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// Prologue: Hot Pursuit 
// Story: A New World, a New Way: Against the Book 
// by Speven Dillberg 
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Prologue: Hot Pursuit


“Get back here!” 

“Why do they always have to run?” Jenny panted, bringing up the rear. 

The pair of police officers couldn’t believe their luck. The Poképhile known as Gene Phillips, and the Gardevoir he was in a relationship with, were not even fifty meters ahead of them. Fugitives in multiple regions, the man and Pokémon had evaded capture from both normal law enforcement and the Ranger Union. If they managed to bring him in it would do wonders for their careers.

“You’re not going anywhere, criminal scum!” Her human partner yelled. “Nowhere except jail! Growlithe, use Ember!”

Jenny watched as one of the Growlithes, the one belonging to her partner, spat a ball of fire that missed so badly that it was obvious it wasn’t trying, instead smiting a tree nowhere near the target.

Jenny’s eyes went wide when the Gardevoir turned around and faced them, an arm outstretched. “Oh no,” she said, knowing what was coming.

“I apologize for this.”

Jenny was dimly aware of both her human partner and the two Growlithes with her collapsing. Great, she thought dimly around her mouthful of dirt. They were getting away. She and her partners had failed. Great, She thought again.

As unconsciousness claimed her, she heard something, a voice in her head.

“Rest now my children, for when you awake a whole new world shall be your home.”