During a rather busy morning on Haehae. Gough viewed himself in a mirror, with wears different from what he is use to, a red polo with white stars all around, red cargo sorts and a red sports cap. With it finished, Olaf viewed him and gave him a thumbs up. "Now they won't know the similarities besides Olivia, that scar might raise questions."

Gough agreed and kept his brown gloves on. "Let them ask! I do not have my bike with me so I do not need my old wear here. I will be at the Mantine Beach, if you will... find a way we can get to Ula'ula, the boats stopped ever since that strange black out!"

Olaf saluted and found the resort nearby to be suitable. "There is one that might assist you, but mind your tongue around them for we do not see eye to eye with them." Gough didn't care. "I can manage!"

On going to the beach, he found a tan man with long grey hair resting on a chair with a large Alolan Marowak practicing his dance. Gough a scar on its back altering an ash painting that looked like a skeleton. "Can it be?"

The Alolan Marowak turned around and recognized the tone. "Wak?!"

The man got himself up and introduced himself as Samson Oak. "Alola! You must be the trial goer Olivia told me about!"

Gough nodded and had his fist at his chest. "Aye!" He showed him the forty totem stickers and asked with a stoic expression. "I seek that Marowak, I have collected enough stickers to prove that much." He stared at the Marowak who wasn't showing fear but was shaking at the legs. "That incident yesterday was not meant to be. Do you seek to become stronger and overcome your foes?"

The Marowak nodded and pointed to the belt of poke balls, Gough answered as Samson had a poke ball ready. "Siege is at the P.C for now. He has earned some rest after the glory he achieved the last two days."

The Marowak grunted to Samson that he wants to go with the trainer, the man called him into the ball and gave it to Gough. "Then it is yours, show him Alola and he will show you Alola!"

He waved like a rainbow as Gough's expression turned into a smile seeking potential, he let the Marowak out and gave him a thick club. "If I address you as Bone Taker, would you accept that?"

The Marowak found the name fitting and ignited the bone to glow blue, he spun it around in a dance and heard fresh trainers. "We shall test your might now! Samson, I thank you and bid you farewell!" He attempted to give the Alolan greeting and left to begin his Marowak's training.

At the Champions house.

Lana was burping after a hearty breakfast and felt her arch and toes massaged, much to Lillie's pleasure of seeing her husband on his knees. She took some oil and found an aching foot to massage, startling Elio to where he blushed, Lana snickered. "You don't like it when she does it to you?"

Elio shook his head and finished Lana's feet, he answered on seeing satisfaction. "I absolutely love it, that feeling makes me want to run for miles."

Knock knock!

Elio was let go and got himself up to answer the door. He found Dulse and Zossie having with an expression of panic, the older of the two asked in a loud tone. "Champion of Alola, have you seen what happened last night?" Elio answered yes. "Eclipse tried to break through into here. What happened at Ultra Megaopolis?"

Zossie answered and felt uneasy in the stomach. "We had no casualties to report, but the Blinding One went on an even more aggressive rampage and escaped through an Ultra Wormhole, the force of this world is fighting to push him back and this pushes our schedule to a tightly."

Elio knew what was to be done. "Our guy is done with Akala Island and is at Ula'ula. But this sounds like Eclipse is done waiting, is he back at your world or is he somewhere else?"

Dulse cringed at the information. "He is in the worlds inhabited by the Ultra Beasts and our scanners show he is building up more power using the light from those worlds. We have a day at best until he strikes again, who are we going to assign to keep guard of the Lunala and Solgaleo of your world?"

Elio had Nebby as a priority and was ready to leave without his shoes. "I'm going to have Nebby on high alert as soon as I tell Gladion what's up, we need to bring the big guns to keep Eclipse from going anywhere near Solgaleo!"

Lillie gasped and gave Elio his shoes. "I'll start having the Captains... or Ultra Guardians as you called them, ready for their post. The instant we see an Ultra Beast, we are fighting!"

Lana over heard and had her poke balls ready, she gave Elio a lick and said her goodbyes. "If we survive this, we meet at my house!"

Elio and Lillie blushed, the Alolan Champ started to put on his shoes. "I'll be at Aether soon to pick up the two devices, What are the other two doing at your home base?"

Zossie answered with a frown like Dulse's. "They are going to try and lure him back, there is no guarantee. For your world and our world, the Blinding One must be stopped!" Elio agreed as a Banette jumped in his back pack, Lillie pressed her phone and started to call en mass.

At the Hano Grand Resort.

Gough and the Alolan Marowak took down a Hiker with a mid day Lycanroc and journeyed in. Olaf gave a hate filled glare to a blonde man in a lab coat that wore green glasses and gave a bored expression. "You will have better luck getting to Ula'ula by talking to this man, he is giving people tours of that nest of vermin!"

