This chapter has action, but it's only half of the real action that is going to take place. There is ging to be war, disease, more love stories, etc... Here are some possible pairings: DawnXAsh, JamesXJessie, CrissXMay, BrockXLucy, PaulXHunter J.

Also, now I am getting desperate for reviews. If you have anything on your mind, just review. It's nice to know someone is reading your story. Also, I still need OC's. See previous chapter for more information.

If there is anything that is confusing, just tell me. I would like to fix the confusing parts.

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Criss and Lucy entered the base of the G Men.

"What's up," Buzz greeted them, "Who's the newbie?"

"It's Pike Queen Lucy. Get her over for testing." Right after Criss said his last word, the alarm started beeping. Red lights flared across the room, loud beeps echoed down the halls.

"Norman requests aid. Norman requests aid," the loud alarm shouted over and over.

"I'll get some back-up for Norman. You go test Lucy," Criss commanded Buck, as he ran up the stairs to exit the villa. "Get me some reinforcements."

"No one else is here! I'm the only guy 'on duty'," Buck yelled up the stairs. "Okay Lucy. It will be a 5 on 3 battle. You get 5 Pokemon, I get three. Let's battle," Buck said, as he led Lucy to the G Men battle room.

"I only need to beat you with five Pokemon. This is way too easy," Lucy snorted. "Come out, Uxie."

"Come out, Forretress." A golden Uxie emerged from her Pokeball, as did a giant, steel pinecone. "Forretress, start it out with Spikes."

"Uxie, use Stealth Rock." Forretress jumped into the air and rotated. As it spun, little needles soared towards Uxie. The spikes sat under Uxie, waiting for their appetizing meal to stop levitating. Uxie's body became surrounded in several silver glitters. The light grew larger and fired around the battlefield in arbitrary directions, causing a marvelous display of light. The energy grew larger and shaped into pointed gray rocks that surrounded Forretress.

"Forretress, keep on using Spikes."

"Uxie, put that annoying loser to sleep. Use Yawn!" Uxie opened her mouth and a bubble started forming. The pink bubble daintily floated over to Forretress. After lightly tapping Forretress, the bubble popped in its face, causing Forretress' eyes to feel droopy. However, Forretress spun around some more, causing a myriad of other spikes to fall underneath Uxie. Forretress, using the last of its energy, drifted slowly into sleep. "Uxie, quickly use U-Turn." Uxie gave off a greenish aura as it charged towards the napping Forretress. Uxie knocked into Forretress, pushing it over onto its head, and used the rebound energy to fly back into its Pokeball. Lucy pulled out another Pokeball. She enlarged it before throwing it into the air. A Milotic exited the Pokeball, only to fall into the deathly trap of spikes. "Use Surf." Milotic spat out water from its mouth, creating a huge wave. The wave cruised towards Forretress who was still pleasantly napping. The wave pushed Forretress over again, this time back onto its bottom. The force of the wave was enough to knock Forretress awake.

"Forretress, use Payback." Forretress jumped towards Milotic as it spun, hitting Milotic a multitude of times. Milotic retreated from the attack, its tail barely missing the spikes on the ground.

"Freeze the beast to the ground with an Ice Beam." Milotic shot a beam of silver light from its mouth. The beam travelled towards Forretress. Forretress tried to move away, but its lack of legs made it an easy target. Forretress' bottom froze to the ground, making Forretress unable to move or attack. "Finish it off with Surf." Milotic called upon another huge wave, as it surfed upon it. The wave collided into Forretress with so much speed and power, the ice cracked off of the pinecone. Forretress was knocked back, hitting the concrete wall.

"Good try Forretress. Come on out, Tangrowth!" Buck threw a green Pokeball onto the ground, and two eyes in a bundle of vines emerged from a flash of red light. It gave a battle cry before the pointed stones imploded towards Tangrowth, apply pressure to the flexible pack of vines. The rocks then moved out of the way from the battlefield.

"Milotic return, go Seviper!" Lucy called in the sea serpent, and called upon a land snake. The purple beast intimidated the timid pack of vines, but Tangrowth stood its ground.

"Tangrowth, first use Sleep Powder." Tangrowth shook the top of its head as tiny little orange powders started floating towards Seviper. The powders attached to Seviper, releasing pollutants into Seviper's body. Seviper slithered towards Tangrowth, attempting to attack before it falls into slumber, but the pollutants in Seviper's body reached the brain. Seviper's head fell to the ground as its defense systems and consciousness shut down. "Good job Tangrowth. There's nothing much you can do now. Return!" Buck withdrew Tangrowth back into its Pokeball. Buck expanded another Pokeball and threw it towards the ground. A giant clay Pokemon appeared. Just like Tangrowth, the stones imploded on it, but Claydol emerged with less damage then Tangrowth received. "Use Psychic."

