Zeke's POV

Finally, my break had just started. I was stuck helping this blue hair guy wash dishes with my vine whip, and man, I hate washing dishes. I headed toward the resting room to check on Shadow, hoping that he was okay. When I walked into the room, he wasn't on a bed. He was nowhere in the room, and Rachel wasn't there either. That was strange because the restaurant is now closed, and it wasn't like they had anywhere else to go. I double checked, and they were definitely gone. I frantically searched a third time, and I knew that there was no more use in looking, but I found out that one of the purrloin was gone. It was that hot one that Rachel said I fell in love with about a day ago. Taking a risk, I left the room to find them.

I took a left to go through the kitchen; to see if they were still doing some work. I walked by the counters, checking for a clue. At the counter at the very end, I saw blood stained in front of it on the tile floor. I tried to jump up to see what was on top of the counter, but I was too small. Thinking of a way to get up, I extended my strong vines, and used them to lift me off the floor and onto the counter. There was more stained blood on it, and a Popsicle stick, and a blood stained rag. I saw someone attempted to clean the counter, but some reason someone didn't finish it. That explained why the dish cloth was soaked up with some blood. I had no idea what the Popsicle stick was for, but I knew someone was injured here. I used my vines to safely lower myself to the floor, and kept checking the counters. Between two counters was that red scarf that Rachel always had around her neck, strange. I picked up the red scarf and carried it with me.

I kept looking between the small spaces of the counters, knowing that there could be more clues there. Then I felt a sudden sharp pain. Quickly looking down, I saw a piece of glass wedged in my foot. I used my fingers and attempted to pull it out, but when I tried, I felt more pain, and it made me back off. I tried once more, and I closed my eyes, got a firm grip, and yanked really hard, ignoring the pain. I reopened my eyes, and saw I was holding a dirty piece of glass with some blood in it. Checking my foot, it felt numb and some blood leaked out, but otherwise seemed fine.

"Ouch," I whispered, hoping no one heard me. I pushed the bloody glass under a nearby counter carefully, when I saw something sparkle in the corner of my eye. I turned my head around, and about a few inches away was another piece of dirty glass. I limped carefully toward it, and picked it up. It was just like the other piece, but it was shaped differently. I scooted the piece under another counter, when something had shimmered right under another counter. I bent down and moved my hand around the dark space carefully, and I felt some thick, cold material. I grabbed onto it with a tight grip and took it into my sight, and it was a silver fork. What was with all this broken glass and silverware? This kitchen could really use a health inspector. Some more pieces of glass were around this counter, so I cautiously swept the glass I could find under the counter.

Between the counters, there was lots of dust, but I saw some footprints in between two of them. Memories of the dusty alley from yesterday came to mind, and I felt that I should just forget about this whole thing. Then I remembered that Shadow, Rachel, and the hot cat are possibly in trouble, so I worked up some courage, and walked through the narrow space. The space was surprisingly big so it just felt like I was walking down a really small hallway. I kept going a few seconds till I made it to a white wall which was strangely not covered in dust. I felt the wall, and it was sturdy, so how could the footprints end here? On the ground, I saw lots of dust, but one area had no dust, and was covered up with a napkin. I reached out and picked up the napkin to reveal this red button. Curious, I gently pushed the button, and it made a click sound. I saw the part of the wall with no dust start to move. Being partly scared, I took a few steps back as the wall moved.

The wall started to rise slowly, and stopped after it was about my height. It was some kind of tunnel. I couldn't determine if it was smart or foolish to go in, but what if my friends were in there? I couldn't leave them in this labyrinth, so I forced myself to move into the tunnel. The floor was made out of stone, and so were the walls. Suddenly, I heard a clank noise come from behind me. I swished my head around to see that the machine operated door had closed, and there was no turning back.

The tunnel was dark and narrow just like between the counters, but I had to feel around to know where to go. It went straight for a while, when I tripped over something. I got back on my feet and picked the object up and it was just a rock; I dropped it and kept going. I went like this for a while, and I tripped many times and bruised my right elbow. It started to feel like someone was baking me alive, and the tunnel had gotten narrower. I had to drop to my elbows, all sweaty, and crawl some of the way. Finally the steaming heat had stopped and the pressure had decreased. I was able to stand up, and there were lit torches in the back of the area. I was in a room where there was a steel floor with steel walls.

