'Tis I, 'tis I the Liger with shields. OK that was terrible, sue me. Hey guys! So here is another chapter of A New Age. I am in school at this moment so I am lucky to be able to publish this at the moment. I don't really have much to say so let's get onto the reviews.

Monpoke: Thanks for the review and glad to see that you are still following the story. I have recovered quite well and feel like my old self again. Assuming that you were talking about my being sick. I am still having trouble with my translator so I apologize if I misinterpreted what you said.

Philip Harbindinger: The quote was apart of the AN. I forgot to space it correctly. I'll take the two as a good thing. Hey I need every compliment I can get, lol. I thought that quote was really cool, and it summed up my thoughts on our military. I know some think they are murderers, but those men and women need all of the support we can give them for doing something that we may not want to do ourselves. Finally, I am going to drag this issue out for a few days (in story of course). I want this to be kind of a new direction for the story. I mean how boring would life be if you saw the bad things coming?

How2101: I am not done with OMAA, I just had a lot going on with school. Luckily school is almost out and I should be updating more regularly.

Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.

Isaac Watts

Chapter 7

Devin's POV

Austin and Emily were given guest rooms in the house. Apparently, Dean and Crystal felt that they wouldn't take me in the middle of the night. However, they would not allow them to see me without one of them near me. I ended up having to share Shawn's room. It beat having to sleep outdoors, but I really didn't feel comfortable in a room that wasn't my own.

Since the sun was beginning to set, Dean said that we had to get ready for bed. He told Shawn to let me sleep in the bed and that Shawn had to sleep on the floor. Shawn whined a bit but quieted down once his father had threatened severe consequences. I laughed inside my head because it was something my parents used to do to me. I closed my eyes and tried to sleep.

My dreams were fitful, which was a first in a while. They were about my home in Texas. Things were back to the way they were. My dad never made his crazy warp drive thing. Suddenly, my dreams of normalcy were ruined. Something kept poking me in the side and it wouldn't stop. I opened a single eye and came face to face with a dark silhouette. I jumped nearly ten feet in the air. When I calmed down, I saw that it was only Shawn.

"What are you doing? You scared me to death!" I said in a hushed tone.

"I'm scared." Shawn replied in a trembling voice. I sighed and shook my head. I should have guessed that something like this would happen. 'Little kids, always scared of something. Now that I think about it, it is a little creepy in here.'

"Do you think you can come with me to my mommy?" Shawn asked hopefully. I looked at the cracked door and saw that there was still a light on in one of the other rooms.

"Sigh, fine." I conceded. It was obvious that I wouldn't get any sleep otherwise. I slowly got up and dropped to the floor. I began towards the door and Shawn fell in line behind me. We quietly snuck through the hallway toward the lit room. As we got closer, the sound of a movie playing reached our ears. I looked back at the room we had just left. I suddenly felt like I was doing something wrong. I thought about going back, but remembered that I probably wouldn't be allowed to sleep. Shawn took the lead and I followed him into the lit room. The T.V. was playing some sports channel. Only one chair was occupied. Dean laid in the recliner snoring softly.

"Look, he is asleep. Let's go back before we get in trouble." I whispered, hoping the threat of getting in trouble would persuade Shawn to go back peacefully.

"What are you two boys doing up? You both were supposed to be in bed two hours ago." a woman's voice said sternly from behind us. We both jumped and spun around. Crystal was looking down at us severely, with her hands on her hips.

"I got scared. I asked Devin if he would come with me to find you." Shawn muttered.

"Is that why you went into the living room? I was definitely not in there. Now you both go back in that room and go to sleep. I don't want to catch either of you out of that room until the morning. Do you both understand me?"

"Yes ma'am." we murmured in unison. We sulked back into the room and went to bed.

Austin's POV

The plan was simple. I would be the distraction. Emily would grab Devin and run. I walked into the family room and found the kid Devin had talked about.

