Hi, it's me bringing you an additional chapter for Hoenn Chronicles again! Thank you for reading the story so far, your reviews have been a contributing factor for improving the over-all quality of the story (and hey, everyone also likes to hear praise once in a while). And, I can only say this for now; not everything that you'd like to happen is going to happen. If you don't know what that means, read the chapter to find out. And, without further adieu, on with the chapter!

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Jack's POV

Okay, I was still frozen in midair because of Dustox's confusion attack. Mudkip was to the left of me and Ralts was being pinned by a fire-breathing canine. Just when I was about to get torched, this pink cat thing appears in front of us and saves my life.

This was probably stranger than any drunken experience I would ever get. And it would only get weirder from there.

"Just what are you anyway?" Eh, I knew I should have been thanking the pink cat thing instead of asking it, but honestly I had to wonder. And, for this one I wasn't about to wait until it was all over, I had enough questions to ask at the end.

"The pink cat thing that saved your life just now," That was the sarcastic response I got from it before it transformed; I blinked to see a blue... cat thing? It didn't look the same though; it had fins and was a lot larger now... Regardless, he was a pokémon, and that was all I really knew at the time. Said pokémon finally stopped using telepathy and instead spoke like the rest of us did at the time, "These humans can't see me like I was though; if anyone asks my name is Crescent."

"Right, Crescent... please get us down from here?" Mudkip finally spoke to the cat thing as the steam cleared; the human woman seemed furious while Alexa stared blankly, apparently cat thing had ruined the woman's day at least. Alexa was too much of a robot to seem to care, that was something that made my stomach flip unpleasantly.

However, my feet touching the ground surprised me enough to make me stumble a little before I stared at the new form of the cat thing; that was when I heard the woman controlling Alexa and the two fire mutts hissing angrily, "How the hell did a Vaporeon get in here? Houndoom, chase it out!"

So the pink cat thing transformed into a pokémon called Vaporeon. Why, that was still a mystery to me but was also yet another thing that had to be left for later; the large mutt was chasing after said pokémon while he jumped into the air, hitting it in the back with a jet of water.

When the disguised pokémon landed he asked me a question telepathically; no one else reacted to it so I assumed I was the only one who could hear the message, "So tell me where's the girl you're trying to get out of the base?"

"Dustox, use Silver Wind."

"Bloody... right there!" I just barely ducked in time to dodge the attack given from that disgusting flying bug, which gave me reason to dislike any bug pokémon that came my way right then and there. That was way too close for comfort. Ralts had finally gotten back onto his feet at this point before staring at me, then looking towards the pink cat in disguise, then to me again.

"Look at the metal thing on your trainer's head," The 'Vaporeon' caught my attention (as well as Mudkip's and Ralts' apparently) when he said that, narrowing his eyes before he nodded to the three of us, "It's a safe bet that the thing is what's control-GAH!"

I was really beginning to hate those fire mutts; the larger one had gotten back up and tackled the pseudo pokémon to the ground while Houndour simply stared back at the woman. It was as if he was waiting for an order, but at the same time...

"Heads up!"

I cried out when the Houndoom was bowled right into me, shaking it off and pushing its unconscious body off with quite a bit of effort before seeing Crescent staring at the Houndour. Just what the hell was he thinking?

"I'm getting that thing off of Alexa's head!"

"Wait, don't-!"

Crescent was trying to stop Ralts but all too late; the smaller psychic had already tried to remove the device from the girl's head. I began to hear this horrid screeching, but when I covered my ears I saw what Ralts' attempt was doing to Alexa; her body fell to the ground while her deadened eyes actually widened; all I saw was pain, silent screams and yet still so lifeless...

"You might want to stop that or you'll kill your precious trainer."

I glared at the woman when she said that as Ralts immediately stopped trying to move it; those bastards had thought of everything now hadn't they? It was a few seconds before Alexa got back to her feet though; apparently Ralts hadn't moved it enough to actually cause her serious harm, and was that ever a relief. But, at the same time, I was scared for my life again as she stared at us before returning Dustox to the pokéball she had in her hand.

"You see… Team Rocket is smarter than to just let someone take it off so easily; that thing can only be disarmed through our programs, and don't even try to read my mind; I don't know how," That caused Crescent to scowl, even though the woman's words were directed at Ralts. Apparently she hadn't clued into the fact that the 'Vaporeon' wasn't really what it seemed, something that seemed to be a damn useful defence at the time.

"This isn't good... no wonder Jirachi wanted me down here," A sigh left Crescent before I blinked at him; and then, I had to wonder... Where the hell did Mudkip get off to?

I got a far more than satisfying answer; the woman cried out when Mudkip tackled her from behind, right before the human woman got Mudkip off and chucked her at Ralts, "I was so close!"

