Chapter 13

Thanks for those who reviewed, I appreciate the encouragement! ^^

I just haven't been feeling the desire to write this past month and I can't force myself to write since nothing good would come out of it. But anyways, here's the new chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. Enjoy!

Yvonne and Bonnie

Yvonne grimaced, feeling herself being constricted and lacking air. She pried open her eyes to dizziness; she felt like she had just been hit over the head by a rock. When she tried to speak, her sentence came out muffled in the dark.

"Mmffrg?!" Yvonne exclaimed, realizing that there was a cloth covering her mouth, impairing her ability to speak. She tried to take it off but when she moved her arms, she found them to be bind behind her back. She looked at her body and, thanks to the light coming from the gape at the bottom of the nearby door, she was able to see that she was tied up around the waist, wrists, and ankles.

How it happened was just a blur for the blonde. The last that she remembered was complaining about the wind and then someone covered her mouth and pulled her away. Then bam! She felt pain and darkness enter her mind.

Yvonne looked around her surroundings to see Bonnie laying unconsciously on her side, tied in the same way that she was. She tried to call her name but words came out muffled and useless. She tried to get up but only able to get into a sitting position.

She tried again in hopes of waking the younger blonde up, which it did.

Bonnie slowly open her eyes to the muffled voice, which made Yvonne sighed in relief to know that she was just fine. When Bonnie saw Yvonne tied up, she was going to scream... only to realize that she was in the same situation. She squirmed as if that will loosen the bind on her but it only tired her out. She looked frightened and about to cry.

Yvonne used more energy to push herself up onto her feet, not wanting to give up so easily and to help Bonnie. After the third try, she succeeded and hopped over to Bonnie. She set herself behind her and sat down again, making sure that her hands were against Bonnie's back so that she can try to untie the ropes.

It took a good ten minutes to find the knot and then to struggle on untying the ropes. It frustrated Yvonne and she just wanted to cut the dang thing off! When she finally managed to untie the ropes around Bonnie... she sighed in annoyance when she had to untie the ones binding Bonnie's wrists.

Once Bonnie had her hands freed, she pushed herself up and pulled the cloth down to her neck, letting out a breath of relief. "Thanks Yvonne!" And then went to untie her ankles.

Yvonne nodded and then waited for Bonnie to finish things up herself before asking for Bonnie to help untie her ropes.

"Where are we?" Bonnie asked, quickly untying the ropes around Yvonne's waist and wrists.

The older blonde pulled off the cloth around her mouth and massaged the rope prints on her wrist. "I don't know. But we were probably kidnapped."

She then untie the rope knot on her ankles to free her feet."We should get out of here and see if we can find the others."

Yvonne got up and went to the door. But upon an attempt to turn it, the brass knob wouldn't budge. The blonde took it in both hands to turn and pull it, only to receive rattling in return.

"Ugh..." Yvonne groaned, having to deal enough with being tied up and locked in. Her hand went to her waist belt to get her Pokemon. "Pon -"

She stopped when her hand met with thin air. She look at her belt to find that it was empty of her pokeballs.

... Great, not only were they stuck, but they also took her Pokemon away from her! Someone's going to pay big time!

"Yvonne?" Bonnie asked uncertainly. "What's wrong?"

"My Pokemon were taken away." Yvonne muttered.

"What?!" The smaller blonde shrieked in horror. "What are we going to do now?" She then plopped down to her feet and started to cry - she is just a seven year old after all.

"Clemont is going to worry and we can't get out!" She wailed. "We're going to be stuck here forever!"

"H-hey Bonnie...!" Yvonne tried to comfort the girl but found no way to since she couldn't come up with a solution herself.

"Yvonne, what are we going to do?" Bonnie sniffed.

"I-I'll think of a way out," Yvonne assured. "so don't worry too much. We'll be with Clemont and the others before you know it!"

That was what she said but she wasn't sure. At least it comforted Bonnie, which was a relief. She then straightened herself and look around for anything that may help them out of the predicament that they were in, but the room was practically emptied.

She pulled on her hair in frustrated and when her fingers ran across a pin holding up her bangs, she had an idea. She took the pin off and readjusted the shape before putting it in the key hole.

"What are you doing?" Bonnie asked in curiosity, seeing the older blonde fiddling with the knob.

"Picking the lock," Yvonne answered. She squinted through one eye in concentration. If this doesn't work, then they may as well be stuck in here for a while before Calem and the others come to rescue them.

When Yvonne hear a slight click, her face brightened up. She pulled the pin out and twisted the door knob, opening the door sucessfully.

"You did it!" Bonnie cheered, jumping up and down.

