I just realized that I got to 100 votes on this story! *dies of happiness* I think I'll stop saying that I have no fans now. :DDDDDD

Anyway. I know I just posted Chapter 19, but I guess it wouldn't be such a bad idea to post another chapter because of the 100 votes thing. Thank you all so much! You are all awesome and not nonexistent! 

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I opened my eyes. When did I fall asleep? I didn't know, but I did know that I hadn't been awake for a while.

"He's conscious." I didn't recognize this voice.

"That's a good thing." This was Haruka; I knew that. "How are you feeling?"

 "I'm fine, just a little tired. What happened?"

"We don't really know what happened. We think the Rockets probably knocked you out, and after that they abducted Cheren."

I then noticed that Cheren wasn't there. "How would you know he was abducted?"

"I got a frantic call from Dawn saying she and Red have been kidnapped, and Hibiki and some Rocket double agent were there too. They don't know where Lance is, but that's where they're at."

"They didn't say anything about Cheren, though."

"If you don't know where he is, I'm just saying that's a possibility."

"Do they have any idea where they are? I mean, as in a place we could go to and find them?"

Haruka shook her head.

"Then how are we going to find them?"

The boy with red hair, the one who had informed Haruka that I was conscious, spoke up. "We should find Giovanni and maybe if we can beat him he'll tell us where they're at."

I scoffed. "Yeah, right. People like Giovanni would die with a secret like that."

"So you're saying he would let-" Haruka started to say before the boy cut her off. "Giovanni would NOT die with a secret like that. He may be an old douche, but he's not that low. I should know; I'm his son."

I gave Haruka a flabbergasted look. "Who is this guy, anyway?"

"This is Silver. He's the boy from my dreams, and he wants to help us out."

"What do you mean, help us out? Aren't you Giovanni's son?"

"Four words, I hate Team Rocket," he said as if the Rockets were a bad taste in his mouth. "But I do have family connections, like my cousin Carolina, who's like a double agent, and I know where Giovanni's office is. Once our little friend has recovered, we could go look for him."

I sat up ramrod straight. "Recovered? What do you mean? I'm..." I looked down to see a huge gash on my leg. "...fine," I finished limply.

"You might have fallen down a ledge. Or maybe someone pushed you down a ledge. We don't know, but you really shouldn't walk."

I grabbed at my belt for my Pokéballs and grasped the one that I was pretty sure contained Riolu. I pressed the button on the front. "Heal Pulse," I said. Riolu smirked and threw is arms outward, sending a wave of healing energy through the air, bouncing off the cave walls until it finally wore out. When I looked down at my leg, the gash was gone. 

I looked up and grinned slyly. "You were saying?"

Haruka's jaw dropped. "How does your Riolu know Heal Pulse?!"

"Long story."

"Okay, personal question: Couldn't you have used it to save Touko?"

Silver looked perplexed. "Touko? Who's that?"

"Tell you later," Haruka whispered, then motioned to me to continue.

"No. The move Heal Pulse doesn't heal status problems, it only restores HP. So it wouldn't have worked," I sighed.

"Sorry to bring it up."

"No, it's fine."

"Hey, what's wrong with your Riolu?" Silver pointed at Riolu. It definitely seemed off. I reached out to it, but was met with a tingling sensation. I yanked my hand away fast; no sooner had I done this then Riolu had collapsed on the cave floor.

Panic surged through me. No, it's not dead. It can't be. I've lost too freaking much already. I took deep, shaky breaths, staring at the motionless Pokémon.

Then it started to glow.

It kept glowing, and eventually glowed so much that everything turned to white.

Finally, the white faded. I glanced to where Riolu had been, but it wasn't really Riolu anymore. It pushed itself up and I immediately noticed why it wasn't really Riolu anymore: it had evolved into Lucario. I breathed a sigh of relief; I'd never seen a Pokémon evolve to save itself from death, so I thought it was really dead.

I stood up. "You said you know where Giovanni's office is, didn't you?" I said, pointing at Silver.

"Yeah." He nodded and readied himself to stand up.

I grinned. "What are we waiting for? I've got a strong Pokémon and a death to avenge. Let's go kick some evil gang leader ass."