Sorry this chapter was a little delayed, I broke my finger and then I got distracted from graduation and what not. But now my summer has started so hopefully I'll have more free time. Anyway here's the chapter you've all been waiting for!

Alec's POV (6 years ago)

It had been a few months since Damon was forced to touch The Stone of Shadows and was taken away by Team Moondusk. I hadn't seen him since it happened but rumors did spread. Apparently the leader of Team Moondusk mysteriously disappeared without a trace and a part of me knew it had to do with Damon. Without a leader we all thought Moondusk was done but I guess Damon had other plans. That same day he made himself the new leader and the strange thing was, no one protested. It seemed as though Team Moondusk was perfectly happy following Damon; after all, he was full of evil.

I broke my promise to Celia. After Cal and I made it back to the base I knew there was no way I could quit being a top member. I knew it broke her heart, not that I would know, I hadn't talked to her since I left for that mission. I decided to spend all my time learning everything I could about The Stone of Shadows. Damon made me promise not to let his brother waste his life trying to save him, he never said I couldn't. Cal, on the other hand, couldn't stay a top member after what happened. He blamed himself for not being able to stop it, as if he could have. Cerulean City in the Kanto region was in need of a new base leader and he took the job right away.

"Did you hear?" Chris, a friend of mine, asked one day.

"About?" I questioned, not bothering to look up from the map of the region I was intently staring at with hopes of locating my long lost friend.

"The new leader of Moondusk finally made his appearance," He stated.

"What?" I said as he gained my attention.

"Yeah, he attacked some small town not too far from here," he said as he gave me a strange look.

I thought for a minute as I tried to figure out what Damon would be doing attacking some small town in the Johto region. I glanced down at the map in front of me and then it hit me like a ton of bricks.

"Brian," I muttered as I shot up from the table and ran out the door as I ignored Chris' shouts.

My Charizard flew me to Damon's home town and I knew my hunch was right. I saw the pillar of smoke before I even saw the town. As soon as I landed I ran straight to the burning house. There were people all around either helping to try and put it out or just simply staring. I saw a familiar face in the crowd and ran over to a guy I recognized as a resistance member.

"What happened?" I asked him. He glanced at me with a surprised look as if making sure it was really me. I got that response a lot.

"We don't really know," He replied.

"Was anyone hurt?" I asked as my mind thought of the worst.

"Yeah the couple living here was killed," He stated. My fears were realized as my breath caught in my throat. I knew I should have come for him sooner.

"And their son? Where is he?" I asked as I shook the man's shoulders.

"I-I don't know, they haven't found a body," He stuttered. I immediately released him and quickly ran toward the house. If they didn't find him that meant he must have escaped the fire.

I ran around to the back of the house and at the edge of the property, under a tree, I saw a small bundle. I walked over to it and found it was an Umbreon. At first glance I thought it was Damon's but then realized it was too small. I knew it had to belong to Brian, but if his Umbreon was here, where was he? I knelt down next to it and it looked up at me. I saw it was lying on a small black jacket.

"Is that Brian's?" I asked him and he nodded.

"Was he in that fire?" This time he shook his head no and I let out a sigh of relief.

"Did he run off?" He responded with another no.

I thought about it for a minute and knew where he was. I pulled out a picture I had of Damon and me and showed it to him.

"Did he take him?" I asked and was answered with a nod.

Great, so that meant Brian was with Damon, wherever he was. I massaged the bridge between my eyes in frustration. Umbreon stood up at the same time I did and looked at me expectantly.

"What?" I questioned as he stared.

"Bree, Umbreon!" He barked.

"I'm guessing you want to come with me?" I said and he nodded.

"It's going to be dangerous," I stated and but he didn't budge.

"Fine, let's go get your trainer back," I said as he jumped into my arms.

I didn't really know where to go from there and I ended up just heading back to base with Umbreon. I pulled out my map of the region and laid it out on a table. I just stared at it intently trying to figure out where Damon would go. Umbreon just huffed and walked right onto the map. He paused as he looked it over and placed his paw on a small area of forest by the Lake of Rage.

I raised an eyebrow as he stared at me intently.

"So you're telling me, Damon took Brian to a secret base hidden at the Lake of Rage?" I stated.

"Bree," He replied with a nod.

"How do you know, last I saw you got left behind," I said as I crossed my arms.

"Bree Umbreon!" He growled.

"Of course, you overheard them talking," I said as I figured out what he was trying to say. He confirmed it by nodding once again.

"Well, we're going to need some back up."

Cal raised an eyebrow at me as soon as he saw me walk into the base he ran, probably because there was an Umbreon walking by my side.

"Nice Umbreon, whose is it?" He asked.

"Brian's," I replied. His eyes widened and he cleared his throat.

"I need your help," I added.

"I'm not a top member anymore," He stated as he tried to busy himself with a stack of papers on what I assumed was his desk. He was the leader of the base after all.

"I know, but this kid is in trouble and I can't do this by myself," I said as put my hand on the papers to put his attention back on me.

"I can't," He started.

"Damon wanted me to protect that kid, he's my responsibility now." I said.

"Stop talking about Damon like he's dead," Cal muttered.

"He might as well be," I retorted. Cal raised his head to glare at me.

"Are you going to help me or not?" I asked. He let out a sigh as he ran his hand down his face in frustration.

"I seriously can't, I have to run this base, but I know someone who can."

I soon found myself hiking my way through the forest surrounding the Lake of Rage with an Umbreon riding shotgun on my shoulder. Cal told me to meet up with a friend of his but I had yet to see signs of anyone. Just as I was about to ditch whoever he sent and go get Brian myself, a voice grabbed my attention.

