Unnatural

In The Zone

Sometime After the Events of Chapter 13 (I'm Feeling Good) and 14 (Memories. Are. Really. Clear. Yikes!)

Following Jen and Co.

Jen was still staring at her new phone as she waited for Red or Ash to respond to her message. She had sent it sometime ago while she and Mewtwo worked on editing Rattata/Levi's and Vulpix/Marcy's video, but neither one of her cousins had responded. Now, she was just waiting for the video to be published before she could grab the link and send it to the twins. "I know they won't be able to understand what either Levi or Marcy will be saying, but their Pokémon can watch and translate for them. They can ask us questions later. I still have questions for Marcy as well...and myself. Why did I not ask for their actual names earlier?!"

"The video is online. You can check their page for a link." Mewtwo stated as he sat back in his chair.

"Thank you." Jen opened the PokeTube app on her phone, found the newly published video and began sharing the link within her group message to the Ketchum twins.

"Heh, we got one view." Rattata/Levi ribbed. He was sitting on the table beside Mewtwo and had been watching the grey Legendary edit his video.

"You're welcome. You and Marcy—that's still gonna take a while to get used to--"

"Oh, really??" Haunter/Ein sarcastically gasped from behind her.

"...are going to be receiving at least two more views hopefully in a moment." Jen mumbled, pretending to ignore Haunter/Ein's remark. "I don't know where or what Ash and Red are doing, but I know they're still with Libby's organization...somewhere."

"Somewhere?" Rattata/Levi repeated with a raised brow.

"I've been able to call Ash and message Red over the past few weeks since I got my phone, but outside of hearing about their days, they cannot tell me where they are. The organization won't let them. All I know is they're in another region and waiting for updates regarding Amy. Still." She stared at her message and tapped the side of her phone with her index finger. "Maybe I shouldn't have sent this to them. They already have their hands full."

She highlighted the two messages but was stopped by Haunter/Ein. "Don't you think they should know? I mean, they're with Libby's organization. The people there should definitely know about this...Maybe copy the messages to your sister before deleting them?"

Jen nodded in agreement. She moved her thumb away from the 'delete' option and down to 'copy text'.

"How clear are your memories of the change?" Mewtwo suddenly asked Vulpix/Marcy. She was still sitting on the bar chair with Mew.

"Clearer than I want them to be. The majority of the time I was awake and that I remember consisted of being inside a cage. My friends and my brother were stacked around me, so we could at least talk with one another, but we didn't have a lot of room to move...Then again, the alternative wasn't better—being on one of the tables. I wasn't conscious for a majority of those moments, thank Arceus, but when I was...what I saw wasn't pleasant." Her voice grew quieter. "I...I had convinced myself it was a nightmare. It had helped that they had numbed me, but...it still scared me and waking up fully changed one day d-did not help."

"How old were you and your friends when this happened? You and Ein did not age while you both were in the database. You...you sound young." Jen asked, lowering her phone and meeting Vulpix/Marcy's gaze.

"Are you okay to keep answering these questions, Marcy?" Mew asked gently.

"Yeah, I'm okay. I figured you all would have some remaining questions. Talking about it sort of helps." Vulpix/Marcy straightened in her seat before responding. "I was five when we were taken, and my brother was eleven. Six years old when Ms. Lucy saved me."