Gough didn't care and had one goal on his mind. "Bone Taker, you are not ready to face this one man I heard of. I will switch to Siege on my way to the trial or sooner if I find the man who took my old master down. I wish to see if he actually had that power!"

The Marowak understood and was called back, Olaf warned his partner. "Gladion?! Oh his had the power alright, but maybe you should see it yourself. Farewell and may your next Grand Trial be as much a glory as this one!"

The two high five each other and left, Gough found the man staring bored that no one wanted a tour as he saw a particular one that looked interested, the tourist asked in a lower tone. "Are you the one in charge of finding tourist for this facility I heard of?"

The man found a reason to go back to Aether Paradise and try and seek a way to earn his superiors favor. "Why yes, allow me to introduce myself, you may call me Faba. You have heard of such an outstanding place. Aether Paradise is a veritable paradise for pokemon that floats far out of the sea from Alola. It is an artificial island made from human technology, for the protecting of pokemon."

Gough forced himself to smile as Faba lead him to the ferry, an employee looked uninterested for a moment and was astonished. "You actually found someone willing to go at a time like this? Good work Faba, eh... whats your name tourist?" Gough gave his name and was let into the boat. It was one of the few times in the bikers life that he had to hide his true intentions with a smile, it was a moment of agony that lasted for half an hour until he found himself at the facility.

Once off the boat, Faba turned around distracted and was attempting to give an extravagant explanation of what the facility is, in a tone that made Gough visibly sick, he saw the elevator and left while the man was distracted. Pressing the button up, the biker's smile turned to one with his teeth gritting and a vein in his head popping like a Primeape. "I am never doing that again!" On the middle floor, he found a P.C and took out his poke ball to whisper. "Bone Taker, this will be quick!" He switched the ball back to a pokemon familiar to him. As he looked around to all the white floors, he found a blonde man in black clothes talking to a woman with purple hair, he smiled in a battle ready stance and approached.

Unaware of the coming foe.

Gladion finished a talk with Wicke. "My group are in the know of these activities and are to keep the peace when something like... that happens again or gets worse. I volunteered to guard Solgaleo in case he is Necrozma's next target. I will check on Mother and wait for Elio before we plan our next move."

Wicke insisted. "I will go manage Madam Lusamine, she has been more cooperative ever since that master ball episode."

"After all these years, I finally have my chance!" Gladion and Wicke turned around to find a rather muscular tourist with a scar on his face, blue eyes stared at them as the man took out a poke ball. "Gladion as I heard, many years ago you have encountered a man that wore armor and made himself look like a Tauros, you angered him to the point where it finally claimed him. Does that sound familiar?"

Gladion was babbling for a moment. "Wha...how did...Yes, it does! You were not suppose to be here. Your name is Gough?"

The tourist adjusted his hat and stared at the walk way outside, he found the Alolan Champ landing on a Charizard and became petrified at what he saw. "What?!"

He had his Mimikyu ready and was about to battle on Gladion's behalf, the brother in-law stopped him. "I can manage a simple thug. Elio, go investigate and find out how he got here!"

Elio saluted. "Yes sir boss!" He went to the elevator down, causing Gough's battle ready pride to shift to a sharp cringe of horror. "By the gods, what happened to make him work here?!"

Gladion answered as he posed. "I hired him and he is an enforcer under my orders. You want to battle out there?"

Gough agreed and followed. "Lead the way, because a friend of mine have battled you once and said enough about you."

Down at the dock.

Elio and Heidi were about to blow a fuse at Faba, the woman was about to shout at him. "That was the one person we were not suppose to bring here!" As Elio was calm with a Mimikyu on his shoulder. "Okay... there is one excuse you have as to how you caused this to happen." He used the Rotom Dex to take out a picture of Gough in his biker gear. "To be honest, I didn't see anything similar physically between what is up stairs now and this guy... minus the muscles."

Faba was about to respond as his legs were shaking. "But...how is this my fault?!"

Heidi took a deep breath and answered. "We had news of a trial goer at the islands fighting the Totem Pokemon and Kahuna's at max power. With Ula'ula's passage being blocked, that means he would have to look for another way to get here. You should have known that tourist and the scary guy are one in the same!"

Elio nodded as the Mimikyu's eyes glowed. "Thankfully we were going to look for him anyways and this makes it easier, but this is the wrong place at the wrong time. You messed up and while I go keep the chaos at a minimum... someone has to tell HER what happened."

Faba gasped and wanted to run as Heidi ordered. "We are going to tell the President Lady what happened and its going to be as scary as Lost!"

