Round up a posse! That's the name of the chapter, but it doesn't even come close to describing the events of this chapter.This chapter is EXTREMELY LONG. Rip offs include Star Wars.

All the teenagers were finally reunited. They all needed to get the same thing done.

First they had to get out of this mob, so they headed down the road through all the shouting, even dying people. All the kids were just barely able to stick together; they all got to Gateon Port safely, after about five minutes of running and dodging non-stop.

There was a small dispute going on with the people that were there. Gateon Port citizens were starting to riot and mob now. Trees and cars in the area were all burning down to the ground.

The sun was finally starting to rise after the extremely long night.

Britteny still had the jewel in hand; Yvon and Medli wanted to get their hands on it. It seems Andrew beat them to it.

He was trying to pursuade her to hand it over, "Please let me take it! It looks quite valuable! Where did you get it?" Britteny didn't answer.

Jihan was with Andrew, "Britteny... maybe you should give it to Andrew! If not, then how about a museum or something?"

The teens were near enough to talk. Violet said, "You know, a jewel about that size was found on Gateon Shore earlier!"

"I knew that!" Andrew hissed.

"Whoa man, don't spaz!" Gers rebuttled. "Wasn't it stolen, anyways?"

"Yeah, it was," Jasmine answered.

"Ya see?" Andrew exclaimed to Britteny. "It'll get stolen from you!"

"Please don't yell at her," Jihan said quietly. "She's had a rough night... we all have!"

"Tell me about it," Kailee muttered.

Andrew really wanted that jewel for some reason. He wanted it bad. He did the only thing he thought would get him the jewel. He pulled out a...gun? Wow, talk about how you didn't see it coming.

Britteny gasped as Andrew demanded, "Give me the damn jewel!"

"Whoa!" Violet exclaimed.

"Did not see that coming!" Manus said.

Jihan covered up her mouth and then shouted, "Andrew! What the hell-"

"SHUT UP!" Andrew roared.

Suddenly, the sound of a helicopter became apparent. Andrew still pointed his gun, waiting for Britteny to hand over the damn jewel. She did so slowly, and disdainfully.

Nobody knew what the hell was going on; but they thought that making a move on Andrew would probably do some good.

The teens all pulled out their lightsabers (except Britteny) and Andrew followed. They all moved in at once.

Andrew was very skilled! He was able to fend off all eleven of them! By himself! His red lightsaber glowed as it moved to dodge every blow! That helicopter was getting closer; was it coming to Gateon Port?

It was!

Nobody was able to hit Andrew at all... it was as though he was professionally trained! The helicopter began to blow hot air all around itself; the battle ended. There was a woman driving the helicopter; the teens gasped as they recognized her (except for Britteny, Justin, Kailee, Tetra, and Gers). It was that Kimberly woman who was at The Under and the robbery and at Eclo Canyon. She was a bit of trouble!

She pronounced out the speaker caller, "Kinliteer! We need to go to Citadark, now!"

Andrew motioned with his hand for her to land there... he was the wierdly named Kinliteer?

Wow... the teens never saw that coming either...

Justin yelled, "What? You're the evil dude sent out to kill everybody?"

Andrew smirked... the teens disdainfully listened to Andrew's revelation monologue, "Yeah! I'm the boss man, who else? It's always wierd rich people who end up the Master of Cipher! I sent Monika to kill Dennis! I told Neha to kill you kids! I sent Ludvik to kill Trevor and Mayor Trent! I sent Morena and the Harkem Squad to kill as many wild pokémon as possible! I sent Harkem to use the naval submarine to destroy pokémon! I took down that airplane at Gateon Shore myself, in order to get those jewels! I sent Kimberly and her Rookie to retrieve the ruby! I sent Kimberly and her Rookie to kill Richard! You stupid teenagers are the only thing that hasn't gone right! You stupid kids probably thought that Matthew was the boss, eh? You stupid kids... Matthew is just an idiot! Now, I must join my remaining Cipher on Citadark! I'll be glad to press that destruct button in my tower! " He had backed up all the way to the ground-touching helicopter in which Kimberly sat. The teens were so caught up in listening to the monologue, that it was too late for them to stop Andrew from escaping.

Rain began to fall as Andrew and Kimberly flew off over the ocean to 'Citadark' or wherever. They were all speachless until Jihan's question broke their thoughts, "What just happened?"

"All those deaths..." Tetra started.

"Were all Andrew's fault," Justin finished. He chuckled, "How cheezy is that, eh?"

All the teens lightened up a bit and nodded all around. Paff asked, "So what do we do now?"

"What in the hell is Citadark?" Jasmine asked.

"It's the island off of Orre!" Jihan exclaimed. "Don't you kids know that?

"An island?" Samus asked. "I think we've been there!"

"Yeah!" Tetra exclaimed.

Britteny was staring at her empty palm... Jihan noticed this, "What's up, Brit? That Andrew was evil, afterall. Don't worry about that thing... It probably wasn't that valuable."

Violet asked Britteny, "Where did you get that, anyways?"

"A pokémon on the shore gave it to me!" Britteny said. "It looked tired. It swam away afterwards."

"Okay," Manus nodded. "So Cipher wanted both jewels? I wonder why..."

"There are three jewels!" Medli exclaimed.

"What?" Kailee asked.

"She's right," Yvon told them all. "He said ruby... and he took the emerald, right? So that means the sapphire is still around somewhere!"

"What are the damned things used for?" Gers asked loudly.

Medli inhaled deeply, "We think that they have emence energy stored inside!"

Britteny recalled the explosion of the Saturn Sky, "Yeah, I think we saw that earlier."

"Yeah, she's right," Paff said. "I think it made a car explode!"

"See?" Yvon exclaimed. "If Cipher got hold of all three of them, they'd probably be able to blow up Orre!"

Justin thought about it for a moment, "That's it!"

"What's it?" Tetra asked.

"That's Cipher's plan!" Justin exclaimed. "They do want to blow up Orre!"

Yvon thought about it, "Why, though?"

"Don't you see?" Justin asked. "All the best trainers from Hoenn, Kanto and Johto are here! Ayanna told us so! Cipher is planning to destroy Orre, and everyone on it!"

"And they could all be safe on Citadark island!" Kailee exclaimed.

"Yeah!" Jasmine agreed.

"Then they could creat shadow pokémon again!" Gers said. "And use them to take over the world!"

"Eventually!" Medli shouted. "But that must be their plan! But what can we do about it?"

"Didn't you hear Andrew's monologue?" Paff asked. "He said that we were the only problem in his plan! He had never expected us to take a vacation here at this specific time!"

"Yeah!" Kailee agreed. "We were able to save the Mayor, and blow up the sub!"

"Then we got rid of the rest of those evil men!" Samus said.

"Yeah!" Tetra agreed.

"We have to go to Citadark island and stop them from using those jewels!" Yvon yelled.

"Yeah!" Justin agreed. "And we need to round up some supporters! We can't do it alone! We need the best trainers and the most determined people we can find! We might need to check all of Orre for this."

"How will you kids get to Citadark?" Jihan stepped in. "Usually only aircrafts or submarines or cruisers can make it there! I mean it's gotten to be so far after the population rush!"

"D'you think you can find anything for us, Jihan?" Manus asked.

Britteny stepped in for her sister, "Yeah we can! Jihan! Doesn't Perr owe you a favor? Ask him if we can use his cruiser! It's big enough for at least seventy-five people!"

All the teens now looked eagerly at Jihan. She shrugged, "Alright, I'll ask. Get as many people here as you can, kids. Assuming you're actually going to take this seriously!"

"We need vehicles!" Tetra said.

"Four of you can take my Volvo," Jihan said. "Make sure you take care of it!"

"Justin!" Kailee exclaimed loudly. "Where is your huge Articuno! It's able to carry at least two of us!"

Justin felt his spine tence suddenly; he hadn't seen Articuno since he first got to Nia Town... before any of this trouble at Orre.

"I honestly don't know!" Justin finally answered. "I hope he's alright. The evil men have been hunting pokémon!"

"I'm sure it's fine!" Kailee said. "I just thought you knew where it was... that's all."

"Whatever," Gers said. "Let's seperate again and meet here before the ship takes off."

"Don't gather too many people!" Jihan said. "The ship is only good enough for about eighty people."

"Trust me Jihan," Paff said. "We only need about thirty people, right?"

"Yeah," Samus said. "That sounds rather good."

Jihan smiled, "You kids should split into three! Four of you go north, four go east, and three stay here in the west!"

Kailee agreed, "That's a good plan. Everyone meet up here when their search is done. We should set off when all eleven of us are back here!"

"Agreed," the rest of the teenagers said.

Jihan smiled and handed Justin the keys to her car. Paff said aloud, "Jasmine, Yvon and Medli can come with me in my car."

"Alright," Medli said.

