So sorry about taking so long to update. I have another Pokémon story, a normal story, which I am also working on.

Chapter 2: A Kidnapping

At the base, 3 days later…

"I have high hopes for this idea," Thomas was saying to Hannah. "I really have a good feeling about it."

"Am I going to get a laugh out of it?" Hannah asked. Simon, Jeanette, Edd, Summer, Brittany, Nema, Ash, and Brock were also present. Just then, a chipmunk dressed in tiny girls' clothes exited the bathroom. It was Alvin, who was wearing a skirt, one of Brittany's tank tops, and bows on his ears and tail. He did not look enthused. Simon could not help but snicker.

"I hate you," Alvin muttered to his snickering brother.

"Hey, there!" Ben exclaimed. He was wearing a blonde wig, an old western style dress, and even lipstick. "I don't look half bad as a woman."

"Oh, my…" Hannah started, but trailed off.

"Hey, there, Allie," Brittany greeted Alvin and laughed. She laughed and laughed and laughed. Hannah decided to take action.

"You know, Britt, if Alvin is a girl right now, than you know what your preference is," she said to the Chipette. Brittany stopped laughing and glared up at her. Hannah muttered to herself, "Mission accomplished."

"So…how will this work?" Summer asked Thomas.

"Elementary! You see, we'll use them as bait to lure the ninjas in! Then, we strike, truss them up a smidgeon on the tight side, and begin the interrogation to find out the Shadow Master's plans. Simple," Thomas stated.

"Um…I don't think I like this," Alvin expressed his feelings on the situation.

"When can I eat the grapefruits?" Ben asked.

"What grape—oh! In the dress…why are we using them as bait again?" Nema asked.

"Well, Nema, the Hero of Oblivia thinks he can handle it," Thomas answered. He turned to Ben, who had a look of determination on his face.

"I have a score to settle with the not-so-good doctor," Ben stated. He and Dr. Edward had dueled in the Sky Fortress. Edward sort of cheated. He used Alvin and Brittany as hostages to draw Ben's attention away. It worked, but Summer had saved him but firing an arrow and barely missing Edward's heart, which he used dark magic on to reposition it. Ben clenched his fists at the memory.

"Whoa, calm down, Benita," Gaby joked as she and Chris walked in. "Is it that time of year again?"

"Yep," Ben nodded, forgetting Dr. Edward and remembering he was posing as a woman. He raised the pitch of his voice, "It's the most wonderful time of the year!"

"Don't do that, please," Edd requested. "Thank you."

"Double-D, when are we going to see Ed and Eddy?" Thomas asked him.

"I'm actually not sure," Edd admitted. "I…I just don't know."

"Oh. Darn. I was hoping to see them come around. This was their base, too," Thomas mumbled. Vileplume stood at his side. Simon climbed up onto his shoulder. The Chipmunk looked at him with pleading eyes. "I know. You want to catch your first Pokémon. Unfortunately, I think those chipmunk-sized Poké Balls are still in development."

"Oh…" Simon squeaked in disappointment.

"Oh, yeah, we came to tell you to ditch the plan. We're going patrolling tonight to secure the perimeter," Chris informed them.

"Oh, but I like this disguise," Ben moaned. Everyone took a step back.

That night, with Brittany and Summer…

Summer and Brittany were walking through the woods outside the tower. Summer had the Chipette on her shoulder. Brittany seemed tense, so Summer asked, "Are you nervous?"

"A little," Brittany answered.

"So…what do you want your first Pokémon to be?" Summer asked, trying to make small talk.

"Mm…a really cute, really beautiful one," Brittany answered after a second of consideration. "What do you recommend?"

"Well, there are currently 649 known species of Pokémon. As a Ranger and Trainer, I have to know that. Um…wow. There are a lot of cute Pokémon out there. That's a tough pick, Britt. You know what? They say that a Trainer's first Pokémon is the cutest one in their eyes."

"Really? That's interesting. What was it like when you first met Staraptor?"

