MISC: Cutting off. '-' is used to note when someone gets cut off. Someone might be talking when someone else chooses to interrupt, in which the first person's speech will be ended by the hyphen. Even descriptions may be cut off by something else that's more important, such as the case in Revival. Another case, while not necessarily a cut-off, someone may begin a speech in the middle of someone else's, and be cut off as a result. An example (that has not occurred yet): "Don't worry, Crystal. You'll be working in a public place, with lots of crowd. Gold won't do anything. (Crystal: "A public place? That's even worse! He'll embarrass me so much, I-") Anyways, the two of you will be responsible for the completion of this task." In that example, Professor Oak was talking, and Crystal was 'cut-off'. This is because the person interrupting doesn't say anything worth noting, and is considered to be random rambling.

By the way, Diamond and Pearl calling Platinum as Lady/Miss Lady… Depending on the translation, they will address her as Missy or Little Miss. Keep in mind that these versions generally have Green as Blue, Blue as Green, Calm Mind as Meditate, Tate and Liza are both girls, Magma Admin Courtney as Marge, Aqua Admin Shelly as Angie (or something) and… yeah. Anyways, I feel that the best translation for ojou-sama お嬢様 and ojou-san お嬢さん would be Lady/Miss Lady.

Primary: Green & Blue.

Distress:

8 am…

Green took a drink from a cup of water as he read the newspaper. The schedule for that day was quite full. There was a Gym Leader's meeting (which he hated going to) at 10, a training session with Sapphire at 12, a lunch meeting with Crystal (in which he would check how her research was going) at 2, a practice Gym Battle with Platinum at 3, either an actual Gym Battle or a training session with her at 4, then he would treat the heiress to a dinner, during which he would suggest what Gym she should challenge next (the girl was addicted to Gym Battles).

With all that stuff, Green expected that he'd be home by 8 pm that day, and he could then start his own training.

As he poured himself a second cup of water, he heard his Pokégear ring from his room upstairs. After taking another drink, he headed upstairs, wondering who would call at that time. Probably Erika, calling the other Gym Leaders.

By the time he reached his Pokégear, it had stopped ringing. Green took his Pokégear and checked who called. Apparently it was Blue who called, and unlike all the other times, she chose to leave him a voice mail.

'Great… what does she want now?' Green thought as he pressed the button to play the voice mail.

A moment later, Blue's sweet voice came from the Pokégear. But her voice was devoid of the usual cheerfulness.

"Green, have I ever told you how much I appreciate our friendship?"

"What the…"

Blue had never said anything like that before. Green tried calling her. There was no answer. Usually Blue would answer the moment he called.

'How odd…'

Green shook his head and headed downstairs to get ready for the Gym Leader's meeting. He figured that Blue would call him back if she had anything important to say.

30 minutes later, Blue did call again. When Green answered, he realized that it wasn't Blue calling, but rather another voice mail. It was like an automated message.

"I can't imagine what my life would've been like if it weren't for you and Red. Thank you."

Green ran back upstairs to his room and got his coat. Something was clearly wrong with Blue, and he was going to find out what.

The very first place Green flew to was One Island where Blue lived. But the girl herself wasn't at her house, and according to her parents, she left somewhere the day before and hasn't returned.

As Green prepared to fly to Pallet Town, his Pokégear rang again. He checked his watch. It was 9 am. So these automated messages were sent once every half hour.

"I've enjoyed every moment we spent together."

Green clenched his teeth. Something had happened to Blue, she wasn't home, and he had no clue where she was. Perhaps he could get someone to trace the message to a source…

Green had his Charizard fly straight to Cherrygrove City of Johto. He jumped off when he was a few meters above the ground and landed right in front of the Pokémon Center. Inside, he found the person he was looking for, sitting at a table, reading a book with a glass of iced tea in hand.

"Crystal," Green called as he walked closer. There was no response. The Johto girl probably didn't hear him as the Pokémon Center was quite busy. "Crystal," he called again, louder and closer this time. Again, no response. Green tried something different. "Hey, Super Serious!"

As expected, Crystal looked up from her book and looked at him. Spotting her senior, she quickly closed the book and rose to her feet. There was a slight hint of confusion on her face though.

"Ah, Green! I didn't know you were here," she said with a slight bow. "Um… why are you here? I thought you had a Gym Leader's meeting… and… what did you call me?"

"Seems like you spent too much time with Gold," Green said. "I called your name twice, but you only reacted when I used your nickname. (Crystal: "Huh? I… um… didn't hear you because of the… um… crowd near the reception desk! And that's not my nickname! That's just what Gold calls me! And what do you mean I spent too much time with him? I-") I'm here because of an emergency. Something has come up and I need your help."

