The battle pyramid landed loudly in the car park of the Pokemon centre which was conveniently empty of cars... And the one car left was not much of a problem... Nurse Joy had some stretchers ready just in case and was pleasantly surprised when almost everyone was able to walk in to the building. They were forced to use the stretcher on Brandon who was probably to tired more than anything else. Inside Roark had been slowly recovering and gave his father a warm hug.

Nurse Joy had called more nurses who quickly gave everyone a once over before leading them to several rooms. After what had happened everyone just wanted to go to bed. Reggie and Paul would of done the same if it wasn't for Brandon who refused to let himself be examined by Nurse Joy.

"I had no idea you could be so much of a kid!" Yelled Paul.
"Be reasonable! You took a draco-meteor to the chest! Just take your shirt off..."
"No really I'm fine..." Said Brandon backing up against a wall.
"Get him!" Yelled Reggie.

Brandon proved to be stronger than they had originally thought, despite his wounded state but two against one wasn't exactly fair on the pyramid king who was eventually defeated... To Reggie and Paul's horror the old pyramid king was covered in scars and bashes most of which looked old but must have been agony at the time... But the most disturbing ,was the way that part of his left rib cage was bent inwards. He starred back at them.

"I'd rather you don't tell anyone about this..." He said.
"Wait a minute dad..." Said Reggie running over "What's up with your chest?"
"Nothing." Brandon declared putting back on his T-shirt
"It's like that naturally?" Paul was dubious
"Just forget about it, ok?"
"No, does it hurt?" Asked Reggie
"I SAID FORGET ABOUT IT!"

Reggie and Paul almost fell over in shock. Brandon had never yelled so hard, especially at them and so aggressively. Nurse Joy watched more than slightly scared. Brandon's eyes widened in dismay at his own actions. He seemed to stay there for a moment staring into space before grabbing his jacket and walking off.

"I just need some sleep." He said
"Do you need some pain killers?" Asked Nurse Joy
"No..." Muttered Brandon "I can do without them for once..."

He walked out the room. Reggie decided to sit down on the couch and was followed by his younger brother. They decided against turning on the TV and instead just sat down looking out the window. Dark clouds were gathering and it sure looked like rain. Paul eventually broke the silence :

"Do you think he's really ok?"
"I'm sure he's fine those wounds look old... He was an explorer before so he probably hurt himself on an expedition or something and I'm sure he just snapped cause he's tired and been through a lot lately."
"I guess... If it was serious he'd of freaked out like he used to with us..."
"That's because you broke your arm and didn't tell him! He only noticed when you bent it..." Reggie laughed
"I didn't tell him because it was your fault I broke my arm!" Paul argued
"I did not!"
"You did!"
"Will you two be quiet! They're trying to sleep!" Yelled a nurse you
"Sorry..." Reggie apologised

He noticed suddenly that his brother had fallen asleep and for the first time in years he allowed himself to drift off into a peaceful sleep as well.

It was the same little boy. Beaten and hurt. He was alone in what looked like some kind of kitchen. He opened a cabinet and looked inside, nothing but bottles of various types of alcohol. He let out a sigh before wincing and clutching his side. A skelenox flew over to him holding a piece of bred. The boy thanked the pokemon and took the bred. Before wincing again, he couched up some blood.

"No... I won't cry... I won't cry..." He repeated to himself
"Skelenox..." Said the pokemon
"Man, I can barley breathe... Don't worry dad won't be home any time soon..." Said the boy "And as per usual he forgot to leave me food. Do you think he does it deliberately?"
"Skelenox..." The pokemon said before pointing at a cut on the boy's face
"I know but it's not like I have anywhere to go..." The boy said, the pokemon pointed out the window "Leave? I don't think... Yes, Skelenox would you come too?"
"Skelenox."

The scene changed to a dark alley. The same boy was sitting with Skelenox. His clothes were even more ripped and filthy. The boy turned as he saw a man run down the alley way. Sensing trouble the boy hid but kept an eye on the man, he looked a bit rich to be hanging around these parts. Another person arrived, the kid tried to hide a little more. The man had a knife.

"Give me your money!" He said to the rich looking man
"No."
"Fine I'll just have to take it from you then."

As the mugger lunged forwards with the knife the boy threw himself into the crook. The man got up just in time to be hit in the face by a shadow ball from Skelenox. The man got up for a second time before running off. The boy watched before noticing the rich man coming towards him. He backed off suddenly tripping over his feet, Skelenox came to his side. The man crouched so as to be at the same height as the boy.

"Thanks for the save..." He said "What's a kid like you doing out in a place like this at this time of night."
"Well gee mister, what's a rich guy like you doing out here? Streets're full of bad guys." The man chuckled
"Where do your parents live then?" The boy looked sad
"Don't really have any, not any more..."
"What well then where do you live?"
"Anywhere and everywhere." Replied the boy
"Well then how about you come home and meet my family. You can stay for dinner if you want."
"Thanks sir..." Said the boy

It changed again to inside a mansion. The little boy was staring in awe at his surroundings. There were footsteps coming towards him as a maid appeared. She looked at the boy in confusion.