Ralts ended up slowing her down with a psychic blast before Crescent zoomed right by the woman; where the heck was he going? At the end of the hall he stopped and yelled down at us, "Follow me! I'm going to find the goddamn instructions for that thing so I can blow it up!"

That sounded remotely like something fun. I smirked before nodding and beginning to run after Crescent; Mudkip and Ralts were following me towards him as well. I could tell because of Mudkip's footsteps and the doubt that Ralts would want to get left behind.

However, I heard Houndour's barking behind us, something that made our party of four whirl around and stare in surprise, "I'll lead you to the computer! Please, let me atone...!"

Son of a bitch, he was going to follow us. I glared back at Houndour and took an offensive position towards the fire-breathing mutt; there was no way I'd trust him after he tried torching me to death!

Unfortunately enough for me, Crescent had other plans for him.

"Back down Treecko; he means it, he wants to help us and to get out of Team Rocket's hands. I say let him as long as he's not a useless lump."

I stared at Crescent while the Houndour ran right by me, Mudkip and Ralts following suit while I continued to do nothing but stare. Just what the hell was he thinking? That pokémon had tried to kill me only a few minutes before and Crescent was letting him come so easily? Just whose side are you on?

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Houndour's POV

There was something familiar about that Ralts, but at the moment I paid no mind. The Vaporeon, their leader... When he looked into my eyes, it was almost as if he could see right through my face and into what was in my heart... something wasn't normal about it. But for the moment that wasn't important.

I was getting a chance to escape from Team Rocket and to do something about what I had already done. He knew that I would spend the rest of my life trying to make up for my errors if I had to, and because of that he was letting me help. The Treecko still didn't trust me, that much I could tell right off the bat. The Mudkip and the Ralts, those two didn't seem sure about me. The Ralts especially... but, it seemed like they trusted the Vaporeon enough to trust his judgement.

I took one last look backward; Master was livid beyond belief... Sister was still on the ground, still unconscious, but she would also be furious to find out that I had turned against her whenever she would wake up. And that girl...

I had done too much already to not try and free her mind.

"What the heck are you waiting for, you stupid Treecko? Jeez, you really are related to Fervo..." I blinked as the Vaporeon spoke before I ran up to him, the Treecko following me and catching up to the group at long last, "Ah, forgot to mention, there's a talk you and I might have to have later."

"Like I really give a Rattata's ass right now. And, my name is Jack for future reference," The Treecko rolled his eyes before my attention turned elsewhere; Master had pulled out the pokéball she used to catch me and my sister such a long time ago. She was going to return me to it, or at least I thought she was...

Until the pokéball was lifted from her hand and thrown into the wall, the tiny fragments of what my prison was scattering all over the ground.

Master, or at least the human who was formerly my master, widened her eyes before looking towards the Ralts; said Ralts was confused before shaking his head and squeaking wildly, "It wasn't me! I didn't do that, honest!"

"She can't understand you Ralts. Besides... I did that," I whirled around to the Vaporeon while staring, "I'll explain later, that among the other things you guys'll need to know if we don't get slaughtered. Now, we run like hell to whatever seems like the machine controlling that kid!"

Master scowled before returning Sister to her pokéball; I knew we wouldn't have much time so it was definitely time to run, and it seemed like everyone else was sharing the same thought; I led the path out the door with the Vaporeon close behind me. The Mudkip, Ralts and Treecko were doing well in keeping up, I had to admit that much. But, they could get their congratulations later; right now was the time for action.

"In here!" I shouted to the pokémon behind me as I darted into the computer room; truth be told, I was surprised that it wasn't locked down as the humans said. The Vaporeon jumped up to the consol before looking at one of the screens, "You can read Human?"

"There're a lot of things I can do, and being a smart ass is one of them," I blinked at the comment while looking back; it looked like a Linoone, a Sableye, a Swellow and a Vigoroth had joined the fray, not to mention two more humans who the three pokémon with the Vaporeon and I seemed to consider friends. That was probably best, that would mean the Vaporeon would have more time to look at the data on the screen.

"Damn it..." Apparently it wasn't of much help, I looked back to the Vaporeon before he answered my bad feeling, "They're controlling her from another base. And I have no idea where it is, it doesn't say on any of these damn screens."

"What do we do then?" I asked as the pokémon before me jumped down from the desk, right before the pokémon chuckled at me.

"We blow this place sky high, that's what. Finally, we're getting to the fun reason for coming here..."

Honestly, I had no idea what he meant. What shoved newer, more curious thoughts out of my head was the fact that Vaporeon had jumped up and pressed a big red button near the computers. Then, a siren and a human woman's voice came over the intercom, "Self-destruct sequence activated. All personnel please evacuate the area. Base destruction will begin in five minutes."

