I was extremely nervous. Today was the day I was gonna test my theory and find out why that man was following me. To make it more effective, I chose to not use my disguise and just go as myself. I told Buizel and Poochyena to stay in the house in my room, so no one could see them. They saluted me (Again, super cute!) and slept on my bed.

I soon shut the door and locked it. Then taking a deep breath, I headed out into the city. I decided to pretend to go back to Old Man Fellows' home. Since that's how the man first followed me before, I slowly looked around, trying to see if he was following me. Not yet. He hadn't shown up.

I walked across the streets a few times. Suddenly! That feeling! I felt it again. I looked over my shoulder slightly to see that man. He was following me again. My heart felt fearful, but I couldn't let him know it. I took a deep breath and walked to Old Man Fellows. I knew he kept following me, but I couldn't let him know I knew.

I had to test how good this guy was. I slowly started to pick up speed as I slowly walked faster. I decided to look behind me; no joke! He was starting to jog to catch up to me.

I blinked as I forgot my plan; I became so scared, I just ran. Bolting past people and Pokémon alike, I just ran random directions, saying "Excuse me" and "Sorry" as I ran. I thought there was NO way that the guy would possibly follow me now.

Boy was I wrong….

The man actually ran right after me. I started to panic. Was I in trouble? Was he after Buizel and Poochyena? Could he possibly be a thief?

No! I wouldn't let him take them! I won't allow it! I decided first to get this guy off my tail. However, I couldn't shake him off, no matter how I ran or bolted. I had to think of a way to lose him first. And what a coincidence came my way as I ran close to it.

It was an alley-way near one of the streets that I was running past. I ran quickly into it and ducked into it. Suddenly, my mind decided to change that plan. I decided instead of running away from the man, I decided to confront him. So, I waited. The man ran closer and closer until POW! I jumped out of the alleyway, pretending I was coming from that direction.

We both collided into each other hard, causing both of us to come to the result of each other falling backwards. I heard a clack of something plastic-like hit the ground. I didn't see what it was, but before the man sat up, I quickly shoved it in my sweatshirt. The man then sat up and rubbed his head. I then quickly acted.

"O-Oh gosh!" I said, with people gathering around us to check what happened, "Are you okay? I was in a hurry; I made a wrong turn and didn't see you coming out! Please forgive me!"

With that, I offered the man a hand as I stood up. He smiled and gladly took it, helping himself up.

"Thank you, young man," he said, "I accept your apology. I hope you have a wonderful day. Good-bye."

With that, the man slowly walked away and people dispersed away from me as I made my way to Old Man Fellows' house. I knew he was maybe a bit angry that I bumped into him, but hey; he was the one stalking me. It was then I looked at him and noticed he started to frantically look around on his own person. It looks like he was looking for something that he lost. Suddenly, I realized what he was looking for was the thing he dropped and I snatched away after the scuffle.

I quickly ducked away from sight of him and quickly took the item out of my pocket to see what it was. It was… a Walkie-Talkie?

Why on earth did a man stalking me carry a kid's toy? I had no idea what was going on. Now, of course, curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. Everybody knows when you find a Walkie-Talkie, you don't return it back to the owner; you turn the dang thing on and eavesdrop on what it is the conversation is about. So, I slowly turned it on and turned up the volume, listening to what this Walkie-Talkie was used for.

I heard the following conversation on the Walkie-Talkie:

"Where's Jenkins? Why hasn't he reported it?"

"He's not using his Walkie-Talkie."

"What? What happened?"

"He collided into the target. He must've lost it then."

"All right then. Go pick Jenkins up. Someone inform Mr. Pepperridge of this."

MR. PEPPERRIDGE!? H-HE WAS BEHIND THIS!?

I couldn't believe what I had heard from this thing. You mean that teacher had set this whole thing up to catch me with Pokémon? I was out of breath from shock.

I thought of things I could do; anything to possibly do to escape this. Old Man Fellows? No, there's nothing he could do. Neither could the trainers or my friends.

Also, Principal Vicar was out of the question; I mean, I can't just go "whine" to him and get Mr. Pepperridge fired because of that. Plus, the snob would then know that I did it.

The police...? No, no, I can't. First, these stalkers techincally aren't doing anything illegal; they're just following me. And I wanna keep this a low profile. I don't want anyone else to know that I caught...

Suddenly, my face went pale. Oh no! The house! BUIZEL AND POOCHYENA!

I quickly made my way back to my house in the speed of light. Flying past people, I ran to the house as fast as I could. But suddenly I had that… that feeling. I looked behind my shoulder to see there was people watching me.

