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I had been waiting many hours after I had sent the message, I was starting to feel better and decided that it was best to find a place to think before I washed away. I walked to a sumerged house and got to the top of it, it was brads house, I had never seen the inside of it. I went into what looked like his flooded room, I found a few surfing trophies and medals, some pictures of him and his pokemon. I decided that I would just go from here to Fushia the easiest way, on a power raft, I would get a few water pokemon to get me there. I went out to the streets and by the ocean, I realeased muddy and told him to get some water pokemon to help. after waiting a while I heard a chirp, it was muddy, with a lapras who had agreed to get me over there. After what had seemed like hours we hit land with fushia and I got out thanking the lapras for the ride. I walked out to the city looking around for the train station I needed. I also saw... Sabrina and luther!? I shrugged and ran over there. " Hi Sabrina," I said to her, She looked over and smiled, " Ah.. my grandson...".
" going to take over saffron gym..." She said beaming.
 
Xavier looks surprised as the Flygon looks over him and Jake. Jake grins at the dragon Pokemon. "Well, it's about time you got here! I thought you weren't coming, Glider." Xavier looks startled when Jake uses the name. He asks Jake puzzledly, "You know this Flygon?" Jake sighs, exasperated. "I thought I told you the story..." Xavier shrugs. "Oh, yeah..." He turns to Glider again. "This is so cool! I've never seen a Flygon before!" Jake rubs his head. "Could you please calm down? Please?" Xavier looks up, startled. "Oh, sorry..." Jake asks Glider, "Do you think you could get us out of here?" He realizes that Mace isn't there. "Or at least to wherever Mace is?" He pulls out a few black Pokeballs and turns around to recall his Dark Pokemon, and notices Absol acting extremely agitated. He stares for a moment, recalls them, and states nervously, "I'm pretty sure that officially means that something bad is happening..."
 
" Come on, its only on the other side of the island" Chris said
impatiently. Chris let go of his hand and ran toward the far
away hole.I got to see what it is, it has to be something important
she thought. Quilava sat near Rika. He was staring at the two.
Flashback:"Come one well be late" It was a lovely evening
and the sun was setting. Young Chris was holding his hand.
"Cyndaquil Quil" Quilava was a Cyndaquil at the time. " I want
to show you my house" young Chris said cheerfully. When they got
there her mom was crying. " He's gone". Quilava always remembered
that day. It was the first day he saw Chris cry of losing something.
He wasn't going to let that happen again.
 
Numa, Brad's Marshtomp, went straight to sleep. Brad however did not and wondered how his Pokemon could sleep so peacefully in such a creepy place.

"Numa, how do you do it?" Brad asked his sleeping Marshtomp as he laid there on his bed trying to sleep himself.

After awhile, Brad did go to sleep and slowly began to dream. An unown appeared before him as he slept, it's shape is that of an "M".

Brad had that dream again, that same dream he had before, except it was different this time, Lena was in it alone.

Everything around him seemed like a blur, it felt real but at the same time not. Unowns began to circle around him. He hurried after Lena but the Unown blocked him of moving any further.

"Gah!" Brad shouted as the Unown gathered around him. He slowy backed away but there were more behind him.

They began to peer through his thoughts, his memories, his head started to hurt him,

"N-No!!" Brad yelled in pain as he held in head.

Memories deep within his mind were coming back,

Brad can be seen in a complete Team Aqua uniform, he seems younger, this event takes place three years ago. Brad can be seen in a buring harbor. Everything is up in flames. His Wartortle Shellshocker is at his side, it seems to not have his scar yet.

Brad has a wicked smile across his face as he watches the harbor burn up and the water starting to rush in. However his smile quickly turns to a frown as he watches the fishermen and everyone trapped in the harbor become caught in the flames.

"This... this can't be what our Team stands for can it?" He asks himself.

The tall curly red haired woman came next to him she seems to be enjoying the view.

"Good work Brad, he'll be very impressed with what you have done." She told him her eyes still fixed on the buring harbor and rushing waves.

Brad looked down in shame. She turned her head to face him,

"What's wrong? You did a great job! You should be proud." She told him.

Brad shook his head.

