Well here is chapter 17. This chapter has some good info in it and will help set up for the next segment of the story. Don't forget to review if you are enjoying the story it really helps out. Also if I am doing anything wrong with grammar or maybe something doesn't seem right in the story please tell me so I know to improve it. Thanks and enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 17: Hollow

Point of View Gray

We were now finally leaving the ever so crappy Luminose city and setting out for the second gym. I was not excited in the least bit about leaving. I would honestly rather just do something more academic with my time then traveling across Kalos challenging morons who sit in a gym all day. Regardless I was stuck with my team for now and I'd just have to put up with it for now.

We were now on route five and heading towards Cyllage city. The only good thing about that city is that it will have a beach. I'm assuming it will be relaxing spot to nap all day assuming that it's not over populated with obnoxious children or Alex isn't trying to force me to do some redundant training exercises all day.

Luminose city was now just leaving our eye sight and we were heading down a dirt path on route five. Nothing really to say about the area around us other than that there is grass everywhere and the sun is blazing hot today and there is not a single sign of shade in site. The grass outside of the path we were on was over grown quite a bit. I knew deep down that that asshole umbreon was lucky because he was in his pokeball and at least it was a decent temperature inside those things and on top of that he doesn't even have to walk.

For some odd reason everyone was just talking and enjoying the supposedly good weather. Everyone was in a good mood and I was just flat out annoyed. They were oblivious to the fact that we were carrying a pokemon that was highly wanted by dangerous pokemon and they would kill us without a second thought to get to him. I didn't really care about the umbreon, but I was curious why he was wanted by them so bad. My thought's where then interrupted by Flare laughing at something Kana said. I was really wishing they would at least let me have some peace and quiet. I could feel my anger slowly emerging then I realized something. If I just wanted to know about that umbreon I could just ask Flare since them two are best friends or something stupid like that.

"Hey Flare" I said interrupting his conversation with Kana. He shifted his glance back at me in surprise that I was even bothering to talk to him.

"What's up Gray?" Flare said in a cheerful voice.

"You and that umbreon are friends right" I asked trying my hardest to not sound like I cared about the umbreon remotely. Last thing I wanted was for Flare thinking there was a chance of us becoming friends.

"Kind of, I'm not really sure to be honest. He is weird about that stuff" Flare said sounding a little confused on his own answer.

"The hell do you mean you are not sure" I said annoyed by his idiotic answer.

"No it's complicated honestly. Like I can't even explain his method of thinking" Flare said in a confused tone of voice.

"Gahhh forget it. What I'm trying to really ask you is why the hell those psychopaths were trying to capture him and kill all of us."

"Is that a sign of you caring about him Gray" Kana said jokingly. I just looked at her with my death glare "Do you think that is a joke Kana" I said in an angry voice trying to get my point across to her. Her and Flare both looked at each other and attempted to hold in their laughs. Sadly for them they couldn't hold in there laughing and they officially pissed me off.

"You think this a joke you two. I'll kill him once he is out of that pokeball to prove a point!" I yelled with my entire wrath. Everybody stopped walking and stared at me. Even Alex stopped and looked at me in surprise to my outburst.

"Gray can't you just have fun for once in your life" Flare said trying to change my perception on their humor. Sadly for them I was in no mood for games right now and I really wanted to get back at him for annoying me.

"You know what this is my fault" I said. Flare and Kana both looked shocked that I was apologizing.

"My fault for trying to have a conversation with you morons" I said in a pissy tone. Their faces went from shocked to frowns of disappointment. Flare just sighed and Kana nodded her head at me in disapproval. I really don't know why I was the only sane pokemon here. After things calmed down a bit we all began walking again and Flare and Kana picked back up on their previous conversation. I followed a few steps behind them to avoid having to talk to them for the rest of the walk if possible.

I felt so disconnected from this world. I always felt like I had a different method of thinking than others. I'm not saying I'm special or anything but that's just how I felt. Someone would see something and I would see something completely different than them. I know by now though that the only logical answer to my problem is that everyone in this world is a bunch of complete morons and I am one of the few sane organism's left alive on this planet.

