After examining the Z.Z. Fleyer at Rand's house, Ben and co decided to search for Rand on Mt. Latotlato. Upon ariving to the peak, they met Rand along with Takumi and Ami's employer and mentor Kyoko as well as their seniors Matayoshi and Date. With the Pokemon Pinchers ocupying the tower, the team bands together to decide their next move.


Everyone had gathered inside the shack. When they were all inside they were greeted by a woman with blue hair in a bun and a man with a orange jacket. "I'd like to introduce everyone!" Nema smiled. "You already know Nokia, Agumon and Gabumon. These are their friends! Takumi, and his sister Ami, their Digimon, Terriermon and Palmon, Fei and Fanbeemon, and Ben, a Pokemon Ranger just like Papa! He helped me with two of my three requests."

"More like five of your six." Terriermon mumbled.

"Oh…There's still one left! Anyway, I got a lot of help."

"Nema! Were your three requests really just selfish demands?" Rand asked.

"They weren't selfish at all, it was an emergency!" Nokia said. "Lightning struck the house and set it on fire! Ben put it out! Then it came back! Then he put it out again!"

"Yeah, remind me to add "Fireman" to my resumé when this is over." The Ranger said, rolling his eyes.

"Our house was on fire? That happened while I was out! Are you all okay?" Rand asked.

Nema nodded. "Ben that hothead is my Papa!"

"Hothead? Anyway, I'm Rand, the Area Ranger for the Oblevia region." Rand said, shaking Ben's hand. "Thank you for putting out the fire. If you hadn't been there…"

"Eh, it was nothing. Just doing my job."

Nema turned to the blue haired lady. "This pretty lady is my mom! She might not look like it, but she's an archeologist. Oblivia is full of ruins, so my mon is very busy."

"I'm Leanne. Nice to meet you. As Nema said, this Oblivia region has many fascinating ruins. I'm researching the relationship between the legends of Oblivia and the actual ruins. Put simply, I'm researching whether these legends are simply fabrications of the students or something else entirely. Also…"

"Mom! That's too much info! Keep your introductions to a minimum."

"I-I guess that's so." Leanne said in an embarrassed tone.

Nokia shook her head. "Yeah, I don't think I need to point this out, but she and Kyoko really hit it off. Seriously, they went on for hours!"

The detective smiled. "You say that like it's a bad thing. I myself find these legends intriguing."

Rand turned back to Ben. "Kyoko told us these people came from another world."

"Yeah. I got the story from Takumi. Personally, I think they're telling the truth." Ben smiled looking at the male Cyber Sleuth. "They don't seem to be the lying sort, and they really care about helping others."

"Heh, heh…Thanks Ben."

Kyoko laughed lightly. "Sounds like you've been busy, my little assistants. Good work."

Rand nodded. "Glad we're on the same page. I trust them too. All the same it may be best not to go telling everybody just yet. By the way, the Ranger Union told me before that they were sending two Rangers here, but…What happened to the other one?"

"Huh? You brought a friend?" Nokia asked.

Ben's smile faded. Takumi and Ami looked at him in concern.

"Did…did something happen?" Gabumon asked.

Matayoshi folded his arms. "Calm down everyone, let's let Ben here report the situation."

Ben sighed before he started explaining. "Well, my partner, Summer and I were on our way here when I saw Pinchers chasing down two Pokemon so I…"


Everyone stayed quiet until Ben finished his story. He explained how he got to Oblivia, meeting Takumi and Ami, and the rest of the situation up to now. "Hmmm, I see…" the elderly detective said tilting his hat down.

Rand looked down. "So that's what happened…You must be very worried about your partner." Ben stared blankly at the table. Seeing his depressed state, Rand put a hand on his shoulder and gave him a reassuring smile. "But then again, your partner is a well-trained Pokemon Ranger."

"I agree, give her some credit!" Date said. "I mean, it's not like you're helpless on your own, so why would she be any different?"

"True. Either way, we'll find her." Matayoshi smiled. "We still have people to look for anyway. Arata Sandara, as well as Yuuko and Yuugo Kamishiro."

