Author's Notes: To compensate for the second shortest chapter I ever devised, I've created the longest chapter in the entire series: 2327 words! This chapter was just as fun to write as chapter 20.

1. Surprise, surprise my one and only reply is to... BFoS, AGAIN! I had a feeling that having the story in my favorites ruin the surprise. Oops, I've said too much. And you're right, merging is difficult. It took me like an hour to figure out the right way for things to be said.

On with the fanfic

Chapter 22

1 month later

Since the day I had met Lugia, I wanted to see him again, but I knew I wouldn't. One thing that bothered me more was not knowing what Karen had meant by a long story. I asked her what the story was several times but she would just say that she didn't have time for it. That never meant I lost interest in the story could be about, though.

Once I got back to the apartment from the fight, Terra pretty much had the same reaction that Karen did. She was a little jealous of Dallin because he got to see Lugia and she didn't. I explained to her many times that Lugia wasn't expected to come and neither was Dallin.

The rest of the day, my muscles ached. I felt pain in every part of my body, but with Terra there, she felt like a giant heating pad that relaxed my muscles. It was heaven. Since I wasn't in the mood for any more exercise that day, I spent the rest of the day in the apartment.

These days, the weather is getting colder. I now have to resort to a jacket to get outside. As for Dallin and Terra, their fur was all they needed.

The rocket orbs were becoming a problem. It seemed more and more pokemon were being chipped, more than I can handle. And with the sight of Lugia being chipped, who knew how far they could go with this invention. I have seen a few along my journeys and with one quick shot of the EMDAC, they were toast, but they never to run out.

"So, Karen where to, today," I started.

"Today, you're going to the eastern regions of the forest that surrounds the town."

"Is it just me or do a lot of the chipped pokemon seem to be in this general region of the world."

"You did say that Team Rocket knew your location."

"Right. Well, lemme go get Terra and Dallin."

"Actually, it's best that you bring just Terra, as it's a grass pokemon that you'll be dechipping."

"Hmm, right." We waved each other out of the office, and I made my way to the apartment.

'Terra, time to go.'

'Right.'

'What about me,' Dallin said.

'Karen says it's a grass pokemon we're dechipping, so you wouldn't be that effective. Just think of this as a way of Terra getting back at you for seeing Lugia.'

'Hmph, fine.' Dallin ran to the bed and rested, as I got ready. Five minutes later, I had my protective guards and data-brace on, and I was ready to go. I opened up the portal with the brace and Terra and I walked in.

We were in the forest I was ever so familiar with. Once again, we were teleported to a place with no pokemon, let alone, any chipped pokemon in sight.

'Well, Terra, let's start moving.' We walked down the path that went through the forest.

'So, Terra, do you miss being in the wild'?

'A little. It isn't the wild I miss as much as being with other typhlosions. But you're just as good.' I blushed a little.

'Aaaw, thanks.' I kneeled down and patted her on the head. She enjoyed it, but then she suddenly picked up a scent.

'Follow me.' Terra took off at a pace that was considered power walking for her, but was running for me. We ran into the forest that seemed to be getting increasingly dense as we got in. 'You should get the scent in a second.' I smelled the air to smell a very pleasant aroma in the air.

'Oh, that smells good. Where is it coming fro-,' something wrapped around my hip. I was suddenly tossed up into the air.

"HOLY-!" I tried to rip it's grip from me but it had a grip that felt like it was going to snap me in two. I looked at my hip to find a plethora of vines wrapped around my hip. I was suddenly yanked down, and I slammed against the ground repeatedly.

'Terra, what's OW going OW on.' Terra suddenly jumped behind me and did something I couldn't see. Suddenly, I was released from the grip of the vines. I got up and found that Terra had sliced them. I looked behind Terra to find a meganium. As much as it was one of my favorites, it didn't look happy.

The vines that Terra had sliced before rose up and came shooting towards me. I jumped out of the way and ran around the trees as the vines chased after me. I had almost tripped on several occasions as dead branches and haywire roots infested the ground. As I ran around the trees, two leaves suddenly flew past me and stuck into the tree like shurikens.

I made my way to the meganium with the vines right behind me.

'Terra, some help please.'

'I'm on it.' Terra jumped beside the meganium and blew some fire at it. The meganium tried to jump back, but the vines that were chasing me were knotted around the trees, which resulted in the vines tossing it to its side.

The vines that were chasing me had jerked to a stop. I strutted my way over to the meganium and pulled out the chip.

'Ugh, wha- OW. What's going on here,' said a young female voice. As the meganium tried to get up, the trees that her vines were knotted around, yanked and pulled on her.

'You were chipped. Here, lemme help you with that.' I grabbed the ends of her vines and walked around the trees, unraveling them as I went. She kept a close eye on me as I was unraveling her.

'So do you have a name'?

'Ya, it's Kai.'

After a minute we got her vines all the way back to her. She got up and looked me right in the eye. She suddenly lifted her vines and wrapped them around me. She gave me hug as she rubbed her head against mine.

'Yay, thanks.' She gave me a kiss and I melted a little. I suddenly heard a growl come from Terra. I glanced at Terra to find her absolutely infuriated. She growled again, and I heard her grumble something in her head. Kai dropped me in an instant.

'Ok, ok, calm down,' she was using her vines to communicate body language as humans would with their hands, 'don't worry, I'm leaving.'

'Sorry Kai,' I yelled, as Kai ran off. 'Terra, what's gotten in to you'?

'She was coming on to you,' I blushed a little. 'Besides,' she suddenly reared on her back feet and used her front paws to hold on to me, 'I'm the one that's supposed to do that.' I blushed even more, as she gave me a kiss and a hug.

