Vyren stepped away from the counter top, silently thankful to be able to take the last two tickets on the next ship out of harbour, not including Pokémon of course. They were included in the cost of the ticket. The sniper was thankful for the bit of cash he saved up part of his cash, taken from the funds of this operation, which he didn't fully use. He pocketed the tickets, glancing over to Kystel, standing on the railing that over watched the ocean. Vyren headed over to his Fearow, joining him in admiring the view.

"The boat leaves tomorrow morning," Vyren informed the avian Pokémon, placing his hands in his pocket. On the Trainer's back was a small backpack, carrying his rifle, or better said, rifle pieces. He opted it would be less conspicuous if he travelled light, and decided to use that new case he recently purchased about three operations back.

The boy remembered those three previous operations, wondering what was going through the minds of all his victims. It made his stomach turn, but he kept it in, not letting anyone know what was going on.

Karrion landed on the other side of Vyren, finishing a short patrol around the city. Vyren snapped back to reality, surprised by the Pokémon's sudden appearance and landing beside him.

"How does it look?" Kystel questioned, not bothering to face his counterpart on this miniature air force. Karrion didn't return the gaze either, staring out towards the distance.

"It's all clear for now, but Sam should stay hidden in the Pokémon Centre until we can leave, as not to attract unwanted attention from Team Rocket agents…" Karrion responded, as well as inputting her own comments. Kystel and Vyren silently agreed.

"Come on, let's go back and check on Sam and Spark," Vyren spoke, slipping away from the pair of Flying type Pokémon. However, the pair didn't move, still watching the distance, before exchanging glances.

"I'm going to keep patrolling," Karrion spoke, vigilant in protecting her former Trainer's child. She took off quickly and swiftly, continuing the fly over the city and keep watch on as much activity as possible. Kystel flapped his wings, stretching them a little.

"I'm going to help," he told his partner, taking off before a protest could be made. Vyren shook his head, glad for the help, before starting a walk back towards the Pokémon Centre.

Samantha stared out the window, not enjoying her confinement within the Pokémon Centre. She understood the idea of keeping a low profile, but she didn't like being locked in a room. The Gym Leader paced around impatiently, wondering how fast Team Rocket can respond if they knew where she was…

She sighed, stopping her pacing and plopping onto the bed, closing her eyes. Spark was outside, guarding the chamber from any sort of suspicious activity and such.

"This is going to be a long day…" Sam muttered, looking out the window. The sun wasn't even close to setting yet, and she knew the earliest ride would be tomorrow, if they could get any tickets for that particular ride.

Her thoughts were rudely interrupted by a rather loud yelp from just outside her door plus some crashing. She quickly bolted up, heading for the door and throwing it open.

On the floor before her were two Pokémon, one being Spark, the other being an Umbreon. Both Pokémon groaned in pain, obviously showing a collision of some sort. Both fallen Pokémon shook the dizziness out of their head, before the Umbreon continued to run down the corridor without as much as an apology.

"Hey!" Spark shouted, intertwining with the words spoken by another Pokémon, both screaming it out simultaneously. Spark and Sam quickly turned their gaze towards the source of the third voice, seeing an Espeon standing before the door.

"I'm sorry about that," she spoke, directed towards Spark. "My brother can be such a nuisance. Sorry again, bye!" With those words, she dashed off, continuing to pursue her brother to spirits knows where.

"Wha?" Sam asked, surprised and unsure at what just transpired right outside her chamber. However, curiosity also sprung up with the other two emotions, curious at what those two were doing, and unconsciously decided to follow, forgetting the warnings from the other members of the group. Spark was about to tell Sam otherwise, being the part of the pair that did remember the warnings given, but finally decided against it, instead, following his partner to pursuing the pair of Eevee evolutions.

Vyren slowly made his way back to the Pokémon Centre, approaching the entrance. He never made it to the door, as an Umbreon crashed through, toppling Vyren onto his back.

The ex-Team Rocket member groaned in pain, the blow dazing himself as well as the Pokémon on his stomach. Just as quickly as the event unfolded, the Umbreon leaped off Vyren's stomach with a strong kick, dazing the sniper more. However, he recovered enough to watch the Umbreon running down the street, catching more then a few pairs of eyes from bystanders. This was followed by an Espeon leaping over the sniper, looking back quickly.

"Sorry!" the Pokémon shouted out, running down the same path as the Umbreon did. Vyren blinked in confusion, standing up slowly, brushing the dirt of his vest and such.

Samantha nearly crashed into the sniper due to her rushing, though they didn't collide, as the Gym Leader was able to halt before that point.

"Did you see an Umbreon and/or Espeon just run by?" Sam quickly asked anxious for an answer. Vyren stared at the Gym Leader, knowing that she shouldn't be in the open as such, but couldn't refuse an answer either.

