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"Yeah..." Ike said. "I'm waiting for Scizor to come back with my messenger bag. Celebi needs medicine." he added. Ike then got an idea. "Maddy was in the launch pad last time I saw her... she was battling the admins. Go give her back up." Ike told Sammy.

"Me too." Ginji laughed. It was obviously Ike's Scizor, "What are you doing here?" he asked, hoping to get somewhere fast.

Makes sense. Ike's Scizor was an odd one. Ginji sighed as he walked the direction Scizor had traveled. Within a few minutes he had found where everyone had gathered. "So. What's going on here?" he asked as he thought about his lack of available Pokemon.

Scizor finally came back with the messenger bag for Ike, out of breath.
"Thanks." Ike said, taking it and rummaging through it, finding a berry for Celebi. He fed it to the little green pokemon and with a sudden burst of light, Celebi sprung up in the air.
Through the cloud of debris that was settling, rays of light speared out of the cloud from the mysterious white pokemon. It was talking.
"My light." it said faintly with an voice that sounded like a young child.
Ike held his hand up to block the light from his face. It wasn't until then that he realized how much Team Shadow's base is poorly lit.
Ike cloud feel Lucario's poke ball rumble from his belt. Light was shining out of the poke ball's seem.

Celebi was purifying all the shadow pokemon in the area!

The mysterious pokemon continued.
"When I was abducted by those evil men whose hearts had been blackened by greed, I thought I lost my light as well. Thank you for ridding me of that foul disease." it spoke with a little child's voice.
Ike nodded, not knowing what he just did by healing Celebi. Celebi floated around Ike for a few seconds, then wondered over to the mysterious white pokemon. Ike some how knew what Celebi was trying to tell him.
"You want to travel and help purify more pokemon, don't you." Ike asked Celebi. Celebi circled the mysterious pokemon a few times with a smile on its face.
"Celebi and I shall deplete the land of the evil brought on by this organization. It will be tough, and the road to erasing what has been done will be long, but it must be done." said the pokemon.
"Who are you?" Ike asked the pokemon.
"They call me the Graditude Pokemon." it said before opening a portal simular to what Ike saw back in the grand hall. It bowed and backed itself up through the portal. Celebi floated in front of it, but before going through, it turned it's head and give a big smile to Ike.
"Here." said Ike, tossing Celebi the GS Ball. Celebi caught it and looked at it curiously. "Keep that in a safe place." Ike told Celebi. "You should be the only one with the power to time travel. Not any of us." said Ike.
Celebi turned the ball into light and it dissolved. Whether it destroyed the ball or teleported it to a safe location, Ike will never know.
"Bii!" it said gleefully as it flew through the portal. It then closed, leaving Ike in a very dark, quiet room.

"Ok. Now to find Maddy and destroy that Cannon!" said Ike to Scizor, and the both went running in the direction of the noises.

After getting tired of waiting, Cody sent out his Claydol. A dark aura still surrounded the pokemon but this would have to be a time where Cody would have to trust the demon virus within his pokemon. "I need you to find Ike. Please Claydol." Cody simply closed his eyes and waited for anything to happen. A bright flash of light. A mental image. Something. Anything. He waited patiently but nothing happened. A tear rolled down his face and he shouted, "Damn it Claydol! I'm putting my trust in you. You've never let me down before. Wake up!"

At that point, something snapped inside the Shadow pokemon and the group disappeared and reappeared next to a huge metal door. "Nice one buddy," Cody said and dismounted Flygon. He had no idea where they were, and for all he knew, they could be somewhere halfway across the world from Ike, but he trusted all of his pokemon. "Might as well make a scene. Flygon, Flamethrower then Dragon rush through the door!" The beastly pokemon let out a giant burst of flames that, on contact, almost melted the spot and its surrounding area. Suddenly the flames stopped and the Dragon started slowly walking backwards. He stopped momentarily then charged at full speed and force at the door, breaking through the weakened spot and leaving a hole big enough for Cody to walk through without ducking.

Cody cautiously stepped through the giant hole in the door, revealing a giant room. “Hello?” he called, expecting a confrontation. The sound echoed throughout the room and rang through the extending corridors. Apparently no one who cared was home so he continued into the middle of the room and turned left down the first hallway. “What is wrong with these people?” Cody asked himself. Suddenly his ears seemed to open more and he heard what sounded like clicking to a repetitive beat. He held a hand up to signal Flygon to stop walking and the sound continued, steadily getting louder and becoming more and more defined. Soon enough, the sound was obvious. It was footsteps and someone was heading their way. “Flygon, quickly, get in front of me and prepare to jump him,” Cody told the pokemon. The Dragon Type quickly complied and waited for any sign of movement around the corner.

