Chapter 42: Sailport Town
As the group are heading towards the Rassic City, they find Rick there. "You again?" Ash groans.
"Ah, it's you, wimp. Long time no see...So you are heading to Rassic City? I told you that it's my hometown. It's not place for a weakling like you."
"You know what, the only weakling I see is you." Ash says with a cold stare, "After all, do you really count how many times you are able to beat me?"
Rick just grits his teeth as Ash is keeping on his nerves. "Fine. I am going there, too, and I am going to battle Rex! He is one of the Elite 4! If I can beat him, I will be one of the best trainers in Rikoto. But first, how about we battle? I want to test out my new Pokemon."
Then Rick sends out his Frogoo, Ash uses his Flearoe to defeat him. And then his other five Pokemon are also defeated by Pikachu, Orcail, Phoxiven, Aeroma and Greninja alone.
"Drat! I guess these new Pokemon need more training..." Rick grits his teeth as he loses to Ash again. "I reckon I can find stronger Pokemon in Ancient Pass. To get to Rassic City you have to get to there. You shouldn't come to Rassic City, I think you are too weak for the city, haha."
This time Pikachu is really frustrated as he shoots out a Thunderbolt on him, causing him to be shocked and fall down. Ash mocks, "Strange, a weak Pikachu shouldn't have made you fall down the floor."
"You..." Rick is now furious, but he turns away without saying anything.
Rodney comes and says, "That is really weird. I didn't know you are to mad to do that to him. But I guess he deserves it."
"Oh, Rodney, good to see you again, what are you doing here?" Alice asks.
"Professor Pinewood called me and said that I should tell you that he is waiting for us in the Pokemon Center here in Sailport Town. Keira will be there as well."
Delia says, "I see, so it is time huh?"
"Time for what?" Ash asks.
"You'll see." Red says with a sigh.
Rodney continues, "The Professor sounds really anxious. I think he'll give us new information about Team Solar and Team Lunar."
Then they go to the Pokemon Center and see Keira and Professor Pinewood sitting there. Then after greeting, Pinewood is surprised that Red is alive and he is glad.
"So Professor, what's the news?" Delia asks.
"I have to tell you new information I've found out about this two organisations which are known as Team Solar and Team Lunar. As I already told you, Team Solar and Team Lunar are searching for the Elemental Stones. The five stones belonging to the Elemental Pokemon in Rikoto. Legend has it that these stones trapped Solaran, the Pokemon or Order and Lunaro, the Pokemon of Chaos, in another dimension, to stop them from fighting."
"Yeah, I remember the story, my dad told me it when I was a little kid." Keira says. "He says that if all five stones are reunited, it would open up a portal to this dimension and would release Solaran and Lunaro back into our world!"
"That's correct." Delia says. "If they succeed in their mission, they will release Solaran and Lunaro back into our world, where they will fight once again, destroying everything in their way..."
"We can't let it happen." Ash says.
"Well, I don't want any of you to be involved with this, but it seems you already are, you must keep that Core Stone safe and away from them at all costs." Pinewood says.
"In fact, I have two stones." Ash says as he shows them the Sea Stone. "Apparently, Team Solar was there, but they didn't find the temple."
"If that's the case...Team Lunar already has the Earth Stone and Team Solar has the Volt Stone, that leaves Wind Stone out there..."
"Do you know where it is, Professor?" Keira asks.
"My research has lead me to the Whisper Tunnel. There must be a hidden Temple somewhere in the area."
"So we should go there and get the stone before Team Solar and Team Lunar do!" Rodney says.
"That's the plan Rodney, but you need to keep safe! At the moment I've had a word that both teams have been seen near Rassic City, they must be after something there. May I request that you head over to Rassic City and see what they're doing? There is an Ancient Artifact Museum there, perhaps there is something there they are looking for..."
"The Crystals..." Ash gasps. "What if the Order Crystal and Chaos Crystal are there?"
"Then it will be disaster. Don't worry, we will stop them." Keira says.
The Professor thanks them, then Delia says, "Well, since this is a big mess, I should give you each a gift that will help you stop the teams. She takes out the 3 stones as Ash asks, "Mega Stones? There is Mega Evolution in the region as well?"
"Mega Stone? What is this?" Keira asks.
"It seems when it's near a specific Pokemon, it reacts someway with it. That's the other reason you'll be heading to Rassic City. There is a specialist of Mega Stones, Lizzy, you should show her this. I think she could help you to find out how it reacts with your Pokemon." Pinewood says.
"Which means that she has the Key Stones." Alice says as they nod. Then Rodney and Keira leave to the Rassic City while Professor goes back to his lab.
As for Ash and the others, they find a Dawn Stone and uses it to evolve his Parafox.
Spirix: The Ethereal Pokemon: Normal and Ghost Type. Evolved from Parafox with a Dawn Stone. Spirix can discern a person's motives from simply observing them. When faced with evil, they will vanish away from the person's sight.
Then he finds two Shiny Stones and he uses it on two mermaid Pokemon. They each evolve into different Pokemon.
Mermarine: The Mermaid Pokemon: Water and Fairy Type. Evolved from a female Merkid with Shiny Stone. Mermarine's voice can capture the mind of even the most focused sailor. In the past, ships have to plan their route to avoid Mermarine habitats
Mersidon: The Merman Pokemon: Water and Electric Type. Evolved from a male Merkid with Shiny Stone. Mersidon's tridents on their tails act as a lightning rod, directing thunderbolts from the sky to either strike down their foes or power their own attacks.
"Good, now we are ready, let's go to the Ancient Pass." Ash says as they go take a boat there.
Now Ash and the group know about the location of the Wind Stone, will they be able to get it before either team does? And can they stop them from getting near the crystals?