Author's Note: Isn't it funny that, right when I said not to expect an update as quickly as I had when it took five days to post, I somehow was able to make another chapter the very next day? Seriously, don't expect things to happen like that. There are two factors as to why I was able to write this chapter so fast. One, I intend to be off this site for a while. Two, I happened to receive a second review from Darth's Daughter, marking the first time a user has reviewed one of my pieces multiple times. Thanks for that, by the way. Now, I mean it this time. The next update won't come for a while, so I hope you enjoy this chapter.


"Sir, it's almost ready," a man told his superior. He was dressed in dark brown clothes suitable for camouflage in a desert. He even had a light brown hat and a green pack which held a canteen.

"Good," the other replied. "The Boss will be pleased with these findings." He was dressed in a dark shade of purple. Most of his features were plain so that, should he ever find himself in danger, he would easily be able to blend in with a crowd of people.

"I guess we'll both be getting a huge raise once this is all over, huh?"

"I'm not supposed to answer an irrelevant question such as the one you just asked…But yes, we certainly will." He stopped to gaze out the window. They were thousands of feet above the ground, suspended in a large aircraft. Below them lay a tropical island of sorts full of unsuspecting Pokémon. "I mean, think about it. A whole world untamed by mankind…it's ours for the taking, and there will certainly be a great profit in this grand venture…"

His musings were interrupted by the alarm system. "WARNING! Intruder alert! Unauthorized object and life forms detected in the main corridor!"

Both men sighed. "Great," the superior said, "a distraction…I wonder what it is this time?"

"I'll take care of it, sir."

"Alright, have at it, and then come back here as soon as you're finished."

The man responded with a salute before heading off for the main corridor. He supposed this was another drill. The Boss always stressed being prepared for anything, especially after their failure to a group of children. It was a point of discussion that made the Boss extremely angry and made whoever brought it up a sorry person.

It wasn't very hard to see what was strange about the corridor. There was a blue box that definitely had not been loaded onto the ship. All of a sudden, the doors of the box opened and a man who appeared to be in his twenties stepped out. He wore a strange tweed jacket, suspenders, and a ridiculous looking bowtie. His face was full of surprise at the sight of the man. It was soon replaced by disappointment.

"Well that's rubbish…I promised a world full of Pokémon without humans, and I walk straight into a man. Thanks a lot, Sexy." He stopped his rambling long enough to look the man straight in the eye. "Sorry about my rambling. It's a bad habit of mine. I haven't even introduced myself, have I? I'm the Doctor."

"The Doctor? Doctor who?"

The stranger smiled, as if he had expected him to say that. "Just the Doctor, and you are?"

"Er…I am…Professor Mike Smith. I am…er…an archeologist."

The Doctor pointed his finger at him and laughed at the same time a Ninetales stepped out of the box. "Doctor," the Ninetales said, "it's rude to keep doing that!"

He promptly stopped and straightened his bowtie. "Sorry about that. I have a thing with archeologists. Anyway, what is this place? I seem to have parked my ship in the wrong place. You see, I was going for a nice town…or a plain…or a beach…or a forest…hell, even a volcano or a desert would have been nice. All I can see around me is metal that looks like it belongs on the Titanic…" He suddenly stopped to feel around his clothes. "Blimey, I'm not…good I'm not wearing that tuxedo. That tuxedo has got to be the unluckiest item in the universe. I wore it on both Titanics. One of them crashed in the iceberg, the other almost crashed into Buckingham Palace which would have destroyed all of London…rambling again, I apologize."

"Er…you're on our airship…"

"An airship of some sort? Well that's rubbish. We already have the Valiant at home. I could always just go there, though I don't think I'd really go there again. This airship does not make sense, so why am I on an airship?"

"You tell me. You're the one who snuck on board this ship." He took out a red and white ball. "Start giving me some answers, or I'll send out Phil to teach you a lesson."

