Episode 150: Mantine Overboard!
About several days later since Kairis Cutiefly evolved and Lana caught herself a Corsola, the group had arrived in Ogi Town and they are rushing to catch the very next ferry that will carry them to Red Rock Isle and to the start of the Whirl Cup competetion.
"If you didn't have to have such a big breakfast, we wouldn't be in such a hurry to get to the port to catch the ferry, Sophocles!" Sora exclaimed.
"I was hungry, so sue me!" Sophocles argued back to the spiky-haired Pokémon trainer.
"No time to argue! We have to make double time!" Kiawe pitched in.
"Right! Get on now! Argue later!" Sora agreed. They saw a ferry leave the port and they all gasped at the sight.
"Crap! That looked like our boat!" Hapu exclaimed.
"No, no, no, no!" Sora repeated.
"Come on!" Mallow said.
"Wait for us!" Kairi called out.
"Pika!" Pikachu said.
The group ran towards the port, only to see that it was too late. The group just hung their heads in defeat.
"Looks like we just missed it," Lillie said.
"Pichu," the Spiky-eared Pichu said.
"Well, it looks like we're going to have to wait for the next one," Illima said.
"Pichu," the Shiny Pichu said.
"Bummer," Mina said.
Kairi spotted a sailor walking by and she knew hed to know when the next ferry to Red Rock Isle would arrive.
"Excuse us, sir," Kairi said to the sailor. He turns to the girl.
"Is there something I can do for you, young miss?" The sailor asked.
"You wouldn't know when the next ferry to Red Rock Isle would be going, would you?" Kairi asked.
"I'm afraid that you missed it," the sailor told her. "The ferry for Red Rock Isle only goes once a day. It looks like you're going have to wait until tomorrow for the next one." The group groaned in exasperation and disappointment.
"Thank you anyway," Kairi said.
"Toge, Toge," Togepi said.
"Pika," Pikachu sighed, lowering his ears. Not too far, a young woman wearing a white tank top with a pink stripe on the middle, wearing blue jeans and she also wore sandals. She has long red hair and green eyes. She spots the group feeling down.
"So, what do we do now?" Sophocles asked.
"I guess we'll have to rest up at the local Pokémon Center and wait until tomorrow," Sora said. Kairi and the Alolan nine all had to agree with that since they didn't feel like sitting at the port and wait for it to come.
"Hello there," the young woman greeted. The group turned to face her. "Judging by the way you're sulking, it looks like you've missed the ferry to Red Rock Isle."
"That's exactly it," Acerola said.
"And so, we have to wait a whole day for the next one to show up," Hapu said.
"Yeah," Mina said, nodding.
"Well, if you wann go to Red Rock Isle, I'll be happy to take you there in my boat," the young woman offered.
"Really?! For real?!" Lana asked.
"Sure. By the way, my name's Luka," she introduced.
"Nice to meet you, Luka. My name is Sora and this is my girlfriend Kairi," he introduced.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu said.
"Toge, Toge," Togepi chirped.
"Nice to meet you, Luka," Kairi added.
"Pichu," the two Pichu chirped.
"My name's Lillie."
"I am Illima."
"I'm Mallow."
"My name's Kiawe."
"I'm Lana."
"I'm Sophocles."
"I'm Acerola."
"Mina."
"And the name's Hapu."
"It's nice to meet you. I'm heading out to sea for some Pokémon research and it's right on the way," Luka said. She smiles. She leads the group right to her boat. It looks a bit rundown, but it looked stable. "Here it is. Sorry that it's a bit rundown,but it'll get us there safely."
"If you say it'll get there safely, then it's okay with me," Sora said.
"Well then, all aboard!" Luka said. The group entered the boat. Unknown to them, a small boat containing two teenage boys, one witha turquoise bowlcut haircut and wore big bug glasses wearing a green trenchcoat and a red bowtie and blue jeans. He had dark blue eyes under those glasses. Along with a teenage boy with his hair being long and brown with a dyed purple strands by his forehead. He wore a red beanie cap, a green jacket over a yellow shirt and tan pants.
"There she is, Weevil! It's that boat we were looking for!" The long-haired boy said.