Crystal looked surprised. "An emergency? Oh, I don't like the sound of that…"

Green tossed her his Pokégear and sat down on a chair. Crystal sat on her seat across the table from him and looked at the Pokégear.

Green checked his watch. "3 minutes… Crystal, listen. I need you to trace the message that will be sent to my Pokégear in 3 minutes and find out where it's coming from."

"Um… okay," the Johto girl said as she pulled out her laptop from her bag. She looked quite confused. Once the computer booted, she plugged the Pokégear into it and began to do stuff (starting whatever programs and stuff). "Why me? Isn't Blue a lot better at this?"

"Yes. But this emergency relates to her, and you're the a lot more technologically savvy than me."

Crystal nodded and resumed her focus to her laptop. Green noticed that her hands were slightly trembling.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"It's just that… the last time someone told me that there was an emergency," she started, looking at him once more. "It was when you, Red, Blue, Yellow, and Silver were petrified. Every time I hear 'emergency' I just get reminded of that…"

"Don't worry, Crystal. Tragedy like that won't happen again." 'I hope.'

Soon, the Pokégear began to ring. Green increased the volume so that Crystal may hear.

"You like me, don't you? I know you do. I feel the same about you."

Crystal frowned upon hearing the message, and rapidly began typing on her laptop. Half a minute later, she stopped and took a breath.

"Okay, I couldn't trace it completely, but the source is coming from somewhere in Johto," she said. "Northwest from here."

"Hmm…"

"What's happening? Blue would never talk like this… She sounds as if-"

"I know. That's why I need to find her quickly."

Crystal nodded and put her laptop away. "I'll need to come with you. These automated distress calls are made at regular intervals, so maybe I can pinpoint the source eventually."

Green rose to his feet and headed out of the Pokémon Center. Crystal packed up and followed. Before long, they were in the air, flying northwest. They didn't fly too fast, as they needed to scan the general area.

At 10 am, the fifth automated message arrived.

"I know you think I'm annoying at times, and I'm sorry."

Crystal carefully balanced her laptop on one hand and typed something with the other. They were currently over Violet City, yet the signal still originated from a position northwest.

Green and Crystal continued to head northwest. They scanned the area for anything suspicious, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary. They reached Ecruteak City when the sixth message arrived. And this time, Green and Crystal were on the ground, with the laptop ready (they learned from the whole aerial-laptop usage last time).

"Do you remember the first time we met? I remember. I go back to that place every now and then to relive the memories."

"Got it!" Crystal exclaimed. "The source is in Route 38. Close to Olivine."

Green climbed back onto Charizard and flew straight towards Olivine City. Crystal put her laptop away and got her Xatu to take her towards Olivine as well. Roughly three quarters of the way to Olivine, they spotted something peculiar. There was a trail of Tauros, all fainted, that led towards a ring of Pokémon. Upon closer inspection, Green recognized one of the leading Pokémon to be Blue's Blastoise.

Green and Crystal quickly ran towards the ring of Pokémon. Upon seeing them, the Blastoise relaxed and stepped aside. It looked awfully exhausted, same with the other five of Blue's Pokémon forming the ring. In the center of the small ring, Green found Blue. Crystal gasped and shut her eyes. Her senior lay on the ground, her right arm and both legs bent in odd angles, dried blood forming trails from her forehead and mouth, and her clothes were dyed crimson.

Green quickly crouched in front of her and checked her pulse. She was still alive, just barely. Green went over the list of injuries.

"Big cut on the side of her head… looks like she hit her head on a tree. Blood from the mouth… probably an internal damage. Broken arm, broken calf bone on the left leg, knee on the other… and…" Green checked the center of the huge patch of crimson on Blue's clothes. There was a big clump of what appeared to be cloth on her side. He removed the clump and noticed a big gaping wound. "It looks like she got hit by the horn of a Tauros… From all these bruises, it looks like she got trampled a little afterwards before her Pokémon took over."

Crystal shuddered but forced herself to look. "T – That looks like a roll of bandage," she said, pointing to the clump of cloth-like thing. "I think she tried to stop the bleeding herself before she passed out."

Green nodded. "That's the reason she's still alive. Her quick thinking saved her. And it seems that her Pokémon didn't try to move her because her injuries were too great." He sighed and took a look around. "All of you, return to your Pokéballs," he commanded to Blue's Pokémon. "You did well in protecting her. I'll take over from here."

"There's a really good doctor who lives in Cianwood City," Crystal said. "Maybe we should go to him."

