While Vivi gains and waste money betting on pokemon races, a package addressed to her arrives at the camp site, containing an old beta tape, prompting Max and Zet to look for an appropriate device to view its' contents. They go to the small abandoned town of Assa, to look for said device.
At camp, Zet hangs clothes out to dry and he tells Ellie a story.
ZET: (hanging up clothes) So the torkoal took him to a palace called Ryugujou as a reward.
ELLIE: Ryugujou you say?
ZET: (hanging up clothes) Yes!
ZET: (hanging up clothes) At that palace, they held a welcome party for him.
ZET: (hanging up clothes) It was tranquil.
ZET: (hanging up clothes) Beautiful sights and scrumptious feasts.
ZET: (hanging up clothes) Woopers and magikarps swam about and so he spent his time as if in a dream.
ELLIE: I see.
MAX: (listening a few feet away) I haven't eaten fried ramen noodles in quite a while.
ZET: (hanging up clothes) Days passed before he knew it and when he was about to go back, he was given the tamatabo as a gift.
ELLIE: Was it yummy?
ZET: (hanging up clothes) It wasn't food.
ZET: (hanging up clothes) It's a chest with treasure inside.
MAX: (listening a few feet away) I haven't seen any treasure in quite a while either.
ZET: (hanging up clothes) You 2 are so taste less.
ZET: (hanging up clothes) This is an old fantasy tale.
ZET: (hanging up clothes) A folk tale.
ELLIE: The torkoal's tamatabo.
ZET: (hanging up clothes) What were you listening to?
Ellie points to the right and a delivery truck with a torkoal painted on it, drives into camp and delivers a package. Vivi eventually pedals back to the camp site right after the delivery truck leaves. She stops her bike, parks it near a tree, a few feet away from camp and gets off of it. Zet is waiting for her with a package in his hand.
ZET: (holding the package in his hand) Pay up 63 dollars.
VIVI: Where did that come from?
ZET: (holding the package in his hand) This is for you miss Vivi.
VIVI: For me?
ZET: (holding the package in his hand) Ever hear of cash on delivery?
ZET: (holding the package in his hand) There's no return address.
ZET: (holding the package in his hand) I had no choice, but to accept it.
Vivi walks back to her bike, gets on it, and pedals off.
ZET: (holding the package in his hand) Not so fast.
ZET: (yelling and holding the package in his hand) HEY!
ZET: (yelling and holding the package in his hand) I WANT MY MONEY BACK.
MAX: (looking at Vivi pedaling off) She's a busy girl.
VIVI: (talking to her self while pedaling on her bike) Could it be a collection agency from the life extension firm?
VIVI: (talking to her self while pedaling on her bike) Could it be?
VIVI: (talking to her self while pedaling on her bike) Oh i just have too many things it could be.
VIVI: (talking to her self while pedaling on her bike) Time for Vivi's famous disappearing act.
Back at camp, Max and Zet talk about Vivi's odd reaction to her package.
ZET: Don't you think it's fishy for a girl who always claims other people's property as her own, to run away from some thing that's her?
MAX: She does have a criminal history.
ZET: I should do an explosives test and a biochemical test, just in case.
ZET: Nah!
ZET: I should return this to the postal service and have them refund the money i paid for her sake.
Max rips open the package.
ZET: (yelling) NO MAX.
ZET: (yelling) STOP!
From it, a rectangular black box slips out and Max examines it.
MAX: (holding the video tape in his hands) What the heck is this exactly?
ZET: Does it make any ticking noises?
MAX: (holding the video tape in his hands) No and now that i look at it some more, it looks like an old type of video disk.
Ellie finds info on the internet.
ELLIE: (yelling and typing on her laptop) I'VE GOT DATA.
Data from the postal service is received.
Zet reads the web page.
ZET: (looking at the laptop screen) The sender is a nonprofit nunnery in Europa.
ELLIE: (typing on her laptop) There's more.
ZET: (looking at the laptop screen) From Ploto Prison, to Arcany Actress' Studio, to Uran Observatory, and finally, Vis' News Network.
