Episode 179: As Clear As Crystal
A whole day came and went, so Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, the Pichu, and the Alolan nine continued their way their way towards Blackthorn City for Sora's final Gym challenge before facing the Johto region's Pokémon League.
In the meantime, Sora and Mina decided to have a practice battle since Mina wanted to test out her new Granbull's strength in battle against Sora. Sora was going to be using Pikachu against Mina's Granbull.
"You can have the first move, Sora," Mina said.
"Thanks Mina. Pikachu! Start up with Quick Attack!" Sora ordered. Pikachu ran across the ground with his speed attack.
"Granbull! Thunder Punch!" Mina ordered. Granbull's fist emits lightning and sends it towards the mouse Pokémon. Granbull's punch attack landed a hit.
"Pikachu! Electro Ball!" Sora ordered. Pikachu forms a ball of electricity and sends it right at Granbull.
"Dodge and use Fire Fang!" Mina ordered. Granbull's fangs emits fire and comes right towards Pikachu. Granbull got close enough to Pikachu to land a bite on Pikachu.
"Dodge it, Pikachu!" Sora called out. "Use Quick Attack!" Pikachu uses his speed attack to avoid Granbull's Fire Fang and then darts into Granbull. "Now use Iron Tail!" Pikachu's tail gave a metallic glow and swung it right at the shiny fairy Pokémon on the side of his face.
"That was a pretty good hit on Pikachu's part," Lana said.
"Sure is. Granbull is weakened against Steel Type attacks as we all know," Lillie said.
"I don't think Mina is too worried about Type weaknesses," Acerola said.
"Neither will Sora if he's in that kind of situation," Sophocles said.
"And he's usually is," Hapu added.
"Granbull! Play Rough!" Mina ordered. Granbull headed right towards Pikachu to give the same kind of pounding as he did to Weevil and Rex.
''Pikachu! Dodge with Quick Attack!" Sora ordered. Pikachu manages to avoid Granbull's attack with his speed attack again. "Now use Thunderbolt on him, now!" Pikachu fired Thunderbolt right on Granbull, shocking him good. The schocks have startede to take effect and Pikachu kept firing the attack. The electric shock was hurting the shiny Granbull, but it wasn't taking him down on bit. "Pikachu! Stop firing Thunderbolt!" Pikachu didn't hear Sora as Pikachu kept going and Granbull refused to give up. Pikachu ceased fire as Granbull got close to Pikachu again. Pikachu manages t dodge, but something was wrong with Pikachu. Mina noticed it too.
"Stop, Granbull," Mina said. Granbull did stop as Sora and Pikachu went up to the tired Pikachu. The Pichu were concerned for their adoptive bug brother.
"Pikachu, what's wrong?" Sora asked concerned for his partner.
"Pika," Pikachu said weakly.
"Hang in there, buddy!" Sora pleaded.
"Ehat's the matter with Pikachu?" Kairi asked worried.
"Toge," Togepi chirped also worried.
"I don't know! Pikachu was just fine this morning!" Sora said.
"He did let out a lot of electricity today," Illima pointed out.
"He's right. And that battle with Granbull did take a lot of juice out of him," Sophocles said. Mina hung her head in regret.
"Sorry Sora," Mina apologized.
"Don't worry about it, Mina. None of us could have known what could happen," Sora said.
"He's right. We can't know everything that'll happen to us," Kiawe said.
Sora, Kairi, and the rest of the Alolan nine all agreed since their recent activities with an unusual Ultra Wormhole sending them into Ultra Sapce as Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, and the Pichu ending up in Earthland and the Alolan nine in Equestrtia.
A young woman wearing a ranger's outfit comes to the group. She had short blue heair and violet eyes.
"Is everything okay?" The young woman asked. They all turned to see her. "I heard some kind of commotion and I came to investigate."
"My Pikachu and I were having a practice battle with her Granbull and then Pikachu then started to feel drained of power," Sora explained. Mina nodded to confirm it.
"Is that right? I thought something must have been wrong," the young woman said.
