Author's Note: The last chapter of Escape is here! I feel anxious and happy and sad and nervous and a lot more emotions. I really want to thank those who reviewed because your reviews helped me a lot so high five you guys! I'm also working on putting up the bios so some of you who have trouble telling which character is which Eeveelution on my profile so check that out and for those who really love the story (if you read all the chapters and hate it, then why are you reading it in the first place?) I really want to know what's your favorite character and/or what's your favorite chapter (it's a thing I'm doing to analyze the story in a different way) and why. This chapter will have four P. to run the story smoothly (obviously one of them is Riley) and to see in the other character's perspective to bring the ending out more or at least that's what I hope. Just sit back, munch on popcorn or any kind of snacks you enjoy, and read at a comfortable pace; the final chapter of Escape begins!

Zack's POV

I trotted through the forest in my Jolteon form, hoping Shelby has captured the two weak brats that ruined everything. I was at the fork where one path leads to Twinleaf while the other leads to the nearby lake when I found Shelby carefully placing two spheres in her small bag. She noticed my presence and her face lit up.

"Hello love," she grinned as she trotted over and licked my cheek. "Did the brats hurt you?"

"They won't be bothering us anymore," I laughed.

"Guess who I caught."

She took off the bag hanging from her neck and pulled out two pokeballs. I stared at them intensely and knew that Riley and Megan are finally captured.

"Looks like you're back in your cell Tanner," I talked to the pokeball that contained Riley, "and with your girlfriend too."

"Where's Damion?" Shelby asked as she looked around.

"He's on his way," I told her, "and wants us to meet him at that lake nearby."

"The sooner we see him, the faster we can go after the other three," she murmured as she stuffed the pokeballs back in her bag. "By the way, you're carrying their clothes and stuff."

"I was hoping that maybe we could carry them together."

"As much as I want to be close to you, I think we should meet with Damion before these two try to get out of their pokeballs."

"Whatever you say love," I smiled.

She rubbed her cheek against mine as the sun met the horizon and made the bright orange sky glow even more. I began to purr as she began to rub against my chest, keeping me calm and showing her affection towards me.

Lilly's POV

I slowly opened my eyes, feeling the gut-wrenching pain crawling all over my body. Sparky stared at me with his adorable, innocent eyes of his as he huddled at my chest.

"Lilly," he sighed in relief and had a big smile on his face, "you're okay."

"Barely," I muttered as I slowly stood up. "Where are the others?"

"I don't know. I stayed with you after Zack attacked you and you dropped right here."

I looked around, finding us alone in the forest with the sun slowly setting at the horizon.

"It's getting dark soon," I said briefly. "We need to find the others and hopefully nothing major happened."

I grabbed my Xtransceiver from my bag and dialed Riley's number. After several rings, the screen turned black and the words "AUDIO ONLY" flashed on the screen.

"Damion will be so happy that we finally caught them," Zack's voice was heard loudly and crystal clear from the Xtransceiver.

"Don't forget the rest of Sigma Six will be happy that we're three away from achieving our goal," Shelby's voice assured him.

My heart began to race as I heard their voices instead of hearing Riley's calm and smooth voice.

"I don't see why Damion wants to meet us at Verity Lakefront instead of Sandgem," Shelby continued.

"It's because the place is where they'll least expect to find them."

I quickly hung up; my mind was racing as I shivered in fear. Rustling nearby almost startled me and I held onto Sparky tightly.

"W-w-what was that?" Sparky's voice shuddered.

"I don't know," I half whispered as they grew closer and closer.

We stood still, hearing them lurking around and getting ready to attack us. I grew ready to defend myself from any possible danger.

"Calm down, it's only us."

Gregg and Trina came into view with a Lopunny and a Luxray, all of them looking badly injured. I pulled out a potion from my bag and began to spray the nasty looking wounds one by one.

"What the hell happened?" I asked.

