Tsuki knew Hiro was witnessing everything from the couch, he stared, eyes wide in shock. He continued to stare as Tsuki commanded for the two boys to stay with him as she went to see what the hell was going on. After small amounts of arguing, careful of how much time she wasted, James convinced Tsuki to take him with her.

They jogged through a few hallways before James finally spoke up

"Have you ever seen something like that before"? James panted as he ran beside Tsuki to catch up with her.

"No," She panted "This is very strange," they passed a another hallway, still not catching up yet.

Pikachu and Eevee followed in quick pursuit at his feet.

As they turned a corner they saw her at the end of the hallway trying to pick a lock. They quickly went back and used the corner wall to shield themselves from her line of vision if she were to look back.

They watched a crew member walk out of the room behind her back. Tsuki and James couldn't hear the conversation but they seemed curious about each other at first but Crystal started talking and it seemed like they were smiling at each other, like they knew each other.

"James" she whispered "Look at him closely" James looked more intensely at the crew member and recognised him. "He's the one from the deck who wrote our names down. The one that reacted to her name"

"Do you have any idea what's going on?" James couldn't help but stare

"I can't read them. Crystal has too many things going on in her mind. Most of which are not hers. And that guy-"

"-Excuse me" A deep voiced older man startled them from behind. Tsuki glared in surprise at him. Nobody sneaks up on her. Ever. "This part of the ship is off limits" It was the same man that we assumed was the captain. His eyes bulged in recognition, "I remember you two" His eyes bulged as he got angrier. "I told you if I saw your faces one more time I'd kick you off the ship!" His face started to grow a red colour but amusement also filled his expression.

James and Tsuki knew they couldn't get out of this one. They were on a ship and couldn't make a scene. She couldn't use her Pokémon without it getting explosive.

He grabbed the back of their shirts and threw them on the ground in front of him, so they were on their hands and knees, which drew the attention of Crystal and the other crew member.

"Look who I caught trespassing!" The 'captain' yelled on over to the two, as well as then grabbing the two small Pokémon by the back and keeping them in his wide grip.

Crystal's eyes were the same dark evil red they managed to become after her encounter with Eevee earlier.

"So, Wildfire, what should we do with them?" The 'captain' pointed to the two on the floor.

She stopped fidgeting with what now they could tell was not a door lock but a pass code lock. "Oh." She walked up to James, who remained on his knees. "It looks like the young man has a cut on his face" She bent her knees so she was a bit over eye level with him and placed her index finger under his chin and caressed the cut with her thumb "Did you get hit? Oh right. You let someone punch you" Her emotionless, cold, condescending voice echoed through his ears

He muttered her name while remaining on his knees, looking into her eyes. Nothing was familiar. She didn't see him.

She backed up from the two, remaining in their positions. "Where were you two planning on going anyway?" She walked back up to the door, disregarding their stares and curious faces but they remained silent.

After a long pause "We were following you" Tsuki managed on her own as she tried getting up. Crystal signalled to the 'captain' to put her back down so he managed to push her back down on her knees, earning a grunt.

"I like you better on your knees" She stated as she unlocked the door and walked back up to them "I'll teach you better against following me in the future" Her voice never gaining any sense of emotion, remaining cold. "But first, now that you know this isn't who you know, I can take off this uncomfortable get up" She crossed her arms and reached for the bottom of her shirt and pulled it right off, revealing her tank top. She noticed James's face get a little red "Oh" she went back up to James "you like that?" she returned her finger to the bottom of his chin and raised it up to face her.

He didn't know what to say or what to think.

"Tie their hands" She commanded while still looking directly at his eyes

As the 'captain' threw the two Pokémon into the now opened room, the other, smaller one went up to Tsuki and grabbed her hands, which she instinctively punched away and she got up.

Crystal looked up at her, as she rose from in front of James "Looks like we got a fighter"

"What are you doing…?" Tsuki inquired, softly. Crystal stared into her took a few seconds but Tsuki grunted as she grabbed at her own eyes. She painfully dropped back to her knees, earning several groans. James stared at Tsuki reacting to something he couldn't see "You burned my fucking eyes," she gritted her teeth as she rubbed at her face

"Why don't you mind your own business?" She herself went behind Tsuki, grabbed her hands and waited for the smaller one to throw her the rope

She caught it and tied her wrists behind her back. She noticed the pokéballs on her belt line and took them from her. "You're not going to need these any time soon so I'll hold on to them for you," She placed them in her bag, along with her own unused pokéballs.

Tsuki dropped her head, eyes remaining closed "…I don't understand…" She mustered through the pain. The irritation started bothering her and she rubbed them against the clothing on her upper arm.

"You don't need to" She got up from bending down "Pass me a bandanna" She called to the smaller, knowing he'd have one, only now getting off the ground.

