Chapter 5: Alolan Showdown

LOCATION: Alola; June 19th, 2008

A bright portal opened up, revealing a team vanish admin and his 'assistant.' It was none other than Zek and Silas. With Zek keeping his smirk while Silas remained baffled.

"Sir! How did that portal open like that?"

Zek dug into his hoodie pocket to reveal a remote. It had various dials with numbers attached to it. "This device has the energy of Dialga and Palkia stored into it. It allows me to open portals at will. And with that Celebi's powers broken, we will always be one step ahead. We can allow for phase 2 to take place."

Silas was quite confused. "But you never told me you had a device ready for opening portals at will."

"Keep quiet!" He snapped his fingers at him. "Your job was to obtain the legendaries with our modified pokeballs. Now I step in..."

"But what are we even doing in the Alola region?"

"This region has a much better frequency for handling ultra wormholes than any other region. Likewise, this region should be able to handle our machine to reset time." Zek's smirk grew even bigger. "Oh i'm sorry, my machine."

Silas gave a defeated sigh. Sometimes, he wondered how he even got this job of being a Team Vanish 'admin.' Except he never even got that title. Zek gave him the role of 'assistant' and Silas was only in on this for the reward. And it's all he ever wanted. Power. Power that will make others fear him. But was it even worth it? Zek clearly was pushing his buttons quite a bit. But for now, he just has to hang back and let Zek handle the experiment.

"Okay, so where are we setting up base?" Silas said being confused by his plan. "You also didn't mention any of this to me either. I didn't know we were abandoning cold storage."

"We are not abandoning it..." Zek said getting irritated. "We need to set up underground. Maybe in Mount Lanakila." He turned to Silas. "And as for you, quit asking questions. It's getting on my nerves."

Zek and Silas were situated on Ula Ula Island, Particularly near the Maile Garden. Silas eyed the direction they needed to go. "Let's not waste any time then."

A couple minutes after they left, a new portal appeared. It revealed a Tepig and Snivy that landed perfectly... Followed by a Oshawott that tripped and fell on his face in front of Snivy, causing him to blush.

"That could of gone better!" Snivy said trying to hold back her laughter.

Oshawott tried to respond but stuttered again. "Heh heh... Oopsie I... I guess..."

A Celebi soon appeared and the portal closed itself off. "Alrighty group of Pokemon that will help me save the world! Welcome to Alola! A region filled with sand, Pokemon, and a lot of water that i'm sure in no way would be like Hoenn and therefore make people mad." She once again had that same giggle while the Unova Pokemon sweatdropped.

Tepig rubbed the back of his head a bit. "Uh, sure. So where are we going to find this Dialga?"

Celebi pointed south. "That way." There was a giant mountain that honestly looked too big to exist. "That's mount Lanakila. And I can sense Dialga is near it." She started to look a bit sad. "I hope they don't do anything too dangerous to him."

Snivy tried reassuring her. "Well, if he is as powerful as you think he is then i'm sure he could handle those weird looking people."

Oshawott held his scalchop defensively. "You're right Snivy. All we need to do is focus on the task at hand and make to the mountain."

"Well Osh, it was your idea to help Celebi. Might as well try to lift her spirits." Oshawott once again had that slight blush as he looked away. Celebi noticed this but decided to address it later.

"It's not that I don't believe he's strong." Celebi stated. "It's that he's trapped in a pokeball he can't escape from. That pokeball they have is not a regular one you can buy. It has properties that are greater than a master ball." This information sent chills down Oshawott's spine. Tepig however was skeptical. "I don't have all the details but the pokeball is not normal, and therefore we need to grab it before team Vanish does anything bad to it." This made the trio more determined to save the world.

Oshawott started to walk ahead. "Alright guys. Let's leave this garden and head off to Mount Lanakila!"

Celebi floated in front of him. "I'll handle being the leader. Alright guys. Let's leave this garden and head off to Mount Lanakila!" Tepig and Snivy laughed at his misfortune while Celebi held a mild giggle. Oshawott just hung his head low.

"Guess i'll chill in the back."

While the group was walking, Celebi kept casting a glance at Oshawott. The otter was, while looking forward most of the time, also looked at Snivy, holding a slight smile. This intrigued Celebi quite a bit. So, being the 'sort of' meddler that she is, she decided to intrude on Oshawott.

