Today, Sarah and her four new pokemon were playing with little Nebby in front of the house.
Dragonair, Zweilous, and their adopted children were fitting in well as under Sarah's ownership, they now had a loving new family to take them away from their previous struggles.
James and Nikki were surprised to see the new arrivals but they quickly understood when she told them how they joined her; James, in particular, tried to restrain himself from giving out crazy and hearty cheers after seeing Zweilous and Dragonair. Vulpix, especially, took being with her new family brilliantly as she, Trapinch, Sarah, and their parents played with Nebby while the rest of Sarah's Pokemon watched and had breakfast.
They were all smiling happily as they watched the little cosmic bundle laugh happily as he played with his mother, his new brother and sister, and his new aunt and uncle. Silvally, however, was still a little wary of him. Granted, he did manage to relax and accept Nebby into the family but the Synthetic Pokemon felt something about the baby Pokemon that still made him feel uneasy.
"Gee, how long as it been since Nebby first came into our lives?" Sarah thought as she and her new Pokemon continued playing with her baby and fed him Sugar Stars.
"You know, when I first found Nebby while I was heading to school with Ash, my Pokemon and I were taken aback. Silvally, in particular, was really on edge about him. I don't know what's gotten into him but he did promise to tell me in his own time. We had no idea what kind of Pokemon he is but Lillie decided to call him Nebby." She then thought back to when she, Ash, and Lillie met her mother, Lusamine, Professor Burnet, Faba, and Wicke from the Aether Foundation, "I was surprised to see Lillie's mother, Lusamine, appear though. She wanted me to place Nebby in the care of the Aether Foundation and mentioned something about the Ultra Beast War. I didn't understand, none of us do. But, I won't let anything happen to him even if he's a complete mystery. He's my baby and I'll protect him no matter what, that's a promise!"
Nebby babbled happily before floating in Sarah's arms and nuzzling her chest, happily. "That's my little Nebby." Sarah cooed.
When they finished breakfast, Sarah, still gently carrying Nebby in her arms, and her Pokemon headed off to the school with Vulpix and Trapinch in tow. Dragonair and Zweilous decided to stay home and help James, Nikki, their partners, and the Lycanroc Couple around the house and better familiarize themselves with Sarah's adopted parents. They first stopped at Professor Kukui's house near Ten Carat Hill to allow the two and Ash's Pokemon to join them. Sure enough, they all saw the small group exiting the house and they noticed Sarah and her Pokemon coming down the road.
"Alola, Sarah!" Professor Kukui and Ash greeted along with Pikachu, Litten, Rowlet, and Lycanroc.
"Alola!" Sarah called back as they noticed Nebby babbling happily to them in greeting.
"Nebby's still taking a huge liking to ya, Sarah," Ash commented as he smiled.
"Seems to me like you two are inseparable," Professor Kukui added, sharing Ash's smile. "It's almost like you two are literally peas in a pod or you're a mother magnet to him."
"Well, I was the first human he saw along with my Pokemon so it's natural for him to think I'm his mom," Sarah smiled.
"Did you remember to pack everything, especially your lunch? We got a big day ahead of us," Kukui reminded as they walked over to the school.
"I didn't forget, especially the Sugar Stars. You know how much he loves those ever since Sophocles fed them to him." As they walked, Nebby decided to float to the others and see if he can play with them while Sarah wasn't looking. Vulpix and Trapinch were riding on Mudsdale with Lolita and Aqua had taken her usual place on Milotic's head while the others walked. He fiddled around and laughed and played with his family and Ash's team until he came towards Blitz, who was riding on Silvally. He continued to play until he came to Silvally's face as he stared at the baby. He touched his nose and caused him to sneeze before he suddenly teleported back to Sarah, without her noticing!
Nebby laughed and babbled innocently. "You know... I always wondered what powers Nebby has." Ash wondered.
"Who knows? But, if he does have any powers, I'd rather have him not fight whenever we're in trouble, not when he's still a baby," Sarah said as she rubbed Nebby, not knowing about his previous antics.
"That's the wonderful thing about Pokemon, they're always full of fascinating mysteries," Professor Kukui remarked. "Lycanroc and Dusk did surprise us when they evolved from a pair of Rockruffs to Dusk Form Lycanroc back at Akala Island, kids."
"Yeah, there's still a lot of things we don't know about Pokemon," Sarah agreed. "If there is anything we need to know about their ways and what they'll give to us, we'll need-Huh? Ash?"
Kukui and Sarah looked around to see that Ash had vanished until they saw him running towards a Beartic malasada and snack truck that had three workers operating the vehicle and trying and failing to sell their goods. Sarah could've sworn they looked familiar but she chose not to dwell on it as she joined Ash, skeptical of the snacks he's drooling over.
"So, looking for an early morning snack, are you?" Professor Kukui asked as he caught up with the two kids. The couple selling the snack food saw Ash and Sarah but the man noticed Nebby in Sarah's arm and he looked stunned, like he suddenly became interested in the baby Pokemon and was shocked from seeing the girl. Even the woman was shocked from seeing the little Pokemon and Sarah.
Ash sheepishly rubbed the back of his head before he composed himself. "Yeah, if I don't eat soon, I could be starving before lunch," he explained.
"That's because you didn't eat breakfast!" Rotom-Dex told Ash incredulously.
Sarah shook her head, amused and annoyed. "Ash, why do you sometimes forget to eat breakfast, especially when it's the most important meal of the day?" she asked with a smile. "I've packed a big lunch and you can have some of mine to compensate."
Ash groaned as he and the others left to continue on their way to school. "You'll be just fine," reassured Professor Kukui.
Ash sighed, "Fine..."
When they were gone, Team Rocket discussed, "Did you see that pokemon in that twerpettes arms?" Jessie asked.
"Yeah, that's not even in my reference book." James added, looking through his book.
"It might a brand new species of pokemon." Mewoth added. "And whose is it...?"
"Ours!" Team Rocket exclaimed together.
(Opening 3 – Rurouni Kenshin Opening 1 – Freckles (English Dub)
(The opening begins with a silhouette of a young girl with a Chinese straight sword sheathed in a gold scabbard sitting within images of Team Rocket, Team Skull, Guzma and Plumeria, the three mysterious grunts, and the grunts' leader before the image brightens and the girl is left alone) (The girl gets up and awakens to reveal herself as Sarah as she and her Pokémon are on a large boat as it sailed across the ocean to one of the other Islands of Alola. While some of her Pokémon are relaxing on the boat ride, Silvally, Lolita, Blitz, and Red Eyes look out into the ocean with determined looks on their faces with their trainer) I brush against the freckles that I hated so and life goes on but I heave a little sigh for you. It's heavy, the love that I would share with you. Then it dissolves like it was just a sugar cube!
(Ash and Pikachu were shown at the Pokémon School trying to practice the steps to a new Z-Attack until they missed or exaggerated a few steps and fell down on the ground. Lana, Mallow, and Sophocles, who were with them along with their Pokémon Partners, either laughed at or groaned at them. Ash and Pikachu smiled sheepishly as the scene pans from the school to the beach near the school) Now, the little pain sitting in my heart has shrunken a bit but it really does hurt me now. Those silly horoscopes, I guess I can't trust them after all~! (Kiawe was there with Pyroar and Turtonator as he commanded a Double Flamethrower and gave a satisfied smirk as his partners landed on either side of him as he then looked to his right) If we could get further away~! I wonder what it would be li-i-i-i-i-ke, yeah~! (The scene pans to Lillie looking out her backyard from her mansion with Snowy as she had a happy look on her face before they turned to their left in surprise)
I'd be so happy inside my hea-a-a-a-a-a-art! (Sarah and her Pokémon are surrounded by mysterious grunts and a small team of people in white uniforms as she held a strange cosmic-like Pokémon in her left arm and the Sword of the Sun Lion on her right hand as she was then attacked by a mystery grunt's Houndoom and its Flamethrower attack) All the memories I have are beautiful in my mind! (A Thunderbolt appears and blocks the Flamethrower to reveal Zeraora as the Thunderclap Pokémon shielded her) But, they don't feed the hunger deep inside my soul! (Silvally, Lolita, and the Puppy Pair use Tri Attack, Dark Pulse, and Double Rock Slide to beat their foes getting to Sarah) And, tonight, I thought I'd be just sitting in my sorrow! (Ponyta and Wooloo attack together with Electro Ball and Moonblast while Aqua and Milotic use Bubblebeam and Dragon Pulse before Candy and Blitz joined forces to use Thundershock and Signal Beam at their own enemies)
And now, I must wonder why, what did it really mean to you? (Sarah appears and opens her eyes as she saw her family and friends, humans and Pokémon alike, waiting happily for her to join them as she walks to them. The Season 2 titles appear just as the song ends) I just can't see it anymore~! I just can't see it anymore~! O-o-o-o-o-oh~! Pokémon Alola Journey – The Trials of Sarah
At the Pokemon School, the lesson that Sarah and the others will be undertaking is an art lesson, through working with clay.
