**Palette Town**<br/><br/>A terrifying shriek of fury and surprise pierced the air, and it became plainly obvious that the black charizard was clearly rethinking his attack as he lurched out of the way. The water blast missed his body but struck the edge of his wing, sending him tumbling through the air. It was a moment before he could even catch himself, and when he did, he was infuriated. It didn't help that the other two monsters, Blastoise and Suicune, immediately went after him while he was low to the ground. A frothing cyclone of bubbles whirled around him, cutting off the visual that he had and closing him into a narrow space. He knew they were closing in.<br/><br/>Kavarr lifted his head, and he could still see sky straight up. If he was fast, maybe....<br/><br/>A mighty flap of his wings and he shot out of the top of the bubble vortex, but Blastoise had been expecting it, watching and waiting. The moment he emerged, a powerful water cannon slammed into him and sent him flying. He crashed hard into a tree, splitting its trunk as he roared in pain and fell onto the ground.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>**Palette Town -- Oak Family Home**<br/><br/>Utterly confused by Sarianna's response--or lack thereof--the only thing that Charity could do was contemplate the fact that the girl was injured and afraid. Instinctively, she moved towards the door, opening it and peering out. She didn't see anyone around, but that didn't mean that they weren't hiding. She slipped back in and focused her thoughts, purposely considering Mewtwo to get the feline's attention.<br/><br/><em>I'm going to go out and see what's going on. I want you to come with me, but I'm going to leave the girl here since she seems so afraid.</em><br/><br/>Opening the door again, she stepped outside, half expecting someone to leap out of the nearby bushes. When that didn't happen, she started walking down the path up to the house until she got to the street.<br/><br/>"That's odd..."<br/><br/><hr/><br/>**Route 28**<br/><br/>Samuel shook his head quickly. "It's not quite like that." He said as they made their way along the path through the valley and towards the Pokemon League. "It's not so much rebellion as it is they've become simply more violent. They go into blind rages, unchecked and often unexplained." He glanced sidelong at Alphonse.<br/><br/>"If you've heard anything about shadow pokemon, I'll clue you in that the rumor's are true. But contrary to popular belief, it's not just the monsters that are owned by abusive trainers that become severely effected."<br/><br/>He pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket--a folded up newspaper article--and handed it to Alphonse.<br/><br/>"That's the story of some of the serious problems going on in a region called Orre. Apparently there the shadow pokemon are numerous, and while some people are trying to profit from the power of the creatures, most people are finding them to be a sort of plague...."<br/>