Swanna Song, Sung Throughout Sinnoh

All On The Line

Gary's head was throbbing gently, but irritably. He sat on the floor, staring at both of his hands, confused.

The golden Desert Eagle was on the floor beneath his hands. Next to that were the personal items that had been taken, stuffed into his bag. Even his coat had been returned, which he was now wearing. He also was given his black cap with the Poke Ball design on the back, wearing it backwards as it seemed made for. In the middle of all the confusion and mayhem, he hadn't even noticed he didn't have it on.

The ten Pokemon Gary was looking after were kept from him, all placed into June's bag which remained with a few Team Solace members.

Isaac's main concern was the monster he was so close to finding, keeping things vague and unclear on what would happen to Gary and June's Pokemon for the time being. After teaching Gary a few more things about gun safety, Isaac was now controlling the helicopter.

The other Team Solace members stood around the ship, their weapons lowered but still held, some of them sitting on chairs, the rest choosing the floor.

What happened? Gary wondered. He had removed the gauze from his right hand. There were no bruises or signs of injury, but the gauze was bloodied from when he had been hurt. He made tight fists, testing them, the same thing he'd been doing for over twenty minutes now. My hand was really screwed up, and yet, here I am with it just fine. No pain at all! When did it stop? Was it not that badly injured after all?

Gary went through his time while on the helicopter, trying to recall if his hand had been hurting at any point. I'm not entirely sure, he thought. That last time I can think of when it was hurt... When was that? He took in a sharp breath. Surely it was hurting when I ran into that beast before she threw me off the cliff, right? He couldn't think of a specific moment his hand definitely hurt while up there, but he was certain it had. So what happened between then, and now, that my hand would be okay? I was thrown off a mountain! How did I even get here?! None of this makes any sense! I should be dead!

He took a sharp inhale of breath through his nose and remembered something else. My cold. My nostrils are cleared. It's like everything that was wrong with me has gone away. No stuffy nose, no busted hand... What is-? His head suddenly burst with pain and he shoved both hands to it, shutting his eyes tight. Now what?? Is this, a migraine?

"We're close now, everyone," Isaac was heard.

Footsteps approached Gary and he raised his head, squinting blindly through tear-filled eyes.

"Are you alright, Gary?"

Gary blinked repeatedly, his vision swaying and unclear from his watery eyes.

"Gary." Isaac got closer to the boy and stopped, standing tall.

Gary could see again. His eyes widened as he stared at Isaac, realizing his headache was now miraculously gone! He then inhaled shakily. "I'm fine, Isaac. She's near? We're ready to kill her? How are we going to get her?"

Isaac raised the black, square object with white buttons, a glowing green screen, and a black antenna. The device was still outlined in a light-blue glow. "Using this device. I never did show you it actually does what I say. It's in the middle of Detect, but we're working on using more than one move at once. If you look at that table, you'll see the damage from some more physical moves like Karate Chop."

Gary looked over at the broken table and then returned to Isaac.

"You don't have to believe me right now. My claim is rather incredible," Isaac admitted. "But when the monster arrives, you'll see soon enough all the proof you need." He turned his back on Gary, gazing out the large front window of the helicopter. "It's why I told you earlier, things like magic are not that surprising, or hard to explain in a world such as ours. Once you understand that, devices like these are child's play. The entire world will soon understand once I've killed this Pokemon and shown the true power of Team Solace."