Authors Note:

Yes, I'm alive, and I'm sorry for the delay... I want to end this in a nice way, so I've been thinking alot to make sure that these last seven episodes will be good. And this is Jason and Carrie's very last gym battle, there will be no more in the remaining episodes.

My greatest apologies, of course I know that Clefairy and Growlithe need stones to evolve, but I felt it would be kind of strange if they didn't evolve, and the other did. Hope you don't stop reading because of that.... Well, after this one, we have six episodes left to enjoy before this story is over... As it is now, there will be no season two, since the rush of inspiration is kind of over... If you so badly want another season, let me know and I'll think about it.

Anyway, thanks to you all, Dark... Vulpix (something, I can't keep track of your name changes! Shame on you Sarah :)! Paradox, Mickey, Moon Girl, Fyrefly1 and all of you! From now on, I will introduce a small section called Reviewers response, where I'll give my personal answers and thoughts on your reviews--- Anyway, better get going to the chapter, which is a very bad one!

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"Welcome back!" Michael said with a big smile, as Jason and Carrie came through the door and entered the main hall. "We were about to go and pick you up."

"We'll do anything to thrill." Jason said and smiled. "We had some problems with Magnetons."

"But since you're here, you obviously found out about the badge. It's made of a very rare mineral that attracs electricity."

"Yeah, we found out, eventually." Carrie said. "We got saved by our Pokémon. They mass evoluted in the battle."

"Interresting" Derek said, as he took the Thunder Badge from Jason. "Well, if you want this to be yours, you have to fight us first. Come with us to the battle arena."

They followed the two gym leaders to the gigantic battle arena, and Jason felt a sting of nervousity. He could imagine the spectators stands filled with people, and he dreamed away to the Pokémon League finals.

"In one corner, twelve years old, coming all the way from Redtree Village, Jason Darryll! With his trustful Pokémon, he has fought himself all the way to the finals!"

"His opponent will be..."

"Jason?" Carrie asked, and Jasons daydreaming was interrupted. "We're about to start."

Rin sat at the arena side with Vixen by her side, but Jason couldn't see Amber anywhere. He made a gesture against Rin, who shook her head.

She would probably return anyway, and Jason put those thoughts aside.

"Well, what Pokémon should we use?" Carrie asked.

"I'll take Arcanine, but the question is what Pokémon you should use..."

"I should take Marowak, if I'm not completely brain-dead, it's good against electric Pokémon."

"You're right, Carrie. We could probably perform some team attacks too"

"I don't know any, so you'll have to tell me what to do."

"Don't worry." Jason said and smiled. Suddenly, he was struck with Carrie's beauty. He wished that he could capture the moment, and let it last forever.

Never had Carrie looked more beautiful than she did in that particular moment. Her eyes, that had been looking so tired and dull since the earthquake, suddenly was brought to life in a magical way that leaved him speechless.

He couldn't take his eyes off her, and he barely noticed Teddyursa who pulled his jacket.

All the world just froze, and he thought back on the moment in the ravine. In that moment, nothing else existed in the world, except Carrie. That beautiful girl that had accompanied him since that day in Crystal Town.

Was it fate, or just the hands of luck?

Teddyursa eventually brought him back to reality, and he shook his thoughts out of his head.

"Focus" he whispered to himself as he grabbed Arcanines Pokéball.

"Are you ready?!" Michael shouted from the other side of the battle field.

Carrie nodded, and so did Jason.

Rin clenched her fists at the side of the battlefield. Now where did Amber go?

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"Arcanine! Go!"

"Marowak!"

"Electabuzz!"

"Raichu!"

Four Pokémon materialized on the battle field, and before any orders had been given, the fight begun.

Teddyursa pulled Jasons jacket with its bandaged paws. It wanted to fight, but Jason shook his head.

"Marowak! Tackle!" Carrie screamed, and Marowak threw itself against Raichu. But the electric mouse was too quick, and Marowak lost its balance and fell to the ground.

Arcanine was wrestling with Electabuzz, they fought like tigers against each other, and they barely heard the screams from their trainers.

No doubt at all, Electabuzz and Raichu were better trained than Jason and Carrie's Pokémon, who just kept struggling to stay conscious, and on their feets.

"Time for the finishing touch" Michael said and smiled as Arcanine and Marowak got knocked of their feets. "Electabuzz, Raichu! Electric Storm!"

Electric storm... Jason though to himself, trying to remember how it looked like so that Arcanine and Marowak could counter it.

