Hey guys! Back with another chapter! This one was a lot of work, because I had so many things happening at the same time. Hopefully it is good! Anyways on with the story!


Even during the worst hardships, when the other things in our lives seem to fall apart, we can still find peace in the eternal love of God.

Armstrong Williams


Chapter 2

Caleb's POV

By the time we finished our strategy session, it was already well into the night. We were all exhausted and glad that Katlyn had already checked us into the Pokémon Center already. Sam, Austin, Devin, and I crowded in front of our door, pushing and shoving to get in. Meanwhile, Emily just rolled her eyes as she slipped into her own room. We all looked at each other for a second before we broke out laughing. By the way we were acting, you wouldn't be able to tell that we had all been much older than we were now. We all took a step back, allowing Austin the room he needed to open the door. Within seconds of the door opening, We all once again crowded into the doorway, eager to hit our racks. Just as soon as we hit the pillows, we passed into a fitful slumber.

Frantic knocking intruded my ears, breaking me from the loving embrace of sleep. I looked blearily at the clock and growled.

"Someone better be dying." I grumbled as I tossed off my blankets and climbed out of bed.

I was even more irritated to see that I was the only one to be awaken. I opened the door fully expecting to be yelling, I didn't get the chance as Emily shoved it open, knocking me to the ground. Before I could demand an answer, Emily was shaking the others awake.

"Emily! What the hell is going on?" I finally yelled.

"It's Katlyn," she panted. "I think there is something wrong!"

"Is she ok?" I demanded, my heart dropping into my stomach.

"I don't know!" Emily said as she started to cry.

"What do you mean? How could you not know?" Austin asked.

"I mean that she has been locked in the bathroom for nearly four hours and she won't answer me when I talk to her!" Emily wailed as she ran for the door. The rest of us followed closely behind.

"Sam, get the Nurse or whoever can get the door open!" I yelled as I burst into Emily's room.

I began to bang on the door and yell, but received no response. Soon after, Sam returned with the nurse. The nurse told us to stay back as she opened the door. As it opened, steam poured out of the room and the nurse stepped inside.

"There is no one here." she said, perplexed.

"Let me see," I said pushing my way inside. "Katlyn! Where the hell are you!"

"She's not here." Sam whispered.

"Thanks for stating the obvious, idiot!" I yelled.

"Hey guys look at this." Devin said as he handed me a soggy piece of paper.

I carefully took it. The paper had obviously been a message, but a lot of the ink had bleed together from the steam. Even though I couldn't read the note, I knew what it had said. I clenched my fist, wadding the note up and threw it across the bathroom.

"What did it say?" Sam asked.

"I'm pretty sure it was a "don't look for me" letter." I said through gritted teeth before collapsing to my knees. "Katlyn? What the hell are you doing?"

Katlyn's POV

The flight to Catallia was eventful and even a little chilling. Fletchling aren't exactly common in Johto, making me something of a commodity. It was something I hadn't thought about until I was nearly knocked out of the air by a lucky shot. I managed to escape before the trainer got another shot. With that bit of new found knowledge, I started to fly closer to trees and other objects that would give me cover. Luckily, there weren't many other trainers out.

Catallia was a beautiful city. The old architecture and waterways gave the city a rich atmosphere unfortunately I wasn't here to sight see. I flew straight toward an old clock tower where I could get a look at the whole city.

I was looking for the airport, I had Mosfet with me, so money and reservations were no trouble. Hell, he get me a pilots license if I really wanted one. After a few seconds scanning the ground below, I found the airport. It was small, only able to handle the smallest of jet liners, but it would suffice. I just needed to get to Golden Rod as soon as I could. I didn't have a clue as two what Giovanni wanted, and I really didn't want to know. Unfortunately, I knew something like this would happen eventually. If not by Giovanni, then by someone else within the Rocket organization.