The Doctor frowned. "Sorry, are you threatening me with someone named Phil? I've lived for 1,000 years, and that's the first time I've been threatened with someone named Phil. Course I could always threaten you with my friend named Jack, but then I'd feel sorry for you…"

Mike smacked himself in the forehead. "Since you're obviously not going to comply, I have no choice." He threw the ball. "Phil, go!" The ball opened, and a red light came out. It took the shape of a humanoid with four arms and too many muscles to be healthy. The man sneered. "Meet Phil."

The Machamp growled, but the Doctor seemed unfazed. "No he's not."

Mike was confused. "Sorry, what?"

"His name's not Phil. He says his name is Henry, and he desperately wants to get back to his wife, Leah, and his three children, April, May, and Bill. Wow, three children? That's quite a lot, I would say."

Both the man and his Pokémon looked baffled. "You…can understand… Pokémon?"

"Of course I can! Why wouldn't I be able to?"

The Ninetales tugged at the Doctor's trousers. "Doctor, you're not supposed to say that! Ordinary people can't understand Pokémon, remember? No one's supposed to know you're an alien!"

"And what would be the point of that, Amy? Didn't we agree that the point of me was to be brilliant?"

"Didn't River tell you not to be like this?"

The Doctor looked like he was going to retort, but a Charizard stepped out. "Doctor, your mouth."

He sighed. "Yes, yes. I get it, Rory. I'll stop." He then turned back to the man. "Sorry, something doesn't add up…why would an archeologist have an airship? I don't know of any archeologist with an airship. A vortex manipulator and a sonic screwdriver, maybe, but an airship? Rubbish. So, what are you actually up to?"

The man stammered a bit. Just as he was about to answer, his superior walked in. "Mike, what is taking you so long? I thought you would have already finished this by now."

"I'm sorry, sir, but this man is absolutely insane."

The Doctor waved his hand. "Hello, that's me. I'm the Doctor. Tell me who you are and what you're planning!"

"Well, you listen to me, Doctor. You're intruding on my ship, and I have no idea how you got here.

"And I'm telling you I don't know why I am here. I was going for somewhere fresh and new. We have tons of airships at home. If I wanted to be on an airship, I could have even gone to Jack's 35th stag party…or was it his 46th…or 52nd…maybe it was all of them…sorry, rambling again.

The man sighed and then noticed the two Pokémon behind him. "How did you fit yourself and two Pokémon into that box anyway?"

The Doctor pursed his lips, contemplating his environment. "Something about this doesn't add up…" He danced for a nearby window. "I mean, look below. There's a tropical paradise right below, and it doesn't look like there are any people down there. Hardly the place an archeologist would scour." He turned back to the two men. "Who are you really?" he pressed in a cold voice dark enough to remind the two of their Boss. "Who do you work for?"

The one in charge managed to stammer an answer. "W-w-well, we won't tell you because you refuse to give us an answer."

Dark clouds seemed to cover his face. "This ship screams big, bad, evil intentions. And do you know what I do when I see something that screams big, bad, evil intentions? Do you know what happens to things that scream big, bad, evil intentions?"

Mike fell into the trap. "No, what?"

He pressed himself close to the two men. "I stop them."

He glared into Mike's eyes, but the superior managed to cuff the Doctor to a nearby rail. The Doctor used his free hand to grasp a device in his coat pocket, but the cuff wouldn't unlock. "Seriously? A wooden handcuff? Who carries a wooden handcuff?"

The officer sneered. "You're in no position to threaten us, Doctor." The Machamp forced the two Pokémon to the wall, allowing the superior to then take a long look at the two Pokémon. At first sight, they seemed to be his, given their collar and bracelet. But when he looked into their eyes, he saw a fire that only could belong to wild Pokémon. "Hold on…these aren't captured Pokémon…they've got that wild fire in their eyes!"

A dark grin crossed his face, and all their eyes widened in fear. The Ninetales and the Charizard, or Amy and Rory as the Doctor referred to them, attempted to escape, but the Machamp named Henry continued to restrain them. "Charizards are a dime a dozen, but our Boss has wanted a Ninetales for a long time." Henry chucked the Charizard across the room as the man took a ball out of his pocket. The Ninetales struggled against the Machamp, trying everything from fire attacks to biting, but nothing worked. "Say hello to your new home."

