AN: Sorry this one took such a long time. In addition to the sheer size of this chapter, I had more inspiration for other series I was working on for a while, plus the LH/Creepshow collab through October. But here it is, and hopefully it was worth the wait. Before we begin, I have a few questions for you all.

1: I'm planning to have Lola and Girl Jordan try out Surprise Trading when they reach the next town in a few chapters. Now, I have an idea for what I'm going to give Lola, but I'd like to hear your thoughts on what Jordan should get: from which region should her trade come from? I put up a poll on my profile, so feel free to cast your votes there. And if you're wondering why Kanto and Galar aren't on there, there are plenty of Kanto pokemon being shown already and I have my reasons for Galar.

2: Should Lincoln touching base with his family back home become a regular occurance in the fic (IE I write out the entire conversation, much like Lincoln's calls home in silvernugget's story) or would you prefer it kept more sparse? Like when something major happens.

I think that'll be all out of me for now. Enjoy the chapter.

LAIM 2

Steel-ing for battle

After the group finally got to have their lunch and they bid farewell to Leni, they decided they would spend the rest of the day at Glenvale and start fresh tomorrow morning. With some free time on their hands, they split up to do their own things: Lana headed back to the Poke Mart to replace the medicine they used en route, Jordan went to go check out the Surprise Trade machine (even though she had no pokemon she wanted to trade), and Lola took Lincoln with her to the nearest Beauty Salon, with the hopes of getting Brittany a haircut. While the pageant princess and her precious poodle were getting primped and pampered, the one son thought this would be an ideal time to call their parents. He pulled out his pokedex while he sat in the waiting room and tapped the app for making video calls. After several seconds of waiting, a window opened up showing Lily's face. Judging by the way she was standing, she needed a chair to get to the video phone.

"Hello," She said in salutation, and that was when she realized who was calling. Her face lit up instantly. "Linky!"

"Hehe. Hi Lily," He replied as the adorable six year old leaned in to try and hug the phone.

"I missed you so much, big brother!" She exclaimed. "How are you? How is your journey? How are Lola and Lana? Did you catch all kinds of cute pokemon? Are you pokemon champ yet?" The youngest of the Louds asked in rapid succession.

"Slow down a little, Lily," He said calmly, chuckling at her youthful energy and inquisitiveness. "I'll answer all your questions in just a moment, but first, are Mom and Dad there?"

"Mommy is, but she's in the shower. Daddy should be home for lunch soon though," Lily responded. "Hold on. I'll go tell her you're on the phone." She hopped off the chair and disappeared from sight. The moment the littlest of the Loud children left, Princess crossed her tentacles and huffed.

"What's the matter, Princess?"

"Frill illish frillish frillish…"

"Oh,you're upset she didn't say hello to you?" He asked, his pokemon nodding in return. "I don't think she saw you, but don't fret. She'll be back and I'm sure she'll say hi when she does." The pink frillish grumbled in response as they waited for the little girl to return. A few minutes later, Lily returned with their mother in tow, who was wearing a pink robe and a towel wrapped around her hair.

"Hello honey, hello Princess," The Loud mother greeted them with a smile, which made the jellyfish pokemon feel a little better. "It's good to hear from you."

"It's good to see you as well," Lincoln replied, smiling broadly as Lily reappeared on the screen. "How are you all doing?"

"We're doing just fine, thank goodness," Rita replied. "How about you? Are you, Lola and Lana doing alright?"

"We're doing pretty good," He answered with a smile. "We're in Glenvale right now."

"Really? Have you tried the gym yet?"

"Yeah. Lana, Jordan and I-"

"Jordan? Who's Jordan?" Mrs Loud cut her son off in surprise. He was kind of thrown off by this, but he recovered pretty quickly.

"Girl Jordan, an old friend of mine from school. We met her on the road and she's joining us on the adventure...at least for the time being," he explained.

"Oh yeah...I think I remember seeing her in your 5th grade yearbook," The Loud mother commented as she thought about this. "But not in your sixth grade yearbook."

"She and her family moved to Larchton around that time. Her dad found a good job there, from what she told me." His mother nodded slightly, the notion making sense to her. It was about this time they heard the front door open.

"Honey! Lily! I'm home!" Lynn Sr called out.

"Daddy!" The young girl exclaimed, hopping off her chair to run out and give her father a hug.

"Does she ever stop being adorable?" Lincoln wondered out loud with a chuckle.

"I hope she doesn't," Rita said, more to herself. A few seconds later, the youngest of the children returned to the kitchen, holding her father's hand and gesturing to the video phone.

"Look! Lincoln's calling!"

"He is? Hey there, sport!" He said with a big smile as he walked over beside his wife.

"Hi Dad. How was work?"

"Busy as ever. Lynn's Table is always the lunch hot spot," He answered. "What are you up to?"

"I'm just relaxing a bit while Lola gets her Furfrou groomed here in Glenvale," Lincoln explained to him, since he wasn't there for that part of the conversation. "As I was telling Mom, Lana, Jordan and I already got our first badges."

"Your first badge already? That's incredible! Congratulations to all of you," The Loud father said with pride in his tone and face.

"What about Lola? Didn't she try the gym?" Lily asked, returning to the chair so she could see and be seen.

"Lola is focusing on the pokemon contests rather than the gym challenge, so she passed on the challenge...which was probably for the best, since it was...an experience to say the least," The one son said sourly. This surprised his parents and his youngest sister. "Let's just say the gym leader was not a nice man and leave it at that." He covertly sent a text to his mother and father, saying he would explain later. He didn't want to tell them what happened in front of Lily. "Oh, and you'll probably be seeing Leni pretty soon."

"Leni?" Both parents looked pretty confused by this.

"Again, will explain later if Leni doesn't herself," The white haired teen told them. "Anyway, we're planning to head out first thing tomorrow morning."

"Sounds like a plan," His mother said before she asked, "Where are Lana and Lola right now?"

"Lana's restocking on supplies, while Lola is getting Brittany a haircut," He explained, looking over toward where Lola was standing. He couldn't see her Furfrou, but Lola's eyes suggested she was pleased so far. "I'm just waiting for Lola right now."

"Have you caught a lot of Pokemon, big brother?"

"Just two others, apart from Princess," He responded with a smile. When he noticed his baby sister looked kind of disappointed, he explained, "I'm trying to keep a smaller team, so I can give everyone the training and attention they need."

"Frillish frill frill illish, frill lish," Princess said with a haughty expression.

"Lana, on the other hand, she's catching ALL the pokemon," Lincoln continued, laughing softly along with his giggling baby sister. "Yeah, not that surprising. She wants to meet and befriend as many pokemon as possible."

"And I'm guessing Lola is catching Pokemon that would do well in contests?" His father asked.

"Kinda. Mostly cute and beautiful pokemon. Nothing really wrong with that, but I think she should seek out some clever and tough pokemon as well. Make herself a more well rounded contest team."

"Well, one step at a time. I'm sure Lola will find herself a few more varieties of pokemon in due time," Mr Loud said. Lincoln nodded in reply. Just then, Lana had arrived at the pokemon salon, carrying a big paper bag of stuff. Right behind her was Girl Jordan.

"There you are, Linc," Lana said with a big smile, setting the bag down. "What are you up to?"

"Just chatting with Mom, Dad and Lily while waiting for Lola to-"

"You're talking to Mom, Dad and Lily!?" The tomboy twin exclaimed, rushing over to see the pokedex screen. "Hi everyone!"

"Hello Lana," Rita replied, giggling at Lana's reaction. "From what Lincoln tells me, your journey's going well. Is that right?

"Yeah! I've caught so many great pokemon!" Lincoln handed his pokedex off to her as she started to describe all the pocket monsters she had caught so far.

"So, what'd you think of the surprise trading machine?" The one son asked his friend quietly while Lana took her turn speaking to their family.

"I'm definitely gonna give it a try," she replied with a whisper. "Could literally get anything from it. Saw someone get a Dratini from it at one point."

"Whoa…"

"Presenting…" Lola started, getting her sibling's and Jordan's attention. "...Brittany!" The poodle pokemon emerged from behind the screen. The fur on her head was done up to look like a wide brim hat with a yellow bow, her ears looking like pommy pigtails, and the rest of her fur trimmed with a poodle cut. She looked amazing, and by the look of her, felt amazing too.

"Wow! That haircut looks great, Brittany," The white haired teen said with a smile.

"Looking good, pupper," Jordan commented, giving the Furfrou the thumbs up.

"She does?" Lily asked. "I wanna see! I wanna see!" Although she was a little irked at being interrupted, Lana turned Lincoln's pokedex to face the new Brittany. "Gasp! She's so pretty!"

Fur fur!" The poodle pokemon barked, loving all the attention. In contrast, Princess was pouting about how she was taking attention away from her.

"Lily? Is that you?" Lola asked, zipping over to her twin to see the pokedex. "And Mom and Dad too! Hi!" Now it was Lola's turn to describe the journey from her eyes, while Lana tried to continue her own story. Being used to such things from the twins, their parents just listened to them to the best of their ability, the littlest Loud hanging on their every word. Lincoln just watched from the background with a small smile, Girl Jordan by the front door waiting for them to finish up. And then…

"Oh! And Lincoln's a daddy!" Lana suddenly exclaimed just as her father took a sip of coffee. Lynn Sr spit his drink right back out. Rita suddenly went wide eyed with alarm. Lily went wide eyed with wonder and excitement.

"You mean...I'm an auntie!?" The six year old asked, fit to burst with joy.

"B...But how? You've only been gone a week," Their father sputtered in total disbelief.

