The Children Are Hunted

Thomas felt Mark touch his mind with Esper's power. He didn't resist the contact. Esper, however, went wild. He blasted Mark to the ground and advanced menacingly toward him.
"I don't care if you are a CT. If you ever enter Thomas's mind again without permission I will kill you!" Esper said. He was mad.
"Relax Esper. He didn't hurt me. Although, that was a little odd. How long have you been able to amplify?" Thomas asked, helping him to his feet. Marcus walked outside.
"Thomas has been caught by the AAPM before. He can handle it," Marcus said.
"I haven't introduced you to my friends yet, have I? That's Marcus. The big dumb blondy over in the RV waving like a maniac is his cousin, Robby. This fine lady is Mia. And you just met Esper. Inside are Ash, Alyss, Van, Mickey, and Winny. Did I forget anyone Zaria?" Thomas asked. He grinned until he heard the sound of teleportation. Mia gasped.
"What?!" Thomas asked, still blind.
"Zoran. He turned into an eight-year old!" Mia said. Thomas almost laughed at the absurdity of that, but he could tell that she was serious. Esper contacted Dora.
"What happened? If Words are too hard, show me the memory," Esper said quickly.
 
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Dora shook her head. The Shadows... her mind whispered, still in pain and shock. Those things, they sucked him down. It was like they ate him, biting at him and pulling him down. We tried to pull him out, tried to stop them but master... it was too late for it. Doom pulled him out... and he was like this. I'm sorry I don't know... just the shadows went so wild... She collapsed into unconsciousness, willing herself back into her ball.

Zaria shook. For a second I felt it, she mumbled. But it's like our connection's... not severed, just dulled. It hurts... But they're saying they needed to correct something, some error that was made back then. They weren't satisfied, but with what?
 
"Relax Esper. He didn't hurt me. Although, that was a little odd. How long have you been able to amplify?" Thomas asked, helping him to his feet. Marcus walked outside.
"Thomas has been caught by the AAPM before. He can handle it," Marcus said

Mark was caught off guard by the Espeon. How...protective. "Oh, I've had my amplification power ever since I was five. But, it truly manifested a few days ago. And the AAPM has gotten a lot tougher."

He had forgotten about his Pokemon. He let them all out, allowing them to roam free before heading over to the boy. The one who had shrunk down. What was going on? He heard something about shadows and felt a strange presence. He could see a girl, she looked kind of like the boy in question. Yet...she seemed a bit strange. He reached his hand out to touch her skin but pulled his hand back before looking totally strange.

Mark called over Fright. Fright looked at him with curiosity. Even he didn't know what was going on. "Fright...can you see what happened to this kid? He seems to have some kind of power, but it seemed to have overwhelmed him..." Fright looked over at the boy. His eyes glowed but he was shot back immediately. "Fright? What's wrong?"

Fright began shaking his head, he didn't want to go back there. "If you can't tell me...please show me. If that's okay with the Espeon." He looked over at Thomas and Espeon, Esper, he had heard it was called. "You want to see my amplification powers first-hand?"
 
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"Don't touch Zora," Zaria told the boy and his Pokemon. She didn't care if the boy was the one they had been looking for, nor did she care that they were surrounded by friends. If it weren't for them, Zoran would be okay. The shadows wouldn't have gone so far if it wasn't for remeeting these people. It was her fault too, for insisting they became friends. She would not let them near; they would just make it worse. "Leave him alone."

Alyss came bursting from the RV, her face full of fear and her illusion still dropped from exhaustion. Her wings unfurled themselves and she practically flew over to examine her friend. Her body shook all over and the girl looked close to tears. She was scared because she didn't know what this meant.
 
Garet had left the room and come to Leo's plane, where he was now lying on the floor in front of the closed door.

No wonder Agatha had kept this secret. If the whole RDM knew about the Dark Ones and their goal, many of them would probably react much worse than Garet had. So would anyone else who wanted Pokemon to stay, for that matter. It wasn't all that hard to figure out why Agatha had kept secret this stronger power that would emerge with enough CTs united. There were members of the RDM that would likely babble anything if interrogated harshly. And, obviously, the AAPM would try to stop Plan RISE if they ever learned of it. If they hadn't already.

