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XashXdawnX- Well this is the last chapter of Hunted Down, hope you all enjoy and sorry for the late update.

"Nothing is happening." Violet said as no images appeared.

Ash shrugged and shook his head.

"I don't understand usually it shows images when I do this." Ash replied.

"Seth are you blocking?"

"No..."

The group was gathered around and Drew snapped his head towards the windows. He then ran out of the room.

"Drew!"

Drew ran through the halls and ran into Joe's office. He looked at the screens and cursed. Team Forgotten was heading this way and they weren't taking their sweet time either. He ran out of the office and back to the training room to find Seth's mom with her hand glowing over Seth and his wounds healed.

"Wha-" Ash started.

"Team Forgotten is coming this way fast. I sensed something and they were on the screens." Drew explained quickly.

"We don't have the extra help though." Misty said.

"We'll have to fight with who we have. We don't have time to wait. It's time to end this." Ash said.

"Ash is right. It's time we end this game of chase." Gary said.

"Right!"

"Drew where were they?" Joe asked facing him.

"Nearing where we first encountered the girls and Team Cipher as a whole group." Drew replied.

"Well then we need to head there. Boy you are in no condition to fight. I suggest you stay out of the way and only fight if needed." Joe said looking at Seth.

Seth shook his head.

"No, I can fight. I'm not going to sit out and let the others risk their life. I was stupid and careless enough to get myself hurt. I'm not going to just sit out. I'm fighting." Seth said.

Joe put his hands up knowing that Seth wasn't going to take any other answer.

"Son, you do-"

"Dad...I'm fighting. I'm fine. Mom healed my wounds so I'll be fine." Seth said cutting his dad off.

They grabbed their weapons and made their way out of the mansion.

"Drew...are you sure you saw them? I sense only us no one else." Ash said as his eyes stopped glowing.

"Same here. There's no one here."

"I'm positive. They were on the screens." Drew said.

"Maybe you just imagined them on the screens." Misty said.

"No, I didn't imagine them."

Drew listened and heard the footsteps approaching.

"I hear them. They aren't far, but we still have some time." Drew said.

"Why don't we sense them?" Jewel asked.

"It's Aversa. She acts as a shield to aura possessors. That's how I got attacked. She's also crazy. She'll try to kill you as slow as possible. That's why I was hurt so badly. She acts as a shield and will try to kill you when you're in the stand down. She would have killed me if Damion didn't stop her. I was to be the message that's the only reason I lived." Seth explained.

Silence.

"Aversa did that to you..."

"Yes, she'll stop at nothing to kill you."

Drew listened and heard nothing.

"They've stopped." he stated.

The group waited to see what would happen. Drew snapped his head to the side.

"Someone's coming from the west." he said.

The group got ready to attack the person.

"They're about to be here." Drew said.

Ash's eyes glowed and his eyes widened.

"Stop don't attack!" he cried.

A figure ran out and collapsed on the ground, panting. Alexandria looked the same way she did in the vision. Looks like what was shown with her was true.

"Alexandria!" the girls cried.

"They've started to move again. They're heading this way." Drew said.

"Wait a second...they've split. Groups are heading this way...all Lifeless." Ash said.

"I don't sense the leaders..." Seth muttered.

"Only Lifeless. Nothing else and nothing less." Violet muttered.

Alexandria started to get up, but she fell to the ground blood starting to stain where she laid.

"NO!"

Standing in the tree lines were the three leaders; Aversa, Damion, and William. Aversa had a fresh cut on her cheek and she looked at Alexandria.

"She shouldn't have ran away." she said.

The girls glared at Aversa and they looked away and to Alexandria. They hadn't seen her since they left and now their leader was dead.

"Oh don't look so sad girls. She didn't feel a thing." Aversa said laughing.

William stepped up still staying in the trees.

"I say we make a proposition. The children come with us and none of you will die. If not then you are all going to die just like she did. So what will it be?" he asked.

"We'll never go with you." May growled.

"Wait!" Violet cried.

The others faced her and stared at her in shock.