"No no no...you're much too young...I'm not ready to be a grandmother yet!" Rita said while freaking out. Lincoln's face went pale (except for a deep blush on his cheeks) and he looked in a state of momentary shock. Lana looked really confused by everyone's reactions, while her twin was trying to hold back her hysterics. Jordan would have liked to step in and help, but she couldn't. She couldn't even breathe, she was laughing so hard. While his father demanded answers, his mother had a mini meltdown and his baby sister gushed about being an aunt, Lincoln snapped out of his daze and cleared his throat.

"Alright! Alright! Everyone calm down for a moment!" He said with a raised voice, which brought silence among his family. The only sound that could be heard, apart from the background noise of the salon, was Jordan's wheezing laughter as she lay in a corner of the room. The white haired young man sighed and pulled his Scorbunny's pokeball. With a tap of the little white button, the little fire bunny appeared in a flash of light, still wearing the blanket as a cape. "This is Scorbunny," He introduced the little rabbit, who looked into the pokedex screen and waved enthusiastically to his family.

"Aww. What a cute little bunny!" Lily cooed when she saw him. "I just wanna give him a big hug." Rita and Lynn Sr, however, just looked at their middle child, wondering what this had to do with anything.

"When Scorbunny joined my team, I described our team as being a family. According to Lana, when he heard this, Scorbunny called me his daddy," Lincoln explained, giving his catchaholic sister a somewhat dirty look. It took Lana a second to realize what she had just done, but when she did, she gave him an apologetic shrug and a sheepish smile. Lola couldn't hold it back any longer, and now she was laughing almost as hard as Lincoln's friend. "THAT is what she meant." It took a moment or two for that to sink in with his parents. When it did, however, Lynn Sr breathed a sigh of relief with a smile, and Rita just started to giggle; from embarrassment, relief, and the fact that Scorbunny saw Lincoln as a surrogate father was positively adorable.

"Hoo boy...is there egg on our face, or what?" The Loud father asked with a chuckle. "Sorry to get the wrong idea there, sport...should have known that couldn't be right...though with the Loud genes-"

"It's fine, Dad," Lincoln cut him off, not wanting his father to go down that tangent right now. He could hear Girl Jordan already possibly dying of laughter behind him; he didn't need her to have another reason to laugh even more. "You just didn't have all the information…"

"Sorry…" Lana said meekly before she and Lola returned to describing their journey thus far to their parents and sister, and Lincoln recalled his Scorbunny. He then turned to Jordan, giving her a half frown.

"Hehehe sorry…" She managed to choke out, wiping the tears of mirth from her eyes. "...but the looks on your faces...it was priceless. I wish I could have snapped a picture." He sighed and shook his head, but still offered her a hand to help her up.

The next morning, refreshed and after a hearty breakfast, the three Louds and Girl Jordan were ready to resume their pokemon journey, heading south out of Glenvale onto Route 3. Lana was pretty disappointed to learn there weren't many new pokemon for her to catch on the way, at least on the road. However, a small stream ran along the route, which seemed to be teeming with small water pokemon. This meant their adventure was put on pause so she could break out her collapsible fishing rod and go fishing. Naturally, this was a point of annoyance for Lola, who was pouting while petting Isabella. There was a contest hall in the next town, and she wanted to get to it as soon as possible. Seeing as they weren't going anywhere anytime soon, the pageant princess decided she would go for a walk. Lincoln decided he would join her, his frillish following along in the river. "Why does Lana have to catch anything that moves…?" Lola complained as she shuffled along the road.

"We all have our different ways of doing things, Lola. You know that," Her older brother told her. "Lana's gotta catch em all. It's how she operates."

"Yeah, yeah...I know...but does it have to take soooo long…?"

"Sorry, Lola, but part of being a trainer is patience. We'll be moving again soon enough," Lincoln said, looking toward Princess as she happily floated along. "The contest halls aren't going anywhere anytime soon." The Loud in pink just huffed a bit, but then an idea hit her.

"Speaking of moving, I bet you were pretty upset when Jordan moved away back when you were both in school," She said with an innocent smile.

"Hmmm? Well, yeah, I was kind of upset," The one son admitted, glancing up at the cloud filled sky. "Then again, I was pretty down when all of my friends moved on with their journeys without me…"

"What was she like back then?"

"She was one of the most popular girls in the class. She had the looks, the mind, and the athletic skill. You could say she had it all," Lincoln explained as he considered the past. "She was an absolute terror at dodgeball especially...and I was her favorite target. She would even pelt me after the whistle was blown."

"You know what we say, Linky~" Lola said with a big grin.

"You guys said the same thing about Ronnie Anne," He replied with a frown.

"We weren't wrong~"

"No. No, I suppose not. We did end up becoming friends," He conceded as Lola's Litleo dove into a patch of dandelions. "But it's not the same thing here. Jordan and I were friends already, so it was more her messing with me." He then looked down toward the grass, a somewhat saddened look on his face. "Besides, I'm not exactly her type."

"How do you know that, big brother?"

"Well, for starters, look at me." he gestured down at his body. "Not exactly the kind of guy a girl could go for...I mean, not exactly flabby, but soft as a marshmallow," he poked his stomach with a sigh. "...and almost as pale too."

"...granted, you aren't exactly built like Lynn…"

"And to top it all off…" Lincoln continued, cutting her off. "...I'm a huge nerd. I'm not ashamed of that fact, but it's not exactly an attractive trait." He sighed, shaking his head. "In short, hardly an ideal guy for a girl like Jordan." The little blonde hot head suddenly slid to a stop right in front of him, forcing him to stop. She then grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, pulling him down to her face.

"Lincoln. Look at me," She instructed him, pointing at her eyes. "Look at me. I don't want to hear you talking like that again. Ever. You're a great guy. You're no Mr Universe, true, but you're still a great guy." She released his shirt from her grasp. "You might not have much in the way of muscles, but you're the man with the plan. You have all the strength you need with that brain of yours," she said, tapping him on the forehead. "And you're nice too. You're always willing to help someone in need, family, friend, or even complete strangers."

"I guess…"

"Not to mention you got the Loud charm," Lola told him while smirking and striking a pose. "We all got it, and so did you. All you lack is confidence."

"Hey. I have plenty of confidence," He retorted, pretty offended.

"As a trainer, yes, but you need confidence in yourself. It's like you told me about pageants; if you don't have confidence in yourself, the judges won't have confidence in you."

"I know you're right, Lola, but…"

"No buts," she firmly interrupted him. "And another thing...who says physical appearances are all that matters?" That earned her a hard look from her older brother. Realizing what she just said, she blushed lightly and chuckled sheepishly. "Oh yeah...Hehehe. Ok, maybe I'm not the one who should be giving this lecture, but the point still remains. You don't know that kind of stuff matters to her...or did it back then?"

"I...don't recall," he admitted. He couldn't really remember any instance in which she fell for anyone especially handsome or what not. In fact, he never really heard of her having a boyfriend in school (popular though she was). If she did, the rumor mill would have spread it like the common cold.

"Well, there you go."

"Hypocrisy aside, you're right, Lola...but we've always been just friends. I don't think she even likes me like that…" Lola was forced to bite her tongue at that. Having spoken to Jordan before, she could tell she did kinda like him. However, she realized she was pushing a little too hard. She didn't want her brother to be resentful of the idea.

"I'm sorry, Lincoln," She said, looking apologetically at him. "I just don't like hearing my favoritest brother talking so badly about himself, and I guess I went on a tangent..."

"I'm your only brother."

"Which still makes you my favoritest brother," she informed him, giving him a hug. Lincoln just kind of rolled his eyes a bit, but he smiled and embraced her in return all the same.

A couple minutes later, the two of them returned from their walk, finding Jordan and Lana looking at a small goldfish with a horn on its head. It appeared to be floating a few inches off the ground. "Oh hey, you're back," Lana said as soon as she spotted her brother and twin sister. "I caught an extra Goldeen in my fishing. Do you want it?" Lincoln considered it for a moment, though he politely declined. He had a dependable water pokemon already. Lola, on the other hand, seemed to be more seriously considering it. While she wasn't really a fish person, she couldn't deny that the little goldfish looked kind of beautiful, and as her brother pointed out to her before, she needed a diverse team.

"You know what...I think I'll catch it," Lola said as she pulled her faithful dog pokemon's mini home from her belt. Before she could throw it, however, Isabella leapt in front of her, sizing up the Goldeen. "Isabella? What are you…?" The beauty obsessed twin asked just as the Litleo spat a cloud of embers at the fish pokemon. The aquatic pocket monster shrugged off the fire attack and retaliated by lunging at Isabella with its horn. The lion cub was hit directly, but didn't seem too bothered by it. "Isabelle, return!" Lola instructed, but the Litleo refused to listen. She instead slammed her head against the goldfish. This attack seemed to do more damage as Goldeen was thrown back and colliding with a rock.

Before it could recover from the attack, Isabellle headbutt it again. The goldfish bounced off the rock and flopped to the ground, with barely enough strength to fight. Isabella looked like she was going to finish it, so the prissy twin had to act quickly. "Pokeball, go!" She yelled as she hurled the empty ball toward the battered fish monster. The Goldeen didn't have the power to resist, so it was captured with ease. "Got it!"

"Goldeen. The Goldfish Pokemon," Her pokedex informed them all. "Although known for their splendid tail fins, Goldeen apparently compete among themselves to see whose horn is thickest and sharpest. The way it swims along fluttering its dress-like fins has earned it the name "princess of the water.""

"Eeee! A water princess!" Lola squeed excitedly before she turned to her lion cub pokemon, who was looking at her with a big smile. "Isabella, why didn't you return when I told you to!?" She asked sternly, making the Litleo flinch and become sad.

