UPDATE: Nothing really changed in this chapter.

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This is chapter three, and I hope you enjoy!

Notes: "This is normal talking" 'This is thinking. Italics with apostaphes' "this is telepathy. Italics with quotation marks"

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Chapter Three: Mistaken Identity

Have you ever stared down the barrel of a shotgun at near point-blank range because you asked a question? No? Well let me tell you, it's not fun…obviously. I was standing in the gondola workshop with Lorenzo aiming his shotgun at me; all the while I was thanking God for the small things in life like still having clean and dry pants.

"Wait! L-Let me explain!" I stammered with my hands in the air.

Lorenzo cocked the gun, "Leave! I don't know what you want with her, but you will not get your hands on her."

"I don't want to hurt her, I just want to talk." I said a little more calmly.

"One."

"I didn't do anything, she just ran away before I could say anything." I said. I was readying my aura. My gloves began to glow soft blue a bit

"Two."

"But, Latias…" As soon as I said her name, he shot, without saying three even. However, with my aura ready, I brought up a shield instantly that blocked the shot. As it hit the invisible shield, it made the shield glow with a whitish blue light. Lorenzo was shocked, enough so that he dropped the gun, and I lunged forward and grabbed it. "Are you friggin' crazy? I said I just need to talk to her." I thought about it for a minute, and then I said, "Is there any way I can prove I am a good guy?"

Lorenzo just breathed in and said, "No, you obviously did something to hurt her. Leave Altomare, or I will have you arrested."

I asked, "Hurt her? I didn't hurt her." He then motioned to Latias, still in the form of the girl, in the corner of the shop. She was on the floor grabbing her knees. She was crying. "I am…sorry." I had no idea what I did to make her cry, but it is better to be safe than sorry (or in this case, sorry in order to be safe). I started to walk closer to her.

"Stay away from her!" Lorenzo yelled. I ignored him; after all I did have the shotgun. I got down to Latias's eye level. She just ignored me and stared at floor and closed her golden-yellow eyes.

"Latias, it is alright. I won't hurt you," I said. I took off my hat and gave a smile. "I just want to know a few things from you and your brother."

She didn't do anything. I saw a few more tears fall down her face. "Brother…" she said in a whimper. She didn't actually say it, but it sounded like she was using telepathy.

"That's enough. Now look at her," Lorenzo said.

I put my hat back on, stood up, turned to him, and said, "I don't understand. What did I say to hurt her? I only mentioned her brother."

Lorenzo bowed his head a bit and said quietly, "Latios is dead. Five years ago. She finally got over it, but now you just brought back those memories."

I then realized what I had done. I reminded her of a lost brother; her only family. I never even had a family. The closest I ever had to family was my teacher, and now she is gone. "Oh…" I said," I am so sorry. I didn't know. I never had a family."

Latias opened her eyes and looked up a bit. We made eye-contact for about a minute. "If there is anything I could…"

I then felt something hostile approach. "Latias, hide! Become invisible or something! Now!" As she did, I tossed the shotgun back to Lorenzo, who caught it. "When the door opens, Latias must leave!"

"What is going…" he said, but then the door was kicked open, Lorenzo dropped the gun, and the Red-head walked right in. She had a .40 caliber handgun pointed at Lorenzo. Meanwhile, I used my aura to hide me as best as I could.

I was finally able to get a good look at her. Her red hair went down half her back. She was wearing white tennis shoes and long blue jeans. She wore a black t-shirt and a open, zip-up, crimson vest. On the left side of her vest was a black number "1". On the other side there was a small logo. It was round and had different colors. The only thing on the logo I could make out were the letters "OA" in the center of the logo. I would guess that she belonged to whatever OA was and that her vest was bulletproof. I could now see the brown holster for her black handgun that was attached to the side of her pants. She also wore a trainer's belt with one pokéball on it. Whoever this Red-head was, she meant business.

"Where is she?!" Red-head yelled. She walked in closer to Lorenzo, giving enough room for Latias to escape through the door. There was a gust of air when she left. Luckily, Red-head didn't notice.