"So you're Alec Leaf?" The deep voice said from behind me.

I turned around to find the owner of the voice was a tall brown haired guy who looked about my age.

"Depends on who wants to know," I replied.

He grinned and let out a chuckle.

"Steven," He said as he held his hand out for me to shake.

I just stared at it, and with a frown he returned it to his side.

"I've never heard of you, Cal said you were a top member?" I questioned.

"That's right; I was bumped up a rank after..." He paused when he realized what he was about to say.

I knew it wasn't really Steven's fault that he was chosen to replace Damon, after all he wasn't coming back and there had to be a certain number of top members at a time, but I couldn't help but feel a little hatred for the guy.

"Yeah," Was all I said as I started deeper into the forest. Steven said nothing as he trailed behind.

After walking for a few minutes we came a crossed an old run down building.

"Is this the place?" Steven asked as he came to stand next to me.

Brian's Umbreon seemed to sense something as he jumped off my shoulder and ran toward the building.

"I'd say yes," I answered Steven as I ran after the Pokemon.

He led us around to the back of the building where we stopped short when we ran into two grunts.

"What are you kids doing here?" The bigger grunt questioned.

Steven looked over at me and I nodded. I quickly pulled out a pokeball.

"Ampharos, thunder bolt!" I called out as my Ampharos was released from his ball.

He let out a cry as he launched his attack, which shocked the grunts out cold.

"Thanks a lot buddy," I said. He nodded as I returned him.

We quietly slipped inside and I knew it wouldn't be long before a swarm of grunts found out we were inside.

"So, you're a top member. You any good?" I asked Steven as I came to a halt.

"I can hold my own," He answered.

"Good, because in a about forty seconds there's going to be a swarm of grunts coming down this hall after us and I need you to stall them," I stated quickly.

He nodded and pulled out two pokeballs. I was impressed by the Magcargo and Nidoking he released.

"And you?" He questioned as I turned to head down the hall.

"I've got a meeting with an old friend," I replied as I ran down the hall.

I checked every room as I ran down the hall but all of them were empty. I was starting to think that I was too late and Damon had moved Brian somewhere else but in a room on the end a small figure caught my eyes. I paused in the doorway as a pair of shining blue eyes looked back at me. Brian was huddled in the corner of the room with his knees pulled up to his chin as he stared at me. Umbreon ran from behind me and jumped into the boys arms. Brian wrapped his arms around his Pokemon but other than that didn't move. I let out a sigh of relief as I walked into the room. He flinched as I bent down next to him.

"You're Brian?" I asked him, but he said nothing as he just stared at me.

"My name is Alec, I'm with The Resistance. Do you know what that is?" He didn't look like he was going to respond but nodded.

"I'm here to help you," I said.

"I want to go home," He muttered.

"Ok, I can do that," I lied. The poor kid had no idea that his parents were gone, he had no home to go back to.

I helped him stand and led him out of the room and back into the hall. If Steven was as good as I thought he was I had plenty of time to find another exit and get Brian out before I went back to help with the grunts. We didn't get far down the hall when I saw a familiar face.

"Long time no see," Damon said as he blocked the exit. He looked the same as he did the day he was taken; the only difference was his eyes that once shone bright were now just a dull blue. Brian stiffened and tried to hide behind me at the sight of his brother. Umbreon let out a warning growl and I put my hand on his head to show him it was okay, I had no intentions of letting Damon hurt Brian anymore.

"You'd think with your base being under attack you'd have better things to do than stand in front of an exit," I stated.

"Just as funny as always," He said with a grin.

"Just get out of the way Damon," I warned.

"Sure, just leave the kid here," He responded.

"You know I can't do that," I stated.

"Then you know I can't let you leave," He retorted as he pulled out a pokeball and sent out his Flygon.

It was obvious that his Pokemon wasn't quite used to Damon's new personality change, but I could tell Flygon was still obedient to him. As soon as his eyes fell on me Flygon's eyes lit up, almost as if he thought that because I was there Damon was back to normal.

"Flygon, attack," Damon ordered.

Flygon flinched as he looked back and forth between Damon and me. I slowly pulled out a pokeball of my own.

"Just like old times right?" I said to the nervous Pokemon as I sent out my Empoleon.

Empoleon let out a roar as he was released and looked confused when he noticed his opponent.

"I said attack Flygon! Hyper beam!" Damon yelled.

Flygon hesitated for a second before he charged up his attack and sent it straight toward us.

"Protect!" I called out and at the last minute Empoleon blocked the attack.

"Now, hydro pump!" Emopleon quickly shot out a surge of water that hit Flygon head on.

Damon growled in frustration as his Pokemon struggled to stand.

"Aqua jet," I commanded as I grabbed Brian's arm.

Empoleon launched himself at Flygon causing him to crash through the wall and bring up all the dust that covered the hall. I used it as a cover and returned Empoleon as I ran toward the exit with Brian and Umbreon in tow.

"I'm going to get you both!" Damon called after us though he didn't bother chasing us.

As soon as we made it outside we were met by Steven.

"How'd you get out here so fast?" I asked him.

"I think you underestimated me," He stated with a grin.

"Not bad," I told him.

I looked down at Brian who'd said nothing. Despite everything he'd been through he was still keeping it together. I had to admit he was strong for a twelve year old kid.

"Can I go home now?" He asked.

I didn't really know what to say. Brian had no home to go back to. Little did he know, The Resistance was his home now.

Again I'm sorry I took forever to write this chapter, and as an apology I already have the next chapter ready so I'll be posting it within the next few days :) I'll look forward to some reviews until then!