"It's a good thing we tailed her all this way, Rex. Now, we have to follow her and hopefully, lead us to some treasure below," Weevil said.
"Treasure? You mean like pirate booty? Jewels, doubloons, a really big crown and a gold scepter?" Rex asked.
"It's gotta be. I just know it. Just imagine what we can do with treasure like that. We'll be extremly rich and powerful. We can have a shitload of cash as our couch cusins. Hell, we can have servants for our servants!" Weevil said. Rex snickeres, already liking the idea his colleague was getting.
"Now you're talking, Weevil! but, how will we be able to know what's she's even looking for?" Rex asked. Weevil looked right at him and snickers.
"Don't you worry about that. I have snuggled a tracker and a microphone on her ship while she was away.
"Great. And what about that bunch that was with her? Also, there was something familair about that one kid. The one with the Pikachu. I have a feeling that I have seen him before," Rex said. Weevil grabs him by the jacket.
"Don't think about that runt! He's not even worth worrying about at this point. Now, let's get a move on , just so we don't lose them," Weevil said. Weevil got the boat started and they followed the other boat heading towards Red Rock Isle and hoped whatever she was searching for is really worth anything. On the ship, a beetle-shaped device is blinking a flashing red light and so far, no one has noticed it.
Over to the boat, Sora and Kairi were looking out in the ocean and held each other's hand while gazing out to sea.
"This kinda takes me back," Sora said.
"You mean when Big Earl's brother took us right towards Cinnabar Island for your seventh Gym Badge? I was thinking that too. But, it was at night. And it was so beautiful," Kairi said. That made Sora smile.
"Yeah, but it wasn't as close to beautiful as you, Kairi," Sora said to his girlfriend. That made Kairi blush. The Alolan girls only swooned when they were hearing that.
"Lucky," Lillie, Mallow, Lana, Acerola, and Mina said sweetly.
"Oh brother," Sophocles said under his breath, only for Kiawe and Hapu to kick him on both legs.
"Shh. Don't ruin it," Hapu silently snapped at the Elctric Type trainer.
"Count yourself Sora and Kairi didn't hear you," Illima said. Sophocles rolled his eyes and he kept his mouth shut.
The couple rejoined their friends and looked among the diving equipment.
"Look at all this diving gear. There's even a communicator that allows you to talk even when underwater," Lana said.
"She did say that she is researching the Pokémon that live in these waters," Illima said. "I can't help but wonder what kind of Pokémon she's talking about."
"That is a lot of equipment," Sophocles said. The group looked inside the ship's helm in which Luka was currently occupied. Sora noticed a map inside and he got curious. Kairi shared his curiosity and went along with him.
"Luka, what is this?" Sora asked.
"It looks like an old sea map," Kiawe said.
"There's some kind of mark here," Acerola said, looking at the mark.
"What could be out there?" Mallow asked.
"What do you think, Mina?" Kairi asked the Fairy Type trainer. She looked at Kairi.
"I think it's a treasure map," Mina said. Sora just scoffed at the idea.
"A treasure map? No way," Sora said laughing.
"Well, you're not too far off," Luka said. Sora, Kairi, the Alolan nine and the Pokémon got wide-eyed when she said that.
"Wait a minute! Actual treasure?!" Hapu exclaimed.
"You mean like gold and silver?" Kiawe asked.
"And other things like pearls, diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds?" Lillie added.
"No, but it's very valuable. Well, at least to me it is," Luka said.
The group were amazed to hear that. Sora's eyes darted over to an old photo of a man with a mustache and wearing a sailor's hat.
"Who's that guy?" Sora asked.
"That is my great-grandfather," Luka answered. "For three generations, my family has been explored these seas and researching all of the marine Pokémon living around the Whirl Islands. And my great-grandfather was the one who started this tradition. One day when I was cleaning out the attic, I discovered his secret journal and this map hidden inside. In his journal, he wrote that after twenty long years of globing the ocean floor, he had actually acquired the actual Silver Wing."
