As Miel and Stror were talking and Pyros and Shade were chilling, they all got a call on their respective devices. Miel's PokeGear was in his satchel he had set on the ground, but Shade, Stror, and Pyros had Xtransceivers around their wrists. Geting pulled into a group call, they answered. Shade hurried to Miel and let him see what was going on. It was their father. His greying dark hair was disheveled and he looked like he had been crying, his dark eyes almost dead. "My children. Come home please. It's your mother... She had an accident with one of the Pokemon she was taking care of. My Aerodactyl is almost on his way there."
The call ended.
Miel's anxiety levels were rising uncomfortably high, Stror's eyes were brimming with tears, and Pyros's and Shade's faces were both very pale. MIel apologized to Alex. "I'm so sorry, I have to go. My mom..." he paused and, robotically, he went to his things. Shade pulled out a pen and paper and wrote down Miel's PokeGear number and her Xtransceiver number.
"Here's a way to contact us. If you can't get ahold of Miel, I'll most likely answer. I'm so sorry..."
Shade then left with Miel to grab her things and change back into her regular clothes, along with Miel.
Stror was taken aback by what was going on. But he was having such a good time with Katy. He wrote down his Xtransceiver number and gave it to her. "Here, have this. I need to go. I'm so sorry. Jacquel! Mom's hurt!"
Jacquel stopped immediately in his tracks and could feel his trainer's emotions. It was overwhelmingly sad. He calmed down his attacks and spoke to Belle, clearly disheartened by the news. <I'm sorry I have to cut this so short. My companion's mother seemed to be seriously injured. If you need to call me, here.> He pulled out a little Aura crystal and gave it to Belle. It could fashioned in any way possible to make it comfortable, since it was small enough to fit in a child's closed hand. <If you put your aura into this crystal, my crystal will call me and we can talk like how humans use PokeGears or Xtransceivers. I'll see you later.> With that, he ran back to his trainer, who was hugging Kitty before he had to leave.
Zarda had listened in on the four-way call with her trainer's father and sighed. She set down the happy Tyrunt and gave him an affectionate, motherly lick before gesturing her head towards Faith and Kitty. <I need to go now, little one.> She looked up to Faith. <I'm so sorry to cut this so short. I have to take them home. It's a pleasure to meet you, Faith. May we speak again sometime soon.>
With that, Pyros hopped on Zarda's back and Stror walked back to Pyros and hopped on while returning Jacquel. Shade and Miel rushed out of the school and saw their father's Aerodactyl flying towards them. As soon as he landed, they hopped on and they were off. The Aerodactyl joined up with Zarda, and they flew back towards Kanto.