I was hoping to have this chapter done a while ago since I was on break but I just couldn't seem to get it right. I had to rewrite it three times before I finally settled with this. Since it took me so long to update I made this chapter longer than usual :) Anyway, enjoy.

Alec's Pov (6 years ago)

I had come a long way since I joined the resistance two years ago. Thanks to Cal's amazing training, Damon and I eventually became top members which meant we didn't report to our base leader anymore, we only took orders from the leaders themselves and of course Cal who still thought he was our boss. As a team the three of us were hard to beat. Team Moondusk had moved it's way into the Kanto region and I often found myself taking missions there as an excuse to check up on Kate. Though I never went to visit my family because I feared for their safety, I kept an eye on them whenever I could.

"We're wanted at the main base boys,"Cal said one day as Damon and I were out training.

"Sweet!" Damon cheered as he returned his Flygon.

"Hey, I was about to win," I complained as I too returned my Pokemon.

"Are you kidding? I totally had you," Damon replied.

"That's not what it looked like to me," I retorted.

"You want to go again?" He challenged as we glared at each other.

"Why, so I can embarrass you some more?" I mocked.

"Break it up you morons, we have more important things to do," Cal stated as he grabbed us by the collar of our shirts and dragged us behind him.

It wasn't very often that we got a mission from the leaders. Usually we just did whatever we felt needed to be done. If the leaders wanted to talk to us then it meant there was trouble.

Cal gave us ten minutes to pack our bags and after throwing a few things into mine I ran off to spend the rest of my time with a certain someone. I met up with Celia in the forest just outside of the base. No one knew that we were a couple since I was afraid for her safety but she was ok with keeping it a secret. I saw her standing with her back to me as her long blonde hair fell in waves down her back. I couldn't help but sigh, every time I saw her she took my breath away.

"So you're leaving again?" She asked as I came up behind her and wrapped her in my arms.

"Yes," Was all I replied.

"Will it be dangerous?" She questioned as she turned herself around to face me. Her pale blue eyes were filled with sadness.

"Probably," I joked hoping to lighten the mood.

"It's not funny Alec. Every time they send you off on one of those missions either you or one of your friends come back hurt," She stated with a frown.

"In all fairness, last time I DID tell Damon not to mess with that Rhyhorn, they can be very hostile." She rolled her eyes at me and I shut my mouth.

"I can't keep worrying whether or not you're going to come home every time you leave. One of these days you might not come back." She said as she laid her head on my chest.

I kissed the top of her head as I thought for a minute. She had a point, being a top member meant a lot of responsibility. It was dangerous and my whole life revolved around it. The more I thought about it the more I realized just how much I hated being a top member. Things were so much easier when I was just another regular member.

"Then what if I quit?" I finally said.

"What do you mean?"

"As in I quit being a top member," I stated.

"But they need you," She replied.

"Hey, they have Damon and Cal, those two alone are a force to be reckoned with."

"You'd do that for me?" She asked as she looked up at me.

"I'd do anything for you," I answered as I closed the distance between us and brought her lips to mine.

After saying a final goodbye to Celia I returned to the base to find Damon and Cal were waiting for me a lecture on the importance of being on time causing Damon to snicker and then we finally left.

"So what do you think this big mission is?" Damon asked in a whisper as we followed behind Cal.

"Well considering Cal is being so anal about it I'm guessing it must be something important," I replied.

"I heard that,"Cal stated.

"Why can't you just tell us?" Damon asked him.

"Because you never know who could over hear," He answered which was really just him saying he didn't feel like telling us.

Damon let out an exaggerated sigh and decided to sing annoying songs the rest of the walk. By the time we made it to the base I had '99 bottles of potion on the wall' stuck in my head.

We were lead into a large room that was used for meeting with the leaders, or the elders as I liked to call them. They were all seated in large chairs at the front of the room while Cal, Damon and I stood before them.

"Boys, it's been such a long time," One of the elders said. I never really bothered learning their names because they were all so old they could've died at any given moment, so instead I had them numbered from one to six. I never could figure out why the leaders of such an important organization were a bunch of ancient people, I guess everyone thought that since they were so old it meant they were wise. I for one did not agree with that assumption.

"Like you can blame us for avoiding heavens waiting room," Damon joked next to me and I let out a small laugh which received a glare fromCal.

"Well you know us, busy trying to keep the world a safe place,"Cal said with an enthusiastic smile.

"Key word, trying," I muttered and was instantly shushed by Cal.

"I'm assuming you young gentlemen would like to get straight to the point?" Leader One asked.