"Alright, class. Did everybody bring their own clay?" Professor Kukui reminded as everyone took their seats. "Yeah!" the students replied, each of their with some clay and clay-making tools.
"Oh no, I forgot about it!" Mallow cried, all set with her tools but with no clay on her desk. It turns out that when she was getting ready to go to school, she accidentally rushed off without finding and collecting her own clay set.
"Would you like to share some of my supply?" Kiawe smiled as he offered some of his huge stash to the Grass Type student. Mallow was relieved as she smiled at Kiawe and accepted her share from him.
"Wow, thanks Kiawe, you're the best!" she smiled in relief.
"Now, class, today you're going to sculpt your Pokemon partner, closely examining him/her as you work and allowing you to discover something new," Kukui briefed as he began the lesson. "Right!"
Soon, everyone was sculpting away on their clay as they try to get a perfect or close representation of any of their partners. Ash decided to model Pikachu for his own project although he ended up modeling a Mimikyu; Lala wanted to sculpt Popplio with a water balloon although the Sea Lion Pokemon ended up accidentally soaking themselves despite their good efforts. Sophocles tried to cheat by using Charjabug, to Kukui and Rotom-Dex's annoyance before he decided to move onto Togedemaru; Kiawe decided to use Turtonator as his model for his clay sculpture while Pyroar became his second set of eyes to see if it's to the Fire Type student's specifications to his partner.
Mallow ultimately decides to use Tsareena as a model, trying to capture the beautiful, kind-hearted, and yet spunky female nature of her fully-evolved partner and Lillie sculpted Snowy as she feels about her from her heart.
Finally, it was Sarah's turn to sculpt a Pokemon but she didn't know which to choose.
Nebby babbled and floated over to the clay, happily. "Hehehe, you want me to make you out of clay, don't you Nebby?" Sarah asked, earning a happy babble from Nebby.
"Okay, Sarah, who did you decide to sculpt?" Kukui asked Sarah, smiling and looking towards the girl's Pokemon.
"I think Nebby likes to be my clay model," she giggled as she started on her model of her baby Pokemon.
Professor Kukui chuckled, knowing how truly inseparable and loving Sarah and Nebby are to each other as the girl got to work. "I had a feeling you'd pick him. I knew you were a mother magnet to several Pokemon that became part of your family but you and Nebby truly are one pair of a kind."
"He surely is a strange one but he's adorable and he wouldn't harm a fly. Nebby always finds a way to make me and my Pokemon laugh," she told him as he left to continue critiquing the others. But, she silently reckoned with Silvally and his wariness of the little baby Pokemon as she continued to sculpt the little guy.
Several minutes later, she was done with her sculpture and to her surprise and satisfaction, it looked just like Nebby as the baby Pokemon cheered and clapped. "Wow, Nebby, he looks just like you! It'll almost be like your twin brother!"
"Well, well! I'm impressed, Sarah! You got quite an eye for art," commented Professor Kukui proudly as he came back to see how she's progressing. "Hmm, it looks like the spitting image of Nebby himself. And, since you're really good at this, how would you like to sculpt a model of one of your other Pokemon?"
"Okay. Candy, come here, girl! I'm doing you next!" called Sarah to her Shiny Wool Pokemon as she got another slab of clay to sculpt her. She then set Nebby down to begin sculpting. "Now, Nebby, stay down here and don't wander off."
The cosmic baby Pokemon cooed happily and looked around as his human mother began to sculpt Candy. His eyes first landed on Sophocles and he quietly crawled to him as he tried to sculpt Togedemaru but went a little off on the ears, making them look like a Jigglypuff's ears.
He tried to change them to match his partner's ears, unaware of Nebby coming to him. Then, it happened...
Nebby grabbed Sophocles and teleported him to a Jigglypuff who started singing as it saw them, much to his surprise before he was teleported back to his seat.
"Huh? What happened," he asked in surprise, to Togedemaru's delight when she gasped and cheered in relief for him. Professor Kukui came by to see what was the matter, "What's up?"
"I thought I just saw a Jigglypuff," said Sophocles, still feeling a little baffled while Nebby flew away unnoticed. "I only see Togedemaru," Kukui noted, a little confused.
"Let's see, what kind of pose should we use?" thought Mallow as she sculpted her clay and Tsareena used Sweet Scent as she made a pose. Rowlet and Oshawott smelled her attack and became Casanovas towards the Fruit Pokemon but she unknowingly knocked them away as she finished her pose, causing the Arrow Quill Pokemon to crash into Ash and Oshawott to fly into Sarah's other Pokemon as Snivy caught her Unova water brother.
Nebby soon grabbed Mallow with a smile as she continued to think. "Hmm, what would Oranguru think of?" she thought before she was teleported to a Wild Oranguru in a hut, whom Mallow noticed for a moment before she reappeared with a surprised gasp, catching the rest of the class' attention.
"What's up?" Ash asked. "Mallow disappeared and then reappeared, like a whai-!" Lana began as Nebby then floated to her and teleported her before they reappeared, the Water Type girl soaking wet. Sarah was too busy sculpting Candy to take notice and she didn't hear everyone going bananas.
"Lana, what happened to you?!" Ash gasped in shock. "I was in the ocean," she gasped.
Then, everyone noticed Nebby floating over to Kiawe as he sculpted Turtonator. "What's with Nebby?" asked Ash, not getting what he was doing behind Sarah's back as he teleported Kiawe, too. "What the- Kiawe?" Ash called in shock.
Kiawe suddenly reappeared, with his head in flames.
"HE'S BACK!" Ash, Mallow, Lana, and Lillie cried. "Quick Popplio, Bubblebeam!" Lana ordered as Popplio fired her Bubblebeam and doused the flames on Kiawe's head.
"What just happened to me?! I almost fell inside Wela Volcano's crater!" he screamed as Nebby started to float to someone else.
"Hey, see that? Nebby left Sarah's side and he teleported with us and came back as we did," Mallow noticed as she saw the baby Pokemon.
"That was Teleport!" Rotom-Dex replied, to Ash's confusion. "Allow me to explain, Teleport is a handy move that allows its user to instantly transport itself from one place to another."
"Awesome! I didn't know you could do that, Kiawe!" Ash said, oblivious to Nebby who was with the Fire Type user when he was teleported. "OF COURSE I CAN'T" Kiawe snapped at the Kanto trainer.
"You know what, I think that Nebby might've done it!" Lillie theorized. Ash gasped, "Whoa, Nebby did that?"
"So, where did Nebby go, anyway?" Sophocles asked as he looked around. He looked to see Sarah finishing her sculpture of Candy with Silvally joining them.
"There. What do you think, Candy?" Sarah asked, to which Candy replied with a happy "Reep!" as she liked the sculpture of herself. "Not too bad, Sarah, looks uncannily like her," Silvally complemented.
"Thanks," Sarah appreciated before her mind started to wander. She thought back to when Dusk evolved with Ash's Rockruff into Dusk Form Lycanroc when she was with them, Luna, Olivia's Lycanroc, the Lycanroc Couple, and Gladion's Lycanroc. After she told everyone about Dusk's evolution, she told Lillie about a second Midnight Lycanroc that was exactly like Luna but without the collar.
(Flashback)
"And, that Lycanroc was right there when you found it along with Luna, Dusk, and Olivia's partner, and the Lycanroc Couple?" Lillie asked.
"Yes, and it was similar to Luna but he doesn't have the collar and name tag," Sarah finished.
