Hey, I'm back!

Since the reception to Invisible was very good, I figured you guys might like another fanfic featuring Red and Blue!

What can you expect from this story? Well, you can expect the same writing style and portrayal of the characters. This is not quite a sequel but more like an alternate ending to Invisible. If you want to be precise, it takes place a few weeks after chapter 24 of Invisible. Therefore, every event that takes place after this chapter never actually happen in this story, but all the rest if canon to this story. So, the characters are the exact same as in Invisible. Therefore, if you haven't read it, you might be confused reading this one, though I'm fairly sure it could be enjoyed on its own. But you should give it a read, as it really establishes the characters and their relashionships and will make this story more powerful.

Although this story is a sort-of follow up to Invisible, it will be a different genre. While Invisible was a psychological drama with minimal action and a very grounded and realistic plot, this story will have more action and more supernatural elements to it. It will look more like something you would see in a actual pokémon game, although darker. The rating will be T for now, but right off the bat, I'll tell you that it will eventually change to M because of the violence, language and generally dark content.

If you know me, you know that I'm not into yaoi, so there won't be any in this story. In fact, there won't really be romance at all. Also, please note that English is not my native language, so I might make weird mistakes from time to time.

Prologue: Ominous wind

The sky was gray and the wind was cold when the Viridian City gym leader set foot on the grassy path of Route 22. He'd been away in faraway regions for several weeks, exploring, battling and living on the road like he did for most of his life, but his duties were calling him back home in the Evergreen City, now.

He had a good bunch of challengers waiting for their chance to take his highly sought-after Earth Badge and he wouldn't just pass on the chance to bring their championship aspirations to a screeching halt like he'd been doing since taking over the gym at just eleven years old. Proving he was the best in front of legions of his adoring fans was his favorite thing in the world; apart of embarrassing Red, that was. Still, Blue walked without rush, heading east towards his city, taking in the familiar scenery of his home region, feeling good just doing what he loved.

The trip had been quiet, so far. He had barely come across any human life since entering Kanto. The wildlife was just as active and lively as ever, though. The silence of his journey was suddenly broken and he was pulled from his thoughts when he felt his cellphone vibrate for an unusually long time in his pocket.

Because he had been traveling in relatively isolated locations during his trip, he spent a long while in areas without signal and thus, it prevented him from receiving any calls and texts messages adressed to him, but now that he was back in a civilized area, every message he missed during his time away made the device buzz to life as if a rotom had taken it over.

Curiosity got the better of him when he felt the small piece of electronics vibrate for more than a dozen times. It was unusual for him to get this many calls in such a relatively short while, so the young trainer fished the phone out of his pocket to find out what the sudden influx of calls were from.

He was surprised to see that almost all of the missed calls came from his grandfather's lab. The renowned pokémon professor had tried to call him almost every day starting about a week after his departure.

It wasn't surprising that the old man would try to get back in touch with him, especially after that very serious conversation they had at his gym about a month ago but it was still very odd and kind of unsettling that he would try this hard to get a hold of him. Surely, something had happened... but he didn't even have a guess as to what it could be.

Not intending to live in suspence for long, Blue chose to take a listen to his voicemail to find out what all the fuss was about. He was not exactly prepared for the cryptic and eerie message he heard:

'Blue, I need you to come to my lab as soon as possible. It's extremely important. Whatever you do, don't talk to anyone on your way.'

What the hell, the gym leader couldn't help but wonder. Professor Oak sounded extremely nervous, if not straight up scared on the recording and making such a direct demand to him, especially given how their relashionship was right now, was highly unusual. If something serious was happening, why would the old man keep it a mystery in the message and require for him to come to his lab in person? Samuel was not the type to lie or over-dramatize a situaton just to get what he wanted so Blue felt that whatever he wanted to tell him had to be pretty damn serious.

He was not quite eager to talk to his grandfather again. Not after everything he told him in his gym; the first time they truly spoke in seven years. Not after he had come so close to having his psychological walls crumble. However, the ominous message gave him a horrible sense of unease; a bad feeling. And what was that about not talking to anyone on his way?

Now, this is just a prologue; a short tease. The following chapters will be longer, I assure you. First and foremost, I want to thank TetrisEffect for giving me the motivation and a good bunch of ideas for this story.

Unlike Invisible, I can't garantee I will be able to update every week. I will certainly try but I might take breaks from time to time. Especially since I'm taking the risk of starting this before I officially decided how it would end. I just wanted to get back into writing and I've missed you guys and wanted to hear from you again!

I hope you enjoy this new story and if you have suggestions and ideas, I will be glad to hear them!

What is up with professor Oak's message?