"No... this.. this isn't right." He told her.

"What?" She sounded surprised.

"Team Aqua was not made for this type of thing. This is not what I fought for." He told her.

She laughed at him,

"Hahaha, what? You think you know everything don't you? Team Aqua was made for this reason! To show everyone the power of the sea!" The woman told him.

"No, you're wrong, Team Aqua was made to help people to make them change their ways of treating the sea, not... not this.." Brad explained.

"Pff. shut up, you know nothing. This is what Team Aqua is for! And soon, oh so very soon, that thing, whatever it may be in Cerulean will be ours! With the 'glitch' in our possession nothing can stop us! It's like what you said, we will make this world anew, it will become large sea, a paradise." She told him, reminding him of their plans.

"I'm going, I'm going to Cerulean to finish this now."Brad told her.

Him and Shellshocker turned and left the site,

"Hahaha, now he understands, our dream will come true!"

The memory ended. Brad started to pant. He looked around and forced his way through the gathering Unown and took Lena's hand, as he turned he saw her in her Team Magma outfit, the one he saw her in before.

"...what the.." He gasped as he saw her.

The Unown are playing with his mind, they seem to want something from him, they drove him crazy.

"I don't care... that's not her!" He shouted.

"No! She... she's not one of them anymore... I'll-- it's too late for me..." His voice trailed off.

The place he was in began to shake and then it ended.

Brad woke up from his nightmare. The Unown has vanished. It's morning already, he was dretched in sweat and panted. He looked to his side and saw that Numa is still sleeping like nothing happened.

Was it a dream? Or was it reality? Brad didn't know. He rushed out of his room and hurried to Lena's door and began to knock on her door, he wondered if she is alright.
 
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The door opened before Brad reached it, courtesy of Espeon, who had remained awake to watch over its helpless trainer. The pokémon motioned for Brad to be silent, then jerked its head towards the sleeping girl.
There were no curtains, and in the Moon's pale light, Lena's frame was delicate and slight. She was still wearing her Magma uniform, but no one seemed to have payed it a second glance.
Her face was calm, the corners of her lips turned upward slightly in a smile, as if she were having a good dream. It was framed by her long hair, part of which had fallen across her torso, and the other half dropping behind her.
She is asleep. Our 'visitors' found their path to her mind blocked. The pokémon smirked. I feel that no good can come from them touching her mind, as it is rather fragile at the moment. I believe that she spoke to you sometime yesterday after losing her memory - I also believe that when the unknown entered her mind, a small portion of their power clung to her, and that allowed her to see your thoughts for a small period of time. The espeon turned its head to look at Lena. If they remain within her mind for too long ... there may be more significant and dangerous results.
 
Brad nodded,

"We have to leave this place.. now" He told them.

Brad then noticed that Lena is wearing the Team Magma uniform. He gasped.

"Wait, she was not wearing that before.. was she?" He asked.

He is not acting like himself. He grabbed his head in pain. He can't remember much it's as if someone has been playing with his mind; it has to be the work of the Unown.

He suddenly remembered his dream, she was in it. It couldn't have been any normal dream, by the sounds of it; Lena had the same one.. yet Brad is the one who is acting the strangest every time an Unown comes to him. Slowly he is turning into another person. He has to keep himself together,

Brad approached Lena; she seemed to be at peace. Brad's head began to hurt him again,

"Augh..."

Intense hatred of unknown origin began to fill his body. He backed away and leaned against the wall. He stood there for awhile and held his head, his emotions started to fade. His Marshtomp found its way to Lena's room and went to Brad's side. It seemed a bit frightened of Brad.

Brad went to Lena and saw her still sleeping, she is smiling. He took his hand and slowly took off her Team Magma Hood,

"She is different..."Brad told himself.

Meanwhile on the rooftop of a nearby house close to the hotel the same Team Aqua woman can be seen looking through Lena's window in the darkness.

"So my eyes do not deceive me. She is wearing a Team Magma uniform." She assured herself.

"Brad.. you scum, now you've switched sides.. I'll make you pay dearly for what you have done."

And with that said she leapt off the rooftop and into the night's darkness.

