Huh, this story has 6 chapters, favorites and followers, making it appear as 666….spookyXD

Anywho, welcome back to Miracles, and I'm ready. I'm back at college, however I'm starting to find it's easier for me to post while here. I have an hour and a half to write in between classes and since I'm not a fan of writing overly long chapters, it's perfect for me.

So, about Cold. yeah I said for like the hundredth time I was going to start it, and I'm gonna. But the way I write a story I always start figuring out the climax, what would be an awesome problem or such. I have a difficult time deciding how I should start a story, hence why I say I'm ready to start a new fic and always prolong it three months. XD

Not only that, I'm so deeply invested in this fic, and the characters in this fic, I'm finding it hard to get off them a bit. I've got to say I've never been more attached to characters i've made then I have the ones in this fic.

Also, I'm doing something else. Never before seen, Nuzlocke fic. Pokemon Gold and Silver come out on download the 22nd, and I've got a Nuzfic, as I'm calling it, in the works. To be honest, it probably will come out before cold, so I'm not sure.

Who cares though, no more waiting, let's get on with the chapter. :D

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"I've been training as a detective and a pokemon trainer since I was 9. I started my journey when I was 10, but never could beat Volkner." Pedro ignored the dirty looks he was given as he told his story to Gena. He invited her out for dinner after a few hours of looking through footage of the forest, and the other patrons weren't too happy Pedro "forgot" his shoes.

He wasn't weren't able to get any clear footage of the forest due to the large size of it, and the cameras always getting destroyed, but they had another shipment and were planning to send them in tomorrow.

Gena was hoping Ryan would be back before then.

"You beat seven gyms?" Gena asked in amazement, and a little jealousy.

Pedro shrugged. "Eh. I probably could wipe the floor with Volkner now, you know, cause I'm even more awesome now." Gena shook her head in exasperation. While she was a bit friendlier with him now, there was no denying he had an ego the size of a Wailord.

But, regardless, she smiled. "I actually grew up in Sunyshore City." She mentioned.

Pedro laughed. "Not surprising, the queen bee, growing up in what they call the Golden City." He laughed louder when she pouted her cheeks. "You're parents fashion designers?" He commented, bringing up the clothing she bought for Ryan...and the fact she was wearing a really nice striped dress her dad bought for her.

Not that he was wrong.

"Yeah...my dad owns his own line of clothing, he has stores all over Sinnoh." She replied, then sweatdropped. "Sorry, that sounded kind of snobbish."

Pedro chuckled. "A bit." He replied, earning a punch to the shoulder. "What about your mother?" Gena's mood instantly dropped, earning a concerned look from Pedro. "What….sensitive subject?"

Gena eyes went down. "She was my dad's business partner...but she fell ill six years ago and died." She said, her voice low with sadness.

Pedro gave her a look of sympathy. "I'm so sorry." He told her. "...my mothers dead too." Gena looked at him. "She was killed. Gang violence. I didn't really grow up in a good neighborhood."

Gena let out a sad noise. "Oh, Pedro.." She said in compassion. "And your dad?" She asked.

Pedro laughed harshly. "He left me when she died, five years ago. Good riddance, that abusive piece of….it's really a story I don't want to tell." He said, looking away.

Gena gave him her sad look. "You've been alone for five years?"

Pedro's eyes fell, but immediately got back to their natural cocky state. "Yeah, but what does it matter. I turned out pretty awesome."

Gena chuckled sadly. "It's not good to mask your pain, Pedro." She said, placing her hand on his.

He pulled away though. "Gena...I've wore so many masks my whole life I've forgotton what my real face looks like." He said, the pain evident in his voice. Gena's heart broke for him. She wanted to help him, but it was clear he wanted to change the subject.

So that she did. "Is Arrow your only pokemon?" She asked. While Pedro didn't thank her out loud, his eyes showed all the thanks she needed.

He flipped his hair. "Nah, I also am the proud owner of Electivere and a Miltank." He told her. Gena pulled out her pokedex and while she flipped through their entries, their waiter came over.

"Pedro, we are honored to have you here. It's not often we have someone as esteemed as you eat here, but may you please put on some shoes, some of the other customers are complaining." He told the young boy.

Pedro rolled his eyes. "Have you tried telling them to shut up?" He asked innocently.

The waiter sweat dropped. "That might be considered...unprofessional?" He responded, before leaving. Gena laughed as Pedro reached into his backpack he brought. Putting on a pair of black basketball shoes, he huffed in anger. Gena had to bite her lip. The fact he was wearing a black leather jacket unbuttoned with a grey tank top and black shorts in a room full of suits and ties really amused Gena. Not to mention she wasn't sure what to call his tied up hair.

As he put his other shoe on, the waiter came. A plate of Rice Pilaf and Shrimp for Gena and Chicken Parm for Pedro.

He gave a relieved look at Pedro. "Thank you, sir. Bon Appetit." He said, placing their plates down.

