5- Darkness Rising.
Optimus visualized how a dark energon meteor went through the space bridge, travelling to Cybertron.
"We cannot allow Galvatron to send dark energon through his space bridge."
The dark matter extended through the entire planet, reanimating all the bodies of all the cybertronians who perished in the Great War.
"If we fail, the dead of Cybertron will rise. Swarm through its vortex, and invade Earth. Bending human and pokémon kind to Galvatron's twisted rule."
Next the army of Terrorcons traveled through the space bridge, prepared for assault. Followed by the scene of a destroyed city, with the Terrorcons firing lasers through their hands while the citizens and pokémon ran for their lives. The next day, back to present, Misty ended feeding the pokémon of her aquarium and was now finished cleaning the front part of the gym with Staryu's help.
"That should be enough. Thank you so much for your help, Staryu." Misty thanked.
"You surely know how to take care of your pokémon." A familiar voice said next to her, and she saw Hot Rod parked next to her, with both Ash and Pikachu with him.
"What are you doing here?" Misty asked.
"We came to see how you're doing." Ash answered.
"Pika."
Misty chuckled. "I appreciate it. But May and Max already tried it last night."
"We know. Bee told us." Hot Rod confirmed.
"Tell Optimus I respect his principles, but if you're at war with the Decepticons there's nothing I can do to help."
"Optimus didn't send us, and no one is here to ask you for help."
"So, why are you here?"
"Misty, we know what you're passing through. We all passed through it the last time we helped the Autobots. But being in danger is nothing new for us: remember the multiple adventures we lived traveling together? Even we faced great dangers, comparable to their fight, and we managed to face them. And that also brought us a good thing: it reunited us, even long-distance friends and others we thought we would never see again. And that's what I liked more at the moment I knew the Autobots were calling us. The idea of bring the whole big gang together since long ago, that was the best of all. And we expected for you to be there too. So, even if you don't help them, or even help us, we will be happy knowing that you are there, as part of our new family."
"You know, Ash, you spoke like a real wise man. Only Optimus would say something as motivator and sparkwarming like that." Hot Rod said amazed.
"Pika Pi." Pikachu added, dropping a few tears.
As Misty cleaned the tears from Pikachu's face, she also felt like touched with Ash's words, and even started to make her reconsider her thoughts. Moments later, inside the Autobot base, Ratchet continued looking the space bridge's schematics as he operated the terminal.
"Optimus, I've pinpointed the location of Galvatron's space bridge: high in Earth's orbit." Ratchet reported.
"Out of our reach." Elita noticed.
"A shame Jetfire is not here." Wheeljack complained.
"Okay, we know no one of you can fly. But can't you just ground bridge there?" Dawn suggested.
"The ground bridge has limited range. Stretch all the way in the orbit, it's vortex could snap and scatter us to the stars." Ratchet explained.
"Then I don't suggest it." Clemont supported.
"Since Galvatron is likely already in transit, I'm afraid we must take that risk. Reaching the space bridge first is our only means of stopping him." Optimus decided.
Then everyone heard a soft horn before seeing Hot Rod entering the main room in vehicle mode before Ash and Pikachu came out.
"Hey guys, guess who's back." Ash announced as Misty came out next.
"Misty!" May shouted surprised.
"You're back!" Max added.
"Welcome back, Misty." Optimus greeted smiling. "Autobots, prepare for departure."
"Where to?" Hot Rod asked, already in robot form.
"The final frontier." Bonnie answered.
"Space? I thought they didn't have the means to reach there." Ash reminded.
"And they don't. They're going to try something risky." Tracey said from the upper level as Ratchet started to charge the ground bridge.
"Don't worry, risky things are something we usually do." Sideswipe said proud.
"Then very good luck, Sideswipe." Ritchie wished.
"See you later." Ash saluted.
"We'll start fun once we settle this." Hot Rod promised.
"Be careful up there, Wheeljack."
"Fear nothing, Dawn. Not my first time fighting at zero gravity."
"Don't even think about following me this time, May." Warpath advised.
"Fear nothing. I will not." She answered while her brother and Misty chuckled.
"Optimus, if you leave me stranded on a planet teeming with humans and pokémon, I will never forgive you." Ratchet warned.
"Until we meet again, old friend." Optimus said with a smile before activating his battle mask. "Autobots, roll out!"
