The quartet flew back to Lumious City and went to the north western exit. Gladion saw Elio twitching and calmly explained the plan. "We try Hau's plan again except we know where that Kartana is heading. If he thinks he is getting away he is just going to see us again."

In a street corner not too far from the planning.

Hoopa emerged from the ring to listen in. "Now to find my buddy and asked him to..." Hoopa listened in and found the same four trainers he sent to Kalos plotting to catch the Kartana. " They been chasing him this whole time? Sheesh I got him in this mess, whelp time to bail em out!" Hoopa saw the Prism Tower and used a Hoopa Ring to sneak ahead of the humans.

Elio was zoned out on what was going on until Gladion was calling to him. "Elio! Are you even listening to us?!"

Elio shook his head. "Not really, I lost track of what you were saying after you said we try the plan again. Sorry about that."

Gladion sighed. "Least you understand the most important part. You take catching these things very seriously, but you may need to listen to some of the details."

Lillie agreed with her brother. "You do, but you normally do it to keep them safe..."

Hau wondered. "Do you keep them in the P.C or do you let them out?"

Elio answered. "Barring Krell and Venom. I got quite a lot to even take care of and let exercise since the Pelago isn't a place for the you know what's to be left alone."

Gladion understood part of it. "Then there are the ones turned into shadow pokemon that you and Lillie sent back home initially... only for them to come back again. You think you keep that up forever?"

Elio thought of it, was about to answer boldly, then stopped himself. "... No, if this Kartana is the same one that..."

Gladion nodded. "That's exactly the point, you are able to send some of them back ho..."

Gladion was interupted as Lillie noticed something happening on top of the Prism Tower.

Three rings glowed; one yellow, one red and one of white. Flying out of the red ring to the southern west is a large fiery bird blowing intense flame. Lillie asked in astonishment. "Is that... Moltres?!"

Flying out of the white ring to the north east is a blue graceful bird blowing a blizzard. Elio cringed. "That is and that is Articuno."

Hau guessed from the yellow one crackling lightning. "And the last one has to be Zapdo..."

Gladion's eyes widened as a yellow bird flew out of the ring and toward their direction, crackling a thunder storm's worth of lightning. "Everyone get out of the way!"

The groups ran aside as they heard the Zapdos squawk loudly and scorch many tree's in lighting. Gladion and Elio were at one side, Lillie and Hau were in another side; they heard people in the city screaming for their lives, the quartet decided to go to the pokemon center for next plan.

Elio said it first. "We got bigger problems than the you know what now!"

Gladion was reluctant to agree as he was about to ask Elio something. "... We are going to talk about this later. How are we going to do this because Hoopa let those three loose to distract us!"

Lillie spoke her role. "I'll get myself prepared to go after Zapdos, that desert has a major power plant; if nothing is done all of Kalos is going to have a power outage!"

Elio sighed. "I'll go west and catch Moltres because that place is mostly forest, Hau you don't mind getting Articuno?"

Hau cringed as he was beaten to the bird he wanted. "There is a route where Articuno is going to, Calem mentioned a house to avoid on the way so I'll take a detour later!"

Gladion sighed. "I'm going to have to meet up with him, there has to be a place in this city that Kartana is going to hide during all this. What do you want me to do with that thing if I catch it?"

Elio shrugged. "We will talk about that later, but if it has baton pass that will be a clue he has been to this world before and that it can't stay out of trouble. Find him before Hoopa does!"

The quartet had their hands in a formation before they shouted. "BREAK!"

Lillie rushed into Route 13 after switching her Heatran for her Blissey.

She found scorch marks and signs of anyone who was in the route hiding for their lives against the Zapdos's rampage. She saw the distant lightning fly into the power plant and let herself in a doorway. She saw workers struggling to keep things under control from the Zapdos siphoning off the electricity, she went to the innermost part and saw the Zapdos perching.

Lillie asked the worker in charge. "Excuse me, do you mind if I take care of Zapdos for you?" The foreman was hesitate to let a child handle it until he saw her send out a Glaceon and glared in determination, he backed away silently. Lillie and the Glaceon approached the Zapdos, earning it's attention and causing it to squack loudly.

Zapdos took flight ready for battle.

The Zapdos glowed and formed a light screen; Lillie shouted knowing she won't knock it out with that barrier. "Fridgette use blizzard!"

The Glaceon inhaled and blew a snow storm at the Zapdos for super effective damage. The Zapdos let loose a discharge, knocking the Glaceon back; Lillie ordered again. "Now use shadow ball two times... it will be enough!"

