Catch Me. Save Me. (Seq. to What Am I?)

Worst. Rescue. Ever! (Part 1)

        The gem froze in mid-air before it could hit the ground. Jen snatched it out of the air and dove through the door and into the lab. Multiple heads swirled around in her direction as she burst through the door.
        “JEN!” Her Pokemon cried as they sprinted over and tackled her in a group embrace.
        A small giggle escaped her as she hugged her friends, but it slowly shifted into quiet sobbing as tears of joy ran down her cheek. She finally had her friends back. “I-I missed you guys so much.”
        “Oh, Jen, please don’t cry. We’ll start crying too.” Haunter smiled as he felt his eyes tearing up.
        “Hehe…y-you called me Jen, Haunter.”
        Haunter only snickered in response.
        “We missed you a ton.” Rattata said as he nuzzled the side of her face. “Let’s not have a repeat of last time. Okay? You are going to stay with us until we are miles away from this place, got it?”
        Jen winced. The irony of his words stung her a little.
        All three of her Pokemon looked at her curiously. They had noticed the pained look in her eyes after Rattata had spoken. “Jen, is something the matter? What happened?”
        “Your timing couldn’t have been any better, my dear.” Colress grinned. He had waited patiently for the right moment to cut into the little reunion Jen and her Pokemon were having, though he didn’t know that he was interrupting an important question. “Though we did have a few close calls.” He muttered as he motioned to two grunts, who were knocked unconscious and bound up in the corner of the room.
        Jen’s eyes widened slightly at the sight. “Huh…”
        “Though, we could use your help in waking Ms. Sabrina up. She has been like this for quite some time now.” Colress added as he motioned towards the ‘sleeping’ gym leader, who was lying on one of the lab tables. “We didn’t want to leave her on the ground.”
        Jen nodded and walked over to the comatose Sabrina. Her breathing was very slow and her skin was completely pale. She was going to be very weak when she awoke.
        Jen held a hand out over Sabrina’s forehead and concentrated on waking her friend up. “Sabrina, wakie wakie! We need you to get up.”
        Her thoughts were faint, but Jen could tell that the older girl was fighting her way back into the waking world. “…”
        “Come on. Wake up! Your Pokemon need you. They’re here with us waiting for you to get up.” Jen said as she looked back at Gengar and Alakazam. They were both watching and waiting patiently for their friend to wake, though, Alakazam looked like he was about ready to pass out due to the psychic connection he and Sabrina shared. “Come on, Sabrina. Wake up.”
        The psychic’s eyes slowly fluttered open. “…Umm…J-Jen…?”
        Jen grinned down at her friend. “Morning.”
        “Mmm…m-my friends…Alakazam…Gengar?”
        Jen stepped out of the way as both of her Pokemon rushed to her side. She grinned softly at them before looking back at her Pokemon with an equally wide grin.
        “And you have yet to notice your dearly beloved, older sister.” Libby muttered with heavy sarcasm in her voice. She was still sitting in her rolling chair. “I can’t believe that you’ve gone and forgotten about little ole--”
        Jen cut her off by hugging her around her shoulders. “I missed you too, Libby. I missed you and everyone else so much. I’m sorry.”
        Libby scoffed and hugged Jen back. “Dude, no need for any apologies. The only one who needs to apologize is me. I didn’t tell you about Lacy or about our Snap…Lacy is sorry too…and hiding from you.”
        “Speaking of that girl, she, N, and Ash disappeared to go find Red and Amy. Mind you, that was a while ago.” Colress stated as he activated the gateway.
        “A while ago as in…?” Jen pressed.
        “A couple hours ago.” Libby replied. “It does take a while to sneak around this base without getting spotted, but I can’t imagine that it would be taking them this long to find the others. It didn’t take them too long to find Sabrina. I wanted to go with them, but--”
        Jen paled. “Giovanni sent Mew and Mewtwo to kill Red and Amy. They must have run into the Mews.”
        Colress turned towards Jen, eyes filled with concern, while Libby and all of their Pokemon looked at her in horror. “When did you learn about this?”
        “While I was on the other side I had vision about it. Giovanni also had some of the Legendries go to Lumiose City to find Lysandre and those of Team Flare. It’s not going to be good for anyone if we don’t--”
        “Colress and I shall redirect some of the scouts from our alternate world to Lumiose City. They can take care of the Legendries when they arrive…if they haven’t already.” Colress interrupted, hoping to calm Jen down a little. “You just worry about what’s going on here, alright, my dear?”
