I awoke early the next morning to find that Emily was gone. I was worried for a while; I was afraid something horrible could happen. But Cipher wasn't in the open yet, so…Bad things couldn't happen as much.

"Chobin?" I called. We were on the outskirts of Gaton Port, camping in two tents: one girl tent and a guy's tent. I stepped out of my tent as soon as I was dressed for the day. "You awake?"

Chobin looked up. "Good morning Jovi," he greeted. "Chobin wondered when you'd be up. Emily told Chobin that she was going out with Wingull. Isn't that funny?"

"What?"

"Emily is going out with Wingull!"

"What?"

"Emily is-"

"I heard you," I said, annoyed. "What do you mean? How is that funny?"

"Emily is going out with Wingull!"

I threw my hands up in defeat. "Argh!" Then, I turned around to face him. "Wait. You thought she meant she was dating her Wingull? Chobin, you are one kind of twisted dude."

Chobin turned his head. "Chobin guesses that is good…?" he said hesitantly, smiling.

I turned away, shaking my head and grinning to myself. "Whatever you say, Chobin," I laughed. *Whatever you say.* I had just morphed into Plusle. *Mimi! Come on, let's go!*

Mimi the Minun let out a yawn and emerged from the tent. Upon seeing me in my morph, she bounded over happily.

"Mi-Minun!" she cheered in Pokémon language. I smiled at her and jerked my head in the Gaton Port direction, turning the corner into the bustling city. Mimi chuckled.

The two of us started to pad through town on all fours. Seeing as though we needed to look as much like Pokémon as possible, I let the Plusle side of my brain take over a bit. I began to make my way through the city, pushing through people's legs, avoiding the eyes of wanting trainers. No doubt that they would capture me as soon as look at me. The thought of a Cipher trainer capturing me or Emily gave me the shivers. I had to warn that to her as well.

*Emily?* I tried calling in thought-speak. *You there, Em?*

*Jovi?* Emily's thought-speak voice asked. *Oh, where are you- Oh, I see. Wingull and I'll be down to get you guys.*

*What?* I asked. Looking up I saw two Wingull in the sky, flying in circles.

*This is great!* Emily cried. *I love flying! It's so amazing! Okay, coming down!*

*Wait, Em!* I shouted. It was too late. She was diving downwards, and Mimi had no clue it was Emily. She let out a Thundershock, to which I screamed, *EMILY!* as she let out a cry of pain. She dropped like a Graveler, and I rushed forward. A young girl, with long black hair, was quicker. She scooped Emily up as soon as she could and began to run, away through the crowd, and heading for a Pokémon Center. She had seen the whole thing. I cursed myself, then ordered to Wingull, *Watch that girl! Take Emily from her! Do whatever it- No, just get Emily.*

I grabbed Mimi, who was confused as to why I was so angry. *That was Emily,* I explained. *She's not an enemy. She's a human, Mimi. A Pokemorph.*

Mimi nodded quickly, and then continued to chase after me. I heard someone shouting in protest; I guessed it was that girl from earlier. Wingull was there! I ran slightly faster, following the Wingull's cries, too. The ground hurt my paws, but I kept going. Plusle are used to running on soft forest ground, not city port ground. It was too hard for my Plusle morph. I was growing tired easily.

*Wingull!* I cried. *Get Emily and take her back to camp…Get her to demorph…Okay?* I was surprised that I was panting in thought-speak, too. Amazing…

Wingull must have heard me, because I heard a loud, "HEY!" And saw a Wingull take flight, holding something in its talons. Mimi shot off in that direction, and I told her, *Good…Find…find them…* I was really, really tired. I had to go back, too. But I was exhausted. I hadn't gotten much sleep, and Plusle aren't that strong a Pokémon…I'd need to get more morphs…

I put a paw forward, and a shadow loomed over me. I turned my head to see who was there and saw a regular-looking person with a bag and rope. I let out a shriek of surprise, and then dashed for the exit. I didn't need a Wingull to tell me when I was being followed. That man made a lot of noise, panting and growling at me. He once or twice even grabbed out to shove me in the bag. Yeah…not very friendly, huh?

I gasped for air as I ran up the stairs to leave Gaton Port. I only needed danger to move quickly, no problem. The man behind me snickered and I heard him say, "Fear" before I was out of earshot. Yeah, I was scared. You would have been, too, if so e random guy came up to you with a bag and a rope and looked as though he was going to Poke-nap you. I was still tired- my ears were drooping, and I walked slowly on all fours. Yet I kept going, wondering how long it had been since I morphed. It couldn't be safe to demorph yet, so I had to wait. I kept trudging along until I saw, up ahead, Mimi, Wingull and Emily with Chobin. Emily had demorphed. Whew…

"Jovi!" Emily called. "Oh, good. You're here."

*I'm going to demorph now,* I warned Chobin. He nodded, backing away. He wasn't a fan of morphing. I closed my eyes and felt myself get bigger, and my hands came off the ground. The last thing to change was my tail, which simply disappeared into thin air. "There…" I panted, looking up at Emily. "You alright?"

"Fine," she replied. "But you look exhausted. You okay?"

I nodded. "Yeah…" I paused. "You know," I added, "I think we're going to have to keep an eye out for trainers. They'd want some Pokémon like us."

"Pokemorphs," she corrected cheerfully. "And you're right. What happened? Why did you suddenly think of this?" I told her about the man with the rope and bag, and she furrowed her brow. Chobin sat down on the ground.

"That confuses Chobin," he said.

"Everything confuses Chobin," I said, rolling my eyes. I turned to Emily's puzzled expression.

"It doesn't work, though. Chobin's right." Pulling her brown hair from her eyes, she flew it behind her head. "Pokémon trainers use Poke balls. Why was he using a rope and a brown bag?" She looked to the sky. "It's almost that he didn't want to really capture you. Just…kidnap you?"

I widened my eyes. "You don't think he knew, do you? Our camp might have been spotted?"

"No," Emily laughed. "We're well hidden. Don't worry about that. We're not in any trouble now."

I nodded. "Right…Well, then. We'd better be heading back, Chobin and I."

Emily nodded, smiling. "It's been great seeing you," she said.

"You too," I replied. "Do you have a PDA?

"Yes," Emily said, holding up the green assistant. I pulled out mine. It was completely obsolete, but worked perfectly nonetheless. It was better, I thought, because it had a better ringtone. When I told Hiro that, he burst into laughter. "Well," Emily said, smiling. "See you later, Jovi. Have a safe trip back."

"You too," I advised. "And make sure you morph in private." She nodded, and I grinned.

"Okay," I said. "See you around." Turning to Chobin, I said, "Let's go to Kaminko's first. Then I'll walk home."

Chobin nodded. He clicked a button (it was one of Kaminko's projects) and the tents and such were absorbed. I smiled, wondering if it would explode two moments later.