Zack panted heavily, he had started running low on bullets and he was having a hard time leading them away from May, he stopped panting when he heard a twig snap near him and he jumped up and he lowered his rifle as May hugged him, Gai Hakai appeared beside him and Zack was glad that she was okay but then he heard the sound of a hammer hitting the end of a bullet. Zack swirled around and swept May out of the way as the bullet flew past his head and Zack aimed at the shooter and he pulled the trigger, the shooter fell down, clutching their arm as Zack panted and he took his gym bag from Gai Hakai and shouldered the rifle, he picked up May and he jumped up into the tree and he held his finger up to his lips, signaling for her to stay quiet. She watched fearfully as two black clothed men walked under the tree and a small leaf landed onto her nose and she suddenly sneezed.

            “There up here!” Zack jumped down placed May up against the tree in two seconds and he grabbed one of the agent’s arms and twisted it around and slammed him into the ground and broke his legs. The other agent noticed May and ran over to her, May brought her knee up hard and swiftly and Zack heard a sickening crunch and he turned around to see the man clutch his groin in agony in pain, curled up in the fetal position and crying like a new born child. Zack stared at May who apologized to the unlucky man and Zack spotted two Apache Helicopters coming towards them and he picked up May and ran into the forest, he jumped up onto one trunk and then jumped up into the branches, carefully jumping from branch to branch, using the treetops as cover and Gai Hakai dropped a small ribbon and then followed his master into the safety of the trees. Zack kept running until he could no longer hear the sound of copter blades and he stopped and jumped to the ground, landing on his feet and he laid May down who had clung onto him and Gai Hakai appeared beside them, all three of them panted and May noticed that Zack’s arm was bleeding and he laid the gym bag onto the ground and took off the assault rifle. “They won’t be looking around in Petalburg City, and those copters will have a tough time trying to find us in here, we’ll rest tonight and head to my village tomorrow.”

            “Oh my god, Zack, your arm is bleeding!” May shrieked, pointing to the blood dripping onto the ground, his adrenaline had been pumping so much that he had completely forgotten about the pain in his arm and the sudden sensation of pain shot up through his arm and he tried to ignore the pain. May took her bandana off and Gai Hakai gave her a First Aid Kit that Zack had in his gym bag and she took out some disinfectant and gauze and she cleaned his bullet wound and then wrapped the gauze around it and she used her bandana to hold it there. Zack noticed how worried she was and how scared, especially with seeing him in his real mode, he checked his assault rifle ammo and nodded to himself, he was worried about those agents, if they were league agents then why didn’t they kidnap him? Zack heard muffled breathing and he jumped up into the tree and grabbed Max and brought him down onto the ground and May nearly killed Max with her hug.

            “Max, why were you following us?” asked May when she finally let go of him and he gasped for breath, she gasped herself and relizaed that Misty and Ash would be coming to the airport tomorrow, what would they think when they heard the news. Zack suddenly whipped out his Assault Rifle and loaded in a full clip and he jumped out into the open and then a helicopter flew out of it’s hiding spot and a rocket flew towards Zack and he took aim and fired a precise shot at the tip and it exploded, causing no damage.

            “Get down now!” he shouted and May grabbed Max and Gai Hakai covered them and Zack quickly ran back and picked up his bag and jumped up into the treetops, he unzipped the bag and inside was two pair of clothes, flares, two gerenades, five clips of bullets, a sword and two pistols and chest plate. Zack picked it up and put it on and pressed a button and armor came out from the chest plate and covered his entire body and even his head, a screen shot across his line of vision and small lights appeared. “Activate Nuero Link and Nuero targeting system, activate Cloaking Device,”

            “Come out little soldier!” The pilot laughed and Zack pulled out a Pokeball and tossed it into the air, a Metagross appeared and the copter shot at it but it created a Psychic Barrier to block the bullets, Zack jumped up into the air and he threw one of his gerenades at the Copter’s blades and it exploded and Metagross sent it flying away. Five agents ran towards him and he killed one with a head shot and he slammed two more into the ground hard, one agent nailed him in he chest with a kick but Zack got back up and shot him in the neck. May stared at Zack and he grabbed the last one and slammed him into a tree, knocking him out cold and Zack fell down, three bullet holes appeared in his chest and he snapped his head around and another agent ran at him and Zack kicked him back in the chest, breaking his back. Zack scanned the area with his computer and a missile nearly blew up his whole left arm and Zack ignored the burns and he lifted his arm and the exposed arm bled badly but he was in soldier mode, he wasn’t about to let one lucky shot affect him and he looked up at the Helicopter and he jumped up and slammed his foot into one of the wings and tore it off, Zack took out his last grenade and pulled out the pin, he tossed it into the cockpit and he landed on his feet as the copter exploded and Metagross sent the explosion away and Zack swayed from the sudden rush of pain and adrenaline. May ran over to Zack and helped him up, Gai Hakai and Metagross helped her carry Zack away and Max lifted the heavy gym bag up and followed them.

