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You can make plans but if the opposition plays well, then all your plans become worthless.

David Gower

Chapter 14

Devin's POV

I felt dizzy after the, um, incident. A side effect of using so much electricity. I sat unsteadily on Chase's shoulder as he walked through the woods.

It was midday now. The sun shone brightly through the trees and sounds of bird songs flowed sweetly through the air. A light, warm breeze surrounded us as Chase pounded through the trail. The wind, the songs, the light breeze, the small sound of the light footfalls, all made the day seem almost enchanting. The enchantment was interrupted by Chase.

"I hope you will enjoy coming with me. I am not a bad person. All of my Pokémon will tell you that I have treated them well, and that we are team." Chase said.

"What, is this some kind of bonding thing or something?" I said sarcastically. I knew he wouldn't be able to understand me, but I thought it would make the whole conversation go by faster if he thought I was responding to him.

"You don't have to be sarcastic. I was just saying we would make great team. And no, I don't know what you are saying, but you seem to be the type to not be happy with anything."

My mouth dropped for a second, but I quickly recovered. "You expect me to accept that? You took me from my family! I am not going to cooperate no matter how hard you try!" I yelled.

Chase seemed to understand my frustration and sighed. He stayed quiet for the longest time, walking silently through the enchanting woods. I realized that I had hurt him. He didn't know what I truly was. He just wanted to be my friend.

Austin's POV

The man named Wilder walked into the tent several minutes later. He went directly past me and Pic to Taylor. They started to whisper back and forth. Before long, Wilder nodded and threw out a Pokéball, releasing a Kadabra. The Kadabra looked at us and then to its master.

"Kadabra, we need you set up a link for us." Wilder said. The Kadabra nodded and began to glow.

"It is done, Master." the psychic type replied.

"Great, thanks." the man said before turning his attention to us.

"Name." Taylor said gruffly. It was a demand not a question.

"Austin Lee." I said, unable to resist.

"And your name?" Taylor asked.

"Pic." Pic replied more out of fear than anything out.

"Pic? Just Pic? No last name?" Wilder asked.

"No, what are last names?"

"So we only have one of them." Wilder whispered.

"The others must be nearby. They wouldn't leave behind one of their own after the lengths they've gone through to stay together." Taylor speculated.

"They went to save my brother." I said uncontrollably.

"What do you mean they went to "save" your brother."

"Crap, I can't stop! My brother was caught by a trainer. We went after them. That's why you caught us." I replied.

"I see. This could work to our advantage." Taylor said thoughtfully as he rubbed his chin. "Get any officer we can spare to the main exits of the forest. Have them search every trainer leaving the forest. I also want every trail, highway, service road, and ditch covered as well. We can't let them escape."

Devin's POV

Darkness was quickly befalling us. I had stayed on Chase's shoulder for the entire day. We had traveled maybe ten miles that day. That was a pretty impressive distance considering all of the breaks we had taken.

Chase began to set up camp, noting that the walk had tired him. He set out to build a fire and some other things. While he worked, he released Ell and the other Pokémon.

"Devin! Where are we?" Ell asked as soon as she saw me.

"Just somewhere near the edge of the woods." I replied with a shrug.

Ell hung her head and sat down. Next to me. I began to comfort her, but I didn't really know what to say.

"I know it must be hard for you to be taken from everything you have known, but it will get better. It has for me." a voice that sounded much like a snake said.

"Sal is right. He more than anyone knows that." Cane confirmed.

"How do you know? You just want to eat us." I said with a glare.

Sal looked hurt as if someone had stabbed him. He came closer causing me to tense up a little, but then sat down not far from us.

"My species is a very strange one. Males aren't allowed to evolve from our base forms to Salazzles. If one does, they are immediately killed by the heads of the… uh… community. It is how they keep total control over the groups. When I evolved, the female of our group immediately tried to kill me. She was about succeed had it not been for Chase. He scared them away and then took me to a Pokémon Center. I apparently surprised everyone at the center because they wanted to run test after test on me. Chase put an end to that and took me with him. At first, I thought that I was a freak, that I needed to be punished for being a freak, but every time I tried to leave, Chase would stop me, not with a Pokéball, but with words." Sal said.

