Trainers, which of these will make a Pokemon easier to purify?
a) Walking with it.
b) Allowing it's emotions to flair.
c) Defeating opponent's Pokemon.
Wes and Rui made their way to the residency of the Mayor of Phenac City, to consult the Mayor on the catastrophe at hand. However, what they encountered was not the mayor, but:
"Fuohoho! So these are the darlings who you were defeated by? You are really that pathetic to be beaten by mere children?"
"…My name is Wes. I have one goal, to destroy the Shadow Pokémon!"
"Oh, darling, you are simply too optimistic. I am afraid I cannot allow your lady friend to be left at liberty! Boys… defeat this boy. I must be off. Don't forget to bring the girl who can see what she shouldn't. Don't like pain? Then keep your nose out of our affairs!"
The man with the insanely tall afro left the building, followed by the three goons. Folly and Trudly alone remained.
"…Well. You heard Miror B. We gotta take you down."
MIROR B. PEON FOLLY would like to battle!
MIROR B. PEON FOLLY sent out WHISMUR and LOTAD!
Go! UMBREON and ESPEON!
The fight was painfully short. Folly stepped down, and Trudly stepped up.
"I'm not like Folly. I will completely destroy you, and make the girl mine."
"You. Wish."
MIROR B. PEON TRUDLY would like to battle!
MIROR B. PEON TRUDLY sent out DUSKULL and SPINARAK!
Go! UMBREON and ESPEON!
Wes stared blankly, before bursting out into laughter.
"What's so funny?"
"Rui, give it a shot. These two are weak to us." Rui stepped forward, and Espeon and Umbreon looked up at her hesitantly. Rui put in commands on her Battle Brace, and the two nodded. Umbreon bit the Duskull, while Espeon Confused the Spinarak.
"That's how it's done!" Wes cheered.
"Oh no… I'm not done!"
MIROR B. PEON TRUDLY sent out MAKUHITA!
Rui's eyes widened. Makuhita had the dark aura.
"This is a Shadow Pokémon!"
"Let me try this…" Wes said. He held out his Snagging arm, and threw a Pokéball. The Pokéball embraced the Makuhita, and landed on the floor.
… … … …Gotcha! MAKUHITA was caught!
"Oh man! Folly, did you see that?"
"Yes I did, Trudly. Not only were our butts handed to us by a first-timer, but we lost that Shadow Pokémon!"
"Do you think we can salvage a raise?"
"I don't think we can salvage our jobs! Trudly, we need to skip town!"
Wes and Rui left the Mayor's House, only to find three trainers surrounding them.
"So, you think you stand a chance against Cipher?"
"So, you think you can Snag our Shadow Pokémon?"
"So, you think you can dance?"
Everyone turned to look at Bluno.
"That is not what we rehearsed, dude!"
"Oh, for the love of… are you going to fight us? Or are you going to squabble and waste time?"
MYSTERY TROOP VERDE would like to battle!
"No, Verde… we agreed I would fight them!"
"You thought we agreed about your line about dancing. Just hand over your Pokémon."
MYSTERY TROOP VERDE sent out BAYLEEF and CROCONAW!
Rui's eyes widened.
"Wes, I don't mean to alarm you, but there are two Shadow Pokémon here!"
"No alarm taken." Wes threw a Pokéball to catch Bayleef, and got Umbreon to stall at the Croconaw's feet. Bayleef Snagged, Wes turned to Croconaw.
MYSTERY TROOP VERDE sent out QUILAVA!
Rui's eyes widened.
"One over here, too!"
"Oh, come on, how am I supposed to deal with three Shadow Pokémon at once?"
"That's the plan! Overwhelming you with superior numbers!" Rosso taunted.
"In that case…" Wes had Croconaw and Quilava Snagged.
"Now what?" Verde reached for his non-Shadow Pokémon, to be met by a glare from Espeon.
Grimer and Spoink? You may want to run away now, before we kick you around some more.
Verde, Rosso and Bluno took Espeon's advice.
"Now, let's take a look at our crew…"
"Shadow Pokémon are generated by artificially closing the door to its heart."
"How on earth do they do that?"
"You don't want to know."
"Well… I suppose you could cajole the Pokémon into regaining their easy-going spirit by battling with them."
"Rui, under normal circumstances, a Trainer is only permitted six Pokémon. With you, we get twelve. We're going to have to think about this. How are we going to purify them all?" Wes asked. Makuhita, Bayleef, Quilava and Croconaw all looked expectantly at Wes.
"Your orders, Master?"
Wes is not your Master, Makuhita. He is your Trainer. He is your partner.
"Part… ner?"
"Does not ring a bell."
"Master, we need orders!"
Wes? Can we put them back in their Pokéballs? Please?
"OK, Espeon."
"…Out of curiosity, why do you call your partners there by their species?"
"I'm not entirely sure of their names."
"Yeah, I don't know for sure if my mother was messing with me when she named me."
Don't be embarrassed, Winter. It's probably a name… somewhere…
"Yeah, right. Just because you got Summer…"
At least it's thematic… Summer and Winter… when we have a kid, can we call him Spring?
"Summer and Winter? Wes, can we call them by their real names?"
"You can. It might take me a few tries."
"…So what do we do now?"
"We go to Pyrite Town. There we should find our friend Miror B. And possibly some answers." Wes made to move out. Rui grabbed his shoulder, and whipped him around. She pulled him into a hug.
"Rui, what?"
"I really appreciate what you're doing for me, Wes. Saving the Shadow Pokémon… protecting me…"
"Hey, that was my plan when I ditched Snagem. Without you, the effort would be fruitless." Rui nodded.
The correct answer is a) Walking with it.
Next time, on Shadow Pokemon Plan, our heroes trek through Pyrite Town to find Miror B., and catch as many Shadow Pokemon as possible.