ZET: (looking at the laptop screen) Forwarded, forwarded, and forwarded some more.
ZET: (looking at the laptop screen) This thing has been all over Kalos.
ELLIE: (typing on her laptop) Here!
ZET: (looking at the laptop screen) Due to the travel wear and tear of this item, some of the data on this tape has been lost over time.
MAX: (holding the video tape in his hands) An antique.
Poochyena sniffs the box.
Else where and a little later, on the streets of Larz, Max and Zet pedal to a video antique shop.
ZET: (talking to Max while pedaling on his bike) It seems to be some type of video tape.
ZET: (talking to Max while pedaling on his bike) An older version of a video device from the good old days.
ZET: (talking to Max while pedaling on his bike) She's the one that ran away.
ZET: (talking to Max while pedaling on his bike) She has no right to complain, even if we sell it off.
MAX: (talking to Zet while pedaling on his bike) You think it will sell?
ZET: (talking to Max while pedaling on his bike) They say he's a maniac when it comes to 20th century devices.
ZET: (talking to Max while pedaling on his bike) I'm sure he'd buy it.
MAX: (talking to Zet while pedaling on his bike) I just don't think this is worth any thing.
ZET: (talking to Max while pedaling on his bike) The real worth of treasures like this can't be determined from the outside.
ZET: (talking to Max while pedaling on his bike) You may be surprised at how much you can sell it for.
They arrive at the entrance of the shop and get off of their bikes. A man inside is watching an old television show.
ZET: I need to get enough to cover the charges at least.
Max and Zet walk in.
ZET: (yelling) EXCUSE ME.
MAN: (watching TV) Quiet!
The show's characters and words are then seen and heard by Max and Zet.
WOMAN: Every thing about this city is different from Minny.
WOMAN: Hey brother, are you sure we can get along here?
GUY: To tell the truth, i wasn't so sure that we could, but i'm sure we'll be all right.
GUY: Because i'm here with my twin sister.
WOMAN: Thank you so much, brother.
GUY: Oh man, i have to work in the morning.
WOMAN: Good night.
GUY: Good night.
Closing credits are displayed.
MAN: (watching TV) Man, that was good.
MAN: (watching TV) TV shows from the 90's are still awesome.
The man stops the tape.
MAN: On the other hand, TV shows as of late are not as good as they were in the 90's.
ZET: I have some thing you'd want to watch.
The man stands up and yells at a curious Max.
MAN: (yelling) HEY HEY HEY!
MAN: (yelling) YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
MAN: No touching, kid!
MAN: Don't you know that touching too much can screw up electrical appliances?
MAN: Sheesh!
MAN: This is why i hate little kids that can't keep their hands to them selves.
Max spits on a VCR and the man screams some more.
MAN: (yelling) IDIOT IDIOT IDIOT!
MAN: (yelling) SHEESH!
MAN: (yelling) WHAT THE HECK DO YOU BOYS WANT?
MAN: (yelling) WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST ME?
ZET: We got nothing against you pal.
Zet pulls out the video tape.
ZET: (showing him the video tape and then putting it on the table) We just have some thing we want you to buy from us.
MAN: (yelling) WOW!
MAN: Is that a beta max cassette?
MAX: I'm a Max.
MAN: That's amazing.
MAN: Where did you get a hold of it?
MAN: This is a rare find.
MAN: It's close to a miracle that this thing exists in one piece.
ZET: What's a beta cassette?
MAN: Never heard of it?
ZET: No!
MAN: Do you want me to explain it to you?
MAN: Back in the 20th century, they didn't use disks like we do to record movies.
MAN: (pointing at the video tape) They used things called video tapes, which are in cassettes like that.
MAN: It's not digital.
MAN: It's analog and to top it off, it's magnetic.
MAN: They were used for recording with electromagnetic signals.
MAN: Isn't that amazing?
MAN: How ever, a disagreement between the companies who created this technology, resulted in 2 standards, beta maxes and VHS tapes.