"What happened at Rasp Cavern troubles me." Kyoko said. "What do they need that piece of the Monument for?"

"It wasn't to catch Raikou." Ami said with her finger and thumb on her chin. "Which is pretty suspicious considering they're hording all sorts of Pokemon. Why would they not try to catch something deemed legendary?"

"It's also worth noting that they think it's valuable enough to risk getting on Raikou's bad side." Takumi added. "And that Raikou think's it's important to protect it to the point where it'll chase them all the way outside the forest."

"Well, look at you two, with the detective's analysis." Leanne smiled. "You trained them well, Kyoko."

"I like to think so."

"And then there's the tower." Rand said. "What are the Pokemon Pinchers planning?" Everyone went silent into thought for a moment, before Rand spoke again. "I think you may have already noticed, but our Wireless Tower, which is next to this shack, has been taken over by the Pokemon Pinchers. As a result, we haven't been able to communicate with the Ranger Union for several days."

"That must be why I can't contact Summer." Ben said.

Rand nodded. "That's why, Ben, I want your help taking the Wireless Tower back from the Pinchers."

"Leave it to me."

"We'll come along." Takumi said.

"Hey, hold on now! This is way more dangerous than any of your previous cases you've been helping Kyo-Kyo with!" Matayoshi said. "You're still a trainee!"

"We'll be fine!" Ami smiled. "We got our Digimon after all!"

"Yeah! We'll watch their backs!" Palmon nodded.

"I'm sure you'll be fine. Just listen to Rand…But these Digimon…" Kyoko pondered. "I'd like to ask. How do-

Bzztzzt.

A buzzing sound directed everyone's attention to the door. A man with blond spikey hair stepped it. Electricity was bizarrely flowing around him. "Whoa! What's up with him?!" Terriermon asked.

Rand walked towards him. "Burkhart? Did you let a bug in?"

"Not that I saw…" Everyone stared at him as the electricity bounced around him. "I just snuck…zzt…into the Wirless Tower. There was electricity running everywhere. Then I got shocked at it seems I'm still carrying a charge."

"Stealing electricity, now are we?" Date glared. "Why I oughta-

"Not now Date!" Matayoshi scolded.

The newcomer then spotted Ben. "Zzt? The backup Ranger arrived? Buzzzzt…"

"Uh…hi."

"Oh, I just thought of something. Would you like to recharge your Styler with my excess electricity?"

"Uh, I don't think that's a good idea!" Ben said backing up as he approached.

Rand Immediately panicked. "S-Stop it! Don't be so Rash, Burkhart!"

"Pichu! Pichu!" Pichu blocked him with a glare.

Ben's Styler started making an alarm sound. "Improper charging is a major warranty violation."

"Warranty violation?" the dumbstruck Burkhart asked. "It's not a household appliance! Well I'll let you be just this once. I still thought it was a pretty good idea, though."

Rand sighed and looked back at Ben. "I don't know what those Pinchers are doing, but there are unshielded wires all over the Wireless Tower."

"So, the name "Wireless" Tower is supposed to be ironic or something?" FanBeemon asked.

"When we're up these, be very carful not to get shocked like Burkhart did."

Ben glanced back at the electrified man. "Right…"

"Anyway, you were going to ask the kids something about their Digimon here, Kyo-Kyo?" Matayoshi asked referring to the old nickname he used for her.

The detective shook her head. "No. It can wait. I'll stay here and see if I can "borrow" access to the tower's systems. Burkhart, did you see anything else up there they should be on the lookout for?"

"Zzzt…Oh yeah! I got a glimpse of some guy with a hood sneaking around. I don't think he's with the Pinchers."

"Some guy?" Ami asked.

Takumi looked blankly at a wall. "Wait…could it be…Nah, even he can't be that crazy. We'll keep an eye out anyway. Ready to go Terriermon? Terriermon?"

"Uh…Takumi?"

Everyone glanced to see Date holding up the rabbit Digimon, petting it. "Aww, you got such soft fur…Huh?!" As soon as she noticed everyone staring at her, she threw him back into Takumi. He grunted as they crashed into the floor. "A-anyway, don't mess this up or I'll arrest you!"

