At the Pelago, Tammy growled as her Marowak had a group of four Rocket Grunts incapacitated. "Thieves!"

Mohn had all pokemon accounted for and was calming down for a moment as he sent out a Hoopa for a last ditch effort, Little Horn refused from the start. "I sense what is going on, but with the dimensional complications, I am not very useful for that, even unbound. I will however do you another wish!"

He took a ring and used it to banish the Rocket Grunts elsewhere. "Delivered to Nanu! Now... do you feel that thing watching?"

Tammy looked behind her and found nothing as Hoopa reworded it. "Or watching us from that Castle?"

The girl found it unsettling as Mohn let out a Haxorus that is calming down from an episode. "I don't... but Mom told me enough. What else happened?"

The Hoopa turned around and shook his head in refusing to answer. "Someone used a stone that was a big part in creating shadow pokemon. A Poipole, myself and even Lillie was affected by it... kid, you know what a person like that is better off called, right?"

Tammy nodded and stared at the Haxorus in pity. "Evil, no other word is better. I made friends with some of those pokemon and it is just... sad. Now something is taking advantage of that history, do you know of it?" Hoopa gritted his teeth and stared at Mohn in trying to avoid answering. "...That kid never told anyone the details... and I don't blame him. Now, why did you call Lillie Mom?"

Mohn was curious about the question as the Haxorus fell asleep. "I seen you visit after you started capturing more pokemon and I heard you nearly call Lillie and Elio that a couple times. You can talk about it here."

Tammy found it a bitter emotion and sat down with her Marowak. "Lillie and Elio have been better parents to me in a few months than my actual ones have been in years. It wasn't until the Champion and his wife saved me from being dragged back into that cycle that I started to see that. Even more when I keep having dreams of being a Coordinator... a carrier that leads me to another region, they are willing to let me go once the day has come."

Mohn swallowed nervously as Tammy asked. "I know family drama has happened, what ever happened caused you and... who ever you are married to, to let things take its natural course in a way so you all can be happy. Letting the kids go to a better life and hopefully one day you all can talk to each other again like normal?"

Mohn was blunt. "Yes... I caused a lot of things to happen just because of an accident that had me disappear from my family, I don't remember things like I use to and it was because of Elio I was able to remember."

Tammy figured and discovered another thing. "That is why I never met Lillie's mom, because I will ask questions that will give me answers similar to what I been through. I wished Eric and Debbie gotten their heads out of their asses, because Da...Elio, did something to make sure that I never heard from them again."

Mohn imagined Elio going through a phase that would be frightening. "He has and it takes a lot to have him do that. I hope he and Lillie are alright in there!"

Tammy hoped so to. "They are dealing with a lot of horrible people at once, I hope by the morning we can talk about this more."

At Rainbow Rocket's Castle.

Elio finished fighting through a duo of grunts and went past the big door to find a man with blue spiked hair and in a grey vest staring at a wall in a rather empty room save for a device, a office table and the floor with a insignia resembling a G. Elio approached and found the man turn around casually to give a stoic stare. "Who are you? It seems your not a member of Team RR."

Elio smiled and answered. "My name is Elio Sun and I am here to ask that you help me and my friends get deeper into the castle to rescue someone... who is kind of a friend of mine. What's your name?"

The man had his hands behind his back and answered dully at the emotional face. "My name is Cyrus and I would like to ask you one question. Is this world the new world?"

Elio answered bluntly. "About as new as it was for the last person I met, I'm not telling you anything else!"

Cyrus found it enough information for his answer. "I can sense in you the strong desire to protect... something. You have a powerful spirit," He felt disappointed and closed his eyes. "That must mean this isn't the world I desired."

Elio was about to ask what happened when a memory of an organization creep in his mind. "...You lead some people from Sinnoh to try and play around with reality?!" Cyrus nodded and sensed more in the man. "Indeed. I used the power of the pokemon that control time and space to create a perfect world, where the human spirit doesn't exist. That was when a great shadow appeared and engulfed me. It brought me into this world."

Elio felt his bag rummaging, a Rotom Dex buzzed and whispered. "BZZT! He sure sounds swell! BZZT!"

Elio glared as Cryus noticed. "Is that a pokedex? May I have a look?"

The Alolan Champion was hesitate to let him and ordered the stowaway dex. "Be careful with this guy, he is bad news!" The Rotom Dex floated out and smiled in a tease. "BZZT! Come on boss, this isn't the worse thing to happen. BZZT!"

Cyrus's stoic stare shifted to a something looking like regret. "Interesting... even the pokedex is-" The Dex gave an explanation of what he is. "BZZT! The Rotom Dex was made to help Trainers! BZZT!"

