"That was a great battle," Steven praised Green, "Your Arcanine was fantastic. You played out its fire-type moves effectively."

"Thanks Steven," said the Viridian gym leader, "But I think I should go find Red now. He's waiting for me."

"All right then. Have a good night, Green," said the former Hoenn champion as he walked off.

The brunette had strolled to the area that he and Red had agreed on earlier and looked around.

'He's not here,' Green thought, 'Maybe he went to the bathroom? Could he have gone back to my place, or even worse, to Mount Silver?'


Even though Red had practiced, ran, and trained throughout all of his days at Mount Silver, he still found this run exhausting. The ruby-eyed male was surprised that the second-in-command was keeping up with his pace, and yet relieved that the man had put the gun back away. The teen dipped into alleys, darted around sharp turns, and yet the tattooed man was still on his tail.

That's when the champion got an idea, an idea that was almost too perfect. He reached for his Charizard, fully intending to fly away, yet his hand grasped air.

'What!? This can't be happening. My Pokémon should be with me.' Sure enough, when Red had checked, he realized that all of his Pokemon were gone, including Pikachu. The last time he had seen the electric mouse was when he had left the bleachers and his friend must've gotten lost in the frenzy.

Red shrunk into an alleyway, rain hitting the hat on his head. The champion panted heavily, placing his hands on his knees. Trying to catch his breath, Red looked around and found himself in a dead end. The ebony-haired teen turned around to find the tattooed man creeping up on him, with an evil smirk on his face.

Red gasped, his eyes widening with shock, as suddenly as the man's fist connected with his face. The ruby-eyed male fell backwards, his head slamming against the wall. The last thing he saw was a flash of red before his eyes, just as his mind became fuzzy, and the world disappeared around him.


Green sighed, looking out the window. The emerald-eyed teen had searched the place high and low, but with no luck.

'He probably just didn't like it here. He must have left to go freeze his butt off at his amazing mountain.'

Yet, just as soon as the thought crossed his mind, the Viridian gym leader noticed a yellow rodent sprinting up to him. It was Red's Pikachu.

"Do you happen to know where Red is?" the brunette asked hopefully.

"Pika! Pikachu pika pika," said the electric mouse.

Green blinked, "I'm sorry, Pikachu, but I don't speak Pokémon."

"Your friend is in trouble with an organization called Team Rocket. I'm guessing you've heard of them before?"

The Viridian gym leader turned around to see a tall, pale, teen with his long, light green hair pulled back in a ponytail with a hat placed on his head. Beside him stood a girl slightly shorter than him, wearing a pink hat with her own wavy brown hair in a ponytail as well.

"How did you know what Pikachu said?" the emerald-eyed male asked curiously.

"I have the ability to understand and speak to Pokemon. My name is N and this is my girlfriend Touku," the trainer replied.

"It's nice to meet you," stated Touku, "Your Arcanine was outstanding earlier. I was impressed."

"Thanks and I'm Green, the Viridian gym leader. If Red really is in danger though, shouldn't we find him?"

"Yes, you're right, my friend. Enough with the introductions. We should get going as soon as possible. Your friend's Pikachu knows the way," said N.

"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go," said the brunette.

The three of them sprinted through the downpour, following the electric mouse. Adrenaline and worry were pushing the Viridian gym leader to run harder and faster. The rain pounded their heads as they sped down the path Red had taken before. Pikachu stopped when they reached a dead end and looked hopefully at Green, N, and Touku.

"According to Pikachu, he should be here," N stated.

"Except he's not," Green said.

"There's no need to state the obvious. Do either of you think that speeding black van with a capital red 'R' on the side of it looks the slightest bit suspicious?" Touku asked.

"I agree completely. Let's get a taxi," N said.

N waved down a taxi, and they all quickly hopped in.

"Follow that black van, and we'll pay you double if you don't lose sight of it," Green stated.

The cab driver nodded and slammed his foot on the gas, plummeting the yellow vehicle after the black car.

The city blurred around them as they rushed down roads and highways, never losing sight of the car that supposedly would lead them to where Red was. Green wondered if the people driving it noticed the taxi following them. After all, the cab was yellow, therefore, it was very hard to miss.

The van took a sharp turn down a road that was very much out of the way compared to others. It was just off the highway they were on currently.

"I say we should stop here," N suggested, "If we continue to follow them, it would look suspicious."

They paid the cab driver and jumped out of the car, walking down a well-worn path. Gravel crunched under their feet as they hurried down the road. The group came over a hill to see Team Rocket Headquarters, standing tall at the bottom of the hill. The black van they had been chasing was let in a tall, barbed wire fence, and then disappeared from view.

"Here we are," said Green, "so now what?"

"We need to make a plan," Touku told them, "If we go in without one we will be at a worse disadvantage. We don't know the area, so we only have our intuition to work with."

"Okay then. We need to think," N said, "We all have our Pokemon with us, correct?"

The other two nodded.

"This shouldn't be too large of a task, then. If we all put our heads together, we can save your friend in no time at all. What was his name again?" N asked.

"His name is Red," the emerald-eyed teen answered.

"Red it is. Let's get down to business, friends," N said, with a determined glint in his eye.


A/N: Hopefully last chapter wasn't to much of a cliffhanger for you…. OMG so I just saw spoiler pictures (new ones!) for Pokemon The Origins! I can't wait to watch the 4 anime episodes! Okay, I think it's TOTALLY unfair that Mega Charizard X is WAY cooler then Mega Charizard Y. I am supposed to get Y, and I'm quite upset…. (My partner in crime called dibs on X. Not to mention, I like Red MUCH more than her, so I should get X, right? Who's with me!) Lol just kidding….. I'm unsure now on which game to get. Although my little sister can get Y, and then all problems solved, right? Until next time! :)