Hey guys! I know it has been a long time, but I here I am! To be honest, there has been a lot going. I got a new job and I started a YouTube channel. So that's the reason I haven't published a chapter recently. I hope none of you thought that I had died or something lol. Anyways on to the reviews!

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When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise. To put a piece en prise, is to play it so that it may be captured.

Howard Staunton

Chapter 13

Devin's POV

My world came crashing down around me. I shook my head in disbelief. I may not have been a Pokémon fan, but even I knew that being caught meant the Pokémon had to follow the person that had caught them.

"Devin? Are you ok?" Ell asked.

"No, I'm not ok. This can't be happening! It can't be!" I yelled.

"Devin, we will get through this. I promise. We will get through this." Ell soothed.

I stared at the other Pichu for several seconds before looking away. I felt completely hopeless. I was separated from my family, again. The hopelessness began to transform. It began to burn into a raging inferno.

'I am done being the victim. I will not give in to this anymore.' I thought angrily.

"My name is Chase. Now that I have introduced myself, I think you two should meet my other Pokémon." the young man who captured us said.

He pulled out two more Pokéballs, rubbing each one lovingly. He tossed the first one gently. When the blinding light ceased, a large Arcanine stood in front of us. The dog took up the majority of the free space in the room.

"Well, it's good to see that you two are up and about. How are you feeling?" the Arcanine asked with a friendly smile.

"Have you ever had somebody close to you die?" I asked coldly. The Arcanine nodded slowly. "That's how we feel."

I had caught the Arcanine off guard with my jab. "I'm sorry you two feel that way. I hope that you will change your minds as we travel together. Anyways, my name is Cane. It's not the most creative name, but it suits me nicely. What are your names?"

"I'm Ell, and this is Devin." Ell replied politely.

"Why did you tell him? He has no right to know our names!" I asked furiously.

"Devin, we are never going to get home. Do you know where we are? Or, how far away we are? Do you even know which direction we went?" I slowly shook my head to each of Ell's questions. "Then you might as well accept the fact that we got caught. I don't want to be a trainer's Pokémon anymore than you do, but we can't change anything."
 I felt helplessness seeping into my spirit once again. Before it could overcome me, I shoveled it onto my fire of anger. Smoke billowed inside of me as the flames were stoked with more fuel.

"If you want to just give up, than fine. I for one will not go along with this quietly." I replied.

Cane stared at me with a grim look. He paced over to me and began to study me. I froze with terror as the gigantic predator poked and prodded me.

"You are a strange one. I have never seen a Pokémon that wanted to resist the trainer who had captured them." Cane said once he finished his examination.

"That's because I'm not..." I began however I quickly stopped thinking of what could happen.

"You're not what?" Cane asked curiously.

"I'm just not your average Pokémon that's all." I mumbled.

Cane didn't seem to buy it, but he was sucked into his Pokéball before he could say anything. I let out a sigh of relief. That relief was short lived because Chase had thrown out his second Pokéball. A ginormous, bipedal lizard was spat out of the ball. It had a dark gray body with purple and red on its belly. It had a long whip-like tail. Its menacing eyes were a deep purple.

"Well, well, well, I guess I get to have a little snack. Neither of you are very big, but any morsel is better than no morsel." the large lizard spoke as it licked his maw.

"Sal, they are not to eat." Chase warned.

"Boss, I was only kidding." the lizard hissed, though I was sure he was not.

Austin's POV

"We looked everywhere! We can't find them anywhere. They aren't in the village anymore." Aurelia said as we continued to search.

"They aren't in the colony anymore." Emily mumbled.

"I know. Let's go. Get Jeffric, Teresa, and Elweard. We are going after them." I said.

"You can't go out there! It's too dangerous!" Aurelia objected.

"He is our brother. We are going after him!If you don't want to help than that's fine with us. We will find him and Ell." I replied.

"I can't stop you from leaving, but then again, you were only staying temporarily." Aurelia sighed.

Baraq and his brothers walked with us to the entrance. They weren't thrilled about our departure, but wished us good luck. We thanked them for everything. Once we made it through the tunnel, Barack and his brothers left leaving us to the outside.

