The sorceress awoke the next morning to the sound of conversation downstairs, she arose from her bed and walked downstairs drowsily. She rubbed the sleep away from her eyes when she arrived downstairs to see her two companions, Lucas and Sven, sitting at the table making small talk. Sven was sitting with his chair leaned back, his arms on the back of his head and his feet on the table while Lucas was leaned over the table eating, as always, a large plate of many foods. "Morning you guys." Said the sorceress. "Morning Odyssey." Replied Sven, both him and Lucas moved their heads to look towards her and raised their hands up in a greeting gesture. Odyssey took a small amount of the already cooked food and sat along with her partners at the dining table. After taking her first few bites she finally said "So, have we gotten any more assignments while I was gone?" Lucas stopped eating to reply "As of matter of fact we have, we got reports of a gang of Scrafty holding residents of a nearby village hostage, we were asked to check out the 'Village of Psychics' which is not too far north from here to confirm that the reports are true." He resumed eating. "So, we'll leave for that area once we're done here, beat up that gang, be the heroes of that village and come home." Said Sven. "Sounds simple enough." Odyssey sighed. "Sven, you really need to learn to not underestimate our opponents all the time, remember what happened with that rampant horde of Tauros you nearly died from because of your carelessness?" Sven glanced over towards Odyssey. "Calm down, of course I remember that." He gave a slight sigh. "You don't need to remind me." He moved his chair upright and sat up. "So, when do you two think we should get moving?" "I think we should leave right after we're done eating, if what the reports say are true we need to get those hostages out of there as soon as possible." Said Odyssey. Lucas finished eating and cleaned his claws off. "Great idea." He noticed his two other companions have already finished. "So, let's get a move on then." He stood up and equipped himself with his armor. Odyssey and Sven stood up along with him and got their supplies ready, Odyssey's wooden branch for her magic and Sven's container of water for his 'Water Shurikens' as he calls them. They exited once everything was in order and left their own village for the north.
"I thought you said this village wasn't too far off." Said Odyssey in an annoyed tone. They had been traveling for what felt like hours and it seemed that they were making no progress. "The reports said this village was only a few kilometers north of our place." Replied a confused Lucas. Odyssey looked ahead of the group to notice a sign in the wide expanse of trees around them. Sven noticed it too and ran ahead to check it out. He called back "It says the Village of Psychics is not too far from here!" "Yeah, and how far is 'not too far?'" said Odyssey to herself in a sarcastic voice. But Lucas and her hurried forward towards Sven who was already well ahead of them. After a large distance of running they finally came across another sign that read "The Village of Psychics" and a large, seemingly deserted expanse of houses and buildings. "Alright you guys, we need to keep quiet and move slowly if we want to get the jump on the gang if they are here." Said Odyssey in a hushed voice. The three of them walked cautiously through the village making sure to keep their footsteps as quiet as possible. Odyssey's ears twitched to the sound of murmuring from a building which towered over of the rest. Sven noticed Odyssey's ears pointed towards the same building and quickly arrived at the building, he climbed up it and noticed a hole in the roof, and he put his head to the hole. He could hear voices mumbling, as if their ability to talk was restrained. He made the hole slightly larger, enough to give him a clear view of the situation. He saw multiple Psychic Pokémon, Alakazam, Gardevoir, Grumpig, Gothitelle, and only one Slowking, who was separated from the others, all bound in rope with their mouths covered. There were multiple Scrafty walking around the room. Sven noticed something odd about one of them, he was a drastically different color than the others and was treated with great respect by the others. 'Probably their leader.' Thought Sven. He jumped off the building and returned to his companions. "Alright you guys, there is a gang of Scrafty here and they are holding the psychics hostage in that building." "Ok you guys, we need to think about this logically." Said Odyssey. She took a minute to think strategies over. She finally said "Okay, Lucas, your secondary fighting type will be essential here, I won't be playing much of a part in this because none of my attacks will work in there" Sven interrupted "What about Flamethrower?" "No, that will catch fire to the building." She took a second to think things over. "I got it! Alright, here's the plan you guys…"