"Ha you think I trust you! That's a laugh I think I will keep a eye on you anything suspicious and well you inquire what I am going to do"Alex said as he stared at the clone. Len got on Kyurem and Zephyr jumped on his shoulder. "What now?"Len asked.

"Yeah Arlene.. we do need to somewhere to regroup, and i think our only option is what Drayden said about the 1st group's hiding spot." Ryan said

"But if we go there he might know were it is.. But then again he knows were we are probably anywhere"Alex said.

"We were never able to find it." Nate's copy countered, "And if we couldn't, I doubt Drayden could either." he added, "And as for why I'm abandoning Drayden.. I'm going to die if I stay with him, so.. I'm going with the winning side."

Arlene's clone started to edge back to the forest she had come from, "Well, I'm off to report you both~ See you when you get released~" and with that, she fled off to catch up with her 'brothers, sisters and Drayden.'

Arlene started to say something to Sapphire to call the clone back, then changed her mind. She chose to stay with Drayden; trying to keep her with them would probably only make things harder. She turned back to the others, "I guess that's going to be our next objective, then," She said, "Finding out where this hiding spot is." She looked to the clones, "Is there anywhere on the island that you haven't looked? Or somewhere you could've searched more thoroughly, but didn't?"

Len and Zephyr jumped down from kyurem. "Wait! I know the clones have trackers they don't wanna help us!"Len yelled. Alex put his hand on his face and groaned.

"Len......That was stupid.." Ryan said
"But, to find it we gotta move, and Lily is still unconscious and seeing how fast he found us i think we gotta be quick about it and leave" Nate said

Len rolled his eyes and as Zephyr got back on his shoulder and he got on Kyurem. "You comin"He said.

"i think were gonna have to go on foot Len....dont want to make too much noise, for anything to come attack us"Ryan said

"Well. We were going to look at the volcano, but its heat stopped us from even coming close. Something about the way we were created means we'll go insane around heat. Lily's the only one who wasn't made like that.. But she wasn't around when we searched." Nate's copy replied to Arlene, before smiling, "You're Arlene's original.. You're much prettier than the copy." he remarked, before getting punched in the face by Alex's copy, "We don't have time to flirt, Nate. We must go. Now."

"(well at least Alex's copy acts almost like the real thing..haha), so if the volcano isnt an option for you guys. where do we go?" Ryan asked

"You could go look at the volcano. We'll look at the glacier area." Nate's clone replied to Ryan, quick as a flash.

"I see...so should we split up into groups, seeing how Arlene's Clone went to give us away"Ryan said

(Haha, that's true, JD.) "That's a good idea," Arlene said to Ryan, trying to ignore the Nate Clone's comment, "But we'll need somewhere to meet up after we've looked for a while, especially if we don't find it. Is there somewhere in-between those areas that might work as a temporary hideaway?" She asked the clones.

"I think its the forest thats in between the two areas ...i remember seeing a bunch of people last time while i was still on the island falling out of the sky onto a glacier" Ryan said

"I don't know about it isn't that where we ran into arceus and got separated"Alex said

"No...i was talking about a few months ago, you know Revya's group...so that might be safe" Ryan said

"Hmm.. Okay but who go's with who?"Alex asked

"I'll go with the clones to the Glacier area," Candice said, "I know how to navigate through snow and ice."

"Right Nate can I go with you?"Len asked.

"Candice i'll go with you as well" Ryan said
"well...i guess that Leaves, me,Alex, Len, Arlene and an Unconscious Lily" Nate said

"You seem to choose holding Lily a lot Nate *chuckle*"Len said smiling.

"Well.....she is kinda unconscious..."Nate replied "Anyways lets get on our way"

Arlene went over to Candice and hugged her briefly, "Be careful, okay?" She said.
Candice returned the embrace, "I will," She promised, "You too."
Arlene nodded, then turned and returned to the Volcano group, "Yeah, let's get going."

Ryan Glanced at Alex, and nodded his head
"well lets go to that Glacial area then" Ryan said
and the group walked off

(I think we should slow down a bit now; we're getting ahead of Roxas again.)

(Agreed)

(Yeparoonie)

(Not your fault..~)

Nate's clone nodded to Arlene, "Mhm. There should be an abandoned mine near the entrance into the forest from the volcano. We should meet up there, alright?" not waiting for an answer, he followed Ryan, Candice and Alex's clone, towards the glacier area near the centre of the region.

Lily began to wake up, seeming a bit groggy and still sleepy. "Nn.. Where am I? The last thing.. I remember.. Is being tackled by Volkner.."

