Prologue: A Thief and A KABOOM! (Wes's POV):
Jeez, Gonzap's in a poor mood. I wonder why? I think this as the newest Snagger comes from said man's office with a bloody nose. I point him in the direction of the bathroom and he nods his thanks without getting his blood on my blue sand coat, if he did, he'd get a black eye to match. Ah, well. Guess it's my turn. I take a deep breath before I head into the office of Team Snagem's boss, Gonzap.
"Wes, you'd better have had a better Snag for me than that no-good newbie." I open my sand coat and out pops three Voltorbs. When he sends his 'I can't believe you couldn't get a more powerful Pokémon' look, I only shrug.
"They were all that was in the house. Their owners were gone by the time I got there to challenge the dude." He reaches his hand back to hit me, but lowers it as an idea comes to his head. From the look on his face, it can't be good.
"Well, if three Voltorbs are all you could find, I'll just have to send YOUR Pokémon to become Shadow Pokémon. Oh, yes, that'll make my boss very happy." I couldn't believe what I was hearing!
"But…" I try to come up with something, but he just waves for me to go away.
"I expect your Espeon and Umbreon in here after my lunch. And take those useless Pokémon with you!" I quickly gather the Voltorbs into my sand coat again, then leave without bowing. I somehow make my way to the west side of the building, looking at both the many Snag Machines and my own Umbreon, who followed me once I was out of the office. And I come up with an idea. He looks at me while I quickly gather three Max Revives on the bookshelf furthest from the wall.
"What are you doing?" he asks and I only wink at him. I place each of the terrified Voltorbs on the floor in different places. And I start placing more explosives with my Espeon's help around the building's main part of the second floor.
"Don't worry, you help me and you can go back to your owners. And I'm sorry." Though this obviously surprises Umbreon, the Voltorbs blow up on my command. He barely manages to get away from the wall as it crumbles in the aftermath of the explosions. "Good, let's go." But I see the only Snag Gauntlet is still intact from the explosions. As I quickly revive the Voltorbs and they roll away, I think: why the hell not? It'll stop them, even if this didn't. So I grab the Gauntlet, tuck it under my arm and jump out of the hole in the wall with Umbreon quickly following me. We hit the ground running and run towards my 'borrowed' one wheeled bike with a hovering sidecar.
Though Gonzap and his goons follow us, we got a head start. I throw the Gauntlet into the sidecar, Umbreon jumps in and I hop on. Turning the engine on immediately, I drive it away from the Snagem Hideout and towards the opening of Eclo Canyon. Before we reach the end of the Canyon, I hold up a trigger and push the button, making the rest of the Hideout explode on the second floor. As soon as we are out of the Canyon, I go faster, getting out of the area before the police can come.