"I can't stand being with them anymore. I personally I want to fight them. I choose to join your side and fight against the people that have been foolish enough to trust me. Plus I don't want to die." Violet said stepping away from the group.

"Violet! How could you?!" May cried.

"Vi..." Seth said frowning.

"You know...I agree with Violet. I don't want to die. I'm going to the side that will win." Misty said stepping over to Violet.

"Yeah they're right. It's the best thing to do. I know all of what you plan to do. I am not ready to die." Ash said stepping away.

"How could you do this Misty? You're suppose to be the one that keeps us on the right track!" May cried.

"Ash...why?"

"Sorry, but I can't fight my uncle again. I know he will beat me with my mind in this state and the Lifeless would kill me with my mind in this state. I can't die." Dawn said stepping away.

"Dawn no!"

"I can't believe you! You four are running away from the fear of death!" Gary yelled.

"My my who would have thought...oh well come over here. It's time for the fight." William said.

The four walked over to the other side and looked at the others.

"William don't you think enough blood has been shed?" Joe asked.

"They're blood was shed by those idiots Team Cipher not Team Forgotten. Why would I stop when I now have three aura possessors and a water possessor?"

"Oh wonderful the others are here." William said.

Violet looked at William and then the Lifeless that lined the tree lines.

"Do we really need the Lifeless? I mean you have us now. Are they necessary?" she asked.

"Hm...I guess you're right. Why do I need them when I have you four who know them. Hm...Lifeless do not attack, yet."

"Well it's time to fight!" William cried.

The teens ran and waited. Misty and Gary were going to fight each other. Ash and Dawn were going to fight Drew and May. Violet would face off against her siblings.

Gary stepped backwards avoiding Misty's kick and caught her foot. He twisted her foot and made her fall to the ground. She smirked and a pool of water formed below him. He jumped to the side and avoided falling into it. He shot fire towards her while she shot water.

The stream of water overpowered the fire and hit Gary making him slide backwards. He ran at Misty and drew a knife. Misty waited with her knife drawn. Misty swung her knife, but Gary caught her wrist and kept her knife away from him.

"Drop it..." he muttered.

"Never."

Misty cried out as her wrist and hand started to burn and released the knife. Her wrist and hand were faintly red from Gary's power. He swung his knife at her and she ducked. Soon the two were at hand to hand combat and Misty messed up. Gary's knife graced her cheek and she pulled back and kicked him.

Meanwhile Ash and Drew were at hand to hand combat while Dawn and May were fighting with their powers. Ash smirked and ducked right as Drew would have connected with his jaw, Ash quickly swung and hit Drew in his jaw. Ash side stepped and avoided another punch and went to hit Drew, but Drew caught his fist and flipped Ash.

Ash hopped up and watched as copies surrounded him.

"You never fight fair." Ash muttered.

"Well you don't either." Drew said as his voice echoed from the copies.

Ash shot a few aura sphere knocking some copies away. The copies ran towards Ash and he studied them. He formed an aura sphere and shot it behind him hearing a grunt. He spun around to see Drew getting up.

Drew removed his knife and threw it at Ash, who blocked it with a shield. Ash ran towards Drew and Drew side stepped and swung around with a kick to the back of Ash's head. Ash cried out and fell to the ground holding his head. He jumped up and hit Drew in the jaw again.

Dawn quickly moved as May blew the mist. Dawn formed a shadow and it ran towards May. May shook her head and Dawn laughed as she went invisible. She walked around and attacked May and became visible again. May caught Dawn's foot and Dawn was hopping to keep her balance. May went to punch Dawn, but Dawn swung her leg up and kicked her making May stumble back.

Dawn got off the ground and waited with her knife drawn. May glared at Dawn and removed her own knife. May ran at Dawn and cut Dawn's cheek. Dawn swung her knife and cut May's cheek.

With Violet, Seth, and Jewel they were fighting each other. Violet blocked aura spheres that were shot at her and Seth and Jewel did the same. Violet froze Jewel and Seth looked at her.

"How could you?" he asked.

"Simple brother...very simple."

