Night fell as Jirachi appeared in Eagun's home. "Everything has been prepared. I'll now do the finishing touch." It teleported Petra's body onto the coffee table, it was still well-preserved and the clothing mended. "Sorry about that, I'll clean up later." Jirachi pointed it's body to the window and opened the eye on it's midsection. It drew in power and kissed the limp Petra. "She should come to at any moment." An hour passed, nothing. "I will not have my powers made a mockery! I'll just do it again!" Another hour passed. Jirachi finally noticed something, and slapped itself. "Forgive me; it has been a thousand years. Heart's desire!" The miraculous Pokemon shot a beam into Petra's chest. After five minutes, she started to move.

"Where am I?" Chi ran over and clasped her hand. "Chi? Is that you?"

"Yes Petra, I'm here. I thought about you this whole time… and what you said." Chi sniffled.

"Yeah, your coat is cool." Petra laughed, "But it's not too humble to agree with me."

"What? I thought you said…"

"What that I loved you? Don't kid yourself." She thought for a second. "However, I should reward my knight in shining armor…" She sat up and kissed the Water Master. It would have lasted longer, but Chi's PDA started beeping.

"What is it, Steven?" Chi glared at his screen.

"You know the tower that has been under construction? It's the new CIPHER base." Steven announced. "And I want you to infiltrate it. You can start tomorrow."

Chi shut his PDA and went outside. "Where are you going?" Petra asked.

"I have to prepare, Misty needs to be purified, and perhaps Raikou as well?" Raichu tossed the ball to his master. "I'll be in the forest if you need me."

"I beseech your power Celebi! Bring Gyarados from the shadows!" "Bring Raikou from the shadows!" As the darkness shattered like a stained glass window, Chi let a relieved sigh. "This ends within the day. There will be no survivors after this…" He did the madman laugh. "They will pay for my reputation with blood! MWA HA HA HA!"

Thor, on cue, ran in and gave his master a flying jump kick. "You're playing hero now. That means that you don't get to do the baddie laugh." The Raichu spat. "So calm down before I beat you until candy comes out."

Daylight came as Taki bid the group goodbye, and turned to leave. He felt Petra jump onto him with a strange reaction. "Petra, this will get messy. You should stay here."

"Yeah, right Nidoran." She laughed. "I have unfinished work, I want some revenge too!"

"She has a point." Wes added. "This isn't only your battle, it belongs to all of us. Rui and I are joining you."

"… Let's go." Chi dropped as the party walked out of town. He summoned Raikou as the Wes started up his bike. They made it to Realgem tower in record time and entered to find some attendants. "We're here to beat the crap out of your boss."

"Ah, we've been expecting you." The attendant smiled. "The elevator on your right will take you to his office."

"Umm… Thanks…" Petra nodded. The elevator led to the top of the building- a coliseum. "This is weird…"

"I hope that you had a pleasant trip…" A voice called. "Wes and Lord Taki, it's good to see you in person."

"Show yourself." Taki called sternly. A man in an erratic purple bodysuit with a light blue skirt appeared and immediately tackled him. "Figures that the one against me would be Johtoian."

"My name is Nascour, would you car…" He looked over to see Petra glaring at him. "!!! I thought I killed you!"

"So we have the culprit…" Taki laughed. "You're going to pay." While he was talking, Nascour stalked over to Petra and forcefull inquired her in rage of her not being dead. "You did not just do that." A black aura emanated from him as everyone who was at Pyrite disappeared. "You're going to pay for everything!" Within seconds, the Cipher was in his hands and getting the spit beaten out of him. "You can do whatever you want." He snarled. "You have spoiled my reputation! You have stolen my Pokemon! And to make it worse, you're responsible for the death of my lieutenant? You have given up your right to live!" Taki tossed Nascour to the ground and prepared for his final trick. "Now for the final blow! SHADOW RUSH!" The black aura swallowed him, leaving Nascour down for the count.

"…" The whole crowd was silent.

"You done?" Wes gave a sideways glance. "He isn't moving… not that I'm complaining."

"He's just knocked out." Taki brushed the dust off his gloves. "He's not getting off easy."

"Good show!" A roly-poly man appeared. "Sometimes there isn't another way to deal with such people."

"Mayor Es Cade!" Rui cheered. "Did you bring the police?"

The Mayor laughed, "Far from it. You see, I'm the leader to Team CIPHER." He did a flip to turn into a clown defying the laws of gravity.

"You know, sometimes, I wonder if my skills are too weird… But then something like this appears and I feel justified." Taki mused.

"You tricked us!" Wes called. "Rui… we trusted you!"

"Ah, my dear friend…" The clown laughed. "Es Cade is worthy of your trust… It's me, Evice that you can't trust."

"Tell me one thing- Why did you attack my reputation?" Taki called.

"Do you know nothing about your family history?" Evice laughed. "Your family once used their good fate to rule over the Orre and Johto regions. After that you gave it a renaissance and left it to go hunting rare Pokemon."

"As what I would have done…"

"It's a sign of weakness. You leave it when it's going down." Evice looked disdainfully. "That's why Johtoians attack you at any chance."

"So, I guess that you'd want a fight?"

"You both can take me if you'd like… You'll still lose."

"I'll start with my oldest ally. Thor! Strike!" The Raichu jumped in from the top of the stands.

Wes pulled out a ball. "I'll call my Hitmontop!" The top pokemon appeared and balanced himself.