"So, where do we begin?" Emily asked.

"Elweard? Do you sense anything?" Jeffric asked.

"No, Master Jeffric. Devin was captured in a Pokéball. There is no way for me to track him. However, I can track the trainer that caught him." Elweard answered.

"Do it. We don't have any time to waste!" I exclaimed. Elweard nodded and set to work.

Emily's POV

We walked through the forest for several hours, but really didn't find anything. I was beginning to tire, but I didn't want to rest since we had no clue how far away the trainer could have gone. We traveled a while longer, before Elweard stopped directly in front of us.

"Someone is following us." he growled.

"Can you tell what it is?" I whispered.

"It feels familiar. You two go to Teresa. Get between me and her that way if something attacks, than you won't be the first targets." Elweard ordered. I began to protest, but Elweard shot me a menacing look.

Rustling began to be audible from directly behind us. I looked at Jeffric, but he seemed completely at ease. Elweard and Teresa, however, looked like they were gearing for war. Elweard crouched down low; his teeth glistened as his lips pulled back in a menacing snarl. Teresa also crouched down, but in more of a defensive manner.

"Wait! Don't attack! It's me! Pic!" a quiet voice squeaked. Elweard relaxed as did the rest of us.

"What are you doing here? You should be at home with your family." I said.

"It was my fault that Ell and Devin got caught. I am going with you." Pic said while crossing his arms.

"Guys, we better take him back." Austin replied glumly.

"I told you that I am not going back!I want to find my sister and that's final!" the little Pichu yelled.

"Look, it is way too dangerous for you to come with us. Besides, what about your parents? They are going to miss you." I said.

"They won't miss me. After Ell got captured, they disowned me because I was the one who was responsible. I'm not considered a part of the clan anymore."

"That is beyond harsh! I swear that I am going to strangle Baraq when we take you back." Austin growled.

"Master, we should not take him back. That is a law that goes beyond a single clan. If we take him back they may kill him." Elweard replied quietly.

"What?" Austin and I said in unison.

"Many Clans have tabooed going out of the perimeter of the clan territory without permission. Members who are caught leaving the clan are warned first, then are banished on their second violation. It is how most clans have survived from being caught by trainers." Elweard explained.

"What about Aurelia? We met her outside the clan." Teresa asked. "We didn't have such a rule in our herd."

"She is a teacher as well as a scout. A lot of teachers in the clan had other responsibilities as well." Elweard shrugged.

"Great, just another brat we have to watch." Austin muttered.

Devin's POV

"What are you?" I asked the strange lizard.

"Me? I am just an average Salazzle. One that my trainer is torturing because I can't eat either of you." the lizard said as he smacked his lips.

I backed further into the bed a crouched down. The lizard smirked. He looked away, then, in a flash, he jumped at me and Ell. I nearly had a heart attack as did Ell. The lizard hissed which I took as laughter. Chase sighed and returned the Salazzle to his Pokéball.

"Sorry about that. Sal likes to scare newcomers. He's been like that since we moved from Alola. I actually just started on my second Pokémon journey so I left most of my other team at my house. One of you will be going with my brother. He is going to be a trainer in a month. I figured that a Pichu would make for a good present. We will start heading that way once the nurse says that you both are alright." the boy smiled.

"Great… One of us is going to be sent with a brat. This is just going from bad to worse." I muttered.

"I guess this is going worse than I thought."Ell agreed.

"All we can do is try and resist the best we can. You know, maybe we can try to run away!" I suggested.

"How do you suppose we do that? This place is like a fortress!" Ell said motioning to the room we were in.

"We wait for them to let us out of here. Then when it is night time. We try to escape the Pokéballs during the night and we get as far away as possible!" I exclaimed.

"I guess it's better than being used by a trainer for the rest of my life. Let's do it!Oh, wait, how do out get out of the Pokéball?"

"I forgot, you were let out. What do you see when you were inside the Pokéball?"

"The clan mostly."