I felt a pang of guilt bubbling in my gut. I looked away from the lizard and toward Ell. She appeared to have the same feelings of guilt as I did.

"I'm happy that you finally found what makes you happy, but we don't belong here. We had no reason to escape, nor did we have any desire to do so. We were caught in the wrong place at the wrong time." Ell said as I nodded in agreement.

"Like Sal said, It can be hard to leave, but it is worth it. The adventure is something that you will be able to pass down to your children." Cane added.

"We'll think about it. This is a lot to take in." I murmured.

"That's all we ask." Cane replied.

Emily's POV

"The Trainer's aura is becoming stronger. He is just up ahead." Elweard announced as we snuck through the woods. It was a moonless night, making it hard to see. Elweard could see fine as did Jeffric, but I was totally blind.

"Jeffric, I have an idea. Why don't we bring Brand out now. He can light the area up a little bit; just enough for him for me to see where we are going." I suggested as I stumbled over a rock.

"Use your electricity." Elweard said.

"I can't. It is extremely hard to use when you are tired." I replied irately.

"That might be wise since you have been making the most noise." Jeffric agreed. A purple portal opened. He reached inside and pulled out a the old fashioned Pokéball that held Brand. Seconds later, Brand was outside.

"Where am I? How did I get here?" Brand panicked.

"Brand, quiet down!" I ordered, hoping he wouldn't give away our position.

"Who are you? What did you do with Emily?" the Cyndaquil kept asking.

"I am Emily, just quiet down or we'll get caught." I whispered.

"She is telling the truth, Brand. Now light up the area a little so Emily can see." Elweard ordered.

"A-alright whatever you say Elweard." Brand stuttered. He lit up the area just a pinch allowing me to see where I was going.

We crept forward until we hit the edge of a clearing. In it was a tent and a campfire. The trainer sat outside with his Pokémon and Devin and Ell.

"Now we wait." Elweard stated.

"No dip, Sherlock." I replied.

Devin's POV

After Sal finished his story, he curled up next to the fire and went to sleep. Chase saw this and went inside his tent and zipped up the door. Cane marched into the middle of the camp fire and laid down. That, to me, seemed stupid at first, until I saw that it wasn't hurting him. Ell snuggled next to me.

"We can leave now." I whispered.

"And go where? We don't have a clue where to go." Ell replied.

"I don't know. Just someplace away from here." I said.

"That's not good enough Devin! We can't leave without knowing where to go." Ell whispered.

"Do you want to stay trapped with him forever?" I asked.

"No..." Ell replied.

"Then let's go. Right now." I said resolutely.

"Just give me one more day to think about it."

"We may not have one more day." I muttered.

"Let's get some sleep."

"Whatever."

Emily's POV

The campsite was directly ahead. The fire was somewhat smothered by the Arcanine that laid in it. There was a strange lizard Pokémon sleeping nearby the tent. Then, I noticed the tent was being unzipped. A boy about fifteen stepped out and picked up the two Pichu. He smiled softly and took them into the tent and zipped it up again.

"That just made life so much harder." I muttered.

"Indeed it did." Elweard replied.

"Leave it to me." Jeffric answered. He floated forward a tad then disappeared from view.

Jeffric's POV

Cloaking myself, I easily got close to the tent. What was hard was getting inside without making a lot of noise or being detected. I could try phasing through like a ghost type, but humans are unnaturally adept at knowing when a ghost, or ghost type is nearby. Eventually, I decided to use my psychic abilities to keep the tent from moving. I then grasped the zipper and opened the tent.

To my dismay, I found that Ell and Devin were placed into Pokéballs. The two Pokéballs lay on the floor of the tent next to the human boy. I probed the Pokéballs and found the one that housed Devin. I grabbed the ball and headed back outside.

"What do you think you are doing?" a voice growled.

"You don't want to fight me. Move." I demanded.

"You try to steal my Master's Pokémon and you tell me to move?"

"You don't know who I am, do you. I am a Mew. Now stand aside."

"I don't care if you are Arceus himself. You will not take them my from my master."