The Autobots changed to vehicle form and went through the ground bridge.
"Maximum overdrive!" Optimus ordered.
The portal managed to send them at Earth's orbit without problems.
"Autobots, transform, and gravities!" Optimus instructed.
As they headed at the space bridge, the Autobots returned back to robot form and landed on its surface. Their feet allowed them to magnetize with the surface, although Warpath hard a little time keeping his balance.
"Don't look down. Or up. Or left." He said.
Then they turned to see the Nemesis heading toward them. It stopped once it was close to the space bridge.
"So Galvatron's packing enough dark energon to raise Cybertron's dead?" Wheeljack recapitulated.
"And since we don't possess ready means of disabling the space bridge…" Optimus started as he and his team readied their weapons. "…nothing gets in or out."
Galvatron chuckled seeing everything from inside his warship.
"Optimus Prime, never disappoints. Unlike you, Darkscream." He growled to his second in command.
"No need for concern, master. Soundblaster is locking onto Cybertron's coordinates, per my instructions."
At the same time, at the space bridge…
"Well, what are they waiting for?" Arcee asked.
Elita One zoomed her optics to watch more closely the Nemesis's hull, and saw that the com-antenna was destroyed.
"It appears the Decepticons have sustained serious damage to their interstellar navigation system." She noticed.
"Hum, that's my handiwork." Warpath remembered.
"Great job, Warpath." Optimus congratulated.
"Not bad for a tank." Wheeljack supported.
"Without the dish, Galvatron will be unable to aim the space bridge at Cybertron."
Ratchet and the group heard everything in the base.
"Don't the Decepticons know where their own planet is?" Serena asked.
"Naturally. But Cybertron is many light-years away. To reach their target their aim must be astronomically precise." Ratchet explained.
"If Galvatron went to the trouble of rendezvousing with his space bridge, he must have an alternative targeting system. A remote one." Elita deduced.
"Hmph, from what I know of Earth's technology I doubt there exists a single radio telescope dish on this planet, powerful enough to pinpoint Cybertron."
"How about a whole bunch of linked satellite radio scope dishes? Like the recently built giant size arrays in Sunyshore City." Clemont suggested as he typed some commands on the computer and showed some images of the station.
"Wait, hold on. Clemont, we've already talked about this!" Ratchet reminded.
"Good thinking, Clemont." Optimus agreed. "Ratchet, have Ranger Jack alert the array staff to the security hazard."
"You, rookie! You're out uniform! Put on some pants." Jack suddenly shouted, hallucinating again before passing out again.
That made the youngest kids laugh a lot, while Ratchet and the rest looked confused.
"That may be a challenge." Ratchet simply said.
Clemont continued working with the computer. "I can't get past the arrays' firewalls. They're too thick."
"You actually think you could keep the Decepticons out?" Ratchet asked in disbelief.
"Maybe, if I can get in."
"Wait Clemont. What if we could get you all the way in? Like inside the building in?" Tracey suggested.
"I could log into the internal network on the other side of the firewall."
"The risk is too great. The Decepticons will be there, perhaps even on site." Optimus objected through com-link.
"Optimus, with all due respect, you said it yourself. This is bigger than the safety of nine humans and a few pokémon." Ash reminded.
"Yeah, if we let the Decepticons win, we're doomed." Ritchie supported.
"Along with everyone else on our planet." Misty followed.
"If there is chance to do anything about it, we must take it." Serena added.
"Clemont?" Optimus called.
"Yeah, what do you think, big brother?"
"I want to give it a shot."
Meanwhile, in the Nemesis's bridge…
"Surely, lord Galvatron, the Autobots are up to something."
"Really, Darkscream?" He asked facing him, who answered with a nervous grin. Galvatron returned to the main terminal and pressed a button very hard. "Crush them!"
Soon, a lot of flying Decepticons, which turned into some kind of cybertronian fighters, came out from the Nemesis and flew right at the Autobots.
"Here comes the welcoming committee." Hot Rod spotted.
"About time." Moonracer said.
At the same time, the group traveled through the ground bridge to the array station of Sunyshore City. They also had to suffer the sick effects of the portal, specially the pokémon, who all showed signs of dizziness.
"I'm still feel dizzy." Dawn groaned holding her head.
"That'll take some getting used to." Ash said.
"I hope really soon." Max added.
