Chapter is made possible by Nano-Soaring-Dash , so yeah thank him for helping out because I was out of ideas.

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Kitami, Japan

Luke stood outside watching the trees, the door openes behind him, Rico, his stomach area bandaged up.

When Luke saw his brother out of bed, his head rolled back, this wasn't the first time Rico had gotten out of bed while injured. He walked over to his brother and picked him up.

"Oh come on!" Rico shouted.

"I told you to stay in bed... Do you want your wounds to open up?" Luke said.

"They won't..." Rico assured him.

"You said that when we were in Istanbul... And Fiji, and Perth... Each time, without fail you push yourself, and start losing blood, that's not happening today. Stay in bed" Luke responded.

"Luke, this isn't the first time we've been through this, there were plenty of times-"

"Oh for fuck sake just stay in bed!!" Luke shouted, aggravated with him.

Rico gulped, Luke realised he reacted inappropriately, "Sorry... That was insensitive of me"

"Understandable... Anyway, why did you take us to Japan again..." Rico asked.

"There's a friend I know... She's patched up the worst of wounds... You'll be good as new, trust me" Luke said.

"Hm... Oh uh what happened to Todd-"

"Oh he's at home, probably relaxing" Luke said, then he turned away to smirk evily.

"Huh... I don't believe you but ok" Rico said, Luke left and came back to the room with some tea.

"Just be glad she didn't hit anywhere major-" Luke said, giving him a cup.

Rico nodded.

"I'm gonna make you some soup, I'll be back-" Luke said.

"You?... Making soup?... For me?... That's interesting-"

"Shut up" Luke retorted.

Rico snickered a little and turned on the TV.

Then Luke left, but rather then going into the kitchen he went to the basement, down there, chained to the wall was Todd, covered in blood, he was sweating, he was scared and beaten almost beyond recognition. The Servine started quivering in fear when he saw Luke.

"Now... Todd... Let's get to business"

"Luke... Believe me... I didn't want to do it, please!"

"Should have kept your mouth shut-" Luke said, cracking his knuckles. the Lucario then started punching him, Rico upstairs who could not hear the shouting and screaming continued to enjoy the his time watching anime. Completely unaware of what was occurring below.

Washington DC

Greene rubbed his head as if he was stressed. The team of 3 were sitting there too, Tamara had just arrived and sat down at the table.

"So he didn't take the deal-"

"Nope... Still stubborn as usual" Delevio said.

"Of course..." Greene said, "You're free to use any means necessary to bring the twins in... Only if it's necessary may they be neutralised..."

"Yes sir" The 3 of them answered.

Delevio returned to New York later that evening and when she opened the door, she saw Lydia crying and squeezing her Ursarang plush.

"Hey honey, what's wrong?"

"Tyler... He won't play with me" She whimpered.

Delevio sighed, Tyler's behaviour was becoming progressively worse and she still hadn't come up with a solution to it yet, "I'll go talk to him okay?"

"Okay" Lydia said, hugging her mother, she wrapped her arms around the Eevee, rubbing her head while she sniffled.

Delevio set her suitcase down and went to Tyler's room.

She knocked on the door.

"Tyler... It's mom-"

"Go away!" The Riolu shouted.

Delevio banged her head on the wall, "So that's why..."

She opened the door slowly, She could see his room was a mess and there were toys and books all over the place. Tyler threw a toy at her, she hid behind the door, and peaked back at him.

"Don't do that again!" Delevio shouted.

"Where's dad?!" He screamed, "I haven't seen him in months!"

"I told you he went away-"

"Stop lying!"

"Oh will you stop with this?! This is an annoying thing you do, you keep asking and asking and when I give you an answer you don't accept it! Cut it out!"

"He didn't go away didn't he..."

Delevio groaned, "I'm sick of talking to you about this every time! Your father will be back when he can, now stop asking!"

"Just tell me where he is!"

Delevio squeezed her paw, she couldn't believe she was arguing with her own son first thing when she got home. Tyler had been like this since Luke had gone rogue, his behaviour got worse, he was failing school and bound to repeat a grade.

"When I feel like you've calmed down, I'll explain what happened to you" Delevio rubbed her face and left the room, closing the door behind her.