"They went down that street," Vyren informed his companion, pointing down one of the roads where the pair ran down. Sam nodded her thanks, quickly heading down that road as well, her Growlithe partner in tow. Vyren blinked once more in confusion, before giving his own pursuit towards Sam, to keep her safe.

The Espeon finally caught up with her brother, the Umbreon taking a break from all that running. There was a grin on his face as the other Pokémon approached.

"I swear…mom or dad has to put you on a leash or something…" the Espeon remarked, shaking her head disappointedly at how immature her brother was acting. He suppressed a laugh, though his grin grew wider.

"Mom and dad are too strict, besides, if no one can catch me, it doesn't matter, now does it?" the Umbreon replied to his sister's remark, leaping up and down energetically. Once more, the Espeon shook her head disappointedly once more.

"Kids these days," the Espeon muttered, though the Umbreon heard her sister's comment anyway.

"Hey, you're the same age as me, you can't really be calling me a kid!" the Umbreon retorted, grinning some more.

"Kid's as in maturity," the Espeon corrected, sighing and heading out farther away from the city. "Come on, we're past our time, and I bet mom and dad are going to get really mad at us for your antics."

"Yeah, yeah," the Umbreon answered carelessly, following behind his sister, though not enjoying it. The pair walked away, heading towards their 'home', though home kept on moving for them.

The air of silence between them was deep. However, that silence was shattered, a large net being thrown on top of them, surprising them both. Both Pokémon cried out in surprise, toppling over as the force of the net hit them, immobilising them. Struggle as they might, they could not escape the bindings. The Espeon tried to throw the net off with her psychic powers, but was not yet strong enough to do so. She cursed silently, looking around at those who threw the net in the first place, her brother hopelessly struggling.

Samantha, Spark, and Vyren reached the outskirts of the town, losing track of the pair of Eevee evolutions. The trainers exchanged glances, silently agreeing to take separate directions.

"Meet back in ten minutes," Vyren remarked, Samantha nodding her agreement before heading off the scan the perimeter of the town, Spark in tow. Vyren did the same, going the other way. Somehow, he had a hunch he could leave Sam alone for this, and it would still be okay…

"Well, I'm sure the boss will be proud," a voice rang out, the pair of Eevee evolutions listening silently. "Two Eevee evolutions I have caught, and the rare ones too…" the person continued, appearing from his hiding spot behind some bushes. "I'd never thought I'd be so lucky as to run into a pair such as you." He continued, kneeling down by the net, poking a prodding with one of his figures. The Espeon tried to throw the person away with her psychic abilities, but like before failed to do much.

"Sure, let me out and I'll kick your butt!" the Umbreon hissed, though it only came out as speaking his own species name towards the capturer, making him snicker some more. The person was obviously overjoyed at his capture, even if it wasn't through 'legal' means.

"Hey, it doesn't work like that!" came a voice, shouting out a protest as well, for the Pokémon under the net. This followed by a fist into the face of the capturer as he glanced over to see who dare interrupt his triumph.

Vyren shook his fist, unaccustomed to attacking at such…distances. The pain in his hand was apparent to only himself, however, as he remained diligent, ready to punch the man again who dared capture these Pokémon in such a manner. The man grunted, standing up slowly, keeping his head down. Vyren remained alert, ready for anything. His senses went off when he saw a glitter of metal from the inside pocket of the man's jacket.

Instinctively, the sniper leaped to the side, narrowly dodging the bullet zooming his direction. He rolled behind some bushes, leaping back up to his feet, but keeping his body below the sight level of his opponent. He quickly ran for some better cover: a cluster of trees nearby.

The sniper pressed his back towards one of trees, breathing hard, not willing to glance out for fear of revealing his location. Lucky for him, the other was making it clear where his position was by shouting out taunts of cowardice to the boy. Silently, Vyren knelt down and placed his back pack on the ground. Just as silently, he opened the pack and began assembling his rifle, hoping for enough time before the man found him. The shouts were getting closer to his position…

A quick snap and the barrel was assembled, making the rifle whole in a matter of seconds. Vyren took no time to adjust the scope, and he prayed it would be accurate in the current scenario. The sniper revealed himself, taking aim after quickly locating his target. A split second calculation went through his mind, then he pulled the trigger.

The round hit home, knocking the pistol out of the hand of the man before he had a chance to fire at the revealed ex-Team Rocket. The weapon went sailing through the air. Vyren took a second shot at the weapon, making it bounce up even more, proving his point about his aim. Quickly, the sniper redirected his rifle towards the man. He fell onto this back from the shock of the attack, whimpering and shaking in fear.