The Doctor's scream echoed throughout the entire ship. "NOOOOOOO!"


Piplup suddenly woke up. "What was that?" he asked as he looked up in the sky.

"What was what?" Chimchar questioned.

"Did you really see something like Chimchar said?" Manaphy inquired.

Piplup turned to the two. "Yeah, I did…and I don't think I like what I saw…"

"So, what did you see?" they both probed.

"Well, I saw something in something called an airship high in the sky. There were two humans planning something, but I don't know what. Then, this other man, a Ninetales, and a Charizard somehow appeared on the airship, which really bothered the two men. There was also a Machamp in there who restrained the Pokémon, and one of the men took out a Poké Ball. He was about to use it on the Ninetales when the vision ended…"

Chimchar observed the Poké Ball again, but it didn't seem like it could have ever contained a Pokémon. "Well, I can't tell at all whether that was from the past or the future."

Manaphy couldn't make sense of it either. "It's certainly the strangest scene I've ever heard of. If it wasn't you who had it, I might not have believed it."

"Were there any names?"

Piplup nodded. "One of the two men I first saw was called Mike Smith, though I'm not sure how useful that might be. The Machamp's name is apparently Henry, though the humans call him Phil. The Ninetales was apparently called Amy, and the Charizard was called Rory." He paused before continuing. "Now, the human who pulled out the Poké Ball never gave his name, and the final man is the most peculiar of them all." Another pause. "Apparently, he's called the Doctor."

Manaphy's eyes widened. "Did you say 'the Doctor'?"

"Huh? Do you know him?" Piplup asked.

"No, but Mr. Walrein once said something about a man who calls himself the Doctor. I don't exactly remember the details of that lesson, though…"

"It's okay. Now the man's attire seemed to be strange by human standards, but that's not what's really weird about him."

He paused, and Chimchar took the bait. "Okay, so what is so weird about him?"

"Apparently he can understand Pokémon."

"But what's so weird about that?"

Piplup sighed. "Do you remember, when I first met you, how I was surprised that you talked to me?"

"Yeah, but what does that have to do with it?"

"Humans aren't supposed to be able to understand Pokémon, but Amy, the Ninetales, referred to him as an alien…"

Manaphy's eyes narrowed. "You mean, like Deoxys?"

"Yeah…hm…this ball has given us more questions the answers…"

They all wondered what it might have meant until Manaphy pointed out that the sun was beginning to set. They stared at the shades of orange turning to red before fading into the darkness. It was far past the proper time to head back. Piplup jumped into the water with Chimchar on his back. Manaphy swam alongside them, and they got back to the beach. Manaphy was about to leave for where he normally slept when both Piplup and Chimchar grabbed him.

"Manaphy," Piplup started, "it's pretty late out."

"Why don't you stay with us tonight?" Chimchar continued. "It'll be just like old times."

Manaphy smiled, and they all slowly walked back together. It was the sight of a somewhat strange yet completely normal family, though their minds were still hampered by the enigmatic vision Piplup had.


"You two have to go, now!" the Doctor screamed.

Amy and Rory refused to budge as they continued to fend off the attackers. "Forget about it, Doctor!" she exclaimed. "There's no way we're leaving you behind with these people!"

"Why can't you just ride on my back?" Rory asked. "I could easily take you and Amy and fly us out of here!"

The Doctor stopped what he was doing, which, at the time, was trying to unlock one of the doors of the craft. "Are you insane? If we all went at the same time in the same place, they'd be able to catch us all before we could get away. No, one of us has to stay behind and buy the others some time if we are all going to get out of this alive and safe."

"Can't we take the TARDIS?" they both pleaded.

The Doctor shook his head. "The TARDIS is on Emergency Protocol Five, meaning that we can't get back to it until we've sorted everything out." His device finally finished its work on the door, opening a way out. However, at the same time he had done so, Amy was hit by a Stone Edge attack. The force from the critical hit knocked her out of the craft into the open skies.

"AMY!" Rory wasted no time dashing off to catch her. Before he could get off, though, a Thunderbolt attack struck him, and he fell.