"I suspect it is resulting from her Rivalry ability," Her pokemon encyclopedia interjected. "The Goldeen you caught is a female, which your Litleo sees as a rival to be defeated. In addition, the Goldeen also possesses the Water Veil ability."

"Oh…" The short tempered princess wanna said, her displeasure somewhat faded. "Sorry Isabella…" She said to the lion cub, gently petting its head. "But you could have been really hurt if Goldeen used a water attack, and I wouldn't want that. So when I tell you to return, you return...ok?"

"Ok," Isabella replied as she brightened up and nodded (Lana translating as always). "But were you proud of me? How I took on that really tough opponent? You were proud, right?"

"Oh, of course I'm proud of you, you silly kitty," Lola said as she picked up and hugged the fire lion, who looked like she couldn't be happier.

"So, did you catch anything other than Goldeen, Lana?" Lincoln asked as his tomboyish little sister packed away her fishing gear.

"I caught a Magikarp," She responded with a big smile. "And this little yellow duck called Psyduck."

"Sounds like a successful fishing trip to me," The one son said with a soft laugh.

"She even caught a Goldeen for me too," Girl Jordan told him, holding up the currently occupied pokeball. "Not sure if he'll make my final team roster, but I'll give him a chance."

"Well, we better get a move on," Lincoln said, looking up the path. "We've got a lot of ground to cover, even if we're not on a time limit." Lana and Jordan both nodded in agreement, while Lola was overjoyed that they could proceed, getting her a few steps closer to the contest hall.

Days passed as they walked the path from Glenvale to Oakenville, with very little to break up the monotony of land travel, save for the rare trainer seeking a battle. And, unfortunately, they were still several days away from their destination. Lola's patience was at an all time low, Lana's morale was dwindling as she hadn't seen a new pokemon in a while, and even Lincoln was wishing for something to happen. His wish was granted when they came to a three way intersection, with a large sign set up beside the route to the right. Curious, the group moved over for a closer look. "Hmmm. Pokemon Park," The white haired teen read, tapping his chin with a finger.

"A park for Pokemon or a park full of Pokemon?" Lana inquired, sounding kind of excited.

"Probably a park full of pokemon," Girl Jordan theorized, when she noticed a piece of paper attached to it. "What's this?" She leaned in closer to read what was written upon it. "A pokemon catching competition. Catch the best pokemon and win the grand prize." Lana's eyes lit up in an instant and was about to rush down the path, but Lincoln grabbed her arm before she could. He looked over at Lola, worried how she would react to this.

"A pokemon catching contest, huh?" Lola asked, looking at the flyer with narrowed eyes. "...that actually sounds like fun. Be a darn sight more fun than the nothing going on now. Besides..." She turned her attention to her older brother. "How much longer would it take to get to Oakenville?"

"Another five days, a week at most."

"Then yeah. Let's do this," Lola decided.

"I was hoping you'd say that!" Lana exclaimed before her brother let her go and she went bolting toward the park, soon followed by her siblings and Girl Jordan.

The walk to the park was a relatively short one (only a half hour). The park itself was surrounded by tall, chain link fences, flanking a large visitor center that was about as large as a pokemon center. It was made mostly of concrete, with an automatic sliding door up from, and metal roof over it. At either side of the door were more adverts for the catching competition. There were a couple of trucks outside the visitor center in the parking lot. Lincoln looked at them for a moment as his sisters and friend went into the building, but just shrugged, figuring some work was being done in the park. Stepping inside the building, he noticed it looked a lot cozier on the inside than it did on the outside. Almost like the interior of a log cabin, complete with a faux fireplace with an electric fire. Over the mantle was a large, flat screen tv, currently showing the Micha region news. A crowd of people of varying ages were occupying all the chairs and couches in front of the television, most of them chatting it up. However, none of the Louds nor Girl Jordan could hear what they were saying. Sitting behind the reception counter was a tall woman with short, straight green hair, with bangs that covered one eye. She was wearing a white blouse with a forest green skirt, and purple framed glasses. When Lola and Lana approached the desk, she gave them a warm smile. "Hello there, dearies. Welcome to the Route 3 Pokemon Park. How may I help you today?"

"We're here to sign up for the contest," Lana told her, fit to burst with excitement.

"Is that so?" She said with a bigger smile.

"What's the entry fee?" The pageant princess inquired, reaching for her wallet.

"Oh, there's no entry fee," The woman informed them. "We just need you to sign up. Names please."

"Lana Loud."

"Lola Loud."

"My my. A double header," she joked with a soft laugh. She then handed them each a little badge. "Here you go. Just head out those doors in the back. The competition should be starting soon."

"Would we be able to watch the contest?" Lincoln inquired, stepping up to the counter.

"But of course. We'll be broadcasting the competition on the tv right there. For safety reasons, we don't want anyone other than the competitors in the park during the contest."

"Makes sense to me. Thank you."

"You're welcome, cutie," She responded, winking at him and making him blush lightly. He quickly moved over to where the crowd was getting ready to watch, Girl Jordan smirking a bit while she joined him.

"This is going to be so much fun!" The catch-aholic exclaimed while giggling as she and Lola stepped out into the sunshine onto the meadow like grass. Ahead of them, stretching as far as the eye could see, was the park itself. It was mostly grasslands with plenty of tall grass possibly teeming with pokemon, with some dense woodlands to their right, a lake in the distance to the left, and some hills in the distance ahead. A handful of bird and bug pokemon were flying about over the grass.

"I only hope I can catch a really adorable pokemon," Her twin said, smiling broadly.

"Well, well, well. Look who it is," A snooty voice said from to their right. They both turned their heads to see a tanned teen girl with long brown hair, a fine yellow dress with a white sash, and a smug look on her face. "The little mud child, and her twin too."

"Lacey St Clair…" Lana growled, her eyes narrowing as she glared at her mortal enemy.

"Who?" A confused Lola asked.

"A girl from my class...real stuck up witch, if you know what I mean," Lana responded, not taking her eyes off the snobbish girl before them.

"Hmph. I expected no less from a dumpster diving gutter brat like you," Lacey said with a huff.

"Hey! No one talks to my sister like that, except me!" The pageant princess snapped, stepping between her and Lana.

"I'll talk to whomever I want however way I want, loud mouth." Lola raised her fist to swing at Lacey, but Lana quickly grabbed her arm.

"Now now. Settle down, children," An older man with a serious expression and a thick gray beard said. He was wearing a white shirt and green pants, along with a ranger hat. "The contest will begin shortly."

"I'll settle for beating you both in the catching contest, as well as a battle of wits," Lacey said snobbishly, storming off to the back of the group.

"...you should have let me slug her…" Lola whispered furiously.

"You'd get disqualified if you did," Lana said in a hushed voice. "Let's win this contest first. Then, you can slug her."

"...sounds fair…"

"Alright trainers! Gather round!" The stern faced man called out. "We are about to explain the rules of the contest." The twins ran over to join the crowd of participants, not wishing to miss this. "Alright. Here's how this is going to go down. You'll have an hour and a half in order to catch the best pokemon possible."

"How do you determine that?" A nerdy looking little boy in the front asked.

"Appearance, power, level, rarity, and whether it matches the type we're about to pick. On that note, before we send you on your way, we will pick one pokemon type at random from all that currently exist in the park," The park ranger told them as two others pulled a large wheel in behind him. "You may catch any pokemon you wish, but only the selected type counts. And you may only enter ONE pokemon each."

"What!?" Lana objected, not liking this rule one bit.

"Only one pokemon per participant, using special park pokeballs!" He reiterated, as the contest workers handed each trainer twenty green and dark green balls. "If you decide you'd like to catch a different pokemon after catching your one pokemon, your first pokemon will be released automatically."

"...still not fair…" Lana grumbled under her breath.

"We can always come back after the contest and catch any others you want," Her beauty centered twin whispered to her.

"...yeah, I guess…"

"There is just one last rule. Your pokemon may not assist you in capturing during the contest. You'll have to catch the pokemon at their strongest," The park ranger informed him. He paused in his speech to look at a list he pulled out from behind him. "I believe that is everything. Now, let us see what kind of type you will all be hunting." He turned away from the young trainers while his aides spun the wheel. Tension filled the air as the wheel clattered and spun, until it finally clicked to a stop. "And the type is...steel types! This won't be easy…"

"Steel types? THey have steel types here?" One of the trainers asked, pretty surprised.

"Yes, but not very many. In fact, they are quite rare here," The lead ranger explained before he pulled out an air horn. "And with that out of the way...on your marks. Get set."

"Wait, won't that just-" Lana started to ask.

"-GO!" He blasted the air horn into the air, which sent any and all nearby pokemon scattering. The assembled trainers all went running in every direction, except for Lana (who was giving the lead ranger a "seriously!?" look) who just walked off, and Lacey, who decided to follow Lana with a smirk.

Twenty minutes into the game, Lana was trekking through the park woods with her pokedex out. Most of the pocket monsters she encountered so far were either ones she saw already (pidgeys, rattatas, wumples, etc), or they weren't steel pokemon. She couldn't deny that it was getting under her skin; all these pokemon and she couldn't catch them all. "He wasn't kidding...there aren't many steel types here…" She grumbled. "...not helped by the fact he scared them all…" She sighed as she cut through the underbrush, hoping the pokemon fled into the darker parts of the woods. A few minutes of trudging, her hope and persistence paid off. In a small clearing, she saw a small, round, metal pokemon with a little screw on its head and a pair of magnets at either side. "Hmmmm. That looks like a steel pokemon. Not the best, but it's something." Lana pulled one of the camo colored pokeballs from her pokemon and took careful aim. "Park ball-"

"-GO!" Another voice shouted, another spheroid flying from another part of the forest.

