"A training session led our heroes to former Gym Leader, Bea, who herself led them to her master and Victor and Scorbunny to master Double Kick. And now…"
"Fossil Frenzy"
Victor and Gloria are walking through the route, with Gloria digging around in her backpack.
"Gloria, are you okay?" Victor asks, looking at her friend.
"Something keeps on stabbing me in the back," Gloria answers, before she pulls out a fossil. "Oh, it's that fossil Doug gave me."
"Also to show my thanks for your help during the dig," Doug says, before he holds out the Fossilized Fish and Fossilized Dino. "Here, take the fossils you had found."
"Hum, thanks," Victor takes his fossil.
"You shouldn't have…" Gloria takes her fossil.
Victor holds out his fossil, "Oh, yeah, I wonder if they really are fossil remains of extinct Pokémon…"
"This is nonsensical!"
"What nonsensical is standing in the way of science!"
Victor and Gloria look ahead to the sound of arguing, then look at each other, before they follow the sound of arguing.
"This is not science, it's a baseless theory!" a woman with long hair yells.
"You're baseless!" a woman with short hair yells.
"What does that even mean?!" the first woman responds.
"Great, more yellers," Gloria says, with a hand on a hip.
The two women look over to see the two Trainers, with the short hair woman placing her hands in her labcoat's pockets, as the long hair woman clears her throat.
"I'm sorry, if our… discussion disturbs you," the long hair woman says.
"That's okay, we kinda got used to yelling," Victor says.
"Unfortunately," Gloria adds, as she removes her hand from her hip. "I'm Gloria, and this is Victor."
"My name is Ellie," the long hair woman introduces herself. "And this is my colleague, Cara Liss, we're scientists focused on…" Ellie then notices the fossils in Victor and Gloria's hands. "Wait, are those fossils?"
Victor and Gloria hold up their respective fossils, as they look at them, before looking ahead.
"Yeah, we found them in the Dusty Bowl," Victor responds.
"Mmhmm," Ellie comes closer, looking at the fossils. "Unfortunately they are halves of two different Pokémon, not a whole Pokémon."
"Tch tch," Cara shakes one finger, as everyone turns to her. "That is where you are wrong. They are clearly two halves of a single Pokémon, just like the other subjects I found."
"How could you say that, Cara, they are Fossilized Fish and Fossilized Dino, completely incomparable," Ellie says.
"That's because you are thinking of them as modern Pokémon, but millions of years ago, ancient Pokémon would appear much different then what we are used to now," Cara explains.
"That might be true…" Ellie starts.
"And once I'm done with my machine, I will confirm my theories!" Cara announces.
"The scientific community will never allow you to do such a thing," Ellie counters, before she looks over to Victor and Gloria. "Oh, dears, I'm so sorry about this."
"That's… okay," Victor says, slightly nervously.
Later on, Ellie, Victor, and Gloria are sitting around in foldable chairs, next to Ellie's tent, as Ellie flips through a book.
"Here, some real prehistoric Pokémon," Ellie holds the book out to the two Trainers, showing pictures of Aerodactyl, Lileep, and Archen.
"Wow, they're so incredible," Gloria takes the book, looking at the pictures.
"When I was little, my mom once took me to the Pewter City Museum, and I saw bones of some prehistoric Pokémon," Victor says.
"Too bad we can't actually see any of them in person," Gloria says to her friend.
"Actually, scientists in other regions had made huge strides in reviving prehistoric Pokémon," Ellie says, getting the two Trainers' attention. "But Cara's theories are just too far out there and poorly thought out." Ellie leans back in her chair. "And I doubt she can ever get her portable fossil restorer to work."
Unknown to the group, Cara is listening to them behind a boulder.
Cara holds up a fist, "I'll show them. I'll show them all."
She then looks to the side and notices Victor and Gloria's backpacks several feet away. She looks at the group, as they continue talking and looking through the book. Cara crawls on the ground, reaches into Victor's backpack, and after a few seconds, pulls out his fossil, then reaches into Gloria's backpack, and after a few more seconds, pulls out her fossil.
Holding up both fossils, Cara grins.
Shortly later, Ellie closes the book on her lap.
"I would love to see a real prehistoric Pokémon," Victor says.
"Me too," Gloria agrees.
Ellie smiles, when they look on in the distance, seeing a bright light and a wave of energy.
"What's that?" Gloria asks.
"In that direction Cara was workin…" Ellie starts, before realizing something. "No, she didn't."
Ellie runs toward the bright light, with Victor and Gloria running after her.
After turning the corner around a large boulder, they see Cara standing in front of a strange machine on wheels with two horns on top.
"Cara, what are you doing?!" Ellie asks.
"I did what I set out to do," Cara starts, before she spins around to face them. "I have completed the restoration of Galar region's prehistoric Pokémon!"