Meanwhile, the Decepticons fired at the Autobots before changing to robot form in order to land in the space bridge. The Autobots managed to eliminate the majority, but some of them landed and started to face them in close combat. Optimus grabbed one of them and crushed his head against the floor before launching him back to space. Other tried to tackle him from behind, but Elita intercepted him with a kick that sent him back to space, where the Decepticon changed back to vehicle form and flew at her, but she waited for the right moment to jump above him and shoot in middle of the space, taking him down. Warpath changed his hand for a big hammer to smash the Cons, Hot Rod changed his hands for swords while both Sideswipe and Wheeljack pulled out their swords to face them, and Arcee, after kicking one Decepticon off the space bridge, pulled out some advanced wrist blades which she used to slice her adversaries. Moonracer did something similar, pulling out a few blades that emerged from the inside part of her wrists. Meanwhile, the group was inside the array building.
"This place is deserted. Where is everyone?" Misty noticed.
"Maybe they took the day off." May suggested.
"Everyone? I highly doubt it." Ritchie expressed.
"I'm in. And so are the Decepticons." Clemont announced.
"What?" Tracey asked.
"How do you know?" Serena added.
Clemont showed them the main computer's screen. "Schematics. With the same alien math we saw on their ship. But this time, I can download them." He said as he plugged his flash drive in the slot.
"It's gotta be the space bridge." Ash confirmed.
"Pika."
"And how exactly are they going to use it to aim their planet?" Dawn asked.
"The Decepticons are syncing it to the dishes. But I can sync to them." Clemont explained.
"But will they know?" Max asked a little nervous.
"Even if the Decepticons see that I'm in the system, they will have no idea I'm in the house."
But the group had no idea that they were not the only ones inside the building. No far from where they were, in a near room, Soundblaster was operating the systems in person, using two tentacles which came from his chest to configure the system. Soon, his actions started to move the arrays' targeting system, and the Autobots also noticed it when suddenly they felt the space bridge moving.
"What just happened?" Moonracer asked.
"The Decepticons are locking on to Cybertron." Elita realized.
That was detected inside the Nemesis.
"Lord Galvatron, the space bridge is ready for activation." Darkscream informed.
"Finally." He said pleased.
Of course, the group saw that too in the terminal.
"They're locked onto Cybertron, but not for long." Clemont said as he started to reverse the command.
"Yeah, go for it, big brother." Bonnie encouraged.
And with that, the targeting system changed its aim, changing the space bridge again.
"(They did it!)"
"Indeed, Bumblebee. This can only be our friends' doing." Optimus confirmed.
"It feels good to know we're not the only ones fighting here." Arcee admitted.
Even Ratchet heard that. "Ha! Clemont must've been sabotaging their operations."
Of course, not everyone was happy because of this.
"Darkscream, what is happening?" Galvatron demanded.
Darkscream acted nervously until he spoke to the terminal. "Soundblaster, what is happening?!"
Soundblaster saw the security cameras' images on his visor. And one of them spotted the group in the main terminal.
"The dishes are heading back towards Cybertron. I'll just undo that again." Clemont said.
Seeing that they were the ones behind the sabotage and remembering some of them, Soundblaster deployed another Minicon, this time was Ravage, and sent him after them, as he sent one of his tentacles for them.
"What happens when the Cons realized they're being sabotaged?" Max asked.
"It's only virtual combat. You know, like online gaming." Clemont reassured.
"Yeah, Max. What are the Cons gonna do? They're probably like a thousand miles away." May added.
But no one realized that Ravage already reached the room they were, and was slowly approaching them from behind. Fortunately, Pikachu and Sparky's ears noticed something, both pokémon looked behind them and spotted the Minicon. Fortunately, they reacted fast enough and jumped on the Minicon, making it to focus his attention at them. But then, everyone saw Soundblaster's tentacle appearing next, and was heading for Clemont. But Ash put himself on its way, making it grab him instead.
"Ash!" Serena yelled.
Immediately, the rest of his friends hooked to the tentacle in his help. Except Clemont, who was still dealing with the computer, and Max and Bonnie under the table.
"I won't let them lock on again." Clemont proclaimed. "Bonnie, you and Max remain there."
"As you wish." Max nodded.
"Dedenne, we need you and the other pokémon!" Bonnie called.
