"Ugh," the hooded figure grumbles as he stands upright on the flying Garchomp as it hovers just over the trees. Looking down, he could see Luxray moving and weaving through the forest scanning out looking for the designated target. "Seems this girl got more lost, we'll end up here all night."
That is when Luxray suddenly stops. Looking up it calls out towards the male. Giving a nod in acknowledgement, Luxray darts forward much more quickly. Garchomp is able to keep up, as they are very much used to doing these sort of things. This method is how they manage to track down Suicune when it was practically untraceable.
"Seems like we got her," he mutters under his breath as Garchomp flies in sync with Luxray's speed.
"Mew, I can't believe it's really you!" Prissy pets Mew as it presses its pink self against her cheek and nuzzles. The Pokemon floats around Prissy and squeaks happily. "I never thought I would ever see you again, that's for sure."
Mew then stops a moment and looks pass Prissy as it senses something. Prissy turns to see the direction the Pokemon is looking, only to see nothing. She then looks at the Eeveelution trio and motions her head towards them. The three of them waste no time hopping up the huge tree to see if there is something coming. Once they reach the mid-section of the branches, they can see almost over the whole forest. Their ears all perk up, something is coming. A black airship is heading in their direction. When they bark towards Prissy, she frowns. Nothing seems to stop. She grabs Mew and pulls the Pokemon to hide under another tree. A rare Pokemon like Mew will attract attention.
"Umbreon, Sylveon, Jolteon, get down and hide!" she shouted. She then shouted for the other Pokemon to hide also. Confused, they ran into the tree and various other places to hide from the passing ship. Prissy protectively holds Mew as she now sees the ship. It is the same kind of ship that she saw as a child, and various times afterwards. Team Rocket. The organization is world-wide in their quest to obtain Pokemon and control them for their dark purpose. They are here most likely to pick off Pokemon from this region to use for their grunts. Luckily, the Pokemon are well hidden in this area, letting the ship pass without any interest.
After the airship passes, Prissy pokes her head out from the little tree crevasse she had herself tucked in. Mew pokes out too and looks around, not even a little bit scared about what just happened. It just squeaks happily, wanting to play with Prissy.
"So you are the girl that got lost," a random voice breaks through. Prissy's eyes widen as she turns to see a hooded figure on top of a Garchomp. "And you manage to stumble upon a legendary Pokemon."
"Who are you?" Prissy demands, ignoring the pain in her body when she stands in front of Mew protectively. "What is it that you want?"
"Your friends have been looking everywhere for you," he replies. "As for me, I just wanted to see what rare Pokemon entered these parts. Now I know it was Mew."
"You know Mew?" she asks surprised. Then she remembers that Mew is known in Team Rocket when they had Mewtwo created. Is this guy a part of Team Rocket?
"Yea," the male nods as he pulls back his hood. Prissy's eyes widen when she sees his face. "Mew saved me from what could have been one nasty fall."
"You're Don of the Elite Four," Prissy points out. Don is known for using different types, unlike most of the Elite Four, but specializes in dark moves.
"Yea, you got me," he laughs as Garchomp lowers him to the ground. He hops off and walks up to her, moving a hand to pet Mew. Mew happily squeaks and rubs its face against his hand. "Heh, you are just how I remember."
"It's like it doesn't age," Prissy ends up saying without realizing. This causes Don to look over at her curiously. Her cheeks flush as she realizes she spoke out loud. "Erm… I met Mew when I was just a kid, before I even became a trainer."
"Hm, that explains why it showed itself to you," Don states as he fumbles in his pocket and pulls out a piece of Pokemon food. Happily, Mew snatches it and hovers in the air nibbling on the dry food.
"If people knew that you were like this, you would be less scary to them," Prissy comments as Sylveon gives her back the walking stick.
"Yes, but then I would have to deal with people," Don replies back rather flatly. "I prefer my solitude."
"I suppose I can sort of relate," she looks at her trio. She then perks up looking at him. "You said my friends are looking for me?"
"Yes, I sent them back to the Pokemon Center," he answers. "I offered to look for you, since they mentioned you might be injured."
