During an eventful morning on Haehae City, Lana finished talking to the Kahuna of Akala island. A dark skin woman with dark hair, wearing a light pink midriff, dark pink pants, complimenting it all was an egg white jacket. "That is what is swimming up yesterday. Expect things to go crazy by the end of the day."

Kiawe had his Marowak ready for the trial and was ready to go to the trial sight on Wela Park. "This trial goer will face the best of what we have! Come Marowak!"

The Alolan Marowak spun his fiery bone and followed his master to the volcano, Olivia wasn't scared of what the veteran has to bring and asked a relaxed Mallow. "Tell me more about this man? You saw him before any of us and he sounds like he would cause problems the instant he sets foot on this island."

The grass specialist puffed up her cheeks and remembered. "He looks like the kind of person you would protect others from, the Nurse Joys say otherwise and he seems to only and to fight the strongest of the strong. His is name is Gough and I don't trust him, Miss Olivia, do you have that secret pokemon ready?"

Olivia nodded, took out a poke ball and flashed a particular. "Kouke is right here and she has been itching for this fight." The sound of foot steps were heard from the beach, Olivia turned her head toward the direction with a battle ready glare. "Welcome to your next grand trial challenger, Melemele was just the appetizer for-" She saw a wet brown hair girl with blue eyes, a green flower shirt and a pair of yellow shorts, her serious pout shifted to a goofy apologetic smile. "...Oops! Sorry about the intro Miss Tammy."

The girl didn't mind and smiled to the Kahuna. "I know, you were expecting someone less friendlier. Do you mind if I go to the Ruins of Life with you, there is something I want to ask Tapu Lele."

Olivia's was about to ask why such a request when a voice rang in her head. "...We can arrange that, it isn't everyday that a trial goer has the courage to do it."

Tammy agreed and imagined the Tapu to ignore her at best. "I need to be able to use Z moves for what I want to do. Have you heard of pokemon contests?"

A voice in Olivia's head took an interest, the Kahuna answered with a clear smile. "They are celebrated in parts of Kanto as well as the whole of Sinnoh and Hoenn. You plan to show Z moves to the world?"

Tammy smiled nervously. "More that I want to use them for an advantage, they are all flashy and a spectacle. Timing it right will have the audience eat out of your hand, this might attract more people to Alola since it is the only place to get those crystals and ways to use them."

Olivia agreed as Mallow remembered a particular move that was used. "If you know a shiny Chandelure the Champ has, she and a Camerupt have won us over using Bloom Doom... I want to see what will come out of the oven if we try more combos like that. The Contest League might take an interest in this region one day."

A rough sounding voice scoffed at the idea. "Why waist your time on that nonsense? Those moves are better off spent in the field of battle! Crushing those that stand in your way to more glory!"

Olivia, Mallow and Lana turned around to find a Biker more wet than expected, he growled at the beach behind to a sport he had little skill on, he raised his amulet high in the air and shouted. "I seek to challenge this island next! Where is my next trial?"

Lana smiled at the muscles and snickered. "With the fishes! It looks like the Magikarp thinks he is a Gyarados."

Gough took offense to that and knew by looking at Lana that she is the Water Type Captain. "Oh we will show you that we are even more mighty than a Gyarados!"

He stared at Olivia and asked. "You, Kahuna of Akala! How many trials are there on this island?"

Olivia raised three fingers. "Your first one is at Brooklet Hill to the north, then you go around to Mount Wela to take on Kiawe's trial."

Mallow licked her lips to a dish to prepare. "Mine is at the Lush Jungle, if you finish you are to go south and past the Diglett Tunnel to Konikoni City, there Miss Olivia will grind your bones for bread."

Gough counted on a challenge and smiled under his helmet. "I would like to see that! Apparently there is a special pokemon I can obtain through gathering these!"

He showed a bundle of totem stickers, Tammy gasped at what the man had planned and sent out a large Alolan Marowak that ignited his bone. "That is how I got Flamur. The pokemon of Alola are not to be underestimated."

Gough hopped not and found great potential. "I could use something of that strength. I will see you soon very soon Kahuna Olivia!"

He found something shine in the distance, giving Lana enough time to get away. "I'll get him ready for a thrashing." She went north with Mallow, giving the Kahuna and young girl enough time to leave to the south.

At the Conservation Deck at Aether Paradise.

Lillie was in a black, sleeveless turtle neck, black skinny jeans and a black logo cap as her heart broke to the dozens of crying Cubones. "What happened?"

