LU IN TROUBLE!

Cyril had been roused by Lu flying onto his machine and hammering

on the glass with his beak till Cyril heard him, and let him in.

"Rachel's missing!" he said. "I heard her scream and swam to help,

but she wasn't there!" Cyril went white. It sounded like Rachel had

been attacked. He called George and John, who promised to keep

their eyes open, and then called the Ashes on his P.D.A, who said

they'd ask around as well.

When he'd done that, he asked Lu to take him to where he'd

last seen Rachel. Lu was pleased to oblige, and could take Cyril to the

exact spot, being used to navigating in the ocean. Cyril could not see

any sign of Rachel or anything else having been there, Lu dived a few

times, but he too could find no sign, although the Shellders told him

of a huge shadow, and Rachel seeming to have been lifted out of the

water by something huge.

"I cannot think what that could be." Said Lu.

"I can." Said Cyril, wondering if someone else with a machine like his

and Lawrence's could have taken her. He would contact the man who

made them, and find out one way of the other if someone else had

stolen her as something of a novelty or rarity.

Lu noticed something high in the sky out of the corner of his eye.

"What is that?" he asked, turning to look at the sky. He began to

shake. "It's a Pokémon, but there is something terribly wrong about

it." He lifted his head, and warbled an enquiry towards it. It came

closer, and neither Lu nor Cyril could believe what they were seeing.

"Is that…a Lugia?" gasped Cyril. "It looks more like his evil twin

brother!" Lu had gone almost transparent with shock, his eyes wide.

"That's my Dad! But what's happened to him?" He warbled another

concerned enquiry. The Shadow Lugia hovered for a moment, and

looked at Lu. Then it struck.

With a speed they had not expected, XD001 dove and seized Lu by

the upper wings with it's talons, and seized the back of Lu's neck in

it's mouth. Lu screamed, and Cyril could see that the bite had drawn

blood. Lu struggled as the Shadow Lugia beat it's wings, bearing him

upwards. Lu's thrashing sent up waves that threatened to swamp

Cyril's boat, and Cyril could do nothing other than watch as he tried

to stay afloat. The Shadow Lugia easily drew Lu up, and as Cyril

watched, flew off with him. Cyril checked on his compass the

direction it was flying in, and traced it on a map.

If it kept flying that way, it would end up in the Orré region.

Grimly, Cyril headed back to land, to tell the Ashes this new

information. It looked like they would be venturing far again to

recover their loved ones.