Hello everyone, shield here. I figured since I was almost done with Two Brothers, that I would go ahead a start publishing the next chapter of OMAA for ya'll. This chapter will be the wake up call for Caleb as well as an introduction for a new character. I hope ya'll enjoy the chapter, so on with the story!


"My brain is the key that sets me free.

Harry Houdini.


Chapter 2

Caleb's POV

"Where am I? I don't feel so good." I said as I tried to open my eyes. I felt like I was lying on metallic table, but I couldn't open my eyes to check.

"You might want to keep your eyes closed. I really think I should explain a few things first." Lawrence whispered.

"Why do I need to keep my eyes shut?" I asked. "Now just keep calm, and I'll explain…" I cut him off,

"What do you need to explain? Why do I feel so weird?"

"No! Caleb, don't look!" Lawrence yelled. It was too late. My eyes fluttered open. My eyes met with bright fluorescent lights. There were medical monitors, and tables filled with vials and test tubes. I noticed Lawrence sitting on the edge of the table. At first it had looked as if Lawrence had grown, but I quickly pushed that notion to the back of my mind

"I'm in a hospital? How did I get here?" I asked as I tried to adjust to the brightness.

"Not quite. You're in a Pokémon Center. I had to drag you here." He replied sadly.

"I'm where?" I asked in disbelief. Lawrence nodded solemnly.

"Well hello you two. I see that your little brother is awake, Vulpix." A very tall woman with pink hair said as she came into the room followed by a Chansey.

"Brother? What the heck is going on here?" I asked.

"Remember that time when you tried catching me when I was little?" he asked. I nodded in response. "Well, um, this is slightly more permanent. I gave him a scared nod in response. He jumped off the table and picked up a small mirror that the Chansey had brought with her. He jumped back on the table and placed it on the table. I slowly peered into the glass. My heart nearly stopped. A reddish fox stared back at me. Every time I moved my arm, it moved its foreleg. Every time I shook my head, it shook its head.

"T-hat's m-me?" I stuttered. Lawrence nodded.

"You're sure that your mom isn't playing a prank on me right?" I asked.

"Caleb we are back in Viridian City. We weren't going to meet up with them until after we got the Pewter City gym badge. Heck for all we know they are probably already waiting for us." He responded.

"We have to get ahold of my parents, and let them know about my predicament." I said as a tear ran down my cheek.

"Good luck with that, while sergeant hard nose is here. I tried like five different times to use one of those video phones in the lobby, but every time I get close that Chansey grabs me and puts me back in here. Every time she says that, the phone is for human use only and that she didn't want me to mess it up. I mean come on, its not like I'm wild or something." Lawrence said in an offended tone. I couldn't take anymore. I let all of my emotions go and began to cry. Lawrence walked over to me and began to nuzzle me as a means to comfort me. By now, I had completely forgotten about Nurse Joy and her Chansey, and did not see her walk towards me with a syringe. She quickly picked me up and slid the needle underneath my skin. I felt the arms dragging me down like a ship's anchor, and I quickly fell asleep.

Lawrence's POV

"What did you do to him?" I yelled in fury.

"Nurse Joy only administered a mild sedative. A kit his age needs to get plenty of rest. I'm sure that we can both agree that your brother was getting a little too upset anyhow." The Chansey responded. I sighed in agreement before curling up next to him.

Just as I had about fallen asleep, I felt a pair of hands pick both Caleb and me up and began to walk away. Looking up in fear, I quickly relaxed when I realized it was only Nurse Joy. We were carried through a series of hallways before we came upon a big, metal door with a sign that read adoptee waiting room.

"Hey! Why are we going in there? We aren't supposed to be here!" I yelled in mid-panic. The Chansey that always seemed to follow the nurse around looked up at me with mild surprise.

"Your brother is too young to be able to survive in the wild on his own. We can't release him or you out there, unless he is a certain age. Also seeing as how we have no evidence of there is being any parents in the area anyways, we can't possibly allow you to leave." She said.

