VT: okay, this disclaimer will apply to the rest of the story, I own not Pokemon, and Pokemon belong to Nintendo and Game Freak Inc. I do however own the plot.

Clear Sky for now

Matthew and Becky both awoke the next morning feeling refreshed and reenergized for the day, they were smiling, however, when they walked out of their room, they were swarmed by younger trainers, fear in their eyes and looking around. Matthew right away began to ask a question about what was going on.

"We can't find Robert anywhere, we looked everywhere for him, we were going to go with him to the dock and pick up his sister. But we all have agreed that he must have been taken, you see last night we were attacked by these two crazy people and one of them looked like Kirk's Sci-fi comics of hybrids, and then this Police officer came and seemed to be fishy we all left to spy on him and it seems he turned the minds of the people to forget the events, we all are scared that he took Robert because his sister was on the T.V." The spokesperson, a twelve year old lady told Matthew hope in her eyes.

Matthew looked around quickly and then ushered them all into their room. "Come in, come in, and I am betting you came to us, because we were attacking them right?"

The girl nods, "Yep and we were the one's who attacked with Robert and tied up the Grunts for you." She sounded proud of herself with this piece of information. By now they all were in the room provided to trainers to stay the night at the Center.

"Ah, thank you for your help, I don't know what would have happened if you hadn't come in at the moment that you did. Thank you again." Matt said bowing and thanking the group of five youngsters in front of him.

"No problem… but… err…" The lady seemed nervous as if afraid to ask the next question. "Can you help us find Robert along with that ship?" The lady had said this all in one breath and very fast, however Matthew and Becky nod their heads.

"I think we can, he helped me last night with the Vaporeon." Matthew then turns around and looks at the group, sizing them up, "Just how many badges do you have?" Matt paused and then asked a question that was bugging him, "Uh, just how did you keep from being wiped from his Psychic Pokemon?"

The Lady stated first, "I have all Jhoto and five Kanto Badges, so does everyone else, we all have been traveling together since the Jhoto Region. Also we were checking in on the beds when he did that, so we were out of range. It was only five minutes ago that we deduced that he was taken." The rest of the kids nod their heads in the affirmative, agreeing with the trainer that was talking. Matthew was impressed they would do well in the up coming matches, along with helping spread the word if needed.

"I advise this, take your Jhoto teams and use them; Team Rocket won't go easy just because you have weak Pokemon on you." Matthew told the small group of people, knowing full well that without their stronger Pokemon, they would be wiped out faster then a Caterpie against a Growlithe.

The group of children, five in total looked at each other, eyes full of wonderment and curiosity as to how he knew this fact. Finally a boy asks the question that was sparked by this comment. "Just how do you know that? Were you attacked or something?" This made Matthew look at the boy sadness in his eyes, for he was about ten and probably the youngest of the group here, probably a brother of one of the kids standing in front of him, and this made him think of Ethan and how he got into the mess as well. He then realized just the danger the others would be in if he helped them.

"Yes, many times, even attacked me during the winter at my folks home, and that is why... why I must retract my help, I know I could help, but your safety and health is more important to my mind..." Matthew was interrupted by a Kid that had a Space cadet Patch on his vest.

"You mean you fear that you could see us the same as that Jolteon or Pikachu? Well, if that means the safety of Robert and his sister, I for one will accept it." He was smiling for some strange reason.

"Kirk, you would probably willingly jump into that vat if given a choice, you are always thinking about what ifs more then battles." The same girl said back to the kid,

"Ah, but Sarah, I am your Pokedex after all, I also have created our beacons so we wouldn't get lost, along with some other odds and ends, so what if I want to experience something new? That would be awesome, besides, maybe that will help me with being a better trainer." Matthew could see that the mechanics of this group was already set. But he was wondering one thing.

"Uh, why do you need me when you seem to have a good system already?" However the look he received seemed to be frightening, they looked at him like a piece of something that could help them.

"You will be our ticket to saving our leader that is what we need you. You see, they said you were part of Team Rocket, and..." Sarah was interrupted by Kirk.