"Hmm... it might have been my brother's Lycanroc." Lillie said.
"You have a brother?" Sarah asked, surprised.
Lillie nodded, "His name is Gladion. He had a Midnight form Lycanroc and an Umberon with him. That second Midnight form Lycanroc was probably his."
"You never told me you had a brother!" Sarah gasped.
"I'm not surprised. You weren't around when he back to the Alola Region," Lillie told her. "He took me by surprise when I saw him, Umbreon, and his Lycanroc battling with a few trainers at my home. I found out that he left on a journey of some kind but when Ash and I tried to talk with him, he was a little reserved like he has something he doesn't want us to know."
"And, you don't think he'll tell you up front if you find him?"
"I don't know, surely he must have a reason for doing what he does," Lillie sighed sadly. "It's been so long since I've heard of what happened to him."
Sarah said no more, she knew that the subject of Gladion could be a sensitive one for her friend. Even if she thought about it from time to time, for her sake, she never pushed it again.
(Flashback end)
"I wonder how Gladion's doing, maybe he'll need somebody to talk to if he has a problem..." She thought as she rubbed Silvally, her mind now set on Gladion. Nebby soon grabbed his mother and happily squealed as he teleported her and her Synthetic Pokemon to a location unknown to her as if she read her thoughts on Lillie's older brother.
She and Silvally found themselves in a beautiful cavern with Nebby as they saw a few underground lagoons and the place looks as though it was surrounded by crystals all over. "Okay, what the hell just happened?" Silvally asked, taken aback.
"I don't know but where are we?" Sarah thought as she looked around in awe. She then turned to Nebby, smiling innocently at her as he was by her left leg. "Nebby, where did you teleport us?"
"Who are you?" a boy's voice called and Sarah and Silvally jumped as they turned to see Gladion, Unbreon, and Type: Null, who were surprised to see them appear when they heard them.
The trio before them were shocked but Silvally was gobsmacked as he saw the Type: Null with Gladion. "Y-Y-You're-!" he began before Nebby teleported his mother and Silvally back to the school.
Gladion and his Pokemon were surprised by this but their their eyes narrowed as their minds and previous views raced back to Silvally as they disappeared. "Who was that and who was that girl with it?" thought Gladion.
As soon as Nebby, Silvally, and Sarah teleported back to the school, everyone was relieved to see them back, safe and sound.
"Sarah! What happened?" Kiawe asked, worried. "We were so worried for you and Silvally!" agreed Lana.
"Are you badly hurt?" "Did something happen when you guys teleported?" Sophocles and Mallow asked, greatly concerned.
"I'm fine and so is Silvally, we're in one piece," Sarah reassured, a little shaken from her first encounter with Gladion. She then turned to Lillie, "Lillie, when Nebby teleported Silvally and I, I could've sworn I saw your brother and Umbreon."
"My brother?! You saw my brother?" Lillie gasped in shock.
"Yeah, and his Umbreon was there with him along with a Type: Null," Sarah nodded but before she could continue her story, she saw Nebby hugging Lillie which made the poor girl scream with a fright as everyone else turned to her, worried for their friend and fellow student. "Nebby, no!"
"Maybe Lillie's gonna teleport!" Ash shouted until they noticed Nebby sleeping as he held onto Lillie. "Or not..."
"He fell asleep," Mallow said as Sarah quickly took the baby Pokemon off of Lillie as she finally relaxed, still not used to Pokemon touching her. "Nebby, you bad boy, you scared poor Lillie. You're going to have a time out for the rest of the day, young man," Sarah gently scolded him as he slept.
But, while everyone breathed a sigh of relief as they helped Lillie come to her senses again, Silvally was still in a state of shock as he went one of the open windows and tried to relax as he looked out while Sarah's other Pokemon watched, concerned. He had seen a Type: Null that was once like him and it was almost like he was shellshocked from seeing it and knowing it for some reason, but that's impossible, is it?
The lunch bell soon rang and with their sculptures done, the gang decided to speak on the subject of Nebby's powers. The sleeping baby Pokemon was in Sarah's hands again as she rocked him gently but even she was concerned about the fact that he had powers nobody knew until now.
She even looked at Silvally with worry, seeing that he was eating his own lunch slowly compared to the other Pokemon and would often look out the window with a concerned look on his face. It as if seeing the Type: Null during their surprise encounter with Gladion had changed something in him.
"Oh man, I wish Nebby would take me somewhere, too," grumbled Ash as he looked at Nebby, bringing Sarah back to reality.
"You know, I can't help wondering where did everybody go after Nebby touched you guys," Lillie commented before turning to Sarah in genuine surprise. "And not to mention, because of him, you and Silvally actually ran into my brother, Gladion!"
"Yeah, Silvally and I were in an underground cave with lots of lagoons where he and Umbreon were at after he teleported us. He also had a Type: Null with him which got me thinking where he got that Pokemon from."
"I went to Jigglypuff's place." "And, I went to Oranguru Sensei's place." "I went to the ocean." "And, I went to Wela Volcano," Sophocles, Mallow, Lana, and Kiawe noted to Lillie as they listed the places they went to with Nebby.
It was then that Lillie seemed to know something that caused Nebby to teleport them to their noted locations. "Just a minute, in the moment when you guys were teleported by Nebby, did your thoughts have anything to do with where you each ended up?" she asked.
"Now, that you mention it, I thought my sculpture of Togedemaru was looking more like Jigglypuff," Sophocles remembered.
"Oh, yeah! And, I was wondering what Oranguru Sensei would do about Tsareena's pose," Mallow recalled.
"I think about the ocean all the time," Lana added. "And, I was thinking about Wela Volcano on Akala Island," put in Kiawe.
"Sarah, did you happen to think about Gladion when Nebby teleported you and Silvally to him?" Lillie asked Sarah as they looked to one another.
"Yeah, I was wondering if I could talk to him about whatever's keeping you two apart and I was stroking Silvally after completing Candy's sculpture," Sarah recounted with a nod. "And then, we landed in the underground cave he's at with Nebby."
"Then, it seems to me that the logical conclusion to this whole mystery is that Nebby was reading whatever thoughts were on your minds and teleported you your designated locations according to them," Lillie finished.
Professor Kukui agreed, also intrigued by Nebby's unique form of Teleport, "You know, I think that's exactly what happened!"
"So, because he's still so little, it's possible that he hasn't really decided where he wants to go on his own and turned to us for help," Mallow smiled, now knowing why he was able to teleport everyone barring Ash.
"Nebby, where do you want to go, huh?" Ash asked as he took Nebby out of Sarah's arms. That was a big mistake; suddenly realizing that he was not in his human mother's arms, he began to cry and use Supersonic, making everyone fly into a panic.
"Ash, what have you done?!" screamed Sarah furiously as she glared at Ash and held her ears to bear the pain. "You shouldn't have taken him off my arms like that!"
"Sorry, Sarah! I didn't mean to, I was curious as to where Nebby wants to go!" panicked the Kanto trainer. He then tried to feed Nebby a Sugar Star but it bounced off his head and it made him cry harder.
"Professor Kukui, please do something!" Mallow panicked.
Everyone tried everything to calm Nebby down and soothe his ruffled feelings but nothing worked... That is, until Sarah remembered that Lillie hasn't tried to soothe him yet.
"Lillie, can you do something to make him laugh?" she asked as she put Nebby on her desk.
"No problem!" smirked Lillie as she made a face that scared everybody stiff but made Nebby laugh instead.
That did the trick, everyone smiled with relief as they watched Nebby laugh at Lillie's face and smile at her. He then turned to Sarah, who was smiling at her and he cheered as he snuggled with his human mother again.
"Lillie, you did it!" Mallow cheered as she watched the two. The Pokemon also sighed with relief while Silvally came to Sarah with wary eyes as he continued to eye Nebby suspiciously.
"Yes! Nebby stopped crying!" "Pika!" Ash and Pikachu cried in gratifying relief.
"Seriously, you might not think it, Sarah, but I still feel it in my bones. There's something fishy about that Pokemon, even if he is just a baby," Silvally told his mother-figure skeptically. It seemed as though Nebby and his crying had temporary took his mind off of the Type: Null that was with Gladion and brought him back to reality.
