A/N- OK, I got a little excited and went on and did part two of the Noomer Town adventure…Now the action really kicks in…Hope you enjoy!

This chapter's guest trainer brought to you by NekoGirl

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The glass of the front windows of the center were shattered, and shards were strewn all over the sidewalk and road. Thick black smoke billowed out of where the glass used to be. Jason and Tish screeched to a stop as they arrived at the scene. Jason jumped off the back before Tish had even cut the engine. They stared in awe for a moment at the once serene building. Both of there minds were blank at what to do next. They snapped back to reality when they heard a car horn blaring and tires screeching to a stop. They looked as a jeep skidded to a stop and a woman hopped out of the drivers side. She looked almost identical to Tish except her hair was darker, fell to her hips, and was very curly. Bangs covered the left side of her face but were pulled back on the left by a hair-clip. Three silver ball earrings in each ear glistened in the moonlight.

"Tish?" the woman said, "What are you doing here?"

"Miz!" Tish shouted, "Good your ranger training can help out!"

"You're a ranger?" Jason said, running up to Miz. "Please, my pokemon are still in there!"

"Whoa, whoa! I'm not exactly a ranger." Miz said, shaking her hands. "I dropped out of the ranger academy to become a trainer."

"But—" Tish interrupted. "she went long enough to be able to give unofficial help when needed."

"How do you know that?" Jason asked furrowing his brow.

"We're sisters." Miz said. "But enough chit-chat. Tish go back to the store and get medical supplies, and find some people to bring back and help anyone that comes out of the center."

"Right!" Tish said. She immediately jumped back on her mo-ped and drove back down the street.

"And, you umm…"

"Jason." He said.

"Right, Jason. You stay out here and make sure no one goes in."

"Screw that! I'm getting my pokemon back!"

They stared at each other for a moment.

"Fine," Miz said, seeing Jason's determination. "We're gonna go inside and help get people out. So stay close!" She brought a pokeball out from her cargo pocket on her pants. "Harmier, emergency!"

A large Mantine appeared, floating above the shards of glass. Miz jumped onto its back and waved for Jason to join her.

"What?" Jason said, not understanding.

"He can fly in without us worrying about getting hurt in the smoke."

Jason hopped onto Harmeir's back behind Miz.

"Harmeir, go in slowly." Miz commanded

It waved its wings (fins??) and moved towards the shattered window openings. They floated in through a gap and were surrounded in thick black smoke. Jason and Miz covered their mouths with their shirt to try and filter out what they could.

"Why not get rid of the smoke?" Jason asked.

"Don't want to risk hurting anyone who might be in here."

As if in response a faint cough rang through the vast smoky darkness.

"Hello?" Miz shouted.

"Help." Came a feeble voice.

"Harmeir, head towards that voice."

It shifted its direction and started gliding to the right. Through the thick smoke Jason saw a white outline lying on the floor. He tapped Miz on the shoulder and pointed to it.

"Harmeir, stop."

It stopped and Jason and Miz hopped to the ground next to the person on the floor. Miz kneeled down next to them. She realized immediately that it was Nurse Hope. Whatever had caused the explosion had gotten her good. There was a gash across the top of her forehead that was bleeding badly. Her right wrist was twisted to an awkward position and very swollen, definitely broken. Her legs looked as if they had at least second degree burns.

"Jesus Christ!" Jason muttered. "Hope, can you tell us what happened?"

"Yes." Hope rasped. "Shortly after I your pokemon in storage for you to pick-up I was sitting at the desk when an Electrode rolled into the lobby. I went over to check it out, when I knelt down it exploded. The blast flung me across the room. After a few moments I heard footsteps and voices. It sounded like they headed over to the other side of the lobby towards storage." She started coughing heavily, spewing blood.

"OK, this is over our heads Jason." Miz said biting her thumb. "She obviously has internal injuries, so we can't pick her up without risking hurting her more." She was quiet for a moment then reached into another of her pockets and brought out another pokeball. "Addi, I need your help."

An Espeon appeared in the smoky lobby with the rest.

"Addi, I need you to be very careful and use your Confusion to lift Nurse Hope here onto Harmeir's back."

The Espeon's eyes glowed and Hope was enveloped in a blue aura. She lifted up off the ground and was placed on Harmeir's back."

"Harmeir, go back outside with Addi and wait for Tish and stay with her, OK?"

Addi mewed and nodded its head in understanding. Harmeir then floated back the way it came followed by Addi. They disappeared into the darkness of the smoke.

"Jason, we need to go back out too. We're in way over—" Miz looked to where Jason was standing. No one was there. What the crap? Where did he go?

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Jason had run off to the other side of the lobby when Hope said that was where the pokemon were held. He ran through the swinging doors into a long hallway. The smoke must have been mostly contained in the lobby, because hallway was barely foggy with smoke. Jason crept down the hallway. A flashlight beam streaked across the wall from an open door down the hall. He quietly walked up next to the door and pressed himself against the wall. He heard voices inside.

"Boss'll be pleased with the haul." Said a male voice. "Alakazam, teleport me back to base…Hurry back."

"Sure, sure." Said a female voice.

After a flash of light all was quiet.

One just left! Jason thought. Please, please he did not have my bag! He took a chance and stepped into the doorway. "Stop right there!" he yelled.

An older woman, maybe in her late twenties, looked up in surprise. Jason could not see any part of her face, for it was covered in a ski mask. He could only see her bright blue eyes in the red emergency light. Jason saw that she had his bag in her hand. He flared with rage and charged at her full force. Apparently he had taken her by surprise; he tackled her full speed and they both fell to the ground. Jason tore his bag from her hand and rolled away. He quickly opened it and counted the balls inside. Twenty-two, he thought, plus Sableye… he took the ball from his pocket and put it with the others. Makes twenty-three. He zipped the bag and put it on his back.