Despite his loyalty to the RDM and determination to complete missions given to him, Garet still felt something nagging at his mind. From what he had witnessed so far in recent times, the children's Pokemon were loyal to them, so unlike several Pokemon under the command of AAPM agents the Arcanine had seen. And that loyalty could mean that the children and their companions weren't as coldhearted as the AAPM.

Garet shook himself roughly. There wasn't much point in worrying about the humans. His loyalty was to the RDM, and his mission was still to capture the one CT that had been with Clair. The Arcanine looked down at the device that was still wrapped around his right foreleg above the paw, then pressed his other paw to the red button. The virtual map popped up, displaying his own location and the location of a tracker.

So Leo had placed one of his trackers. At least someone did something right, Garet thought. The tracker was currently...just outside of Venice?

Either Leo had dropped a tracker, or Garet's mission objective had somehow made it back. This needed to be investigated. Garet turned off the virtual map before leaving the plane, making his way out of the base. He would not engage in battle if he could help it, but he wanted to know the tracker's precise location. It would not help his mission if the CT found the others.

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Leo frowned, turning one of the black objects around in his paws. From what he could initially tell, it was just some sort of black badge in the shape of a fox. So were the other two that had been with it. The Lucario had found them on the ground next to a hole in the ground, which seemed to lead...somewhere.

Leo couldn't find either Aura anywhere aboveground, so he made his way down the hole - no, tunnel, from the looks of it - to an area with electronics and machines. Could this be something of the AAPM's? he wondered, looking around. All this...stuff...seemed to be beyond the technology of the AAPM and the RDM combined.

Leo lost his balance as the surrounding earth shook. Earthquake! The Lucario stumbled too close to one particular machine, AAPM portfolio and fox-badges in hand. In a flash of light, he was no longer in the tunnel.
 
Esper stepped protectively in front of Zaria, Alyss, and the odd looking Zoran.
"You heard her! We can handle this ourselves! Back off!" Esper said. Thomas and Mia walked over to Mark.
"Trust me and listen to them on this. If you push the issue, you might end up with stuff like these. The rewards of my past stupidity. Learn from my mistake, and let them handle it," Thomas said, showing Mark some of the scars on his arms and the scar on his face from when he had gone into Zaria's mind without permission. Had that really been that long ago? He was surprised by how the time flew by. Esper turned to Zaria.

"This is just an offer, but if you would like, I can take you back through Zoran's mind to find the memory of what happened. My senses are so dead right now that I would not be able to see it. It would only be you, so you wouldn't have to worry about me telling Thomas without permission. If you want to do that, I am willing. But if not, I understand. It is your choice," Esper said to her and her alone. He was dead serious. He wanted to help.

(OOC: If you do decide to have Zaria take Esper up on his offer, then he will do as asked, then follow Zaria around wherever she goes in Zoran's mind. You can bunny Esper in that case.)
 
"Don't," Zaria hissed tersely. "I can do it myself." She didn't need to though: she already knew. Despite it, she rested a hand on her brother's forehead. It was cold, like he hadn't seen sunlight for years. She closed her eyes and broke the bond open. This always hurt.

Zoran started howling, a strange, inhuman sound. Alyss tried to shush him before realizing this was instinctive, that he was unconscious still. She covered her ears, wincing. Zaria was undeterred. "Be quiet you twits!" she snarled and the shadows obeyed. Her honey-colored eyes flashed dangerously as the child stared blankly at her from the ground. The shadows were twisting behind his eyes. "What have you done?" she snarled, looking quite less like a little girl and more of a monster.

"We've fixed him," they moved the boy's mouth. It wasn't the boy's voice, but a dull, toneless one.

"He was fine!"

"He was mentally unstable, girl!" She didn't recoil but winced. "That woman he's so enamored with ruined him when she killed him! You know that as well as us! He brought you back didn't he?"

"That doesn't give you-"

"He's our vessel. That gives us every right to keep him safe and strong, whether you like it or not." The shadows sat up to stare defiantly at Thomas and the others, making it clear it wasn't their friend speaking. aria lost her fury and slumped. She knew that was what they were doing. They were trying to help but... "Finally we actually get to speak to you light boy. Do we annoy you? Frighten you? Anger you? It's curious to see what people do for one another. Here's our question for all of you: why can we talk? We are mere entities of the darkness of the world, good or evil. Why can we speak anymore?"

