Bear with me guys! Only this chapter and one more! And then I'll shut up until thursday!
Ethan's POV
I ran for what felt like ages. Nathanial was nowhere to be seen.
The sky turned a dark color, and the sun was out of sight. I began to get worried.
"Nathanial?" I called out. I looked around.
"Nathanial," I said again. "It's getting late, and we should return to the cabin. Where are you?"
Again, silence.
"Nathanial," I repeated, now really worried. "We can continue the game tomorrow. Can you come out now, so that we can go?"
Aaand you guessed it, no reply still. Maybe Nathanial had already headed back?
I hoped this was the case, as I returned for the cabin.
There was one problem though.
I was lost.
Hugh's POV
"Knock Knock," Rosa called out. We'd been cracking jokes for a while, as there was little else to do.
"Who's there?" I replied.
"Oops."
I looked at Rosa worriedly. "Oops? What happened?"
Rosa burst into laughter. "No, Oops is part of the joke!"
"Oh," I said, rolling my eyes. "Oops who?"
"Oops, wrong address!"
I laughed softly. It was a good joke, but I was getting a little sick of them. Added on that the others didn't seem really joyful, it felt weird.
The door flung open, and Hilda burst in.
"Guys! We need to get out of here, now!" she cried.
"Why?" Rosa asked, looking worriedly at her sister.
"Ghetsis knows we're alive. And they're coming our way."
"We can't go yet!" Leaf cried. "I can't find Nathanial!"
"And where's Ethan?" I asked, looking around.
"What's happening?" A very sleepy looking Red asked, walking over.
"Red, have you seen Nathanial and Ethan?" Leaf cried.
"I did, before I went to sleep….but….why? Are they not here?"
A small buzzing sound caught my attention at this point, and within seconds I identified the sound as that of a helicopter.
"Oh no," Hilda muttered. "Everyone, let's get out of here!"
"But Ethan! And Nathanial! We can't leave them!" Leaf looked scared.
"If you want to wait here for them, fine by me. Personally, I think I'd rather escape alive and then look for them," Hilda shot back. With no better plans, we all began to sneak out of the back door.
Lyra's POV
Shoot.
Silver was in trouble.
I didn't let up my act though. I was too smart for that.
"Colress, what's happening to Silver? Where are they taking him?"
"You can cut it out, Lyra. I know you and Silver tried to trick me. You're going to be punished for that."
My heart pounded. "Wh-what?"
I cried to free my wrist from his grip, but my efforts were useless. Colress was just too fast.
He pulled me into the room he'd been in, and sat me down on a chair, tying my arms behind me with the help of his fellow scientist. Whipping back to his desk, he grabbed a spray bottle, which he used to spray a mist in my direction. The instant I inhaled it, my vision felt fuzzy and I fell asleep.
Blue's POV
Looker looked again, for the millionth time, through his notes. I still didn't really know why. We knew they were criminals, he didn't need to confirm it.
I groaned. "Looker, I don't think I should continue as your assistant. My friends need all the help they can get. Besides, sending that boy for Leaf, the one who had been locked by those Plasmatic Rockets, probably means, that when they find him, they find all of them. I don't want them all to die, like they think I have."
"Blue, I understand what you're saying, but-"
"No. You don't understand. I am a pokemon trainer, and I made a pledge to protect pokemon and people. You're a detective. You look for clues. We aren't the same people. I prefer action, you prefer logic. But in the face of a threat, logic is useless. We don't have time."
Looker stared at me silently.
"We'll go back to Mt. Silver. If any of your friends have been found, they'll be there. We can rescue any captives. Will that satisfy you?"
I smiled softly. "It'll have to do."
