Well I didn't really get any reception for the previous chapter which kind of stinks because I'd really like to know what you all thought of it. Anyway, this chapter kicks off some character development for our main group. So I'll end this Author's Note and get on with the chapter. Enjoy! ^_^


The group was still on Route 9, Maroon Village was nearby. The village itself was rather quaint, a small Pokémon Center, a Police Station and a PokeMart, other than that there were just some houses. It was upsetting to see that a village as small as Maroon Village needed a Police Station and a prison.

"There it is!" Julia called out.

"Maroon Village, so that's what it's name was." Jack chuckled to himself, as he had forgotten the name of this area earlier.

The next thing the group heard was the sound of grumbling, it sounded like a hungry Ursaring.

"What was that?!" Renée asked, an unsettled look on her face.

"Hehe, sorry. That's me, I'm starving!" Diego admitted, the others gave him an annoyed, yet forgiving look.

"Well I can't blame him, I'm pretty hungry too!" Julia added.

The group entered the village, looking for the nearest place to get food. From inside the village, the other group of TDS grunts were putting up some posters, they had the word "Wanted" on it.

"I still can't believe that Typhoon got these posters made so fast!" One of the grunts said.

"Probably 'cuz Typhoon don't want the Boss yellin' at em' George!" His fellow grunt replied with a Southern accent.

"Aw well, I think we're done Peter. We need to get ready for pickup." The first grunt, George, stated. He along with Peter and the other TDS members left to get picked up.


About a half hour later, the group had gotten some food and were heading to the PokeMart to stock up on supplies. Along he way, some of the people in the village seemed to be looking at the group with negative expressions. Some were angry and others were scared. Some of the people were hiding their pokemon from the group.

"Why is everyone just staring at us?" Renée asked.

"I don't know, but they seem mad about something." Julia answered. Jack and Diego looked closer st the expressions they were getting. Everyone seemed to be angry with Jack specifically.

"What did you do?" Diego whispered to his friend.

"Nothing!" Jack answered. Suddenly the group was stopped by the Village's local Officer Jenny.

"Freeze! You're under arrest!" Jenny announced, when Officer Jenny arrived, the people all looked a bit more secure and relieved. The group was shocked, Jack was shocked the most, as Jenny was pointing to him specifically.

"W-what?!' Jack stammered.

"You heard me! You're under arrest! Now make this easy for both of us and surrender, Jack!"

The other trainers gasped, what did Jack do?! Suddenly, one of the pokeballs on Jack's belt opened, releasing Spearow. In response, Officer Jenny sent out a Tyrogue.

"They never go down easy..." Jenny said to herself. "Tyrogue, use Rock Tomb!" Tyrogue slammed it's fist onto the ground, causing the stone road to break and a few large rocks to pop out of the ground, Tyrogue grabbed these rocks and charged at Spearow and Jack.

Acting on its own, Spearow used Aerial Ace and charged at Tyrogue, knocking the Fighting - type pokemon down and canceling it's attack.

"Argh! Tyrogue, use Jump Kick!" Officer Jenny ordered, Tyrogue leaped into the air, it's foot headed straight for Spearow's beak.

To counter this, Spearow used Air Cutter to knock Tyrogue out of the air, causing it to fall to the ground knocked out. Spearow let out a battle cry and began to evolve!

Spearow had evolved into a mighty Fearow, it flew high into the sky, again, without any warning. It then went into a dive bomb heading straight for Jack.

"F-Fearow?!" Jack squeaked out in complete shock. He tried to run away, thinking Fearow was going to attack him. Fearow grabbed Jack's shoulders and began flying out of the city. Officer Jenny tried to follow them, but she couldn't keep up with them.

"Damn it!" Officer Jenny cursed. She turned to the other trainers of the group with concern on her face.

"Are you kids alright?" She asked.

"What was all of that about?! Why were you trying to arrest our friend?!" Diego questioned, standing up for his best friend.

"Your 'friend' is a criminal! Wanted for the illegal capture, abuse and selling of pokemon!" Jenny explained, showing them a Wanted poster of Jack with the exact crimes that she had stated. The price on Jack's head was apparently ¥2,000,000! The picture of Jack looked like it was taken at the cliffs the group had battled TDS earlier. The picture was edited to make Jack look sinister and evil (kind of like Jessie and James when they were first introduced WAY back when).

The three trainers were absolutely horrified at what they were seeing. Officer Jenny handed them the poster.

"I have to go find him! I'm warning you kids to stay away from him!" She said, she them ran off to go find Jack. The three ran in the direction in which Fearow took Jack.


Several miles outside of the village, Fearow landed on the ground, careful not to injure Jack.

"Fearow, what the hell was all that about?!" Jack snapped, Fearow gave Jack a look of that seemed to 'tell' Jack that he was saving him. The other pokeballs Jack had opened as well, they all looked distraught and worried, Fearow flew off again, this time heading back to the village.