(As you can see, no need. I know what I'm doing this time. Promise. ^^)
 
As usual, Garet was avoiding larger groups of humans as he made his way through Venice, heading in the direction that the virtual map had indicated for the tracker. As the Arcanine passed a building that smelled of food, he frowned. He'd memorized the appearance of that building, so the fact that his route was taking him past it was...not looking good.

Garet continued on, slowly becoming more sure of the tracker's location. But, he'd only know for sure by seeing for himself.

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Leo fell to the ground, losing his hold on the portfolio and badges. After sitting up, he shook his head before looking around. This...wasn't the same underground area he'd entered just minutes ago. It looked similar enough, but there weren't any earth tremors, and there was a slight difference, once Leo looked close enough. Not to mention that there was no nearby hole letting in sunlight.

Either the AAPM was more technologically advanced than the RDM had thought, or there was some third faction. Definitely something he would have to report. Leo reached over and grabbed the portfolio, opening it to drop the badges in before closing it again. Time to find a way out, he thought, standing with portfolio in one paw. He still hadn't looked through all of its contents.
 
"Fine, but there is no need to get testy with me for offering to help," Esper said, mildly annoyed at her snapping at him. But he sat back and watched the scene play out, ready to jump in and protect his friends. Mark not so much. He was still seething from what the boy had done before. Thomas grinned a little when the shadows adressed him directly.

"Light boy? I'm not sure that's a nickname I'm overly fond of. I'm very glad that he's alive today. I assume that you are the one, or ones, as I never can tell with you, responsible. As for being annoyed, angered, or frightened, I must say truthfully that I'm a bit of all of them. But, it's also because of you that I'm still here. Zoran used your power to save my life on more than one occasion. I don't fear you. I'm afraid of what you're capable of, but I'm not afraid of you. I'm the one with the light, after all. And as for why you can speak, you'll have to ask someone a little more experienced than me," Thomas said, a slight smile never leaving his face. He could feel Mia shaking, and put his arm around her to comfort her. She had never seen anything like this before. Robby didn't sat a word, and Marcus was a little afraid.

Trigger landed on a branch. He was watching the scene play out. The three CTs were together at last. He didn't know what they were wanted for, but he had to try to get them. He glanced back and saw Garet headed his way. He didn't move from his spot. He was a little surprised to see him here and not chasing after Leo, but he could ask him about it later. The dog would probably come right to him anyways.
 
The shadows chuckled. "Afraid of our power but not us directly... sounds like a human. Why we can talk... ask someone about dissociative identity disorder. Our master will never admit it but that is the answer." Zaria sent a quiet apology to Esper. She just didn't want him to get hurt. These things had their own agenda, even if they were her brother's power. The shadows looked at Mark and almost smiled. "That was reflexive I'm afraid. That Espeon is protective... so are we. We'd apologize but that's not in our orders."

He looked at Robby now. "By the balance you've recovered! Good news indeed, very good. It's nice to know another who has fixed his heart." The shadows' influence began to fade. "Calm yourselves all of you. We mean you no harm... but that other... he is the one who will die. And that woman too... the dark woman." Zaria shook her head no and started stepping back. No... this was a lie... this was a lie!

"Be calm girl!" The voices were commanding yet very gentle at the same time. "What is, is. There are no words which can change it or this. This is the way it must be. We must defy destiny yet accept it as well."The shadows seemed to laugh. "Goodbye little humans. We hope you enjoy our gift." Zoran's body hit the ground again, still unconscious.

Alyss was quiet a moment. Then she sighed and shook her head. The shadows never really frightened her. They had tapped at her a moment ago in curiosity and had left her alone. "I'll go tell Asha," she said, quickly walking away. Zaria shook her head no, gripping it quietly. No, the shadows could not lie. They saw the truth as they saw it and never hid it from then. Almost always they were unbiased. So that meant... no... She whimpered and shook. This was wrong, utterly wrong.
 
Garet had checked the virtual map again as he'd left the city. Now, as he crept among the trees, staying out of sight, there was no mistaking it. Seeing the humans outside the RV again confirmed it. He got away, Garet thought, spotting the AAPM leader's son. The boy had somehow escaped Underoot. But, if he was back here, then what about Leo? The Arcanine smelled a familiar scent and looked up to see Trigger on a branch.

