Ben and Summer woke up same as usual and came into the living room. Nema immediately ran over to them with Tokomon and Calumon on her shoulders.

"Ben, Summer, I've been waiting for you!"

"Hey Nema, what's up?" Ben asked.

"I have something to show you." She brought over her Z.Z. Flyer. "Ta-da!"

Summer was surprised. "A Z.Z. Flyer?"

"How is it? Cool, isn't it?"

"Wait…isn't that the one I found in the ocean?" Ben asked.

Nema nodded. "Yup! This is the same Z.Z. Flyer you brought here, Ben! I've replaced its broken parts with parts I found scrapped from a microwave and a washing machine to fix it."

"Neither of which were in use I hope."

"I think I can use it to help my papa. But he said it's risky."

"You already used it to follow him to the Sky Fortress, I think we passed that threshold." Summer replied.

"Well, Nema started flying circles around him to show that she can handle it." Tokomon said. "But after something Rand made us promise not to tell anyone about, he just told her she can't handle a real Z.Z. Flyer."

"Nema, what did you do?" Ben and Summer asked Nema in unison.

"But he finally said it's okay if you two are with me!" Nema said. "Will you be there for just one flight?"

"Oh, sure, why not?" Ben smiled. "We'll call it a Quest." She and Ben posed. "Quest On!"

"You are great!" Nema sang.

"Pichu can ride on Staraptor." Ben said. "Summer and I will join on Latios and Latias."

"That's a great idea!" Nema kneeled to Pichu. "What do you say Pichu? Are you ready for the exciting ride in the sky?"

"Pi!"

"Alright." Summer smiled. "We'll be outside calling Latias and Latios. Bring your Z.Z. Flyer out when you're ready."

"I've renamed this Z.Z. Flyer the Nema-Flyer! Here we go!"

Lunick, Solana, Takumi, Ami, Arata, Chitose and Ryuji were doing a patrol on Mitonga Island. On the cliff near the Old Mansion a Fisherman called out to them. "Rangers!"

Lunick stopped the team as the man walked over to them. "Yes?"

"I'm so mad! This man in green came up to me while I was fishing."

"Man in green?" Arata scowled. "That sounds painfully familiar…"

"He then suddenly grabbed my bucket with all the Pokemon I caught! Then he went off, saying, "These Pokemon now belong to the Pinchers!" I just couldn't believe it!"

"Uh, oh…" Chitose murmured. "That ain't good."

"It really made me angry!" the man fumed. "I chased him to get the bucket back. He went towards the cliff on Mitonga Road that overlooks the ocean on that strange thing! What's it called? A Zip Flyer or Z.Z. Flyer? Anyway, I couldn't keep up with it. I don't care if they're called Pinchers or Punchers! Ranger, could you bring back my Pokemon?"

"Hold on a second, "your" Pokemon?" Lunick asked.

"Huh?"

"Fishing for Pokemon is fine, but you can't keep them." Lunick said. "Not without special permissions. That's illegal in Oblivia."

"Oh…I misspoke…But I was going to throw them back! They were just a few Magikarp anyway!"

"Then why do you care if the Pinchers have them?" Ami asked.

"Because they could be doing all sorts of bad things to them! As the guy who caught them, I'd be partly responsible for whatever happens to them! So please, help those Pokemon! You can throw them back into the ocean when you do for all I care!"

"Alright, so long as we're clear." Lunick said before he and Solana possessed. "Quest On!"

"He went towards the cliff on Mitonga Road that overlooks the ocean! Ranger, could you bring back the Pokemon I caught?"

"I doubt he'd stay there for very long." Takumi said. "Ryuji, take Chitose and our Rangers here hurry over to the site. It sounds like the area near Daybreak Ruins. Ami, Artata and I need to ask our witness a few questions."

"What do you need to ask at this point?" Ryuji asked.

"Detective work, someone like you wouldn't understand." Ami replied.

"What's with the attitude?" Chitose asked.

"Are you two still bitter about me using you as a diversion for my plan yesterday?" Ryuji asked. "Sheesh, get over it."

