Everyone listened to Carly tell her story. Afterwards, everyone was silent for a few minutes before Alex spoke up. "Carly...do you want us to help you and Deanna?"

Carly nodded. " But it's up to you if you do want to help. I don't even know where to start looking. " Carly said , not sure if there were towns in the mountains. She had a feeling Tracy would know the answer to that question.

"Perhaps Tracy might know something?" Sora asked.

"Tracy?" Kirito asked.

" Tracy is the gym leader from the last town we were in. She also helped Eve become a trainer. " Carly explained.

"I see. And she might be able to help us?" he asked.

" I think she might know of towns that are near mountains. I'm sure my mom is close to any that exist. " Carly said, hoping she was right.

"Either way, it sounds like we should head back to see Tracy. It sounds as if both you and your sister are needed if you want to help your mom," Alex said.

" Sounds like a good plan." Taylor agreed. He was willing to help both Carly and Deanna find their mother who had been taken from them.

"I'm willing to help," Eve added as well, wanting to help one of her friends.

(Also...I've been playing with the idea of Deanna having another Bishie when they get back. I was thinking of her having Sakura from Card Captor Sakura, but what do you think?)

( I think that would be great. Loved that show when I was younger. Also my site emails are back.:) Been a month since they stopped.)

" I am too." Salem said. He was also going to ask to be a trainer once they got to Tracy's town. He felt it was a about time to be a trainer.

(Yeah, I noticed that too. I was wondering if it was just a glitch or something)

Eve was glad that Salem was willing to come with her and the others.

"Thank you...everyone." Carly said softly, a smile starting to form on her face.

( It probably was.)

"I promise I'll help you guys as much as I can if you need me." Simon replied, wanting to help, but knew his duty was here in this town.

"We'll try keeping you in the loop Simon," Alex promised. "Speaking of which, how is the town coming along? I've seen a few renovations, but I haven't had the chance to walk around and see everything yet."

"Things are coming along really good. We still don't know what to do with some of the buildings that were damaged. It would be costly to repair them, but even more so to tear them down and rebuild them." Simon stated.

"Is there anything we can do to help?" Zero asked.

"I'm not sure really. I'll need to ask around , but I'm sure there is something that can be done." Simon said, hoping there was.

"alright," Zero replied with a small smirk.

Gina was glad to see that the town was being rebuilt and that Kushina was coming with her. " I can't wait to see Eve again. " She said feeling excited.

Kushina was glad to see that her trainer and friend was feeling good about seeing Eve and smiled happily at seeing Gina smiling.

Eve was helping with some paperwork when she heard the door bell ring. She was very happy to see that it was again and opened it to greet her.

Gina grinned when she saw Eve again. "Hey Eve, long time no see."

" It's been too long. It's good to see both you and Kushina here. " Eve said wondering where Simon and Kirito were.

"Likewise," Eve replied with a grin. She knew that Salem and Kirito were sparring with each other, knowing that she would be extremely annoyed at them both if they went overboard.

" Where is Simon?" Gina asked. " I'm supposed to meet him today. Afterwards we can go to lunch. I see that the restaurants are open again. " She said as she entered.

"He's taking a small break from paperwork. I think he's up on the roof wiith Renamon. I'll go get him for you," Eve said. Before she left, she told the two women to make themselves at home.