Violet glanced around and saw that the others were all fighting. She caught the eyes of the others who had betrayed.

Dawn looked at the leaders.

"Wait a second...you little-" Damion started.

"Stand down!" Dawn cried.

The leaders were frozen and unable to move.

"What you-"

Dawn looked at the Lifeless.

"Stand down!" she cried.

The Lifeless weren't able to move now either.

"Okay everything can't move." she said facing the others.

"Well it's time to end this." Joe said.

"You need to destroy the Lifeless first."

Aura spheres, water streams, fire, and knives went towards the Lifeless and soon the Lifeless were gone.

"Okay now that the Lifeless are gone..." Joe trailed.

"It's time to deal with the leaders." the teens said facing the leaders.

"How about we make a proposition?" William asked as his eyes darted around, showing that he was scared.

"The time for making deals are over." Drew said.

"I want to know one thing before our lives are possibly over. How did you plan this?" Damion said suddenly.

"It was simple really."

"All we had to do was have a backup plan in case we didn't have the help we needed. We planned to make a proposition if one wasn't made. If one was made some of us were going to agree to it and act. We put on a good performance didn't we? Anyways we kept our thoughts negative to the others so you- Damion couldn't sense what we had planned." Ash explained smugly.

"And my dear sweet uncle, Ash was keeping up with what you three were thinking. When you put the guard down, I was sent the message and...you know the rest." Dawn said smirking.

"Clever..."

"So what do you plan to do with us kiddies?" Aversa asked.

"That we aren't sure about. There are many things we could do." Misty said looking at the three leaders.

"Like?"

"We could kill you. We could take you to jail. We could figure out a way to take your powers and then let you be free. There are many things..." May muttered.

"Pathetic. You kids are foolish." Aversa said laughing.

"What do we do?" Gary asked looking at Joe.

"We shouldn't shed blood anymore. After all if you were to kill them when they are in this state you would sink to their level. Enough blood has been shed. I think if we can get their powers away we can send them to jail. Without the powers they can't do anything."

"How will we take their powers away? We have no way to take them." May asked.

"And you just can't take an aura away, it'll kill you. Trust me, I know." Jewel said.

"Guys...hate to break this up, but I can't keep the stand down working much longer. My stolen power only lasts for a certain amount of time." Dawn said suddenly.

Ash looked at them and waved his hand muttering something and they fell to the ground.

"What did you do?" May asked.

"Something that would knock them out. I learned it from the book." Ash replied with a shrug.

"How are we getting their powers away?"

"We're..." Joe trailed.

"You'll make the same machine they used on you. Don't worry the scientist will help." a voice said from the trees.

A hooded figure walked out from the trees pulling the scientist behind them.

"...Heather?" Seth asked.

The hooded figure removed the hood and it was indeed Heather.

"You're alive..." he muttered.

"Yep, I'm alive. I fought back and played dead tricking them into thinking I was dead. I went back to the base and brought the scientist with me, hoping you guys would win and figured you would probably need some help." she explained.

"Well thank you...Heather." Joe said.

"He'll have the machine ready within three days. He won't trick you, I'm going to make sure he builds it the right way."

"Thank you. We should head back to the base." Joe said.

"No...we can't leave Alexandria." Dawn said.

"We have no home now. When it ends we're going to have no home and no...motherly figure." Misty said.

"She died...we couldn't save her. We can't leave her here...she needs to be buried." May said softly.

"She will be. Now we need to go back to the base."

Once at the base, Heather dragged the scientist off and ordered him to start building. The siblings and their parents tied up the leaders and put another knock out on them to make sure they would stay down for a while. The teens and Joe were burying Alexandria.

"You helped us these pass three years. We can never repay you for helping us. We'll miss you."

The girls were kneeling next to where Alexandria had been buried. Joe was talking to the boys quietly.

"Would you all agree to it?" Joe asked.

"Of course," Gary said.

"Yes," Drew said.

"You didn't have to ask." Ash said.

Joe looked the three.

"Are you three hiding something? Because if I recall when you first heard about this you weren't thrilled with company. What happened?"

