Hilbert and Eliza are racing across the lower part of Reversal Mountain, and when they reach the entrance to Heatran's chamber, there's a barrier blocking the entrance.
"Oh for fuck's sake, of course, it's blocked. We're gonna have to find where we can take that barrier out" Eliza said, to which Hilbert replied "I've got to get my sister and Ash out of here before Heatran kills us all"
"Alright" Eliza replied, and they saw a Black Belt blocking a switch.
"Battle me," she said, to which Hilbert replied "You don't stand a chance against me"
"We'll see. Riolu, Riolu and Gudurr, let's go" and two Riolu and Gurdurr materialised.
"Emboar, destroy them all" Hilbert replied, and Emboar materialised.
Battle: Emboar VS 2 Riolu and Gurdurr
"Gurdurr, use Mach Punch, Riolu, use Quick Attack," the Black Belt said, and Gurdurr dashed at Emboar, dealing Slight damage, while Riolu dashed at Emboar, and did Slight damage.
"Now wipe her out Emboar, Earthquake" Hilbert commanded, and Emboar caused the ground to shake as waves of Light Brown energy shot at them, KO'ing all three.
Conclusion: Emboar wins
"Did you really think you were going to stand a chance?" Hilbert asked, to which the Black belt replied "How did I not think this was going to happen? Ah well, the switch is just over there, use it"
'Alright" Hilbert replied, and he pulled the switch, which allowed Ash and Hilda to proceed further into the mountain.
Meanwhile with Ash and Hilda
Ash and Hilda notice the increasing activity of the mountain, and Hilda is a bit nervous. A few rocks fall, and Hilda barely avoids them.
"You OK?" Ash asked, to which Hilda, who had grabbed onto Ash when she ran, responded: "I'll be OK, I think". They then see the barrier fall, and they immediately race towards the exit.
Once again, however, they find their route blocked by another barrier.
"Are you kidding us? Ugh, where do we go?" Hilda asked, to which Ash looked around and spotted a long path to their right.
"This way," Ash said, and they raced downwards. However, they are quickly interrupted by two wild Pokémon. A Camerupt, and a Grumpig.
"Alright, Samurott, let's show them what we can do," Hilda said, as Samurott materialised. Ash then added "We don't have time for this, Pikachu, I choose you" and Pikachu jumped off Ash's shoulder and joined the battle.
Battle: Pikachu and Samurott VS Camerupt VS Grumpig
"Pikachu, use Volt Tackle on Grumpig" Ash commanded, and Pikachu cloaked itself in electricity, and dashed at Grumpig, KO'ing it in one hit and taking Moderate recoil.
"Samurott, use Water Pulse" Hilda called, and Samurott shot a ball of water at Camerupt, the damage cut a bit by Solid Rock, but still did Massive damage. Camerupt then shot a blast of Light Brown energy at Pikachu, but Samurott intercepted it, taking Moderate damage.
"Samurott, end this with Aqua Jet" Hilda commanded, and Samurott cloaked itself in an arrow of water and struck at high speed, KO'ing Camuerpt.
Conclusion: Pikachu and Samurott win.
Having KO'ed the wild Pokémon, Ash and Hilda proceed down the stairs at the end of the route. Here, they encounter a male Pokémon Ranger waiting for them. Here, however, it was revealed he was fighting two Neo Team Plasma Grunts.
"Should we help?" Ash asked, but at that point, the Pokémon Ranger defeated the Neo Plasma Grunts.
"Help em bind them," the Ranger said, and Ash and Hilda both assisted in binding them up.
"Let's get out of here before any more of the place comes down," he said, and his Reuniclus telepathically lifted them and they all headed out.
After a while, Ash, Hilda and the Ranger exited Reversal Mountain, and find themselves at Undella Town. And it's here that they find two Officer's waiting for them.
"We've got two Neo Plasma Grunts for you," Ash said, to which the Officer's replied "Good, we'll take them into custody", and proper cuffs were put on them, and they were taken into the local Police Station.
"Well, we'd better get to the Pokémon Centre, and wait for Hilbert," Hilda said, to which Ash nodded, put an arm around Hilda, and they headed for the Pokémon Centre. Waiting for Eliza, the male Pokémon Ranger followed.
Meanwhile with Hilbert and Eliza
"The only good thing is that this mountain is fully open, though for how much longer, I don't know," Eliza said, to which Hilbert replied, "What are we doing?"
