't get to fuck her either."

Gary's eyes widened at the realization of how low Jake Dragon really was. He felt so naïve at the thought of ever feeling sorry for him, and for his Pokemon loss. Jake was an asshole; as real as they get.

"You should've stayed a little longer like she asked you to. You'd be burning in hell together now."

Gary pressed Jake against the glass wall and punched him on the stomach. How Jake knew what they had talked about before he left was beyond him. He could not ask either. He had something more important that needed to be taken care of. He would just have to come back and hunt him when he was done.

"Someday I'll find your sorry ass and we'll finish this. While that happens, I wanna give you a little something to remember me by."

"What would th— UGHH!"

Jake bent down and got on his knees. The ground in front of him became tainted with red stains coming from him nose, and the trail of blood could be followed on his clothes. Gary had punched him on the face, really hard. Gary stood up in front him, watching as he curled up on the floor and glared at Gary who was walking backwards making his way to the Gym. He held his testicles with his right hand as he pointed down to them with his left hand and spoke. "These are next, fucker."

He gave Jake that prideful smile he was known for before turning around and running as fast as he could towards the Gym, leaving his bags behind. He did not have anything important in them, anyway. He knew Jake would probably take them with him when he recovered from the punches, but he did not care. All he needed was his Pokemon belt, and he never took it off.

Gary's reminiscing was cut off by the sound of squeaky wheels coming from the hall. His heart began pumping faster and the machine's beeping caught up with this. He took deep relaxing breaths to calm himself and prevent the machine from revealing his new current state. He placed his cell phone underneath him as he closed his eyes and became as still as possible. He did not know why he felt the need to hide his consciousness from the world but until he knew he was safe he would not risk losing his only contact with the outside. The beeping slowed down until it had become stable right before the doors were opened by a woman who held the door to a man pushing a gurney inside the room.

The man and woman were nurses and they had paid no heed to Gary's presence. They walked inside, closed the door, and began doing whatever business they had in the room. Gary wanted to open his eyes to see what was happening and find out who his new roommate was, but he remained perfectly still as the sounds of shuffling plastic and caps popping created images in his head. His ears paid closed attention to the sounds of the nurses lifting the other person's body from the gurney and carelessly dropping it on the bed next to him. He heard the Velcro straps being set back to place and the machines being placed back on the person's body.

"Saw the people downstairs?" The female nursed asked.

The male nursed nodded. "Word in the street's that they are police officers from the Pokemon League."

"The League has officers?" Gary thought trying not to become too upset that the machine would give him off.

"I think they're waiting for this girl to wake up to take her away; never liked her anyway. She's an attention whore."

Gary could not help to furrow.

"I wish she was just a whore. I don't believe the other guy was molesting her at the carnival. He musta been her personal fucktor."

"Yup, besides the Oak kid and the Pokemon President's bitch."

"Ketchum, the future Pokemon Master?"

"He won?"

"Not yet, but the Maya chic divided the Master and President positions. The tournament is this weekend, and guess whose name's on the list to participate?"

"The kid she personally trained? No shit! The girl he got pregnant is on it too."

"Dawn."

"These kids should get a real job."

"A real job? Shit, if I was dating the future richest man on earth, I'd get pregnant from him too."

"I bet this bitch," he said while pointing at Misty with his chin since his hands were occupied "is banging herself against a wall for dumping him."

"She's not."

"No, that fucker over there," she said as she pointed at Gary "is the one banging her now."

"Motherfu…"

The nurses chuckled. "We oughta hide a camera here and when they wake up and do it on the floor we can record it and make money out of it."

"Porn's not that expensive. Don't ya be cheap and buy some!"

"Like Maya bought him?"

"Who? Oak?"

"My ass she did."

"No, Ketchum."

"Ash would never…"

The nurses laughed. "Ok, Jeff. She's set. Let's get our asses' outta here before they incriminate us too. These kids are in a lot of deep shit."

The nurses gathered their belongings and placed them on the gurney before leaving the room and locking it from the outside. Gary waited until the squeaky gurney could not be heard anymore before carefully opening his eyes. The lights outside the hall turned off and an electric lock sealed the door. They were trapped inside.

Gary took out his cell phone from underneath him and typed a text message for Becca: "I'm awake. What's going on?"

He sent the message and sat on the bed as he waited for a response. His legs felt numbed and slightly unresponsive. If his calculations were correct, he had been in bed for at least five days straight. He needed to get up and walk or his entire body would soon become pretty useless for what he feared was coming. He turned to his left and made sure he tuned down the volume of the machine before he pulled out all the cables stuck to his body. He sat on the edge of the bed and allowed the blood to flow back to his legs by letting them dangle. He was happy to see he still had all four limbs and other than some burns and scars he looked fine.