"Just go through the entrance and you should be able to break out." I replied.

"Ok, I will." Ell nodded.

Joe's POV

"Taylor!" I yelled as I searched for the boss. It wasn't necessary for me to be running since the camp was small, but my excitement had overcome me.

"Snyder, what has gotten into you?" Taylor asked with a stern gaze.

"Sir, one of the K-9 teams! They found a fresh scent trail! couldn't be more than an hour old. I think we may have found them!" I exclaimed.

"Well, its about damned time." Taylor said. He grabbed a jacket that sat on a nearby table.

Austin's POV

"I am having a really hard time being optimistic here." I said as we walked past acres of trees.

"I still have a strong trail of aura to follow. We will find your brother." Elweard reassured me.

"Elweard, how does the whole aura thing work? Is it like smelling people or what?" Emily asked.

"It could be described as following ones scent. However, it has several stark differences. Aura does not fade for quite some time. A scent disappears depending on the conditions of the environment. Aura is used for just about everything such as healing, battling, and tracking." Elweard explained.

"I hope Devin is alright." I heard Hope say from her mother's pouch.

"I'm sure he is fine. That boy gets into a lot of trouble, but he always seems to get out of it." Teresa replied.

'I wonder how long that is going to keep up? Our luck is going to run out sooner or later. When it does, we will be in for a world of hurt.' I thought.

"Everyone run!" Elweard yelled snapping me back to reality.

Seconds later voices of people could be heard as they bumbled through the brush. It only took us a second to kick things into high gear. We had come too far to be caught now.

Somehow, as we ran, we began to get separated. I first noticed this when Emily and Jeffric had disappeared from behind me. The next ones to go missing was Teresa and Hope. Then finally Elweard, too, had disappeared. I slowed to a stop to catch my breath and to let my thoughts catch up with me as well.

"Hey! Help me! I'm lost! Austin, Emily, Elweard! Anybody!" a pipsqueakish voice called out.

"Pic, stop yelling. I'm over here." I yelled as I rolled my eyes. I quickly ran to the source of the yelling and found a wide eyed Pichu staring at me.

"Austin! What happened to everybody!" he yelled.

"I'm sure they are fine. Just keep calm." I replied.

Emily's POV

"Jeffric! Where did everyone go?" I asked as we slowed to a stop.

"I don't have a clue. What do you want to do?"

"I don't think we can stay around here. We don't know who those people decided to chase." I replied.

"So where do we go first?"

"You're a psychic, right? Why don't you just track the others?" I asked.

Jeffric chuckled nervously for a second then said, "I don't really know how. You see I used to be human, like you. Unlike you, I have a billion more abilities to learn how to use. I barely know how to fight and how to use the less advanced techniques."

"Well, great! I don't have a clue about how to track anyone!" I yelled out of frustration.

Elweard's POV

"Teresa, where are the others?" I asked calmly.

"I don't know. They were right behind me." Teresa replied, worry leaked from her voice.

"It will be ok. I'll start tracking them. With any luck they won't have gone too far."

Austin's POV

"Pic! Shut up!" I yelled as we trudged through the woods. We continued to move forward; thinking it best since going back could mean running into those people again.

"But, everyone could be waiting for us back there!" Pic whined.

"Or there could be humans back there. Would you like to end up like my brother and your sister?" I stated. Pic shut his mouth and started to follow me.

My senses stayed sharp as we walked. I listened for any sign that Elweard and the others were near by. An hour passed without a sign that we were getting closer to the others. On and on we went. The forest was unnaturally quiet. There were no birds singing or bugs chirping. The forest just had a deathly silence.

"Pic, stay behind me, I think there is something coming." I whispered. Pic shuffled behind me and locked his eyes onto the woods in front of us.

Emily's POV

"Come on, we have to make it to the edge of the forest." I said.

Jeffric and I disagreed on every decision we had to face. I wanted to go north. He wanted to go west. I wanted to run. He wanted to walk. The bad part about it was that he didn't argue. That alone grounded on my nerves. He just acted very agreeable then told me that I was being stupid by adding in some comment of things we should do instead.