Looks like I might be after all of them, after all, Garet thought. Thinking back over his mission, he remembered what Agatha had told him to tell the Ronimoba boy. This could be a good time to do so... Garet shook his head. It was too soon after the capture, and rescue, of Thomas and the Espeon. "See you later," he whispered to Trigger, then turned to leave. There were a few more things to consider, and someone had to report that all three CTs were together.
 
"Make sure you remember to file a report when you get back," Trigger said as Garet left. That had not helped anything, but it made Trigger feel better. He stayed to watch the rest of the scene and then he would go tell Agatha what was going on. Garet hadn't even accessed the situation. He had simply seen that all three CTs were together and run off. True, the RDM neededd to know this, but Trigger felt they should know every detail of this encounter.

"Hm... That was cryptic," Thomas muttered to himself. Who was that woman the shadows had talked about? Esper could guess, but he didn't say a word. Esper accepted the apology, but didn't point out that it was a bit late for that. Robby looked at them all.
"I know this is really serious, but I can barely wait to see Asha's reaction when she sees her man as he is now," Robby said with a grin. Only he would see the humor in this situation. Esper shook his head. Really now.
"So not the time, Robby!" he said. Thomas noticed that Mia had stopped shaking. He didn't remove his arm. And she didn't seem to mind.
 
Zaria shook her head quietly. Ash's voice, slurred by exhaustion, wafted out of the RV. "The shadows are. It's their job." Ash was being supported by Mickey. At the sight of his best friend, Mickey groaned and sighed. Ash however,placed her hand on the boy's chest through the larger clothes. She blinked slowly. "That's weird..."

"What?" Mickey mumbled.

"The scar I gave him... it's not there."

"Cause it didn't happen yet.." Zaria mumbled. "That's what I'm hearing. He didn't get it yet at this point so he doesn't have it now."

"Creepy," Ash muttered. "Though that's this whole schtick anyway." She managed to stand before hitting the ground again, just sitting there. "Not moving," she declared. Finally Zaria laughed. It was a weak laugh. Ash poked Zoran. "Wake up you."

"Asha!" Alyss cried. "Stop it!" Ash shrugged and poked him again.

"I am bored." She looked up at the others. "You guys okay? Those things freak everybody out." Alyss looked up at Trigger subtly and smiled before looking down again.
 
Trigger had seen enough. He was impressed that Alyss had spotted him. She must have the eyes of a falcon. He gave her a nod and took off. They needed to know that two of the CTs seemed to be out for now. as well as the two strongest protectors, Ash and Esper. He wasn't aware of what Mickey could do, and he knew he could take Alyss if it came right down to it. Tony and Robby were alright, and Clair, Mia, and Marcus had nothing but their pokemon, and they weren't as strong as some of the Devisors in the base. And Van and Winny, he had no proof that they were still with them. Neither of them had left the RV. He winged it back to the base. He would hve to look for someone to hold a pen for him, as talons weren't meant for that activity, and Winny was gone.

"I'm fine. I have come to expect this kind of odd stuff from Zor," Thomas said. Mia nodded her head a little and looked at Zoran. He looked roughly the same age as Alyss, give or take a few years.
"Aw... Little Zor looks so cute!" she said. Thomas raised his eyebrows at her.
"Don't tell him that. It might give him a big head," Thomas said jokingly.
"Right, cause we really need to of you with big heads running around here," Robby said.
"Yeah! I'm enough!" Thomas said back. Esper looked at them all.
"Don't worry so much Esper. It's a natural reaction when something really weird happens," Winny told him. She was standing at the door with Van walking down the steps of the RV to see what had happened.
"What's going on? When did Zoran get a little brother?" Van asked.
"That is Zor," Thomas said. Van was shocked to hear this.
 
Alyss smiled and nodded back as he flew away. She wondered when he would figure out what she could actually do. It would be funny. "I don't want a little brother," Zaria stated flatly. "That would be so creepy."

"A ghost is calling this creepy," Ash mumbled. "That is so freaking wrong."

"Well it would be!" Mickey snorted and lifted his friend up.

"Ash please tell me you have clothes for this."

Ash thought about it. "Eh... no." Her cousin groaned.

"Jeez..." He put his friend back down. "Be right back." He walked off.

There was a low, slightly high-pitched groan. "Oi, only Asha's allowed to call me cute. And Mickey but I figure it's good compensation." Wide hazel eyes opened slowly and stared at them with innocent light. "By Kali, who the heck are all of you?"