Ben and Rand looked at each other and shrugged as they sighed. They then both performed their Ranger poses. "Let's get started!" the younger Ranger smiled.


Along with the Rangers, Takumi, Ami, Fei, Nokia and their Digimon climbed the tower's first staircase and onto the first floor.

"So, where do we start?" Palmon asked.

"Let's just bash any Pinchers we come across!" Nokia said. "We'll-

"Look out!" Takumi pulled Nokia down, just as a Gligar swopped over her head.

"Yeeek! What was that about?!"

"Since the Pinchers are here, the Pokemon are agitated." Rand said as he and Ben worked on catching it. "They'll attack if you get too close to them."

"Terrier Tornado!"

"Gear Stinger!"

With an attack from Terriermon and FanBeemon it got dizzy. Rand used the opportunity to finish the capture, and Gligar gently flew to his side. "Let's get going. There are no guardrails along the paths and floors of the Wireless Tower. Be careful not to fall off." Everyone cautiously made their way past the boards, separating the platforms. A gate blocked their way at one point, but Rand used the Gligar he caught to cut it down. Just then they spotted two Pinchers talking.

"Raikou was climbing the base. What on earth is going on?"

"It probably just came around to our way of thinking and has come to lend a hand."

"Aren't we optimistic." Fei snarked.

Both Pinchers faced Rand and Ben as they ran over to them. "Oh great, now we have one more Ranger to deal with! I'll go warn everyone above!"

As one of them ran up the stairs the other came towards them with a Pichu. "You must be the brats we were warned about. You're not going to get one step higher than this!"

Takumi was the first to notice his Pokemon. "Hey, isn't that-

Ben's Pichu's eyes widened. "Pichu?! Pichu Pichu!"

The Pincher gave it a confused look. "Enough with the "Pichu Pichu" already! It might be a Pichu, just like you, but it doesn't matter!"

"Doesn't matter?" Ben glared. "That Pichu was his friend before you abducted him, you creep!"

"Whatever! Go get em!"

The Pincher's Pichu charged angerly at Ben and Rand who jumped back. Ben's Pichu stood in front of it. "Pichu!" The other Pichu angerly tackled into him.

"Come on, we gotta help!" Fei said.

"Wait, we can't hurt him! He's the little guy's friend!" Palmon protested.

"Well what do we do then? Sit back and let him beat the stuffing out of his "friend"?" FanBeemon asked.

"Hang on…I got a idea!" Ami said. "Palmon, listen carefully!"

The two Pichu rolled across the floor for a bit.

"Hey!"

The opposing Pichu looked up to see Palmon wrap its vines around him and push him off.

"Pi!" Ukulele Pichu got up and panicked.

"Pichu, now! Play your Ukulele!" Ami said. The Pokemon gave Ami a confused glance. "He must have heard you play billions of times before! It might help him remember who you are!"

Pichu's eyes lite up as it brought out his interment. Gentle music filled the air as it twanged the strings. Just after, the other Pichu shocked Palmon and got her off, it stopped. It listened to the music.

"It stopped! Come on, Ben, this is our chance!" Both Rangers shot their Capture Stylers and drew loops around the Pichu as the music continued.

"Pichu!" It bounced in delight with a smile and ran happily around Ukulele Pichu in circles.

The Pincher was in disbelief. "What the heck are you doing, Pichu?! Where's that intensity I saw when I seized you on Docle island?" Both Pichu turned angerly at the Pincher and started firing bolts at him. "Yeah, that! Wait, no, not me! Not on me, you idiot! Ah, aaaaah!" Everyone laughed as he ran past them, dodging bolts.

Once he was gone, Ukulele Pichu looked at his friend and started to glow with electricity. "Pichu Pichu?"

The other Pichu stood next to it and copied his actions. "So, this is one of Pichu's missing friends." Takumi said as the ukulele player played another tune. "It must have suffered so much under that guy's control."

Ben smiled and knelt next to his partner. "I'm glad we found your friend, Pichu."