Cyrus took his stare away and was silent for what felt like a minute. "...I see, so you have spirit as well."

Elio answered back with a sharp glare. "All of us have a spirit, what were you trying to accomplish by making a world... like what you wanted?" Cyrus answered with a question. "How many things have you seen that have made you hurt, that resulted in you thinking irrationally and performing actions you regret? Wouldn't it have be easier if those emotions were not there?"

The Alolan Champ tensed up and proved his point, Cyrus exhaled. "...It is too late. All of it too late. I cannot stop now," He took out a poke ball with a task in mind. "I must remove the weak, incomplete human spirit from this world and bring it to perfection!"

Vs Galactic Boss Cyrus

Elio identified the man as he is. "You're insane, that spirit is what we are! Kalden, show him your might!"

Cyrus saw the Silvally and sent out a Houndoom. "Use dark pulse!"

Elio ordered back. "Use crunch and then drop the big one!"

The Houndoom let loose a pulse of bad thoughts as the Silvally crunched, another was shot at the Silvally as he roared and shot a small orb to bring a barrage of energy to knock the foe out. Cyrus called the Houndoom back and sent out a Weavile. "I ask again, what have you seen that would have... should have, broken your spirit by now? Without that to break, you would feel nothing on witnessing them."

Elio called Kalden back and tossed a luxury ball. "That is none of your business, Aigis... show him why feelings shine!"

A Magearna with a glow that caught Cyrus's interest the instant she noticed her trainer in emotional need. "You allow that to distract you, Weavile, use brick break!"

The Weavile dashed to the Magearna and struck her two times as Elio ordered. "Use shift gear and let him have it with flash cannon!"

The Magearna clicked and shot the Weavile for a k.o. Cyrus called the Weavile back, saw the soul heart glow and consider it something to consider. "What is that thing? Crobat, stop this!"

Out of the ball came a Crobat that flapped, exposed to Elio's next attack. "The Soul Heart, it is the part of Aigis that is truly alive... an artificial soul that allows her to feel everything. Cyrus, this spirit is what drives us to be alive, to have joy... sorrow and even anger. Because of that Soul Heart, Aigis is able to use those emotions to make herself strong. Aigis, shoot that Crobat down with thunder bolt!"

Aigis obeyed and struck another pokemon down, leaving Cyrus to send out a particular pokemon Elio expected. "Come Dialga, Ruler of Time! This person has many things I find... illogical!"

A large blue dragon with metallic parts on his claws, head and tail, stomped to battle and roared, Elio aimed his left hand at the Dialga with Aigis doing the same, she opened a flower like hand and fired a pink cannon that quickly knocked the Temporal pokemon out. Cyrus noticed the Magearna staring at him in sympathy and gave an emotionless stare. "Honchkrow, this one is notable!"

A Honchkrow flew to battle and was shot down by a thunder bolt, forcing the man to send out his last pokemon. "Palkia, Ruler of Space. We must discover why they are defeating us!" A pink bipedal dragon with pearls at the shoulders roared and was exposed to another fleur cannon, knocking him out and leaving Cyrus in a corner. "Why are you able to create such strong bonds with your pokemon and how are you able to turn those bonds intro strength?!"

The Rotom Dex buzzed. "BZZT! Don't you get it, Elio is kind to all pokemon! He even lets me teach the other Rotom what to expect with working with people. BZZT!"

Elio agreed with the Rotom. "That bond... that is what makes us strong. What makes our souls shine."

Cyrus took a deep breath in defeat. "I...I see," He addressed the Rotom to assure him. "You need not worry Rotom. I will not do anything to this world. I believe I shall return to the perfect world I created," He looked like he resigned himself to what he done, Elio saw it and wondered what became of the man in his home world, Cyrus approached to give the man a key card. "Before I do, take this!"

Elio obtained a card that on closer inspection had a G symbol, he saw a device for the card to slide in and let Cyrus continue. "Use it to activate this machine and open the key door." Elio went to do just that, the teleporter activated and the man felt content to leave. "Thank you."

Cyrus rejected the gratitude and went to his chair, wanting to be alone. "Had I met you sooner... would things have turned out different for me?"

Elio had a theory as he called the Magearna back. "...I have no idea, something you haven't figured out until it was too late to change anything?"

Cyrus nodded and closed his eyes to warn Elio. "There is an anomaly even in comparison to what you seen in this castle. It is both perfection and the embodiment of all things illogical, if its spirit wasn't so broken and twisted... would it be able to find any freedom from the void?"

The trainer paused and heed the warning. "I knew something was wrong when a Haxorus I knew went crazy. That thing will be stopped, along with the rest of you, see ya!" Elio walked through the elevator and found himself uncertain of something.

Simultaneously.

