Red's POV

'Red, I thought I'll never meet you again', said Silver. 'I did what you told me to'.

'I met your dad recently, he told me to tell you that he's proud of what you are doing', I said.

'Not yet, I want to end Team Rocket completely, then he would be', said Silver .

'Wait, who's your dad again ?', asked Lyra, confused.

'Giovanni', said Silver.

'Giovanni has a son ?', asked Bugsy. 'I didn't know that'.

'And a daughter too', said Silver. 'I know, to get on the right track, I had to steal a starter Pokemon, only because Farfetch'd wasn't strong enough'.

'That's the only thing you did wrong ?', I asked. 'Not kidding, I'm impressed'.

'But it's not enough, Team Rocket is up to something very fishy, and I must stop them, I think I'll need you help', said Silver.

'What kind of help ?', I asked.

'You'll know soon enough', said Silver. 'Bye'.

Silver walked away as Bugsy and Lyra stared at him in confusion.

'What was he talking about ?', asked Lyra. 'Where did you meet Giovanni ?'.

'Long story short, Giovanni is a good guy who needs my help in destroying Team Rocket', I said.

I looked at Bugsy who may have some questions too.

'No questions, dude', said Bugsy.

'Wait, who is leading the Team ?', asked Lyra.

'A person Giovanni trusted the most', I said. 'Charles'.

'So, how do we stop him from his great plan', asked Lyra.

'To be able to stop him, we need to know his great plan first', said Bugsy. 'That we don't, yet'.

'Just forget about it, for a while. Today, we have a gym battle to win', said Lyra.

A few minutes gone, we stood outside the gym. Lyra didn't really know what a gym battle was, but she still felt confident.

I was sure I would win, like always, everything works out and I get to be the winner. Well, that's what I thought.

From inside, the gym was......empty. no, really, it was empty, there was nothing.

'What ?', I said. 'Where is the gym leader ?'.

'Reach for the sky', said Bugsy.

'What ?', I asked.

'Really, look up', he said, pointing to the sky with his other hand on my shoulder.

'Is that the gym ?',asked Lyra walking forward, with her jaw slowly dropping.

'No, that's, uh, yeah that's the gym', I said.

Lyra stared at me as if I'd sprouted Rhydon horns. 'Never mind, how do we....get up there ?'.

'I don't know'. My head spun, still figuring out how the place was built after looking at the royal interiors.

'Take the elevator', said Bugsy. 'Right over there'.

'Where ?'. I walked further.

A platform on which Lyra and I were now standing, elevated upwards. Bugsy remained on the ground.

'Good luck'. Bugsy waved. I nodded in appreciation.

'I don't like heights'. Lyra looked down and flinched.

'Hey, is Marill planning to wake up ?'.

'Maybe. It's been a week since she's sleeping, shell wake up soon enough'.

'My Snorlax doesn't even sleep that much'.

Lyra laughed. I was reminded of the date - 7th March 2014. This was the day I was supposed to catch Eevee. But Lyra already did that. My theory, if I don't, the timeline would suck itself up.

No one knows anything about Time Travel, I guess so.

Lyra looked concious now, the sudden change of expressions confused me. Maybe because it was the first gym battle.

The platform finally stopped elevating and met a new floor. The floor was transparent and the ground floor could clearly be seen 30 feet away.

It was scary and I thought at least 50 times before stepping on it.

'Greetings'. A guy walked towards us.

He wore white and blue clothes. With his shirt being white and his three forth shorts being blue.

His hair were blue too.

'I am the Violet City Gym Leader'. He adjusted his hair.

'Wait, let me guess. Either your name is Blue, or is it Sky ?'. I tried to be smart.

'Why do you think so ?'.

'I don't know. Bugsy is a bug type trainer. Brock is a rock type trainer. Gym leaders' names have something in common with their Pokemon types', I explained.

'So, what kind of trainer I look to you ?'.

'Water ? Flying ?', I replied.

'Well, it's not Blue. Blue is the Viridian Gym Leader. I train flying types', he said.

'So your name is Sky, or Skylar, Skylar. Something like that'.

'Falkner'.

'As I said, something like that'. Now I was sure that I looked stupid.

'Who's first ?'.

'I am', said Lyra, stepping forward.

Lyra sent out Chikorita against Falkner's Pidgey.

Pidgey fainted.

Then Falkner sent Pidgeotto. Chikorita fainted.

Lyra sent Sentret, which fainted too. Marill was still asleep. So, Lyra had to use my Eevee.

Well, not technically mine.

Eevee won and Lyra got the Gym Badge. That seemed simple, but I would have to battle stronger Pokemon.

'Red, you are a Legendary Champion, so I'll use stronger Pokemon for you', said Falkner.

'Go Fearow', said Falkner.

'Go Bulbasaur, use Leech Seed'. Fearow was seeded, it's energy was absorbed by Bulbasaur.

'Fearow, use Wing Attack'.

'Bulbasaur, use Solar Beam'. Bulbasaur absorbed solar energy.