Ami looked at the other Pichu. "Think you can get back to Booker from here? He can get you back to Docle island."

The Pichu nodded and happily ran back down the tower. Ukulele Pichu waved him off.

"I hope we find the others." Palmon said.

"Me too." Rand nodded. "But right now, we'd better get going. We let that other one get away. They probably all know we're here by now."

Ben nodded and lead the team up the stairs. The saw the other Pincher on the platform across some pipes.

"You! Stop!" Nokia yelled.

He looked at them and went bug-eyed. "Whoa! They're here already! I've got to warn everyone!"

"Hey, you! Wait!" Rand hollered as the man ran across another set of large pipes.

But as he was halfway across, the pipes started glowing with electricity and started shocking him. "Aieeeeee! Bzzzzzztzz!" After a few seconds he was flung off and hit the ground with a thud falling unconscious.

Ben simply winced as he watched. "Uh….ow."

Rand sighed. "I tried to warn him…Between that guy and Burkhart, there are way too many people who don't listen!"

"That's convenient." Fei smirked. "Without him blabbin' off to his friends we still have the element of surprise."

"In that case, let's take our time." Rand said. "Everyone, cross one at a time. The electricity looks like it comes off after a few seconds. Kyoko must have gotten into the power supply."


Sure enough, back in the shack, Kyoko was working away at a computer. "Hmmm…doesn't look like I can do much else from here."

"Let's hope it's enough." Nema said.

"Although…while I was breaking in, I noticed that it looked like someone else was hacking into the server."

"Must be the Pinchers." Date said.

"I doubt it. They pretty much own the tower at this point."

Burkhart put a hand on his chin. "Maybe it's that guy I saw earlier...zzt."

"I also noticed what looks like a strange program in the system."

"Strange?" Nema asked.


It took a few minutes for everyone to clear the next floor. But by the time they were at the third floor, Ben had a Voltorb and a Porygon 2. Rand had a Shinx and a Magnemite.

"Ugh…How tall IS this stupid tower?!" Nokia groaned.

"Complainin' won't make things easier for anyone. Just shut your trap and keep movin' already." Fei replied sharply.

"But we're so high up!" Nokia looked over the edge and shrieked. "EEEK! We're really high up!"

"Nokia?" Takumi glanced at her. "You okay there?"

Nokia looked at him and then noticed that out of instinct, she was grabbing his arm. "AAAH!" Her face turned red as she backed up. Ami giggled a bit.

"Heads up." Ben said stopping the team. "More coming."

Three Pinchers blocked the next set of stairs. One woman with a Lairon, and another woman and a man with two Aron. "Welcome, Rangers. But this is as far as you go."

"Just do an about-face and get out of here."

"If you won't go back, we'll make you want to leave!" Lairon! Aron! Send em home crying!"

"Rand, Takumi and I got the big one!" Ben said. "Voltorb! Thunder Wave!"

"Shinx, Spark!"

Both electric Pokemon shot sparks, at Larion, paralyzing the target.

The Aron charged, but Agumon, and Gabumon, blocked then and started pushing back. FanBeemon, And Palmon charged into, their sides stunning them, before Rand went for the catch. Meanwhile, Larion recovered and shot a metal ball from its mouth. Ben backflipped over it and shot his Styler. As it whirled around Lairon, it roared and prepared to strike but Terriermon jumped on its head and covered its eyes with his ears, making it run wild in confusion. In time all Pokemon, were snapped out of their trance and settled down.

"Oh, man…How can I face the leader after this?" the male Pincher asked. All three of them ran past them and towards the exit.

When Ben and co climbed the next set of stairs, they were greeted by powerful gusts off wind. "Whao!" Terriermon almost flew back, but Takumi caught him.

"The wind's strong here. Be carful not to get flung off." Rand warned.


On top of the tower a woman with blond hair, dressed in blue and white overlooked the area bellow. "What is taking them so long? If there is one thing I hate, it's being kept waiting...Well…at least the program I was given worked. Whatever it is."