Celebi pulled on his arm and yanked him to the side so they were a small distance away from Tepig and Snivy. "I see that your looking at your girlfriend a lot..." She said bouncing a 'eyebrow.'

Oshawott's cheeks turned red as he started fiddling with his scalchop. "I don't know what you're talking about. We aren't a think and i certainly don't have feelings for her." He said trying to hide the facts.

"Oh really." Celebi said with a smirk. She has a method for getting people to admit about their crush. It was a bit of a cruel method, but it does work... So there's silver lining. "Remember i'm a time traveler. And i've seen that Snivy head over heels for a Servine."

Oshawott immediately gave a battle stance. "Oh heck no! That Pokemon is going down! Nobody touches my..." He cut himself off by holding his paws in front of his mouth. "Oh... Okay, you got me." He said with a defeated sigh. But he also wondered how Snivy and Tepig didn't turn to see his outburst.

"Ha! I knew you liked her. And for the record, I haven't seen what any of your futures look like, I just had a suspicion from you staring at her. And the blushing."

Oshawott's cheeks turned into pure tamato berries in term of color. "You mythicals and your know-it-all powers." He said adjusting his scalchop.

Celebi giggled a bit. "Well I do love getting two 'lovebirds' together. In fact-"

Oshawott cut her off. "I don't even know if she likes me back. That's why I haven't made any moves on her yet."

"Do you have any romantic experience?"

"No." He said rather sad. "Every girl i've ever flirted with before hand has rejected me. It's like i'm some sort of chick repellent. But about a year ago, I stopped flirting so much because of Snivy. She really made me, open my eyes..."

"Aw. How sweet!" Celebi said all giddy. "Well that does it. Trust me Oshawott, imma assist in getting you your first girlfriend!"

Oshawott's eyes started to sparkle "Really!? You'll do that for me!?"

Celebi nodded with her eyes closed. "Why of course. You are helping me with taking down Team Vanish. So I will help you with this task."

"Alright, well what type of advice do you have for me?" Oshawott asked reluctantly.

Celebi rubbed her chin in thought until something occurred to her. "Your battling skills. We'll be going up against the opposition soon. That will be the time that you can shine in front of her."

"I don't know about that. Often, Snivy's saving my hide from fearsome opponents." The otter laughed nervously a bit.

Celebi squinted at Snivy as they were walking. She hopes that these two will become a thing in the near future. But only time will tell, and Oshawott needs to play his cards right. I sure hope I can get these two together.

In the heart of the Mount Lanakila mountain lied Zek and Silas, as well as a group of scientists that they warped from the 'future.' They were working on a remodel of the 'paraclock.' A device that will let them tamper with different parts of time at will. All while Silas was trying to develop his own time travel remote, but failed. His two 'scientists' were not doing so well. The remotes kept short circuiting and causing small explosions. Each failed attempt made Silas more angry than the last.

Zek, however was definitely in a good mood. The Paraclock 2 was about done. They managed to have enough left over energy to fuel this machine, without really needing Dialga or Palkia to power it. However, that energy will run dry soon. They have no idea where the resistance ball that held Palkia was at. It flew back in time with them, yet it came up missing. But Zek was focusing on one problem at a time. Speaking of which...

"Guards! Make sure our security is amped up. Knowing that Celebi, She is probably trying to find us."

A fellow scientist and his friend came up to Zek. "Alright master. We've got a forcefield to prevent her from warping into here. And a laser security system at the front door. No one is breaking through that." He began cackling maniacally.

His friend held up a silver remote with a red orb attached to the top. There was a while swirl pattern on the orb. "And I made a memory wipe! Capable of erasing anyone's memory!"

Zek was in his 'I don't care' mood. "Well good for you two. And as for this..." He yanked the memory wiper. "I'm keeping this for future use." He placed it on a black pad with wires coming out of it. The wires lead out of the cave and connect to a big antenne.

"Hey! That was MINE!"

"Does it look like I care?" Zek gave a very stern look that spooked the scientist. "Everyone has every right to fear me. My new world will be ran by a race of beings that always follow my command!" As if on que, lighting bolts shot in the background. Which is weird because it wasn't even cloudy outside. And they were in a cave so they couldn't even hear it...

