"A small training session is interrupted when Victor and Gloria are called to look after the young Pokémon at a local Nursery. But while it wasn't easy, it did reward our heroes with important life experiences. As well as gifted Victor a new Pokémon in the form of Toxel. Now, Victor is all set to challenge the Hulbury Gym."
"Hero of the Lighthouse"
"We finally here," Victor says, with a big smile, as he and Gloria walk down a street. "Hulbury."
"Yeah," Gloria breathes in deeply, while blushing slightly. "I can smell the sea air. I've never been this close to the ocean before…" She looks over to Victor. "But why are you carrying around Toxel?"
"Toxe!" Toxel happily says, as Victor holds it in his arms.
"You are not gonna use him for your Gym Battle, are you?" Gloria asks.
"Of course not," Victor hugs Toxel slightly, with Toxel looking up at him. "But I think it would be good for it to see a Gym Battle."
"Good idea, and I can watch over it in the stands," Gloria reaches over to Toxel, smiling.
"Toxe! Toxe!" Toxel turns away from Gloria, with tears in its eyes.
"...Maybe Sobble could watch it…" Gloria says, with a sweat drop.
Victor tries to hold back his laughter, as Gloria looks over to him, annoyed.
The two Trainers are approaching the Hulbury Stadium, when another Trainer exits, angrily closes the door behind him, "I don't believe this."
Victor and Gloria stop at the Stadium, watching as the Trainer walks away.
"I wonder what's wrong with him?" Victor asks.
"Perhaps there are no opening spots for today," Gloria suggests.
"In that case, I better register for tomorrow, fast," Victor says, before using one free hand to open the door.
Walking through the Stadium's lobby, Victor and Gloria approach the front desk, where they see a female Gym Trainer, Julia, behind it.
"Excuse me, I want to register for a Gym Battle," Victor says.
"Sorry, but Nessa isn't booking any challenges for the foreseeable future," Julia says.
"She's not?" Victor's confused.
"But the Gym Challenge just started," Gloria says.
"I know, but there's nothing I can do about it," Julia says, before she looks to the side, whispering. "She has been obsessed with that Lighthouse for days…"
Victor and Gloria look at each other, "Lighthouse?"
"Toxe!" Toxel waves its arms.
Shortly later, Victor and Gloria are approaching the end of the docks.
"Well, there's the Lighthouse," Gloria looks up at the Lighthouse, which light is shown dimming, before looking around. "But there's no one here."
"Perhaps we just miss her?" Victor suggests.
"Toxe…" Toxel notices some bubbling on the surface of the water. "Toxe!"
"What's wrong, Toxel?" Victor asks.
The bubbling on the water surface increases, with Victor and Gloria noticing, before suddenly Drednaw comes out of the water surface, stopping to float on it, "Dred! Naw!"
"It's a Drednaw!" Gloria yells.
"A Drednaw?" Victor responds.
Victor's Rotom Phone flies up and floats in front of him, "Drednaw, the Bite Pokémon, This Pokémon rapidly extends its retractable neck to sink its sharp fangs into distant enemies and take them down."
Victor grabs his Rotom Phone, "But why is it here?"
Suddenly someone jumps out of the water, twists in the air, and lands on Drednaw's back, before standing straight up, revealing herself to be Nessa.
Victor and Gloria look at the Gym Leader, with stars in their eyes.
"I'm speechless…" Gloria says, as Victor slightly nods his head.
"Toxe! Toxe!" Toxel holds up its hands, happily.
Nessa hops off Drednaw and onto the dock, before turning and holding out a Dive Ball, "Good swim, Drednaw." A red beam shoots out of the Dive Ball, turning Drednaw into red energy and flies back into the Dive Ball.
Nessa turns to the two younger Trainers, "I hope I didn't scare you two, a good swim always helped clear my head."
"Y-You didn't scare us, Ms. Nessa," Victor says.
"It's just Nessa," she approaches the two, before noticing Toxel in Victor's arms. "Oh, and what we got here, a newly hatched Toxel?"
"Toxe! Toxe!" Toxel responds, as Nessa pets it.
"How do you know it just hatched?" Gloria asks.
Nessa looks at her with a smile, "I'm pretty good at looking into a Pokémon's heart."
"Looking into a Pokémon's heart…?" Gloria repeats.
Nessa looks at Victor, "Oh, wait, I remember you." She smiles. "You're that Trainer from the opening ceremony. The one who was so nervous."
