One Week after the blaming of selves because of the failed retrieval, February 3

Antonio

I sat with Thomas and Stephen at the dinner table, eating one of Stephen's Hondew Berry Ravioli when the television turned on. "Antonio, did you turn on the television?" Stephen asked. I shook my head.

"Breaking news!" The same Gyrados from last time announced. "Herhen Protector Ansie Des has been killed by "The Hero Slayer". Reports say that she was spotted in the Eastern District, dispatching police officers. She then fled the scene." Thomas smashed his fist against the table.

"We can't make it there in time!"

"Relax, Thomas!" I replied. "Besides, the news broadcaster said that she fled anyway!"

"Well, that's enough information for me!" Stephen assured as he grabbed his bag full of detective equipment. Me and Thomas looked at each other, then got prepared to leave. We followed Stephen out of the hotel, and we started walking to the crime scene.

We arrived at the police barrier around the crime scene. One of the officers, a Mr. Mime, approached us. "Civilians, please stay back. This is a crime scene!" Stephen showed him our badges.

"Gallade Royal Guard. I'm the division's detective." The Mr. Mime backed up a couple of steps.

"Oh, I'm terribly sorry, gentlemen! Come right in!" The Mr. Mime opened up a hole in the police barrier, allowing us to walk inside. Some of the policemen there moved aside so that Stephen could analyze the scene of the crime.

Stephen

I set down my bag and looked at the body of Ansie Des, the Tyrannitar. I examined the large, light pink colored circle on her side. "Killed by a Moonblast, typical of a dark type. The blast most likely came from the east, which would be the desirable way to flee." I said to Antonio and Thomas. I grabbed my bag and started to walk that way when one of the police officers caught up with me.

"Gallade Royal Guardsman, do you need some of our units?"

"No thank you. I know that your divisions are beat up. We can handle this." The officer nodded and walked back towards the crime scene. Antonio, Thomas, and I walked down a couple of alleys until we found the city limits. I pulled a footprint detector out of my bag and set it on Gardevoir and scanned the ground, but found nothing.

"Well, I guess she didn't escape this way!" Thomas proclaimed as I started to follow him back.

"Wait!" I exclaimed. Thomas and Antonio stopped walking and turned to look at me. "Thomas, would you consider the Gardevoir acrobatic?"

"Yes, her fighting style was very acrobatic and physically demanding. So what?"

"So, what happened.." I faced the detector towards the wall, outlining a footprint of a Gardevoir. "If she thought ahead?" Antonio patted me on the back.

"Good work. Now, where did she go from here?"

"I say she went up Mount Herhen. I mean, that is the best place to not be found."

"Then let's get moving!" Antonio commanded as I started walking after him, and Thomas behind me, more reluctant.

"I hate cold.." I heard him mutter behind me.

We arrived at the start of the trail that went straight up to the top of Mount Herhen. "Well, Stephen, she didn't just walk up the clearly visible trail. Where did she go to?" Antonio asked. I pulled out a map of Mount Herhen and started to examine possible locations.

"Stephen, why do you have a map of a mountain that isn't near your home?" Thomas questioned.

"Thomas, I'm a detective. It would be difficult to find things if I had no idea where to go." I looked over the map until I saw an area labeled Kabutops Caves. I pointed to it on the map.

"That would be a great place to hide. However, that place is about a day and a half away from here. We can rest at the town Frozen Creek, which is about a day away."

"So, should we get going?" Antonio asked. I nodded. "Show us the way, then!" I started walking in the direction of the town, and I heard Thomas groaning as he had to start trudging through the snow.

We approached the outer limits of Frozen Creek, but there was no light. We all turned all of our flashlights and started walking down an alley. We walked onto the main street, but to my shock, there were dead bodies everywhere. "What happened here, Stephen?" Antonio asked. I walked up to some of the dead bodies, and saw a variety of wounds.

"Well, I see a large margin of wound indicating death by Psychic and Moonblast, which would indicate a Gardevoir was here, but if you look at this Abomasnow…" I pointed that the unmoving Pokemon. "That is a wound indicating death by Guillotine." Thomas shivered a little bit.

