"Are you guys okay?" Flint asked as he looked at the group besides him. Caden held on tightly to the Pokemon turned Kellyn, while Seren staggered slightly to her feet.

The red head, and Kellyn, looked the girl over. She was cut, bloodied, bruised and bleeding from wounds still. Flint quickly caught the black haired girl as she slowly started to fall.

Kellyn looked at her in shock. Anger boiled up inside of him. He was angry, furious even. He hated the fact that he was a pokemon. He couldn't help his partner and because of him her beautiful body, her perfectly coloured skin it was becoming more and more scarred.

"Let's go to the Pokemon Centre. We'll get Seren healed and see where our next steps lead," Flint ordered as he turned to the child and the pokemon. "I'm gonna guess Kellyn's the Totodile… but who are you?" the red head asked in confusion as he looked at the body.

"That's Caden," Seren spoke as she smiled at her little brother. "He's my little brother. I need him to be safe," the black haired girl stated as Caden stood to his feet with Kellyn. Flint nodded his head as he held a hand for the little boy to take.

"My name's Flint. I'm a good guy, we're gonna keep you safe," the red haired boy smiled as Caden took Flint's hand and quietly the group walked towards the Pokemon Centre.

Flint paced about in the Pokemon Centre's halls, trying his hardest to remain calm as he tried to reach the Ranger Union. Caden watched the boy as Kellyn shook his head slightly, he still felt so useless.

"Stop, Flint," Seren ordered as she walked out of the recovery room. Nurse Joy had patched her wounds up and helped her with the cleaning. Seren now stood in her tattered Ranger Uniform with bandages around a good part of her body.

"But I can't-,"

"I know. It's been impossible to communicate with the Union for a while now. Something to do with this Darkness is stopping it and we don't know who's where or who's uninjured," Seren stated as she walked over to Caden, petting the young boy in the head.

"So, what do we do?" Flint asked as he looked at the girl, who turned to the sound of a reporter on the TV.

"We've just received word from our neighbouring Regions that the Johto Region has completely disappeared," Seren froze when she heard those words. She didn't listen to how to Region had disappeared or why. Looking down, Seren saw her hands shaking out of fear and confusion as she looked at the group.

"Seren?"

"Ben and Summer were in that Region," the black haired girl gulped as she turned on her heel and rushed towards Nurse Joy. The group followed quickly behind her. "We can't contact them through our Stylers, but there's nothing that says phone won't work," Seren stated, her voice was full of hope as Caden clutched onto Flint's leg.

Kellyn walked up behind the girl as he placed a hand/paw on her leg. Seren looked down as she held the phone to her ear. She picked Kellyn up and placed him on the desk before punching in the Union's number.

"We were given the number the first day as a Top Ranger. I hope to Arceus this is right," the black haired girl muttered as she held the phone to her ear. A ringing noise caught her attention as she held her head in her hand, biting her lip as it continued to ring.

"Ranger Union, sorry to keep you waiting, Rythmi speaking," Isaac, still in Rythmi's body spoke, Seren's eyes widened in shock. She had never been happier to hear someones voice her in entire life.

"Rythmi? It's Seren," Seren spoke as she stood up straight.

"Seren?!" Isaac yelled down the phone as he stood to his feet. "Guys, Seren's on the phone!" he yelled as he quickly placed the phone on speaker. Everyone in the Ranger Union began to gather round. They were in complete shock the girl had figured out a way to get a hold of them.

"I'm still in Hoenn in one of the Pokemon Centres. We heard on the news about Johto. Where are Ben and Summer?!" Seren asked in a frenzy. Worry didn't even begin to describe how she was feeling at the moment.

"I'm here," Ben spoke as Crawford wheeled him out in a wheel chair. "Summer's alive as well… she's in a coma," the brunette explained as he looked at the phone.

"What happened?!" Seren asked as she started to smile slightly. Her friends were alive, that much she was happy about.

"We got our asses kicked by the professor. A bomb sent everything sky high before we were saved by Crawford and Luana. After that, the Region was struck by something similar to lightning and after that it was gone," Ben explained as he placed his hands on his knees. Seren sighed, at least Ben and Summer were both okay.

"Anything we should look out for specifically?" Seren asked, still directing the question at the boy.

"There was an Earth quake," Ben began. "About an hour after that the Region was gone," the brunette answered as he sighed heavily, he was exhausted.

"And Kate, Keith, Wendy or Sven? Anything from them?" Seren asked.

"Nothing yet. How are you and Kellyn?" Luana asked as she looked at the phone.

