Lillie walked away from the restaurant with all the money all still in her pocket. Ash was nice enough to pay for the entire meal, but what was she going to buy now? She had to spend it quickly, otherwise when Gladion noticed, the money was already gone.

"Ah-ha!" she said to her self in the middle of the mall.

Alola Outfitters. Exactly where she was before, but this time with deeper pockets. She entered the store, picking up most of the items she had last time around.

"This time" the blonde teen thought to herself, "I'll check the price tags!

This time, she kept her word and budgeted herself.

Something immediately catched her eye as she walked toward checkout.

Please your man. That was all the description the item had. It was lingerie, bra and underwear in a couple of different sizes.

Please your man. Would this please Ash? He would certainly notice, being a teenage boy. But she would have to sub out something. But she decided that it would be nice to have some new underwear anyway. She took out the clothes she wanted the least. (It took her 20 minutes to decide, she loved all the ones she had.)

She went up to cashier and brought the clothes. The cashier gave an odd look when she saw the lingerie, but Lillie avoided her stare.

"147.50." The cashier said.

Lillie paid up and happily walked away carrying new clothes and underwear. She checked the time on her phone: 9:45. Gladion was going to be pissed if Lillie didn't arrive. On the home screen, Lillie saw her cover image with Snowy and Nebby. She sighed. She really missed those two, but they were both inside Mother's house, probably starving without the care of Lillie.

Lillie knocked the door and found Gladion in a robe holding the door.

"What took you so long?" he asked.

"Nothing!" Lillie smiled, carrying the bags of clothes. "I'm going to go to sleep."

"Lillie, you know about Mother, and-"

"What?" she asked.

The blonde boy sighed. "Should we break into Lusamine's mansion tomorrow?" he spat out.

Lillie was wide-eyed. "Why?"

"To get your Pokemon back."

Lillie smiled. "Yeah. I was just thinking about them."

"OK. Tomorrow." Gladion declared. He patted his sister. "Now go get some rest."

Lillie nodded and headed straight to her bed. She slept well, as dreams of being with Snowy and Nebby filled her head.

9 AM the Next Day

*Tap Tap*

"Lillie, are you awake?"

Lillie groaned.

Gladion got a bit harsh this time, shaking Lillie.

"Lillie?"

"Ugh, what time is it?" Lillie responded.

"9."

"Wake me up at 10:30 instead." Lillie mumbled.

"You miss Nebby and Snowy? And Cutie too?" Gladion asked?

Lillie nodded, and Gladion tore off the covers. "Then wake up!"

Lillie rolled her eyes and got up, and they both went downstairs for a breakfast of pancakes and orange juice.

"When are we doing the plan?" Lillie asked, still half asleep.

"10 PM. But until then, I need to show you how this is going to work. We can't risk failing!"

Lillie just sighed, and Gladion brought out his computer, typed something in, and turned the screen to face Lillie.

"You see the house?" Gladion asked, while pointing to Lusamine's mansion, which was displayed on the screen.

"Yeah, what about it?" the blonde girl asked.

Gladion zoomed in on the limo. "Lusamine is usually in her office building from 5 to 6:30. We can stop by Hobbes, say we're visiting, snatch the Pokemon, and leave."

Lillie shrugged. "Sounds okay."

Gladion chugged his orange juice, and slammed it on the table. "Let's do this!"

"Gladion?"

The older sibling faced the younger one. "What?"

"Thank you for doing this. I really appreciate it." she smiled.

Gladion scratched his head. "Um, thanks. I'm going to lift some weights upstairs. Watch TV or whatever."

Gladion headed upstairs, and Lillie turned on the TV. The first channel that popped up was a Poke Base game. She was about to press the NEXT button, but since the Poke Base game was coming soon, she might as well watch a game to get a grasp on some of it.

7 hours later. (4:00 PM)

Lillie was searching for her Poke Ball duffel bag. It was the only bag Nebby would fit in, not to mention Cutie's and Snowy's Poke Balls.

"Where is it?" she said aloud.

Then she remembered. It was also in Lusamine's mansion! She better hope it was still there, or she would end up empty handed.

"Lillie!" Gladion called across the hall. "Take this!" It was a small black backpack, its only decoration a small Poke Ball.

