The ride to Meteor Falls was going smoothly except for Tom. He had been sulking for almost the whole ride. When the second Jenny saw this, she went over to him and asked, "Hey, what's wrong."
"Nothing," lied Tom, "I was just remembering my parents." Tom rubbed his eyes. "They died in a Pokemon attack. These Pokemon are all of what's left to remind me of them. Weezing was my dad's. He had a fascination with poisonous Pokemon. Walrein was my mom's. She loved ice type Pokemon. But one day they were on vacation. They were touring the Fiery Path, when a Pokemon attacked them. The angry Pokemon set all of the people on fire. It happened so quickly, no one had time to react. All thirteen people perished. The police couldn't identify the Pokemon that went haywire and killed them. The police took Weezing and Walrein from my parent's charred bodies and gave them to me. Their Pokemon reminded me so much of my parents that I put them in storage. I couldn't bear having them with me. I cried all day for about a week. I was sent to live with my aunt in Cianwood City. My aunt suggested I catch some of my own Pokemon to get my mind off my parents. So I did." Tom had tears coming down his face, and the second Jenny wiped them away.
"Oh, I am very sorry about that," and she got up and went to the front of the boat. She didn't want Tom to cry more. They were coming up on a dock. Capt. Henry stopped at the dock turned around in the driver's chair and said, "Yarr all head north from here. I will stay here and stay with my brother, Mr. Brinney. Call me when you are finished I will pick you up. If you are following the list you should end up in Lilycove City. It will take me two days to get there." He took the list of caves out of his pocket, wrote the phone number on it and handed it to the second Jenny were she stowed it away in her pocket. They all got out of the boat. Capt. Henry went into his brother's cottage, which was right by the dock.
Tom and the two Jennys looked around. To the west they could see the tops of the buildings in Petalberg City. To the north, was the Petalberg Woods and to the north of that, was Rustboro City, and even farther north was Meteor Falls. They entered the woods.
Getting through the woods was pretty easy. A few Pokemon gave them trouble but the Jennys' Growlithes quickly took care of that. When they finished going through the woods they ended up in Rustboro City. The city was once live and full of noise and action, but now it is a ghost town. "Hey you," shouted the first Jenny, "what happened here that this city is empty? Her voice echoed on the tall skyscrapers. The lady who was coming out of the bookstore came over.
"You don't know?" asked the lady. "Those nasty Pokemon Protectors came through here and forced Roxanne to close down the gym weeks ago. They pulled out all the doors and windows and filled them in with bricks. Now the gym is a hollow pile of bricks. As for Roxanne, she is now teaching at the Pokemon School." A tear came to her eye as she was explaining this. "That raid through the city shook everybody up. Everyone is afraid to step outside their houses for one second." She pulled out a tissue and blew her nose. The noise echoed through out the city. "Please get rid of those monsters. They are ruining everybody's lives!" She walked away, sobbing gently.
"Come, let's get out of here quickly," said Tom. They got out of the city without encountering another person. When they got to Meteor Falls, they began to search it immediately. They searched the rest of the day and well into the night. They came out with out finding a single soul. "Let's get a hotel room in Rustboro City," said Tom. They found one and went to sleep in the comfy bed. It was a lot better compared to the cave floor they have slept on the night before. They woke up early the next morning. "So where are we looking today," said Tom, while they were at breakfast.
"The Rusturf Tunnel," said the second Jenny, as she took a sip of her coffee. When they were finished with breakfast they immediately set out for the Rusturf Tunnel. Just like yesterday, no one was on the streets of Rustboro City. They searched high and low in the Rusturf Tunnel and came up with nothing. When they exited the tunnel they were in Verdanturf Town. They walk straight threw the town (which was just as quiet as Rustboro City). When they reached Mauville City, they went north toward the Fiery Path. When they entered, Tom began to cry secretly. There was a memorial for those who were killed. Tom knelt besides the memorial. The two Jennys, however wasted no time mourning the dead, they left Tom to remember his parents while they looked for the Pokemon Protectors. Two hours later they came back and saw Tom sleeping by the memorial. A few Torkoals were lying on or by the side of him. The first Jenny woke Tom up. Tom got up and disturbed the Torkoals but they quickly went back to sleep.
They went back to Mauville City and relaxed the rest of the day. When night fell, they got a hotel room. Three days of looking and finding nothing, Tom and the Jennys were finally ready to call Capt. Henry, to start there search in Johto. The second Jenny picked upthe pay phone recieverand began to dial the phone number, but thenTom called out, "Hold the phone!"
The second Jenny stopped dialing and asked, "What?"
"I just thought of another place we need to look," said Tom. The second Jenny hung up the phone. "Well where is it?" she asked.
"Just follow me," said Tom. Then he took off towards the coast, the Jennys not far behind.