"Hi, you must be Robert. I'm Austin, Devin's brother." I said. The boy looked up in confusion.

"H-hello. Um, how did you get in here?" he asked in return.

"Your parents let us stay over since you found our brother. So, Devin told me that you may be able to help us. We are looking for a short cut that will take us to Cerulean City. We need to get there fast because we are a few days behind schedule." Robert seemed really confused now. He studied my face and I gave him the most innocent look I could conjure up.

"I guess I could show you a few places that can get you there pretty fast. What's your name?" Robert asked.

"I'm Austin. So, where are these short cuts?" I asked. Robert got off the coach and waved for me to follow. He led me to what I was assuming was his room. I turned out to be right. The room itself seemed as though it was more of a museum than a bedroom. Shelves covered the walls and an old looking oak desk sat to one side of the room. The shelves were covered with knickknacks and curios. Coins in frames hung on the few bare patches of wall. If it were not for the seemingly out of place bed, I would have thought that I was in some kind of study.

Robert looked through one of the shelves, and pulled off a three foot long plastic tube.

"This is an old map, so please don't touch it. I don't want you to rip it on accident." Robert said as he opened the tube and gentle pulled out a plastic covered piece of parchment. He carefully unrolled the parchment on the desk and pulled out a magnifying glass from one of the desk's drawers. My plan was quickly unraveling as I realized that Robert had no intention of actually taking me to any hidden paths.

"How will an old map help? Wouldn't it be out of date? Maybe you should just show me some paths." I said, trying to steer Robert into going outside.

"None of these paths are nearby. You would have to walk several hours before you would reach any of them. But, several hours is better than a week of walking. Besides, this map is still fairly accurate. It is only about one hundred and fifty years old so not much has changed." Robert replied.

"Oh." I replied disappointedly.

"Ok, so if you continue down route 3 there is a cave just before you hit Mount Moon. According to this, it will exit just outside of Cerulean City's waterfront. If you want, I can get you a photo scan of the map. Regular camera flashes could damage the paper, so I really don't want you to take a picture of it." Robert said. I thought about the offer for exactly half a second before nodding to him. Robert flipped open a laptop and clicked on the file manger. After a few minutes, he handed me a scanned copy of the map and marked where the cave entrance was at. I quickly thanked him and left the room.

'Emily is going to kill me.' I thought as started to search for Emily.

Emily's POV

"Devin. Devin!" I whispered frantically. As I peeked through the cracked door. It was only seven in the morning so I was surprised that I could get him to twitch. After a couple of minutes of quiet hounding, Devin groggily sat up.

"Emily?" He muttered as he rubbed his eyes awake. "What are… you doing?"

"I just came by to tell you that Austin left with Robert. He is going to get Robert into an accident so that his parents will be distracted enough to let their guard down. When we here the phrase 'Underground Railroad' we are going to make a run for the door and try to get as far away as possible from here." I quickly explained.

"I thought I told you and your brother, that you can't see Devin without one of us present." a stern sounding voice said. I jumped and spun around to find Dean standing behind me.

"Dean! It's not what you think. I was only checking up on him!"

"That does not matter. You are not allowed to see him without supervision. I suggest that you go run along." Dean said strictly.

"Yes sir! Devin, I'll tell Austin that you're alright." I said before running for the door.

I went back to the guest room and flopped on the bed. I sighed in relief as I thought about how that could have turned out had he heard our conversation. There was a slight knock at the door and I jumped to answer it. Austin walked in and locked the door.

"I figured that you would be gone longer." I said, walking towards him.

"I ran into a small snag. Robert, apparently, doesn't trust me. He didn't want to go with me and instead gave me an out of date map with a few supposed shortcuts." Austin said. Austin began to pace back and forth then added, "I think that Robert brought Devin here knowing that his parents would try to take him away from us."

"Why would you think that?" I asked curiously.