"Yeah… that was me…" Victor says, with a sweat drop.
Nessa sighs, "Unfortunately, I can't accept any Gym Challenges right now."
"But, why not?" Victor asks, as Toxel tilts its head.
Nessa holds a hand to her chin, "To answer your question, there's something I should show you. In fact, your Toxel might be interested in it."
"Toxel would?" Victor asks.
"Toxe."
Nessa leads Victor, who is still holding Toxel, and Gloria to a statue of a Toxtricity, near the Lighthouse.
"This statue is to honor a Toxtricity that once defended the Lighthouse from a lightning storm," Nessa says.
"Toxtricity?" Victor asks.
Gloria looks to her friend, "Toxtricity is the evolved form of Toxel."
"So you will evolve into Toxtricity someday?" Victor looks at Toxel.
"Toxe!" Toxel happily says.
"My grandfather told me about it," Nessa starts. "How a wild Toxtricity randomly appeared out of nowhere, as lightning were about to strike the Lighthouse and used its own power to save it." She turns back to face the Lighthouse. "The Lighthouse had remain standing every since then, but lately its light had been acting off and I can't accept any Gym Challenges until I can get it fixed."
Nessa looks out at the ocean, "Worse yet, a lightning storm is due tonight while a ship is also set to arrive."
Victor looks down at Toxel, who keeps on staring at the statue, with Victor following its glare.
Victor then turns to Nessa, "Ms. Nes, I mean, Nessa, can we help you with the Lighthouse?"
Gloria quickly looks over to him, "Us, help with the Lighthouse?" She sighs, before smiling. "Yeah, of course, we would help."
"You would…?" Nessa looks at them, surprised, before smiling. "I'll be glad to have your help."
In the top of the Lighthouse, Victor, who is holding Toxel, and Gloria are watching Nessa, as she kneels down in front of the large light, and removes a panel beneath the light, revealing a clear spark plug between two ports.
"It looks like it got a loose connector, so it isn't getting much energy," Nessa starts, before turning to face the Trainers. "I ordered a replacement part, but I'm not sure when it will arrive."
"And with a storm and a ship inbound, you can't just wait around for it to arrive," Gloria says.
"Exactly," Nessa responds, as Toxel jumps out of Victor's arms.
"Toxe," Toxel walks over to the panel, with Nessa watching it, before it looks into the opened section. "Toxe, Toxe," Toxel rubs its hands on its cheeks, before a small amount of electric flies off its body and onto the spark plug.
"I appreciate the effort, Toxel, but I don't think that will be enough," Nessa says, with a small smile.
Victor holds up a Poké Ball, "Then perhaps, this will do. Go, Pikachu!"
Victor tosses the Poké Ball, which opens and shoots red energy, turning into Pikachu.
"Pika! Pika!"
"Alright, Pikachu, uses Thunder Shock to power the light," Victor instructs.
"Pika! Pika! Pi!" Pikachu holds its hands close, as electricity shoots out of its cheeks and hits the spark plug, with the light shining brightly.
"Toxe! Toxe!" Toxel happily says, as Pikachu smiles at it.
Outside the Lighthouse, Sobble is standing on Drednaw's back, looking out at the ocean.
"Dred! Naw!" Drednaw suddenly says.
"Sobbl!" Sobble becomes stiff, as sweat falls down its head, with it nervously nodding its head. "Sobbl… Sobbl…"
Gloria is walking over to the two Pokémon, "Have you seen any ships yet?"
Sobble turns to look at its Trainer and shakes its head, "Sobbl."
"I see…" Gloria says, before she holds a hand over her eyes, as fog starts cover the distance over the water. "At least, I did see. With this fog rolling in, it's gonna be twice as hard for the ship to see the dock without the Lighthouse."
"Sobbl," Sobble turns back to face the ocean.
"Dred. Naw," Drednaw nods it head, as Sobble stiffs up again.
"Dot-ter?"
Gloria turns to see Dottler watching Sirfetch'd marching back and forth next to the Lighthouse.
"Sirfetch'd, thanks and all, but I pretty sure the Lighthouse doesn't need a guard," Gloria says.
Sirfetch'd turns to see Gloria in a Princess dress, before standing straight and saluting with its leek, "Sir, Fetch!"
"Hum, right…" Gloria sighs.
Nessa exits the Lighthouse, "Pikachu had finished charging the light, but I don't think it will hold a charge. Not for too long at least."
