It was currently night time at Kadic and while everyone was asleep at the dorms, a scream was heard coming from the restroom.
"What in the? What was that? A banshee?" Ruby asked.
"No, I think it was a girl." Rainbow said.
"That was Aelita, something must be wrong." Liliana said as she ran to the girls bathroom.
"Liliana, wait! We're not supposed to be up this late at night." Francisca tried to warn but she was long gone.
"Aelita, are you alright?" Liliana asked as she entered the bathroom and saw Aelita crying.
"What's going on...aw come on!" Jim said entering. "You know the rules. No one is suppose to be out this late past curfew."
"I'm sorry, Jim. Aelita wasn't feeling well and I came to see if she was alright. I'm sorry." Lilliana said.
"And Sissi, what're you doing in here?" Vector asked.
"She.. well she woke me up." Sissi admitted.
"She woke all of us up." Rainbow said pointing to the other girl students.
"All right, let's go." Jim said escorting her away.
The next morning…
"What was up with Aelita last night? She doesn't normally scream like that. She hasn't since those nightmares." Rainbow said.
"When I found her in the restroom, she was crying for some reason." Liliana said. "You don't think she's having nightmares again, do you?"
"It's likely if she's running to the bathroom at night." Lacy said.
"Indeed, and it's only going to get worse. I just hope Aelita doesn't do anything rash." Francisca said.
"Yes, me too." Liliana said as she clasped her hands together to her chest.
"Luckily, we're going to the pool today so maybe things won't be so bad." Gemina said.
"Yeah, swimming is fun, right?" Rainbow asked.
"Eh...count me out. I'm gonna be busy doing another hunt in the forest. Try and find more of those ninja masters." Zexi said.
"You sure you should be skipping so many classes?" Harumi asked.
"Eh...not like I needed school before." Zexi said.
"Well, well, what do we have here? A young boy skipping out on his classes? How naughty." Medusa said as she stood behind him.
"Medusa?" Rainbow asked.
"Hello children, how are you all this morning?" Medusa asked as she smiled at them.
"We're fine. But Zexi's planning on hunting for those ninja masters...by himself...again." Harumi said.
"Hey, I did it last time and things turned out well." Zexi said.
"You weren't by yourself. Berge and Lilianna were with you that time." Francisca said.
"Say no more. I understand, and as punishment...I will go with him." Medusa said as she smiled at Zexi.
"Wait, no detention, no consequences? You're just gonna accompany Zexi to find the other Ninja Masters?" Flamberge asked.
"Well, on the plus side, someone's keeping an eye on him." Mayumi said.
"Hmmhmm. Of course. Well then, shall we go my little troublemaker?" Medusa asked as she lightly pinched Zexi's cheek.
"Hmm. I better go with them. Just to make sure they don't kill one another." Harumi said.
"Of course. The more the merrier~." Medusa said as she clasped her hands together next to her cheek as she smiled.
"Anyone else feel like Medusa's acting like a mother more than a teacher to us?" Hope asked.
"Pretty much, when she's at school she's like a mother but when in battle *shudder*." Simon said.
"Don't remind me." David said. "Be careful out there, sis."
"Don't worry, brother. We can handle it." Harumi said.
"Off we go then." Medusa said as she transformed into her battle mode and they headed to the forest. "Hmm…"
"There's definitely several footprints in the ground. Looks like we have one...no two different groups. Which could mean two ninja masters." Zexi said.
"Zexi, Harumi, the enemy and their footsoldiers are hiding in the trees. Get ready." Medusa said as she drew her chain daggers.
"Trees? No, they'd likely be expecting that of us to assume. Yet there are clawmarks here. Unless...get down now!" Zexi shouted as they ducked down as Poison Sting attacks flew from the bushes far ahead.
"Dang it! Our ambush failed." A voice said.
"That was smart. You all marked the trees on purpose to make us think you were in the trees. It was clever...but not good enough." Zexi said as several Nidoran, Nidorino and Nidorina walked out.
"Hmm… Zexi, Harumi, leave the foot soldiers to me. The two leaders are all yours." Medusa said.
"Alright. I've got Nidorina." Harumi said getting her knives out.
"Now then, I'll make this quick." Medusa said as a magic aura formed around her and a flash of light engulfed her along with the soldiers into a pocket dimension as a horse whinny was heard and she was seen on a Pegasus. "Shall I gently kick you around?" She asked before taking to the skies and came swooping down with the speed of a shooting star. "Bellerophon!" She yelled as she pierced through, causing an explosion to occur as it took out the foot soldiers.
"She took out all the foot soldiers in one swoop?" Nidorino said.
"Yeah...she's strong and monstrous that way!" Zexi said nailing a punch on Nidorino sending him through several trees.
"Yeah… I don't think you're one to talk." Harumi said as she kept fighting Nidorina. "Now...mind telling me your business?"
"We were sent to recapture the prisoners that fool Monferno let escape. That's all." Nidorina said.
"Prisoners? They escaped already?" Harumi asked.
"I can't remember them all, but...one of them was a girl, ice blue eyes, and black hair in a ponytail." Nidorina said.
"That description… Sachiko? She's here?" Harumi asked.
"We had her and a couple other prisoners too...then that idiot Monferno had to go and let his pride get the better of him and launch an attack." Nidorina said.
"That actually makes sense. He wanted revenge on a friend of mine, or more specifically, of my brother's." Harumi said. "Thank you for such valuable information." she said. "Assassination Arts: Spider's Bite!" she said slashing Nidorina with two daggers and defeating her.
