Chapter 4: Betrayal

He got away. My one chance of finding Red. Gone. I've been running for what feels like forever through the forest. I stop and a quick 360 reveals that I have no clue where I am. Great. A wasted effort. I plop down against a tree, panting.

How did he get away? I was chasing him when we ran into some bushes. He jumped through, me following close behind, but when I got out, he was gone. I'd been in the forest before and knew that it was impossible for me to find him because there was too much ground to cover alone. I kept running forward out of desperation to find him and get back the cloth that he took from me. Did I find him? No.

It's starting to get dark and cold outside. I decide I'd rather not freeze and yes, in my messed up life, I've had to go through that, sadly. I stand up, brushing off my clothes.

"Come out Kitty!" I say, throwing the poke' ball. A Butterfree pops out, giving a little yawn. I smile and walk over, leaning down. "I need you to take me up above the trees, Kay?"

Kitty nods and flies over and grabs my back. Huh. The last time we did this was when I kitty evolved to help me defeat Lance. That was a long time ago. Good memories.

I realize that Kitty's flown me up while I had a thinking rant. It's really dark outside and hard to see far. All I see is trees. Trees, trees, trees. It takes me forever, but I finally make out Pallet town not too far away.

"Over there!" I say, pointing in the direction of pallet town. Kitty nods and begins flying.

I have a couple of minutes of peace, so I try to make odds and ends with the possibility that I may never see Red again. It's seems like forever since the last time we've talked, when in reality it's only been a couple of days. What was the last this I said to him? "Okay, I'll see you then!",and his? "Okay." Will that one word haunt me forever? I shiver at the thought. Okay, less peaceful time for me. I scare myself.

Kitty has landed us in front of Oaks lab. I call her back and turn to face the lab. The lights are on and I think I her people inside. Good. Maybe I'll have a place to stay tonight. I walk up and knock on the door. There's a crashing noise followed by Crystal opening the door. It takes her a minute to register that it's me.

"Yellow!" Crystal exclaims with a huge smile, followed by a hug. "What brings you here this late at night?" She's got her hair the usual way and she's wearing a lab coat. Underneath that is her shorts and shirt. Also crescent moon earrings. The usual Crystal cloths.

"I was lost in the forest chasing the guy that stole Red's torn jacket cloth but he got away and it started to get…" I say rapidly, but I'm interrupted by Crystal.

"woh, woh, woh!" She says, bringing her hands up. "One thing at a time! Why don't you come in and sit down?" Crystal, polite as ever.

I take a deep breath and start to calm down. "O-okay." I walk up the steps and walk inside. Crystal closes and locks the door behind me.

"Wha?" I begin but am interrupted by Crystal. There's something different about her. She turns around and her arm turns pink. Her "arm" extends and wraps around me. It's suffocating me. I can't breathe. Everything is turning into a blur. The last think I remember before fainting is someone yelling: "Go Lucario!"


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Topaz P.O.V

" She's still unconscious." I say, stating the obvious. The girl named Yellow lays on a couch.

"Oh, don't worry, she's usually out for awhile." Crystal says calmy.

After I defeated the Ditto that was imitating Crystal, I went to go find her. It took me a bit but I found her inside the closet, tied up. She doesn't remember who did it though, Which makes my job harder. Grr, But I agreed to this, So I'm stuck.

Crystals lucky she called me in advance, or who knows what've happened. I had to travel all the way from Hoenn to get here. I've been living by myself, with only my Pokemon for a couple of years, training hard.

I take a big sigh and turn to Crystal. "Did you call your friends?"

Crystal nods her head. "yeah, They'll be here any minute."

Good. The more people the better. I look down at Yellow. A question is bugging me, so I ask.

"Crystal, why did you call me here? On the phone, You said that I had to get down here ask fast as I could. You didn't tell me why."

I thought I was kind of weird, Not telling me why, but I trust Crystal.

She turns around and stares at me. " Why, Because you'd just get in our way, of course."

"Wha?" But before I can finish, someone hits me in the back of the head and I black out. The last thing I remember is Green, Blue, and Crystal standing over me.


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"Crystals" P.O.V

" Finally, It took you long enough." I say, folding my arms.

"Sorry, It was hard getting rid of all those doctors, but we won't be seeing them again." Green says.

" I Still think it was a stupid idea, faking getting injured like that, Blue says. But did you really have to kill those doctors Green? I mean, They where on our side."

" I was only doing what the master told me to do." Green says.

" Stop arguing. We have to get out of here before Yellow wakes up. Green, You carry Topaz." I say.

"Why can't we Just kill them both now?" Blue asks.

" Do you want to die? Master said to bring Topaz and don't touch the girl." I say.

"Fine." Blue mutters.

Green brings out Charizard and he and blue hop on.

"Coming?" Green asks.

I turn and look over at The unconscious Yellow. " You time will come soon enough." I say before hopping on and we fly away.


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Red P.O.V

They're all here. All of them. Green, Blue, Gold,Crystal, Emerald, Ruby, and Sapphire. They all eventually came in. Everyone except Yellow and Silver. I now Silver is working for them. I mean, I think he's working for them. There is little chance that he isn't. All of the people here have told me that the where captured by each other, So there's been non- stop fighting among them for days about anything and everything, but I don't care. Yellow will come eventually. They'll either capture her or she'll come to save us. So all I have to do is wait.

Wait...

Wait...


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Tz: And this end chapter 4

Topaz: You got rid of me just as you introduced me...

Tz: Life is full of disappointments. Learn to deal with it.

Topaz: Grr.

Silver: What About me?

Tz: I haven't decided. I'm asking my Silver expert.

Red:*rocks back and forth*Waiting...Waiting...

Yellow: Tz, You'd better free him soon, he's loosing it.

Tz: Bye!