"What we need is a mole, a way to sneak in and use my skill to break out Robert and probably the other two that were captured. You will distract them as we break them out, and then, then I'll have good old Jumper get you out." He was smiling it seemed he was the planner, but Matthew didn't like one thing.

"Just how is this going to happen?" Matthew asked and with that, the kids took out their Pokeballs grinning like they were enjoying a strange joke. Matthew saw what was happening and whispered an "Oh No."

The group of kids, who were calling themselves, Junior Police, out to capture Rockets walked into a building that on the outside looked like an office building, but on the inside it looked like a regular receptionist lobby, but the person behind the desk was an officer. Kirk goes up to the officer as the kids came in dragging two teens behind them, their hands behind their backs and looked like they were cuffed. They also looked a little bewildered as if they were still in the past or something.

"Kirk, the sleep powder is wearing off. What should we do?" A girl, not Sarah whined fearfully as the two teens indeed were waking up slowly and groggily.

"Don't worry; we have the police to handle the two grunts." Kirk then turns around and adjusts his oversized glasses and straitened his training vest that had Space Cadet sown on the left side of the vest, it was open revealing a gold colored T-Shirt. "Yes, you see we surprised and captured these two trying to steal one of our friends Pokemon, do you have anywhere we could lock them up?"

"What do you think this is, a Prison for Rockets? This is a banking firm for your information." The guard said with a growl sounding annoyed and irritated at being interrupted by some kids.

"But," A boy this time interrupted from the behind the two teens, he poked his head around, revealing straight black hair. "They were Flareon's when they attacked me; they try and take Eve as well." An Umbreon mewed at this poking her head as well from out behind the Female teen. This made the guard sit straight up.

"What? Are you sure? You're not pulling my leg now are you?" the Guard then pauses thinking…. "Wait how did you know this address?"

"Easy, I found this address in their pockets and a note about some break in or another, along with freedom… and from all the Sci-fi, and Detective shows I have seen, I deduced that this must be where they were holding other buddies of theirs." Kirk by this statement conveyed to the Guard that he was a snoop and a conclusion jumper, but at the same time, an uncanny mind of connecting the dots.

"Well, it seems that you made a correct deduction Sherlock, Welcome to Hybrid Patrol Head Quarters. Now, please document this form and we will take care of those two troublesome teens." He smiles as he pushes a button, unfortunately, for him that made another part of the plan go into action, Eve acted like an unruly Pokemon and blasted a Camera at that moment, making Ethan jump.

"Eve, what is the matter? Why did you do that?" Ethan yelped in surprise and looked straight at the guard, "I don't know what is going on, she never acted like that before, she is always well behaved and well mannered, please, and I am willing to pay for…. Eve cut that OUT." Ethan yelled as she blasted the cuffs, which were well disguised plastic toys.

The male teen only smiled and snapped his fingers, at this Eve padded right up next to him, "Well, now you know, don't befriend evolved forms right away, they may in turn betray you in the end, isn't that right Dark Shadow?" he then scratched the Umbreon behind one of her long ears, Ethan was now fuming at this, but then confusion reigned supreme as other guards came into the lobby only to be attack personally by Eve, and soon, other Pokemon were joining the fight, a Rattata, one Vulpix, a Pikachu, A Murkrow, and a Arcanine. All were attacking the guards and security cameras, meanwhile the kids slipped away, and they were not even missed in the confusion, most of the guards thinking that they fled for fear of their reactions, but most if not all of them were happy, they had been sitting around for almost a week now, and this was a welcomed distraction.

Kirk was looking at a Pokenav and seemed to be following something on the screen, which Ethan was baffled, but the rest of the group didn't seem to mind or find it strange, they must be use to it or something, Ethan thought to himself as they went deeper into the complex, amazingly their were no cameras in this part of the building, probably thought it was secure enough or something. But still Ethan was unnerved for some reason, almost like he was walking into a trap or something, suddenly they rounded a corner and dove back around into the hallway, they then poked their head around the corner and saw a check point of some sort or another, only problem was that it was manned completely by Growlithe, a Pokemon that could not be easily fooled or deceived, however a whistle blew and they took off down a corridor that was near them, Kirk was looking at his map and then smiled. "Looks like my sensor bugs are working they just tripped them, they are heading to the battle, now let's get going."

