A Second Chance

Chapter 10

"I'm sorry", Silver said, "I should have believed you before."

"It's not your fault", Lance replied, "Let's just go find Yellow and the others."

As the two of them reached an intersection, Lance told Silver to head one way, while he went the other. 

Silver walked quietly, but even so, his footsteps echoed against the walls and ceiling. He soon came to a panel in the wall. A key pad was next to it. He tried to open it with his pokemon, but they just weren't strong enough. 

Suddenly, a blast of white shot into the door, cracking it. "Dragonite?" Silver asked, turning to see the large orange dragon. The pokemon shook its head. "Oh. . . Ditty?" Dragonite nodded at this, then sent another hyper beam at the door. 

Combined with the power of Silver's pokemon, Ditty was able to blast the door into a pile of rubble. 

"Green?" Asked Silver, rushing over to the still form in the corner. "Are you okay?" 

He wasn't moving, but Green was breathing. Silver sighed in relief. Ditty flowed out of its Dragonite shape, and morphed into a Chansy, the favored pokemon used by nurses and doctors in Kanto and Johto. 

Ditty reached down and released some sort of energy into Green's chest. Green coughed, and sat up, looking around. 

"Where am I?" He asked. "No, wait. . . I remember now. What are you doing here, Silver?"

"Rescuing you", he replied, "Now come on- we still have to find Blue, Red, and Yellow. And your pokemon."

Lance had Aerodactyl blast through another door, but like the last three, the room was empty. He growled in frustration, slamming his fist into the wall. 

He didn't mind the pain that ensued- all he cared about now was finding Yellow. 

A few doors later, Lance and Aerodactyl burst into yet another room- but this one wasn't empty. There was a note taped to the wall, next to some suspicious looking cracks. 

You know the place, traitor. Better hurry or she's dead. And don't forget Agatha. 

-Lorelei

Lance and Dragonite soared toward Cerise Island. Silver, Green, Red, and Blue were watching the Masked Man. Agatha dangled from Dragonite's sharp claws, tied up- Lance wasn't taking any chances with her, even though she was old. 

Soon, he thought. Very soon, he would get his revenge. Dragonite landed next to the great volcanic crater in the center of the island. 

At first, Lance didn't see anyone, but when he looked into the crater, two figures were on a small spit of rock overlooking the magma. One of them was clearly tied up. Yellow, Lance figured. Then one of the figures turned to face him, waved- and shoved the other off the spit, into the crater. 

As an alarm started ringing, Lorelei stopped. She looked down at a small screen she pulled out pf her pocket, and immediately grabbed Yellow's arm. 

"Come on!" She said, roughly pushing Yellow out the door. 

"Why?" Asked Yellow, "What's going on?"

"We're leaving, that's what!" Lorelei said, roughly tying Yellow's hands behind her back. She wrote a quick note, taped it to the wall, and released a Scarmory, which grabbed Yellow around the waist before taking off with Lorelei on its back.