"Huh!?" The animal lover gasped in surprise as the magnet armed pokemon was caught in the park ball. "Hey! That was my catch!"

"You snooze, you lose, mud child," Lacey said with a snide smirk, stepping out of the shrubs to claim her catch. The hat wearing twin's face started to turn red as she turned to push her way out of the brush to look for another pokemon.

"That dang witch…" She growled, not noticing that Lacey was starting to follow her again. A few steps through, Lana was forced to stop to avoid being hit by a blur of gray and black that zipped past her path. "Wah! What was that!?" She asked in shock. "Did you see that, Pokedex?"

"I'm afraid not. The pokemon moved far too fast for me to get a proper scan," Her pokemon encyclopedia informed her. Lana grinned a bit as she looked in the direction the speedy pokemon had run.

"Now THAT sounds like a pokemon that could make a great party member...and maybe win the contest too," She said before she went off in pursuit of the gray blur.

'I agree,' Lacey St Clair thought with a bigger grin as she followed her adversary.

Lola, on the other hand, was searching the meadow area with most of the other contest participants. Park balls were flying all over the place, catching bug, bird and rodent pokemon that were scattering away from the swarm of pokemon trainers. The pageant princess didn't care much, however. She didn't see any pokemon that she wanted in the lot, least of all any steel types. However, she could see sticking with the crowd would only make her job more difficult, she so strayed away from the other contestants. While they all followed the fleeing pocket monsters toward the hills, she moved toward the lake. When she arrived at the large pond, she saw a fallen tree laying beside the water's edge right in front of her, and a large rock formation shaped like a cobra on the other side. "Whew...all this walking around is really wearing me out…" Lola said out loud to herself, looking pretty tired. She moved over to the log and sat down on it, looking into the crystal clear water's surface. She smiled at her reflection, turning her head to the left and right to get a better look at herself. "Even tired, I look gorgeous," She commented, pleased with what she saw. It was then she noticed a tiny yellow and white bug pokemon fluttering just behind her to her left. It looked like a little mosquito. Lola squeaked in shock and turned toward the bug, leaning back away from it. The insect moved a little closer to her, looking her over with curiosity. "P...Pokedex...what is that?"

"Cutiefly, the bee fly pokemon…" Her pokedex replied in its computerized voice.

"Cutiefly? How does a pokemon like that get such an adorable name?" Lola asked, looking up at the miniscule bug pokemon. "...well, actually, it is kind of cute at that."

"...It feeds on the nectar and pollen of flowers. Because it's able to sense auras, it can identify which flowers are about to bloom. Myriads of Cutiefly flutter above the heads of people who have auras resembling those of flowers."

"...I have an aura like a flower!" The prissy twin gasped with a big smile and a starry look in her eyes. The Cutiefly fluttered around Lola's head as she continued to follow its progress, not in the least bit afraid of her. She made her decision; never mind that it wasn't a steel pokemon. She wanted THIS pokemon. She pulled out a park ball and tossed it at the bee fly. However, with as close as it was, she missed completely, the ball colliding with a rock just in the water. "Hey! Hold still!" Lola demanded. Much to her surprise, the Cutiefly came to a hover right in front of her. "Uh...thank you," She said, not having expected this. She pulled out a second ball and, rather than throwing it, she gently tapped the mosquito like pokemon with it. It offered no resistance as the ball absorbed it, the ball falling to the grass below her. It shook a few times, then made the telltale click of a successful capture. "Yes! Cutiefly is mine!"

"Congratulations, Miss Loud," Her digital encyclopedia said. "Your Cutiefly is female, with the Honey Gatherer ability."

"Honey Gatherer? Yum!" Pleased with her capture, she moved to collect the park ball she had missed with. She might not be able to use it again, but she wasn't going to litter this pretty park. She pulled the ball from the water and noticed that small speck of white where the ball had hit the rock. "Huh?" She narrowed her eyes at this, running her finger along the spot. A bit of green paint chipped off the damaged spot. Her curiosity piqued, she continued to use her fingernail to scrape the paint off, revealing more and more white on orb. She suspected perhaps they just used a bunch of Premiere Balls to make these...until she saw a bright blue double helix symbol above the activation button. "Huh? What's this…?"

Back in the visitor center, Lincoln was watching the television with Jordan, a frown on his face when he saw Lacey St Clair steal his sister's catch right out from under her nose. "That's just playing dirty…" He grumbled. Princess nodded in agreement, looking rather huffy.

"I agree, Lincoln...but there's not a lot we can do about it. Don't worry, though. You know Lana is one tough cookie. She'll catch something great before the deadline." Jordan said reassuringly, patting him on the shoulder. The one son nodded in response, though he still didn't look happy about Lacey's underhanded tactics. "At least it looks like Lola caught something she liked."

"Yeah. I don't think it's a steel type pokemon, but it doesn't look like she cares. Well, as long as she's happy." While they were chatting, the woman behind the counter was watching the trainers spectating the competition just as closely. Especially Lincoln, with a sly grin on her face. Her people watching was interrupted by the sudden ringing of the phone at her desk. She glared at the phone and picked up the phone.

"Route 03 Po-" She started to say, but then she stopped mid sentence. She lowered her voice when she continued. "Don't say that out loud, you fool...what's the problem?" She was silent as she listened to the answer. "Seriously...now!? Sigh...alright, I'll be right there, but this better be good…" She hung up the phone and, after making sure no one was paying her any mind, she put up a sign that said 'On Break. Back soon' and slipped away, heading for the kitchen.

"...where did you go…?" Lana whispered to herself as she continued to track the elusive, swift the woods. She couldn't see any tracks, but she did see some broken twigs, scratches along tree trucks and holes in the shrubs, so that was what she was going on. About fifteen minutes of searching, she came across a metallic bird with blade-like wings. It was pecking at the ground, seemingly oblivious to her presence. Her grin returned full force as she observed the metal plated avian from the bushes. "Gotcha…" She muttered to herself as she pulled out a park ball. She was about to throw the ball when a streak of gray and black zoomed past the bird's beak, stealing the seed it was about to eat. Lana was positively gobsmacked by the sight, while the flying steel pokemon was more irate. Because of her hesitation, another ball soared over her head and struck the bird in the head. The park ball shook once, then burst open, leaving the startled bird to fly away. "Dang it, Lacey!"

"Well, you didn't seem to want it, so I thought I'd claim it," Lacey said smugly from behind her.

"I swear if you don't cut that out, I will toss you into the first pile of pokemon manure I find!" The tool savvy twin threatened with an angry sneer before she ran off further into the woods.

"If you don't roll around in it first…" Her detractor responded in a disgusted tone before she followed Lana, though Lacey assumed she was going after the winged steel type. In reality, she had gone back after that incredibly fast pokemon again. About five minutes into Lana's tracking, she went one way and Lacey went another. Another five minutes passed and the tomboy came across a large mound of dirt, twigs and leaves, with an opening about two feet high and wide. It looked like a dirt cave. Lana peered inside the opening. It was pretty dark inside, so she was forced to turn on the flashlight on her pokedex. Inside, a metal plated soldier ant was nibbling on the seed it had stolen earlier. "Whoa...pokedex, what is that?" Lana asked in a whisper.

"Durant, the iron ant pokemon," Her pokemon information log informed her. "Individuals each play different roles in driving Heatmor, their natural predator, away from their colony." The insect quickly turned around when it heard Lana's pokedex, narrowing its eyes at her.

"Oops…" was all Lana could say before she was charged by the ant. It moved so fast, it was able to ram her out of its lair, skitter a few feet away and turn to prepare for another attack before the rough and tumble girl could get back up. "Oh no you don't…" Lana groaned, quickly drawing a park ball just as the angry iron insect surged forward. She hurled the orb at the pokemon, which couldn't evade the projectile quick enough. The ball absorbed it on contact, but it didn't even shake once before the ant burst out. "Whoa...this one's a real fighter." She pulled a fresh pokemon capture device from her bag, but she couldn't throw it; The metal plated bug was too close, meaning she needed to move quickly to avoid it. When it turned for another charge, she took the chance to try and catch it again. The ball shook once, but then burst open.

Before she could reach for a third, the ant pounced on her, knocking her to the ground. In spite of only being a foot tall, the pokemon was pretty heavy. However, Lana was used to wrestling larger, heavier Krokoroks. She may be down, but she wasn't out. As the Durant lunged with its pincers, she grabbed its mandibles and attempted to push it off her. It was a fierce struggle between the two, but the pokemon whisperer was able to turn the tide on the angry ant, pushing it onto its back. Lana got to her feet, but the Durant was just flailing its many legs into the air. It couldn't right itself. She took this as her chance to hurl a park ball right at it. Once more, the Durant was absorbed into the ball. The capture device shook once. Twice. A third time. A fourth. Lana crossed her fingers as she watched and waited until...ding! "YES!"

"Well caught, Miss Loud. Your Durant is male, and possesses the Hustle ability," The pokedex informed her.

"Sweet!" Lana grinned as she claimed her latest catch, sending Nibbles off to the box. "He kinda looks like a soldier ant...so I'm gonna name him Sarge!"

"I wonder where Lana went…" The white haired teen wondered aloud, as his little sister had gone off the beaten track to find her pokemon, where no cameras existed. He knew Lana could more than handle herself, but he couldn't help but worry about her. Princess gently pat his shoulder with a tentacle in an effort to comfort him.

"Frill illish frillish fri…"

"Princess is right, Lincoln...or at least I think she is," Girl Jordan agreed. "Lana's probably the most equipped out of all of us to handle going through the woods, and the park is sure to have made things as safe as possible. She's more than likely fine."