Ben and the team made their way to the next floor. "Phew…All this climbing…" Ami grunted as she dropped to a knee.

"What? Getting tired?" Takumi said with a smug grin.

"N-never!" the girl replied bucking up and getting back to her feet.

"Ah, sibling love." Ben joked. "Hey, look over there!"

On the other side, two Pinchers were running towards the stairs like their lives depended on it. "Hurry! Both the Rangers and Raikou are right behind us!"

"We have to hurry and give this to our leader!" Sure, enough the Legendary Pokemon zipped up the stairs after them with shocking speed.

"W-whoa! Did you see how fast that thing was?!" Nokia asked. "That's the Raikou thing you told us about, right?"

"Wow. He really did follow them all the way here." Terriermon said. "That's one angry kitty."

"I say we let it waste those punks." Fei said.

"Fei, we can't leave it be, it'll kill them!" Ami said.

"Raikou's fury is too great…We may have to capture it." Rand said. "Guys, listen. If you feel like you're in danger, don't be reckless—Run." Everyone nodded. "Alright, let's go!"


Back on top of the tower, the blond woman looked at the enormous antenna of the tower. "We messed with the frequency and cut off the power. But to be safe, we should probably take out the antenna, too. That way they won't be able to communicate with anyone for a while."

"Leader!" The two Pinchers ran up to her.

"You're late. Did you get the Emblem?"

"Yes, here it is!" one of them said.

The woman smiled as the took the piece of the monument into her hand. "Good work!"

"Thank you, leader! But we do have two mall problems…Actually they're nothing that major…"

The woman gave them a suspicious glance.

"One is that the Pokemon Rangers have made it up here. The other is that Raikou is standing right there…"

"Roooooar!" The legendary Pokemon leapt if front of them, prompting the Pinchers to run leaving their leader with the angry Pokemon.

"What have those numbskulls done?! They brought Raikou right to us!"

Raikou let out a mighty roar, and lightning rained down towards the woman who jumped out of the way just in time. The bolts came down on the antenna. After a series of explosion, it was a complete wreck.

The woman grumbled as she stepped away. "It was nice of Raikou to break the antenna, but at this rate, it might be best to go…"

"So soon?"

"You must be the leader of the Pinchers!"

The woman turned around to see, Ben, Rand and their friends at the stairs. "What have you been doing here?" the man asked.

"You're one step behind, Pokemon Ranger. Raikou broke your precious antenna."

Rand's eyes widened before he scowled. "So, you're controlling Raikou, huh?"

Fei glanced at the angered beast. "Somehow I seriously doubt that."

The woman scoffed. "Oh, please. I'm no Ranger. Actually, even a Ranger might have trouble controlling a legendary Pokemon. At any rate, we destroyed the Wireless Tower, so our work here is done. There's no reason for me to hang around, so ta-ta!" With a snap of her fingers a blue Z.Z. Flyer flew over to her and she jumped on it.

"Wait! Tell us why you destroyed the Wireless Tower!" Rand demanded.

"I hate electrometric waves. Is that a good enough reason for you?" the woman smirked.

"Not in the slightest! What the heck kind of excuse is that?!" Nokia asked.

"If I were you, I'd be a little more concerned about the roaring Raikou next to me. Thanks for cleaning up, Pokemon Rangers." The woman laughed, before flying away.

"I can go after her!" FanBeemon yelled.

"Wait! We need you here!" Takumi said.

"I agree." Rand nodded. "I hate to let her get away, but we have to calm Raikou down first!"

They approached and surrounded Raikou fast. Pichu took a step closer. "Pichu! Get away! It's too dangerous!" Rand ordered.

"Pichu Pichuu?" The Ukulele Pokemon strung its Ukulele.

"Grrrr…Roooooar!" A bright bolt came down, startling Pichu away.

"Sheesh, everyone's a critic!" Terriermon joked.

"Are you alright, pal?" Ben asked.

"Pi…chu…"

Ben held up his Styler and it displayed a screen with a picture of Raikou. "The one and only Raikou. It embodies the speed of lighting and creates shockwaves and shakes the ground when it roars as it lighting struck."

