Sorry about the long wait. I had nasty writer's block again so this chapter might not be as good as the others, especially the ending. I don't know how long it will be until the next chapter, so I would like to hear your ideas for chapters 11 and 12 either through review or PM. I am also thinking of rewriting Taken for Granted (which would mean longer chapters), and I would like to hear your ideas for that. If you see any mistakes let me know. The computer I'm using doesn't have a writing document of any kind yet so I'm using the Copy-N-Paste feature (thank you Fanfiction!) for this.

Lance woke to complete darkness. Again? He sat up, hitting his head against the wall behind him. The events of the -day?- before came rushing back. The last thing he said to Yellow was what he had shouted at her and now... He stood up. Maybe... He walked along the wall, feeling around for the door. It was locked. He sighed and rested his head against the wall. "Kiiroko... "

A flash came from the corner of the room and Shinx walked up to him, glowing faintly with electricity. Lance stared at it for a moment. "How did you get in here?" Shinx shrugged and lied down. It set a small object down, batting it gently. The object enlarged to a Pokeball. "Not now."

Shinx nodded, growling something that sounded like "Yes, now."

"That's not going to do us any good. Not in here."

Shinx stared at him flatly and headbutted the Pokeball to him. The object hit his foot and bounced back to Shinx. The Pokemon glared at it, picked it up, and dropped it at Lance's feet. It walked up to the door, examining it.

"I already-"

Shinx zapped the doorknob and nudged the door. The door slowly creaked open. Shinx gave Lance a dry look. Lance stared at it questioningly and followed it. This time he had been kept in a room much further back in the building, unlike the last time. In another room down the hall were several of the members under Gray's command, though they were paying more attention to two other members arm-wrestling, cheering them on. Shinx rolled its eyes and shook its head. It began walking the other way and glared at Lance when he didn't follow it. It walked back to him, bit his pant leg, and began pulling, making him stumble a little. It let go and lead him down another hallway.

"Do you know where we're going?"

Shinx nodded. It took a few more steps and paused, its ears twitching, staring at the turn ahead. It frowned, growling softly, annoyed. It turned and jumped onto Lance's shoulder, glaring at the corner.

"Shinx-"

A Pikachu wearing a tiny flower under one ear looked around the corner, its wary gaze becoming relieved when it saw Lance and it ran up to him, chattering panicky. Shinx yowled in protest as Lance crouched down and smacked him with its tail.

"Chuchu, how did you escape?"

Chuchu jestered wildly, her speech jumbled together, pointing to Shinx several times, ending with a gesture that seemed to say "okay?" or "do you understand now?"

Lance stared at her blankly. "What?"

Chuchu sighed loudly and jumped onto Lance's other shoulder, pointing in the other direction. "Pika."

Shinx glaared at the Pikachu and jumped to the ground, reluctantly leading Lance the other way, arguing with Chuchu. It stopped and looked ahead, growling. A large brown rat-like Pokemon ran towards them, growling. Shinx used Thunder Bolt on it, although that didn't stop the other Pokemon from ramming into it. Shinx was sent flying back, shouting something as it flew past Lance.

Chuchu pointed to the Pokeball Shinx had given to Lance. "Pika Pika." She pointed ahead. "Pi-ka." Her expression flattened as Shinx came back, making it look like she was pointing at it instead of the Raticate. Lance tossed the Pokeball, hitting Shinx in the head.

The Pokeball opened, releasing a blue swan-like Pokemon with fluffy white wings. Shinx frowned at Lance, grumbling. It noticed Altaria and went back to him.

"Is that the Pokemon Yellow wanted to give to me?"

Shinx hesitated before shrugging and nodding slightly. Its eyes widened as Altaria used a Dragon Breath to knock out Raticate with one growled at it. Altaria looked back, responding softly. Shinx shook its head, growling firmly.

Chuchu tilted her head to one side. "Pika?"

Shinx nodded and Altaria flew on ahead and around a corner. Panicked shouts followed, becoming silenced by a door slamming. Altaria stood in front of the door, its expression seeming to be it was attempting to make the door open by glaring at it. A tiny click came from the lock. Altaria looked back at Shinx. Shinx shook its head and smirked, snickering.

Chuchu frowned, one ear twitching. "Pika." Altaria and Shinx cringed at the tone and slowly looked up at her nervously. Chuchu pointed down the hallway. "Pika Pika Pikachu." The other Pokemon hesitated and nodded. Altaria recalled itself back to its Pokeball.

Shinx walked on ahead, stopping in front of each door it passed, studied them for a brief moment, and continued on. It eventually stopped and sat in front of a door and waited for Lance to catch up. A white sign was on it; big black letters written on it said "This is where the prisoners' Pokemon are kept". Did all of the stupid members of Team Rocket side with Gray? Shinx nodded triumphantly before beginning to walk away.

"I'm getting my Pokemon first."

Shinx sighed and walked back. It slipped into the room as Lance opened the door. A zap came, along with a thud, and for a moment the lights flickered, went out, and came back on. Lance slowly pushed the door open. The room was small, shelves lined the walls. One of the members that followed Gray was slumped against a wall in a corner.

Shinx was on top of the highest shelf, nudging a box forward. It gave a final push and the box fell, the contents spilling out. Chuchu helped Lance get the Pokeballs back that rolled under the shelves. She counted them. Six... She looked up at Lance, pointed to the black and white spheres decorated with a yellow H on the top half and held up a tiny finger.

Lance frowned. "Horsea is missing."

If I didn't stop there this would have went on for a while without any point.

Again, if you have any ideas for chapters 11 and 12 I'd like to know, and what you would think of the Taken for Granted rewrite. Oh, and I put up a poll for the TfG rewrite about if I should add more GrantedShipping or not. And if anyone would be interested I might add an OC to it, too, because it will be longer.