"Shh," Yvonne shushed, peeking out of the door to see if there was any sign of danger. "We should try to avoid as much trouble as possible and look for my Pokemon. They might help us get out of here faster."

"Okay!" Bonnie piped quietly and followed Yvonne out of the room they were trapped in. They entered into a corridor with several doors on either side and started to search all of them in hopes of finding Yvonne's pokeballs.

...

After discovering the storage, a room filled with computers, the cafeteria, a room that looks like a lounge, and a few other places that they didn't think a power plant with have, Yvonne and Bonnie came to the last door at the end of the corridor.

Yvonne opened it carefully, looking inside. She hadn't expect to find a few scientists trapped within the room, in the same position that they were in earlier. They quickly went to their aid, helping to free them from their binds.

"What happened?" Yvonne asked. The scientists produced the same story that Calem and the others heard and more.

"They said that they wanted as much electricity that they can get to power something up." The scientist explained. "After that, they're going to destroy the power plant!"

"WHAT?!" The two blondes exclaimed in shock.

"Yvonne, we have to stop them!" Bonnie said urgently.

"I know," The older blonde replied grimly and then looked around. There sat on a table were all of her pokeballs and they were rattling for her attention. She hurried over to reunite with her Pokemon and then exchanged a reassuring look to the scientists. "My friends and I will do whatever it takes to stop Team Flare but you guys should get out of here just in case."

They all agreed on that and filed out of the room with Yvonne and Bonnie following after. No sooner had they left that they ran into Team Flare members.

"Pongo, Circle Throw!" Yvonne commanded, sending out her Pangoro. She then told the scientists to run away as fast as possible while she took on the opponents.

The Daunting Pokemon grabbed onto a Mightyena and spun him in circles before throwing him towards the other Pokemon and humans alike, making them crash like bowling pins. "C'mon Bonnie!"

They ran through the Team Flare grunts that were knocked down. They weren't out but Yvonne only wanted to give them time to escape. She rather just go straight for the heart of the enemy instead of dealing with the outer shell. If she takes out the one in command, then the rest will surrender without any resistance.

Yvonne and Bonnie ran through the hall, but was then stopped by two people dressed in white suits with red shirts and sunglasses. One was a woman with flaming red hair while the other, a man, was bald. Behind them were about five more Team Flare grunts dressed in all red. Yvonne had a feeling that this was going to be a tough one.

She enlarged another pokeball but before she could send out her Pokemon, it was snatched out of her hand by a Liepard.

"Hey!" Yvonne snarled. "Give back my Pokemon!"

"Sure," said the woman in white. "But you'll have to defeat us first."

The Liepard gave the pokeball to the woman and stood in front of her as she tossed out another pokeball, revealing a Toxicroak. The man send out his Houndoom to fight while the grunts send out a few Golbat, Scraggy, and Houdour.

Yvonne quickly call out the rest of her Pokemon, which is a Slyveon, Talonflame, Lopunny, and a Clawitzer.

The battle started with Pokemon battling in various spots in the narrow hallway. Yvonne barely managed to evade a few of the attacks aimed in her direction as she commanded her own Pokemon to attack, but she did manage to regain possession of her last Pokemon, which turned out to be a Venusaur.

"Pere, Brave Bird! Fay, Dazzling Gleam!"

In the midst of the attacks, Yvonne didn't notice that something was wrong.

"Let me go!" Bonnie cried, gaining the attention of the elder blonde. She watched in fear as Bonnie were in the hands of Team Flare grunts. The people in white sneered at Yvonne.

"Would you dare to attack now?" The woman jeered, earning a glare from the blonde.

"You lowlife..." Yvonne growled.

"Take her away," The man commanded. "She'll be useful in dealing with the other intruders."

Yvonne widen her eyes when she heard that. It meant that Calem and the others were in here as well!

Despite Bonnie's screaming and kicking, two grunts hoisted her by the arms and took her away from Yvonne's sight.

Yvonne cursed and was about to give another command to rescue the young girl when her Lopunny was send back, hitting against her. She groaned in pain but forced herself back up.

If they want her to get serious, then she will. "I won't let you hurt my friends! Flori, Petal Storm!"

Bonnie

"Let me go!" The little girl shouted, kicking her feet in the air as she heard a faint explosion behind her. She knew that Yvonne was fighting and felt guilty for getting caught.

"Shut your trap you little brat!" The man on the right of her hissed. "Kids these days..."

Bonnie felt helpless right now. If only she had her own Pokemon, then she would have been able to fight these bad guys off of her.

"... Big Brother..." Bonnie sniffed.