"For one we have a trainer, and two he's not my brother." I nearly shouted. The Chansey seemed perplexed at the notion before peering down at a clipboard.

"Your DNA analysis shows otherwise. It is saying that your genetic code is almost exactly the same." She said in a matter of fact tone.

"As for ya'll have a trainer, I don't have any records of either of you in the database." She continued.

"Please, we have to find our trainer. He didn't catch us with a Pokeball. He has a certificate that shows he is our trainer and he also had us get a chip put in so we couldn't be captured." I pleaded. The Chansey shook her head apologetically.

"I'm sorry, but unless we get a trainer coming through here with an exact description of you and your friend then we will not be allowed to let you leave. Besides when we gave him his checkup, we scanned him for any microchips. He doesn't have any at all. We would scan you, but it's against protocol to scan Pokémon that aren't patients." The Chansey said before leaving and shutting the door. I looked down at the ground where I was placed on the opposite side of the door. I took a few steps to where Caleb lay, and waited for him to wake up.

Caleb's POV

"Man I must have passed out again. Where are we now?" I asked looking around the room.

"We are in an adoption waiting room. They are trying to get a trainer or family to adopt us." Lawrence answered to my sudden alertness.

"Great. Just great. Now what do we do?" I asked.

"Well, do you see that red box on the wall?" He asked.

"So we are going to set off the fire alarm? That should be a piece of cake!" I took off running, and fell flat on my face.

"It's going to take some time to remember how to walk." I muttered.

"I hadn't seen you land that gracefully since my mom turned you into an Eevee that one time." Lawrence laughed.

"Well I'm glad you find this situation humorous, but weren't we trying to escape?" I shot back.

"It is a good thing you didn't get very far anyways. You would have turned on the sprinklers, and trust me it is very uncomfortable. I was going to say we could trip the burglar alarm; it's that black box next to the red one. That way we get the same result without getting wet." He said.

"Oh, well that makes more sense. So how are we going to reach the burglar alarm? Neither of us is really that tall, anymore." I pointed. He looked at me thoughtfully before shrugging. "Well that's helpful." I said sarcastically. I stood up again and looked around. The room was pretty much like an indoor nature park cut into four pieces. There was one large tree in the center of the room, which connected the different biomes. One of the biomes had a lot of grass and plants in it, one had a pond, another had a lot of dirt and rocks and the last was similar to the rock biome except there were a bunch of heating lamps and other equipment a fire type would like.

"Hey Lawrence, is that what I think it is?" I asked as I motioned to the fire type biome.

"Yeah! That is a Ninetales! Let's go see if it can help us get the alarm!" He shouted. He dashed across the room with me bumbling behind him. By the time I reached them, Lawrence had already started to ask his question. Before he did however, the Ninetales spoke.

"Well I'll be an Aipom's Aunt. Lawrence? Is that you?" The Ninetales asked.

"Aunt Ember? What you are doing here? I thought you and Caleb's Dad went on a journey or something." Lawrence exclaimed.

"We were, but he was attacked by some organization. They came to our camp in the middle of the night and attacked us. He fought them off long enough for us to get away. After we escaped we came here, and I've been here ever since. I broke my paw during the escape. Therefore, he took me here to recover. This Pokémon center is kind of small so they use this room for recovering Pokémon as well." She said as she tried to hold back a stream of tears. "What about you and Caleb, and who is this little cutie?" She asked as she shook away the tears. "Well, we got the Viridian gym badge yesterday, and then we went to this cave to get out of the rain. We heard a noise at the back..."

"I'm sorry Lawrence, but he is just so cute! Come here little guy." The Ninetales said as she climbed to her feet. In what seemed like a couple of steps, she stood in front of me. The sense of weightlessness flooded me as I was lifted into the air by the scruff of my neck. The Ninetales lay back down and wrapped me with her tails.

"So what were you saying, Lawrence?" She asked as soon as she got situated.

"Um...well we went to the back of the cave. Caleb accidentally ticked off a Mew, and the Mew turned him into a Vulpix. And now you're holding him." Lawrence finished. Ember's eyes widened.