"We should head off for the closest Pokémon Center," Sora said.
"That'll take us at least another day for us to reach, and I got blisters on my feet as big as a Golurk," Sophocles groaned.
"We can't just sit around and wait for a solution to come to us," Sora said.
"Sora's right. We need to do something," Kairi agreed. The young woman looked over to Sora and his Pikachu.
"I shouldn't do this, but his Pikachu needs my help right now," the young woman said in her thoughts.
"You're going to be okay, Pikachu," Sora promised.
"Maybe there is a way I can help out your Pikachu, but I can't unless you promise to make a very solemn promise," the young woman said. Sora, Kairi, Togepi, the Pichu, and the Alolan nine all looeked at her. "I work at a place that isn't too far from here. And we can get to it with practically no time at all, but you got to promise me that everything you see and hear there will be secret. Is that a deal?"
"Deal," Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine all promised.
"Pichu," the Shiny Pichu chirped.
"Pichu," the Spiky-eared Pichu chirped.
"Alright then, let's hurry," the young woman said.
The group followed her up to a hill and the group quickly noticed wild Pokémon were heading the same direction as they are; and they are Electric Type Pokémon. The young woman introduced herself as Krystal along the way.
"Where could those Pokémon be heading?" Mallow asked.
"You don't think they could be going where we're going to, right?" Acerola asked.
"Yes they are," Krystal said. "And you'll soon out that we're all heading into the same place." Everyone looked at her strangely. "All of those Pokémon are going there for a very important reason." She led them to the top of the mountain and they were all amazed by what they were seeing. "Ta da! Here it is." There was a lake on top of the mountin and the center of it was glowing.
"What a pretty lake," Kairi said.
"Toge, Toge," Togepi chirped.
"I never seen a lake on top of a mountain before," Hapu said.
"Me neither," Lana said.
Lillie turned to see some Electric Type Pokémon relaxing in the lake's water.
"Look everyone," Lillie said. Everyone turned to see the Electric Type Pokémon relaxing in the water.
"Those Pokémon seems to be enjoying the water so much," Kiawe said.
"But, what's so special about about this lake anyway?" Sora asked.
"Believe it or not, all of those Pokémon have been worn out or seriously injured," Krystal explained. She turned to the young travelers. "The waters in this lake has magical healing properties for Electric Type Pokémon."
"Seeing them in the water, I'd believe it," Sora said.
"Now, let's hurry with Pikachu," Krystal said. Not being to be told twice, Sora placed Pikachu in the lake and he smiles as he felt his energy coming right back.
"Pika," Pikachu said. Electric sparks sparkled all over Pikachu as he was being in the lake.
"Does that feel better, Pikachu?" Sora asked his partner.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
"I can't believe Pikachu had been healed by some magic water," Acerola said.
"Me neither," Mina said.
"I wonder if Togedemaru, Vikavolt, Magnemite, Voltorb, and Flaaffy would enjoy it too," Sophocles said.
"I don't have any objections. They're welcomed to partake in the healing if they like. Sophocles let out all of his Pokémon.
"How about it, guys? You can relax in the water if you want," Sophocles said. Togedemaru, Magnemite, Flaaffy, Vikavolt, and Voltorb partook in relaxing in the water with Pikachu and they felt themselves getting rejuvenated by the lake's water. "Feel good, guys?" All of Sophocles's Pokémon nodded as they smiled in bliss.
"They're enjoying it just as much as Pikachu. How is it possible?" Illima asked.
"This lake contains a little secret," Krystal said.
"What kind of secret?" Lillie said.
"I have a couple of boats we can use, just so you could see for yourselves," Krystal said. She got a boat ready as Sora, Kairi, Lillie, Mallow, Lana, and Mina shared on as Illima, Kiawe, Hapu, Sophocles, and Acerola shared another. Both boats got to the glow in the lake.
"It looks a huge underwater floodlight," Mallow said.