She suddenly felt herself being lowered onto the ground, which was followed by grunts and the falling of the two men that was carrying her. They were laying unconsciously with their backs facing up.

Bonnie heard the brushing of hands against each other and turned around to meet her savior.

"Don't shout, scream, or any of that." The person behind her instructed. "Let's get you to safety first."

"Y-you're - mmphrg?!"

"Quiet!" The person whisper - yelled when they covered Bonnie's mouth the listen on what was coming towards them.

Calem and Clemont

The next hallway that they went through seemed to go on for miles and it felt like hours since they last saw Tierno. Calem and Clemont were out of breath but they continued to run down the hallway, wanting to find the others and put an end to this as quick as possible.

They reached then end of the hall and shoved open then door, only to come into the hexagonal Generator Hall - the heart of the power plant. They saw the large generator spinning and generating electricity at such a rapid rate that there were sparks flying off of it.

In front of the generator was a woman in red, with some kind of metal visor covering her eyes. She watched the generator as a Houndoom circles around two scientists, a woman and man.

Calem and Clemont nodded at each other and took steps forward. The metal platform that they were walking on made sounds too loud for their liking and alerted the woman and a few other Team Flare members in the area.

"Oho?" The woman smirked. "It looks like we have visitors. I'm sorry but the plant in closed right now so come back another time."

"What have you one with our friends?" Calem responded instead, already sending out his Absol.

"Ah, so the little kids want to play hero, is that all?" The woman sneered, taking out a pokeball. "Can I play too?"

Clemont balled his hands into fists. "What have you done with my little sister?!"

"Why don't you find out?" The woman replied, letting out a female Pyroar, Diggersby, and Crobat to join with Houndoom. "We haven't introduced ourselves have we? I'm Aliana, one of Team Flare's most valued scientists. May I ask who you two are? Oh wait, it seems as though I already gained that information. You're that Kalos Champion aren't you? And the one next to you is the Lumiose City gym leader is it not?"

"Does it matter?" Calem replied in a deadly tone. "Slade, Psycho Cut!"

Aliana giggled, unfazed by the sudden offense for her Houndoom cancelled the psychic attack with Dark Pulse. "Of course not, but it is an honor to be in the presence of the Champion."

The raven haired boy's electric blue eyes hardened as they became outnumbered again. But it was going to take more than ten to break Calem's calm shell. Both trainers send out more of their Pokemon. Calem calling on Greninja, Altaria, and Lucario while Clemont send out Magneton, Luxray, and Heliolisk into the fray.

In no time flat, Team Flare's Pokemon were being mowed down. Aliana cursed when she knew that she wouldn't be able to stand a chance against the Kalos Champion. But she smirked, showing no sign of being backed to a corner when Houndoom and Diggersby were down for the count and Crobat was next.

No matter, even if she was defeated, she has a back up plan that will guarantee victory. She was told to test out the new model anyways and this was the perfect chance. She took out a remote and press the one of the only two buttons on it. A cage was dropped down and in it was an Aggron; there as a blue choker on his neck and his eyes looked hypnotized.

"Destroy them." Aliana commanded simply as Aggron was released from his confinement. The Iron Armor Pokemon let out a mighty roar before stomping into a charge.

"Loren, dodge it!" But when Lucario leap into the air, Aggron fired a Hyper Beam at an unexpected speed and the Aura Pokemon was an open target. He was send against a wall, creating a dent in it.

The Aggron then turned on Calem and Clemont while their other Pokemon were occupied.

"Kite, assist with Flamethrower!" Calem shouted, tossing out a pokeball. A Ninetails materialized and immediately retaliated towards the attacking Pokemon with a dose of flames. The Aggron screamed in agony, not from the attack but more from the collar around his neck. The collar flickered between blue and red, slowly and then quickly until it stayed in its new red color. Aggron stood in silence before them; he then slowly open his eyes, revealing that they were no longer the hypnotized blue but of killing intent red.

He roared wildly, sending a Hyper Beam all around the interiors of the power plant.

Calem and Clemont have to duck for cover from the moving beam while everything else was falling apart.

"Tch," Aliana muttered. "Must inform Xerosic about the fragility of it."

She then looked at the percentage on a nearby screen and cursed it for being too slow.

"We need to stop the Aggron from destroying this place," Clemont exclaimed, getting up on one knee. Calem nodded in agreement and looked around for anyway to take the choker off of the Iron Armor Pokemon.

While doing so, he didn't notice the Aggron charging at then with Giga Impact. He turned around a little too late and didn't have enough time to evade the attack.

A burst of flames came out of nowhere and hit Aggron before he could make contact with Calem. The raven haired boy has to shield his eyes from the flames and only hear the Pokemon's screams of pain.