Lucy fumbled inside her pocket to find Seviper's Pokeball as she wished to recall the snake. However, the clay Pokemon already trapped Seviper in its grasp. Cladyol's eyes turned purple as it swung the snake around the room. Seviper radiated blue as its innards were stressed out by the power from the Psychic. Seviper was thrown into the concrete wall. The snake struggled to lift its head, as it dragged its body towards the giant clay monster. With a sudden grunt, the snake fell onto the ground, fainted from the exhaustion of the battle. Lucy pulled out two Pokeballs. She recalled Seviper with one, and she threw the other at the ground. The Pokeball released a flash of red light, before returning towards Lucy. A Drapion stood on the spikes before scurrying out of the spike zone. Drapion stood face to face with Claydol, both of them taunting each other. "Drapion, use Swords Dance." Drapion raised its claws into the air. It glowed purple as it grew a little longer. "Take this puppet down with a Night Slash."

"Claydol, absorb the hit and then use Charge Beam." Drapion ran towards the floating doll. Using its long arms, Drapion slashed at Claydol, knocking it a few feet backwards. As Drapion tried to retreat backwards, Claydol shot a beam of electricity at Drapion, knocking it further backwards. Drapion dug its claws into the ground to keep itself from sliding into the spikes.

"Jump at Claydol and use Swords Dance in the air." Drapion used its arms and flung itself into the air. Its forearms grew longer, its claws enlarged and became tougher, and its arms glowed an even brighter purple. "Now, use Night Slash." Drapion landed on the ground and scurried on its four legs towards Claydol. As the purple changed to a dark black, Drapion slashed at the Claydol once more, pushing it back further this time. Claydol slid back towards the wall, and lightly bounced off of it. None the less, it still fell from the powerful Night Slash, and collapsed onto the floor.

"Come on out, Tangrowth." Buck pressed a large button on his green Pokeball. A bundle of vines emerged and appeared at Buck's feet. Any laxity from the Pokemon, and Buck will lose to Lucy. Tangrowth hopped over to face the Drapion. As usual, the stealth rocks imploded on the Tangrowth. "Show them another sleep powder," Buck simpered. Tangrowth shook its head, and the greenish dust emerged from its head. It sprinkled towards Drapion, who was at a close proximity, and Drapion slowly fell onto its feet in deep slumber.

"Come on Drapion! Wake up!" Lucy pleaded, her eyes starting to bead with anxiety. Tangrowth gave a boisterous laugh in excitement.

"Tangrowth, start it off with a Leech Seed." Two brown seeds were ejected by Tangrowth. The seeds sprouted from Drapion's legs, covering the scorpion in an endless vine. "Now, Knock Off that annoying Life Orb." Tangrowth's vine became surrounded by black sparks as it slammed its hand onto Drapion. A pinkish orb rolled to the ground, ending up at Lucy's feet. Lucy picked it off the ground, and put it into her purse.

"Oh no. Drapion's attacks will be weaker now," Lucy commented, beads of sweat appearing at her forehead.

"Getting nervous? You should be. My Pokemon are on the best here. Tangrowth, finish it off with a Power Whip." Tangrowth's vines became longer as they radiated a bright nature green. The vines floated towards the napping Drapion. Tangrowth brought his vine over Drapion's head, and he quickly slammed it down with much brute force. When the dust from the broken concrete floor lifted, Drapion's head was several inches underground, crushed by the sheer force of the Power Whip.

"Come back Drapion. You did a good job," Lucy praised her Pokemon. "Go, Uxie." The legendary goddess Pokemon reappeared in the battlefield. The spikes glimmered under the levitating Pokemon. "Use Yawn."

"Dodge all the bubbles by going onto the ceiling, and use Sleep Powder." Uxie opened her mouth and several pink bubbles floated towards Tangrowth. Tangrowth enlarged its vines, sprouting it towards the ceiling. Its hands punched through the concrete roof as it made a little grip for itself. Tangrowth pulled its body towards the ceiling, dodging the bubbles that were below him. Tangrowth shook its head, and the green powder fell towards the unsuspecting Uxie. Like the others, Uxie drifted off into sleep. Tangrowth released its grasp from the ceiling as it hopped fifteen feet back onto the floor below.