Silas was eyeing the security cameras set up outside the mountain when he spotted a Celebi, followed by a Oshawott, a Snivy and a Tepig.

"Zek! They have showed up in front of our base!"

The four Pokemon showed up at Mount Lanakila, but it's not the entrance that people would use. Far off in the grass, covered by moss and trees lied a hole with a metal door blocking the entrance. While there was a button to open it, That was protected by lasers. With two security cameras in front of it. Quite the blockade...

Celebi floated over to it and took note of all the security measures, with the unova Pokemon trailing behind her. Snivy sighed looking at the barricade. "Oh great. How are we going to enter their hideout?"

"We could burn it?" Tepig suggested.

Celebi eyed the security camera. "Well first... Magical leaf!" She striked the camera with a powerful barrage of leaves, disabling the surveillance system.

Zek walked up to the monitor that Silas pointed to. "See Zek! They are trying to infiltrate it!" However, when Zek looked at the monitor, the screen turned black with a offline message flashing.

Zek grabbed Silas by the shirt collar. "Make me mad... One more time... You are skating on thin ice with your fibbing!"

Zek released Silas as he was talking in a rush. "But Zek! I saw them. Then the Celebi used magical leaf!"

"Sure... You keep saying that... Whatever makes you sleep at night. Are you done bugging me."

Silas was beyond furious at Zek. That's it. I'm going to confront these Pokemon myself. He grabbed his hoodie with his pokeballs in it as he ran towards the entrance.

Meanwhile, the Pokemon were contemplating how to get past the security. Tepig was aiming for a hostile approach. "Honestly, a flame charge has to do the trick!"

Snivy sighed at his comment. "You'll just run into the lasers and get electrocuted."

"What about Celebi? Can't you warp us in there?"

"No can do Tepig" Celebi said looking down. "They got some force field active that doesn't allow my energy to go through it."

While the three were discussing their ideas, Oshawott was being mindful. He tried observing the area for anything he could use. But then, he looked down. On his chest lied his prized possession. His scalchop. Yes, you use this for offense, but if you know how to use it right, it could be used defensively. Or in this case, a delfection tool. He got up close to the laser and held his scalchop near it. Sure enough, the laser was bouncing off of it, without even damaging his scalchop. He then tilted it to graze the button with the laser and it, in fact, worked!

LASER SYSTEM DEACTIVATED! A robotic voice said, thus catching the attention of the other Pokemon. The laser wall went down followed by the iron door opening revealing the path for them.

Tepig put his left fore paw on the otter's shoulder. "Nice one Oshawott!"

Snivy applauded him as well. "Yeah. How did you think to use your scalchop as a deflection tool?"

Oshawott just smiled nervously. "Well... Y-you know. I just sorta figured it out I guess..." His small blush returned with Celebi noticing it.

Celebi floated ahead. "Alright guys. Watch your step. This place could be rigged with traps."

"I would suggest turning around... This base doesn't allow four weaklings." A mysterious figure said.

"Who called me weak! I'll flame burst you!" Tepig said rather offended to the comment."

"I'll give you one chance to leave." The mysterious figure known as Silas stepped out of the shadow of the base. "Let us take over the universe. And it could all end easy for you. I don't care if you Pokemon are powerful. My forces are stronger. Faster. And have skills that outmatch yours. You'll be blown back."

Osha. Osha! (Yeah. We'll see!)

"So. You wanna do things the hard way. Fine by me! Go Porygon-z!" Oshawott was confused how Silas understood him but all that mattered was the target at hand.

The Porygon-Z crossed his arms. "Some group i'm going up against. I expected a real challenge!" He snickered at the unova Pokemon.

"Better watch your mouth!" Snivy said revealing her vines from her back. "We are much stronger than we look."

Oshawott unhooked his scalchop. "We'll send you back in a computer, digital freak!"

Snivy covered her mouth with her hands at that comment. Nice one osh!

Tepig started to have smoke come out of his nostrils. "You're out numbered. You might as well conced defeat."

Silas was getting tired of the talking. "Enough talk! Porygon-Z, make sure you make their demise painful."

Celebi floated above the battle. "Guys i'm heading in! I need to find Dialga!" She flew in at a quick speed with Silas chasing after her.

"Come back here!"