"I think your memory is pretty bad, then. That Gardevoir almost cut YOU in half with Guillotine!" Thomas reminded.

"Oh, yeah, you're right. That means that we must be on the right track then. However, we are going to have to sleep in one of these buildings tonight if you don't want to freeze."

"So, we're going to have to sleep in the city of dead Pokemon?" Thomas groaned. I nodded and walked into a nearby house, with Thomas and Antonio behind me. Thomas closed the door, locked it, and started to lock and cover the windows. I set the thermostat to 73 degrees instead of 23, since this house was originally made for ice types. Antonio sat on the couch on the opposite side of the room.

"Do you know about how long ago the Pokemon died?" Antonio inquired.

"They range from 56 to 58 hours ago."

"So, this was recent. How did no one find out about this?"

"It's possible that the Gardevoir killed everyone. She is very powerful." Thomas walked down the stairs.

"Well, all of the hatches are battened down. We can sleep now, you know!"

"That would be a good plan." I replied.

"Well, you two get the couches. I get the bed upstairs!" Thomas demanded as he ran up the stairs at full speed. I layed down on one couch, and Antonio the other. It took about five minutes for me to fall asleep after nine hours of walking.

I woke up to the sound of someone walking through the house. I looked to my side to see Antonio also awake, and Thomas standing between us, staring at the door. "Thomas, what are you doing?" I asked.

"I could say the same for you." Both me and Antonio hopped up into battle position.

"Thomas, are you all there?" Antonio questioned worriedly.

"I mean, he doesn't currently have a physical form at the moment." I readied a Psycho Cut.

"Get out of his head!"

"I see that we have a quick learner. However, I cannot honor that request." Thomas ran out of the door and shot all of the structure's support beams with Psycho Cut, causing Antonio and I to flee the building. I stood in front of Thomas.

"I'm sorry about this, friend!" I apologized as I launched Psycho Cut, however Thomas dodged it. He charged at me with a Brick Break, but I countered him with Close Combat. We both were sent flying backward, and Antonio used Aerial Ace to try and hit Thomas while he was down. However, Thomas cancelled the homing effect by using Slash, which sent Antonio into a building. I fired a Leaf Blade, hoping the more projectiles would result in a hit, but I was incorrect. He ran towards me with Brick Break again, however Antonio was able to get up and use Aerial Ace, knocking Thomas to the floor. He started to arise, holding his head.

"What happened?" I sighed in relief.

"You were mind controlled by someone."

"Was it Gality? That is his forte."

"I don't believe so. I don't know exactly know where he is, but he isn't here. You have to be within half a mile of your target to use mind control."

"Well, then, who did it?"

"I don't know. However, We must find out in the morning!"

Peter

I smashed the keyboard of my computer as the mind control wore off. I opened the door of Jubilee's room, where she was blasting a test dummy with Moonblast. "We have encountered a possible problem."

"What would that be?"

"Gality's old friends are near the base, and they broke out of my mind control."

"Don't be worried. They cannot defeat me."

"I know. I'm just notifying you of this fact, in case they find the base tomorrow." I walked out of the room, closed the door, and walked into the treasury room. I clicked the hide button, sending all of the loot into a hole below the room, and replacing the floor where the loot used to be. I walked back up to the computer, which displayed the trio walking back into one of the houses in the city. Oh, you poor souls, I thought. You don't know what you are dealing with.

Thirty Minutes after the Mind Control of Thomas, Distortion World, February 3

Giratina

I watched as one of my servants, a Charizard, exited the portal linking the Distortion and normal worlds. "How is the torture of those two intruders going?"

"Master, they have escaped, and all of the guards there are dead."

"Is the portal fragment still there?"

"No." I charged Phantom Force and disappeared, and watched as the Charizard frantically looked around in all directions as I hit him in the back, killing him.

"YOU USELESS FOOLS!" I screamed at all of the Pokemon in my area. "SOME POKEMON HAS GATHERED ONE OF THE PORTAL PIECES! EVERYONE, FIND THEM!" Every one of the Pokemon ran through the portal and in all directions, eager to not be killed. Well, just maybe we have found someone worth my time! I thought as I walked towards Diagla and Palkia. "Because you were not!"