We all nodded our heads and I was surprised Damon didn't have a sarcastic remark.

"Have you ever heard of The Stone of Shadows?" Leader Three asked.

"That's the stone that's said to control Darkria, right?" I questioned.

"Indeed, the myth of the stone has been passed down for many generations," Leader Two stated.

"I bet it started in their generation," Damon whispered and Cal elbowed him in the ribs as a warning.

"Our inside sources tell us that Team Moondusk has found the location of the stone and intends to use it to resurrect Darkrai." Leader Two continued.

"So they want to try and control Darkrai for what exactly?" Damon asked.

"Well it might have something to do with the fact that they want to take over the world," I replied sarcastically.

"I didn't need the sarcastic remark," Damon said with a glare.

"Well you didn't need to ask a stupid question either, and yet it happened," I stated and before it could turn into a fight Cal stepped in between us.

"The mission?" He asked.

"Your mission is to get the stone before Team Moondusk and prevent them from resurrecting Darkrai," Leader Four stated and with that the little meeting was over.

We were soon on our way to the Sinnoh region where the inside sources claimed the stone was located. We decided to fly there since it was quicker and time was everything.

"So what's the plan here?" I asked as we landed.

"Simple, we go in and take the stone," Damon stated.

"I'm afraid it isn't that simple, there's something important you have to know. You can never directly touch the stone,"Cal said.

"Why not?" I asked with a frown.

"Because it's pure darkness, if you touch it then the darkness will consume you and you'll be filled with evil," He replied.

"Oh please, I'm sure that's just a myth," Damon said as he rolled his eyes.

"You take things way too lightly," I told him.

"Whatever, lets just get this over with," Cal said with a sigh.

I couldn't have agreed more.

We soon found ourselves scaling a mountain since Cal said we couldn't fly to the top incase Team Moondusk was already there. I wanted to tell him that if that were the case then we should want to get up there as fast as possible, but of course he had to do it the hard way. Before longCalended up way ahead of us, mostly because we were just lazy and had no desire to scale a mountain.

"I bet it'll be pretty dangerous if Moondusk is already up there," Damon huffed as we tried to catch up to Cal.

"Yeah probably," I simply said due to the fact I had to concentrate on climbing and it was freezing cold.

"And you're not worried?"

"What's to worry about? We get the stone we get out," I stated.

"You're very optimistic," He said with a grin and I rolled my eyes.

"Were you planning on something going wrong?" I questioned.

He stared at me for a minute before he answered, "I just have a really bad feeling about something."

By the time we made it to the top, Damon and I were gasping for breath. Despite how often Cal made us run we were still out of shape.

"Screw it. Next time. We're flying." Damon gasped.

"Well apparently I don't make you run enough," Cal stated causing us to groan.

We made our way to a cavern that led inside the mountain and it was, to my relief, much warmer inside. There were crystals on the walls that reflected the light from outside which seemed to light up the entire cavern. We looked around as we noticed it was strangely quiet.

"Anyone else getting the chills?" Damon asked as he leaned against the wall.

I rolled my eyes as I wasted no time standing around. I started deeper into the cave and after I made it a few feet in the ground collapsed under me.

"Whoa!" I yelped as I fell through the ground.

"Alec!" I heard Cal and Damon yell out to me as I fell into some kind of downward sloping tunnel. I then slid down deeper into the cave as I my friend's shouts grew fainter.

I tried to grab onto the ground to stop myself but it was too slick and I continued sliding into the darkness when the tunnel finally ended. Unfortunately for me, there was a large drop at the end which sent me falling quite a distance to the ground.

"Ow," I muttered as I looked up to figure out where I was.

I was a little surprised to find I fell right into a group of Team Moondusk grunts. They all turned around and glared at me.

"Hey guys, where's the party?" I said with a smirk as one of them reached for me.

I easily rolled away from his grasp as I jumped up. Another came charging at me and I ducked under his grasp, brought my leg up and kicked him in the face. The next grunt managed to hit me in the ribs and I winced as I took a step back. It was easy to see that I was out numbered and I looked around for any way of escape. Before I could calculate my plan any farther someone grabbed my arm and twisted it behind my back.

"Well look who joined the party," The man who grabbed me said with a wicked laugh.

"I already used that joke," I stated and he pulled back on my arm harder.

"But hey, use it all you want," I choked out.

We heard someone sliding down the tunnel that I came out of, and before I knew it Damon fell out of the tunnel and landed right behind me.

"Ow," He muttered as he rubbed his head.