        Jen nodded. She missed hearing him call her that. Jen then looked towards her Pokemon and her sister with a bold gleam in her eyes. “I’m heading out to find the Mews and the rest of our friends. You guys with me?”
        “We’ve got your back, m-Jen.”
        “I haven’t left you yet, trainer girl.” Rattata joked.
        Vulpix, however, remained silent.
        Jen frowned, both confused and concerned. It wasn’t like Vulpix to be so quiet like this. She wanted to ask her little fire fox friend what was wrong, but they didn’t exactly have a whole lot of time to spare. “Libby? You and your Pokemon coming too?”
        “You may want to take your cousins’ and friends’ Pokemon with you instead. They are all cured. Your sister, on the other hand, is staying here. She has a sprained ankle.” Colress pointed out as the gateway began to connect with the other world.
        “What?! How?”
        “Screw it. I’ll be fine. It doesn’t hurt that much anymore.” Libby said with a grimace as she put pressure on her foot. “Let’s go.”
        “No, never mind, Lib. We’ll be back later. Stay with Colress and Sabrina.” Jen ordered as she forced Libby back into the rolling chair. She waved her hand over towards the full belts of Pokeballs and willed them to follow her. “Come on, guys. We’ve got to hurry.”
        The group bolted out of the lab before Libby could try and follow them. Jen kinetically lifted Vulpix and Rattata into the air as she levitated rapidly through the hall with her friends beside her. However, the sound of the lab door being thrown open, followed by running and fast paw-steps could be heard trying to catch up to them.
        “Libby, don’t.” Jen scolded as she wrapped the Pokebelts around her waist.
        “Jen! Wait up!”
        Jen flinched and looked over her shoulder to see White and her Pokemon sprinting to catch up with them. “Hehe, hurry up!”
        White and her Pokemon were lifted up by a white aura and carried quickly over to Jen and her Pokemon. They had very little time to lose and they would all need to conserve as much of their strength as they could if they were potentially going to run into the Mews…or any of the other Legendries for that matter.
        “Can’t believe you almost forgot about us.” White pouted as they tore down the hall.
        They were passing by handfuls of grunts, but Jen was quick to knock them all back against the walls as they passed. Most of them didn’t even have time to react or lift their Snag Machines as they were telekinetically shoved out of the way.
        “Not saying sorry, White.” Jen smirked. “We have to find the Mews, my cousins, and friends as soon as possible. Then we have to free everyone else from--”
        “You’re also forgetting something else…though I’m happy that you did.”
        “Huh?”
        White looked at her with an amused expression. “It’s okay if you don’t remember. Besides, you have your Mewtwo to think about anyway. He’s more imp--”
        “OH SHIT!” Jen gasped. She had forgotten that Mewtwo wanted her to stay in the lab and wait for him and the others to cross over. “Crap! I--”
        “Chill, Jen. Don’t worry about him or how he may react when he crosses over. I’m very happy that you forgot.” White said before looking over at her and Jen’s Pokemon. “Pfff!”
        “What?” Jen asked.
        White pointed over her shoulder at their Pokemon. “Déjà vu much?”
        Jen glanced over at their Pokemon only to see them gawking at each other’s alternate.
        “Evolved…This…is…he’s fully evolved…” Haunter gawked. He didn’t really know what else to say about his alternate. He was too stunned.
        “I feel like I’m looking at a younger version of myself.” Gengar snickered.
        “So tiny! She’s so tiny! My, was I this adorable when I was a Vulpix?” Ninetails cooed giddily as she retained her calm and stoic expression.
        Vulpix thoughts remained quiet compared to the others.
        Rattata’s gaze, however, continued to move from original to alternate and back. He also looked a little confused. “This is so weird…where’s my evolved other? How come I don’t get one?”
        Jen grimaced when she heard his thoughts. She honestly didn’t know where his other could be…though she did have many guesses. None of the which were good. She looked back ahead and sped their group faster through the hallways in search of the Mews and their friends.
        Vulpix continued to just stare at her evolved alternate. Her thoughts faint and hidden well from Jen. She wanted to tell her friend, Hell, she wanted to tell all of them, but now just wasn’t the time. It could wait…but one thing still bugged her. “Why did you evolve?” She asked her other as a small tear ran down her furry cheek.