A short flight later, and I was in an alley across from the airport. I quickly transformed and checked to make sure everything was back to normal. There had been a few incidents where the others still had tails or in my case feathers. I grabbed my belongings and went through the process of airport security.

"Your seat is on row A seat twenty." a stewardess said with a smile as she handed me the ticket. "Enjoy your flight and thank you for choosing Johto Regional Airline."

"I wonder how much they get paid to say that crap?" I muttered as I shuffled away from the ticket booth.

"According to this Units research, flight attendant makes on average 35,000 dollars per twelve months." Mosfet chirped.

"That was rhetorical," I snorted. "Get back into your Pokéball before you cause a scene.

"This Unit notices that other people also have Pokémon by their side."

"Mosfet, you are a floating security risk. An airport cop sees you and he will immediately arrest us." I said through gritted teeth.

"This Unit has evaluated Trainer Katlyn's statement and concurs. This unit will return to its containment device." Mosfet said with a sad chirp.

"That thing is getting more cheeky by the moment." I sighed.

Caleb's POV

The nurse called the police, though we all knew they couldn't do anything. Since there weren't any signs of kidnapping and since Katlyn was a trainer, there wasn't anything the police could do. They apologized, and wished us luck in finding her, but that was it.

"Lawrence, we are going to need that nose of yours." I said as I tossed the Pokéball. Lawrence had never been a captured Pokémon until just recently. He had been my best friend since I was little so there was no need for the device. Unfortunately our last adventure changed that and now he spent most of his time inside his Pokéball.

As the ball spilled its light, the form of a Vulpix began to take shape. As the light faded, my old friend stood up shaking his head. He looked at me, then looked at the others.

"What's going on? You know that it is the middle of the night right?" he grouched lightly.

"Katlyn is missing." I whispered.

"What do you mean she is missing?" Lawrence asked slowly.

"I mean she ran off! She is gone and we have no idea where she could have possibly gone!" I yelled clenching my fist.

"Is there anything I can do?" a childish voice asked.

"Nobody invited you here! Go back to sleep!" Sam growled as the young Mew flashed out of his own Pokéball.

MK was the son of Mew and is one of the reasons my last adventure happened. I had stumbled upon him in a cave during a rain storm. Mew was under the impression that I was trying to capture him and transformed me into an infantile Vulpix. Later, MK had joined us on our quest to free his mom, and had grown quite attached to Sam. Unfortunately, Sam didn't feel quite the same attachment. In reality, he found the young Mew's antics to be rather annoying.

"Fine, I'll just go back to sleep and forget about Katlyn and the fact that I felt her use her pendant." MK huffed. Everyone froze and stared at the Mew.

"You can feel when the pendants are used?" Sam asked incredulously.

"Yep, and if you can find where she went to use it I might be able to track her." MK replied with a toothy grin.

"Lawrence, get sniffing." I said.

Lawrence led us through town for several hours. Apparently, Katlyn had zigzagged through town several times, making it that much harder to track her. Finally, as dawn began to break, we found where Katlyn had used her pendant. There were several orange and white feathers lingering in the alley as proof of the event.

"Alright, MK. You're up." Sam said as the young Mew appeared next to his trainer.

"This might take a second. I've never done this before." MK said as he floated over the spot. His eyes glowed a bright blue. The feathers began to swirl around as if the wind had swept through the grungy alley. Suddenly, the feathers shot in the air and began to fly off.

"Follow those feathers!" I yelled as I took off down the road.

Abruptly, the feathers fluttered to the ground. Seconds later, MK fell to the ground as well, no longer able to continue floating. Sam knelt down and picked the little Mew up and cradled him. Sam smiled as MK's bright blue eyes looked up at him apologetically.

"Sorry, I didn't think it would take this much out of me."

"Hey, you did good. Is there any way to keep it out?" Sam said with a smile.

"I think so, as long as I don't have to concentrate on anything else." MK replied as his eyes flashed blue again.