Snivy, Tepig and Oshawott surrounded the Porygon-Z. They all gave him a death glare. He held out his hands, with a big smirk. "Guess i'll make the first move. Thunderbolt!" Bolts of lightning shot out of him and were coming straight to Oshawott. He held out his scalchop again and deflected it. Some of it bouncing in random directions. And some of it making contact with the virtual duck Pokemon. "I'll get you for that!"

He glided towards him as Oshawott was running away. Eventually he got a hold on the poor otter Pokemon. "Prepare for your demise!"

Oshawott could already feel the electricity coming from Porygon-z. "HELP!"

"Don't worry Osh!" Snivy jumped onto a tree and she wrapped her vines around the Porygon-z's neck. The lack of air made him drop Oshawott.

"I'm out of here for now!" He transformed into a aqua jet as he managed to escape.

Porygon-z, however, was gasping for air. "Ice... Beam..." He shot a ray of ice towards Snivy and she was encased in a huge block of ice. "Now i'll use psychic!" He lifted up the frozen ice block with Snivy inside and he chucked her... all the way to Oshawott."

The ice block hit Oshawott with much force. It almost gave the otter a concussion. The Porygon-Z flew over to the frozen Snivy and half dead Oshawott. "This will be fun. Say goodnight! Hyper..."

As he was charging up for a hyper beam... "Flame charge!" Tepig ran into Porygon-z with much force, knocking him into a tree a good distance away. "Flamethrower!" He melted the ice and warmed up Snivy in the process.

"Thanks Tepig."

"No problem. You okay?"

"Mostly. I wasn't frozen for too long." Then Snivy turned around and saw the nearly fainted Oshawott. "Well now i'm not okay. Osh!?" She ran over to his aid. "Are you feeling alright?"

"Well..." He said with many bruise marks on him. "I'm doing fine. But worry about me later. Take down the Porygon-z!" Snivy and Tepig both nodded as they saw Porygon-z almost done charging a hyper beam.

"Now... Say... GOODNIGHT!"

He shot a beam of energy at the two Pokemon, it would appear they wouldn't be fast enough to dodge it. And it would seem they would for sure faint. All they could do was close their eyes and wait for the pain...

"No! Oshawott found new energy in his body to jump in front of the hyper beam, holding his scalchop in front of him. While it felt heavy, the beam sure enough bounced back to the Porygon-z.

"Oshawott!" Snivy asked scared. "What are you doing!"

Oshawott turned his head to his friends. "Saving us."

The hyper beam was too much for Porygon-z to handle. It seared his body, leaving his body scorched and fainted. The unova Pokemon looked at the nearly dead Porygon-z. Snivy decided to break the silence. "Oshawott... That was incredible. You have a lot of bravery for stepping in front of a hyper beam like that!" And then she did something that surprised Oshawott. She hugged him! Never has Oshawott ever been hugged by anyone before. It was incredible for the otter. So incredible that his blush on his face grew twice as large.

"Heh... What can I say. I was just trying to do what was right."

"Tepig went to congratulate the otter. "Good job man! But don't take all the spot light. I want some action too. Next opponent, save it for me please." He said half joking.

Snivy and Oshawott broke apart when Snivy remembered something. "Guys! Celebi! She may need our help!"

Tepig got into a battle stance. "Oh right! We must hurry... and burn anyone that steps in our way."

Snivy and Tepig were running to the base but Oshawott remained still. His legs were very weak and he was feeling like he was about to pass out. He had to lie on the ground for a minute as Snivy looked back.

"Tepig! You go on ahead. I'mma try to treat his injuries."

"Okay! Tepig gave a nod of approval as he ran towards the center of the base.

"Don't worry Oshawott. You're gonna be okay." She said looking down at him. He risked his life just to save her. It was rather remarkable how he did that. And just thinking about it made the grass snake heat up a bit. Why am I heating up? I never feel like this on a windy day like today. She shook the thought and went to grab some berries to heal him.

Celebi was floating down the maze-like hallways. The base was very much like a labyrinth. And all she was focused on was finding the team Vanish leader. At least, she thinks that's the leader. Silas was running after her, trying to stop her. "That's it! Jolteon, come out!"

A Jolteon materialized in front of Silas. "Get that Celebi. And this time, make sure she faints."