Electabuzz and Raichu placed themself beside each other, and wrapped their tails together as they started to charge electricity.

Huge masses of sparkling energy gathered around the two electric Pokémon, and Arcanine and Marowak just stood and watched.

With a deafening sound enormous bolts of lightning struck down from above. The battle field was shaking, as the electricity was directed against Jason and Carrie's Pokémon.

Arcanine tried desperately to dodge the lightnings with its speed, and Marowak did what it could, but yet, it wasn't enough.

The light from the electricity was so strong that Jason had to cover his eyes. When he opened them, the battle field was a complete mess.

Arcanine laid still on the ground, and Marowak struggled to get on it's feets again.

"What the heck...?" Carrie gasped.

"Arcanine! Get on your feets!" Jason yelled. "Carrie, come on, we haven't lost yet!"

"Interresting." Michael said and smiled. "Most of the challengers tend to give up after the electric storm..."

"Jason!" Carrie said. "We can only defeat them with team attacks of our own!"

"I don't know any team attacks for ground and fire Pokémon, Carrie! I.. um... quit school before we got to that part..."

Carrie gave him a glare, as Electabuzz and Raichu let go of each other, still sparkling with energy.

"If you don't know any, I'll make one up! Order Arcanine to do a flame thrower on Marowaks bone!"

"What?!"

"Just do it! We'll call it the Flaming Toss!"

What was she doing? Intending to beat two well trained Pokémon with a home- made attack that maybe didn't even work?

"Arcanine, flame thrower!"

"Marowak, bonemerang!"

Marowak's bone flew through the air, as the heatening flames from Arcanine hit it with full power, making it glow with fire. The bone hit Electabuzz who fell backwards, and then it continued towards Raichu.

"Raichu! Dodge it!" Derek screamed.

With the distance of an inch, Raichu managed to avoid being hit by the bone, and the electric mouse turned its attention towards Arcanine and Marowak.

But the bone was like a boomerang. It took a wide turn and with full power, it hit Raichu in the back.

Raichu fell to the ground, and Arcanine threw itself towards the mouse to finish it off. Marowak began to charge against Electabuzz, which were regaining its senses.

"Take 'em out!" Jason shouted, and the moment after, Arcanine sent Raichu flying with a powerful tackle.

A few meters away, Electabuzz was knocked unconscious by Marowak, and the audience (Which was Rin and Vixen) applauded.

"We won!" Carrie said, and gave Jason kiss on his cheek. Jason blushed, but tried to hide it the best he could.

"Indeed you did..." Michael said, recalling his unconscious Pokémon. "Here's your Thunder Badge."

He tossed it over the battle field, and Jason caught it in the air.

"Remember, it attracts electric Pokémon" Derek said. "It's useful if you want to catch some."

Jason nodded, and recalled Arcanine. Carrie let Marowak return into it's Pokéball.

Rin came down and congratulated them, and Teddyursa climbed onto Vixen's back.

"The next gym is far away from here" Michael said. "It's actually in the middle of nowhere... You should get to Tanwen City ((A/N: *blinks towards Sarah* That's your Vulpixs name, right?)) and get more information. You fought well, congratulations."

They shook hands, and Jason put the Thunder Badge in his backpack.

"Rin..." he said and turned towards her. "Where's Amber?"

"I don't know..." Rin said, shrugging her shoulders. "She was here a while ago."

"She's probably outside" Carrie suggested. "Come on, we got to get going so that we can find somewhere to sleep tonight."

They went outside. The sun was sinking in the horizon, and it was quiet.

"Amber?" Jason called. "Amber, are you here?"

He couldn't see her anywhere, and neither could Rin and Carrie.

"Did she go before us to the next town?" Carrie asked. "Maybe she wanted some time alone."

Maybe she did, Rin thought, recalling what she had seen earlier. Amber was hiding something, she knew it

"Let's start walking" Jason said. "She's probably ahead of us."

Suddenly they heard a familiar sound. A helicopter.

It came over the factory, sounding like one large fly. It was black, and a strange logotype was painted on it's side.

"Look... A helicopter." Carrie said.

It landed a few hundred meters away on the field, and two men dressed in black stepped out.

"What are they doing?" Rin said.

Suddenly, Amber came out of the small forest to the right. She didn't notice the two men, who were walking right against her.

"My god..." Rin mumbled. "They're after her!"

"Amber!" Jason yelled. "RUN!"

It was too late. Just as Amber discovered them, they grabbed her arms, and began pulling her back to the helicopter. She screamed desperately, and hig- pitched.