"I keep trying to tell you, Silvally, Nebby is still just a baby," Sarah replied. "I'm sure he didn't mean to hurt anybody's feelings with his crying, he just took us by surprise after Ash took him out of my arms."
She then turned to Lillie, thankful that she was able to calm Nebby down with what she did. "Thanks, Lillie, I owe ya one. Maybe next time when you come to visit my family and I, you can become Nebby's personal babysitter. He likes you almost as much as he loves me," she thanked.
"Thanks, Sarah, I'll be glad to be his personal babysitter. He's such a little cutie!" she cried happily as she tickled the baby Pokemon and made him laugh again.
"It's alright for you since he loves you and you love him back, Sarah," Silvally continued. "Nebby still gives me the creeps even though he's, urgh, cute..."
"Well, at least if you continue to tolerate him, we'll-hey! How come you're now interested in Nebby after your mind was elsewhere earlier?" Sarah said, now starting to become suspicious of her Synthetic Pokemon's change in his attitude.
Silvally was surprised as he stammered, "Well, I... You see, it... It's just that... Well...? Uh..."
Suddenly, Nebby looked at his mother and big brother and giggled as he floated over to them and grabbed them before he used Teleport again, much to everyone's shock as they cried out for her. When Nebby brought his family to their intended destination, they ended up in a lab that had a large triangle elevator nearby.
"Huh, where are we?" Sarah asked as she looked around.
"Ugh, crap! Why did we end up back here of all places?!" Silvally grimaced as he recognized the place. Sarah soon realized why Silvally was now completely uptight, Nebby landed them in the Aether Foundation but they were next to the elevator that they, Sarah's family, Lillie, and Ash took when Lusamine gave them a tour of the place and of the Aether Paradise.
"The Aether Foundation?" she said before she turned to Nebby, who shared another innocent smile. "Nebby, why did you bring us here? You know Lusamine trusted me to keep you out of trouble and now, we'll be in big trouble if she finds us."
"Sarah, wait, look around. Doesn't it strike you as odd that there's nobody around this room?" asked Silvally as he did a double-take. Sarah was stumped until she realized again what her partner was talking about. There was no sign of Lusamine, Wicke, Professor Burnet, Faba, or any of the other employees anywhere in the room. It was just them and Nebby.
"Hey, you're right, there's nobody here. What's going on?" Sarah questioned as she looked around before she noticed the elevator behind them and walked over to the controls. "I wonder where this elevator goes to." "Sarah, we should get back to the school, this place is giving me the creeps," Silvally started to quiver.
Sarah was becoming more suspicious of Silvally's change in his attitude as she eyed him up, "Partner, what's gotten into you? You've been like this for hours ever since Nebby teleported us to Gladion in his cave. You were eating your lunch slowly almost like you were never hungry, you didn't pipe up conversation when I tried to ask you if you're alright earlier, and you've been on edge about that Type: Null Gladion has with him. What's going on?"
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" sneered a familiar voice. Sarah and Silvally turned as she kept Nebby in her arms. Coming straight at them from the front door was Faba, Wicke, and Professor Burnet, all coming towards them.
"Oh uh... H-Hi Faba, Ms. Wicke, Professor Burnet... he-he..." Sarah greeted nervously.
"Sarah, what a surprise! You and your friends sure picked a strange time to come visit the Aether Foundation again," Wicke smiled as the trio approached them. "Tired of your studies and decided to see what we've come up with, I'll reckon?" Professor Burnet giggled. "I hope Professor Kukui isn't giving you too much trouble with his lessons." "Ms. Wicke, Professor Burnet, it was an accident. And, he wasn't making any trouble for us," Sarah stammered as she tried to come up with an excuse. "We didn't mean to come here again but while my Pokemon and I are at school with our friends back on Melemele Island, we discovered that Nebby can use Teleport to transport us according to our thoughts."
"Teleport, from a pint-sized fluff ball like that?!" boggled Faba before he scoffed. "Ridiculous, highly illogical and improper! You must've been seeing things and losing your mind, young lady." Silvally didn't take kindly to Faba's words and attitude towards his human mother and felt like skinning him alive until Sarah held him back and stroked him to soothe his anger. "Stop it, Silvally, don't let him get to you..."
Silvally gave a grunt as he turned away from the cocky scientist before Sarah tried to continue, "If you don't believe us, Faba, my friends can vouch for me. Throughout our clay sculpting lesson, Nebby's somehow been transporting us to any location according to our thoughts. Mallow was teleported to Oranguru's hut, Sophocles was transported to where a wild Jigglypuff is, Lana and Kiawe were zipped to the ocean and Wela Volcano, and I landed here and at a cave where we found Lillie's brother, Gladion."
Wicke and Professor Burnet were surprised by this but Faba was shocked by the mention of Gladion. "Gladion! You saw him, where is he?" Wicke asked, baffled by the mention of Lillie's older brother. "He was at a cave somewhere but I have I have no idea where it's at," replied Sarah. "No chance of finding him since we were there for a short time before we left."
"Darn..." Wicke said.
"But... he did seem to have another Type: Null with him.. which is weird.. I thought Silvally was the only one in assistance." Sarah said, looking at her partner.
Faba chuckled, "Of course not, afterall there are my creations..."
"Wait... WHAT?!" Sarah exclaimed with her eyes bulging out.
Wicke and Professor Burnet frowned sadly as they noticed Sarah looking goggle-eyed by the revelation. Sarah couldn't believe it, Silvally was a creation of Faba?! He was a Pokemon created by a scientist from the Aether Foundation?! She looked to Silvally, hoping that it wasn't true and that the Type: Null they saw with Gladion wasn't one of Faba's works, too.
The Synthetic Pokemon gave a small whimper and turned away in shame as he closed his eyes. Sarah was horrified but Nebby cooed with concern, worried for his big brother. The two women scientists looked at each other and nodded before they turned to the girl, knowing what they must do.
"Sarah, I'm sorry to say this but..." Wicke began before she solemnly confirmed Sarah's worst fears for Silvally.
"Yes, Silvally and the Type: Null with Gladion were indeed Faba's creations of his own making."
"No..." gasped Sarah in horror as she came to Silvally and stroked him, still searching for any sign of denial from the Synthetic Pokemon. His body language and the shame on his face didn't chance as she failed to find any words.
"Sarah, we never told anyone outside of the Aether Foundation this," continued Professor Burnet, sharing Wicke's solemn face.
"But, since the cat's out of the bag, it's time we told you about Silvally's true origins. If Tapu Koko really helped him to escape from this place, then it's our fault and Faba's that he has a grudge against the entire Aether Foundation."
"What happened to him, how did he come to be?" Sarah asked quietly. She was now demanding for answers and she wasn't going to take 'no' for an answer.
"Come with us, Sarah. Bring Silvally and Nebby, too, they'll want to hear this," Wicke said. And, she went to the elevator controls as she worked them to bring them down a lower level while Professor Burnet joined them.
"Faba, you'll remain here until we return," warned Wicke. "I want no funny business and whatever is said will not leave the Aether Foundation, understand?"
Faba sighed and nodded. Sarah went over to her pokemon friend, "Come on buddy... please..." she asked gently. Nebby floated up and hugged one of Silvally's feathers on his head. Silvally sighed, "Alright..." and the two followed Wicke and Burnet.
Taking the elevator, Wicke, Sarah, Professor Burnet, Nebby, and Silvally all rode down to wherever they were going. Faba watched on with narrowed eyes. thinking about his creation and what Sarah would do with him now that the truth came out.
The elevator carrying the group soon came to an area where there are three paths from three doors. Sarah looked around in awe, she had never been to this room during her initial visit. Silvally, however, solemnly looked around as memories of what happened to him before meeting Sarah came flooding back and he grimaced again. "Our general staff and volunteers don't even know this place," Wicke told Sarah as she and Professor Burnet stepped out the elevator.
"The room containing the information we have on Silvally is through here and in Secret Lab A," Professor Burnet explained as she and Wicke entered the door from their right. Sarah, Nebby, and Silvally quickly followed as they joined the two scientists and went through a giant underground laboratory to the mentioned lab.
Secret Lab A was small and cozy while Wicke and Burnet booted up the computer and took a series of computer disks and files that contain whatever information and truths they and the Aether Foundation have on the Synthetic Pokemon. Curiously, there were six files with the computer disks.