"Me, Kailee, Justin and Gers'll take Jihan's car," Tetra said.

"Okay," Gers agreed.

"Me, Samus and Violet will stay in this area on foot!" Manus told them.

"Awesome," Violet said.

Jihan took charge from there, "Alright! Now... You four," she pointed at Justin, Kailee, Gers and Tetra. "You have to go north! You must check Nia Town and Golden Bar Town! Check for all the best trainers you can find! Make sure you visit Snagem's old hideout! Supposedly, there might be a few people still there!"

"Where is that?" Justin asked.

"It's in the heart of Eclo Canyon!" Jihan answered. "You four!" she pointed at Paff, Jasmine, Yvon, and Medli. "You must check Phenac, The Underand Pyrite for anybody willing to come with us! It would be wise to check the Outskirt Stand, too! You three!" she pointed at Samus, Violet, and Manus. "Take Britteny with you! You guys can check Michael Town, Mount Battle and the PHQ! Make sure you have a final check in here, okay?"

"Okay!" all the teenagers agreed.

"Remember!" Jihan announced. "Do it quickly so we can END THIS DAMN CHAPTER!"

"YEAH!" All the teens yelled into the air. They all split up into their respective groups, and went to their respective vehicles/trails.

Paff and her group left Gateon Port first; the police let her pass through all the carnage on the road because her Solstice wasn't involved with the chase.

Justin's group left Gateon Port with a 2005 Volvo S60R. The police let them through, too.

They followed Paff down near Phenac; Paff kept on going down the road to the Outskirt Stand. Justin turned onto the bumpy, dirt road.

For now, I will follow Paff's group, for they were the first who arrived back at Gateon Port. Justin's group didn't have as much trouble, and would have been first, but they were knocked out for a couple hours so they didn't get back as fast. Samus' group would've been the fastest, also, but they were knocked out for several hours, too.

She drove down the highway for about three/four minutes. The Outskirt Stand... why do they still call it that, anyways? ... was quite empty except for three cars.

Jasmine agreed to go out and talk to the bartender alone while her friends stayed and waited up.

She walked to the open entrance, and then was greeted again by the man in the green apron. The sun started to finally rise on the horizon.

"Why, hello there, missy!" he exclaimed. "You bring alot of popularity here, ya know? Very lucky youze are! I would treat you to a freebie... who cares how old youze are! But It's a getting early... I gotta close this here bar up for the day."

"No, actually," Jasmine said. "I want to ask you something."

"Really?" he asked. "What's that?"

"We might know who killed your pal, Willy."

The man stood quiet for a moment. "Really? So what?"

"We want to know if..." she paused. "D'you think you can help us take them on?"

He looked at her a bit puzzled, "Well... D'you mean fight?"

"Well, yeah."

"Well, missy!" He exclaimed happily. "I sure am!" He turned into the bar. "Hey, felluhs!" Jasmine peeked inside; there were about nine people inside, and they were all looking at the man. "D'y'all wanna go for a hunting trip for good ol' Willy?"

All the men in the bar started to smile a little evily, and then all held their cups into the air, "Huzzah!"

"YEEE-HAW!" the man cheered. He turned back to Jasmine, "Where are we off to, missy?"

"Gateon Port, felluhs!" she shouted into the bar. "Now!"

"Huzzah!" they all chugged the rest of their drinks and then stood up to leave. The mn took out his keys and then locked the door on the inside. After all the men left the bar, he shut the door and then tested the knob to see if he locked it correctly. He did.

Jasmine jumped back into their car; her companions were all in awe at all the men Jasmine had convinced to come with them.

Paff backed out the car, and drove. She was followed by four cars; three for the men, and one for the man in the green apron.

They all split away from her when she turned into Phenac; they continued to Gateon Port.

Yvon volunteered to leave the car this time, but Medli suggested that each of them check a certain level. They all agreed, and then split up.

Yvon started on the bottom level where they had parked. He looked around the area for anybody he knew; people were leaving in their vehicles for the 'new' day. Nobody caught his eye. He wasn't having very good luck.

Medli wasn't able to find anybody, until she saw a few familiar faces in a coffee shop. It was the woman Ayanna, and she was slowly drinking coffee with a teenager about Medli's age.

She stormed in; a small bell rang attracting the attention of all the customers. Ayanna recognised Medli and smiled gloomily, "Hello there! I remember you!"

"Yeah," Medli said. "Me, too."

Ayanna smiled, and then said, "You remember Marrik?"

Medli now remembered who the boy was; it was Marrik from the ship. He was still very unhappy, it seemed. "Yeah, I do!"

Marrik tried to grin, but just flopped his face instead. Medli thought this the right time to ask, "You know..."

Ayanna and Marrik payed a bit more attention to Medli. She said, "D'you think you can join us in finding a few things we need?"

Ayanna smiled again, "What's that?"

"Well..." Medli didn't exactly know how to put it. "We think that a few people might be in danger, and we need somethingin order tosave them-"

"Why do you need my help?" Ayanna asked curiously.

"Well," Medli looked to the side. "You seem... tough."

"You need a good trainer?" Ayanna asked.

Medli said yes, but in actuality, she wanted a person to fight off people who may kill you on sight. Ayanna smiled again, "So, what? Where are we going?"

"Uhh..." Medli recalled the name of the island as, "Citadark Island."

"For free?" Ayanna asked loudly.

"Yeah, why?"

"Well it's quite expencive to get on anything that can go there!" Ayanna exclaimed. "If we're going to Citadark, count me in!"

"Me, too!" Marrik got up.

Medli smiled; she found two people already! "That's great! Go to Gateon Port and wait for all of us there."

"Got it!" Marrik said, leaving the shop fast.

Ayanna crept up to Medli, "The boy needs a trip. He'll have fun while we do whatever."

"Uhh... yeah sure," Medli muttered. She was beginning to feel a bit guilty.

She left the coffee shop with Ayanna and was met by Jasmine. She was all jumpy, "Medli! I went into the shop up on the top level, and at least ten guys got up as soon as I said 'gunfight'!"

"That's good!" Medli exclaimed, all the water in Phenac started to glisten. "But, didn't Jihan say to find some good trainers?"

"We could go to Relgam Tower and Orre Colosseum next!" Jasmine assured her. "There'll be plenty of trainers there."

Medli nodded, "True. We should get going, then!"

Yvon climbed up to the two girls, "Did you find anyone?"

"A few," Medli answered.

"Great!" Yvon exclaimed. "Is Paff back? We should hurry up."

"Right here," Paff came into view just on time. "Let's get outta here."

"Did you find anyone?" Yvon asked.

"No," Paff groaned.

Yvon shrugged, "Oh well. Where are we supposed to go now?"

"Medli thinks that Realgam Tower and the Coliseum could have some good people." Jasmine told him.

"Okay," Paff agreed.

"We should hurry!" Yvon told them. "We still need to visit three places, and we have limited time!"

"We do?" Jasmine asked.

"Well... yeah," Yvon answered. "We shouldn't waste any time."

The four climbed back into their Solstice; Yvon was driving. He drove out of the town; Realgam Tower was in plain sight. The road was still in a bit of a ruckus. There were no riots here; Phenac Citizens stayed on the side of their own mayor.

There were a few riots down the road, however. Police were using tear gas grenades to split the crowds. People threw torches in the air, and they landed on other people.

It was a very quick drive to Realgam Tower; the bridge across the small canalwas empty. The teens thought that Realgam Tower might be deserted.

They were wrong.

They walked up to the large, almost round doorway. It opened up automatically as they approached. They saw the huge, straight hallway covered in see-through walls. They felt annoyed that they had to walk the whole way, but as they each took a step forward, a small platform that they stood atop of moved forwards, carrying them to the next door.

It opened up automatically for them again. They were now in a circular room with two doors. The one ahead was larger, and seemed gold-plated. There wasa huge, chrome model of Realgam Tower in the center of this room. The teens went up to it, and inspected it.

The model was about four and a half feet tall, and it was very accurately detailed. The four inspected the colloseum that was atop the tower, and all the smaller towers that reached up from the top of Realgam Tower.

The teens then continued on with their walk into the next clear hallway. Again, a small platform carried the four to the other side. The door opened up, revealing a circular room with three doors. One in front, one on the right and left hand sides.

The one ahead was very large, and was gold-plated like the previous one. The four shrugged at each other, then decided that this door looked best. They went through it as it opened up. The hallway behind the huge door was at least twice as long as the two before it, but the four were still carried across by the small platform.

The door at the end opened up, revealing the heart of Realgam Tower.

There were at least fifty people in this room. A few teenagers were having a loud arguement with a woman at a counter infront of them. There was a huge, circular, transparent elevator shaft going right out of the ceiling beyond the desk. People were chatting all over.