"Return Uxie, go Dunsparce." The little land snake appeared at Lucy's feet as it slithered towards the battlefield, spikes cutting Dunsparce's bottom as it went along. Dunsparce reached the end of the spike zone, so close to Tangrowth that Dunsparce could reach out and touch the bag of vines with its tongue. "Dunsparce, use Body Slam."

"Jump over it and use knock off." Dunsparce leaped into the air to pummel back down onto Tangrowth, but Tangrowth used its tree swinging abilities to get back onto the ceiling. In perfect synch with Dunsparce, Tangrowth released its grasp on the room, letting himself fall onto the floor. Right before Dunsparce hit the ground, Tangrowth slammed its vine on Dunsparce's back, accelerating the damage. Dunsparce, from the Knock off, spit out an apple core. Tangrowth picked up the apple core and stuck it into its own mouth. Tangrowth glowed green as the healing powers of the ancient apple core took place.

"Dunsparce, try another body slam."

"Tangrowth, stop it with your vines, and use a sleep powder." Dunsparce, again, leaped straight up into the air, getting ready to collide into Tangrowth. However, Tangrowth shot its vines into the air as one hand grabbed onto Dunsparce's tail and the other gripped tightly on Dunsparce's face. Tangrowth retracted part of its vines so Dunsparce was hovering right over Tangrowth's pore. Tangrowth shook its head one more and the little green powder was sprayed directly into Dunsparce's face. "Now, use Power Whip to spin it around in the air." Tangrowth threw the sleeping snake into the air, and used its vines to repeatedly hit the small snake. The snake started rotating in the air. With one last hit, Dunsparce met contact with the wall. Dunsparce woke up and tried to move, but it slowly drifted off into a second unconsciousness. Tangrowth healed some more from the apple core.

"Dunsparce return. Uxie, your turn." The golden goddess in Pokemon reappeared, still sleeping as it hovered in the air.

"Tangrowth, use Power Whip." Tangrowth extended its vines as it slapped Uxie onto the wall with enough force to wake it up. Uxie flew back onto the battlefield, angrier than ever.

"Permission to fight for my honor, mistress," Uxie pleaded, its eyes slightly opening.

"Permission granted," Lucy reluctantly agreed. Uxie fired off a yawn at Tangrowth. Tangrowth hopped back onto the ceiling, but Uxie was prepared. As Tangrowth did a pull-up from the ground, Uxie predicted where Tangrowth was going to go. Uxie charged up a Zen Headbutt as it fired itself 30 degrees from where it was standing. Tangrowth's eyes grew wide as Uxie's head, now glowing a bright purple, got closer and closer. Tangrowth accidently pulled itself into Uxie's head, as Tangrowth got knocked back onto the ground. Uxie used another Zen Headbutt. Uxie's head glowed purple again as it charged back at Tangrowth. Its head made contact with the vines, and Tangrowth felt itself go into the concrete floor.

"Good job. But you didn't command your Uxie at all," Buck congratulated Lucy, his usual grin started to fade away from his face.

"I didn't. God Pokemon can control themselves."

"Well, at least you were honest," Buck said, trying to find self-worth in his loss.

Meanwhile…

Criss held onto the legs of his Yanmega as he soared across the air. "I hope Norman is okay," Criss said to himself. Fumbling into his pocket, he pulled out a walkie talkie. "Is there anybody that is off-duty?" Criss yelled into the walkie-talkie.

"We have lives. All the gym leaders are on duty. No one has free time," the walkie-talkie crackled.

"Some of us are in competitions. *cough**cough* Battle Tower *cough**cough*," another voice said.

"Looks like you guys don't care about Norman's life," Criss chanted back into the walkie-talkie.

"I've got free time," a sing-song voice called out.

"Cheryl. You'll help?" Criss asked.

"Why not? Where to meet you?" she asked.

"Meet me at Norman's house, Petalburg City, Hoenn." Criss tapped on Yanmega's leg as it activated its Speed Boost ability. Yanmega flew towards Hoenn is such fast speed, Yanmega was a blur in the sky. Criss glanced down as Yanmega slowed to land on Norman's broken roof. The damage was enormous. Norman's gym battleroom was blown to bits, but luckily, the GW missed destroying Norman's house. Criss ran into the Norman residence, as he burst into Norman's room. He saw May and Caroline, both tending to Norman's wounds. Norman suffered many cuts from broken concrete. Also, he suffered a concussion. His head was as blue as his hair.

"Are you okay?" Criss asked Norman.

"I feel much better than I look," Norman grunted, "Max, in trouble." Norman felt himself drift into sleep again. "Go, find him."

"I'm going to go."