Brad's past, no matter how far he ran, has come back to haunt him.
 
The espeon's ears flicked slightly. A Magma member fully clad in uniform will attract attention. You should find a way to get her something to wear - all of her items are back on what was Cinnibar Island. The pokémon sighed, lavender pelt shimmering softly in the pale light. She is not the only one that has changed, Bradley.

Lena was deep in a dream. This dream was strange - she was back in that white room, and 'the other her' was with her again.
"Who are you?" Lena asked.
'She' avoided the question. "I am your past, your present, and your future," 'she' said softly, touching Lena's hand. "You may have forgotten, but I haven't. I remember everything about you. Everything about us."
Lena turned to look 'her' in the eyes. They were similar to her own, dark and somewhat mysterious, and seemed to be suffering from some unseen pain.
"I do not understand."
"You don't have to, yet. You just need to wonder. You need to find 'your special person'."
"Why?"
'She' smiled, but it was strained. "If you can find the person just for you, I can come back. If you can find the person just for you, you can remember again."
Lena looked down. "My special person ..."
"But maybe ... maybe its best that you never find 'true love'. Maybe its best that your, our past remains forgotten."
"Why should I forget?"
Again, the strained smile. "We, I have done some terrible things. Things that shouldn't be remembered. Things that should remain forgotten forever."
"Forever ..?"
"Forever."

Lena's face twitched as Brad pulled back her hood, and she slowly began to wake, her eyes opening almost mechanically. "Brad ..?" she whispered softly, her voice slightly rough and her throat sore.
 
Brad blushed a bit, Lena was so radiant under the moonlight he couldn't help but turn red. He held on to what the Espeon has told him, they both are changing, he could see it with Lena, but he had a hard time dealing with himself. Brad is fighting the change, with these memories coming back and how he is beginning to act he may end up becoming the person he once was three years ago, he couldn't allow himself to become that, for Lena's sake.

Brad nodded with the Esepon,

"You're right she needs some new clothing... but I could have sworn I have seen her in plain clothes..." His voice trailed off as he tried to remember.

He tried to remember the first time he saw her, she was a lot colder back then, but was she wearing this uniform? The Espeon told him that she changed clothes back on Cinnabar but why can't he remember her in uniform then? It wasn't until the recent dream with the Unown where he really noticed. Brad is starting to forget details in his memories,

"Hmm.. I umm... guess I'm wrong.." He explained and laughed a bit.

He looked down as he heard Lena say his name, she woke up,

"Lena.." He replied softly.

He held back of telling her anything that the Espeon and him discussed, instead he completely changed the subject,

"..Sorry that I woke you. But we need to go.." He tried to explain to her in a soft voice to relax her.

Brad does not want to insult her intelligence but he can't really think of another way to explain the situation to a person who lost all memory of anything. The more he realized this the more he pushed himself to find a safe place for Lena, a place where she can live out her days without the fear of any team. A place where Brad cannot stay.

The town looks like a ghost town with its creepy trees and crooked streets. As they ventured away from Lavender Town the shadow of the Pokemon Tower under the moonlight still covered the entire town. Brad soon found a trail into the mountains nearby that leads to a tunnel within the rocks.

"Hmm..." Brad muttered as he saw a sign near by,

"ROCK TUNNEL LAVENDER TOWN - CERULEAN CITY" The sign explained.

"Cerulean City..." Brad read.

The place where everything took place that faithful day three years ago. He wondered if Cerulean even was still the same after the glitch incident. No matter, he could not let any of this stop him of helping Lena.

"Alright, I bet there are others in this tunnel here. But that doesn't matter, looks dark, I don't think anyone will see her uniform too well." Brad told Lena's Espeon.

"But just to be on the safe side.."

Brad took off his shirt and revealed his slick muscular body, no wonder why he was so popular amongst the ladies in Cinnabar. He put his shirt around Lena. It would have to do until they find a place where she can actually get some real clothes.

"Yeah, there ya' go. Lookin' good." Brad told Lena and smiled.

Brad didn't realize however that he is now half-naked. Without realizing that the only thing he is wearing is his swim shorts and sandles they walk into Rock Tunnel. Hopefully with Brad also carring his surfboard around, everyone will think he is just some dumb tourist and let him slide.
 