There were two large doors on either side of the elevator shaft. Each had a sign over it.
The left door read; Battle Bingo.
The right door read; Battle SIM's.

There was a wall of glass to the far right, beyond which seemed like a restaurant. There was a glass wall on the left, too. It seemed like a gift shop of some sort.

Nobody in the room was very recognizable. Everyone was talking; some people seemed to be boasting to other people about their pokémon that were out with them.

The four teenagers walked a bit further into the room. The teens having the arguement huffed away, and so Paff, Jasmine, Yvon and Medli walked up the the counter.

"Yes?" the woman sitting there asked.

Medli opened her mouth to speak, but didn't because she was pushed away from the counter. Two men walked up, "Open the elevator!"

"I'm sorry," the woman said. "The colloseum is closed until a few hours."

"Let us in, NOW!" the second man spat.

"I can't," the woman said quietly.

"LET US IN!" the first man pulled out... well, a gun. It's really getting old.

All the people in the room shut up and watched in horror as the second man pulled out a gun, too. Some women began to scream, and people were beginning to run around.

Another man, wearing a stylish tuxedo, pulled a gun to the two men. "Who are you people?"

"Nobody!" the frist man fired at the man in the tux. He dodged somehow, but the bullets still managed to hit an innocent woman, killing her.

"HELEN! HELEN, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" a voice screamed.

Paff, Jasmine, Yvon and Medli had been in this situation before. They ducked behind the desk as a gunfight began to insue.

More people began to pull out weapons of some kind. Guns, knives, even just stuff off the ground.

Paff looked over the table; people began to fall over dead all around. People were trying to get through the hallway, but the platform only took abour six people, and so they were left behind for dead. People called back their pokémon to save them, just to get themself killed afterwards. At least half of the people were dead when the man in the tuxedo was able to kill a few of the bad ones.

He held a gun to the last evil ones head, "WHO SENT YOU!"

"Isn't it obvious?" the man spat blood onto the floor.

The man in the tux paused for a moment. "You're with Cipher, aren't you?"

The man made an evil chuckle, "Yup!"

BOOM!

The man fell to the floor with a gunshot in his face. All the living people around the room were either weeping, or had a gun in their hand. The man in the tux stepped forwards and shouted, "We have to put an end to all of this! Cipher killed my sister at Pyrite! We must fight them, now!"

"We can help," Jasmine said slowly.

Everyone (alive) in the room looked at her. The other three teens popped out.

"We know where to find them all," Jasmine continued.

The man in the tux smirked, "Really? Where?"

"At Citadark Island!" Medli answered.

The man in the tux chuckled, "How are we supposed to get to Citadark Island?"

"We can also help you there!" Yvon declared. "There is a ship at Gateon Port, waiting to go to Citadark!"

"You see?" the man asked in a loud tone. "We can still fight them down! Fight, and win!"

All the people in the crowd began making unsure faces, until one boy yelled, "Yeah!"

Another woman yelled, "Yeah!"

After a few seconds, everyone were lifting up their arms and cheering. Soon after, they began marching down the glass hallways. The four, proud teenagers were in the rear. They were looking forward now to going to Citadark Island. Oh, but, they had to visit Pyrite Town first. They would do that next.

They climbed into their car, Medli the driver, and drove off. At first, they were leading the group down the small ways until they split up into Pyrite Town. They drove further into the city; further than they've been at all. The riots were gone. They probably had moved on.

Medli drove to the one place that was sure to give them some help; the ONBS.

The building was quite large. It was about five stories tall, and took up all the space between the buildings nearby all the way to the canyon. A penthouse sat atop the structure. Rows of windows transmitted dim lights inside the building, and the huge front doors waited.

Medli parked the car in the lot on the far side, and they got out and walked the rest of the way to the front doors.

A woman sat behind a huge circular desk just as they entered. She smiled, "Why, hello there. How may I help you?"

Nobody knew exactly what to say, and so Jasmine just blurted, "Who runs this place?"

The woman's smiled died out slowly. She asked curiously, "Why?"

Paff stepped in and answered, "We know a bit about Cipher's headquarters."

The woman's expression hardened, "Really?" She quickly pressed a button on her laptop that lay on the side. A small speaker by it sounded, "Yes, Megg?"

"Bitt?" the woman asked into the speaker.

"Yeah," the voice sounded again. "What do you want? Nett is busy with his calls."

"A bunch of teenagers need to tell you something," the woman answered.

The voice paused for a moment. It came back with a sort of nervous tone, "Alright. Let them come." A small click signified the shutting down of the speaker.

The woman got up. The four teenagers jumped up in surprise when a small little pokémon hopped onto the counter. The woman told them, "Oh, I'm sorry. My Shroomish loves standing up here. Anyways, you kids can meet Nett in the penthouse at the moment. Just climb up tothe top."

Yvon nodded, "Thanks."

The four obeyed, they made a right and followed the hall until they reached an elevator. It took them up two stories, and then stopped. The teens were then released into another hallway, which led them to another elevator. That elevator took them up one story, and then they were released into a small hall that had stairs leading upwards. The four groaned as they climbed higher. They could smell the scent of warm, fresh air. The stairs led outside.

They were on the roof of the building now. Paff peered over the edge into the lot, and saw theircar there. The penthouse was on hte opposite end of the roof. It was almost a tiny version of the rest of the building. But it was very small; too small to be an actual penthouse.

Medli knocked at the door. It took a moment before it opened; Medli swore she could hear what sounded like hundreds of phones ringing.

When the door opened, a short, pale man showed himself. He wore sweats, and a shirt that said "ONBS Crew" on them. He also wore an ONBS cap.

He said to them, "Ah, you're hear. You kids better have something good."

"We do," Yvon said hastily.

"You'd better," he said a little grouchy.

The four teens stepped in to the penthouse. The room was immediately revealed. The penthouse was but a single room. There were bookshelves all over the walls, filled with books that appeared to be all about pokémon, and history, and things like dictionaries, thesauruses, encyclopedias and reference books. There were cushions and a big, plasma screen TV in one corner, and a desk with a computer and chair in the opposite corner. Seated at the desk, was a short, blonde man wearing red clothing. At his desk were five phones, each of which, the teens could see, were disconnected.

The blonde man stood up, "So, what is it that you teenagers want?"

"You run this whole place, right?" Jasmine asked him.

"Yes," he answered. "Don't you know that? I'm Nett."

The four shook their heads; they weren't from here. How in the hell were they supposed to know this guy?

The man named Nett grinned, "Alright, what did you want to tell me?"

"Cipher is on Citadark Island," Medli said to him. "And we're trying to-"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait up!" the man in the cap exclaimed from behind them. "They are?"

"Yes," Paff told him.

"How do you know this?" Nett's face became serious.

"A Cipher guy told us," Yvon answered.

"Who?"

"We think he might be the boss of Cipher," Jasmine explained. "He said to us that he was going to Citadark Island with the rest of Cipher!"

"So, Cipher has been on Citadark Island this whole time?" the man in the cap asked aloud. "So, I guess they aren't the pokémon poachers. I guess-"

"Sir," Paff interrupted. "Cipher hired the poachers."

Nett and the man in the cap made a long pause. Nett said, "Why are you kids here?"

"We need help to get rid of all of them!" Medli exclaimed. "We even have a ship at Gateon Port that'll take us all there!"

"What is Cipher planning?" Nett asked to the man in the cap. "What does this all mean?"

"Sir," Yvon said grabbing the attention of the men. "We think that Cipher may be trying to sink this whole region."

The man in the cap grabbed Yvon's shoulders, "Blow up Orre? Are you mad? How in the hell could they do that?"

Yvon pushed the man's arms away and answered, "They have stolen a few precious items that I had heard about before." He made a glance at Medli, who bit her lip. "They may use them."

"But why?" Nett asked.

"They were defeaded twice before all this," Jasmine remarked. There was a long pause after that.

Nett broke it, "But, how can this all be connected? All the destruction, and poaching, and-"

"Well, sir," Medli started. "If you think about it, only water and flying type pokémon are being hunted, right? So, maybe Cipher is trying to prevent anyone from leaving Orre! That would explain the submarine jacking."

Nett snapped his fingers, "Yes! That's right!" He quickly ran to a phone jack, and plugged in one phone line. He quickly picked up each receiver, checking which one was on. When he found it, he dialed a three digit number, and said into it, "Get me Gale Weathers."

He listened into the reciever for a moment, and then told it, "No, not here, actually. Scratch all that. Send her to Gateon Port, a ship should be waiting.

The four teens looked at each other.

"Good... good..." Nett nodded as he listened. "Yes, good. Cameraman? Who's with her now? ... Kenny? But... Oh, nevermind. Fine, send Kenny, too. Bye." He hung up the receiver lightly, and it immediately started ringing afterwards. He went to the phone jack, and pulled out the cord, silencing the ringing. He turned to the teens again. "Alright. Gale is my top reporter. I need to get some people on that island this time. You kids should go, now. Stay tuned, we'll make our announcement in an hour or so."