He began massaging his legs with his hands to indicate his muscles it was time to wake up. As he did so, his face looked up to stare at what he could see of Misty's figure. He did not know how severe her injuries had been but the nurses had practically thrown her on the bed and she did not even moan in pain. For all he knew, Misty could be in a serious coma; yet a coma was better than what he thought would happen to her.

Gary ran to the parking lot of the Gym and saw the yellow tape being placed around the building. Firefighters had begun connecting hoses and the police kept bystanders as far away from danger as possible. The flames that came out from the top of the Gym were as high as ten feet, and the windows and doors were covered by the metal strips. Misty had not disarmed the security after he had left and she was now trapped inside. If Misty died inside it would be his fault.

Gary ran to the closest police officer and was told to leave the premises. He showed his Pokemon League Badge and asked what the status of the incident was. The officer nodded before he responded.

"We are not sure what caused the fired, but there seemed to be four people inside, as well as unknown number of Pokemon trapped. We received a call from the neighbors and not from the inside."

"There are 25 Pokemon in the Gym," Gary began, "and Misty Waterflower was still there when I left about an hour ago."

"Where did you go?"

"My duty was done. I was heading to Indigo Plateau when I saw the firetruck and police heading to the Gym. Why do you say there were four people inside? Misty was the only one there when I left."

"We rescued three of them."

"Misty's sisters?"

"We don't know for certain. There were two women but they died after we took them out, their bodies too burned to identify them by sight. We have an unidentified male heading to the hospital as we speak. He told us there were four people inside."

Gary's heart raced. He looked around him and saw the firefighters aiming water to the top of the Gym while others jumped out the windows followed by flames. Others tried to find another way to go inside the Gym and had begun axing their way in. He looked back as he heard the sound of another firetruck arriving, but his eyes were caught by the scene of the two covered bodies of the women the officer had described on the ground. Misty's sisters were scheduled to arrive today and if they had, they were probably dead by now. On the other hand, it could have been that Misty was one of the burned women and was lying on the ground, dead. Gary wanted to throw up.

"Is there a possibility one of those women is Misty?"

The officer shook his head. "We couldn't tell who they were by their faces, but neither of them had a sign of having red hair. If Miss Waterflower is still alive, she must be inside the Gym. We've check every room we could and the only place we've not been able to check is one upstairs. A code is required to enter and the door is made out of metal. Our firefighters haven't been able to last long enough to take it down."

"That's the office. We kept important paperwork inside it so we installed an electronic lock. Misty could be in there."

"Do you know the code? It could help us save her."

"The code alone won't help you."

"Why not?"

"We need Misty's fingerprint to get in."

Gary's cell phone lit up and he quickly opened it to read the message: "Long story. Legal issues. We're heading there to get you both out. See you in 15."

Gary's head began spinning for the lack of understanding he felt. He did not know what had truly happened after he passed out on the grass. He did not know why the Pokemon League had sent police to the hospital, or why Misty did not wake up after five days of probably being asleep. He did not know what to do or what was really occurring outside, but he knew he could trust Becca and that was all he needed to do now.

Gary grabbed the edge of the seat and placed his feet on the floor. If he had to escape his confinement he needed both legs. He had less than fifteen minutes to get better, grab Misty, and head out. He slowly let go of his bed and shakily began walking towards Misty's bed. He held himself on her bed and seeing her had brought great relief if her current state was not as shocking as it seemed.

"God, Misty…what happened to you?"

Her left eye was shut by what had to be a cruel, strong punch to her face. Her lower lip had signs of inflammation and it was slowly healing the wound that crossed her entire mouth. Her neck showed signs of deep scratching and spots of dead blood within her skin. Her wrists were purple and whatever skin the gown showed was either scratched, burned or bandaged. Whatever had happened to her while she was inside the Gym had not seemed as severe as now.

Gary used his hand to carefully stroke her face as the need to embrace her grew stronger. He did not know if he could hurt her even more with a hug but he was not going to check. His chest began hurting a pain no medicine could cure. "Why does this happen to you?"

Misty did not move an inch. Gary growled. "I'm taking you out of here. I'm not ever leaving you alone again."

Gary looked up and repeated the process of silencing the machines before unhooking Misty from them. He then headed to the door and placed his hand on the knob. The door did not unlock.

"Fuck."

He looked for another key or handle he had to pull or press to unlock the door but it was useless. They were locked inside. Becca could not get them out through the front door.