"That was close." commented a voice from above.

Up above Calem was a Charizard** beating his strong wings; there was also someone standing on his back. He has spiky brown hair, wearing a dark brown jacket with a black collared shirt underneath. He has his hands stuck in his khakis while he looked on the scene.

"Umbreon, join the fight." He commanded, tossing a pokeball down. The Moonlight Pokemon materialized to assist the battle with an immediate Shadow Ball.

"Hey Gary!" came a figure running out from another entrance, followed by... Tierno? "Don't take all the fun for yourself!"

"Don't blame me when you're the slow one Ashy-boy!" Gary retaliated to a raven haired male with a red cap and a Pikachu on his shoulder. The two looked to be a few years older than Calem and his friends.

"It's Ash!" The boy corrected, rolling his eyes. "Get it right!"

"Yeah yeah, just help out will you?" Gary replied nonchalantly and then looked at the Aggron. "So this was what they meant..."

"Calem! Clemont!" Tierno huffed, waving at them.

"Tierno?" Calem responded. Seeing him here must meant that he dealt with the Team Flare grunts but the other two baffled him, they looked familiar but he couldn't quite remember where he saw them from. "Who are those guys?"

Tierno shrugged. "I don't know but they helped me take out those Team Flare members."

Aliana scowled at the new reinforcement that the enemy has gotten. But the beeping of the screen washed her annoyed expression away and switched to a smug smile. "Looks like I'm done here."

She then raised her remote again and was about to press it when Gary interrupted her.

"I wouldn't waste my time if I were you." He replied calmly, leaping down from his Charizard. "It's not going to do a thing."

Aliana frowned. "And what do you know of what I'm going to do?"

"You're going to blow up the power plant right? We got it from some of your grunts." Ash explained and then folded his arms. "And honestly, they didn't put up much of a fight."

"And you knowing our plan means?" Aliana tested. "There is no way you could've disarmed all of them."

Gary and Ash exchanges a look and then smirk.

"Then why don't you press the button to see whether we're bluffing?" Gary taunted.

Calem raised a brow at the young man. He, too, was slightly dubious that they were able to disarm the explosives in the short amount of time but the confident smirks on their faces were ones that he knew all too well.

"Heeeyyy!" out came a brunette from the opposite side of all of them. She was followed by Shauna, Trevor, and Yvonne.

Calem examined the waving brunette for the longest time, wondering if he was imagining things. Was that Serena? Waving? A smile? But she looks older...

"Cal!" Yvonne exclaimed, running over to him. "Have you seen Bonnie? She was taken away by the a few of the Team Flare people when I was battling them!"

"What?!" Clemont exclaimed in panic, grabbing a fistful of his hair. "Bonnie's is still missing?!"

"What took you guys so long, Leaf?" Gary asked, folding his arms. "We got here before you."

The brunette rolled her eyes. "Why don't you try falling into a trap hole and see where you end up in? I'm sure that's the most pleasant thing that you'll ever experience."

Leaf? So Calem was imagining things. There was no way that Serena would be here anyways. But still... that brunette was resembling her a little too much. And where had he heard of that name before?

Aliana gritted her teeth in annoyance of all of them gathering and pressed the button. Right when she did, an explosion came from the wall, surprising them all. Aliana looked at them smugly but that was wiped off of her face when it was just that one explosion, everything else was quiet.

There was a cough, followed by a complaint. "Geez, did you really have to do that?"

In the smoke came a silhouette and in no time, the silhouette slowly morphed into a Pokemon carrying two people of his back. That was when Calem widen his eyes in surprise, so did the others - minus Leaf, Gary, and Ash.

"Either that or we get lost." The brunette muttered behind Bonnie.

"Serena!" Leaf exclaimed in relief, which gained most of the group's attention. "There you are!"

Said girl looked up and folded her arms. "You make it sound as though I was the one that fell through that trap hole."

"Bonnie!" Clemont shouted, rushing over to the Rhyhorn and helped his younger sister down. "I was so worry about you! You're not hurt are you?"

"I'm okay," Bonnie assured. "Serena came and saved me!"

Serena patted Rhyhorn after sliding off of his back. Clemont thanked the brunette tremendously for helping Bonnie, all of which Serena took with a nod before looking up.

"Oh... she escaped." Serena remarked, which turned everyone's attention to the empty spot that Aliana was once. Well, isn't that just perfect?

Suddenly, two more figures jumped from the ceilings, landing gracefully on their feet. They were clad in white, with the male wearing a blue scarf and mask while the female wore a red scarf and red mask.

