Chapter 6.

Flying high above route 110 was a golbat. He had spotted them from several miles away but hadn't called it in until he could be sure the wind would blow his scent away from them. Otherwise the Umbreon would smell him. He used his strapped on goggles to zoom in. Yeah the guy holding the Umbreon's hand matched the description of the Human from the coffee shop.

"Ha! And they said I'd never find him! I guess I've got a lot of money heading my way now!"

"Golbat No. 1,723,648,912,639,987,315 to command. Come in command."

"This is command."

"I've found the human and it's hostage, they are on route 110 heading north towards Mauville at approximately 5km per hour."

"Hold on we're locking onto your position. Maintain distance until task force 110 arrives. Over"

"Will do."

"This is Task force 110 we are approaching enemy hideout now." The commander, a Greyninja said. He had with him a Mightyena, a Linoone, and two Vigaroths. They were in standard issue armor and wore protective masks to shield their faces from any gas based weapons. They promptly entered the power plant where their target was.

Upon entering the entrance room to the main door they found nothing but an old faded sign that had defiantly been several decades old. But nothing else…Except a fresh hand written note.

"This is task force 110 is there any way they could gain access to the door of the power plant." The Greyninja said.

"No the door was welded shut and a human is not capable of physically breaking welded steel."

"Well if that is the case then our information was false we can find no sign of our target in this location. We will be returning to the base if you permit."

"Permission granted."

Cash followed Amy as she dug the hole deeper into the ground. He had expertly sealed up the entrance she created. She now dug by feeling the earth with her tail. She had heard them coming and he suggested that they dig into the power plant and seal the entrance to the hole behind them.

"Nearly there!" She said excitedly.

"Wow you're a fast digger!" Cash said.

"Thanks I owe a lot to my big brother though, woah!" She screamed as she nearly fell 10 feet to the ground! She had dug directly onto the ceiling of the facility and broken through! Cash had grabbed her just in time before she fell.

"How about I lower you down, and then you try catching me?" Cash suggested.

"Great idea, but if I fell I would only get some bruises. I'm not as fragile as humans remember?"

"Yes but I don't like seeing my friends get hurt."

"You think I'm your friend? Even after I kept you locked up?"

"Of course! If you weren't my friend then I would have ditched you a long time ago!"

Amy dropped down and then gave the okay for Cash to drop. She wasn't ready though. He landed on top of her and her legs buckled under the force of his fall (not his weight). Before he realized it his face was buried deep in her chest. He laid there for a moment because he couldn't comprehend what had just happened.

"UM, DO YOU MIND?! THOSE ARE MY BOOBS!"

"S-sorry I was stunned momentarily." He said as he rolled off and laid, his back to the ground looking up at the hole like she was.

She looked over at him. He was blushing and he seemed rather embarrassed. He then glanced over at her.

"I-I'm sorry I didn't mean to-"

"It's okay. Let's just not speak of it." Amy interrupted.

"Agreed". He said.

They were both still extremely tired from the walking. Amy even more so now that she had dug a long hole.

Location: Lilycove, the room full of military officials.

"Perhaps the assumption that the Umbreon is a hostage is false." An aging (but not old or elderly) Absol said. He was heavily honored with several medals on his right breast.

"What do you mean? That she went willingly? Or that she is an accomplice?" Replied a Slaking.

"That's an idiotic idea! Who in their right mind would help a human? Who Who?" Said a Hoot Hoot.

"That is exactly what I'm proposing. She went with it because she may be intrigued by it. Perhaps curious. Maybe even…"

"No, don't say such a disgusting thing!" A Gallade retorted.

"It may seem revolting to you." Said the Absol.

"But perhaps not to her. Remember, humans have ways of tricking us, manipulating us making us feel at home, and safe or loved until they want something from us." He stood up and looked at the map. At Route 120. "And then when we no longer can give them what we want they throw us away." He said slamming his fist on the table.

A female voice chimed in: "Maybe your past is clouding your judgment." A Swellow from across the table said.

The Swellow continued: "Do you not remember the Great War? Were there not humans fighting on our side and Pokémon on their side?"

"They were all traitors." The Absol retorted angrily.

"No if I recall correctly we betrayed the humans fighting for us by locking them up in internment camps in the southern ice land. I also recall, that it was you who had ordered them to be detained and locked up." She said.

"The humans did the same thing on their side!" He yelled.

"No we have satellite data proving that they are living in national parks or can roam freely as they wish!" She yelled back.

A Magmar decided it was time for him to keep a battle from taking place inside the room he was in. He stood up and let out with his deep voice:

"All right you two we don't need to be reliving the past. Our main objective right now is to find that human. Now as Brigadier General Phillips suggested the Umbreon may have very well gone willingly with the human, perhaps even to help him evade capture. If so we will need to make our searches much more thorough. We should also dully note that we cannot expect that the Umbreon could not or did not act of her own free will as Major General Vaghner has stated."