"I know that we must hurry, but I think we would be more effective if we slowed a little and searched more thoroughly." he said.

"Look, I told you this earlier; if we stay for too long, then those people could catch us. Do you want to live the rest of your life inside one of those Pokéballs?" I asked.

"Of course not. You are right, we should hurry. I just hope that we don't go the wrong way or we run right past them since we aren't going to be looking for them too hard." the Mew dismissed.

'Sometimes I really hate him.' I thought as I rolled my eyes.

"I heard that!" Jeffric replied with a goofy grin.

"Jeffric, can I ask you to do something for me?"

"What is it?" the Mew asked all serious again.

"CAN YOU STAY OUT OF MY HEAD?" I screamed in his ear.

Elweard's POV

"Run Teresa! We mustn't get caught!" I yelled as I dodged super heated flames.

"I don't think I can keep up! Just go on ahead! You have to find the others and Devin!" Teresa replied.

Teresa spun around to face our attackers. An Arcanine and a Growlithe stood in front of a human in a police uniform. Teresa charged at the Arcanine with a glowing red fist. The move caught the Arcanine in the muzzle, sending his head, with his body following, to the ground.

"Teresa, if we work together, than we can beat these two." I pleaded.

"Yes we could, but that would give them time for reinforcements to show up. You must go! I'll be alright! Hope go with Uncle Elweard!" she replied.

She spun around to face me and let Hope jump from her pouch. Using Extreme Speed, I dashed to Hope and grabbed her. Continuing to use Extreme Speed, I easily got away from the scene where the battle was taking place.

Pic's POV

Sure enough, Teresa came stumbling through the woods. She was bleeding and badly hurt. Her eyes fell on us. She smiled lightly, but it faded replaced with a scowl of pain.

"You two must go. Law enforcement is following me." she whispered.

"Teresa! What happened! Where's Elweard!" Austin asked.

"He is fine. He took Hope and went north. I believe he is looking for some place where he could meditate for a few moments. He used a lot of aura when he was fighting. He needed to gather more before he could track you and the others. Now go before it is too late!"

I nodded and started to head the opposite direction but it was already too late. A battered Arcanine stood tall. Next to it stood a Growlithe which only had minor bruises on it.

"Base, this is Officer Jenkins. I believe I found the targets." the man behind the two fire type Pokémon said into a black box.

"Austin, what do we do?" I asked nervously.

"I don't think there is anything we can do." Austin replied.

Emily's POV

"Jeffric, I think I see someone in front of us. Can you at least see who they are with your fancy powers that you can barely use?" I asked.

"That's not very funny." Jeffric deadpanned.

"I don't care. Can you do it or not. I can't tell who or what it is through all of this brush."

"Yes, I can do that." Jeffric huffed.

"Then get hopping. We don't have all day." I demanded.

Jeffric closed his eyes then opened them again. He smiled and started to float toward the creature. I walked slowly behind still being cautious even though Jeffric had thrown caution to the wind.

"Elweard, we are glad to see that you are alright." Jeffric said with a welcoming tone of voice.

"Master Jeffric. It is good to see you as well. Unfortunately, I have some bad news. The police is out in the forest in droves. Teresa stayed behind to let me and Hope escape. She wants us to find Devin and the others before we attempt to rescue her." Elweard said.

My heart dropped the moment I heard Elweard finish speaking. Austin and Pic was lost somewhere and Teresa had been captured.

"What do we do?" I asked.

"We must look for Austin and Pic first. If we can find them then we go get Devin. Rescuing Teresa will be the hardest part, so we can plan while we find Austin and Pic, and rescue Devin." Elweard replied.

Pic's POV

Austin and I were placed in cages and taken to a large structure made with huge, white leaves. Once inside, I noticed that there were at least three or four humans sitting in front of large electrical boxes. The boxes had strange colors dancing on their faces. One box showed a human trapped inside. I shivered at the image and watched as the human was banished into darkness.

"Where are we?" I asked with a whimper.

"We are inside a police tent." Austin replied quietly.

