Yeah I know has been ages, but was looking through my computer and found the chapter I'd prepared for thecollab. Would apologize for the wait, but its been a little to long for that. If any of ye are still reading this, hope ye enjoy, and if not ah sure, I had fun rereading it

I was definitely not in Whismur cave anymore. Heck was I even in the same region?

Tall leafy trees clumped together as far as the eye could see, with vines and leaves scattered on the ground. How did I know it was a forest? We were standing on top of a hill, and nothing but trees before me. Satisfied?

I hate forests, did I mention that? Full of bugs and predators and no cookies. Could not help smile at this thought. The chocolaty, crunchy goodness. Everyone loves cookies!

I Don't!

If you do not like cookies, you can get out of my head! Silence again. Mentally screaming may be the first step of insanity, but it got results.

Anyway, back to the forest in front of me. Has to be one of my worst nightmares. Forget that the sun was setting, creating a spectacular view and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Forget the gentle breeze caressing my face after the confines of the lab of doom, I just hate forests, so the rest is meaningless. To top it all off, I was surrounded by a forest with a headache, and could faintly hear footsteps racing towards our location from the corridor behind us. Just great. We needed to be gone, and fast.

"Lets go," I muttered, and couldn't help my voice being serious or hard. I was unnerved, and didn't want the others to know it. A sigh and a nod was all the response I was going to get. With a final glance down the corridor, noticing shadows on the distant walls, I secretly cursed myself and Rylee for destroying the door.

They need to get away Kai...

Give them the items...That was your plan all along wasn't it.

I clenched my eyes for a second. They were both right, but it was hard. From the pouch, I rummaged through the pendants and shurikens until the three items I needed were found. Hiding the pouch again, I turned to the other three.

"You're gonna need these."

If I growled while saying that, who could blame me. Holding them towards Slevena, the blank stare was enough of a warning for me. Quickly giving her a solid gold bulls-eye pendant, I muttered, "Its to help focus your psychic powers. It's a..."

Marsh Badge.

"Marsh Badge."

The look of incredulity from Rylee had me grinning. Miss big shot was surprised. Well let her be. She received one in the shape of a red fist. " A..."

"Fist badge, no duh sherlock!" She interrupted gruffly.

I was loving how much this tormented her.

Irvin just got a glare. Was I really going to help him?

Soul Badge...Now stop being weak and wasting time

I threw him a pink heart shaped badge.

"Soul Badge. Happy?"

A thoughtful look crossed his face and I thought he was going to snap back with a comment, but thankfully Rylee interrupted as usual.

"Was this even necessary?"

"It helps, okay?" I muttered with annoyance. She still put it in her pocket, didn't she.

So tempted to tell her so, but shouts and cries intervened.

From nowhere, crowds of men had appeared, wearing enough body armor to stop a Ryhdon's horn attack. That didn't faze me. No what fazed me were the thick double barreled shotguns and mini bazookas they held in there hands. My eyes couldn't help going to there belts where numerous syringes and pokeballs were placed.

Party time!

Three guesses who said that.

One overeager man stepped closer and brining the bazooka up, fired with an ear splitting BOOM.

Smoke surrounded the men as a grey blur hurtled towards us.

Our instincts saved us, as we each leapt backwards in fright. Comically enough all our fists were raised as we each glared at the thing.

On the ground before us was a net with electric current coursing through it. Bet it packed a punch.

Well I didn't know about the others, but I was convinced. Time to go.

"Fucking idiots, playing with little badges. Unless you all want to eat cake and pie with the bastards, let's GO!"

Great how Rylee was on the same wavelength as me.

I barely heard Slevena's reply, before we started running down the hill towards the safety of the trees. Instinctively my tails wrapped around my waist and hands again to my delight, as the cloak was dragged behind me.

I was setting the pace, racing down the hill. If I fell...I was screwed. No doubts about it. All the rocks jutting out of the hill would see to that.

I refused to look behind me. All my concentration was on not falling. I was terrified of being struck by a net from behind, but so far so good. Why jynx it?

I only registered the men shouting obscenities at us as Rylee zoomed past me.

Dam her anyway, but I could have sworn she was smirking!

BOOM

Another blast from the cannon shattered my mental whining.

Can't turn around, not yet. I kept chanting this to myself as I watched Rylee enter the forest full sprint and a minute later I was through too.

It was like a different world. Light barely filtered through the canopy and everything had gone brown and green.

Zigzagging my way through the dense canopy, I finally began paying attention to the internal conversation taking place.

Didn't know he could move so fast.

He is resourceful.

He's also clumsy.

Just unlucky.

How long before he crashes?

CRACK!

Not long apparently.

The pain!

Nothing else registered for a few minutes. My whole body was in agony, including my tails. Even my talk hosts had shut up. Hope it hurt Shai as much as it did me.

Laughter finally reached my ears through my daze. No it wasn't from my head.

It was a cruel, teasing, side splitting laugh.

So yeah Rylee must have seen everything.

Just perfect.

I kept my eyes closed in a futile attempt to get sympathy from her. Would have been better off asking the guards.

"Get up and dust yourself off. This has made my day a whole lot better you know"

I refused to move.

"You asked for it".

Seconds passed and I held my breath. Something about the way she said that, that had unnerved me.

"OWW"

I leapt up howling, and gripping my arm. A dribble of blood was oozing through the top.

Glaring at Rylee and her sword...hanging by her side... as she smiled innocently.

Well it didn't take a genius to figure that one out.

"Have to poke me so hard?" I questioned with a mock hurt expression on my face.