Haley had a statistic and found the crying to be depressing. "One bad day for all of them. We had the report of a deceased Marowak by the road way near the volcano and when we got to picking up the Cubones, those nasty Mandibuzz took their chance and swipped them away in droves. We have someone keeping an eye out for any more orphaned Cubones that might need to be sheltered."

Elio couldn't stand the sight and went past the rails to calm the Cubones down, he gave Lillie his trainer I.D and asked. "Could you go get H.P, they need someone to tell them that it is going to be okay."

Lillie understood and went for the elevator as Haley was about to protest regarding Elio's intended assignment, a sneaky Heidi whispered to her fellow employee's ear. "Boss Gladion has an assignment for him and I want to wait until we have a good time. Something big is coming up that needs him, think we should let him have this one?"

Haley stared at the man comforting the Cubones and rubbed something from her eyes. "Someone had to do this soon. Miss Lillie, was there something you wanted to talk to me about?"

Lillie wanted to get herself away from the sorrowful emotions and agreed. "This shouldn't be long."

Down at the lobby, she took a great ball and asked. "How are you and Sheryl managing Calcy and Carby, it's been four years since you two adopted them."

Haley blushed in pride and tried to sound professional. "I am the one who works and brings the food on the table while Sheryl teaches then and shows them Alola. They should be ready for the island challenge in a month or two, they are some of the most well mannered kids despite the role models on Ula'ula being questionable."

Lillie knew what that meant. "That was bound to happen due to how they were looked after by the ones living at the trailer park, then Team Skull came back and... took over Ula'ula. Least in a position where they are not going away."

Haley didn't want to imagine her adopted kids joining the gang, though they have quite a few reasons to. "Since Sheryl was a part of that gang, we try to tell them that those guys are not the best influence to have around. We don't blame them for where they got the idea though...a trial goer they made friends with told them about you. Any thoughts on the matter?"

Lillie took a great ball from the P.C and rubbed her belly. "Miss Tammy?! She is just a trainer than needed our help and might have different plans of what to make of herself. Has she really worked at a sushi restaurant for a living?"

Haley nodded and knew that her adopted children are going to need starters of their own. "We also found her selling pearls, scales and teeth. They talk a lot about fishing and what pokemon they can find in the water. They are going to hold off on taking their pet Huntail and Gorebyss with them until they get more experience, otherwise their won't listen to them in an actual battle." Lillie understood as Haley realized another detail about the trainer. "It's obvious that Tammy doesn't like her home life and that is why she is living at that motel and doing small time work for a living. I hate to sound personal, but how long have the twins been in there?"

Lillie held her stomach and answered. "Five months and it is a girl and a boy."

She addressed the left side as Daphne and the right side as Leon, while explaining the meaning of the names, making the employee smile. "That's a lot of thought going into those two!"

Lillie agreed and felt a kick from both children, causing her to smile in pride. "I heard the second trimester is when things settle down for a moment. I overheard what Heidi said, is there something my brother wanted Elio to do at work?"

Haley's smile became rather hesitate. "I don't know the details, but with everything that is happening the last few months, with your husband working more with the Ultra Recon Squad, that small meeting that caused a stir in the public... I think it is a bit obvious what Gladion is trying to ask him to do. For now, lets make those Cubone feel better."

Up at the Conservation Deck.

Elio was asked something from a fellow enforcer. "I have to take a week off? What for?"

Heidi tapped her head and tried to find the most secretive words for her answer. "Because the Boss wants you to focus on saving the world and having to keep the President on watch isn't mandatory since she is dropping the subject on the master ball. I want to ask, who didn't you have Hoopa use a ring to get a master ball?"

A Hoopa ring appeared and out came a Hoopa that had a few good reasons. "I can summon a pokemon from anywhere across space and time while like this, unbound... I got no limit. I still need to find where the treasure is to take it and it is hard to do with an inanimate object. There isn't a psychic read."

Elio petted the Cubones until they stopped crying and gave them some poke beans. "Thank you for answering... because I didn't think about that. I got a favor for you as well,once our guy makes it here and heads to Ula'ula. In case we have... a crisis, we are going to need everyone, this includes you at full power."

The Hoopa understood and was about to leave. "Let me know when!" A feminine voice was asking in astonishment. "What sort of madness is going on?"

Hoopa smiled nervously as Elio and Heidi found Lusamine looking at the odd scene of a deal going on, as well as the employee giving affection to a group of Cubones, a Herdier was finding the scene to be odd even in comparison to the usual activities.

The Alolan Champ didn't have much energy to answer and gave an estimate in time. "A lot of things, convenient that you showed up. I did tell you about Lillie and... it would be easier to show you."