"I'm ignoring that." Ami muttered before glaring at him. "Look, we'll catch up with you later, just go already!"

"Alright, alright." Ryuji sighed as his portion of the crew left. "They may be a detective's assistants, but they're still just kids."

"Hey now." Solana smiled. "Anyway, we should hurry. Like Takumi said, I doubt they'd be staying long."

Nema was ridding on her vehicle high in the sky. Tokomon was on her shoulder and Calumon flew close by. To her left Ben was on Latios. To her right Summer was on Latias, and to her right was her Staraptor with Pichu ridding him. "We're above the clouds! This is so cool!" Nema smiled. "You must have been enjoying this thrill on a bird Pokemon all this time, Ben!"

"Not nearly as much as Summer has. She's been flying with Staraptor long before we came to Oblivia."

Summer smiled. "Flying up here makes me feel free."

"I want to fly like this forever!" Nema smiled.

"But Nema, the Nema-Flyer isn't finished!" Tokomon replied.

"Oh yeah. That's not possible! I didn't fill 'er up, and there are still some repairs needed!"

"Wait, you didn't fill the tank before leaving?!" Ben asked.

"Oh, don't worry, it'll be fine!" Calumon smiled. "Quarter tank, full tank, it's practically the same thing!"

"How is that anywhere near-

Suddenly the Nema-Flyer started shaking. "…Huh? Something is wrong. What's happening?"

"It's out of fuel!" Summer said. "We need to make an emergency landing and-

The Flyer shook more violently. "Yeek!" Then it slowed down. "The vibration stopped…"

"Oh, thank goodness." Ben sighed.

Then Nema started swerving and flying around wildly. "Eek! Nema, not so fast!" Tokomon yelled.

"Wow, look at you go Nema!" Calumon smiled. "And Rand thinks you're not ready to fly yet!"

"Thanks, but…I can't control it! It's been locked!"

"Wait, what?!" Summer asked.

Enemy detected! Enemy detected! Z.Z. Flyer's autobattle system will be activated!

"Wait, what?" Ben asked. A red plasma shot went for Ben and he narrowly evaded it. "Hey! Nema!"

"Oh, no! Is that the circuit I wasn't too sure about?" Nema asked.

"Seriously Nema! What the heck did you do?!" Ben and Summer yelled in unison.

"Calumon, Ben, Summer, get out of here!" The Nema Flyer flew away swerving wildly.

"Nema!" Summer shouted. "Come on, Latias, we need to go after her!"

Suddenly red plasma shots in a t shape flew at her. She yelped as she narrowly dodged them. Then they flew at her in a x. Then a t again. One of them hit Latias' wing and it spiraled a bit.

"Summer!" Ben flew towards her when he heard more shots firing. This time it was green plasma shots firing in a wild stream. "Oh, boy!" He and Latios spun as they evaded the attacks until they finally stopped coming. Once he was in the clear he looked up. "Huh? Where'd Nema go?" Red fireballs came raining from above. Calumon screamed as he flew away from the out of control Nema-Flyer above Ben and over to Staraptor, hiding behind Pichu. Ben tried his best to fly around them, but was hit by one or two. Each doing big damage to his Styler. "Ow! Ow! Okay, I'm pretty sure the Z.Z. Flyers I delt with before can't do that!"

"We gave the weapons some slight upgrades." Nema said nervously as she flew back in front of Ben. Then the vehicle shot a metal ball at Latios, clocking him in the head.

Summer and Latias resurfaced the clouds. "Nema, stop that thing right now!"

"I can't!"

Summer yelped as she dodged another metal ball. Then another, and another. After a few more the Nema-Flyer zigzagged over to her and fired more red blasts. Then a swarm of red and green shots came at both Rangers. They couldn't keep up with it all. When Ben was hit, he fell off of Latios, grabbing onto its wing for dear life. The Pokemon yelped as it started to lose altitude due to the unexpected weight on one of its wings. "Oh, no, no, no, no!" Ben yelped.

"Oh, great." Summer groaned as she continued to evade rapid fire. "Now all I need is to get tied up by something for the ten hundredth time, and my wonderful day is complete."