At that moment, four Pokémon come into view behind Cara.
Victor and Gloria's Rotom Phones then fly up, as they both say, "Update completed."
"Update?" Gloria asks, as she and Victor grab their Rotom Phones.
Cara smiles, "I have already uploaded their Pokédex entries."
Victor's Rotom Phone says, "Dracozolt, the Fossil Pokémon, In ancient times, it was unbeatable thanks to its powerful lower body, but it went extinct anyway after it depleted all its plant-based food sources."
Gloria's Rotom Phone says, "Dracovish, the Fossil Pokémon, Powerful legs and jaws made it the apex predator of its time. Its own overhunting of its prey was what drove it to extinction."
Victor's Rotom Phone says, "Arctovish, the Fossil Pokémon, Though it's able to capture prey by freezing its surroundings, it has trouble eating the prey afterward because its mouth is on top of its head."
Gloria's Rotom Phone says, "Arctozolt, the fossil Pokémon, This Pokémon lived on prehistoric seashores and was able to preserve food with the ice on its body. It went extinct because it moved so slowly."
"None of this seems right," Gloria lowers her Rotom Phone.
"Although, Arctovish seems… interesting…" Victor looks over to her.
"Make senses you appreciate Arctovish, since I used your fossils to restore it," Cara says.
"Cara, what have you done?!" Ellie starts. "None of this Pokémon obviously ever existed before now."
"You're just jealous of my genius!" Cara tells her. "I will be known as the person who discovered the Galar region's prehistoric Pokémon and restored them to life!"
"Hum, is that thing supposed to act like that?" Victor nervously asks.
Cara and Ellie look at him, before they look at the portable fossil restorer, as it turns red and shakes violently.
"No, it's overloading!" Cara realizes.
"Watch out," Ellie reaches out to Cara, when suddenly the portable fossil restorer explodes.
"Cozol!" Dracozolt calls out, as electricity shoots out of its body.
"Tozol!" Arctozolt calls out, as it shoots a blast of snow from its mouth.
"The Pokémon are scared and lashing out! Watch out!" Ellie holds back Cara.
"Tovis!" Arctovish holds down its head, and shoots out a blast of water.
Victor tries to sidestep out of the way of the water blast, and ends up slipping and falls down a steep hill.
Victor reaches the bottom of the hill, hitting his head.
"Tovis!" Arctovish slides down the hill, toward the unconscious Victor. "Tovis!"
"Sili!"
Suddenly the wild Silicobra jumps out, toward the Arctovish, and then spins around, hitting the Pokémon and sending it flying into the distance.
Silicobra lands near Victor, who starts to motion, "Sili!"
Silicobra then quickly slithers away.
Victor gets up, rubbing the top of his head, looking up, "What just happened?"
"Cozol!"
"Tozol!"
Dracozolt and Arctozolt are running toward Gloria.
"Okay, you two need to calm down," Gloria throws two Poké Balls. "Go, Sirfetch'd! Orbeetle!"
"Sir, fetch," Sirfetch'd looks at Gloria, seeing her as a princess, then looks at the charging Dracozolt and Arctozolt as attacking monsters. Sirfetch'd then stands straight up, holding up its leek, proudly. "Sir, Fetch!"
"Or, beet…" Orbeetle looks at Sirfetch'd, with a sweat drop.
"Cozol!"
"Tozol!"
Dracozolt and Arctozolt start to shoot electricity from their bodies.
"Orbeetle, use Light Screen!" Gloria calls out.
"Or, beet!" Orbeetle flies ahead, before a glowing wall appears before it, blocking the electricity.
"Sirfetch'd, get in close with Fury Cutter!" Gloria instructs.
"Sir, fetch!" Sirfetch'd runs around the glowing wall and toward Arctozolt.
"Tozol!" Arctozolt shoots a blast of snow at Sirfetch'd, who jumps up to dodge. "Tozol!" Arctozolt becomes surrounded with electricity.
"Sir, fetch!" Sirfetch'd starts to bring down its leek.
"Tozol!" Arctozolt shoots a blast of electricity from its body.
"Sir, fetch!" Sirfetch'd tries to block with its leaf shield, but it is hit and it is knocked back.
"Sirfetch'd!" Gloria calls out, before looking at her other Pokémon. "Orbeetle, quick, use Psybeam."
The glowing wall dissolves, before Orbeetle goes ahead, and shoots a ray from its head.
"Cozol!" Dracozolt shoots a blast of electricity from its body.
The blast of electricity and ray collides with each other.
"Or… beet…" Orbeetle struggles.
Suddenly, the blast of electricity blows through the ray and flies toward Orbeetle, and is about to hit it, when something quickly flies past and pulls Orbeetle away.
"Or, beet…" Orbeetle looks up to see it is being carried by Corvisquire. "Or, beet!"
