NEWSPORT BEACH, ARCHIEA THE ROCK CONTINENT, NOON

I stand there staring at where Branna had been. The mission, the mission. The Green one is essential to the mission, she is. Groudon still stands slightly off shore. He seems like he doesn't know what to do. Though I don't get to look at him much, because as soon as I turn my head, I collapse. My neck still hurt from Frost's claws. At this point I feel like I will pass out at any moment, but I can't, I'm a ghost after all.

So I lay there motionless and in pain. Staring up at the sky I think, the mission must have been useless, it is. She said so, the Ice one did, she did. I can only imagine what Branna is doing. My thoughts turn to Witch. The last thing she said to me did not make sense. The Blaze is the key to this whole thing. Perhaps it was a metaphor, or a master of fire. It could have been Lyle's friend or the mountain.

Regardless, I don't know what to do. I can't proceed without Branna. Her goal and mine intermix with each other, so that we can't complete one without the other. I suppose I should head toward Articune with Team Gold, but I don't know where they are, or if they are even alive.

Hours pass by while these thoughts go in and out of my head, none of them lead me anywhere. Eventually, nightfall comes and I still can't move. I gaze up at the stars waiting for the pain to end.

BONE BASE CAMP NEAR STEEL CITY, ARCHIEA THE ROCK CONTINENT, EVENING

Nova, Varian, Clyde, and Felicia remain in the Chief's tent. A Claydol stands patiently, looking around at everyone's expressions. Behind him stood a Bisharp and a Solrock. Several unown had encircled the room.

Nova speaks to him, "Relic Master, I did not expect your arrival so soon."

The Claydol responds, "You have no doubt heard of the Legend. It will likely happen soon."

Nova asks, "How soon?"

He says simply, "Soon."

Nova then asks, annoyed, "So what does that have to do with us?"

The Claydol chuckles, "The question of the day, Luxray. The answer? Well let's just say that you'll be getting a lot of visitors in the next couple of days."

Varian then spoke up, "But you didn't come all the way down here just to tell us about visitors."

The Claydol stares at him for a second, "No, it isn't. You four should know about the incidents of Humans turning into Pokemon."

They all nod.

The Claydol continues, "They are usually caused by distortions of Space and Time in the human world, however, in the past Twenty or so years there has been…"

He pauses.

"...Interventions."

Clyde looks at him curiously, "What kind of interventions?"

The Relic Master replies, "They call themselves the Agents of Spirits. They answer only to the Legendaries and when the world is in a crisis, they call upon a human to help them."

Nova looks down at Felicia, "I think I heard her mention something like that once."

Sepullen chuckles, "Of course she would, she was one of them a long time ago."

Of all their reactions, Varian was the least surprised.

He asks, "So, what does this have to do with us, exactly?"

Sepullen looks at the Lucario annoyed, "I'm getting to that, be patient. Anyways, your unconscious friend there has become an Agent once again. She would make twelve."

Nova looks at Felicia worriedly, "Will she be okay?"

Sepullen replies, "Yes, her spirit has just entered the dream world where the Agents reside."

Clyde looks at Sepullen and asks, "You mentioned before that Felicia would make the the Twelfth Agent. Who are the others?"

The Claydol responds, "They I only know a select few of their identities, but I will tell you the ones I know. There is Felicia, who answers to Kyurem, George Money, who answers to Mother Arceus at the Hall of Origin, Jude, who answers to Lord Rayquaza, Lyle, who usurped control of his master, Groudon, and lastly, me, who answers to only Regigigas. Though there are rumors of three new additions to the Agents. Lastly, there are rumors that a spawn that used to work for the Great Dusknoir is also an Agent."

Varian speaks to the Claydol, "This is all well and interesting, but once again, what does this have to do with us?"

Sepullen responds, "I told you once before, Lucario, be patient."

Varian reluctantly quiets.

"Anyways, I'm telling you all of this information because there has been another intervention. We don't know which Agent brought her to this world, but it was a mistake."

Clyde asks, "What do you mean?"

"She was not called to save the world, she was tricked into going into a Dimensional Hole. I want you to send someone to retrieve her."

Nova looks at him strangely, "Why us?"

The Relic Master replies, "To tell you the truth, Nova, Bone Clan are my only allies that I can trust. I couldn't send one of my own because the target in question is delicate and will flee at the first sign of danger and I don't train my soldiers to be especially nice."

Nova thinks for a second, "I accept your request. The perfect person for this mission would have to be the Clan Naturalist, Blade."