"Kellyn is… well… how do I put this…" Seren trailed off as she looked at Kellyn before smiling sheepishly. How was she supposed to explain this?

"Kellyn's a Totodile," Flint's voice echoed behind the black haired girl.

"Kellyn's a what?!" the entire Union yelled as Seren moved the phone from her ear.

"Exactly what Flint said," she sighed as Kellyn huffed. "We'll continue with our mission here and keep an eye out for anything. We'll keep you posted when we can get to a phone if possible," Seren stated as she ended the call with the Union and sighed.

"What now?" Flint asked as the ground began shaking beneath the group. Kellyn fell from the desk onto the floor with an 'oft' as Seren steadied herself. The quake wasn't slowing down anytime soon.

"Everyone take cover!" the black haired girl ordered as she grabbed Caden and pushed him under one of the tables before standing in the doorway with Flint. Caden clutched onto Kellyn as the boy sniffed in fear.

"Again, what now?!" Flint asked over the sound of debris that began falling. Seren looked around and gritted her teeth.

"If what Ben said is right, the Region will disappear in an hour. Take Caden and head to the Union. Leave him there and take orders from them, see what they need. Kellyn and I will stay here and see what we can do," the black haired girl ordered as she looked at the red head, who didn't like the plan.

"I-,"

"I'm the Ranger here! I'm the one who's most injured. Kellyn's a pokemon, he's useless at the moment until he turns back. You are fine, no injuries or anything. Trust me, it's better Kellyn and I stay," Seren explained with a serious look in her eyes. Flint sighed and nodded his head in defeat.

A few minutes passed before the ground stopped shaking. The four quickly stepped out of their safe places before exiting the Pokemon Centre to see the damage.

The group stopped in their tracks, most of the buildings had crumbled to the ground, people stood outside the buildings, looking at them in shock. Seren looked around, something seemed off… very off.

"Sere… what's this?" Caden asked as he looked at the black smoke filling in around their feet. Seren quickly picked Caden up, while Flint quickly summoned a Staraptor.

"I thought you only had fire type pokemon?" Seren asked as Flint quickly climbed onto the bird.

"Cynthia traded it me over, said it'd be good to keep it around. Hand Caden over," Flint ordered as he held his arms out. The black haired girl frowned slightly as she kissed her little brother on the forehead and handed him to Flint.

"Flint's gonna take you some place safe. I'll be with you as soon as all of this is over so don't worry yourself," Seren smiled as Caden clutched onto Flint. "Tell Rythmi he's my brother, she'll look after him. Be careful!" the black haired girl ordered as Flint quickly took into the air.

The red haired boy watched as Seren and Kellyn were slowly enveloped in the darkness that was surrounding itself by their feet.

Seren smiled as she waved to the two before the darkness fully covered them. The last thing Flint saw before taking off toward the Almia Region was Seren's hand disappearing into the darkness as it began covering the entire Region.

"Will Seren and Kellyn be okay?" Caden asked as he looked up at Flint, who held an arm around the younger boys waist to keep him a little more secure.

"I'm sure they'll be fine," the red head smiled as he looked down at the smaller boy with a small smile. Course, Flint was lying to the younger boy, he wasn't sure if his friends would be alright. With the darkness taking the Regions he wasn't sure if Seren and Kellyn would even come out of this alive.

"I want to be a Ranger," Caden stated suddenly with a smile. "I want to be brave like my big sister and be a hero like her," the boy added as he held his arms out, as if he were flying through the air.

Flint chuckled at the boy, shaking his head a little. He admired the child's determination. Flint and Caden flew on the Staraptor in silence until they reached the Almia Region.

"Oh no," Flint whispered as he looked at a set of dark clouds beginning to surround the Region. So far they hadn't had any trouble with the Almia Region, but now the darkness was gathering and it was going to slowly eat away at the Region as well.

"What's that?" Caden asked in fear as he looked at the red haired man behind him. Flint gritted his teeth as he began maneuvering his way through the clouds as purple bolts of lightning began hitting pokemon below them before the pokemon disappeared.

"Still wanna be a Ranger?" Flint asked as he looked at the ground. The Union was in sight and Caden had his eyes fixated on the large building before him.

Flint quickly landed his Staraptor in front of the Union and returned it to its pokeball. Just as they were about to step inside the Union, Luana and Crawford rushed out with their Stylers on hand.

"Ready?!" Crawford asked over the roaring winds as Caden looked at him in complete awe and admiration. Luana finished booting up her Styler with a grin on her face.

"Let's save our Region!" Luana yelled as the two began running forward, nodding their heads to Flint as they passed by.

