(Silver's PoV)

It's been two weeks since Soul's birthday. That's day turned out to be surprisingly great despite the fact that I didn't get that much training done. I managed to defeat Lance (okay with the help of Soul) and the professor allowed me to keep meganium. And though I'll never admit it to her but I was happy that Soul came out to see me and even invited me to her house.

Though that day was great the days after it have been horrible. I've been having this premonition feeling that something terrible is going to happen and I can't shake it. This stupid feeling is affecting my training and the other day I almost lost a battle because of it. Whatever is going to happen, happen already! Though by the way how strong the feeling is today it just might happen soon. So I decided to take a break from practicing (I wasn't getting much done anyway) and just rest at the Blackthorn City's Pokemon Center, which my pokemon are happy for.

I'm just sitting on the couch with sneasel out and about. I've had a few requests to trade him for whatever pokemon they were willing to trade or to battle I refused all request. Sneasel has been nervous around me all day because I'm not acting like my normal self. He was like this before when I first started being nice to my pokemon.

A youngster trainer is walking over towards us holding up a pokeball. I glare at him and he changes his mind with a sharp turn to the left. "Snea?" sneasel asks and looks at me. He likes to battle and I'm ruining great opportunities for him but after my horrible performance yesterday I don't feeling like battling at least not until the feeling is gone. Maybe the feeling is because I'm going to lose? Humph, like I'm going to allow such a thing to happen.

I stretch out and sink further into the couch. My eyes fling over to the TV that a group of people is watching. The Pokeathlon is on. I never could see the point of it but I know that Soul has one a few times. Is there anything she and her team can't do? I've heard that it's a great way to strengthen your bond with your pokemon but there is now way in hell I shall do that.

Bored with what's on TV my eyes skim around the room. I spot a group of girls chatting. They look at me from the corner of their eyes and begin to giggle. It's so obvious what they are talking about. Teenage girls are so obvious well except for Soul. If she was a typical teenage girl I could defeat her easily but it wouldn't be as fun.

"Sneas!" I look down at my pokemon, who is pointing to an Ace trainer that has just walked in.

"You want to battle?" I ask though I already know the answer. He nods at me and starts jamming his claw at the trainer. His actions and my question catch the girls' attention as they start racing towards me with their pokeballs out. I groan at this but sneasel is excited.

"Sneas!" he cries happily and this excites the girls even more. I need to escape!

I get up to leave when something on the TV catches my attention. I push past the crowd, in front of the TV, to be able to see the breaking news story. "A group of people resembling the team that attack the Goldenrod City's Radio Tower two years ago has stormed their way to Mt. Silver. What their purpose is still unknown," a young and what I suppose is a gorgeous anchorwoman announces as she skims over the stack of paper in her hands.

Soul! This has to be the source of that feeling. I rush out the Center with sneasel barely behind me. I recall him as I throw out crobat's ball. I'm probably overreacting; it is her but still...I'll just help with getting rid of those weak Team Rockets.


"Let me through!" I yell for the freakin' tenth time. This useless guard refuses to let me through just because I don't have the Johto's and Kanto's badges. "Now's not the time for this! Team Rocket is up to something!"

"Team Rocket? Calm down son. They have been disbanded," the guard says with a wave of his hand.

"That didn't stop them before!" Gah! Why won't he just let me pass! "Now let me through!"

He opens his mouth to protest when another voice cut him off. I look to see a guy a bit older then I. He has green eyes and light brown hair, comb to the left. He has a black shirt and gray pants with six pokeballs strap to his belt. Whoever he is, he's someone important if the guard shuts up.

"He's with me!" he says with a smirk and before I can object he wraps an arm around my neck. The guard looks at me and then to the guy before nodding. He steps aside so we can past all at which his arm is still around my neck. Once we are in the clear I push the guy off me with a grunt. "Hey! Is that anyway to thank the guy that helped you out?"

"Who are you?" I ask as my eyes narrow on him.

"I'm Blue the Viridian City's Gym Leader." So he's the guy that replaced him... "Hurry up!"

"...Why are you here?" I finally ask after a couple of minutes of silence. It's only been a few minutes but we've already battle a ton of stupid wild pokemon. It's great for practice but we don't have time for this! But I'll admit they're damn strong, no wonder you need both Johto's and Kanto's badges to come here. Soul has spent the last two weeks training here... I won't fall behind!

"The same reason you are, to take out Team Rocket. It's my job as a Gym Leader." Ha, job of a Gym Leader? The last Viridian Gym Leader is the cause of this problem. "And well I want to make sure Soul is alright."