But the pokémon had trouble enough with Ravage, which was trying to shake them off. Pikachu, Sparky and Piplup seemed to be ridding the Minicon, while little Dedenne was hanging of his tail. Pikachu was about to perform one of his electric attacks, but Ravage already noticed and rolled in middle of the air, sending both electric pokémon against the wall, leaving only Piplup at top of the Minicon. Fortunately, he looked like he didn't notice Dedenne too, until the little pokémon started electrifying it with Thunder Shock, hitting also Piplup, who tried his best to endure the electricity. Meanwhile, the group was still trying to free Ash from the tentacle.
"Hold in there, Ash. We are going to try to force this thing to release you." Tracey reassured him.
But they didn't need for, because the tentacle threw Ash, Tracey, Ritchie and May against a wall, while the rest of the girls were still hooked to it, until it swung again and sent them at the rest. Fortunately, Ritchie managed to grab Dawn, Tracey caught Misty and Ash secured Serena, both ending a little red.
"Clemont, look out! It's after you now!" May warned.
Clemont saw the tentacle about to strike him, but before it could…
"Hey you!" Max called.
The tentacle turned at Bonnie and Max, who immediately fired some kind of glue gun at it, tangling it in a small bunch of glue which caused it to even not know where to strike.
"Now, big brother!"
"Thank you, guys." Clemont appreciated grabbing the flash drive.
Back with Ravage, he finally realized who was the source of the electricity and swung his tail, sending Dedenne with the other pokémon. And Piplup was the last one, and caught all the Minicon's attention once he was sent back to the floor. At the same moment Ravage attempt to bite him, Piplup responded with Drill Peck, surprising the Minicon and sending him at the other side of the room.
"Nice job, Piplup." Dawn congratulated her pokémon.
"You surely gave it a surprise." Bonnie added.
"Piplup." Piplup said proud.
But Piplup's victory was ephemeral, because Ravage, already recovered, pulled out a turret from his back and started firing lasers at him. As he did it, the Minicon, noticing his master's tentacle still bothered with the glue problem, ran next to an axe, grabbed it with the tail and threw it to the tentacle, cutting some of the glue it had.
"It handed it an axe?! Now this is serious trouble." Ritchie said alarmed.
Next, both the tentacle, with axe at hand, and Ravage stood in front of the group, aiming at them. Of course, the pokémon stood in middle of the Cons and the humans ready for combat, but instead of fighting, Ravage simply scratched the computer with its claws before he and the tentacle retreated.
"Now that is suspicious." Ash noticed.
Soundblaster used the axe to cut some cables after locking on Cybertron again as he retrieved Ravage. Everyone busted through the door, but Soundblaster was already on his way out. He turned to look at them, so May took Misty's phone to take a photo of him, and Soundblaster did the same with them with his visor before changing to vehicle form and fly back to the Nemesis.
"Why is he leaving?" Misty asked.
Clemont took a look to the cut cables. "He cut the hard lines, the cables that connected with the arrays' position system."
"So the dishes are locked onto Cybertron, for good." Tracey deduced.
Back in the Nemesis, they saw that there were no more signs of sabotage.
"Now, Darkscream?" Galvatron asked.
"Now." He answered pressing a button.
Immediately, the space bridge activated, generating a portal bigger than a ground bridge. The Autobots almost finished with the remaining Decepticons when they saw it. Then Galvatron appeared in the Nemesis's deck, carrying the dark energon meteor on his back.
"At last!"
He launched the meteorite at the portal with great strength. Optimus and Elita saw it coming and tried to destroy it with their laser guns, but it came too fast that it went through the vortex. The meteorite traveled to Cybertron, impacting on its surface. Immediately, dark energon expanded across the entire planet, just how Galvatron felt it.
"Arise, my army!"
And as he expected, all the dead of Cybertron reanimated, as an army of Terrorcons. The Autobots knew exactly what was coming.
"So, how do we beat a whole planet of the undead?" Sideswipe asked.
"We can only hope for a miracle." Hot Rod simply said.
"Optimus, I'm registering a rapidly expanding mass in their space bridge vortex. One with a peculiar energy signature." Ratchet reported while the group and Ranger Jack, who seemed to be recovered, observed with him.
"Dark energon." Optimus confirmed through the com-link.