"You guys aren't going to believe your eyes when you see this," Krystal said. Kiawe opened the glass bottom he was sharing with Illima, Sophocles, Acerola, and Hapu as Krystal opened the one on the boat with Sora, Kairi, Lillie, Mallow, Lana, and Mina. What they saw is what had them awestruck. What they saw what looks like an underwater temple with a crystal in the podium. And this crystal was the source of the shining.
"Wow, an underwater temple," Lana said awestruck.
"Something is still glowing down there," Lillie said.
"That something is what has been healing all of these Electric Type Pokémon; like Pikachu and Sophocles's Pokémon," Krystal said. "The Legendary Crystal."
"Legendary Crystal?" Sora asked.
"Many Electric Type have come here for years because it has been drawn by its awesome power," Krystal explained.
"How did it end up in the bottom of this lake?" Kiawe asked.
"Legend says that it once rested on the top of this mountain, but direction waves caused the temple to slide into the lake along with the crystal," Krystal said.
"Is this what you wanted us to keep secret?" Sora asked.
"Yes," Krystal said.
"And no wonder you wanted us to keep it a secret," Acerola said.
"A place like this needs to be protected forever," Kairi saidd.
"I simply cannot imagine if word should get out and the wrong people would do anything to get a hold of it," Illima said.
"Exactly," Krystal said.
"Man, if I had a secret this big, I know I would want it to be a secret too," Sora said.
Unknown to them, a young man wearing a white lab coat standing in the bushes. He had short black hair and tannish yellow eyes.
"I finally found the Legendary Crystal. Everyone has to believe me now," the young man said. He got on a Tentacruel suit and began going in the water to the crystal itself. He ventured through the lake's water without a problem so far. He takes the Legendary Crystal and it stops glowing.
Just when the group was about to leave, they all saw that the center of the lake had stopped glowing.
"What the?!" Kiawe exclaimed.
"What happened?!" Sora exclaimed.
"Pika?" Pikachu asked.
"The crystal stopped glowing!" Krystal exclaimed.
"How? It looked like it was doing just fine," Kairi said.
The young man in the Tentacruel costume came out of the lake and Mina saw him come out.
"Tentacruel," Mina simply said, pointing to to him. Everyone turned to see the crystal in the Tentacruel's tentacles.
"Oh no! The crystal!" Krystal gasped.
"Hey!" Sora shouted. The young man turned to see the group and he yelped.
"Put that back!" Hapu hissed.
The young man quickly took off the Tentacruel suit and began running into the woods, but the Electric Type Pokémon had began to chase after him. They zapped their attacks at him, but he just dodged the attacks. He took out a Pokéball.
"I don't wanna do this, but you didn't give me a choice," he said. "Go! Dreepy!" The Pokéball opens to let out a small, green Pokémon resembling a reptile or amphibian.It has a green head with 2 yellow eyes and a darker coloured upper jaw. 6 spikes extend from its head. Its body is a green ghost tail with 2 simple arms and 3 spikes near the end of its tail. "Quick Attack!" The Dreepy attacks some of the Electric Type Pokémon. He takes out another Pokéball and threw it. "Join in, Drakloak!" The Pokéball opens and lets out a Pokémon that lizard, with a wide, black-colored head with two vertical horns and several red triangle-shaped sports on the sides. It has yellow eyes, while the underside of its mouth is light blue. The rest of its body is also light blue, while its belly is yellow with a red, upside-down V-shaped spot. It has short, stubby arms and legs and a long tail. "Use Flamethrower!" Drakloak fires Flamethrower right at the Electric Type Pokémon, keeping them back.
"What are those?" Sora asked.
"I think that's a Dreepy and a Drakloak," Lillie said. Sora took out his Pokédex to get information on these two Pokémon.
Dreepy, the Lingering Pokémon
Type: Dragon/Ghost
Dreepy is said to be revived as a ghost Pokémon from a Pokémon it once was in prehistoric times. It is said to wonder the seas it inhabited since those times. Dreepy are weak by themsleves, but after some training they can become stronger and evolve.