Elio corrected his partner. "No, this is worse than that," Heidi agreed and cringed. "Enough about that, make this easy on yourself and come along. Champ, you know what to do!"

Elio saluted and was the first on the elevator. When they arrived on the main floor Elio was watched a battle begin. Tourists and employees watched as the Alolan Champ found something convenient to say. "Alright everyone, lets begin our tour at the Conservation Deck, today we have a very special dragon type by the name of Druddigon!" The tourists caught interest and followed, leaving Heidi to escort Faba to a place far beyond his comfort zone.

Outside, Gladion sent out his first pokemon in a pose. "Silvally, let the fairies claws pierce this man's fighter!"

Gough considered the choice of a fairy type as well as a main pokemon being sent out first to be odd and foolish. "Scizor, put this dog in the house!"

The Scizor punched the Silvally for heavy, but not super effective damage. Showing a Zoroark that startled Gough as Gladion ordered with a smile. "Knock that Scizor out with flame thrower!"

The Zoroark inhaled and shot hot flame to knock the Scizor out, the biker gripped on the ball and called his opening pokemon back. "Infernal creature! Siege, end that Zoroark before it runs us through!" Gladion saw a Rhydon and regretted what he had to sacrifice. "Such a bad time, Zoroark, use night daze!" The Zoroark glowed and let loose a black shock wave as the Rhydon used rock blast to shot three rocks at the Zoroark for a k.o, leaving the Gladion to send his next pokemon. "I have you right where I want you."

He tossed a dive ball and let out a Manaphy that cheered. "Yay, battles!"

Gough cringed and called the Rhydon back, he dare not risk putting him against a water type as Gladion kept smiling. "Use tail glow while we have the chance, then be ready for his next pokemon!"

A Crobat came out as the Manaphy glowed, Gough wasn't one to give up and ordered. "Fury, strike with brave bird!"

The Crobat charged at the Manaphy as Gladion posed. "Even the strongest will falter to the bitter cold, use ice beam!" The Manaphy followed the order and shot the Crobat for a k.o. He sent out a Zangoose that detected a surf wave and let the toxic orb set in, Gladion found himself to be at a good lead and let Manaphy use another surf wave to knock the Zangoose out. "Your not going to back away from this?"

Gough refused and shouted. "Only a coward would do that! Kommo-o, we are going to strike that Manaphy down!"

Gladion saw the Kommo-o and kept a cold pose. "Ice beam!"

Manaphy spun and shot the Kommo-o down for a k.o, reducing Gough to a Machamp. "Use bullet punch, we can at least do that!"

The Machamp saw the glow and knew he was out matched as he punched the Manaphy, Gladion ordered. "Wash it away with surf and we will have this battle over!" The Manaphy followed and jumped above, letting a wave of water go over the Machamp for a k.o, with just a Rhydon with an eviolite, Gladion flashed his Z power ring and posed like flowing water. Strange light went into Manaphy. "With the tides of the sea, we will wash away our enemies. END THIS BATTLE WITH HYDRO VORTEX!"

The Manaphy bubbled and had the Rhydon trapped in a watery tornado, thrashing him assunder and tossing him out to Gough's feet. Causing the man to fall on his knees. "That...that was a complete massacre!"

Gladion picked the Manaphy up and held him in his arms. "I had you in a trap you were unable to crawl out. Was the point of all this vengeance or is it something different?"

Gough called the Rhydon back and adjusted his hat. "You were defending home from a mad man, I know you fought him while he was busy and you took the chance to stop him. My old master died from his own anger as a result. Even excluding your ambush, you would have bested him." He got himself up and clenched his fist, he gave Gladion a gesture of respect.

Both saw the audience reduced to a handful of employees as Elio returned with an apology. "Sorry about that, Haley took over the tour, Mr. Gough...we didn't expect you to come here of all places and I assume it is for an reason besides fighting Gladion since Ula'ula's boat way is a bit screwy right now."

Gough nodded and stared stoically. "It was for a short cut. I assumed Gladion was here due to this Blinding One causing problems?"

Gladion nodded as Elio explained the news. "The Blinding One... or Eclipse, tried to get into this world through a small wormhole he tore open and drained all the natural light from the sky, leaving only darkness. He is pushed back for now and Nebby brought that light back. If you were out yesterday and saw the black out in the sky, that is what happened. Do you want me to get a boat to Malie City? It should send you on your way, do you think... two days would work for beating that Grand Trial? It is as simple as it is."

Gough didn't mind and bid Gladion fare well. "I hope we meet again to discuss regarding the battle. You have earned this victory."

