This has something new added to it, so an update on the dialogues used.
"Normal Telepathy"
[Pokémon Only Telepathy]
From A to Z
No One's POV
In a dark cave, a creature burst out of green water, its long snake-like body looked at those across the pool it sat in as it let out a cry. "Finally, we've cornered it. Time to catch it," a woman with blue hair and visor wearing a red single-piece short dress said with a Houndoom next to her. "Let's go!" she ordered. The Houndoom ran forward and joined a Houndor, Sneasel, and Skorupi before the four of the fired attacks at the creature.
It wasn't phased in the slightest as its body and the cave floor glowed green. "What's going on?" one of the men asked. The creature then unleashed its attack, tearing apart the ground before disappearing. The blue-haired woman was pissed when she saw her target was gone.
Elsewhere, a man with red, lion-like hair sat in his office with a male Pyroar next to him, listening to a report from the blue-haired woman. "I must sadly apologize sir, we lost it," she told the man.
He looked up from the wine he had been drinking earlier to look at the screen. "So it turns out Z is as powerful as we suspected. Find it for the world Team Flare aims to achieve," he ordered with cold determination. The woman nodded and the screen went blank.
A chime then went off behind him and the door to his office opened up. "Daddy, I'm here!" a young woman's voice called out. The man turned to see Annabell standing at the door.
"Annabell, it's good to see you," the man said, the coldness in his voice and the news he just heard a forgotten memory. "What brings my favorite daughter here?" he asked.
"I just wanted to see you, and make a request," Annabell answered.
"Of course honey. So what do you need?" the man asked.
"I'm sure you heard that my darling Alec has been injured and I haven't been able to get in contact with him since. I want to go out there and look for him. My beloved is probably so lonely without me that I must find him," Annabell told her father.
"I'm sure he is," the man said, though not without a hint of sarcasm his daughter didn't notice.
"So I want to know if I can go look for him. I'll be good and keep in touch but my hearts telling me something's wrong," Annabell finished.
"Of course honey. Good luck to you," the man told her. The young woman ran out the door with a happy smile, ready to begin her search.
Serena's POV
It had been a few days since Ash won his seventh gym badge and Alec had vanished to Speaker Valley. They had decided to go to Snowbelle City for Ash's eighth badge since they knew there was a gym there and Ash wanted to see the gym leader who Alec spoke of. Serena was curious too and wanted to meet the man who sounded more like Alec's father than his real one.
Pikachu and Dedenne jumped into a pile of fallen leaves nearby and Bonnie joined them. Although they all appeared happy, Serena was a little sad. When they had woken up the day after Ash's battle with Olympia, they were surprised to find both Alec and Cassidy gone, and the note Alec had given them had been vague and cryptic, which made Serena wonder what Olympia told him that forced him to take the actions he did.
Ash had taken it the hardest out of anyone, shouting in anger, and had tried to run to Speaker Valley before Serena had stopped him. Still, they moved on figuring Alec would catch up with them when he could. And hopefully stopping what Olympia told him.
"Let's go, Bonnie," Clemont told her.
"We're really close to the Pokémon Center so we'd better get moving," Ash added.
"Kay," Bonnie answered, getting out of the leaf pile and running to where she's put her bag down.
They started to leave but Serena noticed Bonnie hesitating. "What is it, Bonnie?" Serena asked her.
"There's something in here," Bonnie answered, referring to her bag.
"What is it?" Clemont asked as he walked up. They all looked and inside Bonnie's bag was some kind of slime. It was bright green with a pink hexagon in the center of its body and a single eye. The thing turned to look at the group and Bonnie smiled at it.
"Wow! It moved!" Bonnie shouted. The thing jumped out of Bonnie's bag and the young girl ran after it, almost tripping Ash and Clemont. It then bounced off Bonnie's face and hit Serena in hers.
"Are you alright Serena?" Ash asked her, suddenly next to her.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Serena told him, trying and failing to keep the blush off her face.
