Joey got up much earlier in the morning than Lucas and Brendan did. He went for a walk inside the hotel. He saw other trainers had let their pokemon out of their poke balls. He decided to finally let Robbie out. When Robbie came out of his friend ball, Joey grinned, "Robbie, we're in Sinnoh!"

Robbie rushed towards Joey and gave him an excited high five with his paw, "We're going to start our adventure today. Are you ready to win some gym badges?"

Robbie looked excited at the prospect of being able to compete in a gym battle. Joey quickly turned his head to see if Brendan, and Lucas were up yet. They were still sound asleep in their bunks.

Joey suddenly saw a boy who looked to be his own age approaching him. He was wearing a black sweater with a red vest and cargo pants. He had a hat on that had a badge imprinted on it. Joey gulped, he was coming to talk to him. He flapped his hand nervously. He was terrible at meeting new people at unexpected times.

"Hello trainer, I just noticed you were playing with your riolu. I wanted to compliment you on your bond with him. That's very admirable," suddenly the boy stopped speaking.

He took a close look at Joey. Joey wasn't making eye contact at all and was slowly rocking back and forth in silence. Robbie quickly ran in front of Joey and began making motions and gestures to the other boy, "What's this? He's… artistic?"

Robbie shook his head trying to give off the right word through his aura, "He's autistic," said a voice from the doorway.

Joey quickly looked up and saw it was Lucas. He stopped rocking himself and took a deep breath. He was relieved that there was a familiar face near him. The other boy looked back at Lucas, "Oh?"

Lucas smiled weakly and walked over to Joey and placed a hand on his friend's shoulder, "Yeah. It's kind of social condition. He has trouble with social interaction. Joey is a good kid though."

"Actually I've heard of it. There was a boy in my ranger union who has it. I guess I shouldn't have him approached so quickly. I'm sorry for startling you, Joey. I'm Kellyn."

"Hi Kellyn. It's okay. I'm just not so good at meeting new people so suddenly. You didn't know."

"I'm Lucas, I'm a friend of Joey's. It's nice to meet you."

"You're the Lucas, the Sinnoh Pokemon League champion, right?" Kellyn looked excited suddenly.

Lucas laughed and blushed a little, "Yes, that's me."

"Cool! I was just complimenting Joey here on his bond with Riolu. It was touching to watch. It's a friendship that clearly overcomes his disability. We need more trainers like that."

"Yeah Robbie, was Joey's first true friend from I've been told. He's a good trainer."

"I'm just starting actually," Joey admitted.

"Well I think you'll do great things as a trainer then, Joey. With a bond like that you have too!"

Robbie looked proudly up at Joey as if he already knew what Kellyn had said. Lucas spoke suddenly, "So you're a pokemon ranger?"

As Lucas talked with Kellyn, Joey saw Brendan was just climbing out of bed. He decided to take Robbie over to their room to introduce him to Brendan.

Kellyn nodded quietly, "That I am. I'm not from Sinnoh though. They are flying in rangers like myself from other regions, there's some concerning activity happening on Mount Coronet. We're not sure what yet, but the police and Sinnoh Ranger Union want extra patrols to protect both the wild pokemon and trainers passing through."

"Spear Pillar I heard."

"How'd you know? We haven't been able to access it at all yet. It's just a legend so far, we're not even sure if it really exists. The group we're trying to find though, is rumored to be searching for it though."

"I'm the guy…"

"You're the guy who did what?"

"I beat Team Galactic."

"Oh that was you? That makes it double the honor to meet you then! Team Galactic was never on Spear Pillar though right?"

Lucas was reluctant to admit that Spear Pillar really existed, "No they weren't. I beat them at their headquarters in Veilstone City."

"Yeah that's what I thought."

"Any idea who this group is?"

"Hm, there are theories. I'm not supposed to tell the public though."

As Lucas and Kellyn were talking, Brendan was meeting with Joey and Robbie, "It's nice to meet you, Robbie! You're really lucky to have Joey as a trainer."

When Brendan looked up and saw Lucas in the hallway with the ranger, he asked, "Who's that?"

"That's Kellyn. He's a pokemon ranger."

"You know, it's strange. There were a lot of rangers at the Airport when we picked you up yesterday afternoon. It seems like they are flying them into Sinnoh."

"Is something wrong?" Joey looked concerned.

Brendan quickly smiled and shook his head, "Everything is probably alright."

Kellyn came over to Joey quickly "Well it was nice meeting you, Joey. And I meant what I said, that you'll be a great trainer. I need to be going now, but maybe I'll see you again. Bye."

"Bye, Kellyn," Joey smiled.

Lucas came back into the room with a frown on his face. Brendan asked, "What's wrong, Lucas?"

"This is more a concern for Joey. Have you ever heard of a gang known as Team Plasma?"

"Yes. They are the most notorious criminal gang in Unova. They wrecked a lot of havoc until about two years ago when a boy named Hilbert defeated them. They went underground after that. No one's heard from them since. Why?"

"Kellyn said a group of disaffected Team Plasma grunts have come to Sinnoh from Unova. They are looking for something on Mount Coronet, I'm not sure what it is. Neither are the rangers or the police. They aren't taking any chances though, especially given their failure to stop Team Galactic. All the rangers we saw at the airport, are headed for Mount Coronet."

Brendan gasped, "What do we do?"

Lucas gave a weak smile, "We don't need to do anything, at least not right now. Kellyn has me convinced they're on top of it. Professor Rowan also told me about this last night, it doesn't seem to be as serious he made it out to be."

"So then," Brendan paused and looked at Joey who had just put Robbie back into his friend ball.

"All we need to do is focus on Joey. Our first stop is Oreburgh City. It's time to pay the gym leader, Roark, a visit. Since Robbie is a fighting type Pokemon, it should be a good first battle for you to win buddy," Lucas walked over to Joey and grinned.

Brendan got up excitedly and joined his two friends, "Alright! That sounds like a game plan then!"

Joey smiled, "I'm ready to leave when both of you are."

"We'll get ready then buddy! We can grab breakfast on the way out," Lucas suggested.

Joey seemed satisfied that their plan was set. He was initially worried about what Lucas had said about Team Plasma, but Kellyn and his colleagues seemed more than capable of dealing with it. He decided not to worry about it anymore. He was just about to begin the first part of his adventure and nothing could detract from that. At least for the moment...