"Shelby ambushed us," Gregg sighed as his wounds began to heal away almost instantly.

"The bitch also captured Riley and Megan," Trina added, sounding bitter. "Why aren't you with the others?"

"Zack knocked me out before I was able to keep up," I explained as I began to treat her wounds. "I'm pretty sure that they are at Sandgem waiting for us."

"We should hurry then," Gregg announced. "It's going to get dark soon and Damion might be planning to leave Sinnoh tonight."

Megan's POV

One night, a little girl was holding a Leafeon plushy while she was running around in her home, searching for her mother. She peeked through the cracks of her parents' bedroom, finding her mother surrounded by a group of figures.

"Where's the girl?" one of them questioned. "Where is she?"

"I won't let any of you lay a single finger on her!" her mother beckoned as she tried to fight off the figures holding her down.

"If you don't tell us where she is, you and your husband will face serious consequences."

"I rather die than give my daughter away!"

"That can be arranged."

One of the figures slammed her on the ground and began to strike her at her sides. The girl's eyes widen as she held onto her plushy tightly, trembling in fear.

"MOMMY!" she screamed.

The figures spotted the girl at the doorway, terrified to the horrible scene.

"Well, well," the figure who was talking to her mother approached to the little girl, "looks like she was here all along."

The figure brushed her long brown hair as she slowly began to transform into her true form, an Eevee. She slowly lingered back in her Eevee form, holding her Leafeon plushy with her mouth.

"Run sweetie!" the mother exclaimed.

The girl stood still, frozen in fear as she watched the figure pull out a pokeball.

"LEAVE HER ALONE!" her mother begged for her daughter to be released.

Another figure came over and kicked her at her side, forcing her to be quiet. The girl closed her eyes as the figure was ready to capture her. Then, an Umbreon jumped in through the window and tackled the figure away from the girl. The girl opened her eyes and stared at the Umbreon heading towards her, her father. He nipped her by the scruff and swept her away from her home. The girl could hear the figures heading after her and her father. Her ears pricked when she heard a gun went off and her father collapsed on the forest floor.

"Daddy!" the girl gasped as she nudged her fallen father.

"Run to your sister," he said softly and slowly closed his eyes, his soul had officially left the Earth.

The girl cried her heart out, seeing her father killed and then watched the house burn down with her mother inside. Only two people know this tale: Damion was the one that killed my father and I was the little girl that lost almost everything.

Riley's POV

The moonlight lit the whole as a young woman twisted and turned around her bed, feeling sicker by the second. She quickly lifted her head and glanced at the window, finding the full moon illuminating and knew it was midnight. She felt her bed sheets that were wet on her area and tried to wake up her husband.

"Honey," she nudged him.

"What is it Rosaline?" her husband asked.

"The baby's coming."

The husband quickly jerked up and quickly went off the bed. He began to dress when his wife stopped him.

"We can't go to the hospital," she warned. "You know what they'll do to me and the baby if they find out."

The husband ran to grab any towels he could find as the wife began to scream in pain. She placed her hands where the baby was and felt every movement the baby made, making the pain worse. The husband came back in the room with his arms full of towels and found his wife struggling as her skin was turning light blue and her ears were becoming yellow and began to look like fins, she was changing into a Vaporeon.

"Try to control yourself Rosaline," the husband said calmly to the Vaporeon taking his wife's place.

"Va vaporeon va," she whimpered.

She slowly changed back in her human form, groaning in pain.

"You have to help me sweetie," the wife said softly as she held his arm. "You have to help me give birth to our child."

The husband froze, not knowing if he felt he was able to. After all, the couple are only twenty years old.

"I'm not so sure if I can…"

"Try Bailey," she told him as she took deep breaths, holding in the pain, "You're the only one that can help me through this."

He quickly placed the towels around her legs and held a soft, snow white blanket close to him as he took deep breaths and looked back at the wife.

"Ready?"

"As if I have a choice," she gave a weak smile.

