"Hello, father." Zolin said to Giovanni. "I haven't seen you in so long. Is my training up to your standards?"

Giovanni smiled. "You training has been adequate so far, but it could be better. When you're training with me is complete, you will be a legend."


"Ash, what should we do now?" Asked Misty. They were standing in front of the pokecenter. "We could go to the next gym and come back later."

Brock interrupted. "No! We must stay until we find Zolin, and all I shall ask in return only for a kiss from her beautiful lips."

"Give it up already." Replied Misty. "She has a boyfriend."

"A boyfriend who I can't get a badge from yet." Said Ash. "Come on, let's get going."

Ash ran in a random direction and crashed into a blond teenager, sending them both into the ground. The teen picked Ash up by the collar. Ash nearly screamed

"You should watch where you're going, you could hurt someone." The blond said in a calm voice. He put Ash down. "I saw your battle with team rocket and I would like to talk to you about it. My name's Jay by the way."

"I'm Ash." Replied Ash. "I'm a pokemon trainer, and I'll tell you about my battle."

Ash told Jay the story of his battle, every detail included.

"That's all I need to know." Said Jay. "I just have to do one move sweep of the crime scene, then I will know where they took Zolin."

"So you're a detective?" Asked Ash.

"Yup."

Jay walked to the flower shop. He had to find Zolin. Team rocket had sliped out of his grasp many times, but this was personal.


Jay finished his sweep of the roof and went to check Zolins room for more clues. He knew that in many runaways and suicide cases, the person had kept some type of diary in their rooms on why they did what they did, or where the runaways ran off to. He opened the top desk drawer, he knew Zolin kept something there, she told him once, but there was nothing. He checked for a false bottom, but it was just a normal drawer. He hit the desk in anger and a secret drawer opened up.

Inside the drawer was a note. Jay began to read the note.

To whoever finds this,

I am gone now,

With my father,

He will train me,

Make me stronger,

Do not look for me,

I am gone.

Sincerely, Zolin Exin.

VT level 4 rattata statue

Jay folded the note up and put it in his pocket. He could not show this to Officer Jenny. He needed to crack the code on his own. After all, nobody messed with his friends and got away with it. Maybe that Ash kid would be of some help.