Broken and Lost

One Actual Dex?!?!

Bianca was able to meet up with Black to discuss the pokedex. He watched her as she looked over it.

"Just as I thought." She handed it back. "That's a replica."

"How? I didn't give mine to anyone."

"We thought the same thing. But we figured out that a lot of them have been duplicated. I'm going to each of the people that didn't turn theirs in to see what they got."

"That makes sense... sort of. Are you doing everyone or are the others helping?"

"Green and Crystal are doing Yellow. Forest and Eclipse are finding Indigo. You wouldn't happen to know where Blake is, would you?" Black blinked.

"Did you talk to him yet?" She stamped her foot down.

"He tricked us and then gave us some stupid riddle. And I thought that was limited to the family." 

"Hm... I haven't seen him." She studied his eyes. His right one had shifted into a pure white. She grabbed his wrist and pulled him. He panicked a little. "Bianca?"

"Your eye changed." He covered his eye with his free hand. "We're going to find Blake and do a double problem solver. Call him and tell him that we need to meet. And tell him no doubles."

"Yes ma'am." He mumbled faintly.

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Yellow eyed the two as they checked her dex. Crystal frowned.

"You would think that the strongest Dexter, quit or not, would have the real thing." Yellow blinked.

"What does that mean?"

"Replica. Someone swapped your dex with a fake." She stared at it as they gave it back.

"How-"

"We think Purple did it. He did it with several of them. We're making sure that every dex is accounted for."

"Why? Why would he do this?"

"We don't know. But I'm sure we'll find out sooner or later."

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Indigo watched as Forest looked over her dex.

"Replica. Purple must've grabbed it and traded it out." 

"How? I keep that thing very secured."

"Obviously he knew how to swap it out."

"Now what? I'm technically not a Dexter if it's fake."

"We don't know if anyone else has real dexes. We're waiting on the others to give their report. One moment." He turned to Eclipse, who had the others on the phone.

"Yellow and Black are confirmed replicas. Blake is the last one."

"You mean the one that gave you guys a problem last time?" Indigo asked. "Mimag told me what happened."

"Bianca is down there dealing with that. It'll be fun seeing her later."

"Ha."

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Bianca and Black were walking through Striaton City when they saw Blake. He was asleep against a building with Dewott in his arms, asleep as well. His bag was beside him, leaning on him. Bianca smiled at the sight. She went over and gently shook him. He blinked awake and rubbed his eyes.

"Who..." He noticed who it was. "Oh..." He started getting up when Bianca stopped him.

"No. I need to check your dex and Black's losing his sanity."

"He didn't have one in the first place." His eyes drifted over to Black before he moved Dewott and stood up. "Dex is in the bag..." He went over and hugged Black, mumbling something about dex thefts. She sighed as she opened his bag and saw the dex. She looked it over and paused. She placed it back and looked over at the two boys. Black was helping Blake sit back down. Blake mumbled something before falling asleep again. The two stepped away from him.

"Well?" Black looked a lot better than before."

"You're not going to believe me."

"What?"

"His dex is the real deal." Black stopped and stared at her.

"How?"

"If I think correctly, then Purple attempted to grab it, but Blake was faster than him. And if that's the case, then he has been careful not to let anyone grab it."

"You've got to be kidding me." As he spoke, Blake curled up with Dewott and his bag in his arms.

"Well... I think that answers the question. See you later." The two split their separate ways.

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"No way."

"Yep."

The group was back at the lab. Bianca had told them about Blake's dex.

"How is this possible?"

"He' s been with the cops. I don't think that I need to go any further into details."

"Did you-"

"If you're wondering about the riddle, no. He was barely awake when I found him. He was asleep. I could get a couple words out before he fell asleep. If he's the only one, then we should keep an eye on him. And watch out for Purple. We need to know who else is working with him."

"Well... meeting adjourned."

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"One more..." 

"Yeah..."

The trio were looking over the dexes. Moon had freshened them up and updated their info. She had made some for the dexters that didn't have one. She sighed as she handed Purple and X their pokedexes. Rotom giggled as it went into Moon's.

"There." She grinned. "Other than Blake's, we're ready to move to step three." 

"Alright....... let's do this."