(A/N ok next chapter.

Not much to say really, yup, this was just a big waste of your time.

Although, I am on the pokemania forums now its new, but go and check it out, ill be there, as will other people so yea, have a look for yourselves.

Also, I've decided to just use the brackets to show Pokémon speech, makes it a whole lot easier to write and understand.

Anyway, onwards with the story!)

"(Wake up guys!)" exclaime

"Go away Pikachu," muttered Ash in his sleep.

"(This is urgent idiot)"

Pikachu growled as Ash continued to sleep undisturbed.

"(Maybe we should try something else?)" suggested Eevee.

Pikachu paused.

"(Right stand back, way back.")

Hopping back away from everyone, Eevee closed her eyes as Pikachu woke up everyone in his own, special way.

"Argh!" everyone screamed as they where jolted awake.

"Pikachu!" yelled Ash in anger, as he shuddered from aftershock.

"(You wouldn't wake up I had no choice!)"

"And why," asked Ash. "Did you need to wake me up so desperately, that you had thunder shock me rather than, I don't know getting Brock to help?"

"(That's the thing though, Brocks gone!)"

Everyone stopped.

"What?"

"He's right, look," said May, pointing at the now empty seat Brock had previously been sitting on.

Scrambling up off the floor, Ash ran over too it, and stared, willing Brock to somehow be hidden behind it.

But no, it was indeed, empty.

"No," muttered Ash. "No, no, no, NO!"

He kicked the chair over in anger and fell to his knees.

"Not Brock, please."

Misty and May, as well as Pikachu and Eevee now also had tears falling from their eyes, them obviously being friends of Brock too, but Iris and Serena, although upset, where more interested in something else.

"Guys?"

Upon being ignored, Iris tried a little louder.

"GUYS?"

Misty turned to glare at her.

"What?"

"It's still five minutes until nine."

"What?"

Turning around, May, Ash and Misty realised they where right, it hadn't gone nine yet."

"But, I don't understand."

"(Mummy?)"

May looked down at Eevee.

"Yes sweetie?"

"(What if… never mind it's stupid.)

May frowned.

"Well tell me anyway, I'm all ears."

"(Well, as soon as we decide on a plan, it changed its tactic in order to catch someone by taking Brock earlier)"

May got it.

"So, you're saying… it can understand us?"

"(Well, most Pokémon can.)"

After explaining Eevee's theory to the rest of the group, Ash nodded thoughtfully.

"It's plausible, of course if it's listening to us… what if it's in this very room, watching us?"

Now there was an unsettling thought.

"So, what now?" asked Serena.

"New plan, "said Misty. "We leave two people on watch, that way if anything happens, someone else is there to help."

Ash nodded before pinching his nose from stress.

Another one gone… was there anything he could do? All attempts to stop this thing had failed dramatically, Dawn was gone, as well as Cilan…and now Brock, His oldest friend, apart from Misty of course but she was more a sister than friend… and it was all his fault.

Ash shook his head.

No, Brock had said it himself, he couldn't think like that, he had to keep going, for everyone's sakes.

He had to focus on a positive.

He looked over at May.

That was definitely a positive, he couldn't bear a world without May, at least she was still with him.

Suddenly he found the strength he needed to carry on.

"Right then, I'll up, who else?"

"Ooh,ooh, me, I'll volunteer." exclaimed Serena.

And there went that newfound strength.

"This is gonna be a long night…" he groaned.