Ash cursed. "Great."
 
"What Zor? You don't even recognize me? I'm kinda hurt buddy," Robby said as he knelt down.
"Robby, I'm betting that you looked more like I do now back then, not that hulking brute you are now," Marcus mumbled, caught off guard by this turn of events.
"Whatever cousin!" Robby said. He laughed a little at Marcus. Thomas smirked. Well, he supposed he should just roll with it.
"I'm Thomas. This is my partner Esper," Thomas said. Mia looked at him.
"You really don't remember us?" she asked. Thomas sighed.
"Think about it a minute. The shadows turned him back to a state he was in before. Wouldn't it make sense for his memory to reset to that point in time as well?" Esper said so that Zoran couldn't hear him.
"Err... I guess so. I'm Mia. That over there is my big brother Tony," Mia said finally. Marcus decided against introducing himself. That would only complicate things. He reasoned that in the state he was in now, Zoran would think he should still be a child as well. When the others could explain just what was going on to him, then Marcus would introduce himself.
"Erm, I'm... Van," Van said quietly from where he had finally sat down next to Ash.
"And I'm Winny!" Winny said cheerfully.

(OOC: If he can remember Ash, wouldn't his mind be at a time just after the events with Theo? Or... How old is Zoran now, anyways? Because if he's anything more than like five or six, he would know Robby as well, seeing as how Robby was there too. Marcus, maybe not so much. Marcus was a toddler back then.)
 
(He's about seven and he was generalizing. His last memory is of going to sleep the day before he fought Ash. The day before the Dawn Project ended.)

Zoran blinked and looked at Robby. "Your head's all fixed?" Without waiting for an answer, he looked around and saw Alyss and Zaria. "Hi Alyss. You look nice in black." Alyss blinked and flushed. This time the boy's expression became troubled. "Zari... why are you dead?"He reached toward Van and pet him lightly. Everyone here was confused, worried, upset. Did he do something wrong? And something was wrong. They were older somehow, much older.

Zaria shook her head and looked like she was about to cry. He frowned at her and made to move but a sense of foreboding struck him and he became very still. Why was he scared? Was that dark woman nearby? Was she watching him? A little more inspection told him yes, she was. Scary... He wanted to hide, so badly... but more importantly, he wanted to know. So he didn't speak. He would let them speak. Maybe the dark woman would leave during that. Maybe she didn't want him. That idea made him sad and happy. He wanted his mother to want him but she was a scary person.
 
A Phone. A Memory. And a Rock.

Mark took a step back from the group of friends. He felt like he was intruding...they didn't know him at all. He walked back over to Clair who was speaking to Tony about something. They all exchanged nervous glances. The Black Ones. They each had had an encounter with them, and now, it was time to share. It was Mark who went first. He told them about Dust and the crazy things he had been through.

"She could sense aura. But..then something strange happened." Mark's voice faltered. He had realized something just now. Back in the woods near the AAPM base...he had amplified her power of reading aura. He could do it, but just in the area around him. He could feel Dust..and him, but there was someone else. Someone had been watching them as they scurried through the woods. It wasn't the Lucario. It couldn't have been. He looked at them after telling them. "Oh, and one more thing. Regis isn't my dad."

Tony turned his head, "Then who?"

"All I know is that my last name is Oak. That's it." Mark looked at them with hurt eyes, "Your turn, Clair."

"Wait...we aren't done. What's that in your pocket?" Clair spoke up.

"It's my dad-er- Regis' phone. That's how I knew about his plane and train plan. Wait..."

"Check." Clair's voice echoed in his mind.

Confused, Tony simply watched as Mark scrolled down the list of contacts. Not much help with the AAPM itself, but that wasn't what he was looking for. He found it near the bottom of the list. SO. That's all it said. It was the only contact with an "O" as a final innitial.

"Are you going to call?" Tony asked. But, Mark just shook his head. He looked back over at Clair.

"It was your turn."

"Right. Well, my grandmother..." Clair told them about the escape. The Air base. How she had seen the fox-like tattoo on her right shoulder. But it hadn't seemed new. She must have had it for a while. "Which begs the question. How old are the Black Ones?" Clair continued her story. Then, she reached into her pocket and pulled out a small stone. "I found this in my pocket a few minutes ago. I never put it in there."