"Amber!"

Jason threw off his backpack and dashed towards them with full speed.

"Let her go!" he yelled, and threw himself forward against the closest man.

He started to punch him, making him lose the grip of Amber, who desperately tried to break loose.

"Jason! Help me!"

Jason tried, but the man was to tall, to strong and to big for him. A punch, hard as a rock, hit Jason in the face, and he flew backwards landing hard in the grass.

"Stay out of this, kid!" the man said, with a voice cold as ice. They pushed Amber in the helicopter.

Jason was bleeding from a small jack his lips, but he got on his feets again as he clenched his fists.

"Where are you taking her?!" he yelled, as the other man placed himself in the pilots seat and ignited the engine.

"Somewhere far away... This girl is dangerous, young boy. She will be executed."

"Executed?!!!!" Jason gasped. "Let her go, or else!!!!"

"Or else what, little kid?! Accept it, or you'll just hurt yourself!"

"I won't let you take her!" Jason screamed, and threw himself against the door at the drivers side, to prevent the helicopter from lifting.

The man in the drivers seat knocked him to the ground with something hard, and Jason felt the world spinning around him.

"Jason! Help me! Please help!!!!!" Amber screamed with broken voice. She was crying, and she used all her strength to break free from the man.

But he was too strong.

Slowly, the helicopter lifted. The man who was holding Amber laughed.

"I said: Let her go!!!!" Jason yelled and tossed a Pokéball. "Ivysaur, grab the helicopter with your vines!!!"

Ivysaur released its vines, which wrapped around the helicopter like long snakes. The helicopter struggled to break free, but Ivysaur didn't let go. The helicopter was hanging ten meters above ground, unable to get any higher because of the vines, who chained it like a dog to a pole.

"Grasp! Take her up!" the man who was holding Amber screamed.

"I can't, Reno! The Ivysaur is holding us down!" Grasp exclaimed

"Goddamit!" Reno said as he drew a gun. "You're gonna wish that you never was born, young boy!"

He aimed the gun against Jason, and was just about to fire, when Amber let out a highpitched scream.

A white light surrounded her, and her body shape was completely changed into a Pokémons.

"What the...!!!!????" Rin exclaimed, as a Vulpix now had taken Amber's place.

The Vulpix buried its teeths in Renos hand, and he let out a scream firing a few shots with no accuracy before he lost his grip around the Vulpix. The Vulpix jumped from the helicopter, towards the ground.

"Catch her!" Carrie screamed, and Rin threw herself forward and managed to grab the Vulpix in the air.

At the same time, Ivysaur lost it's grip around the helicopter, and it fell to the ground, exhausted.

The helicopter landed again, and Reno stepped out.

"So indeed she is a hybrid." Reno said and smiled grimly. He was bleeding from the hand which held the gun. "Give her to me, now! Or I'll shoot you all!"

Rin, who was still holding the Vulpix, suddenly felt how its shape changed again.

She let go of it with a scream. Amber was back in its place.

"I'll go." she said, slowly. "Jason...Rin...Carrie.. Bye..."

"No..." Jason said, weakly. "Let her go!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that." Reno said, and grabbed Amber when she walked to him. With a quick move, he injected something in her neck.

"Jason..." Amber said, as her head started to feel heavy. "They will come for you too..."

"What?! Amber!!"

Amber fell into the arms of Reno, unconscious. Reno pulled her into the helicopter and laughed again.

"Don't try anything stupid now, kids!" he said. "I warn you."

The helicopter slowly lifted into the air, and the three just stood and watched it, as the big, black body of it flew away over the treetops.

"What are we going to do?!" Rin asked. "They said that they were going to execute her!!"

Jason let out a sigh and placed Teddyursa on his shoulder.

"I'm afraid we can't do a thing, Rin. We just have to accept it."

"It's not like you to just accept something!" Rin said. "Didn't you tell me that, Carrie?"

"Jason..." Carrie said, as she sank to her knees. Her hands were covered in blood. "I..."

She fell to the ground, and the grass underneath her was colored red by her crimson blood.

"My god!" Rin exclaimed. "Jason... She's been shot!"

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Authors Note II: TADA! Carrie is shot, Amber is kidnapped and she's going to get executed. Will Rin and Jason be able to take Carrie to a hospital in time? And how are they going to save Amber? Don't miss the next episode.... And don't be sure on anything... It's soon over, and I can kill anyone, don't forget that... (It depends on my mood...) I can promise some real action and adventure in the last six episodes...