Swanna soared through the sky, trying to find a good place to land and survey the area. He finally found a place to land at the end of the Altari Town segment and landed.

"Ugh, I'm not used to flying so much," Swanna said uneasily, rubbing one wing with the other, "but with the Pokémon world in disarray, I don't really have a choice in the matter!"

Suddenly, a horde of Dark Balls started to plummet to the sky, releasing Shadow Pokémon of all species, shapes, and sizes. Swanna prepared a Bubble Beam attack from his wings, shooting streams of bubbles at any Pokémon weak to Water (Rhydon, Rapidash, a Moltres of all things, ect. ect.) and any other Pokémon in general, regardless of weakness or resistance to Water.

Once all those monsters were taken care of, Swanna was about to take to the skies once again when he noticed a Poké Ball lying in a cloud. 'What kind of Pokémon is in there...?' he thought as he flew quickly over to it and threw the sphere into the air. Then Scizor popped out.

"Ugh...huh?" Scizor looked up uneasily and saw Swanna standing above him, one wing extended. Scizor accepted the wing before Swanna realized he needed both wings in order to fly. Both Pokémon let out a scream of terror as they fell through the clouds into the empty plain below.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Pokémon world, a small feline Pokémon walked alone in what seemed like an abandoned Safari Zone. But rather than there being people trying their luck in the Safari Game and catching all the Poke they managed, all of the areas were incredibly rundown and abandoned by any trace of life except for Mew.

After walking through the Safari Zone for a bit, the New Species Pokémon sighed sadly. "Mom, Victini...why'd you have to die?" he asked sadly, looking down at the dirt on the ground. Suddenly, more Dark Balls hit the ground and released even more Shadow Pokémon from within them. Mew grabbed a rock that was lying on the ground and held it up in a battle-ready pose, despite being scared out of his mind. "D-don't come near me! Or I'll hit you!"

Suddenly, as if things couldn't get any worse, a gigantic, rocky embodiment of a Grumpig appeared out of literally nowhere and started to chase Mew intimidatingly, albeit slowly. But the robot was picking up speed fast.

"AAHHH! Someone help me!" Mew called out to the empty Safari, running away as fast as his paws could carry him.

Eventually, Mew stopped for a moment to catch his breath, thinking he'd lost the Grumpig statue. But when he tried to run away from it again, his tail got stuck on a tree root, preventing him from moving no matter how hard he struggled.

"No, no, please, no..." Mew said quietly, burying his face in his paws.

"Thunderbolt, GO!" called out a somewhat feminine voices a giant bolt of lightning struck the statue head on. Mew looked up from his whimpering to see a vixen-like Pokémon standing in front of him, holding a stick in one paw.

Mew was shocked. "W-what Pokémon are you?" he asked uneasily. The vixen looked down at him.

"My name's Fennec, and I'm a Braixen," she explained. "According to the situation, there's no time for small talk. Gotta get moving..."

Then, jumping up into the sky, Fennec shouted while raising her stick, "Psybeam, GO!" And instantly, a rainbow beam appeared from her wooden twig and shattered the exterior of the statue's shell, revealing the Manipulate Pokémon Grumpig underneath.

Mew hid behind Fennec, who stated, "Shoulda figured it wasn't gonna be that easy." The Fox Pokémon pocketed her stick and prepared a fireball from her paw, preparing for battle.