Pedro dipped his head. "Thank you." He replied. They ate their meal in a comfortable silence. Enjoying the atmosphere. Halfway through, however, Pedro's phone vibrated signaling a call.

He huffed and answered it. "Hello?" Gena heard the panic on the other side of the line, a man speaking very fast spanish.

Pedro's held a hand in a calming motion. "Woah, woah. Calmar y decirme lo que paso." He spoke so fast and with an accent that led Gena to believe Spanish was probably his first language.

The man slowed down and spoke, although Gena couldn't speak Spanish, it sounded urgent.

Pedro's face was paling, leaving Gena kind of worried. "Oh Arceus. El esta bien? Esteramos bien en diez minutos, tratalo lo mejor que puedas. Gracias, Julio." He hung up and immediately threw a couple hundreds on the table and grabbed his bag. "We have to go, now!" He told her urgently.

She stood up and looked at him. "What happened?" She asked, running as they left.

Pedro's eyes showed a rage. "It's Arrow, he showed up in critical condition. Something terrible happened." He told her quickly.

Gena's heart stopped and she ran as fast as he could with him. It was a short run, and they made it back in ten minutes like Pedro said. When they got there, they both gasped. Arrow was laying on the ground, slashes all over his body. A slash in the shape on an "A" laid deep into his chest, sickening Gena. Pedro made a choking noise and dropped to his knees in front of his pokemon. Gena noticed a man tied up, he was mean looking with short spiked blonde hair.

She grabbed a scientist. "Who is he?" She demanded.

"We don't know, Arrow was dragging him into camp when we found them. We assume one of the gangsters in the forest as he had dark balls on his jacket." He told her. Gena was rapidly breathing and ran up to the tied up guy.

She grabbed guy buy the collar. "The Pikachu that was with this Charizard, where is he?" She said, her voice cracking with fear.

He sneered at him. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

BAM. Gena socked him as hard as she could in the face, her fear for her best friend making her do things she normally wouldn't. The guy groaned as his eye started swelling.

"Tell me where my pokemon is!" She screamed at him, catching everyone's attention. The guy laughed and Gena punched him again. Then kicked him in the stomach so hard the guy lost his breath. Gena eyes went red and she got ready to hit him again, rage for the loss her her best friend blinding her. However she felt an arm grab her. She looked and saw Pedro, and he wasn't meeting her eyes, a look of rage and sorrow. Gena imagined it was because Arrow was severely hurt.

"Gena, beating a man to death isn't going to help us." He told her sternly.

Gena's rage wasn't quenched. "This man critically injured your pokemon and stole mine, I'm not letting him go until I know where my Ryan is." She yelled at Pedro.

"Gena...please calm down first. I promise you once Arrow is okay we are going to find Ryan. This man will tell us and we will get him, I swear." He told her. The man groaned, cowering from Gena.

A scientist walked up to Pedro. "Didn't strike me as a kind of person to almost kill a man." he whispered, glancing at the man.

Pedro sighed. "Arrows severely hurt, shes probably thinking the worst" He told him.

"You know who's responsible." It wasn't a question.

Pedro looked away, not meeting his eyes. "Tragedy makes us do crazy things." He said simply before walking back to Arrow."

The man looked after him. "You know that better than anyone…"

Gena, meanwhile, took a breath and relaxed,before staring miserably off into the forest.

"Oh Arceus...please keep Ryan safe." She begged.

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"Let us out or I swear I'll beat you so hard you want walk!" Jane yelled,banging the cage. Ryan sat in the corner, feeling scared. Not that he was captured, but of the cage itself. He didn't know why but he feeled deja vu. He's been in a cage before, accidentally locking himself in one at a store. But nothing serious like this….at least he thought.

Alicane rolled his eyes at Jane. "Please be quiet, I wanna nap before Shade gets here." He complained.

Jane grabbed the bars. "Let me out then, I'll give you a permanent nap you pile of dung!" Alicane sighed and walked a bit away. Jane and Ryan had no idea where they were, just that they were in an open clearing, and that Alicane met up with a Vileplume named Duff who was currently resting against the cage. They sat in front of a wall of trees.

He rolled his eyes. "Can't I just knock her around, shut her up?" He asked Alicane.

He shook his head. "If you want Shade to cut you up, you can." He replied simply, seemingly tired.

Duff crossed his tiny arms. "I'd kill him before he'd get close to me." He muttered, glaring at the shiny duo.

Jane glanced at Ryan and noticed he was still looking out of loop. "Are you okay?" She asked.

"Fine." Ryan murmured, still trying to place the memory.

Jane brushed it off and glared at Duff, an idea forming. "You think you're so tough, I bet you wouldn't last a minute against me in a fair battle you coward." She taunted him.

A vein popped in Duff's forehead. "Shut up, you insect. I should let you know I'm just as strong as Shade or Alicane, if not stronger with my strength." He said, flexing.