"You're telling me that this here kit is Caleb?" She asked. Lawrence answered with a nod. "You're so cute, Caleb! I could just gobble you up!" She squealed as she nearly squeezed the life out of me.

"Ember...can't...breathe." I squeaked as I forced myself to breathe.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you." She apologized.

"Don't you think it's a little odd that Caleb isn't human anymore? I mean that is a major thing don't you think?" Lawrence asked.

"Well, it is a little strange, but it's not unheard of. You said you ticked off a Mew. Yeah, that will definitely do it for you. A Mew is practically the worst legendary to be cursed by. They tend to be very playful, but when you get them mad, then will never forgive you." She said.

"Curse? Does this mean you can lift the curse, or maybe counter curse me?" I asked hopefully. Ember shook her head sadly.

"Afraid not kiddo. I can remove my own curses, but no one can lift another's curse, especially if it's Mew who cursed you." She said sadly. The mood of the entire room felt as though it was a heavy boulder being dropped on us as everyone fell silent. Lawrence was the first to break the silence.

"Aunt Ember, do you think you could help us get out of here? If we don't leave soon, they are going to let someone adopt Caleb. If that happens then he may never be able to escape." Lawrence practically begged. Ember didn't even give the notion a moment to think before lunging into the burglar alarm box. The entire room burst into a deafening screech as the alarm was triggered. The large doors that we had entered through burst open. A security team of five men stood in its wake. All of them held a stun gun in their hands with a holstered sidearm on their belt.

"Careful now boys, we don't know what we're dealing with. Jim, you guard the door. Frank and I will lead the south wall, and Joseph and Steven will take the north wall." One of the men said as he brandished his stun gun. The group split up and left the lone guard at the door.

"Well, that just made our life a whole lot easier. I'm sure we can take out one guy." I said as I took off towards the door. Unfortunately I didn't get very far before I tripped and rolled head over tail, landing on my back.

"Did you have a nice trip or will I see you the next fall?" Lawrence asked with a snicker.

"Do you want to get out of here or not?" I growled. Lawrence feigned being scared and put on his 'don't hurt me' look.

"You two need to do that on your own time. Right now, we need to get while the getting's good." Ember said as she lifted me in the air.

"What are you doing? Put me down!" I demanded.

"Sorry kiddo, but right now you are dead weight if you can't run or walk. You will only succeed in getting us caught." Ember replied as she hoisted me on her back. The sound of footsteps drew my attention back to the task, when two of the security guards were walking back towards us.

"Sorry Joe but I'm not seeing anything. If there was a break in, we would have found some sign that there was an intruder. My guess is that some of the Pokémon just got a little restless." One of the guards said.

"Fine, let's check the burglar control system a see if it was messed with. I'm telling you though; there is something just not right here. I can feel it." The other replied.

"We need to leave now, guys, before they see us." I whispered. Ember and Lawrence nodded. Within seconds, Ember and Lawrence dashed through the door, the guard at the door scrambling for his stun gun he had dropped on the floor.

"We have a security breach in the sector two! Shut down the medical wing of the center! Place the entire center under lock down! I repeat initiate code black!" the man yelled into a shoulder mike. We began to run through the hallways. Red lights flashed throughout the hallway as we ran. We almost reached an exit when a large metal grate, like the ones used at malls or department stores fell in front of it.

"Great, we're trapped." I said sadly.

"It's like I always say 'if the door is slammed in your face, break a window.'" She said. The next thing I knew was that Ember and I followed by Lawrence crashed through a window and landed safely on the ground. The three of us then ran into the nearby forest.


I hope ya'll enjoyed the chapter. I really wanted to add a little humor in with the fall. If anyone was wondering why Lawrence could read, I figured that since he spent most of his time with humans that he would pick up on a few things. The same goes with the Chansey. I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far, as soon as I am completely finished with TB then I will be continually updating this one. Be sure to leave a review if you really want to say anything about the story. Also be sure to favorite/follow if you like the story so far. This is shieldliger001 signing off.