Sora was surprised to hear her mention the Silver Wing. He wondered if could be connected to the Rainbow Wing he got from Ho-Oh. He even remembered speaking with Raikou, Entei, and Suicune and what he saw in the past. He figured it had to connected to the legendary Pokémon Lugia. It had to make sense. But, he wasn't sure if it was the actual Raikou, Entei, and Suicune he spoke with since the Raikou he, Kairi, Ethan, Kris, Lyra, and the Alolan nine was different from the one who spoke with him.
"Lugia," Sora said in his thoughts. Luka turned to Sora and saw his face staring off into space. Kairi knew what her boyfriend had to be thinking.
"Sora?" Luka spoke, getting his attention. Sora snapped back into reality. "Is something wrong?"
"Huh? Um, no. Nothing's wrong. Nothing's wrong at all," Sora chuckled nervously. Kairi placed her hand on his shouler. She remembered him telling her how he cried when he had witnessed the unfortunate deaths of three unknown Pokémon. The Alolan nine weren't sure what was going on through Sora's head.
"So, what happened to the Silver Wing after that?" Lillie asked, bringing the tension away from Sora.
"He was returning from a diving exhibition when when his ship, the I.S.S Raspberry got caught in a whirlpool and and sank to the bottom of the ocean," Luka said. The group weren't surprised to hear that the ship was affected by a whirlpool, but they were surprised to hear that the Silver Wing was now lost. "Fortunately, there were no casulties when the ship had sank. The Silver Wing went down with it. And he told other people about it, nobody believed a word of it. People started to say that he was mad and he was making up stories after being out to sea for so long. According to his journal, it was very upsetting. The only way to convince people is to locate the sunken ship and recover the Silver Wing. But, every mission to locate them both ended up in failure. Now is my job to find the wreckage and clear my great-grandfather's name. Based on this map and the caculations made by the morning tide, it pinpoints to the exact location of the Silver Wing."
"So, that means you know where it is," Sophocles said.
"And that's why you marked an X on the map," Mallow said.
"Right," Luka nodded. "Between my great-grandfather's map and my computer, I was able to solve an age-old mystery."
Sora looked at the map and he wondered if there would be a special connection between the Rainbow Wing and the Silver Wing. He knew he had to compete in the Whirl Cup, but he had to see it for himself.
"Say Luka," Sora spoke. She looked right at him. "I was wondering if I could tag along with you." Luka wondered why he would suggest a thing. "I just feel that it's something I should see for myself." Luka looked at the young Pokémon trainer and smiled.
"Sure. Okay," Luka said. With that settled, Kairi and Lana decided to join in. Sora handed his girlfriend his Pokédex and she had exchanged all of her Pokémon except for Togepi for Seel, Staryu, Goldeen, Tentacool, and Horsea. She hands Sora his Pokédex back to him.
"Now let's get set," Sora said.
Kairi and Lana both nodded with agreement. Little do they realize, Rex and Weevil were listening to the whole thing and the glasses teen snickers evilly to the interesting development.
"So, that's what she's up to. She''s searching for the Silver Wing," Weevil said.
"The Silver Wing? Tell me if I'm wrong here, but, isn't that supposed to be connected to a legendary Pokémon?" Rex asked.
"I think it is. It's gotta be connected to the Pokémon of legends! Lugia," Weevil said. Rex looked at him, unsure of what to make of it.
"I thought Lugia is just a myth. Something out of a fairytale," Rex said.
"I didn't. Lugia is very real and the Silver Wing is just as real. And since that girl wants that Silver Wing so bad, then so do I," Weevil said and then he stammered to when he realized what he said, "I mean so do we." He wipes off some small sweat and whispered to himself, "Nice recovery."
"Then, why are we sitting here? Let's go find it before those chumps finds it," Rex suggested before Weevil smacks him on the head. "OW! What the hell was that for?!"
"For not thinking, you dinosaur-brained moron!" Weevil stated. He smacks him again. "Even if I did go with your idea, we wouldn't know where to look. And besides, we're going to let them find it for us. And then, we'll swipe the Silver Wing right from under their nose!" Rex smiled and he liked that idea so much better.
"Right. That's a better idea. Then let's keep following them dive right in," Rex said.
"Also, your Pokémon can survive underwater way longer than mine can, so Totodile, Croconaw, and Ekans are our best go," Weevil said.