"This is whatever evidence survived from our experiments with Silvally and his brothers," Wicke explained as she handed the files to Sarah. The young girl went to the computer and put in one of the disks Burnet and Wicke picked out, video evidence to back up the data on the files.
As the first video played, she read the first file labeled BKP Development Record 2, "Anti-UB Fighting life-form, B (Beast) K (Killer) P (Pokemon). The President approved the proposed budget for this development project so it will be implemented..."
Sarah gasped before she took out the first disc and put in the second one and then read the second file simply titled BKP Development Record 5.
"Woah..." Sarah gasped. Silvally watched the video footage of Faba's experiments with him and the other two Type: Nulls as she read the file. Nebby cooed as he watched the video as well.
"Materials for the development of the BKP have been collected or lent to us by the staff of the Canalave Library in the Sinnoh Region. Plans were first drawn up for the specifications of our Type change Pokemon called the RKS system. Work on designing those specifications of the memory drives for said system is underway at this time," she continued before she cast a quick glance at Wicke.
"That was when we first got Lusamine's approval for the project and Faba spearheaded everything that was to come from that moment after gathering our supplies," Wicke told her as Sarah put in the third disk and started reading the next file, BKP Development Record 7.
"Our collection of cells from all Pokemon Types for the BKP's genetic modeling has been completed. Blueprints for the skeletal structure have been approved and the incubation of the bio-frame is underway."
The more she read, the more Sarah dreaded to think what Silvally when through when he was first created. She was beginning to see why her partner loathed the Aether Foundation, especially Faba, when she and her friends and family were given their initial tour. Without further ado, Sarah inserted the next disk into the computer that came with the file called BKP Development Record 11.
"Dummy testing of the RKS System has been completed," read Sarah as she looked through the file. "The BKP, simply called Types, has been successfully altered with all 18 special Pokemon Type memories called Memory Drives. The transplantation of the RKS System program to the models is underway. The final, official name of the Type models will be designated as Type: Full."
"Type: Full?" questioned Sarah as the next video finished playing.
But, as she picked up the next file and was about to put in the fifth disk, Wicke and Burnet stopped her for one final piece of advice.
"Now, Sarah, the next two files and videos are not for the faint of heart," Wicke warned her. "What you're about to see is the failure of our organization's BKP before Tapu Koko brought Silvally to you."
Silvally turned to the three girls as Wicke and Burnet warned Sarah of what she'll be seeing once she inserted the disk into the computer and start reading the file. "This is how Silvally and his brothers originally came to be known as Type: Null and how the experiment had gone wrong which lead to you and Gladion having two of them while the third one went off," Burnet added with a serious look.
"Are you sure you want to read the file and see what happened at that time?" Wicke finished, being deadly serious.
Sarah gulped as she thought about it. She was already floored by the truth about Silvally and two other models of him in their old forms that were potentially his brothers and she wanted to stop but she still wanted answers to his origins and she was too far into the videos and files to quit.
She looked to the Synthetic Pokemon and he solemnly nodded, wanting her to continue while Nebby hugged him and cooed sadly, comforting him. Sarah understood and she nodded to the two scientists before she inserted the disk and read the file, BKP Development Record 18, as the video began playing.
"I haven't much time, I hope that this information somehow survives so we wouldn't make the same mistake again! Production of the three BKP models has been completed. We've identified the models as serial numbers 01, 02, and 03. We were just about to do a test run on the RKS System for all three of the models when they suddenly rejected it upon initial testing. But, for some reason after these errors, all three Type models went berserk and destroyed much of our work!"
Silvally cringed as he watched the video and experienced horrible memories of his time in the lab when he was one of the models that went crazy on the scientists working on him after he rejected the RKS System.
By now, Sarah was starting to become extremely uneasy as she reached the last disk and the last file. Reading the previous file and seeing the video footage of the Type BKP experiment had sickened her to her stomach and she wanted to stop and run away, she now regretted having demanded for any traces of Silvally's origins but she couldn't stop now.
Wicke and Burnet watched Sarah start on the last file after inserting the final video disk into the computer with deep regret as they recalled their own memories of how the BKP project went so horribly for them, Faba, and the team with them.
Sarah picked up the file, BKP Development Project 44, and began reading the final passage as the video disk played the final moments of the failed BKP project involving Silvally, "Where did it all go so wrong? Our three BKP models have failed and rejected the RKS System, at least 25 people had been killed following their going berserk, and our lab holding them has been left in complete disarray."
Sarah's breath hitched from reading that sentence, was it possible that Silvally and his brothers had killed people in their anger following their rejection of the RKS System?
She shook her head to rid herself of the thought and continued reading, not realizing that Silvally was starting to cry behind her back. "We've agreed that the models were to be fitted with specially-made control masks to mitigate the effects of their rejection of the RKS System. Due to the implementation of the masks, our tests with the RKS System have failed," Sarah breathed quietly. "My fellow scientists and I have decided that following their failure, the Type: Full models, now renamed Type: Null, were to be cryogenically frozen for the rest of eternity. We've dreamed of creating our own Pokemon who will help us deal with the Ultra Beasts should they return... And, we've failed..."
The video ended and Sarah went silent as she finished reading, she had uncovered the truth of Silvally's tragic origins.
"But what about Silvally and the Type: Null that Gadion has?" Sarah asked confused. If they pokemon failed then how were they alive now?
"It's all a blur to us since their freedom happened so fast," Burnet began. "But, after their father disappeared, Young Master Gladion and Lillie have been living with their mother between here in the Aether Foundation and at their home on Melemele Island. One day, when they came to see us during a visit to Aether Paradise, Master Gladion thought Faba was hiding something when he mentioned about his failure with Silvally and the Type: Null."
"When they were told about the Ultra Beast War and snippets of the original plan we had in mind to combat their return, they were surprised by this. Not long after that, but an incident happened that left a mental scar on Young Lillie," recalled Wicke.
"What?" Sarah asked, surprised. Now she was confused, what does it all have to do with Lillie?
Burnet and Wicke sighed sadly before they looked at their young guest. "Sarah, we want you to give us your word. Promise us that you will never tell anybody else about what we're about to tell you. Lillie must be the only one who should know since you could help her overcome her fear of touching Pokemon and it involves Master Gladion's Type: Null, too," Wicke recommended.
"If anybody should tell you what happened, you're not to speak of what you found and what we're going to tell you to your friends," Burnet added. "Not even Professor Kukui is to know of his origins, only Lillie should know. But, we want you to take it slow with her and not reveal too much so she doesn't have a memory overload. Your word, Sarah... Give us your word."
Sarah could tell that Wicke and Burnet are serious and they have great concern for Lillie after whatever happened involving Silvally and Gladion's Type: Null caused her friend to develop a profound fear of touching Pokemon. She wanted to help them and Lillie, even going so far as to keep a secret involving Lusamine's own daughter and Gladion's Type: Null with them.
"My word," nodded Sarah in solemn agreement as Silvally and Nebby stood with her.
"The reason Lillie couldn't touch any pokemon is... because she was attacked by an Ultra Beast.." Burnett stated and Sarah gasped in shock.
"A-Attacked?"
"It happened in Faba's lab a few years ago. When Lillie and Gladion came to Aether Paradise see what was going on, an Ultra Wormhole opened and an Ultra Beast that we designated as UB-1, appeared from the wormhole and had its sights set on Lillie," Wicke recalled as she remembered the events that caused Lillie to be scared of touching Pokemon. "We were all shocked by its appearance and none of us could tell what it was doing here. It grabbed Lillie and the poor dear screamed in panic, desperately calling for help. All of us were powerless to save her as it dragged her away back to the Ultra Wormhole."
"But, just before it could return to its own world with her, Gladion raced to the containers holding the frozen Type: Null Pokemon and released them from their icy prison as our only means to save Lillie. He only managed to free two of them, one of which was Silvally as he escaped after he was freed, while the first Type: Null managed to save Lillie and forced UB-1 to return to the world from which it came," Burnet explained, also having clear memories of the incident. "However, when Lillie saw Type: Null, she got scared and thought it attacked her when it saved her from her captor. The trauma she experienced was too much for her to handle and once Gladion saw this, he stole Type: Null and disappeared, thinking that taking it away would keep her safe."