"We've got to calm down Heatran. Someone's stolen the Magma Stone, and we have to get it back" Eliza replied. They go down the stairs that Ash and Hilda had gone down, and they discover the stone.
"Well, here it is. We'd better get it to wherever Heatran appears normally" Hilbert replied as he picked it up and put it in his bag, They then headed back.
When they arrived at the other set of stairs, they descend and discover Heatran battling a figure in a Red shirt, pants, and shoes, with the band on the gloves, and sole of the shoes, being dark red, with a big, blue V slashed through the middle on the chest.
"Who the hell is this guy?" Hilbert asked, to which the figure replied "Who I am is not important. What is important is that I'm going to gain this Heatran"
"Not if we can help it" Hilbert replied, to which the figure shook his head, and added "Heatran, stall him. I'll take the Ranger. Now Claydol, let's do this" and Claydol materialised. Eliza replied "Alright then, Krokorok, let's go" and Krokorok materialised.
"Kendra is going to crush you," the figure said, to which the Ranger replied "Alright Kendra, Eliza will destroy you"
Battle: Krookodile and Arcanine VS Swampert and Claydol
"Oh, my Pokémon have had their levels scaled down. They're normally much higher than this" Kendra said, puzzled, to which Eliza replied "All the better for me", and Krookodile's Intimidate Ability activates, cutting Claydol's Attack.
"Krookodile, use Crunch" Eliza called, and Krookodile's entire mouth was cloaked with Anti-Positive energy, and as it charged at Claydol, Kendra replied "Claydol, use Cosmic Power" and Claydol used psionic energy from space to increase it's Defences, taking Considerable damage.
"Respond to the attack Claydol, use Ancient Power" and Claydol shot several glowing rocks at Krookodile, dealing Slight damage, but boosting all of Claydol's stats.
"Strike back Krookodile, use Crunch" Eliza called, and Krookodile once again cloaked its mouth in anti-positive energy and scored a Critical Hit on Claydol, KO'ing Claydol.
"Aw man, Claydol, return," Kendra said and Claydol with withdrawn. He then added "Now Swampert, let's do this" and Swampert materialised.
"Alright Swampert, use Muddy Water" Kendra called, and Swampert generated, then shot a wave of muddy water at Krookodile.
"Dodge it Krookodile, use Dig" Eliza replied, and Krookodile was able to get underground.
"Brace yourself, then strike again with Muddy Water," Kendra said, and as Krookodile struck from underground, dealing Moderate damage, then Swampert hit with another wave of muddy water, dealing Considerable damage.
"You OK Krookodile?" Eliza called, and Krookodile nodded.
"Alright," he replied. Kendra then responded "Swampert, another Muddy Water", and once again, Eliza responded "Dig underground" and Krookodile avoided the next Muddy Water with Dig. Krookodile charged up, and struck Swampert, dealing Moderate damage. Then, Kendra replied "End this, Swampert, use Muddy Water" and the Muddy Water swept through and KO'ed Krookodile.
"Krookodile return," Eliza said, then added "Now, Arcanine, let's do this" and Arcanine materialised.
"Arcanine, use Extreme Speed" Eliza called, and Arcanine dashed with white energy into Swampert, dealing Minor damage.
"Strike back Swampert, use Muddy Water" Kendra replied, and Swampert shot a wave of Muddy Water at Arcanine, and did Considerable damage.
"Another Extreme Speed Arcanine," Eliza said, and Arcanine dashed with white energy at Swampert, dealing Minor damage.
"Swampert, use Muddy Water" Kendra called, and Swampert sent another wave of muddy water at Arcanine, leaving it with one hit point.
"Arcanine, wipe out Swampert with Reversal" Eliza commanded, and Arcanine cloaked itself in an enormous amount of orange energy and charged into Swampert, KO'ing it.
Conclusion: Eliza wins.
Meanwhile, with Hilbert, who's facing off against Heatran.
Battle: Heatran VS Crustle
"Although my Crustle is a Physically defensive lead, and is a partial Rock-type, he's probably the best chance I have," Hilbert said to himself as Heatran roared. He then generated glowing, brown rocks and threw them at Crustle, an Ancient Power, which did minor damage.
"Alright Crustle, use Sandstorm," Hilbert said, and Crustle whipped up a storm of sand. Crustle restored a Slight amount of health with Leftovers.
Heatran then cloaked its head in grey energy, but Hilbert was ready.
