CHAPTER THREE

Back at Team Rocket HQ

"Good job, Neos," said Giovanni. "For the completion of this mission, you and Willy are being promoted."

"Thank you, sir." I said bowing.

"You may be dismissed," he said, waving his hand. I started to leave. "Oh, and Neos?" he called.

I turned around, "Yes?"

"Don't fail me again." He said. I nodded, wincing at the memory of my only failure, and rubbed my neck at the thought of the pain that came with it. I left the memories behind and went to find Willy. I found him in the cafeteria eating dinner.

"Yo," I said sitting down.

"What's up?" he asked, seeing the concerned expression on my face.

"The Arceus recognized me…And I've never met it before," I said.

"You sure?" Willy asked.

"Positive, I would remember if I had met it before, right?" I replied.

"I guess," said Willy. "Why don't you forget about it and go on with the five other missions?"

"Be quiet! Remember, technically there are only four other missions." I said frantically.

"Oh yeah, sorry. Hahaha, my bad," Willy laughed.

"You bet it is," I muttered under my breath, looking at nearby people to see if they were listening. Nobody was listening, luckily.

Meanwhile at Rocket Labs

"Sir, we have a problem," said the head scientist into the phone.

"What is it?" asked Giovanni. A huge roar rang through the building.

"The Arceus is awake and angry!" the head scientist screamed into the phone over the noise.

"Use it then," replied Giovanni.

"But sir…" stammered the scientist.

"Just do it," said Giovanni, hanging up.

The head scientist yelled into a megaphone, "Use it now!"

CHAPTER FOUR

This chapter is from Brittney's point of view

Two years ago

I stretched and yawned. What a great day to get my starting Pokémon! I missed it last year because I overslept by accident. As I was getting out of bed I heard a loud boom from outside. I ran downstairs and out the front door. There on the ground was a Latias, about to be picked up and put in a cage by a teenager with spiky, green hair and sunglasses with red lenses. I couldn't help myself. I ran at the boy and punched him in the face. Hard.

He staggered back and I yelled at the Latias, "RUN!" It got up and floated into the woods behind my house. The boy got back up, cracking his head back into place as he did so.

I stood dumbfounded as he walked towards me. He had to be only 15 and he was already a member of Team Rocket. That was kinda disturbing. I ran at him, jumped, and kicked him in a pressure point on his neck. He fell like a sack of potatoes. I ran into the woods, looking for Latias. I found her laying about 50 feet from the river. I brought her back to my house. I looked at the clock on the wall. Good, I still had an hour and a half until I had to leave. I got a Hyper Potion out of the cabinet and sprayed it on Latias. She got up and sorta smiled at me. I knew then that we would always be friends. I knew I couldn't keep her but she could tag along.

I went into my room and got into a black T shirt with a purple vest, blue jeans, and white tennis shoes. I combed my brown hair, noting how it was now a bit longer than shoulder length.

"Yes!" I cried. Finally it was the length I wanted it. I put sunscreen on my skin, so I wouldn't burn. I couldn't wait until summer. Then I could get my tan back. I walked downstairs and left a note to my parents that I was leaving. I found Latias outside and together we walked to Professor Rowan's lab. "Stay here," I said to Latias and went inside.

"Brittney!" called a cheery voice from upstairs.

"Hi, Bruce," I called to Professor Rowan's assistant, Bruce.

"Brittney, I'm sorry, we ran out of Sinnoh starters." Bruce said.

"What?" I cried in shock.

"Don't worry," Bruce said. "We have a Bulbasaur that you could take."

"Ok," I said taking the Poké Ball from Bruce. "Bye!"

"Bye Brittney," he called turning to back to his book. I walked outside.

"Come on Latias," I called. "Let's go!"

CHAPTER FIVE

This is from Brittney's point of view

In the present

I opened my eyes. I love the color of my eyes, a nice shade of teal. I watched as my Luxio, Lapras, and Weavile all played a game with a rubber ball. Charmeleon and Ivysaur chased my Shiny Swablu around. My Pokémon had gone through a lot and almost all of them had evolved during the two years we had been together. I was about to go back to sleep when suddenly, I was lifted into the air.

"Latias!" I cried. "Stop it! I'm trying to sleep." I put everyone back in their Poké Balls and fell back asleep, with Latias curled up next to me.

This is from Neos' point of view

I yawned. I had been searching on the computer for a clue all night. It had been four weeks and still, no sign of Latias, Groudon, Regigigas, Dialga, or Palkia. The Spinda, Shiny Spinda, and Shiny Unown projects had been finished. Now, only two projects remained. And then we still had to find Rotom. Willy and I had been promoted again. I was now second in command to Giovanni and Willy was the rank right below me. A knock on my door startled me.

"Come in," I called, turning back to the computer. There had to be something I was missing. Willy entered my room.

"We found Dialga and Palkia."

"Where?" I said excitedly.

"At route 207, fighting each other like there is no tomorrow." He replied. I stood up massaging my neck. Unbelievably, it still hurt from two years ago.

"Let's go."