MK was not able to keep the feathers up for long, but it did give us a direction to go. Apparently, Katlyn was traveling west to Catallia City. The trip would have taken here several days on foot; since she was flying, I had to assume she had already made it there. That left us trying to guess where she could have gone. Aside from the numerous non-trainer towns, highways, and interstates, the only place Katlyn could go as a trainer was Cherrygrove City. All other towns that weren't on the designated trainer stops were off limits to active trainers unless you lived in one of those cities.

"I don't think she would go there." Sam said as we walked.

"I don't see any other option." I replied.

"Why would she go through all of the trouble of hiding her escape, if she was going to follow the trainer routes? She almost had to have gone somewhere else." Austin asked.

"What else could she do? Johto is much more strict about where trainers can go on a journey than Kanto. Trainers are not allowed to use public roads that aren't marked for trainer use. Plus trainers are placed on a no fly list that extends to other modes of transportation as well." I explained.

"That doesn't mean that she followed the rules. What you don't get is that she had to do some very dirty work to get you back to normal. Some of the work was very illegal. She knows how to get around the law."

"What are you talking about?" I asked, my eyes narrowing as Austin's mouth clamped shut.

"Screw it," Sam said. "Look, your sister was given the opportunity to get a passkey that would allow us to get into the Rocket base. The cost of that key was spending an entire year as a member of Team Rocket. I don't know all of the details, but I do know that she witnessed a lot of cruel things. You knew that she had been struggling with memories of the Rocket base. It wasn't because of the base, but because of her actions as part of the organization."

"Oh," I muttered.

"Oh? That's it?" Devin asked feigning shock.

"What else can I say? You're right, I didn't know that she had been part of the organization. She didn't tell me."

Devin was about let loose another remark, but Emily stopped him. "Drop it, this is no time to be arguing!"

Katlyn's POV

"It's good that you came fast. Master Giovanni does not like to be kept waiting." a familiar psychic type said as I debarked the plane.

"I was wondering where I would meet you." I replied as I grabbed my bag and followed the Alakazam from the terminal.

"Yes well, Master Giovanni thought it unwise to give you a definitive meeting place." the Alakazam explained.

We walked out of the terminal and out into the passenger pick-up. The airport was busy as people jumped in and out of cabs, valets parked cars, and airport security watched for anyone suspicious. It was almost overwhelming.

The Alakazam led me to a limo parked just outside the main terminal. The Alakazam mentally opened the door for me to climb in. I stopped just before I climbed in. If I got inside that car, I was forever turning my back on the people I cared about. I shook my head and climbed inside, if I didn't do this then things would be much, much worse for them and me.

"Miss Katlyn, it is so good to see you again." a man in a black suit said as I buckled my seat belt.

"Giovanni," I said coldly. My disdain for the man only seemed to make him chuckle.

"The hate in your eyes is very unbecoming of someone so young." Giovanni said with a laugh.

"Laughing is unbecoming of a man that had lost an entire facility due to a couple of children." I shot back.

"You and I both know that you are more than just a simple child. Children have a naive, innocent view of the world. You on the other hand have twenty years of memories, to cloud that innocence."

"Touche," I said. "What do you want?"

"Let's take a drive shall we?" Giovanni said as the car pulled away.

"What do you want?" I asked again.

"You," Giovanni said as he pulled a cigar out of a small cigar box. He snipped off the tip and proceeded to light it. "More specifically, I want the abilities that Mew bestowed on you after you destroyed my facility."

"I don't know what you are talking about." I replied dismissively.

"We both know that isn't true. You used that power to get here correct? It isn't possible for you to have gotten to Golden Rod city from New bark as fast as you did without using it."

I felt my heart drop into my stomach as I realized I had slipped up. Giovanni smiled as he saw my reaction. He had me shaken up and he knew it.

"Well then, are you going to show me this ability?" Giovanni asked.

"Why should I?" I replied through gritted teeth.

"Let's just say that I have a job opportunity for you. First, I need to see the full extent of your abilities."