A dark man walked around the corner, suddenly surprised by the presence of a giant pokemon staring him down. Flygon grabbed the man and slammed him against the wall, digging his head into the painted drywall. A Pupitar burst out of a pokeball on the Peon’s belt and hit Flygon with Frustration causing him to let go of the Shadow member. Flygon came back with a Giga Drain, surprising both Cody and the Pupitar, almost KOing the foe. An Ancient Power hit Flygon hard but a final Dragonbreath was enough to knock out the Pupitar. The peon sent out a Houndoom, hoping to take care of Flygon this way, but there was no way he stood a chance. Houndoom came at Flygon with a Thunder Fang but was deflected by Protect. Houndoom tried a different approach with Toxic, automatically poisoning Flygon. A Stone Edge did amazing amounts of damage to the Houndoom, causing it to shriek in pain. The poison hit Flygon hard but he still pulled it back together and took a Fire Fang, coming back with Giga Impact and KOing the Fire Type. Cody pulled a piece of spare rope and a rag from his backpack and hog-tied the peon, stuffing the rag in his mouth and leaving him in the hallway. Cody turned a couple more corners, but didn’t get very far. He was now lost in this damned place and Ike wasn’t answering.

He might as well just be left here to die because there was no way he was going to find his team before Shadow fired their cannon. Cody continued walking aimlessly around until reaching an unlocked door that seemed to slide open automatically. He accepted the invitation to finally get out of that specific part of the building and into the new room. Inside were a peon watching TV and a scientist checking something obviously important under a microscope.

“Hey, John. Come sit down. The game just started,” the peon said, slowly turning his head. “Wait, you aren’t John!” The scientist looked up and grabbed a pokeball. “Tyranitar, take care of this imbecile!” the scientist shouted. The giant pokemon appeared in front of Cody and Flygon stepped back. Both pokemon and trainer knew he was in no shape to fight like this. Cody returned Flygon and sent out Dragonair, hitting the foe with an immediate Aqua Tail, knocking it back and causing it to stumble backwards over the couch the peon was sitting on. It retaliated with Crunch, dealing a Critical Hit to Dragonair. A quick Waterfall almost put an end to the beast but it came back with Ice Fang, almost finishing Dragonair off. A final Aqua Tail ended Tyranitar’s rampage and the pokemon was returned.

A Jolteon was sent out and quickly knocked out Dragonair with a single Thunderbolt. Cody sent out Quilava who automatically shot a violent Eruption, causing serious damage. Jolteon attacked with Quick Attack, but Quilava dug to avoid it and came up underneath Jolteon, causing the pokemon to faint. The scientist stumbled back and the peon stepped up. “Let’s go. I’ll finish you off and show you the real power of Team Shadow.”

Cody didn’t respond as he watched the peon send out an Umbreon. A Shadow Ball was fired at Quilava and hit the Fire Type hard. Quilava came back with Rock Smash, dealing critical damage. Umbreon hit Quilava with Quick Attack, knocking the Fire Type into a wall. Another Rock Smash had almost done it when a final Assurance took the rest of Quilava’s HP. Cody sent out Teddiursa who finished the Dark Type off with Slash.

Cody sent out Flygon and threw his only Full Restore to the pokemon, hoping he would have enough energy to use the potion and heal himself. Luckily enough, the dragon Type gulped down the Full Restore and returned to his pokeball fully healed. The peon sent out a Larvitar who used Dark Pulse. Teddiursa hit Larvitar with Brick Break, doing serious damage. Larvitar used Thrash, hitting Teddiursa continuously but the pokemon managed to stop the attack long enough to drift off to sleep and fully heal itself. Larvitar attacked with Thrash again, but a Snore stopped it in its tracks after the first couple hits. Again the pokemon attacked but Teddiursa, using Snore again, KOed the pokemon completely.

Both Cody and the peon returned their pokemon. “I suggest you just tell me where my friends are before I punish you even more. “We… We don’t know,” said the scientist. “We just don’t know.” He was cowering in a corner now, lifting his head every once in a while to see if Cody was gone. The peon stepped up and said, “Last time I checked, they had just beaten some of our members. Apparently they’re on a mission of some kind. Rumors have been spreading like wildfire.” Cody nodded, hooked his pokeballs to his belt and ran out the door and into another hallway to find his friends. He decided to send a forward to all his teammates. It read:

URGENT! WHERE ARE YOU GUYS? I’VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR YOU. I’M SOMEWHERE INSIDE THIS DAMNED BUILDING AND SHADOW MEMBERS ARE COMING AT ME LEFT AND RIGHT!

-Cody

Cody continued running as his TADS vibrated wildly in his hand. He flipped it open and texted back:

Where did you come in? I haven't even run into them.

"Don't worry 'bout it! ^^" Sammy smiled, putting a finger to her chin. "Do you know where we came in? Mr. Cody wants to know, but I'm not entirely sure..." She mumbled, taking out her TADS. She texted back:

Oi, I'm not really sure. It was more of just a random spot in the wall, I guess... Sorry that I'm not a lot of help! >.>

~Sammy

She sighed, shaking her head a bit. Darn her for not paying much attention to which direction they had come from