Drakloak, the Caretaker Pokémon
The evolved form of Dreepy
Type: Dragon/Ghost
It's capable of flying faster than 120 mph. It battles alongside Dreepy and dotes on them until they successfully evolve. Without a Dreepy to place on its head and care for, it gets so uneasy it'll try to substitute any Pokémon it finds for the missing Dreepy.
"Those Pokémon are sure upset at that guy," Sophocles said.
"That's becuase he stole their healing source," Kiawe said.
The ghostly dragon Pokémon kept their pursuers at bay and Sora and Pikachu both starts running after him to get the crystal back when suddenly, a bolt of lightning came crashing down and Sora jumped back.
"Whoa!" Sora shouted.
"Pika!" Pikachu added.
"Where did that lightning come from?" Kiawe asked.
Everyone looked around and saw several streams of lightning coming down from some blackened clouds and saw a Zapdos descending down from the clouds.
"Is that what I think it is?" Illima asked.
"It's Zapdos," Kairi said amazed.
"Toge," Togepi chirped.
Everyone knew it was a real Zapdos and not a Shadow Pokémon that Salnius had conjured along with a Moltres, an Articuno, and Zeraora when they came into the Shadow Empire's world. They all could see how angered Zapdos is at the crystal thief.
The young man saw the legendary bird Pokémon of lightning descending down. He knew his Dreepy and Drakloak were no match for Zapdos alone, so he took out one more Pokéball to deal with Zapdos.
"I can't let Zapdos stop me after so far I came," the young man said. He threw his Pokéball into the air. "Go! Dragapult!" The Pokéball opens and unleashes a ghostly draconic Pokémon with a large triangular head. It has a long light blue tail that appears to just as ghostly. It has four hollow horns on its triangular headwhere two Dreepy are occupying in two of them. It also has two small arms and feet each with sharp claws, with the hand claws colored in bright pink. Its body is black and has a yellow underbelly with red arrow-shaped markings.
"Another new Pokémon?" Sora asked. He took out his Pokédex to scan this new Pokémon.
Dragapult, the Stealth Pokémon
The evolved form of Drakloak
Type: Dragon/Ghost
When it isn't battling, it keeps Dreepy in the holes on its horns. Once a fight starts, it launches the Dreepy like supersonic missiles. The Dreepy are fired at the opponent at Mach speeds.
"I figured he had a three stage evolution line. And I can guess Zapdos came because it's angry at this guy for swiping the crystal," Sora said in his thoughts.
"Dragapult! Use Dragon Darts!" The young man ordered. Dragapult fired the two Dreepy and they both struck Zapdos hard on the mark. Everyone gasped when they saw how the ghostly dragon strong as it looked just struck at a lengendary Pokémon. "Dragapult! Use Phantom Force!" Dragapult disappeared into a purple portal beneath it. Dragapult then reappears behind Zapdos and struck the lightning bird Pokémon hard and returned to its trainer. Zapos fell to the ground beaten.
"You're not going anywhere!" Sora shouted. Dragapult launched Dragon Darts right at Sora, making him stop as the young man and his three Pokémon go running off into the woods. "Shoot! He got away."
"Pika," Pikachu deadpanned.
"Sora!" Kairi called out running to her boyfriend. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I just wish I could say the same for Zapdos," Sora said. Kairi, Krystal, the Pokémon, and the Alolan nine looked at the fallen Zapdos.
"I can't believe that a Dragapult took down a Pokémon like a Zapdos," Lillie said.
"Neither can I," Hapu said.
Everyone went up to Zapdos, but it tries to zap everyone to keep them away from it.
"Easy Zapdos. We only want to help you," Krystal said.
"We're not friends with that one guy," Sora added. Zapdos looked right at Sora and Kairi and it saw that they meant no harm to it. Zapdos lost consciousness.
"What happened?" Sophocles asked.
"Zapdos is more worn out than I thought it was," Krystal said.
"After that combo attack from Dragapult's Dragon Darts and Phantom Force, it's no wonder," Acerola said.