Tyler grabbed a pillow and smashed his face into it, he screamed and then threw it at the bookshelf knocking some books off of it, one of those books was a photo album with a picture of the family when they were in London one time. Tyler saw it and picked it up the only aspect of the photo he wanted to see was Luke's lazy smile in the picture, he hugged the book tightly and started sobbing.

Canada

"I hate how much gasoline this car drinks" Ketster said, he pulled into a petrol station on the side of the motorway, he was an Espeon this time.

"Well the Jaguar would have caused us to make more stops so yeah" Moonlake said, the Eevee was holding London's paw and looking up at his sleeping face.

London was asleep and Isabel was reading emails on her laptop.

Isabel punched London in the arm and he jolted, "Ah what?!" London shouted.

Moonlake snickered, he thought his reaction was funny.

"I thought we had more fuel..." Isabel said, closing her laptop.

"Yeah... I was wrong" Ketster replied, he opened the glovs box and insids was an envelope labeled For Gas Only. He took some money out and tossed it back into the car.

"What the fuck... Again?!" London said, noticing they were at another stop.

"You got a better car for us?" Ketster responded.

London opened his mouth as if he were about to say something, then closed it.

"That's what I thought" Ketster said, then he opened the door and got out.

He opened the door, Moonlake was getting out then Ketster shoved him back inside.

"O-Ow! What the fuck!" Moonlake shouted, "Why did you do that?"

"Well first off, you need to cool down a bit, second off, why else did you think I engaged the child locks??" Ketster replied.

"Just because I'm 5, that doesn't mean I need a fucking child lock!" Moonlake shouted.

"Yeah sure... Anyway anyway, what do you want from the station, beef jerky, sandwich, Pepperoni sticks, jerky ice cream, what's your fancy?"

"Juice and a turkey sandwich" Moonlake replied, crossing his arms.

"Beef sandwich" London replied, getting out of the car

"Pepperoni sticks" Isabel said, looking down at her laptop.

"What if they don't have em?"

"A bottle of ice coffee and a nutrition bar will do" Isabel replied, still looking at her computer.

"Why so I have to stay in the car-" Moonlake starts.

"Because you just do" Ketster interrupted, then he closed the door.

Moonlake's eyes turned red, "Dickhead"

"You know I heard that right"

"Don't care..." The Eevee replied, looking away from him.

"Ket, just don't" Isabel said.

"You have 10 minutes to use the bathroom or whatever and get back in the car" Ketster said, then he walked into the store.

Once he was gone Isabel hit Moonlake in the shoulder.

"What is wrong with you, sure he's a bit of a twat but you didn't need to do that-"

"I'm getting sick of him... He's always so mean and rude" Moonlake replied.

"It doesn't matter... Don't do it it again" Isabel replied.

"Whatever" Moonlake replied, looking out the window.

Isabel sighed, she didn't want to bother with him at all so she just went back to working on her laptop. London left the lavatory and took a stretch.

"Now that that's done-" The Flareon said, he looked around for Isabel's requested items. He saw the pepperoni sticks and grabbed a few, then looked around some more and saw Isabel's iced coffee drink, he got it from out of a fridge. Ketster was also there and looking inside too, Ketster looked at London then back at the fridge.

"See anything you like?" London asked, as he opened one of the fridges and grabbed a bottle of soda.

"I'm more for simple stuff" Ketster said, then he opened the fridge and grabbed some water, a can of soda and some milk.

"Hm, I see" London replied, then he looked around, Ketster started walking so London followed him, Ketster stopped and looked at the selection of beverages in the fridge in front of him.

"How much are you going to buy?"

"Enough"

"Well that's gonna be a lot for you, so-"

"No, I'm not sharing..."

"...Bruh"

Then Ketster opened the fridge and got a frozen pizza. He tossed it to London, the Flareon caught it, barely.

"Um, I have some questions for you-" London said, the Flareon adjusting the box so it didn't fall.

"I have some answers for you" Ketster responded, leaning on a shelf.

"Well for one, I want to know why you're so hard on Moonlake?" London asked.

Ketster got up, and opened one of the fridges, he tossed London the bottle of iced coffee which again, the Flareon almost dropped on the floor.

"Is that what Isabel wants?"

"Uh thanks?"

The Espeon played around with his whiskers, "I see some of me when I was younger in him not the crazy in bed shit, I mean he decides to go and... 'merc' in unnecessary circumstances and locations"

London set the items ontop of a freezer, ice cream was on the bottom of it and it looked old and worn out too.

