Faith rolled sleepless in her bed. She wanted to see Jolteon right now. What time is it? She breathed in deep. It was a middle the night, he was probably asleep. Plus, she was too tired to get up.

Her body ached and begged her to sleep. She closed her eyes and tried to ignore the questions.

She couldn't sleep, she felt like she was about to panic attack. She had to go to Jolteon now.

She started making her way to Team Electric's base. She came to find all the lights out in the door locked. I should have known no one would be awake at this hour.

"What are you doing here?"

Faith turned around quickly, it was Jolteon. Why does he have to appear so suddenly?

"I need to talk to you about something… Important."

"Go on…" said Jolteon simply.

"Yesterday, I ran into team Ghost. I think they might be a gauge. It seems like they have a history with the team Electric. I would like to know the history is because they're targeting my team and I'm not sure what to do."

Faith could barely see Jolteon in the dark, all shadow no color. She thought she saw Jolteon shake his head. "They're not important. You'll be fine."

At that moment Faith thought she was going to lose it with Jolteon. "Okay, you haven't been honest with me from the start. You're always keeping things from me. I want that to stop! I want it to right stop now! Tell me who team Ghost is. Tell me about the history with you. I won't leave until you do!

Jolteon's shadow didn't move but Faith heard him taking a deep sigh. "Team Ghost betrayed us. We were a rescue mission together and they turned around and attacked us. They took everything… credit, money... It was then I realized that Gengar had used us."

"What does that do with me?"

Jolteon shrugged. "Honestly nothing. It surprises me that Gengar target a low ranking team. But I guess since he knows you're with me the game changes."

"What should I do? You didn't give me a very detailed explanation how did you do with them?

"Fight them…" Jolteon said softly.

"You want me to challenge them to a fight? I know nothing about them and they're ghost types."

"Once you make it a point that you are strong they will leave you alone. That's how team Electric dealt with them. Type shouldn't matter. If you want them to leave you alone then you must fight them."

Faith nodded, "Can you tell me more about what happen though?"

"That's not for you to know," Jolteon said softly. "Betrayal is not something one likes to talk about."

"Okay." Faith said. She knew she wouldn't get any information from Jolteon if he didn't want to talk about it. She was tired so she bowed her head in thanks and turned to go.

Jolteon watched Faith as she left. "Faith I hope you'll forgive me. I honestly don't know what to do. What if you're not one? I can't become close to you. What if I have to kill you? What if you're not the prophecy?"

Chikorita sighed. "Why are you always so tired?" He asked rhetorically.

"I said I'll be up in a minute. Why don't you get breakfast ready?"

"I already ate."

"I question what time you get up and how much sleep you get." said Faith rolling out of bed.

She got ready for the day as quickly as she could. She was washing her face when there was heard a knock on the door. "Chikorita, can you get that?"

"Sure"

Chikorita opened the door. It was Caterpie, Butterfree's child.

"What's wrong, Caterpie?" Faith asked curiously.

Caterpie was shaking a little. "Team Limitless, you have to help me. My friend and I Metapod were playing in the woods. We went a little deeper than usual. And we ran into wild Pokémon. We ran as fast as we could and I lost track and Metapod."

"So Metapod lost?" Faith repeated trying to make sense of the story. " Okay, Caterpie, we will try to find your friend. I want you to go back your mother and wait."

Caterpie nodded.

"Oh, sounds like a rescue mission."

Faith growled, she knew that voice, it was Gengar. "Come on, this isn't your mission. Leave us alone."

"We can do whatever the hell we want. Plus, I know the place that Caterpie is talking about, It's Sinister Forest" Gengar said.

"I don't care if you know the place or not." Faith hissed. "Get out of our team's business!"

Gengar smiled at the attention. "You know what Faith, I'll make you a deal."

Faith rolled her eyes. "What kind of deal?"

"Something fun," Gengar said. "The first one to Sinister Forest wins and gets to do the mission.

"I don't know why you care so much…" Faith said why did his team show up in the first place?

"I've actually had eyes on your team for a very long time. I'll rob everything from you. I enjoy watching those he loves fall."