"Ah, Molly this young boy saved my life. He's homeless so I brought him home for dinner... What did you say your name was again?"
"I don't have one."
"Didn't your parents ever call you anything?" Asked the maid
"My dad called me a lot of stuff but I'm pretty sure it wasn't my name."
"Oh my goodness..."Gasped Molly
"Father what's going on?" Asked a voice from up the stairs

Everyone turned to see a 13 year old girl come down the stairs. She had long dark purple hair, dark but kind eyes and fair skin. The boy looked at the girl and looked a bit nervous. The girl smiled warmly.

"This is my daughter Diana."
"PAUL!"

Paul was awoken by his brother's yell. In some way he was glad, these dreams were beginning to become a problem. He had no idea who the boy was, so why was he seeing him? He noticed that the entire battle frontier was with him. He looked around confused and spotted his father's jacket.

"Dad's done a runner!" Said Reggie
"What? Why?"
"I dunno!" Said Reggie "He was awfully upset last night!"
"What happened?" Asked Lucy
"He yelled." Said Paul "Odd thing is he looked more shaken up than we were..."
"Oh-" Said Anabel
"Oh?" Reggie raised an eyebrow "You know something don't you?"
"Um excuse me, there's someone who wants to talk to you, he's very upset and..." Nurse Joy couldn't finish her sentence
"I'LL TALK TO THEM MYSELF!"

Scott pushed his way past the nurse and gave everyone in the room a look that would probably of killed quite a few people. If it wasn't for the current crisis they would probably of tried to run away, instead they stood there staring at him like vegetables.

"Do you have any idea of the kind of trouble this little stunt has caused my?" Asked Scott furious "The frontier's reputation is ruined! There are tons of challengers but no one to challenge!"
"Look Scott this really isn't a good time!" Said Noland
"It is for me!"
"Brandon's legged it!" Snapped Lucy
"What? Has it got something to do with his old man or Diana?" Asked Scott "Oh-"

For the first time the owner of the battle frontier noticed the presence of the Pyramid king's two sons. There was a long and awkward silence, both boys looked at the frontier brains at Scott angrily they knew something and they weren't telling them.

"What do you know about dad?" Asked Reggie
"It's not out place to say..." Sighed Lucy "He's had a rough life, rougher than most and he really doesn't like to talk about it..."
"I didn't know that..." Muttered Paul "Mom's disappearance couldn't of helped..."
"It didn't..." Said Scott "She was the only one who could calm Brandon down back in his wilder days."
"Dad had wilder days?" Paul couldn't believe it
"He sure did! The first time we met he slugged me for getting in his way!" Laughed Scott
"Dad did that? He never hit us..." Said Reggie
"He doesn't hit kids... Adults who annoy him is another matter." Said Tucker
"As interesting as all this is... It's not helping us find him!"

Paul turned around as he heard someone coming down the stairs. It was Cynthia, he sighed, he'd rather that she not know about his relation to the pyramid king until they found the escapee. She looked at the large crowd with wide eyes and wondered what on earth they were all doing up.

"Good morning is there a problem?" She asked
"Brandon's escaped!" Said Greta
"In that case you might want to try looking for him with Regigigas." Said Cynthia pointing out the window, where the huge pokemon's silhouette was clearly visible.
"Thank you." Said Paul running towards the door
"Wait a minute!" Said Cynthia "Paul and Reggie, Brandon is your father isn't he?"
"Yes but how did you?-"

"I just know..." She said "Go, he needs you..."

As they left after him there was a huge lightning strike not too far away. It was a real storm, both boys were drenched by the rain as soon as they went outside. Still they ran. There was a flash of lightning followed almost instantly by thunder. They could make out some human shapes now least of which was the pyramid king. They could hear some high voices.

"Don't go!" Yelled Mars

"It's for their good!" Sighed Brandon

"How can it be for there good?" Asked Saturn

"It just is OK? I'm too much like my father for their good..."

There was a flash of lightning, Paul's vision faded and changed suddenly to that of a raised clenched fist. He shook his head bringing himself back to the real world. The two galactic commanders, Brandon and Regigigas turned to see them. Paul didn't think he'd ever seen his father look so upset. Another flash of lightning, another fist. Paul brought his hand to his head before collapsing on the floor. Reggie was to surprised to do anything as his brother landed in the mood. Brandon ran over and picked him up.

"Get out!" Said Paul to his head through clenched teeth

"You ok?" Asked Reggie

"It's these dreams or at least I thought they were dreams but I've been having them when I'm awake now too..." Paul admitted

"What happens?" Asked Saturn

"I see this boy, he's being hurt... I think we need to help him, I think he's calling for help..."

"It's too late to do anything for him now..." Sighed Brandon

"What? We've got to..."

"Paul... The boy you're seeing, he's been through all that..." Said Brandon looking his son in the eyes "The boy, Paul, the boy's me..."