Both teens nodded in agreement and continued to follow Luka's boat.
Back on Luka's boat, they kept sailing as Sora thought about how he'd react upon seeing the Silver Wing.
"How much further are we?" Sora asked.
"We're almost there," Luka said.
"So, do we dive in or what?" Lana asked.
"Yes, but that'll be the easy part," Luka said.
"Is it gonna get harder afterwards?" Mallow asked.
"No, but I'm going to need help going down," Luka said. Sora, Kairi, Lana, and Luka got dressed in wetsuits and put on snorkles, diving masks, and flippers. Sora, Kairi, Lana, and Luka let out their Pokémon and dove down in the ocean. Luka's Pokémon happens to be three Magikarp. Blastoise, Croconaw, Primarina, Seel, Horsea, Goldeen, Tentacool, Staryu, Cloyster, Seaking, Gyarados, Poliwhirl, and Corsola got into the water along with the Magikarp.
"Good luck, you guys. We'll keep an eye on the boat til you get back," Kiawe said.
"Be careful down there," Lillie said.
"We will," Luka said. She turns to her three guests. "Sora, Kairi, Lana, you ready to go?"
"We're ready when you are," Lana said. The four of them put on their oxygen tanks and got ready to dive underwater.
"Pika, Pika!" Pikachu said.
"Not this time, Pikachu. You'll going have to stay behind for this one," Sora said.
"Pika?" Pikachu questioned.
"Sorry Pikachu. The ocean isn't your turf. Also you have to keep an eye on Togepi and the Pichu while we're down there," Sora said. Pikachu didn't know how to counter that, but he knew his trainer was right. Pikachu will have to triply babysit the baby Pokémon and keep them safe. The rest of the Alolan nine will be there to help out.
"I'll be back soon, Togepi. Be good for Lillie and Pikachu until we come back," Kairi said.
"Toge, Toge," Togepi chirped.
"Ready to go?" Luka asked.
"Ready," Sora, Kairi, and Lana said with a thumbs up. Sora grabbed Croconaw, Kairi grabbed Staryu, and Lana grabbed Corsola while Luka grabbed one of the Magikarp and dove down. The other Water Types dove down in the water to search for the sunken ship.
Over to Rex and Weevil, they got into their wetsuits and made sure their oxygen tanks were full and Rex let out his Totodile, Croconaw, and Ekans since they can swim in the water.
"Okay. Let's do this. One, two, three," Weevil said, getting his oxygen on and he and Rex dove in the water with his Totodile, Ekans, and Croconaw. They followed the four other divers hoping they'll lead them to the sunken ship.
As Sora, Kairi, Lana, and Luka swam through the ocean, Sora and Kairi were amazed by what they saw. The ocean was even more beautiful than what they remembered seeing on the nature shows.
Up in the surface, Kiawe turned on the radio to communicate with the diving team.
"This is Kiawe. Sora? Kairi? Lana? Luka? How is everything down there?" Kiawe asked through the com.
"I'm not sure if anyone but Lana has ever went deep sea diving before, but it's pretty awesome down here!" Sora responded. Kiawe and the others all remembered when Riku went deep-sea diving with Professor Burnet at one point to do some underwater research for the Aether Foundation.
"Kairi, how is it down there for you?" Kiawe asked through the com.
"To be honest, it's an amazing experience! It's even more beautiful than I could ever imagine!" Kairi answered.
As the they got deeper, they didn't just see sea Pokémon, but other sealife as well. A Dewgong and some Seel had swallowed whole actual fish.
"Do you see anything down there?" Lillie asked through the com.
"So far all we saw so far were some Pokémon swimming around," Lana said. She gasped when something caught her eye. The group up in the surface got wide-eyed when they heard her.
"Lana, what's wrong?" Mallow asked with concern.
"I think we found it!" Lana exclaimed.
Back underwater, Sora, Kairi, Lana, and Luka managed to find the sunken ship. Before, they could go further, Luka stops them.
"What's wrong, Luka?" Kairi asked.
"I just have a pretty bad feeling about this. I'll have my Magikarp go in and make sure if it's safe," Luka said.
"Good idea. We'll never know what's down there with us," Sora said.
