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Tommy held the Sylveon harder when it attempted to struggle, doing his best to ignore it's cry. Obviously there was something about the Shiinotic that Tommy had missed with the Sylveon, but the truth of the matter is that he'd always do what he had to to protect his friends, and other people and Pokemon, from dangerous ones like that Shiinotic had been. But the Sylveon had a chance to be redeemed and all Tommy needed was a little more experience as a trainer.

It was about an hour walk to town, but when they exited the trees and one of the townsfolk who was still up and about saw the small group, they gasped in surprise and ran up to them. [b]"Y-you did it! You stopped them! But...why is that Shiinotic dead? And...why is it so big?"[/b] They hadn't yet noticed the teenage boy and young girl and Tommy offered the explanation.

"The Shiinotic was the real one pulling the strings with that little band that's been snatching up people over the years. With as many lives as it had claimed, human and Pokemon alike..." The town's person held up a hand and nodded, understanding, turning to address the children, likely to chastise them, she recognized them and tears lit her eyes.

[b]"Benji? Millie? Is that really you?"[/b] Both children smiled with tears in their eyes and nodded. The woman rushed forwards to embrace them in a hug and Tommy smiled before gently pushing Cici towards the Pokecenter a short distance away.

"I want you to go rest up, but in the morning, you and I are talking about this other friend who abandoned you in the past. I'll handle getting these two to the authorities and then get my condition taken care of. You. Rest." Once he was sure she was going to get her Pokemon taken care of and rest up herself, he headed for the police station, where he entered and explained the situation. "So yeah, that's about the whole story. I would like to come back and try to reform this Sylveon after I have some more experience as a trainer if I may though." The officer at the front watched some of his colleagues come and retrieve both the body of the Shiinotic and the paralyzed Sylveon.

[color=SteelBlue]"Well, normally we would say that that was a risk we couldn't allow you to take, but I recognize the Sylveon from when I was younger, watched her trainer abandon her in the forest. Had I known she'd been the source of all this...well, anyways, I'll do what I can to get her kept in the pens, keep her separate from the other Pokemon. You go get that poisoning taken care of and rest. You look like you haven't slept in almost two days."[/color] Tommy smiled and nodded, kneeling down and patting Epsilon's head before returning him and heading out.

A short trip to the clinic later and he was free of the Poison and on his way to the Pokecenter to get Epsilon healed up and then finally get some sleep himself. He had a feeling he'd be waking up later than he wanted, but at least Cici and Feyhallow were safe now.

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TP: 31+1=32
CP: 22+1=23
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