"That Dreepy and that Drakloak couldn't take Zapdos down, so that Dragapult could do the job for them," Kiawe said.
"Did you know this Zapdos was coming here to be healed up just like the others?" Mallow asked.
"Yes it is. Zapdos is the really the reason why the lake is supoosed to be a secret. Because if word got around about Zapdos, then Pokémon hunters will come try to poach Zapdos and the other Electric Type Pokémon that come here," Krystal said.
"I can understand now," Sora said.
"Me too," Mina said.
"We need to get that crystal back from that guy," Sora said.
"He couldn't have gone far," Kairi said.
"And we'll make him take the crysyal back by force if we have to," Kiawe said.
"Agreed. Without the healing properties of the crystal itself, no Electric Type Pokémon can be healed. It's now just an ordinary lake," Illima said. Sora turned to Krystal.
"Krystal, you stay here and take care of Zapdos. We'll go and find that guy and take the crystal back from him," Sora said.
"You'd do that?" Krystal asked.
"You helped us out, so it's only fair that we help you out. Consider it our way to repay for what you did for Pikachu," Sora said.
"And you let my Pokémon have a taste of the healing power without any objections, so I wanna help too," Sophocles said.
"Right! Let's go!" Sora said.
Not wasting time, the group went looking for the young man and his three Pokémon and take back the crystal. Sophocles called out his Electric Types as Kairi had called out Raichu. The Pichu even helped out in the pursuit.
"Good call on having our Pokémon out to search for the crystal since they're Electric Types, Sophocles," Kairi said.
"I figured we could use their help since they're Electric Types," Sophocles said.
"I'm with her, it was a good call," Sora said. "But, didn't that crystal remind you of that crystal those guys Attila and Hun had way back?" Kairi and the Alolan nine all looked right at Sora.
"You mean that freaky crystal that they tried to catch Raikou with?" Kiawe asked.
"Now that you mentioned it, I did see that," Lillie said.
"Why bring up such an old story, Sora?" Hapu asked.
"For one thing, if Zapdos goes there to heal up, I thought maybe, Raikou could do the same thing whenever it's low on juice. And I figured it came here after our battle against those Team Rocket guys," Sora said.
"I agree. The crystal they had the ability to attract Electric Type Pokémon just like Pikachu and the Pichu. But, the only difference is, that crystal was articial. Sora and Kairi destroyed that crystal afterwards," Illima said.
"Now, we need to find the real one and bring it back to the lake," Kiawe said.
"Kiawe's right. Every second we waste gives that guy more time to get away," Sora said. The Electric Type Pokémon all turned to their trainers and headed into the right. "They're on the trail!"
"And telling by how they reacted, he's not too far!" Lana said.
Everyone followed the Pokémon through the foliage to find the crystal thief. Not too far, he carried the crystal as his Pokémon are still out.
"I have it at last. After three years of searching, I finally have the Legendary Crystal in my mitts! Now everyone has to believe me!" The young man said.
(Flashback, three years ago)
"Legendary Crystal?" One man raised a brow.
"Yes. This crystal is said to have the healing properties to rejuvinate Electric Type Pokémon's energy. Even such legendary Pokémon such as Zapdos, Raikou, Thunudrus, Tapu Koko, and Zekrom," the young man explained.
Everyone just looked at him before they all bursted in mocking laughter.
"So, where is this Legendary Crystal? Is it in Santa's workshop?" Another man asked laughing.
"Or maybe it's in the Easter Bunny's basket!" One woman asked also laughing. The young man wasn't amused.
"Go ahead and laugh! Laugh right now! But, you won't be laughing when I do find the Legendary Crystal and display it in a musuem for all the world to see! You will see! The whole world then see that I, Dr. Henry K. Cunningham is nobodies fool!"
(Flashback ends)
"Simple-minded fools. I spent the three years of my life searching for the crystal and now my hard work has at long last paid off. They thought I was crazy for believeing such a healing crystal existed, but they won't think that when I show them right in their faces and shows them the healing properties it has," Dr. Henry said.