The Glaceon shot a shadow ball at the Zapdos, it crackled lightning as the ball dealt insignificant damage and countered with another discharge. Another shadow ball was shot and the Zapdos discharged, causing the Glaceon to shake about to faint from the high voltage.

Lillie saw the Zapdos weakened enough and called the Glaceon back in a determined frown. "Good work Fridgette, Nurse keep Zapdos off of everyone as I handle this capture!" The Zapdos heard the word capture and squawked at Lillie as she switched her Glaceon for a Blissey.

She tossed the first dusk ball. "Go dusk ball!" The Zapdos was engulfed in a shroud and was dragged into the ball, it immediately burst into a lightning bolt as the Zapdos broke free. It shot a discharge at the Blissey in arrogance as Lillie tossed another.

Shake...shake... pop!

The Zapdos flapped it's wings and discharged redundantly, Lillie took an ultra ball and shouted. "Come on, go ultra ball!"

Shake... pop!

The Zapdos yawned and was about to fly off in the hole he shot through.

Lillie glared and took out a fast ball. "Go fast ball!"

The ball flew into the air and tapped the Zapdos's tail feather, engulfing it into the ball; the ball fell began to shake as it fell onto the cat walk Lillie stood.

Shake...shake...shake... click!

Lillie's heart leaped, she couldn't believe it as she picked up the ball containing Zapdos and cheered with the happy Blissey. "We did it Zapdos is caught!" She and the Blissey walked out in pride as the workers thanked them for taking care of the Zapdos.

Simultaneously

Elio flew west to Camphrier town and found the Moltres flying to a palace at the north western road. "That place?!"

He called his Salamence back and dashed past a tree lined path to a grand luxurious palace. A butler at the golden gate stopped him and asked. "The entrance fee is 1,000 pokedollars per person."

Elio sighed in annoyance. " There really isn't much time for that, do you know who is in charge?"

He was startled by an aristocrat with a white dog that was trimmed to have his fur like a top hat, suit and green tie. "Anything a problem to make you request that?"

Elio noticed the pokemon known as Furfrou smell the urgency; he agreed with what the boy was about the say. "You got to get everyone out of here, there is a very dangerous pokemon flying straight here!"

The palace owner was about to question it until he noticed in the south east a Moltres that shrieked and flew above the palace. "Oh my... let this young man in! If you can stop this pokemon from burning the garden's I will reward you something for your trouble!"

Elio rolled his eyes as he dashed in to an impressive decorated palace, he searched the upper floor to feel intense heat. He sent out his Raichu in preparation. "Surfer, we need to catch this Moltres!" The Raichu saluted and hovered, they found the heat source coming from balcony. The Moltres nested as it turned around to notice the trainer. It sighed, stood up and stretched it's wings to show a blazing inferno.

Moltres appeared

Elio braced the blinding heat and shouted. "SURFER FIRST OFF, USE THUNDER WAVE!" The Raichu shot at the Moltres as it prepared a sunny day.

Elio cringed at the weather advantage. "SURFER, ONE THUNDERBOLT AND WE HAVE THIS!"

The Raichu charged his cheeks and shot at the Moltres for super effective damage, causing it to back away and flap its wings; a massive heat wave was felt on the Raichu as Elio saw the time of day. "Not night yet. Go ultra ball!"

The ball dragged the Moltres in and fell to the ground. Shake... pop! The Moltres broke out of the ball and used another heat wave, the Raichu was about to faint as Elio prepared to switch. "Surfer come back. GUPPY COME OUT AND TAKE THE DAMAGE AS I CATCH THIS POKEMON!"

The Incineroar saw the Moltres and ignited himself to compare; the Moltres blew a hurricane to try and knock the Incineroar back; the Incineroar leaped ahead of the wind to dodge.

Elio smirked with his Incineroar and tossed another ultra ball.

Shake...shake... pop!

The Moltres struggled to move from paralysis as Elio tossed a luxury ball.

Shake...shake... shake... click!

Elio was exhausted to cheer in victory and instead stared calmly at his capture. "We did it Guppy... the lord of fire has been captured!" The Incineroar growled at the title as he suggest to his trainer they need to get moving.

Elio agreed. "Let's see what that guy has to offer since that Moltres would have caused problems in this place."

Both exit the palace, the palace owner greeted Elio to an appreciative hand shake. "My gardener's saw the whole thing, thank you!"

He gave Elio a small box. "This doesn't even come close to repaying you, but you would not be disappointed!"