The teens looked at each other a little nervously. They needed a report faster than that.

"Thanks," Medli said.

Nett snapped his hands, "Bitt! Go and alert Marcia that she needs to report ASAP!"

"Alright," the man in the cap nodded, and ran out the penthouse.

The teens looked at Nett, who said, "Now you kids go and wait."

They obeyed, and left the penthouse. They climbed down the four stories through the stairwell, and left the building.

Medli was first to start talking, "Maybe we should go straight to Gateon Port from here."

"Why do say that?" Paff asked her.

"Well, because," Medli started. "We should meet up with that reporter."

Yvon snapped his fingers, "You're right!"

"Okay," Jasmine shrugged. "Then let's- Who's that?" She pointed to the entrance to another building, across the road. There were two men there. One of them had a wierd, scrubby mohawk, and the other had messy, curly hair and was wearing goggles. They were whispering at each other, but one of them had a gun. Small, but it was visible from across the road.

Yvon's heroism kicked in then, and he headed for them. Paff caught him by the arm, "What the hell are you doing, you idiot?"

"Shhh!" he shooshed. He directed his voice to the men. Paff cowered behind him. "Hey! You two!"

The two men quieted, and then looked at Yvon. They looked at each other, scared, and then started running. Yvon yelled as he followed them. Medli and Jasmine chased them, too. Paff stood there for a few seconds, mummbling, "Why me?" She started running then.

Yvon followed the men over the bridge at the end of the road. Madli and Jasmine ran across, too. When Paff, a minute later, started across the bridge, she took a slight peak over into the canyon. She saw a glimpse of The Under. It seemed very far down.

The two men lead Yvon to the giant, broken down Pyrite Colloseum. They started to run around the large dome, and Yvon followed. Medli and Jasmine were catching up, panting their way down the dirt path that lead around the huge colloseum. Paff was beginning to slow down as she got here.

The two men finally stopped when they reached a small, broken down house at the very back of the Pyrite Colloseum. The house was very silent, until there were figures popping through the windows.

One of the men shouted, "BOSS! BOSS, WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWED!"

Suddenly, a very tall figure emerged from the doorway. Yvon, Medli and Jasmine stopped to see what it was.

The figure strode into the grasses of the property, and there was a chuckle. All the figures climbing down or up the walls of the house through the windows stopped, and looked. The two men grinned evily. Finally, the figures respective colors faded into view. It was a man.

The man was incredibly skinny, but not that tall at all! He had a giant afro! And I mean, a GIANT afro! It reached up at least three feet, and was half colored red, and half colored white. It wiggled around as the man moved up closer to the teens.

He grinned, "What do you kids want?"

None of the teens answered. The man grinned wider, "Well?"

At that moment, Paff finally reached the area. She panted, "Hey guys... what's going-" she widened her eyes at the sight of the man. "Who the hell are you?"

The man chuckled, "You stupid teenagers can call me Miror B! Although... I can't really let you kids go... since you do know my whereabouts." The man snapped his fingers, and started... dancing?

-Miror B music plays-

"Get them!" the man called Miror B exclaimed, as he did some moonwalks and flips.

All the creatures that were on/in the house all jumped out at the four. The creatures were actually pokémon... dancing pokémon! There were a whole army of them! They jumped all over the place, and did some nice spins, too! They started to try and punch the teens, but they just ran. The two other men went after them. One of them shouted, "Go, Ludicolos, go!"

The teens started to try and find some sort of defence. Jasmine saw a pipe on the ground. She dived for it, and picked it up. She swung at the pokémon as they got too close to her. She picked up another pipe, and threw it to Yvon, who was closest to her.

The two swung at the pokémon, and were able to back far enough away from them that they could run for it.

After sadly running out of good ideas on how to put this scene to an end, I asked for help from my good friend, Death to Burritos. The following is an ACTUAL MSN conversation with her;

Pure Milotic says:
What do you think about Miror B?

Death to burritos says:
I don't know.. weird I guess

Pure Milotic says:
yeah

Pure Milotic says:
Me too

Pure Milotic says:
wierd hairdoo

Pure Milotic says:
uggg...

Death to burritos says:
Lol

Pure Milotic says:
heh

Pure Milotic says:
anyways

Pure Milotic says:
Do you like Jasmine?

Death to burritos says:
sure she seems cool

Pure Milotic says:
How should they escape their predicament?

Pure Milotic says:
do you think?

Death to burritos says:
they should beat every one with pipes XD

Pure Milotic says:
heh

Pure Milotic says:
bloodily?

Death to burritos says:
yes!

Pure Milotic says:
just pipes? any other weapons in mind?

Death to burritos says:
SPORKS!

Pure Milotic says:
AHAHAHAHA

Pure Milotic says:
Sure

Pure Milotic says:
That'd be hilarious!

Pure Milotic says:
Anythink else?

Pure Milotic says:
anything?

Death to burritos says:
umm...pointy knives!

Pure Milotic says:
...

Pure Milotic says:
...

Pure Milotic says:
sure!

Death to burritos says:
YAY!

Pure Milotic says:
Any explosions?

Pure Milotic says:
or implosions?

Death to burritos says:
both!

Pure Milotic says:
YAY!

Death to burritos says:
XD

Pure Milotic says:
Any wierd quotes?

Death to burritos says:
yup ... I'll think of some in a second..

Pure Milotic says:
okay

Death to burritos says:
" Astalavista... baby!"

Pure Milotic says:
Done!

Pure Milotic says:
Well, Thanks, Death to Burritos

Pure Milotic says:
Your ideas will be set in motion

Death to burritos says:
YAY!

Pure Milotic says:
See ya!

And now, to summarize all that into one big paragraph;

Jasmine and Yvon swiped at all the pokémon with their pipes. The blood from their wounds flowed all around as Jasmine and Yvon tried to strafe their way out. Miror B continued to do moonwalks, shove it's and turnable spins. The two men grabbed out some pointy knives, and tried to get Medli wtih them. But Medli had her own weapon. She pulled it out, dear God! It was a spork! A half-spoon half-fork! She jabbed at the men with it, and they fell down. More pokémon climbed out from various places. Paff tried to get out, but she was unarmed; until Medli tossed another good weapon to Paff. A Foroon! A half-fork half-spoon! Paff used it on the pokémon, bloodily knocking them down. Miror B had shuffled his way to the house, and grabbed out... a rocket launcher! "Astalavist, baby!"He shot out a rocket towards Yvon, who dodged the rocket, but was thrown forwards from the resulting explosion. Pokémon scattered everywhere. Miror B continued to launch rockets everywhere. Jasmine helped Yvon get up, and they ran to Medli and Paff who were still fighting off the two men. Jasmine whacked them both with her pipe, knocking them out. Miror B tried to fire another rocket, but the launcher discharged, sending a stray rocket into the house. The center of the house collapsed, and the whole house imploded into itself. There was a gush of inner wind, that blew away the rest of the pokémon. The four teens ran for their lives, they knew the house was going to explode. They were able to get far enough away, though.

KABOOM!

Debris flew in all directions. Chunks of the Colloseum were sliding odwn the sides. The four got up, and started running again.

-Miror B music ends-

They somehow were able to dodge all the huge concrete segments that started to plague the streets. The colloseum fell apart a ways back. A huge gaping hole was left afterwards. The teens thought that leaving the city would be a smart idea. They were able to find their car, even with all the screams from terrified citizens, gaping in horror at the huge hole in the colloseum.

Jasmine drove this time, to Gateon Port.

-Rewind-

BLOOPBLOOPBLOOPBLOOP!

Justin, Tetra, Gers and Kailee stepped out of their vehicle into the burning streets of Nia Town. The people still rioted ferociously. The teens wondered how they would be able to calm them all down.

They walked along the road, seeing the bodies of many people and pokémon. They didn't know exactly where to go. Nia Hall was right across the street. They headed there.

Justin reached for the handle on the huge door, but stoped when there was a loud "PSST!"

The four teens looked to the left, and saw a woman in the shrubs. She motioned for them to come here, and so the teens did. As they got into the shrubs, they were pulled into an alley. And alley that was only acsessable through the other side.

The woman was Shannon, the woman who had kicked ass at Nia Hall the previous day.

"You!" Kailee remarked.

"SHHH!" Shannon hushed. "There are rioters all over the Hall! If had gotten in there, you'd be dead right now. The teens glared at each other.

"What do you want?" Gers whispered aggressively.

"You kids know where Cipher is!" Shannon whispered. "I want to help! I thought you could help me end this riot!"