Before Dr. Henry could go further, Sora, Kairi, the Pokémon, and the Alolan nine had caught up with the crystal thief.
"Found you at last!" Sora shouted.
"Pika!" Pikachu also shouted.
"What do you kids want from me? I am far too busy to play with the likes of you!" Dr. Henry said.
"What we want is for you to put the crystal you stole back into the lake!" Sora barked at him. Dr. Henry didn't like how that sounded one little bit.
"Just put it back? After I came so far for the last three years? After all of the sacrifices I made to finally get my hands on this crystal? No way!" Dr. Henry defied.
"Well, if you won't bring it back yourself, then we'll have to take it back from you by force!" Kairi said taking out a Pokéball.
"Yeah," the Alolan nine said, taking out their Pokéballs. Sora held out his arm, telling them to stay back.
"I got this," Sora said.
"Are you sure, Sora?" Acerola asked.
"I don't know why he wants the crystal that badly, but he's not going to get away with taking away what's been helping out the Pokémon on the lake," Sora stated. He takes out a Pokéball and he threw it. "Go for it, Tyranitar!" The Pokéball opens and Tyranitar roars upon entry. Kairi and the Alolan nine Tyranitar is a pretty good choice to use against his three Pokémon since Ghost Types are weakened by Dark Types. Dr. Henry wasn't going to back down.
"Go! Dragapult!" Dr. Henry called out. Dragapult takes its position into battle against Tyranitar. "Use your Dragon Darts!" Dragapult fires the two Dreepy from its horns and headed right for the armor Pokémon. Tyranitar just swings his tail, knocking them both down. Tyranitar's Sand Stream kicks in, whipping up a sandstorm.
"Tyranitar! Use Dark Pulse!" Sora ordered. Tyranitar fires Dark Pulse against the ghostly dragon Pokémon. Dragapult took heavy damage from Tyranitar's attack.
"Dragapult! Use Scald!" Dr. Henry ordered. Dragapult fires hot scalding water right at Tyranitar.
"Dodge it!" Sora called out. Tyranitar tries to avoid the attack, but because of his slow speed, the attack lands a mark and Tyranitar yells in pain when he felt how hot the water is.
"Now use Phantom Force!" Dr. Henry ordered. Dragapult disappears into a purple portal under it. Sora knew it was a matter of time before Dragapult was going to strike.
"Be careful, Tyranitar! Dragapult will come out at any moment!" Sora warned his Pokémon. Tyranitar looks around for any signs of Dragapult. The stealth Pokémon reappears behind Tyranitar. "Watch out!" Tyranitar turns around and Dragapult hits him before he could react. "Now use Dragon Darts!" Dragapult was going to launch its signature attack right at Tyranitar, but he grabs Dragapult by the horns and slams it to the ground.
"Dragapult! Try to get loose!" Dr. Henry called out.
"Don't let it go!" Sora also called out.
Dr. Henry looked right at Sora and he couldn't believe this kid was battling him over a crystal. He couldn't help but wonder why it matters to him so much.
"Time out, kid!" Dr. Henry called out.
"What do you want?" Sora asked, but not in a mood to listen.
"I want to know something! Why does it matter that I take this crystal or not? Why do you care about that lake so very much?" Dr. Henry asked.
"That lake has helped so many Pokémon for a long time; especially that Zapdos! That crystal even helped my Pikachu just when he was low on power and I wanted to pay back Krystal for helping us out! My firneds and I had to promise to keep that crystal and the lake a secret becuase in the wrong hands, it''l be a total disastor! Just like the disastor you just caused!" Sora explained to him.
"Why would you keep it a secret? This crystal should be in a museum!" Dr. Henry stated.
"I just told you! Haven't you even thought about possible dangers of having Pokémon hunters being brought to the lake if word got around or the lake being vandalized and polluted beyond recognition?" Sora asked.
"This crystal is my one and only chance! I believed in existence, but nobody else did! All they did was laugh in my face when I would bring it up! I wanted to share this knowledge with the world! The world should know about this crystal and this lake!" Dr. Henry exclaimed.