'Well than, let's start walking.' We made our way back to the path. I wondered how much Terra liked me. It made me chuckle a little to think about, how angry Terra would be if I was with Kai any longer than I was.

'How about we walk back to the apartment this time. It is only 15 minutes away.'

'Do you remember what happened the last time we walked back to the apartment'?

'Oh, Terra, that was just that one time. It's not going to happen again.' I looked forward to find two rocket grunts and someone else in black. One had a rifle, the one that wasn't like the others was unarmed, and one had something I couldn't make out. The grunt with the rifle readied his weapon.

'Wow, good call.' The two grunts looked just like the ones that I had seen before, but the man in the middle was different. He was a short man in his sixties, but his age didn't seem to effect his posture. He stood in between the two men with a sinister smirk. At that moment it struck me.

Giovanni.

"Hey guys, we already tried this once, it didn't work, remember."

"I've been keeping an eye on you, Nick," Giovanni spoke.

"Oh really, how?"

"Those orbs can do a lot more than just insert alpha chips. I've been waiting to meet you for a while. You've been a lot more than a thorn in my side lately. But from what I've noticed it seems that most of your help comes from your closest friends." I remained silent as the grunt aimed his weapon at me.

"So, to compensate for this, we're taking your friends away from you."

"What?" The second grunt suddenly drew his strange weapon and took aim for Terra. He pulled the trigger and a net tied to a rope came shooting out. It engulfed Terra and she was trapped. She slowly was slowly pulled in by the weapon.

"You can't chip, her it's not going to work." Terra struggled against the net, bursting fire from her back and biting the net but nothing worked.

"We don't plan to chip her. We plan to mold her into taking her orders without a chip. There are ways to break pokemon and I intend to that to her."

"You can't, YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO HER!" I wanted to go up and punch him in the face, but I was still being forced down by the aim of a gun. Terra struggled against the net more causing a commotion. She was growling and hissing ferociously.

"Oh, just shut her up all ready" Giovanni said with frustration in his voice. The grunt with the gun walked up to Terra's side and beat her on the side of the head with the back of the gun.

"TERRA!" She didn't growl or hiss, but for the first time I heard her cry and whimper in pain. Her cries made me feel like I was being stabbed in the heart. Giovanni looked at Terra still with a smirk on his face.

"You can't do that... YOU CAN'T!" I was yelling at the top of my lungs. I could feel the anger and sorrow building up inside me. I looked at Terra and she looked at me. Her eyes suddenly started to glow. Was she going to overheat? I looked closer to find the white glowing light that I usually find from removing a chip.

The glowing light grew stronger, when suddenly, a bright aura exited from her back like a spirit and started to float in midair.

"What the hell is going on here," I said in confusion. The foggy spirit floated around and than suddenly came towards me and flew right inside of me. I looked around to find everyone else just as confused as I was, including Terra.

I suddenly felt a weird sensation over come me. I felt as if my skin was crawling. I could feel my feet lifting off the ground. I was floating in the air. In an instant, I was surrounded by a sphere of white light. My entire body tingled as I floated in the sphere. I couldn't see a thing that the light was so bright. I suddenly heard gun shots outside but I also heard the bullets bounce off the sphere.

My entire body tingled, but that's all I could feel. Other than that, my entire body felt numb as if it didn't exist. I had no idea what was going on, I didn't know what to expect, but I had no fear.

I was in that bubble for about thirty seconds until the sphere finally exploded making a loud noise. I fell to the ground, and landed on my feet.

Everyone, including Terra, was staring at me like I was a freak, but something seemed strange. I all of my sorrow and depression for Terra had turned into full blown rage. A rage so uncontrollable that I felt like I was going to explode.

Giovanni spoke, "What are you waiting for, just shoot him." The grunt raised his weapon, and fired. I jumped from my feet and was able to somehow dodge the bullets. The grunt pulled the trigger again, but the gun was empty.

I took an amazingly giant leap towards them, and landed on my hands and feet. I tried to swing a punch at them but they jumped back. I suddenly looked at Terra who was still in the net. I swung my hand at her and I was able to slice through the net with one swing. Terra didn't move for a few seconds, I could see the shock in her face. She finally jumped out of the net. I turned my attention towards the rockets, the one with the gun was reloading. I looked at the grunt to find him shaking, I could see the fear in his face.

I was going to take another swing at him, I prepared to jump.

'Nick, just run.'

'What, why.'

'JUST, RUN NOW.' Terra bolted away. I gave the grunts one final look, and ran off.

I was running on all fours, and I was able to catch up with Terra. I hadn't been more confused in my life. I ran ahead of Terra with a burst of speed, and I halted a few meters in front of her.

'Terra, you-.' She suddenly tackled me and pinned me to the ground. I tried to get up but something was wrong with my arms.

'Terra, what's going on here.' She didn't answer. She was breathing very heavily, but I wasn't out of breath, why should she be? It didn't take me too long to figure out that she wasn't out of breath, she was hyperventilating.

'Is something wrong'? She still didn't answer. I looked closer to find that she was foaming at the mouth

'Terra, you're scaring me.' She continued to hyperventilate and to foam at the mouth for a few seconds until she could finally answer me.

'IS SOMETHING WRONG!'? She sounded hysterical 'No, nononononono, something is very very right!'

'Really, what.'

'You mean you haven't noticed!'?

'No...'

'LOOK AT YOURSELF!' I looked at my palm to find a paw with massive claws. I looked down my front side to find sleek long fur. Two colors, yellow and blue.

I was a Typhlosion.