The sun was now taking its toll on me and I could slowly feel my brain frying under the scorching heat. Sadly absol's are known for having heavy coats of fur. So imagine wearing your winter jacket on a hot summer day. On top of the scorching heat I was now getting hungry and my feat where soar from the repetitive walking we have been doing. It was probably now past lunch and I haven't even eaten since breakfast.

"Guys what do you say we stop and take a break for lunch" Alex said finally deciding to show me some mercy. Everybody nodded in agreement. I lied down right where I was while Alex took off his bag and began getting out some food for everyone. Flare and Kana where just talking about dumb stuff that wasn't even noteworthy. Alex finally managed to get out some fruits and pokepuffs for us and he had a sandwich which he had prepped back at the condo for himself. He distributed enough food to keep us going until our next meal. The food was mediocre, I've had much better food before but something is better than nothing sometimes, even if it was complete shit.

After I was done eating I decided that I was going to try and pick up my conversation from earlier with Flare and pray to Celebi that he would actually take me seriously this time.

"Flare I need to know something important" I said with a serious voice. I tried my best to make it sound like I was in no mood for his jokes.

"Yeah" Flare said with his head tilted to the side a little.

"Why where those pokemon after that umbreon, I want to know and no crap this time" I said with a serious voice.

He paused for a second trying to figure out an answer "You probably know more than me. You knocked me out after all. All I know is that they wanted to abduct him. That's all I know" He said finally deciding to take me seriously. He did have a point though I did technically take their side for a few minutes in an attempt to get that umbreon the hell away from us.

"I just wanted to hear what you knew that's all" I said as I lost interest in our conversation. I then lied down and tried falling asleep before we got moving again.

Then Kana and Flare started talking again. "Who were those pokemon anyways" Kana asked.

"I'm not sure but one of them was…" Flare for some reason choose not to finish his sentence.

"Who" Kana asked curiously.

"Don't mention this in front of Black no matter what but one of the pokemon was actually a family member of his. Vincent I believe was his name. When me and Black where talking earlier today he mentioned him being his brother I think" Flare said. I was actually a little surprised that the espeon from earlier was that umbreon's brother. All the more reason to hate him I guess. I continued to eavesdrop on the conversation while pretending to be asleep.

There was a brief silence between the two now. "Wow…" Kana said in surprise. "Why would he be trying to kidnap his own brother" She said completely baffled by the shocking news.

"I have no clue. I tried talking to him about it but he started becoming really emotional as we got deeper into the conversation so I decided to not pry too much" Flare said with a guilty voice.

"Well what else did he tell you before you two stopped talking" Kana said trying to learn more.

There was a pause and Flare didn't respond for a few seconds. "I can't talk about that. Black really does not want anyone knowing about his personal business and I can kind of understand why." Flare said trying to end the conversation on Black.

"Why doesn't he want anyone knowing?" Kana asked.

"Kana I can't tell you. It's not my place to tell you. I'll tell you this though it's a depressing conversation for him and he just wants to try and forget about things because he is mentally wounded" Flare said in an attempt to stop her from asking. I honestly doubted that the crybaby umbreon had anything real to cry about. He probably ran away from his family crying because life wasn't going his way. That's just how umbreon's are, selfish pricks that destroy lives.

Point of View Charmander

Well lucky me I lost complete track of that umbreon and I have no clue where to even look for him. Now I was officially screwed and that houndour may as well have killed me last night. I was aimlessly wondering the city streets trying to locate the damn umbreon.

After thirty or so minutes of wondering the streets I gave up for now and sat next to a wall and leaned against it. I then began pondering where he could be at the moment. I knew he was an umbreon with blue rings and he also had three names he goes by. Ryder, Kaz and Black I also knew he was traveling with a pokemon trainer. Then a theory clicked in my head. I was in no way an expert on trainers but I knew that his team was not that skilled at fighting. So the logical answer is that they are a newer team. So the next question is whether they beat the first gym or not. This meant I had two logical paths to follow to find them. I could go towards the second gym or go towards the first gym.

I had no idea which one they were on. I doubted they were past the fourth gym due to their team size and their fighting skills.