Just then a canon came out from the bottom of the Nema-Flyer. "Uh…" Nema murmured uneasily. It shot a set of bolas at Summer and the cable wrapped around her arms, pinning them to her sides. The magnetic balls connected behind her waist, securing the cable around her body.

"Happy now?" Calumon asked.

"I DIDN'T MEAN IT! I WAS KIDDING!" Summer screamed into the sky as she struggled. With her arms tied up it was almost impossible to steer Latias.

Then the front of the Nema Flyer started glowing. "Oh no…" Nema muttered.

"W-what's that light?" Summer asked.

Calumon shrieked. "Ah! Not the "Super Hyper Maximum Overdrive Nema Flyer Master Blaster"!"

Ben squinted. "*Really*? Evreything I went through and I'm gonna die to something with a name like that?"

Staraptor flew in front of Latios and Latias. Pichu put on a brave face with his little arms held out. "S-Staraptor?! Pichu! Calumon! What are you doing?!" Summer yelled.

"Good question, guys, what are we doing?!" Calumon shouted.

"Get out of there!" Ben yelled as the Nema-Flyer got louder. A massive gold beam fired towards the flyers. Pichu shut his eyes preparing to face his doom…

And then something rushed in front of them and blocked the attack. "Guh!" Despite shielding the blow sparks flew everywhere.

Ben looked up and gasped. "Gallantmon!"

The knight was slightly pushed back despite blocking with his shield. "That weapon is more powerful than it looks…"

The Nema-Flyer started zigzagging wildly again. "Someone, make it stop!" Nema screamed.

Then a flash of red rushed in, and the Flyer was stopped. Another Royal Knight was gripping the base of the Nema-Flyer between his fingers. "Kentaurosmon too!" Calumon cheered. "We're saved!"

The Digimon sighed. "You humans are absolutely hopeless." He crushed the cannon with the fingers on his other hand.

"Is everyone alright?" Gallantmon asked.

"Been better." Ben grunted as he climbed back onto Latios.

"Running out of power! Running out of power! The autobattle system will be deactivated!"

"Phew! Ben, Summer, everything is fine now!" Nema smiled.

"Finally, and thank goodness." Summer sighed.

Nema looked at a meter on her vehicle. "The fuel is low. The Nema-Flyer must return now!"

Lunick and Solana lead Ryuji, and Chitose to the cliff near Daybreak Ruins. "This looks like the place." Solana said.

"I don't see anyone here." Ryuji said. "Maybe Takumi was right. I don't see why they'd stay here for long."

"But where else could they go?" Chitose asked.

Lunick walked forward with Solana. "You say that, but I see nothing heEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE!" The ground under them gave in and the Rangers and their Pokemon fell into a pitfall.

"Lunick! Solana!" Ryuji and Chitose ran over. "Hey, are you two alright?!"

They two of them laid in the pit. At the bottom was a thin layer of tar. "Hey, what the- Solana grunted as she tried to get up, but her arms, feet and back were stuck to the ground. "Eww! What is this?!"

Lunick grunted as he and their Pokemon also struggled. "I can't move!"

"Hold on, we'll get you out of there." Ryuji took out his Digivice. "Chitose, Digivolve your partners so they can fly in."

Chitose took out his Digivice as well. "Good idea."

"Yoink!" Two Z.Z. Flyers zoomed by and swiped the gadgets.

"What?! Hey!"

The two Pinchers holding their Digivices grinned at them. "Hello there, folks!"

"Look at you! Why are you so surprised, "heroes"?"

"What's going on up there?" Solana asked. Before listening. "Wait...are those Z.Z. Flyers?"

The Fisherman from before walked over to them. "Fufufu, I got you! Not so smart, are you, guys?"

Chitose and Ryuji turned to him. "You! What are you doing here?"

"That whole fisherman thing was my idea. Did you enjoy the acting? It was an act to trick you."

"What?!" Armadillomon gasped.

"This was a trap it seems." Monodramon replied.

The fisherman changed into his Pincher uniform. "Hahaha! The Rangers are down and, two against three is a big disadvantage to overcome for you!"