Kailee stepped in, "Do you know where my Mum is? She might-"

"She's gone, kid," Shannon interrupted. "I know your mom! We were both friends with Rhett-" she cut off, and looked down.

Kailee winced, "Where is my Mum?"

"We need to meet up with her and the mayor soon!" Shannon hissed in a whiper. "But we must end all this chaos!"

"How?" Tetra asked.

"All the giant screens are down, and the megaphones are dead," Shannon whispered some more. She snapped her fingers as the idea came to her. "But the portable one isn't! Come on!"

She ran through the schrubs, and ran mercilessly down the Hall steps. The teens struggled to keep up.

Shannon jumped over all the bodies in her way, and went around all the little fires. This slowed the teens down, though.

Shannon was finally able to reach the tiny stage in the center of the Duel Triangle. A small megaphone was sitting on the scortched ground right there. It was in next to perfect condition. She turned it on, and stood up high. The teens just reached the stage as Shannon began to talk.

"PEOPLE! PEOPLE! PEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE!"

All of the people around the are stopped what they were doing. All the still living pokémon stopped too.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Shannon screamed into the megaphone. The teens backed up; the sound was way too loud. "ARE YOU PEOPLE RETARDS? GOD! GET A GRIP!"

All the people focussed harder on Shannon's shouting. The teens were still covering their ears. That was some powerful megaphone!

"Now," Shannon quieted down a bit. "Why are you people killing each other? It's stupid! STUPID!" There was a gasp from the crowd. "It's not yourselves to blame for all this chaos! We know where to get Cipher, now! Go to-" Shannon took an inhale to talk some more, but stopped. She motioned that one of the teenagers come to her. Gers pushed Tetra, and she stumbled up to the stage. Shannon leaned down, "Where are they?"

Tetra made a sigh of relief, "Citadark Island. But there's a ship at Gateon Port. So-"

"CITADARK ISLAND!" Shannon shouted into the megaphone again. Tetra backed off quickly. "We need your help, people! Go to Gateon Port, and help!"

"Yeah, and then we can burn all of them!" a shout came from someone in the crowd.

"Yeah!" someone else agreed.

Then, the whole riot started to move back. They picked up, or lighted new torches, and took them away. They started down the dirt road. At least, from where the teens were standing it seemed they were.

Shannon jumped off the stage, and met up with the teens.

"What the hell's the matter with you?" Kailee asked. "Were you trying to get me deaf?"

"Shut up," Shannon rebuttled.

Gers stepped in, "What now?"

"We have to meet the mayor!" Shannon told them.

"The mayor?" Justin asked. "I thought he left! I thought he was the cause of this riot!"

"No, actually," Shannon said as-a-matter-of-factly. "He's in Golden Bar Town right now. He wants to see you kids!"

"Why?" Tetra asked her.

"He wants what you want! To stop Cipher!" Shannon said. "Now, come on!"

Shannon ran into the Hall's lot and unlocked a black 2006 Acura RL. She hoped into the drivers seat, and stuck her head our of the window. "Do you kids have a ride?"

"Yeah," Kailee told her. "Come on!"

The four jogged down the road to the lot that they had parked in. They got into their Volvo, and drove it out.

Shannon drove out onto a road that the teens had not yet been on. Just as many things were burning down and stuffthat riots would do. Shannon drove out onto a small, middle-of-nowhere road that swerved and curved alot.

It eventually lead them over a hill, and it revealed a town; probably Golden Bar Town. The teens had not yet been to this town, for it was so secluded, it was difficult to reach.

The town was high, but not that big. About half the size of Phenac City. What was so cool about it, though, was that there were statues, and fountains, and displays, that were made entirely of gold!

"This place is so cool!" Gers exclaimed as they walked further into it.

"There are at least fifety gold mines to the west of here," Shannon explained. "A year or so ago, they found a huge amount of gold in at least thirty of them. There was enough extra that this city was built with the money it all made, and the extra gold was used to make all these statues you see here." The teens nodded. It seemed very cool.

"It's so quiet," Justin commented.

"Yes," Shannon said. "Not very many people live here. Mostly just workers and miners. Not very many pokémon are found here, either."

"Where is the mayor?" Tetra asked.

"To the east, a little," Shannon answered. They walked a little farther, "There!"

There were a bunch of people standing around in a small alley in between a couple buisiness buildings. They were all mumbling to each other, until the five got near.

"Ah, Shannon!" the teens recognised this man as Trent, the Mayor of Nia Town. "You see, Danté? I told you they would show!"

"Yeah, I guess," the second man wore similar clothes than Trent. But, the four already knew that this man was Danté, the Mayor of Phenac City. Even though they had never met him.

"Hello Trent, hello Danté," Shannon made a slight bow.

"You brought them!" Trent opened up his arms and approached the teens. "You kids saved my ass yesterday. I thought that you might be dead!"

"Sometimes I wonder how," Kailee muttered.

"Mayor, you know what we know, right?" Gers asked.

"That Cipher is on Citadark? Yes!" Mayor Trent clapped.

"How did you find out?" Tetra asked.

"Someone was able to tell us," Danté butted in. "And that person happends to be dead!"

"Hush!" Trent exclaimed. "Now, Shannon, what are we to do now?"

"Well," Shannon said. "The kids say they have a plan," she turned to them.

"Oh! Yeah!" Kailee said. "We have a ride at Gateon Port waiting for people to get to Citadark. We split up from our friends to get some help!"

"Alright, then!" Trent clapped. "Shannon, I think you should go."

"Well, I was planning to anyway," Shannon muttered.

"Good," Danté said. "Take some help. Brett, Jonas, Carlo; you guys go with them." Three of the other men nodded at Danté.

"And Wendel, you, too," Trent patted another man's shoulder. He nodded.

"What are you going to do, mayor?" Justin asked.

"We'll stay here, probably," Danté answered. "Both of us. The riots haven't reached here yet."

"Good," Shannon nodded.

"You kids should get some weapons," one of the mayors men said. He tossed a big rifle to Kailee, who caught it hardly. She wriggled it around before she could hold it steady.

"SWEET!" Kailee cheered. She peered into the guns scope lens.

"Now, now, Kyle!" Mayor Trent said disassuringly. "These teenagers don't need guns! You kids have pokémon, right?"

"Sir," the man who passed the gun said. "These kids'll need more than pokémon to win this war!"

"I agree," Mayor Danté said.

"Ugggg," Mayor Trent groaned.

Suddenly, like lightning, Kailee accidentally discharged the weapon.

BOOM!

Something started buzzing afterwards. Everyone was shocked from the discharge, but was even more shocked as a burning mass revealed itself from the covering of a cloud.

Was it a bird?

Was it a plane?

No it was a...

No wait... it was a plane!

A burning plane was zooming towards the Earth. It zigged, and zagged in the air, but it flew around the mountain, and so they could not see it hit the Earth.

They all looked at each other in surprise. Mayor Trent was first to start yelling, "Dammit girl! You took down a plane!"

"What?" Kailee squealed. "How?"

"Somebody has to check that out!" Shannon said. "Make sure everything's alright!"

"We'll do it!" Justin volunteered. "Come on!"

Justin took Tetra's arm, and dragged her around the corner. Gers and the very frightened Kailee followed.

A garage door opened revealing their cruiser. This'll penetrate the Death Star very easily!

-Rip off from Star Wars-

Han Solo (Gers) took the wheel. He pressed a few shining buttons, and the ship took off.

Princess Leia (Tetra) decided to sit beside Han, because she wanted to be able to talk better. Luke Skywalker (Justin) sat behind Han. The force was strong.

Kailee sat beside Luke. Luke asked her, "Who are you, stranger?"

"They didn't give me a part!" Kailee pouted.

"Oh, I see," Luke nodded.

As the ship grew higher, the blue atmosphere faded into it's starry blackness. The Death Star was clearly visible now.

"There it is!" Han pointed. "Let's get closer!"

Everyone was silent until the Death Star was very close. Then, another battle cruiser emerged. Luke felt a strong presence of the dark side.

"I have you now!" It was Darth Vader (David Prowse)!

Suddenly, Han Solo remebered something important. "Oh God! Where's Chewy?"

"ROAWL!" was the sound that followed. Everyone turned to see Chewbacca holding Kailee hostage.

"AHHHHHH, HEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEE!" Kailee screamed.

"CHEWBACCA! NO!" Princess Leia shouted.

Han's surprise lead the ship to start spinning. The five tumbled around inside. Darth Vader continued to shoot at them outside.

Then, Chewbacca attempted to shoot Kailee in the head, but he missed and hit the window! There was a hole in it now, and all the air was being sucked out. All of the loose items that were in the cockpit flew away into the hole.

Then, Darth Vader radioed in, "LUKE! I AM YOUR FATHER!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Luke dived for the controls, and shot out a huge missle. The missle misdirected, and smashed right into Vaders ship.

