Wes and Yuki headed out of the Sheriff office and headed toward Duel Square. Ron and the others were gathered talking about the recent crime.

Nover noticed Wes and said, "You're still here. I thought Johnson…"

Wes shrugged and said "Sherles released me something about being immune to the law."

Nover rolled his eyes "Great uh…"

Ron said, "We told ya that would happen Nover."

Nover said, "Shut up Ron it ain't fair that punk can break the law. We should teach this punk a lesson he won't forgot."

"And risk losing our Pokémon in the process Nover" said the Street Performer. "You know if we engage a snagger he'll steal our Pokémon if he beats them."

Yuki said, "He won't steal them all just the Shadow Pokémon." She sighed, "Look the card said any Pokémon that stand out to me because of an aura about them. I'll make sure Wes doesn't snag anything else besides those Pokémon."

Mindy said "and what makes you think we'll trust you?"

Ron said, "Because I believe her and I'm the leader of duel square anything that happens here I know about."

Wes said, "That's good Ron because the Sheriff wants to know what you saw."

Ron said, "Oh he does huh hmm and he sent you as a diplomat because we're on the same level right?"

Wes said "somewhat, and I'm rather curious as well. I noticed a kid upset at Duking for letting Miror B run the coliseum.

Ron said "Miror B?"

A rider said "I believe he's that freaky Afro head dude that been handed out the Pokémon prizes."

Ron said "Oh yeah that guy. You know I saw Silva run out just as you guys entered so made the kid you're talking about is Silva."

Wes said, "It would make sense, but why steal a gear for the windmill?"

Ron said, "Because it's the thing providing all the power for the coliseum. The windmill goes down it goes down."

Wes said "and if the coliseum goes down then no one can compete right."

Ron said, "Yeah and it's a total drag too without the coliseum people will have to resort to battles on the street and let me tell you there ain't enough room for two battles at the same time in duel square. People are going to head to Phenac and other places for coliseums"

Wes said, "If I promise to help restore the coliseum to what it was will Duel Square help me."

Ron said, "I don't see why not. We got nothing better to do."

Nover said, "Help him, count me out."

The other trainers agreed and started to walk away.

Ron said, "Oh come on people Wes trying to help us out and you turn ya back on him. You know ever since two weeks ago I have noticed people becoming more heartless. This place used to be the coolest hot spot for battles where people accepted each other because of skills not because of background but now all I see is a bunch of snobs."

Divel said, "You want Snobs go to Phenac we just don't trust snaggers like any trainer should."

The trainers soon left leaving the square empty

Yuki sighed, "Well Wes looks like it will be just up to you and me… maybe if we didn't snag those two trainers Pokémon we could have had their help"

Wes face was serious "No…" He said as he looked up "I did the right thing, my mission is to snag Shadow Pokémon and remove all Cipher influences from the towns they have corrupted. I don't care if anyone helps me, or judges me because of who I am. All I need is my Pokémon and you Yuki. I don't need anything else. If anyone going to stop Cipher it's us."

Ron sighed and said, "I tried to rally some help but…"

Yuki said, "It's alright Ron we'll still look for that gear."

Ron said, "You will? But do you even know where it is?"

Wes said "No… but if I investigate and learn what this Gear looks like... I may be able to find it."

Ron said "How…"

Wes said, "A little thing called thief's intuition."

Ron said "ha da he da who da wha da?" in a tone of pure confusion

Wes said, "Thief's intuition, I see something that may not look valuable but I sense may be valuable after all… This Gear is important to running the coliseum right."

Ron said, "Yeah… it's one of the critical gears that's custom made. It would take months and cost a lot to get a replacement but you know from all its use it looks like junk."

Wes blinked and said, "Looks… like… junk…"

Ron said "Yeah it been working for over 30 years or so says the conductor."

Wes said "and if it looks like junk the best place to find it is with other junk and trash."

Ron said "What?"

Wes said "and to make it sure it won't return easily they would throw it at a place were it would blend in with a lot of other trash and stuff someplace that no one would know about it missing or being important because they normally don't work around here."

Yuki gasped and said "The Construction Lot!"

Wes nodded "Yuki, let's rock"

Yuki said, "We'll be right back Ron…"

Wes and Yuki quickly ran to the bike and jumped in hopefully they weren't too late before the construction lot cleaned up their area.

About 30 minutes later, they made it back to the construction yard and the worker they met earlier was cleaning up a huge pile of supplies and tools that had fallen somehow.

Wes said, "Excuse me."

The guy looked and said "Oh hey there uh Wes and Yuki right"

Yuki said, "Yeah… but we never did learn your name."