Gladion, a psychic type Silvally and Tyranitar took out a duo of grunts guarding a big door. He creaked it open to find a man with orange hair and a black jacket in a room with two machines with a red and blue button, two banners with a flame insignia shown. He switched Silvally's type to poison and called the two back upon identifying who the man is. Gladion made a more known entrance that caused man noticed and turned around to reveal a matching beard to go with the wild hair, Gladion identified the jacket as a suit and let the man talk. "You must be the intruder I keep hearing about!"

Gladion asked. "Someone told me about you, Lysandre of Team Flare?"

The boss nodded and felt resolved in his goals. "You are well informed. I had triggered my ultimate weapon to wipe out all the fools- everyone except for Team Flare, but at that moment a bright light swallowed me and I wandered into this world. No matter. My purpose remains the same. Which world I'm in is not important," Gladion posed, his handed twitched as Lysandre finished his speech. "The only way to create a world where people live in beauty, without conflict or theft," He pointed to the two machines in a messiah like pose. "Behind me, you see two buttons. One will open the path for you and and help you move forward. The other will trigger my ultimate weapon and destroy all there is in this world!" He pointed his hand at Gladion. "So make your choice. I believe being a chosen one means you have the potential to change the future! Whether we activate the Ultimate Weapon or leave it safely underground will rest upon if you actually have this potential or not!"

Gladion barked in refusal to play the madman's game. "The world has a lot of problems but what you are resolved to do is genocide! Take you dumb weapon and get out!"

Lysandre took a deep breath and felt disappointed in the young mans vision. "If it can make the world what I envisioned, no cost is too great!" He took out a poke ball a was ready for battle. "If I must make that world with my own hands, so be it!"

Vs Flare Boss Lysandre

Lysandre sent out a Meinshao as Gladion sent his lead out. "Crobat, we are putting an end to this!"

A Crobat with a flying gem flapped to battle, Gladion ordered. "Use acrobatics!" The Crobat flew at the Meinshao, glowing in power. Pow! Meinshao was knocked out, Lysandre switched to a Pyroar. "This world or the other, do you not see how much of it has been tainted by the constant conflict?"

Gladion refused to listen and called his Crobat back. "Tyranitar, demolish!"

A Tyranitar stomped to battle and roared to summon a sand storm, he felt something in the back of his mind whispering something and shook it off. Lysandre ordered. "Pyroar, use will-o-wisp!"

The Pyroar shot spectral fire, Tyranitar dodged and felt the voices getting worse as Gladion activated his keystone. "Tyranitar, mega evolve and use stone edge!" Energy went into the Tyranitar, he felt the surge of power to be preferable as he grew larger and his back split open, sending him into a moment of rage as he felt a burn from another will-o-wisp. Gladion ordered. "Crush him with stone edge!"

The Tyranitar stomped the ground and hit the Pyroar for a critical hit. Lysandre sent out a pokemon that Gladion found rather fitting, a Gyarados, it intimidated the Tyranitar and had a particular stone. Lysandre activated his keystone and mega evolved him. "If we must show our resolve through force, let us do so!"

The Gyarados had energy forced into his body, his long body became shorter and more destructive, it charged at the Tyranitar with a water fall and dodged a stone edge. Gladion called his partner back. "You done an excellent job. Manaphy, lets finish this!"

A Manaphy plopped down and sensed the Gyarados's instincts of destructive, he shivered for a moment as Lysandre ordered. "Use crunch!"

The Gyarados crunched the Manaphy in his jaws, the seafaring pokemon glowed his tail and felt more pressure as Gladion ordered. "Take it out with energy ball!"

The Manaphy puffed his cheeks and shot the Gyarados away from him, causing him to revert back to his normal form for a k.o. Lysandre called him back and sent out a Honchkrow that Manaphy froze for a k.o. The flare boss flashed a master ball and switched as Gladion taunted. "I know how you used that weapon, send your Xerneas out!"

Lysandre tossed the ball and shouted. "You think the world will ever regain that beauty? Fools with no vision will continue to befoul everything!"

Gladion and Manaphy saw the Xerneas standing in a glow, the man and pokemon glared in unison. "I hope for the day the sun will keep shining brightly, more people hope for that than you think! Manaphy, lets put this rabid dog down!"

The Manaphy saluted. "Make the crazy go away!"

He let loose a wave of water that pushed the Xerneas back, the life pokemon's horns crackled with electricity and struck the Manaphy down for a k.o. Leaving Gladion to switch to his next pokemon. "Silvally, finish this!"

A Silvally the poison alignment was ready for battle, the Xerneas glowed and struck him back with psyshock as Gladion and Silvally clawed in unison, the claws dripped in poison. SLASH! Xerneas was struck back, he stopped glowing and collasped.