The Doctor's face was full of dread before being replaced by regret. He sealed off the door, praying that the two would find safety. Right now, he had to buy them time to escape. The two men appeared, along with a Golem and a Raichu.

"Well, what are you waiting for?" the Doctor spat. "You've got me." He threw his arms in the air. "Here I am!"

"And where are those two Pokémon?"

"Don't I have more interesting secrets? Like how I got a blue box on this ship? Take me prisoner. Torture me if it makes you feel better, but, and this is your one warning, leave them alone!"

The superior sneered. "No matter. We'll just go after them now."

"Not if I can help it!" The Doctor activated his device, and the ship shook violently.

"What have you done?!"

"I've disabled your ship's ability to remain suspended in the air. We're going to crash and burn!"

"You're insane! You just signed all our death warrants!"

The Doctor looked them straight in the eye. "I know." He looked outside and gave a smile, apologetic smile. "Good luck," he murmured as the ship rapidly approached the ground.


Sweat was evident on Piplup's entire body as he jolted up. The dream he had had was definitely an unusual occurrence. The last time his dreams had told him anything, they were actually nightmares manipulated by Darkrai. It had never been about something he had seen with the Dimensional Scream. Questions bombarded his mind. Was the dream another part of the Dimensional Scream? If so, where were the two Pokémon now? What were the two men planning that was so important? And who was the Doctor?

He looked up and realized that it was still the middle of the night. Chimchar and Manaphy were still fast asleep, and he knew that he should go back to sleep, too. The rest of the night was void of dreams for him, though. Thus, it was also void of rest. When the other two finally woke up, Piplup looked like he hadn't been able to sleep for hours.

"Good mor…uh, Piplup?" Chimchar said. "Are you okay?"

"Just peachy," he sarcastically replied. "No, I had a vision, and I couldn't get any rest afterwards."

"Really?" Manaphy asked. "What happened?"

"It was them again. The Doctor and those two Pokémon again, Amy and Rory." They listened in as Piplup described how the Doctor sacrificed himself to save them.

"Who is that man?" Chimchar wondered aloud as Piplup finished. "He cared about those two more than he did himself…"

"Maybe we'll find out more today," Piplup mused as he got up. "Come on, then. We should go to the Guild to see if there are any new rescue requests or other missions to do. We might even find something on the way!"

They nodded and joined him. When they got to the Guild, they noticed that no one was on the main floor where exploration teams gathered to take jobs and where Chimecho would be to gather the members of the different teams.

"That's strange," Chimchar stated. "I wonder where everybody is…"

Piplup saw someone climbing up the ladder. It was a brown, beaver like Pokémon who was very familiar to Piplup and Manaphy. "Oh! Gosh! Piplup, Chimchar, and Manaphy!"

"Bidoof!" Piplup said. "What happened? Where is everybody?"

"There were two Pokémon found a few hours ago in dreadful condition! We brought them here to see if we could help them!"

Piplup and Chimchar looked at each other while Manaphy talked. "These Pokémon…they wouldn't happen to be a Ninetales and a Charizard by any chance?"

Bidoof looked stunned. "Golly, yes they are! Do you know them?"

"No, not really," Piplup responded. "I saw them in a vision from the Dimensional Scream."

"Gosh, they must be important then! I'll take you to them now, then! They're resting in your old room like Azurill was earlier. Hurry!"

They hurried down to the part of the Guild that was restricted to members of the Guild and their associates. Rushing through the corridor that led to the quarters of the members, they ended up at the end. This was the room where the two had stayed when they first became members of the Guild. It was big enough for the two of them, but, with all the Guild members inside surrounding the two small beds, it was a bit crowded.

"Hey, it's you two!" Wigglytuff said. "Good timing! We were wondering when you might show up! And, hey, it's Manaphy, too! Even better! We could all use some good news right now!"

"Guildmaster," Piplup greeted, "it's nice to see you again. Now, are these two Pokémon alright?"

