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New info- I made a new story called Escape! Find Him Dead or Alive! related (sort of) to Pokemon Colosseum. Read my profile for more information. (now I feel like I'm advertising... lol) Review please! I just want at least some reviews. You can even tell me that you don't like it.

Anyways, more fighting in this chapter and blood too! Don't worry, its not that bad. Now that my College Exemption tests are finish, I can focus more on writing chapters, but I might have to focus now on final exams T.T Oh well, I'll do my best.

Chapter 13:

“May, can’t you run faster?!” Max asked. He was already three feet ahead, and May was still trailing behind.

“I’m trying to dummy!” May tried to run faster and keep the canister balanced in her arms. She hoped Brendan was okay. She didn’t want to see him get hurt at all.

“So there you are,” a voice growled. May stopped in her tracks. That voice! May turned around and saw Phantom, towering over her.

“Give me that egg!” Phantom shot his hand toward the canister.

“NO!” May yelled back, trying to pull the canister out of Phantom’s grasp.

“Leave my sister alone!” Max tried to kick Phantom’s leg.

“I waited for so long for this egg. You better give it to-” Wham! A large shadow hit Phantom’s face, causing him to fall to the ground. May, holding the canister still, gasped in amazement. It was Brendan.

“Brendan! You’re okay!” May sighed with relief.

“May! Max! Run away! I’ll hold him off!” Brendan yelled. Phantom tried to get up again, but Brendan pinned him to the ground.

“GO!” Brendan yelled again, “Don’t stop running!” May stood there for a moment. Brendan was going to get hurt at this rate.

“May, let’s go!” Max tugged his sister’s arm. His sister ran, but she couldn’t stop looking back.

“Brendan’s been helping us so many times,” May said softly. Max didn’t say anything. He didn’t know what to say.

“I know. Don’t worry about that now; we got to get back to the trailer,” Max replied. He fell silent. Brendan has been working so hard to help them, probably more than needed. Max crossed his fingers, hoping everything will turn out alright.

...

“No! The egg!” Phantom pushed Brendan aside and got up. He was about to run after May and Max when he felt something heavy on his shoulder. Phantom looked up and saw that annoying kid, sitting on his shoulder. Before Phantom could do anything, the kid grabbed his neck and started to apply pressure to it.

“Arkkk!” Phantom gagged as the kid applied more pressure.

“You’re not going to get that egg! Nor are you going to hurt my friends. I won’t let you!” Brendan yelled.

“The egg! The egg!” Chartot cried circling above.

This kid is GETTING IN MY WAY!

Phantom used his two hands to grab the kid by the ribs.

Brendan didn’t know what happened next. One moment he was on Phantom for one moment. The next, he was flying through the air. Then something hard hit Brendan’s head. Something really hard. Then darkness...

...

“Stupid kid serves him right,” Phantom growled, as he watched the kid slumped unconscious against the rock. The kid got hit on the head directly at the boulder, and he immediately dropped to the ground. Phantom could see, some blood dripping down from the kid’s forehead, but Phantom didn’t regret what he had done.

“Now to get that egg!” Phantom rushed toward the path where May and Max went, leaving the unconscious kid behind.

...

Jack gasped for air as he slowly walked around. He lost Phantom, who surprisingly ran fast for an old man. Jack noticed a lot of Phantom’s henchmen frozen in blocks of ice. He wondered what happened. As he came around a bend, Jack heard a soft groan. He turned and saw Brendan, getting up slowly from the ground. Small drops of blood from his forehead landed on the dirt.

“Brendan, what happen?!” Jack rushed towards Brendan, who was still groggy from the attack.

“I... he threw me... lost conscious,” Brendan mumbled. He put his hand towards the wound, and immediately his hand turn bright red.

“Ouch...” Brendan said as he inspected his hand with interest. Jack gulped at the sight of the blood. Although Brendan didn’t show it, the wound must have hurt really badly.

“You think you’ll be okay?” Jack asked, looking concern.

“Yeah, we got to get to May. She has the egg. Phantom’s going after her,” Brendan gasped as he slowly got up to his feet. The ground seemed to swirl under his feet, but Brendan forced himself to stay upright. Jack got out a small emergency kit in his pocket and wrapped Brendan’s forehead with white bandages.