(Okay, someone please bring me up-to-date, I have no idea whats going on.)
 
((Um, as far as I know, Lena and Brad are currently in Rock Tunnel. Luther and Ash Jr's character (not sure what he's called x_X) have just met Sabrina in Fuschia City. Mace and Chris are in the air somewhere (O__o;; ), and yeah. Sorry. x_x))

Lena blinked then smiled. "We have ... We have to go," she repeatedly slowly. After Brad's shirt was pulled over her head, she scratched cat-like at her forehead.
The espeon sighed. Its 'charge' had just lost her memory, and the only person who could help her regain that memory was wearing nothing but shorts and a pair of jandals. The pokémon would have bet a small fortune that things couldn't get any worse.

If the espeon had bet that small fortune, it would have lost everything. Because things were about to get worse. A lot worse.
Where the Aqua member had been not so long ago, a Magma grunt was now perched, a pair of binoculars in one hand, and a pokénav in the other. "She's there, sir, just like you said."
"What's happened to her?"
"Nothing, as far as I can see, sir. She seems quite happy and willing to be in that guy's company."
"They must have brainwashed her. Track them and get her out of there. She obviously needs a refresher. I have no idea what happened to her pokénav, but it's offline."
"Sir?"
"What is it?"
"Are you okay? What's so special about this girl?"
While the grunt could not see it, on the other side of the call, his contact, Maxie, was smiling. "This girl has potential, grunt," he said flatly. While this was not the entire truth, it was, essentially, true. A white lie, if you like.
"I will do as you say, sir."
With that, the grunt hung up and disappeared into the shadows, and all traces of his presence with him.
 
Brad felt a bit chilly when they entered the cave. He then realized he is half-naked.

"Aww man.. I hope I don't catch a cold." He said to himself.

He never really thought out his actions much. Then again, it was pretty casual for him to walk around in Cinnabar like this, but again that was Cinnabar, a tropical island. Brad forgot he is not in the beach anymore and started to shiver a bit. However he hid it quite well everytime Lena looked at him. He didn't want her to worry, especially in her state.

The deeper they went into the cave the more darker it became.

BAM!

"Ow..." Brad muttered as he knocked his head against the wall in the darkness.

"W-watch your step." Brad told Lena as he tripped over a rock and banged his knee against the rocky floor.

"Ssss... ahh.." Brad hissed at the pain as he grabbed hold of his knee and rocked back and forth in pain.

He quickly got up and smiled trying to ignore the pain,

"Haha, all good, all good, just a scratch!" Brad assured Lena.

They walked further down the tunnel. It seemed like hours that they were in the darkness when it was only 30 minutes. The tunnel is a local route after all for people to cross between towns. Then again it cuts into a mountain range making it so dark inside.

There were footsteps echoing within the tunnel behind Brad and Lena. It sounded like someone is following them, Brad is sure of it. He has to play it cool though. If he runs the follower may strike. He continues to casually walk on full alert with Lena close by.

"I think it's best if we hold hands. You don't want to get lost in here." Brad told Lena giving out his hand.
 
Lena seemed to be having no trouble whatsoever traversing the cave - beginner's luck, her espeon supposed.
Like Brad, the pkémon heard the noises behind them, and it stopped for just a moment to listen. There was no point in running - if it were just a harmless tourist, then it would be a waste of much-needed energy. If it were something more ... they might just decide to strike.

When Brad held out his hand, Lena paused to look at him questioningly. She seemed to figure out that he wanted her to take it, so she slipped her own hand into his, nodding.

((Really not feeling imaginative today. I blame the pathetic maths lesson I had earlier.))
 
Brad blushed a bit when he held Lena's hand. He doesn't know why he always feels like this around her. He simply nods back and smiles, he has more important things to worry about, like her safety.

They continued walking along the path. Brad began to notice that he hit more things in the darkness than Lena.

SMACK!

Brad stabbed his toe on a rock.

"Oh...man.." He said moaning in pain.

"I hope it's not broken.." He told himself.

He focused and wiggled his big toe.