"Where'd it go?" Bonnie suddenly asked. Serena turned to see that the creature was gone till Bonnie's shirt started moving on its own and the girl burst out laughing.
The thing eventually came out and Bonnie grabbed it. "Got you!" she yelled in victory. The creature tried to break free of Bonnie's grip, but didn't and made some weird sounds that even Serena's understanding of Pokémon wasn't able to decipher. "Are you a Pokémon?" Bonnie asked. Bonnie then started tickling it and it fell back after what sounded like laughter came from it.
"I don't think it is a Pokémon," Serena told the group.
"What do you mean?" Clemont asked.
"When it was making those noises I couldn't hear any words. If it was a Pokémon I should have been able to understand something," she explained.
"Maybe it's a Pokémon that Speakers can't understand," Ash suggested.
"It's possible but unlikely," Serena replied. She thought she saw the creature look at her at the mention of Speakers, but it still looked at Bonnie.
"Let's check the Pokédex, we do have new ones," Ash added, pulling out the new Pokédex he got from Professor Sycamore before they left Anistar, which Serena got one as well.
"No data," the dex said after it scanned the creature.
"Maybe it's a new kind of Pokémon?" Clemont theorized.
"That would be awesome!" Ash said excitedly.
"I'm going to take care of it," Bonnie declared suddenly.
"Bonnie, please don't forget you don't know anything about it," Clemont pointed out.
"I'll learn by taking care of it," Bonnie told him before looking back at the creature. "And if you don't have a name yet, I'll just have to give you one," she said. "Let's see, it's squishy, so I'll call you Squishy!"
"And you give me flak for unimaginative names," Clemont muttered, but Bonnie didn't hear him.
"That's a great name," Ash told her.
[Hey there Squishy!] Pikachu greeted. He and Dedenne went up to Bonnie as she set the creature down.
Before anything else could happen, a large amount of rumbling was heard and a herd of Dodrios ran through the area. Before Serena could move Ash grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the way as another Pokémon jumped between the trees. A Grovyle.
"Who's Pokémon is that?" Ash asked, still holding Serena who was having a very hard time trying not to become a blushing mess.
"Ash, do you think you could let go?" she asked nervously. Ash then clued in what he was doing and quickly let go of Serena's hand.
"Grovyle!" a familiar voice shouted. "Wait for me!" Serena looked to see Sawyer running up out of breath.
"Sawyer!" Ash called out.
"Ash! It's you," he said as he reached the group and started panting. "I can't believe I ran into all of you."
"What was that about?" Serena asked him.
"I was trying to catch one, but it didn't work out," Sawyer answered. He then noticed something. "Where's Alec? I thought he was with you," he asked.
"Well not anymore," Ash answered with a hint of anger. Sawyer looked confused but before he could ask about it, Bonnie spoke up.
"Squishy's gone!" she shouted.
The group quickly started searching and Sawyer helped as they explained what happened to Alec. "So Alec just disappeared like that because of something Olympia said?" he asked in clarification.
"Yeah. Makes me wonder what it was that caused him to do this. He and Cassidy are likely at Speaker Valley as we speak," Serena answered.
"Who's Cassidy?" Sawyer asked.
Before Serena could answer, an explosion was then heard and they saw a large dust cloud appear in the distance. "Think that was Squishy?" Ash wondered.
"I'm coming Squishy!" Bonnie shouted, immediately running towards the cloud.
The others quickly caught up and they eventually reached a series of rocks where they saw Squishy being held by a Drapion and four people in red suits. The one that stood out had short purple hair and a visor on her head. "Good, now let's get back to the lab," she told the other three people.
[Hold it!] Pikachu shouted.
"It's Squishy!" Bonnie called out.
"What are you trying to do?" Ash demanded.
"What we do with this little one is our business, now isn't it," the woman answered as Squishy tried and failed to escape the Drapion's grip.
"What does she mean by that?" Serena asked as Pikachu and Grovyle stepped up.