"Right," Luka nodded. She turns to her Magikarp. "Okay Magikarp. Go on ahead and see if the coast is clear." The Magikarp nodded and went on ahead.
As the Magikarp got close, a mysterious figure swims by the ship. The figure is revealed to be a Pokémon that resembles a manta ray. This Pokémon is a large combination of a Mantyke and a Remoraid. And that Remoraid is seen attached to it. It has gills, two large antenna, and "wings" which makes it look like that it's flying through the water. The Pokémon's tail and underbelly is a tan color and the top is a dark blue.
"What's that coming right toward us?" Kairi asked.
"It's a Mantine," Lana said.
"And it looks like it lives in the sunken ship," Luka said.
The Mantine scares the Magikarp away making them retreat right back to Luka. The Magikarp huddle right up to her.
"It's okay. It's okay. All that matters is you're safe," Luka assured her Magikarp.
"I don't know what's that Mantine's problem, but we came all this way to get the Silver Wing, and that's what we're going to do! Even if have to battle that Mantine to do it!" Sora stated. Sora and his aquatic Pokémon were about to deal with Mantine when Lana stopped him.
"No Sora. We can't," Lana told him.
"Why not?" Sora asked the Water Type trainer.
"Because we might damage the ship if we do battle Mantine. Also, we don't know if this is the only one. A whole bunch of Mantine might show up and attack us," Lana said.
"Lana's right," Luka agreed. "That Mantine doesn't look like it wants us anywhere near the ship. We'll have to retreat for now and come up with a new plan."
Sora didn't want to admit it, but he knew both girls were right. He nodded to confirm that he understands. He, Kairi, Lana, and Luka swam back up and the Mantine gets back to guarding its home from any other potential intruders.
All of the divers and Pokémon came back up to the surface and they took off their oxygen masks.
"What happened down there?" Acerola asked.
"You said you found it when we heard from you the last time," Hapu pointed out.
"We kinda hit a pretty big snag down there," Sora said.
"What kind of snag?" Sophocles asked.
"A Mantine. A territorial one to put it in that way," Lana said.
"A Mantine? Really?" Lillie asked.
"Yeah," Sora said. He went over to his clothes and pulls out his Pokédex and looked up Mantine. "Let's see what Dexter has to say."
Mantine, the Kite Pokémon
The evolved form of Mantyke
Type: Water/Flying
On sunny days, schools of Mantine can be seen elegantly leaping over the sea's waves. This Pokémon is not bothered by the Remoraid that hitches rides.
"It's going to be pretty hard to get that Silver Wing as long as that Mantine is down there. And I think it's going to attack anyone who gets even close to the sunken ship," Luka said.
Down below, Weevil and Rex had made it down to the sunken ship and they both smiled under their oxygen masks.
"There it is! Our ticket to riches is just inside that ship!" Weevil said with delight.
"Ticket? I thought were looking for the Silver Wing," Rex said. Weevil gave him an annoyed look on his face.
"You're lucky we're underwater otherwise I'd give a smack upside the head!" Weevil snapped at him. "The Silver Wing is just inside that thing and we're going in to get it!"
"Oh!" Rex said realizing the obvious.
"Now come on! We got a Silver Wing with our names on it," Weevil said.
Weevil and Rex both swam as Totodile, Croconaw, and Ekans were leading them when the same Mantine came out and charges at the divers.
"A Mantine!" Rex gasped.
"What the hell are you waiting for?! Get that thing out of the way!" Weevil barked at him.
"R-r-right. Ekans! Poison Sting! Totodile! Croconaw! Aqua Jet!" Rex ordered. Ekans fired Poison Sting when Mantine dodges. Totodile and Croconaw launched right at the manta ray Pokémon to strike it. Both Pokémon landed a hit, but it didn't do any damage to it. Mantine fired seeds at the two crocodile Pokémon, instatnly knocking them out. Rex couldn't believe what he say. "WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?!"
"That Mantine just fired Bullet Seed!" Weevil stated. "Get your Ekans to finish the job!"