Lusamine smiled sweetly and was about to ask against such a meeting when a voice shouted. "Hello mother, how is father and Miss Wicke doing?"

The woman turned around to find her daughter having a radiant glow, a thick long pony tail and a belly that shown more signs of twins, she gasped in awe of what her daughter is becoming, the mother and daughter gave each other embrace. "Lillie, I can't believe how well your managing!"

Lillie hugged back in a warm smile. "It's good to see you again, it has been months."

Both women let go as Lusamine was about to ask a regarding her grand children, then stopped herself, Lillie took a deep breath and showed the left side of her belly. "This is Daphne," then the right side. "This is Leon. I came with Elio, just so we will let you know. I assume Miss Wicke is fine and I will be visiting her soon. Elio and I will also visit father at the Pelago." Lusamine tried to hold back something as Lillie gave Elio the great ball. "Mother, the pokemon Elio needs to tuck these Cubones in... doesn't like you. Expect to see something unusual patrolling Alola soon, Regigigias.

Lusamine wanted to talk with Lillie a little longer and froze at a dark thought. "...He and the others are going to be needed. Thank you for addressing this." She left for the elevator with her Herdier, giving Elio a feeling of regret as he let out a Kangaskhan without her child. "It always has a bitter sweet feeling. H.P, help me out here."

While the Cubones were being tended to.

Lusamine was in her manor in a frantic search for something. Drawers were left open, a closet was gutted, she was about to search her basement in a desperate attempt to find something. "That foolish man has no idea what he is doing!"

The Herdier pulled out a green ball with red spots from underneath her bed, Lusamine's gaze was at the ball in shock and annoyance. The pokemon to wag his tail unaware it wasn't what his trainer was looking for as she raised her voice with a look of disapproval and annoyance. "No, we are looking for a purple ball with two red spots and an M. That ball is-" She stopped herself and found a few benefits to catching an unruly pokemon in something like a friend ball. "About as useful as a pokeball in capturing Necrozma. It isn't much, but its after effects upon capture would be a great help. Thank you Argos."

She lowered herself and extended her hand, wanting to pet the startled Herdier in apology as the sound of a door was heard, Gladion was astonished by the mess and gritted his teeth. "More problems. What are you doing?"

Lusamine felt her head spinning and focused on her son. "I was... looking for something."

Gladion shook his head and had his hands at his hips. "Mother, you don't have another master ball, I made sure the only one you had was far away from you. Though the friend ball is something new, I didn't think you leave it under a bed, not after all these years."

Lusamine had a fogged memory save for a collection of treasures in her basement. "That must have been when you had the employees confiscate everything, it must have fallen there. Gladion, if Elio goes after Necrozma, he is might get himself killed!"

Gladion understood that and posed. "He might, but what can we really do about Necrozma besides putting him out of his misery? After everything that has been invested, that option wouldn't even be a last resort."

Lusamine snarled like a cornered Delcatty. "If I known a way, I would have done it already! Out of all times this has to happen, why when Lillie is expecting?"

Gladion snarled back. "Your using that as your excuse to get involved?!"

Both snarled at each other for a moment, Lusamine's nails dug into the floor as Gladion's hands twitched. "Neither of us want Lillie to experience something like that, when Father was lost into a wormhole, when you descended to madness. Even with enough of him back, it isn't going to the be the same. Are we your real reason to be doing this? Or are you attempting to stop this crisis because it would magically undo what happened, from before the first Ultra Beast out break, during that crisis and the end result, the third shadow crisis?"

Lusamine felt her nails chip, she didn't care and was left babbling. "I...bu-" Gladion helped his mother onto a chair and changed to better news. "Think about that question before you try this again. In other news, I just got a report from Zossie about a find she had, a powerful trainer from Orre had reached Alola's shores and he is perfect for the role of a distraction."

During the reported time.

Zossie was spinning around distracted with a Whimsicott in the farm lands of Panolia Ranch. "Chlory, this place is always so bright, I wonder what Hau found!"

Approaching from the southern route was a biker that placed another peeled sticker in his bag, he looked dark and gloomy in comparison to the bright and cheerful. She stood in the way and gained the bikers attention as he yelled. "You are just as foreign to this region as I am! You seek me for something?"

Zossie nodded and had her Whimsicott ready. "I need to see how well you battle for scouting reasons. Do you mind if I halt your trial here?"

The biker didn't and looked back. "After how I had to scare the last weakling into running, you might ease the boring walk. My name is Gough, yours?"

Zossie introduced herself and skipped to a further distance. "Chlory, lets do this!"

