Author's Notes: Koolies! Thanks for all those who reviewed! Hopefully this chapter is good enough to make up for that bad last chapter. It's pretty [lengthy I think] but you can still get through it I'm sure of it! ;D

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Chapter 8: Chasing Emotions

Falling on his knees at the loss of one of the dex holders, Gold slammed his fists on the ground for letting Neo Team Rocket get to him. There was one thing that irked him on that subject. "Neo Team Rocket…" Didn't they fall apart after they chased Pryce into the portals of time? Didn't they defeat possibly everyone that was supposedly on Neo Team Rocket?

Wait… "Yellow! Where's Crys? The last time I remembered seeing her was over the communication networks." Yellow wore a worried face before pointing him to the second floor of the PokèCenter.

"You have to stay quiet though…" She irked him, "Crystal has been in a terrible condition well… because of the recent events that have happened so far I assume." Yellow shrugged before Gold quickly brushed passed her and ran up the steps of the PokèCenter to see the young catching professional.

His amber eyes caught her sleeping form and he couldn't help but sigh in relief before his eyes admired of what he saw before him. Gold then stared up at the ceiling, remembering the events that happened when he was captured and was obviously used by the nefarious Neo Team Rocket…

"Great! I'll see you in two days then?" A smirk slowly crept up on the young teenager's face after his best female friend's answer.

"Wow! For miss super serious gal, you sound awfully cheerful!" Gold quickly stood up from his chair with a deeper smirk than the one that grew on his face. From the communication monitors, Crystal's face faded to a light crimson red. Suddenly, just to stop his suspicions, her eyes were suddenly switched from dream girl to the super serious gal Gold knows all too well.

Crystal slammed her hands on the desk, "I would like to let you know that this is only on strict orders to have me see you by Prof. Oak!" She exclaimed, trying to hide the fact that she is going to see him once again.

Gold let out a groan from her nagging before clicking the monitor screen off, "Yeah yeah… don't need to get frustrated with me…" He shook his head before the smirk came up again, "But… it is a date." Satisfied with his conversation with the professional catcher, he went on a nice walk up until his golden eyes found a young girl crying on the sidewalk.

'Who could do this to a little girl?' Gold wondered with his expression changing from a happy-go-lucky goof to a concerned and worried look. The young teenager quickly ran to the little girl and knelt to her level, "Hey… would ya like to tell me what happened?" The little girl sniffled in some of her tears that had fallen before answering him.

A flash of red flickered in her eyes before grabbing Gold's wrist, "This way!" Gold suddenly got a feeling that there was something utterly wrong here. Once the little girl stopped, the young Pokèdex trainer found himself surrounded by trees and no sign of civilization.

"Um… would like to explain?" Gold asked the little girl, his tone rising up to suspicions.

Now, you would think that a little girl's laughter would be the cutest thing ever to hear, right? However, that is not the case. The girl did laugh but it sent shivers down Gold's spine, "Explain? Explain how I got you in my trap!" She exclaimed as a harsh wind blew from every side of the forest. Before Gold had any time to try and make a run for it, his eyes caught the young girl sliding on a mask that looked all too familiar.

Wait! Where did he see that mask before? Suddenly, a flicker of realization hit him. It had been a while since he, Crystal, and his good ol' pal Silver had solved the crisis in Johto. Quickly, his reflexes reacted as he sent out Sutaro from its Pokèball. Being that Sutaro was a Sudowoodo, it grabbed its trainer's hand and with its rock support, kept Gold from flying everywhere around the forest.

His amber eyes quickly searched for the girl who now apparently had gone missing from her place. It still hurt his head seeing that mask once again. He started to growl when he heard giggles around the forest, "Who's there?!" Gold exclaimed, searching frantically for the person while trying to hatch up a plan in his head for escape.

A sudden swirl of the leaves in a specific spot of the trees became the answer to Gold's frantic question. She had piercing hazel eyes that struck through Gold's amber eyes with her black hair flowing through the wind, "Gold hun… What's up?" She questioned as she took off her mask to reveal her entire face which got Gold in his usual… perverted state of mind.

The happy-go-lucky trainer quickly shook his head, trying to get her cute face out of his mind. It was too late and being distracted for only a second was all that she needed. Suddenly, the girl appeared before him with her Alakazam. The girl placed a finger underneath his chin, "You will be vital for us in our plan to capture Silver." Her smile was seducing yet full of evil.

Before Gold knew it, the girl grabbed his Pokèball and returned Sutaro to its Pokèball and kissed Gold on the lips. His vision went black then…

Everything from there on he was under the control of the girl… Bridgette…

Gold closed his eyes, knowing that was stupid of him to check out the enemy like that. It led to him plotting against his two closest friends, especially Silver. Those two were like brothers to each other and now… he would tumble back into that darkness that Gold worked hard to get him out of. Sure Blue helped but the young hatcher was the final blow in Silver's aid.