"I guess…" The one son commented, frowning slightly as he watched Lacey catch the metallic bird from the earlier, releasing the magnet pokemon she had sniped earlier from his little sister. "I think I'm going to get a little snack...would you two like something?"

"Some chocolate covered peanuts would be great...or just plain peanuts if they don't have any, thanks," The young lady with light brown hair requested.

"Sure thing. Coming, Princess?" His pink Frillish nodded in answer. "Alright. We'll be back."

"Don't be long, Linc. They should be announcing the winners soon," Jordan told him. Lincoln simply nodded as he walked past the vending machines and headed right for the cafeteria. He pushed the door open and froze in place. Inside the cafeteria, there were two men and two women in white lab coats, lab goggles, black shirts, pants, hats and boots, along with the woman from the front desk. Stacked upon the tables in the room were cages upon cages of pokemon of all shapes and sizes. The floor was a mess of spilled drinks, dropped papers and pens, and one broken cage. One of the men and women were struggling to get a little purple monkey with a hand on its tail into a cage. The other three seemed to be chatting among themselves, their back to the door. He quickly ducked back behind the egress, leaving the door open a crack to keep watch inside. Princess was about to float in, but her trainer grabbed hold of one of her tentacles, pulling her back behind him.

"Ssshhh…" He hissed, putting a finger to his mouth.

"All this mess from one Aipom...The boss would love to study that one more closely," The park receptionist said with a slight smirk. "Though I still fail to see why you needed me to get involved."

"My apologies, Chief Researcher Nadia...but that little monkey was giving us more than we can handle…"

"Hmph. Is this what Team Helix is enlisting these days?" Nadia asked with a hint of sourness.

"Team Helix?" Lincoln inquired quietly as he watched and listened. "Who are they?"

"Illish?"

"Your guess is as good as mine, Princess, but this doesn't look good at all…" He whispered.

"Is the rest of the plan going...well, to plan, Researcher?"

"Naturally. Doctor Arron is already prepared to collect the pokemon collected by the contest participants," The green haired woman explained with a grin. "The moment he strikes, we need to be ready to go. If all goes well, we should be able have plenty of pokemon to use for research purposes." That was all the white haired trainer needed to hear.

"Go tell Girl Jordan about this...I'm going to see if I can help those poor pokemon…"

"Frillish," Princess replied with a nod, floating off toward the crowd watching the television. Meanwhile, Lincoln crept into the dining room. Normally, he would take the time to think of a plan, but there was no time to put together a plan. As Lynn would say in this case, this was a time for action. While these characters from Team Helix were talking and locking away the Aipom, Lincoln slunk his way over to the nearest cage. The Pidgey within started to squirm and thrash about as he came closer.

"Sssshhh...I'm here to help," He muttered, looking over at the five pokemon thieves. Fortunately, they didn't hear its struggles. "I'll need to work fast…" He said as he fiddled with the locking mechanism on the cage. Within a few seconds, it was unlocked and the little bird burst free of its cage. The sudden clang caught the attention of the five Helix folks, giving Lincoln very little time to free a pokemon that looked like an acorn on legs next.

"Well well well…" Nadia said with a smirk as two of her grunts ran to catch the Pidgey. "Look at what we have here...a cute little intruder trying to make a mess of your work."

"Dang it…" Lincoln grumbled as he stepped back away from the researcher and the remaining two grunts.

"What do you think we should do about that?" The green haired woman asked, glancing back at her two underlings.

"Go, Zubat!" The one male grunt yelled out as he called forth the bat pokemon.

"Go, Rattata!" The female behind her cried, summoning a Rattata that was mostly black with whiskers that looked like a mustache. As much as Lincoln wanted to get a pokedex entry on it, there was no time and he knew it.

"That is the correct answer," Nadia said with a satisfied nod, stepping back to let the grunts do their work.

"You don't scare me!" Lincoln declared as he pulled his remaining two pokeballs. "Go, Scorbunny, Pidove!" In a flash of light, Lincoln's cape wearing fire rabbit and the little pigeon appeared in front of him. Scorbunny looked ready to fight, but Pidove seemed utterly oblivious to the fact there were even other pokemon around. "Scorbunny, attack with double kick! Pidove, quick attack!"

"Scor!" The little rabbit replied, charging at the rat pokemon. The Pidove, however, paid its trainer no mind. The Zubat unleashed a sonic screech toward the approaching bunny, but missed him entirely. The rat pokemon ran right back at Scorbunny, slamming its head against him. However, it didn't hurt the fire pokemon. However, the twin kicks he responded with were more than enough to down the mustachioed rat in one attack.

"Zubat, ignore the bird and get that rabbit! Bite attack!" The eyeless blue bat swooped down at the cape wearing bunny, sinking its fangs into his arms. Scorbunny cried out in pain and started to run around in a circle.

"Scorbunny! Don't panic!" He called out. However, the little bunny wasn't panicking. As he ran and started to build up speed, a fiery aura started to surround him. This aura ignited the Zubat, forcing it to let go of his arm. The blazing lapin wasn't finished, though. He turned to his opponent and sprang up toward it, slamming into it with a burning tackle. The badly singed bat fell to the ground, unable to fight any further, Scorbunny landing on the ground in a three point stance. "Whoa! Good work, Scorbunny!"

"Scor!" The battle was far from over, though, for the male grunt was drawing another pokeball from his belt.

Back out in the lobby area, Girl Jordan was watching with all the others as the contest participants were returning to where they had started. She had a small smile on her face when she felt the light tap on her shoulder. She turned and saw a frantic looking Princess behind her. "Princess? What's wrong?"

"Frill frillish frill frill!" She said, gesticulating wildly with her tentacle toward the cafeteria.

"Uh...I'm sorry, but I don't understand you," Jordan said with a shrug. The pink Frillish facepalmed; she had forgotten that minor detail. She sighed and tried it again, this time deciding to try and mime it out. She pointed toward the cafeteria. "Something up at the cafe?" The jellyfish pokemon nodded before she adopted a shifty look and smirk, rubbing her tentacles together. "uh...villain?"

"Snidely Whiplash?" One of the other trainers who was watching the tv asked, becoming interested in their impromptu game of charades. Frillish just stared at him, then completely ignored him. She then slowly raised her tentacles one at a time.

"A lot of bad guys?" That got a nod from Princess. She then pointed at herself. "You?"

"You're a lot of bad guys?" A younger girl asked.

"Frill fri frillish!" The ghost/water pokemon snapped before focusing back on Jordan, pointing even more seriously at herself. By this point, they were starting to gain more attention from the other trainers in the room.

"You? No...Pokemon?" Princess nodded once more, then held up her tentacles like she was holding onto prison bars. "Jail?"

"No. Pokemon don't go to jail," A tall young lady with long, straight hair interjected. "If anything, they get put into cages." Lincoln's starter pointed excitedly at her.

"I think you got it," Jordan commented. Now, the frillish was putting her two main limbs together. "Put it all together? Hmmmm. A lot of bad guys...in the cafeteria...putting pokemon in cages!?" She exclaimed in alarm as it finally hit her. Princess nodded with urgency as the crowd observing her pantomime cheered.

"Now it's my turn!" The first kibitzer declared, getting the attention of the others, pretending to run a movie camera. The pink frillish glared at him and was about to blast him with a bubblebeam when Jordan took hold of one of her tentacles.

"Nevermind them, Princess. Lincoln's going to need help," The teen in the light brown hair said as she ran toward the eatery.

Meanwhile, outside in the park, the contest participants were lining up in front of the head ranger and his two aides. "Alright everyone. Time's up," He called out to the young trainers. "Now, release the pokemon you caught so that we can judge them." The children and teens all obediently summoned forth their pokemon, with Lana taking note of what they had caught (so she could come back and catch them later). By the look of it, only a few of them caught actual steel pokemon: Lana, Lacey, and four others. The lead ranger gave each pokemon a critical eye as he started on the far end of the line, simply shaking his head at the non-steel types, only stopping when he reached the steel orb with magnet arms. "I see. A Magnemite. Somewhat common, but looks like it's in good shape. Not bad." He nodded before moving on. A couple more pokemon of varying types until he reached Lacey. "Ah! A Skarmory," He commented as he looked at the antsy, metal plated bird.

"It certainly is. Only the best for me," She responded in a smarmy manner.

"Certainly a healthy looking one. Don't see them too often this time of year…" The stern faced carefully examined the flying pokemon. "A bit scrawny on the offensive end, but it's speed seems impressive." Lacey looked offended, but kept her mouth shut. She knew if she mouthed off to the judge, her chances would be up in smoke. The next monster he stopped at was a human like pokemon that looked to be wearing some kind of yellow dress with a flytrap like maw on the back of it's head. "Mawile. Impressive. Not very many of them in this region." The next acceptable pokemon was another Magnemite, which the lead ranger didn't have much else to say about. This was followed by a small, quadruped steel pokemon that looked something like a turtle, that the ranger called an Aron. The tomboy twin was getting pretty nervous, especially since her Durant was looking agitated when the judge stopped in front of them. "A Durant...?"

"Uh huh…" Lana said, focusing on the angry ant pokemon. The stern ranger leaned in closer to examine the insect, only for the Durant to snap its mandibles at him. "Sarge! Don't do that!"

"Sarge? Nicknamed it already, did you?" He said with a light smirk. "A little firecracker, it is. Definitely prime in offense and speed...but it's defense structure seems lacking. A glass cannon, to be certain." This only made Sarge all the more angry, but he never charged. The lead ranger simply moved on to the last two participants, who didn't have any steel pokemon. "Very good. Fine catches, even if they aren't all steel types. And now, for the winner…" There was a brief pause as he glanced at each pokemon again, the tension between the young trainers thick as pea soup. "And I have decided...all of the pokemon win."

