Sky: Yo! We are back.
Ben: HEY! That's what I say.
Summer: Yeah, in the bloopers.
HTF: Thank you everyone for your reviews next chapter. We know the mush was a little, well a little…..
Seren: *Pukes*
HTF: Yeah, a little that *motions to Seren*
Sky: Anyway, we have the return of two brilliant Rangers in this story. So, read, enjoy and review!
Rythmi: Can we get another bucket for Seren.
Kellyn: Am I really that bad?
Sky: Shush, story's starting!
High above the skies, flying towards the Almia Region were two Rangers coming back from one of their largest missions yet.
"WAHOO!" A boy in blue with a red Ranger jacket, yellow scarf and red goggles called as he flew through the air on the back of a Latios.
"Oi! Little Boy Blue, keep it down," a light brown haired girl, wearing the exact same as the boy, ordered as she flew next to him.
"Come on Summer, we just finished off an awesome mission, be happy," the boy smiled as he grinned at his partner.
"Ben, in case you haven't noticed things have gone pretty much downhill with the weather. We were called back to the Union on an emergency," Summer growled as she glared at the older boy.
"Emergency smergency. Lighten up, have a bit of fun while you can. We both know Hastings is gonna be on our cases the moment we get back," Ben replied as he shrugged. Summer shook her head as they flew over the Sinnoh Region.
You see, the Oblivia Region was quite far from the Almia Region, where the two were originally stationed. So, to get there and back, they needed to fly. It was the quickest way and it was much less hassle.
Summer looked down as they flew over Mount Cornet, something caught her eye. A figure dressed in all black with dark hair. The figure seemed to just be sitting there, doing nothing. In its hands, Summer could make out a dark, was that paper, or a gem? She couldn't tell.
Dismissing it as someone either praying to the legendry pokemon, Dialga and Palkia, Summer carried on her way with Ben and the neon pokemon they were riding on.
Soon they had passed the Sinnoh Region and were above the seas once more. Summer shuddered, remembering the time she was blasted from the sky by that awful Plasma Cannon.
Ben smiled widely as he continued cheering and laughing, though Latios wasn't very happy about him moving around on his back.
"Hey Summer?" Summer looked down at Latias, her neon pokemon and friend.
"What's up?" she asked.
"How long until we reach the Almia Region? I don't think Latios can put up with Ben much longer," Latias asked as the two looked over at Ben and the irritated Latios. Summer sighed.
"With the speed we're going, around half an hour. I just hope Latios can last," she answered as they carried on towards Almia.
Five minutes passed. Summer looked over to Ben once she heard him yell. Latios had flipped over, causing Ben to grip his neck tightly. Summer face palmed while Latias sweat dropped at the two of them.
"Keep moving around and you'll be swimming the rest of the way," Latios threatened as he turned back over. Ben shut up as he remained silent the rest of the way. Silent and unmoving. Summer almost mistook him as a statue.
Meanwhile, at the Ranger Union things were normal.
"WHERE IS THAT IDIOT?!"
...as normal as things could be, anyways.
Kate burst into the break room where the gang gathered together; Rythmi, Isaac, Sven, Wendy, Kellyn and the idiot, aka Keith.
"Wow you look ticked." Wendy noticed.
"Oh am I ticked." Kate fumed, glaring at Keith. "YOU."
"Me?" Keith innocently smiled at her.
"I THOUGHT YOUR PERVING DAYS WERE OVER!" Kate yelled.
Keith smirked as he held up a pair of blue panties. "You really think I'd quit? Just like that?"
"You haven't done anything this bad in weeks!" Kate said, angry.
"In between Operation Brighton and taking some time to heal, no. But now that things are back to normal, so am I." Keith dangled the underwear. "You want 'em back?"
"Yes." Kate gritted her teeth. "Give them back. NOW."
"Say please?" Keith sang.
"Please give me my underwear back OR I WILL RIP YOUR STUPID FACE OFF!" Kate yelled the last part.
Keith knew better than to tick her off further. He tossed her the underwear which Kate stuck in her pocket. The pigtailed girl wearily sat down on the couch next to Kellyn. Though Kellyn seemed distracted; sort of down.
"Hey Kell'? What's wrong?" Kate asked.
"You've been depressed all day." Isaac noticed.
Kellyn sighed. "It's just...it's this stupid scar."
"Not this again." Rythmi muttered as a few others rolled their eyes.
"I'm serious!" Kellyn said. "Look at me! Look at how ugly I've become!"
"You look the same as you always have. With or without the scar." Wendy told him.
"Yeah. No one really notices it." Sven added.
