(A/N: I just want everyone to know that I don't know all the attacks Zoroark used when she had taken the forms of the three legendaries so I went with the ones that made the most sense.)

Chapter 4: Lockdown

While indeed Crown City was called a "city", it still had its peaceful community, especially along the river that ran through it. Today was the big day for the Pokemon Baccer World Cup and many in Crown City were making their way towards the stadium.

One of those enthusiastic fans happened to be Peg, who was making her way downtown. Before she continued down, she stopped by the flower shop. "Hi Tammy," she said to the lady who was sweeping the front porch.

"Oh hello there Peg," the lady named Tammy said, a smile on her face. "I'm guessing you're heading off to the stadium for the World Cup?"

"Yep I am," Peg said, showing off her attire. The Magnemite and Magneton accessories she had in her pigtails told what team she was rooting for. "My team has heart and soul, so I know we can win it all."

"That sounds delightful," Tammy said, beaming. "Well, you take care now and have fun dear."

"I certainly will!" Peg said, running down the street, hoping she could get a good spot in line. However, she didn't get too far when suddenly a large Pokemon that resembled a lion jumped down onto the corner of the street and roared loudly. "E-Entei!" Peg stammered. Suddenly, Entei used Flamethrower, large enough to cover the entire street and she along with others who were around had to jump and duck behind the buildings to avoid being burned.

Entei charged forward, blasting off one of the large signs on the street and jumped into one of the backstreets. Then, Entei began changing forms and turned into Suicune. This was because it was actually Zoroark who was causing all this trouble.

She had never wanted to terrorize anyone, but with Kōdai threatening her child, what choice did she have? On the corner of the next street, she used Surf, causing a huge wave of water to come crashing through the streets. In reality, nothing was getting destroyed or washed away. This was mostly to scare people away, but no doubt that Kōdai's team was at work editing what was seen on camera. Shortly after Zoroark had left, Kōdai has sent out drones with cameras to capture the "destruction" that was taking place.

Meanwhile, Zoroark made her way upwards towards the clock tower, the highest building in the city and changed into Raikou. Using Thunder, the sky began to turn dark as a storm came rumbling in. Once it seemed enough, she finally returned to her own home. She hoped this was enough, for right now all she wanted was to see Zorua.

Back at the dock, Rowena was monitoring the cameras that had been sent out. Some of what had been recorded had been certain areas that were supposedly destroyed, but Rowena had done some editing to the video. Once she played it, Kōdai, who was with her, said, "Alright, rewind it and add the edited feed."

Working quickly with her typing, Rowena replaced the actual video with the edited, so that now when Entei used Flamethrower, everything it touched now exploded into flame. "Excellent," Kōdai said. "Now to prepare my apology to the public." And with that, he left the room.

Rowena let out a sigh of relief, finally able to be alone for once. The job she had was not easy, and now that she thought about it, she could still remember her first day.

"Mr. Kōdai," Goone said. "This is Rowena, our new assistant."

"I'm glad to have you on board Miss Rowena," Kōdai said, shaking her hand. It wasn't long before he started groaning in pain and putting a hand to his head.

"Mr. Kōdai?" Rowena asked, going forward to help but Goone put a hand on her shoulder to stop her.

"Do not worry," he said. "Mr. Kōdai is having a vision."

It was that day when she realized what led to Kōdai's rise to power. And now that she knew it, she could use that same information to bring his downfall.

"You know," Matt said. "I was hoping that the battle before would make everything go quicker. But, it seems I was wrong." Unfortunately, after the battle, everything went back to being boring again.

"Well, on the bright side, we're only minutes away now from the city," Kari said positively.

"Wait a minute," Jack said. "If we're minutes away, then why is the train slowing down?" Indeed, the train was slowing down. Apparently something was wrong.

"Please don't tell me we're experiencing something after being this close," Matt groaned. They were still going at a slower pace and then stopped in front of a large crowd that was standing outside of the city limits.

"Well, this is odd," Kari said. "I wonder what's going on." The doors opened for people to come out and soon the three of them were among the crowd.

"Excuse me," Jack said to a girl who was wearing a backpack with Magnemite apparel on it. "Do you know what's going on?"

"They're blockading the city because the three legendary beasts showed up in the city and are causing havoc," the girl said, who just happened to be Peg.

"The three legendary beasts?" Matt asked. He knew that she meant Entei, Suicune, and Raikou. "Why would they be here?"

"I don't know," Peg said. "But I had a close encounter with Entei and it meant business."

Soon there came an announcement from the police. "Due to the current situation, all blockades have been set around the city limits. Until we can find out what is going on and handle the problem, this city quarantine will remain in effect and therefore the World Cup has been postponed. If anyone wishes to stay, there are hotels available in the nearest town in the area and if anyone cannot, you are free to get a refund on the tickets you have purchased."