"No! You let Squishy go!" Bonnie shouted.
"What a bore. Drapion, Toxic now!" the woman ordered.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Ash shouted. Pikachu ran forward as Drapion shot out purple poison and hit it with Thunderbolt, causing the two attacks to explode.
"Grovyle, Leaf Storm!" Sawyer shouted. Grovyle set his attack through the smoke, but Drapion shrugged the attack off.
"You'll have to do better than that," the woman mocked. As if the universe answered her, an attack came from above and hit Drapion into the ground. Something then flashed down, grabbed Squishy, and jumped off Drapion. The thing then landed near Bonnie, revealing a Lucario. "Where'd that come from?" the woman asked.
Serena then noticed a familiar black bracelet with a Lucarioite attached to it. "Arco?!" Serena asked in surprise.
[I'll explain later, Aunt Serena. Right now I've got these people to deal with,] Arco told her. Serena did feel a little confused by Arco calling her aunt before remembering Arco saw Alec as his father.
"Squishy!" Bonnie shouted, pulling it out of Arco's hands. "Thank goodness you're okay," she told him.
Arco then used Earthquake, sending the red-suited people to the ground as the ground ripped itself apart. "The nerve. Drapion, Sludge Bomb!" the purple-haired woman ordered. Arco immediately countered with Flash Cannon, causing a smokescreen the group used to run away.
As the sun started to set, the group stopped for the night. "What was all that about anyway?" Ash questioned.
"Arco, you said you'd explain, so what happened?" Serena asked him.
[I don't know who those people were if you want to know that,] Arco reported, with Serena translating what he said.
"So, is Alec with you?" Clemont asked Arco, who shook his head.
"Do you at least know why he ran off like that? And why are you here if Alec isn't with you?" Ash asked aggressively.
"Ash, please calm down," Serena told him gently.
Ash did so reluctantly. [I'm sure you already know that Olympia told Alec something that caused him to run off the way he did. I won't tell you what it was, as it's not my place, but on the way to Speaker Valley, Alec was getting worried about you all with him not around to help you. So, I volunteered to find you all and help keep you safe,] Arco explained with Serena translating.
"I think it's great that Alec's thinking of us," Bonnie said happily.
Arco then threw a Poké Ball at Serena and she caught it. She quickly realized that this was Arco's ball. [You might as well hang on to it,] he told her.
"Thanks, Arco," she replied.
"And Squishy's okay!" Bonnie called out, holding it in her hands.
"Thank goodness," Clemont said relieved.
[What kind of Pokémon is that?] Arco asked.
"Your guess is as good as mine," Serena told him.
"Why don't we camp out here tonight," Clemont suggested.
"Good idea. Come on out everybody!" Ash shouted, releasing his team. Serena and Clemont followed suit.
"Wow! An Eevee and a Noibat! You caught some new Pokémon!" Sawyer shouted excitedly.
"Yep. Noibat's mine and Eevee is Serena's," Ash told him.
Bonnie then walked up to where all the Pokémon were standing. "Squishy, these are all your new friends. Be nice," Bonnie told it. The Pokémon gave Squishy greetings.
Later, the Pokémon were enjoying the Puffs Serena had made earlier, but Squishy wouldn't eat for some reason. [Maybe fruit is more to your liking?] Pikachu asked, holding up a berry. Squishy made a noise and looked away.
"That's strange," Sawyer commented.
"Yeah," Bonnie answered. Squishy then jumped out of her hands and hopped to a rock that let the sun fall on it. Squishy stood still with its eye closed for a bit before laying down on the rock and the pink hexagon glowed. "Maybe all it needs is sunlight?" Bonnie wondered.
"That's convenient," Serena commented.
"So who were those people in the red clothes away?" Ash asked.
"They said Squishy was theirs, but it didn't seem that way," Clemont noted.