"I-I don't kn-know who you're t-talking about." Lorenzo stuttered.

"Don't lie!" She yelled. She was tougher than her younger sister appearance made her out to be, even though her in her anger she still looked like one. She was about to pull the trigger, when I threw a ball of aura at her, making her drop the gun. "What the f..." she muttered and then saw me.

I had revealed, and I had my hand extended towards her with my gloves glowing with energy. "I think you should go and leave him alone." I said in a stern but calm voice.

It took her a second before she recognized me, but then she said, "You, from the alleyway! How did you…ah-ha! Of course, that explains it!" She dived for her gun, and I tossed another aura sphere but missed. She aimed the gun at me and said, "So this is where we meet, isn't it Latios!"

'Wait, Latios?' I thought, 'How in the world could she have believed that I was Latios!' I then said aloud, "WTF lady! What is your problem?!" However, I then realized that maybe I could use this to my advantage. I might be able to lure her away from Latias and Lorenzo, who was speechless the whole time.

"No problem," she said, "just a mission." She fired a couple shots at me, but I blocked them. She aimed back at Lorenzo, but I rammed one of the unfinished gondolas into her before she could shoot. I then ran out of the shop, leaving a shocked Lorenzo behind, and Red-head followed. She put her gun away, and pulled out a pokéball. "Go Blaziken!" She yelled. Out of the ball came a large red and orange, bird-like, fighting pokémon. "Use flamethrower" Red-head yelled.

I was running down empty alleyways and avoiding large blasts of fire. I occasionally threw an aura sphere back at it. I eventually reached a dead end at a canal. I turned around. Behind me: Water. In front of me: Fire. "Über crap," I muttered

"Give it up, Latios!" Red-head called out, "Tell me where the Soul Dew is!"

"No, I don't feel like it! Please ask when you are NOT trying to KILL me!" I replied.

That just angered her. "Blaziken, get him!" She yelled. Blaziken was running towards me, and I had no where to go. I ran foreward, rolled on to my back and created a shield of aura above me like a ramp that Blaziken ran on. Before he realized it, he ran right into the water. "NO!" Red-head yelled and pulled out her .40 caliber. She was about to shoot, when an invisible being slammed her against the wall, knocking her out. It was obviously Latias. Latias then grabbed the unconscious body, grabbed Blaziken, and took them both out of sight.

I rested a bit, and a few moments later Latias was back in the form of the girl. I then followed her back to Lorenzo's shop. On the way, we talked a bit. I asked her, "So, why did you run away when we met, and how did I remind you of Latios?"

She waited a moment before answering telepathically, "Well…it was your eyes."

"My eyes?" I replied with a bit of annoyance in my voice. "What did they do, creep you out?" I get annoyed when people get creeped out when they see I have red eyes.

"No, it's not that," she answered with a little sadness in her voice. "They are Latios' eyes." That made me stop, but she continued walking. It now made sense. She ran away when we made eye-contact because my eyes reminded her of a brother she could never be with again. "I know I shouldn't have run away or acted the way I did, but it was too many memories. I just wanted to leave."

I couldn't think of anything to say in response. We didn't talk anymore on the way back. We just walked back to Lorenzo's completely quiet.

He had already fixed the door when we got to the shop. I walked in, and he look at me in surprise and said, "You again!"

I only smiled. "Me again," I said in response and laughed a bit. Lorenzo looked like he was going to protest, but just then, Latias, walked in the shop behind me. She closed the door, and then she began to glow. She turned into her true form. The red and white dragon was just levitating right next to me

"It's okay Lorenzo. He is good. We can trust him. We must show him." She said, again telepathically. She then turned to me and hugged me, making my hat fall off. She then said, "Thank you for your help." She then let go. She still looked a little sad, but I could see that after out talk she was getting over it.

"Well, you obviously trust him now," Lorenzo sighed, and then he smiled. "Very well. You have never misjudged a person yet. Sorry about earlier. What is your name?"

"Esteban," I answered while bending down to get my hat.

"Well, Esteban, it is time I show you the Secret Garden of Altomare."

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