"...what?" Lola asked, looking very confused.

"All of them?" Lana inquired, also lost.

"All of them win!? What is this!? A self esteem contest!?" Lacey snapped, fuming at the notion.

"Not quite. You see, all the pokemon win because they will all be critical for the betterment of science and humanity," The man explained a bit of a smirk appearing on his face.

"...I don't like the sound of that…" Lana said, now as on edge as her new pokemon.

"Science? What does science have to do with it?" The boy in the spectacles from early asked.

"Everything," The lead ranger suddenly threw off his uniform, revealing a scientist jacket, a black long sleeve shirt, black pants and boots underneath. On the chest of his coat was a blue double helix symbol. "...for we are Team Helix. Through science, we strive to create a better world for all." The two aides beside him also performed a quick change, dressed the same as the grunts inside the cafeteria. What's more, even more lab coat wearing neer do wells were emerging from the tall grass and woods.

"Uh...ok…" Lana's rival said, somewhat awkwardly. "...but what does that have to do with us?"

"The pokemon you've collected, now and prior to the contest, will be recruited to the cause of furthering scientific advancement. Both in supplying our numbers with pokemon and as test subjects."

"No way! You can't have my Cutiefly!" Lola objected, pulling the little fuzzy bug closer to her.

"And you aren't taking Sarge, or any of my pokemon, without a fight!" Lana snapped, reaching for her pokeballs.

"Whoever said you were given a choice in the matter?" The stern faced man from Team Helix said grimly, suddenly drawing two pokemon capture devices with the team's ensignia on the front. "Koffing, Stunky. Your presence is required." From inside the two Helix balls, a large purple orb with a goofy face and skull and crossbones on it and a little purple skunk emerged.

"Go, zubat!" The two grunts beside him declared, summoning forth two eyeless bats.

"You still can't take all of us on!" Lana stated, about to throw one of her own pokeballs.

"Koffing, Stunky, poison gas. Immediately." The two poison types obeyed without question, the Koffing spewing a cloud of toxic gas from its mouth and the Stunky from its bushy tail. "Sir, Madam. If you will…"

"At once, Chief Scientist Arron!" His aides responded in unison. "Zubat, whirlwind attack!" The two bats flapped their wings as hard as they could, kicking up a swirling wind which blew the cloud of poison toward the ground of trainers and pokemon, and then surrounded them with it.

"And now you are faced with the following problem: you are surrounded by a swirling mass of poison. Should you or your pokemon attempt to cross it, you will become poisoned. What will you do?" Arron asked them in an almost robotic voice, remarkably like Lisa's old speech pattern. "My hypothesis...you will surrender. It is the logical course of action." The group of trainers were forced to huddle together to avoid getting engulfed in the gas. However, Lacey didn't seem at all concerned.

"Step aside, peasants, and let a superstar show you how it's done," She said as she looked to her Skarmory. "Skarmory, blow this horrible gas away with your wings," She instructed. However, her metal bird seemed to be ignoring her. "Skarmory! I said get rid of that gas!"

"The pokemon you caught with OUR Helix balls won't listen to you," The chief scientist informed them with a wry smirk. "Technically speaking, they aren't YOUR pokemon."

"You basically had us do your dirty work!" The nerdy young boy exclaimed in horror.

"That is correct." Lana grinded her teeth in anger when she heard this, looking at her Durant. He looked as angry as she was, if not more so.

'Wait...if what he said is true, then why did Sarge's data appear in my pokedex?' The hat wearing twin wondered in her mind. '...Maybe he is still my pokemon...well, one way to find out.' Lana glared up at the three shadows in the poisonous fog and pointed a finger directly at the tallest of the three. "CHARGE!" She yelled. That was all the angry army ant needed to hear before he ran right through the poison gas with zero cares given. He tore right through the polluted air like it wasn't even there, then leapt at Arron, its pincers prepped. The chief scientist clearly wasn't expecting this and ended up getting tackled to the ground by Sarge. "Hey! It worked! That guy was lying!"

"Actually, I suspect your Durant wanted to attack on its own. The fact you wanted him to charge at the same time was just a happy coincidence," The little boy in the thick glasses stated.

"Oh...well, I'll take it anyway." The tomboy said as she watched the Helix admin and his aides struggle against Durant.

"But what do we do now?" Lola asked, shaking a little as the cloud seemed to inch closer.

"That is the burning question...we cannot call forth any of our pokemon without them getting terribly sick, unless they are poison or steel types…" The nerdy child said as his eyes darted around, analyzing the situation in his mind. "...but even if they could get past the poison, they'd be overwhelmed by the sheer number of brutes waiting on the other side. In order for us to do anything, this gas needs to go…"

'A poison pokemon? Wait! I have a poison pokemon!' Lana realized with a big grin. "Go, Flan!" She declared, throwing her Grimer's pokeball into the poison.

"Weren't you listening, mud child!?" Lacey chided her. "Even if your pokemon are used to your disgusting smell and habits, they'll still-" Lana simply ignored her as Flan emerged from his portable home within the foul cloud.

"Hey, Flan! Look at all that nice, tasty air pollution all around you!" She cried out, surprising everyone trapped within the deadly vortex...everyone except her twin sister.

"Grimer?" Flan asked as he looked all around him, then clapped his hands together. "Grimer!"

"I hate to burst your bubble, Miss...but poison pokemon don't eat-" The little nerd's lecture was cut off as they all heard something akin to a vacuum cleaner. Within seconds, the tornado of gas slowly started to fade, the toxins being sucked right into the Alolan Grimer's open mouth. In no time at all, much to Koffing and Stunky's shock, the poison was gone and Flan was patting his belly before belching out loud. "...Then again, I've been wrong before."

"That was the grossest thing I have EVER seen…" Lacey St Claire commented, looking ready to throw up.

"I wouldn't complain! Now we can fight back!" Lola exclaimed as she released her Cutiefly from her grip. The squad of grunts each pulled out Helix balls of their own, ready to engage these children.

Back in the cafeteria, Scorbunny had just finished kicking a dark gray canine to the ground, adding it to the pile of Helix grunt pokemon. He looked pretty tired, but pleased with himself. "Great job, Scorbunny. That's all of them!" Lincoln exclaimed.

"Not quite, Snowflake," Nadia said as she stepped up. "If you want something done right…" She mumbled, reaching down her shirt and into her cleavage to pull out a Helix ball. "Castform, show them how it's done." From with the ball came a wispy little gray pokemon with big eyes.

"A Castform? What's that?" Lincoln wondered. However, he didn't have time to go for his pokedex.

"Castform, use Rain Dance, sweetie," The green haired woman instructed. The Castform performed a kind of floating jig in midair, which caused a downpour to happen right in the cafe.

"Gah! How'd it do that?" Lincoln asked, trying to cover his head with his arms. Scorbunny tried to do the same with his blanket cape. However, the rain seemed to have an even more adverse effect on him, making him more tired. "Scorbunny!?"

"Looks like your bitty bunny is a little allergic to water," Nadia commented with a grin. "Unlike Castform…" Just then, her ghost like monster started to change, its shape becoming like a raindrop sitting atop a rain cloud.

"What the…?"

"Nice, isn't it? Castform's forecast ability allows her to change with the weather. And that's not all. Weather Ball!" The shape changing pokemon opened her mouth, a sphere of water forming before her.

"Scorbunny! Look out!" The one son cried out, but too late. The liquid orb was launched right at the fire rabbit, blasting the little guy right off his feet. Scorbunny fell flat on his back, out cold. "Scorbunny!" Lincoln reached for his pokemon's pokeball, but before he could reach it, he was grabbed by both arms by two of the grunts.

"Hehehe. You had a good run there, Snowflake, but you were no match for Team Helix," She told him with a grin. "Take his pokeballs. That Scorbunny would make a great subject of study." The female grunt to Lincoln's left relinquished him of his three pokeballs, only to make an alarming discovery.

"Chief Researcher! He has three pokeballs, but only two pokemon."

"Oh really?" Nadia looked the one son in the eyes, grinning even more. "You're just full of surprises, aren't you? Be a good boy and tell me where your third pokemon is hiding."

"No way in hell…" The white haired boy growled.

"Oh! I like me a fighter. I warn you, Snowflake...I'm not Team Helix's Chief Researcher for nothing. I'm a master at information retrieval. I know just how to make others give me the information we want. So, I'm gonna ask nicely one more time." She leaned in so close to him, their noses were touching. "Tell me where your third pokemon went, please," she requested politely before softly whispering into his ear. "Please say no."

"Frill...ISH!" His jellyfish pokemon yelled out before a rain boosted bubble beam shot from her mouth, blasting the female grunt right off her trainer and across the room. In the process, she dropped all of his taken pokemon capture devices, one of them bopping Pidove on the head. Nadia was stunned by this sudden attack; so stunned, she couldn't stop Lincoln from punching the male grunt in the face.

"There's your answer," Lincoln commented in a bit of a smart aleck way.

"Castform-!"

"Oh no you don't! Timburr, pound it!" A voice cried out.

"Tiiiiiim…" The log carrying human like pokemon sprang from behind Lincoln, over his and Nadia's head, and swung his thick wooden club at the weather pokemon. She had no time to evade, the log smashing her right in the head. "...BURRRRRR!" The sudden attack was enough to daze the Castform.

"Where did you come from!?" Nadia asked in surprise, just before Girl Jordan shoulder checked her away from her friend. This sent her right into the nearest table, knocking a few empty cages and one with a Scatterbug to the floor.