His eyes shine yellow briefly, before a male Leafeon walks into the tent. As soon as Sepullen sees him, he says, "I believe we have already been acquainted."

The Leafeon looks at Nova, "You called me?"

He responds, "Yes, the Relic Master here has a request for you."

Blade turns to Sepullen, "What will you have me do?"

The Claydol replies, "I'd like to request a mission for you. There is a Sylveon who requires someone who is not inclined toward violence to retrieve her and bring her back here. She lives in Articune, which I realized is quite the distance away from here, so I understand if you feel that you are needed here and wish to decline."

Blade smiles joyfully, "What you requested of me is what I'm here for in Bone Clan, to provide assistance to those who need it."

"So you accept?"

He smiles even wider, "Of course!"

Rook, the Bisharp behind Sepullen, who had not spoken, says, "For a name like Blade you'd think he'd be more…"

He thinks.

Aubadia, the Solrock, finishes his sentence, "...Intimidating?"

Rook replies, "Yeah, that."

Blade continues smiling, "Oh, I can fight when I want to. In fact I enjoy hunting quite a lot."

Sepullen says to Blade, "There's one other thing. When you arrive in Articune, there will be a Sableye somewhere in the city. I want you to attempt to bring him back with you."

The Leafeon looks at Sepullen, "But there must be a lot of Sableye in the city, how will I find him or the Sylveon for that matter?"

The relic master responds, "This particular Sableye has green gems for eyes, as opposed to the normal blue. As for the Sylveon, she is name Roselyn and she works at the Cafe Connection in Articune."

Blade nods his head, "Just one more thing. Though."

Sepullen asks, "And what is that?"

The Leafeon asks, "What is the Sableyes name?"

WEST BEACH, NEWSPORT, ARCHIEA THE ROCK CONTINENT, NIGHT

"Venomitus! Venomitus!"

I hear Rodiums voice call my name from across the beach.

"I finally found you, Mr. Money was looking for you and Branna."

My neck no longer hurts as much as it did previously.

I ask, "Where is Groudon?"

Rodium responds, "He just disappeared into thin air and nobody has seen him since."

He looks around, then asks curiously, "Have you seen Branna by any chance?"
My spirits drop at the thought of Branna.

I respond to his question, "They took her."

Rodium glances at me, "Who did?"

I strike in nearby rock in anger, "That blasted Froslass, that's who!"

Rodium stares at me, "Oh, that's um…"

Looking intently at the rock I had destroyed, I say, "We have to get to Articune as soon as we can, my mission cannot be complete unless we find out where Team Fade has taken Branna."

Rodium brightened, "Well you're in luck. Last night, we managed to make an entirely new ship. Metal Claw even managed to repair the engine."

I ask him, shocked, "How did he repair that engine, it exploded right in front of me."

Rodium laughed, "I don't have any clue either. The ship however, was easy to repair. It's just a bunch of trash stuck together with sludge."

I looked at him, "We have to get going immediately, come on!"

MT. BLAZE, ATMOS THE AIR CONTINENT, MORNING

What should we do with her?

How should I know, she's useless as far as I'm concerned.

Well the Mistress specifically requested that she not be harmed quite yet.

Throw her in the cell for now.

I can barely lift her, how do you expect me to throw her!

Well do something!

How? It's like she's been eating non stop for the past hundred years.

These are the voices Branna hears as she wakes up. She opens her eyes to find a two Fearow staring down at her. They look at her startled, but only for a second. Branna jolts up and bites a chunk out of the first ones chest. She retracts herself, then watches as the bird's body falls backward. Turning around, she sees the other Fearow's terrified look.

Branna comments in an annoyed look, "I don't have time for this."

She absentmindedly picks up a sharp rock with her vines and stakes the Fearow's wing into a nearby wall.

Now, I need to find out where I am before I get caught.

After she slithers away, two rapidash walk by the Fearow.

The one that is still alive says weakly, "It was the Serperior."

The Fearow points in the direction that she had gone in. The Rapidash quickly follow It's direction, leaving the bird to bleed out.

CAFE CONNECTION, ARCHIEA THE ROCK CONTINENT, MORNING

"Rosie, what are you doing with those?"

The Sylveon turns to look at the Kangaskhan. As soon as she does so, a bunch of plastic pots and pans drop down around her.

She says playfully, "I wanted to see how well I could juggle them. Also, Miss Wilda, please call me Rose."