"What is a police and what's a tent?" I asked, more curious than afraid now.

Austin seemed to think for a moment before opening his mouth to answer. He didn't get to answer though since a tall, old human approached us.

"So, these are two of our shape-shifters. I'm Ralph Taylor, the senior agent of the SIU. Which one are you? Are you Devin, or Austin."

"How the crap did you know who we were?" Austin yelped in surprise. The shocked look on his face would have been priceless had the situation been different.

"Well, at least we know that you are one of those two. If you were wild then you wouldn't have reacted the way you did just now." the human walked to a strange structure with four legs and a long, flat surface. He picked something up and walked back toward us. "I figured neither of you were Emily, since you are both male, but that begs the question; where is your sister and the man that helped you escape CWSA custody. I would assume that you four got separated when my officer came across you. You were looking to escape the woods before we found you. Am I right?"

"What is he talking about Austin?" I asked nervously. Austin looked at the ground and started to shuffle around.

"There were originally six of you. A Kangaskhan, a Lucario, Two Pikachu, a Pichu, and a Mew, I believe. The Kangaskhan and Lucario almost certainly are your Pokémon, but the Mew is a mystery. At first, we believed you to be a part of Team Rocket, but since you are with a Legendary such as a Mew, that theory is pretty much shot. Since the Rocket theory has been practically blown out of the water, the idea that you can change between human and Pokémon is also shot, meaning the Mew did this to you." Taylor said. He seemed to remember something then turned to look at one of his subordinates. "Snyder, did you get the machine fixed?"

"No sir, it blew a fuse when I tried setting it up. I might be an hour before I can find which fuse blew out." the man, Snyder, replied.

"They couldn't just give me a psychic type." Taylor muttered. "Get Wild to return here and tell him to bring his Kadabra. It will be faster than getting that stupid machine to work."

"On it boss." Snyder stopped working on the metal box he was at and walked to a second metal box. It flickered on and the same human that was trapped inside was summoned once again. "Hey the Boss says to get back and bring your Kadabra."

"Alright, I'm on my way." the human replied.

Devin's POV

I waited inside the Pokéball for what felt like an eternity. When I was certain that I had waited long enough, I began to make the trek to break out of the Pokéball. The second time through was nowhere near as difficult as the first time. There were no guards, there were no friends or family. In fact, the entire colony looked eerily abandoned. I made it the tunnel and ran to the end. Just like before, the sound of machinery filled the air. The flashing red button of the release button flashed brightly in the darkness. A press of the button later and I was transported back into the real world.

"Crap." I muttered as daylight shone down on me.

"You must hate the Pokéball or something. It has only been ten minutes since we left the Pokémon Center." a slightly startled Chase said as he bent down and picked me up.

"Great, you can't tell time worth a crap in those stupid things." I said angrily to myself.

"If you want, you can ride on my shoulder until it becomes dark. In fact, why don't we let your sister out as well!" Chase suggested.

"She is not my sister!" I yelled as I shot sparks out my cheeks.

"Are you mad at her?" Chase asked worriedly. I shook my head no and crossed my arms. "Is it something I said?" I nodded vigorously. "Is it your sister?" I gave off a loudish growl. "Oh, she isn't your sister!" Chase finally understood.

"It's about time you stupid idiot!" I scowled.

"Sorry, I won't call her that again. I caught both of you together so I assumed that you were siblings. I didn't know you were mates or something. I thought that Pichu waited till they were adults before choosing mates."

I nearly died right there. I felt like my heart had turned to lead and I nearly passed out. My cheeks began to spark, not out of anger, but out of complete and utter embarrassment.

"Is there anyone in this world that doesn't just assume things!" I yelled angrily. "Read my lips, WE ARE JUST FRIENDS!"

The sparking in my cheeks increased significantly and turned into a full fledged electrically release. I shocked Chase within an inch of his life while shocking myself in the process.

"I… think I u-understand now." Chase muttered as he collapsed to the ground. "You two were just friends."

"C-congratulations… captain obvious. You… finally get it." I murmured.

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