"Now push!"

The wife began to use all of her energy as sweat rolled down her forehead and she screamed while clenching her fingernails on the mattress. The husband noticed that her skin was becoming light blue again and glanced at her face, she was changing again.

"Try to control yourself Rosaline!" He warned as a mermaid like tail appeared near her feet.

The wife was able to keep herself half Vaporeon and half human, focusing mostly on bringing her child to the world.

"Come on Rosaline!" Her husband motivated her. "Keep pushing!"

She closed her eyes and screamed even louder, her Vaporeon ears pressed against her skull. Her ears pricked as she heard the cry of a newborn and slowly opened her eyes.

"Congrats mommy," her husband smiled as he held the newborn wrapped in the blanket in his arms, "it's a boy."

He slowly brought their new son over to her and she hoped that her child was born okay. He placed him into her arms and her eyes slowly glanced at her newborn son. His large brown eyes gazed at her as he sucked on one of his long ears, his bushy tail tucked between his feet, and his cold black nose twitched.

"I think we should name him after your father," the husband said softly and smiled.

"You want our child to be named Maverick? What about naming after your father?"

"Percy? I don't think so."

"How about Riley?" she suggested after putting some thought.

"Riley Tanner," the husband smiled as he glanced at his son. "Perfect."

He sat next to his wife and smiled as they watched over their son, giving him love and protection even if he wasn't like any other newborn. On October 26, 1995, a half human/ half Eevee named Riley Tanner was born.

Zack's POV

The moon gave off its bright glow as Shelby and I (in my human form of course) watched Damion pace around, planning our next move. He held the two pokeballs that contained Riley and Megan, not knowing how long it will be when they try to escape out of their pokeballs.

"Bring the cage Typhlosion," he ordered his massive, obedient pet.

He dropped the cage right next to me and glanced at his master for more orders. He carefully placed each pokeball on the ground, a few inches apart from each other. He opened them, letting bright lights nearly blind us as the couple were being released.

"Umbri."

"Leaf."

They cringed in fear as they huddled next to each other and gazed at their surroundings with confusion.

"Welcome back Riley and Megan," Damion announced as he petted their heads.

I can tell by the look on their faces that they didn't like Damion's petting, more like terrified of it.

"You two led a wild chase, but we managed to have you back in our midst."

They stared at him as their tails began to intertwine with each other, scared of what might happen next. Typhlosion began to head towards them, forcing them to back themselves in the cage and I quickly locked them inside.

"You and Shelby will make sure that our guests won't leave again while Typhlosion and I finish preparing our supplies for our long trip to the Unova region."

Damion and Typhlosion went off to finish packing while Shelby and I stayed with the captives. I looked over and found Riley staring at me while Megan began to rub against his chest, trying to lure him away from me. His eyes showed innocence, confusion, sadness, and tried to give me guilt.

"Why did you do it Zack?" he asked, sounding hurt.

I didn't reply and continued staring at him, causing him to whine.

"Why did you turn me in?"

I looked away and approached towards Shelby, knowing she wanted my attention. It wasn't long until he began to whine even louder.

"I gave you my trust Zack! I helped you the best I could with your problems! We're best friends!"

I turned around and kicked him hard in the face, causing him to yip in pain.

"We were never friends, you worthless mutt," I growled at him.

He was heartbroken after he heard the truth about us and I looked away from him.

"Unless you want to get heavily beaten, I suggest you stop talking to me and forget about everything!"

Riley stared at the ground as if he was a disgrace and tears began to roll down his cheeks.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Megan questioned me.

I turned around and approached towards the cage.

"I was only telling the truth."

"He considered you as a friend and this is how you repay him?"

"You better stay out of this before I make you regret of speaking this."

"Like what? You can't hurt me!"

"But I can," Shelby threatened as smoke puffed out of her nostrils, "and I suggest you two should behave like the little pets you are or you'll end up as charcoal."