He walked to Misty and checked she was still breathing and when he reassured himself she was still alive he ran to the window on the other side of the room and examined it. He did not know whether it was his anger, his fear, or his will to get them both out of there that made his legs walk properly again, but he promised them a warm bath when it was all over. He became happy when he realized the window was not locked and was able to open it. He became slightly disappointed when he realized they were on the 15th floor.

"We are fucked."

He looked back and stared at Misty who was still unconscious on her bed, unaware of her fate. He was her only chance to escaping whatever Becca was warning him about. If he let her down, no one else could save her now.

Gary ran back to his cell phone but instead of sending a text message to Becca he decided to make matters faster with a call. He pressed speed-dial three and after two rings he was connected to her.

"Gary, we're almost there. We're parking three blocks away from the hospital to hide our car. We can't let our car out in the open cuz there are police officers on the parking lot of the place."

"B, what's your plan? Fucking door's locked from the outside and the inside. Our only way out is the damned window but we're on the fifteenth floor and Misty's still knocked out."

"Dude, we need to get you out somehow. We know where you're 'cause we've visited you. We got your pokeball belts here with us. The League's looking for'em to confiscate your Pokemon from you, but we took'em on day one."

"Thanks, girl. I love you with all my heart."

"Don't thank me yet. We've got clothes here for ya to change. You can't be walking around with your asses out in the open. The League's waiting for you to wake up to arrest you."

"Arrest me?"

"You both, and soon us too to help outlaws escape."

"I won't say you helped us and Misty's unavailable right now so…"

"We parked. We'll go behind the hospital and you'll be able to see us through the window in about five. Don't call me or you will blow it."

"Ok, bye."

Gary hung up and looked around the room he did not forget anything Becca might have left behind. There were no clothes in the room and nothing that belonged to either of them. He opened the curtain and the window completely to allow light from the moon bright up the room a little before grabbing a chair and placing it under the doorknob. He did not know how the electric lock was programmed but he hoped that if they were caught escaping the chair could buy them some time. He grabbed Misty's medical papers from the clipboard as well as his and kept them in his hand. He did not know anything about medicine but Becca's boyfriend did. If something was wrong with them he would want to know before carelessly hiding Misty in his garage.

"If they get me I don't care. They aren't getting her."

Gary stared at his phone and realized he had one more phone call to make. Becca and her boyfriend could only get them out of the city, but he was not going to let them get in more trouble for them. Misty needed a place to stay while she recovered and could then figure out what exactly was happening before they could plan their come back. He had no money with him and they could not get far away without it. He had to turn to the one person that would save him from situations like this. He grabbed his phone and press speed-dial two.

"Gary! Thank God! How are you? Stay away from here! The League is guarding the mansion."

Gary smiled. It was nice to hear from the old man again.

"Gramps, chill! I'm still in the hospital with Misty. Bryan and Becca are getting us out of here tonight."

"How's Misty? How're you getting out of there? The hospital is being guarded too."

"Misty is…alive. I can't tell you how but we're getting out of here. Don't worry about us, ok? I just wanted to tell you we're alright and…"

"And?"

"I need some money, and a favor from you."

"Of course."

While Gary and Professor Oak discussed the travel arrangements, Becca and Bryan arrived to the scene. Police officers were surrounding the entire building, including the back section of the lot where they had chosen to use for their plan. The intruders hid behind a tree.

"How the hell are we getting pass security? There's 6 of them!"

"Chill, babe. I was expecting this. Call Gary and tell him to look down and tell you how many dogs he sees."

"What?"

"Officers, how many he sees from up there. I'm gonna take care of the ones we see."

"How?"

"Easy, leave it to me. You call Gary ok? I'll be right back."

"But Bryan…"

"Do it!"

Becca nodded and began calling Gary as she saw her boyfriend crawl away from her. He reached to his pokeball belt and grabbed a pokeball. He slowly released the Pokemon inside it and asked it to be quiet.

"Vileplume, see those people over there?"

Vileplume nodded. "I need you to knock out them for me. Use sleep powder but only aiming at them, ok?"

Vileplume nodded again and did as told. In a matter of seconds every single guard in front of them was completely asleep. "Great job, Vileplume. Return."

Becca crawled to him and showed him Gary's belt. "Gary has a plan to get them out of there using that window."

"Alright, we need to hurry up, though. They will be asleep for at most ten minutes. We need to work fast. What's his plan?"

"Where's the bag with their clothes?"

"Here," Bryan said as he pulled out a black bag from his backpack.

"Great."