Faith turned to Gengar in horror, was she hearing things? Genger hadn't said anything. He was just standing there. Could she hear his thoughts?

"Faith, are we going to take the deal or what?" Chikorita asked

Faith looked hard at Genger. "It's on! And I have another condition. If we win you leave us alone."

"Deal." Said Gengar smiling in a way that had Faith creeped out.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Caterpie backing away. The tension between the teams probably scared him.

She walked up to him slowly. "Caterpie, it's okay. I didn't mean to scare you. Just go back your mom and tell her what is happening. I promise will find your friend and he will come back safe."

Caterpie nodded and started his way home.

Faith and Chikorita stood at the entrance of the woods. Faith knew that the woods were divided into many sections. There was Tiny Woods and Faith didn't really know about any other forest sections. "Chikorita, what part of the forest is Sinister Woods?"

Chikorita looked around nervously. "Sinister Woods is the name given to the darkest part of the forest. Why would Caterpie and his friend be playing there?

"We don't really have time to worry about why. They're kids, they could've just been exploring and got a little too deep. We need to get there before team Ghost does."

"Faith, I don't really think we should mess with team Ghost. We're not very high rank if we start a fight with them it could get us into trouble." Chikorita said anxiously.

"But they're the ones interested in us. Trust me, I wish they would leave us alone too."

"What do you think their goal is?" Chikorita asked nervously.

"I don't know." Faith said a little irritated. "All I know is that Gengar has something against Jolteon."

Faith started and toward the woods. All her senses were on alert. She sniffed the air to see if she could track team Ghost. However, there was nothing aside from the normal sense of the forest.

They went slowly, Faith stayed on alert for any sign of Metapod. If he was smart, he could curl up in a ball and just wait. But there was no guarantee he had done that. For all Faith knew, he could be anywhere in this forest.

The forest started to change. Instead of soft grass, dead leaves scratched Faith's paw. The trees started to get thicker and darker.

"We're getting close," Chikorita said nervously.

"I don't see any sign of Metapod." Faith said, looking around just to make sure. There were no signs of life except for the foliage. "What do you think we should do?"

"Keep going… I mean do we really have a choice at this point?"

Faith shook her head. "Maybe we could send out a search party. I mean I thought we just find little guy and go back home. He could be anywhere in this forest. His mother probably worried sick."

"Metapod doesn't have a mother."

"What? You mean you know him?"

Chikorita nodded. "Butterfree is his Guardian."

"Why would she let them go so deep into the woods?"

"Like you said, they were probably playing and lost track of where they were. The best thing we can do now is to find Metapod and hopefully get him before team Ghost does."

"Then we might be too late." Faith whispered, "look…" Ahead of them was Ganger's team. They were upwind of them which is why Faith hadn't sensed them.

"What the hell do we do?" Chikorita whispered nervously.

Faith thought about ignoring them for a moment. She didn't really know what to do in this situation. She knew team Ghost has something against her but she didn't know why and she didn't know much about them. It wouldn't be safe to take on that kind of enemy. But they had to find Metapod...

"Hello." Faith's blood ran cold as she turned. It was Gengar and his team. It was Gengar and then his teammates a Ghastly, a Hunter and an Espeon.

"Faith these are seriously dangerous Pokémon," Chikortia whispered.

"You haven't found them yet, have you?" asked Gengar.

"No, have you?"

Gengar shrugged his shoulders in response.

"Maybe we could all help each other? And find them together." Chikorita said nervously. He was shaking.

"Actually, that's not the reason we took the mission."

"Then why did you challenge us?" Faith asked.

"You realize you're in a forest, all alone…"

"Oh,…No!" Faith backed off.

Gengar laughed. "Not even Jolteon will be able to hear you scream."

At that moment he took a hold of Faith, choking her. Faith heard Chikorita scream. Then she felt teeth sink deep into her body. Like a thousand knives, Her muscles were in a state of flux. Her body was burning. She couldn't believe that she had been coaxed out here to die. Metapod needs to be found! What do I do now? I can't even scream. Jolteon, if you're out there please come, I silently beg of you."

