A/N: Another chapter! We're moving forward with the Team Triad plot this chap! -happy dance- I wonder if any of you can actually guess what Team Triad plans/is after between the hints in this chapter and Chapters 5-6. (Yes, that was indeed a challenge).

I'll warn you all now-I took some liberties with how the Wellspring Cave is laid out to get more out of the Team Triad action. Sorry if that confuses anyone.

Prepare for another dream sequence!

Heroes of Unova Book One

The Race to Save the Region

Chapter Eight

Dark. It was dark.

She shivered, wrapping her arms around her as she knelt on the ground, trying to calm her racing heart.

"You're fine. You're fine you're fine you're fine," She chanted, squeezing her eyes shut before abruptly opening them and standing up. She had to get out. Out before she freaked out and-

No. She couldn't think about that.

She began running, her shoes hitting the ground beneath her loudly, making echoes ring in her ears.

She cried out as, out of nowhere, there came a bright light, and there was no ground beneath her feet. She fell, and fell, and fell, until-

My partner, please watch where you're going. I cannot catch you everytime you fall.

ROUTE 3 LODGE

"Vikkiy! Vikkiy!"

The brunette groggily opened her eyes, blinking as Lolita came into focus.

"Vikkiy, time to get up. It's already eight, we wanted to be out of here no later then eight forty five, remember?"

The sixteen-year old yawned, sitting up and rubbing her eyes. "I'm up I'm up." Automatically she turned to look at her egg, which was resting on the nightstand table.

"Cinnamon and Mikaela are already downstairs eating breakfast. The boys too, probably," The blackette said, turning around to grab her bag. "See you down there."

"Yeah, uh-huh," Vikkiy yawned, trying to recall her dream. All she could remember was that she had been scared out of her wits, and then there had been a calming presense.

Shaking her head, she got up to prepare for the day.

ROUTE 3 LODGE

"Holy crap, you look like hell," Cinnamon said as the last member of their party walked into the dining room, egg nestled in her arms.

"Didnt sleep well," Vikkiy replied as she sat down in between Kyo and Mikaela. "I had one crazyass-sorry Ash-dream."

Landon looked up from his plate. "What happened?" He asked, an edge to his voice.

Vikkiy eyed him strangly, but replied nonetheless. "I was scared...running from something I think...and then there was this overwhelming comforting presence. That's all I remember."

"Strange," Felix commented from the other end of the table.

There was silence for a few seconds before Lolita spoke up. "So, what's on the agenda for today? Any cool places along Route 3 we can visit?"

Cinnamon paused mid-bite of a pancake. "Well...there's not much besides the Route itself, and Wellspring Cave."

Vikkiy, about to snatch a waffle off the big plate in the middle of the table, froze. "Wellspring C-cave?" She squeaked out.

Cinnamon eyed her with a weird expression on her face. "Yeah. I didn't stop there my first time around the region, think it'd be cool to check out. Why?"

"No reason!" She said hurriedly. Kyo, the only person besides her mom who knew about her fear of caves, squeezed her hand comfortingly under the table.

"Uh-huh..."

"Sounds cool to me," Felix said. "There are probably Pokemon we haven't seen in person yet there."

"I'm game," Mikaela agreed. Lolita nodded.

"Let's do it," Landon shrugged his shoulders. "I mean, why not?"

Vikkiy just gulped.

ROUTE 3

They had barely been walking for ten minutes when they heard it.

"Give us your Pokemon or suffer the consequences!"

"Hell to the fucking no!" A young male's voice responded.

The teens exchanged glances before quickly hurrying around the corner to where the Wellspring Cave lay.

In front of them were four Team Triad members and a teenage boy who looked to be about seventeen. He had spiky blue hair that was sticking out to the left, and was three inches taller then Felix. His brown eyes were narrowed angrily, a hand protectively on his belt which two Pokeballs were attached to.

"What the Arceus is going on here!" Cinnamon demanded angrily, her thoughts revolving around her precious bike that had been destroyed by these buffons.

"None of your business little girl!" One of the grunts sneered.

The redhead hissed, grabbing Belle's Pokeball and releasing the power-packing Gothitelle. "Im not a little girl, I could kick your asses all over this route!"

The Team Triad members looked at each other uneasily. "Retreat!" One yelled, and they all scampered inside Wellspring Cave.

"Weeeelll helloooo there, beautiful," The male trainer smirked, eyeing Cinnamon.

The eighteen year old turned to look at him. "Don't make me sic Belle on your ass, pervert!"

The blue-haired boy held up his hands. "Okay, calm down! No need to get all riled up!"

The female huffed, folding her arms.

"You okay?" Vikkiy asked the boy.

