Thanks to Blue Kitten for reviewing! Yeah, that could be a really good idea, let me know if you write it! I'd love to read it. Wait, what? There's a shortcut there?! Why didn't I know about this earlier? Oh, well, just goes to show how much I don't like caves...

I was half-asleep when Red came to get me. Ninetales growled softly and I grunted, pulling myself back into reality. "So you sent the strongest to bring me back. Doesn't look good for me."

Red chuckled a little and rubbed the back of his head. "We just wanted to make sure that you wouldn't try to double-cross us already."

"Yeah, I understand," I said, waving off his awkwardness and returning Ninetales and Blissey. "There, now I'm not so dangerous. Take me back so you can all give me your decision, please."

He walked me back to the circle of people around the fire. I studied every face. Green was impassive as always, Blue babbled cheerfully as she changed Crystal's bandages, and Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald were talking worriedly by themselves.

Green was the first to spot us. "So she didn't kill you," he said, addressing Red.

I raised an eyebrow. "You thought I would?"

"No, but we can never be too careful."

"So it was a test?"

"Yeah, pretty much," Crystal said, wincing as she swung her arm back and forth.

"Well?"

They looked at me blankly.

I sighed. "Did I pass?"

"Oh, yeah, you did," Blue said, almost like she had expected me to know the results already. "Now, if you don't mind, could you start telling us your plan? We don't want to wait 'till morning."

"No, sorry. I want to explain it to everyone at once. So, first of all, we need to send messages to Gold and Silver. Green, your Pidgeot, and Yellow, your Butterfree, will do since both Pokemon are found here in the wild and they won't seem too suspicious. Crystal, in the meantime, if you're not hurt too badly, could you catch a Ditto for all of us except Blue? We'll need them. Oh, and take anyone you need. I promise I won't explain fully until everyone is here."

She nodded and asked Sapphire to come with her.

"Red," I said, turning to him.

"Huh?"

"I need you to write the notes to Gold and Silver. Tell them to come here on Green's Pidgeot and Yellow's Butterfree, disguised by the Dittos. That'll hopefully keep them from being shot out of the sky."

He nodded and went to look for paper.

"Blue?"

"Mmm hmm?" she asked, flipping her hair over her shoulder.

"Could you spy on the sentries around the forest and report back to me? Remember, they know who you are, so be careful."

She met my eyes and nodded with a hint of a smirk. "Almost like you don't trust me to do my own job."

"I've never actually worked with you, Blue. I don't know how specific I need to be." I shuddered a little. "The one time I was supposed to meet you, I was supposed to battle and defeat you, not work with you. Understandably, I spent more time trying to find ways to defeat you than time wondering how I would work with you."

Her smile had faded and she acknowledged my works with a slight incline of her head. But in a moment, she was back to her normal, bubbly self. "Well, now you know!" she beamed. "I'll be back soon!"

The Pokedex holders who hadn't received jobs crowded around the fire. I stayed back, thinking, plotting, planning.

A tap on my shoulder startled me. I whirled around, and there was Ruby, looking down at me. "Oh, hi Ruby!"

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