"I'm going to need to do more research on this" I muttered to myself. I then decided my next best move would be to head towards the pokecenter and see if there was anyone who remembered them. I then began walking towards the pokecenter that the jolteon I injured was in. I really hoped she wasn't injured too seriously. I never did like hurting anyone but I guess that didn't matter since I was about to destroy a pokemons life for my own selfish reasons. Or was it selfish? It was to save someone close to me so will my actions be justified? I decided it was best not to think of that and just deal with things as they come by.

After an hour of nonstop walking I finally reached the pokecenter that the jolteon was in. I entered the pokecenter and observed everyone in their looking for a somewhat familiar face. I looked at everyone who was waiting on the benches. There wasn't even any pokemon with the people waiting, Just my luck right? Then I noticed an azumarill that was wearing a nurse hat. That meant that she worked hear and may be of some help to me. I walked towards the azumarill really quickly to interrogate her.

"Excuse me mam can you help me out really quick" I asked trying to be polite as possible.

"Sure I guess I can" Her voice indicated that she was a female azumarill.

"Great, I had a friend who was here last night but I have no clue where she went maybe you could tell me where she went" I asked while forcing a smile on my face.

"Ummm you are going to have to help me out sweety I need to know more info than that" she said in an attempt to be as formal as possible. I then realized from the tone of her voice that she didn't really care about helping me.

"She was a jolteon and she was in here last night for a severe burn injury" I said. I still forced a smile since I didn't really want to make the azumarill any less motivated to do her job.

She let out a big sigh of annoyance "I need a name sweety" She said in an annoyed voice.

I then panicked. I had no clue what her name was and it was unlikely that I would guess it right. Then a memory of that fennekin accusing the umbreon of her death popped into my head, he said her name then.

"Kana" I said with a grin on my face that I was able to think on my feet that fast.

She just looked like I was destroying her day and her attitude was now beginning to make me feel uncomfortable. She let out a sigh and then began walking towards the front desk. She had quite an attitude and she will be lucky if I don't snap on her.

"Hey where are you going" I shouted at her.

"Sweety I'm just looking her up on the computer, calm down and take a seat I will be with you in a moment." I was really getting sick of hear calling me sweety and I was fed up with her lazy attitude. I literally waited thirty minutes until I lost my patience and decided to question her for what was taking so long. I walked up to the desk where she was using the computer.

"Hey how long is this going to take it's been thirty minutes for Mew's sake" I said with some anger in my voice.

"Oh I lost track of what I was doing" She said while not even bothering to make eye contact with me. I looked over the desk and she was just sitting there watching a video's on the internet.

"Mam please, this is extremely important okay. I really need you to help me please" I said trying to get her off her ass and do something.

She then exited out of her internet page and opened up a list of recent patients in the pokecenter.

"What was his name again sweet" She said in a lazy voice. I was now realizing that this staff member was absolutely useless and couldn't even remember basic things that I told her.

"Her name is Kana" I said in an annoyed voice. She then typed a few things into the computer in a annoyed fashion.

"Yeah sweety she checked out earlier today" She said in a lazy voice.

"I know that I just wanted to know some basic things. Can you please help me please can you do that for like two minutes?" I said in an annoyed voice.

She sighed "What do you need to know" She said.

"Who is her trainer, he should have been the one who checked her out of the pokecenter" I said trying to sound polite again.

"It says here that the person who checked her out was Alex Hayter or something like that"

"Okay now can you please look him up and see his pokemon training career online." Luckily the gym leaders did keep track of that stuff on the internet, so if this lazy ass nurse will help me I may be able to find her and if I find her then I find the umbreon. The azumarill then began typing in some stuff onto the computer.

"His career in pokemon training is one pokemon badge from the bug gym" She said lazily. Then it finally clicked in my head. I finally got this damn azumarill to help me and I finally learned what I needed to know to follow their trail, although this azumarill really tested my patience and ruined my day even more than before.

"Thanks." I said politely. "Oh and by the way you need to get off your ass and burn off some fat fatty" I said as I began walking quickly towards the exit. She wasn't really fat but I decided to at least piss her off a little for her lack of services because she was absolutely useless.

"Are you calling me fat" She yelled at the top of her lungs across the pokecenter. The room fell silent and everyone stared at her awkwardly from her outburst.

"Oh shit" I whispered to myself as I began sprinting at full speed out of the pokecenter at full speed not even daring to look back. Luckily for me she was all talk and she was nowhere in sight.