"That is not for you to decide, dude!" Sora stated.
"Just who are you to say what is for me to decide? Yes it is for me to decide, because the world has the right to know its existence!" Dr. Henry said.
"The world doesn't need to know about it, because it needs to be protected! And we're going to protect it!" Sora stated. Dr. Henry growls in frustration seeing how such a boy is refusing to listen to him.
"I have had enough of this! There's no point in talking to you! Dragapult! Smack Tyranitar with your tail!" Dr. Henry called out. Dragapult strikes Tyranitar on the back with its tail, loosening his grip. "Now use Scald!"
"Tyranitar! Use Rock Slide!" Sora ordered. Tyranitar forms rocks and used those rocks to block the attack. Pikachu snuck away towards Dr. Henry. Once the young doctor was distracted in the battle, the mouse Pokémon manages to get close, but Dreepy and Drakloak wasn't going to have him take back the crystal. Dreepy and Drakloak was about to attack Pikachu just when he smacks them both with Iron Tail. The ghostly dragon Pokémon chases after him. They were no match for Pikachu's speed.
"Tyranitar! Crunch!" Sora ordered. Tyranitar charges towards Dragapult to land a bite on it.
"Dodge it, Dragapult!" Dr. Henry called out. Dragapult dodges Tyranitar's jaws. Pikachu continues to run from Dreepy and Drakloak. Pikachu stops when he gets to Dr. henry. They get ready to pounce on the mouse Pokémon. Pikachu dodges them both right at the last second, knocking into Dr. Henry, knocking the crystal out from his hands. The crystal goes flying in the air. Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine sees it going and going, so Kiawe holds out his arms to catch it and he succeeded in catching it.
"Got it," Kiawe whezzed.
"Way to go, Kiawe!" Mallow praised the Fire Type trainer.
"Sora! Now is the time to finish them off!" Kiawe said.
"Right!" Sora nodded. "Pikachu! Thunderbolt! Tyranitar! Dark Pulse!" Pikachu and Tyranitar fires their attacks and they struck Dr. Henry and all of his Pokémon. They all go flying into the air before they come crashing down. "Hope that taught you a lesson. Dr. Henry quickly regained consciousness. He looked around all confused.
"Huh? What's going on? Where am I? How in the world did I get here?" Dr. Henry asked. Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine all knew it was a good sign because he now had amnesia about the crystal and the battle. Dr. Henry calls back his Pokémon and wondered off.
"Not sure what happened, but I'll take it," Sora said.
"Me too," Mina said.
"Now let's get it back to the lake," Kiawe said.
Everyone made their way back to the lake and they told Krystal everything that happned.
"So, the good news is, you won't have to worry about that guy coming back and try to steal the crystal again," Sora said.
"That is a huge relief," Krystal said. "Now we have to get it back into the lake." Everyone agreed. Lana took off her clothes, showing her bathing suit and she dove onto the lake with the crystal. She swam right towards the pedestal and places the crystal back.
Everyone stood watching the lake, but something was wrong. It wasn't glowing at all.
"What's going on?" Sophocles asked.
"The crystal's not glowing," Mallow said.
"How is it possible?" Illima asked.
"I don't know," Krystal said.
"Well, that's not very helpful," Kiawe said.
"It was all because of that guy! It's no wonder the crystal's no glowing!" hapu stated.
"I think Hapu's right. That has got to be reason it's not doing anything," Sora said. Lana resurfaced from the lake.
"I put the crystal back," Lana said.
"That's great, but it's not glowing underwater," Sora said.
"What? No! I put it back in the right spot! What did I do wrong?" Lana asked in disbelief.
"Maybe it's just running low on juice," Sophocles said. Everyone all looked right at him.
"What do you mean, Sophocles?" Lillie asked.
"What if Pikachu and the other Pokémon just uses their electric powers to recharge the crystal and it'll start glowing again just like a nightlight," Sophocles suggested.