"Don't you think I'm was going to do that?! Ekans! Sludge Bomb!" Rex ordered. Ekans fired Sludge Bomb to hit Mantine, but it fired a Bubble Beam attack, cutting the ball of sludge like a melon and it hits Ekans clean on the mark. Mantine swims around the divers and Pokémon causing a whirlpool all around them. They screamed when they get caught in it and they get thrown out before the whirlpool subsided. Weevil, Rex, and the Pokémon makes a big splash in the ocean and resurfaced. Rex gave him a bitter look. "Any more bright ideas, genius?!"
"Don't give me that attitude! I'm thinking! I'm thinking!" Weevil snapped back at him.
Back on Luka's ship, the group had been thinking of a way of how they were going to get to the Silver Wing and how to get pass the Mantine.
"How are we gonna be able to get it while that Mantine is just right there?" Lana asked.
"I don't know. We came this far and we can't be able to get close without him attacking," Kairi said. Sora thought for a moment trying to figure out a plan when it suddenly hit him.
"Wait a minute! Why don't we just coax that Mantine to follow us?" Sora suggested. Luka, Kairi, and the Alolan nine all looked at him wondering what he meant.
"What are you suggesting, Sora?" Illima asked.
"I was thinking that one of us get Mantine to follow us while the rest of us to go in to get the Silver Wing. With Mantine distracted, we swipe the Silver Wing, get out, and none's the wiser," Sora said with a chuckle.
"So, make him think that we're coming to pick a fight with him?" Kairi asked.
"I like that idea," Luka said smiling. "I was thinking, you and the girls can get Mantine's attention while I go on and get the Silver Wing," Luka said.
"We can get Croconaw, Corsola, and the rest to taunt Mantine into coming. Make him wanna come," Sora said.
With that settled, Sora and the three girls went back down with their Pokémon back to the sunken ship. When they were getting closer to the ship, they saw two other guys they didn't recognize getting pelted by Mantine and a whole bunch of Remoraid.
"Remoraid?" Kairi asked.
"Just who are they?" Luka asked.
"No idea, but they're doing the job for us. Going in," Sora said. Kairi, Lana, and Luka all nod and went in while the Remoraid Mantine kept Weevil and Rex occupied. They reached the ship without anybody noticing. Luka turned on the flashlight and they explored the ship and saw a whole bunch of Remoraid and some Mantyke as well. "Mantyke too?"
"I figured we'd see some Mantyke too," Lana said. Sora looked at her.
"Why's that?" Sora asked.
"Mantyke and Mantine live well together, so that Mantine and all those Remoraid outside must be protecting their home. They must think we're after their babies," Lana said.
"Well, we're not here to harm any of the babies," Kairi said.
"Right. Let's keep looking before Mantine and those other Remoraid notice," Luka said.
Not needing to be told twice, they swam searching for the Silver Wing. As they went further, they found a whole bunch of Remoraid hunched together. They looked at the new visitors feeling scared.
"Those must be the babies," Kairi said.
"And they're very scared," Lana said. Sora and Kairi knew why that was. Outside, Rex's Croconaw attempted to strike Mantine with a Slash only for two of the Remoraid to strike at the Croconaw, hitting the ship. The rocking scares the Remoraid and swam away. "What was that?"
"It came from outside," Luka said. She moved the flashlight and saw a treasure chest.
"A treasure chest," Kairi said.
"The Silver Wing has to be inside," Sora said. Luka takes the chest.
"Now we got what we came for, we can get a move on," Lana said.
"Right. Let's go," Luka said.
Sora and the girls started to swim out of the ship while Totodile noticed them going. Totodile swims towards Rex swatting the Remoraid with a pipe..
"Get away! Get away!" Rex shouted swinging the pipe around. Totodile swims up to Rex and points to them. Rex saw them with the chest. He turned to Weevil. He points to them leaving. "Hey Weevil! They have the chest!" Weevil looks and sees them swimming off.
"Don't let them take it!" Weevil told him. He grabs Totodile while Rex grabs his Croconaw and went after them. They went after Sora and the girls. Blastoise, Primarina, Seel, Goldeen, Poliwhirl, Seaking, and Corsola turns and they engage the opposing Pokémon.