MAN: Beta maxes had small cassettes for their day and the play back decks were compact and didn't take up much space.
MAN: Beta maxes were, in theory, a superior recording format over VHS, due to resolution, 250 lines vs 240 lines, slightly superior sound, and a more stable image.
MAN: Beta maxes recorders were also of higher quality construction.
MAN: Also, because beta maxes had high quality images, users who were into good graphics, supported them heavily.
MAN: How ever, these differences were negligible to consumers and thus did not justify either the extra cost of a beta max player, which was often significantly more expensive than a VHS equivalent or the fact that beta maxes had shorter recording time.
MAN: Eventually, beta maxes sales dwindled away and VHS tapes emerged as the winner of the video format war.
MAN: I don't know all the facts of the video format war.
MAN: Just the ones i've told you boys about.
Max and Zet are extremely bored.
ZET: (sounding sleepy) You don't need to tell us the whole history.
ZET: So are you gonna buy it?
MAN: Well that depends on what's on it.
The man puts the beta max into a deck, presses play, and the monitor displays a public park and forestry. Suddenly, there's noise in the video.
ZET: Hey, what's wrong?
MAN: It's so hard to adjust the tracking for these early beta max tapes.
The man adjust the knobs at the bottom of the tape deck.
MAN: (adjusting the knob on the deck) This way or this way.
The monitor displays the back of a brown redish haired girl, standing by a beach. The girl turns around and suddenly the picture warps.
MAN: (looking at the monitor) It's eating the tape.
Max starts kicking the tape deck and the man goes into a slight state of shock.
ZET: (looking at the monitor) It's not getting any better.
Max completely smashes the tape deck and the picture goes blank.
MAX: It's not?
Else where, at the pokemon dog races, Vivi watches with excitement.
VIVI: (watching from the stands and talking to her self) It's coming.
VIVI: (watching from the stands and talking to her self) You can do it boy.
The pokemon dogs cross the finish line and Vivi's choice wins.
VIVI: (watching from the stands and talking to her self) Dog pokemon are better than horse pokemon after all.
Back at the new camp site in Larz, Max and Zet talk.
MAX: My bike works better when i kick it.
ZET: You just don't know when to quit.
ZET: Brute force doesn't solve every thing.
MAX: Yeah yeah!
Ellie's laptop receives a live video call and Zet types a button to answer it.
MAN: (yelling on Ellie's laptop screen) REPAY ME FOR BREAKING MY BETA MAX TAPE DECK!
ZET: (talking to the man on Ellie's laptop) Not you again.
MAN: (talking on Ellie's laptop screen) You broke some one else's valuable machinery and you're not going to take responsibility for it?
ZET: (talking to the man on Ellie's laptop) Yeah and how are you going to take responsibility for our valuable tape?
MAN: (talking on Ellie's laptop screen) Early beta max decks often ate tapes.
MAN: (talking on Ellie's laptop screen) In any case, i'll have you pay for the repair costs.
ZET: (talking to the man on Ellie's laptop) We'll call it even with the cost of the tape of ours' that got eaten.
MAN: (yelling on Ellie's laptop screen) NO WAY.
MAN: (yelling on Ellie's laptop screen) I WANT.
Zet types a button to disconnect the live video call.
ZET: The guy is crazy.
Ellie then gets on her laptop and finds info with in minutes.
ELLIE: (typing on her laptop) Hello beta max deck.
ELLIE: (looking at her laptop screen) There's just one of those.
ZET: (looking at the laptop monitor) Where is this?
ELLIE: (looking at her laptop screen) The Under Ground City Electrical Museum in Assa?
ZET: I'm going to figure out what's on that tape at any cost.
MAX: Is it really worth all the trouble?
Else where, at the pokemon dog races, Vivi watches with excitement again.
VIVI: (watching from the stands and talking to her self) It's coming.
VIVI: (cheering loudly and watching from the stands) GO GO GO!
The pokemon dogs cross the finish line and Vivi's choice wins again.
VIVI: (watching from the stands and yelling to her self) YES!
VIVI: (watching from the stands and yelling to her self) I GOT IT.