"Ah… so they are safe," she sighs in relief. "They do not do well in navigating on their own."
"No kidding," he mutters. "How did you get injured anyway?"
Looking at him for a moment, she hesitates to tell him her foolish mistake. Looking at Sylveon, she realizes, she would do it again if the time were to come. So she begins telling him the event with the baby Eevee and how it wandered off during naptime. She tells him how she fell because of how the weight and everything did not work out too well. She fell into the river at the bottom of the cliff and woke up downstream.
"Sounds like a hell of a day," he comments when he hears the whole story. Petting Mew again, he speaks up once more. "You are trying to pretend it hurts less than it does. I am sure you are seriously injured and just running on adrenaline right now."
"I need to be strong for them," she motions to her Pokemon. "Otherwise they will worry over me."
Mew squeaks as Prissy is suddenly caught off guard. Don picks her up and looks at Mew with a goodbye nod.
"H-hey!" Prissy shouts out. "Just what do you think you're doing?!"
"I told your friends I would bring you back," he replies flatly even with her struggling. "Stop squirming, you will only hurt yourself. Also, call back your Pokemon. They will be too heavy for Garchomp."
"Ugh!" she tries to protest, but only ends up feeling more pain which stops her squirming. She pulls out her pokeballs and calls back the trio into them. "You are so lucky I am NOT in the best states!"
"I am trembling," he continues to be monotone, holding her still as he hops on Garchomp. "Let's go."
Garchomp lifts off the ground and Prissy grips onto Don tightly as it flies incredibly fast. She has not flown on top of a Pokemon since her family's Dragonite. Now she is flying again, and it feels scary, but she isn't falling off. She opens her eyes to see the land passing by her so quickly.
"Almost there," Don reports. He shows little interest in her fear, but insures that she would not fall off on his watch.
"Do you think that guy found her?" Candii asks as she sits next to Bri's bed. Bri is bandaged up around her leg and head.
"I don't know why we even trusted someone like him!" Bri growls as she eats her chocolate pudding. "WE should be the ones out there looking for Prissy!"
"We weren't getting anywhere," Candii sighs. "Besides, what if he didn't show up? That was really close Bri."
"I know…" Bri calms down and looks outside the window. She frowns as the sunset is almost complete. "I just hope she is safe."
"Yea… me too," Candii states.
"Hm?" Bri notices something outside. Candii looks up to her and then out the window. "There is something coming towards the Pokemon Center."
"Is that…?" Candii squints a little as she tries to see in the little light available. "I think it is!"
"It's that dude's Garchomp," Bri grins. "Hurry! Get me a wheelchair!"
"Prissy!" Candii and Bri shout out as Garchomp comes down for a landing. Prissy is all bruised and scratched up which has them frowning at first, but then happy to have her back. They help her out of Don's arms and Nurse Joy has a wheelchair ready for her to sit in. She is happy to see them, but exhaustion hits as she slowly begins to pass out.
"Prissy?" Candii calls out in worry. Don and Bri frown unsure of what to do. The Wigglytuff holding the bars of the wheelchair begin to push her towards to center to make sure she gets cared for.
"We will do what we can," Nurse Joy states to ease them. "I will call the Lumiose City hospital so they can take her there using a helicopter."
"Will she be okay?" Bri asks.
"You said she fell off a cliff right?" Nurse Joy smiles. "She lasted this long on sheer will… I am sure she will be more than okay. She is a strong one. Now get some rest, you will need it to get to Lumiose City."
"I will take my leave now," Don states looking at the two. "Take care of your friend, she is definitely a fighter. I know she will be fine."
"Thanks for bringing her back safely," Candii smiles.
"What was your name?" Bri asks, still skeptical of him.
"Don," he replies. Garchomp lifts him off the ground and the two jet off back into the sky.
"Don…" Bri repeats the name. "Why does that sound familiar?"
"It couldn't be Elite Four Don, could it?" Candii asks looking over to Bri. She wheels Bri back into the Pokemon Center so they can check on Prissy and then get some rest.