Later, when at court, the victims arrived at court. The band was so badly shot they had a hard time standing up, and keeping up while sitting. Matt happened to be near a staircase when he got shot, and he had fell and broken his leg. The judge decided that this was a capital crime. He was about to release the case, but Matt stood up on his crutches.
"Even though he did do something that is illegal, he was my friend and I wish not for him to die. I prefer if he was to go to jail.'' He bowed to the judge and sat down. The judge said,
"I am sorry, Mr. Larson, but even though we would if it was more reasonable, but this is not a choice.''
"But we grew up together and it would be horrible to his child and wife. You must forgive him and sentence him to jail. The most horrible thing of life is death. Please, spare his life.''
"Mr. Larson, do not be stubborn. But I shall spare his life. Case dismissed.''
Alex was watching the KantoNews when the reporter, Larry, said,
"Last week, we had a shooting in Saffron. The shooter, Gary Oak, is proven guilty.'' The screen switched to Gary, who said in a shaky voice,
"I had a feeling I had to get back at my friend and rival.''
The screen switched back to Larry.
"A young camera man named Jim, who is only twenty-four, happened to be video-taping the concert and happened to be near Gary Oak shooting. He video taped the whole thing.''
The screen switched to an active screen. Alex watched the whole video. Then, the screen went back to Larry.
"As you have seen, the shooting is very serious. Now, let's switch to the Johto news.'' Alex shut off the TV and took a long sip of water and spit it out on the floor.
Later, Matt was on his buddy list.
Mother45: I heard you got shot.
Kanto14: Yep.
Mother45: I am marring Silver in two weeks. Would you like to come?
Kanto14:…
Mother45: Are you still there?
Kanto14 signed off at 1:56 PM.
Matt took no interest in the wedding but he agreed to come.
Mother45: Why did you sign off on me?
Kanto14: I have no interest in the wedding.
Mother45: Don't spoil it for others.
Kanto14: I didn't.
Mother45: And you can't just sign off when I am asking you something.
Kanto14: Watch me.
Kanto14 signed off at 10:57
Mother45: Drat
Anne waited several hours for him to sign back on.
Kanto14: Hiya...
Mother45: You are finally back on.
Kanto14: As long as you don't mention the wedding.
Mother45: Okay, okay. Will you wait while I talk a sec with my boyfriend?
Kanto14: You mean Silver?
Anne did not even get to leave her chair when a message appeared. It said:
De Sucker,
De Jerk,
De Freak
De Dummy
De Idiot
I won't wait.
Anne quickly typed,
You better shut up!
But only another message appeared.
I wouldn't think of shutting up. I have been quiet when I was a little kid, why can't I yap now?
You can resist shutting up, can't you? Just a sec?
No.
Yes.
No and no, no, no and no!
Yes! Don't you dare be stubborn!
I'll be stubborn and don't force me to be sensible like Sabrina did!
What happened to Sabrina anyway?
I divorced her.
Hah! And to think you loved her when you were seventeen! What did she say to you that meant be sensible?
She said to me to grow up! That bothered me!
Hey, you need to!
Shut up, you moron.
The messages stopped and it looked like Matt had logged off.
"Well, that ends his stubbornness,'' Anne said, shutting down the computer.
"Who were you talking to?'' Silver asked suspiciously.
"Matt.''
"Anne, don't talk to that moron,''
Silver opened a letter.
"Hmm… That is queer. This letter is from – from Globberly Glue. I will not open this in case it is dangerous.'' Silver said. He opened the door, since there was a knock.
It was Sabrina. She looked angry and frustrated.
"Where is Matt?'' she demanded.
"Here I am,'' answered a voice. It was Matt. He flew out of the house. Sabrina ran out of the house after him. They went into a dry desert. There did Matt stop.
Sabrina yelled at him,
"If you think you can leave others behind, you're wrong!''
Matt yelled back,
"Well, well, it looks like you woke on the wrong side of the bed! I did not leave others behind and –'' But before he could say anymore, Jean Larson appeared.
"Both of you stop! Arguing is not the way to solve this!''
Matt answered,
"Keep out of this, Jean! Just because you are my birth mother does not mean you have to interfere with my fights and arguments! I can deal with my own problems!''
Jean did not move.
"I am still your mother, even if you were raised without me, Matthew. I have the right to interfere with your with your fights.''
This statement rather shocked Matt.
"Do not interfere with my problems. So what if you are my mother, Jean. May we meet again.''
He flew off in the distance.
Jean turned to Sabrina and said,
"Would you like to come to my house to chat?''