"Shall we continue the act?" the Pincher that was in disguise asked. "The main character is me!"

One of the airborne Pinchers raised his hand. "The game scenario is by me!"

"And the stage director is me!" the last one said.

The one on the ground aimed his Control Gauntlet. "And the one to disappear from the screen in no time…the side characters …are you!"

A Scyther and a Cleffa came down from the other two Pinchers.

"Yeah, go get them!" the grounded Pincher rooted.

One of his comrades glared at him. "Hey, you help out!"

"Yeah man, where's that Combusken you pinched?" the other one asked.

"Lost it."

"Lost it how?!"

"Hey, I brought these losers out here, why don't you two carry some weight?!"

"Alright, fine! Cleffa, use Metronome!" The small Pokemon waved its finger around.

"Metronome?" The Pincher on the ground scoffed. "You're seriously just leaving this to luck?"

"Uh, what's Metronome?" Patamon asked.

"It's a move that does…well who knows what. The Pokemon uses any existing technique at random. It can be anything."

"Anything?" Monodramon asked.

"Literally anything."

The Cleffa swung his little arm, and a massive pink wave swatted all three of the Digimon into the wall. It was Spacial Rend. "M-Monodramon!" Ryuji yelled.

"Thaaaaat was Palkia's move, wasn't it?" Chitose murmured.

"Ha!" The flying Pincher pointed at his friend on the ground. "In your face you non-believer!"

The other Pincher sighed, rubbing his temple. "Oh, you've gotta be kidding me."

"Use it again! Use it again!" the other flying Pinche laughed.

"Okay, what do we get this time?" the Pincher grinned as his Pokemon waved it's finger. Then it shot a giant ball of mud that landed on Ryuji and Chitose.

"Gaaah!" as the two got up covered in mud, Chitose tried to wipe some of the mess from his eyes. "What the heck was that?!"

"Uh…no idea."

"Looked like Mud Bomb." The Pincher on the ground said.

"My turn! Scyther, finish them off!" Scyther then charged at the gang.

"Golden Triangle!" From above a green beam struck the Pokemon, knocking it to the ground. Rapidmon descended with Rand and Keith riding it.

"Gah! More Rangers?!" One of the Pinchers shuddered.

"Capture on!" Rand and Keith shot their Stylers and captured the Pokemon with ease.

Darkdramon who Arata was ridding on then bashed into one of the Z.Z. Flyers, knocking it into the other. They dropped Ryuji and Chitose's Digivices.

"Is everyone alright?" Rand asked.

"Is that Rand?" Lunick asked from the pitfall. "Can someone please tell me what the heck is going on up there?!"

"Rapidmon, do you mind?" Keith asked.

"Yeah, I got it." Rapidmon then flew into the pitfall and dragged up Lunick, Solana, Minum and Plusel.

"What happened to the play's scenario?" One of the Pinchers gulped. "Where is our great ending? Arggh! You'll pay for this!" He turned to the Pincher on the ground. The Digivices landed near him. "Hey, grab their gadgets and let's split!"

The Pincher walked over and picked them up. "Here, catch!" He threw them over to Ryuji and Chitose.

"Huh?" Ryuji caught his confused. Chitose wasn't expecting it and nearly dropped his.

"What the heck are you doing?!" one of the Pinchers yelled.

"Well done, my friend." Matayoshi smiled as he and Ami approached with Biyomon and Palmon.

"Matayoshi?!" Ryuji spotted another man with them. "Hey, is that…"

"Hey, are you okay?" The fisherman asked. "I'm the real fisherman. The fisherman of the fishermen! They took away my gear for fishing to trick you."

Then Kyoko came along dragging a handcuffed Pincher by the arm. "Looks like everything worked out."

The Pincher that returned Chitose and Ryuji's Digivices to them grinned at Ami. "I see you found the real fisherman. Nice going."

Ami pointed her thumb at the handcuffed one. "This weasel told us where he hid him."

The two pincers looked back and forth between their handcuffed ally and the other Pincher. "What?! How?! What's going on?!"

