Weeelcome back!

First off, I wanted to let you all know, this was my absolute FAVORITE chapter to write. I had soo much fun writing it. In fact, if anyone remembers my hint I gave in the teaser chapter in Missing N Action (clueless people are fun people), this is where the hint came from!

Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Lyra's POV

I weighed my options. I could either take Ethan's advice, and ignore this nice guy (waste of an opportunity in this case), or I could follow him to this Plasma TV Rocket ship thing…? Whatever it was, it sounded cool. Maybe an amusement park!

Ethan looked at me with a weird look. He didn't follow me and the other guy. He just stood there.

Thinking about it, Ethan had been a little rude recently. Not laughing at my jokes, not playing, like, EVER, and disapproving of everything I did! I don't know what's wrong with him.

Anyways, moving on to the more fun thing-the amusement park. The guide and I walked for what felt like forever.

"Hey," I said after a long time. "I'm tired. How much longer?"

"We're almost there," he answered.

"Okay!" I jumped up. "What kinds of rides are there? Ooh, are there bumper cars? I love those!"

"Um….sure," he said kind of weirdly.

"Cool! I can't wait! Hey, I'll race you! One, Two, Three!"

I charged at two, even though I counted to three, to throw him off. And it worked! I was winning this race by a long shot!

I bumped into someone though.

"Hey! What are you doing here! Scram!" The guy said rudely.

"I'm here for the bumper cars!" I smiled.

"Hey," my guide said, waving his hand at the mean guy. "It's cool, this is the Johto kid."

"You know I'm from Johto?" I asked him. "Cool! You must be a spy! I'm a spy too. You know, one time, I spyed on this one guy, and he didn't even know! It was hilarious!"

The man looked at me strangely, but said nothing. He led me into some sort of mountain/cave.

"Ooh," I said, looking around. "Is this like a haunted house ride? Those are pretty cool too. But I really want to go on the bumper cars. Where are they?"

"AAGH!" he yelled. "I CAN'T TAKE THIS! GHETSIS, SIR! SHE'S HERE! I BROUGHT HER HERE. NOW LET ME GO!"

And he ran off, leaving me unsure where any of the rides even were.

Meanie.

Ethan's POV

Lyra!

How clueless could she be?

Seriously! She just followed that guy, a total stranger, to who knows where?

"Marill," I looked over at my partner. "We've gotta go after her."

I ran in the direction Lyra and that other guy had run off in. The route seemed long and unending.

But….I guess I became clueless. I ran into someone.

"Sorry!" I leaped up, stretching my hand out to the guy. As he looked up at me, I noticed he looked familiar.

"You're….Ethan, correct?" he asked me. "I think I've met you before. Up on Mt. Silver?"

"Yeah!" I shook his hand happily. "You're like, the toughest guy ever! My team had nothing on you!"

Red (or at least I think that's what his name was) smiled. "What are you doing here? Aren't you from Johto?"

"Yeah, I came with my friend," I frowned. "Red, have you heard of the Plasmatic Rocket hideout?"

Red looked at me with a serious expression. "I have a feeling you and I have the same problem. Your friend is in trouble, isn't she?"

I nodded slowly.

"Well, we'll work as a team to save her, and everyone else."

Blue's POV

I coughed, doubling over as I did so. I wasn't used to this pain. Sure, I'd been attacked by Team Rocket all those years ago, and I'd been used as a punching bag until Leaf saved me, but these guys seemed more savage. Maybe they'd learned a thing or two from those Plasmas.

Slow breezes echoed off the walls, making a soft humming sound, accompanied only by silence itself. I looked around, worried for Layla and Leaf.

It hurt to think about it, but I depended on Red. Why?

That selfish, arrogant, annoying, thing. Somehow he became the hero, three years ago, and again, I was dependent on his help.

It wasn't fair. From childhood I had sought to best him. At least once. Even when I became Champion, he had to charge in not five minutes after, and steal the title from me, leaving me as the quickest champion to fall.

Even now, he thought only of himself. As we lay here, weak and helpless, he stood, probably soaking in the arrogance of besting me once more.

I groaned, trying my best to ignore the pain.

The sound of footsteps came to my attention. I looked over, to see the one person I hated more than Red.

"You must be exausted, Blue," Giovanni smirked. "Take a rest."

I felt my head slam into the cold floor before whiting out.

Layla's POV

I awoke to pain like I'd never experienced before. My legs were even more bruised than before, and my entire body felt numb.

A man with in green hair poofed out all over the place walked in, eyes full of interest.

"So, this is Layla," he said softly. "I finally meet you. If you haven't guessed, I'm Ghetsis."

"Ghetsis?" I glared at him. "You…you freak! You're the one who tried to kill N and Hilda! How dare you?!"

Ghetsis laughed. "I'd watch my mouth, if I were you. Opposers don't exactly get very far around here. Take a look at N, for example. In his situation, I'd be surprised if he could recognize Hilda, even."

"What did you do to him?" My voice began to quaver.

"You can drop the 'bravado', kid. And don't worry, he's in safe hands-somewhat."

"Sir!" a grunt came rushing in. "The meddlers have reached the investigationary room!"

"Well," Ghetsis smirked, "Let's go greet them."

And they walked away.

Hilda….

N….

Please be okay.

Hilda's POV

My eyes widened. The boy, standing not over five feet from me, was a miniature version of N. But N had been running with us!

I looked over at the N who had been running with us. He looked around, full of uncertainty. Rosa helped him to sit down.

I walked over to this 'other N'. He sat down, looking curiously at me.

"N?" I asked, looking him in the eyes.

"Hilda, what are you doing here?" 'N' asked me.

"N, are you okay? Why are you here?"

"I've always been here. What are you talking about?"

My mind buzzed with pain. Nothing was making sense. I needed an explanation, because I couldn't make anything out myself.

"Don't waste your time. The boy you're talking to isn't the N you know." Ghetsis walked in, laughing.

Hugh's POV

Ghetsis….

"What are you talking about?" Hilda asked, looking strangely at him.

"I mean, you're talking to the N you never really met."

"That still doesn't make sense."

"Well," Ghetsis said, pulling out an object, and looked over at Rosa and me. "You two. Does this look familiar?"

I squinted to look at what he was holding.

The….DNA splicers?!

"I myself am surprised at how it worked, but Colress suggested I try it before he left us. I've separated the innocent N, the N loyal to me, from that abomination you turned him into, Hilda. That freak over there," he pointed to N, who still couldn't make sense of anything, "is useless to me now. I'll get rid of him just like the rest of you, but I'll keep Nathanial," he now pointed to the other N, "for my assistance."

"Father," the Nathanial said softly. "why are all these people here?"

"Nathanial," Ghetsis cooed. "These kids are here to ruin everything you and I sought all those years together. Shall we get rid of them?"

"Okay," Nathanial said, glaring at us.

OMG WHAT DID I JUST WRITE?

This is soo fun to reread after not looking at it for a while.

Are things starting to piece together? If not, be patient, my dears. More explanations will come.

Also, by now, you should know who the blurry figure on the cover is. So, another thing explained.