(Summer's POV)

"An hour! I have an hour until I get to see Ben!" I exclaimed, an elated smile on my face. "He's alive!"

"Now, Summer. Don't get yourself worked up. This could be a trap. Red Eyes could be lying." Murph warned. "I wouldn't let my guard down."

"Red Eyes may be a lot of things, but he's a horrible liar." I whipped around to see that Blue Eyes had come on deck. "Ben is perfectly fine. My sister guards him, as I'm sure she's told you. Erin or I didn't let anything happen to him."

"Thank you, Blue Eyes." I smiled. Yes, Blue Eyes may be an enemy, but she certainly wasn't evil. "Why, though? Why did you protect him?"

"Oh, I'm sure Ben will tell you everything. And if he doesn't, come find me. If I tell him to, he'll tell Oyou. Trust me, he knows better than to talk back to me." She smirked. "And don't call me Blue Eyes. That's what the Pinchers call me. My real name's Jen."

"Alright, Jen. So, uh, you know Ben?" I asked. "You seem to."

"Yeah. I do." She sighed. "I think I may have mentioned him to you once or twice."

"Oh. Really?" I couldn't remember her mentioning him. I mean, except to ask me about him. And tease me. "Maybe I wasn't listening."

"No... you were. Well, never mind. Y'know, just ask Ben." Blue Eyes– or, Jen, I suppose– started walking off the ship. "So... are we going to Daybreak Ruins or not?"

"Oh, yeah! It's about a thirty minute walk from here, right?" I asked. Jen nodded. "Kay. So, we should get going now."

"Great! Let me just to get something." Murph exclaimed. Jen and I looked at him strangely. "What?"

"Um... Murph. Were you even listening to Red Eyes?" I asked. "Red Eyes told me NOT to bring anyone else. Or he would hurt Ben."

"Oh, right. Haha... yeah. I was just joking." Murph laughed nervously. "You guys know that, right?"

"C'mon, Summer. We should leave now." Jen declared. I nodded. We started climbing off the boat. Murph ran after us.

"Right?" I rolled my eyes. Murph, whom I had known since second grade, would never change. "Guys!"

"Whatever, Murph." I called back, not bothering to turn around. "Just watch the boat."

"Wow. Just... wow." Jen laughed. "Very nice."

"He's Murph. There's no use being subtle with him. He isn't the brightest." I shrugged. "But he's not dumb either."

"You know, he is now the top reason why I could never be a Ranger. Erin may be able to handle it." She decided. I turned to face her and started walking backwards. Mostly because it was fun. "What are you doing?"

"Walking." I stated. "Backwards."

"Why?"

"It's fun!" I grinned. "You should try it sometime."

"Yeah... no." She declined. I shrugged. Suddenly, my foot caught on something and I fell. Backwards. "You tripped."

"I did not!" I exclaimed. Well, I actually did. But Jen didn't need to know that. "I... attacked the ground."

"Backwards." Jen looked at me skeptically. "You attacked the ground. BACKWARDS."

"Yeah, well. I'm just that talented." I defended. Jen wasn't buying it. "Really!"

"Whatever." She chuckled. "Get up. You're probably going to make this walk fifteen minutes longer than it should be."

"Okay, so no walking backwards. How about jumping from tree to tree?" I suggested. "Like a squirrel."

"You are a strange girl." Jen laughed. "We could most definitely be friends."

"So... is that a yes? To the trees?" I asked eagerly. "Is it?"

"No." Jen replied. "No it is not."

"Okay." We walked in silence for a couple of minutes. Uuntil it got annoying to me, anyways. "Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there NOW?"

"No."

"How about now?"

"No."

"Well, what about–"

"SHUT UP! We are no closer than we were five seconds ago." Jen growled. "So, please. Be quiet."

"Yes ma'am." I muttered. We were silent for another minute or so. I looked around at my surroundings. Not very interesting. "Are we–"

"NO!"