"Let's get inside!" Flint ordered over the wind as he lifted Caden in his arms and quickly ran inside. "Rythmi!" the red head called as Isaac, still in Rythmi's body, turned in her chair to look at the boy.

"What is it? Who's this?" the blonde asked in confusion as Rythmi, in Isaac's body, came over with a confused expression.

"This is Caden. He's Seren's brother. Can you please keep him safe?" Flint asked as he set the younger boy down. "He isn't a handful. Actually quite the opposite," the red head smiled as he looked at the two blondes. Rythmi rolled her eyes and held her hands out to the boy, who quickly came to her.

"I'll take him to Ben and Summer. He can question Ben about being a Ranger, if it's something you're interested in," Rythmi stated as she started to walk off.

"Yeah! I wanna ask a lot of questions!" the boy answered as he went with Rythmi towards the infirmary.

"Alright, lay it on me. What do you guys need me to do?" Flint asked as he turned to Isaac, who turned to the computers. He began typing on the keyboard before looking at the screen and turning around.

"What's the status with Hoenn?" Isaac asked as he looked at Flint, who sighed and shook his afro head.

"Not a hundred percent certain. It was covered in darkness when we left it. Seren and Kellyn were still in the Region and had disappeared in it. I couldn't see any trace of them after," Flint explained as Isaac nodded his head and began typing on the keyboard again.

"Okay, so far we've lost the Johto Region and a possibility of the Hoenn Region. We haven't heard anything from Sven or Wendy yet so the Kanto Region has to be our next stop," Isaac began as he sighed, running a hand through his, for now, long blonde hair.

"And what about Kate and Keith?" Flint asked in concern as Isaac turned back to him.

"Nothing. But we know Kate will be fine and Keith would die before he lets anything happen to her so we need to hope that the two of them are going to be alright," Isaac answered as he folded his arms and sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.

Flint frowned as he looked at the blonde haired boy, praying Kate and Keith were going to be alright before anything bad happened to either of them. Cynthia too in that matter, he hoped the blonde was going to be alright as well.

"Alright, I'll head to the Kanto Region to see if I can find Sven or Wendy. Wouldn't it be useful to put out of a TV announcement for the Rangers to contact you by phone?" Flint asked as he looked at the blonde.

"That's a very good idea, Flint," Erma spoke as she and Hastings walked over to the two conversing teens.

"Alright, I'll set one up then," Isaac replied as he turned back to the computer.

"Flint, take this," Hastings ordered as he held out a sheet of paper with the Union's number on it. Flint blinked in shock, he was expecting some sort of high tech equipment but nope… Instead he got a piece of paper with a phone number on it.

Shrugging his shoulders, Flint shoved the paper in his pocket before looking towards Erma with a small smile.

"What is it that you want me to report back?" Flint asked as the woman looked at the programme Isaac had on the screen. She read over the typing before nodding her head.

"I want you to report if you find Sven and Wendy, their condition and the condition of the Region, please," Erma requested as Flint nodded his head before quickly taking off in the opposite direction.

"There's a reporter outside of the Union. The Region is beginning to fall into more and more chaos with the winds and pokemon disappearing. We have Luana and Crawford out on it. Barlow and the others should be working on saving the Region too," Isaac informed.

Erma sighed as she turned towards the windows. Purple lightning struck the ground, wind picked up heavily and quickly and the clouds looked like they'd open up with rain at moment.

"We just need to hope that Keith, Kate and Cynthia pull through for us and manage to defeat this enemy before the entire world is sent into darkness," Hastings stated as Isaac's typing ceased and Erma sighed, shaking her head.

The Almia Region was finally facing destruction.


Hey guys. So I'm still going solo at this story.

Sky: *typing away on computer*

As you can see Sky is very busy, though we do miss her.

Keith: *hands cookies to Sky*

Kate: But even though she's busy she's still in the heart of this story.

Rythmi: And HTF is still discussing the ideas with you.

So, if you have any virtual cookies or anything you wanna send to the girl, please do. We appreciate your patience, now more than ever because I'm also job hunting, so I'm really sorry if updates take a while...

Keith: You say that, but it takes you forever to update anyway...

Kellyn: He's right.

You are, but still. If there's anything you guys want to know or anything you need help with as well, please do PM me. I may not update very often but I do check my PMs every day.

Kate: So just ask away.

Also, this chapter is short because it's mainly filler, we will lead up to something big soon, next chapter or maybe the one after. I need to run ideas by my co-author *looks at Sky*

Sky: *looks up with cookie in mouth and waves*

Could take a while to get something in place but as soon as it's updated you'll know.

Keith: So, until then, you know the drill.

Cast: REVIEW!