"Nate looked down and saw Lily waking up
"Hey, dont worry......we're all fine." Nate responded and put her down "Can you walk"

(So....we're still going right)

(I was sort of waiting on Roxas to post, but yeah, as far as I know. He's probably busy with school and stuff right now.)

(True.)

(School doesn't start until the fourth of September in the UK.. I've mainly been busy with summer studies, though..)

Lily nodded, slowly. "I.. I think so.." she replied, in a quite voice. It seemed like she was still a little bit tired, but could probably walk.

The Glacier Area group would find themselves where Revya had woken up two years ago. Sitting on a glacier together, talking, were the two Nettos, one from the past, one from the present. "You mean, when that happened.." "Yeah! She.." they were being a bit on the quiet side..

"ok......i must be seeing things. two of the same person. that cant be right?" Ryan said

Candice looked up at the two people and frowned, "That is odd.." She said softly.

(Wow...Page 50)
"Lets go see why their here" and Ryan ran up to them

The Netto of the past, who was wearing a black band on one of his arms, turned around, and seemed surprised. "Wait.. Are you here to kidnap us?!" the boy asked, seeing Candice and Ryan, two people who had been part of the Gym Leaders' group, "We won't go easily!" the other Netto, who was wearing a white band on the opposite arm to his paradoxical self added, standing up.

"Wait.....were not with them, were actually against Drayden" Ryan explained

"You're against Drayden?" the white-band wearing Netto asked, "We see.. I suppose we'll trust you, since none of Drayden's lackies are around.. Even you, Candice!" his black-band wearing counterpart added, "You know, I still remember our battle! You're a great trainer!" the white-band Netto smiled, jumping over to Candice, and looking up at her, his eyes shining.

Nate's copy shook his head, "We don't have time for you two to go all fanboyish over Candice. Do you know where Revya and your group stayed, when you came here?" The two Nettos shook their heads, "Sorry, nope! No idea." they both said, at the same time.

Candice smiled politely when the two complimented her, then frowned thoughtfully. "How much of the area have you explored yet?" She asked the clones.

Alex stood there.(I even gave Giovanni the pokemon that killed your partner ) He remembered Brawly's words.

Arlene looked at Alex, noticing something in his expression. "Hey, you okay?" She asked him.

"Ya just thinking... We should get moving"Alex said.

"Well.. It's starting to get warm, he must be getting close to the volcano, lets stay close" Nate warned

Len followed Nate Zephyr went into it's pokeball because it was too hot. "Nate my pokemon won't do so well It's really hot here.

Arlene bit her lip. She hadn't thought about the higher temperature affecting their Pokemon. Her thoughts immediately went to Melodi; she knew the Lucario would fight no matter what, but being part Steel type would definitely make it MUCH harder with the heat. "I don't really see what we can do," She said, "Except to be really careful."

"Well, we're going to need to hide somewhere. And at least try to escape the heat." Nate said

Len saw a cave. "Should we go there"He said pointing at it.

(oh wow... i can't believe i forgot about this. Sorry guys, i've been focusing a lot on other stuff recently)

(It's fine. I forget about RPs and stuff all the time, unfortunately..)

"I think so.." Lily nodded, stopping to look at the cave. "..Or maybe not.. I've got a bad feeling.."

"We explored most of it when we were created. We had to. To be able to be one step ahead of you.. And in this case.." Nate's copy suddenly smiled, "..We're two steps ahead of you!" Quite suddenly, he threw up a pokeball, and out came Moltres, its eyes an insane red colour. "Moltres, burn the area to the ground!" the clone commanded, with an insane grin on his face, Moltres having no choice but to essentually use Flame Thrower on the surrounding area.

Out of the cave entrance, came two Grunts, who looked rather scared. "H-Help! Please! Something's in there!" one of them pleaded, "It tried to burn us! Master Drayden locked us away in the volcano because we failed to beat you.. Then It came!"

(Uh, the Moltres and Nate's Clone's group're at the Glacier area.. Alex's group are at the volcano.)

Arlene looked into the cave for a moment, trying to see back into it without much success. Then she turned to the grunts, "Did you see what tried to burn you?" She asked in a calming tone. There was a strange mixture of apprehension and curiosity in her eyes.

Candice pulled out a Pokeball and sent out a Froslass. "Froslass, Disable!" She commanded.
The Froslass's eyes glowed blue for a moment, then it sent out a shockwave towards the Moltres to Disable its flamethrower attack.

"I thought Drayden would just 'Release' people who failed like Volkner did?" Nate questioned "why do i have the oddest feeling we walked into a trap..."

"We probably did"Alex said. "Well we should keep our guard up" Len said.