The three shook their heads and said "Nothing."

"Sure...I'll find out one way or another. Now are you sure?"

"Positive."

"Very well. I'll tell them the news."

Drew flexed his jaw and glared at Ash.

"Next time lay off with the hits to my jaw." he muttered.

"I could have dislocated your jaw if I wanted." Ash said.

"Sure you could."

"Wanna find out Drew?" Ash questioned.

"Okay Ashy Boy quick being cocky. Drew suck it up." Gary said.

Drew muttered something under his breath and the other two chuckled.

The girls stood up and saw Joe approaching them.

"I'm deeply sorry. She didn't deserve it. I know one thing she would love." Joe said softly.

"What?" Misty asked.

"That I'm offering you three a place to stay. I would be happy to have you a part of this organization. After all you six work well together."

"Really?!" May cried.

"Really..."

"You mean those three agreed?" Dawn asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yes and it was actually quite easy. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. They surprised me."

"Hmm...so we'll be a part of this organization?" Misty asked.

"Yes, it is a lot like Alexandria's was. You would love it."

The girls looked at one another and then over at the guys.

"Sure why not?"

"Wonderful, you will stay in the room you had when you first arrived."

"Thank you Joe. You have no idea what this means to us." Dawn said bowing her head.

"Yes, exactly what she said." May said bowing.

"Thank you, Joe." Misty said bowing.

"You are welcome girls."

"You all should go and clean your wounds." Joe said.

"Yes Joe..." the teens said and walked off.

The six made their way to their rooms to get cleaned up, but Ash grabbed Dawn's hand pulling her back from the others.

"What's wrong Ash?" Dawn asked concerned.

"Nothing...I just..." he trailed.

"It's okay everything's over now. None of us...died." Dawn said as her eyes started to water.

Ash pulled her into his chest and held her as she cried some.

"Shh...it's okay Dawn." he muttered.

Dawn pulled back and wiped her eyes. A few stray tears fell down and Ash wiped them away.

"I'm glad we made that plan because if something had happened to you...I don't know what I would have done." Dawn said softly.

Ash kissed Dawn's forehead and held her close.

"Same here Dawn. Seeing you die twice from visions...is painful enough. I couldn't bear it in real life."

Dawn leaned up and gave him a peck to his lips. Ash looked at the cut that was on her cheek.

"Let's go get that cut clean." he said softly.

Gary knocked on Misty's door and after a few moments the door opened.

"Oh hey Gary." she said.

"Can I come in?" he asked shoving his hands in his pockets.

Misty stepped aside and allowed Gary to walk into the room. He watched as Misty walked to the dresser and put some type of cream on her hand and wrist.

Gary realized what it was and winced. He hadn't meant to burn her, but it had happened. He was a few seconds too late and the damage was done. He looked at her cheek and saw that cut, the blood had been cleaned from her skin and now it was just a fresh wound.

"I'm sorry Misty." Gary said.

Misty faced him and shook her head.

"It's okay, Gary. It made the act believable." Misty replied.

"No I hurt you Misty. I hurt you again."

Gary had his head bowed and Misty approached him.

"Gary it's fine. I'm okay. Nothing serious happened." she said taking his hand.

He looked at her burns. He raised her hand and kissed it gently.

"I'm sorry,"

Misty smiled at him and kissed his cheek.

"I know you are Gary. It's okay, I'll be okay I promise." she said softly.

"I know you will, you're a tough girl to hurt. Trust me I learned that the first day I met you."

Misty laughed and lead Gary to the door.

"Time for you to go. There are cameras after all." she said.

Gary shook his head and muttered a goodbye and left.

"That looks painful." May said from the doorway.

Drew jumped slightly and looked at May.

"You didn't hear me? Shocking," she said walking in.

"Sure you can come in." Drew said.

May walked over to where Drew was standing in front of the mirror. His jaw had started to bruise.

"He didn't hit you a lot, it looked like only twice." May said.

"He hit me more that twice and either way Ash isn't as weak as he once was. He's gotten a lot stronger and it shows." Drew said.

