Authors Note: Hope you liked the last episode, I did... well, here we have episode 35... We're getting real close to the end now, only five left...

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Well, guess you want to go on to more adventure? Scroll down!

And, sorry for this chapter being a little short. .........

The girl still couldn't see anything but a white shimmer in front of her eyes. But yet she heard that soft voice speaking to her.

As far as she remembered, she had been hearing it all night, comforting her and speaking to her with soft, gentle words.

But why did he call her Carrie?

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Rin walked back and forth in the corridor outside Carrie´s room, where Jason was.

Where did they take Amber?

She couldn't let go of that thought. Vixen followed her trails.

"It's my fault, Vixen." She kept mumbling to herself, clenching her fists.

One single phone call had changed it all. One single phone call had probably cost Amber her life.

Rin was responsible for Amber's kidnapping.

And that thought was tearing her apart.

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Carrie's Pokémon was all asleep, laying in the corner of the small room. Jason sat on a chair next to Carrie's high bed and Teddyursa sat on his lap.

Carrie still hadn't been awake since they got here, and the doctor said that it could take even more time.

He knew that she sensed his presence. Sometimes, it almost felt like she was awake, even though she couldn't say anything.

"Hang in there, Carrie. Once you're better, we'll leave this hospital for good. If you want to, we can go home."

Home.

The word echoed in Jason's mind. Home. And Ricky... He missed his little brother... He wondered how he was doing in school.

Maybe he should call him....

"Teddyursa." Jason said to the little bear he held in his arms. "Go to my backpack, and get my PokéGear."

He smiled to himself. What a useless invention. He hadn't used it at all.

Teddyursa came back with it, and placed it in his lap.

"Wonder if it's working?" He said, and opened it. It did, even though the things it had been through.

He hesitated, but eventually dialed the numbers to Ricky's PokéGear.

Why hadn't he thought about it before, that he could call his brother?

He anxiously waited as the phone was connecting.

"I'm so silly." He said and smiled. "Afraid to call my little brother. I'm the one who beats him up..."

"HALLO?!!!" Someone shouted, making Jason have to hold the PokéGear fifty centimeters from his ear.

"RICKY!" He shouted back. "QUIT SCREAMING!"

"Jason?!!" Ricky said at the other end, surprised. "You're alive!"

"Of course I am! But we've been through some rough times over here." Jason threw a quick look on Carrie, who breathed softly. "How's school going?"

"Um..." Ricky said. "I... Haven't gone back to school yet. I kind of... took another way."

"And where does that way go?" Jason asked sharply, feeling like their mother.

"Um... Through Johto."

"Through Johto?!! What are you doing there?"

"Fighting gym leaders. Well, at least me and Torchic and good old Zigzagoon tries to fight the gym leaders. They're really strong, so I'm training hard so that I can beat them all. How's yourself? And how's Carrie doing? Any romance yet?"

Jason felt like punching through the PokéGear, hoping that his fist would hit his brother on the other end of the universe.

"Um... We had an accident. Carrie's been shot."

It felt so hard to spell those words, that Jason almost began to cry. He realized how much he cared about her, he realized how lonely he would be without her.

"SHOT?!!" Ricky yelled. "By what?!"

"Some men came after another friend of mine, and they shot Carrie before escaping. I'm at the hospital now."

"I'm sorry, Jason. Will she be OK?"

"Yes, the doctors think so. We'll see what happens when she gets better. I might go home again."

"Do what feels best" Ricky said, and Jason smiled to himself. Ricky was the smarter one out of the two, he had been all along. "Where exactly are you?"

"On an island called Hushido. We're taking the gym challenges there together, fighting two and two."

"Cool. Have you gotten any badges yet?"

"Yes, two. How bout you?"

"Um, no. Some guy named Falkner kicked us back to the stone age with his flying Pokémon. I'm training so that I can beat him. How's Teddyursa doing?"

"He's fine. His honey-addiction is bigger than ever. The recent events had made holes in our honey-schedule."

"Haha, really funny. Bro, I gotta go, Torchic is drowning in the water. Tell Carrie I said hi when she gets better."

"I will."

"And by the way. Have you told mom and dad?"

"No. But they've probably found out that we aren't in school anymore. Mom called five times a day, I think she'll find it strange that we don't answer. Anyway, I'm not calling them. At least not yet."

"Not me either. Bye brother, good luck."

"Good luck to you too, Ricky. Take care of yourself, I don't want to go all the way to Johto to save you."

"Don't worry. We'll phone again soon, OK? I'm going up against Falkner in a few days, I'll call and tell you how it went. Now, I really must go, before I have to arrange Torchics funeral. He can't swim."

"Oh, I see. Bye then."

"Bye!"

A click was heard, then only silence. Jason still smiled. Ricky knew how to cheer him up.

Suddenly, Carrie started to shake heavily, making the whole bed tremble. Teddyursa jumped away, terrified, as the monitors next to the bed quit showing any heart frequence.

Jason's heart practically stopped as well. He flew out of the chair and bursted out of the room like a cannon ball.

"RIN!!!!" He screamed down the corridor. "Get a doctor! QUICK!!!!"

Rin caught his eyes for a moment, and then she turned around and dashed towards the reception.

Jason went back to Carrie, tried to shake her awake, tried to make her heart start again in some miracolous way.

He could barely hear the beeping from the pulse monitor beside the bed, all his thoughts were focused on the girl in the bed.

"Carrie" He whispered, as the doctors bursted into the room and pushed him away from her. "Don't die. Do you hear me, Carrie?! Don't die!!!"

Rin clenched her fists as she watched the doctors trying to bring Carrie back to life inside the room.

Second tragedy in two days.

When would this madness end?

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Authors Note II: Oooh, cliffhanger... Will Carrie survive this one? And how is Amber going to escape from her prison? Stay tuned for episode 36! So long!