"What kind of job?"

"All in good time. First, let me see you use your power." Giovanni answered.

I looked down at the pendant and gripped the handle of the door tightly. I was feeling very uneasy about this. I could almost smell deception in the air.

"I think it would be best if I waited until we get to our destination." I replied.

Giovanni's normally arrogant smile turned to a slight frown. "Yes, that would be best, wouldn't it."

The limo twisted and turned through the city until it reached the outskirts of town. Trees filled both sides of the highway as we drove. There was a few fields here and there, but with most of the farming done west, there really much use farming these tiny plots.

"Sir, we are almost to the gate; would you like me to blacken the windows?" the driver asked as he turned to look at us.

"That won't be necessary. After all, my associate needs to see where she would be working out of." the mob boss said.

The driver turned around and continued driving. A couple of minutes later, we turned onto a dirt road with large trees on each side. The rough and dusty road pelted the limo relentlessly. It felt like we were being attacked by an angry mob as we got closer to the destination. After about five minutes, we emerged into a clearing. The clearing was about one hundred acres, which explained why we had to drive so long to get to the facility in question. Not far from the treeline was a large wire fence. It was about nine feet tall with large amounts of razor wire curled along the top. A little guard station sat next to the road. TORKEC Aeronautics, decorated a small sign in front of the guard post.

"May I see your security passes please?" a lone guard asked as the limo pulled up. When the guard looked in the back, he nearly jumped out of his skin. "Mr. Giove Riccelli, sir! I am so sorry for the hold up!"

"It is no problem. I pay you to hold people up. I cannot be mad at someone who is only doing their job." Giovanni said with a smile.

"Thank you sir. Let me get the gate open." the guard said as he rushed inside his station. A second later, the gate arm slowly rose up, allowing the limo to pass underneath it.

"Aeronautics?" I asked as we passed though the gate.

"Team Rocket has subsidiaries in almost every known industry." Giovanni said.

"So that is where your money comes from. It definitely was coming from the small number of Pokémon your grunts manage to steal." I spat.

"Team Rocket is much more than a simple gang. You of all people should know that."

Caleb's POV

"There has to be a faster way of getting there!" I shouted.

"Yelling won't help anything." Devin said.

According to our maps, we were only about a quarter of the way through. With night quickly coming, we would have to bunk down for the night which would kill about eight hours itself. I couldn't see how we were going to catch up with her. I feared that she was already way out of our reach.

"Caleb, you going to help me set up camp, or are you just going to sit there?" Austin asked as he began pulling out a tent and stakes.

"We are wasting time." I grumbled as I stood.

"We aren't going anywhere tired." Austin replied. "Even, if we did manage to get there tomorrow, we wouldn't be in any shape to start searching for someone."

"Austin is right, Caleb." Sam said as he began lighting a fire. "Besides, Katlyn has to sleep sometime so she is probably not going to get much farther tonight either."

I sighed, knowing they were both right. Austin and I finished setting up the tents while Sam and Emily started cooking. Meanwhile Devin had gone off to get more firewood. We didn't talk a whole lot while this went on. Despite everyone's reassurances, nobody wanted to rest. We were all very worried about what could have happened to Katlyn.

After an hour or two, the fire was starting to grow dim. Its embers flitted through the air on a dying pillar of heat before becoming too cold and falling back down to the moist earth below. Austin looked at the pile of wood Devin had built up and debated whether or not to add more to the dying pile.

"I'm going to bed." I said as I stood up.

"I think I will too." Devin said as he followed me to one of the tents.

"Do you think he will be ok?" I heard Emily ask.

"He'll be fine. He's just worried." Austin sighed.

"Yeah, I am just worried." I muttered to myself.

I waited until everyone was asleep before I grabbed my bag and my clothes. I quietly unzipped the door of the tent and stepped out into the chilly night air. It was about three in the morning right now so the sky was at its darkest. Add the fact that we were in the middle of a forest and you had a darkness that could make you go crazy.