They soon are at the cheek point and seemed confused, because Sarah stepped through and right away it beeped, and in a computer voice stated, "Unconfirmed DNA, checking…. Checking….. Checking…… All clear, clean DNA detected, please take pass." Ethan right away looked ill, however Kirk looked around solemnly.

"Okay, we need someone to stay here and man the post, who wants to man it?" He didn't even finish asking before Ethan raised his hand and stepped over to a chair near to the equipment and sat down smiling. Kirk only nods, "I was in fact thinking you actually, I like working with these guys anyway, I know how everyone thinks." He seemed relieved in fact that Ethan had taken the job. "Now, release your Pokemon and keep guard." At that the five kids took off down the hallway. Ethan then takes out a few Pokeballs and release Matt, Strips, and Dark Wing. They had split up their teams so as to confuse them if they ever looked at their party teams or something. Hopefully no one would be suspecting or something that it was them that attacked the complex.

Meanwhile higher up in the building, people are rushing around packing boxes and other odds and ends, making as if they were planning on leaving, which they were.

"Is everything ready yet?" A portly officer asked as he looked out the window of the top floor. He looked to be worried behind his back was a clean desk that didn't even have a lamp on it.

"Yes sir, we are ready for detonation, the POW's are right now being readied for transport along with us, the only problem is that battle still going on in the lobby, and I just hope no Spineless G-force members decided to pay a visit. They still have no idea of what we are trying to do for the betterment of mankind." Another officer, his second in command by the sound of his voice and poster around the man in front of him, the officer turns around and smiles, sunlight hitting his small rectangular glasses hiding his eyes. He is smiling as he walked from behind the desk. But then the building shook a little, he turns around and blinks, for an instant he thought he had seen a Pink Blur against the blue sky, he now sees nothing and so shakes his head and begins to walk away.

"Halt you twerps, I said halt, do you even hear me?" A guard yelled after the Junior Police, having done so for the past minute, not daring to send another attack after the last one had hit and shaken the building, they were in the basement levels now, but then… then the kids entered into a big room, empty except for a few empty and open boxes. Then a Dragon Breath came from behind the group revealing that the Guard and Dragonair had now entered the building. He was smiling and he advanced, "Now, either hand yourself in or I will be forced to Paralyze you, then take you in for Trespassing on government restricted area. So what will it…? You want a battle? You are more foolish then I originally thought. So be it." The Man was laughing now, for Kirk had now stepped up and released a Poliwag.

"Okay dizzy, let's do a Water Gun," Kirk commanded as the Pokemon sent a stream of water at the Dragon type Pokemon, the water didn't do a thing, then the Dragon used a Take Down attack, and Poliwag fainted in a one hit. Kirk looks at the Guard with a scowl and then sends out his last Pokemon, he had only showed two Pokemon on his belt. Revealing a Seel.

"Quick Attack, NOW!" the Guard shouted and the Dragonair shot forward and the Seel fainted. The Guard only laughed smiling, "Is that all you got? Pathetic, just pathetic, by the chase I would have expected more from this group of dunderheads." He then makes another step forward, only to have five more Pokemon appear out of Pokeballs, showing a Raichu, Jolteon, Espeon, Goldduck, and a Togepi. The trainers behind them all smiled before all of them opened their mouth to give their first battle order.

Matthew and Becky both looked around themselves, they had in fact taken out most of the Guards around the area, and in fact found a healing machine in the room that most of the Guards had stormed out of, of Course Eve was wreaking havoc with the security Cameras, mainly because now the first floor was completely in the dark with security.