The "Pincher" chuckled. "I got to say, having a digital body in a physical world has some pretty nice perks." He held up his hand and a blue screen appeared in front of him. He pressed it and his whole body glowed blue and revealed… "Ta-da!"

"What?! Takumi!" Solana gasped.

The Pinchers yelped. "Th-th-the Cyber Sleuth?! How did-?!"

"Arata set this up for me." Takumi grinned. "It's based on a trick he, my sister and I used to sneak into a Kamishiro event!"

"You knew that this was a Pincher trap?" Monodramon asked.

Ami looked at the Pincher they arrested. "Remember when this chump mentioned the Pokemon he "caught"?"

"Yeah, the magic…whatsit?" Chitose asked.

"Magikarp." Arata smiled. "Those aren't native to Oblivia. And the species is common and pretty weak, so Team One World wouldn't have bothered to bring them over. That's what got these two suspicious."

"That, plus catching Pokemon is against the law here." Ami said. "Everyone native to Oblivia knows that. So…"

Takumi, Ami and Arata stood in front of the fisherman near the mansion. "I have some things I'd like to ask you." Ami said.

"Sure, what is it?" the Fisherman asked.

"How long have you been fishing in Oblivia?"

"Oh, uh…a few years now, why?"

"Then you must be fairly familiar with the local sea Pokemon."

"Of course!"

"How many Luvdisc have you caught? A lot, right? You must have. After all they're the most common sea Pokemon in Oblivia."

"Oh, yeah! Lots of them I catch like, four or five a day!"

Ami's face remained blank. "Actually, it's Basculin."

The fisherman froze. "Huh?"

"Basculin is the most common sea Pokemon here. Luvdisc are extremely rare."

"Oh! R-right! Basculin is what I meant! I catch four or five a day!"

"I lied. It is Luvdisc."

"…What?"

Arata sighed. "Ami, if you have time to mess with this guy, maybe we should-

Ami turned to her brother. "Takumi, you know what to do."

Takumi turned to his partner. "Terriermon, you know what to do."

"Terrier Tornado!" Takumi's partner blew up a whirlwind that swept into the man and sent him airborn. He screamed as he flew up high and landed on the ground with a crash.

"Wha-Takumi, what are you doing?!" Arata yelled as the man laid unconscious in front of them.

"Relax." Ami walked up to the man on the ground and pulled down his sleeve. There was a metal gauntlet on his right arm. "I knew it."

"Is that a Control Gauntlet?!" Keremon asked.

"This guy is a Pincher." Takumi said. "He's trying to lure Lunick and the others into a trap."

"What?! We gotta go warn them!"

"Hold your horses." Ami said. "We need to counter their plan with one of our own. Also, the real fisherman must be locked up somewhere. Once this bozo wakes up, I'll get him to tell me where. I'm going to call Kyoko and Matayoshi as well."

Takumi looked at the unconscious Pincher and then at Arata. "Hey, Arata, remember that trick you did with the Stealth Hide to modify our avatars? Can you do it again?"

"Well, for some reason the Stealth Hide won't work. I can't make you invisible." Arata murmured before he grinned. "Buuuuut, I can modify your appearance if you're getting at what I think you are…"

"How could you guys not notice that wasn't me?!" the Pincher yelled at his comrades.

"I guess Takumi's acting was better than yours." Ami grinned.

"Oh please, the role wasn't complex or anything. Watch." Takumi pressed the screen again and turned back into a Pincher. "Hey everyone, look at me! I'm a Pokemon Pincher! I'm a stupid freeloader who harasses and mind controls Pokemon because I'm too useless to do anything myself!" He then turned back to normal. "See? Any shmuck can do it."

"…That impression is terrible." The Pincher groaned as Ami, Keith, Chitose and Arata laughed.

"Really? It was good enough to fool your buddies here."

"That's great and all." Solana said. "But any reason why you didn't just tell us from the beginning this was a trap? We could have come here better prepared!"

"I don't suppose this is payback for using you yesterday, is it?" Ryuji asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry, does that upset you?" Ami smiled innocently before glaring at him. "Get over it."

As Ryuji sighed Matayoshi laughed. "Well Ryuji, this is what happens when you mess with Kyo-kyo's pupils…and my personal secret weapon!"