He nodded. "Yeah. Thank Arceus you guys showed up when you did, though. I was worried they'd try to take my Pokemon AND my stuff. Dunno what I'd do if they'd gotten my video games..."

Mikaela, Lolita, and Vikkiy all sweatdropped.

"Anyway, thanks again," He grinned. "Oh, I'm Lucas Taylor, by the way." He stuck out his right hand.

"Felix Gale," The black-haired male accepted the handshake. "These guys are Kyoshiro Averis, Vikkiy Black, Mikaela Cody, Lolita Brown, Landon Noire, and the girl you pissed off is Cinnamon Rays."

Lucas opened his mouth but paused. "Nice to meet you. 8-badge run?"

"Just those four," Landon spoke up. "Cinnamon has all eight, and Lolita and I are just along for the ride."

"You?" Vikkiy piped up.

"Also going for the eight badges," Lucas said, grinning.

"I hate to be a buzzkill," Cinnamon interjected harshly. "But maybe we should go see what Team Triad is up to?"

ROUTE 3-WELLSPRING CAVE

The eight teens stopped just inside of the cavern. It was remarkably naturally well lit, although the different clusters of human-made lights in the distance gave away Team Triad's positions.

"Let's split up," Cinnamon said briskly. "Mikaela and Landon, you guys head to the left. Lucas and Felix, head right. Kyo and Vikkiy, go straight, and Lolita and I will check the bottom level." Beckoning to the blackette, she headed towards manmade stairs that had been crudely cut. Lolita hurried after her, smacking into a wall in the process.

"Damn she's bossy," Lucas whistled before heading off with Felix. Landon and Mikaela also went off in a different direction, leaving Vikkiy and Kyo alone.

The brunette took a deep breath, looping her arm through Kyo's in an attempt to calm herself down.

"...You going to be okay?" He asked, worry in his voice.

"I'll be fine," She said unconvincingly. "Let's just get this over with."

WELLSPRING CAVE-Cinnamon and Lolita

"Oof!"

Cinnamon turned to look at her impromptu partner. "How clumsy are you!"

Lolita grinned sheepishly. "Pretty clumsy...sorry..."

The scarlet-haired biker simply sighed as they continued to walk.

"Intruders!" A voice said suddenly, and both females whipped around to see six Team Triad members standing in front of them. "How dare you interrupt our investigation of Wellspring Cave!"

Cinnamon narrowed her eyes, recognizing the leader of these particular grunts. "You're the fucker that destroyed my bike!" She growled, grabbing all five of her Pokeballs, releasing her entire team. "And for that, you shall pay!"

WELLSPRING CAVE-Landon and Mikaela

"Where the Spinda are all these freaking Woobats coming from?" Landon asked, rather peeved, as his Zorua continued to fire off rapid Dark Pulses at the psychic types.

Mikaela shrugged as her Lillipup continued to use Roar. "Who knows. Maybe we disturbed a nest?"

"Maybe," The white-haired male said skeptically as they continued down the path towards the bobbing lights in front of them.

"Well..." The brunette turned in a circle. "I think we scared them all away."

"Or they heard the awful singing voices of Team Triad," Landon winced as several male voices rose in song horribly.

"Yeah, or that."

WELLSPRING CAVE-Felix and Lucas

"So," The blue haired male said, looking at the Sinnoh native. "How in Arceus' name did the seven of you manage to start traveling together?"

"It was just me, Kyo, Vikkiy, and Mikaela the start. We're all from Nuvema Town. Then we picked up Landon in Accumala, saved Lolita's ass on Route 2, and met Cinnamon in the Dreamyard as Team Triad was causing havoc."

"Well then-"

"Patrat, scratch!"

The two males, instantly aware of the presense of Triad grunts around them, quickly released their Pokemon.

"Tynamo, Spark!"

"Water Pulse Dewott! Pansear, Flame Burst!"

WELLSPRING CAVE-Kyo and Vikky

"I swear we are walking in circles," Vikkiy complained as hey walked further into the cavern. The brunette was still clutching onto Kyo's arm, barely controlling her fear. If you took a simple glance at her, age would look fine. However, if you took a closer look, you's notice that her nails were digging into her palms, and her eyes were darting back and forth.

"Maybe," Kyo replied. "But the lights are getting clos-"

A loud noise (maybe a CLANG, or a BOOM) cut him off, and a bright flash swept throughout the entirety of the cave.

A/N: Lucas Taylor belongs to AshKetchumDarkSide.

Yes, I did leave it on a cliffy. Deal with it.

I lied about the evolutions-those are next chapter.

Thanks for all the awesometastic reviews, you guys! I'm going to try and update at least once more in the next nine days before I leave for Chicago for Christmas. I'll try and write two chapters while I'm there, so I'll be able to update like THAT when I get back.

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