"Aha!" Brad said in triumph as his toe is fine.

He then looked at Lena again and felt a bit embrassed.

"Eh..heh.." He tried laughing it off.

They continued their walk and saw an exit, light poured into the cave, it must be late noon.

"Awesome, we're outta here!" Brad excitingly told Lena and raced with her to the exit.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Brad cheered as they made it out. It felt more warmer. A nice summer breeze struck his naked torso.

"Mmm.. feels good." Brad told himself as the cold shivers from the cave slowly went away from his body.

There can be seen Lass's and other female trainers around. It seems to be like a cool spot for trainers.

"Who is that?" One girl asked.

"I don't know but check him out!" The other responded.

Soon a flock of girls swarmed around Brad. Just like the good 'ol times in Cinnabar.

"Ladies... one at a time!" Brad told them.

"Ooo, look at those abs, so dreamy!" A girl told the crowd.

They grew more estatic.

"Who is that? Is she your girlfriend?" A female Cooltrainer asked Brad.

Brad blushed a bit from the question.

"I... um ah.." He doesn't really know how to respond to that question but he wanted to say 'yes'.

"NO! SHE IS THE ENEMY!" A woman yelled.

Everyone turned to see a woman standing at the top of the exit of Rock Tunnel. She jumped down and gracefully landed on her feet. It's the same woman from Fushia, the Team Aqua lady.

"Who is she?" A Lass asked.

"SILENCE! Brad! I wish to battle!" The woman told him.

Her long curly red hair flowed through the wind.

"I... I'm not part of Team Aqua anymore... just let it go." Brad told her.

"No, I will not. I will avenge him! You will regret the day you ever messed with Team Aqua!" The woman yelled.

"If there is no other way then so be it... Shelly... I'm sorry it had to be this way..." Brad sadly told her.

The woman is Shelly, A Team Aqua Admin who is 2nd in command of the Team ever since Brad left.

"Shut it!" The woman said slowly getting emotional.

"You will lose here! The mission will continue!" Shelly issued.

She took out a Pokeball from her pocket and threw it to the ground a Crawdaunt appeared. The thing looks massive. Its mighty sharp claws snapped towards Brad.

"Numa! Go get'em!" Brad told Numa his Marshtomp who walked into battle with his head held high and its mini-surfboard at hand.

"Lets just see how good the traitor really is." Shelly said.

Brad did not respond.
 
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Lena giggled at Brad as he stubbed his toe, then jumped back a few paces when he cried out suddenly.
She lifted her hand to shield her eyes from the glare - after the darkness of the tunnel, the light was almost unbearable.

As soon as they stepped out, Brad was promptly attacked by swarms of girls. It seemed quite barbaric, and Lena stepped back to stay out of the way.

When the Aqua woman made her appearance, Lena backed away further still. This woman made Lena feel as if she were forgetting something. It wasn't a particularly nice feeling, and it made her chest hurt inside.
"Brad .." she asked, reaching out a hand to touch his shoulder. "What is happening?"
 
Brad felt Lena's warm hand touch his naked shoulder.

"I... don't know.." He replied.

The woman smirked,

"What? Of course you know what's going on. You had this comin'! Once I'm through with you I'll take care of your little girlfriend too!" The woman said making an evil laugh.

"Don't you touch her!" Brad shouted already angry.

"Watch me! Crawdaunt! Use your Crabhammer!" Shelly commanded viciously.

"Tch! Numa, Mud shot now!" Brad yelled.

The Crawdaunt threw down its massive claw towards the small Marshtomp for an incredible blow, however Numa quickly shot a piece of sticky mud directly into the dark type's face making its crabhammer miss and it growl in pain.

"Good job Numa!" Brad told it smiling.

"Tomp!" Numa said victorious, however the battle was not over yet.

The Crawdaunt shook its head and cleared its eyes from the mud, it's vision though is still a bit blurry making its speed reduce as it had a hard time moving correctly.

"You dumb Pokemon! Don't just stand there shaking your head! Attack! Use your Vicegrip move!" Shelly yelled at it as she picked up a stone nearby and chucked it at her own Pokemon.