“Brendan, stay here until I come back. I’ll help May,” Jack said. Brendan nodded and watched Jack run in the direction where May and Max went. Then he hit the boulder with frustration.

He couldn’t protect May again. He once again was a failure. Brendan forced himself to move, even if it was a little. He got to be strong. He doesn’t want to see those tears again. Slowly, he dragged himself. He’s got to go protect May from that weird pirate!

Hang in there May. Suddenly, the world turned black again, and Brendan fell to the ground again.

...

“We’re almost there!” Max cried, climbing up the steep hill. May could see the waterfall and knew immediately they were in the right direction. Suddenly the canister started to glow a red color.

“What?” May stopped to see what was happening and noticed that the egg was actually the one that was glowing.

“What’s wrong May?” Max asked.

“The egg...”

“You thought you could get away huh?” May froze in fear again. She turned around and saw Phantom panting but looking very pleased. To May’s horror, Brendan wasn’t behind Phantom.

“Where’s Brendan?” May asked, clutching the canister tightly, and slowly walking backward, away from Phantom. Phantom gave a nasty grin at May.

“He’s taking a long nap right now.” May felt her heart beat faster. Brendan was in trouble. This is bad, very bad.

“Enough talk! Give me the egg!” Phantom shot his hand toward the canister.

“NO! Manaphy doesn’t belong to you!” May held on tightly, refusing to budge.

“Don’t you dare mess with my sister!” Max jumped onto Phantom’s shoulder and tried to stretch Phantom’s face as far as he could.

“Argh, get away from me,” Phantom growled, still pulling the canister away. He grabbed the top of the canister and started to unscrew it. Suddenly, Phantom felt his arms being moved and noticed the Pokemon ranger.

“You’re not getting that egg!” Jack yelled.

“You think so?” Phantom gave one last tug on the canister. Unfortunately, both May and Phantom lost their grip on the canister. The egg flew out of the canister.

“NO! THE EGG!” Phantom and Jack yelled both desperately trying to get the egg.

May watched in slow motion as the egg started to fall to the ground. She ran towards the egg as fast as she could. Realizing that she couldn’t make it in time, May desperately jumped and tried to grab the glowing egg.

Almost... There! May grabbed the egg and slammed to the ground.

“I caught it!” May gasped with amazement. Suddenly the egg glowed from bright red to white. May gaped at the sudden change of colors. She slowly got up, mesmerized by the egg.

“What’s going on?” Max asked, blinking from the bright light. Jack gritted his teeth. This is bad!
“May give me the egg, quickly!” Jack tried to reach May, but Phantom pulled him back.

“You’re not stealing my egg again!” Phantom and Jack fought while the egg continued to shine brighter and brighter, consuming May with white light. Suddenly the light dimmed and a small antenna appeared. May gasped and soon another antenna appeared. Suddenly the egg just simply disappeared. May was not holding an egg anymore. Instead in her arms was a small blue Pokemon, sleeping peacefully.

“What?!” May stared in amazement at this Pokemon. Suddenly the Pokemon woke up and stared groggily at May.

“Umm... hello,” May stutter. The blue Pokemon stared at May with large eyes before it started to cry.

“No, no. Shhh... please go to sleep,” May cooed, but the Pokemon continued to wail.

“That’s-” Max gasped at the Pokemon in his sister’s arm.

“Manaphy,” Phantom and Jack whispered.

Author's Notes

Once again, I'm too busy to check my grammar. So forgive me!

Manaphy appears yay!

Let's all kill Phantom! He hurt Brendan! (lol)

Alright! Let's thank my reviewers!

Kat- thanks for being my new reviewer! You're right I should get more reviews (lol)

the shadow of hell- thanks for the review! more to come!

Jarkes- hey, thanks. If you get your OC posted fast enough, I'll put him/her up in the next available chapter. You reviewed so many times, you deserve something special.

bigheadrew- I updated. hip hip hooray! thanks for the review!

PokemonLuver003- Thanks for the review! Keep on going!

grammaguy- hey, good to see you again. I know my grammar is bad, but like I said, I'm too busy. I'll see if I can fix it this week. See ya and thanks for the long review (lol).

Alright, the action sort of ends here. Next is helicopters!

-JapanDreamer