Vader swerved and swerved but he couldn't gain control over the burning ship. He crashed into a small opening in the gigantic Death Star. There was a series of small explosions, and then there was the big one. The whole Death Star crumbled under itself, and sent Han's ship flying towards Earth.

Before hitting the ground, the passengers (except Chewbacca) ejected and parachuted down to the ground near a small building.

The teens snapped out of it.

The building had a banner, which read;
The Orre Safari Zone! Pokémon trainers, Welcome!

"The plane crashed into the Safari Zone?" Gers exclaimed. "That can't be good!"

"Come on!" Kailee ran inside first. Inside, there was a huge, long counter. There was one woman standing there. She was reading a magazine, and chewing bubble gum. She blew and popped a loud bubble as the teens approached.

"Hi there," Tetra said.

The woman didn't respond at all.

Tetra looked at her friends before saying anything else. "Is.. is everything alright here?"

The woman blew another bubble, and then looked at Tetra. "Kid," the woman said grumpily. "What the hell do you want?"

"Well... uhhh..." Tetra started.

"Yes?" the woman asked impatiently.

"Are you kidding?" Justin exclaimed in a question. "A plane crashed in the zone! How could you not have known?"

The woman just stood there staring, blew another bubble, and then finally answered. "It's not my job to know."

"What the hell is the matter with you?" Kailee asked harshly.

The woman just stood there, blew another bubble, and then continued to read her magazine. The teenagers stood there, too, until they walked in further.

"You have to pay, you know," the woman muttered.

"Go to hell!" Kailee yelled. "We're not catching any pokémon!"

The woman looked up at Kailee, and then flipped her off. Kailee made a gasp, but then continued to walk when Gers pulled on her arm.

They walked to a large pair of doors, and burst through.

The area outside these doors was totally different than on the other side! There were large, grassy hills covered in millions of flowers. The sun shone up above the zone, and it's light reflected off a nearby lake. Mount Battle towered over the zone high, and a warm, gentle breeze traveled across the hilly land. The teens noticed a small pilar of smoke in the distance.

"I think that's it!" Gers pointed.

"Well, no duh!" Tetra remarked.

"Come on!" Justin started down the first hill, and the others followed. The whole way there was pretty smooth; other than the fact that they kept on tripping on wild Dugtrio, or slipping on ice patches. This whole area was wild with plants and pokémon, they all looked curiously as the four teens trecked across all the hills twoards the smoke.

The whole area around the crash was deserted. The black, flaming carcass of the machine lay battered and broken in the crater it's impact created. It was clearly visible that nobody had survived this crash, that is, if anyone was enen in the plane when it crashed. It didn't even look likea plane that much, it looked like the remains of a small jet, or a fighter biplane. Either way, it didn't look like a friendly fighter.

Something very wrong started to happen; the ground was starting to shake at first. No big deal, the teens assumed it was probably a ground digging pokémon or something. But then, the planes remains began to sink into the Earth! Was it quicksand? No! There was no sand!

It was as if the dug up remains under the plane were liquifying, and letting the plane flow through. The teens wereshocked, but they didn't run; they didn't even back up.

Strange ripples were flowing through the ground. The plane was completely buried now; the teenagers stood there for a moment.

"What the hell?" Justin said slowly and quietly.

"How the hell?" Gers mummbled.

"Where the hell?" Tetra pointed.

"Why the hell?" Kailee asked.

Suddenly, the teens felt a wild falling sensation. There was a giant, black tube, and the teens were falling through it.

-

-

Tetra woke up with a start, and a very bad head ache. Her vision was cloudy, and she got up, her back leaning against a wall. Her surroundings were bright, and she felt a bit cold. When her vision cleared, she saw in great detail her surroundings.

She seemed to be in a cave made completely of crystal; the ceiling seemed to be made of perfectly transparent glass; the floors shone like they were made of water. She took a step, but nothing strange happened. She looked around; nobody was there with her.

Tetra walked slowly around a few corners, but she saw nothing. She looked up through the ceiling again, but this time, she saw Mount Battle, towering over her just like it did near the plane.

She realized that she must be under the Safari Zone.

She turned a few more corners, until she ran into a woman. She was wearing a lab coat, and was writing on a small pad of paper.

"Oh! I found you!" she exclaimed. "Please, come with me."

"Alright," Tetra coughed. She realized how itchy and stuffy her throat was.

The woman led her to a giant room that was now made of metal and wood as usual. She walked along a few regularly tiled pathways that brought her to a man in the same style lab coat. Tetra's friends Justin, Gers and Kailee were there, too.

"Hey!" Kailee exclaimed. "They found you!"

"Where are we?" Tetra asked.

"We dunno," Gers shrugged."Can you answer?" Gers turned to the man in the lab coat.

"Well, young man," the man in the coat started. "We are under the Safari Zone!"

"We figured that out," Justin said.

"Well," the man continued. "A while back, we found many caves underneath the Earth; we beleive that they were formed by prehistoric pokémon."

"So," Kailee said. "These caverns were created by pokémon?"

"In theory," the man added. "It's very fascinating how, as you can see," the man pointed upwards. "The ground appears perfectly transparent. While, from above, the ground is perfectly opaque, like normal."

"How far do these caves last?" Gers asked.

"The whole Safari Zone lay atop these caverns," the man answered.

"How in the hell did we fall through?" Tetra asked.

"Oh, well, actually," the woman that Tetra met started to answer. "The strange thing is, is that has never really happened before! But, then again, a plane has never crashed here, either."

"You kids have really sparked our brains with that question," the man smiled. "We're probably gonna be doing alot of work finding out what happened to you!"

The four teenagers looked at each other, and then Justin asked, "How do we get out of here?"

The man turned around slowly and answered, "Oh yes, that's right. Come now kids, why don't we have a cup of coffee first? Then you can go! What is it that you were doing in the Safari Zone, anyways?"

"Well," Kailee started. "You know about Ciphers attacks, right?"

"Oh yes," the man insistedly answered.

"Well," Kailee continued. "We know where they are now, and we were looking for people to help us fight, right?" the man nodded. She continued, "And then, I... Well... The plane crashed here, and, we were sent to check it out."

"And you were somehow dragged down here," the man finished. "Well, let's talk about it some more with some coffee. How do you like yours?"

"Triple-triple!" Justin clapped.

-Rewind-

BLOOPBLOOPBLOOPBLOOP!

Samus looked around wondering where they should look first. Manus intervened.

"How about we end this panic first?" he said. The camera zoomed out; people were chanting and marching around the streets. People were beating the crap out of other people, and there were dead bodies of people and pokémon.

"Not a good idea," Samus whispered. "We'd never live through it."

"True," Manus nodded.

"What are we supposed to do?" Samus asked.

"I dunno,"

"I say we just skip Michael Town!" Violet suggested. She walked up closer to Samus and Manus.

"Can we do that?" Britteny asked.

"Why not?" Violet shrugged. "We've been standing here for thirty minutes and nothing's happened yet!"

"What do you expect to happen?" Manus asked her. "She's right. We should go someplace else! We'll get no luck here!"

"Fine!" Britteny stood up, and opened the back door to the Solstice. "Let's just get a move on, already!"

Samus and Manus shrugged, and then got into their seats; Manus was to drive this time. Violet sat besides Britteny.

"So... uhhh..." Manus started. "Where do I go?"

"Go to Agate Villiage!" Britteny suggested. "I know it's full of old geezers, but there are some tough trainers there!"

"We need more than just trainers there, Britteny!" Violet exclaimed as Manus pulled out, through the crowd. "We need actual fighters! Have you ever used a sword type of weapon before?"

"Well, actually, now that you mention it," Britteny remembered. "I do remember owning a sword before. Some old guy told me that I had to use it to fight some evil warlord or something," Samus and Manus started to listen. Britteny continued, "And then when I got further into the unknown Yin Desert, my sword started humming! Well, itwasn'treallyhumming, it was just, vibratinguncontrollably!"

Violet, Samus and Manus couldn't hear a damn thing Britteny was saying; she was talking way too fast!

Britteny was all into it as Manus pulled up the hill, "Andthentheywent, all like, 'I'mgonnakillyouBritteny!' andIwasalllike, 'Noyou'renot,loser!'. And it went all downhill after that, unfortunately."

"Britteny?" Violet asked.

"Yeah, what's up?" Britteny asked back.

"Is there any possible way that you can talk any faster?" Violet asked. Britteny shrugged, and then just stared out the window after that.

Manus pulled up over a slope in the road, and then the villiage was apparent.

"There it is," Samus pointed.

Manus drove over a few more hills, and then he drove right into the villiage. It seemed the villiage was built on top of a huge cliff on Mount Battle, which towered over it.