Jack looked t the rest of his pokemon, Kirlia's horn began to glow blue.

"What Fearow did was to save you, Jack..." A voice said. Jack looked around to see where the voice came from. "Jack, as a Psychic - type pokemon, I have the ability of telepathy."

Jack turned to Kirlia, he was dumbfounded, this who situation was stressing him out.


From back inside the village, the group saw Jack's Fearow grabbing one of the Wanted posters and began to fly off again.

"That was Jack's Fearow!" Julia called out.

"Follow it!" Renée stated.

Fearow returned to Jack, who was still talking to Kirlia and his other pokemon, who were speaking thanks to Kirlia's telepathy.

"I'm back!" Fearow shouted, handing Jack the wanted poster.

"WHAT?! This isn't right! I've been framed!" Jack argued.

"We know, you're a good person and a great trainer!" Ivysaur said, trying to cheer up his trainer.

"Who did this?! I'll bite their face off!" Mightyena threatened.

"Easy Mightyena, it's painfully obvious that Jack has been framed. However we-" Kirlia began, though Fearow interrupted him.

"This just proves that ya' can't trust the system!"

The trainer and his pokemon continued 'talking' while his friends were still trying to find him.


Julia, Renée and Diego had finally found Jack. The sun was already going down.

"Jack! You're alright!" Julia said, hugging her friend and causing him to blush... again.

"You alright dude?!" Diego asked.

"Physically, yes. Mentally, I'm not sure. I'm a wanted criminal, wanted for crimes I didn't even commit." Jack admitted.

"It'll be ok, we'll find a way through this!" Renée said, trying to make this situation lighter.

"Y-Yeah! We'll prove you're innocence!" Julia added, this made Jack smile a bit.

"It's going to be dark soon, we can't go back to Maroon Village and we need supplies..." Diego said with an unsure expression on his face.

"You guys should go and get supplies, I'll set up camp." Jack said. The three of them went back to the village, leaving Jack with his pokemon again (they were still out). Jack set up the two tents (one for the boys and the other for the twins), he turned to gave his pokemon.

"What am I going to do? If I keep traveling with them, they might get in trouble for being with me!"

"Y-you don't know that! Maybe this village is the only place in Kanto that is calling you a criminal!" Ivysaur remarked. Kirlia's horn and eyes began glowing blue. He used his psychic power to look into TV signals and intercept a news broadcast.

"Our top story tonight: A criminal has been spotted in Maroon Village! This individual is wanted for the Abuse and Illegal Capture of Pokémon, as well as the experimentation of said Pokémon. If anyone sees this criminal, please notify your nearest police station!" The news anchor said. Kirlia snapped back to reality.

"I'm afraid that incorrect, you're now a criminal in the yes of all of Kanto..." Kirlia explained. This revelation emotionally broke Jack, he began to cry. He quickly wiped away his tears and opened his backpack, taking out a pen and paper.


An hour later, the others arrived at the campsite that Jack set up.

"We're back!" Renée exclaimed, there wasn't an answer from Jack. Diego opened up the boys' tent and found that it was empty.

"He's not in his tent!" Diego said. Julia found a note on the door flap of her and her sister's tent. It was written by Jack. It said...

'Guys, I never wanted this to happen. I don't know why I'm being targeted as a criminal but I've decided that it's best if I left the group. I know it seems selfish and that you all want to help, but I don't want you all getting in trouble because of me. I just couldn't live with that. Please don't go looking for me. I never wanted to leave you all but I think it's for the best. Maybe I'll see you guys someday, until then... this is goodbye. ~Jack

When finished reading the note, Julia fell to her knees, tears streaming down her face. Renée and Diego went to go check on her. Diego took the note and began reading it, he looked crushed. His best friend had just run away, for something he had no part of.


About 3 miles away, Jack was still running, his pokemon were out with him. They stuck by their trainer no matter what happened. It was beginning to rain heavily, Jack and his pokemon built up a shelter using some fallen tree branches and Ivysaur's Razor Leaves. It wasn't very comfortable, not having a tent (though he still had his sleeping bag and his backpack), but Jack eventually fell asleep.


Several hours earlier in the TDS building in Celadon City, after Pandora decided to get an 'in-depth' look at Team Dark Star's motives. She had her Nuzleaf (which had evolved from her Seedot) with her.


End of chapter. I know there wasn't really much action in this chapter, but this chapter starts off the third arc, which I have dubbed, The Renegade Arc. I should have mentioned that the 2nd Arc ended (it's called the Questions Arc). Anyway, can Jack survive alone? How will Julia, Renée and Diego hold up without him? What is Pandora planning to do? These questions WILL BE answered, so don't worry. As for the other OC's, they WILL appear again, don't worry. They're going to more prevent soon. But for everyone who sent in a character, is there a side story you want your character to be a part of? As for the rest of you readers, is there anything that YOU want the OC's to do? Please let me know of any ideas you may have.