Oh my gosh, I am so sorry about the lack of updates lately :( But I got this in at least. In this chapter you'll find reason number two for why this is rated T.

A Random Human: Well... I guess you're right, high school's high school. I'm just afraid that if I don't update at least once a week I'll forget about this story do to my curse. :( I put the kiddy fight in there because, let's face it, siblings fight a lot and I'm going for a brother sister relationship between those two so it works.

Ranger Belle: Thanks. And, yes! We are getting into the actual plot, it only took 10 chapters, but it's there! You think those two trainers are the people from Summer's dreams... interesting idea, but no, they aren't. Wait... you have white flags for your color guard, sweat! I actually just found out that we're getting two white flags on thursday, now we have something to sway and say "we surrender" with, lol.

RangerTakara: Um... there are no trainers in Oblivia... but this is, like, a month after the game, so things could change. Read on, you'll see who those two were by the end of the chapter.

random fan: thanks, glad you like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own nintendo, never have, never will

Word count: 2,108 words

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Chapter 10

At least they won't have it

Ben looked at me his eyes shone with an emotion I couldn't really identify. Anger? Why would he be angry, he had no reason to be. Concern? That weird coughing fit back at Mt. Sorbet had never happened again, heck, I don't even know what caused it, and I can take care of myself so there wasn't anything to be concerned about. Confusion? That would make sense, it's not like he knows about that weird feeling I get around those things, it's not like he knows that I can feel their location, so it's not like he would understand why I said that one sentence so confidently. Uncertainty? I always was better than him when it came to capturing Pokémon, and he was usually better at finding things. Maybe it was a mix of emotions. Yeah, that sounds about right, a mix of emotions that I couldn't understand without being told what they were.

"You sure about that?" The question seemed to tell me all I needed to know. He really did not think it was a good idea. But, you know what, if I didn't know better, I'd agreed with him; but I do know better, and I know what I'm doing. Looking him in the eye, I smiled and nodded.

"Ya, I'm sure." He still had that unidentifiable look on his face. He didn't believe me, causing me to sigh. "I know what I'm doing so stop worrying! You and I both know I can take care of myself, I'll be fine." Grabbing his shoulders I turned him to the cave exit, and started to push him forward causing him to stumble forward. When the exit was a few inches I shoved him forward and he tripped over his own feet into the room, forcing me to stifle a giggle. I stepped back and hid, waiting for the right time, listening. That is, before curiosity got the best of me and I turned my head to see what was happening.

The group of World's End members immediately looked up from what they were doing and some of them climbed out of there holes, while others jumped. I smirked, so far, so good. "Hey what are you doing here, kid?" a boy with a voice that sounded like a twenty year old asked, he had blonde hair and memorizing sea green eyes that even I could see from where I was. He was the fourth to the right in the group of six, a girl with navy blue hair, almost like Nema's, and stormy gray eyes to his left, and another boy with oak wood brown hair and chocolate brown eyes to his right.

"Don't tell me those two messed up already. They said they were great trainers." A girl with sky blue eyes and dirty blonde hair complained. She was the first person to the right, and had the boy with the oak wood brown hair and chocolate brown eyes to her left. So those two people were grunts, would explain why they wore black. There was another flash of lightning, and another crash of thunder that caused me to flinch. I really hated being afraid of thunder storms, especially in a place and time like this.

A girl with jet black hair and almost electric green eyes, like emeralds but not, piped up saying "Does it matter?! Now why are you here kid? There's nothing here of any value." She seemed to say that9 like she believed that, but I knew better.

Another boy, this one with soil brown hair and silvery eyes said "He's a ranger, damn it. Can you not see that you idiot." The whole time Ben was sort of just watching them. To be honest, part of me wanted to laugh. They only just found out that he's a ranger, wow, just wow.

"Oi!" The first girl to the left said, she had oil black hair and seemingly endless black eyes. "Instead of just talking, maybe we should, oh I don't know, do something about it!"

The girl with the deep navy blue hair rolled her eyes before speaking up "I agree." She pulled out two pokéballs from a small pouch that was attached to the belt of her uniform. "Let's just get this over with so we can get back to work." For a moment they all seemed to agree and pulled out two pokéballs each.

The girl with the emerald eyes smiled and nodded at her colleges, and I watched as they threw one of their two pokéballs in the air at the same time, perfectly synchronized. There was a red light, a crack of lightning, a crash of thunder, it was almost as if they had organized the entire thing without even trying. But I knew better, it was nothing more than pure luck. Though, it looked really cool, even if it was just because of dumb luck.

The six Pokémon were out in front of Ben, and I could actually see that he was legitimately nervous about the fact that he technically might have to catch twelve Pokémon in a row. There was a Swampert, Rampardos, Sceptile, Altaria, Skarmory, and a Mightyena. All different types of Pokémon, none of them had any similar classing, well… that sucks. The six grunts all said in unison "GO!" and then, all I can say is, chaos. It was chaos, but it gave me the opportunity to get out of the cave.