Goldeen and Seaking started to come in from behind, but Ekans swam at the goldfish Pokémon to land a bite. Corsola tackles into Ekans. The crocodilian Pokémon caught up with them and Rex swipes it from Luka.
"I'll take that!" Rex gloated.
"Give that back!" Sora demanded.
"Why should I?" Rex asked. Horsea rammed into Rex's gut. He didn't let go of it.
"That's why," Sora said. Tentacool swims up to Rex and attempts to take the chest back from him and for Rex to refuse to let go of it. Rex's Totodile swipes its claw at the jellyfish Pokémon, but Staryu bashes Totodile in the ribs. Rex's Croconaw attempted to swim towards Staryu, but Horsea fires Dragon Rage at it. Sora's Croconaw gives the other Croconaw a Slash across the face. Sora grabs the chest and Rex definitely held on. "Let go!"
"You let go!" Rex countered. Kairi swam up behind her boyfriend and joined in on the frenzy and so did Weevil.
"Don't let go, Rex!" Weevil told him.
"What do you think I'm trying to do?!" Rex exclaimed. Lana grab hold of Gyarados's fin and the atrocious Pokémon swam chasing after Rex's Croconaw and for Lana to grab the chest from the squabble.
"Nice save, Lana!" Kairi praised.
"Give that back!" Weevil called out.
"That's our ticket for riches in that chest!" Rex added.
"No it's not!" Sora said when he Kairi, and Luka swam passed them. Weevil and Rex growled in anger. Rex turned to Ekans and saw it tangoing with Blastoise, Primarina, Seel, Goldeen, Corsola, Poliwhirl, and Seaking.
"Ekans! Forget about them and go after them!" Rex ordered. Ekans swam towards the group. Ekans attempts to land a bite on Kairi only for Horsea to ram into the snake Pokémon. Ekans lunged towards the seahorse-like Pokémon. Ekans had landed a hit on her.
"Horsea! Dragon Rage!" Kairi ordered. Horsea fired Dragon Rage right at Ekans and it misses. Weevil manages to catch up with Lana and swipe the chest from the Water Type trainer.
"I'll take that!" Weevil said. Blastoise takes the chest from him and swims off. Mantine and the Remoraid watched the scuffle go on and Croconaw swims towards them.
"Okay, I get that you were only protecting your home. But, that chest is what we came for. But, those others only came here because they're greedy. They didn't even care about your home!" - Croconaw subtitle.
"Neither did you for that matter?" - Mantine subtitle.
"We din't even know you were even here. So, we just wanna take that chest and leave you alone. Maybe if you help us out, and we will leave in peace." - Croconaw subtitle.
Mantine thought for a moment and decided to help them out. Mantine and two of the Remoraid swam along with Croconaw to deal with the offending duo. Weevil swam after Blastoise to get the chest back from him, only to be hit by one of the Remoraid's Water Gun.
Mantine dealt with the opposing Totodile, Croconaw, and Ekans. But, the snake Pokémon just swims out of the manta ray Pokémon's path and headed towards Horsea and landed a Headbutt. Horsea had taken a crtical hit, but she refused to let that stop her. Horsea forms a tornado and sends it towards Ekans. Kairi was amazed by what she saw.
"Was that Twister?" Kairi asked surprised.
It wasn't enough to keep Ekans down, so it wrapped its entire body around Horsea. The crushing squeeze was becoming too much to handle, so Horsea strarted to evolve causing Ekans to let go. Horsea's sudden burst of evolution surprised especially Sora and Kairi.
"Horsea's evolving!" Sora said.
Horsea was a Seadra. The newly evolved Seadra glares at the snake Pokémon and is ready to go another around with it.
"This is great! Seadra! Twister!" Kairi ordered. Seadra creates another twister and sends it towards Ekans and it's much stronger than the last time. Ekans gets caught in the twsiter. Mantine dealt damage to both of Rex's Totodile and Croconaw, and they were knocked out once again.
Weevil was swimming after Blastoise, but he felt himself behing pulled into Seadra's twister as was Rex and his two other Pokémon. They go around and around and it courses through the ocean.
Mantine and the two Remoraid looks at the other four visitors and they look back at the Pokémon. Mantine knew for certain, they couldn't be bad guys since the other ones had their Pokémon attack and just wreck the ship in the process. Mantine smiles at them and they return home.