"You'll need this to store Nebby. I'll find a way to get the others in their Poke Ball's."

Lillie peered at the bag. It was a bit small, but looked like Nebby would nestle in perfectly.

"It's almost showtime." she said. "Let's get ready!"

5:01:27 PM

After a snack, they both hopped in Gladion's car and drove up to Lusamine's mansion. Hobbes was outside cutting the grass, and he was surprised to see them.

"Young masters Gladion and Lillie! It's been quite a while that I've seen you!"

Gladion laughed sheepishly. "I guess so. Me and Lillie are going to see mother, OK?"

Hobbes nodded. "That's fantastic! She must miss the both of you as well!"

Hobbes had no idea of the current family situation.

"Yeah" Lillie said. "so we're going to see her." The two siblings walked toward the mansion before Hobbes stopped them.

"I believe Mrs. Lusamine is in her office." he said, pointing to the entire house-sized building where Lusamine worked.

Gladion scratched the back of his head. "I think I saw her through the window here." the blonde male pointing to the mansion where Lusamine actually slept.

"Ah." Hobbes said. "Then allow me to escort you there."

"We're fine." Lillie said.

"Please, allow me."

Gladion shot a look at Hobbes. "She said we're fine."

Hobbes backed off. "As you wish..." he mumbled.

They entered the building, staring at all of the wealthy items owned by Lusamine, compared to the average apartment Gladion lived in.

"Wow." Lillie commented. "If Mother wasn't such a jerk, we would've both been living here." *Sigh*

"Yeah. But you gonna get your Pokemon?"

Lillie remembered. "Of course! I'm going to upstairs then!"

Lillie ventured upstairs to her bedroom, to find it was a cold, dark place. Oddly, she did not find her Pokemon or the Poke Balls, or the bag, but a simple sticky note. It said: Note to self, remember to take Lillie's Pokemon to secret lab.

"Of course!" Lillie said aloud. Mother wouldn't just leave them here! She did a bad job of disposing the note, or just forgot. But there were several secret labs in the Aether Mansion. She ran outside to show Gladion the note. Gladion immediately responded by suggesting they split up. They would cover ground twice as fast. They raced downstairs, eagerly checking out the labs, but were coming up unsuccessful, and their was running short. After they checked all of the labs, they came back to report how it was going. They both were empty-handed, and then-

*SLAM*

"What the fuck was that?" exclaimed Gladion, while Lillie just shrugged back in response. And then, whistling.

An all too familiar tone.

"Oh no..." was all Lillie said.

Mother was here, and she was going down the stairs to the lab. The siblings, on pure instinct, scrambled for hiding places. In a couple seconds, Lusamine would be a couple feet in front of them. She was carrying a purse, and pulled out a silver tube. She placed it in another device, and out of the tube came Nebby.

Lusamine flashed a devilish smile. "Come here, my sweet child!"

She actually had the nerve to call this Pokemon her child!

Gladion was steaming, and from his belt he produced a Poke Ball.

"You brought them here?" whispired Lillie. Gladion nodded, and tiptoed toward his mother. But like a predator to it's prey, Lusamine by instinct turned around to find her eldest child standing there, brows clouded.

"What are you doing with Nebby?" Gladion said.

Lusamine smiled. "My child, I'm just bringing some friends of mine!"

Friends?

Then Gladion spotted the device that brought Ultra Beasts to this world. Mother was going crazy again.

"Why are you calling me your child along with that Pokemon?" Gladion said, referring to Nebby.

"My dear, learn to coexist as brothers. Or sisters." Lusamine scratched her head. "What are you Nebby?"

"Pew Pew!"

"Aargh!" Gladion wasn't taking this any longer. "I'm going to battle for Nebby!"

Lusamine smirked. "Your death wish."

"Type: Null, let's win this!"

"Clefable, let's just shut him up.

"NULL!"

"Clefable!"

A battle was about to begin... with Nebby being the stakes.

Authors Note

I'm thinking about putting a question at the end of every chapter. It may or may not be related to the story itself, but just some causal questions. I hope this is fine with you guys? And thank you for supporting my story by reading it. Bye!