Chapter 3
Sakura's P.O.V.
I felt the water crash on my skin. 'So cold!'that was the only thing my mind could register. I slowly opened my eyes, only to see a vast world of blue. I heard some muffled voices from above the surface. I wanted to join them, but my body wouldn't move, not even to grab my Aqualung. I left my mind drift away with the ocean currents. I closed my eyes slowly. Before they were completely closed, I saw a shadow dive into the water. The last thing I saw was deep brown eyes. Then, my world went black.
Conner's P.O.V.
"SAKURA!" I yelled, as I watched her disappear in the water. I turned my head to where the net was thrown. I saw seven men wearing a dark blue uniform. They saw me and left. I was sure that one of them smiled, as they flew away. I didn't know what they were riding, but I knew that it wasn't normal. Then, I realized that Sakura hadn't resurfaced yet. I started to panic. I looked around and saw the Staraptor Sakura had caught, earlier. It was circling above the water with Sakura's Partner Pokemon, Akihiko. The Umbreon was looking intensely at the water, probably waiting for Sakura to appear. I made my Starptor fly beside the other one. I was about to dive in, when someone behind me called my name. "Hey, Conner! What are you still doing here?" asked a feminine voice behind me.
I turned around to see our friends from the Ranger Base, Solona and Lunick. "Where's Sakura?" added Lunick, as they flew close by.
Then, I realized that she must be drowning. I completely forgot about the two other Top Rangers and dived into the ocean. I quickly spotted Sakura. Her hair was flowing around her and her eyes were barely open. I swam towards her. I'm sure she saw me, because she completely closed her eyes, as I took her towards the surface. Solona saw me and Sakura, and dived in. She help me support her, while Lunick got the Staraptors to come closer. Akihiko, Akiro, Plusle and Minun all jumped onto one Staraptor. They all watched, as we placed Sakura onto a Staraptor. I climbed on with her. I held her close. I checked her pulse. It was faint, yet present. She was barely breathing. Lunick placed himself to my left and Solona to my right, and with the Partner Pokemon in of us, we all flew as fast as we could towards Almia and the Union. 'Please be okay!' I thought, as I kept her body close the whole way.
Normal P.O.V.
The four Rangers and their Partner Pokemon arrived above Almia. A strong sense of hope overtook the three Rangers. Conner looked below them. 'The Ranger Union! Finally!'thought Conner, seeing the Almia region for the first time since a years ago. A Latias and a Latios zoomed passed them. The Latias dived down towards the Union. The Latios paused and turned around to look back at the four Staraptors behind him. Then, another Latios, a golden one, zoomed passed them, almost sending Lunick off his Staraptor. They followed them down under the clouds. Then, the two Latios disappeared in the forest. They all landed together. A young girl jumped off the Latias and thanked it. She flew away at full speed. She turned to greet her friends, when she saw Sakura, unconscious, in Conner's arms. "W-what happened?" asked the girl.
She raised her right hand, pointing at Sakura. A styler was wrapped around her wrist. She quickly ran towards them, pushing her red goggles off her eyes. Solona stopped her, as Lunick and Conner ran inside the Union. "I don't know what happened, Summer! I think she was shot out of the sky!" said Solona, hugging the girl.
The girl, Summer, was shivering in Solona's arms. "It happened to Ben, too! But we were able to get away!" whimpered Summer.
"Talking about him, where is he?" asked Solona, trying to get her friend's mind on something else.
"He was on Latios!" answered Summer, looking up at Solona and pushing her away.
"On which Latios?" exclaimed Solona, walking with Summer towards the Union.
Summer looked at her with a questioned look. "Never mind!" added Solona, rolling her eyes.
Then, out of nowhere, a boy, wearing the same goggles, styler and uniform as Summer, appeared, scaring the two girls. "Boo!" yelled the boy, grabbing Summer's shoulders.
Summer turned around and slapped him on the cheek. Solona stood there, surprised. "What was that for?" asked the boy, stunned.
Summer stared at him, with wide eyes. "Sorry!" said Summer, glaring at him, "But you deserved it, Ben!"
He stuck out his tongue at her and she did the same. Solona coughed and added, "How about we go see how Sakura is?"
Ben and Summer turned to look at her. Solona and the two Oblivian Rangers walked in the Ranger Union. Latios and tow other Pokemon were watching the scene. Latios and one of them flew away. The third Pokemon stayed longer than flew away.