"I think that Mantine finally trusts us," Sora said.
"I think you're right," Luka said. Blastoise hands Luka back the chest and they all head back to the surface.
On the ship, the rest of the Alolan nine waited anxiously for Sora, Kairi, Lana, and Luka to come back. Mallow was especially worried about Lana since she knew there could be possible dangers down there.
The four divers and their Pokémon came back up with chest in hand.
"Kids, we're home!" Sora announced.
"You're okay!" Mallow cheered. "Thank goodness!" Mallow and the rest were relieved to see the group had come back safe and sound. Sophocles and Mina looked at Kairi's newly evolved Seadra and were pretty shocked to see her.
"Did Horsea evolve down there?" Sophocles exclaimed.
"She did," Kairi said, coming back up.
"What happened down there?" Kiawe asked. Sora, Kairi, Lana, and Luka explained the events that had occured and about two other divers they didn't recognize. They mentioned to them that one of them had a Totodile, a Croconaw, and an Ekans and they were trying to swip it from them after finding it. "At least you made it back."
"That's defiently for sure. But, what did happen to those two and those Pokémon, anyway?" Hapu asked.
"That we don't know," Lana answered.
Over to Rex and Weevil, they along with Totodile, Croconaw, and Ekans are still caught in a twister and they hurdle right into their own ship and destroying itand they going flying. The both of them screams as they were in the air and they land right on the nearby island's beach and they skid right into the sand.
"I can't believe! I just don't believe it! We had the Silver Wing right in reach and we let it slip through our fingers! Those meddlers will pay for this!" Weevil exclaimed.
"I'm with you! We would have had it, if they didn't get in our way! And now, that Luka is going to get rich off of what we would have gotten rich off of!" Rex bellowed.
"When I ever see them again, I will make them regret that they have ever crossed us!" Weevil stated.
"It's a pretty big ocean. And there's no way, they'll ever come to wherever we are," Rex said. He looked around. "Say, where are we anyway?" Weevil paused and looked around and saw that the rocks there are red.
"I think we're on Red Rock Isle," Weevil confirmed.
"Hey you two!" A new voice called out. It turns out to belong to Officer Jenny. "That area is off limits! I'm placing you both under arrest for tresspassing!" Weevil and Rex wince and they take off running with Officer Jenny pursuing them.
Back on the ship, the sun was setting and Luka looked at the chest and opened it. Sora, Kairi, the Alolan nine and the Pokémon watched anxiously. Sora was shaking a bit, but Kairi placed her hand on his shoulder. When she opened the chest they saw that there was another box inside if it.
"Another box?" Luka asked.
"Hopefully, it's inside of that one," Illima said. Luka took the other box our and opened it. And there she saw what looked like a silver feather resting inside it.
"The silver Wing," Luka said.
"Everything inside your great-grandfather's journal was true afterall," Lillie said.
"Yes. And now, I'm gonna prove it," Luka said. The Silver Wing began to glow in a silver light. Kairi shieled Togepi's eyes, just so he couldn't get blinded. Pika chu did the same for the Pichu and Sora and the Alolan nine shieled their own eyes.
"Beautiful," Lana said.
"I wasn't expecting this to happen," Acerola said.
"Neither did I," Luka said. "And now thanks to this experience, I can study the clues from this wing. And I prove that these mysterious aquatic Pokémon do exist."
With that said, Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, the Pichu, and the Alolan nine all smiled at knowing Luka had finally acquired the Silver Wing.
On the next morning, the ship continued to sail towards Red Rock Isle for Sora and Lana to compete in the Whirl Cup. During that time, Kairi had accessed Sora's Pokédex to exchange Seadra, Tentacool, and Goldeen for Raichu, Abra, and Jigglypuff.
"Is that Red Rock Isle up ahead?" Mallow asked.
"That's it," Luka confirmed.
"That's where the Whirl Cup tournament is going to be held," Lana said.
"Yeah. And here we come," Sora said. Lana knew what he meant. Both of them knew it was a tournament only one of them was going to win and they had to give it everything they have to make it to the top.