The Kangaskhan laughs, "I admire your cheerfulness Rose, but you're scaring away the customers."

Roselyn looks behind her and sees where a number of the dishes had landed. A Clawitzer was covered in most of them. He looked irritated, but didn't say anything.

She looks at Wilda and smiles, "Sorry it won't happen again Miss Wilda."

The Kangaskhan moves out from behind the counter and bends down to pick up the dished.

"Do help me pick these up, it would be greatly appreciated."

The Sylveon smiles cheerfully, "Of course!"

She uses her ribbons to pick up the remaining pots and pans. The door to the cafe opens and the members of Team Gold walk in.

Wilda hurries back behind the counter, "Are you here for service, information, or a reward?"

Mr. Money replies, "Information, actually. We were wondering if anyone has seen these Pokemon."

Wilda gets confused, "What Pokemon?"

Mr. Money says annoyed, "Rodium, what are you waiting for, give her the paper."

He responds, "Oh, right."

The Empoleon hands her a paper. She examines the it closely.

"Oh, that's Team Fade. They are some of our stranger customers."

Mr. Money asks, "Do you know where they are now?"

The Kangaskhan looks through some papers on the counter.

She pulls one out of the stack, "Aha! So, apparently they have requested a meeting for you in the back room."

She looked at the paper oddly, "Though it says here that there is supposed to be a Sableye with you."

Ember turns his head at the door, "He was right behind us a second ago."

STREET OUTSIDE OF CAFE CONNECTION, ARCHIE THE ROCK CONTINENT, MORNING

A Banette is trying to tell me that the road is closed of to all Sableye with green eyes.

"I've never heard such a ridiculous claim. What possible reason could you have, to close of the road to Pokemon of my exact description."

The Banette panicked, "I uh… ...It just is."

I shout at him, exasperated, "May I ask why?!"

He replies, "Uh… maintenance?"

I look at him, "So why specifically for my eye color?"

He responds, smugly, "The color green has a negative effect on the paint of the signs."

We both watched as a Leafeon walks right past us.

I wait for his explanation. He is about to say something, when we hear a ringing noise.

A phone appears out of nowhere, and he answers it.

Over it I hear a female voice, "Where have you been, you've been gone for a full hour."

He replies, "An hour! Who cares, I'm gone days without being home. Don't call me again, Revenant, I'm in the middle of something."

"I swear, if you're not home by-"

He hung up. Immediately, his phone rang again.

He answered it, "Revenge, I told you not to-!"

"Shut up, Imbecile! You are making yourself look like an idiot outside."

It was a different voice, one that I recognized.

He responded sheepishly, "Oh, sorry miss."

"Tell him to come inside, you're holding up our meeting."

He hangs up, "So, Sableye, apparently she wants you to go into the cafe in meet her."

I follow him into the cafe, where Team Gold was waiting.

Ember says to me, "There you are, try to keep up next time."

I reply, "Indeed, I would have been here sooner if it weren't for this puppet."

Mr. Money looks at me, "You're not going to believe this, Venomitus, but that right there is Revenge of Team Fade."

I turn to the Banette and ask him, "Is this true?"

He sighs, "Yeah, but-"

I strike him in the face.

From behind the counter, Wilda yells, "No fighting in here, Sableye. You are here to meet someone in the back room."

She looked around, "And now because of you, my helper is gone."

The same Leafeon that Revenge and I saw before walks up to Wilda.

He ask her, "Have you seen a Sylveon by the name of uh…"

He thought for a moment, "...Roselyn?"

Wilda looks at him suspiciously, "Yes, but who are you?"

He says happily, "My name is Blade. I'm from Bone Clan in the southeast."

Wilda asks, "What does Zapdos want with Roselyn?"

Blade responds, "I actually came here on the Relic Masters behalf."

Blade is still smiling when the room falls silent.

I ask the Leafeon darkly, "Why did the Relic Master send you here, Blade?"

He is surprised when he sees me, "He sent me here for Roselyn, and for you, Venomitus."

"I see."

Wilda interrupted our conversation, "Excuse me, but Team Fade is still waiting for you."

I glance at the Leafeon, "I have other matters to deal with right now."

We follow Revenge into the back room of the cafe.

When we get inside, Revenge takes a seat. Team Gold follows his actions. I remain standing.

Witch and another Sableye appear out of nowhere above the table.

She says to us, "Welcome, Team Gold, Venomitus."

I jump up toward her with my claws out, only to be stopped by her Psychic power.