"A job well done fellow trainers!" The man in the blue mask complimented. "Not only did you defeat the enemy, but also saved the power plant from certain doom! A perfect example of the ultimate teamwork between humans and Pokemon!"

While the man ranted on, everyone else looked slightly taken aback.

Gary sighed, sliding a hand down his face. "I can't believe they actually went through with this..."

"You all have proven that you can be Kalos's defenders like us!" The woman with the red mask remarked.

"Wow, you think?!" Ash said, eyes sparkling childishly Serena resisted the urge to facepalm at his behaviors. Even after all this time, he still wasn't any different.

"Wait, who are you guys?" Ash queried.

"Us?" The woman inquired and then exchanged a nod with the man. "We are Kalos's mysterious fighters of justice!"

They earned sweatdrops from most of the people there.

"... Oh really?" Calem deapanned. Who put those two up to this act anyways? Shouldn't they be embarrassed for acting like superheroes?

"Aren't those two Sina and Dexio?" Trevor whispered.

"That's for sure." Yvonne replied in the same volume as Sina and Dexio continued on their sermon of justice and courage.

"Now, since you have already fulfilled the jobs that we would have done, we must be off!" Dexio exclaimed dramatically. With that, they dashed off into one of the entrances, leaving everyone else in silence... except Ash.

"Wow... those people are so cool!" He gushed, acting like the kid he was.

"...Ash, stop acting like you're still ten," Gary chided. "Those two were the ones that came along and helped us disarmed the bombs!"

"Heh?" Ash said, breaking from his fantasy. "Really? Then why are they dressed and acted like they didn't know us?"

Leaf facepalmed. "I just... I don't want to know."

Serena rolled her eyes and went over to help unbind the two scientists that everyone else seemed to have forgotten. They thanked her gratefully but Serena didn't respond more than a nod.

"Hey Serena!" Leaf called. "Let's go!"

The said brunette sighed, telling the two scientists to follow them out. The way out were filled with chatters among the friends and with ones they they haven't met just yet.

"Serena," Shauna piped, deciding to rope the brunette into the conversation - much to Serena's dismay. "How did you get here? And where did you get the Rhyhorn?"

At this, Calem was all ears as he stopped his conversation with Tierno and Yvonne.

Serena looked away, clinging one arm on the sleeves of the red jacket that she was wearing. "I came with them." she gestured to Leaf, Gary, and Ash. "And as for the Rhyhorn, that's Aaron... my mom's."

Everyone just became quiet after that answer. Leaf placed a hand of her shoulder and smiled warmly at her.

"How about we save all of these for when we go back to Prof. Sycamore's lab?" She suggested when they got outside. There were people waiting outside; the two scientists that were with them ran towards a little girl in the crowd, bringing the crying girl into a warm hug.

Serena tightened her grip on her arm upon seeing the bittersweet moment, her nails digging deep into her jacket and skin.

"Serena, are you okay?" Calem queried upon seeing the brunette's stiffness.

"I'm fine." She replied curtly as Leaf called out her Wigglytuff. Everyone else send out their flying types while those without shared a ride with those who has one.

Serena climbed onto the inflated pink Balloon Pokemon as Gary and Ash flew beside them on their respective Charizard.

"I still don't get why you're okay with Wigglytuff but not with any other." Gary commented.

Serena gave him a look. "What are you talking about? Wigglytuff doesn't have wings, feathers, or talons. You can't compare her with the others."

Gary sweatdropped at Serena's simple thinking on the matter, but if it helps her then it'll do. "... Never mind."

**Note: I'm deciding on their teams so there's going to be differences.

And another thing: I really can't see Ash with any of the anime characters (If you're going to say amourshipping, I'm going to say Kalosshipping ftw!) In my opinion, none of the girls seem suit him (No offense to the shippers of Ash) So he's not going to be in a romantic relation with anyone. I'm sorry Ash but you'll be alone romance-wise.

I'm not going to make him seem like an idiot either as it was suggested in this chapter. But he's not the main character in this story so I won't focus that much on him.

The current sets of Pokemon that have been introduced as of this chapter:

Calem's Team

Greninja - Grenou

Absol - Slade

Altaria - Aria

Meowstic - Gemini

Ninetails - Kite

Lucario - Loren

Yvonne's Team

Sylveon - Fay

Pangoro - Pongo

Venusaur - Flori

Talonflame - Pere

Lopunny- Locket

Clawitzer - Rive

Serena's Team

Arcanine - Archy

Fennekin - Belle

Rhyhorn - Aaron (Borrowed)

Leaf's Team

Venusaur - Lin

Wigglytuff - Puriri

Gary's Team

Charizard

Umbreon

Ash's Team

Pikachu

Charizard