Faith was thrown to the ground. Ganger kicked her multiple times. The poison weakened her. She felt all her power draining from her. Ganger ripped her badge from her neck. Now she couldn't get help; she couldn't call anyone. She looked over to Chikorita. He was lying there helpless, Ganger's teammates had poisoned him too.

"What is the re-..." Faith choked, in agonizing pain. It was getting harder to breathe. "Please, someone come." Faith vision was starting to fail and everything was clouded.

She heard what sounded like a roar. Something went "boom!" and there was smoke all around her. She tried to get up; she felt something grab her on the neck. Strangely she felt safe and she let the someone pick her up.

"Who are you?" She asked she could barely speak, she didn't even know if they had heard her. The poison completely overtook her. Her vision failed completely. Her body went weak and limp. She fainted.

Faith! Faith! You have to make it through this. You have to live. Don't worry, we'll be back to team base and a minute. Jolteon is taking care of everything, just hold on. Faith!...

Faith opened her eyes to blackness. What's going on? She felt horrible from the poison.

"Look she's opening her eyes!"

"How do you feel Faith?" asked Jolteon.

Faith looked up, Jolteon was standing over her. "Horrible." She replied whimpering. "Where am I?"

"You're back at your normal team base. "You're home," Jolteon answered.

"Savanna was able to give you Pecha berry. So you should be feeling better quite soon." Jolteon told her.

"What happened?"

"Ganger used a pretty strong poison move on you. He used a move called Toxic."

Faith looked at Jolteon. "What happened to Gengar?"

"I pushed him back," Jolteon said.

"You told me to fight him. Faith's voice faded. "I lost…I lost…What happened... You…" Faith collapsed.

"Faith…"

Chikorita glared at Jolteon from his bed. "You told her to fight team Ghost?"

"I told her to plan to fight them. I didn't know they would bring you out the woods and try to kill you." His voice seemed a little anxious.

Chikorita didn't believe him. "Thank you for fighting off team Ghost anyway and thank you for bringing us both back here." He said sarcastically.

"I didn't bring Faith back here."

Chikorita looked surprised, "Then who did?"

"I don't know. I heard the commotion of the battle. I went to see what was going on. I brought you back here after I fought off Gengar. I was able to tell my team was going on so, luckily, Savanna and the doctor were ready when I came here. Your team base was the closest. Savanna and Audio were able to heal your wounds. They left about an hour ago. I wanted to wait until you guys woke up. They told me to let them know if anything happens. You've been passed out for the past five hours"

"Thanks for the info." Said Chikorita

"Chikorita, where are you?" Faith asked whimpering.

"Faith, I'm in my bed and I'm sore but okay."

"Good…" Faith drifted off again.

Jolteon looked warily at Faith. She was badly weakened by the poison. She didn't even seem to be all here. What have I done? In an effort to test her strength I almost killed her. But if she was not the chosen one he would need to kill her. A human did not belong in this world. If only he had hard proof of something.

Jolteon walked outside. He told Audino that the patients had woken up. Audino nodded in thanks and went to ten to them. Jolteon made his way to the forest.

The sun setting, this was the darkest part of the forest. The sky was hidden forever. The grass was sharp. Jolteon licked the blood from his paw. His breath was heavy from the pain in his own body. He would not let anyone see his own wounds.

He didn't have much time.

"I knew you'd be here" It was an Espeon. He didn't seem to walk but drift around Jolteon. His eyes gleamed.

"Thank you for saving Faith." Said Jolteon

The Espeon stopped.

"Yes, I know you saved her…"

"You rather her die?" The Espeon laughed.

"No…" Said Jolteon. "But…I do not know if she is the one…She failed this test…"

"She is the one." Said the Espeon, he smiled. She wouldn't have the power to call us if she wasn't. He stepped closer to Jolteon. "But she seems to know little about her power."

Jolteon bowed his head in shame. "I haven't told her anything…"

The Espeon leaned closer…"Why?"

" Ellis… What am I supposed to tell her? That is to die for this world? Along with us?"

"You're supposed to guide her." Ellis moved away from him.

"She will know everything when the time is right," Jolteon said, glaring at Ellis.

"Jolteon stop running from destiny. You are a guardian just like me." Ellis closed his eyes. "The time is soon."