Sarah was stunned in complete silence and was left feeling horrible for what Lillie had to go through. "She misjudged Silvally's brother after it saved her from the Ultra Beast?" she breathed with Wicke giving a sad confirming nod.
"Unfortunately, yes. The trauma from the whole incident had caused her to develop amnesia of the event so she wouldn't have to go through it again. Her mother was deeply hurt and ashamed for putting her children through such a thing and after Gladion ran away with his Type: Null, she was sent home to her mansion and put in the care of her family's servants, including her favorite, Hobbes."
"Woah..." Sarah gasped in awe. Nebby cooed as well.
"And, as for Silvally when he ran away, I think Tapu Koko had noticed something in his heart which is freedom and his need for a family after he went though such trauma of his own. When the Guardian Deity of Conflict heard his calls for help, it answered them and whisked him from the Aether Foundation and out of harm's way. We never saw him again after he got away and we thought he was long gone. That is, until we saw him again, under your care recently."
"I think Tapu Koko felt that as a trainer who's pure of heart, loyal, and kind to everyone she meets, you were the perfect person to reach out to Silvally and open his heart to the world and allow you to do what we and our team failed to do," theorized Burnet.
Sarah was awestruck, she now knew why Tapu Koko had entrusted Silvally to her when he was originally a Type: Null. She was the only person it knew that could develop a strong bond with Silvally and free him from his traumatizing past, allowing him to access his true form and accept his RKS System.
"Then, all he really needed to access his true form and use the RKS System... Was me?" she gasped in shock and amazement as she looked towards Silvally. He had stopped crying from the horrible memories he recalled and was now smiling at her, his face wet with tear stains as he nodded.
Wicke and Burnet smiled as Sarah turned to them for more confirmations. "I guess what he and his brothers really needed from us to complete them and make them the Pokemon that can help save us from the Ultra Beasts is a little love," Wicke said.
"It's too bad we didn't give them the love and care they needed after everything our team and Faba did while we were making them," sighed Burnet as she smiled. "Maybe things with them would've turned out differently if we had." Nebby babbled and floated out of Sarah's arms and nuzzled Wicke and Burnet, making them giggle. "And you mister better not teleport Lillie anywhere, okay?" Burnet teased, ticking little Nebby, making him laugh.
"Are you happy now that you found out about Silvally's origins, Sarah?" Wicke asked.
Sarah was silent but after a few moments, she smiled. "...Yeah, I am. I just wasn't expecting them to be like this or know about how Lillie's fear of touching Pokemon really came to be," she began.
"It's understandable since it's a lot for you to take in," Professor Burnet smiled.
"Yeah. But, in a way, while it was kinda horrifying to think of what Silvally had to go through..." Sarah went over to Silvally and hugged him by his neck while Nebby went back to them and hugged one of his head scales again. "...I think I'm the best thing to ever happen to him. He's finally free from his past, thanks to me. No more labs, no more experiments, no more going bananas on scientists doing weird tests on him. He's got me, my family, and our friends with us."
Nebby cooed and giggled as he continued hugging his big brother. Silvally was deeply touched from Sarah's words and Nebby's agreement, even if he was initially afraid that Sarah would scorn and abandon him for how he came to this world. "Sarah..." he spoke before he just nuzzled her in thanks as he cried again, his sobs only translated to her alone as he wept with relief and joy, much to Wicke and Burnet's own tearful joy.
It was clear that Sarah really is all that Silvally needed for his new life to begin and now, he seized that new life with her and was ready to forge the way to a new tomorrow for him.
When evening finally came, it was time for Nebby to teleport himself, his big brother, and his human mother back to the Pokemon School. It was very late and Sarah realized that they had missed out on the rest of the day. Not to mention, everyone back home is worried sick for them.
"Are you sure you won't mind a ride home from us, Sarah?" Burnet asked.
"Nah, we're fine with Nebby teleporting us. it's faster and he's really quite handy. Right, Nebby?" smiled Sarah as she rubbed Nebby, making him, Burnet, and Wicke giggle.
"Remember only Lillie can know about what we told you and no one else," Wicke reminded.
"Can my parents be an exception? We promised no more secrets.." Sarah smiled at them.
Wicke and Burnett looked at each other and giggled, "Alright, they're the exceptions." Wicke said.
"Well, Nebby, it's time to go home," she told her baby Pokemon. "Bring us back to Melemele Island on the beach stretching to the school."
Nebby babbled happily as he glowed and was about to teleport her and Silvally back home.
"Goodbye, Wicke, Burnet! And, thank you!" Sarah called as Silvally gave a grateful and happy grunt.
"Goodbye, Sarah, until we meet again!" Wicke called as she waved.
"Bye, Sarah, and take care of Kukui and your friends when you get back!" Burnet added happily as all three of them vanished and returned home. Wicke and Burnet looked to the setting Alola sun and smiled, knowing that a great weight has been lifted off of their backs about their organization's greatest secret.
When they arrived back home, Nebby, Sarah, and Silvally saw that they are indeed back at the Pokemon School.
"Home sweet home," Sarah sighed happily and kept Nebby in her arms as they ran to the classroom. But, when they got there, it was empty save for her backpack left behind on her desk as she looked inside to see her stuff and the Memory Drives still there. "Too bad everyone's looking for us while we were at the Aether Foundation."
"I'm sure they'll be coming back," Silvally reassured. "For all we know, they'll be running around in circles before they return."
"That's true," agreed Sarah. She packed her stuff and left the school to meet up with the gang, her Pokemon, and Professor Kukui should they be running back with Silvally and Nebby in tow. As they were leaving, Sarah piped up, "Silvally, are you happy now that you're with me, after everything I've learned about you and your brothers?"
Silvally sighed as he spoke. "If I'm honest, I would've thought you'd be like those scientists after Tapu Koko brought me to you. I would've just mauled you if you kicked me to the curb and abandoned me as they had. But, thanks to you, I'm forever a new Pokemon."
But, as they walked off, a familiar trio she saw this morning was spying on them, their eyes set on Nebby. "That pokemon has got the bosses name on it for sure.." Meowth said.
"Indeed, its a super duper rare pokemon." James added.
"And too cute for words." Jessie claimed.
"That unknown Poke-beauty will be our ticket to Team Rocket's victory highway," Meowth continued as he fantasied a successful scenario in his mind. "If the boss lays his hands on that mystery bundle as it takes him beyond the stars, beyond the galaxies, to other words if it really is what the twerps were talking about, he'll be on his way to infinity and beyond as he enjoys the smell of success from such an unknown Pokemon."
"If we were to grab the little cutie from the twerpette's arms and deliver it straight to the boss," Jessie said. "We'll be running and flying high nonstop and everyone will adore us!"
"And, when our successful streak begins, nobody will ever mock the name of Team Rocket and we'll be seen as heroes!" James added.
"Let's get 'em!" Meowth finished with smirk and a sneer with Jessie's Wobbuffet agreeing. "Wobbuffet!"
Sarah and Silvally continued to walk down the road until they were at least 10 ft away from the school and into Hau'oli City before the Synthetic Pokemon heard something flying towards them until he saw a blue rose streaking at them and onto Sarah's hands.
"Sarah, look out!" he called, using his head scales to swat at it. Nebby panicked in his human mother's arms, sensing the danger they're in from the unexpected sneak attack before he teleported himself and his family back to the beach near the school.
"What was that?!" panicked Sarah. Silvally grunted as he looked around, "I managed to get a glimpse of the rose that was thrown at us before Nebby teleported us back, I think we're not alone!"
"But, who else would be here besides us? I thought the others were still looking for us after we disappeared!"
"Looking for someone, motherly twerpette?" sneered Jessie as the trio turned to her, James, and Meowth.
"Team Rocket!" Sarah cried in shock.
"Knowledge is a dangerous thing!" "And, grasping the obvious has a familiar point ring!" Jessie and James began their motto.
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"The beauty so radiant, the flowers in bloom hide in shame! A single flower of evil in this gleaming world, Jessie!"
"The nobly heroic man of our times! The master fighting back against this heroically tragic world, James!"
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight, fight, fight!"
"Meowth! That's right!" "Wobuffet!"