"Right." Green took Blue's Pokéballs and looked at Crystal. "You'll need to ride Charizard with me. We can't move Blue ourselves. Your Xatu will need to use Psychic to lift her without her moving at all. Any movement may worsen the injuries for all we know."

On the way to Cianwood, Green called Erika and explained why he wasn't there in Celadon, and why he didn't call her to tell her that he wasn't coming. Though Erika was asking what the emergency was, he didn't bother answer and simply hung up. He wasn't in the mood to explain things.

After meeting with the doctor and waiting as Blue went through all the medical procedures, Green called Sapphire and Platinum and told them that their training session would have to be postponed. He didn't tell them why. If he did, then they would surely come to Cianwood, and he was sure that Blue would need quiet rest, thus fewer people would be preferred. His two juniors sounded very disappointed, but they would have to understand.

Blue was expected to make a full recovery, although it would take a long while and she would have trouble walking for quite some time. After seeing her injuries fully treated, Green left to get some fresh air. He'd been in the hospital for a few hours, waiting for the doctor to update him on Blue's condition.

During the wait, he received more of Blue's automated messages, but they were all repetitions of the previous ones. It seemed that there were only six messages and a random one was selected and sent.

Green sat on a large rock near the ocean and stared into the sea. Crystal stood a few meters behind, watching her senior. She smiled and approached him. She got proof that Green wasn't the heartless jerk that everyone thought he was.

"You look awfully worried. How about I buy you lunch? Maybe it'll get your mind off of Blue for a while."

"Hm?" Green snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Crystal. "Very well. We did schedule a lunch, after all."

Crystal led Green to the nearest restaurant. She ordered herself a salad and a glass of water while Green just ordered a cup of coffee. He wasn't really in the mood to eat anything.

"You know, Green," Crystal started once she finished her salad. "You're awfully quiet today. You care for Blue a lot more than I thought."

Green raised an eyebrow. Did he detect a hint of teasing in her voice? "She's a very close friend. You'd be worried too if Gold was in a similar state." He took a sip from his coffee. "Speaking of Gold, how's the research going? You were supposed to study why certain Pokémon Eggs take longer to hatch than others, and you were working with Gold."

"It's going okay," Crystal replied. "I'll give the full details once I feel it's ready." She sighed. "Why is it that every assignment I'm given is with Gold or near him? I had enough of his bragging and complaining years ago."

"It's because you and Gold work well together. For the same reason, every assignment I give Platinum is always with Diamond."

Crystal's expression suddenly changed to a half panic state. "Wait… are you suggesting-"

"Face it. Gold likes you. And you like him back."

"N – No, I-"

"You can't lie to me, Crystal. I've seen your expression when I tell you to work with Gold. You like the idea."

Crystal groaned. "Don't tell me you're going to laugh at me too! Silver and Emerald have been laughing at me for a year now!"

Green chuckled and finished his coffee. "Don't worry. I have no intention of mentioning this ever again. Now that I think about it, I sounded awfully like Blue. It seems that I spent too much time with her."

"You should really take good care of her," Crystal said. "After all she's been through, she's finally happy nowadays."

"I know." Green rose to his feet. "I'm going to go check on her now. You should go home, Crystal. Enough people's schedules have been ruined this day."

"Eh?" Crystal rose to object, but Green was already on his way towards the cashier. She quickly went after him. "Green, I thought I was buying you lunch today."

"I won't let a junior buy me lunch," Green replied. "And besides, I was supposed to buy lunch today."

Crystal looked stunned for a second before she bowed slightly. "Thank you for the lunch."

Outside, Green watched as Crystal sent out her Xatu, preparing to return to New Bark Town (to Gold's house, for the research assignment).

"Oh, Crystal," he said as a thought occurred.

"Yes?"

"Tell the others. But remember, Blue would need quiet rest. You know what to do."

"Yes. I understand. But I'm not sure if I can convince Silver to stay put."

After a short while, Crystal bowed to her senior and flew towards New Bark. The Viridian Gym Leader headed back to the hospital and entered the room where Blue was. She looked rather peaceful on the bed. She had bandages wrapped around her head, neck, waist, back, arms, and legs, so just about everywhere. Her head was fine except for the gash on the side of her head. No permanent damage, thankfully. But she did have several shattered bones in her arms and legs, injured neck, a few broken ribs, a punctured kidney (that would heal with some help), and a minor blood loss problem.

Green felt that Blue was lucky to have survived the accident, and even luckier to have suffered no permanent damage. He was sure to tell her that once she woke up, whenever that would be.

Next day, 6:50 am…

Green woke up from his sleep when his Pokégear vibrated.

"Hello?" he answered.