"Yeah Without a doubt..." Nate said

The pair of grunts looked at the group who were infront of them, "No we.. We didn't see it.. But.. You think we're kidding, do you?! You go in there! You see! We're going! We're not going to die.. NEVER!" and with that, they were gone, running off into the forest..

Nate's clone laughed at Candice's attempt to stop the damage, "Oh, sure! Disable Flamethrower! Moltres! Aim at Candice, and use Blast Burn!" normally, a Moltres shouldn't be able to learn such a move.. But this as a 'fine-tuned' Moltres, with an edited moveset. The two Nettos stepped in the way, sending out a Latias and a Latios each, "Latios! Latias! Get everyone away from here! And.. Uh, find the shack Revya talked about!" the two boys commanded, before turning around to Candice, "We forgive you for what you did a year ago. So go, take our Latiases and Latioses, and go warn your friends about this.. We'll be fine!" (I want to get rid of the two Nettos.. So go and do it~ One of the Latiases and one of the Latioses will be up for grabs, with more legendaries to come. I'm nice, aren't I?)

Candice started to object, but then she just nodded. "Thank you," She said simply. Then she climbed onto the back of the Latias. "Let's go!" She called to Ryan.

Arlene watched the grunts go for a minute, then she moved closer to the mouth of the cave and peered in. "Well, they've managed to peak my curiosity," She said, almost to herself. Her words echoed slightly within the cave.

Len noticed something and jumped a little. "Noise I hear noise if it's a gym leader me and my pokemon won't be much help"He said.

Alex's clone just stared at his insane brother, "..You've changed for the worse, brother.." the boy whispered, as he helped Candice onto one of the Latiases, and took the other Latias for himself. "Oh hoh hoh.. Stopping me with cheap tricks, are you!?" Nate's clone asked, laughing some more, "Moltres! Redirect your flames at these two.. NOW!" and, as ordered, Moltres used Blast Burn on the two boys, the flames coating the two boys completely, killing them both. "See you later, Candice." Present Netto managed to smile, waving to the girl before being incinerated by the flames. Luckily, they stopped at the two boys, leaving Candice, Ryan and Alex's Clone unharmed. (Yay! Sacrifices!)

Lily quickly walked up behind Arlene, peering out from behind her into the cave, "..I've got a really bad feeling about this.. But maybe it's one of the survivors scaring off the grunts.."

"But who else could've survived....this is indeed strange" Nate said "If Drayden can clone us...guys, we're going to have to finish this quick. cause if he can clone us, he can clone some of the gym leaders left on his side..and with those fine tuned pokemon..not even Kyurem or Zekrom could win"

Arlene nodded, "You're right," She said to Nate. She turned and looked at the others, "Those grunts said that they were sealed in the volcano, right? So, if they were telling the truth, that means this cave leads into the volcano. Are we willing to try it, or should we try and find another way?"

"We're kinda out of options....Alex, Len, Lily what do you think"

Alex took of his jacket showing his red shirt. "I'll go you can come if you want Skelose let's go"He said then he and Skelose started going down the cave.

Nate walked up to Arlene
"Hey Arlene.....do you know whats wrong with Alex?..he's seemed a bit off, dont you think?" Nate asked

Alex kept walking. (I'm tired of this chase and run game I'm going to finish this as quick as I can for Nate, Len, Lily, Revya, Ryan, Arlene and especially Fate) He thought to himself.

Arlene followed behind Alex, Haltwhistle letting itself out of its Pokeball again and walking on her heels. She just shook her head in response to Nate's question, her eyes showing concern.

Though the Lati's were headed for the shack, Candice said they should head for the Volcano. "It won't do any good to stay at the shack, Drayden knows where that is," She reasoned, "We should just head for the volcano and hope we catch up with them."

Alex heard Arlene's foot steps and stopped walking. "Turn back... I won't let them hurt anyone else especially you..."He said.

Arlene stopped as well, "I'll be fine," She told him, "and I don't want them hurting you again, either."

Alex said nothing and started walking again.

Nate walked up to Alex and grabbed his arm
"To help and Protect others you needed to be protected as well" Nate said

Len caught up to everyone. "Come on Alex we all want a shot at the gym leaders"Len said. Alex looked at the ground. "Thanks... Everyone"He said.

Arlene laid her hand lightly on Alex's shoulder and smiled gently.

Alex smiled. "Let's go guy's" Alex said.

Nate smiled and he walked in front of everyone
"We gotta job to do and the others are counting on us, i just hope Ryan and Candice are fine"
-at the glacier-
"Damn......why, why did they do that....Netto we'll avenge you...two"

Then the group entered a chamber inside the volcano...
"Guys....something feels off doesnt it?" Nate said" like a dangerous presence"

Arlene nodded, rubbing her arms almost like she was cold, though she was far from it. The heat rippled off the very walls.
Haltwhistle looked around slowly, his hackles raised.