"You sure know a lot about this thing for somthin' that's a legend." Fei said.

"My Styler told me just now."

"Oh yeah. You mentioned before that those things have data on all Pokemon." Takumi said. "Legends included."

"That's right. It's called a Browser."

"So like a Field Guide for Pokemon?" Ami asked.

"Um...yeah...I guess."

Rand got his Styler ready. "I don't think I need to tell you Ben, but guys, as you can see, Raikou is a very formidable Pokemon. It won't go down as easily as the other Pokemon you faced before."

"Yeah, we got it." Takumi said. "Let's go!"

"Don't give it a chance to make a move!" Ami said. "Keep bombarding it, and don't stop until it's down!"

Palmon, sent its thorns towards Raikou. "Right! Possion, Ivy!"

Rand's head turned to the Digimon. "Palmon, no! Wait!" Raikou, let out a roar, as a shield of electricity cloaked it, just when the attack made contact. Palmon, screamed as she was zapped before dropping to the floor.

Ami ran over to her partner "Palmon!"

"Tch! A barrier that also acts as an offensive maneuver." Fei growled. "This one's certainty a lot craftier, then the rest of the Pokemon, I'll give it that."

"We're going to have to rely on ranged attacks." Takumi said. "Nokia, Fei, back us up!"

"Right!"

"Terriermon!"

"Terrier Tornado!"

"Agumon! Gabumon!"

"Pepper Breath!"

"Blue Blaster!"

"FanBeemon!"

"Gear Stinger!" The four Digimon, each sent an attack at a safe distance, but Riakou, with ease, maneuvered, around the attacks all while charging closer. It batted, Terriermon aside, shot volts at Agumon and Gabumon, then charged its head into FanBeemon.

Nokia was in disbelief. "N-no way…Not only is he too strong, he's too fast for us to hit him!"

Fei growled as she took out her Digivice. She batted it with her hand, shook it, and fiddled with the boutons. "Why isn't that Digivolve thing goin' off?"

Raikou's electric shield dissipated as it roared, and a wave of thunderbolts came down and approached them. "Guys, look out!" Ben grabbed, Takumi and Nokia, by the shoulders and pushed them back. Rand did the same for, Ami and Fei. Both Rangers took the blast. When they hit the floor, Takumi was the first to look up when the bolts, hit the Rangers. "Ben! Rand!"

Both of them dropped to their knees. Most of the shock was absorbed by their Stylers but both were at a quarter of their energy.

"Ngh! Even with the Styler's shield that hurt…this is the power of legendaries?"

Rand groaned and forced himself up. "Ben, take the others and run. This was a bad idea."

"Wh-But what about you?!"

"I'll see if I can slow Raikou down."

"That's insane!" Palmon yelled. "We can't leave you behind!"

Raikou slowly approached them, glaring harshly.

"No time for arguing! Now go!"

Takumi, Ami and Nokia froze as a familiar vision flashed into their minds. For a second, they no longer saw Raikou approaching Rand…but rather an Eater approaching Yuugo. "No…Not again!" Takumi yelled. "I'm not leaving any friends behind!"

Ami nodded. "We're going back victorious! Together!"

Raikou roared as it started to dash towards them.

"Crazy Giggle!"

A black sphere flew into, Raikou hitting it in the face and stopping it in its tracks. Rand looked behind him. "What was-?!"

A purple creature with a yellow collar, green and black eyes and a frightening smile stood behind them. "Heh, heh, heh! Right in the kisser!"

"Is that…Keramon?" Takumi asked. "Wait…can it be…?"

"Man, you guys just can't stay out of trouble, can you?" A young man in blue with black hair and a hood over his head walked towards them. Ben and Rand looked confused. But the other's had shocked expressions plastered on their faces.

Ami's was the first to turn into a surprised smile. "Arata!"


Yes, I plan on having the Stylers act like Pokedexs in the sense of giving info on Pokemon. The info I include will likely by fun facts about the Pokemon you can find in the Pokedexs in the many generations of Pokemon. And the Tower is a two parter, so look forward to the rest next week.