A few of you thought the blue haired guy and pink haired girl would've been Ice and Lavana. And also you guys noticed these characters wore space suits which the actual characters didn't wear. Good eyes. I say that they're not Lavana and Ice. Who are they? Why I can't reveal anything yet! Till I do, you better read, review and figure it out on your own! MYSTERY DANCE!

*dances*

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It took a week to fully recover for Kate. After day two, she was able to walk around and take on simple quests. But the fever and sore spots didn't die down for awhile. It hurt to release energy or even touch other electric pokemon like Chia. Though things slowly settled back to normal.

Kate woke up bright and early one morning. The fever and muscle ache was gone, thanks to Keith's constant healing magic. Kate slipped outside the base and went over to Nabiki Beach for her morning electric release. But…it wasn't the same as before. More electricity had to be released through Kate before a suitable level was reached. And occasionally she'd feel a little bit of pain sting her internally. Was there more power within her? Or was Kate losing control? Either way, this wasn't good.

"Kate!" Chia hopped down the ledge and ran over.

"Chia! Didn't know you were up." Kate said, stretching her arms.

"Trouble!" Chia panted, leaping on the girls shoulder. "I talked to some forest friends and there's been pokemon kidnappings!"

"What? Where?" Kate questioned, ready to go.

"Some guys in space costumes are taking the pokemon over to Pueltown!" Chia pointed north.

"Then let's go!" Kate started running.

Seriously? Kidnappers? Oy this was a pain. But Kate would get on the case! She hitched a ride on a doduo and rode off into the woods. Seeing the burnt areas, Kate felt sorry for the pokemon. Someone had set fire to their homes and destroyed a third of the woods. Now there were pokemon being kidnapped? How low could someone go? Well Kate would fix this problem. And possible the faces of what idiots dared to mess with pokemon while rangers were around.

"Whew!" Kate stopped at Lookout Ridge, overseeing the forest and Pueltown below.

Lookout Ridge…seemed like a nice place to have a picnic. She and the others would have to do that sometime. But now wasn't the greatest time for it. It was where Kate had to look for the criminals responsible for the pokemon hijackers. Kate scanned the area as quickly as she could, making sure to pick up any traces of suspicious activity.

"There! I see them!" Chia pointed to the exit.

"Got em." Kate saw three space suited men drag pokemon out in steel chains, ropes and nets. "We better hurry."

Kate hustled her way through the rest of the woods. Pokemon around were either still sleeping or barely waking up. Luckily they weren't the ones being taken away forcibly. And Kate would be sure to prevent it from happening.

"HEY YOU JERKS!" Kate yelled as the crooks were in sight.

"Ranger!"

"Run for it!"

As anticipated, the thieves chose to scramble away and into town. Kate pursued them into the sleepy city, running through streets and alleyways. They all went into the docks, down towards the cargo container shipping area. There was a boat at the very end which the space suit weirdoes boarded. Kate ran on board but had a hard time on the slippery floors.

"Waaaaahhh!"

She slipped herself into one of the gigantic shipping containers, slamming into pokemon who were kidnapped. The men added their newest captures to the collection before shutting the door and locking it.

"HEY!" Kate got up and pounded on the door. "OPEN UP! LET US GO!"

"Boss? Uh….problem…."

Hm? More footsteps? Who were these guys?

"You captured enough pokemon didn't you?"

"More than enough!"

"But…er…something, or rather someone, else too."

"A meddlesome ranger followed us on board and we pushed her into the crate."

Pushed? Liars.

"Ranger? Damn…"

"WE ARE SO SORRY BOSS! WE SHALL NOT FAIL YOU ANYMORE!"

"Well…if we let her go, it'd only attract attention. Keep the ranger with the pokemon and we'll deal with her later."

What? Seriously? Kate was being snatched too? Oh this was so not going to sit with her.

"LET ME OUT YOU SPACE DORKS!" Kate yelled, slamming the wall. "YOUR STUPID PLAN IS NOT GOING TO WORK!"

"Hey shut up!"

"MAKE ME!" Kate challenged.

"Oh you &*#^$%!"

"Uh boss? You are on duty right now…"

"Grrrrr! Secure the containers!"

"Aye captain!"

Footsteps moving far off. Soon after, the ship jerked. Which meant….

"Oh crud…" Kate gulped. "We're moving aren't we?"

"I think we are…" Chia sweatdropped.

"Damn it! We're stuck!" Kate groaned, searching (but failing) for a way out.

"Wait your styler! Call the others!" Chia said.

"Facing Barlow's wrath for this will be worse than what these creeps have planned…" Kate sighed, starting to dial the styler. "But I don't think we have a choice."

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Keith walked into the main room, gulping down some milk pudding in the process. His shoulder were still stiff from the intense work out session he tried last night. Keith had to redefine the limits for weight lifting and push-ups. Oy…

"Keith? Have you been working out?" Luana asked, staring at him.

"Hm?" Keith blinked. "Yeah. Barlow's helped me out a few times."

"Well no wonder you're getting results." Crawford chuckled. "Survive the torture and you get great results."

"Why the interest in working out?" Elaine asked as she force-fed cereal to Ollie (the guy from the forest).

"Eh." Keith shrugged.

"I think it's more about a certain someone he's trying to impress." Crawford snickered.

"DON'T START." Keith growled.

"Mornin people!" Barlow walked into base. "Time for morning briefing!...hm? Where's Kate?"

