"Chiro!" Jinmay yelled. "I told you not to hang up!"

"They deserved it!" Chiro replied.

"No, they didn't! They were just worried for your safety and you got all mad at them for caring about you!" Jinmay argued.

A little bit of guilt intruded on Chiro's anger. He pushed the feeling away. "You said you wouldn't help me if I didn't tell them, so what are you waiting for?! Why don't you just leave?!"

"Do you want me to leave?" Jinmay replied.

"If you're planning on dragging me back to the monkeys, then yes!" Chiro answered.

"And what if I'm not?" Jinmay asked.

Chiro blinked in surprise. "You're… not?"

"Find your family by yourself. I'm out of here." Jinmay said, leaving the Mind Scrambler.

Ash ran after her, while Chiro just watched, dumbfounded.

Outside the Mind Scrambler…

"Jinmay! Wait!" Ash called.

Jinmay stopped and turned around. "What?"

"I don't know what exactly is going on between you and my brother, but leaving isn't the best way to solve it." Ash told her. "Whether he wants to admit it or not, we don't know where to go next. The search will just take longer if we don't have any help. If you can help us, please do."

Jinmay sighed. "Okay, I'll give it another go. After all, I didn't just come here to find out why Chiro ran away and get him to tell the Monkey Team. I also came here because I care about him. I promised him a year ago that he'd see his family again someday. I think it's time I fulfill that promise."

"Thanks, Jinmay. We appreciate it. Even if Chiro isn't willing to show it right now." Ash said, smiling.

They reentered the Mind Scrambler. Chiro was sitting with his head in his hands when they came in. He looked up upon their entry and then looked away.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you, Jinmay." He murmured.

"It's okay. I'm sorry for hitting you." Jinmay responded. "I have an idea on where to get help with finding your family."

"You do?" Chiro asked, turning back to face them.

"Yes. I'll show you the way." Jinmay answered.

Everyone took a seat and they took off in the Mind Scrambler.

Meanwhile…

"Sprx, you were a little too hard on him." Nova said. "Heck, both of us were. If we had reacted differently in the first place, he wouldn't be so mad at us."

Sprx sighed. "I'm just worried about the kid. He could get into big trouble out there by himself."

"But he's not by himself." Antauri reminded them. "He has Ash and Jinmay. Not to mention, no Monkey Team member is ever alone."

"Antauri's right. Chiro has help if he needs it and he knows how to protect himself if anything happens." Gibson stepped in. "And this isn't for forever. He'll come back. We all know he will."

"But what if he doesn't?! We'll never see him again!" Otto worried.

"Chiro will come back." Nova assured him. "He knows how much he means to us and we mean a lot to him as well. He won't stay away forever."

"Promise?" Otto asked.

"Promise." Nova replied. To herself, she thought. 'He has to.'

Meanwhile…

As Cilan was pushed through the halls of the spaceship, he felt he'd never been more afraid in his life. He was alone. Sure, he had his pokemon with him, but he'd never been in such a bad situation so far from people he knew could help him.

The group entered a control room where Cilan was introduced to an alien named Hansing. Hansing told Cilan that this meant they wanted Cilan to take over Hansing's job and that Hansing would be killed once he was done teaching Cilan how to do the job correctly. To sum it up, they weren't satisfied with Hansing's work and had decided to replace him.

Cilan spent the next few days learning how to help drive a spaceship and how even one tiny mistake could send them a billion light-years off course.

Meanwhile…

Iris found herself set to work on a plantation on a planet not far from Poke-Earth, but yet to be discovered by it.

The work was hard and the crops were foreign. She prayed she would be freed.

Meanwhile…

Delia was put to work in an alien nursery halfway between Poke-Earth and Shuggazoom.

The babies were very different from human babies and she often messed up, but she was learning.

Hopefully, all three could last until they were found.