"Dear, I have an idea, a way to prevent Galvatron to fulfil his plan." Elita told him, and Optimus immediately nodded. "Ratchet, we must destroy the space bridge. There's enough live energon coursing through it to achieve detonation, but we lack the firepower to ignite it."
"Destroy the entire space bridge in which we walk upon now? But commander, how?" Moonracer asked.
"If I knew how the space bridge was engineered, I might find a technical way of accomplishing that feat." Ratchet informed.
"Huh? Will schematics help?" Clemont suggested showing his flash drive.
"Optimus, I must say: the space bridge is our sole hope of ever returning to Cybertron. Are you certain its destruction is the only option?"
"I am afraid so."
"Then, by all means, let us light our darkest hour."
"Elita, take the Autobots and wait for Ratchet's lead."
"And what about you?"
"I will make my stand."
She nodded. "Remember, be careful."
The Autobots followed his leader's command while he remained in the space bridge, seeing Galvatron coming, transforming and landing in front of him.
"Your fellow Autobots are wise, Optimus. They know when to retreat."
"I hold no illusions about engaging your army, Galvatron. But I might derail its objective by removing its head." Optimus deduced pulling out his sword.
Galvatron laughed maniacally. "Highly unlikely, Optimus. As I am infused with their very might!"
"One shall stand, one shall fall." Optimus declared.
Galvatron pulled out his own sword and charged against his rival. Optimus was quick enough to block his hit and tried to cut his arm off, but Galvatron took a step back to avoid him and pushed him back. He tried to hit him again, but Optimus blocked him again and counterattacked, forcing Galvatron to block his attacks until he managed to punch him backward. Next Optimus charged and tried to give his final blow, but Galvatron blocked it with his sword and the duel continued, all of that while the Terrorcons' shadows started to show more visible in the space bridge's reflection. That was also detected in the Autobot base.
"Those things are getting closer. That's bad, right?" Jack asked.
"For what Optimus told us, really bad." Ash nodded.
"Imagine their own version of undead." Serena added.
"Ratchet, we're in position." Elita called through the com-link.
"Elita, pay close attention." Ratchet started as Clemont downloaded the schematics.
Meanwhile, Galvatron managed to get the upper hand in his duel with Optimus. He punched his rival's face before slicing his torso a little, followed by a hit that broken Optimus's sword. Then he gave him a, uppercut slice that sent him airborne. During that, Galvatron grabbed him by his foot and threw him against the ground, one time in a direction and next launching him at another. Optimus was on his knees, damaged, as Galvatron approached him with his sword ready to finish him.
"Master."
"Darkscream. What is it?!" Galvatron asked annoyed.
"I do not wish to question your all-seeing wisdom, but I believe the Autobots are up to something again. Beneath your bridge, this time." Darkscream informed as he saw the recording of an image that showed the Autobots.
"Ah, misdirection, Optimus. You would have made a fine Decepticon." Galvatron said as he was going to terminate with him.
But Optimus blocked his rival's sword with his own in the last moment. "I chose my side."
And before Galvatron could strike again, Optimus changed his broken sword for his laser cannon and fired at Galvatron's chest, sending him flying backwards. He continued firing at him, but Galvatron dodged the shots before changing to his starship form and flew away.
"Darkscream, my army approaches. Rendezvous with the space bridge for pickup."
Meanwhile, the other Autobots were in the other side of the space bridge. While Elita and the girls followed Ratchet's instructions, the others remained alert.
"Now follow the line from the flow regulator to the energon pump. There should be a valve."
"I see it." Arcee spotted.
"Good. To turn all that power against itself all you need do is reverse the current."
Elita tried to pull the lever, but it was really hard. "Ugh, I will need some muscles here."
"Don't ask it twice." Wheeljack answered volunteering as he helped with the lever.
"Current reversed."
"Yes, they made it!" Bonnie yelled happy hugging Dedenne.
The same as Bonnie, all the gang started to celebrate it, even Jack joined them.
"I'll ready the ground bridge." Ratchet said.
In that moment, Galvatron came flying towards the Autobots, who fired at him. Galvatron fired the cannons of his vehicle form, and one of those shots was going to hit Elita, but Hot Rod jumped in middle of the way and received the impact hard, right in his torso. The impact was hard enough to send him airborne.
"Hot Rod!" Arcee yelled.
Then the space bridge started to shake and cracks started to appear throughout its structure, followed by small energon explosions. As his undead army was almost at the entrance point, Galvatron headed right there, returning back to robot form.