"I'll call my Slowking and Slaking." Evice called as the sloth and the psychic-type appeared. "Prepare for the skill swap!" He called as the Pokemon got a mind link.

"Thor! They can't link if you knock out Slowking! Strike with your Thunder!" The Raichu crackled with electricity.

"No," Thor called. "I have a better plan."

"Looks like your Pokemon's not obeying." Evice laughed as Thor charged the Slowking. "What?!"

"Fear the Thunder." The Psychic type fell as the heroes laughed. "Volt Tackle."

"Hitmontop! Wear down Slaking with Triple kick!" The attacks bounced off the sloth.

"Aerial Ace…" Hitmontop was knocked out as Evice sent out a Scizor. "Here's a friend."

"I call Magcargo! Fire Blast!" Wes threw the ball as the snail sent a wave of fire. "That should do it."

"One earthquake should alleviate that." Slaking was laying around. "But we'll wait. Slash the Raichu!" The bug went in, but the attack was deflected by the mouse's tail.

"Thor! Seismic Toss Slaking!"

"Magcargo! Fire Blast!" Both of the foe Pokemon went down as the girls gave a cheer. "What now, funny boy?"

"I guess that I'll have to use my ultimate Pokemon… Tyrannitar!" The draconic fiend appeared.

"S..s..s…s" Rui stuttered.

"That's…" Petra screamed. Chi turned his back to Evice to check on his partner.

"Taki! Wes! That's a shadow Pokemon!" Rui called in vain. The monster used it's Shadow rush and nailed Taki in the small of his back, blood spilling from his mouth. "Taki!"

"T…Thor…" Taki called.

"Chi! What do you want?" His starter called.

"Take my place, my balls, and my machine. Make that Shadow disappear." The Raichu nodded and took his stuff. "I require rest…" The water master slumped.

"You shall pay for my master." Thor called in vain. "You can not understand me, but your blood shall be on my paws before dawn."

"Isn't that cute?" Evice cooed evilly. "The widdle Waichu thinks he's people… I'm going to enjoy this…"

"Misty! Let's go!" Thor called the prized Gyarados. "We fight for our master."

"So, Taki trained his Pokemon to be trainers… Fascinating…" Wes smirked.

"Tyranitar, rock slide!" Magcargo shook off the blast as Misty dodged.

"Leave no prisoners, Hydro pump!" The Raichu rallied as the serpent sent a wave to strike the dragon. Before they noticed, Wes was charging a ball.

"Snag Ball, go!" The ball snared the Dark-type and started shaking violently. After a struggle, it gave in. "So, you're out."

"So you got my ultimate Shadow Pokemon. We can still rebuild!" A chopper came down.

"Wait!" Alice jumped out of nowhere. "Stay right there! You're under arrest by the order InterPol!" She flashed a badge. "Come with me."

"She's with InterPol?" Wes whispered to the girls.

"I don't think so, miss. I have an appointment with destiny." He started to board the chopper as a fireball spiraled into it.

"I guess destiny cut you off." Wes laughed as everyone looked to see the legendary Pokemon Ho-oh fly overhead. "Really cut off."

"With me however… We have a lot to talk about." Alice smiled.

"I'll be out of there within days! The law here's weak!" Evice laughed.

"I planned on that, you're being tried as a Johtoian." Alice smiled. "After this, you will count yourself lucky if you still have your head." Alice led the clown off as Rui and Petra paid attention to the fallen trainer.

"What should we do?" Rui asked. "We could get him to a Pokemon Center…"

"We shouldn't move him." Petra scorned. "He got hit in the back, it could be spinal damage. We don't want to make that worse." She reached and grabbed his PDA. "Let's see if he has anyone on his buddy list I could call."

Aisen was working on his next project, a mechanical Pupitar, when he received a call. "Yes?" He paused. "Chi's in trouble? Hit in the back by a Tyrannitar? I'll be there as soon as I can.

Taki woke up to find himself on an examination table. "Wh… what happened?"

Aisen looked down at him. "Well, good news bad news."

"Good news."

"Evice and Nascour are being tried in Johto as we speak."

"Now the bad news…"

"You received serious spinal damage. I don't think you'll be able to walk again." Aisen looked down. "Forgive me, there's only so much I could do with my technology."

Taki sighed. "Well, that kinda sucks. It's better than being dead, I guess…"

"I've prepared a collapsible wheelchair for you. I figured that you'd want something you could stuff into your backpack when you went riding."

"That's too kind, Aisen."

"Not at all, you have helped me more than I've helped you. This is thanks." Aisen smiled. "Feel like seeing everyone?" Aisen helped Taki into the chair and brought him into the main hall. Sitting there was Wes, Alice, Steven, and Petra.

"But you're a cop?" Wes prodded.

"By definition." Alice added, "Why are you so interested?"

"You do know that I'm a wanted criminal, right?"

"None of my business, but you're doing good. Carry on."

Aisen stepped forward. "May I introduce the Water Master, Chi Emphalis Taki." Everyone cheered, well… If you count what Wes and Steven were doing as cheering…

"You're okay!" Petra jumped him. "I was so worried!"

"So, do you admit your love to me?" Taki smiled.

"Maybe."

"Well," Steven stood up, "Our job's done. I received a message saying that the Teams found a cure to the virus. We can go home now."

"That's good… Wait." Taki stopped. "The teams are done? I hope I have a home to go to…"