The worker said "Oh I'm Rick nice to meet ya…"

Wes said "Say Rick you didn't happen to find a large gear in your collection that seems to be out of place?"

Rick repeated "A large gear?" He got thoughtful and said, "Well actually some punk on a bike did throw something like that over the fence and it caused me big problems for when it crashed into stuff everything that I had stacked nicely fell to pieces and caused a domino effect on other things… I had plans to head off after I finished but now looks like I'll be working though the afternoon."

Yuki said, "You still have that Gear around we think it belongs to the windmill in Pyrite"

Rick said "Yeah… as soon as I get to it. I'll give it to ya."

Wes said, "You got a spare hard hat the quicker we can get it done the better."

Rick said, "Indeed I do but don't expect any money for helping"

Wes said "The gear all I want…"

Yuki said "come on Wes let's do this."

Wes and Yuki helped Rick out cleaning up the site and after about an hour, they managed to get to the gear. It looked to be about 30 inches in radius and about 6 inches in height

Rick said, "Well this is that troublesome Gear… and I'm surprised on how easily it was thrown."

Wes grabbed it, put his back into it, and lifted it slightly with a grunt. "Huh… yeah… it's heavy"

Rick said "Easy Boy don't want to throw your back out… Here I'll help you two get it loaded."

Fifteen minutes later, Wes and Yuki were back on the road heading back toward Pyrite. The Gear was in the sidecar next to Yuki.

Wes drove into Pyrite on his motorcycle with a huge grin on his face Yuki was also smiling.

"Hey Sheriff" Wes called as he parked in front of the police station "We think we found it!"

Sheriff Sherles ran out and looked at the gear, which after looking at it and seeing an icon like mark embedded into the gear "Yep this is it… I know that mark anywhere."

Wes said, "Where do I drop it off at."

Sherles said, "Take it straight to the windmill."

"Hey everyone" called out the Street Performer "The Snagger found the gear!"

Everyone looked.

Ron skated over and said, "I don't believe it…" He looked and smiled "Man Wes you are good"

Wes chuckled and said, "Let's get this to where it belongs."

Ron said, "I'll clear a path." He skated toward the windmill "Make way people the gear's coming though!"

People cleared a path leading to the windmill and Wes drove his motorcycle toward the windmill.

Duking came out of his office hearing the news about the gear, saw Yuki with the gear, and showed a smile. It was the first time in a couple of weeks that he had smiled. He walked over and said, "Miss… I'll take that."

Yuki tried to lift it and said "It's all yours Duking." When she couldn't

Duking lifted it with ease and carried it inside and soon the windmill started to turn.

The crowd cheered knowing that with the windmill back online the coliseum was back open.

Wes sighed and said "Now that's over it's time to do what I came here to do…" He gained a focused glare "and that's to find Miror B and take him down"

Duking came out and said, "Uh Wes is it"

Wes nodded "Yeah and this is Yuki"

Yuki said "Hello"

Duking said, "My thanks to both of you for finding that gear… I wonder do you think you can help me out…"

Wes said, "I think we can."

Duking said, "Listen this last two weeks I've been forced into doing something I rather not do… See there this Disco Freak who came into my office saying that he wanted to donate some powerful Pokémon as prizes for the coliseum. I thought there was something shady about him so I refused but the next day I learned that he kidnapped my favorite Pokémon Plusie a plusle."

Yuki said, "Miror B did that!"

Wes said "and let me guess he's holding it hostage forcing you to allow him give out these powerful Pokémon which Yuki and I deduced are all Shadow Pokémon"

Duking said "Shadow Pokémon…"

Yuki said "Pokémon that have been tainted by Darkness turning them into heartless machines by an organization called Cipher they are using your coliseum to distribute them to worthy trainers. The reason we know about them is because I have the ability to detect the aura coming out of them."

Duking "oh… and can they turn any Pokémon into a Shadow Pokémon…"

Wes said, "I truly don't know… but once submitted to the treatment the Pokémon either becomes a Shadow Pokémon or dies."

Duking said, "Do you think they'll do that to Plusie."

Wes said, "They might…"

Duking growled, "Wes the only way I know how someone could get into their headquarters is if you enter a tournament and win. You'll get your usual prizes of money and a TM but once you head out a peon of Miror B. will come out and led you into the building.

Wes said "and once inside I can raise hell in there…"

Duking nodded "I want you to find Plusie and get him out of there."

Wes said "Right…"

"And we also got to snag those four Shadow Ron and the others have…" Yuki added

Wes blinked and grinned as he got an idea. "Hey Duking you run the coliseum right?" He asked

Duking said "Yeah for the most part."

Wes said, "I've got an idea on how to KO two birds with one stone…"