"Soul!"

"Yeah, I told her to come here and then Team Rocket attacked. I'll feel responsible if something happens to her."

"She's tough. She can take care of herself." I've been repeating that to myself since I've left for here but I just can't seem to believe it. Damn Soul, why do I have to worry about you like this?

"You right. She's one tough girl."

"Fearow!" the large bird pokemon cries from the air, which isn't native to this route. I look to Blue, who's mumbling something about an idol living here or some nonsense. The fearow lands in front of us and it's in bad shape. "Fearow!"

"Where's your partner?" Blue asks as he takes a quickly look at the bird. The badly injury pokemon manages to fly again and leads us to the only building I can see on this route, a Pokemon Center. In front of the Center are two goons, which will be easy to take out. I send out gengar and Blue sends out a rhydon and we quickly take out the usual Rocket grunts' pokemon. They run off shouting weak threats that remind me of when I used to lose to Soul in the beginning, and they are heading for the mountain.

"SOUL!" I yell as I burst into the Center surprising everyone including me. I didn't know that I was this worry. She's not in here but there are three more grunts gawking over the captives, Nurse Joy and some woman that I presume is the idol that Blue was mumbling about earlier.

"Who are you?" the grunts demand as they release their pokemon but before I can act Blue takes them out with just his rhydon and pidgeot. He's good; I'll give him that.

"Go on. I'll take care of them. Go save your girlfriend!" I can feel my cheeks heat up and I'm feeling funny now. I open my mouth to protest but his smirk tells me that my words will not change his view, so I turn to quickly make my leave. No use arguing with idiots.

WHERE IS SHE? I've been searching forever! I've even called out sneasel to help out but he's having a hard time. A growlithe or arcanine or any other dog pokemon would be very useful right now. All these grunts running around isn't helping me either not to mention the wild pokemon that seem to pop out of nowhere. There's to many grunts here, why and where did they come from?

Every corner I turn there is another grunt and another pathetic battle and before I can get them to tell me something they escape. By the way they are acting I say they are new recruits, so I'm guessing this is a group different from the ones that attacked Johto two years ago. Who wants to join this stupid, weak organization anyway? And if Soul and the guy that took down him are here why is Team Rocket still here? Shouldn't they be wiped out? ...Thinking about it is only making me fear more that something did happen. Please be alright Soul!

"Sneas Sne sel!" sneasel cries frantically and rushes off and I can barely keep up with him. He stops a bit to allow me to catch up before running away. He better have found her! He abruptly stops in front of a tunnel and waits for me to catch up and is pointing to it. "Sneasel Snea!"

Without thinking I burst in and find I a lot more grunts. They are all to focus on something to even notice me. There are sounds of fierce battling going on. It has to be Soul! I push past the lowlifes and they finally notice but they are no match for sneasel and meganium.

Finally, I defeated enough goons to see the battle. Several weezings, arboks, and other pokemon are battling against just an umbreon and a pikachu. The umbreon is definitely Soul's so that pikachu must belong to that Red guy. The two pokemon look exhausted why don't they switch them out?

I push past more Rockets to only see her and she doesn't look good. She's leaning against the wall and panting. She's covered in cuts and is bleeding. She doesn't look like she can last much longer. What did these bastards do to her? I try to call out her name but the sounds of the battle drown me out.

The weezings use Sludge Bombs, arboks release a barge of Pin Missiles, and the other pokemon do their own thing. She's not even commanding her pokemon, I don't think she's even able too. Pikachu release a wave of electricity and umbreon uses Dark Pulse. They manage to take out several enemies but umbreon collapses afterward. Soul tries to cry out but her voice is too weak.

"Finish it!" someone orders and all the pokemon turns their sights on the weaken dark pokemon. Pikachu jumps in front to defend but it won't be able to do much.

"Frenzy Plant!" I order and meganium releases the ultimate grass move, effectively wiping out the last bit of the Rockets' pokemon and the remaining weaklings run away. I pat his head and make my way over to Soul's pokemon. Pikachu diligently shields umbreon from me. He's growling and cheeks are sparking he's waiting for me to make the first move. Meganium and sneasel get between us and are also growling too. I push past them but make sure not to anger the electric mouse. Umbreon mumbles quietly and pikachu relaxes and steps aside to let me check. She's okay but extremely tired.

I turn my sights onto Soul. She's just staring at me with weak, unfocused eyes. I slowly walk over to her but her gaze neither focuses nor does she even look at me. Is she standing up unconscious? I rush over to her and this seems to alert her. She looks up at me but I don't think she can recognize me.

