Our list of legendarys that could be responsible was getting smaller and smaller by the day, and we weren't much closer to figuring out who was actually behind it. At this point we were willing to take any lead we had. So needless to say, I was more than a little curious to find the message outside our camp.

I say message. It just looked like a spider web of lines burned into the ground around the camp, but Chesh said she could see what it really was from above. After teleporting me about fifty feet up, I could see the full picture.

Hy-bra.

The picture was all over, showing the great thirteen headed dragon pokegirl. "Took you long enough." I turned immediately, gun drawn and aimed at the cloaked figure that was now hovering in front of us. "Easy, easy, I'm not here to hurt you." She said, chuckling. I couldn't see any features, as everything was covered by the black cloak, but I could see she had a tail, and was laying back, as though lounging on some invisible recliner.

"What the hell is this?" I question, "And if you don't mind my asking, who the hell are you?" "What? You don't know? I'm hurt." She said, a fake pout in her voice. "But that," She pointed to the drawing of Hy-bra, "Is your next target."

"Hy-bra is already dead." Chesh said, looking oddly uneasy in the presence of the strange cloaked figure. "Correction: She WAS dead. Funny thing about humans, you all seem bound and determined to revive any weapon you can. Some group called 'Rocket' recently revived her. I can only assume they regretted this decision after she killed and ate all of them for the fun of it."

"Hy-bra is alive... how long?" I questioned. "About a month at this point." The figure replied. "Then she wasn't alive when I showed up here, and isn't responsible for me being stuck." I said.

The figure clapped, "gold star for Damien. What's your point?" "Why is she my next target if I already know she has nothing to do with it?" I questioned.

"Simple. In another month or two, she'll be healed enough to leave the lab in the dark continent. When she does she's gonna be very, very hungry. Not to mention pissed. I don't think I need to explain why that's a bad thing."

"And why does it matter to me?" I asked. The figure cackled with laughter, "Your an asshole, I love it! How about this: You can't very well bring your people to a world being ripped apart by a multi-headed, multi-elemental she-dragon with a grudge against all existing life now can you? And if that's not enough to catch your fancy, how about this: I'm not the one keeping you here, but I know who is~"

My eyes widened, "Talk. Now." I said, raising my gun to be level with her head. More laughter, "Please, it'd take a lot more than that pea shooter to give me a scraped knee. If the entire assembled forces of Kanto couldn't do it, I have my doubts about you. However, if you do me a favor and un-alive the queen dragon bitch for me, humanity on this planet remains in tact and I'll even give you a little info. Any questions?"

"Just two," I said, "Why do you care what happens to humans? And if you do, why not take care of Hy-bra yourself?"

"Please, humans are far too interesting to let die out. But that doesn't mean I'm about to risk my neck for them." The figure said. "You on the other hand now have motive, means, and if you act fast, a month long window to attack before she starts getting back up to full power. She's weak right now, dumb bitch killed all the scientists before they could fully restore her and now she's gotta heal the old fashion way. So, do we have a deal?"

I thought for a moment, turning to Chesh. Chesh still looked as uncomfortable as I did, but not about Hy-bra, just the figure. This made me skeptical to trust her, "Mind if I run it by the others?"

"Go right ahead." She said. I don't recall her or Chesh using teleport, nor did I hear or feel anything that accompanied the use of the move. One minute we were floating fifty feet up, the next we were in the tent. I almost didn't notice, and got a rush of vertigo when I did.

The girls all appeared in the tent soon after, all looking just as confused as I did. Especially with the cloaked figure still floating in the air.

I explained the situation to them. There was a bit of arguing, particularly between Snowy and Pire, the water type stating that we could do it and the former stating that we shouldn't.

"We should do it." Med said, catching us all off guard. The dragon type rarely spoke at all, and never without being spoken to. "We have the resources, as well as an advantage with Hy-bra being weakened and not knowing we're on our way. We've got weapons, and we need to get the information. There's no logical reason not to take this opportunity."

"It's dangerous!" Snowy countered. "So was Lugiass. And Hild. And Shiva. And Whore-oh. And-" "I get it," Snowy interrupted Med, rolling her eyes, "But Hy-bra...she's on a whole other level."

"Is she?" Pire asked, "She's vulnerable right now. We've got the numbers advantage. Hell, we've got every advantage. We're gonna end up fighting her anyway when she starts attacking the region, might as well go now while we've got a hope in hell of actually winning right?"

Snowy bit her lip the way she does whenever she knows she's wrong. "Okay, fine. But if we die none of you are gonna hear the end of it when we get to the afterlife."

"Speaking of which, you might wanna employ Anubust's help," the figure said, "Use every asset available right? Well, here are the coordinates of the lab where she's staying. Try not to die. Or at least make it a fun death to watch." She said, handing me a slip of paper with the coordinates on it before vanishing.

With that, we set to working out a plan of attack, hoping that the old saying about cutting off a hydra's head didn't apply here.