As Calem and Serena enter Route 2, they discover that Shauna is not waiting for them. Calem picks up a letter and reads it aloud.
"To Calem Jaeger and Serena Andrews:
"If you're reading this, meet us at the Challenge Tower immediately. If you don't reply within three hours, your friend dies.
"JT"
"JT? Who the hell is JT?" he thought.
"We have to rescue Shauna if I am to catch my first Pokémon," said Calem.
"I know where the tower is," said Serena. "Follow me."
Calem and Serena rush to the tower in a minute's time, thanks to Calem's Avian abilities.
"You never told me you were an Avian!" exclaimed Serena.
"Actually, I'm half-Avian," said Calem nervously. "My mother is a Human, and my father is an Avian."
"Well, look who decided to show up!" said a man approaching Calem and Serena. "You two came here quickly. Why?"
"It's because of–" Serena began.
"Ah. Let's keep it secret, Serena," said Calem. He said to the man, "I have two things to say. First off: Serena and I have someone to rescue."
Calem and Serena walk into the tower.
"And the second thing?" asked the man.
Calem stops. "Stay the fuck out of our way," he said. He and Serena enter the tower.
"Targets have entered the tower," the man said in Kalosian through a walkie-talkie.
"On it," a woman said in Kalosian on the other side. She is inside the tower.
"Well, well, well," she said in her native language, "look who decided to step in – Calem Jaeger and Serena Andrews."
"What about us?" asked Serena.
"You have entered a challenge tower," said the woman.
Calem looks at the woman's tattoo on her left arm. It is an Arbok. He recognizes the tattoo's group.
"Shit," he thought. "We have entered the trap of…"
"The Venomous Arbok," he said.
"The what, now?" asked Serena.
"The Venomous Arbok are a group of thugs that kidnap anyone that set foot in Route 2, and their friends have to rescue them. So far, nobody has succeeded," said Calem.
"And nobody will succeed," said the woman, "because it's now your turn to die!"
"Think again!" said Calem as he quickly uppercuts the woman.
"Damn, he's fast! Could he be…could he be some sort of monster?!" thought the woman.
"Who…who in the hell are you?!" yelled the woman in frustration.
"My name is Calem Alexander Jaeger, and I am here to rescue Shauna Walker. I will not stop until that objective is accomplished!" yelled Calem as he pummels the woman.
"You…both…may advance, even though…you haven't…defeated…me in…battle," said the woman weakly.
"You thought that this was going to be a Pokémon battle?" asked Calem. He uppercuts the woman again, knocking her out. "You're fucking wrong."
Calem and Serena climb up two flights of stairs. There, they see a young woman trapped in a cage. She is in a pink kimono and purple high heels. She has long, black hair and brown eyes.
"Excuse me, but can you two please help me?" she asked.
"There's nothing suspicious about her," thought Calem. "Okay. I'll help her."
He walks to the cage and uses one of his inventions to unlock the cage, freeing the girl.
"Oh, thank you, Mr.…" she said.
"Jaeger. My name's Calem Jaeger," said Calem.
"I'm Serena Andrews," said Serena.
"I'm Valerie, the Laverre City Gym Leader," said Valerie. "It's so nice to meet you both."
"It's good to meet you, too, Valerie," said Serena, shaking hands with Valerie.
Calem also shakes hands with Valerie.
"Congratulations on passing your next test!" said a familiar voice. It was the man from before. Calem turns around.
"I thought I told you to stay the fuck out of our way," he said angrily.
"Ah, Mr. Jaeger, but I am not a man who should stay away from people," the man said. "I'm JT, the man that sent you here, and this is your final test."
He whistles, and a hundred thugs arrive, armed and ready for combat.
"Defeat all of us, and your friend is safe," said JT. "Fail, and she dies."
"Do I look like I give a fuck about your bastard group of punks, you son of a bitch?" yelled Calem as he threw Froakie's Poké Ball. Froakie is summoned.
"Froakie, let's give it everything we've got!" Calem yelled to his Starter.
"You're not alone in this fight!" yelled Valerie. "Sylveon, come on out!"
Valerie throws a Poké Ball. A Sylveon is summoned.
"Whoa, a Sylveon!" thought Calem.
"Ready?" he asked.
"You know I am!" yelled Valerie, with determination.
Calem jabs a thug, breaks the jaw of another, and uppercuts three thughs. He dropkicks a tough guy. His Froakie uses his frubbles to stop the thugs in their path and even blind them!
Valerie, using the legendary Xerneas' Fairy Aura (only a few can use the power of the Fairy and Dark Auras), defeats multiple thugs at once. Sylveon uses Fairy Wind to blow some thugs away into a nearby shaft, trapping them.
Serena spin-kicks many thugs.
Now it is just three against one: Calem, Serena, and Valerie against JT.
"I'll hold him off," said Calem. "You two find Shauna and get out of here!"
"…Understood," said Serena. "Come, Valerie."
As Serena takes Valerie with her to find Shauna, Calem is left alone against JT.
"Let's dance," said Calem.
He and JT clash, fist against fist – a fistfight. Calem and JT block each other's blows. When they punch each other simultaneously, both are thrown back, but only Calem lands on his feet. JT, on the other hand, crashes and ruins the floor. Red with rage, he charges towards Calem. Calem elbows JT on the face, knocking him out.
He rushes to the roof, where Serena and Valerie have Shauna on their shoulders.
"She's unconscious, but I think she will be fine," said Valerie.
"How can you tell?" asked Calem.
"I have Healing abilities," said Valerie. "Calem, your face – it's bleeding."
She places her hand on the affected area. She deeply inhales, and then exhales. The wound stops bleeding, and then it turns into a scar.
"Wow, that felt good," said Calem.
Valerie smiles.
"So, we should get back down to Route 2 and camp for the night, don't you think?" asked Serena.
"I agree," said Calem. "We need Shauna to recuperate."
After heading down to Route 2, away from the tall grass, some tents are set up. Calem decides to sleep under the stars.