Megan glared at us and went back to comforting the bothersome weakling.

"Are you okay love?" Shelby asked me as she began to rub against my legs. "Can you get out of this horrid form and be with me in the form that Arceus wants you to be?"

"As much as I want to, I have to make sure that those brats won't try to snatch them away from us," I told her as I petted her head. "Don't worry, maybe tonight we can cuddle."

Her eyes lit up and she rubbed her cream fur against my legs, liking the idea. I continue to pet her, never wanting to separate from her.

Riley's POV

"Riley," Megan said softly as she tried to snap me out of my trance. "Please Riley, talk to me."

I concealed from the world, my face feeling swollen and my eyes fixed on the floor.

"Riley, answer me."

She slowly crawled onto my back and licked the back of my ear, trying to catch my attention. I slowly glanced at her and she began to smile.

"Are you okay Riley?" she asked sweetly.

I licked her cheek instead of replying, showing gratitude for being there for me. She gave a short purr and then had her glimmering eyes glancing at mine. I began to regain my determination along with my hope, I'm not to giving up now.

"We're getting out here," I told her, making sure that Shelby and Zack didn't hear, "dead or alive, we're getting out of here together."

Lilly's POV

All of us stayed close to each other as we approached Verity Lakefront, making sure that we won't get attacked by surprise. I stayed close to Heidi while Gregg and his Luxray walked in front of us and Trina and Peter were right behind us. I slowly glanced back and saw them beginning to hold hands.

"I thought they hated each other," I whispered to Heidi.

"That happens a lot," Heidi whispered back, "they said they're meant for each other, but I guess that their flaws take the best of them every time."

"Everyone get down," Gregg warned.

"Why?" Trina questioned.

"Shh! Just do it!"

All of us laid flat on the ground and behind a bush as Typhlosion passed by carrying boxes. Our hearts raced when we laid eyes on him and quickly stood up after we're sure that it was safe to get up.

"Do you think that Riley and Megan would be in there?" Trina asked.

"I doubt it," Peter said softly, "none of them have an air hole for them to breathe."

"They might be farther up the lake," I suggested.

"What about Zack, Shelby, and Damion?" Peter questioned. "We can't take all of them down."

"Peter's right," Heidi agreed. "We can't."

"Then we'll fight 'til the end," Trina announced. "We'll get Riley and Megan out of here."

"Looks like we're in for a wild chase," Gregg smirked.

Megan's POV

"You stupid Umbreon!" Zack screamed as he pinned Riley on the ground. "I'll make you pay for what you did!"

I watched Zack beginning to beat Riley as his right arm had a nasty bite with blood oozing out. I didn't like our plan to escape and I never enjoyed watching Riley or any being getting brutally abused. Riley's innocent eyes glanced at me as Zack continued hitting him, telling me to go on with the plan. I slowly lingered over to the side of the cage, spotting Riley's belt with three pokeballs that contained his pokemon. I began my attempt to grab them with my paw, hoping I could reach them before Riley get beaten even worse or they take a small glance and find me trying to escape.

Come on, I thought to myself as I saw my paw being a few inches away from Riley's belt.

I was sure that I was able to reach them and tried again, going as far as I could. I knew I touched the round little sphere when someone snatched me out of the cage surprised.

"Don't be a naughty Leafeon and try to leave us," Shelby gave a wicked smile after she dropped me next to Riley. Her ember like eyes glared at me, trying to petrify me.

Riley and I looked at each other and knew what we had to do. Vines began to wrap around Shelby's legs as Riles used Nightshade on Zack.

"Go! Go!" Riley ordered as our enemies collapsed on the ground, unconscious.

Riley and I quickly changed into our human forms, having our naked skin exposed to the cold air, and quickly slipped on our clothes.

"Let's get out of here and fast," I warned him as we grabbed our bags and supplies.

"Come back here Riley!" Zack threatened.

"Don't be a naughty Leafeon, Megan!" Shelby screamed as she and Zack chased after us.