Lysandre was defeated, he called the Xerneas back and politely gestured. "Go on, you still need to press a button!"

Gladion kept his glare as he and Silvally went to each side, the canine pokemon waited on the count of three and pressed the button at the same time. Lysandre knew what happened. "Thus the path is clear and the weapon has been turned off...If I met a trainer like you," He shook his head. "No, nothing can change me now!"

Gladion signaled Silvally to follow him as he saw a teleporter activate. "I have quite a story for someone, come Silvally. We are done here!"

In the dark crater in the dream.

Lusamine ordered on seeing an unsettling image of a creature that was vaguely humanoid, glowing yellow lights and shooting destruction all around. "Cassandra use sucker punch!"

The Absol punched the creature out, causing it to hiss from existence as the Beast extinguished a spec of dark light. "What has been and might be! That is what the creature sees for all time."

Lusamine lost track of the many monsters that lurked. "All of them are related to Shadow Pokemon that Lillie and the others have fought... I think I know who... or what this thing is."

The Beast nodded and found a set of stares leading upward. "Then you know what would have been had Lillie never acquired that master ball, how it was one moment away... becoming this!"

Lusamine nodded as the Altaria flew above to scout. "That was that things entire reason for living to destroy." She breathed heavily on managing the weight of what happened. "He used that power to do just that to all of Alola, without that ball, it would have never been a guarantee rescue. Even death wouldn't have been able to free him?"

The Clefable felt her trainer wanting to stop walking and kept pushing her. "Fable!"

The Beast grunted. "Trapped alone in the dark for all time. A slave to its madness... nothing remains save for that... desire." At the end of the long stair way up, was a sight that was most grim, a skeleton laying on the floor, it was exactly as Lusamine and her pokemon feared, a dead Mew. The woman felt an entire weight on her shoulders and tried to mask it. A skittering voice rang in her head, like it was taunting her. "Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault! Your fault!" The skeleton twitched on the ground, it hovered off the ground and stared directly at the woman's soul, the voice started to laugh. "You all burned! You all burned! You all burned! You all burned! You all burned! You all burned! You all burned! You all burned! You all burned! You all burned! You all burned! Another world will burn!"

At the Pelago.

Hoopa felt greatly uneasy and sensed someone, he tossed the ring to the distance and voiced bad news to Mohn and Tammy. "Yep! That thing is even more active now that a presence of pure evil is coming. I'm going to get a back up plan in case this becomes too much!"

He placed a ring on the ground, Tammy asked. "What the heck is that thing anyways? Tell me?"

Hoopa smiled nervously at Mohn. "Eh... should you tell her? Because a kid like her really doesn't need to know," Tammy found the sheltering to be redundant. "It is something so messed up that it is scary to think someone did it to another. What is it?"

The Hoopa cleaned his ear as Mohn answered. "Something my son called XD-002 or a Mew you may have met."

Tammy listened. "That cutie that Lillie treats like her child?... If what Faba said is true... I guess that XD-002 came from a world where he wasn't rescued in time? Why the code name?"

Hoopa called a time out. "Isaac's soul was twisted into something of pure evil, his body was altered due to his vast DNA even when it wasn't needed, until one particular experiment that involves a pokemon called Nihilego was involved to make him lose his mind! They counted on it happening."

Tammy regretted her answer and backed away. "That Ultra Beast that makes you go wild?!... I need to ask those two about what happened, because this is becoming something hard to stomach."

Hoopa agreed and saw his ring glow. "Only a handful of people know the details... as well as Mew's big attack on Alola. See you later kid!" He went into the ring and disappeared, Tammy felt nervous at it all and found a Latias resting. "I'm going to talk to Crimson to get my mind off of this. Please tell me that is a good idea!"

Mohn checked his time and was leaving to Isle Aplenny. "A good trip to the gardens helps get rid of those thoughts, find a way that works for you!"

On a Boat going to Alola.

Silver was anxious as he stared at the moon lit sky, it was a day until he can reach Alola and give his peace to his father. A ring opened up from behind, breaking Silver's solace. "Go away!"

The Hoopa had a ring opened and asked. "In an hour, Giovanni's plan is going to reach a climax and we kind of need the extra muscle. You want to talk to him or something and we need to stop him, that is my deal!"

Silver turned around and smiled at the Hoopa. "Your all that weak?! Hhm! I'll do it."

Hoopa smiled and asked. "You mind leaving something so the others know where you are?"

Silver growled annoyed and left a text. "They will pick it up in the morning. Lets finish this!"

He jumped into the Hoopa Ring, the hopeful genie wanted to think he didn't do something others would regret as he disappeared in a ring of his. "It is all up to them now!"