"Squir," Corvisquire smiles.
"Corvisquire?" Gloria looks up.
"Gloria!" Victor comes running to his friend, while holding Toxel in his arms.
"Victor," Gloria looks over her shoulder, with a smile.
"Toxel, use Acid!" Victor throws his Pokémon up into the air.
"Toxe!" Toxel starts shooting globs of acid from its mouth.
"Tozol!" Arctozolt gets close to Sirfetch'd when it jumps back, dodging globs of acid.
Toxel lands next to Sirfetch'd, "Toxe!"
Sirfetch'd pushes itself up, as it smiles at its friend, "Sir, fetch."
"Thanks, Toxel, now Sirfetch'd, Fury Cutter!" Gloria calls out.
"Sir, fetch!" Farfetch'd strikes forward with its leek, several times, striking Arctozolt with each attack.
"Tozol!"
Arctozolt falls down, with its eyes whirling.
"Gloria," Victor says to his friend.
"Right," Gloria says, before they both look up. "Orbeetle, Psybeam!"
"Corvisquire, Pluck!" Victor instructs.
Corvisquire, dive bombing, releases Orbeetle, who fires a ray from its head, "Or, beet!"
"Cozol!" Dracozolt is blasted by the ray.
"Squir!" Corvisquire flies down and slams Dracozolt with its beak.
Dracozolt falls down, next to Arctozolt, with its eyes whirling.
"Alright!" Victor and Gloria clasps hands together, as their Pokémon jump up, celebrating.
Suddenly, Corvisquire and Orbeetle are blasted by a blast of water, as Sirfetch'd and Toxel are blasted by a blast of snow.
"What happened?!" Gloria asks.
"Now what?!" Victor asks.
They then see Dracovish and Arctovish running toward them.
"Covis!"
"Tovis!"
"I forgot about them," Gloria says.
Victor knees next to Toxel, "Our Pokémon had taken too much as is."
"Then perhaps I could help," Ellie says, stepping out in front of the two Trainers.
"Ellie, you're a Pokémon Trainer, too?" Gloria asks.
"Like I said, other regions made great strides in restoring prehistoric Pokémon," Ellie holds up a Poké Ball, before throwing it. "Go, Aerodactyl!"
"Dacty!"
"A… Aerodactyl…" Victor stares at the Pokémon.
Victor's Rotom Phone flies up, "Aerodactyl, the Fossil Pokémon, Aerodactyl's sawlike fangs can shred skin to tatters - even the skin of Steel-type Pokémon."
"Covis!" Dracovish shoots a blast of water from its mouth.
"Tovis!" Arctovish holds down its head and shoots a blast of snow from its mouth.
"Aerodactyl, get in close and use Wing Attack!" Ellie instructs.
"Dacty!" Aerodactyl flies forward, motion to the side, doding a blast of snow, before it flies around a blast of water, then its wings start to glow. "Dacty!"
Aerodactyl flies between Dracovish and Arctovish, hitting them both with its wings, and sends them flying backward.
"Now, Aerodactyl, Rock Slide!" Ellie instructs.
"Dacty!" Aerodactly flaps its wings, with several boulders fly past it, slamming against Dracovish and Arctovish.
"Covis!"
"Tovis!"
Dracovish and Arctovish fall down, next to Dracozolt and Arctozolt, with their eyes whirling.
Ellie sighs, as Aerodactyl lowers itself next to her, "That's one way to calm them down."
"That's incredible," Victor says, as he and Gloria walk over, before he looks to Ellie. "Wait, what happened to Cara?"
"Over here," Ellie waves a finger, before she starts to lead the Trainers and their Pokémon around a boulder.
Lying on the ground is Cara, whose eyes are whirling, "I'm a genius. I'm a genius. I'm a genius…"
Later on, Ellie stands in front of Victor and Gloria.
"Again, I'm sorry for all the trouble this mess caused," Ellie says. "But also, thanks for helping in getting the restored Pokémon under control."
"Don't mention it, it's kinda cool to battle prehistoric Pokémon, and sees Aerodactyl in action," Victor says.
"Yeah, even after being terrified, I have to admit, it was awesome," Gloria agrees.
"Oh, but what's gonna happen to them now, and Cara too?" Victor asks.
"I'm gonna make sure that Cara gets the help she needs," Ellie answers. "As for the prehistoric Pokémon she created, I will look after them. I promise you, they will be well taken care of."
"Well, we better go, now," Gloria says to her friend.
"Right," Victor nods his head.
"Take care you two," Ellie says, as the two Trainers walk away, waving goodbye, with Ellie returning the wave.
"An unexpected encounter with two conflicting scientists led our heroes to an unexpected encounter with the Galar region's ancient past. Now moving onto the future, what could be next?"
"Find out, as the journey continues…"