"Darkscream, where is my ship?!" Galvatron asked in disbelief.
Darkscream put the warship at some distance from the space bridge, seeing that it was becoming unstable.
"We would never make it, lord Galvatron. Don't be a fool. Take flight and retreat!"
Optimus was running at the edge of the space bridge, evading the cracks and explosions.
"Optimus, the ground bridge is ready and waiting." Ratchet announced by com-link.
"Autobots, jump!" Optimus ordered as he went into the ground bridge.
The other Autobots followed Optimus's lead, Warpath grabbed Hot Rod during the way in the ground bridge, and once all passed through it closed. Galvatron was still waiting for his army to reach.
"My army."
The closest Terrorcon extended its hand to reach its lord and master. But suddenly, more explosions came around Galvatron.
"No!"
Galvatron tried to reach out for his army. He was so close as the Terrorcon when the entire structure exploded, releasing a huge wave of energon. It reached the Nemesis, but did no damage.
"Decepticons, it is with deep sorrow, that I note for the log: Galvatron's spark has been extinguished." Darkscream reported with sorrow, but then he smirked. "All…hail…Darkscream."
Meanwhile, everyone was waiting for the Autobots back at base.
"Do you think they're…" Max started to say worried.
Ratchet opened a part of his arm and checked up a monitor. "Nine life signals. One very faint."
That made everyone to be worried. The first one who appeared was Optimus, followed by Elita. Next, Wheeljack and Sideswipe arrived, reuniting with their fellow companions. Moonracer and Bumblebee came next, reassuring Bonnie and Max, before Arcee followed them. That cheered up Serena, but she was not as happy as her. The reason: Warpath came next and fast, carrying Hot Rod in his hands. He had his eyes closed, like he was gone. Starting to feel the worse, Ash dropped a few tears.
"I'm sorry, Ash." Serena lamented embracing him.
"Pika." Pikachu said walking at the Autobot's body.
"He put himself at Galvatron's rapid fire, while I was supposed to received that blast." Elita told.
"We almost lost one this week. By the Allspark, don't let it happen now." Ratchet begged.
In that moment, Pikachu thought about something, so he climbed on Hot Rod's torso, and without warning he started to unleash electricity right at his spark's chamber. Everyone waited for results, until after a long pause, Hot Rod opened his eyes.
"Hey Pikachu, what's with all those sparks? Did I do something to make you mad?" The young Autobot asked confused.
"Pika pika!" The little pokémon yelled happy jumping at his head and started stroking his head.
"Hot Rod, you're fine!" Ash said cheered.
"Sorry for that, pal. I guess you and I are more similar than I thought, giving the fact that you almost sacrificed yourself a few times. So no worries, you will not get rid of me so easily. After all, where are you going to find an amazing car such as me?" He joked, right before Ash hugged his hand.
"Hot Rod." Arcee said smiling.
"Is he always like that?" Misty asked.
"A few times."
"And Galvatron?" Elita asked.
"Not even he could have survived ground zero." Optimus believed.
"Prime. I didn't get to thank you Autobots for the save. I owe you one. We all do." Jack announced as he went to the elevator.
"So, this means you will not say about us been here?" May asked.
"Oh, I will. But I will say you are here as…special field advisers." He said, winking them an eye before he left.
Then Misty walked towards Optimus. "So, is this the part when you say goodbye and tell us we need to forget we ever saw you?"
"You have heard Jack, there is no problem with the pokémon rangers." Tracey reminded her.
"Also, we have proven to be a great help for them in defending our home." Ritchie supported.
"And as they have shown, our pokémon can stand against the Decepticons." Dawn followed.
"That includes yours. They only need a little training." Max added.
"So Misty, what do you say?" Ash asked her.
Of course, Optimus already had his answer.
"Without the means of leaving this world, we Autobots take strength in the bonds we have forged, with our young friends. True warriors, if not in body, then in spirit."
As Optimus was speaking this, an image showed the entire group meeting back and joining with their Autobot guardians, who took them to their base seeing the sunset.
"My name is Optimus Prime, and I send this message. Though we did not choose to be on Earth, it would seem that we are here to stay. If you approach this planet with hostile intent, know this: we will defend ourselves, we will defend humanity and pokémon species, we will defend our home."