"Well...that looks like all of them." Zexi said.
"But it's strange… if there were Nidorino and Nidorina, then shouldn't there have been a Nidoking and Nidoqueen leading them?" Medusa asked.
"We are the leaders, you stupid…" Nidorino began before Zexi hit him again, knocking him out.
"Keep your opinions about monster teach to yourself." Zexi said.
"But still, it would seem strange. Normally the fully evolved Pokemon would be leading them, just as Medusa said." Harumi said.
"You don't think it could be perhaps a diversion, do you?" Medusa asked.
"Nah, they may be masters of stealth, but even they wouldn't pull something like that." Harumi said. "Still… Nidorina said that Sachiko is in this world. But if she's already escaped, then...where could she have gone?"
"Hmm. Let us return to the school and tell the others what we've learned." Medusa said.
"Yeah...then you can tell the others about this Sachiko woman." Zexi said.
Back at Kadic, Aelita's visions had affected her to the point where she had to go to Sector 5, insisting she go alone.
"Aelita went to Sector 5 alone? That doesn't seem right…" Hope said.
"Given all the visions she's been experiencing, she could be delirious." Twilight said.
"That's what we thought too. We tried to talk her out of it, but she kept at it." Ross said.
"Either way...we should at least follow. Just to keep her safe. After all, Sector 5 is XANA territory." Lacy said.
"She's right. We gotta go after her." Hope said.
Meanwhile in Sector 5, Aelita walked down a hall as she approached FreezeMan.
"You have come. I take it, you wish for answers." He said.
"Yes. Please...tell me what is my relation with Franz Hopper?" Aelita asked.
"In due time, but...all information comes at a price." FreezeMan said as the Scyphozoa appeared and started stealing her memory. "CutMan...MagnetMan...both my comrades slain at the hands of your allies. At least this will be some form of retribution. Their deaths will not be in vain."
"Let her go!" a voice shouted as Hope ran at him as FreezeMan blocked with an ice wall.
"This was expected. I had figured you Dimensional Heroes wouldn't just sit back while she surrendered herself." FreezeMan said.
"Ah, great! Now nothing's stopping the Scyphozoa from sapping Aelita's memories!" Hope said.
"He gave up too easily. Something isn't right. This one is the continuer. Which means…" FreezeMan said turning around seeing another person run at the Scyphozoa behind him.
"You should see about getting eyes in the back of your head." Jesse said slashing at the Scyphozoa's tentacles making it retreat as he caught Aelita.
"You fools...you will not leave here alive. Any of you!" FreezeMan said as ice was starting to spread over the room.
"And we just made him mad." Hope said. "What's so important that FreezeMan wants Aelita's memories put into the Scyphozoa?"
"I dunno but I rather not find out." Jesse said as they ran with Aelita as the ice followed them.
"Dammit, where the hell's our backup? I thought it was three man, not two man." Hope said running.
"Don't panic. I see the elevator!" Jesse said as the lift appeared as they jumped in and it took off just as the ice reached the edge. "Whew… That was close."
"Way too close." Hope said. "I can't believe we pulled it off."
"Yep. But we're not out of the woods yet. We need to get to the Desert Sector and deactivate the tower." Jesse said.
"Aelita, you up for a deactivation run?" Hope asked.
"Yes...I think I can make it there." Aelita said.
It didn't take long before they reached the desert as they hurried towards the tower.
"This is gonna be the long haul. And…" Hope said as Aelita got into the tower. "Yes! Score!"
"I didn't know you were a football fan." Jesse said.
"Hey, I love the NFL. And the World cup is going on currently, so there's also that." Hope said.
"Yeah, that's true. Still, can't believe we actually pulled that off." Jesse said.
"Yep. Now we can call it a day." Hope said.
Later on the sunny…
"So the prisoners all escaped?" David asked.
"Yeah. Nidorina confirmed it for us. Apparently they escaped when Monferno went ape on us." Zexi said.
"Along with a girl named Sachiko." Medusa said.
"Sachiko? She's here?" David asked.
"Yes, Nidorina confirmed it. But her current location is unknown. Don't worry, we'll find her." Medusa said.
"Hey David, who's this Sachiko girl?" Nana asked.
"She was a classmate of mine when I was still in school. I admit, I'm both surprised and relieved that she survived." David said.
"Hmm. From the sound of things, she definitely sounds like one of the prisoners I heard in those dungeons." Sinon said.
"Did she have black hair in a ponytail and ice blue eyes? About 5'7", athletic looking?" David asked.
"Her description exactly." Harumi said. "It has to be her."
"But the question is...why did Pandora pull her here?" Mayumi asked.
"No clue. Maybe she wanted a High School reunion?" Connor guessed before he was knocked out by Skyler.
"This is no time for jokes!" Skyler said. "Now that she's escaped, she could be anywhere in this world."
"She's gotta be still in town along with the other prisoners. Sinon...do you have an accurate number on how many?" Hope asked.
"It sounded like about 3 or 4." Sinon said.
"So we should go and look for them, wherever they are." Ty said.
"And there's the other ninja masters. If they find them first, they'll try to capture them again." Ming said.
"We can't let that happen. One of them is David's friend and we have to look for her and the other prisoners ASAP." Linde said.
"Speaking of girls, did anyone catch wind of Odd's online pal?" Petra asked.
"Yep. Turns out it was Sissi the whole time. He was shocked when he found out." Makoto said.
"Yeah...now he's avoiding her...for awhile at least." Sam said.
"Yep. Just another day in Kadic." David said.