"Anytime for you."

Argh! Her innocent expression made me sick.

I sat down for a second, wincing at the pressure, and Rylee followed suit. Wish she had hidden the eye rolling from me.

We sat in silence for a minute, listening for any sounds, but it was if we were the last two alive. Even the forest was quiet.

"No sign of Slevena," I sighed out.

"Or Irvin," she added.

"Oh yeah him too."

She just gave me an exasperated look and stood up.

I could tell she was worried. Heck if Shai decided to speak again, he'd even know.

Maybe I knocked them out of my head. Perfect solution.

Swoosh!

Rylee's sword cut through the air eerily.

She was practicing forms I think. That or planning on how best to kill me.

I let this continue for a few more minutes. I was still recovering from my bruised ego, and bruised arms, legs, tails...you get the idea.

"So where did you get the badges...and how did you know which was which?"

Oh crap. Why couldn't she continue with her forms.

"Eh, found the badges with the bag of pendants, and um, every trainer to be knows the badges. Well the ones who plan on succeeding anyway."

"Humph"

Crisis diverted.

"But-"

Branches breaking, and some huffing thing,struggling to breath crashed to the ground beside me in a heap. After a quick glance, I ignored it.

Pity Rylee couldn't do the same.

"Irvin!" she exclaimed.

This was the point where I tuned out. Eyes closed, and humming a tune, I was oblivious to what was being discussed.

Correction, I was oblivious till something razor sharp was held against my neck.

Staring into Rylee's demented eyes, I knew it was bad.

"Slevena stayed behind to hold them off. She was trapped."

"Your kidding me..." Dam it. Now what!

Go back Dipshit!

Oh great...he lived!

And thanks to that little line, I missed what Irvin said. Oh well, probably was not important.

"I'll go back. Ye keep going."

"Fat chance, I'm going back." Rylee interjected.

Growling in frustration I stormed into a rant.

"Your too emotionally involved, and snake boy there already left her. Now get moving."

Rylee looked about to argue further, but her eyes glazed over a little before she said dreamily, "Bring her back with some yellow pokeblocks."

You know what...I was happy to be going back towards the men with guns. At least they were not deranged and psychopathic.

Irvin said something about watching her, but I shrugged it off, and started jogging back in the direction I came from.

Now I wasn't a complete idiot, contrary to someones belief. I veered to the right slightly so as to not come out in the same place I entered.

Great plan.

Pity about the pack of vicious dogs that found me.

Five snarling Mightyena surrounded me, watching me warily. If Irvin were here, he could probably tell you how much fur they had on there backs, but with me you will have to settle for, big scary black/grey fured beasts of doom, courtesy of the lab of doom grunts.

They seemed more interested in keeping me put though and begun howling.

For what? I really did not want to know.

Now was the time to experiment in my opinion, so I slowly undid the clasp holding my cloak, and focussing on my tails, I tensed them up like I had done before. I could feel them hardening to that steel like texture I had felt before.

In an attempt to startle the dogs, I yelled crazily and left the cloak fall to the ground, before twirling around like a ballerina. Yes, I will never live that move down, but it was effective. As I twirled, the nine tails fanned out behind me and whipped each dog in its muzzle. Heres an equation for you...Tails like steel + Sensitive dog flesh = ?

Me running for my life as the dogs chased after me with no thoughts in there head except revenge.

I barely had time to scoop the cloak back in my hands before racing full speed.

I hadn't a hope. They were gaining with each step, and just as they were within snapping distance of my tails, they turned and ran away back whence they came from.

This didn't satisfy me, so I continued to run until a good distance lay between us. It felt like hours since I left the others, but in reality was probably not more than ten minutes.

Why did they stop chasing me? I'll be sure to ask them if we meet again.

In my frenzy, I had lost all sense of direction, and after a quick game of eenie meenie mini mo, I set off in a random direction.

Within seconds of walking, I came to the edge of the forest. A hundred yards in front of me was Slevena.

Who said I was lost? I am never lost!

She was surrounded by men. Eh forget that part, they were all bloodied and stepping over the bodies of there comrades in order to reach her. Why hadn't she run? I watched as she pulled at the net around her ankle. Must have been difficult with her arms bound together. Hmmm no ideas why she hadn't run.

She struggled to stand up, and I watched as she stared terrified at a metal contraption in one mans arms. It looked vaguely familiar.

She shut her eyes, as men swarmed her, grabbing her arms. They were shaking her, trying to pull her nearer that metal contraption. Just as the contraption was about to touch Slevena's head, she vanished. Poof!

The men were left looking at each other. Shocked. Confused. Angry.

Hah! That was enough for me. I turned quickly lest anyone spotted me, and made my way deeper into the forest.

I was ecstatic.

We all escaped.

We were free.

I nearly raised my arms in triumph, but that would be too much theatrics for me, for one day.

That was until something hard and thin pressed into my back.

Oh crap.

A gun.

I couldn't move. Hardly breathed, and stood that way for a long time.

I twisted my head slowly and heard a crack.

No pain?

...No gun. I was held at gunpoint by a tree branch.

Cheeks blushing madly from embarrassment, my only consolation was that no one had seen me.

It was official. Forests suck!

I walked another few feet until the same thin pressure came into my back.

Laughing, I turned to break the branch.

Or so I thought.

"Nice to see you again Kai".

And my world went black.

And thats that. Had many plans now, and with this chapter, could have split from the collab and work solo for awhile. Not sure though. Maybe with enough positive feedback, who knows haha