I cautiously took a few steps into the room, frightened that there was no way to get back. I then heard a low, muffled voice echo in the room. I searched around, scared, and then saw that in a corner that a torch wasn't lit was a squirming figure. I slowly walked toward it, when I saw a tail in the shape of a leaf; Shadow! I ran up to him, and in the faint light I saw he was tied up with rope and was muffled up with masked tape sealing his mouth shut. I instantly ripped the masked tape off his mouth, and saw him yelp in pain for a second.

"Shadow, Shadow, are you alright?" I frantically yelled, hoping he was okay. He stopped squirming and answered,

"Do you think I look alright? I'm tied up, have a slash on my stomach, a huge bruise on my back, and my mouth is burning! You should learn to never rip tape off someone's mouth, slowly peal it off!" He was seemed alright when he talked, but physically was in pain.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I was kidnapped, what does it look like to you?"

"Well who kidnapped you?"

"I don't really know, first I saw that Purrloin, than I saw this clone of me, than a haunter, than an arbok, so I don't really know what is happening." I had no idea what a haunter or an arbok, but I knew that it didn't really matter.

"Wait, how did you get here in the first place, and why do you smell like French fries?" He explained that he wasn't actually punched in the neck, but slashed in the stomach, which explained his wound. He was held captive in an old bag that used to have potatoes, was thrown against a wall, was knocked out, and woke up here. He then said he wouldn't answer any more questions till I untied him.

I dragged his body from the rope into the dim light of an ember on a torch. I flipped him over to see a twisted knot on the back. He yelped when I turned him over, but it was for the greater good. I found part of the rope, and pulled a loop and loosened it. I then slowly pulled the end of a rope out, and then made a swift maneuver and after a while and a few mistakes, I finally untied him. Shadow partly stretched, than I saw the revolting wound on his stomach and the big bruise on his back. He had a limp in his self, and he seemed to be in major pain. I helped him up and he had to put his arm around my shoulder.

"Do you know where Rachel is?"

"I have no idea."

"Ugh, this detective stuff is so hard!"

"Shut up!" Shadow screamed for no reason.

"Well you don't have to be rude!"

"No, no, not in that kind of way!" he screamed. "Listen really closely." We stayed still for a second, and all I could hear was the crackling sounds of the fire. Suddenly, I heard some bird noise.

"Caaaaaaaaaaaaw," I heard a voice scream.

"So you found my secret chamber young Pokémon, took you long enough, Caaaaaaaaaaaaw," a mischievous voice randomly echoed through the steel room. I checked around the perimeter, and saw nobody. Who was that, it was probably-

"Where are you?" Shadow blurted out, interrupting me in mid-thought.

"Oh sorry, I forgot that you can't see me all the way here, how pathetic," that same voice insulted, and then a big bird flew down.

The bird had huge, dark brown wings and huge, tan eyebrows. It had ruby eyes and a really small beak. It had tan feet with sharp talons and had black, upside down triangles in two rows. It represented an owl. Shadow than said in a whisper,

"A Noctowl, what is one doing here?" I could tell by the fragile way he said it that this Pokémon was really strong, and you probably don't usually see one around here. The bird flew down to the steel ground with intimidating eyes.

"Hello young fellows, how nice to see you… he, he, he," she laughed creepily.

"What are you doing here" I managed to say under the pressure.

"Uh, you still don't get anything do you? What should I expect from two snakes that have walnut sized brains, tsk, tsk," she insulted.

"Where's Rachel?" I screamed at the foul bird. She shook her head, than answered,

"You are truly the most idiotic snivy I have ever found, she is right over there in the corner." She extended her wing in a corner that was shadowed by darkness. She flew back into the air with her wings that had a wide wingspan, and used her talons to clench onto a lit torch. She flew over with it to that corner, and she moved the ember along an unlit torch, and it sprouted up, showing a faint light. She had lit two others, then flew back to where she got the torch, and put it back in this container thing that was able to keep these torches on the wall.