"Urgh, I never thought I'd hear this stupid jumble of words and the Three Rocket Stooges again," groaned Silvally as he and Sarah sweatdropped. "Anyway, what do you want?"
"We want that little pokemon in your arms." Jessie said, pointing to Nebby who whimpered.
"You're obviously oblivious as to what kind of new powers that creature in your arms has but with a little coaxing from Team Rocket, if you hand it over to us, we'll make your little chore a little easier," sneered James.
"What do you want with Nebby?" Sarah asked as she held Nebby firmly in her arms. "He's mine and I'm not going to let you get a hold of him!"
"That Poke-baby is the property of Team Rocket and it's high time you give him to us," Meowth smirked. "You're obviously jealous since we will treat the little guy much better than you would."
"You got some nerve thinking you can raise my little brother better than my mother can, furball!" Silvally snapped furiously at Meowth. Sarah was surprised to hear her partner call her 'mother' but she couldn't dwell on it.
"If you dare lay one dirty finger of yours on my little Nebby," she growled at Team Rocket. "I swear, Silvally and I will mop the floor with you from top to bottom! And, if he's hurt, it'll be all your fault!"
"What a shame." "How will we ever forgive ourselves if we do hurt your little baby?" James and Jessie mocked, smirking.
"We want to get our hands on that cutie pie of yours so we can learn all about the Ultra Beasts you twerps have been talking about recently," Meowth explained. "Ever since you've taken it into your family, we've been keeping tabs on you through your twerp and twerpette friends and we had a little robot spy we got our hands on after we told the boss about the Ultra Beasts following your every move with it."
"With your little baby in our custody, nothing can stop us and Team Rocket," Jessie finished.
"You're not touching Nebby, not while we're around!" yelled Silvally, angrily.
"You want a baby, dorks? Forget Nebby and find a rare Pokemon that you can really be proud of to raise as your own, then get lost!" Sarah scowled.
"Get lost? How rude!"
"Let's teach this pussycat manners!" Jessie and James smirked, pretending to be insulted and taking out their Pokeballs.
"Mareanie, go!" "Mimikyu, you're up!" and the two pokemon came out.
"Mareanie use Spike Cannon!"
"Mimikyu, Shadow Ball!"
And the two pokemon launched their attacks but Silvally countered with Tri Attack, "Eat this! HAH!" the attacks collided and the Tri Attack broke through and struck the two pokemon.
Sarah watched the battle going on and she quickly took out her Memory Drives while Nebby watched from behind, feeling worried. "Ghost, Fairy, Water, Poison, which Memory Drive will allow Silvally to counter all four types?" she asked to herself as she looked through the Drives until she found the one she needed.
"Silvally, here!" called Sarah as she threw her partner a Ghost Type Memory Drive.
"Got it, Mother!" called Silvally as he accepted the Memory Drive and hooked it to his RKS System, his head scales, eyes, and back fin now changing to a deep, dark violet color.
"A Pokemon that can change its Type?!" Jessie cried, gobsmacked by what she saw.
"That twerpette threw it some kind of CD that gave it a power boost of some kind!" gasped Meowth.
"Gadzookes!" James exclaimed as he looked through his guidebook. "It says here that there have been legends about a Pokemon that's been created in a laboratory that ended up as failed experiment. It was never seen by anybody for years but it's been said that when it reaches its true form, it can use 18 discs called Memory Drives to allow the mystery Pokemon to change its Type according to the battle circumstances!"
"A rare Pokemon that changes its Type in different battle circumstances?" Jessie asked, now smiling with glee.
"And, we got ourselves a double bill of two rare Pokemon that nobody's ever heard of!" James nodded, smirking at Silvally.
"So, that means if we capture the walking Frankenstein and take her discs, Team Rocket will be unstoppable with a powerhouse Pokemon on our team!" Meowth deduced with a menacing smirk.
"You'll have to get past me if you want Nebby or Silvally!" Sarah shouted as she pointed at them. She turned to Nebby, cooing at her with great fear for her and Silvally getting hurt. "Stay behind us, Nebby." Nebby inched closer to his mother and watched from behind her right leg.
"Silvally, Multi-Attack!" Sarah called.
"Mareanie, unleash Poison Sting, now!" James said to his chosen Pokemon.
"Mareanie...!" And Mareanie unleashed Poison Sting but Sarah quickly switched discs and gave Silvally the Steel Memory Disc and made him a Steel type and immune to Poison Sting.
"Wah!" James exclaimed in horror.
Sarah smirked as she explained, "You'll have to be faster if you want to keep up with us!" Silvally used Multi-Attack on Mareanie, sending the Poison/Water Type flying back to James before he was blown back by Mimikyu from a Shadow Ball to the chest.
"Let's see if you can keep up with me and Mimikyu, pretty girl!" sneered Jessie, still smirking. "Mimikyu, show your stuff!"
"Mimi!" Mimikyu screamed gleefully as it charged towards Silvally.
"Switch between Dragon Claw and Crush Claw to counter, Silvally!" shouted Sarah and the two Pokemon traded blows for a few minutes with Mimikyu using Hone Claws and then using Slash while Silvally used Dragon Claw and Crush Claw as he swapped between the two moves.
Then, they forced each other back and glared at each other before Silvally was soon attacked by a shadow, sending him back to Nebby and Sarah. The Disguise Pokemon had used Shadow Sneak while the Synthetic Pokemon wasn't looking!
"Damn, cheap shot!" snarled Silvally as he glared dangerously at the sniggering Disguise Pokemon.
"I hate it when it does that..." Sarah groaned in agreement before she decided to change tactics and use a different Memory Drive. "Silvally, unleash the power on Mareanie using your Ground Type Memory!"
She quickly threw the Ground Type Memory Drive to Silvally and as he accepted it, his eyes, back fin, and head scales now changed to a dark peach color. She was just in time before he was forced to dodge a Venoshock attack from James' Pokemon.
"Air Slash!" shouted Sarah and Silvally managed to shoot Air Slash at the Poison Type, hard.
"Recover then Toxic Spikes!" James shouted as he pointed at Silvally. Mareanie recovered and then shot it's spikes at him, forcing him to dodge again before the Poison Type and Mimikyu double-teamed him.
"Play Rough!" "Poison Jab!" Jessie and James smirked as they looked from below.
"Look out, Silvally!" Sarah shouted as the two Rocket Pokemon hit him but he forced them back using Tri Attack again.
As Silvally landed in front of Sarah and Nebby again, Sarah could tell that Jessie and James' Pokemon have grown stronger and now, they were more formidable against them. She realized that during the time she and her friends haven't heard from them in a while and while they were spying on them, Team Rocket had trained themselves for their next meeting with the girl.
The results had brought out the best in their fighting skills with their Pokemon and now it looks as though things won't be easy with them this time.
"We're not doing so well like the last time we clashed with them, Silvally!" Sarah said to her partner.
"Got any suggestions? I don't know any to keep Nebby away from those bird brains!" he told back.
"It's all over for you and your missy, devil boy!" Meowth sneered. "Now, hand over the little baby and turn yourself in or have a taste of my new and improved Fury Swipes!"
He jumped at the trio and prepared to use his physical attack as Sarah grabbed Nebby in her arms and she and Silvally braced themselves for the assault. They were saved just in time by a Razor Shell attack that came in like a boomerang as it forced back Meowth as the Normal Type landed in front of the rest of Team Rocket.
"A Razor Shell!" Silvally shouted in shock until he, Nebby, and Sarah noticed a familiar Sea Otter and Owl Pokemon pair swooping down and landing in front of them. It was Oshawott as he landed on their left holding his shell and Noctowl as he touched down from their right.
"Oshawott, Noctowl!" gasped Sarah in surprise, not expecting two of her other Pokemon to show up and help. Nebby babbled and clapped happily from seeing his uncle and brother.
"Hey!" a voice shouted as Sarah and Silvally turned to their right to find the gang and their partners, the rest of Sarah's Pokemon, and Professor Kukui running towards them. "Guys, you're here!" Sarah replied.
"We were worried about you!" "You've been gone for far too long!" Lillie and Kiawe said, greatly relieved.
"Need any help?" Professor Kukui asked, feeling greatly relieved for his young student himself.