"Well…let's see…it was shortly after I graduated Ranger School. So many bird Pokémon were flying around in the sky. I looked up in amazement. One flew down onto a tree branch right in front of me. Starly. The Starly greeted me and seemed to smile at me. It must have known how much I love Flying-types. Then, the Starly lost its balance and fell off the branch. I caught it in my palms. We gazed into each other's eyes, and we both knew that we would be friends forever," Summer recalled. She looked at Brittany, whose ice blue eyes looked truly in awe. Then, she said, "Of course, you know I like my Litwick, too."

"Yeah, I know," Brittany giggled. "So, they are working on making chipmunk-sized Poké Balls?"

"Yeah. You probably couldn't hold a human-sized one. Well, no offense."

"I know what you mean, Summer. None taken," Brittany smiled.

Just then, Summer stopped. Both the chipmunk and human sensed an ominous presence. Summer was about to turn around when a block hole suddenly opened up and shadowy claws came pouring out of it, grabbing at them. Summer managed to pull away, but Brittany wasn't so lucky. Summer launched forward and reached for her, missing by mere millimeters. The shadowy claws dragged Brittany into the hole and she disappeared. Summer fell to her knees. "No…" A letter fell to her feet from thin air. She read aloud, "'If you want to see her alive, have Ben face me in a duel. I'll be waiting at Reversal Mountain. Have him come alone—with puny Alvin perhaps, but no more. Signed, Dr. Edward.'"

Back at the base…

"WHAT?!" everyone present exclaimed. Summer had told them everything that had happened. Alvin looked heartbroken. So did Jeanette, who was unsure on how to break the news to Eleanor. Ben clenched his fists and growled. Ukulele Pichu looked to its Trainer and partner with concern.

"Gather everyone in the base for a meeting," Thomas ordered. He did not like the situation, and had a plan that was more diabolical than dressing Ben and Alvin up like girls.

Later…

"Thank you everyone for coming," Edd started off.

"You mean we had a choice?" Jeanette's best friend, Cheyenne, a female chipmunk, called out from a crowd. It actually wasn't much of a crowd. It was a bunch of S.I.P. agents seated around a long, ovular table and facing a podium, but they acted as a crowd would.

"No," Thomas answered quickly. "That was a very good question. Brittany Miller has been kidnapped by, guess who, Ed 'The Thinker'."

"An insult to Ed's everywhere!" Edd added.

"And he wants to face off against me in a duel at Reversal Mountain in Unova," Ben got to the point.

"Reversal Mountain?!" Cilan and Iris suddenly gasped in panic.

"Yeah…why does that bother you?" Nema asked slowly.

"Reversal Mountain is a volcano!" Iris exclaimed. A collective gasped filled the room. "And a super powerful legendary Pokémon is supposed to live there!" There was another collective gasp and murmuring. Jeanette and Eleanor broke down into tears. Edd sighed.

"We have a plan!" Edd stated. The murmuring stopped. "Our combined efforts should be an ample amount of help. What we're going to do is make it look like Ben and Alvin went by themselves to face off against Edward and save Brittany, when in actuality, we'll have agents high and low!"

"We'll have lookouts in Lentimas Town and Undella Town, isolating the mountain," Nema informed them. "That way, with the Sky Fortress nothing more than rubble now, there should not be a way for him to escape."

"Dr. Edward is the Shadow Master's lieutenant, so having him will give us an advantage," Hannah pointed out. There was more murmuring, this time of excitement.

Edd had Thomas, Ben, Hannah, Summer, Nema, Gaby, Chris, and himself form a circle so they could talk amongst each other. He stated, "There's also some strange adobe house by the mountain. I think that it will contain information to some sort of research I am interested in."

"I'm with you. Especially after all that research you and I were doing on Kyurem," Thomas nodded. "We should check it out."

"I don't know. Something about that gives me the skeeves," Summer shuddered.

"Well, going to that house could be an escape, too, so we should have agents cover ground there anyways," Thomas pointed out.

"Yeah," Ben said absentmindedly. He was thinking about his upcoming fight with Edward. What tricks did he have up his sleeve this time? Was he planning on using the legendary Pokémon of Reversal Mountain against him?