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

Life's A Bitch, June & Two Guys

"I got here at the end of January, once I felt secure enough to walk on my own and stuff," Robin told June and I on the back of his Shiny Dragonite. "When I'd heard that you'd escaped into Unova, I just knew you'd be competing there, and I knew I had to be there, too. My Pokemon journey was far from over, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"I can't believe it!" I smiled at him, gripping my Charizard's neck for dear life, afraid of falling off as he carried June and I through the air alongside Robin. "Your parents, Prof. Oak; they all lied to me!"

"And I'll bet there will be plenty of surprises here for you, as well." Prof. Oak had then winked at me from behind his sunglasses.

I laughed as I remembered that.

"Yeah! They did well keeping things a secret from you, ha ha ha ha ha!" Robin laughed. "So, I got all eight of my Badges, which was no easy feat to pull off in less than seven months, won at the preliminaries, and then was rather unpleasantly surprised about the news with Kiwi..." His smile was gone. "Can you believe it? Kiwi??"

I shook my head, staring right back at him. "It's crazy! Why would she do this?"

None of us were able to say anything more, looking ahead as Charizard and Dragonite carried us through the night sky, over the trees and rocky ground far, far below us.

"Robin, where did you say we were going?" I asked, turning to him.

"The Giant Chasm," he answered. "Speaking of which, we're going to need to get out our thickest coats. It's freezing cold over there."

"What is the Giant Chasm? How do know she's over there?" June asked before I could.

Robin smiled at June. "I've done a bit of research on Unova. There's no other place in Unova filled with that much snow, on a constant basis, as the Giant Chasm. I'm certain without a doubt that that's exactly where she was when that message was broadcast. I've heard stories about that place. I wanted to go there after the League was over, but, I guess I'm headed there now! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"You both skipped the Unova League to go after Kiwi," June said to us.

"There's far more important things than some stupid competition," I responded. "Kiwi's lost her mind joining with Team Solace. To think they even have her running the group?? I don't understand that at all. We have to get through to her and stop all of this for good!" But, can we stop them? I wondered.

"The mindset of a group like that didn't solely belong to the leader, and this group may very well be a copycat group, if not perhaps a regrouping of the old members," were the words Prof. Oak had once spoken after his lab was attacked.

The morals of Team Solace aren't based on only one person, I thought. It could be anyone. I remembered Dave, who had worked at the Safari Zone in Kanto, a place that cares for various Pokemon, but even he's a member of Team Solace.

Members of Team Solace have dressed in suits, sweatpants, sneakers, and even swimming trunks. There was no way to identify a member of Team Solace, and people all around the world were agreeing with their goals, including a lot of parents.

As much as I hated to admit it, it was genius how Team Solace was operating, and it made me fear that there may be no actual way to stop them. Ever.

The cool air blowing around me as Charizard carried June and I closer to our destination was really chilly, but I didn't bother to pull out my coat. I was too terrified of falling off of Charizard's back. My arms wrapped even tighter around his neck as I shivered hard, looking down, down, down below us.

"You're looking lovely as usual, June," Robin smiled at June.

"Huh?" June looked to Robin.

"The way the wind whips through your hair is surreally beautiful," Robin added. "You look like you're in the middle of the most beautiful photo shoot ever."