"And, how! You won't believe who showed up to take Nebby and Silvally from me!" Sarah nodded before she pointed at Team Rocket.
"It's the twerp brigade!" "The twerp patrol is on the loose!" Jessie and James shrieked in shock.
"How did you knuckleheads manage to find us along the twerpette and her treasures?!" Meowth asked, goggle-eyed.
Lolita licked her paw and explained that when they heard explosions from a distance while they were searching around Hau'oli City, the group had a feeling that her trainers' daughter, Nebby, and Silvally could be in trouble and she personally asked Noctowl to take Oshawott and do reconnaissance. Through them, she and the rest of Sarah's Pokemon found out that they were back at the school and facing off against them.
"What?! You mean you found out that your twerpette and her Poke-money bags had returned here and you managed to blab to everyone about all this?!" Meowth panicked.
"Unbelievable! That royal pussycat, the old bat, and the puny otter have foiled our perfect opportunity!" James screamed in anger.
"Well, you're going to regret attacking her, Silvally, and Nebby now that we're all here!" Ash snapped. "Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"
"Tsareena, use Magical Leaf!" Mallow shouted, pointing angrily at Team Rocket.
"Popplio, Bubblebeam!" "Togedemaru, Spark!" "Pyroar, Turtonator, Flamethrower plus Overheat!" Kiawe, Lana, and Sophocles joined in.
"Snowy, Powder Snow!" Lillie shouted as Snowy unleashed her Ice Type attack.
The huge menagerie of attacks culminated together and were launched directly at Team Rocket as the villains huddled together before they made contact and exploded before Jessie, James, Meowth, Wobuffet, Mareanie, and Mimikyu were blasted off and twinkled out of sight.
"LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" "WOBUFFET!"
Everyone cheered as Team Rocket was beaten and their missing trio was safe. Silvally and Sarah sighed in relief as they smiled before they turned to Nebby in the girl's arms, babbling and clapping happily to see his family and friends together again after the little misadventure he had with his mother and big brother at the Aether Foundation.
"Looks like you had quite a day when you and Silvally disappeared on us with Nebby," smiled Professor Kukui as he came to them while Sarah's other Pokemon crowded around her, Silvally, and Nebby in relief.
"We did and we had quite a history lesson from a few familiar people we met while we were gone," Sarah smiled as she looked to Silvally and stroked him gently, getting a satisfying purr out of him.
"Oh? What kind of history lesson?" he smiled, intrigued to know.
"Well, I'll tell you all when I'm ready. It's something I want a friend of mine to know and she deserves it," Sarah hinted, nodding towards Lillie as she and Snowy cheered. Professor Kukui was surprised but he realized that it could be something to do with helping Lillie continue to combat and overcome her fear of Pokemon touching her and he smiled. As an apology to everyone for making them worry, Sarah agreed to spend the night with them at Lillie's mansion for a sleepover and homework party. Professor Kukui had asked Sarah to complete the homework assignment he gave everyone when they had to leave school to look for her to help her catch up but she didn't mind since she owed them that much.
Sarah did have to ask her parents if she could spend the night with her friends at Lillie's mansion and they agreed but on the condition that she'd tell them everything that went on with her while she was at school, which she agreed to.
That night...
When everyone was exhausted from their little homework party and having fun, the others were asleep but Sarah, remembering her promise to Wicke and Burnet, wanted to speak with Lillie before they went to sleep.
Carefully, she explained everything that went on with her, Nebby, and Silvally when they were at the Aether Foundation with the two woman scientists.
She took great care to not reveal too much so that her friend doesn't get a memory overload and in the hopes that she won't remember what happened before until it was time for her to do so. Lillie was in awe by the time she finished her story.
"Wow, you were lucky to not be caught by my mother," Lillie gasped in amazement. "I never knew how much Silvally had suffered when he and his brothers were created."
"I'm just glad that he has me and my family to be around with after that and I'm thankful that Tapu Koko brought him to me when it did," Sarah replied.
"And, about that Type: Null Gladion had, do you think it could be related to him?"
"I'm not sure but the next time I see him, I want Silvally to be sure its who we think it is."
"Sounds like Nebby must've given you two quite a trip and got a lot out of it," Lillie smiled.
"Yeah, as crazy as that trip may have been for us, I'm really glad that he did take us to the Aether Foundation," Sarah agreed as she happily looked at the sleeping baby Pokemon in her arms. "He really helped to life a weight off of Silvally that I've frankly forgotten about until now."
"He's truly something special if he was able to do things like that including learning Teleport according to our thoughts and memories."
"And, I wouldn't want him to change no matter what." Nebby continued to sleep soundly as Sarah and Lillie smiled brightly at him, knowing that there will be a lot of mysteries about him that still need to be uncovered but grateful that one of Sarah's Pokemon was able to sleep soundly as his past has come full circle and he was truly free at last.
Back at Akala Island, as the full moon shined down on them, Gladion, his Type: Null, and Umbreon all looked up at it. For the rest of the day, all they could think about was Sarah and Silvally after their short appearance in front of them along with Nebby.
"That girl, there's something strange about her and the Pokemon she's with. You felt it too, right?" he asked Type: Null.
Type: Null nodded with a grunt; as it saw Sarah and Silvally when they appeared thanks to Nebby, it could've sworn it felt something familiar as its eyes briefly fell to Sarah's Synthetic Pokemon.
It wasn't sure but it wanted to find out who or what it was before jumping to conclusions. Gladion understood as he nodded towards his Pokemon.
"Okay, we'll be ready for the girl when she comes. If she does finds us again and wants answers, we'll tell her," he told the masked Pokemon who nodded again.
Nebby's new power has taken everyone by surprise but it was the key that Sarah needed to return to the Aether Foundation and uncover Silvally's tragic origins, their little misadventure bringing them closer than ever as a family. And now, thanks to Nebby, who knows what new mysteries and adventures with Nebby await the trio just around the corner?
Sarah's Team:
1. Pikachu
Moves - Thundershock, Tackle, Thunderpunch, Double Team, Thunderbolt, Electroweb
2. Lycanroc (Dusk Form)
Moves - Rock Throw, Bite, Tackle, Rock Slide
3. Lycanroc (Midnight Form)
Moves - Rock Throw, Bite, Tackle, Protect, Rock Slide
4. Silvally
Moves - Crush Claw, Air Slash, Hyper Beam, Swords Dance, Dragon Claw, Multi Attack, Tri Attack
5. Mudsdale
Moves - High Horsepower, Double Kick, Mud Slap, Bulldoze
6. Wooloo
Moves - Wild Charge, Tackle, Electro Ball, Volt Tackle
7. Ponyta (Galar Form)
Moves - Dazzling Gleam, Moonblast, High Horsepower, Heal Pulse, Psybeam
8. Meowth (Alola Form)
Moves - Thunderbolt, Scratch, Iron Tail, Dark Pulse
9. Brionne
Moves - Pound, Water Gun, Icy Wind, Bubblebeam, Aqua Jet
10. Milotic
Moves - Dragon Pulse, Ice Beam, Twister, Mirror Coat
11. Mareep (Shiny)
Moves - Thunderbolt, Confuse Ray, Power Gem, Signal Beam
12. Sylveon
Moves - Tackle, Tail Whip, Copycat, Shadow Ball, Light Screen
13. Sliggoo
Moves - Water Gun, Protect, Tackle, Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse
14. Noctowl
Moves - Wing Attack, Foresight, Air Slash, Confusion
15. Espurr (Male)
Moves - Helping Hand, Psyshock, Light Screen, Future Sight
16. Espurr (Female)
Moves - Heal Pulse, Psyshock, Dark Pulse, Future Sight
17. Snivy
Moves - Vine Whip, Leaf Storm, Twister, Leaf Blade
18. Oshawott
Moves - Water Gun, Razor Shell, Icy Wind, Iron Tail
19. Tepig
Moves - Flamethrower, Flame Charge, Solar Beam, Rock Tomb
20. Vulpix (Alola Form)
Moves - Protect, Powder Snow,
21. Dragonair
Moves - Dragon Rage, Iron Tail, Ice Beam, Hyper Beam
22. Zweilous
Moves - Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Wing Attack, Flash Cannon
23. Trapinch
Moves - Crunch, Dig, Rock Slide