Elio wondered as he opened the box, he saw a purple ball with an M symbol. He attempted to calm down as he rationalize what he was looking at. "A ma... Those relics are worth more than this, you didn't have to thank me!"

The man insisted. "It will capture any pokemon without fail, use it when you think it is right."

Elio placed the master ball in his bag and thanked the man. "Don't worry, I will. Guppy are you ready to go?" The Incineroar was yawning bored from the sniffing Furfrou as he nodded.

Simultaneously

Hau rushed through a rural farm town with a windmill called Dendemille Town in pursuit of Articuno. "Hey slow down!"

The Articuno turned its head downward behind and noticed the human; it landed on a snowy road toward an icy cavern and let loose a chilling cry. Stretching it's blue wings, it answered Hau's challenge.

Articuno appeared.

Hau cringed at what he got himself into and tossed a pokeball. "Go Raichu!"

The Alolan Raichu hovered into battle, Hau ordered. "Use thunderbolt before it is able to attack!" The Raichu charged a super effective shot at the Articuno, causing it to shrieked back and struggle to flap from paralysis.

It blew a hail storm as Hau tossed an ultra ball. "Go ultra ball!" The Articuno was dragged into the ball and broke out furious, it inhaled and froze the Raichu in an ice beam.

Hau saw his Raichu encased in ice and called it back before tossing another pokeball. "Crabominable, I need you to keep Articuno occupied while I try to catch it!"

The Articuno struggled as Hau tossed another ultra ball.

Shake... pop!

The bird broke out and set up a reflect as Hau tried again.

Shake... pop!

The Crabominable prepared as the Articuno tried to use air slash and struggled to move.

Hau tossed a great ball and licked his lips. "Go great ball!" The Articuno tried to fly away and was engulf into a great ball, it fell into the snow to shake.

Shake...shake...shake... click!

Hau saw what happened and cheered. "Got ya, Articuno is caught!"

He realized he was out in the snow, shivered and picked up his prize before thanking the smiling Crabominable. "You and Raichu did good work, now we need to get back to Lumious City."

At Lumious City.

Gladion made contact with Calem who may have known more of what is going on. "That Hoopa let loose the three legendary birds across Kalos to distract everyone and you think that Kartana hid somewhere in this city?"

Gladion answered on the phone as he went to the center part of the city to meet up. "Yes and after seeing how it behaved, I don't think it would be foolish enough to use its usual hiding spots. What other place in this city you know that it would hide?"

Calem answered as he saw Gladion and waved. "There is several places in this city no one would look... but I may know a place it might have as a priority."

Gladion saw a hint of memories and asked. "It really is a place that is hidden in plane sight?"

Calem nodded as he told to follow to what is an old abandoned red cafe. Gladion read the sign saying. "Cafe... Lysandre?!"

Calem listened as he walked to a china cabinet and said. "Open sesame!"

The cabinet moved to reveal a doorway. "It's a bit complicated, I fought what I thought was an annoying crime group; most are all about the fashion until I found out what they were working on."

Gladion wondered as he followed Calem to a cob web infested hideout with a red glow. "Was this a hideout for them?"

Calem nodded and sighed under his breath. "Une groupe de insense maniques."

Gladion understood what he meant and flinched. "What were they trying to do?!"

Calem found a teleporter still functional. "The world itself can be cold and cruel sometimes, people fight each other for trivial reasons. They do inexcusable things to anything around them or do things that result in more disaster."

Both went to the elevator and were journeying through a series of puzzles as Gladion thought more. "It can be, but what does that have to do the crime group."

Calem frowned sharply. "Their leader... who the cafe was named after, seemed to have had a vision thinking it would make the world a better place. Instead he was planning to use a doomsday weapon from 3,000 years ago to wipe out everyone he considers would keep making the world worse. Anyone that isn't a part of of his team was basically on the chopping block."

Gladion shook his head and made a scowl. "Another lunatic, I heard of that weapon."

They journeyed to another teleporter as Calem continued. "The weapon itself was powered by the legendary pokemon, Xerneas. I thought me and a couple friends of mine would talk reason in Lysandre... that there is more to the world that just conflict. He refused to listen and caused the weapon to detonate on itself. Burying himself and most of his group along with him, just because he refused to see another way. He tried to imprison me and my friends with him. If you seen the rubble in Geosenge town... that is where it happened. Knowing the weapon was using Xerneas's power..."

Gladion stopped him. "He brought a fate worse than death on himself... Xerneas's whereabouts now are more simple than you are telling me?"

Calem gave a mellow smile. "It's a pokemon I have and let out frequently, life is something to be treasured."