Jolt jolt. Eon jol! (Yes sir! I won't fail you!) Jolteon sprinted after the grass/psychic type, in a attempt to take her down. "Give it up! You're about as dead as a Mandibuzz dinner."

"I won't give up! I'm going to retrieve Dialga! I need to save the world from being erased from existence!"

Jolteon shrugged while running through the dark hallways. "You don't get it, do you? My master will receive a bit of the power. I need to do this for his sake!"

Celebi turned a corner hoping to lose him. "No. You don't get it! You will be wiped from existence too. Your master is probably thinking of dropping you as soon as he gets that power. Thus, you will be wiped from existence too."

Jolteon pondered the thought. He's always been loyal to his 'master' so Silas couldn't drop him, could he? Well, he certainly can't let thoughts like that enter his head. "I ain't listening to any nonsense you have for me. You're as good as dead!" He launched for a quick attack but Celebi floated near the celing.

"Magical leaf!" She shot rainbow colored leaves at the electric-type dog. He swiftly dodges it though.

"You want to go high huh? Thunderbolt!" He zapped upwards electrocuting Celebi. She lost her 'levitation' and she plummeted to the ground. Jolteon laid a paw on her. "Alright. Let's make this quick and possibly painless. I have a important job to do." Celebi remained on the floor with very slow breathing. It would appear that she, a mythical was about to get severely harmed by a Jolteon. That's when something occurred to her. This Jolteon is... not right!

"Thunder-"

"Flame charge!" Tepig rammed his body of flames into the Jolteon knocking clear on the other side of the hallway. Even giving him a slight burn. "You... Will... PAY FOR THIS. THUNDERBOLT!" He shot a very strong beam of lighting towards the two Pokemon.

Tepig tried shaking Celebi. "Hey. We need to hurry! Please wake up!" Tepig's last thing he wanted was to get electrocuted.

Celebi opened her eyes very suddenly. "Teleport!" Celebi and Tepig warped out of the hallway, as the thunderbolt seared the ground, leaving a massive crater.

Jolteon tried sniffing his surroundings. They're still here. I'll find them. And I won't let you down master. He ran down a new hallway in hot pursuit of them.

Celebi and Tepig spawned in a open hallway, leading up to a rocky door. "Celebi was still damaged up but Tepig was mostly fine. "Whoa. That was a cool trick you did there!"

Celebi looked towards the ceiling as she used the move 'wish.' She needed to heal herself. "Tepig... That Jolteon... Was not right?" Tepig tilted his head in confusion. "That Jolteon possessed the power and speed equivalent of a Deoxys even. Something is off about that 'Silas' guy or whatever his name is."

Tepig waved it off. Eh. Whatever. I'm sure we could handle any threat."

"I would hold that tongue if i were you. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some type of rouge technology that made him like that." Celbi said skeptical.

Tepig observed his surroundings. "But where are we? I think we are still in the base. But where exactly?"

"Well, I did a sudden teleport. So I just sorta teleported us randomly in the nearby area." She pointed towards the big rocky door. "And I wouldn't be surprised if Dialga lied behind that door."

"WHERE ARE YOU!" Shouted the Jolteon that they just fought. They could also hear lots of thunderbolts go off in the hallways.

Celebi quickly floated to the door. "Quickly. We must go!" They opened the door and saw a big open room. Filled with monitors, wires, tables and a big machine at the back wall. There was a hologram floating above the machine with various numbers and strings of text. There were a few scientists walking around fidgeting with experiments, but then there was a man in a chair in front of the machine.

"So... I see you found my base. I didn't believe you Pokemon can find it." He spun his chair around to look at the Celebi and Tepig. "I assume you're here for this?" He held up a resistance ball, in which the Celebi rapidly nodded.

"But how rude of me to not even introduce myself. My name is Zek. And I lead Team Vanish. My mission is to wipe existence from this universe. And start from scratch. That's what this machine does." He pointed to the large device behind him. "And with the help of Dialga, I am able to conquer my goal."

Ce celebi ce bi! Cele bi bi! (I don't care who you are! I'm taking you down and rescuing Dialga!)

"Hm. How sad." Celebi was shocked by how he was able to understand her. "Oh yes! I can understand Pokemon. Me and my assistant Silas can. And you aren't allowed to have Dialga back."