I crept away from the camp, making sure I avoided the now smoldering fire. I looked back once before starting down the path. Once out of sight, I grabbed Lawrence's Pokéball and gave it a toss.

I then grabbed my pendant and willed its power to burst forth. I felt the changes practically explode and soon I had tossed away my human form for one much better suited for tracking. Lawrence stared at me for several seconds as my changes finally finished.

"You really want to do this?" Lawrence asked.

"I don't have a choice." I muttered.

"Alright, then let's get moving. We aren't going to have much of a head start, but we should be able to reach Catallia if we run most of the way. There might also be predators around too. Do you really think you are up for it?"

"Of course I am. I have a lot more energy than I used to." I replied as we both took off through the woods.

Sam's POV

I was about to go after them, but I couldn't. Something told me I shouldn't; that it was a path only Caleb and Katlyn could take. That didn't mean that we wouldn't look for them, it just meant that we wouldn't actively search for them. I knew Austin, Emily, and Devin would be pissed. That is something they will just have to get over as far as I was concerned. Besides, I had a feeling that we would see them both very soon.

I turned just to see MK hovering behind me. "It was good for you to let them go."

"I just have this feeling that if we go with them we would slow them down." I said with a sigh.

"Sam, those two are intertwined with something that will force both Caleb and Katlyn to make a choice. That choice will ripple into the way humans and Pokémon look at the world." MK said ominously.

"Does it have to do with the base?" I asked somberly.

"More than the base; I am afraid." MK replied.

"What should we do?"

"Be there when the time comes." the little Mew replied. "Until then, let's beat some gyms and get the other three back home!"

I nodded with a smile and went back to the tent. Despite wrapping myself back up in my sleeping bag, I knew I wasn't going back to sleep. I rolled over to see Marik sleeping soundly. I sighed as I envied the sleeping Luxio. While he didn't have to worry about anything, I had to figure out what I was going to tell the others.

"MK?" I asked through the darkness. "Do you think you could talk to Elweard, Teresa, and Brand? It might make Austin, Devin, and Emily less likely to mutilate my corpse if their own Pokémon are there to restrain them."

MK laughed as he did a flip in the air. "Sam, you are funny! Do you really think they would try to kill you for this?"

"Yes," I deadpanned.

"Oh," MK mumbled as he stopped laughing and stared at the ground. "Alright, I'll tell them."

A moment later, MK was back inside his Pokéball and I could rest easy again. MK may be young, but he had sway with the other Pokémon. Part of it was because he was Mew's son. The other part was that he had been a huge help in the past when we had rescued Caleb. I frowned for a moment as I remembered some of MK's antics when he first showed up. I shook my head and decided that the little Mew was an alright friend.

"Maybe I should treat him better." I said as I laid my head down on my pillow.

As my head hit the pillow, I felt a crunch and something sticky on the back of my head. I bolted up and reached for my flashlight. I shined it on my pillow and saw that it was covered with egg yolk and broken egg shells.

"Or maybe I'll just strangle the little beast!" I whispered angrily.

"You really shouldn't let little jokes like that bother you." Marik said with long yawn.

"Easy for you to say." I muttered as I took the pillow case off and unzipped the protector.

"One day, you may miss these kinds of jokes. The days of being carefree are over." Marik replied.

"No, they aren't over, just put on hold. We will get back to those days soon. Once Katlyn and Caleb figure out what they want to do." I said quietly.

"I hope you are right." Marik said with another yawn.


I hope you guys found this chapter entertaining. It was a bit difficult for me to write as I wasn't sure if I wanted to have three different adventures happening at the same time, but the more I thought about it. The more I figured I would do something similar in Caleb's place. Either way I hope you found it enjoyable. If you have anything you want to say be sure to leave a review or PM me! If you are enjoying the story, be sure to smash that favorite/follow button! This is shieldliger001 signing off!