           

            “Smell that air, mmm, hey, it smells like explosives,” Raver noticed and Harino turned his head and closed his eyes, he felt a single thought that stuck out of the others, one of determination and pain, Harino’s eyes snapped back open and he went into the back of the airplane and rolled his motorcycle out. “Hey, where you going?”

            “I’m going to check out those explosions, I sense something very wrong here and I’m checking it out.” Harino replied and he fired up the engine as Chaka sensed his thoughts and he handed her his helmet. Raver pulled his hoverboard out of the Airplane too and Cass got on board it and they all turned to Ash and Misty, Harino could sense that their thoughts weren’t the same and he got ready for a fight to start but Ash and Misty both went to the back of the airplane and came back with another motocycle. This one had a blue body and a powerful engine and Ash turned it on and revved the engine up, Harino nodded as Misty put the blue helmet on and Eclipse came out and popped his neck as Pikachu jumped onto his back. “Follow me, I’m getting a strong thought in this direction!”

            “Let’s do this,” Eclispse spoke and they all followed Harino into the forest, Harino’s mind was racing with questions and the one that stuck out was, who attacked who?

 

            Zack watched as May patched his arm up and he deactivated the armor so she could get the bullets out of his chest, when he took off his shirt, she gasped at the huge marks, bruises and scars he had on his back, she took out some tweezers and gently pulled the two bullets out and she wrapped the gauze around his wounds and she gave him back his shirt. Zack slowly put it on to avoid messing up the dressings and May washed her hands in the stream and Zack got up, he returned Metagross to it’s pokeball and Max panted heavily and Zack took the gym bag from him and he sat down.

            “I’m sorry for getting you two in danger, it’s my fault that those people are after me,” he apologized to them and Max snickered, May glared at him and Zack shook his head. “Those people work for an orginazation called Angels, but trust me, their not good.”

            “Why were they after you?” May asked and Zack sat down and he avoided her gaze, she walked over to him and sat down beside him and leaned up against him, “Please tell me why you led them away from us.”

            “They are terrorist, their even scarier than real Team Rocket trainers, I’ve had to push myself to the max to rescue fellow agents and destroy their facilities, if they knew that I cared about you, that we are close, they might harm you to get to me, and I can’t let that happen,” he replied and she took her hand and touched his face, he looked at her and she leaned up against his chest. “If they found out about you, I can’t let that happen,”

            “Too bad that you failed in your first and last mission!” two Helicopters appeared in front of them and Zack reached for his pistols but the first helicopter aimed at May and Max, and Zack growled and did the only thing possible, he grabbed May and swerved around and picked up Max and the bullets hit his leg and he whipped out his pistol and fired one shot that hit one of the rockets in the rocket launcher and it took the wing out. Just as Zack used his body to shield May and Max, a hue glue ESP pulse ripped one of the helicopters apart and a powerful Hyper Beam destroyed the other helicopter and Harino slammed on the brakes and his motorcycle skidded to a halt. Ash and Misty quickly went over to Zack and May while Raver pulled out his pistol as two more helicopters appeared and Eclipse fired a huge Hyper Beam at one and Raver blew the other copter’s blades up with five well placed bullets, Harino spotted a huge group of black clothed men heading towards them and his hands glowed and a blue aura surrounded his hands and he sent out a powerful mind crush that knocked the agents out and suddenly, a huge hoverjet appeared and locked onto each of them.

            “Uh, Harino, if you have anything up your sleeve please use it.” Ash squeaked and Harino smiled and his eyes glowed blue and suddenly they disappeared, they all stared at Harino as the Pilot looked around for them and when decided they had ran off, he went away to find them. Harino’s glow faded and then they all turned to him and he picked up his motorcycle and checked the gasoline tank. “How did you do that?”

            “I manipulated his senses so that he couldn’t see, hear, smell, or touch us, I can’t do it if the person has a strong mind because their senses are much more complicated.” Harino replied and Zack felt a twinge in his leg and Harino noticed the bullet holes, “Okay, we need to get them to a hospital,”

            “No, those agents were from Angel, and they know my weakness now, we need to get to my village fast,” Zack replied and Harino nodded and his eyes and hands glowed blue again, Harino focused very hard and then they all dissappeareed.

 

            Harino and the others appeared in Steel Valley and May shrieked when the huge Steelix reared up to strike them but Zack pulled the Pokeball off from around his neck and tossed the Pokeball at the ground and Registeel appeared. Steelix bowed and then started leading them towards a huge cave and Zack panted heavily as Raver stared at Harino.

            Harino, where are we going, I ain’t getting a reading from my compass,” Raver asked and Harino took out his cellphone and took out the battery pack while Chaka did the same.

            “One of the villages that the Pokemon League has kept secret from the rest of the world, Gai Gensis, the city of steel,” Harino replied and they slowly followed Steelix.