"You little shit!" the woman yelled, getting up. She reached behind her and brought out a pokeball. "Persian, make him your scratch-post."

The cat appeared between them. It hissed loudly and flexed its talons.

"Now!" the woman yelled.

The cat pounced and out-stretched its talons towards Jason. He collapsed to his knees and Persian sailed over him and crashed into a metal shelf. He quickly got to his feet, but quickly fell down again when the woman grabbed his foot and tripped him.

"Persian," she said, "eat his face."

The cat opened its mouth as it recovered from the crash. Bearing its fangs it walked over to Jason.

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Many people had gathered on the road in front of the center. Policemen, firemen, paramedics had now arrived on the scene. Three paramedics hovered over Nurse Hope, who was now lying on a gurney. Tish walked among the trainers seeing if any of them needed anything. Miz had sent Harmeir and Addi to act as guards to keep gawking civilians at a distance. She, however, stood away from the commotion trying to gather her thoughts. A policeman, with a clipboard, walked over to her.

"Miss Miaru." The policeman said.

"Yes."

"You were the first on the scene, correct?"

"Yes."

"Everyone appears to be accounted for. However, Nurse Hope says that there was someone with you when you found her."

"There was but be he ran off, to I don't know where."

"Well, it doesn't appear that he has come out yet."

"I know, but there's no fire. It's just a matter the smoke billowing out."

"Well, that brings up the other problem."

"What?"

"Well…according to some analyses of the smoke…its not just smoke. It's a mixture of flammable gases."

Miz's eyes widened in shock at the news. "We have to get everyone out of here! Now!"

"We've informed the paramedics and the other officers are helping the trainers move back. We'd like your help moving the civilians, so we can dispose of the gas safely."

"Sure." She started to run over to the crowd and make the announcement. Oh God, Jason please come out soon.

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The Persian crept closer and lowered its head ready to bite. Jason twisted around until he was on his back; he brought his foot back and kicked the woman with all the force he had square in the face. The woman released him and grabbed her face shrieking in pain. Jason rolled away just as the Persian bite down where his head had been. He got to his feet and started running down the hallway back to the lobby. The cat and woman followed behind him. Her mask was dripping blood from her broken nose. They ran down the hallway into the lobby, Jason farther ahead. The smoke a dissipated enough to where he could see the exit. He was heading out when the woman and the Persian came into the lobby.

"Persian," she screamed, "get him with TM Flamthrower!"

The inhaled ready to blast.

Jason bolted out of the center. He saw a large group of people in the distance and Miz running up to him.

"Jason!" she yelled, "Thank God your—"

The area erupted into flames. The shockwave sent Jason Flying into Miz whereupon they to the ground in lump. The onlookers screamed in terror and scattered in every direction. Flames shot out of the window openings and into the air, burning every speck of the gas. Due to the heat the roof collapsed inward with the ear-splitting shriek of tearing metal. The weight of roof caused the ground below to give way, and the whole center collapsed into the sewer system below.

Jason groaned and rolled off of Miz to look at the area. She did the same.

"What the hell happened!?" Jason yelled.

"The smoke was mixed with a gas…what made it explode?" Miz groaned getting to her feet.

"Some thief and her Persian were chasing me. She had it use Flamethrower." Jason said getting to his feet. "I guess that could do it."

A loud laughter was heard throughout the street. Four figures appeared in front of the smoldering rubble of the center, along with an Alakazam. One of them stepped forward and spoke to the people still around: "This is only the beginning Cosheen! This was only the opening night for Omega Team! Beware to those who oppose us, you will be eliminated!" Then the figures vanished.

"What was that?" Miz shouted.

"Beats me." Jason sighed.

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Jason and Miz spent a good portion of the night getting people off the street and back home. Nurse Hope was stabilized and sent to a human hospital; she was in bad condition but would be alright. Many of the trainers staying at the center had decided to hang around. A lot of them, unfortunately, had lost their pokemon in the explosion. The ones sticking around were hoping the workers sifting through the rubble would find some pokeballs. So far no one had been reunited.

Jason now sat against a tree in the park, half-asleep. Miz sat on the opposite side in deep thought.

"Who would do something like this?" she asked.

"Hmmm…" Jason muttered, blinking awake. "I…don't know."

"I mean why go after the pokemon center?"

"I don't know."

"Why go after the pokemon? They're just innocent creatures, and a lot of them died tonight."

"And I'm responsible for many of them."

"What?" Miz said in surprise. "No you're not!"

"I was selfish…I only grabbed my bag when I could have grabbed a lot of others. It was obvious those people were stealing the pokemon and all could think of was myself…It's my fault they're dead." A slap went across his face. He looked up and saw Miz standing over him.

"Don't you dare." She said, angry. "Don't blame yourself, and make it about you. Any one of them could have gone back, but you're the one that did. It's not worth it to mope over something someone else did not do…Besides you need to stay focused on the league, the next town has a gym."

Jason looked at her a long time, and then smiled. "Thanks, Miz." He then clutched his bag, rolled over, and closed his eyes.

Miz went over to the other side of the tree and did the same.

"Oh!" Jason said. "You know this area pretty well right, Miz?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well, I have to go through Cha-Chung Forest without getting lost, and I might…" Jason yawned. "…need a guide."

"Sure, I'll…' Miz yawned also, "…show you the way to Shownee starting tomorrow."

They both fell asleep against the tree under the stars.

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A/N- Well, was that exciting? Next chapter Miz and Jason head off into the forest. What adventures wait there? Find out next chapter!...Dont' forget to review…an I will always be taking trainer insert request. See you next time!