The Whimsicott floated to battle as Gough sent his first pokemon. "Fury, we will strike!" A Crobat flapped to battle, giving Zossie her first objective. "Chlory use stun spore and tailwind!"

The Whimscott snickered and shook herself, paralyzing the Crobat as his wings were about to glow. Gough felt the wind blow as he grunted amused. "Take that thing out with cross poison, it seems we actually underestimated this foe!" The Crobat agreed and glowed his wings with venom. SLASH! Whimsicott was knocked out in one blow, Zossie called her back and sent her next pokemon. "Marie, use super power and take him out with psycho cut!"

A Malamar slithered to battle and struck for what was barely a super powered attack, the Crobat struggled to move and saw the Malamar buffed from the attack, contrary to her previous move. Her tentacles glowed as she slashed at the Crobat with a psychic slash for a k.o. Gough called his Crobat back and felt energized. "Scizor, break that Malamar!"

Zossie saw the Scizor and liked her lips. "Use another super power and be ready for this tailwind to go down!" The Malamar struck again for more bulk as the biker ordered. "Use u-turn! This is the opening Akra needs!"

Zossie wondered who Akra is as the Scizor punched the Malamar back and returned to the ball, the tailwind petered out and a Zangoose entered the battle to feel a the toxins of his orb. The Zangoose's hairs raised up as Gough ordered. "Facade!"

The Zangoose pounced on the Malamar and slammed her head onto a wooden fence for a brutal k.o. Zossie called the Malamar back and sent her next pokemon. "Talipi, we got to stop this mad Zangoose!"

An Alolan Dugtrio entered the battle as the Recon Squad member ordered. "Use iron head and earthquake!"

The Dugtrio charged the Zangoose, it didn't care for the pain as Gough laughed. "Fool, you only brought yourself to close combat!"

The Zangoose's brain understood the order, he punched, clawed and kicked the through the tangling hair, knocking the Dugtrio out and leaving him exposed to Zossie's next pokemon. "Cindy, we have that opening!" Out came a Flareon with a toxic orb, she ignited and knocked the Zangoose down with a flame charge, earning a k.o as the orb seeped in.

Gough switched to his next pokemon. "A warrior? Kommo-o, show her your might!"

A Kommo-o entered the battle as Zossie ordered. "Hit him with a facade!"

The Flareon head butted the Kommo-o as Gough flashed his z-powered ring and posed, he made a series of punches and cause strange light to go into his pokemon. "Consider yourself worthy of this move! Kommo-o, ALL OUT PUMMELING!"

The Kommo-o's eyes glowed and punched the Flareon back with a fist of energy, giving the scaly pokemon the space needed to kick and punch more until he and Gough punched in unison, creating a large fist of energy to punch the Flareon into the side of a rock. K.O! Zossie sweated and broke from her cheer as she switched to another pokemon. "Pearl, this is on you!"

A Cloyster entered the battle, Gough refused to risk going close and ordered. "Clanging scales, then be ready for shell smash!"

The Kommo-o shook his scales and knocked the Cloyster back with sound, Pearl held on with a sash as shell shattered. Zossie ordered. "Shoot him down with icicle spear!"

The Cloyster shoot a barrage of icy spears, knocking Kommo-o through a wagon for a k.o. Leaving Gough to his next pokemon. "Machamp, finish this foe!"

A Machamp entered and saw the faster adversary, Gough grunted." Bullet punch!"

The Machamp punched at the speed of a bullet and knocked the Cloyster out, leaving Zossie with her last pokemon. "LED! We are pushed into a wall."

A Silver Vikavolt with green edges and a red face buzzed as the Machamp was at his face. "Stone edge!"

The Machamp punched the ground with his four arms. POW! The Vikavolt was knocked out by the sharp stones, ending the battle and leaving both trainer and pokemon panting.

Zossie called her pokemon back and recorded desirable data. "I need to get this to Dulse, thank you!"

Gough felt himself more alive and asked. "What was this about? You owe me at least that answer?"

Zossie told the biker with an honest smile. "We are looking for someone to be a distraction for when we confront a dangerous pokemon. We refer to him and the Blinding One and due to how delicate this is, we are looking for a trainer of great strength to bring with us for that battle."

Gough raised an eyebrow underneath his helmet as he called his Machamp back. "One for him to focus on while the rest of you lot bring him down? What if I say, fight your own battle?"

Zossie's smile turned to a slight plea. "If the Blinding One comes to this world, he will steal its light. Do you know what that would mean?"

Gough snorted at the scope. "Then this has my interest, we would all die in the cold and the dark, rather than thrashing in light of battle! I still need more Z crystals, how long do we have for this?"

