Greenwood Town Arc - 2 weeks after the events of HGSS, Silver returns to his hometown of Greenwood Town, a small village situated between Cherrygrove City and Violet City. He finds his old house and re-unites with his mum, who bollocks him for disappearing all this time without saying a word. He also catches up with his two former best friends, Jason Callaghan and Chloe Hart. Now that Team Rocket's been beaten again and Giovanni safely in prison, it seems that Silver can finally settle down in his hometown. BUT, outside there is more happening - Shadow Ark Isle, the most secure maximum prison in the world, is situated on an island 50 miles south of Kanto. There are guards and cameras EVERYWHERE and the whole island is surrounded by an impenetrable force field (that includes UNDER the island, so you couldn't get out by submarine or anything like that). It's impossible to get in or out without a guard's clearance - so what happens? Petrel, TR's master of disguise, and a bunch of grunts pose as guards to get in, deactivate a lot of the prison from the inside, and bust Giovanni out before picking him up in a helicopter. Obviously, its all over the news the next morning. Silver is P*SSED to learn his evil dad has escaped, and things are about to get worse; the government gets it in their head that kidnapping Giovanni's ex-wife (Silver's mum) and holding her hostage will lure him out. While Silver, Jason and Chloe are ot training in the woods, a squad of government agents led by Ryo Tentrack, one of the Paladins, invades Greenwood and interrogates Silver's mum, before abducting her. Silver and his friends arrive back just as they're leaving, and trail them all the way to their helicopter just outside Cherrygrove. An overconfident Silver challenges Ryo to a battle, but obviously Silver gets absolutely owned.