"Still not back from her morning jog." Luana replied.

"Hey I'm getting a call from Kate!" Annie called. "Shall I put her on speaker phone?"

"Sure." Barlow responded.

"Morning Kate!" Annie said. "Where are you? You're late for morning briefing!"

"Heh…er…would you believe I'm not in Vientown right now?"

"What? Couldn't wait to start on those quests?" Keith smirked.

"So where are you now? The middle of the ocean?" Crawford kidded.

"About that…"

….

"ARE YOU SERIOUS!" The base exclaimed.

"The guys in space suits were kidnapping pokemon again so I chased after them! They boarded a boat and locked me inside one of the shipping containers. Now I'm stuck on a boat to who-knows-where with the other pokemon."

"I don't believe this…" Keith muttered, rubbing his temples.

"Kate, you should've contacted us before going after these guys!" Barlow snapped.

"I just wanted to make you guys proud! Please don't be mad at me!"

"Oh boy…" Crawford exhaled.

"This isn't good." Luana mumbled.

"Annie, can you track the boat's location using Kate's styler?" Barlow requested.

"Yep. Right now it's heading out to Puel Sea." Annie replied, typing like crazy.

"Alright team! Crawford, ask one of your Pueltown buddies to borrow a boat. You, Luana and Keith are going to chase after the boat. The co-ordinates will be given to you then. Move out people! Mission is to rescue Kate first, then free the pokemon and take down these idiots." Barlow ordered.

"You're not coming with leader?" Keith asked.

"Ah no." Barlow cringed. "I need to handle things here and make sure Ollie is kept under watch."

"He's afraid of the water." Crawford whispered under his breath (Barlow didn't catch it).

"Kate, you think you can hold on a bit longer?" Barlow asked.

"Do I have a choice?"

"No you do not." Annie sweatdropped.

"And the sooner you get back, the sooner you face Barlow's wrath." Luana said.

"….take your time. I can totally wait."

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Ok, Kate couldn't wait. She wasn't the 'waiting' type! Kate had to do something to keep herself from becoming crazy from boredom. Releasing the pokemon from the ropes, chains and nets was a start. And trying to get their help to open the crate was another good method. No use. Totally stuck. Who knew being abducted would be so darn boring?

"ALRIGHT! FREEZE!"

…or not? Kate pressed her ear to the crate, trying to catch what was going on.

"Who the hell are you people? And OH ARCEUS THEY HAVE GUNS!"

"AAAH! GUNS!"

"We are Team Dim Sun! And we'll be taking those pokemon off your hands now!"

"What! No way!

Click!

"Hey man, take it easy!"

"Ok what the hell is going on? I turn my back and…"

"You the leader?"

"…yeah? What of it, scum-bag?"

"We're Dim Sun! And we'll be taking those pokemon from you."

"Really? How about we settle this with a pokemon battle? Team Galactic versus Team Dim whatever?"

Galactic? That was the name of these guys? Made sense what with the outfits.

"I don't think so."

BANG!

"AW ARCEUS!"

"T-t-they shot her! They shot our leader!"

"Now unless you amateur crooks want a bullet in the leg too, I suggest you surrender the pokemon crates to us."

….

Kate wasn't sure what was happening. But there were muffled voices talking. Next thing she knew, Kate felt her crate being picked up into the air! The pokemon huddled, scared, with Chia trying to assure them things were ok. Kate flipped open her styler and dialed.

"Keith…pick up, pick up, please pick up…" Kate whispered.

"Kate? Are you ok? What's happening?"

"I'm being kidnapped all over again!" Kate told him, her voice weirdly shaken up. "Now some evil team called Dim Sun is taking me on their boat!"

"Whoa! Are you serious?"

"No, Keith. I'm fine. We're having a little tea party over here." Kate sarcastically responded. "YES I'M SERIOUS! One of the galactic leaders, the people who kidnapped me, got shot just seconds ago! Who knows what they'll do to me?"

"Calm down! I'm on my way to rescue you! Crawford secured a boat and we'll head out in a moment! Stay calm and don't do anything stupid!"

"No promises." Kate joked.

"That's my girl."

The communication was cut off when the crate jerked, slamming the styler into the wall. The crate was suddenly stopped.

"Hey I heard a voice in that crate!"

Oh boy.

"Galactic dudes, tell us what's in there!"

"Nothing! Nothing's in there!"

Click!

"RANGER! There's a ranger we kidnapped too! She's in there!"

"Ranger?"

"Keep the crate with the ranger and bring it to the boss. He'll know what to do."

The crate moved again. A little more movement and then it was set down onto another ship. A few of the pokemon were cuddled next to Kate, terrified. Kate stroked their fur and feathers, waiting to see what was going to happen. It was a few more minutes before the boat felt like it was moving.

Whirrrrrrr!

Ack…that whirring noise from the beach! Had to be a gigaremo nearby. The pokemon inside the crate twitched funny, their eyes going blank. Under hypnosis, they all stood as still as a statue. Freaky….

"Come on Keith." Kate whispered. "Hurry up and get here already…"

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CLIFF HANGER!...oh you guys hate me don't you? XD

So we've got Dim Sun, Rocket and Galactic involved in this entire mess. Question is, what's their priorities? And with two of three foreign teams not supposed to be here, what are they doing? You'll see! Next update comes at the speed of light!