"Why wasn't I invited to the party?" He asked as he stood up.

"Dude that joke is so over used," I stated as Damon seemed to realize the situation we were in.

He didn't bother trying to fight back since he noticed we were out numbered.

"Where's Cal?" I whispered over to him and he replied with a shrug.

"You know, you two coming down here is pretty lucky on my part." The guy that had me stated. I could tell he was the leader of the group.

"And why is that?" Damon questioned.

"Because I'm in the need of a guinea pig," He replied and with that I knew we were in trouble.

We were roughly shoved deeper in the cave and Damon kept glancing in my direction. We finally made our way to the end of the cave and sitting on a tall flat rock was a dark stone.

"Tell me, do you know the legend of the Stone of Shadows?" The leader asked.

I heard Damon gulp next to me and I knew where this conversation was going.

"Of course you do, that's why you're here."

"So, which one of you is going to take the sacrifice?" He questioned with a wicked grin.

I reached down to grab one of my pokeballs but a grunt grabbed my wrist.

"Looks like we have a volunteer," The leader said with a laugh and I struggled to pull my wrist out of the grunt's grasp.

He then pulled me into a headlock and started pulling me toward the stone. I grunted as I tried my best to get out of the choke hold but I wasn't as strong as the large man that had me in his grasp.

"I don't really want to risk my own men by testing out what that stone can do, so you can see why it was lucky that you showed up," The leader said as I was being dragged.

Before I was pulled any further there was an explosion to the right side of the cave and from the smoke came Cal with his Kadabra behind him. He paused as soon as he saw the situation.

"Move another inch and I snap his neck," The guy holding me warned.

Cal stopped in his tracks and glared.

"Return the Pokemon," He commanded and Cal returned his Kadabra.

As soon as his Pokemon was gone another grunt came up behind him and knocked him out. The grunt then started to once again drag me toward the stone. My mind was in a million places as I thought about what was about to happen. This was supposed to be my last mission as a top member. What was Celia going to do when I didn't come back? And what about my family, I promised Kate I'd take care of myself, I had every intention of going back to visit her. I knew it would crush her when she found out, or if she ever found out. I wasn't even sure what was going to happen to me when I touched that stone but I knew it wasn't going to be good.

"Wait," Damon yelled at the last minute. "Let me do it."

"What are you doing?" I asked him as he stepped forward.

"You've got your sister to think about," He told me as he slowly started walking forward. After receiving a nod from the leader he was escorted toward the stone.

"And you have your brother!" I shouted despite the pressure I was feeling on my wind pipe. I struggled against the arm that was holding me in place as I tried everything to get out of his grasp and stop Damon from doing what he was about to do.

"Brian is a tough kid, he can take care of himself," He answered as he stopped in front of the stone.

"Damon don't," I begged.

I realized I didn't care what happened to me, I would have done anything to stop my best friend from touching that stone but I could only stand and watch as he reached out and grabbed it.

There was a huge flash of light and I had to close my eyes because it was so bright. When I opened them again Damon was on the ground. I took advantage of the moment I had, and drove my elbow into the gut of the guy holding me. As soon as he let go I ran over to Damon. The stone was lying next to him and I watched as the color became darker. Damon let out a moan and I quickly turned to him.

"Damon, hey are you all right?" I asked as I rolled him over.

He looked pale and about ready to pass out.

"Not really," He muttered.

"Just hang in there," I stated mostly because I really didn't know what else to say.

"I can feel it," He stated. "Something isn't right."

"You're ok, everything is going to be ok," I was babbling now because my mind couldn't really register what was happening.

"Don't tell Brian," He said as he closed his eyes.

"Don't tell him what?" I questioned.

"He can't know what happened, I don't want him to waste his life trying to save me," He explained.

I was a little confused but then I got it. I knew what the stone did and so did Damon.

"Don't give in to it," I urged but he ignored my comment as he once again opened his eyes. He threw his hand up and grabbed my shirt to pull my face closer to his.

"Promise me you won't tell him!" He begged and I saw his eyes were loosing the shine they once had.

"I promise," I stated as he once again closed his eyes. His hand slowly let go of my shirt and fell to the ground as he lost consciousness.

That was the last time that I saw my best friend, because after that, he was no longer himself.

I'm not sure why but I didn't really like this chapter and I originally planned for Alec's past to only go about two chapters but it's a little longer than it was supposed to be. Oh well, I'm pretty sure the next chapter should wrap up the past and then it'll be back to Kate and of course Brian ;) Please leave a review!