"I don't know, maybe it is just a wild guess, but I did some searching and found a whole slew of things that seemed odd with these people. For one, I looked up the organization these two work for; it doesn't exist as far as I can tell." Sam explained.

"But they showed us those badges and they had all of that information on us. How would they know any of that if they weren't with some kind of organization?" I asked.

Sam shrugged then pulled out his phone. He typed a few things then looked back to me. "This world is a parallel to our world. They have crime. They have war. There is sickness, poverty and disease. The manga, show, and games are only a taste of this world. Is it hard to believe that somebody can fake a badge, or change their personal records?"

"No, I guess not." I admitted. "But still. You must have made a mistake."

Sam walked over to the bed and sat down. He held his hands palms up and stared at them. He seemed to study every crease, every vein, every cell. "You know, maybe I didn't search hard enough. Maybe, just maybe I didn't find anything because I didn't want to find anything. Maybe Devin was always right; I'm just a paranoid loser."

"We won't know that until we get out of here with Devin. So suck it up because I don't want to hear your pity story! You don't have a reason to feel sorry for yourself! You lost only a few years! You get to be older than your brother! I lost eight years! I am now seven years younger than my younger sister. I didn't get any perks and you don't see me having a freaking pity party! Do you know why? Because the last time I cried, I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere. I decided that feeling sorry for myself would make us fail! Now snap out of it and be a man!" I yelled, venting my frustration.

Austin looked at me with shock and confusion. "Have I really been that much of a downer?"

"Yes you have." I replied sharply.

Austin stood and laughed a little. "I guess I was. I'll try to stop."

"You better or I'll have Brand burn you with fire!" I threatened.

"I bet you can't even get him to listen to you." Austin smirked, all thoughts of self-pity leaving him.

"Would like to find out?" I asked teasingly as I reached for the Pokéball in my pocket.

"No, no, that's alright." Austin replied as he raised his hands defensively. I relaxed and withdrew my hand from my pocket. Austin looked at my retreating hand then said, "You, know, you should probably let Brand out more often. Pokémon like him are often very timid and don't like being in their Pokéballs."

"Really?" I asked. Austin nodded and I grabbed the Pokéball and twisted the knob. The ball opened with a flash and Brand stood on the floor. He glanced about frantically, then curled up into a tight ball. "Austin? Why did he just do that? He kind of just curled up like an armadillo or a hedgehog."

"Really? I didn't know he could do that." Austin replied sincerely.

"Really?"

"Of course I knew that! He is the equivalent of a hedgehog! Of course he can roll into a ball." Austin said in total disbelief.

"Ok, I sounded like an idiot. That doesn't mean you can be a jerk." I huffed.

"I'm sorry. The reason he is like that is because he is scared. He appeared facing away from you, so he didn't know what to do. All you need to do is to carefully approach him and whisper quietly. If you are too fast or you are to loud he could..." I zoned him out and went about doing what Austin suggested. I whispered quietly and gently walked over to him. As soon as he was in reach, I bent down to pick him. I must have grabbed him too fast or too hard because a large amount of flames shot out of his back. I shielded my face with my arm; dropping the little hedgehog-like creature. Pain shot through my arm and I screamed. It hurt so bad that I thought that it would fall off. Austin rushed over to me. He tried to look at the wound, but I wouldn't let him. I sobbed as my burnt arm throbbed with heat and burned pain receptors.

"What did I do? What did I do?" I asked between sobs.

"You didn't let me finish what I had to say. I was going to say that you shouldn't pick him up from behind for that very reason. When threatened Cyndaquil will shoot fire from their backs as a defense mechanism." Sam gently grabbed my arm and I reluctantly relaxed and let him look at the burn. "It looks pretty bad. Second degree. I think I have some anti-burn ointment in my first aid kit."