I held onto Riley's hand, not wanting to let go of him what might be our last few moments together in freedom. Suddenly, they tackled us down and our fingertips separated from each other.

"You two are way beyond naughty little pets," Shelby struggled to keep me in her grasp.

"It's time for you two to receive what's coming," Zack growled.

Riley and I began to make shrills that are between human and our Eeveelutions as they grew ready to finish us up. Then, everything grew quiet and I thought seeing Riley pinned on the ground was the last time I saw him.

Riley's POV

I noticed Zack and Shelby weren't on our backs and slowly looked up.

"Miss me?" Lilly smiled as she towered above me and helped me and Megan on our feet.

"Thank god you two are alright," Heidi sighed in relief and hugged us tightly.

"Barely," I murmured.

"Sorry to break up this reunion," Trina interrupted, "but we need to get the hell out of here before they come and surround us!"

"Everyone scatter!" Gregg announced as he and Peter ran out of the nearby trees.

"TANNER!"

"POOLE!"

"Go! Go! Go!" Heidi pushed us as we saw sparks of lightning and flares spiraling at the night sky.

Shelby and Zack dashed after us, pumped with rage. Trina and Peter went after them as the rest of us ran as fast as we could to escape.

"Come back here Slave!"

I turned around and found Typhlosion chasing after me with fire raging on his neck.

"Crap!" I murmured to myself.

Lilly and Gregg raced towards him to keep him away from me, fighting for my life.

"Lilly!" I screamed as I saw her fall to the ground with burns beginning to take over her body.

"Come on Riley!" Heidi grabbed my hand and the three of us continued to escape.

We felt clustered dirt whack us in the face as lightning struck the ground, barely missing us. Heidi led us to the thick forest that'll lead us to Sandgem.

"Listen to me," Heidi spoke calmly and softly, "the both of you need to run as fast as you can and don't separate from each other."

"You're not coming?" I gasped.

"I need to make sure that Damion won't track you down."

"We're not leaving anyone," Megan defied.

"Your safety is worth more than ours."

"She's right," I told Megan after a short pause. "We need to leave."

"I'll be alright," Heidi assured.

"Come on," I told Megan softly and sweetly.

She reached for my hand and gently squeezed it, staying close to each other. We began to run as Heidi went back to the battlefield to save us from Damion.

We slowly walked around in the deep, quiet forest as we tried to find a way out and head back home.

"Do you know where we might be?" Megan asked softly as she looked around.

"I don't know," I replied back, "but we must be getting close."

We continued to walk around the forest, unaware how far until we reach civilization, and heard a twig snap.

"What was that?" Megan grew closer towards me.

"Stay close to me," I told her as we heard bushes rustling and a figure heading closer and closer.

The both of us quickly looked around our surroundings as it grew louder. Then, everything became silent again and we still stayed close to each other.

"Whatever it was probably left," I said softly.

The second we took our minds off of the visitor, bright beam struck both of us at our chests and forced to collapse on the ground with a large amount of pain.

"You thought you can escape, little pets?" Damion lurked out of the shadows and walked toward us.

I stared in horror at the dagger he held in his hand, making my Umbreon side go off like crazy.

"You almost make me feel bad about cutting your arms for punishment."

He brought the dagger above my arm and stabbed it with all of his might.

"UMBREON!" I shrieked in pokemon and kicked Damion away from me.

"Riley!" Megan screamed.

"Run Megan!"

She was able to escape before Damion got back on his feet, angrier by the second. He towered above me with the bloody dagger still in his hand.

"You know better than hurting your master Riley."

He lifted the dagger, getting ready to stab me in the other arm, and I quickly rolled to the other side; barely missing the dagger. I scrambled onto my feet and ran as fast as I could, powered in complete fear.

"Don't run away from your master, Riley!"

