Red's POV

It wasn't easy for my brain to register time travel. It was difficult to understand. First, I couldn't even believe I actually did it. And my expressionless face didn't express anything. I was standing with a blank face.

I had the GS Ball in my hand and I grasped it tighter. Lyra stepped towards me. Bugsy's eyes narrowed, curious to see how we disappear.

Thunder rumbled and I realised something. Where was Ethan ? I couldn't see him anywhere around.

I began to say, 'Where is Eth-'. Lyra grabbed the Pokeball and we were no more in the Ilex Forest.

I found myself under Giovanni's office desk again with Lyra sitting next to me. I looked through a small hole under the table. Giovanni was still there.

Just next me was a hard disk, lying on the floor. I realised we were back on the second date and time we left.

Giovanni opened the door and walked out. I quickly picked up the hard disk and changed it with the original one. I kept the second hard drive away on the table.

'Now, we need to get out of here'. I told Lyra. We crawled out and stood up.

'But how ?', asked Lyra, anxious. She walked to the door and looked through the key hole. 'There are Team Rocket grunts all over the place. It's completely impossible'.

'So we need to get out the old fashioned way'. I said, grabbing out the Pokedex. 'Go Ditto'.

Suddenly, the door began to open. Lyra and I rushed to the table and hid under it again.

Giovanni walked in along with a Rocket Grunt. The grunt had a laptop in his hands.

'Sir, as I was saying. The cameras are not yet installed except for the main entrance, so this is the only photo we have of them'. The grunt showed something to Giovanni on the laptop.

'I think I must go back to the Gym before things get worse. And find those kids as soon as possible', said Giovanni. He sat back on a chair which did not match the color combination of any other.

He then gestured his hand on the armrest, seemed like he was typing a password or something. The chair started to elevate downwards. In a few moments, the chair and Giovanni were gone.

Then the chair came back without Giovanni. The Team Rocket grunt sat on a couch and began doing something on the laptop.

'I need to match their faces with everyone in Kanto. Oof, this job is difficult, should've stayed in Fuschia', said the Grunt. Suddenly his face lit up with joy. 'Wow, that was easy. I found the details for the boy. But the girl's face is unidentifiable. I should call Giovanni right away'.

The grunt rushed outside along with the laptop. Team Rocket knew we were there. It was really creepy even for me.

'Let's get out if here, Red. I'm having a very bad feeling', said Lyra, standing up again.

'Right. Okay, Ditto. Transform into this'. I showed Kadabra's photo to Ditto and Ditto transformed. 'Teleport us out of here'.

'Ditto', squeaked Ditto. We were a few meters away from the Game Corner, standing on the damp soil. My shoe base was wet again.

I called Ditto back and started walking away from the Game Corner.

I looked at the night sky, now filled with black clouds. I couldn't be a coincidence that it was thunderous where we can from.

Then the lightning came, a brilliant shock of white in the night sky, forking silently to the unsuspecting ground. The boom sound came a seconds after without any warning.

Lyra shook in surprise. 'Oh, gosh'. Then she looked at me in silence. 'Do you think it was a good idea ? Leaving our pictures with Team Rocket ?'.

'Come on, it was meant to be that way. Whatever we do is right'. I said faintly.

'You don't seem so sure', complained Lyra. She twitched her nose expecting a good answer.

'Because I'm not. Look, I've never done this before, so I don't know what I'm supposed to say about it'.

'I understand. Okay'.

I gasped. 'We will go and give Eevee to that guy. And we'll go back to our time and we'll never touch the GS Ball ever'.

'Sounds good'. Lyra looked towards the tall Supermarket building and started jogging towards it.

I walked after her.

We passed by many buildings, with some being houses. There were some places of interest too, like Celadon Hotel, Fortune Teller, and of course, the Celadon City Pokemon Gym.

The street lights flickered as we walked past them. Lyra stared at each light in curiosity. I theorised that maybe it was because the GS Ball. Then, she turned her eyes towards the Supermarket.

The Supermarket was still open, I could see the lights on through the windows and in a few minutes, I could also see people going inside and coming out.

Lyra pushed the door open and I stepped inside, meeting a cold air coming straight from the air conditioner.

The reception was huge. I knew I had seen the place before, but for some reason it looked unfamiliar.

The receptionist greeted us with a smile. 'Hi, how may I help you ?'.

'We are searching for a tall man, we saw him near a cabin on the roof-', said Lyra, interrupted by the receptionist.

'Oh. You can find him on the roof top itself. But you can't go there, not without supervision of an adult', said the Receptionist.

'Uh, we are Pokemon Trainers', I said.

'Oh, can I see your IDs please ?', asked the Receptionist. Putting her hand on the desk.

I put my Pokedex on her palm. Lyra copied. The Receptionist checked my Pokedex and gave it back to me.

'There you go', said she. 'Wait, which Pokedex is this ?'. She pointed at Lyra's Pokedex.

'Um, the updated version'. Lyra managed a smile.

'Okay', she said, giving the Pokedex without examining it. Maybe because she didn't want to embarrass herself.

'Thank you', said Lyra. She turned around and her face turned blank.

'What ?', I asked, turning around.

The Supermarket door was left open by Lyra. I could see two Team Rocket Grunts running towards us.