Austin pulled out his first aid kit from his bag and began sifting through its contents. I sobbed quietly. My arm trembled as I waited, causing the burn to feel even worse. Austin found the ointment and began applying it to the wound. I bit my tongue whilst trying not to scream. Austin pulled out a bandage, and began to wrap it. I cried bitterly. I felt something warm poke my leg and I looked down to see what it was. Through my teary vision, I saw Brand looking at me with remorse. Despite my pain, I managed to smile at him.

"It's… alright. I know that you… didn't mean to hurt me." I told the little Cyndaquil. He let out a sorrowful whimper. I would have said something else, but I was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Austin? Emily? Is everything alright? I thought I heard someone crying." Crystal opened the door and poked her head inside.

"Everything is fine. Emily was playing too rough with her Cyndaquil. He burned her pretty good." Austin explained.

"Is she alright? Do I need to clean the burn up?" Crystal asked apprehensively.

"No she's alright. I had a first aid kit. I cleaned it up and applied some burn ointment on the burn." Austin replied.

"Hold on for a minute. I have something that will help the pain go away."

Crystal walked away hurriedly. She was back in a couple of minutes. She sat on the bed and beckoned me to come closer. I hesitated and looked at Austin. He nodded and I conceded. Crystal unwrapped the bandages and squirted some kind of gel into her hand from a plastic tube. She gently rubbed it onto the wound. No matter how gentle she could be, the gel still caused my burn to erupt with pain. She continued to rub the ointment in until she was convinced that she had reached every inch of the wound. She squirted out some more of the gel then rubbed it on the bandage. Once she was done, she wrapped up the burn again.

"That gel is not a miracle drug. It will be awhile before it will start working, but it will cause the pain to go away. Just give it about half an hour or so." Crystal said as she headed for the door. "Oh, before I forget, there is a man here to see you. Apparently, your uncle has been hounding our boss ever since you two took Devin three weeks ago." Crystal added suspiciously. Austin and I looked at each other in confusion.

"Our uncle?" I asked in bewilderment.

"Yes, so grab your things and follow me to the living room." Crystal replied as walked out of the room. "One more," she called from the hallway, "please put your Pokémon back into its Pokéball. I don't want the house to burn down."

"Yes ma'am." I replied shakily.

Austin and I walked into the living room and were greeted by Dean, Crystal, and Devin. There was a fourth person in the room. I assumed he was the one claiming to be our uncle. He was tall with dark brown hair. He did looked a little like Devin's mom. She was the only one with brown hair in their family. Despite the man's small resemblance to Devin's mom. There was no way he could be related.

"There you two are! Your Aunt and I were so worried! We thought we had lost you forever!" the man said as he stood and embraced us. I was completely confused. I looked over to Austin who looked just as perplexed. The man let go and then motioned for us to sit next to Devin.

"Mr. Lee, we still have some unanswered questions. Could you explain to us how it is that Austin here was able to get the paperwork to care for his own brother?" Dean asked suspiciously.

"You see, that was quite easy for him to do since he is named after me. All he had to do was find out where I kept all of my important papers. Apparently, he found them and took off. He never really liked me all that much. He blames me for his mother and father's car accident." the strange man said smoothly.

'Is that a hint of sadness? Who is this guy?' I asked myself.

"Alright, well we don't really have anyway of telling if you are who you say you are until we get confirmation from our superiors. What hotel can we reach you at?" Crystal said quickly.

"I am actually staying with a friend in town. Here is the number for my cell." With that the man stood up and headed for the door. Before he opened the door, the man turned around. "I don't know why your Aunt told me to tell you this, but she wants you to study up on the Underground Railroad tonight." Devin, Sam, and I paled. We didn't tell anyone what we had said, yet he knew our code phrase.

"Why didn't he take us with him?" Devin asked innocently.

"I'm sorry honey, but he forgot to get some things that he needed. I'm sure he will be taking you home soon. You go on and play for a while. I have to go make dinner. Dean, I need some things from the store. I left the list on the desk in the office." Crystal ordered. Devin got up and ran off. We also got up to leave, but Crystal held us back. "I don't mind if you are with your brother, just remember that we do have cameras on the property." She warned.