The Crawdaunt cried in pain as it's own trainer hit it. It looked down a bit sad and then looked at the Marshtomp very angrily. It chased after Numa and in mere seconds threw out its mighty claws at the Marshtomp and grabbed it viciously with its claw.

"MARSH!!!" Numa screamed in pain.

The Crawdaunt shook him around a bit and tossed him to the side, throwing him to the rocky wall of Rock Tunnel where he landed on his back.

"TOMP!" Numa said in pain as it laid there on the ground.

"No! Numa! Get back up! Give it all you got! Use Take Down!!" Brad commanded.

The Marshtomp slowly got back up and collected its remaining power and charged forward to the menacing Crawdaunt with its arms held high and its head down low for a nice bash.

"Crawdaunt! This is all you! CRABHAMMER!" Shelly issued a command.

The Crawdaunt saw the Marshtomp charge forward and as Numa was about to hit him, the Crawdaunt swung its large pincer horizontally at the Marshtomp with great power behind it which flung Numa over to Brad and fainted.

"Oh..no!" Brad said as he fell to his knees to assist Numa.

Shelly smiled.

"You have grown weak during the past three years. No matter! Brad! It's time to meet your doom!" Shelly said laughing.

The Crawdaunt turned to attack Brad.

Brad gasped and reached out to Lena to protect her. When suddenly the Crawdaunt stopped.

"Wha-what is that?" Shelly asked almost speechless.

Brad opened his eyes to see a shocked Shelly but more interesting a Unown hovering in front of Brad and Lena. It started to violently glow and struck the Crawdaunt, sending it back flying towards Shelly.

"What! Why you!" Shelly yelled.

She zapped back her pokemon in its Pokeball and charged forward to attack the Unown, however it flashed again and struck Shelly with some sort of Hidden Power.

"Augh!" Shelly grunted.

She lept back and fell down to one knee in pain.

"Brad, this isn't over yet!" She told him and then lept back on top of Rock Tunnel and fled the scene.

The group of female trainers who were around Brad became scared and started to flee into Rock Tunnel to get away from the creepy Unown.

Brad however stayed with Lena and went in front of her to protect her from the Unown.

"Lena! Stay back! This thing may try to hurt us again!" Brad warned.

The Unown is the same one as before, shaped as a "M". It stared at the two and slowly brought them to its reality. They felt like they were dreaming this.

Numa slowly rose up from its fainted position and hovered slightly above the ground towards Brad with the Unown unmoved behind it.

Other Unown began to form and circle everyone from above.

Numa's mouth began to move,

"...The tides of time..." It said.

Brad became bug eyed and shocked, did Numa just speak? Is he dreaming all of this?

"...can no longer be ignored..."it continued its sentence.

A rush of thoughts and memories began to race deep within Brad's mind, it's as if he is searching for something, or better yet, them searching for something.

The event takes place three years ago the scene shows Brad and Shelly on a beach talking,

"So this... thing.. will it truly bring us the lost paradise we have been looking for?" Brad asked her.

She smiled,

"Yes, I believe so. I trust that the boss know's what he is doing." She told him.

"You trust him a lot don't you?" Brad asked.

"Of course!" Shelly responded rather quickly.

"..Hahaha, you like him don't you?" Brad asked laughing.

Shelly blushed at the question.

"Wha-wha... I..." She didn't know what to say and became angry.

"Shut up!" She snapped at Brad.

Brad laughed and rolled in the sand. His sides hurt. However deep down, he felt a bit jealous. Such a tough and pretty girl, so different than anyone he has ever met.

His memories change again, another event is shown, much more recently. It shows the time Brad and Lena first met.

So cold... what attitude! She reminds me... she... what a catch! Brad thought.

"What are you staring at?" A cold voice can be heard.

Brad smiled,

"Yeah, I'm a trainer, what of it?" the cold voice asked.

Brad felt different around her already. She is different than everyone else.

"The name's Brad."

"There's no way I'd acquaint myself with someone so vulgar." a cold female voice told him.

Brad got rattled up by her attitude towards him. No other girl was like this to him, it's what made her so much more trilling to him.

"Lena..."

The memories stopped. Brad can be seen falling to the ground. His head pounding and him panting for air.