"Bummer," Peg said sadly. "And I've even dressed for the occasion today too."

"Well, I suppose we can always stay at a hotel for the night if need be," Matt said.

"But we still have some time before the train leaves since they'll have to bring in more of them for everyone," Kari said.

"Well, I for one need to walk around a little bit," Jack said. "There's a forest clearing over there. Let's check it out."

Luckily it was a nice day, and while they went through the forest they felt a cool breeze move throughout the pathway. "Well this feels a lot better," Kari said. "I still wonder why those three legendaries are running through the city though."

"Well, something must have upset them," Jack said. "Unless someone's pulling a prank."

"A prank?" Matt asked, confused.

"Hey, it's not hard to use a projector and special effects," Jack said confidently. "Of course, I could be wrong but if asked why, maybe someone just wants to disrupt the World Cup this year."

"I think I'm gonna go with what the locals said," Kari said, sweatdropping slightly.

Soon they got to the edge of a cliff that led to an open valley. "This might be a good spot to stop and relax," Matt said.

"Wait, do you hear something?" Jack asked. There was a rustle coming from the bushes on the other side and soon out came a small fox-like Pokemon that was being chased by a group of Vigoroth.

"Uh oh, that Pokemon look's like it's in trouble," Kari said.

"Don't worry I got this," Jack said who called out Jet. "Jet, give that Pokemon over there a hand will ya?"

"You go with him Raiden," Matt said. Raiden nodded and jumped onto Jet's back.

Meanwhile, Zorua, who happened to have upset the group of Vigoroth, found himself at the edge of the cliff and when looking back saw five pairs of eyes glaring at him. "You guys back off," Zorua said, his trademark smirk on his face. "I ain't afraid of you."

Luckily for him was when Jet and Raiden showed up in front of him. "Scram you two," the Vigoroth leader said. "Our beef isn't with you."

"Don't you find it cowardly that you had to have four other guys come with you to teach this Pokemon a lesson?" Jet asked.

"Yeah, we don't tolerate cowardly acts like that," Raiden said. "So maybe you should scram."

"Or what?" the Vigoroth said. "You gonna fight us?"

"If you do, I assure you're gonna regret it," Jet said.

"Besides, do we look like the kind you want to fight against?" Raiden asked.

The Vigoroth was silent for a moment. "Fine," he said. "But tell your buddy he's getting off easy." And with that the Vigoroth went back to their home.

"Ha, that works everytime," Jet said.

"You alright?" Raiden asked Zorua. Zorua nodded, choosing not to speak at the moment.

"Good work you two," Matt said when they finally caught up to them. "I hope they didn't hurt you at all."

"Not a scratch," Zorua then said. "Thank you very much though."

As was expected, there was a short silence. "Did that Pokemon just use Telepathy?" Kari asked.

"Yep I did," Zorua said happily. "My name's Zorua."

"Um, nice to meet you Zorua," Matt said. "I'm Matt and this is my buddy Raiden."

"My name is Kari and this is my partner RiRi," Kari said.

"I'm Jack," Jack said. "And this is Shadow. I can see you've met Jet already."

"I'm so happy I have new friends," Zorua said. "Now you can help me find mema."

"Mema?" Matt asked.

"I think he means his mother," Kari said. "Where is she?"

"My mom and I were captured by this bad man," Zorua explained. "We were taken from our home and since then been on this flying thing."

"A plane," Jack said. "Well, this sounds interesting."

"And right now I think she's somewhere in the city," Zorua said. "So we have to go find her."

"Well, I never thought I would come face to face with a rare Pokemon," Matt said. "And one that can talk too."

"Oh, I can do more than that," Zorua said, smiling. All of a sudden, he changed into an exact replica of Matt. Well, except for his tail showing in the back that is. "See, my mema and I can change forms. But she's better at it than I am."

"Okay, you are not going around like that," Matt said, grabbing his tail. That made Zorua change back to his original and snickered.

"Sorry, it's too much fun sometimes," he said. This time, he decided to change into Raiden and then jumped up onto his shoulder. The look on Raiden's face told that he wasn't too thrilled about having a "clone" of himself, especially on his master's shoulder.

"You know," Kari said as they walked back. "I get this feeling we're gonna be sucked into a whole new adventure."

"Story of our lives," Jack said, sighing as they returned back to where the large crowd was growing even more.

(A/N: And that will do it for Chapter 4. As I might've mentioned before, this will not be exactly like how the movie was shown, due to the fact that I only saw the movie once and that was about five months ago. So I hope you can bear with the fact that some events might be different or not even shown. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter and remember, it's that time of the year for getting sun burn so apply plenty of sunscreen.)

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