"You know, Nessa, if you don't mind me saying, but I wasn't aware that keeping the local Lighthouse running was part of a Gym Leader's duties," Gloria says.
"It is true, a Gym Leader's responsibilities naturally include looking after their home, as well as its people and Pokémon," Nessa starts, before holding her hands behind her back. "But I have to admit, my interest in the Lighthouse is… personal."
"Personal? What do you mean?" Gloria asks.
"You see," Nessa looks down. "The Lighthouse was built by my grandfather…" She looks over to the Toxtricity statue. "He actually saw the Toxtricity protecting the Lighthouse the same night that construction was finished."
Nessa smiles, "It was his dream to have a Lighthouse to guide ships to safe harbor, he even thought that the Toxtricity might have shared that dream, which is why it helped." Nessa looks back ahead at Gloria. "And I want to keep that dream alive."
Unawaren to the pair, Victor is standing at the Lighthouse's entrance, before looking back at the bottom of the stairs that led up, where Pikachu is standing.
A couple hours later, a storm started raging above Hulbury, with clashing thunder.
Inside the Lighthouse, Pikachu is shooting electricity into the spark plug, "Pika, Pi!"
The light shines brightly again, with Victor knees down to Pikachu, "Well done, Pikachu."
"Toxe! Toxe!" Toxel holds up a hand as it cheers.
"Pika, pika," Pikachu rubs the back of its head, while it's blushing.
Nessa approaches the group, "It is a good job. But it looks like the light is keeping a charge for less and less time."
Victor, Pikachu, and Toxel look up at the light, as Nessa continues, "I'm afraid the light won't last long enough for the ship to make it to port."
"Toxe…" Toxel takes a couple steps forward.
Sobble, standing on Drednaw's back, looks out at the ocean with one hand above its head, "Sobbl! Sobbl!"
"Dred! Naw!" Drednaw responds, with Sobble's taken aback with sweats coming down its head.
Gloria runs up to the two Pokémon, before turning to the Lighthouse and looks at its top, "Victor! Nessa! I think the ship is coming!"
Inside the top of the Lighthouse, Nessa hurries to the opening and holds out binoculars with a Poké Ball design on the side, using it to look at the ocean, where she just barely sees a ship through the fog, "Yes, I can see it."
Nessa holds down the binoculars, "But it's too far away. Between this fog and the storm, it will need the Lighthouse to guide it to the pier."
Victor is kneeling next to Pikachu and Toxel, "You hear that, Pikachu? Give the light one more big Thunder Shock."
"Pika pika," Pikachu says, before it turns to the opened panel, with its cheeks sparking. "Pika! Pika! Pi!" Electricity shoots from Pikachu and hits the spark plug, causing it to glow brightly, as the light shines.
"Toxe! Toxe!" Toxel happily cheers, as Pikachu sighs and then smiles at it.
Back outside, a bolt of lightning shoots down from the sky and hits the docks, causing Gloria to scream and falls back.
"Fetch!" Sirfetch'd turns and sees Gloria, looking like a Princess, seated on the ground with a hand up. Sirfetch'd then jumped and started to swing it's leek, "Sir! Fetch! Sir! Fetch!"
Quickly, Gloria is holding Sirfetch'd back, as it continues to swing its leek, with Dottler watching with a sweat drop, "Sirfetch'd, stop! You can't fight lightning!"
Inside the Lighthouse, Nessa turns to Victor, who had stood up, "It's too dangerous to stay in here, we need to go."
"Right," Victor says, as Nessa starts to run down the stairs, before he looks down at his two Pokémon. "C'mon, let's go."
"Pika!" Pikachu starts running with Victor down the stairs.
"Toxe," Toxel turns away and looks at the light.
Nessa, Victor, and Pikachu run out of the Lighthouse, as Gloria finishes recalling her Pokémon to their Poké Balls, and Drednaw walks over to them.
"Gloria, are you okay?" Victor asks.
"I'm fine," Gloria turns and looks up at the Lighthouse, as its light is dimming. "But the light is fading."
Drednaw turns into red energy and flies back into Nessa's Dive Ball, as she looks to the others, "There's nothing we can do about it now. We need to go and find shelter from this storm."
"Right," Victor says, before he turns and holds up two Poké Balls, looking at Pikachu. "Okay, you two return to your… Wait, Toxel?!"
"Pika?!" Pikachu looks to the side, before it turns and looks up at the Lighthouse. "Pika! Pi!"