Austin's POV

I told Emily and Devin to wait in the guest room. There were a few things I wanted to look into and I didn't want them involved. I quietly walked down the hallway, and into what had to be Dean and Crystal's study. Dean had already left and Crystal was in the kitchen, making this the perfect time to look for some information. I entered the study and quickly made my way to the desk. Sitting on top of the desk was a laptop. I didn't want to mess with it for several reason, but realized that I would have to since the office was barren of any sort of filing cabinet. I sat down in the office chair and flipped open the screen. To my surprise, the computer was already booted and ready for me to search. The logo on the computer to disprove my theory about the legitimacy of their agency. I pulled out my cell phone, took out the USB cord, and plugged it into the computer. The computer was already in some kind of database, so I typed in recent files. Sure enough, our records were the most recent, as well as a fourth record. I clicked on it and it brought up everything I could want to know about the man. I copied the file and was about to unplug the cord when another option caught my eye. The file was named Special Case Directives. I quickly copied the file to my phone and unplugged the cord. Just as I was about to leave, someone opened the door. I didn't have time to shut the computer so all I could do was duck for cover and pray that no one would see me. I hide under the desk and waited nervously for whoever it was to leave.

"Darn it he left already, I guess I'll just have to call him." Crystal muttered. "I see he left the computer on again. When is he going to learn that he can't just forget about things like that?" Crystal muttered as she shut off the computer and left the room. I breathed a sigh of relief and bolted out of the room.

Devin's POV

For the first time since I have been here, I could honestly say that I was happy. It felt good to be able to see Emily again without somebody telling me when I could or couldn't see her. The same went for Austin. Although you wouldn't hear me tell him that.

Emily and I sat in the guest room talking. I told her everything that had happened to me and she actually listened. It wasn't until Austin got back that things turned serious.

"Guys, look at this. I got it off of the computer in their office." Austin said as he passed his phone to Emily. She skimmed it quickly then handed it off to me. I read it and nearly passed out. The way I read it, it was our ticket out of here. The guy who claimed to be our uncle was supposed to be directly related to us. He held the papers for both me and Emily.

"This is good news, right?" I asked out of anticipation. Both Emily and Austin remained silent. "What? What's wrong?" I asked.

"This has got to be a trick. There is no one in this world that can be related to us. There is something going on and this has to be apart of some kind of conspiracy." Austin replied.

"How do you know that he isn't just some sort of alternative relative? You said this place was supposed to be an alternate universe. That means there are supposed to be alternate versions of us and our families." I replied, secretly proud that I remembered hearing Austin say that.

"Alternate doesn't mean completely different, that guy looked nothing like any of our uncles."

"Maybe it was our uncle that died before we were born. Mom never did like talking about him." I pointed out.

"Maybe, but I highly doubt that." Austin said skeptically.

"I think we need to leave. Tonight." Emily spoke up.

"Wait guys, think about this. That dude knew our code word. I didn't say anything. Did either of you say anything?" I reasoned. Both Emily and Austin shook their heads.

"Maybe we should wait until tomorrow night?" Emily asked.

"No, we will go tonight. We out number him and we have our own Pokémon." Austin said with certainty.

"Tsk, what are three kids, a mother hen, and a cowardly fire rat going to do? The only one that knows how to fight is your wolf man." I scoffed.

Austin, who had taken the time during my little sarcastic speech as a small study lesson, looked up; his face was extremely pale.

"Guys, this file just made our decision for us. If we don't leave soon, Devin is going to be sold to the highest bidder." Austin said out of horror. I could feel the color drain from my face. If I could look in a mirror at that moment, I probably would look like a ghost.

"What?" Emily said incredulously.

"Yeah, Devin meets the requirements of a very rich couple who can't have kids." Austin replied.