"Okay… so what do we do now?" Matthew asked as they dragged the last knocked out Guard into the supply closet next to the lounge that they had used to heal their Pokemon.

"I think we should move upwards in the building, this is a wonderful way of getting stronger, swapping our Pokemon not only confuses the guards, but they are showing how much they trust others in our group of friends." Becky replied as they walk back into the lounge, making sure that the closet was closed up tight. At that moment real Police officer storm into the room, Matthew and Becky look at each other and point to the closet, it was them who called them and now… now they need to meet back up with their younger team mate, Ethan. So they take off jogging down the hallway, not knowing that elsewhere other events were coming to a climax.

"Kirk, why do you always insist on acting like the pawn in a chess set?" Sarah asked in a baffled tone of voice as the Dragonair fainted from their Jhoto team.

"Because, the pawn is usually the one the leads the opponent into a false lull of superiority, but in this chess set, you don't know I am a pawn, you think me as a Queen or Knight. But really I am just a lowly Pawn." Kirk then smiled as they took off again; somewhere in their mind they felt an urgency that was growing stronger. Suddenly they barged through the double doors that were at the other end of the room and found themselves facing three Guards and a row of cells, each Guard had one human in their grasp and were about to carry them off.

"What? Who let you through? No matter, I'll take care of you five," he then turns and pushes Robert into the arms of the Guard to his left, "Hurry, I'll take care of them and then we can take them, we don't have much time left before the detonation, now go!" He then turns around as the other two push the trainers out, however at that moment Matthew and Becky came through the door that they were heading, holding three belts in their hands.

"Anyone around here misplaced their Pokemon belt's? If so, we have them right here for you." Matthew said as stopped and stood in the way of the Guards.

"Fool, get out of the way, this building is set to explode in less then twenty minutes, do you understand me?" The Guard on the left of Matthew yelled.

Matthew took one look around and paled, he then swallowed and then smiled, "Well then, just give us the kids and we all can get out of here. Or…. Or we will battle till the building comes down." The way Matthew said this made the Guards pale and all ran out leaving the kids behind, the last one, the leader of the threesome only smiled, "Oh, but your Jolteon friend is already been shipped out, see you later, if you can make it out." With that doors began to slam down, and Ethan jumps into the cell room just as the last door slammed down.

"Someone tripped the lockdown, but good thing is… this count down on the computer screen stopped. What did that mean?" Ethan unknowingly gave them all a sigh of relief at the problem of the bombs in the building, but now… now was the problem of getting out.

Five minutes latter they all were sitting around the guard table that always seemed to be placed in front of cells for some reason. "So, teleportation doesn't work, nor can your Umbreon jump into the shadows…. Looks like we are stuck in here until they find us and capture all of us, I doubt they would come in just one at a time." Richard said head in his arms, however Robert was walking around the room tapping them and sometimes kicking it. Most everyone had tried at one time or the other to try and look for a secret passage out. They had all seem those movies and yet, today it looks like those films were just that, fantasy, no passages out. Suddenly a faint glow was seen in one of the cells, but then… then it grew and grew before everyone was surrounded by the glow, then a white flash and everyone was standing in front of the Pokemon Center, that is everyone excluding Matthew, Becky, and Ethan. Robert however had a note in his hands.

You will meet the three again, but train, you nor they are ready to save your sister and those trapped with her, train and start with the gym here.

HH

Robert looks at the note before stuffing it into his vest pocket. "Okay guys, lets get healed and then to Erika and the Rainbow Badge." Everyone around them nods their heads and entered the Center.

(Halfway between Celadon and Saffron City)

Matthew and the rest of the group looked perplexed, for they were outside of the city and yet none of the kids that they were with were with them. "Where are we, and where did those nice young children go?" Matthew asked confusion on his face, he then sticks his hand into his vest Pocket and pulls out a note that was folded in half, hiding whatever was written. Matthew perplexed begins unfolding the piece of paper.

VT: another Cliff Hanger I know, but bare with me, if I didn't end here…. Well, I would have a lot longer chapter I want to save stuff for later as well.