As Criss approached the door, he felt someone hug him tight. "Let me go too," May pleaded. "I want to save my brother," she blushed, quickly letting go of Criss.

"It's too dangerous; you're too delicate. I also already have a helper," Criss tried to make May stay home.

"Whatever. I'm still going to follow you." Criss turned around to head for the door. May was following at his heels. As they exited, May could see a girl in a large green dress slowly glide down from a Drifblim. The Pokemon's arms were joined together, making a comfortable seat for the fragile nature princess.

"I'm too delicate? Look at the size of that dress?" May joked.

"You have a point," Criss concurred, "But she's my only reinforcement."

"So what's up?" Cheryl asked.

May quickly explained the situation. "What do we do now?" May asked.

"We check the GPS for Max. I put a chip into every legend," Criss said, pulling out a small device from his pocket.

"Does the rest of the G Men know about the tracking chips? This is the first time I've heard of them," Cheryl admitted.

"Only Buck. He was my first friend, and my assistant surgeon. He can also check his GPS if I am in trouble."

"I don't know what the hell you guys are talking about, but I am glad you can find Max," May interjected, hoping to efface all thoughts of a conversation.

"One of their bases is in Desert Town," Criss examined his GPS.

"The town where trainers go to train for the Griseous Conference? The only place in the world where Isshu Pokemon are found besides in Isshu?" Cheryl asked, "I've always wanted to go there! Many new, rare Pokemon."

"Why haven't you gone?" Criss asked.

"Hello, people. We're trying to save Max!" May interjected, again trying to crush all conversations.

"Let's go," Cheryl said, getting back onto her Drifblim. May sat on the back of Criss' Yanmega, as Criss grabbed onto Yanmega's legs. The trio flew through the air. They flew through the bitter frost, the humid forests, and they finally reached the scorching desert.

"Time to get off. We'll sneak the rest of the way," Criss said, motioning for his Yanmega to land. Yanmega stopped flapping its wings as it slowly glided towards the salty, scorching sand. The trio walked in absolute silence, as they feared there may hidden cameras under the sand. They carefully crept towards the base. As they walked, they encountered several trainers. As they got deeper and deeper into the desert, where the Isshu Pokemon lounged, no trainers were apparent.

Criss reached into his backpack and pulled out a gallon of water. He leaned his head backwards as he held the bottle over his mouth. He closed his eyes anticipating a cool, refreshing liquid to slide down his tongue. Nothing. He shook the bottle a few times, and some salty sand fell onto his lips. Coughing up the residue from his throat, he inspected the contents of the bottle. What used to be water was no sand from resting the bottle on the desert floor.

"Are we there yet?" May grunted, her back slouching as beads of sweat inundated her green headband. Cheryl, on the other hand, was skipping across the desert, kicking sand up wherever she went. The only complaints she made were that sand has gotten into her boot. As the approached the top of a hill, a building emerged from their view. It was a tall and wide tower—as tall as it was wide. It was about thirty stories high, and thirty stores sideways.

"So what's the plan?" Cheryl asked in a sing-song voice.

"Cheryl, your Pokemon are pretty defensive. You sneak in from the front and try to cause as many distractions as you can," Criss told her, "Take my Azelf for now, just in case you need to teleport." Criss snuck the Pokeball into her pocket.

"Isn't it impossible to have seven Pokemon at one time?" May asked.

"Yes, but lending Pokemon is a different story. You can have as many Pokemon as you want as long as they are loaned. There is a time limit of thirty minutes you can have for each borrowed Pokemon. When that time is up, the borrowed Pokemon goes back to the original master," Criss elucidated, "And, you cannot lend yourself Pokemon."

"Don't you need all the Pokemon you can get?" May asked.

"You're coming with me," Criss pointed to May. Cheryl walked towards one side of the building. May and Criss walked towards the opposite side of the building. Cheryl used a Wailord that threw itself against the wall.

"She's in," May said, "Let's go." May proceeded to pull a Pokeball out from her Pocket.

"Wait for the alarms to go off," Criss said, pulling her hand back. May blushed as the alarms went off. May threw her Pokeball at the sandy ground, as a Blaziken smashed the brick wall open. Criss and May dashed down the hallway, searching for the exact location of Max.

Cheryl skipped down the hallways as the alarms buzzed. She used her Wailord to beat up the first two grunts, but Wailord was too big to carry down the hallway. Recalling Wailord, she sent her Blissey into action.