VIVI: (watching from the stands and talking to her self) I wonder if those boys, Ellie, and poochyena were sucking up all my luck, all this time.
Early the next day, Max and Zet pedal towards the abandoned town of Assa, which is quite far from the camp site. Vivi calls Ellie, while at a buffet restaurant.
VIVI: (talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio) Hello Ellie.
She reaches Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio, but the reception is bad.
ELLIE: (talking to Vivi on her walkie talkie cell phone radio) Hellllllooooooo!
ELLIE: (talking to Vivi on her walkie talkie cell phone radio) Ah, it's Vvvivi.
ELLIE: (talking to Vivi on her walkie talkie cell phone radio) Yah who.
VIVI: (yelling to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio) HELLO!
VIVI: (talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio) What's this interference?
VIVI: (talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio) Where are all of you?
ELLIE: (talking to Vivi on her walkie talkie cell phone radio) We have a new camp site in Larz.
VIVI: (talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio) Larz!
VIVI: (talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio) You all left me behind to go that far away?
ELLIE: (talking to Vivi on her walkie talkie cell phone radio) Max and Zet are.
The connection gets lost and Vivi hangs up.
Else where, Max and Zet arrive in Assa and they pedal to an old building.
ZET: (talking to Max while pedaling on his bike) Just a little longer before we get there.
MAX: (talking to Zet while pedaling on his bike) Is there really one left in a place like this?
ZET: (talking to Max while pedaling on his bike) Nothing ventured will lead to nothing gained.
They get to the building and when they go in the building, Zet reads a sign by an elevator.
ZET: 26th under ground floor.
Max pushes the elevator button and nothing happens.
ZET: It's not moving.
Max pries the door open with his 19 inch steel bar.
ZET: The cable broke, so it's stuck.
Max and Zet slide down the elevator cable and the cart above them suddenly falls. They quickly dodge and grab pipes in the walls. The journey to the 26th basement floor becomes more bizarre and perilous with each step.
ZET: (walking through water) Why are we going through all of this?
MAX: (walking through water) It just shows you that treasure hunting isn't easy.
ZET: (walking through water) What was the treasure we were after?
MAX: (walking through water) The tamatabo, was it?
ZET: (walking through water) I kinda see why the man turned into an old geezer after opening the tamatabo.
ZET: (stopping and stareing at his legs that are in water) This is some ryugujou.
ZET: (walking through water) Where did that Vivi go in the first place?
Else where, at the pokemon dog races yet again, Vivi watches with excitement yet again.
VIVI: (watching from the stands and talking to her self) It's coming.
VIVI: (cheering loudly and watching from the stands) GO GO GO!
The pokemon dogs cross the finish line and Vivi's choice loses.
VIVI: (watching from the stands and talking to her self) Oh well.
VIVI: (watching from the stands and talking to her self) I did all i could do.
VIVI: (watching from the stands and talking to her self) Races are all about luck any way.
Else where, Max and Zet reach the 26th basement floor.
MAX: (looking at a sign) Is it here?
ZET: (looking at a sign) It's here.
MAX: (looking at a sign) Yes!
They find a shelf of VCRs and beta max tape decks.
MAX: (looking at the shelf of TVs, VCRs, and beta max tape decks) Which one are we taking back?
ZET: (looking at the shelf of TVs, VCRs, and beta max tape decks) Let's see.
ZET: (looking at the shelf of TVs, VCRs, and beta max tape decks) Well, bigger is better they say.
A few hours later, they return to the camp site with a small VCR and an old portable TV set that can run on batteries. Zet tries to shove the eaten tape into the deck, but it doesn't fit.
MAX: What's wrong?
ZET: (trying to put the beta max tape into the VCR) The size.
MAX: Isn't it the right beta tape deck?
ZET: (trying to put the beta max tape into the VCR) It's not setting firmly into the device.
MAX: Force it in.
ZET: (trying to put the beta max tape into the VCR) I don't think that'll work.
Ellie pops up.