"S-Soul?" I squeak. Normally I would curse myself for that but I think this time it's okay.

"Sil...ver?" she croaks. Her grip on the wall loosens and she slides down but I catch her. She's so light and cold. I wrap my jacket around her. It won't provide much heat but it's all I got. The cold hits me hard but I can handle it.

"Are you alright?" Dumb question.

"Tired...cold..."

"You can't fall asleep!" She rests her head against my chest and I can feel my face heat up again and my heart is beating like crazy. "S-Soul!" She grunts but makes no move. "SOUL!" I shake her and she moans in pain, which puts pikachu on alert. "I-I'm sorry! But you can't fall asleep!" I place a hand behind her head and slip my other under her knees and pick her up bridal style. Again my cheeks are burning and now my heart is racing even faster. I hope she can't tell!

"I'll...t-try..." She doesn't even finish the sentence.

What do I do now? Arcanine! I can have her arcanine carry her out! I reach for her belt but only feel two pokemon balls. Where are her other pokemon? Did they steal them? I look back at the sleeping umbreon and the alert pikachu. "Where are her other pokemon?" I ask the mouse.

"...Red..." Red? Does he have them? Why? Now's not the time for that I need to get her to a hospital!

"Pikachu? Red-head guy?" that Blue guy yells as he joins us. "What's going on? SOUL?"

"She needs to get to a hospital!" I practically cry out in panic. What is wrong with me?

"Alright. I'll take care of things here. Just get her to one." I nod to him and leave but not before I returning umbreon.

I make it down the mountain without running into any more lackeys or even wild pokemon. Maybe the wild pokemon realize how dire the situation is or Soul had befriended them all, I wouldn't doubt that. I constantly have to shake Soul awake, she's really pale and she isn't really aware of anything. Those Team Rocket bastards are going to pay for this!

Once I am at the base of the summit Soul's newest pokemon burst out of its pokeball, which I learned was the legendary celebi; it's no surprise that she would have it. It's just hovering around us unsure of what to do. Its eyes are glue to Soul but it did once look at me with eyes asking me to save her. I'm trying! It's flying around us as I race to the Pokemon Center it seemed so close to the mountain when I first arrived.

I glance down at Soul, whose sleeping? "Soul! Wake up!" I shout and shake her but nothing. "Wake up now, dammit!" I shake her harder but she isn't stirring. I drop her legs and pull out magneton's ball and release him. Upon release each segment spins and I think it's his way of stretching. "Magneton, I need you to give Soul a light shock." It looks at Soul and back at me in what I'm sure is confusion. "Just do it, please!" The top segment spins its magnet arms and produces a light spark that jolts Soul awake.

"Sil...ver..." she slurs my name as she brings her head to rest on my chest. I move around to try to make her uncomfortable and prevent her from drifting off but she doesn't move.

"Yes?" I ask as I clear another patch of grass. That freakin' Pokemon Center is too damn far! Now I wish a Rapidash would pop out.

"What are you doing here?" She manage to say a complete sentence this is good.

"Isn't it obvious?" I scoff to try and hide my worry.

"Team Rocket?"

"Those pathetic weak bastard. Their not fit to exist!" She chuckles slightly but it quickly turns into moans of pain that stop me in my tracts and alarms celebi and magneton. She pats my chest and I continue running.

"You're so mean."

"Humph, it's true."

"Anyway...I'm glad you came." I can feel my face burning up and my heart beating fast. A smile is trying to work its way onto my face but I fight it.

Finally we've arrived at the Center. The lights are off and the door is locked. Nurse Joy must have done this to prevent any more Rockets from bursting in but it's not helping me. Magneton manages to get the door open and I rush in screaming for Nurse Joy but she or the idol are anywhere to be seen. Where are they? Suddenly Soul's Pokegear goes off but I can't get to it luckily celebi helps me-It's Blue. Of course he has her number. Everyone has her number but...me.

"Hey red-head I forgot to tell you but I sent Nurse Joy and the idol to Viridian," Blue says and he sounds out of breath but that does nothing to dull my anger.

"WHAT?" I roar and startle both Soul and the pokemon.

"Sorry but I didn't think it was safe for them to be here and you don't have time to be complaining! Get a move on!" And with that he hangs up. Can this freakin' situation get any worse?

"It will be alright," Soul reassures me. I'm the one that's supposed to be reassuring you! "And I'm sorry for the trouble..."

"It's not your fault." It's never your fault.


A/N: 3 chapters in one week? I think that's enough for now I need to catch up on my request! Thanks to everyone that review so far! It means a lot to me! ^-^

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