Bridging The Gap; The Final Records In Unova: An Autobiography

Do You Know Where Your Children Are?

"I am so, freaking, tired!" Courtney complained. "I can't believe we haven't found the next town yet!"

"We could split up and try to find our own way," June muttered.

Courtney turned to June with a smirk. "I like that idea. Gary and I could go here, and you could go over there." Courtney grabbed my arm and pulled me away from June.

"Or, Gary and I could go this way, and you can go to Hell!" June snapped, grabbing my other arm and pulling me.

"Sounds better than being around you!" Courtney shouted, pulling me back.

"Then beat it! I sure didn't ask you to be here!" June retorted, pulling me again.

"Will you two grow up?" I shouted angrily, tugging my arms away from them. "This isn't the time to be discussing this crap right now! We need to find the next town and see if there's anything we can do about that forest fire that might still be going on!"

"But, Gary," June said gently. "It's been a couple of days since then. If there was really a fire out here, we'd have known. We got rid of some of the flames with our Pokemon, so I'm thinking that everything died out."

"You really think Team Solace just let it all die out?" I questioned her.

"Please, don't say that name," June whispered, shivering as she lowered her head.

"There's no point in hiding from it, June," I said, staring at her. "Team Solace is back. Period. This is really bad. One of the old members must be in charge now."

"I know, I know, I just really hate the thought of them being back."

"It's more than a thought. It's real," I said firmly.

Silence nestled in on us.

"Could we change the subject? Just for a moment? Please, Gary?" June begged.

"I don't want to," I told her. "I'd prefer for us all to acknowledge and accept it. It's better that way."

"I acknowledge they're back, and I've accepted it," June said quickly. "I believe it! Honest! But right now, I'm just not thrilled about it and I don't see any good in talking about it. Please! Gary, please!"

"Then what are we gonna talk about?" I asked angrily. "Because I'm not exactly in the mood to discuss stupidity right now, to be honest with you."

Neither of us said a word after that, and we continued to trudge through the woods together.

The only thing on my mind at the moment was Team Solace. Even finding and losing my sister had been pushed to the side temporarily, though it remained in the back of my mind constantly as I found myself having difficulty accepting that Team Solace had returned.

"Team Solace has finally come to an end." Prof. Oak's words were nothing more than pain to my heart now.

Team Solace was back, and they were still out to prove that Pokemon were the evil ones.

How long have they been active? I wondered. What other horrors have they caused? I remembered the attack in Nimbasa Subway with Aggron, and the Exeggutor that were left burning on the island near Nimbasa City, weighed down by the carcasses of Wailord. I recalled the Golurk that had attacked the town near Chargestone Cave. But, wait, I told myself as my eyes widened. If Team Solace was behind the attack where those Exeggutor were burned alive, weighed down by a group of dead Wailord, that doesn't prove anything about Pokemon being evil at all! And the Tranquill! The Tranquill were living in paradise, peacefully! That's not a demonstration of the issues of Pokemon in any way! Team Solace destroyed their home, unprovoked! Is there some kind of demonstration on the problems of Pokemon there that I don't see?