"It's worth a shot," Kairi said. She took out Raichu's Pokéball and threw it in the air. "Raichu, come out!" The Pokéball opens and Raichu comes right out. Sophocles takes out all of his Pokéballs.
"Togedemaru, Magnemite, Vikavolt, Flaaffy, Voltorb! You come out too!" Sophocles called out. All of the Pokéballs opens and his Pokémon joins in with Raichu. Pikachu and the Pichu jumps into the lake water too. All of the Electric Type Pokémon swims towards the crystal and they began to send their electricity to re-energize the crystal. They're joined by the wild Electabuzz, Raichu, Jolteon, Magnemite, Voltorb, Chinchou, and Ampharos to recharge the crystal. They stopped using their attacks and the crystal starts glowing again.
"It worked!" Kairi cheered.
"Let's hurry and get Zapdos into the water!' Sora said. Not needing to be told twice, they push the legendary bird Pokémon into the lake. They hoped that Zapdos will make a full recovery after being bathed by the crystal's power. Zapdos floats right over the underwater temple, but the crystal stops glowing.
"What's happening now?" Sora asked.
"It looks like the crystal has lost its power again," Lillie said.
"Even with the efforts of the Pokémon isn't enough to keep it lit up," Kiawe said. Krystal stares into the lake worriedly.
"Oh Zapdos," Krystal said to herself.
Zapdos heads down to where Pikachu and the other Electric Type Pokémon. Luckily, Pikachu knew what to do.
"Everyone! We'll have to give Zapdos some of our power! Maybe it can help re-energize the crystal better than we can!" - Pikachu subtitle.
"He's right! Zapdos needs the power to recharge the crystal!" - Eectabuzz subtitle.
"And we can use the crystal to to that!" - Jolteon subtitle.
All of the Electric Type Pokémon fired their electricity into the crystal and the combined electric bolt is sent from the crystal and right into Zapdos. Feeling its strength return, Zapdos regains consciousness and reemerged from the lake letting our a loud cry.
"Zapdos is okay!" Mallow cheered.
"I can't believe it!" Sophocles also cheered.
"You're alright!" Krystal said happily.
The clouds blackened and Zapdos fires its electric attack into the lake, re-energizing the crystal. It was more than enough power to give the crystal the glow it had lost beofre.
"The lake is back to normal!" Lana said happily.
"That's a good sign!" Acerola said.
"Zapdos's power is more than enough to give it that glow," Illima said. With the crystal back to normal, Zapdos takes its leave of the lake only to return if it needs to recharge itself. The Electric Type Pokémon waved goodbye to the legendary bird Pokémon as it disappeared through the black clouds.
"Thanks Zapdos. You're the best," kKystal said. Later, as the sun was setting, Krystal came to see the group off. "Thanks to all of you, the lake will continue healing Electric Type Pokémon for a very long time. I just don't know how I can ever thank you."
"You don't need to thank us. We just did what we thought was right," Sora said. "Like I said before, you helped out Pikachu and I should be thanking you for that."
"And you have our word that we won't tell anyone about Zapdos, the crystal and the lake to anyone," Kairi assured her.
"Even if we did, I don't think anybody would believe us anyway," Sophocles said.
"And I think that is for the best," Illima said.
"He's right, it is," Krystal said.
"We should be going," Sora said.
"Thanks again. And good luck in your Gym battle," Krystal said.
With that said, the group continued their way to Blacthorn City for Sora's final Gym battle. Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine had once again touched the hearts of both people and Pokémon and they have new memories locked away in their hearts.
As for Dr. Henry, he tries so hard to remember what had happened.
"Why can't I remember what I was doing? Why, why?" Dr. Henry kept trying to figure it out. He growls getting frustrated. "Aw, why am I even trying to bother? Why am I just trying to obesse over something so unimportant? I should just head on home. All I need is a good phone call to get me going."
With that said, Dr. Henry headed to find the nearest town to make a phone call. Zapdos flies over him and zaps him. Dr. Henry lets out a loud scream, upon being shocked by the legendary bird Pokémon. And we'll just leave here at this point.