Gladion waved goodbye back and watched the duo leave for the docks. Manaphy heard something and saw a blonde woman in a white and yellow dress asking with fear in her voice. "Gladion are you okay? I did tell everyone to have caution into letting suspicious people here," The son answered to her mother in a neutral tone. "I am and he just wanted to battle me, he got swept by the tide!" He waved his hair in a cool manner as he saw a few things happening in the distance. "What did you do to Faba? Because with your latest episodes-" Lusamine nodded and felt a vein popping. "He... isn't allowed to be a tour guide anymore and he isn't going to be one again for a while."

Gladion hummed that something was done as he called Manaphy back and was about to call a Charizard for flight. "I'll be heading to Ula'ula in an hour, Necrozma is causing things to be sped up and this means that me and the others have to be ready," Lusamine blinked and gasped at where her son was going to and why. "Gladion, stay away from those ruins!"

Gladion stopped. "Excuse me?"

Lusamine didn't care and continued in a tone of authority. "If that thing breaks through and goes after either of those pokemon, it would stop at nothing to get what it wants, anyone in its way...anyone in its way," Gladion glared at what he heard. "Anyone who gets in its way is an obstacle that it will removed, that's just a reason to be ready and I have something for him since he is a psychic type!"

Lusamine attempted to stop her son from calling the Charizard and reached for the pager by force, Gladion pushed back and nearly yelled in anger. "We have this under control and would you please pay attention to what you are doing. Are you trying to control my decisions again?"

The woman stopped her attempt and was feeling in a state of helplessness. "Don...I-" Gladion took a deep breath and helped his mother finish her thought. "I appreciate that you are worried, all of us are worried of what is coming. This is why we are planning every measure we have to minimize the damage, I promise we will be fine."

Lusamine backed away and nearly fell, she forced herself to look away and leave, giving Gladion a bitter feeling as he flew on Charizard to Akala island. Wicke noticed and tried to snap Lusamine out of a trance. "Madam Lusamine, what happened?"

The woman's desperate stare became stoic. "They are all going to get themselves killed... I let him go strait-" She felt a series of numbers that are not there flashing before her eyes. "Patr...Patri...She-" Wicke knew what her boss meant and called. "Do you want to have a meeting with Miss Patricia? This crisis isn't bringing healthy thoughts." Lusamine nodded in a struggle to say something.

At Malie City.

Elio thanked the boat driver and escorted Gough to the city by a mountain. "And here we are! The greatest point of your Island Challenge save for Poni Island," Gough looked at the Observatory in the mountain and snorted. "That is where my next trial awaits?"

Elio gave a thumbs up. "As that fight with Gladion showed, you still got a few things to learn if you have any hope of helping us fight Eclipse. Due to Tapu Bulu giving Guzma the position of Kahuna, we have a small problem on this island that isn't going away any time soon," Gough tilted his head and found a trio of gangsters drawing graffiti. "Those problems?"

Elio didn't need to look to know. "Yep! Team Skull, they are often going to get in your way and most of them are complete jokes... though they are trying to step up their game to where the average trainer has to think a little to take them down. The big challenge here is that you are going to have to do the two trials on this island and fight your way to a place called Po Town. There is where the Kahuna lies and he is pretty tough, if you can beat him, then the Lake of the Sunne is close and you will be ready for us to get this show down started. Eclipse is going out of control and time is limited. Good luck!"

He had a ring from his phone and blushed. "She is over there for the night? Wow this is going to be a long trip." He called his Charizard to fly him west, leaving Gough to go to a pokemon center to heal his battered team.

At a motel in route 13.

Lillie wasn't thrilled about what Gladion told her. "What has gotten into her?"

Gladion answered disturbed. "Even after father came back, the scars run deep. With Ultra Space becoming once more and me getting involved... I can understand where this is coming from. These times can make or break a person. This motel is where we will wait and conveniently, it has two rooms. Madison invited me to use hers and are you going to talk to your husband about this?"

Lillie nodded and saw a Charizard land, Elio jumped off and held onto a prison bottle. Hoopa floated out of the ring, ready for the order. "Little Horn, that time is coming and we need you unbound! Until we stop Eclipse, you are getting your power back."

Hoopa under stood and smiled sly. "Any Ultra Beasts that are in a good position are going to be hooped home and I am to be on the spot! Hit me!"

Elio uncorked the bottle, red mist came out to surround the tiny imp, he grew to twice the size of a building, becoming a more menacing fiend with rows of teeth, six arms and a large tail, he roared. "HOOPA UNBOUND!"

Elio shouted back. "YOU KNOW MY WISH! GO!"

The Hoopa saluted and flew to the north east. "I got this kid! You might want to see to your mistress now!"

Elio sighed and saw Lillie approach. "We are already, but we might have one complication."