"Sorry to bother you so early," came Crystal's voice. "But Silver's on his way to Cianwood right now. I couldn't contact him yesterday, but he heard the news and threatened the information out of Gold."

"Thanks for letting me know. Blue hasn't woken up yet. Silver will need to remain quiet."

After he hung up he went back inside Blue's room (Green slept in the waiting room). To his surprise, he noticed that Blue had moved a little in her sleep, as her left arm was above the blanket. Meaning, she was no longer unconscious.

"Blue? Are you awake?" Green asked quietly. He walked closer and put his hand on her left shoulder. "Blue?"

The girl suddenly grunted. "Ow…"

Green pulled his hand back, realizing that there was a bruise on the girl's shoulder. "So you're awake?"

"Apparently so, Green," Blue replied quietly. She forced her eyes to open and looked at him. "It's good to see you again."

Green sighed. "Pesky girl… what did you get yourself into?" Blue tried to sit up, but Green held her down. "You need your rest." He handed her a notepad that listed all of her injuries.

She took the notepad with her good hand read the list. "Wow. That's quite a list," she muttered. "I suppose I'm lucky to be alive."

"Yes. You're also lucky enough to be able to make a full recovery. No permanent damage, no memory loss, anything."

Blue pushed the note aside and looked around the room. "Hey, where is everyone?"

"No one's here, Blue. I figured that you'd need quiet rest so I made everyone stay home."

Blue smiled. "You know what's best for me. I made the right choice after all."

"You talk too much. You need your rest."

"Thank you, Green," Blue said anyways. "I knew that you would be the best person to call for help. Red and Silver would've done something reckless, but I knew that you would remain calm and be the best help."

Now Green understood why the automated messages were sent to him, and only him (seeing how no one else knew).

"Blue, we'll talk once you're feeling better. For now, get some rest."

"Fine. One last thing, though," Blue said. She started to cough. "Come closer; my throat is hurting." Green did as told so that she may whisper to him. When he came close enough, Blue suddenly pulled him closer with her good arm and kissed him in the mouth. "Thanks again," she said once the kiss ended a few seconds later. She gave him a wink before she closed her eyes.

But before Green turned away, his Pokégear vibrated as another automated message was received. Blue reached for the pendant on her necklace and pressed it.

"What did you just do?"

"Ever since the whole Deoxys incident a few years ago, I programmed a little device on my necklace that would sent a recorded message to you if I press it for a few seconds. That way you would be able to track my location if I need help, and in worst case scenarios, I would be able to tell you how I feel before I die."

"Blue, I have no problem telling you that those messages worried me."

Blue smiled faintly. "I'm glad. It means that you really care about me…"

Green wanted to argue, but chose not to. She wasn't wrong. Besides, he told her to get some rest, and arguing would do the exact opposite. Maybe once she woke up, he'd argue then. Then again, maybe not. He didn't want to get into an argument he knew he'd lose.

Now, the only things left on his schedule were preventing Silver from waking up Blue, and preventing Crystal from saying anything about the whole Blue business she was involved in. There was no need to increase the number of people who would annoy him with that mess.

Remember that 'other' Pokémon Special story that was being planned? It's still being planned. But a lot more progress had been made, and soon I would complete the first chapter. Hell, it's about f*cking time.

Basic info: not a random compilation of one-shots. But all the pairings that are in here will be there (maybe not Silver and Soul. Don't know whether Soul will exist at all. If she does, then at most she'll be a background character with no importance). It's set before Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum meet the other 10 Dex Holders, but some time after the Platinum arc. At this point, I've seen the start of the arc so I haven't a clue as to how it'll end, and I believe that the Sinnoh trio will meet the others by the end of the arc, but… I'll pretend otherwise.

Also, the most important. I said that Special Events is a warm-up for that other currently-unnamed-thing. Some of the one-shots in this series were derived from the basic plans for that other thing. For example, Memory Loss, Stranded, and this chapter all came from such plans. Example of modification: in Stranded, Gold and Crystal leave on a random vacation, the ship encounters a random whirlpool, hits a random rock, randomly sinks, Gold and Crystal end up on a random island, and Platinum randomly finds them. The original plan had Gold and Crystal leaving for a mission on Seven Island, the main bad guys intercept and attack the ship, Gold and Crystal survive, drift to (spoiler) Navel Rock, and escape (takes a real genius to figure out how they escape (ignore this smartass comment if you don't know what Navel Rock is)).

There are few things mentioned here and there (such as Platinum challenging other Gyms) in Special Events, that will actually occur in the other thing. And of course, all the MISCs will still apply.

Whew… Anyways, please review whether you like or dislike the idea, how this chapter went, suggestions for the next one-shot, and… characters in or out of character.