Zossie raised four fingers. "We have four days, will you help us?"

Gough turned back to where he came. "I shall, I assume someone will find me when that day has come. Now I need to heal my pokemon for the water trial! Farewell battler!"

As Gladion's description of the event ended.

Lusamine felt the details of the man to be familiar, but with Orre, most of the inhabitants of that region looked the same to her. "That is who they plan to use? Do we... know him?"

Gladion asked back. "Do you? Because Wes warned me about someone coming to this region and he doesn't sound like a friend of his. You at least remember Wes?"

Lusamine nodded. "That man with the snag machine, him and Rui are the few true diamonds in that rough."

She snapped her fingers on remembering a nickname the biker in the report gave to his Zangoose. "Akra... there was one person I met that heard of me."

Gladion frowned as a door opened. "Then you got treated exactly as you deserved, but how would a complete stranger know?"

A familiar voice answered with a tone of a potential emergency. "That's Gough and he has a shady history himself. He use to be a Cipher Commander that Lillie and I took down twice! He was in jail for a time until they let him out, he spent most of his time roaming Orre and... I wouldn't say he hasn't done bad things sense."

Gladion asked with a sharp tone. "What did he do when you met him again?"

Elio cringed and tried to shake off a bad memory. "Remember that monster that hurt Lillie with a shadow synergy stone?"

Gladion's blood boiled as Lusamine growled. "There would have been no way you would have let someone like that escape!"

The son agreed. "It was enough, for Elio to order that Naganadel to in these words-" Elio felt his heart speed up, his eyes focused away from reality and his mouth hissed. "Pursue and destroy!" He was about to continue with a roar coming out and took a deep breath to try and get back to reality. "I don't know, how Gough was able to talk Crylate out of carrying my order, but he had his own reasons to kill that monster and too the chance to do it himself."

Gladion helped Elio to a chair and whispered. "A lot us would have a reason to do it, but enough about a disposed piece of garbage, let us talk about what this means now."

Elio felt himself calming down and had a small hope. "Because of Gough's back ground and what he was a part of, none of it is something to forgive. Now he is just a trial goer that wants to become a stronger trainer... for the sake of fighting stronger trainers. Since Gough has killed somebody without any regrets... this might be a problem if he... for what ever unholy reason, finds his way into Aether Paradise. I already asked Haley and Wicke to spread the word that if they or anyone, sees a biker around Alola that they are not to bring him here."

Gladion agreed, a man that dangerous would have every reason to not go the place at best or burn it to the ground at worst. "Zossie recently challenged him and he is as strong as they come... with his background, would anyone he knew would really care if something happened to him?"

Lusamine closed her eyes and answered. "No, he is nothing more a common thug regardless if he has a few friends or not. But that leads to another qualification, that Crobat of his, how long has he had that?"

Elio felt cold for seeing another as a tool and answered. "Four years at best maybe longer. Would a stolen Crobat have any reason to stay with him instead of running at the first chance? Our friend is from Orre, where Crobat isn't found in the wild, that is a sign that he treats his pokemon well. It would be a good idea to stay away from Akala and Ula'ula because of another reason, he use to work for this Admin that is a murderous psycho. You remember fighting someone like that?"

Gladion had a faint memory and felt his blood freeze in fear. "I remember the guy getting so mad that he had a heart attack when his methods of attacking me failed."

Lusamine gasped as the son thought of something to manage. "Goodness! Mr. Sun, do you know of that thugs connections to him?"

Elio found it a guess and answered. "Gough was loyal to the guy... very loyal. He would of notice if his boss is dead, he might have came to conclusions about how he died and try to go after Gladion over vengeance."

Gladion knew he can defend himself and addressed to Lusamine. "I'm not hiding from him, but I have reasons to be down at the labs for a few days. Mother, what ever you do, don't let Gough go to Aether Paradise."

Lusamine was about to have that order written down as Elio asked his brother in-law. "You mind we visit the Pelago soon, we need Regice and the others to awaken Regigigas?"

Gladion nodded and was ready to go. "You will do the talking and once it is time for battle, he would have gotten his act together enough. I'll be back soon to settle business, are we good for now?"

Lusamine nodded and warned both. "Just be careful, these are trying times."

Both appreciated the the concern and left, leaving Lusamine alone with a Herdier that jumped on her lap, the woman puffed her cheeks at the pokemon. "You silly little thing. I'm still not giving on this, I will not allow them to risk themselves so needlessly." The Herdier licked his trainers face, causing her to crack a child like giggle under her wrinkles. "Oh stop you sweet thing!"