...

(Ben's POV)

"Okay, Red Eyes just sent me a transmission telling me to untie you." Erin grinned. "He said Summer. believed him. We have an hour to get to the Ruins."

"That's great!" I exclaimed. "I can't wait go see her."

"I can't wait either." Erin smiled evilly. "Operation Match Maker is officially ready to start."

"You aren't seriously going to try that, are you?" I asked. "You are, aren't you?"

"Yep! I mean it's obvious that you like her and she likes you. And even though you heard her say it, you don't believe it. It's my job to make sure you get together!" Erin laughed. "Hey, I can even get Jen to help."

"Wonderful." I deadpanned. "Just wonderful."

"Great! You like the plan!" Erin declared. "Thank goodness you're on board too."

"Sarcasm is a foreign language to you, isn't it?" I asked her. She shrugged. "I was being sarcastic when I said it was wonderful."

"Oh... okay! Now, let's get rid of this rope." She untied the rope that held me captive. I stood up, and it fell off. I stretched a little. After being tied up so long, I was kinda sore. "There we go!"

"Thanks." I smiled. "So... how long will it take us to get there?"

"About fifteen minutes on the Z.Z. Flyers." Erin replied. "Or ten if we hurry. But Red Eyes will probably have us wait a little before we leave. It may take Summer and Jen awhile to get there."

"What do we do until then?" I asked. "Cause I'm kinda bored."

"I have no idea. Red Eyes didn't have any orders relating to that. We could call Jen, see what she's up to." She suggested. "Hey, and maybe you could talk to Summer!"

"No. She really doesn't need to know. I never shared much of my past with her." I denied. And, truthfully, I wanted to talk to Summer in person.

"Suit yourself." Erin shrugged. She pressed a few buttons on her transmitter. "Jen?"

'Erin, thank goodness! Make it stop, she won't shut up!' Jen exclaimed. I laughed. That sounded like Summer. 'She was walking backwards!'

'So? It's fun!' Summer. She sounded so cheerful, and I was glad she was. 'Hey, Erin! Y'know, you're sister says you could be a Ranger!'

"Really?" Erin asked. Yeah, I could see that. "What about her?"

"She couldn't handle Murph." I muttered. There was no way. If she met Murph... I think he would annoy her to death.

'She couldn't handle Murph.' Wow. Summer said the exact same thing I did. Erin noticed this too, as she laughed.

"Aw, you two said the same thing!" She cried quietly, holding her transmitted away so that only I could hear. "So cute!"

"Shut up." I growled. "You're almost worse than Kellyn."

'Erin? Is that Ben?' Summer heard me. 'Is it?'

'Don't be silly. You must be hearing things.' Thank you Jen. 'And keep walking! We don't have time for you to climb trees!'

'But you–'

'Summer!' Yeah. Same old Summer. 'Stay on track.'

"Wow..." Erin laughed. She shut off the transmitter and turned to me. "Your girlfriend is silly."

"Silly? No. Crazy? Yes." I grinned. "Oh, and don't tell her I said that."

"Hey! Are you two ready to go?" We turned around to face Red Eyes, who was standing in the doorway. "We don't want to keep the Ranger waiting."

"Great! We're ready!" Erin exclaimed. "Let's go!"

...

(Summer's POV)

"Are we there yet?" I asked for probably the fifteen hundredth time. Jen probably hated me by now. "Are we?"

"Yes, we are finally here." She exclaimed, very exasperated. "Welcome to Daybreak Ruins."

"Awesome! So we just waltz inside, and there we go!" I started towards the entrance. I was held back when Jen grabbed my scarf. I whipped around to face her. "What!"

"Uh... it doesn't exactly work that way. There are several traps and mazes in the Ruins. It's fairly easy to get lost." She warned. "You're going to need a lot of Physic Types."

"Physic Types. Hmm... I don't have any. You don't happen to... have any, maybe?" I asked. Jen sighed. "You don't, do you?"