ELLIE: (looking at the VCR and the beta max tape) That's not it.
MAX: Huh!
ELLIE: (looking at the VCR and the beta max tape) This is a VHS device, so you can't see the beta max tape.
MAX: Crud!
ELLIE: (looking at the VCR and the beta max tape) It won't play beta max tapes.
A few yards away from camp, Ellie's laptop rings with an in coming live video call. Poochyena walks to it and answers the live video call. It's Vivi.
VIVI: (looking and talking on her walkie talkie cell phone radio monitor) Hello!
VIVI: (looking and talking on her walkie talkie cell phone radio monitor) It's me.
Vivi's communicator displays poochyena and she frowns. Poochyena talks to Vivi in his own language and Vivi's right eye twitches. Ellie goes to her laptop.
ELLIE: (talking in the back ground) Poochyena, who are you talking to?
ELLIE: (looking and talking to Vivi on her laptop screen) Oh it's Vivi.
VIVI: (looking and talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio monitor) I'm glad there's an organism there that i can talk to.
ELLIE: (looking and talking to Vivi on her laptop screen) What is it?
VIVI: (looking and talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio monitor) Was there any one who came to the camp site to visit me?
ELLIE: (looking and talking to Vivi on her laptop screen) Visitors you say?
VIVI: (looking and talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio monitor) Like big hairy scary guys.
VIVI: (looking and talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio monitor) You know, guys that scream stuff like "Gimme back my money!" or "You're under arrest.".
ELLIE: (looking and talking to Vivi on her laptop screen) Yeah, there was one.
VIVI: (looking and talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio monitor) Huh!
VIVI: (looking and talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio monitor) What did he say?
ELLIE: (looking and talking to Vivi on her laptop screen) Some thing about repaying him, getting even, and then saying bye bye.
VIVI: (looking and talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio monitor) Uh oh.
VIVI: (looking and talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio monitor) Where's Max and Zet?
ELLIE: (looking and talking to Vivi on her laptop screen) Zoned out and disappointed.
VIVI: (looking and talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio monitor) How unfortunate.
VIVI: (looking and talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio monitor) Oh well.
VIVI: (looking and talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio monitor) If they're so lonely with out me, i guess i have no choice.
VIVI: (looking and talking to Ellie on her walkie talkie cell phone radio monitor) I'm coming back.
Else where and a little later, in the evening time, another delivery truck with a volbeat painted on it, drives into camp and delivers a different package.
ZET: (talking to the delivery man) No way.
ZET: (talking to the delivery man) There's another package for that girl?
DELIVERY MAN: That's right.
ZET: (talking to the delivery man) I won't accept it.
ZET: (yelling at the delivery man) TAKE IT AND GO BACK!
DELIVERY MAN: Am i going to have to involve the law in this matter?
ZET: (yelling at the delivery man) ALRIGHT!
ZET: (talking to the delivery man) You win.
Zet pays the delivery man the money and he leaves. A few minutes later, Zet is still complaining.
ZET: Why do i have to pay for her COD charges, not once, but twice?
Max struggles with the package, but he ends up ripping it open. He uncovers a VHS tape and puts it down.
ELLIE: (looking at the tape) A VHS tape.
MAX: (looking at the tape) We can see this kind of tape on the VCR.
ZET: (looking at the tape) I can't believe i accidentally got a VCR instead of a beta max tape deck.
ELLIE: (looking at the tape) This mysterious VHS tape can be viewed on a VCR.
MAX: Think of it this way Zet.
MAX: Since the beta max tape is practically eaten up and obsolete, accidentally grabbing a VCR instead of a beta max tape deck was good luck.
MAX: Especially since we have a VCR version of the beta max tape Vivi got.
ZET: Yes!
Vivi returns just as Ellie is about to get started on hooking up the VCR to the TV.
VIVI: Hey every one.
VIVI: Long time no see.
Max and Zet stare angrily at Vivi.
After a few minutes, Ellie puts batteries in the 13 inch TV and connects the VCR to the TV. Every one is excited about what they'll see.