Becca turned Gary's belt so that the buckle was on her hand and then counted four pokeballs. She grabbed the fourth one and released the Pokemon caught inside it. After a red flash Alakazam was out. "Alakazam, use your telekinetic powers to send this bag to Gary. He is up there, you see him?" Becca pointed up to the window where Gary waved his hands to catch Alakazam's attention. Alakazam nodded and quickly used his powers to lift the bag and deliver it to Gary.

Gary grabbed the bag and tore it apart and began separating his clothes from her clothes. He took a couple of minutes to dress up in blue jeans, black and orange snickers, a white t-shirt and a light orange sweater. He rolled the medical reports and placed them on his back pocket and ran his fingers through his hair to give him his spiked look. He then picked up the bag and Misty's clothes from the floor before heading to her. He did not know how, but he was going to dress up Misty from panties to blouse.

Outside, Becca, Bryan and Alakazam waited patiently as Gary finished his task. One of the officers moved and the trio froze in place. Bryan slowly reached to his belt again and repeated the task with Vileplume. They could not wait much longer. An officer from the front could arrive to the back lot any minute and catch them. Time was running out. "Where are we hiding them after this?" Bryan asked.

"We're not hiding them. Gary wants us to take them to Bill's house. A car's waiting for them there."

"Where are they planning to go?"

"He didn't want to tell me. He doesn't want us to know in case we get interrogated."

"But we won't be able to help them if they need us!"

"I know, I told him. He said he's not putting us in more danger than he already is. If they need us, they'll call us."

Bryan sighed. "I hope he knows what he's doing. If they are caught…"

"Alakazam!"

Bryan and Becca turned to Alakazam who was pointing at the window. Gary was standing behind it with Misty in his arms. "S'bout time you jerk! Alakazam, use your telekinetic powers again to bring them both down."

Alakazam nodded and concentrated. Moving objects was an easy task but having to move his master and a hurt human at the same time was not going to be an easy task. Alakazam's eyes lit as his aura began increasing to begin his job.

Gary felt pressure placed on every inch of his body as it was surrounded and lifted from the floor and slowly were the both of them brought out from the room by Alakazam's powers. Becca and Bryan watched as a trembling and quickly tiring Alakazam had Gary and Misty floating halfway to their destination. Alakazam was on his knees now.

"They aren't gonna make it. This is too much for Alakazam!"

"He needs help or they are gonna fall 60 feet down to their death."

"Bryan, use Golduck."

"Right."

Bryan reached to his belt again and released Golduck. "Golduck, help Alakazam bring Gary and Misty down here to us, now!"

Golduck gave Bryan a thumbs-up before opening his arms and using his own telekinetic powers to aid Alakazam. In a matter of seconds, Gary and Misty safely touched the ground. Alakazam's body fell on the grass, face first. "Alakazam!"

Gary laid Misty on the ground before running to his tired Pokemon. He thanked him before checking up on him and sent him back to his pokeball. He then thanked Golduck before Bryan sent him back to his pokeball as well. Becca ran to Gary and gave him a big hug. "You idiot, I thought you'd die! Next time just do it with Misty and run away together, ok?"

Gary gave her a weak smile. "I'll try."

Bryan sat next to Misty and took out his cell phone to light up her face. He sighed at the realization her face had not changed one bit. "Whatever you're planning to do, we need to do it fast, man. Misty looks bad."

"Ok. Please take us to Bill's. He's waiting for us."

Bryan nodded as he saw Gary reaching over to Misty to carry her. Bryan stopped him and carried her himself. "You need your energy for when we ain't there with you. I'll take her."

"Thanks, man."

Bryan carried Misty and they all sneaked out of the parking lot and headed to their car through dark alleys and hidden streets. Ten minutes later they were inside the car and heading to Bill's house.

Becca handed Gary both belts and he placed both of them around his waist. Bryan was driving, Becca was on the passenger's seat, and Gary was using his lap as a pillow for Misty who was lying on the back seat with him. They all remained quiet until they reached a stop light and Gary pulled out the medical records from his back pocket and handed them to Becca. "Can you tell me how we are, Bryan? I need to know how delicate she is before I take her with me."

Bryan nodded and asked Becca to read the papers to him. They both exchanged words until Bryan told Gary he was alright and could run a marathon in a couple of days. Becca then began reading Misty's medical profile and after a few questions from Bryan he asked her to stop reading.

"Look, Gary. I need you to listen to me and do everything I tell you to do or she will die."