"Maybe you don't cause you're my friends. But other people do! People see this scar and they immediately think I'm ugly," Kellyn replied as he avoided eye contact with Sven.
"What about Seren then?" Keith asked, everyone turned to him. Kellyn's eyes flashed with anger as he glared at Keith.
"What about her?" he asked, Keith shrugged.
"You, you're fussing over something that's hardly there when Seren has a larger scar going from her nose all the way to her chin. If people think you're ugly, what will they think of her?" he asked. Kellyn froze slightly, what would people think of Seren?
Silence filled the break room. Where was Seren anyway? As Kate was about to speak, the doors opened to reveal two Rangers in blue.
"Summer, Ben, welcome back. How'd it go in Oblivia?" Kate asked, drastically trying her hardest to change the subject from scars.
"Meh, better than ever, Summer's scarred for life though," Ben answered as Summer lifted left sleeve up to reveal a pale scar. It was small, about the length of her arm and a centimetre wide, but with her sleeve, it wasn't noticeable.
The whole group sighed; there was no avoiding the subject of scars with everything that's gone off. Sven grabbed the remote for the TV as he flipped it on, news reports from the Kanto Region came on as the group tuned into them.
"As you can see, strong winds have been picking up a lot more this week than ever before. The cause for this unknown climate change is still a mystery. Here we are, stood at the spot where the lightning struck the ground. We see it has created a large hole in the ground, but there's something more. Besides this large hole are, what look to be almost like, claw prints. Could something have come from this large hole? If so what?" for some reason the camera cut out then as the strong winds started blowing.
Sven flipped through every news channel, Sinnoh, Johto, Hoenn and Unova, each region had the exact same report coming in. Strong winds, claw, or hand marks next to the place where the lightning struck the ground.
"Is that an Unown?" Rythmi asked as she looked at the back of the reporter in the Unova Region.
Indeed it was an Unown, but what letter, or symbol, our friends could make out.
Kate stood to her feet once more as she walked to the doors.
"I'm heading off to find Seren, Arceus knows where she's gotten to," she stated as she walked.
Summer ran to catch her up, having not spent any time with her fellow brunette in a while. Rythmi stayed as she and the rest thought about what could be going on.
"Mommy, what happened to that lady's face?" a little boy asked as he pointed to Seren, who was helping a Skitty down from a tree for the woman.
"Honey, you can't just ask that," the boy's mother scolded.
Seren gave the Skitty back to the boy's mother before kneeling in front of him.
"I helped out in Operation Brighton, we all came out of it, but some of us ended up with scars, like mine," Seren smiled as she looked at the little boy. This was the third child that week that had pointed out her scar.
Unlike the rest, the little boy reached out to touch it. Seren didn't flinch or move away from him as the little boy touched her face, instead she smiled at him.
The little boy smiled back at her.
"Will it heal?" the boy asked.
"In due time, but it will always be there," Seren smiled.
"The scars a Ranger carries around with them are a sign of their bravery," the woman spoke. The little boy looked at his mother before looking back at Seren.
"You must be really brave then," the boy said in awe. Seren nodded her head.
"I'd give my life to save this Region, and the world," she replied. The boy's smile widened as he hugged Seren tightly.
"Mommy, I want to be a Ranger when I grow up!" he stated as he walked away with his mother. Seren smiled at the child, proud that she could help him choose his path for the future.
"Hey, Seren!" Seren turned around to see Kate and Summer running towards her.
"Hey guys," she smiled as Summer stopped to look at her.
"Something's different about you," she noted. Summer, at times, could be blind. She wasn't one for someone's looks, more their personality, so if something was wrong with their physical appearance; it took her a while to catch on. "I got it, you got a haircut," she stated, Kate and Seren both laughed at her.
"Close, I've got a scar," Seren replied as she pointed to her face.
"Oh yeah," Summer mused as she looked at her scar.
"Did you notice Kellyn's?" Kate asked.
"Kellyn has a scar?" Summer asked.
"Yeah, and he keeps complaining about it. Anyway, how come you weren't in the break room?" Kate asked, turning her attention to Seren.
"I was stopped by a woman who asked me to get her Skitty down from a tree. What did Kellyn say about his scar?" Seren answered before questioning Kate.
"Huh? Oh, just the usual, that we're his friends so we don't realise the scar, that it's the one thing that makes him ugly and that when people see it they'll instantly think he's ugly," Kate answered as she shrugged her shoulders.
"Excuse me I need to go speak with him," Seren replied once she heard what he had said. She took off running towards the Union, not waiting for Summer or Kate to reply to her.