Criss and May ducked down hallways, snuck down corridors, and dashed into open doorways. As they approached the prison gateway, two guards—one male and one female— stood in the way. Criss motioned for May to stand where she was. Criss walked towards the guards, and in one fluent motion, did a scissor kick. Both guards slumped towards the ground. Criss dragged the unconscious bodies towards May. "Put on their uniform," Criss instructed.

"That was a powerful kick," May commented. Criss gave a contemptuous snort. May looked at the GW grunt uniforms. There was a purple bullet proof vest, a silver belt, and black pants. There were two red mittens, each equipped with a multitude of gadgets, such as a DNA sampler. May struggled to put on the slightly small uniform. They tied the half-naked grunts up together, and threw them into one of the empty rooms. They proceeded towards the prison gateway.

"Identification Glove," a screen flashed. Criss reluctantly slid his red glove into some compartment. The screen turned green as the prison gate slowly creaked open. A man with purplish hair exited the gate as it opened.

"What are you doing, standing in front of the gate? Man your posts, or bow down to the mighty Paul," the man chuckled. Criss gave a bow of inferiority, as did May. They then walked towards the corners of the gate.

"By the way, we are under attack by a little girl. Make sure no one sneaks in," Paul said before walking away.

"I want to beat that guy up," May trembled in anger.

"Beat that guy up later. We need to bust some people out of jail," Criss said, opening the prison gate again. "You stand guard there. If anybody asks where I am, just say I went to the bathroom."

"Got it," May replied, standing in front of the gate door as Criss snuck into the prison. He glanced at all the jail cells, but none of them contained Dawn or Max. Realizing that they weren't on the first floor, he ran up the stairs until he reached the important prisoners section. Putting his glove into the Identification Glove place, he marched into the VIP prison.

Cheryl glanced ahead as she noticed several hundred grunts charging at her, all of them holding six Pokeballs in their hand. She pulled out Wailord's Pokeball and tossed it into the air. The heavy whale pummeled onto the little grunts. She recalled the giant Pokemon as she skipped across the unconscious bodies.

Criss surveyed every jail cell—most of them were empty. As he reached the one in the back, he heard several whimpers. He looked down as he saw Dawn and Max hugging each other in fear. Max looked at the GW grunt, recognized him, and embraced the man through the barred cage.

A blonde, chubby, young man, wearing the same uniform as Paul, walked up to May.

"Good afternoon, Sir!" May saluted the commander.

"It's Sir Nick to you. Where's your companion?" Nick asked.

"In the bathroom," May casually replied. Nick nodded, as he opened the prison gate. May stepped in front of his path.

"What's wrong?" Nick asked.

"Commander Paul told me to not let anyone in."

"Ok. Let me ask Paul," Nick said, pulling his walkie-talkie close to his mouth. "Paul, did you ask the GW Prison Guards to not let anyone into the prison?"

"Nope, I didn't do that. Who said that? The girl or the guy?" a voice crackled back.

"The guy is in the bathroom."

"The bathroom is against the wall, right in front of their post. Is it locked?" The voice was starting to get suspicious. Nick opened the bathroom door and discovered that no one was inside. May gulped before bursting into the prison room, Nick right behind her heels.

Criss used his Metagross to break open the prison bars. Metagross punched a hole into the wall, revealing the trio the harsh desert outdoors. "Get on Metagross," Criss commanded them. The trio climbed on top of the Metagross was currently levitating in the air. "Retreat!" Criss shouted into the walkie-talkie. Metagross jumped through the opening in the wall. The levitating Pokemon descended onto the desert floor.

Cheryl called upon Criss' Azelf and quickly teleported back to the G Men base.

"Help! One of the commanders knows who I am," May called through the walkie-talkie.

"Wait here," Criss told Dawn and Max. Using his Yanmega, Criss floated back towards the opening in the wall. He jumped through, as he recalled Yanmega back into his Pokeball. He bolted down the stairs as he shouted May's name over and over. He identified two figures running across the maze of prison cells. Mustering all his strength, he charged at Nick before tackling the chubby man. He grabbed May's hand, rushed up the stairs, and jumped back onto the levitating Metagross. By then, several GW grunts were perched on Desert Motorcycles. The grunts sped towards the Metagross, who was a hovercraft for the heavy five people on top of the Pokemon. Metagross tried to quickly float out of the danger zone, but the motorcycles were gaining speed. Metagross was running away as quickly as he could, while motorcycles were chasing close behind, sort of like a Star Wars movie.

A giant shadow loomed over the Metagross. In a quick strike, all the motorcyclists were flung back towards the base. Criss could identify a flying, dragon-like Pokemon as it descended back into the ground.

"We're home free!" He happily shouted as Metagross skimmed across the desert floor.