When Sycamore first met Meyer, it was at the latter's electrical appliance store. Sycamore needed someone to help him with correctly connecting all the wires and parts to his mega-evolution machine. It was all for the sake of research, of course.

The next time he met Meyer, it was at his laboratory. He had invited him over to look into the sudden power outages the machine had while close to Garchomp. It turned out that Garchomp had high potential in mega-evolving. And not only Garchomp, but Meyer's Blaziken as well. So he asked if Meyer could help conduct some fieldwork for him. It was totally for the sake of research, of course.

Something was amiss in Lumiose City, and someone known as 'Blaziken Mask' seemed to always be at the centre of it all. When Gym Leader Clemont was arrested and taken to the police station, it turned out that it was the Clembot invention that had been breaking into research labs like his own. Sycamore was surprised to see Meyer once again, and was pleasantly relieved for Clemont's sake. Meyer always did know how to take good care of things. Sycamore later asked if Meyer and his son could help him improve on the mega-evolution machine - to which they both amicably agreed. Sycamore was glad that they could help him for the sake of his research.

Later that year, he discovered that 'Blaziken Mask' and Meyer were one and the same. It was around the same time when Garchomp mega-evolved and got to battle alongside Blaziken against Team Rocket. The Pokemon tag-team moved swiftly and gracefully, and was as powerful and synchronized as their trainers. After the battle, he and Meyer looked at each other, and he realized that maybe, his wish to spend time with Meyer… may not just be for the sake of research, after all.