"Crustle, use Protect," Hilbert said, and Crustle threw up a shield to stop Heatran's Iron Head attack. Crustle then restored a Slight amount of health with Leftovers.
The Heatran then shot another grey-cloaked head at Crustle, dealing Minor damage and causing Crustle to Flinch.
"Weirdly, I actually hoped that would happen," Hilbert said as Crustle restored a Slight amount of health with Leftovers.
A third Iron Head was blocked, when Hilbert said "Crustle, another Protect" and Crustle avoided the Iron Head. Crustle then healed a Slight amount of health with its Leftovers.
Heatran then made her head glow grey, and charge at Crustle, dealing Minor damage.
"And now, Stealth Rock Crustle," Hilbert said, and Crustle sprayed pointed stones around Heatran's feet. The Sandstorm subsided, and Crustle restored a Slight amount of health with Leftovers.
"Alright Crustle, another Sandstorm," Hilbert said, but Crustle whipped up the sand after Heatran generated glowing rocks, and shot at Crustle, dealing Minor damage. Then, Crustle restored a Slight amount
of health with Leftovers. Heatran's head glowed grey and charged at Crustle with an Iron Head, but Hilbert was ready.
"Crustle, use Protect," Hilbert said, and Crustle threw up a shield to stop Heatran's Iron Head. Crustle restored a Slight amount of health with Leftovers.
Heatran then charged at Crustle with another Iron Head attack, and struck Crustle, dealing Minor damage. Additionally, Crustle Flinched from the attack.
"Dang it. Ah well, it can't be helped" Hilbert said as Crustle restored a Slight amount of health with its Leftovers.
It is at this point that Heatran retreated.
"Huh?" Hilbert asked, then saw that Eliza had defeated the figure from earlier, Kendra. Heatran pulled back, then called to Hilbert.
"I think he can detect the Magma Stone," Eliza said. Hilbert grabbed his Magma Stone, then placed the stone down on the ground. Heatran nodded, then merged into the ground.
"Whew, that was rough," Eliza said. He then turned to Hilbert, and added: "How did you calm Heatran down?"
"Simple. I just stalled him out with Crustle" Hilbert replied, patting his Crustle on the shell, smiling happily. Crustle called, and also smiled. Hilbert then healed up Crustle, then added "Well, now that's sorted, let's go back and see if the path to Lentimas Town has been cleared"
"Good idea" Eliza replied, and they departed.
When they return to the entrance of the Reversal Mountain and finds Miners having just cleared the entrance.
"Well, at least that's clear," Hilbert said, to which one of the Miners replied "You can thank our Pokémon for their help" and he pointed to Conkeldurr and Sawk.
"Cool" Hilbert replied, shaking their hands. At this, Professor Juniper, Professor Oak, Delia and Hilbert's mom arrived.
"Is everyone OK?" Professor Oak asked, to which Hilbert replied "I'm alright. I don't know where Hilda and Ash are, but if Ash was smart, he would have escaped to Undella Town"
"I think Lewis was with Ash and Hilda, so if Ash and Hilda are OK, so is Lewis," Eliza said, to which Professor Juniper replied "Alright. Well, we'd better get going, and find out if they are alright", and at this, they headed into the mountain.
While they headed for Undella Town, Professor Juniper asked "Hey Hilbert, did you discover the cause of the shaking of the mountain?" to which Eliza replied "It's the usual, someone was annoying Heatran'
"Oh for fuck's sake, because of course" Professor Juniper replied, evidently angered.
"Why? Why are people angering Heatran? Don't they know it just wants to be left alone? And what it can do?" Professor Juniper continued, to which Eliza replied "Heatran's a Legendary Pokémon, and its destructive potential is immense"
"That would explain it. I'm guessing that you Rangers are here to try and stop people messing with him?" Professor Juniper responded, to which Eliza nodded.
"He's lucky he wasn't incinerated" Eliza continued, to which Professor Juniper nodded.
After a while, they reach the exit of Reversal Mountain and reach Undella Town.
"I'll go and deliver this guy to the Police. You guys go and make sure Lewis, Ash and Hilda are OK, OK?" Eliza asked, to which Professor Juniper nodded. They then went their separate ways.
With Eliza
Eliza dragged Kendra to the Police Station, where two Neo Team Plasma Grunts were currently being processed.
