Togetic prepared his held item and dashed forward to the opening of the vortex. "Hold on, Lady Gardevoir! I'm coming to save you!" he yelled out fearlessly, his wings glowing bright green as Lilligant helped him soar into the emptiness of the Distortion World.
Lilligant herself kept strict watch over the Fairy/Flying-type, carefully guiding him through the rubble and debris kicked up by Togetic's battle with Shedinja-Gardevoir just moments prior. "Dark Togetic has gone up ahead," she explained, picking up the pace with her mysterious flight abilities.
Despite his Flying subtype, Togetic himself couldn't fly properly, and not on his own. This struggling-to-continue-in-life disorder was caused by one of Gengar's invasion many years in the past, before Togetic had even evolved. Gengar poisoned and killed every Togetic warrior who stood watch in Gardevoir's army, leaving only Togetic, still a Togepi at the time, in the troop. Togepi eventually had changed his appearance to evolve and never learned how to fly due to the flight Togetic having been killed by Gengar.
Once Togetic reached the Distortion World as a place, however, he was instantly greeted by a high amount of debris, rubble and junk flying through the air, almost striking Togetic. Luckily, Lilligant was able to pull him out of the way last second. "Yeesh, this place is distorted like-like time!" Togetic exclaimed in disbelief as Lilligant helped him avoid another near-death collision with an askew pillar from an unknown temple. Lilligant smugly responded by sarcastically stating that's why it was called the Distortion World, but Togetic didn't want to hear it all too much.
A nearby wall of Magnemite eyes, however, threw both Togetic and Lilligant for a loop. "AUGH!" they called out in surprise unison as Lilligant pulled the Happiness Pokémon out in the nick of time, just as the eyes dissipated.
Lilligant cleared her through uneasily and stated in shock, "Yes, well...I don't think anyone expected that."
Eventually Lilligant managed to steer Togetic through some more debris, eventually leading him into a sector of complete and utter darkness. "O...K? Maybe the Pokémon that's powering this place got knocked out or something," Togetic said uneasily, looking down to see he was lacking in his red, white and blue color scheme.
Lilligant rolled her eyes and adjusted her flower crown, careful not to let Togetic fall out of the sky in the process. "This place isn't run by a Pokémon, Pikipek*-for-brains," she muttered. Then she changed the topic suddenly, stating, "Anyhow, it doesn't matter at this point. You're going the right way...I think." Lillgant's voice trailed off at the end of her sentence. This in turn made Togetic start to panic with an anxious shout of "What do you mean, you think?!", to which Lilligant replied to not worry about it.
Sure enough, Lilligant was actually taking Togetic the right way, but the latter Pokémon was an almost literal shadow by the time he exited the darkness portion of the area. "Darn it! This is my only color palette!" Togetic complained worriedly. Lilligant just rolled her eyes again and led Togetic into a waterfall-based Max Potion, restoring Togetic's color.
Lilligant then started to feel an unusual presence surrounding Togetic, and alerted him in advance. "Togetic, we're getting close to Shedinja. But keep on the lookout for lookalikes."
Togetic then saw a ton of different Shedinja that were flying about in the Distortion World like nobody's business. "Wha-?! There's a ton of them! Gross!" he called out in annoyance as Lilligant helped him get back over the issue. Togetic only got more worried, however, when Lilligant said that Shedinja might be cloning itself, since they were all the same. "If that's the case, this dilemma is end bigger than we thought!"
After fighting a few Shadow Togetic and barely avoided some excess debris, Lilligant made Togetic stop, since she saw something in the distance. "THAT Shedinja's the real deal! After it!" she exclaimed, making Togetic soar past at almost blinding speed. Togetic shouted a rally cry as Lilligsnt picked up the pace with the HM.
"GAH! My face feels like it's going to blow right off!" Togetic called out as Lilligant ignored him, throttling up again. They were now in the hub of the Distortion World. "Ungh...I-I've almost caught up to it!"
Lilligant could feel the move Fly losing PP with every second. "Not to rain on your parade, Togetic, but we need to watch the clock!" she announced, to which Togetic replied by telling her to keep him in the air as long as possible.
Finally, after chasing Shedinja through who-knows-how-much debris, the Bug/Ghost-type suddenly whacked itself on a piece of debris. Lilligant saw this as their chance to swoop in for the attack. "Now's your chance, Togetic! Attack, attack, attack!"
-If Togetic succeeded in shooting down Shedinja-
Shedinja suddenly went reeling toward an island directly below them, albeit a few meters. Lilligant was beaming, and so was Togetic. "Shedinja down!" she exclaimed, pulling Togetic in.
-If Togetic did not succeed in shooting down Shedinja-
Togetic and Lilligant watched in dismay as Shedinja brushed the impact off and flew away into the darkness.
"You're out of time," Lilligant said in dismay. She then added, "And out of flight. I can't even get you home. I'm sorry, Togetic."