His thoughts were suddenly interrupted as he heard Crystal yawning from her bed. All of a sudden, she was immediately cured from her sickness! Now, time to put that brain to work. Maybe it was that deal that Silver made in order to free them? Gold's eyes went to Crystal who was getting out of bed.

She is a pretty strong-willed person who wouldn't get pushed around so easily. So maybe… maybe that sickness was actually a sign that the mind control process was trying its hardest to gain Crystal as another pawn for Neo Team Rocket. Gold mentally growled, thinking of how foolish he was to let his mind become a control device for them so easily.

From her bed, Crystal noticed Gold and her eyes were filled with happiness in them but then noticed Silver was missing. She looked back at the raven-haired boy then her eyes were all too quickly filled with worry and that something must've happened while she was out. The girl got up and faced Gold, looking carefully in his eyes for the one thing that Silver kept pointing out about him.

Gold quickly noticed this which caused him to smirk, "So… you're checking me out eh?" He grinned before the blue-haired trainer grabbed his face and pulled on his eyelids, "Hey! What's the meaning of this?! Yes! I do have hot eyes now please let me go! This is going too far!" Little smoke clouds escaped his head in frustration.

She released him, "Gold…" Crystal started out with her signature serious look which meant trouble, "What happened to Silver?" She asked him, not in the mood for any funny business.

Before he was about to answer her after releasing a sigh, Yellow came up the stairs, interrupting the much anticipated answer for Crystal, "Hey Gold I-" Her bright and cheery eyes were in awe once she saw Crys cured and healthy. She shifted glances from the pro-capturer to the one known as the "hatcher" with eyes full of questions.

It wasn't too long until Gold explained his reasons for this which for one surprised Crystal but then it made sense to her because she told of what had been happening in her body that did not feel like a regular cold. While Gold was still explaining, her crystal eyes shifted from the two down to her bed sheets with a worried look.

'Silver…' That name, his face, everything about him was stuck in her mind. Sure, she was glad that Gold was here and not under suspicion anymore but… she couldn't figure out why she missed him so much right now. They never did get that close and now all of a sudden, they were brought together. And even so, even if they didn't talk to each other that much, they got closer to each other than when Gold tried because… well, he was kind of hard to become close friends to.

Her head was in the clouds before Gold snapped her back to reality with a snap of his fingers, "Yo! Crys! I thought you wanted to know what happened to Silver." Crystal almost forgot about her question until he pointed it out before quickly nodding a 'yes'. "Well, listen up…" With his tale in motion, she figured out why Silver had acted so suspicious of Gold in the first place. Then again, Silver was always quick to figure out mostly everything. Her face went into shock when the "hatcher" spoke of the red-haired trainer's self-sacrifice for them.

After much thinking about this, she clenched her fists in frustration, 'Silver…' Her eyes were filled with so much concern, 'Why did you have to do this? We could've found a way out of this!' She got up with eyes full of determination that scared even Gold.

"Crystal?" Yellow softly spoke.

"Well, what are you two waiting for?" Yellow and Gold looked at each other then back at her, "We have to bring him back!" She grinned before the two nodded and followed her on out through the PokèCenter's doors.

-X-

A wind blew through the hideout that Bridgette brought Silver in. She was laughing at her monitors, watching Crystal's attempts to try and bring him back, "Too bad… it's a shame you will never take him back…" She mused.

The doors from behind her opened. Black boots stepped into the interior of the dark room that the hazel-eyed girl was in. From behind the malevolent girl, Silver stood behind her with arms crossed. Now many of you might think that Silver was standing behind her just because he wanted to see what his friends were up to right?

Wrong. His silver eyes were watching the monitors that contained Crystal, Gold and Yellow. However, they weren't out of concern but they were filled with no emotion whatsoever. Silver remained in his normal clothes but there was only one thing different about him…

He had on a half-mask that controlled his entire being…

-X-

The trio was strolling down the forest quietly. All that was on their minds were of the red-haired boy, Silver. As they walked, thinking of anything that might be of any use to them to get their old friend back, the capture specialist was deep in her thoughts. She closed her eyes, remembering of how he comforted her back at that special and mysterious cave.

She then wondered what happened to herself while she was sick. Crystal could almost remember confessing something to Silver that shocked him. If indeed she confessed something, what could it be? No time for these other types of questions. All that should matter is getting Silver to his senses. He would normally think these situations through but… what made him give up so easily?

'Could it have something to do with me?' Crystal stopped in her tracks and looked up at the sky, 'No… it could be Blue. She was the one being controlled by whoever is out to get us or mostly him.' She closed her eyes, trying to think of a reason that he would give himself up to the evil organization.

