Cilan and John fell to the back of the group and kept running behind them, as I turned my head, two guys unconscious due to direct impact with double kick, and a chain around Trace's neck, and two guy's still rushing me as a 6th man stepped out of the van in a brown robe "Detain the trainer too." is all he said.
I braced and threw a punch, making impact with one guy, and bounced back, "TRACE! MELT THE CHAINS AND HIT THEM AGAIN!" Trace tried and nothing came out as the chain tightened.
"Resistance is futile, little Combusken."
I threw another haymaker, dropping the first guy, as the robes man aimed his staff at Trace. "Surrender, or your Combusken dies."
That threw me into a rage. I broke from the one remaining guy, and blitzed the robed man. I jabbed him in the ribs, and threw a cross punch to his jaw.
I was getting faster. Sharper. Our heart rates were syncing.
I stamped the robed man's knee while he was downed and bounced back, as the guy I broke from hit me in the back of the head, knocking me down instantly, leaving me dazed, and kneeled on my back, as I felt my watch fall away as I screamed in pain.
I looked back. Everyone else got away.
The guy holding the chain around Trace's neck spoke "Are you okay, Ghetsis?"
"Damned brat." Ghetsis struggled to get up, using his staff to brace himself up. "Take the Combusken to the van. I'll handle this one with Eric and bring him." Ghetsis limped over. "Pull back his hair." I felt the roots tearing free as I looked up to the man towering infront of me. "This is what happens when brats like you interfere and don't cooperate."
He reared back as I heard a cracking noise before his foot connected with my jaw, causing me to black out instantly.
—-Elesa-
I tried to run back as I heard Shawn scream. I looked down at the watch he trusted me with, to see only one line and numbers.
Shawn's watch either broke, or came off.
Cilan grabbed my shoulder. "We'll only get in his way. We need to get Jenny"
"I'm not leaving Shawn!" I tore loose and began to run back.
"ELESA! DON'T!"
I didn't care. Shawn mattered to me. I wouldn't let him go so easily. I don't know what made me panic so much and run when he said so…
I skid to a stop at the park to see Shawn's watch in the mud and no signs of the van or the people.

Falling to my knees grabbing the watch my eyes began to well up as I clutched it to my chest. My breathing became ragged. I was… Crying… Because I would never see him again?
No. Because I didn't know if he would be the same if we found him…
Everyone caught up to me and saw me… I wiped my eyes and tried to stand.
My legs were too shaky and I almost fell back down.
John sprinted to my side and caught me. "Woah! Breathe Elesa. We'll get Jenny and save Shawn. Even if we have to get the entire region behind us."
"But… We shouldn't have run. Shawn would still be here if we didn't run. We failed him."
"Cilan d-" Cress said as Cilan slapped me across the face. "Don't, Elesa. Shawn even told us to run. He didn't want any of us to get hurt. He's ALWAYS been like that. HE CARES TOO MUCH FOR HIS FRIENDS."
"Bu-" His hand hit my other cheek.
"No. No buts. You know how pissed Shawn would be if one of us got hurt and he couldn't do something? He also doesn't have a blood family anymore. Imagine how pissed your mom would have been if you got abducted instead and Shawn couldn't stop it." He knew that my mother would've outright had Shawn, Ella, and John arrested, and the Triton's would be under house arrest until I was found.
I wiped my eyes. "No. We're getting Jenny and finding those assholes."
John slugged my arm playfully. "There's that fire a good fighter has. Let's go."
—-Shawn-
When I came to, I was in a damp cell, with Ghetsis looking at me with the staff now turned walking cane. "You will aid our research if you want to live, brat."
"What…"
"You heard me. Aid our Research if you want to live."
"Where's Trace."
"Your Combusken is asleep in a tank with an oxygen mask on."
"Don't fucking hurt him. I don't care if you hurt me, just don't touch Trace. I'll aid your shitty research and go from there."
Ghetsis laughed and walked away "We'll see how long you last."
That was years ago. I still don't know how many quite, but I knew it was more than a full year. I was given 2 full meals a day and battled in a controlled setting every day for 4 hours before I was sent back to this cell, and locked up for the remaining 20, except when I was granted the right to bathe or shower.
I knew I would live through this and make sure that I could kill Ghetsis.
I worked out 1 hour before I was taken to the battle room, and then the rest of the time in the cell I wasn't sleeping or eating.
Finally, Ghetsis returned to the cell door. "Bring our guest." he said to the grunt.
The cell door opened, and let me out as I was chained and walked through the facility. To a large room with a singular large glass tube-like tank in it.