ELLIE: It's show time.
ZET: Hold up.
Zet turns to Vivi.
ZET: If you wanna watch, you have to pay back the charges, with tax.
ZET: A total of 315 dollars and 90 cents.
VIVI: Oh fine.
Vivi reaches into her pocket and gives Zet 320 dollars and tells him to keep the change.
ZET: (gratefully grabbing the money out of Vivi's hand and putting it in his pocket) Thank you for your business maam and i hope you enjoy the show.
VIVI: (sitting back down to her spot) Yeah!
ZET: Ellie, hit it.
Ellie turns on the TV and presses play on the VCR. The tape plays and shots of a beach are shown.
MAX: (watching the video) We have some thing.
ELLIE: (watching the video) What is this video about?
ZET: (watching the video) Watch and see.
A bashful 3 and a half year old Vivi and her friends from way back when are shown.
[Video dialog begins]
VIVI: (younger version talking) Um!
VIVI: (younger version talking) Every one decided to send a message to them selves 5 years in the future.
The other girls break into laughter.
VIVI: (younger version talking) Oh come on.
VIVI: (younger version talking) Please don't laugh!
A solo close up shot of Vivi is shown and Max and Zet are shocked.
VIVI: (younger version talking) Um!
VIVI: (younger version talking) This makes me wanna blush.
VIVI: (younger version talking) Eh!
VIVI: (younger version talking) There was some thing i wanted to say.
VIVI: (younger version talking) Good morning.
The other girls laugh.
VIVI: (younger version talking) Oh never mind.
Vivi stares wide eyed at the footage. The shot changes and a younger Vivi's bed room is shown.
VIVI: (younger version talking) Good morning future me.
VIVI: (younger version talking) Did you sleep well and did you wake up well?
VIVI: (younger version talking) Does the air, the wind, the light, and the smell seem brand new today?
VIVI: (younger version talking) Is each and every cell in your body awake now?
VIVI: (younger version talking) Today, you are who you are today.
VIVI: (younger version talking) You're an older and newer version of me.
VIVI: (younger version talking) Myself 5 years from now.
VIVI: (younger version talking) That's so far away for me that i can't even begin to imagine.
VIVI: (younger version talking) Am i a lone or is there a wonderful boy next to me?
Vivi looks to her left side at Max and smiles a little, with out him even noticing her. She continues looking at the video again.
VIVI: (younger version talking) Well, knowing me, i'm sure i'm troubling a lot of different people.
VIVI: (younger version talking) Even so, that's fine.
VIVI: (younger version talking) You may not be perfect, but you still have a lot to give.
VIVI: (younger version talking) Just remember, i'll always be cheering you on.
The shot changes and a younger Vivi is seen in a cheer leading costume.
VIVI: (younger version talking) And now for a big cheer from my heart.
VIVI: (younger version talking and yelling) Lets go ME.
VIVI: (younger version cheering loudly) GO GO GO GO ME.
VIVI: (younger version cheering loudly) WIN WIN WIN WIN!
VIVI: (younger version cheering loudly) DON'T YOU LOSE.
VIVI: (younger version cheering loudly) DON'T YOU LOSE.
VIVI: (younger version cheering loudly) ME ME ME ME!
VIVI: (younger version cheering loudly) DO YOUR BEST.
VIVI: (younger version cheering loudly) DO YOUR BEST.
Vivi continues stareing at the footage and tears form in her eyes.
VIVI: (thinking to her self) I can't remember.
The tape pauses on a still image of a younger Vivi.
VIVI: (younger version talking) In your time, i'm no longer here, but i'm here today and i'll always be cheering for you, right here.
VIVI: (younger version talking) Cheering for you, my only self.
[Video dialog ends]
Vivi sees a piece of her past in the form of a VHS tape, before the train wreck and she still can't remember any thing about her life before she was in that train wreck when she was younger, due to her amnesia. What does the future hold for Vivi and the rest of her team members? Please keep reading to find out! Please type up your reviews for what you thought about this chapter! Stay curious my friends!