"Crys?" The blue-haired girl snapped out of her thoughts and looked at Gold, "You alright? You stopped so quickly." He spoke out of concern for her. Crystal nodded to the young teenager. Gold almost didn't believe her but he went with it, 'What is up with her?' He thought, 'Her head is up in the clouds ever since we left the PokèCenter and now… I wonder if it has to do with Silver…' When he thought of his best friend's name, he clenched his fists.

Yellow on the other hand wore a deeply worried look. She knew that both the two Johto dex holders have hurt feelings of Silver joining with the enemy. Her yellow eyes looked up at the sky while remembering her efforts in trying to stop the "trader" join the enemy. The blonde girl closed her eyes and let out a sigh.

Something caught her eyes immediately when she reopened her eyes. There, in front of them as they walked were Blue and Green lying on top of each other. The "healer" quickly ran over to her two Kanto companions. She examined their unconscious bodies. Yellow then remembered what Charizard and Wigglytuff told her about their trainers.

Shoot! Yellow had left the two Pokèmon back at the center! She noticed from her peripheral vision that Blue was struggling to get up along with Green. It was weird how the two were here collapsed. The blonde trainer knew that Silver freed them from their mind control but got the chills that there was something wrong here.

"Blue! Green!" Crystal exclaimed, rushing towards the two trainers. Upon quick examination of the two Kanto dex holders, their bodies looked so damaged with blood everywhere. This utterly confused the young capturer. Last time she saw them was during a double battle with Silver. The two teenagers didn't have a scratch on them and now… what happened?

The straw-hat girl checked their status out. Even though they were still alive, they looked as if they can't move anymore. Her yellow eyes shifted from Green and Blue to Gold and Crystal, "I'm afraid that I can't come with you two anymore." This shocked the two Johto dex holders, "I have to take care of them. They don't appear in any good shape and I don't want them to push it. By the looks of it, they don't look like they can hold anymore longer." Yellow spoke with a worried tone.

Silence befell the two teenagers before Gold gave a response, "Alright then. Take care of them." His amber eyes turned to Crystal, "Looks like it'll be just the two of us." Gold grinned.

Crystal stared at Gold before she wore a determined face, "I guess so." She nodded before turning to Yellow, "Alright then. We'll be taking off. Take care of them." Yellow nodded as Crys and Gold took off in the deeper parts of the woods.

"Good luck." Yellow whispered before something disturbed her that she had to go in her battle stance to protect Green and Blue, "Who's there?!" She exclaimed in a threatening voice.

"Y-Yellow…" Blue started out in a weak tone.

The straw-hat trainer knelt to Blue's level, "What is it?"

"R-Run…" She uttered.

"Why?!" Yellow stared at her senior as if she was crazy.

"B-Blue…" Green placed his hand on her, "I t-think Yellow m-might be our only c-chance…" He grumbled before his jade eyes caught Yellow's, "Don't l-let us down…"

The blonde girl wondered what the spiky-haired senior meant. It was at that instance that the bug Pokèmon that earlier attacked Silver and Crys plus Green and Blue surrounded the young Viridian girl. Suddenly, millions of voices were striking through Yellow's head. Even though her powers were unique, sometimes it can cause troubles like this scenario here.

"Save us!"

"Don't leave us!"

"Help!!!"

Of all the poor bug Pokèmon that were being controlled by the collar, Yellow tried to find some way to release them from this horrible mind control device. She then remembered Green and Blue behind her. She hated the position she was in. Her eyes went wide in shock as she witnessed the bug Pokèmon come forth with all they have.

"Go Lax!" A familiar voice screamed from behind Yellow. Her eyes widened as she turned around before witnessing the large Snorlax popping out of its pokèball and using its body as a blockade for them.

"Red!" Yellow exclaimed with great relief in her voice.

Red grinned towards the blonde girl before Charizard and Wigglytuff appeared behind the battler, "I guess I made it here just in time." His expression changed once he turned to the bug Pokèmon that were giving off a bad aura.

-X-

As the battle between the Kanto dex holders and the controlled bug Pokèmon were taking place, the two Johto trainers kept running until Crystal stopped and recognized the mossy entrance of where she and Silver rested from the bug Pokèmon assault. Gold stopped soon and looked at her with a worried expression, "Hey Crys… you okay?" He asked.

Crystal was lost in her thoughts before she registered his question in her mind. She shook her head then looked back at his amber eyes, "Yeah… I'm alright…" Her eyes were staring down at the ground before staring back at him, "Let's keep going." She quickly ran besides him then a little ahead of him before Gold took the answer and followed besides her.

Gold started to wonder what might've happened between his two best pals. He then looked up at the sky and a picture of Silver's face appeared. The young teenager shook his head then focused on the task at hand, "Well, no matter! We're going to bring him back no matter what!" Gold exclaimed with his signature goofy grin.

"Let's see about that then…" The two Johto dex holders halted to a stop to see that it was the person that they were going after.

"Silver…" Crystal whispered while her eyes were in shock along with Gold as Silver prepared to use his Pokèmon for his first attack on them.


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