Ryan sweatdropped. "Man, this guy puts Pedros arrogance to shame," He said to himself.

Jane wasn't done. "What, you afraid a little bunny gonna knock you out?" She asked mockingly, while Duff got angrier.

Alicane perked an ear. "Duff, please be smart. Mister Shade is going to be here soon, don't get yourself killed by him...or her." He jibed good humorly.

It only added to Duffs annoyance, and Jane's satisfaction. "Listen, you-"

Jane yawned and went over to sit next to Ryan, who was back in a trance. "Yeah, yeah. Must suck being the weakest pokemon between a bunny, a pet and him." That was the breaking point. He opened the cage, which Ryan was able to see was just a basic latch, and went to throw a punch of some sort. In a heartbeat, Jane springed and Fire Punched him in the face, barely catching him as he stepped back, sending him tumbling.

She tried hopping away, accidently shutting the cage behind her.

Ryan threw his hands up. "Wait a minute!"

Duff jumped and landed in front of the pink rabbit. "Prepare to meet your VileDOOM." He said. Everyone went silent, Ryan swearing he heard a Kricketune in the background.

Alicane sweatdropped, shaking his head. "Dude, now I'm rooting for her." He said, causing Ryan to laugh. Duff threw his hands up while Jane flew with a fire punch. He met her with Petal Dance. She easily tore through his attack and sent him flying, knocked out.

Alicane shook his head at his fallen friend. "Man, you got took out in one hit." He told him, laughing. Jane turned to run away again.

Ryan blinked. "Wait you're forgetting me!" He yelled.

Alicane glanced at him. "Don't worry dude, I'll bring her back." He assured Ryan in not a good way. However a blur, quicker than anything Ryan has ever seen, grabbed Jane in a blink of an eye and threw her back in the cage. It landed back in the trees, calling Alicane's name in a sinister voice.

"Be right back." He said, trotting into the woods.

Ryan looked at Jane in disbelief. "You were just going to leave me?" He asked incrediously.

Jane shot back with a quizzical look. "Well what was I supposed to do. Listen, if we get out, my burrow is thirty feet in the direction I was heading. We're small enough to fit in those burrows, unlike the Umbreon and whatever the heck just grabbed me."

Ryan nodded. "What was that thing?" He shuddered.

Jane looked off. "I'm not sure, to be honest. I couldn't see, it moved too fast. All I can say is, it's as strong as it is fast." She told him. Before Ryan could speak, Alicane came trotting back, carrying to very small metallic devices.

He gave them a look of sympathy. "Sorry guys, I have nothing personal against you. Just orders." He flung the piece at them and it clung to their bodies. It stung for a second.

Jane rubbed her arm. "Ow, what was that for?" She asked.

Alicane rubbed his head. "Sorry, precautionary. Those devices act sort of like magnets, if one of you try to get to far from the other, it'll deliver an nerve attacking shock, knocking you both out. That way if one of you escapes again like that, you can't get more than thirty feet away." He told them, making Ryan and Jane wonder if he was able to hear them.

Jane had a question. "Wait, why not just put gps devices in us to track us down?" She wondered. Ryan nodded, seeing she had a good point.

"Well...we are sort of on a budget cut. Notice we seriously just picked up a cage from a pet store and just switched the bars. There's no way two wild pokemon have the knowledge to open one." Ryan blinked and realized that they didn't know he had an owner. He was going to say something, but remained silent.

"Oh, if you're thinking of removing those, I advise not. Those things can't come out unless you know a doc or something." He said before walking away. Duff was coming to, and looking pissed.

"Ugh, my head."

Alicane prodded him. "Come on, let's rest. Shade's going back to Eterna City to contact the others. We're pulling out tomorrow night." Duff looked like he was going to argue, but Alicane stopped him. "Unless you want me to let her kick your butt again, I suggest you listen to me." He said, half jokingly.

"I could've beaten her…" But Duff walked away regardless. Before he went, he quickly fired a hypnosis attack. Jane fell but Ryan grabbed his cheeks, sending an electric shock through his own body. When her body hit, he fell at the same time, making Alicane assume he fell asleep as well. He stared at them for a few seconds, looking at the trackers in his paw. He stared at Ryan and chuckled. Cutting his paw on a rock, he covered the trackers in blood and put them by the cage.

He then murmured quietly. "We will be asleep in five or ten minutes. Open the cage then and run as far as you can. I never helped you, I never talked to you. You don't tell Shade, Duff or even her or I find you personally and I make sure you never see your trainer again." Ryan was shocked to hear Alicane sounding like he was helping them. When Ryan peeked up he saw Alicane walking away back to Duff. Ryan spotted the trackers, and noticed the latch on the cage. He was happy to the cage was the same latc as the one he got caught in. Smiling he laid back down next to Jane, happy to have another ally in this mess…

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Whew, another chapter done. So Shade's identity is still a mystery, any ideas? Well, leave a review, let me know what y'all thought and I will see you all next time!