Sawyer then pulled out his notebook and drew a mock drawing of Squishy. "I'm going to ask the next gym leader I challenge if they know anything about Squishy. Maybe someone else will know," he told the group.
"Great idea. Now on the topic of gyms, how many badges do you have?" Ash asked.
"I've got five," Sawyer answered, pulling out his badge case. "What about you Ash?" he asked.
"Seven," Ash answered, showing Sawyer his case.
"Wow! Is that the Psychic Badge?" Sawyer asked, pointing to Ash's seventh badge.
"Yep. Olympia was crazy strong," Ash answered.
[We barely beat her,] Pikachu added.
"Well you all did great," Serena commented.
"I plan on challenging Anistar next. So where's your next gym?" Sawyer asked.
"The Snowbelle Gym," Ash answered. "So have you challenged it yet?" he asked Sawyer.
"No. I heard the gym leader there is pretty strong, so I didn't attempt," Sawyer admitted. He then pulled out a map. "But there is an interesting place on the way called Terminus Cave with a lot of rare Pokémon," he told them, pointing to the place on the map.
"Terminus Cave?" Serena asked as she pulled out her guide book and typed the place in. "Is this it?" she asked, showing Sawyer.
"Sure is," he answered. Squishy then came out of nowhere and knocked the guidebook to the ground and started jumping on the screen saying something.
"Do you want to go there Squishy?" Bonnie asked. Squishy nodded.
"Then let's go to the Terminus Cave," Ash said confidently.
"And who knows, maybe we'll figure something out about Squishy while we're there," Clemont added.
The group eventually went to bed, but Serena was having a hard time sleeping. Her thoughts kept going to Alec and she wondered how her brother was doing. Her eyes went to Arco, who was sleeping not too far away, not wanting to go into his ball. She wondered if Alec had sent him so he could find his way back to them. Did that mean he was coming back soon? Serena pushed the thought away, no need to get her hopes up unnecessarily.
Her thoughts were interrupted when Bonnie suddenly stirred next to her and Serena looked and saw Squishy hopping away. "Squishy! Wait up!" Bonnie shouted, waking the others up.
They ran after it when Pin Missile came in and knocked Squishy back. Another attack came in and Bonnie jumped protectively over Squishy. "Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Ash shouted. Pikachu fired and destroyed two of the missiles.
"Grovyle, Leaf Blade!" Sawyer called out as he threw his Poké Ball. Grovyle appeared and took out two more missiles, but four more were still heading for Bonnie.
"Arco!" Serena shouted. Arco jumped in front of the attack and knocked the missiles out of the way, causing them to hit the nearby trees.
Not too far away was the source of the attack, the red-suited people from before. "Those guys again. Frogadier, I choose you!" Ash shouted, throwing his ball. When Frogadier appeared, he and Grovyle gave each other a smirk.
"You two Braixen!" Serena shouted, throwing her partner's ball.
"Luxray!" Clemont added.
"Hey! Will you stay out of this, please? I told you it's mine!" the purple-haired woman demanded.
"You're wrong. If Squishy was yours you wouldn't be treating it the way you did," Ash told her.
"This is getting old. Cross Poison!" the purple-haired woman shouted and Drapion unleashed the attack while the other three people called out for Dark Pulse.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt! Frogadier, Water Pulse!" Ash shouted.
"Braixen, Flamethrower!" Serena commanded.
"Luxray, use Swift!" Clemont called out.
The eight attacks met causing an explosion. "Serena, Clemont, take Bonnie and Squishy and go. Me and Sawyer will handle this," Ash told them.
"Alright, but be careful. Luxray, return," Clemont said.
"Braixen, return. Arco, with us," Serena said as she and Clemont returned their Pokémon.
They turned to run with Arco right behind them. As they made their escape, they ended up having to cross a river and during the crossing Bonnie fell in. Thankfully the river wasn't that deep.
"Bonnie, are you alright?" Clemont asked with concern.
"No! Where's Squishy?!" Bonnie asked and Serena noticed it was gone.