"Did you put ice on it?" May asked.

"Nope."

"Why?"

"Cause, I didn't want ice on my face."

May laughed at Drew.

"Dawn got you good didn't she?" Drew asked.

"I got her too." May said.

May touched his jaw gently and he flinched slightly.

"Sorry Drew," she said softly.

"It's okay..."

May leaned against Drew and her eyes started to water. Drew felt her body shake and he wrapped his arms around her.

"Why did she have to kill Alexandria?" she asked softly.

"Cause she's a bitch." Drew mumbled softly holding May as she cried over to loss of her leader.

May pulled away and Drew looked at her.

"You okay now?" he asked softly.

"Yep,"

Drew nodded and kissed her head.

"Good because I don't know about you, but I'm actually pretty tired."

May shook her head and placed a gentle kiss to his jaw.

"Hope your jaw feels better." she said and walked out.

Drew stared at his closed door and frowned. He didn't mean for her to leave right then. He wanted her to wait a few minutes.

Ash rub the disinfectant over Dawn's cut and she winced.

"That hurts..." she muttered.

"Sorry," Ash said.

Ash felt his head throbbing and looked in the medicine cabinet for some medicine. Drew had kicked his head pretty hard and the pain had finally came to a headache.

"What's going to happen once they are in jail?" Dawn asked.

"We go back to regular life...well as regular as it can be when you have powers." Ash replied.

Dawn nodded her head.

"What happens if..." Dawn trailed.

"They won't be able to get their powers, besides the jail will watch them." Ash said.

Ash found the medicine and popped some pills into his mouth and downed them with water.

Three days passed and the machine had been built. The leaders were kept under with the knock out and were still tied up.

"Now are you positive this will work?" Heather asked the scientist.

"Yes...it's exactly the same. It'll steal the power just like it did the little girl's aura." he replied quickly.

"Good, take the knock out off." Heather said looking at the siblings.

"Won't they try to-" Jewel started.

"Just do it, please."

The leaders stirred and soon quit moving.

"Cut the arms and attach the wire. The black to Damion, white to William, and red to Aversa." Heather said as she focused on the leaders.

Joe made the cuts and attached the wires.

"Okay now press the button." Heather said.

"We need aura though..." the scientist said.

"How much?" the father asked.

"Just enough to power the machine. There's only three so not much."

"I can loan some aura."

The scientist approached him and stopped.

"Er cut your arm and attach this." he muttered.

He cut his arm and attached the wire. The scientist walked back to the machine and pressed a button. After a few minutes his aura was done being drained.

"That's enough to power it and take the powers."

He typed in something and pressed the buttons. The wires glowed and Damion was the one that cried out the most.

"You'll kill him if you drain all of his aura." Jewel said.

"Leave a small amount of aura." Joe said.

The scientist nodded and watched the machine. After a few minutes it was over.

"Their powers are gone." he said.

"Thank you,"

Joe walked out of the room and when he returned police officers were with him. Soon the three leaders were gone.

"Well you all finally breath now. The hunt is over at last." Joe said facing the teens.

He then faced the siblings.

"Thank you for helping them." he said.

"You're welcome sir. It's thanks to them that I'm here alive again." Violet said.

"You're welcome and we thank them for bring Vi back." Jewel said.

"You're welcome sir." Seth said.

"We must return home now." the parents said.

"Are you coming with us?" their mother asked facing the siblings.

"Yes," they said.

"It's been some adventure, but this is goodbye." Violet said.

"Bye," Seth and Jewel said.

"See ya," the teens said.

The family vanished.

"I'll be going now too." Heather said.

Heather left and the scientist went with her.

The six looked at one another and nodded their heads.

"It's finally over." May said softly.

"Months of running and hiding...fianlly we can rest." Misty said.

"It's all over..." Dawn trailed.

"It may be over, but we carry the memories. Some good and some bad. We're finally free." Ash said looking at the sky.

"Finally..." Drew said.

"We can live without the fear of dying by them." Gary said.

And it's over, hope it was a good last chapter.

Please R&R