Inside the Lighthouse, Toxel rubs its hands on its cheeks, before shooting electricity onto the spark plug.
Back outside, Victor starts to run toward the Lighthouse, "Toxel is still inside!"
A lightning bolt shoots down toward the running Victor, before Pikachu jumps up and passes him, "Pika! Pi!"
Electricity shoots from Pikachu, colliding with the lightning bolt, creating a flash of explosion, sending Pikachu flying back, with Victor falling down.
"Pikachu!" Victor hurries back to Pikachu, picking it up, as its cheeks spark. "Pikachu, are you okay?"
"Pika…" Pikachu says, as its cheeks continue to spark.
Inside the Lighthouse, Toxel falls down, as it breathes heavily, looking at the spark plug as its glow dim, "Toxe… Toxe…"
Back outside, the Lighthouse's light is fading completely, as thunder cracks.
"What?!" Victor looks up at the sky, when a lightning bolt starts to shoot down at the Lighthouse. "Toxel!"
Suddenly, a Toxtricity runs past the group and jumps up between the Lighthouse and the lightning bolt, to the shock of Nessa, Victor, and Gloria.
Toxel watches as Toxtricity appeared in front of the Lighthouse.
"Toxt…" Toxtricity crosses one arm across its chest, before running it passes its chest. "Ricity!"
A massive electric blast erupts from Toxtricity's body, colliding with the lightning bolt, before dissipating the lightning bolt in a flash of blue and yellow light.
Toxel watches the flash of light, with complete awe, as Toxtricity, still in midair, looks slightly to the side, as the light is charging and shining.
Miles away on the ocean, the ship's captain watches from behind the steering wheel, with his Wingull in the corner of the cabin shaking, when he sees a beam of light through the fog, "There it is. The Lighthouse." The captain grabs the wheel and pulls a lever.
Back on the dock, the blue and yellow light fades, as Victor, now standing with Pikachu in his arms, Gloria, and Nessa look up to realize that the Toxtricity is gone.
"That Toxtricity…" Nessa wonders. "Could it be related to the one grandfather saw…?"
Inside the Lighthouse, Toxel continues to stare, awe-struck, before it starts waves its arms, happily, "Toxe! Toxe!"
At that moment, a Flying Taxi is flying toward the dock, as the sky starts to clear.
The Cabbie on top of the Taxi's Corviknight is waving at the Trainers, as they turn to look at him, "Hey, sorry for the wait. I arrived with the replacement part as soon as I could."
"Now it arrives," Gloria says.
Victor, Gloria, and Nessa look at each other for a moment, before they all start to laugh.
Later on, Scorbunny is looking up at the Corviknight on the Taxi cab, as Rookidee uses its wings to keep itself at eye level with Corviknight.
"Dee, Dee," Rookidee says.
"Knigh," Corviknight smiles, as the Cabbie stands next to it.
Meanwhile, next to the Lighthouse, Nessa is standing in front of Victor, who has Pikachu on his shoulder and is holding Toxel, and Gloria.
"Thanks again for all your help," Nessa says.
"Don't mention it," Gloria says.
"We love to help," Victor adds.
"Pika! Pi!"
"Toxe!" Toxel waves its hands.
"And I bet you wants to grow up to be big and powerful like that Toxtricity, do you?" Nessa asks.
"Toxe! Toxe!" Toxel continues to wave its hands.
Nessa then pets Pikachu, "As for you, I can sense a special spark in you."
"Pika, pi," Pikachu's enjoying the petting, as Victor and Gloria look at each other, both confused.
Nessa removes her hand from Pikachu and looks back up at the Lighthouse, "And now that the Lighthouse can be repaired, I can gladly accept any Gym Cahllenges." She looks back to the young Trainers. "And since you helped so much, I will be honored to battle you first thing in the morning, Victor."
"Really, thanks," Victor says, as Scorbunny and Rookidee come over, before Victor looks at them. "So guys, ready for our second Gym Battle?"
"Scor!"
"Dee!"
"Pika pi!" Pikachu also responds, with Victor looking at it.
Victor smiles, "Then tomorrow will be our day."
Unawaren to the group, they are being watched by Toxtricity, covered in shadows, who smiles.
"A harrowing experience averted, Victor and his Pokémon are ready to take on their second Gym Battle. But what kind of challenge will Nessa provide them? And are our heroes truly prepared?"
Pikachu smiles, before its cheeks spark.
"Find out, as the journey continues…"