The villiage had at least twenty levels that towered up like a stair pattern. Each house was built of stone, and coned upwards, as though it was like a tree. The area seemed very peaceful, but lively populated. Most of the villiagers were old folks; like Britteny mentioned. But there were some live ones there.

The road abrubtly ended right at the town's boundaries, and so Manus had to drive from scratch up to a place where there were other cars. He saw a single car parked on about the fifth level, where there was a building that read;
Bar.

The four got out of there car. They didn't exactly know where to go.

Suddenly, a woman and a small man walked out from the bar, and went up to the other parked car. She had black hair that flowed out lively, but she looked shaggy and very tough. Her partner however, seemed a bit of a weakling.

She looked at the teenagers, "What are a bunch of teenagers doing parked at a bar?" The teenagers got a good glimpse of her face.

-Studio Audience cheers loudly-

"Why are you at a bar so early?" Samus rebuttled.

"Hmm," the woman had a lovely, yet tough voice. "I like your attitude miss! The name's Myah!" she stuck out her hand to shake, and the four did so. "This is my new recruit, Reggie."

"Hey!" her partner had a very whimpy voice, but still energetic. He shook the teens hands, too.

"Recruit?" Manus asked.

The woman Myah took a pause, "You wouldn't beleive me."

"Okay," Manus said.

"We're here to find our own recruits!" Samus told her.

"Really?" Myah asked. "For what?"

"To fight Cipher!" Britteny blurted out.

"Really?" Myah asked again. "Well, we could help. Where?"

"Well," Samus said slowly. "If you're sure, then get on board the ship at Gateon Port."

"Where is that?" Myah asked. The four teenagers assumed that she must be a tourist.

The man named Reggie said, "On the coast, ma'am?"

"Ummm..." Myah thought about it. "Well, you know where it is, right Reggie?" He nodded. "Good! Then maybe you could drive! ...nah!" Myah climbed into the drivers seat of her car, and Reggie ran to the passengers seat. Myah said through the windows, "I'll see you kids there!" She drove off after that.

"How in the hell can you agree to a fight that easily?" Manus asked after a moment.

"No kidding!" Violet exclaimed.

"Well, I guess we're off to a good start here, though," Britteny said.

"True," Samus said, nodding. "Let's go up higher!"

The four teenagers raced up the pathways to the higher levels. On about the... oh, say, the twelfth level?... the teens met a building that read;
Public Announcements

The building was quite big, though. They didn't really know why a building that size would just be called Public Announcements. It looked like a full sized Bugle building!

The four walked inside, but it was deserted! The teens looked in every nook and cranny but there was nothing; no machinery, no people, nothing functional at all! It looked as though nobody had been in this building, ever!

The four split up to try and find some life; big mistake.

Violet climbed up the stairs into another empty hallway, but then saw a shiny object for a brief moment.

WHAM!

Manus looked into another room, and started heading for the stairs. He fastened his pace, until-

WHAM!

Samus looked under the crack of a locked door, thinking that something- or someone- was on the other side. She got up, turned and-

WHAM!

Britteny was getting a little frightened. There was nobody there, and it was creeping her out. The exit to the building was behind her. She thought that she should get out and get some fresh air for a second. She opened the door-

WHAM!

-

Violet awoke in bondages. She looked around in a blur, but her vision cleared quickly. She tried to get loose, but she was tightly tied. She wriggled a bit more, but was only able move. She wriggled to the other end of the room. The room was very empty; she was probably still in the building she was knocked out in.

She, after a few tries, managed to stand up. She leaned against the wall, and started to chew on the fabric on her mouth.

It took her a while, but she managed to snap it into two pieces. She gasped the fresh air.

Shehopped on over to the side where the only window in the room was. She looked out; judging by the view, and the sun's position, she hypothesized that she was still at Agate Villiage, and that about three hours have passed... THREE HOURS!

Violet became a little nervous. If three hours have passed, then everyone could already be at Gateon Port waiting for them!

Violet had to get out of there. First, she has to get loose.

She dropped to the ground, pulling her legs back. She was able to tuck her arms underneath her legs, and get them in front of her. She looked around, and then got an idea.

She disdainfully smashed her arms through the window. She stayed silent for a bit, making sure nobody heard the noise. Then, she used one of the large shards of glass still lodged in the window pane to cut the ropes on her arms. She was able to break one strand, but then it all fell apart.

She stretched her sore arms before ripping out the shard of glass. She then used it to sut through the ropes on her legs. After they broke off, Violet tried to open the door, but it was securely locked, as she had thought.

She then looked out the window downwards; the cliffs edge lay beneath her.

She took a deep breath, and then jumped. Her feet hit steadily on the ground, but because of the steep incline, she lost her balance and began to fall.

She rolled down the cliff, trying in vain to grip the rocks. She tumbled downa little further, until the cliff ended abrubtly. She fell down, down, down, down. She plummeted into the deep, but her fall was broken.

She landed into a pool, steadily, too. She wasn't injured. Although, she began to feel increasingly warm. More and more warm until she couldn't stand it anymore. She resurfaced with struggle, trying not to sink down into the blistering heat.

When her head peeped out into the fresh, cool air, old people were all looking intently at her. She treaded the burning hot water, spinning around until she saw a sign that said;
No Splashing in the Hot Springs!

Violet cleared her throat, "Sorry everyone!" She swam up the the edge of the pool, and got out. She walked into the main building, her soaked skirt dragging her down. She walked through the lobby; everyone stared silently as she walked by. She swiped a towel from a stack by the reception counter, and took it with her outside.

She steadily walked all the way back up about ten levels to the building that she was knocked out in. She could see clearly the window she broke through. She walked up to the building, but didn't enter. She thought that she should find some sort of weapon first.

She saw one...

Samus finally awoke from her sleep. She felt very sore. But then, a man stormed into the room, "Alright you! Let's go!"

Suddenly, the man flew forwards, and fell infront of Samus. She screamed as she saw the axe lodged into the man's back. Then, Violet stepped into the room, all wet.

She put her foot on the dead man's back, and pulled the axe out. She then took it, and sliced Samus' bondages with it. She then pulled off Samus' muffle.

Samus squealed, "What are you doing?"

"I'm saving our asses!" Violet exclaimed. "Now come on!"

Violet felt around the dead bodies pockets... aha! A gun! This'll be a good help.

The two ran out the room, and down the hall. They opened every door to try and find their friends. A man popped up from behind the first corner. He pulled out his gun, but Violet was quicker.

BANG!

The man dropped to the ground, dead. Violet continued, but Samus stayed put for a moment before continuing.

After checking the next hall, Violet found Manus. He was tied up, and so Violet used the axe again to cut through his ropes.

Manus got up, "Were you the ones shooting it out outside?"

"Yeah," Violet answered. "We need to find Britteny!"

"She's across the hall!" Manus exclaimed. "I heard her talking earlier!"

"How?" Samus asked.

"She probably got her muffle undone," Violet said. "Britteny?" She called into the hall.

"Yeah?" came a close reply. Samus followed the sound, and barged open a nearby door. Britteny sat peacefully in a corner. "Hey guys!"

Violet shopped through Britteny's ropes. "Thanks," Britteny said.

"Now what?" Samus asked. "We can't get to our car without drawing attention! It's too far down!"

"We'll make it!" Violet insisted. "I got down there no problem!"

"Yeah, but you hadn't shot anyone had you?" Samus asked.

"We can go up!" Britteny exclaimed. "To the line! We can use it to climb Mount Battle! Then we can climb down the other way!"

"That's good!" Manus exclaimed. "But we still need to get out of here!"

"That won't be a problem," Violet said. "We're only on the second story, so we can just get out through the door!"

The teens nodded, and got out of the room. They started leftways towards the stairs, but it seems the bad guys had gotten there first. "There they are!" one man shouted.

"Fire!" another man shouted.

"RUN!" Britteny screamed. The four ran through the hall as the barage of bullets came at them. They crossed corners and tried to sneak around them all.

Two men forced the four to a hallway with no exit. Violet made her quick decision of the week, and ran down the hall. The only thing in her way was the window, which was easily breakable.

SMASH!

Violet had some experience jumping through windows, but luckily for her, (and alot of characters in a variety of films,) she landed on an umbrella tarp. She slid down it, and landed face first into the dirt below. Samus and Manus followed her lead, Manus landing on his back, Samus somehow landing on her feet. Britteny jumped, and screamed her way down. She landed awkwardly, but was helped up by Manus.

"Where do we go now?" Samus asked in a rutt.

"Up!" Britteny exclaimed. The four ran as fast as they could; gunfire came through the windows behind them. Strangely enough, they weren't hit by a single bullet. They continued up the levels until the top level was just ahead.

Ironically, a sign read;
Admition Free until Further Notice.
And even more ironically, the car for the line was already parked, and open in the building. The four litterally dived into it. Britteny got up quickly, and pressed the 'Shut Door' button. She then pressed the 'Up' button over and over again until the car started moving.

