"Ouch!" said Kathryn, rubbing her arm. It felt as if something steeped on it. I'll kill Saber if he did. She looked all around the room. Everyone was asleep, still. But things seemed quiet. She figured Brad would be up first, like he was the other day. She went to his room, and opened the door. It was empty. Kathryn screamed.

Brad walked through the fields to Cherrygrove. He turned around, smiling when he remembered. He was about to turn his head straight, but when he did, he ran into the sign -again.

"Ow!" said Brad, pain searing through his head. He walked to the Pokemon Center and went to the desk.

"Yes?" asked Nurse Joy.

"I was the one who brought in that Treecko a couple of days ago. The abused one. How is it doing?" responded Brad.

"Oh. It's perfect! It's outside right now," said Joy, cheerfully .

Brad smiled. He walked outside to the play area and saw the Treecko sitting away from the others. Brad ran to it. The Treecko jumped on Brad's shoulder. Brad pulled out his Pokedex and used it to find Treecko a nickname. He found it where the entry was. It said that it was called the Wood Gecko Pokemon.

"Okay, Treecko," said Brad, "How would you like to be named Gecko?"

Gecko nodded. That was Brad's happiest moment today.

Brad's House-12:00 Noon, Kath's PoV

When that boy gets back I will kill him so badly, he'd come back to life just to beg on his knees for forgiveness.

"Hey, Kathryn?" a voice piped up. It was Shawn.

"What, Shawn?" I replied.

"I just wanted to know about Brad. I want to know why the hell he left," he said.

"Honestly, Shawn. I don't know. I just don't know." I replied. I felt sick to my stomach. I had always heard about the children that ran away off TV, but I thought it was just fake. I guess I was wrong.

Brad's PoV (YAY!!!)

I walked along the path from Cherrygrove to Violet City. As I walked, I saw the scenery change into thicker trees. We were headed into the woods.

(4 hours later, 4:00 PM)

Great. I was trapped in a forest, with no food, no PokeChow, and 3 pokemon. At t hat precise moment, I wondered what Shawn, Erin, and Kath would do. Kath, she would try to cook something, Shawn might try to find berries, and Erin, she'd kill me to save the pokemon. After thinking about that, I realized one thing. I was lost. I was going to be lost without them.

Preview of next chapter: Rocket Member is revealed, and a new battle, a triple battle, is started. Sahwn and Brad become friends, and Saber's addiction to Chocolate Pokechow, next time on Pokemon Journey!