"...can no longer be ignored..." Numa repeated.

It seems that the Unown have some sort of power over Numa in his fainted state.
 
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Being drawn into the unown's reality, which was hardly real at all, Lena could feel her mind crashing down around her. The last thing she was was her espeon leaping to her side, gem glowing steadily.

"What are you staring at?" the voice was hers, yet it was not. It was the mere voice of a memory, no more than the whisper of shadows. "Yeah, I'm a trainer, what of it?" Then came Brad's voice. It made Lena want to cry out, to hold his arm and know he was there. "The name's Brad," his voice said.
"I'd never aquaint myself with someone so vulgar." Her voice almost shocked her, but Lena knew that this was the old her. 'The other her'. The person who had done such terrible things that should be forgotten. Lena knew this world was the same, but she didn't want to believe it. Didn't want to know that Brad had seen this sort of Lena.

Then the scenery changed. She was in that white room once more, but it was no longer completely white. There were deep gashes spaced with irregular intervals, and a scarlet liquid dripped from them with a rhythm that beat itself into Lena's mind.

Ba-dump. Ba-dump. Ba-dump.

There was 'the other her' again. She held Lena close. "Don't worry. I know it hurts, but don't feel bad. It wasn't you. It was someone else," 'she' said softly.
"Espaa ..."
"Shh. There is still a chance. You can still be free, still be innocent. But that's up to 'him', isn't it?"
"... Yes."
"Either way, 'he' can never really win. Nobody will win this one."
"Espa-"

Lena was cut short as the room was filled with red, and she could feel herself coming back to consciousness.
She seemed to be hovering, and the last hint of a red glow dissipated from around her as she fell with a thud. Her espeon rushed to her side, and Lena became aware of a second, no, third presence in her mind as the espeon closed its eyes, then smirked.
All systems checked. No data was lost, it thought to itself. It chuckled. A joke. Now there's something that didn't happen every day.
 
And then the dimension began to collaspe. The dream like plane began to break and in an instant flash it ended. Have the Unown achieve their goal for this abduction? Just what are they trying to get at? It seems that each time they go through Brad's memories it gets closer and closer to that day, the fateful day that changed his life, a day were he chose to no longer aid Team Aqua and stepped down.

Brad however, when in Team Aqua, was a different person, a person who was angry at everything. His thoughts and emotions raced down from his head to his heart. He couldn't fight much of it back, will Brad truly become the thing he hates the most?

"Lena..." Brad said in a bit darker voice, it was nothing like him.

Brad laughed.

"...Lena." He repated.

His face twitched a bit and he shook his head witha confused look. He helped her up from off the ground. He looks very tense. His head began to pump with pain. But he couldn't allow himself to fall into the Unown's trap or at least his past. As Brad looked into Lena's face he began to calm down. He has to gain focus on what is truly important here, to him.

"S-Sorry if I startled you.." He told her slowly checking her face to see if she was hurt.

Though she is not the same as when they first met, he still acts different around her. Brad blushed again as he was checking Lena.

"I.. umm.. we better hurry before the Unown come back." Brad explained to Lena.

They left the exit to Rock Tunnel with Brad holding his surfboard and his fainted Numa and all of them made their way to Cerulean City. After a hike through the route, Brad can see the outskirts of the city already. This is where it all happened, at least for Brad anyway.

He took a deep breath and looked a bit nervous to be at this city again. He then turned to Lena and smiled,

"Heh.. I'm fine. Come, let's find a store where you could get some new clothes." Brad told her hiding his feelings.

They then walked to Cerulean. Still late afternoon, they made it into the city only after a very short walk. The walk itself was quite pleasent but something seemed to be eating up Brad. The two started to get a lot of attention since Brad walked in half-naked. He however didn't seem to really care and just hurried with Lena to a clothing store. They are in a city, so finding one was a sinch. They walked in.

An electronic "ding" noise can be heard as they entered the store. The store seems pretty big with plenty of clothes, but there wasn't that many people in the area of the store they're in,

"Alright Lena." Brad told Lena in the store.

"Here we are, pick something you like. Don't worry about the price, it's on me." Brad told her.