Now I knew where to go. I was going to go to the second gym and hope to catch that umbreon there. The only hard part was going to be getting their groups trust after what I did to them. Luckily I did have a plan on how things were going to go, and sadly for them my plan's rarely fail when I am the one in control of it.

Point of View Black

I was finally released from the Mew forsaken pokeball prison and let back out into the real world. Now I was pissed at this point. I have been stuck in that thing all day without food or water and on top of that I planned on leaving this group by now so our goodbye was completely ruined by Alex. I was now standing on a dirt trail in middle of a grass plain. The sun was now setting and soon the night would be here. I then noticed everyone staring at me. I then felt anger fill up my body, anger from Alex trapping me and now I would have to say goodbye once again.

"The hell is your problem asshole. Do you know what it is like being trapped in their all day with no food or water" I yelled at Alex even though he couldn't even understand me.

He obviously sensed my anger towards him. "Sorry Black I kind of forgot about you while you were in their" Alex said sympathetically. My anger reached new limits from how stupid he was. "Well Black it was also partially punishment for you wondering off on your own all night and worrying the heck out of me. I thought you were dead. Just don't wonder off like that and I won't have to put you in timeout again" Alex said in a strict voice.

"Time out! Do I look like a little kid to you" I said in an even more pissed off voice. Alex just looked a little confused at why I was still angry, probably didn't help that he couldn't understand me.

"Ah to hell with you" I said in an annoyed voice. Everyone just awkwardly stared at me the whole time. I just sat there waiting for my chance to leave. Alex was now building a fire for the night but I decided I was going to wait until he was asleep to ditch my team. I then saw Flare approaching me out of the corner of my eye.

"I thought you were leaving." Flare asked.

"I am leaving once Alex is asleep so he can't stop me again. After that I will be no one's problem and you will all be safe from my problems."

"Where are you going to go" Flare asked me in a saddened voice. It did make me feel bad that it had to be this way. I was just more surprised that I was still with them. I expected to be gone around morning not night.

"I don't really have a plan on where I am going but don't worry about it" I said.

"Will I ever see you again" Flare asked me.

"No this is goodbye forever Flare. I don't know what will become of me after tonight but I doubt it will end happily for me" I said. I didn't want to worry him but I wasn't going to lie to him either.

"Then why not stay" Flare asked again.

"Flare that's enough" I said with a serious voice. Flare sat there with a saddened look on his face.

I didn't speak to anyone for the next few hours. I just sat in my spot patiently waiting for Alex to drift off into sleep. Off in the distance I could see Gray giving me a death glare with his eyes although I didn't really care.

The moon was now out and the blue rings on my body glowed with light. Even though the moon always put me in a good mood it just wasn't pulling me out of my crappy mood this time. This is what I meant when I said getting friends would only hurt me. Now I remember what it's like to have friends and now I am losing them forever.

Finally Alex passed out in his sleeping bag and he was dead asleep and it was finally time for me to leave. I got up and stretched and began walking down the path. I headed the same way we were already traveling down but I knew I was going to be way ahead of them and I wasn't going to stop for the second gym and on top of that I'm sure he would spend awhile trying to find me. I slowly left the light of our campfire and went into the black abyss of the night.

"Goodbye" I heard Flare say from behind me with a depressed voice. I looked back to see him looking at me with dilated eyes. I was surprised that he was actually close to crying because of me.

"Goodbye Flare and take care of yourself" I said as I kept walking away. I was now in the dark abyss of the night. I felt a new kind of loneliness. Everything was so quiet and dark and I felt alone. I was use to this though so why does it feel so different now. I continued to walk unsure of where I was going. I felt so hollow inside and I had nothing again.

Chapter End

Author Note: Well now Black has separated from the group he was in and now he is alone again. How do you guys think things will go now. Will Black go back to his group and even if he did would they let him back in. Also the Charmander does have a name I just haven't gotten around to finding a good spot to reveal his name, so don't worry his name will be revealed soon. Also do you think the Charmander will find Black especially since he left his team. Well some interesting things will be going down soon that will have to do with emotions and some interesting stuff with the main plot. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and as always thanks for reading.