"I'm trying to make sure that he does do a few things I've already done. The last thing anymon needs is one mission to go south, have a survivor, and testify how things on a mission go from bad to worse"

Ketster opened a fridge and tossed two sandwiches at London, the Flareon already holding a lot of things still managed to catch the sandwiches, one was a turkey sandwich and the other a beef one.

"Another thing has to do with the fact that I know he needs guidance and there aren't a whole lot of superchargers out there that can really understand him" Ketster continued.

"Well his parents live in Japan, he doesn't want to live there so they had him move in with me" London responded.

"So you're trying to be a father figure to him?"

"Yeah... You could say that" London responded, "So uh I have one last question and then I'll stop irritating you"

"Does it have to do with my driving?" Ketster responded, grabbing some hats.

"Yes?" London responded.

"Save it for later" Ketster replied, smiling at him. London gave him a baffled look.

"Let's go to the register we're done here-"

They two took their items to the register and started checking everything they had out.

"Hey, uh 60 for feul please"

"Pump 1 or 2?" The Meinshao behind the counter asked.

"Pump one, sir" Ketster answered.

"And that's 60? 6-0?"

"Correct" Ketster replied, then he motioned for London to give him the stuff. The Flareon set everything down and the cashier started scanning everything, once they were all scanned he set the items in a few plastic bags and looked up at the two.

"So, long drive?"

"Oh yeah, very long trip, have a nice day-" Ketster said, tugging London with him out the door.

"Weird" The cashier said to himself.

When they got outside Ketster stopped and started smellimg the air, London looked at him as if he had lost his mind.

"It smell like gasoline if that's why you're doing that" London said.

Ketster continued smelling the air though.

"Mate, what is it-"

"Smells like earlier when you had a run in with those Kai Industries goons-"

The Espeon handed the bags he was carrying, "Go into the boot, look for a small cylinder and place it on the shifter when Isabel finishes fuelling the car. Insert the key into ignition and move into "Accessory" and hit the power button on the cylinder.

Then he starts walking toward the alleyway behind the station.

"Ok..." The Flareon says, then he goes to the car.

Isabel who was refueling the car watched as London put everything in the boot and looked around for the cylinders. London tossed Isabel her food and drink.

"What's wrong?"

"Ketster says there's trouble"

"Of course we do" Isabel said, she

The Flareon discovered a black tarp strewn, small lumps, he pulls it open to find fishing gear, booster cable, a towing rope, ratchet straps, some oil bottles and an empty jerry canister.

"The bloody hell do I have to fix it for? It was this idiot"s" London muttered, rummaging around until he finds two cylinders.

He runs over to the drivers seat and examines the two, one looked like a power button and the other looked like it was for something else. Then there was a clunk sound from the fuel pump, Isabel groaned.

"Shit"

"Keep going, there has to be more room in the tank" Moonlake said.

Isabel looks between London and Moonlake and starts the pump again. The pump eventually after a little bit clunked a few more times, the Leafeon put the nozzle back and closed the tank. London starts the Mercedes and turns it to accessory, sets the cylinder around the shifter. It starts reading off systems in the car and then it starts a countdown to turn over the engine.

"3...2...1..."

London starts the car, the engine spitters for a second until it starts purring.

There is a knock on the window, Ketster is standing there, he waves with a grin, London rolls down the window.

"Mind if I drive?"

"Ok?"

Ketster reaches inside, unlocks the door and opens it, London moves over to the passenger seat and sighs.

"There's some more food in there if you're not full" Ketster says.

"Ok..." Isabel said.

"So..." London starts, "Who were they?"

"We'll find out at our next stop, I think-" Ketster responds, then he pulls the car out of the gas station and starts moving through the intersection, "Straight up this road takes us to the perimeter, we'll go west from there and take the Number Six North. There is a station a ways up there, we'll top off before continuing"

"Got it" Isabel and London replied.

"Whatever" Moonlake replied, sipping on his juice. He didn't care about anything and just wanted to be left alone, when London showed him his paw, he warmed up a little and started nibbling it playfully. Isabel looked out the window at the passing cars and buildings.

Ketster looked back at Moonlake for a second and then back on the road, he sighed.

"This is gonna be a long trip..." He said to himself.