"Jordan, Princess, you have amazing timing," Lincoln commented with a slight smirk.

"Frillish," The jellyfish pokemon responded, looking proud of herself.

"Castform, use Thunder! Blast that little caveman pokemon!" Nadia exclaimed as she pointed at Timburr, rising to her feet.

"Cast-" The weather changing pokemon started to charge up an electrical attack, but before she could unleash it, a blur of gray slammed into it from behind. The resulting impact was more than enough to knock it out. Pidove slowed to a hover and turned around, eyes set and searching for a new opponent.

'Oh, now you want to get involved…' Lincoln thought bitterly. He was going to have to have a LONG talk with Pidove about this, but now wasn't the time. Nadia had recalled her pokemon and had pulled two more pokemon containment devices from down her shirt.

"Alright you two. You want to play games, then let's play. Go, Helioptile, Lombre!" From the pokeballs, out came a little yellow and black lizard with ear like frills that opened up like a paper fan, and a kappa like monster with a lilypad on its head.

"Dang it...Missing out on a chance to catalogue so many pokemon…" Lincoln muttered, keeping his focus on the woman in front of them. "Pidove, quick attack!"

"Timburr, pound em!"

"Not so fast, little miss. Lombre, fake out!" Before either Pidove or Timburr could move, Lombre seemed to vanish and reappear right in front of the club wielding pokemon. It clapped its hands together, causing a startling shockwave, throwing Timburr off his attack. The pigeon pokemon, however, was still free to attack, colliding with the frilled lizard pokemon head on. The attack seemed to have hit a particularly sour spot on the Helioptile, but it was still able to get back up. "And now, Thunder!"

"Don't worry, Lincoln. Thunder is so inaccurate, it'll never hit-" Girl Jordan started to say confidently. However, the generator pokemon opened its frills and unleashed a devastating electrical attack on Pidove. In spite of his small size and speed, the dove was fried by the bolt of lightning and KO'ed in one hit. "What!?"

"Looks like you have a lot to learn. Thunder is very inaccurate, but when it's raining, it will almost always hit," Nadia explained with a sinister grin.

"That's why you put the rain up...to give yourself every advantage," Lincoln realized with a frown.

"Precisely, Snowflake," The Chief Researcher responded with a smirk. Lincoln would be sweating about now if not for the rain. His last pokemon was Princess, and she was part water pokemon, against this powerful little electric pokemon. But surrender wasn't an option.

"Princess! You're up!" The white haired trainer called out, his starter floating over in front of him. "Get that Helioptile with Night Shade!"

"Timburr, let's try this again! Pound it!" Jordan instructed.

"Lombre, Helioptile, you know what to do," Nadia ordered with a calm smile. The electric lizard was first to act, unleashing another powerful bolt of lightning aimed right at Princess. His frillish screamed in agony as the bolt struck her head on. However, she barely hung on by the skin of her teeth, her gelatinous body smoking a bit from the hit. Her Lombre was next to move, spewing forth a jet of water from its mouth right at Timburr. The water gun attack knocked the fighting pokemon backwards and onto his back, rendering him unable to fight. The chief researcher grinned as Jordan, but before she could say anything.

"I know. I know. Rain boosts water attacks…" She grumbled as she recalled her starting pokemon.

"Very good!" The team Helix admin said in a very condescending way, which further angered the young lady.

"Go, Pinsir!" She yelled as she summoned forth her burly bug pokemon from its portable home. Meanwhile, the very hurt and very angry Princess started to emit a sinister purple aura, leering at the Helioptile. The little lizard was suddenly surrounded by the same aura, making it cry out before it collapsed from exhaustion.

"Not bad, you two. You managed to get half of my team," Nadia told them, though she still had a smug look about her. It was at this moment the rain stopped.

"Ha! And now you lost your advantage!" The once popular girl said, thinking this was their chance.

"...go, Pelipper," Nadia said simply, still smiling. A large blue and white pelican that appeared to be mostly beak appeared where Helioptile once stood. As soon as it appeared, the rain cloud reformed on the ceiling and it started raining again.

"Oh, come on!" Both Lincoln and Jordan yelled in frustration, making Nadia laugh.

"That's it! Pinsir, mash that Lombre! Brick Break!" The stag beetle pokemon heeded her instruction without hesitation, rushing forth and landing a strong chop to the kappa pokemon's lily pad. The opposing pokemon seemed quite dazed and damaged from the attack. However, water started to accumulate into its makeshift hat. It then absorbed that water and that seemed to heal a few of its injuries. "You've got to be kidding me…"

"Nice try, Gingersnap, but not nice enough. Pelipper, Water Pulse." The mostly beak pelican pokemon puffed up its cheeks for a moment before unleashing a watery shockwave right at Jordan's Pinsir. With the rain, the pulse attack did some serious damage to the stag beetle. What's worse, the insect pokemon was looking pretty dizzy and disorientated. Princess wasn't in any better shape, as Lombre had sprang upon the pink jellyfish, clamping its hands on her head as it absorbed what's left of her energy, causing her to faint. Lincoln could hardly believe his eyes. All of his pokemon had fainted...and in the worst possible circumstance. Yes, Jordan still had a pokemon to fight with, but he was on his last legs and it was still two on one. Things were looking pretty bleak...

Meanwhile, out in the park, it was absolute bedlam. Grunts and young trainers alike were engaging each other in what could only be described as a free for all. As Chief Scientist Arron explained, most of the pokemon caught via the contest weren't engaging in the carnage. However, Lola's Cutiefly was fighting to defend Lola alongside Isabella, and Sarge was still trying to get its pincers on Arron, as this was what both wanted to do. Arron's aides were trying to pull the furious steel plated ant off their boss, barely managing to get him off the serious faced man. "Harumph...looks like you need a lesson...Koffing, Flamethrower!" The gas filled pokemon turned toward Durant, opening its mouth and summoning a little orb of fire in front of it. Sarge suddenly froze in fear as he saw the building flame. However, when the Koffing spat the stream of fire at him, Flan suddenly leapt into its path to take the blast. The steel ant looked on in surprise as Lana's pokemon just took a hit for him.

"Good work, Flan! Now, attack with bite!" Lana commanded. The Grimer nodded to her and sprang at the Koffing, snapping his mouth against it. In spite of his lack of teeth, the bite clearly hurt. The skunk pokemon glared at Flan, extending its little claws. Before it could pounce at the sludge pokemon, Sarge zipped toward it, his mandibles shining before he slashed at the skunk. The zubats split up, with one attacking the ooze monster, and the other focusing on Sarge.

"Isabella, Ember!" Lola commanded, her Litleo unleashing a torrent of blazing particles upon an opposing Zigzagoon, causing it to faint. With the threat off of her, she took a moment to look around. Almost every trainer who had participated in the contest were battling the gang of pokemon thieves. The only one who wasn't getting involved was Lacey. "Hey! Make yourself useful!"

"What do you want me to do? My pokemon are show pokemon, not fighting pokemon," Lacey said with a superior aire.

"Number one, so are mine, but they're still stomping these goons!" Lola informed her as she sent Isabella after a Helix Bellsprout. "And number two, then call the police!"

"And waste my minutes!?"

"Ugh!" Lola groaned as she pulled out her pokedex, grumbling something about stupid brats as she dialed the police. Arron's aides helped him up while all this was going on, giving him an opportunity to survey the scene.

"...an unforeseen factor," he muttered with a frown. "It seems I will need to work damage control to retain control of this experiment…" He pulled a pitch black helix ball from his lab coat. "Ditto, your assistance is required!" From the ball emerged a small, pink blob with little dots for eyes.

"A Ditto?" Lana asked, looking to the ooze pokemon. It turned its attention toward Sarge and, in the blink of an eye, became an exact duplicate of the Durant...except for its dot eyes. Before the animal loving Loud could even process what she just saw, the double of the iron ant sped over to Flan, clamping its pincers into his back. The Grimer was quickly getting overwhelmed by the three pokemon attacking him. "Hey, that's not fair!"

"Life isn't fair, child. It is scientifically proven."

"...you wanna play like that!? Ok! Go get em, team!" Lana said as she tossed her remaining pokeballs out onto the field. Out came Dusty, Zubat, Mankey and Hops. Before she could even give any instructions, the angry pig monkey pokemon rushed over and dove onto the Helix Aides' bat pokemon. Lana was surprised, but it worked in her favor, so she just rolled with it. "Hops, use Water Gun! Zubat, Supersonic! Dusty, Stun Spore!" Her three more obedient pokemon nodded and went on the offensive. The Tympole focused on Koffing, spraying it down with a jet of water. Between that and the damage it took from Flan, it was just too much and it fainted. The Durant duplicate, however, zipped away from the badly injured blob pokemon like a blur, avoiding the sonic shockwave and the cloud of paralyzing powder. The tomboy twin gasped as the Ditto ant charged right into her Spewpa like a freight train, knocking it out in one hit. This copy was even faster, and possibly stronger than the actual Sarge...and that worried her terribly.

"Impressive, isn't it?" Arron asked with a smug smirk. "Ditto, unlike your pokemon, is one of absolute perfection. Offensively, defensively, endurance, speed; all of which greater than any other Ditto, or any pokemon the Ditto becomes." Lana's eyeless bat pokemon let loose with another Supersonic, but once more, the Sarge double evaded the attack effortlessly. It sprung into the air, clamped its jaws onto the Zubat and slammed it right into the ground. It then turned its beady eyes onto Hops.