"That is the problem with your kind. You are too loyal for your own good." I sighed. "Very well, I will destroy you."

The Arcanine roared, waking up the entire forest. The trainer came out of the tent and noticed the Mew had a Pokéball.

"Hey! That's mine! Cane! Sal! Stop him!" the trainer yelled.

The Salazzle jumped up and ran at me with superhuman speed. I flew up high to avoid the snapping jaws of the lizard. I saw Emily and Elweard bolt into the clearing, evening up the numbers. I was thankful for that since I really couldn't fight. I fought hundreds of battles as a human, but only a handful as a Pokémon.

Elweard used Extreme Speed on the Salazzle since he was the closest target. Emily, who spent the last week training, shot a Thunder Bolt at the Arcanine. The Extreme Speed knocked the Salazzle away and the Thunder Bolt struck home on the Arcanine. Elweard was at a disadvantage. He was part steel type which was weak against both of his opponents. The Salazzle was at an equal disadvantage since he was weak against fighting types.

The battle progressed rapidly. Emily had jumped on top of the Arcanine and was riding him like a bucking Tauros. Elweard and the Salazzle had been battling it out with neither one really getting the upper hand. Seconds later, Emily was tossed into the air she flipped head over tail several times. She tried to right herself, but to no avail. The Arcanine jumped up and caught her in his mouth. Emily quickly reacted by shooting a bolt straight into his mouth. Electricity coursed through his body, causing him to drop Emily and sending him into a small seizure. Emily got up and limped away; her leg impaled by the Arcanine's large teeth.

Elweard's stalemate was finally broken when he landed a Power-Up Punch in the Salazzle's gut. The lizard reeled back as Elweard followed it up with a Close Combat, then with an Aura Sphere. The Salazzle fell to the ground and didn't get back up.

Emily was fairing much worse. She couldn't move at all with her injured leg. She was breathing hard and having a difficult time staying awake. The Arcanine, however, was not in a bad condition. He was actually fairly healthy compared to Emily. He was partially paralyzed and had blisters where the Thunder Bolts hit but other than that, he was ok.

The Arcanine stalked toward Emily, just about to finish her off, but the trainer ordered him to go after Elweard. The Arcanine snarled and turned his attention toward the Lucario.

"Alright Cane, let's do this!" the human yelled as he began to perform a series of moves that almost looked like dancing. The Arcanine seem to burst with a mysterious aura. Then the boy yelled. "Inferno Overdrive!"

"Everyone! Get out of the area!" I yelled as the move began.

Fire enveloped the Arcanine. A few seconds later, he took off aimed at Elweard like a bullet. Elweard didn't have time to react as the Arcanine impacted. It was like watching a nuclear detonation, except on a smaller scale. The area around the two Pokémon became a white, hot bubble. The bubble expanded nearly triple it's starting size engulfing everything within fifty feet. Then, everything flashed white as the move concluded.

The Arcanine stood tall, but Elweard was on the ground. His fur badly singed and his skin charred. Elweard had been knocked out. His breathing shallow.

Knowing I had to do something, I raced to the trainer and got straight into his face. He was shocked by my reaction, thinking I would run away after watching my "bodyguards" fall. I then used the one move I had perfected. I shot a wave of psychic energy into his face. The blast wasn't harmful. Instead, it lulled the trainer into a deep slumber. He collapsed to the ground, snoring softly.

"Mew! You son of a…" the Arcanine began. He quickly fell to the ground as he was hit with the weak paralysis spell from Emily's earlier attack.

I floated over to the dog and cured him of his paralysis. He tried to lunge at me, but I hit him with my Hypnosis attack. He too fell to the ground. I went to work healing my two friends soon, they were up and about again, though they were extremely tired.

I then went on with my second task. I began replacing the memories of the Pokémon and human. They would think that they were dreaming about tonight. I made sure that each one's dream was different, then I stole away into the forest.

Emily's POV

"That could have gone better." I muttered as we trudged through the woods. Brand stayed by me. He had been crying when he saw my leg during the battle. After it ended it took all of my strength to convince him that I was fine.

"At least we got Devin out." Elweard replied.