Sabrina smiled and said,
"I'd like to,''
The two women stopped at Jean's house and talked. They became friends.
When Sabrina had to leave, Jean said,
"It was nice to have you over. Please, take care of my grandchildren. I'd like to see one of them. I have never seen them before.''
Sabrina smiled and said,
"My children would love to meet you. Why don't you meet my eldest child, Alex? He's twelve. He's been locked up in his room and just watching TV for weeks. Perhaps he is bored and needs something to do.''
Jean smiled.
"Perhaps you are right.''
The next day, Sabrina knocked on Alex's door.
"It is your mother,'' Sabrina said. Alex slowly opened the door and growled,
"What do you want?''
"I wondered if you would like to meet Jean, your true grandmother.'' Alex looked interested and said,
"When?''
"Now.''
Sabrina drove Alex to Jean's home.
"Why don't you stay here for a week to meet?'' Sabrina suggested. Alex nodded.
He ran up the door and Jean said,
"So you must be Alex,''
Alex nodded and said,
"So… What should I do?''
"Why don't I introduce you to your grandfather?'' Jean walked into the house, which looked quite nice. Lance was unfortunately not there.
"He must be at the league,'' Jean explained. Alex nodded.
"Can you tell me how my dad got stolen?'' Alex asked.
"Sure. You don't have to call me grandma; you can just call me Jean. I'll start.''
They sat down on two love seats and Jean began.
"Lance and I got married in 1934. We didn't have any children until 1938, and that was Mesilla. But she died a week after she was born, because she was born too immature. She only weighed 2 pounds. We were very sad when our daughter died. We then had a miscarriage in 1939. We rejoiced when we had your father. We tried to protect our only child as best as we could. But when he was 8 months, during the night, Lance heard a crying. We rushed out of bed and we reached the cradle, there was no baby, nothing. We were frantic and searched everywhere. I was checking in the living room and I looked out the window. There was a figure fading in the darkness, with a baby's face just on it's shoulder. That was the last time I saw my son for 27 years. We made many calls to the police if they had seen our baby, but they had not. We pasted lost posters everywhere, but there was no reply. After five years of searching, we gave up.
"When Lance battled our son, he didn't think he was our lost son. He did, think that he looked like our lost son. It wasn't until his DNA was tested. He was proved to be our son. But Lance did not want to believe it. He said it was just some dumb joke. But we went to get our DNA tested too, anyway. When the DNA was compared, Lance finally took the fact. But, sadly, the fact our lost son didn't want anything to do with us left us in the same state as we were. But, I just found out Lance and I am going to have a baby. That means, that you will have a aunt, or possibly a uncle.'' Jean took out a paper that looked rather old. She explained,
"This is the poster we put everywhere.'' There was a baby's curious face in the picture.
After a nice week at the Larson's, Alex had grown to love Jean. They had a wonderful friendship. On Thursday, Jean said,
"Did you know there is other children down here?''
Alex shook his head.
"There is a boy your age down the street. He is about fourteen. But he is very nice still. His name is Kerok. He is a very nice child, and you might like him.''
Alex walked out on the driveway and he saw a boy who must have been Kerok reading a book.
"Hi,'' Alex said. Kerok put down his book.
"Hello… Did the Larsons adopt you or something?" Kerok asked.
"No – I'm their grandson.''
"Oh. So you are the son of Matt. Cool. I heard Matt was kidnapped from here. They didn't see him for 30 years. Cool.''
Kerok had a personality Alex somehow didn't like.
"What are you reading?'' Alex asked.
"Physics. Great book.'' A man stepped outside.
"Kerok,'' the man said, "I have something to show you.'' Kerok left his books on the ground and went inside. Alex cursed silently.
Kerok appeared again and he yelled,
"Yes!'' He held a book called Mastering Physics.
But when he noticed Alex, he said,
"What are standing here for?''
Alex was so annoyed by this comment he announced,
"If I were you, I'd scat. I'm the Champion's son, so you better scatter or I'll crush you!''
Kerok laughed and said,
"Just because you are Matt's son does not mean you can control me. Physics can call other physics. I know Matt. We are friends. I met him when I was twelve. If you want to bully me up, fine.''
Alex picked up a stick and said,
"Fine.''
Kerok held his hand up and soon about seven physics appeared. And the last one was Matt.
Alex said,
"Okay, just tell me who's who. I will gather a team and we can fight against each other.''
Kerok said,
"Okay. Just this is Jerok, Terue, Jolteo, Torero, Keros, and Jaeles. I give you ten minutes to gather a team.''
Jean ran out and shouted,
"If you don't stop, I will call the police!''
Those threats made the physics scatter.