"Are you sure that you aren't reading that wrong?" I asked numbly. Austin gestured to the phone, then tossed it to me.

"Couple wants a young boy no older than six. Hair color: red. Eyes: N/A. Couple is willing to pay up to five hundred thousand dollars. If you happen upon a boy with these requirements, contact Phil. He will set up the deal." I read out loud. "Ah man! Robert set me up! I bet that entire gang of his is part of this!" I groaned as I tossed the phone back to Austin.

"Get everything packed. We are leaving as soon as it is dark." Austin said grimly. Austin hesitated for a moment, then added. "Try not to talk to each other tonight. Try to act like you normally would around them."

"Will do." Emily and I said in unison.

Austin's POV

Dinner was a very stressful affair. Devin avoided eye contact with almost everyone. Emily fidgeted with her food throughout the meal and I tried to pointlessly focus on eating. Dean and Crystal kept stealing quizzical glances at the three of us. When asked about what was wrong, we each gave our own lame excuses.

After twenty painfully long minutes of dinner. We were excused and headed off to do our normal evening routine. As soon as that was done, we headed to our beds. I set an alarm for two in the morning, I plugged in a pair of ear buds and went to sleep.

The alarm went off with calculated accuracy. Normally, I would have woken up like a zombie, but too much was at stake for me to have the pleasure of waking slowly. I quickly got dressed and found Emily already outside my door with her back pack. Unfortunately for me, Devin was nowhere to be seen. I sighed silently then signed for Emily to wait by the front door. I snuck quietly through the dark hallways, avoiding anything that could so much as make a slight ruffle.

The door to where Devin was sleeping was, thankfully, wide open. I was just about ready to sneak in, but halted when I saw the state of the floor. It was completely destroyed! Toys were everywhere! Clothes and other odds and ends were tossed haphazardly on the furniture. The entire room looked as though someone hadn't cleaned in years. I let out a silent groan, then went to work trying to get my brother without alarming the countryside.

After what seemed like a millennium, I finally reached the side of the bed. Devin was sound asleep, which didn't surprise me. I gently shook him, but didn't receive a response. I tried a little bit harder, but still received no response. I sighed and thanked Emily for taking my bag with her. I found Devin's bag on the floor next to the bed. I slipped the back pack over my shoulders and gently picked up my sleeping brother. I carried the tyke across the room when a familiar pain shot through my foot. I bit back a yelp of pain and looked down. I had stepped on a Lego. I must not have been quiet enough because the next thing I felt was a small hand tapping me on the back. I cursed at myself for not being quiet enough and slowly turned around. It was Dean and Crystal's little boy.

"Where are you taking… Devin?" the little boy yawned.

"I am just taking him home." I whispered. "If you were far from home, wouldn't you want to go home?"

"Yeah, can I help?" the boy asked innocently.

"Of course you can. All you need to do is lay down in bed and try to get more sleep, alright?" I instructed, praying that the kid would obey. The boy listened and went back to his spot on the floor. I sighed and carried Devin out of the room to the foyer.

I didn't even put Devin down as I slipped my feet into my shoes. Emily picked up Devin's shoes and opened the front door. A light flicked on behind us. The sound of heavy footsteps caused me and Emily to whirl around. Dean stood in the hallway.

"What are you three doing?" he asked angrily as he started toward us.

"Emily, run!" I yelled. We bolted through the front door and out into the fresh night time air. We had no chance to enjoy the coolness the night had to offer as we ran for our lives. Despite Devin's added weight, I managed to pull in front of Emily. I made it to the perimeter fence and looked back. Dean had caught Emily and dragged her to the ground. He had her pinned.

"What are you going to do kid? Leave your kid brother and help your sister, or leave your sister here?" Dean asked menacingly. I looked from Devin to Emily.

"Austin just go! Don't fall for it! Take Devin and run!" Emily begged.