All of the fighting outside of the door stopped when the alarm began to sound. Then, I could hear the Treecko protesting while others began to run, right before the Vaporeon slipped out of the room. I followed him to see everyone who had been fighting against Team Rocket then, right before looking towards the humans. Quickly one of them returned the Mudkip to her pokéball (as well as the Sableye and Swellow, the Linoone and Vigoroth were returned to their pokéballs by the other human) before the other one shouted, "We've got to get out of here now! Let's grab Alexa when she's outside of the base!"

That was when we all began to run for our lives; I was leading the pack once again because I knew the fastest way out. And, as luck would have it, it wasn't blocked. The larger (and most likely older) human opened the door for us so that we could run out of the base and towards the human town that was near the headquarters. And then...

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Jack's POV

That explosion was a sight to see with the midday sun being blackened by smoke and flame. But, to our dismay, I saw that vile woman and Alexa escaping on a different boat. That ticked me off; it meant that all of that work was for nothing...

Crescent seemed to see things differently though, that much being obvious as he lied down on the beach sand ahead of us, "Now I'm kinda glad I came down here. Blowing up that base was more satisfying then you'll ever know..."

"But we didn't save Alexa," Ralts looked at Crescent (from what I could tell anyway, damn veil), and he sounded mad... this was probably the psychotic side coming out, or maybe this wasn't psychotic but easily angered? I didn't know. I might never have found out, either. But, considering that we just risked our hides getting blown to bits I didn't care.

"Yeah..." A sigh left Crescent before he looked at us, and then to the Houndour. I still didn't trust that little git but until I had a reason not to (other than him trying to blow me to bits, I thought that was a perfectly good reason but at this point it wasn't good enough for the bloody pink cat thing) I had to live with him being there... "Jack, Ralts, Houndour. I need to talk to you three in private."

I blinked before shrugging, and just when the humans weren't looking we slipped off to hide in a nearby cave; apparently those humans in black hadn't dug into that part of the island so it was a natural hide-away, "So, what if Idiot and Greg come looking for us then?"

Crescent shook his head before answering, "They still think you're there, I'm using power to leave a projection of us with me slinking away into the water. Now pay attention or I'll have to choke you down with Oran Berries."

"That's a good way to go."

I smirked and Crescent laughed while Houndour and Ralts both stared at us; that was, Crescent was laughing before he closed his eyes and began to glow. And then, before I knew it, he was the pink cat thing again.

"Now, in all seriousness... You first, Jack," I blinked before shrugging and sitting down to listen; had nothing better to do at the moment anyway, "I mentioned how you were definitely related to Fervo. That's because Jirachi already knew this too and she told me; you have a cousin that's living with someone I'm looking after, apparently he's the only one who cared that you were gone after you were caught."

"Well damn, he's still alive then?" It looked like Crescent was waiting for me to do something, so who was I to deny him? I shrugged and fell back, "I'll have to look into seeing him them, I was wondering how he was doing."

"... now I have to wonder if you're related, he almost got violent when he found out you still existed," Crescent smirked at me before going back, "And now, to explain-"

"Who's Jirachi?"

I sat up and blinked at Ralts as he asked that question, truth be told I hadn't thought of that until he asked. And then, Crescent began to answer, "Jirachi's the little shit who asked me to come here. Honestly, if it wasn't for the fact that I happen to hate Team Rocket more than I hate Miss Happy Happy Joy Joy I wouldn't have come."

Something was telling me it wasn't a wise choice to ask. So, instead, I entertained myself by asking another question, "So what does that make you, a sarcastic know-it-all?"

Houndour seemed shocked that I had said that but, quoting myself from earlier, I didn't give a Rattata's ass. But, Crescent laughed when I had said that before nodding, "You could say that. My real name is Mew, even though I told you it was Crescent. Crescent is an alias that I use so that Team Rocket can't track me down again."

"Okay..."

"Look... before you start, I'm sorry that your trainer's with Team Rocket. Now that I've seen what Jirachi was talking about for myself... well, I'm having second thoughts on my vow against ever helping her again," A sigh left the pink cat thing (now known as Mew) before he shook his head at us, "But, I have to go some where else to make sure the pokémon I'm supposed to be taking care of aren't killing each other. I know a certain someone there who would never forgive me if I didn't try to help that kid though, and honestly too much of them can be tiring."

Translation, he would be back. I only nodded before the pokémon disappeared in an orb of pink light, leaving the bloody Houndour, Ralts and I alone in the cave to think about what he was saying.

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Chapter's end! All right, it's up, I'm sorry... it might not be as good as previous chapters, and I know the ending is a bit rushed. But, I've been bothered for this update for a while, so might as well get it up ASAP right? Not to mention... if you don't know where Mew is going, again all of my shameless advertising was for nothing. That said, good bye for now and see you all next chapter! Please review with ways on how I can improve the story as well, it helps big-time!