"Yes, but I was hoping to get him out without waking the entire forest."

"Let's get him out and decide what to do about Austin." I suggested. The others nodded in agreement.

"Alright." Jeffric said. He enlarged the Pokéball and opened it.

"Emily!" Devin yelled happily as he lunged at me. He hugged me tightly, obviously not wanting to let go. When Devin finally did let go, he blinked a few times and looked at all of us. He smiled at us, but then his smile faltered. He seemed to be looking for someone else.

"Austin and Teresa is not here. They were captured by the police. We are going to save them right now."

"Where is Ell?" he asked, seemingly not hearing what we had just said.

"Ell? She is back with the trainer." I said slowly.

"You left her there? How could you have done that? She was my friend and you left her with that trainer?" he yelled.

"We could have gotten to her, but then what? She couldn't have gone home, she is considered lost to them; her brother too. They would have no place to go."

"They could come with us!" Devin yelled.

"How would they have reacted when they found out that you are actually human? Tell me, does Ell resent the trainer that captured her?"

"She hates him." he whispered ever so slightly.

"Exactly why we can't take her with us. Maybe in the future, if you meet again, we might be able to do it, but right now she would only resent you." I replied.

Devin was going to reply, but he deflated. He sagged, a tear glistening in his eye. I had misjudged how much this would hurt him. He had acted so tough the entire time we had been here. Now he was crying like the little boy he now was.

"Let's… let's go get my brother." he said softly. I hugged him tightly. He seemed surprised at first but he relaxed and threw himself into my embrace.

Devin's POV

"How do you think we are going to get to Austin, Teresa, and Pic?" I asked a little while later when the tears ran out and my eyes had dried.

"We sneak in there, get them out, then lie low till they give up." Jeffric said smiling confidently.

"That's stupid." I muttered.

"Devin, it is the plan that we all agreed on." Elweard said.

"That doesn't mean that it's a good plan. You want to waltz right smack dab into the middle of an enemy base camp."

"Then w-what, do… do you think w-we should do?" Brand stuttered.

"Make me human." I replied simply.

"Excuse me?" Emily and Elweard said at the same time.

"You heard me. They are looking for Pokémon now. They wouldn't expect me to come willingly as a human, especially as a human. I get in and get out. That's all it will take."

"No, that's insane, we aren't doing that!" Emily yelled.

"If you go in there the way you want to then I will let them catch us. That would happen any way you look at it." I replied.

"Fine, I will turn you back if that is what you want, but I don't think it is a good idea." Jeffric said. He received several surprised looks.

"I will need you to bring me some clothes and Austin's phone I am going to need it." I told Jeffric.

"Alright, let's go behind those bushes there." Jeffric suggested. I nodded and followed him.

Austin's POV

I sat inside the cage and stared at the Kadabra. I had gone into some sort of trance and hadn't moved since the interrogation. I had been feeling uncomfortable ever since they had released him, but now I felt like I was being crushed by his presence. I looked over at Pic. H had fallen asleep during the interrogation. A good thing since we had been discussing events that had happened while we were human.

"You are troubled." the Kadabra spoke, his voice devoid of all emotion.

"No this is a beach vacation. Why would you think otherwise?" I replied.

"Sarcasm will not help you. Just tell the police what they want to know."

"I thought you were some kind of mind reader. Just read my mind if you want to know so bad. Not like I could stop you." I retorted.

"It would be wrong for me to invade your mind. Besides, I have tried already. You have a very strong will. It will take time for me to break through the barriers you have erected." the Kadabra smiled.

"Good to know." I muttered.

Suddenly a new sound caught my attention. There was some shouting coming from outside. Dawn had just broken shedding a tad of light when the wind blew the door open. Every once in a while, I would see forms of people rushing about. Even with all of the hustle outside, the shouting was something I recognized.

"Devin?" I muttered. It was not the voice of a Pichu. In fact, It wasn't the voice I was expecting at all.

Devin's POV

The moment I stepped onto the base camp, my arm was grabbed by a police officer. I yelled for him to let me go, but he held on. He kept trying to calm me down, but I wouldn't allow it. I kicked and screamed as he dragged me through the camp. He took me to a small tent and called for the occupant inside.