"It must have gotten swept down the river," she theorized. "Arco, go on ahead and find Squishy in case those red-suited people show up," she ordered. Arco nodded and jumped downstream.
Arco's POV
As Arco ran downstream looking for the green blob, he was thinking about something Flame told him once. About people in red suits who did things to him and Arco wondered if the people he ran into today and the ones who once held Flame were the same. He shrugged that thought aside when he saw Squishy, and it wasn't alone. The red suits got reinforcements. The newcomers were led by a green-haired woman, but this one wore a large pair of green sunglasses.
The two with her let out a Houndor and a Sneasel which appeared behind Squishy. "We've got you now. You're still needed for our experiments," the green-haired woman said as she let out a Bisharp.
[Hands off creeps!] Arco shouted as he landed in front of Squishy and got into a fighting stance.
"Who's Pokémon is this?" the woman wondered, likely seeing Arco's bracelet.
Arco was about to attack when he heard a voice, but not like one he ever heard before. [Get away. I'll handle this,] the voice told him. Arco didn't know what to make of it when he saw Squishy glow bright green behind him. Arco jumped away, wondering if Squishy was the voice he heard.
Squishy was surrounded by a barrier for a brief moment before it unleashed a shockwave that didn't appear to do anything. Squishy then was hit by multiple green streaks and its body turned into some kind of dog creature.
Arco was amazed. He didn't think that the blob could do this, and apparently, neither did those hunting it. "What?! I wasn't told about this!" the green-haired woman protested.
The dog then unleashed an attack that appeared like an Earthquake, except for the green lights coming from the cracks. It took out the surrounding area forcing the red suits to retreat. Another green light appeared and Squishy returned to normal.
[Are you alright?] Arco asked Squishy, jumping down to it.
[I'll be fine. But please don't tell the Speaker or anyone what you saw,] came the voice from earlier. Arco guessed it was Squishy's and he wondered why he didn't speak like that normally. [And in case you're wondering I can't speak like a normal Pokémon, it takes a lot for me to do. I'll be able to explain it all to you once I'm back to full strength,] Squishy added, seemingly hearing Arco's thoughts.
[Alright. But you'd better keep your word,] Arco told him and Squishy nodded.
"Squishy!" Bonnie's voice called out. Arco looked to see Bonnie running towards him with Clemont and Aunt Serena behind her.
"What happened here?" Clemont wondered.
"Arco? Did you see what happened here?" Serena asked.
[No. I just saw the green light and came to see what it was,] Arco lied. He hoped he was convincing, since getting caught would mean he'd probably have to reveal Squishy's secret.
"Serena! Clemont! Are you guys alright? Where'd those people in red go?" Ash asked.
"We're alright, though I wish I knew what happened to those people," Clemont answered.
Bonnie then climbed up to where Arco and Squishy were and she picked up the green blob. "Thank goodness you're alright Squishy," Bonnie said happily as she held Squishy close to her.
No One's POV
After the events of last night, the group said their goodbyes to Sawyer, and Arco was put back in his ball. As they went down the path with Dedenne on Bonnie's head and Squishy hiding in her bag, they passed a boy a little older than Alec. He had black hair and eyes and wore a blue scarf that was like Mega Charizard X's flame sprouts with a black jacket, pants, and boots with a blue shirt and a Keystone on his wrist. Neither the group, nor the boy paid any attention to each other, but when they passed, Squishy peaked out of Bonnie's bag to glare at the boy's back.
[That Arco fellow said he belonged to someone that the Speaker knew. I wonder if that person's one as well, and if so, where is he,] Squishy thought to itself.
Elsewhere, a Charizard landed in front of a large crater with two people, and two Pokémon on his back. The passengers disembarked and looked down the crater where a town was placed. "This is it. Speaker Valley," Alec said.
"So then, this is where we'll find a way to prevent Flame's death?" Cassidy asked.
"It's our best bet. Let's go," Alec answered, and the five made their way towards the village.