He reached in his pocket and a bandanna slowly got pulled out and passed to Crystal. She slowly and firmly tied it around Tsuki's eyes as it were a blindfold. The concern from Crystal made both Tsuki and James question how bad she really became or if she was actually still down there somewhere, wanting to come out.

"Bring her inside" She called to the 'captain' now coming out of the room. "I'll handle the kid" She motionlessly addressed James.

"What do you plan on doing with him?" The smaller one questioned from behind her as the bigger one brought Tsuki inside the room

She again bent her knees down in front of him to be above eye level "I don't know yet" The emptiness in her voice never leaving but cracking here and there.

"We need to start soon so you'll need to decide" He said quickly.

James looked up at her from the ground.

"He's still kneeling. He's obedient" She started, eyeing wherever she could on him "He won't need to be restrained- but just in case" She caressed the mark again and smirked "Hand me some rope"

…

"How are you not freaking out?!" Jay exclaimed pacing around the room

Hiro remained eyes fixed on the television "Things like this happen all the time. You really shouldn't worry"

"Why am I even listening to that old lady! If I want to help I will" He withdrew Charmeleon and raged towards the door

Hiro quickly released his Feraligatr and it blocked his path at the door.

"We need help. I don't know what's happening. She has my Pokémon. I'll show you where to go" Tsuki managed to communicate with Hiro using her psychic

He sighed "First of all you don't even know where they are, step one failed," he rasied himself from the seat. Only then did Jay noticed how big Hiro was, his shirt, tightly hugging his toned body. Jay looked up at Hiro, questioningly. "I'm not freaking out but yeah, I'm concerned too. They may need our help. This is different than the kind of thing I've seen while with Tsuki"

After a small amount of discussion they headed out and Jay ended up questioning Hiro about what he saw with Eevee, on the way, following Hiro as if he knew where to go. Hiro didn't respond to anything he didn't want to, infuriating Jay.

…

The room was like a control room except it had "R" in big type on one side of the wall. Tsuki was tied onto a chair in the corner of the room while James's hands were tied around a pole, closer to Crystal. The two were far enough so they couldn't communicate- Crystals orders.

The captain had released his Pokémon to keep an eye on the perimeter as well as the hostages. An Exploud outside the door, Manectric walked around Tsuki, Occasionally shocking her, and a Hariyama around James, beside Crystal.

"They're on their way" Crystal managed after pushing some buttons.

The 'captain' then motioned to Hariyama

"Good job, wildfire" he congratulated her as Crystal then spun her chair to face the 'captain' when all of a sudden Hariyama held a glowing palm to Crystals face, distinctly larger.

"Oh, captain. My captain," Crystal mocked. Her tone remained empty.

"You didn't do it right," He looked into her eyes, scanning.

"Did I not? Maybe you're mistaken," she grinned

The smaller one didn't have a clue what was going on and tried to convince him to calm down. He grabbed the small ones shirt and spat "The nerve of this company keeping me here with a midget like you insults me to no end,'" he said as he threw the grunt across the floor.

"They knew you could do it on your own and am I of no acknowledgement? I did help you after all. I mean pretty much keeping you alone with me means they trust you, does it not?" she smirked up a him from her chair, leaning an elbow on her knee.

"Trust. You dare talk about trust?!" he practically spat in her face

"I do," she said as Hariyama's palm grew closer "You wouldn't dare hurt your precious new ally would you?- One so beloved by your master?"

She had a point and he knew it. He told Hariyama to lower his palm. "You still did something wrong" He walked up to Crystal

"Please tell me what I did wrong. I was given instructions and careful obeyed them" She pointed to her head, tapping it, "As you know"

He pushed her chair out of the way. The chair bumped into James. She simply smiled down at him, the red never leaving her. He looked up at her, very confused. The big man did his own set of button pushing.

"Trust" he spat. "I can't trust you"

Crystal then laughed. "How'd you know?"

"I was given instructions as well, but on paper," He tapped the sheets he held in his hand, "I memorized them so if you screwed up, we'd know something was wrong"

She began to laugh again but the red never leaving her eyes.

...

They suddenly heard Exploud's battle cries outside the door.

"What the hell is going on" The 'captain' marched towards the door as he called to his Pokémon to take care of Crystal.

"oh no," Crystal laughed as he door shut behind him.

Crystal kept chucking to herself as she withdrew Quilava and they both began battling, Quilava against Manectric and Crystal against the Hariyama.

James's face grew an extremely red colour as he took in all of what just happened and understood what Crystal did, still questioning the reality of the situation. So many questions he could not find the answer too, yet answers that were clear to him.

Crystal tied them up.

Crystal was fighting for them.

Crystal's eyes remained a deathly shade of red.

Who is that, if not Crystal?

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