"Nope. But YOU can befriend some in the Ruins." She suggested. "You think that'll work?"

"Oh! Right, I forgot." I laughed. "Yeah, I'll just do that."

"You really can't wait to see him again, can you?" Jen asked. "He means a lot to you."

"You have no idea." I stated. "He's my best friend!"

"He's more than that. You really like him." She put a hand on my shoulder. "He likes you too, you know. I can tell. He made it fairly obvious."

"I doubt it. He only thinks of me as a friend." I mumbled. "There's no way he could like me like I like him."

"Don't be down on yourself. He really does." Jen smiled. "C'mon. It may take us another fifteen minutes to get through."

...

Jen was right. It took us awhile to get through the ruins. There were these stupid glowing things toopen passages. I really didn't want to deal wih those again. One problem when we made it through. Red Eyes wasn't there, let alone Ben.

"That jerk! He tricked us! He isn't here!" Jen shouted angrily. "I should've known that idiot could care less about me!"

"Hey, there's gotta be a logical explanation. Maybe they're just late?" I suggested. Jen scowled and muttered something I couldn't understand. At least I calmed her down. Suddenly, a roar rang through the air.

"Entei!" Jen gasped. Sure enough, the legendary Pokèmon bounded into view. "What is he doing here?"

'I should ask you the same thing, human. This is my land!' So he talked too. 'Ugh, why do I even bother? Humans cannot understand.'

"Entei! We're sorry for trespassing! We mean you no harm!" I yelled, trying to appease the legendary beast. "Please, calm down!"

'You are a fool. You cannot undo what you have done!' Entei growled. I held out my Styler. I would have to befriend Entei. Now I wished I brought Pichu. It took me several tries to finally capture him, but I eventually did. A bright light, like with Raikou, filled the air. I noticed a figure. Again, like Raikou! Acting fast, I entered the emblem into my Styler, before the light faded. Entei had disappeared.

"Summer! You okay?" Jen asked worriedly. "You were brave. Saving me."

"Yeah, well. It's my job." I smiled. "No need to worry."

"A job well done, I must say." We whipped around to face the speaker. Red Eyes had arrived, along with Erin and another Pincher. I didn't see Ben.

"Red Eyes! Where's Ben!" I growled. Red Eyes frowned at me. He stepped out of the way to reveal Ben. Safe, unharmed. He shoved my partner to the ground. I snarled at the Pincher Leader.

"I see you have Blue Eyes. Let's trade. No funny business." Red Eyes smirked. He was planning something. Jen noticed this too, and shook her head. Telling Red Eyes to drop whatever cruel plan he had devised. Erin helped Ben up. I was grateful that she was helping him.

"Right." I nudged Jen forward. "Three..."

"Two..."

"One!" I raced over and grabbed Ben. Just in time, too. As I got him away, I noticed an Ivysaur preparing a Hyperbeam. I pulled Ben to the ground just in time. The Hyperbeam barely missed me. I helped Ben up, and glared at Red Eyes. Jen was now over with him. She was mad. No, beyond mad. I didn't understand why. But she looked ready to kill him. "No funny business, huh, Red Eyes?"

"Well, what did you expect?" He got back on his Z.Z. Flyer, pulling Jen on with him. "Have fun getting out alive."

"What?" Red Eyes tossed a bunch of Voltorbs around us. I saw Jen and Erin both looking horrified at him. This time, Ben pulled me into a protective hug and dove to the ground. He positioned himself so that he took the full brunt of the attack. I heard the explosions, but I wasn't really affected. I was worried about Ben, taking the full brunt of it. I hoped he'd be okay.

A/N: FINALLY! I am so so so sorry for the long wait. I had a little case of writer's block. But I'm back! Thanks to my reviewers, I appreciate your support! :) Hopefully the next update will be sooner. I tried making this a bit longer, although most of it was sort of filler. Hope you enjoyed!