"Captured someone messing with Heatran at Reversal Mountain," Erika said, to which an officer replied "Good on your for catching him" and he called another Officer to take Kendra off Erika's hands.
"You've done a major service today Erika, good work," the officer said, to which Erika replied "Thanks, it's what Rangers do", and at this, the Officer smiled, then departed, which Erika also did.
Meanwhile with the rest of the crew.
When they enter the Pokémon Centre, they find Ash and Hilda, mostly fine, if a bit out of breath, and waiting for their Pokémon to heal.
"Ash" Professor Oak and Delia both said, and Ash was caught in a big group hug with both of them, while both Hilda's mom and Hilbert hugged Hilda, which she returned.
"Are you OK?" Delia asked, to which Ash replied "Yeah, I'm alright. Lewis here helped us, and he even captured a couple of Neo Team Plasma Grunts to boot", and at this, Lewis waved at them from nearby.
"Hello, Lewis, and thanks for helping," Delia said. Hilbert asked the same question, and Hilda replied "I'm OK"
"That's good to hear" Hilbert replied. Ash then asked Lewis "How many Rangers patrol Reversal Mountain?" to which Lewis replied "Two, and I'm waiting on the other one, Erika"
"We ran into her, she's OK. She even captured some strange guy in a red suit" Professor Juniper replied, to which Lewis replied, "Awesome to hear, what was he doing?"
"Annoying Heatran apparently" Professor Juniper replied, to which Lewis rolled his eyes, and said, "Can't they just leave him alone?"
"Apparently not" came a voice from the door, as Erika strode in, gave her Pokémon to Nurse Joy, then added "I managed to capture him, and he's being processed by the Police now"
"Good" Hilda replied. Hilbert then said "Well, I think that was enough excitement for one day. It's getting late, we should get something to eat, then turn in for the night"
"I agree" Professor Oak replied, and they all did so, Lewis and Erika heading to their own accommodation for the night.
Meanwhile with Neo Team Plasma
Zinzolin approaches Colress.
"What news do you bring?" Colress asked, to which Zinzolin replied: "We have succeeded in our final test for your devices, however, the Grunts that were testing it, were defeated and captured". Colress thought about this for a moment, then turned around, and asked "That is, disappointing. Did Heatran interfere with the lockdown?"
"No boss, he didn't, the barriers were still up, even when Heatran was roaring"
"Good. That'll come in very handy for the boss' plans for Kyurem. We just need the last couple of pieces from Opelucid City, and we'll be ready" Colress replied. Zinzolin nodded, then added "And we can use Kyurem's power to rule the region"
"That we can" Colress replied, nodding. He then finished with "Now be on your way, and make a path for Opelucid City"
"But what about the captured Grunts?" Zinzolin asked, to which Colress replied "They got themselves captured, they're not important. Anyway, I have research to continue, so please, be on your way". And at this, ZInzolin nodded and departed.
"And yet, I still don't think what we're doing is going to bring the best out of Pokémon. But I'm still unsure, and I must continue to battle to see if my hypothesis is correct" Colress thought to himself.
With Team Rocket
Jessie and James have finished their training with other Team Rocket Grunts, not only strengthening the Grunts but also themselves. As they did, Jessie's Krokorok evolved into Krookodile. They have just been called to Giovanni's office.
"Boss," Jessie said, and when Giovanni turned around, he said "At ease", and Jessie, James and Meowth obliged.
"You wanted to see us?" James asked, to which Giovanni replied "Yes. We have finished reverse-engineering the device you got from Neo Team Plasma. Not only that, but we now have a countermeasure developed"
"Great" both Jessie and James responded at the same time. Giovanni then said "Your assignment is a simple one. The next time Neo Team Plasma attacks somewhere with that device, you must test the Rocket Controller to see if it counters the Neo Plasma Controller", and at this, he clapped twice, and a black, circular device about the size of a man's hand was given to Jessie and James.
"Good luck, you'll need it. Keep the training up, so you can keep up with everyone else. And report back as soon as possible after the attack, we need to know if we need to make adjustments" Giovanni concluded. Jessie, James and Meowth nodded, and Jessie said "We won't let you down boss"
"You'd better not. Now, you will be transported to Undella Town. We'll send through any intelligence we obtain about where Neo Team Plasma's next target. Now be on your way" Giovanni responded, and Jessie, James and Meowth departed.
Ten minutes later, Jessie, James and Meowth are headed for Undella Town on the Rocket Helicopter, ready for their next assignment.