November 23, Two days after Chapter 11

Gality

I walked through the conference room doors to see the four Remnant leaders sitting in their normal positions. I sat down, and Jubilee sat down to my left, and Selena and Luke sat down to my right. "So, Gality, if I remember what you told me correctly, you're going to sneak into a restricted area with four Pokemon, break into that, and then take the material without being detected?" Steven asked.

"That's the plan, at least."

"Well, how long do you intend to be gone?"

"Probably a day, if things go as planned."

"Good. Get going Gality, and may luck be on your side!" Steven replied as I walked out of the door and out of the front of the base. I looked outside and looked at the sun. The time is eight in the morning, and the sun rises approximately in the east, so… I thought as I pointed in approximately the northwest direction, and we started walking in that direction.

"So, Gality, why can't you just Teleport into the base this time?" Jubilee asked.

"Well, for one, I need to use Teleport to get the material out of the base, so I need to conserve energy for it. Secondly, I need to know where to Teleport, and I don't want to Teleport into the ground." I replied as we walked through the snow ridden trees, which haven't thawed since the first day in was in them.

We arrived at the outskirts of the city area of Tavabrook, the port city that had a boat that could take you to other regions. "You two stay here." I pointed at Luke and Selena. "In case that things go wrong." They nodded as I stopped Jubilee from walking straight into the city. "Jubilee, you are still a renegade after your fight at the restaurant." I put my hand on her shoulder and then used Teleport, landing us just inside of the restricted part of the large cave.

"This isn't a base, is it?" Jubilee whispered to me.

"No, it isn't. However, this cave still has miners that definitely could kill us. Stay sharp!" We crept through the base until we saw a split hallway. "Weird that no one is here. You take the left, and I will take the right." Jubilee speed walked down the left hallway, and I tiptoed down the right hallway. I walked down the hallway until I saw a open door. I looked into the room to see that no one was there, and I crept into the room. I gasped as I looked at all of the security cameras in the base, showing the entrance and everything else in the base. I was about to leave the room and warn Jubilee when I was slammed against the computer screen.

"Didn't you hear? The community isn't allowed in this base!" One of the guards screamed as they slammed me into the computer. "Boss? What should we do with this intruder?" My head was throbbing as the guard just waited for an answer. "Kill him? Understood." I heard the guard shuffle. "You have brought death upon yourself, Gallade." I heard a move charge and a Pokemon fall, and the hands holding mine back disappear. I turned around as my eyesight was clearing up to see Jubilee standing in the doorway, and a Machamp laying on the ground, motionless.

"Jubilee, you just killed him!"

"Yeah, he was…" Jubilee gave me an angry look. "You're going to yell at me for saving your life?!" A pink bubble formed around Jubilee, trapping me in it, and destroying the walls that it contacted. "You ungrateful little…! You can't even shake your morals, even a little bit, after I saved you from a MURDERER?! You probably care more about that Machamp than me, someone who DIDN'T try to kill you!" The bubble started rupturing just as other guards that heard the noise came over and started to beat the bubble to try and break it. "I tried to change a little bit, since you most likely saved my life at that jail cell, and you seem somewhat intelligent. But apparently you aren't smart enough to not try and change a MONSTER!" The bubble went down just as a giant rush of pink flew me backwards, and then everything went black.

Luke

I looked around in the rubble, looking for Gality and Jubilee. "Selena, have you seen anything yet?" I asked worriedly.

"No, just rubble!" Selena replied as she lifted up some more rubble. Gality, what did you do? I thought as I lifted up another large piece of rubble and saw nothing. I lifted up other pieces of rubble, finding some dead Machamp, and getting more and more concerned which each one I found. Gality's a strong Pokemon, I kept thinking to myself. He'll be fine. I looked around for 30 minutes, getting more worried every moved stone. "Over here!" Selena yelled. I ran over to where Selena was standing. I saw something that I never thought I would see: Gality buried under rubble, not moving.

"How do we get him out?"

"How about be very careful?" We started to uncover Gality, and as we were, we could immediately see that his left arm was definitely broken. We finished uncovering him, and we set him out, inspecting his injuries. Luckily, besides his arm, the only thing broken was a slightly tattered shirt. "So, Luke, what do we do about a broken arm?"

"Deal with that in a minute. Now, where is Jubilee?"

"She can't be here." Selena replied.

"How do you figure that?"

"Well, it seemed like the blast that exploded the base was a psychic blast, and since the guards were Machamp, and Gality can't do that, Jubilee must have done it."

"But why?"

"I don't know. But for now, we need to get Gality back to the base."

"Why can't we just take him to a nearby hospital?"