"Hops! Mud Shot!" Lana called out desperately. The tadpole pokemon shot a stream of water into the ground, which sent a beam of muddy water at the Ditto. It connected just fine, but the copying pokemon tore through it like it was nothing. It slashed at Hops with its mandibles, dealing some serious damage to the poor water pokemon. It opened its jaws to finish it off, only to be set upon by the original Sarge, who snapped his pincers around the double's neck. The two Durants struggled with one another, kicking up dirt and grass as they fought. Sarge himself was pretty darn tough, but the duplicate was just a little stronger, as the chief scientist said. So, after a fashion, the copy had the Durant pinned. Just as the Ditto intended to strike a finishing blow, a soft, repetitive sound could be heard in the distance. A sound that made it, its trainer, and all the Helix goons turn to see what it was. Off in the distance was a small squad of helicopters.

"...Damn," Arron growled. "All Team Helix members, abort mission!" He commanded loudly before he recalled his pokemon and quickly pulled a communicator from his lab coat pocket.

"Oh, too bad, Gingersnap…" Nadia taunted with a smirk as her Pelipper smacked down the Pinser with one of his wings, finishing the stag beetle pokemon off. "Looks like you're out of pokemon and out of luck."

"That's where you're wrong…" Jordan informed her, pulling out the pokeball containing the Goldeen she had caught earlier. She didn't really have a lot of confidence in it, since she had only caught it recently, but what choice did she have at the moment? She was about to toss it in front of her when a strange, oddly upbeat musical tune filled the air. The Chief Researcher blinked and pulled her communicator from her pocket.

"Hold that thought," She said, answering it. "Yes, Chief Scientist?...What? Abort? But wh-Oh...Right. Understood," She said, though she didn't look happy about this at all. She disconnected the call and looked back at Lincoln and Girl Jordan. "Well, it looks like you two got lucky. We have to go, so you'll be keeping your pokemon this time. However, should we meet again, your pokemon...will be ours." She gave them a sinister grin before turning to her minions. "Drop everything and abort. We'll take what we have in the vans now and go. Double time!" The grunts all nodded and made a mad dash for the nearest exit. Nadia soon followed, pausing only to turn back to the two and give them a wink while saying "See you around," before she disappeared from sight.

"...what just happened?" Girl Jordan asked in utter confusion, standing there in the artificial rain, holding the pokeball in her hand.

"...we got our butts handed to us…" Lincoln answered as the reality of the situation sank in as the adrenaline wore off. "...and we almost lost our pokemon…" The one son kind of reeled in place for a moment before he fell back, falling right on his butt, looking down at the pokeballs holding his precious pokemon. His eyes were filling with tears as his friend walked over to him, trying to console him.

Back outside, a large, snow white cargo copter with the blue double helix symbol on the side had risen from behind the thick forest Lana had been pokemon hunting in mere moments before. The moment it went into the air, it launched a volley of canisters toward where the trainers and their pokemon were all gathered. Instinctively, Lana, Lola and a handful of others hit the dirt. However, when the canisters hit the ground, billowing clouds of gray smoke started to fill the air. None of them could see what was going on as the Chief Scientist and the Helix grunts ran to the landing aircraft and quickly boarded to make their getaway. By the time the smoke cleared, Team Helix was gone.

After the trainers were able to get their pokemon back in their pokeballs (a rather arduous task for Lana and her ranging Mankey, which just wanted to pummel anything that moved), the police had finally arrived, both by van and by helicopter, and swarmed both the park and the visitor center. Once they were sure no further Team Helix presence remained, they started taking statements from the participants, Jordan and Lincoln. The two friends were wrapped in towels, since they were soaked to the bone from the constant indoor rain. "...and so, when you looked into the cafeteria, you saw Team Helix putting pokemon into cages?" Officer Jenny inquired as she was taking notes.

"Yes, ma'am," The very shaken young man answered. "Or at least they identified themselves as Team Helix...I heard one of them get named Chief Researcher Nadia…"

"Nadia?" The officer asked with a gasp. "She's one of the head honchos of the organization."

"Not to mention an insanely strong trainer..." Jordan admitted, somewhat bitter at the loss.

"You two fought her!? Don't you know how dangerous that was!?"

"...I only intended to go in and free the captive pokemon," Lincoln explained. "But I was caught…"

"I see. Well, as good as your intentions were, you should have called the police when you saw them," Jenny scolded him as she finished taking notes. "You're very lucky they were scared off by our approach, or you could have lost all of your pokemon."

"...don't remind me…" The white haired teen groaned, looking down at the floor. The police officer noticed the sorrowful expression on his face and the tears filling his eyes once again, and the stern look melted from her face. She could see he was feeling bad enough about the whole thing.

"Ahem...at any rate, what happened next?"

"Well, after I was caught, the ones she was bossing around attacked me…" He continued, not looking up. "Scorbunny was able to handle them pretty easily by himself...but then Nadia got involved…"

"I tried to help him, but her pokemon were just too strong," Jordan added, looking sadly at her friend. "I was down to my last pokemon when she got a call from a Chief Scientist…"

"Chief Scientist? Arron was here too!?" The blue haired peace officer looked aghast at the idea. "...this must have been a serious operation to bring two of their leaders into play...but why?"

"From what we can tell, they were just kidnapping pokemon from the park," The light brunette teen explained.

"Yes, but that sort of job...it doesn't really fit bringing two leaders…" Jenny frowned as she nibbled on the cap of her pen. "At any rate, thank you for your cooperation, kids...I think that's about all we need to know for now. I'd recommend you tread lightly in the future, should you end up involved in another of Team Helix' schemes again."

"...we will, officer…" Lincoln replied in an almost Lucy like monotone.

Meanwhile, out in the park was the bulk of the police force, getting statements from the contest participants and helping them heal up their pokemon. In addition, they were freeing the pokemon they had caught from the Helix balls. For the most part, the once captured pokemon simply retreated back to their original habitats, with a few exceptions; Lacey wasn't about to let her Skarmory get away, Lola's Cutiefly stuck to her like a fly to honey, and Sarge seemed quite torn, looking between Lana and the woods he called home. The hat wearing twin was kneeling among her recently revived pokemon, healing them with her own potions. The iron plated ant just stood there for several seconds before it started to skitter his way back over to her. He nudged her to get her attention, a move that surprised her. "Sarge?" She asked him. "What's up?" The ant pokemon made a clicking, chattering sound as it attempted to speak with her. "...really?" She asked, her face brightening up. "You really want to come with us?" Sarge nodded, looking quite serious. This significantly boosted the young lady's mood as she pulled out one of her own pokeballs and tossed it at Durant. This time, the feisty insect pokemon offered no resistance, accepting his new role as a member of Lana's team. As the police were wrapping up their investigation and search of the park for possible stragglers, the spectators inside the visitor center were permitted to leave. Most of which just vacated, while others went into the park proper to make sure their friends and family were alright out there. The moment the one son and his old friend from school emerged from the building, with a very tired looking Princess riding on Lincoln's back. The twins ran over to them and gave them big hugs.

"Lincoln! Jordan!" Lola cried out as she hugged them.

"Girls, I heard that there were pokemon thieves out here too...are you both alright?" Lincoln asked as he held his little sisters tightly.

"Yeah...it got kinda scary when that scientist guy pulled out that shape changing pokemon…" Lana admitted, when she took notice of how shaken her brother looked and the fact the two were still wet. "...what happened to you two? Are you ok?"

"We're fine, Lana...so to speak…" Jordan said, looking sympathetically at Lincoln. "There were a handful of thieves and one of their leaders in the visitor center…"

"...we almost lost our pokemon…" The middle Loud said, his voice sounding a little choked up. The polar opposite sisters held their brother close, both in an act of comfort and because they realized how close they had come to losing their pokemon as well.

"It's ok, Linc…" Lana said softly. "Everything turned out alright in the end…"

"Yeah," Lola agreed, trying to give him a reassuring smile. "It was rough for us, Lana especially, but we still made it through…"

"Yeah...but it was because of luck that the police arrived when they did…" Their older brother said seriously.

"Hey! That wasn't luck. I called them!" The pageant princess objected with a frown.

"I mean that they arrived just when we were losing...and we can't rely on that kind of luck," The one son said. "If we ever meet them again...we'll need to be ready…"

"And we will be, Lincoln…" Girl Jordan told him, patting him on the back.

"Right. We'll all train like there's no tomorrow," Lana agreed. "But first, I think we should tell Lisa what happened."

"...Good idea," Lincoln said, as he pulled out his pokedex. "She'll want to know about this. Maybe she can tell the Elite Four as well," He added as he dialed up his second youngest sister.

Main Characters current pokemon teams:

Lincoln

Frillish aka Princess
Water Ghost
Ability: Cursed Body

Pidove
Normal Flying
Ability: Super Luck

Scorbunny
Fire
Ability: Blaze

Lola

Furfrou aka Brittany
Normal
Ability: Fur Coat

Pichu aka Brat
Electric
Ability: Static
Egg Move: Volt Tackle

Litleo aka Isabella
Fire/Normal
Ability: Rivalry

Goldeen
Water
Ability: Water Veil

Cutiefly
Fairy/Bug
Ability: Honey Gatherer

Lana

Tympole aka Hops
Water
Ability: Hydration

Spewpa aka Dusty
Bug
Ability: Shield Dust

Zubat
Poison/Flying
Ability: Unknown

Mankey
Fighting
Ability: Vital Spirit

Alolan Grimer aka Flan
Poison/Dark
Ability: Gluttony

Durant AKA Sarge
Steel/Bug
Ability:Hustle

Girl Jordan

Timburr
Fighting
Ability: Guts

Pinsir
Bug
Ability:Mold Breaker

Goldeen
Water
Ability:Water Veil