I passed though old, tall trees as blood dripped from my wound to the ground. I felt the urge to change into my Umbreon form, the need to be a pokemon, but I fought against and knew what was best.

"Gotcha!" Damion announced after he pinned me down hard.

"Umbri! Umbri!" I grew hysterical and tried to get out of his grasp, yelling in pokemon again.

I was changing too quickly and before I knew it, I was an Umbreon again. I snapped my jaws on Damion's arm, trying to free myself.

"Oh no you don't," he grunted and stabbed me on my side.

"BRI!"

I collapsed on the floor, breathing heavily and most likely fatally wounded, he dropped the dagger and stared at me dying slowly. As I slowly closed my eyes, I saw a familiar figure protecting me from Damion and then everything grew dark.

Megan's POV

"Riley?" I called throughout the forest.

No reply.

"Riley?" I called again.

Still no reply. I was already frightened to even guess what Shelby and Zack did to the others and I didn't want to think of the possibilities that could happen to my mate.

"Riley!"

I spotted a trial of blood on the forest floor and gave me a cold shiver, knowing who the blood belongs to. I looked around, staying close to the bloody trail, and found a figure on the ground.

"Riley!" I yelled as I ran towards his body.

I held him carefully and stared at the wound that was around his ribcage.

"Riley," my eyes began water as I slowly stroked his fur.

His innocent red eyes were closed and I tried to wake him up, hoping he was just unconscious.

"Wake up Riley," I begged as I tapped his cheeks with my fingers. "Wake up."

He didn't respond and tears rolled down my cheeks, wanting him to come back to me. Watching him in my arms reminded me of the night I saw my father's death when he tried to keep me away from Damion.

"Riley!" I screamed as I began to sob and held him close to my chest like an infant. "Please don't leave me! Please Riley, stay with me!"

I stared at his face, knowing he won't come back.

"Riley…"

I slowly let my lips touch his and gave him a sweet, gentle kiss; not caring if he was an Umbreon and I was human. I slowly pulled myself away and glanced at his still face.

"I will love you forever Riley Tanner," I said softly, trying to fight back more tears.

Suddenly, his rings began to glow under the moonlight and I gasped in awe. His wounded side began to heal slowly as his ears twitched and he slowly opened his eyes.

"M-M-Megan?" he asked groggily.

"Riley!" I exclaimed and hugged him tightly and gave him multiple kisses on the forehead. "You came back to me."

"Well, I am hard to kill," he gave a cocky smile.

I kissed him once and hugged him, now happy that Riley was alive in my arms.

Lilly's POV

I watched them escape from us as the five of us stayed near the lake, now stronger than ever.

"They won't be after Riley and Megan for awhile," Heidi announced.

"Let's hope that Riley and Megan are away safely," Gregg said briefly.

"You did a good job for a mermaid," I heard Trina tell Peter.

"And you did a great job for a Glaceon," Peter replied back.

I looked around as the sun began to rise, bringing a brand new day.

"We may have won the battle, but Riley and Megan are still fighting the war," I remarked, "and like Heidi and Alice, I can't wait to see them back in life."

Zack's POV

"Are you alright Damion?" Shelby asked as she spotted him with a bite on his arm and bruises all over his body.

"Perfect," he muttered as he boarded onto our boat.

He walked around, blowing off some steam, and then went to the driver's seat and began to take us to the deep ocean.

"Where are we heading?" I asked him curiously.

"We are heading to the Unova region to get the next two," Damion announced. "Vinny Mitchell and Brooke Shay."

"Won't they try to get there before us?"

"I want you write a letter to bring a certain someone to Unova."

"Who?"

"Alice Tanner."

…To Be Continued in Cringe…

This chapter is definitely one of the longest and most time consuming in the story. Thank you again to those who reviewed which helped me become a better writer. I would like to know what is your favorite character, scene, chapter, etc. and why just to see things differently than the eyes of the writer of this story. Their escape from danger is over, but the war between them and Sigma Six had just begun.