In the faint light, I saw Rachel all beaten up. She had blood soaked up in her fur, and many bruises, and I think a broken leg, but I wasn't sure. She was motionless, tied up, and muffled, just like when I found Shadow. I couldn't tell if she was alive or dead at my angle, but I was severely worried.

"What did you do to her?" I shouted at the owl like bird.

"Oh, not much, I just tossed her around and she got a little hurt in the process," she replied, not answering my question and making me more frustrated.

"Tell me a-" she interrupted me.

"Well if I tell you some things, let us do this in private." I didn't really understand her question. I then saw purple rings shoot out of her eyes and aim straight at me. I jumped out of the way in fear, dropping Shadow on the steel ground.

"Sorry Shadow!" I screamed at him, unable to control the volume of my voice, and the purple rings had swept over him. His eyes grew heavy, and then he had fallen asleep.

"What-"

"That was hypnosis. It is a move that makes people fall asleep, and sometimes if you do it right, you can control their actions. I also used that attack on your little canine friend over here," she interrupted, as if she read my mind.

"Now, what does the so called, chosen one want?" When I was about to ask my first question, the words, 'chosen one' was uncalled for.

"What do you mean by chosen one?" I asked, getting even more frustrated with this act of tomfoolery.

"Oops, did I just say that out loud?" she teased, and I knew she was trying to taunt me.

"Yes, yes you did!"

"Oh, I don't think I will answer that question, not now anyway. I will tell you later on." I felt anger course through my veins. Before I could ask another question, she started to talk through that upper beak of hers.

"Well I see that you have so many questions, but they will have to wait. The reason I wanted to talk to you privately was because of two things. One thing is that I should tell you a few secrets."

"What's the second thing?"

"It's a secret, and you'll find out about it in a minute." I allowed her to continue.

"You see, I have been watching you from the very beginning; even before you were born. This whole adventure you are on is just a big waste." What was she talking about? Did she expect me to turn back after everything we had done so far, and what does she mean about watching us?

"I can tell by your confused expression that you have no idea what I'm talking about, so I'll just say it a little more clearly." Surprised and knowing that this would take a while, I sat down on the steel floor.

"Now a long time ago, Shadow had two parents. They were both snivys, and they didn't like Shadow because he was a shiny snivy and they thought that something bad would happen, so when they were able to find this trap, they pushed him in. He was taken to Sandgem town, and was tested on. They made his bluish color turn black and purple, than gave him two strong powers. He then escaped and had been living in Eterna forest ever since."

"So, what does this have to do with me?" I asked, wanting to get straight to the point.

"Well when he was pushed in, his parents had an egg. They ran away before they would also be caught, but accidently dropped the egg. When the scientists came, they also found the egg and took it to the lab along with Shadow. The egg was stolen in the middle of Shadow's escape by a Team Plasma secret agent. Team Plasma is an evil organization in Unova that is trying to liberate Pokémon. Team Plasma actually was the only reason that Shadow could escape. I am also a Pokémon member of this team."

"Still, what does this have to do with me?"

"Please don't interrupt me, and maybe this will make more sense. Team Plasma knew that this is a special egg. This egg was supposed to hold an incredibly important Pokémon. They had to destroy it, but they couldn't just break it. It had to grow up, and then it is said that it would find this item, and after that, they would take the item than kill the Pokémon. They had to kill it after or else something disastrous would happen to their team. The only flaw is the Pokémon had to be with a relative while growing up for it to find the item to come. How this had to happen for it to work, I have no idea, but it has to in order for Team Plasma to get what they want."

"What are they after in the first place?"

"It is this important stone that is said to hold dark powers. When the power is extracted and injected into a Pokémon, it gives them powers of some of the strongest moves and abilities."

"I still don't really get what this has to do with me."