"Get away from her!" I yelled as I placed Devin gently in the grass. I didn't even get a chance to charge the larger man, for another man had already done the job. He flew at Dean and rolled him off of Emily, who quickly scampered to where I stood. The two men rolled around on the beating each other mercilessly. Finally, the stranger landed one final blow, sending Dean into unconsciousness.

"Come on! We have to go now!" the man yelled. The sound of police sirens met our ears and snapped me out of my initial surprise. I picked Devin back up, and we ran after the man who had saved us. He ducked through a hole in the fence. By now, the police sirens had been not more than half a mile away. If we wanted to get away, we were going to need a miracle.

Mystery man's POV

"You are the guy from this afternoon! Who are you? Why are you helping us?" the oldest boy asked.

"I am a friend, Austin. One that is going to create havoc for a certain someone that couldn't create a better plan. You would probably remember me as Jeffric." I replied as we ran. I heard the sound of shouting and barking from several hundred feet behind us. I knew that if I didn't something fast we would all be caught.

"Jeffric? That shiny Mew?" Austin asked. "What are you doing here?"

Flashback

Jeffric's POV

"Alright, so I have an idea of what I am supposed to do, so when are we doing this?" I asked impatiently. Celebi looked at me for a second.

"I'd say that we should wait until twelve tomorrow. It will give them time to get everything gathered." she replied. I looked at myself in a mirror that was in the abandon apartment we were hiding out in.

"I still think that you and this plan is nuts."I stated.

"It's not like I haven't been called that before. Besides, you and the kids will be thanking me when this works." Celebi shrugged.

"If it works." I reminded.

We waited for something to happen for several hours, but nothing happened. I decided to look in the mirror again and decided that it felt weird seeing myself looking like a human again.

"I feel so odd." I muttered as I looked myself over. I was now six foot five and weighed maybe 185 pounds. My skin was fair and my hair was a dark brown color. My eyes stood out as they had kept their bright blue color. The clothing I wore were strange to me. Since I hadn't been human for nearly a millennium, just wearing clothing felt awkward. I pictured myself back when I was ruler of Green Landing. The royal satin robes of lavender, crimson, and indigo were replaced with a pair of blue pants and red shirt. I was crown-less and my full beard was nothing more than stubble. I was who I was when I was human, but I felt like I was somebody else.

"Do you really think this will work?" I asked Celebi.

"As long as you don't screw anything up, you will be fine. Besides, Dialga didn't bar me from all time lines. Just the one that I had fifty visits to. I was able to put all of the records in that you needed."

"I hope you did, because the last time you dabbled with anything concerning records you ended up getting those kids caught." I retorted.

"I have been to so many time periods that I forgot which ones that need info and which ones that don't." Celebi huffed. I laughed lightly and turned toward the little, green legendary.

"I still think this is insane." I reiterated.

"Oh shut up. It's close to show time." I nodded then walked awkwardly to the door.

End of Flashback

"Kid, I would love to answer your questions, but right now we kind of need to find a place to hide." I answered back. I looked desperately for a place to hide, a cave, a river, anything, but this forest was as barren as a desert in terms of hiding spots. "Kid, do you trust me?" I asked.

"I don't know! I guess so! I definitely don't like the alternative!" Austin shouted back.

"Good, because you probably aren't going to like what I'm about to do either!" I replied. A dark red glow began to irradiate from my hands to form a sphere. The sphere grew in size. First it doubled then it tripled in size. It grew until it encompassed the four of us. "Don't worry! What is about to happen is temporary! It shouldn't last more than a few days!"

"What did you just do!" Austin shouted back in panic.

"I made it so we wouldn't be caught!" I replied.

I hope y'all enjoyed the chapter. I really liked writing this one since it leads up to something I have been wanting to write for a long time. If y'all have anything to say, you all know what to do. If y'all like the story be sure to smash that favorite/follow button. This is Shieldliger001 signing off.