Whew…ok, finally came full circle with my stories, so now it's time to focus back on this one for a while. Let's see, who do I have to accredit in this?

Henry and Morris are characters from yours truly. (Just by the names you can probably guess who they are. And if you don't, you'll know by the end of the chapter)

Riley is from my cousin who doesn't have an account (hang in there bud, just a few more weeks til college ^_^)

Sorry if this pisses you off, but hey, it's my story, and I get my own damn characters too.

Sorry for the chapter being so short, but it's an interlude, so it's not supposed to be all that long.

Anyways, back to it.

ADALANTE!

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Ch 3: Lazy Sundays

Riley P.O.V

Peace and quiet…

I cannot even begin to explain how precious these moments have become to me ever since Birch took me in. Don't get me wrong, the guy's a saint, and he has my thanks. I honestly don't know what would have happened if he didn't offer to help my brother and I. It's just with all the jumping around we've had to do, there hasn't been enough time to just sit back and relax.

But now, we were finally setting up base in a cabin on the North side of Iron Island, and I was having my first lazy day in quite a while. I had pulled out my laptop for the first time in weeks, my poor porygon being trapped in his digital prison for who knows how long. Of course he was still trapped in the computer until I could get him to a pokémon center. But therein lies the problem. Pokemon centers are government run facilities, and I don't care how slim the chance is, I'm not risking setting foot in there. That's the exact kind of carelessness that gets you captured.

But hey, let's not think about that now. Today, it was just me with a comfortable chair, a cup of lemonade, and the only sound being the soft clicking sound of typing as I hack into a government mainframe.

…gotta love Sundays.

…ok, I admit, after making such a stink about getting caught, this isn't exactly the safest activity, but hey, it was completely safe.

You see, I had my laptop tricked out so it was completely untraceable. First of all, I took out any chip or device that might be used to track our location. Think the government doesn't put tracking chips in our computers? Think again, because they do it all the fucking time. Cell phones, IPods, GPS's, laptops, you name it. Anything with any sort of signal can be tapped and used to track you down.

Second of all, I had tricked out my computer to boost the Wi-Fi range, so I could choose any location in about half the region. If they were tracing me, they would be led to some guy named Sheldon Wormwood's apartment.

So, like I said, completely safe, and even if it wasn't, this info was worth the risk.

The thing is that the government, or more specifically an organization named STREGA, has been finding and abducting any hybrid that they could find. The purpose for this is still unknown. Birch says that there's a war coming. That their trying to build an army for something big. But then again, he's been a bit too paranoid for his own good lately, so I don't know whether or not his thoughts are based on fact or fiction.

Regardless, we've been trying to do the same as them. Well, not exactly the same. We haven't been abducting people against their will, but we've been trying to gather a team. If nothing else, to protect them from STREGA. Once again, Birch says we need to fight back, but personally, I think he just read too much X-men as a kid.

We have been…less then successful in or endeavor so far. We had a few leads here and there, but nowhere near as much info as STREGA. However, that was all going to change in about ten minutes or so.

With the help of my Porygon, Dex, I was already inside, and it only took about half the time it would have taken a normal hacker. Then again…I'm not a normal hacker.

What can I say? If you give a girl a computer instead of a car on her sixteenth birthday, things tend to happen. Having a pokémon that can live in said computer definitely helps as well.

Don't get me wrong, I'm good at what I do, but having a pokémon to help out is always a good thing. Besides, it's not like hacking is hard. Once you crack the firewall, all you have to do is look for the file you want.

…speaking of which…

I traced the cursor over a folder that read "Hybrid" and clicked on it, figuring it was the one I was looking for. In an instant, the screen flooded with research reports, theories, readings for blood samples, and…wait…known hybrids?

What the hell?

I didn't even think it over as I was already clicking on the file. It was a list of names, all of which were attached to an element, and many of which had information such as location, age, criminal record and…. Well, a bunch of other info that is of no use to me.

I stopped and stared at the screen as two names jumped out at me in particular.

Riley and Morris Hayes.

…why was my name on the list. I'm not a hybrid, just my weirdo little brother, I don't really know if being a normal type counts, not that I'd ever tell him that to his face.

Out of curiosity, I clicked on our names and began reading our file.

Brother and sister hybrids. The former being a normal type, the latter's type is unknown.

…why are they just assuming that I'm a hybrid too? Because I'm helping one? He's my brother for Arceus' sake! I don't care if he's a ten foot tall unicorn that farts glitter and pukes rainbows, family sticks together, end of story! Whatever, where was I?

Location is currently unknown. Wanted for three accounts of murder, destruction of government property, and one account of arson. Possible colleagues of Professor Kyle Birch. These two are now considered enemies of the state, and orders are to shoot on sight.

Well, ain't that just perfect. They're not even going for the arrest anymore. Next time we see a man in a black suit, we're getting a bullet in the brainpan. Good thing we're in the middle of the ocean so they can't find us.

Well, Birch and I are, anyways. Morris is off in Snowpoint tracking down another lead, and Henry is somewhere in Canalave doing Arceus knows what. Still, they could take care of themselves so they weren't in any kind of real danger. I kind of envy that, in fact.

Henry is a fighting type, so he knows how dish out some pretty powerful haymakers, and the guy's a giant so he can take a punch. Morris may not have anything special about him per say, but he's good with a gun, so at least he can handle himself…unlike me.

I'm just the girl with a laptop in the background, and that kind of pisses me off sometimes, but that's part of the reason I'm doing this. If I'm going to be stuck on the sidelines while we're gathering a team, I need to at least make sure I'm useful for something and not just sitting on my ass waiting for the boys to come home.

Disregarding my own personal file, I stuck a flash drive in the USB port and began downloading. That was it, one minute of downloading and we'd have all the info we'd need.

I leaned back in my seat and crossed my arms behind my head, contemplating what I had just done.

…Birch would be pissed…he might even force us to move again out of paranoia. But hey, if he was serious about gathering up all of us elementals, he was going to need some help. He can be mad all he wants, but the fact was that we needed this info.

The computer pinged, signaling that the download was done and I snatched the flash drive out of the laptop. I X'd exited the mainframe and just like that, it was like I was never even there.

I was about to close my laptop before Dex popped up on screen.

"What do you want, Dex?" I said, trying to rush whatever he wanted. The sooner I get this info to Birch the better.

A text bubble popped up on screen. Can you leave me open?

I thought about it for a second, and then nodded. "Sure just don't go looking up porn." I joked.

What would a computer program need with porn?

"I don't know, but my pokedex says you're a guy, so...

…too much info, Riley.

I chuckled at that. "Whatever, do what you want, I'll come back and talk to you later, ok?"

His only response was a smiley face emoticon and just like that, he was gone. I smiled a bit and then left the room without another word.

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Sorry if that was boring, but the interludes are supposed to progress the plot, not be exciting. The next two chapters will have plenty of action to speak of, so don't be disappointed.

...Still don't know who Morris is based off of? Ok, fine, I'll give you a huge hint. You ready?

-Morris ^_^