Gary held Misty even closer to him as he nodded and began listening to what Bryan had to say. "I don't know where you're taking her but you need to make sure there is available medical attention just in case she needs it. She's got a lot of burns that need cleansing every couple of days, and her lungs are not working at full capacity yet. Her eye is fine but she obviously doesn't have full function of her sight yet. She has been unconscious for five days so she might not remember shit of what happened when she wakes up and telling her everything that happened right away might upset her heart. Upsetting her heart will upset her breathing and give her an attack. Every night until she wakes up you need to massage her arms and legs so they are not completely useless when she wakes up. Be careful with the bruises so until they are all gone concentrate on her thighs and feet as well as her hands and upper arms."

"Will…will she wake up soon?"

"I'm not sure, but when she does let her speak first."

"Why?"

"She hit her head…hard. She might not remember you."

Gary took a deep breath. This was too much to risk. If he did not watch over her every second until she got completely better, she could end up dead in his arms. "I know…I know you guys are risking your asses here but, would it be better for her if I leave her here?"

Becca looked at Bryan and then at Gary. Bryan could not tell him the news, so he allowed Becca to break it to him. "Gary, you can't stay, neither of you can. The Pokemon League is accusing Misty of negligence, reckless endangerment, animal cruelty and homicide, as well as fraud. They are willing to protect you, but only if…"

"Only if what?"

Becca sighed. "Only if you testify against her. You were her supervisor and you never got the chance to turn in you report. They need your report as evidence to sustain the claims that she was mentally unstable and purposely caused the fire."

"And if I don't testify against her…?"

"They'll prosecute you the same way as her. The League arranged the trial already. She will get put in a mental institution and you will get life in jail without parole."

"But, there is no proof that…"

"It is all arranged; they just needed you two to wake up to arrest you."

"How…how do you know all this?"

"Ash told us."

"You are gonna believe him?"

"We do, and you should too. Ash was the one who rented this car for us so we didn't have to use our real cars and get caught. He wants you both to be safe, even it means not seeing you guys ever again."

"How can you trust him? He…"

"He has no way out, but that doesn't mean he stopped caring for her."

Gary huffed.

"If you don't want to believe him that is fine, but believe us," Bryan said "As soon as they realize you are gone the League will officially press charges, and you will be top of the most-wanted list. Get out and go as far away as you can now before they find out. If you need anything, anything at all, you know where to find us, ok?"

"Ok."

Bryan slowed down the car and saw Bill sitting on his porch. He started the rented car in front of them, and then opened the front doors. Bryan turned off the car and both him and Becca steeped out to help Gary carry Misty to the passenger's seat of their new runaway vehicle.

"Good Lord!" Bill said, "She hasn't recovered one bit?"

"No, but she needs to get outta here anyway. Do you have a first aid kit Gary can use while they are on the road?" Bryan asked.

"Yeah, is back inside. I'll go get it now."

Becca made sure Misty was securely strapped before locking and closing her door. Bill came out of his house and gave Gary the first aid kit and an envelope while Bryan gave Misty a final quick check-up.

"Gary, your grandfather transferred this money here for you. He said it should cover you both for a few months and that if you needed more you can contact me and I will contact him. He knows his lines will be tapped as soon as the League knows you have runaway and if you call him they will track you down. Is there anything else I can do for you, son?"

"No, Bill. Thanks."

Bill smiled at Gary before giving him a huge hug and seeing him get on the car. Gary made sure every door was locked and checked that Misty was securely fastened one last time before turning on the headlights and reversing his way out of Bill's place. Bill, Becca and Bryan watched him wave goodbye before disappearing on the highway.

"I hope those two make it. The League is not what it used to be." Bill said as he saw Bryan approaching them.

Becca nodded as she turned to face her boyfriend with a sad face. "Why didn't you tell him Misty's sisters have been house-arrested in Indigo Plateau?"

"They'll be fine. Ash will watch over them. 'Sides, they have better things to worry about."

Becca nodded as she opened Misty's profile once again and read it, tears forming in her eyes. "I can't believe someone would do this to her. She would never hurt anyone. I know neither of them would."

"Bryan, is Misty gonna make it?"

Bryan shrugged. "Don't know, Bill. It's all up to Gary now. Her life depends on him."

"Gary loves Misty. He won't let anything happen to her."

"But Gary is just one man, B. In a few hours the world will be looking for all three of them."

"True. Wait? What three? Is Gary recruiting someone else to help him out? Did he tell you something, Bryan?"

"No."

"Then why did you say the three of them?"

"There was something else I didn't tell them."

"What?"

Bryan grabbed Misty's medical profile from Becca before folding it by the middle and concentrating on the bottom part of it. He pointed at a box and showed it to Becca and Bill. Becca covered her mouth with her hand and Bill hung his head.

"Misty was raped," Bryan said. "She could be pregnant."