There was a huge jerk, and then the ride up was smooth.

It was about five minutes up when the car finally pulled to a stop at a building on the top of the mountain. The teenagers had just been standing there, panting the whole way up.

The building was empty. Nobody else was there except for the four teenagers. The room was made of wood and metal, and was covered in pictures. There was one big one with the picture of a young man holding a pokéball, and a huge bird pokémon flew in the background.

Violet opened the doors out ofthe building, and the others followed. The air was quite a bit thinner, and quite a bit colder. Britteny crossed her arms to warm herself.

They walked down a few wooden stairs until they reached solid concrete. For some reason, the air immediately warmed up; quite a bit, actually. After walking down the cement pathway, the four came to a huge stand of bleachers looking the other way. They turned the corner, and saw what the bleachers were looking at. The sight was quite amazing.

There was a lakeof lava in a small crater here. A huge, metal platform lay in the middle of the molten liquid as it flowed around. There were more bleachers, each representing a part of the whole surrounding the lava lake. There was a huge score board at the far side, and on the near side, lava flowed down the mountain like a river. There was a small beam bridge that led over the lava to the middle platform.

The teens walked across, each dazed at the strange sight. Violet led the way, she decided to keep going across the platform to the bridge on the other side.

They found what they were looking for; the line down. However, there was something else that caught their eyes. Beside the building, there was a helicopter pad! Usually, you would expect to find a helicopter parked on a helicopter pad, not a train!

That's right! There was a train on top of the pad. It was twisted and turned so it could fit on it without losing a car. There was a small crowd of people looking around at it.

The four teenagers decided to take a look. As they got closer, Samus accidentally bumped into a boy. He turned so that they could see his face.

-Studio Audience Cheers loudly-

"I'm sorry," the boy said. "I didn't mean to bump into you."

"That's alright," Samus said. "Do you know what's going on here?"

"Well," the boy started. "People are saying that someone used a pokémon to drag that spare train up here from Phenac City! But all those people down there won't get off it! It's insane, really. Who are you guys, anyhow? You don't look like trainers!"

"Well, we're not," Manus said. "We were just going, but the train caught our attention."

"Don't see how it can't," the boy said. "It's really messed up. I wonder if Cipher did this?"

"Well, why don't you go ask them?" Violet asked. The boy looked at her slowly. Violet said more, "Well, we know where they are. We're going to get them."

The boy made a chuckle. "What?" Violet asked.

"I fought those guys three years ago!" the boy sneered. "They're more than a match for you!"

"Perhaps," Samus said. "Why don't you come along if you're so brave? To Citadark Island?"

"I was actually planning to go there myself," the boy said.

"Really?" Manus said. "How?"

"Boat," the boy talked back.

"Well, we already have a boat ready," Violet said. "At Gateon Port."

The boy had a frown, but then smiled as he said, "Alright." He stormed off after saying this.

"Geez, what a little loser," Samus muttered.

"Oh, totally!" Violet muttered in reply.

The three turned to see Britteny already inspecting the train. They ran up to her.

"Hey, Britteny," Violet said. "We just met a kid who thought that we couldn't beat Cipher!"

"Wow," Britteny said. "What a dork."

"So, this is the wreck?" Samus asked. She jumped onto the train's doorway and walked in.

"Uh... I don't think that's a good idea," Britteny said. Afterwards, Manus and Violet climbed aboard.

They walked through the car, and got up to the front. The door was jammed, and so they sat down. They could hear Britteny, "Guys? I think you should get out!" They didn't listen, instead, they went to the other side of the car, and opened the door. It opened nicely, and the three walked into this next car no problem. Britteny continued to talk, "Guys? Please?"

Britteny groaned, and jumped onto the train, and joined the other three in the car they were in. She walked up, "Guys, this isn't-"

ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRK!

"Whatthehellwasthat?" Samus said really fast. The train was jerking over slightly. Nothing really all that scary, until the jerk surpassed the train's limit.

ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRK!

The train car that the teens were in fell on it's side. The cars on the top of the train gave way to gravity and fell off one another. The caboose fell to the side, and ironically, off the edge. It began to drag the rest of the train down. The second car, then the third; the whole train was falling soon! The four screamed screams they've never screamed before! The train dragged across the side of the mountain, ear splitting scratching noises ensued all around. Some of the cars were bent incontrast with the other cars around it, and dislodged from the train; turning it into two trains.

Shards of glass, and jagged pieces of metal flew out as joints and frames of the train broke out suddenly. The four in the train screamed as they tumbled out in circles as their car dislodged from the rest of the train. They flipped and twisted, and then finally fell as the car reached the bottom of the mountain.

Metal and glass continued to fly as they fell, and crashed into the ground. However, their fall was broken by- not a pool but-the river! The car sunk underwater fast, and the teens were sunk, too, but the train bumped against the bottom of the river, and forced it upwards. The train was half out and half in the water. The teens struggled to stay above the surface as the train car rushed rapidly down the river.

Britteny- the smart one- was first to get out of her window. She sat on the train, and screamed, "GRAB MY HAND!" She stuck her hand into the window of the train, and someone grabbed it. She pulled hard, and brought out Manus. He gasped and coughed but he sat okay on the train. He stuck his hand in with Britteny.

Both felt their hands get grabbed, and so they each pulled out one girl. Britteny got Samus out okay.

Manus pulled out... "Don't worry Violet... I got... Kate Moss?"

"Thank you so much... I'll give- AHHH" Manus threw Kate Moss back into the water, reached into the train, and then pulled out the REAL Violet. She coughed a bit, but then started talking.

"WE HAVE TO JUMP!" Violet screamed. They all did so, each landing in the river, but then quickly getting on land. Britteny jumped on the wrong side, so she had to swim across again. The road was near, the four were sure they'd be able to get a ride.

"You all came back!" Jihan exclaimed. She looked at the four groups. Jasmine's group looked battered and covered with ash. Justin's group looked all hyper and confused. Violet's group were all wet and cut up. Jihan made a vain grin, but then clapped, "Alright! Get aboard!"

Jihan let the all the teenagers get aboard. Violet's whole group shivered their way up first, and then Yvon and Medli ran up. Paff went after them, followed by Jasmine, Tetra and Gers. Kailee and Justin started up, but halfway Justin stopped. He turned and said, "Jihan?"

"Yes?" Jihan looked up.

Justin took a short pause before saying, "Update your damned stories!" and then he ran all the way up. Kailee, confused, went up.

All the teens saw all the people they had rounded up. Kailee got nervous; there wasn't that many people here at all! Although, there were way more people than what they had rounded up.

But she was beginning to crack, "We don't have enough! We'll never make it!"
The camera zoomed in, "WHAT THE -sencored-, beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep."

The ship began to shake as the beep went on. The director came out and did the cut sign with his hands.

Intermission.

3

2

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The scene changes to a concert setting with alot of people in the crowd. The light shines on Jasmine who is playing the piano on stage. Yvon's voice can be heard.

"Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide,
No escape from reality"

"Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee,
toooo meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..."

"Mama..., just killed a man...
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away!"

A spot light reveals Manus playing drums during his solo, and thenthe whole stage lights to revealJustin and Gers playing guitar, Violet playing bass, and Kailee, Samus and Paff as backup dancers/singers.

"MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! OOOOOOOOOOH!
Didn't mean to make you cry!
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters..."

"Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye everybody - I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth"

"MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!
I don't want to die!
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all!"

-

"I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango?"

"THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTNING- VERY VERY FRIGHTENING ME!"

"Gallileo!" "Gallileo!"
"Gallileo!" "Gallileo!"
"Gallileo Figaro!" - "MAGNIFICO!" "OO" "OO" "OO"

"But I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me!"

"HE'S JUST A POOR BOY FROM A POOR FAMILY,
SPARE HIM HIS LIFE FROM THIS MONSTROSITY!"

"Easy come easy go - will you let me go?"

"BISMILLAH!"
"NO!"
"We will not let you go!"
"Let him go!"
"BISMILLAH! We will not let you go!"
"Let him go!"
"BISMILLAH! We will not let you go!"
"Let me go!"
"Will not let you go!"
"Let me go!"
"Never let you go!"
"Let me go!"
"Never let me goooooooooooo," "OO" "OO"
"NO!" "NO!" "NO!" "NO!" "NO!" "NO!""NO!"

"Oh mama mia, mama mia!"
"MAMA MIA LET ME GO!"

"Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me," "For me," "For MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

-

"So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh baby! Can't do this to me baby!
Just gotta get out! Just gotta get right outta here!"

-

"Ooh yeah, ooh yeah!"

"Nothing really matters!
Anyone can see...
Nothing really matters... nothing really matters... to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..."

"Anyway the wind... blows..."

-Audience Cheers-