(EDIT: Let's not get too far ahead here; Roxas might have something planned.)

Len walked down the cave. ``Whew talk about hot hey guys`` He said trying to cheer everyone up.

(I do indeed have something planned..)

Lily followed behind Arlene, with Spiky and Cyrus out at her side.. Or in Spiky's case, on her head. "..It's getting hotter.." she remarked, as they got further into the cave.

Alex's clone nodded, "..Drayden does indeed know about your shack.. And my brother was lying about a second hiding place.. So we must hurry, to stop your friends from getting burned.."

Suddenly, a loud roar could be heard, from deeper inside the volcano, as a shadow of a Pokemon could be seen on one of the walls.. It was Heatran.

Arlene instinctively took a slight step back, her hand reaching for Sapphire's Pokeball. Haltwhistle began to growl in the direction the roar had come from.

The roar echoed through the caves, making its way outside just as Candice and the others flew over it. "Did you hear that?" Candice said, looking around at the ground below.

Alex walked forwards towards the beast with skelose. ``Okay then ``He said stepping back. ``So what do we do about this one``.

Nate walked up and sent out Cyan
"Well Alex we do what we've been doing" Nate smirked

"Right let's go Nate!"Alex said. "Skelose crunch"He commanded.

"Ok Cyan use waterfall" Nate commanded
and a Wall of water came and crashed in at the Heatran

"Skelose crunch" Alex commanded. The pokemon both unleashed their attacks on the heatran. "Is this thing the gym leaders?" Alex asked.

"im not sure...it doesnt seem like its being controlled then again... Arlene, it's your turn" Nate said

Arlene nodded, and sent out Sapphire. "Sapphire, use Thunderbolt!"
Electricity sparked up and down the Gardevoir as it stored the attack, and then released a bright blue bolt at the Heatran's direction.

"Len..can you finish the job" Nate said

Len looked surprised. "Right Zephyr go seed flare" He said his shaymin came out of the pokeball and let out the burst of power pushing itself as far as it could go without collapsing from heat.

"I think that's it guys.." and before Nate could finish his sentence a burst of heat began to envelop the area. Nate gasped. "guys find somewhere to hide. Its using Magma Storm!" Nate Yelled

Len nodded and ran to a corner Alex went in front of Arlene. "Skelose catch the flames"He commanded. The houndoom nodded and started jumping into flames getting powered up with flash fire. "Nate you need to hide to!" Alex said.

Nate turned to everyone "Cyan use protect." Nate commanded

Arlene took a slight step back, watching as the heat ripples began to intensify. She saw Alex step in front of her, and moved a little closer, though she knew he wouldn't let her get in front of him. Haltwhistle began to growl again at her heels.. then the girl had an idea. "Haltwhistle, use Protect!" She commanded, "Sapphire, help reinforce it with Psychic!"
Haltwhistles hackles raised up even higher as the greenish Protect attack spread out, encircling and protecting everyone in the room. Then Sapphire's Psychic was added to the mix, adding a blue, mist-like layer to the Puppy Pokemon's attack. The combined attacks joined with Cyan's Protect, creating an even stronger barrier around them.

Alex watched as the shield came up. "Okay were safe but this won't last forever we need to male a plan"Alex said.

"Alex...Will Flash Fire take are of the Magma Storm, cause we cant hold it forever" Nate said
-Elsewhere-
"Candice....I'm going to need you to find the others..I'm going after Drayden, and I want everyone to get off the island..I have a sore to settle" Ryan said

Candice shook her head, "No, absolutely not," She replied to Ryan, "At this point, we need to stay together."

"Candice.....I have to do this..for Misty she's still captured..I need to save her.and I need to 'talk' to Drayden, Please trust me...and if i fail or go back under his control, tell Nate to Kill me" Ryan asked

"Ya it can Skelose absorb all the flames" Alex commanded. Alex ran up to Skelose currently absorbing flames from heatran. "Okay Nate phase two" He said.

"Ok. Arlene Tell Sapphire to use Psychic, and I'll tell Cyan to use Surf. I have an Idea" Nate said "Lily..when i Give you the signal..Attack it as hard as possible"

Arlene nodded, "Okay, got it. Sapphire, Psychic!" Sapphire began the attack, waiting to see what exactly she needed to do in conjunction with Cyan's Surf.

Candice growled a little, then sighed, "Alright," She said, "But be careful." Silently, she resolved to catch up with him once she made sure everyone else was alright.