"Arata, were you in on this?" Chitose asked. "Hurtful man! I thought we were pals!"

"Let's just say I needed some overdue payback of my own."

"I figured as much." Ryuji said. "I admit I…was kind of a jerk to you."

"Yes. Yes, you were."

Chitose looked at them. "H-hey! I thought you two put that behind you! Don't go picking open old wounds!"

"No, it's fine Chitose." Ryuji said. "I unreasonably took my anger over what happened to Jude out on him. It wasn't fair."

"Jude?" Arata asked. "I was referring to that ball you made me fetch from Lapras Beach! The kids playing there saw it and laughed at me!"

"Oh…seriously?" Ryuji asked. His friends laughed.

"Well now that we have that wrapped up, you three are coming with us." Matayoshi said. The Pinchers gulped as they were taken away by him and Kyoko.

"Good work today." Kyoko winked at her assistants. "Good to see your learning to use less direct methods to deal with enemies."

"Yeah, the Takumi and Ami I used to know would have rushed it." Arata joked.

Kyoko laughed as she left. "I'm so glad you all are safe!" the fisherman smiled.

"So, what about the Pokemon you caught?" Chitose asked. "Did the Pinchers take anything from you?"

"No worries! I didn't have any! I just take a quick pic of what I catch and throw it back in! Like the Cyber Sleuth said, it's the law! Actually, I haven't landed a thing so far today! Ha haha…"

The Rangers posed. "Quest Clear!"

"Okay, now that that's done…" Chitose sighed. "I'm heading back to take a shower and get this mud off."

"Same." Ryuji muttered.

"You do that." Takumi replied. "And let this be a lesson Ryuji, if you ever try to make a fool out of a Cyber Sleuth this is the price you pay!"

Ryuji sighed. "Noted."

Kentaurosmon and Gallantmon brought the Nema-Flyer down to the ground in Teakwood Forrest. Latios, Latias, and Staraptor landed nearby.

"It must have surprised you that it started attacking all of the sudden." Nema said.

"Understatement of the year." Ben sighed as he pulled the balls of the bolas apart and started unraveling the cable around Summer.

"Actually…I admit it was kind of thrilling to see your flying technique right in front of my eyes. I had so much fun!"

"That makes one of us." Summer groaned as she stretched her arms out.

"Picchu!" Pichu glared at Nema.

"Staaar…" Staraptor just went up to Nema and leered over her.

"Oh, sorry!"

"It said it detected an enemy before it attacked us." Ben said. "Did it know who we are?"

Gallantmon thought for a moment. "You're Stylers. Perhaps the Pinchers programed them to detect Capture Stylers."

"Ooooooh, that makes sense." Nema replied.

"Next time you foolishly obtain an enemy vehicle make sure you properly disable any countermeasures that can be used against you, you dunce!" Kentaurosmon glared at Nema.

"Y-yes sir!" Nema nervously saluted.

"I'm just glad you two were in the area." Summer said. "Thank you."

"We were patrolling the sky when we heard weapons firing off." Gallantmon replied. "We thought maybe the Pinchers were up to no good again."

"We followed the sound of screaming and instead we found some kid messing around with one of their vehicles." Kentaurosmon added. "What a hassle."

"Well Ben…only one thing left to do." Summer said.

"Huh? What's that?" Nema asked.

Ben and Summer posed. "Quest Clear!"

Kentaurosmon. "I'll never understand your kind…"

"Well, it's getting late. We should head back." Ben said.

"You do that." Kentaurismon said as he left. "I'm off to find something better to do with my time."

Gallantmon ascended. "Be careful on your way home."

"Right. See ya." Ben waved the knights of.

"Uh, Ben? Summer?"

"Yeah, Nema?"

"Please don't tell my papa about this."

Ben sighed as he started walking. "Lucky for you I'm gonna dedicate the rest of my life to forgetting it."

And now I have a question for all of you. What is your favorite moment with Metronome? Mine was when I was playing around with it with my Munchlax in Pokemon Diamond and it pulled a Roar of Time. I'm not joking.