Seren ran through the halls towards the break room. When she entered she saw everyone there, except Kate, Kellyn and Summer, they were all tuned into the news.
"You guys seen Kellyn?" Seren asked as she walked over to her friends.
"He went to his room to sulk," Keith answered.
"He's depressed about that stupid scar," Wendy added. Neither of the two looked at Seren as they spoke.
"Thanks," with that, Seren ran out of the break room once again, this time towards her room.
The door slammed open as Seren walked in. Kellyn jolted from his place on the bed as he looked up at Seren, she didn't look angry, at least not yet. Kellyn figured she forced the door open too hard because she was running.
"Hey Seren," Kellyn smiled, trying to hide his depressive mood.
"Drop the act," Seren ordered as she glared at him. Kellyn sat up as he looked at her, his smile still in place.
"What act?" he asked as he tried his hardest not to let his smile fade.
"You still think you're ugly with that scar?" Seren asked. Kellyn's smile did fade this time, the guys had told her.
"They told you, didn't they?" he asked, Seren nodded her head as she folded her arms.
"How stupid can you be?" she asked, Kellyn gave her a confused look. "I helped a woman today get her Skitty out the tree. Her son couldn't help but question what happened to my face. Yes, the woman scolded him, but I explained and do you know what the woman said?" Seren asked, Kellyn shook his head.
"The scars a Ranger carries around with them are a sign of their bravery," Seren stated.
Kellyn just frowned. "That's only because this Region knows what we did in Operation Brighton. If we go anywhere else I'll be stared at, people will talk about me and then they'll point things out. I'm ugly and I can't change that now. No matter where we go, people will laugh and I won't be able to take that pressure," he replied with a sigh as he held his head in his hands.
"Fine, then get yourself a new partner," Seren stated as she walked out of the room. Kellyn's head shot up as he looked at the space she had just been.
'Do you honestly feel that scars make your face ugly? Then you must think I'm ugly.'
He had completely forgotten about the scar on Seren's face. All this time, Kellyn had focused on his own scar. The boy worried about his looks, his scar and how he'd be seen by others. Seren slipped from his mind completely.
Kellyn hadn't noticed that Seren's scar was twice as bad as his own. Heck, he hadn't even noticed it until the night of that thunderstorm. Granted it was ugly but...but it didn't make Seren any uglier herself. Kellyn was always staring at her eyes, which were always sparkling with life. The eyes that were windows to her soul. Seren had one hell of a personality. Something that Kellyn couldn't help smiling to.
Now he couldn't smile. Seren was mad at him. And probably feeling self-conscious herself. Unintentionally, Kellyn called her ugly. Seren took offence to it, her feelings very hurt.
"Fine, then get yourself a new partner."
"Damn it..." Kellyn muttered. "Arceus freaking damn it."
He must've really ticked off his partner. Or, ex-partner as Seren had said. Kellyn didn't want to work solo or find another partner. Seren was the only one he wanted to be with. They were the perfect team! Ever since ranger school, the two of them handled any challenge that came their way. Kellyn liked having her around. It was comforting to know that Seren was there when he needed her and, of course, he'd always be there for her.
Lying back on the bed, Kellyn stared up at the ceiling. Regret pounded in his head, screaming at him about the terrible mistake he committed. Already the ranger felt alone. Worst feeling in the world.
But now he had to wonder, how, in the name of Arceus, was he going to make things right again?
Kellyn: I'M A TERRIBLE PERSON! I'M AWFUL! *Goes to cry*
Sky: If he's not complaining about the scar he's complaining about something else.
Seren: Can you kill him off already?
HTF: No! We need Kellyn, unfortunately, to pair you up with.
Seren: Please tell me that it's unfortunate that I'm paired with him.
Sky: No, it's unfortunate we need him.
Seren: *Walks off to cry.*
Kate: I wonder if Rythmi will get through this. RYTHMI!
Rythmi: Hiya!
Kate: *Points to audience*
Rythmi: Oh, right. Well, we hope you enjoyed that chapter. You know what to do next, hit that button below us and there shall be a new update soon. No reviews no- SEREN PUT THOSE PILLS DOWN! *Rushes over to Seren*
Kate: Nope, we're never getting through this.
Summer: What she meant to say was no reviews, no updates.
Ben: You know how this system works.
Sky and HTF: We have a system now?! Since when?
Cast: *Face palms*
Kate: And the writers call us idiots.
Keith: Just review before this gets any worse.
Cast: We hope you enjoyed the chapter, please REVIEW!
HTF: KEITH WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MY NOTE BOOK!
Keith: OH SHIT! *Runs*