He frowned. "I'm afraid not. They seem to have been injured severely. We've tried a variety of different remedies to no avail." He stepped aside to show them the state of the two Pokémon. They both appeared to have severe trauma all over their bodies. The Ninetales had large chunks of sharp rocks embedded in her body while the Charizard had burn marks from an electric shock. They looked like their bones were broken from a large fall from the sky.

"Who found them and where were they found?"

Chatot answered that question. "It was Bidoof who found them. He was in the Apple Woods to replenish our supply of Perfect Apples when he spotted them unconscious. He somehow dragged them all the way back here, a very impressive show of strength."

Bidoof blushed momentarily. "It was nothing. I'm sure anyone would have done the same."

"So, what's been done to try and help them so far?"

"Well, we tried a variety of berries," Chatot said, "but none of them seemed to have an effect. We then administered a variety of seeds, but none of those worked either. Whatever is wrong, we fear that it requires a rare cure such as a Gabite Scale or Phione Dew…"

Manaphy spoke up. "Phione Dew? You mean the same thing you gave to me when I was sick?"

"Yes, the very same. I don't suppose there is still any from that time, though…"

Everyone was surprised as Manaphy said, "Actually, I do have some. Mr. Walrein told me to keep some in case I ever got that sick again or if someone else might need it. I put it in storage a few days earlier. I'll go see Kangaskhan right away!"

Manaphy rushed out to get it and swiftly returned with a small amount of the dew. Even someone across the room could tell that the dew was a powerful remedy, which was why it was highly sought after. When Piplup and Chimchar had journeyed to the Miracle Sea to find it, they had to fend off a Gyarados who wanted to take all the dew of the native Phione. They briefly wondered how Walrein had been able to obtain even that small sample of it. Manaphy approached the two unconscious Pokémon and divided the dew between the two. It had taken a few days to work on him, but it worked its magic immediately. Their bones seemed to snap back into place. Piplup and Chimchar immediately got out all the rocks in the Ninetales as the torn skin seemed to seal itself and regrow lost fur.

Everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief, and most soon departed in order to attend to their daily tasks. Only Team Poképals, Bidoof, Chatot, and Wigglytuff stayed to ensure that the two were fine. As they waited for one of them to wake up, Piplup told the two about his vision. They were told all that he knew up to that point, and they all wondered what had happened and why.

Soon, Amy began to wake up. "Oh, God, what happened?" she murmured as she struggled to open her eyes. All she could remember were rocks, pain, falling, a certain someone doing something incredibly stupid…"RORY!" She jolted up in a panic but sighed with relief when she saw him slumbering next to her. She smiled as she rubbed her paw on his belly, making him snicker a bit. "Oh, Rory, you idiot. You stupid, lovable, courageous idiot…"

Wigglytuff coughed, snapping Amy's attention to the others in the room. "Hi!" he exclaimed. "You two gave us quite a scare when Bidoof brought you in!"

She frowned. "Oh, sorry about that, and thanks for bringing us here." As he blushed, she examined the room. "Where are we anyway?"

"This is Wigglytuff's Guild," Chatot answered. "We are a group of Pokémon dedicated to helping others in need!"

Amy nodded as Rory started to get up. "My God, how long were we out for?"

"We're not sure," Bidoof replied. "I only found you last night, so I have no idea how long you were down for…"

"We were all worried about you two!" Wigglytuff said. "None of our remedies seemed to have an effect on you. It was very lucky that we had someone who had a bit of Phione Dew." He pointed to Piplup, Chimchar, and Manaphy. "These three are part of Team Poképals. They happened to have a little bit of the miracle substance, so be sure to thank them too!"

They both smiled at the small group of Pokémon. "Thanks for that, then," they said.

"It was no problem at all!" Manaphy said. "However, we do have a question that might be very important to the safety of all the Pokémon here."

"Oh?" Amy said. "What is it?"

Piplup stepped forward. "You see, I had sort of a strange vision about you two. You were on an airship with humans on board." He noticed that they looked at each other in surprise and a bit of fear. "We need to know the answer to one very important question."

"Which is?" Rory asked, though he had a feeling he already knew what it was.

Piplup leaned forward. "Doctor who?"