"She's not here!" Ashe shouts as she glides back to Flarea, Wattson and Kami, having just been to the area Gracie let loose her frustration and anger. "I put out the blaze to save a few homes, but Gracie herself's not there!"

"Did she melt?!" Kami asks in horror, but Wattson pats her head.

"Naw, I think only Crygonals can melt. Trust me, if the fire overwhelmed her, and she bit the dust, Ashe woulda found her." He grimaces. "Or what was left.."

"How long were we waiting for her before I went in to look?" Ashe asks, earning a shrug off the Heliolisk among them.

"Beats me. There ain't a sundial for miles."

"It doesn't matter." Flarea says calmly. "We're going after her, we going to get this thing resolved, then we're going to find Bolt, like we were always going to."

Kami's head shoots up. "Bolt! He's probably worrying himself silly because of those stupid Combee.."

"Hold on."

Kami looks up at Flarea, who walks carefully towards her. "You talk as if you know him."

"Uhhh...saved the world 10 years ago from freezing...right?"

Flarea stops in front of her, and sits down. "Yes...how do you know him?"

"Well...he saved me..."

"Saved you? From who?" She asks her, her interest piqued.

"A Skuntank, a Weezing and a Crobat. Team Skull I think they were called."

At this point, Flarea has to keep herself from smirking to remain serious...but she fails.

"Oh, I remember them. Y'know, after what they did at Brine Cave, I thought they had a sense of honour...apparently, I was wrong. Was he alone?"

"Well, he teamed up with a Mawile and a Growlithe and dispatched them by their side...he didn't even remember much then, I think."

Flarea's smirk grows. "Teaming up with someone while having a touch of amnesia? Where have I heard that before?"

"Uhhh...Flare?" Wattson's voice snaps her out of her thoughts.

"Huh?"

"I think we got company."

Kami, Flarea and Ashe look around them, and their hearts stop.

Sableye. Everywhere.

"They found us!" Flarea quietly tells Kami and Ashe.

"Who?"

"The Darkrai cult."

"I remember them as well. I don't know if it's the right ones, but they came to Pokemon Square, and terrorised everyone, even injuring a few because they spoke against them."

"They what?!"

"Guys."

"What, Wattson?"

"I got a plan. Just duck."

"What?"

"PARABOLIC CHARGE!"

The other three get the message and drop to the ground. Wattson spreads his frills, and creates a sphere of electricity above him. Thunder shoots in multiple directions, hitting all the Sableye.

"Whoa..." Kami admires quietly.

As the group of Sableye fall, the four Pokemon take that chance, and run.


"Hey, Bolt?"

"Yeah, Karu?"

"Have you been getting the feeling that something bad's happening? Like far away, and you can't do a thing about it?"

"Yeah, and I don't know why, but it's like you said, that's there and we're here, so it ain't like we can do too much about it right now."

It's night time, and the two have arrived on the outskirts of a small town on the coast. They're looking at some sort of tower, which looks eerily like a face.

"That's creepy AF."

"'AF'?"

"'As fuck'."

"Oh...yeah, I can agree with ya on that. One question."

"Yes?"

"Why are you using my head as something to sit on?"

"Because my legs are stubby, and yours aren't."

"That's...a legit reason."

That's right. Bolt is sitting on Karu's head while the latter continues along.

"Did you see a sign on the way here?" Karu asks, folding his arms. "I'd at least expect you to look around while riding me."

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"Karu."

"Yes?"

"Please never say that again."

"Agreed."

"Anyway, yes of course I saw a sign. 'Lavender Town, a small town covered in a beautiful hue of purple'."

Karu scoffs at the description. "'Beautiful'? Is that what they're calling it?" This makes Bolt chuckle.

"You ain't scaaared of ghosts are you?"

"W-what?! No! Of course not!" Karu replies a little too defensively. "They just...mess with my aura detection."

"Pfft. Whatever. Anyway, why did you suddenly decide to jump on a bus literally, and come here? Of all places we could have seen while waiting for Dawn's ladykiller friend."

"I dunno, I guess..." Karu spaces out for a moment, his eyes flashing blue. "I just...felt compelled to do so...like something was drawing me here."

"Creepy."

"Shut up, it's the truth."

"Alright, alright dude...geez, I'm usually the one getting riled and you're usually the one being all calm. Role reversal's weird."

"End of the line." Karu swats Bolt off of his head, making him faceplant into the ground.

"Hey!"