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As Brad and Lena try to uncover the truth behind the Unown Abductions, the Chain of Underwater Volcanoes do not stop erupting. The boilding sea has already made it's way to Fushia City flooding and destorying parts of the sea coast town. Even other water routes are starting to boil and become unsafe. The eruptions are getting stronger and are making their way to other Sea dwelling cities like Vermillion. If the situation at hand is not helped, then the world will be at an even greater peril from anything it has faced before.

However, what makes the boiling water so interesting is the fact that it looks like it's moving on it's own as if it's trying to get to a certain destination. What could be the cause of this? At each passing moment the situation intensifies.
 
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Lena nodded at Brad's suggestion, smiling softly.

Indeed, the walk through Cerulean was a pleasant one, and easy enough after the trek through Rock Tunnel. There were a few citizens on the streets who cast Brad a strange look, but nothing particularly out of the ordinary.

At the 'ding' noise, the espeon spun around, leaping about a foot in the air, and hissed loudly before realising that they were not under attack. It grudgingly turned back to the direction they were headed.
The pokémon was relieved that this area of the store had few people - a male wearing only a pair of boxers, and a lost-looking girl with an oversized t-shirt would not go unnoticed, and the fewer people they encountered, the better.

Lena looked down, avoiding eye-contact with Brad at his words. She could understand that clothes cost money, and she felt bad asking for more when he had already helped so much. Again, the feeling of another consciousness in her own came back.
She feels bad, the espeon explained to Brad. She has her own money - she can pay.
Tugging on Lena's jeans with its tail, it led her through the store, and they soon disappeared among the racks of clothing.

Outside, two hooded figures were hanging around by a window, careful to stay out of any potential on-lookers view. "Ready to strike?" one asked the other in a somewhat feminine tone.
"We strike on three. One ..."
"Two ..."
 
Brad smiled at the Espeon's words,

"No, no, don't worry. I got plenty of money to spare!" Brad said proudly.

He kept a close eye on Lena and Espeon as they walked away into the store. A woman looking at some clothes near him spotted him and gave him a suspicious look, Brad became a bit embarrassed and turned the other way,

"They should be fine..." Brad thought as he gave Lena her privacy.

Just then the window bashed open and a smoke bomb opened releasing smoke within the store.

"*Cough**Cough* What the.." Brad yelled in shock as he tried to cover his face from the smoke.

Screams of people could be heard in the store.

"Ahhh!!"

"WHOA!"

"What's going on?" Brad asked himself.

"Lena! LENA!" Brad shouted for Lena but received no answer.

"Aww crud!" Brad told himself.

He raced within the smoke towards the direction where Lena went and was greeted by a hooded figure dressed in red.

It was a woman, she smiled at him.

"Hello." She greeted him.

Brad tilted his head in confusion.

BANG!!

Brad was knocked over the head by a manikin and fell to the ground.

"Gah.." He muttered in pain as he closed his eyes.

Another hooded figure can be seen emerging from the smoke behind Brad. He dropped the manikin.

"What a chump." He laughed.

"She's here somewhere, search every corner." The hooded female told the man.

He nodded and went back into the smoke.

Numa can be seen waking up and coughing,

"Tomp*cough*tomp"

It noticed Brad is knocked out and began to rock him back and forth as much as it could with its small arms.

"Tomp! Tomp!" It cried for him.
 
(Houndoom1 gave me permission to control Glider, so don't chastise me for this post.)

Jake puts his black Pokeballs away in his cloak, and sees Glider bending down. He turns to Xavier. "I guess that means he'll take us," he says. The Flygon nods. Jake climbs onto Glider's back, but Xavier stands there awestruck. Jake glances at him. "Are you coming, or do you wanna stay here? This question snaps Xavier back into reality, and he nervously gets onto the dragon Pokemon as well...

Glider takes off and heads east, towards the Seafoam Islands. Xavier is all excited. "Wow! This is so awesome! We're flying!" he keeps saying. Jake looks over at him. "Watch it. If you fall, you'll be toast." He glances down at the boiling sea. "Literally," he adds. Soon, they're close to the shore of the west Seafoam Island.
 
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