"We can't do that, Luke! Don't you remember that he is a renegade?"

"Right. So, how do we get him back to the base?"

"We carry him very carefully." I picked up my unconscious friend as Selena and I started walking back to the base.

Selena punched in the combination to open the rock door. We rushed into the door to see Steven standing at the door. "Luke, Selena, what happened here?!"

"We'll explain later. Shouldn't we get him to the medical bay?"

"Yeah, your right! Go, Go!" I rushed off into the direction of the medical bay as Pokemon looked at me running, and followed me towards the medical bay. I walked into the medical bay and ran towards the closest Blissey there. "Miss, where do I set him down?" The Blissey looked at his broken arm. "Follow me!" The Blissey ran into the nearest available room. "Set him down!" I did as she told, then sat down into a chair in the room. The Blissey started to bandage him up. "Mr. Stonewall, can you please go sit in the waiting room as we help your friend." I walked back into the main waiting room to see about twenty Pokemon waiting for me to return.

"So, what's the deal, Luke?" Selena asked me.

"I don't know. I'm assuming that they'll tell us when they're done." I sat next to Selena for about five minutes until the leaders of The Remnant came into the room,

"What happened, Mr. Stonewall?" Cynthia asked.

"I don't know. All I know that there was an explosion of psychic energy, and the entire cave exploded, presumably killing everyone in it besides Gality. I also don't know where Jubilee is, but Selena says that she escaped."

"Very well, Mr. Stonewall. We will have to wait for Mr. Gality to awake."

"Cynthia, on a random note,why do you call Gality Mr. Gality instead of ?" Cynthia thought about it for a moment.

"I don't really know, Mr. Stonewall."

"Well, I will contact you when you can talk to him."

"Very well, Mr. Stonewall. Steven, Red, Blue, what will you guys do?"

"I have other things to do." Blue replied. Red motioned towards the door.

"I'll stay here and wait." Steven stated. "He is my lead engineer, and he probably didn't deserve this."

"Very well." Cynthia walked with Red and Blue out of the door.

"Mr. Stonewall, your friend is awake." The Blissey said as she walked up to me. I followed the Blissey to the room, with Steven and Selena behind me. I walked through the door to see Gality,with a cast on his arm, a bandage on his chest, and another bandage near his shin. The Blissey walked out of the room, leaving us alone.

"Hello." Gality said, much quieter than normal.

"Gality, are you okay?" Gality laughed very softly.

"What do you think, Luke?"

"Not really."

"Correct guess, genius." I was slightly confused with the out of place sarcasm, but I didn't question him about it.

"So, what happened to you?" Gality sighed heavily.

"I was captured by the guards. She killed the guards, and after I said something about it, she destroyed everything." Selena walked up to the bed.

"I haven't known her that long, but that seems very… impulsive on her part. Are you sure that she did it?"

"Yes! I was standing right there!" Gality yelled, making me glance at Steven and Selena. What happened in there? I thought. He hasn't yelled before, and he's had things to yell about.

"So, what specifically are your injuries?" Steven asked Gality, seemily wanting to change the subject.

"Broken arm, two broken ribs, and a bruised ankle."

"So, how long are you going to be in here, then?"

"Don't know, and I really don't want to think about it for the moment."

"Well,I must inform the rest of the members, and I'm sure that Luke and Selena have things to do." I followed Steven out of the room, and he made sure that he was out of earshot of Gality. "What's wrong with him?"

"I believe that something happened at that base that he isn't telling us." Selena replied.

"Well, why would he do that? He told me about him actually killing people, so he really doesn't seem like the secretive type."

"I just feel like that explanation was too simple. You would think that a force that powerful would have more prompting."

"Well, I'm not sure if that is true, but it could be possible." I walked through the doors and back towards the room to make sure that Helen was sleeping when she was supposed to be.

Jubilee

I looked at the map on the boat that I was now driving, since the captain was tied up. I turned the boat over towards the B23 water route, which supposedly would lead me to a different region. "What are you doing?!" The captain screamed at me.

"Whatever I want. And unless you want to die, then be quiet." The captain shut up. I looked forward at the ocean, mostly still in front of the boat. Gality, you're a lucky man, I thought. If you hadn't saved me from the Sableye, then you would be dead with the rest of them. However, even with your intelligent mind, you attempted to play golf with a tennis ball, a futile effort. It seems like you will never understand how to not hold back, or truly understand people. I put the boat on autodrive and walked up to the highest deck, watching the other passengers cover behind chairs. I looked back at the retreating landmass that I used to call my home. "Goodbye, nightmares. I may come back to finish you later!"