"How do you still not get this? You are the egg! You are the special Pokémon that they are trying to kill! It is said in folklore that you will find that item! I was forced to hypnotize this buneary into talking Shadow into giving him the egg and made him leave on this journey! This is why you are called the chosen one!" I was shocked, but still really confused.

"Well why did he have to leave on this journey?"

"Ugh, it is told in this folklore. The Pokémon, also known as you, had to be with a relative on a journey so on the way, they would come across the stone."

"Wait, how's Shadow my relative, I thought he wasn't my dad."

"You are right, he isn't your dad. He is your brother! He just doesn't know it." I knew he was related to me, but not in that kind of way. All this information was coming in so fast; I could hardly keep track of all of it.

"What folklore are you talking about?"

"It was an old legend that had almost gone in the grouping of forgotten history. In this old library that was going to be torn down, a member of Team Plasma found the last book about it, and ran off. I'm afraid that I can't tell you the actual folklore since it is highly confidential." I stomped my foot in anger. I couldn't believe I was some special Pokémon. How could folklore even tell the future?

"Is that all?" I asked, furious.

"Yes and the second reason are because I'm here is to kidnap you and take you to Team Plasma. We still want that special coloring of yours, and before you ask, the reason we want yours and not Shadow's is because you are like a legend, so we would like yours better. Before I do that, I want to do it in front of your friends, so I can confess a few other things. Also, for the record, they should not know about your prophecy, and both of us shouldn't reveal it." I didn't want to cooperate anything with this trickster Pokémon. This Pokémon was pure evil, working with Team Plasma and was going to kidnap me after. I didn't know why this Pokémon would think I would go along with it, but there was nothing I could do, so I had to follow along.

She stretched her wings and then gave a screeching caw. Rachel and Shadow started to slowly wake up a few seconds after the caw.

"Ugh, I can't feel my brain," Shadow complained.

"Well I can't even move!" Rachel complained.

"Since everybody isn't sleeping, I think it's time for some, confessions. I'll start with the things about the little pup," the noctowl announced.

"DON'T call me a pup!" Rachel demanded.

"Okay, PUP! He, he, he…" the noctowl teased.

Rachel's POV

I grinded my canine teeth together as I wanted to tear those feathers off her skin and shove it into that snotty beak of hers. I wish I could, but I could hardly breathe with all the damage I had taken from Cilan.

"Oh Rachel, Rachel, where should I begin, maybe with that I was the one who tripped you back in the kitchen and how I made you drop that expensive dish." I growled deeply, knowing that it was the only thing I could do as a pillar of fire was burning inside my stomach.

"Wait, I saw a black leg with a red tip when I was tripped, and you obviously don't have one," I explained, grinding my teeth even harder.

"I'll get to that part in a jiffy." I gave a deeper growl as she mocked me.

"Also, Cilan wasn't the one who threw you at the wall, I did!"

"That was Cilan though!" I screamed with a cracked voice, seeing that the berry that Cress gave to me earlier didn't help much. I wanted to jump at her and give a furious assault to see how she would like it!

"Hold on for a second eager beaver. I also saw you passed out on a counter earlier, and when Cress and Chili had to leave for a second so they could relight the fire in that resting room, I quickly kidnapped you." That explained why I was here in the first place, and kidnapping, seriously? I felt some motivation edge me on, and I crawled forward. A sharp pain then stabbed my side, and I was forced to stop.

"Tsk, tsk, fine, I'll show you now." Noctowl then jumped up with her talons and flipped in the air like a wheel rolling down a hill, than she was a blur of pink, but when the spinning stopped, a Noctowl didn't come back down but it was a Zorua! A trickster Pokémon that is mostly black with tips of red on the head, above the eyes, and tail. It also looks like an ebony scarf was around her neck.

"Well now it makes since," I admitted, setting that burning anger aside. The confused faces on Shadow and Zeke told me that they had no idea what we were talking about.

"I was also many other people. For instance, today I was that noctowl, an arbok, a haunter, Shadow, and Velvet, also known as that mysterious Purrloin that has been following you and causing so much mischief. Also, my name is Illusion, and for your record, I'm not a girl, sometimes people confuse me for one." Shadow looked freaked out, probably because most of those transformations might have to deal with something about what happened to him.