At that moment, Karu summons twin Bone Rushes and blocks a Fury Swipes attack by a Meowth.

A really pissed off Meowth at that.

"What the fuck?" Bolt exclaims, eyes suddenly wide with shock (no pun intended).

The Meowth lands on his hind legs, ducks under a Bone Rush swipe, and slashes Karu in the chest twice before blasting him back with Water Pulse, sending him flying a few ten feet.

Using the new wetness on Karu, the Meowth charges up a Thunderbolt and sends it at Karu.

Only for it to get intercepted by Bolt's own.

"Oi, whiskers!"

The Meowth turns to glare at Bolt, whose cheeks are sparking. One thing the Pikachu notices straight away is the outfit the Meowth has. A stetson, a red neck scarf (which coincidentally clashes with Bolt's blue one) and boots.

"Aren't you that same Meowth who won the Hoenn League some years ago?"

"Hmph. You're mistaking me with someone else." He runs at Bolt, and slashes at him. But he leaps up, activates Iron Tail, and hits him in the face, making him stumble. "Ungh!"

"Lightning's my thing. Looks like imitation's yours. I bet call yourself "Tyson" as well, don't you?"

"Why don't you shut up?" He retorts, and his claws suddenly sharpen. "Hone Claws.."

He leaps at Bolt, and lands a few hits of Fury Swipes, but the last few miss, and Bolt jumps backwards and practically throws an Electro Ball at him. He changes to Shadow Claw, and cuts through it.

"Whoa..." Bolt admires for a moment before noticing something about the Shadow Claw. "What in the..."

The thing he's noticed is that as well as the ghostly energy around his claws have mixed with Bolt's lightning from the Electro Ball.

"Exactly what I was waiting for." Tyson remarks, before running at Bolt once more, ready to strike.

"Whoa, he's pretty fast!" Bolt tells himself before countering his electrified Shadow Claw with Focus Punch. The force of both attacks causes a burst of power to erupt from impact, and blows the two backwards, dust covering the makeshift battle field.

As if settles, both of them are standing their ground, staring each other down. Thunder fills the air as both of them charge up another Thunderbolt, and walk towards each other. The two butt heads and let loose, glaring each other in the eyes.

"Back off." Tyson warns.

"No, you back off!" Bolt retorts, pushing against him. "We just came here to look around, is that so wrong?"

"I'm afraid you don't quite understand. There's a dangerous Pokemon here, and he-"

"Got it. Karu, go for it!" Bolt shouts with a grin, and a recovered Karu knocks the door down with Bone Rush and sprints in.

"Don't get K.O'd on me, Bolt!"

"Same with you, Karu."

"Don't you even go there!" Tyson breaks away, and fires a Shadow Ball at Karu, only for it to be intercepted by Electro Ball. He glares at Bolt, who's on all fours, crackling his cheeks. "If you insist, mousey."

"C'mon, whiskers, it takes two to tango."

And the two charge at each other.


Lumiose City

A middle aged human man wearing an orange suit sits at his desk in his private suite at a hotel. A Persian sits by his side, purring as his owner strokes his head gently, ears flopped.

All is peaceful...right up until a ringing sound interrupts the man and his thoughts.

"Aah!"

He falls out of his chair, but manages to scramble to his feet.

He picks up the phone and puts it to his ear. "This better be important!"

"Sir."

"Aahh...Cassidy and Batch."

"It's Butch!"

"Quiet. Anyway, sir, we've managed to find another worthy capture."

"Another one? Cassidy, you've found me a Tyranitar, a Metagross, a Golurk, and that Dragonite you caught yesterday was no slouch either. What else have you caught this time?"

"A Glaceon."

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"You're joking, right? If you are, it isn't funny."

"But sir-"

"Explain! Most of Vicious' Dark Balls were destroyed after that incident in the forest, and it isn't like Cipher are around any more!"

"There's not much I can say except that I'll send you this Glaceon's stats and everything about it. Also, it didn't take long for the Dark Ball to turn her to the darkness. She was halfway there already."

An eyebrow raised, the man opens up a laptop, and boots it up.

"Alright, send them."

As data is streamed to his laptop, a grin makes its way onto his face.

"Not bad...not bad at all." His head tilts. "A little on the short side, but her power makes up for it. Yees...I have a special place reserved for this one."


Nothing more to say other than sorry if the chapter's a little bit short, and review and tell me whatcha think! It motivates a writer, y'know?

Toodles!