CHAPTER 2- ESCAPE AND ARRIVAL

Sean and Lovrina were sleeping on a small bed. Lovrina, uncomfortable, shifted around. "Stop, I'm trying to sleep." Sean groggily said.

"So am I." Lovrina replied. The door unlocked, and Andrea walked in.

"What, does the royal couple need more suitable accomadations?" She asked sarcastically.

"Yes. This bed is so uncomfortable!" Lovrina said.

"Lovrina, let me handle this." Sean whispered. He sat up on the end of the bed.

"Andrea, you do want us to join, don't you? We might join if you make us feel more comfortable." Sean explained.

"Well then, follow me. But just to make sure you don't do anything funny..." Andrea lifted her arm and formed a light pink bubble around Sean, and another around Lovrina. The pink bubbles became more transparent, and darkened as Andrea lowered her hand. Sean and Lovrina floated close behind her. Ocassionally, pain raced accross their bodies, and by the time they arrived, they were close to fainting. Andrea opened the metal door to reveal a rather elegant room with a larger bed.

"This suitable?" she asked.

"Yes!" Lovrina and Sean replied in unison, mustering up all the strength they could. They both hopped on the bed and fell asleep in an instant. Andrea walked into a nearby room and took a chain with five small jewels set in it. She held a pink one to her body. She felt energy rush back to her body. She carefully walked her way to the other side of the room and stepped on a white pad. She pressed a red button on the module next to the pad. She turned white and sparkled as she was transported to a large metal office with a large array of television screens, with a fixed view of a room. she sat at a semicircular desk with a computer and a phone right next to each other. She grabbed a piece of stationary, wrote something on it, and repeated the process with another. Then, she got up from he chair, and glowed white, and was transported to the room where Sean and Lovrina were sleeping. She placed one piece of stationary next to Lovrina and anptomisother next to Sean.

"Nett, How is this thing supposed to work?" Chris asked.

"Well, you connect the module to the computer via wireless connections, and it overrides the login program. Just press the green button."

Nett was a skinny man of about twenty, wearing glasses, and a navy blue sweater vest over a white dress shirt, and khaki pants.

"Chris, we should get some rest before we get going." Sabrina said.

"Yeah, I guess we should." Chris replied.

"I've prepared accommodations for you. They're not far away from the supposed location of Cipher HQ. Cipher does have a lot of power, but they are secretive. Plus it's by the OBNS building."

"Ok, let's get going, Sabrina." Chris said.

Sean woke up on the new, cofortable bed, and noticed the stationary next to him. He read it over. In nearly perfect script it read:

SEAN-

PLEASE REPORT TO MY OFFICE IMMEDIATELY. I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.

-ANDREA

Sean pondered what Andrea could want with him, but the "I need to talk to you" part was too vague. "She's probably going to kill me." Sean said aloud.

"Wha- Huh? Who's killing who?" Lovrina awoke frantically chattering. She noticed the peice of paper next to her.

"Oh? What could this be?" She read it:

LOVRINA-

PLEASE REPORT TO MY OFFICE. I MUST TALK TO YOU.

-ANDREA

Sean looked for a map of the facilities, until he stumbled upon a teleporter. "Hm. Um... Let's see... Andrea's office... Andrea's office... Oh. There it is. Sean glowed white and dissapeared into a shimmering speck of light. He reappeared in Andrea's office. Andrea sat at a small desk. Sean walked towards her, anticipating death.

"Ah, Sean, glad you could make it." Andrea said.

"W-what d-d-do you want to t-t-talk about?" Sean stuttered.

"Don't be nervous. I promise you will come out of this room unharmed, alive, and free."

"Free?" Sean asked. "Yeah. In fact, I want to induct you as an Admin." "Really?" Sean asked, exited. "Yes... Y'see, after the yesterday's events... I saw how you led Lovrina through that situation... I knew you had to be an Admin. But, I don't quite know about your battle skills... I'll have you in an Admin's Tournament. That is where Peons can compete to be Admins. But they are only a select few, hand picked by their Admins and I. They have shown outstanding battle skills, as well as leadership. You wi-" Andrea was interrupted by Sean, who said, "Yeah, how am I going to get my Pokemon?"

"Oh, don't worry. They are under my care. Come with me." Andrea got out of her seat and began to walk towards a large door. She opened it, and went into a large, metal-plated room. Sean followed Andrea inside. There was a large aquarium filled with water, which had a snakelike Pokemon in it, with two short fins coming out of the sides of his head, and an extravagant blue tail fin. There was another one in it, but with longer fins on the sides of her head. She was protectively curling around an egg. Sean's eyes lit up.

"Milotic!" He joyfully screamed. Both of the Milotic faced him, and both swam towards the sides of the aquarium.

"From here, organize your team." Andrea said. And with that, She left.

"Let's see... Definitely one of you guys..." Sean Examined the aquarium, and noticed the Egg.

"Oh... You had an Egg? Well, I can't seperate you two... I'll look for another Pokemon to take your place." As Sean walked away, both Milotic swam towards him, with looks of sadness on thier faces.

"Chris! Sabrina! Exellent news! A new generation of Pokemon! They've discovered it!" Nett called to Chris and Sabrina on the large screen in front of them.

"Nett, calm down. We don't have access to it..." Chris sullenly said.

"Yes you do. I've bought you two ferry tickets to Sinnoh, a recently-discovered island.

"Great! When can we leave?" Sabrina asked.

"Possibly tomorrow. I'll send them to you. They'll appear in the capsule to the left of me. Keep connection on standby." Nett replied.

"Okay. Goodbye." Sabrina said.

"Wait, Nett?" Chris said as Nett was abouT to sign off

"Yes?"

"What about Cipher?"

"Oh, that's fine. This might help you get some info on them, Canalave City, which is where you'll be landing, is becoming suspicious." Nett explained. He then signed off. Sure enough, the tickets to Sinnoh appeared in the capsule. Sabrina retrieved them.