"Venomitus, we are going to talk this out like civil Pokemon."

Gems form around her, and strike her from all sides. She falls to the ground, releasing me.

I ask her, "Is that what you wanted with Branna? To just invite her over to the city for a cup of tea like your civil self? Tell me where she is or I shall tear the information from you."

She glares at me, "You'd better calm yourself, Sableye. If I don't get out of here then no one does."

Mr. Money asks, "What do you mean?"

She smirks, "Look outside and see for yourself."

When I look outside, I realize what she meant. Over the cafe, a Froslass with three distinct claw marks across her face is releasing her blizzard and freezing over the cafe. I only get to look for a second before the window freezes over.

I turn to Witch, "What do you want us for?"

She replies, "Sit down and I'll tell you. First off, we didn't take Branna from the Newsport Bay."

BONE BASE CAMP NEAR STEEL CITY OUTSKIRTS, ARCHIEA THE ROCK CONTINENT, MID MORNING

Sepullen and Aubadia are having a conversation near the edge of the camp.

The solrock asks, "So how did you get that Leafeon to Articune so fast?"

Sepullen replies, "I have my resources, dear. Right now we need to focus on our newest accessory."

Aubadia asks, "Who, the Serperior? What do you want with her? She has done nothing to you."

The Claydol responds, "We need her to get Team Fade out of the way. I fear they may get in the way of our plans."

The Solrock changes the subject, "So what of progress with the virus?"

The Relic Master answers, "We have not located it yet, though it does hold a DNA pattern similar to one I have seen before."

He looks at the sky, "Noon will be here in a few hours, I need to be somewhere."

MT. BLAZE, ATMOS THE AIR CONTINENT, NOON

Branna had swept through the base and made her way up the mountain. She is now at the door to the supposed 'Mistress'. With a deep breath, she uses Frenzy Plant on the door. Vines run up the door and, with a twist, they break it. She slithers inside to find a number of Pokemon waiting for her, including a shiny Arcanine and the Mistress.

The Mistress was Moltres. She looked down upon Branna with a frown.

"So you seem to have been more of a handful then I expected. The Relic Master wanted me not to harm you and wait for his arrival. I'm not going to listen to him, of course. You are going to see what happens when you don't follow my rules, Serperior. En garde."

A Magmortar uses Sunny Day apparently to make Branna's opponents stronger. She only smirks and uses Solar Beam across the battlefield, knocking out all of the lower level opponents. Several Magmortar try to use Flare Blitz directly on her. She retracts into a Coil and endures the attacks. The Coil allows her to charge up another Frenzy Plant and attack all of her surrounding opponents.

Moltres tries to fly up to avoid the vines that shoot out of the ground, but Branna uses her vives to grab her feat. The Fire bird yelps as she is yanked downward toward the ground.

She then yells, "Blaze, help me get this leech off of me."

The shiny Arcanine jumps up to Bite Branna's vines, but she pulls Moltres down so that Blaze Bites Moltres's back instead. Moltres screeches and shakes. Blaze falls off of her, and hits the ground. Moltres follows after him, falling directly into Branna's Frenzy vines slam into her side and deal her massive damage. She stands up and ruffles her feathers.

With a glare, she says, "This ends now."

Her eyes glow as she charges a Heat Wave. Branna braces herself with Coil, waiting for Moltres's attack. The Fire bird releases the super heated wind toward Branna. The Serperior closes her eyes in preparation.

What did you do, Moltres?!

Branna slowly opens her eyes. The Heat Wave never hit due to a Light Screen in front of her.

Above her is a Claydol, who Branna presumes is the one who is shielding her.

Moltres says, angry, "What is this, Sepullen?!"

The Relic Master seethes in anger with steam coming off of him.

He talks to Moltres in a low tone, "I told you not to harm her and wait till my arrival. You did not support my goal to gain her as my ally. You know what I must do now."

She panics and releases another Heat Wave at him and Branna. In a flash, another Light Screen is put up and Sepullen uses Slash on Moltres. Moltres stares for a second, before blood pours from her side. Sepullen then Teleports himself and Branna out of the mountain.

So, I know that certain characters didn't get as much screen time, but I will do my best to make the plots from this chapter make sense in the next.

Credits: Roselyn is an OC submitted by Eon the Zoroark.

Team Gold, Sepullen, Blaze, and Aubadia are owned by RodiumTech.

Every other character is owned by me.

Pokemon and related material are owned by GAMEFREAK Inc.

-Vein Locke