A new world

Chapter 16: A new danger

Lucario and Dusk ran all the way to the camp. Lucario was carrying a still unconscious Leo in his arms.
When they got closer to the camp, they could hear shouting up ahead.
"You put up a good fight kid, But this ends now," a male voice yelled
then they heard another voice speak, "I won't give up until the very end, I'll keep protecting my friend even if I die in the process," this was Caroline speaking. She sounded determined, but Dusk could hear that she was in pain, she couldn't keep up for much longer that much was clear.
Lucario had laid down Leo.
"I take it that girl and her friend are your partners too," he said, Dusk nodded.
"Then I guess we'll go save them quickly; she does not sound like she can handle much more," Lucario said.
Dusk looked at him with determined eyes, "Let's do this," she said
 

Together they rushed out of the forest onto the small clearing to find Caroline standing in front of a hopefully unconscious Alex. She was facing a Scyther there was also a Beedrill lying on the ground a little to the side. Caroline had sustained multiple injuries and looked like she was drawing for her last powers.
"Leave her alone!" Lucario said while sending a Dragon Pulse his way. 
The Dragon Pulse hit Scyther in the side and send him flying away from Caroline. Lucario rushed forward to fight him, while Dusk rushed forward to help Caroline. By the time she reached her Caroline was trembling on her legs. With the immediate threat gone, the adrenaline that was coursing through Caroline's veins was fading away. And that adrenaline was the only reason Caroline had still been standing. Dusk caught her when her legs gave way and prevented her from falling. With Dusk's help, Caroline managed to falter to one of the trees. Dusk helped her sit down against it.
"Thanks," Caroline whispered weakly. She couldn't manage any more than a whisper as she was only barely holding on to consciousness.

Meanwhile, Lucario had defeated scyther. He looked over to see how the Riolu was faring. When he saw that she was holding on, he decided to go get the Chikorita first to make sure he remained safe as well. He swiftly carried him onto the clearing as well and laid him down beside the unconscious Zorua. He then made his way over to the hurt Riolu.
"Hold still this might sting a bit," he said, gently placing one paw on the Riolu's chest. He used Heal Pulse, and the wounds started to heal.
When all the wounds had closed he remove his paw.
"How's that, better?" the kid nodded once. Even though the Heal Pulse had undoubtedly helped, Caroline was still in a lot of pain.

Dusk was about to say thanks when the voice of her Dad sounded
"Can you hear me Dusk?" Ace asked.
Her dad was using his Aura to communicate with her telepathically. He had done this before, so Dusk was not surprised. And since both Caroline and Lucario could do this too, they too were used to this form of communication, however, none of them was expecting it at this moment.
"Yes I can hear you, dad," Dusk said
"Great, how are you?"
"I have been better, to be honest," Dusk said.
"What's wrong?" Ace asked, he had sounded cheerfull before, now he was concerned
"Well I am okay, but we have a bit of a situation going on," Dusk said grimly.
"I was going to give you a little surprise, but that can wait, please tell me everything,"
"I don't exactly know what's going on anymore, but it seems somebody is after me and he or she is willing to kill to get to me," Dusk said
Then Lucario said something," I can explain that..." He got no further
"Who is that?" Ace interrupted
"My name is Aaron, and until very recently I used to work for this pokemon, but I am disgusted by his plans. He had captured your daughter and had ordered to kill her friends, one of them came to rescue her, but I caught them however I could not kill a child. I decided to stop following my leader, and I freed Dusk, and together we ran away, But I know of his plans, and I am willing to help put an end to them."
"Do you trust him Dusk?" Ace asked
"He just saved my friends so yes," Dusk answered truthfully
"Then I suppose we will listen to you Aaron, please tell us of your former master's plans, and don't hold back any of it," Ace said

A/N
And that is the end of another chapter. Things are starting to heat up, aren't they? Well, I have something to say to all of you before I go.
While reading, you might have noticed Ace saying "A little surprise."
I am not going to tell you guys just yet what this surprise is, but I am going to give you guys a hint:  Ace's words are meant to be taken quite literally.
Hope that's not a dead giveaway feel free to send me your theory's, and while you're at it, please consider leaving a vote as well.
And on that note, I am going to wrap this up.

This is Riolu siging off.