He explained the stories about what happened to Shadow to Zeke and I, and he told the story about what happened to me so that everybody knew what was happening. He also explained that he had been watching Shadow and Zeke ever since they started their trip. He said he was a member of Team Plasma and he also said that Shadow and Zeke are brothers.

"Oh yeah, and I was many people along the way on your trip. I was one of the professors in the lab when you stayed with Juniper, I was one of those patrat that fled when you defeated the pack, I made you able to trust humans, and I was also Emily." I didn't know who Emily was, but Zeke seemed to be really steamed up. "I was sent in the middle of the battle as a combee because you would have possibly failed, so I stepped in to help you. I than made up the excuse of having to go back to Floroma town, to get away from you."

"So I guess that is all that is needed to be said, so about further ado, I'm here to kidnap Zeke since we still need that color of his still for a plot." Illusion had spinned like a pink wheel once more. He transformed into a big blue dragon with red wings, also known as a salamence. The main thing that I couldn't understand was that she could use moves of the Pokémon she is when she transformed, but normally, they just have illusions, but these are real.

His red wings flapped furiously and he was lifted off the steel ground in a crazy frenzy. He gave a menacing growl, and then at a strong speed, the illusion fox had adjusted its wide wings, and it dove straight for Zeke when I started to see blotches of black.

Illusion's POV

This was going to be a ball in a park. At an alarming speed, I dived straight for the idiotic Pokémon, and watched him flinch in fear. Ghetsis would be pleased for me getting this Pokémon so fast. I smiled as my claws extended with my dragon claw and was about to clench him in my long, thick claws. Inches away from my target, I heard a huge blast come from behind me, making me lose concentration. I repositioned my tail and wings so I could stop flying at my incredible speed, and quickly turned around with a ball anger resting in my stomach. A huge whole had been made in the steel wall, and I saw many twisted pieces of steel lying down on the ground. I saw the metallic fortress hover in the sky as a savage blizzard caused a frigid cold to blow in. Oh no, I was out of time, they were here so I could get a quick getaway.

"No, I need more time!" I screamed at myself, furious. I couldn't keep the boss waiting, and when I turned around, I saw Zeke and Shadow ready to put a brawl on.

"We'll settle this next time you morons, and don't think I'll forget," I warned. I hesitated to fly away into the raging blizzard. There was going to be a punishment alright, and then when I mustered up my courage, I flew toward the flying ship, awaiting my torture for failure.

Shadow's POV

That coward! Just when I was able to get into a serious battle, he flees toward that floating tin can! If only I could fly like that Pokémon, I would teach that egghead a lesson in a sky battle! My eyes was glowing a fiery red as the dramatic action made my claws clench into a tight fist. About to go after the fleeing faker, I knew that this could have been some kind of taunt. I took a deep breath, and stopped, stopping my growing rage.

Now that we were all safe for now and allowed to heal, I enthusiastically limped toward Rachel. She had passed out within the last few minutes. I touched her, about to pick her up, but then I felt woozy. A nauseous feeling swooshed around in my stomach as I saw pure darkness. The familiar streak of lightning was followed by the burst of bright light.

It was another weird vision. I saw Rachel on a rock in the middle of some ocean. A burst of water hit her by an anonymous source, and she slipped off. She sank through the water, and she drifted out of sight.

The stuff that followed after the vision happened and I came back to reality. I was breathing heavily, and on the verge of passing out. What was that?! Did Rachel just drown in the ocean? Could this have been the future? I remember the last three. One took place in the past and two were in the future. Could I have another one of these dreams? Oh no, Rachel was in danger, and my eyes grew heavy at the thought. I wanted to stay up and get out of the way of the cold coming from the hold in the wall. I would surely lose a lot of body heat if I passed out here, but when I took my first step, my foot grew numb and I slipped to the floor, slipping away from reality.

Author's Note: When Illusion explained the info about watching Zeke and Shadow their entire trip when everybody was awake, he left out everything about the chosen one and about him knowing about Shadow's powers and everything else like that.