"Green" Red whispered softly. Green opened his eyes, to be met by his best friend's face a little too close for the 9 year old. "Green, I had a nightmare."

"About what?" Green asked. Red was spending the night, and sleeping in his bed

"About the people who took our dads." Red said "They came and took you too."

"Tch..." Green sighed "They won't. I'm too tough to be taken like that. And even if they could I'd run away and come right back here."

Red smiled. "I'm glad we're friends Green..." Red said getting closer and hugging him. Green blushed darkly, his heart rate going up. It was too much to-

"Get off." Green snapped pushing him away. "I don't like being hugged..."

"Oh..." Red said softly, his tone of voice different. "Sorry."

"Go back to sleep." Green said and turned over to face the wall. Why was his heart beating so quickly...?

Green woke with a start. He had dozed off on a speedboat heading back from Island One to Vermillion City. He had checked all over the three Islands, not a single lead on Red or Giovanni. He had checked all up and down Victory road and the Indigo Plateau. Nothing. His only leads were Mew, the strange pokemon and Giovanni the gym leader and crime lord who had several run ins with Red... If only he knew someone who- Green smacked himself on the head. He had another lead.

Once he docked he ran right to the pokecenter and grabbed the phone and dialing in the number.

"Hello! Gold here!"

"Gold, it's Green." Green said

"Green... Is this about Red? I told you, I can't-"

"Can I talk to Silver?" Green asked. "You're friend who ended up being Giovanni's son. I need to talk to him."

"I... Uh sure... He's actually with me... Hold on." Gold put the phone down, and Green could faintly hear him speaking to someone else.

"Hello." Silver said in a hushed tone.

"Hey. I need to know where I can find your dad." Green said, getting right to it.

"He's dead." Silver said simply. It wasn't sad, it just was. "He died three years ago."

"Oh..." Green said softly. "Sorry for your loss..."

"He was an asshole. So not a huge loss." Silver said before handing it back to Gold.

"Sorry about that..." Gold said softly.

"It's fine. Don't worry... I gotta go..." Green said.

"Yeah... Bye." Gold said sadly before hanging up.

"God dammit!" Green yelled before slamming the phone down. He blushed when the entire center looked to him. He sighed and sat down. Another lead, gone. "I'm so close..." He breathed. Mew was the key. But without the last page in the journal... Red would never be found.

He's closer than you think.

Green remembered. Even if Red ran off to search for a lost pokemon... He wouldn't stay far from home. Not too far from his mother, close enough to send a Fearow to Gramps... Red was near Pallet town. Green stood up and ran from the center, calling Pidgeot out of it's Pokeball and jumping on it's back.

"To Pallet Town!" He told it, and it flew off.

Green flew as fast as he could, reaching Pallet town by nightfall. As he went to land, he swore he saw a lone Fearow fly off in the other direction, towards the mountains.

Green landed, and ran right to Delia's home. He knocked, and she came.

"Green. Hello." She said opening the door. He came right in. The TV was on, but for once not playing that War video, instead on a nice talk show. The kitchen window was open. "You and your pokemon should rest. I'll make you some dinner." She said going to the kitchen, holding a hand full of papers. She seemed happier than normal.

"Thank you." Green said and ran right up to Red's room.

The bed was not made. He sat down on it. It was warm... Had Delia been sleeping in here? Or had Red payed his mother an overnight visit... The PC was gone. Replaced with a newer model. Green got up and walked right over to it. It was brand new. He put his hand on the desk... And there was a paper there. It was a spare piece of notebook paper, most definitely with Red's handwriting. He pulled out the journal, and grabbed the piece. The rips matched.

This was the missing page.

He grabbed it and ran down stairs. Delia was making reheating some stew. Carrot Stew... Red's favorite.

"I miss my mom's Carrot Stew..." Red said aloud. They were sitting on one of the higher floors of the Pokemon Tower. Green had just been defeated again when the ghost attacked them, leaving them scared as they sat together on the floor. "I want that to be the food served at my funeral"

"I don't know why you're telling me..." Green said, taking Red's hand, too scared to be prideful "We're both dead." Red gave his hand a squeeze.

"Red was here. Wasn't he?" Green asked.

Dalia stopped and turned to him.

"He always visits on my birthday..." She said softly. "That was a few days ago. Today he sent me the nicest letter. He writes once a month..."

"Where is he?" Green asked.

"I told him you were looking for him... He said he was going to leave you a gift." She said.

Green looked down at the missing page, and brought it up to read.

5/29/24

I gave my title back. I didn't want it. Not if it hurt Green like that. Besides... I found Mewtwo. He was in a cave. I caught him after a long battle... Mewtwo is unlike anything I had ever encountered. Once he was caught... I set off for his former self. For Mew.

I knew he was in the mountains somewhere. And I won't leave until Mew is found. I'll stay on Mount Silver.