There were about five of them. They didn't look like famous criminal boss grunts like Rocket or Magma; they were wearing regular clothes. There was three men. One was totally decked in dark clothing with a red skullcap. Another had a purple hoodie covering his face. The other one wore a vest so small, you could see his torso. The fourth was a woman with long brown hair in a ponytail and a leather jacket with tight jeans. However, I couldn't see the fifth one.

They were slowly advancing to me as if they wanted something. Whether it was me or the Walkie-Talkie, I couldn't care less. With that, I turned and ran as fast as I could. The five people then started chase to me. I would've lost them if it weren't for the fact that I slipped on the curb of Sunset Boulevard. When I regained from stumbling, the guy in the skullcap was able to grab my left arm from behind. I looked at him right in the eyes in panic.

"Hey, now, calm down," he said, "I ain't gonna hurt you."

"If you were honest about that, you wouldn't be chasing me!" I yelled as I elbowed him in the chest.

The man held his chest as he took a step back. Now, I'm sure he would've been able to grab me again and his buddies would've been able to catch up to help if it weren't for the fact that just as the four ran over at me, we all heard a voice yell.

"SIR! PLEASE STEP AWAY FROM THE YOUNG MAN!"

The six of us turned to see three officers and a Luxray walk up and step between us. I was so relieved, yet scared at the same time. I mean, it was 5-to-1 with the odds against me. What if the Police believes a lie these guys tell? I started to panic as the officers turned their backs on me and advanced to them, causing the man that grabbed me to back off.

"Mind telling us why you chased and grabbed this young man?" One of the officers said.

Just then, I couldn't stand it. I wasn't gonna risk getting in trouble for something I didn't do. With that, I hit the gas pedal and bolted away from the group. I turned to look over my shoulder after gaining some distance. I could see all of them, including the fif- Wait... that fifth one... was that... Skyler?

Whether it was me slowing down and taking to much time to see if that was in fact Skyler or one of those people giving me away, one of the officers noticed I was missing and looked back to see me leaving. My eyes widened as he turned to me.

"HEY! GET BACK HERE! LUXRAY, PLEASE BRING HIM BACK!" he ordered.

Oh, no way! First, I'm running from a unknown stalker, then a group of people. Now I gotta run from a Pokémon? I gritted my teeth as I heard Luxray chasing after me.

"LUXRAY!" It yelled, ordering me to stop.

Absolutely not! I would NOT stop, not with Buizel and Poochyena on the line. With that, I suddenly felt magic touch me, giving me holy feet as I somehow lost all of them in blinding speed that I could've been faster than an Arcanine! I ran so fast, Luxray was shocked and left in a cloud of smoke. I closed my eyes as I was gasping for air. I kept pushing myself. I needed to to win. I couldn't lose here. I opened my eyes to see I had already entered into my yard and was on a collision course with my front door.

I smashed into the door and laid my head on it. I rested for a few minutes. I couldn't believe it; I ACTUALLY RAN FROM THE COPS! I was like a fugitive. I knew I didn't do anything wrong, but I couldn't just stand there while Buizel and Poochyena were defenseless.

I would've kept on resting, if it weren't for Luxray barking a distance away, calling me to come out. Quickly and rashly, I unlocked the door, stepped inside, and locked the door in five seconds total. I watched from the window hidden to see Luxray run down the road past my house, trying to locate me.

Buizel and Poochyena came downstairs when they heard the door slam. They were about to come and welcome me lovingly and warmly, but I scooped them up in a flash. They were surprised and worried as I ran up the stairs and into my room. As I sat them down on my bed, I grabbed my phone and started dialing the numbers to someone I knew. Once Buizel and Poochyena knew I was in panic, they stayed silent and let me snuggle them into me.

"I need you guys to be quiet… please…" I begged them.

Both nodded to me as they looked at each other. I waited as the phone rang for the person I was trying to contact. Please, oh please, pick up…

Yes!

The phone picked up as the individual said, "Hello?"

"Kaname, it's me, Thomas," I said, "Listen, I know this is sudden, but I need for you to do something for me."

Kaname immediately knew something was up and got right down to business with me.

"Okay, buddy. I'm all ears. What do you need?" he said.

I took a deep breath and said in a disturbed way, "Something... big just came up. I'm coming over with Buizel and Poochyena for lunch. I need you before then to get your uncle to call Old Man Fellows to go over the school then. After that, I want you to get Tucker, Jocinda, the trainers, and all of them to meet me at the table. There's something really bad that just happened and I need help NOW."

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