I could hear Ben's shaking voice yell "C-capture on!" The kid actually was scared, wow. Generally I'm the scared one, but, then again, I'm not against six fully evolved Pokémon just because I was the distraction; and if I failed that would mean getting captured and endangering my partner... no pressure, Ben, no pressure. Taking a deep breath I closed my eyes for a second before slowly making my way out of the cave. The jagged wall was at my back as I slowly crept around the chaotic battle.

To be honest, I'm glad I'm not the one doing the capturing, I'd probably break my styler because of the pressure. Slowly I made my way around the rocky area, desperately hoping that I'd feel the pulse like I did before. I was halfway through the area, and Ben had two of the Pokémon to go, though I had a feeling that they would just release six more when he was done.

I had been walking past one of the many holes they dug when I felt the pulse putting pressure on the back of my mind. It was strong, not as strong as it was when I was above it on Mt. Sorbet, but still pretty strong. Turning my head, hoping that it would pinpoint the direction it came from, sadly I had no such luck, I took a single step forward, completely forgetting that there was a hole right in front of me. Looking back on it, I still can't figure out how I forgot about it. Guess it's just one of those things you can never understand.

My foot slipped, and I fell into the hole, my face colliding with the rock. Picking myself up I could feel something warm and sticky run down the side of my face. Raising a hand and touching my forehead, I could feel my skin burn slightly out of irritation, when I brought my hand back down, the tips of my fingers were covered in blood. A flash of lightning, a crash of thunder, and a pulse… a pulse! That's it! I had found it! Sure I managed to scrap my head in the process, but that didn't matter, it's not like I'd die from a scrap. If I did then that'd be pathetic, I mean really, if I could survive falling at least one thousand feet into water, without a parachute, and being hit with a plasma cannon, then I can survive a little scratch.

I moved my bloody hand across the stone trying to find the shard. When I turned my body to try the other sides I felt something cut through my skin, more specifically, my right leg. "Shit." I whispered harshly under my breath. Never liked cursing, but when I did, it was because I was either a) extremely angry/annoyed or b) I messed up. Looking down I saw a small pickaxe, it's tip was in my leg. "That's gonna hurt to take out." Slowly I put my hands on the handle thinking "Well… I'll have to do it eventually. On the count of three. One, two, three!" I took a deep breath closed my eyes and bit my lip before removing the pick from my leg.

There was pain, it hurt, a lot, but I couldn't scream. That would give me away and ruin the entire point of this. The picks tip was covered in crimson fluid and it caused me to wince, and it didn't help that at the same time lightning flashed and thunder rolled. "Alright" I whisper "Now to find that shard" My hands moved along the wall, and I could still feel the blood trickling down the side of my face and now my leg. The pulsing was still there, but it wasn't like before. Before it was just like the one at Mt, Sorbet, now it feels sporadic, off beat, a little faster than normal.

My hand continued to move up and down the rocky wall until the uneven pulse felt as though it were right under my palm. When I moved my hand I saw the glimmer. There is was, in the rock, shining even though there was no sun. Taking the bloodstained pick I gently started to mine it out, my head pounding from the pulse and the sound. I could barely hear Ben saying "Capture on!" for the second time today. He must have finished the first six and they sent out another group. "Just hang on Ben, I almost have it."

The shard was almost completely out, or at least it looked that way to me. My vision was slowly blurring due to the fact that the blood was starting to cover it slowly. No one had to tell me that there was a puddle of blood under me, because I could feel it under me. Another minute later I heard the sound of something falling, and I could feel the pulse moving. In truth, I would never get used to feeling that pulse from something that wasn't a Pokémon or human, it's just so odd.

I moved my hands under the pulse and I felt something hit my hands, and I could feel the pulse calm down a bit, though it was still faster than a normal heartbeat. Closing my eyes I leaned back against the rock wall behind me, taking long deep breaths. Thunder crashed, crimson life flowed, and the sounds of a capture raged on. Moving my arm I wiped the blood away from my eyes and opened them. It had cleared my sight, not by much, but it was better. Slowly I moved the shard into my pocket and put my hands on my leg wound, hoping to suppress the amount of sticky red fluid was coming from it. "Did it really go that far in?" My mind questioned. If it did or not I didn't know, I couldn't check. Another crash of thunder, that meant another flash of lightning had passed, the familiar popping sound, that meant Ben had captured at least one of the six Pokémon, maybe two, an off-beat pulse, that meant I had completed one objective and that World's End wouldn't get this one.

Even though there were probably a lot more where this one came from, at least they don't have this one. Real or fake, it didn't matter. We had two now, possibly more if you count the fact that there are rangers in Kanto and Johto looking for them now. Though… who knows how many they have, for all we know they could have all the real ones and we wouldn't know it until it's too late. With these uneasy thoughts, darkness started to intrude my vision and take over.

Before I even knew what was going on, I had slipped unconscious.

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Before you ask, yes I made the World's End member's look different. I didn't want to have it like the game where there are two sprits for the grunts, one male, one female, I wanted them to not look like twins, it bugged me. Another reason why it's rated T is blood. And, yes, I left you off an a cliff-hanger, sorry. I'll update soon, hopefully.

Later,

Ember