"It doesn't have a fox on it, so it doesn't belong to the Black Ones." Mark said without haste. Clair looked at him with that, no dip, sherlock, look. They both turned to Tony, who told them about the dream. About the prophecy thing. Mark stopped him.

"Wait...describe where you were." Mark had an idea, but it seemed nobody would understand. If this was right...then he had a plan of action. something to confront his father about. His father. How starnge it was that that statement would no longer lead to Regis.

"Well, I was in a factory of some sort." Tony tried to remember more.

"No, I mean, what did you see outside a window. Were there windows?" Mark looked increasingly serious.

"Yeah! A beach!" Tony smiled at his newfound memory.

"How many windows were there?"

"Three. One in the front, the right, and the left. Why are you asking?"

"An island..."

"Or a peninsula." Clair darted into the conversation. "So, what?"

"Nothing. It was just... remember when you were on your way to get me from the RDM base, back in Indonesia. Well, I read something on Shauntal's phone. It was about a base far away from P."

"You never mentioned this before." Clair turned to look at him. Clair was slightly angry with him, but after all the three of them had gone through, she would hold it in for now.

"Well...I was too hurt about...being betrayed. About being taken from place to place." he paused. His face drooped down, but he swallowed and continued," But, what if P stood for Pangaea?"

"The only land in the world is in Pangaea, dummy." Tony looked at him, smiling as if he had just said something that could pass for intelligent.

"What if there is land somewhere far away somewhere? Someplace we could never go? A place..."

"We could never reach..." Tony finished the sentence for Mark.

"The Forever Ocean." the three voices resounded. They each stared at a puddle in front of them. On one side there was a clump of mud, but on the other there was nothing but a speck.

"Oh my..." Tony's voice faded, "Clair, lemme see that rock!"

"Stone, and ok..." Clair took it out of her pocket and placed it in his hands.

"I saw this rock. Out the window, on the beach. This rock must be from the Forever Ocean. That's why it's important. Your grandmother must have known we would stumble upon this."

"So...we have to get to the other side of the Earth? Then what?" Clair poured on the negativity again, clasping mark's optimism."

"Then...I don't know. I have no idea what's over that ocean." Mark realized why he could sense the aura so vividly in the woods. Was Shanutal watching?
 
"Yeah, my head's all fixed. And I got my old power back too! Isn't that amazing? And I have my cousin to thank for that. Come on over here, Marcus!" Robby said. Marcus shrugged and walked over. This was so strange.
"Hey, you may not remember me. I think I was still in diapers back then," Marcus mumbled. Van looked at them. Why were they acting as though nothing was wrong? Zoran was... Then it hit him. Zoran was a little kid again. They didn't want to scare him. But, they were failing at it. He could smell the fear on the boy. Van walked over and sat down next to Zor. He didn't get what was going on, but he had to help.
"It's ok, I'm here," he mumbled softly.

Thomas had an idea. He checked with Esper first.
"I could do it, but I don't have the strength. What I need is more power!" Esper said. Well, that was just maddeningly unhelpful. Wait, couldn't that boy Mark boost the powers of others?
"If I must, then I must," Esper said. Ash and Robby and the others had the Zoran situation well in hand. Thomas walked over to Mark and his friends. They were talking about crossing Forever Ocean. Thomas had a sneaking feeling why.
"Sorry to intrude, but if you're planning on going to RISE island, you might want to talk with Winny and Van. They said they've been there before. Winny may be able to teleport us there. Because I'm not going to let you do something like that alone. But, before we talk about that, I have a favor to ask of you. I know we just met, and you can say no, but my light has been sealed away. Esper can go unseal it, but he doesn't have enough power to. You see where this is going?" Thomas said smiling grandly. He hoped he had put him off guard enough to help.
 
More Secrets.

Mark looked at Thomas, "Well...we aren't trying to get to RISE Island exactly. We're trying to get to...um...the other side of the world." Maer looked at Clair who had buried her head in her knees. Had he said too much? No. They needed to know as well. "You see, we think that the AAPM has a main base on an island all the way on the other side of the Eart, stranded in the middle of the Forever Ocean. I have a feeling that that's where the Tournament is going to be held." Mark realized he hadn't mentioned the Black Ones, but he felt that was too much. He hoped the Espeon hadn't read his mind, because he also had a feeling that that's where they would find the Black Ones."

Mark smiled, "Is there anything else I can do for you?"
 
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