Both agreed and entered what looked like a monitor room with two machines. They found a Kartana skittering around like it was searching for something.

Gladion sent his Silvally out and placed a fighting memory into it. "Be ready to attack, Calem... you have anything that can paralyze it?"

Calem sent out a Heliolisk. "Pulse, use thunder wave!" The Kartana heard the whisper and flinched at the sight of Silvally; it rushed at it with a not so smart strike and was paralyzed by the thunder wave.

Gladion ordered with his hand posed like a claw. "Now Silvally, strike the blade down with multi attack!" The Silvally's claws glowed light orange and struck the Kartana back for super effective damage. Calem prepared a beast ball to toss it at the Kartana.

He and Gladion notice a ring appear behind the Kartana; a hand tugged the Kartana in and in it's place came a Hoopa about to taunt the group. "You didn't think I..."

The beast ball made contact with him and dragged him into a ball never meant for his kind.

Pop!

The Hoopa immediately broke free and gritted his teeth in annoyance. "Seriously?! I thought you would be helping your sister out with those birds!"

Gladion glared at Hoopa, then calmed down. "Do you even know what you are making friends with?"

Hoopa smirked with his teeth showing, his eyes glaring. "I heard enough of its name. It was a schmuck that was causing trouble at the play ground a month ago when I was looking for something to steal. He went after me when I tried to stop him, so I played portal with him until he calmed down. In the end he is just a lost kid that needed to find a place!"

Gladion's glare loosened. "That Kartana is an ultra beast, a pokemon from another world that causes destruction."

Hoopa sighed. "He showed that a month ago, but I showed him how to get around!"

Calem shook his head. "By showing him how to be farceur and a voluer?!"

Hoopa winked, gave a tick noise and tossed a Hoopa ring. "You got that right! One of the best I seen save for yours truly; I got a job that requires his sharp touches. Now get out of here!"

The ring was tossed and expanded underneath, expanding to engulf the four. Hoopa laughed at them as they disappeared; he kept laughing in triumph until he sensed something. "That kid has a... hmm..."

Gladion, Calem, the Silvally and Heliolisk fell into a fountain in Lumious city. Disrupting a couple of tourist on a honeymoon as they splashed all over them and crawled out wet. Calem called the Heliolisk back as Gladion was trying to get his wet hair under control so he could see, the Silvally got the two out as they tried to figure out what happened. They found Elio, Lillie and Hau looking at them trying to ask what happened.

Gladion answered the silent question. "Hoopa found out how you buried that bottle and helped that Kartana get away... we have problems!"

Elio cringed as he kept calm. "We still have something that can help against this guy. Dex, you know anything about Hoopa Unbound or how powerful it is?"

The Rotom Dex got out of Lillies bag and buzzed to show a larger velvet creature with six arms, already giving the group a view on what they are going up against. "BZZT! Hoopa the Djinn pokemon. In its true form, it possesses huge amounts of power. Legends of its avarice tell how it once carried off an entire castle to gain the treasure hidden with in. It is said to seize anything it desires with its six rings and six huge arms. So yeah we are in trouble! BZZT!"

Elio sighed as he showed the master ball. "Our last resort, even unbound this master ball will be able to undo all his plans. We can still fight this guy."

Lillie sighed at hope and wondered. "The first place Hoopa is going back to next is going to be Alola to find the bottle... you think he knows where it is already?"

In another dimension mostly of a purple cavern with a swirl and a grand glistering palace.

Hoopa arrived to the battered and paralyzed Kartana with some berries. "This isn't the cool thing I promised you. Care to explain why you let them notice you?"

The Kartana ate a cheri berry and whispered something, Hoopa understood its attempts to talk. "You sensed a way home and went to look? This how you are going to get caught!"

The Kartana felt it's nerves working as he ate more berries and explained as best as it could, Hoopa frowned. "Your telling me you been in the world before and they helped you get back? Why didn't you, because when we first met that was what you were going on a rampage over?"

The Kartana shrieked, Hoopa grinned. "You had a reason to stay? I take those kids were a bit nosy in what ever heist you tried to pull!"

The Kartana flipped in annoyance, Hoopa laughed to calm him down. "You are not about to do that to them?! Well they have been getting in your way, might as well search for treasure at an obvious source!"

Hoopa used his ring to create a portal. "I was going to set this one to Alola, but I want to see if you are finally able to master this! I'll get another distraction out, you worry about sneaking back in for the loot!" The Kartana clapped and nodded in respect before he flew through the ring.