Celebi started to feel psychic energy flow through her. "Guess i'll have to take him back by force!"

"Good luck with that. You're just a weak wannabe Mew!"

"Take. That. BACK!" She floated up to Zek at such speed and tried to take the resistance ball.

"Hey! Give that back! Scientists, after her!" I would try to use a resistance ball on you but I didn't bring any with me.

She nimbly dodged all of the scientists that tried to lunge at her. Celebi suddenly had a idea pop in her head. "Tepig! Try burning all of this technology!"

Tepig nodded "Got it!" He started spitting embers at the monitors when Zek got more angry.

"Now you pushed my buttons!" He held out a pokeball and sent out a Golisopod. "After that pig!"

Golisopod nodded and started using razor shell. It doesn't help that Golisopod kept missing his target and he kept swiping the monitors.

"Ha. You missed me!" Tepig said a little cocky.

"Just stay still!" Golisopod said rather angry. Tepig was standing on top of a black pad with various wires lying around it. "Razor shell!" He smashed the pad, causing the machine to short circuit. It started absorbing small amounts of energy from various objects. Like the memory wipe that conveniently lied on top of it. The energy flowed through the wires and it all led up to a antenna.

This caused a large amount of energy waves coming out of it. Thus, the people on Ula Ula island started to lose their memory.

MEANWHILE

Professor Kukui was chatting with Kahuna Hala about their plans on the gym challenge they planned on having.

"Oh yeah!" Kukui said. "This gym challenge will put a trainers skill to the test. And we got all the building blueprints right here for the buildings." He pointed at a table situated in the Mount Lanakila Pokemon center.

All of a sudden, everyone in the center had swirls in their eyes for, give or take, five seconds. In that time period a nearby fan blew on the blue prints into a trash can. Once those seconds were up, everyone looked at their surroundings.

"What happened? Hala asked quite confused.

"Not sure." Kukui said. "I think we were discussing plans for a island challenge."

Hala had a grin on his face. "One that involves island trails and totem Pokemon to fight?"

Kukui laughed at that idea. "Oh yeah! Way better then the eight gym badge idea I had."

BACK WITH THE OTHERS

Tepig landed a well-aimed flamethrower at Golisopod, knocking him out. "Some Pokemon you were." He snorted at his fallen foe. At this point, Celebi had taken down all of the scientists. (Even though they all fled in fear eventually.) And Zek was backed into a corner. Celebi was charging up another magical leaf. "Give me that pokeball. Now!"

"Ugh. If you want it..." He opened a portal behind him. It lead to a volcanic looking area. "You're going to have to get it!" As soon as he was about to chuck the pokeball into it, a rouge interruption appeared.

"Scald!"

A stream of hot water came tumbling at Zek. He was so shocked that he dropped the pokeball and fell backwards into the portal, with the portal closing behind him. It was non other than Oshawott and Snivy. The former being scratched up a little bit. "Hey guys! You missed us?"

Celebi ran up to the pokeball and hugged it. "Oh thanks Oshawott! You just saved Dialga!"

Oshawott blew it off. "Well... Me and Snivy were recovering and we decided to go into the hideout as well. It was really lucky that we found you guys."

Tepig nodded in agreeance. "Couldn't agree more." He eyed the pokeball. "So... do we release him like a traditional pokeball?"

Celebi tried throwing the ball but nothing released from it. It didn't even open! "Looks like we have to destroy it." Celebi said rubbing her chin. "I'll need a Pokemon that's really strong to break this open."

Tepig smirked a bit. "If you want power. Then you got power! I could bust it open easily."

Celebi giggled at his comment. "No silly. I need something super strong. Even stronger than you." She said poking his nose, causing Tepig to slightly blush.

An idea popped into Snivy's head. "You have lots of legendary friends, don't you?"

Celebi nodded while snapping her fingers, causing a portal to open behind her. "Yes. I'll take us there to see if she can do anything about this. Lets go, and hurry!" Celebi and the Unova Pokemon stepped through the portal with a Jolteon watching their leave.

He entered the room seeing the mass destruction of the room, with a knocked out Golisopod on the floor. These Pokemon are quite strong. I need to alert the master.! He ran back through the hallways in search of Silas.