"Get out of here," Vyren hissed, beckoning with his rifle for the man to move. He nodded slowly, crawling to his feet then breaking into a sprint to get as far as possible from this location. The sniper kept his scope on the man for as much as possible, until he felt it was safe to lower the weapon.

He never had that opportunity. In the next instance, he was tackled, dropping his rifle to the ground. Vyren fell to the ground, quickly opening his eyes to see who did that. He was surprised to see a Flareon pinning him to the ground, and that Flareon didn't look very happy either.

"Oh boy…" Vyren thought, seeing the anger burn vigorously in the eyes of the fire type. The sniper glanced over towards the pair of Pokémon under the net, being freed by a Charmander. They were released quickly, with some tears and burning of the strands, but Vyren had more important things to worry about at the moment…

Or had, since Spark just came out of nowhere, slamming the Flareon across the midsection and throwing it off the sniper. Samantha came rushing up, kneeling down beside Vyren.

"Extreme Speed…" Vyren commented, getting help to sit up straight from the Gym Leader. The counter attack was swift and quick, as the Charmander, after freeing the other two Eevee Evolutions, leaped into the fray, knocking Spark off the Flareon and then those two fires types began to roll, each trying to get an advantage over the other.

It eventually came to an end when Spark over powered the Charmander, though combat stopped right there, once both got a good look at each other.

"Spark!" was the response from the Charmander, though a response from the Growlithe was equally as surprising when he spoke.

"Charles!" as the pair introduced each other, old friends reunited in some odd circumstance. Spark then turned his gaze to the Flareon, as did Samantha, both recognizing the Pokémon as Flare. In response, Flare's attention was drawn to Sam, staring in awe and shock. Charles caught on to, staring at the one they called Samantha.

"SAM!" they both cried out in joy, dashing and leaping against Sam, knocking her over in the joyous of moments. Samantha laughed happily with the pair, as they nuzzled up in her arms. Spark grinned at the occasion, though Vyren, and the pair of Eevee evolutions were a bit confused with the sudden change in emotion. Sam pulled the pair of fire types closer, looking down at them. She felt it strange to see a Flareon crying, but everyone has their emotional moments…

"Um…mom…dad…?" the Espeon questioned, approaching the embracing trio. Spark processed those words for a second, then shot his eyes towards the Flareon and Charmander, letting go of Samantha. Flare approached the Espeon, nuzzling the back of her neck lightly.

"Espe," Flare started, nodding to the Espeon, and then to the Umbreon a bit farther back, also confused. "Umbre, this is Samantha…she was one of our trainers in the past…and…we thought she was…was…" the Flareon couldn't bring herself to finish the sentence, recalling the evens that unfolded during that time at Stadium.

"I died…" Samantha concluded, glancing towards Spark to see how her Growlithe would take the comment. His visage was neutral, but inside the Growlithe, it hurt to recall those memories. Vyren, Espe, and Umbre looked towards Sam with surprise, questioning if the Gym Leader has lost her mind or not.

"If you 'died', then how are you standing…right now?" Espe asked, regaining her composure first. Samantha shook her head, stating she had no explanation for that development. She lifted her hand, palm open towards the crowd. The initial confusion was relieved with distress when fire emerged from Samantha's palm. In the next second, it was gone.

"F-Fire?!" Charles stuttered, unable to express any words in his current state of surprise. Samantha nodded, silently adding it had something to do with that.

"Ghost girl…" Umbre commented softly, getting a whack on the head from his sister. "Ow…" he cried out softly, getting a look from Espe. Vyren could feel the discomfort in the air. He decided to put attention away from Samantha.

"Espe said…mom and dad….so…I'm assuming…" Vyren started, pointing towards the pair of a Charmander and Flareon. Both nodded at the same time, exchanging smiles from each other. The sniper then turned his gaze towards the pair of Eevee evolution, the kids of Charles and Flare. The two Eevee's, opposites, yet, offspring of the same parents. A thought occurred to Vyren. "Twins?"

"Yes, though sometimes I wonder how that could happen…" Espe spoke, adding the comment softer then the actual answer. The Psychic type glanced towards her brother, wondering how she could be paired with someone so immature.

Vyren on the other hand turned his gaze to Samantha, who was grateful for the break. 'Thank you' she mouthed to Vyren, who nodded in return, taking his rifle from the ground now.

"We should get back to the Pokémon Centre now, we don't want many people getting a good look at you," Vyren told Sam, the Gym Leader agreeing. Flare and Charles were confused with the comment though. They asked Sam what was happening, though Vyren insisted it was prudent to return to the Centre.

"I guess you can come with us back to the Centre if you want to hear the whole story," Samantha suggested to the pair with their children. The fire types agreed instantly, wishing to hear much of what has happened since they separated. It was a joyous reunion, but Spark had something else on his mind while all this was going on.

"How many more of our friends will fall to this?"