Dino wasn't the kind of person to sit still for long. Even on the train ride back to Ambrette Town, something that logically required him to sit down, he still found ways to be active, such as going to the bathroom several times and challenging Allison to an arm wrestling match (which ended rather quickly, and not in Dino's favor). But Dino was still incredibly bored and hyper.

He just wished something exciting would happen.

"Dino, if you do not stop singing I swear I will make it so you can only sing soprano." Allison snapped as Dino launched into the second verse of a raunchy pop song.

Dino stopped and spit out his tongue. "Jokes on you, I don't know that song!"

Topher took out one earbud and looked up from his book. "Dino, soprano isn't a song... It has to do with vocal range. Soprano is-"

But Dino wasn't listening to Topher's boring and probably overcomplicated explanation. He had just noticed that the train had stopped.

"We're here!" Dino cried, running to get out of his compartment. But he felt himself jerked back by the collar of his shirt.

"Wait for us!" Allison yelled, holding him in place. Dino wanted to pull away, but he didn't want to rip his shirt. It was expensive...

Wait...

Dino slouched to show complacency.

"Good." Allison said. " 'bout time you learned to calm down-"

Then, in one fluid movement, Dino slipped out of his shirt then ducked out of the compartment.

"Dino!" Allison and Topher called.

"Catch me if you can!" Dino shouted back as he ran, pushing people out of the way.

Dino could see their faces in his head; Allison would be furious, and Topher would roll his eyes the way Dino loved-

"Ahh!"

Dino fell to the ground. Had he run into something?

Dino rubbed his head and looked up. Dino had run into a person, who hadn't even noticed. He was busy holding up a sign and shouting.

In fact, there was a whole crowd of people.

Dino stood up and tapped the man on his shoulder. "Excuse me? Sir?"

The man turned and glared at him. "Yes?"

"What are you doing?" Dino asked. "Is this some kind of party?"

The man's glare turned into a full on smile, one that matched Dino's in intensity.

"I'm so glad you asked!" He said jovially. "I'm protesting!"

"Protesting?"

The man nodded. "Don't you see where we are?"

Dino looked around. The crowd was outside a large building with a red Pokéball symbol where the sign would be.

"You're protesting... Outside a Pokémon Center?"

"Exactly!"

"Did it do something wrong?" Dino asked.

"Yes!" The man exclaimed. "Something very bad was brought into the building, and the Nurse Joy didn't get rid of it."

Dino recognized that voice. It was one every adult had in their arsenal. The talking-to-children voice. Dino heard it a lot- people assumed he was stupid and young due to his height and hyper nature.

"What was it?" Dino asked.

"Have you heard of the Pokémon Absol?" The man asked.

Dino felt sick all of the sudden. "Yes?"

"It was one of those Pokémon." The man said with a glint in his eye. "An Impure Pokémon. For years we have been trying to get Pokémon Centers to stop taking in demons, but we put up with it. But now an Absol has been taken in. Absol, the Pokémon that brings disasters and chaos. We can not let this stand! Absol is the pinnacle of everything we stand against! It is evil, vile, repugnant-"

Dino wasn't sure what happened next. One second he was listening to the man, then the next the man was lying on the ground, holding his gut. Dino's fists were balled.

"You-" Dino choked out. "You-"

"Dino!"

Dino turned around. Allison and Topher were running to him.

"Did you just punch that man-" Allison asked, but Dino didn't have a chance to respond. The crowd had stopped and was looking at him.

"They're with the Hallowed Church!" Dino said, backing up to his friends. He reached for a Pokeball.

Allison was faster. She pulked out a pokeball and pressed the button. "Gastly, Smokescreen!"

Gastly appeared right as the crowd started to move toward them and blew a giant cloud of black smoke around them. Dino felt Allison grab his arm. He let her pull him, and the three of them ran.

A/N: Okay so the chapter is kinda short, but I really wanted to post SOMETHING. Sorry about being gone so long. School got hectic.

I promise I'll have the next chapter up by Monday!