Chapter 55


Deliberation


Alex could see Blaze sweating as the holograms of the other guildmasters appeared one by one. After all, the guildmasters were the strongest Pokémon on their respective continents not counting legendaries of course, and unlike Wallace, they looked the part.

Tesla appeared first, much to the shock of Alex and Blaze as the Ampharos said "what? You think just because I travel a lot that I can't be a guildmaster?"

The next one to appear was the Guildmaster of the air continent, Issac. He was a draconic, bipedal Pokémon with light orange skin. He has large, grayish-green eyes and a round snout with small nostrils. A pair of long, thin antennae sprouted from the top of his head with a small horn set between them. His striated underbelly was cream-colored and extended from his neck to the tip of its long, tapering tail. He had thick arms and legs ending in three claws each. His leg joints were well defined, while his arms had a smooth, rounded appearance. The Dragonite's wings were small relative to its body with teal wing membranes.

After Issac, came the Guildmaster of the Mist continent, Artemis who was a shorter bipedal, canine-like Pokémon with predominantly blue and black fur. She possessed a short, round spike on the back of each forepaw, in addition to a third on her chest. She had red eyes, a long snout, and ears. She also possessed cream-colored fur on her torso and blue fur on her thighs that resembled shorts. Behind her was a medium-length tail of the same blue color as well. She stood on her toes rather than on her entire foot and had four black, dreadlock like appendages that hung down from the back of her head.

Thanks to how underdeveloped the Sand Continent was, it's guild was only five years old, unlike the Guilds that had been around for decades, but the newest member of the group, Roark, was certainly the most intimidating Pokemon here. Roark was a large, bipedal, dinosaurian Pokémon with a green, armor-like hide covering his body. He has two pairs of pointed teeth: one in the upper jaw and one in the lower. Several spikes of varying size protruded from the back of his head, neck, and shoulders. Both sides of his chest, the center of its back, and its knees had two triangular holes. There was a gray, diamond-shaped patch of scales covering his belly, and a smaller one on his back. He had three claws on his feet and hands. Finally, a ring of spikes surrounded the tip of his tail.

Paul appeared last, and he immediately frowned at the sight of all the guildmasters on the call, clearly something big was going down.

"What is the reason for this sudden call? I'm dealing with a nasty group of Flygon" Rorke questioned impatiently.

"Please Rorke, we hardly ever talk as a group!" Tesla reminded him.

"It's good to see you Wallace" Issac responded calmly, the Dragonite's voice was warm and happy.

Wallace nodded and replied, "It's been years friend!"

"I'm glad to see everyone as well, but what is the reason for such a sudden call?" Artemis asked, her cold and proper voice a stark contrast to Issac.

Wallace motioned and Alex took his place within the circle of holograms, as everything in the radius of the orb was transmitted, which was why it was placed in the center of a wide-open room.

Hi...I'm Alex, I was the former human who stopped the collapse of Temporal Tower" The Fraxure introduced, he usually didn't like playing that card, but given the situation, he needed to seem credible.

All of the guildmasters besides Wallace gasped, after all, Tesla was never told that before he left Treasure Town, this reaction earned a chuckle from Paul.

Rorke spoke first and greeted "I see, it's a pleasure to meet you"

The other guildmasters gave an appreciative nod, Alex took that as his cue to speak with "I have an ability called the dimensional scream, it gives me visions of the past and future that have never been wrong. Some criminals named Team Skull tired to kill me, and one of their explorer badges gave me some very important information"

As Alex explained his vision everyone was watching intently, despite the uneasiness of the opening remarks everyone was now quiet and attentive.

There was a brief silence after Alex finished explaining who had hired Team Skull, Issac was the first to speak afterward.

"So someone tried to destroy Temporal Tower, and they're planning something new now," The Dragonite said slowly.

Rorke growled and said, "how could anyone be so evil…"

"My thoughts exactly, what is there to gain from destroying this world?" Tesla questioned.

Artemis shook her head and spoke with authority saying "We cannot allow someone like that to run free, Alex, did your vision reveal anywhere this...Lupin might be?"

Alex paused for a moment, then answered "Team Skull was given two places to flee to after they killed me, Either Mount Freeze or Mount Spire, apparently those are places on the Air and Water Continents?"

"Mount Spire is at the Northern tip of the Water Continent" Tesla confirmed.

Paul then spoke up with "Mount Freeze is on the eastern tip of the Air Continent, I've actually been there before...but it's been a while"

Issac nodded and said, "With that in mind I suggest we muster every Master ranked team to investigate both places simultaneously, is that accepted?"

Tesla shook his head and interrupted with "One stipulation, I believe Alex and Blaze should go to one of the sites, his powers may come in handy"

"Agreed, but which one should he go to?" Artemis questioned.

Things were moving so fast that the former human could barely keep up as Paul asked "Which one do you think Alex?"

"You said you've been to Mount freeze? You should go there, so I'll go to the other one" Alex decided.

"What teams should we assign?" Rorke jumped in.

Issac nodded and said "Team ACT is already close to Paul, so they will go with him"

Tesla sighed and admitted "Team Charm is unfortunately on a treasure hunt again and out of contact, but one other master ranker at my guild is available, so why don't Lana and I accompany Team Outriders"

"Sounds good," Issac admitted before Wallace gave the closing words.

The Wigglytuff stepped forward and stated "everyone knows their jobs, for the sake of this world, the ones who sabotaged Temporal Tower must be stopped!

Author's note- Thus begins the Two Mountins arc, I hope your excited

1. Thoughts on my choices for guildmasters? Female Lucario's are rare in stories so I thought Artemis was perfect for the only girl of the five.

2. For those of you who don't know, Air Continent is Red Rescue team, Grass is Explorers of Sky, Mist is Gates to Infinity and Water is Super Mystery Dungon.

3. Team Charm annoys me so much, having to put up with them at the same time as Ageis Cave makes me hate them even more so I wrote them out of the story again...sorry if anyone wants to see them, it's not happening. I only ackowlage their existance for the sake of world building.

4. Leave a review, can't wait to show what's next!