'Stop you two', shouted one of them in command. 'Stop wherever you are'.

'Go ! Go ! Go !', I told Lyra and ran towards the lift and pushed the button.

The lift opened and we stepped inside. Lyra quickly hammered her fingers on a random floor. The grunts were just a few meters away, advancing towards us. The lift door closed and a loud thud was heard.

I sighed.

'That was close', said Lyra. She tapped her feet on the floor nervously.

I looked at the floor indicator, and the lift stopped on the top floor. We walked outside. The floor was filled with people.

Everyone rushing here and there, looking for a perfect item they could buy.

We ignored them and hurried to the staircase.

'This way'. I plunged onto the first ten stairs. Lyra followed. The staircase turned to the right and I was in front of a metal door.

I pushed it open and waited for Lyra to get on the roof. Then I closed the door.

I turned around and saw two rooms that I never noticed before.

One had a sign on the door saying - Monthly Supplies. The other had a sign - Security.

Just outside the security room was a tall man, smoking a cigarette.

He wore a white T-shirt, and a black jeans with black sport shoes.

'Ahem', I coughed.

The man turned around and quickly threw away the cigarette off of the building.

He was the same guy who gave Eevee to me months ago.

'Who are you two ?', asked the man.

'Uh, I want you to take care of my Pokemon, Eevee', I said.

'I can't', he said. 'You people ask to take care of Pokemon and then never come back'.

'No, no. I will come back. But please for now, please take care of Eevee'. I ejected Eevee's Pokeball from my belt.

'And where will I keep it ?', he asked.

'With you. I will come back over here on this rooftop and collect it from you', I said, handing the Pokeball to the man.

'Okay. I will take care of it', he said, putting the Pokeball in his pocket.

'Thank you', I said. 'Come on, Lyra. Let's go'.

I rushed to the door and opened it. The voice was heard. 'To the roof, come on'.

I shut the door and ran to Lyra. 'Team Rocket, they are coming. Quick'.

We ran inside the Monthly Supply room and closed the door.

The room was very small for a supply room. It had shelves everywhere. Each shelf had a tag with it's designated month.

My eyes scrolled to the tag with October written on it.

'What are you waiting for ? Let's go. Touch the GS Ball', said Lyra.

'Wait. Last year I broke many Evolution Stones which were very very expensive. If I could just move a few boxes around, I would never have to pay that much'.

'No. Remember what Bugsy said about not changing anything ?', asked Lyra.

'Well, collecting Team Rocket information is itself a changing-the-timeline thing. What damage will this do against that ?'.

Lyra gasped.

'How much did it cost ?', asked she.

'A hundred thousand Pokedollars', I said.

'Crap. Okay, do it', said Lyra.

I searched the October shelf for a box with Evolution Stones. I picked up the box and switched it with another box with Potions inside it. When I was done, I threw my bag on the floor and pulled out the GS Ball.

'Okay, quick, go', I said.

Suddenly, a voice was heard. 'The supply room'.

Lyra touched the ball and I closed my eyes. I found myself in the...same room.

'Why didn't it work ?', asked Lyra, panicking.

My heart sank to the bottom of the ocean and chocked itself. I felt like someone had stolen my life away, or I had messed up something.

'Wait, the ball is wet', I said, wiping the GS Ball with my t-shirt. 'Let's try this again'.

The door was slammed open and Lyra touched the GS Ball the very second.

Whoosh !

Giovanni's POV

2013

'Sir, the faces of the intruders have been successfully identified', said Charles on the phone.

I sat on a chair in the Viridian City Gym. All the lights had to be turned off as it would alarm everyone that the Gym Leader was back.

But still, there was a dim light next to me coming straight from a lamp.

My office in the Viridian Gym was not so big. To my left was a couch and to my right was another couch, both were meant for one person each.

In front of me was a big screen, with a Kanto Map, all the secret Team Rocket Hideouts marked on the map and a list of members.

I pressed a button on the chair and a photograph was displayed of the kids who got inside the Celadon Hideout.

'Uh, sir ?', said Charles, waiting for a response.

I patted my hand on my Persian's head, who sat next to me. Persian purred in awe.

'I know who the boy is, Ben's son', I said. 'Tell me about the girl'.

'Um, the girl's name is Lyra. It was very hard to find her information because she lives in Johto, but because her father works in the Pokemon League, we found it', said Charles.

'Hm. Anything else you want to share ?', I asked.

'Yes, sir. There is this piece of information, but it seems invalid', said Charles.

'What is it ?', I asked.

'Uh, she was born on April 30, 2004', said Charles. 'So she is 9 years old. In order to become a Pokemon Trainer, she must be at least a month away from being 10'.

'According to the camera footage, she is a Trainer. She possesses four Pokemon. One on her shoulder, the other three in the Pokeballs on her belt', I said.

'True. But it is not possible', said Charles.

My eyes stopped at something in the recording. I looked closely.

'Sir ?', said Charles.

'Charles, I'll call you back', I said, hanging up the phone and dialing another number.

The boy, Red, held a gold-silver colored Pokeball in his hand. 'This isn't right'.

My eyes narrowed at the Pokeball.

'Hello ?', said the voice on the phone.

I began. 'I think I found the GS Ball'.

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