"What do you want?" I heard gruff voice called out.

"Agent Taylor, I… ack… found a young boy at the perimeter. Stop kicking me! What should I do with him? Ow!" the officer said as I pummeled him as hard as I could. The tent unzipped and a man stepped out. He looked down at me his eyes locked onto my very soul.

"Are you Devin Lee?" the man asked.

"Y-yeah? Who are you?"

"I am Agent Ralph Taylor. I believe that we have your brother. He is hurt so you can't see him yet, but he will be ok. Where is your sister?" he said, talking down to me like a child.

"Cut the crap. I'm not just some kid who was born yesterday. I want to know where my brother is and I won't be telling you where… my sister is." I replied. It was odd calling Emily my sister since she wasn't actually related to me.

"Well, don't you have a mouth. Your parents should have taught you some respect." Taylor replied, his eyes narrowing.

"They did, but that goes out the window when someone wrongfully takes my brother into custody." I shot back.

"You are one strange, I will give you that. However, that is all you are getting. Your brother has committed a crime, therefore he must be punished by a court of law."

"He didn't do anything!" I yelled.

"The evidence says otherwise. Officer, take him to the command tent. My team will take care of him there."

"Yes Sir. Come on son. Argh! Will you stop kicking me?"

Austin's POV

"Devin?" I asked. I was shocked to see the boy, not a Pichu, come through the tent door. He cast me a cheeky smile then sat in the chair that the officer escorting him pointed to.

"Hey Austin, good to see that you are ok. As you can see, I am taller than you again." he said a little too happily.

"What are you doing here?" I yelled.

"Sorry dude, I don't understand a word you're saying. Jeffric didn't add that feature in when he turned me back." Devin replied.

"Great, you finally get away from the trainer only to be captured by the cops. This day gets better and better." I said to myself.

"So where is Pic? I heard that he was with you." Devin continued on. I shrugged. He was taken to another tent so I really don't know what happened to him. "Well, we are going to need him in a little while when they release us."

"Kid, nobody will be releasing you. Your brother is in big trouble right now and you will be going back to the CWSA so they can find you a new home." Taylor said as he and Wilder came through the door.

"Whatever you say Grandpa. You do that, than you are going to lose an even bigger bust than us. The CWSA guys aren't as clean as you would think." Devin said nonchalantly.

"What do you know, kid? You are in our custody yet you seem to be the one holding all of the cards."

"Let's just say that I am wiser than my years." he replied with a smirk.

"If only that was true." I said with a roll of my eyes.

"Shut up Austin, I know you are saying something bad about me." Devin said flippantly.

"So, what is it that you have that has you convinced that we will let you go?" Wilder asked.

"I have this. Your officers really suck at searching suspects. It is a good thing that I didn't have a gun or a knife right now; if I had, someone would be dead. That is a lot of paperwork to fill out." Devin said pulling out my phone from his back pocket.

"You didn't search him?" Taylor growled at the officer behind Devin.

"S-sorry sir, He w-was just a kid. I d-didn't think about it." the officer stammered.

"That's what I get for working with the locals." Taylor sighed while shaking his head.

"Sorry to interrupt the mauling that's about to start, but I think you'll be more interested in this." Devin interrupted. The leader and his second in command shot daggers at Devin who just smiled back innocently.

"Alright kid, show us what you've got." Taylor said.

"Not so fast. First, I want your word that we will be released and free to go. Second, I want you to not put anything into our files pertaining to this incident. Third, I want Pic and Teresa returned to us. Finally, I want you to arrange transport to Celadon City."

"If your info proves useful, than we will see what we can do. If this is just a gimmick, then it is right back to the CWSA. Got it kid?"

"Trust me. This is worth it." Devin smirked.

I really enjoyed this chapter and I hope y'all did as well. I have been extremely busy lately with work and putting in a fence, and flooring. Remodeling can really suck! Anyways, if you have anything to say be sure to leave a review or PM me. If you are enjoying the story, be sure to smash that favorite/follow button. This is shieldliger001 signing off!