'Fearow'. Falkner gestured his hand towards Bulbasaur as if it'll be a cool attack. 'Peck'.

Bulbasaur fainted.

'Bulbasaur, come back. So sorry, you could've done better. My attack choices weren't good. Go Ditto'. Ditto transformed into Fearow as soon as he wobbled out.

I pointed the Pokedex towards Fearow-Ditto to see the attacks.

'Fearow, use Drill Peck'.

'Ditto, Mirror Move'. Ditto used Drill Peck, a critical hit.

'Fearow, Wing Attack'. Ditto fainted.

'Ditto, return. Go Charizard'. Charizard stood straight in pride.

'Fearow, Drill Peck'.

'Charizard, Flamethrower'. Fearow fainted.

'Fearow took out two of your Pokemon, you don't stand a chance', said Falkner.

'I do, Charizard and Jolteon have a type advantage'.

'Ah, Jolteon. You won because of Jolteon. Right ?'.

'Yes'.

'I choose Pidgeot'.

'Charizard, Dragon Rage', I said.

'Pidgeot, fly. Up up and away'.

Pidgeot quickly dodged Charizard's Dragon Rage' and flew up high. Charizard followed Pidgeot and seemed a lot faster.

'Pidgeot ! Aerial Ace'.

'Charizard, Fire Blast'. A critical hit.

'Pidgeot, Roost'. Pidgeot's health was recovered.

'Charizard !'. Our eyes met and he knew what to do.

Charizard, using his high speed, flew behind Pidgeot. He held Pidgeot with his short yet strong arms and threw Pidgeot to the ground.

Pidgeot fell downwards. But it quickly opened it's wings, making it's way back to Charizard and used Aerial Ace.

Charizard fainted. I couldn't compute what just happened. My jaw dropped to the underworld and came back like a boomerang and hit me hard.

'Come back. Jolteon, I choose you'. Jolteon's Pokeball popped open, empty.

'What ?!'. Jolteon wasn't there. 'Where is Jolteon ?'.

Then I realized that if I don't catch Eevee today, I'll never have Jolteon in the past. I was figuring out this time travel thing slowly and knew that it sucked.

Time travel sucks ! said a voice in my brain, it sounded like my father's voice.

My heart didn't sink, after knowing that I didn't have Jolteon anymore. It swam to the depths of the oceans and chocked itself to death. I was so mad, and couldn't do anything to fix it.

'Go Wartortle', I said, half heartedly. I didn't feel like battling anymore.

'Pidgeot, Wing Attack'. Wartortle fainted.

I lost the match. For the first time, I lost a battle, and that even being a Gym Battle.

'What Pokemon were you going to send ?'.

'My Jolteon, he's gone'.

'Jolteon ? You could've won with one of those. Why didn't you use your Jolteon in Pokemon League ?'.

I was confused now. Very confused. I walked towards Lyra.

'Where did Jolteon go ?'. I asked.

'What Jolteon ?', asked Lyra. 'Don't tell me you have a Jolteon too'.

'Lyra, please. You've seen my Jolteon many times', I explained.

My heartbeat got faster, second by second. I ran to the elevator, so did Lyra.

We were now on the ground floor again.

'Bugsy, do you know I had a Jolteon ?', I asked. 'Please say you do'.

'I do, your Jolteon. Using which you defeated Blue'. I hugged Bugsy.

'Thanks', I said. 'I'm not going crazy'.

'Did he vanish ?'.

'How do you know ?'.

'You were supposed to catch Eevee today, you are late. That's why you don't have Jolteon', expalined Bugsy. 'Lyra, give your Eevee here to me. I promise I'll tell you everything'.

Lyra handed Bugsy Eevee's Pokeball. Bugsy sent Eevee out, and fiddled with the Pokeball. He threw the Pokeball away and the Pokeball vanished in thin air.

'Self destruct', said Bugsy. 'Red, catch the Eevee'.

'Hey, that's my Pokemon', complained Lyra.

'I told you, once he catches the Eevee. You'll know why he did it', said Bugsy.

Lyra stayed quiet.

I threw a Pokeball at Eevee. Eevee went inside, the Pokeball shook, but Eevee broke out.

Eevee scowled.

'Eevee, please try to understand. Please', I said.

'Eevee, listen to Red. Please', said Lyra. She still didn't know what was happening.

Eevee slowly touched the Pokeball and went inside. Eevee was caught.

Bugsy looked at me and nodded. I threw Jolteon's Pokeball and Jolteon came out.

'Whoa, what just happened ?', asked Lyra. 'You finally caught Eevee ?'.

'Now you remember ?', asked Bugsy.

'About Jolteon ? Of course, why wouldn't I ?', asked Lyra.

Bugsy and I exchanged looks. Bugsy winked.

I hugged Jolteon. A drop of tear dripped of off my eye.

'I missed you'. Jolteon looked at me on confusion but closed his eyes and put his paws around me to hug me back.