Here it was! The industrial, chrome building that Riley had been heading towards. A group of the Power Source Fields' workers ran out as Riley approached the door. He knew this was going to be trouble!
He clenched his fist and proceeded, Barksky walking right beside him. The interior of the building was just as ugly as the exterior. There were huge drums of whatever the black substance from outside was. Was this how Chinocko got its mass electrical power?
Arceus, Riley hoped not.
There were Team Delta Grunts of all descriptions using their Pokemon to wreck the place. Some of them were using their Pokemon to break the pipes that were attached to the drums. One of them was even using a Ditto as a sort of sticky gum to prevent the contraptions that Riley assumed were used in processing the black goo from working.
There were Machamp stealing barrels of the substance, and there were lots and lots of Grimer and Muk, both from Chinocko and Alola, cleaning the substance up.
Riley walked through the disgusting main floor until he reached a stairwell. He walked in through the door and climbed up the stairwell until he reached an open door on the second-from-the-top floor.
It lead onto a patio that also happened to be the roof of this section of the building. There was someone waiting here for Riley! Night Shadow!
"Riley, huh? I expected to see you here, so I broke down the door that leads onto this patio," Night Shadow exclaimed with confidence. "I'll see you on the top floor!"
With that, Night Shadow made a huge leap up the side of the building. There were two more floor for Riley to climb up, but each of those floors was connected to this patio, so he would just climb up, right?
Wrong. "Yo loser!" called a Team Delta girl. She had long, pink hair that totally clashed with her Team Delta uniform, but she didn't seem to care. Her Team Delta jacket was also not as zipped-up as it should have been.
"My Toxock team is gonna take you right down!" she claimed. "Right down to the small town! Like, New Moon Town small!"
Riley couldn't turn down a battle! But he immediately questioned what was up with this Grunt when he saw her team. It was entirely made up of Toxock!
If only Riley had Maskoon or Darwing on his team at the moment. Darwing's Water attacks and Maskoon's Leaf Blade would be great for this battle! Then, one of the PokeBalls in his belt started shaking! It was Corvekt's!
"Vekta!" it cawed. It spun its wooden sword on the tip of its beak, then caught it and struck a dramatic fighting pose! That's it! Corvekt might know a Grass-type move because its sword was made of wood!
Team Delta Grunt Hāṛa sent out three Toxock at once! One in its Igneous Form, one in its Sedimentary Form, and the third in its Metamorphic Form!
The Sedimentary Toxock used Earthquake, a Ground-type attack, but absolutely none of the Pokemon on the field were affected by it because Corvekt was Flying-type and the Toxock all were levitating.
"..." was the reaction of Riley, Corvekt, Hāṛa, and the other two Toxock. The Sedimentary Toxock just stayed levitating as if it hadn't even made a mistake.
The Metamorphic Toxock made its move next! It used Poison Beam! Corvekt was hit, but not poisoned!
Then, it was Corvekt's turn! It used Leaf Blade! Its wooden broadsword glowed green as it sprouted flowers and leaves. Corvekt flapped its way over to Sedimentary Toxock and it slashed its green sword across its body! Sedimentary Toxock was down!
Team Delta Grunt Hāṛa sent out Igneous Toxock to replace it!
The first Igneous Toxock used Flamethrower! But it missed! Corvekt had dodged it!
Metamorphic Toxock was up next! It used Iron Defense! It created an iron shield around itself!
Corvekt used Leaf Blade on it, too! It did regular damage and depleted about half of Toxock's health.
The Igneous Toxock that had just been sent out used Ember! But it was not very effective! Corvekt brushed it off like it was no more than a scrape. It cleaned off the burn mark on its wing with its beak, not wanting to be blemished.
The other Igneous Toxock used Flamethrower, but its attack missed!
Corvekt managed to make its attack before any of the others! It used Leaf Blade on the Metamorphic Toxock, and it fainted!
The two Igneous Toxock both used Flamethrower at the same time! Their Flamethrower jets merged into one extra-powerful Flamethrower and engulfed Corvekt! It was certainly getting low on health after that critical hit to its body!
Riley used one of the Hyper Potions he had purchased. Corvekt had been completely healed!
Team Delta Grunt Hāṛa had a Sedimentary Toxock, Rock- and Ground-type! It used Sand Attack, but its attack did no damage to Corvekt.
Corvekt used Fly, flying high above the battlefield where none of the Toxock could reach with their attacks! It nosedived down and crashed into one of the Igneous Toxock with its wooden sword!
A critical hit! Toxock fainted!
The remaining Igneous Toxock used Protect, but it was the end of the attack cycle so it was effectively useless.
The Grunt sent out a Metamorphic Toxock to replace the fainted Igneous one! It made its move, using Protect!
Igneous Toxock used Ember, which did very little damage to the large-chest bird Pokemon.
Sedimentary Toxock attacked next! It used Rock Slide! The rocks falling from the sky were super effective on Corvekt, and it quickly fell into critical status! Everyone on the field, human and Pokemon alike, including Corvekt, cheered for the Sedimentary Toxock. Who would've known it would actually know to use a move that would do damage to Corvekt! And a super effective one at that!
But Corvekt already knew that it had to attack it! He readied his blade in his beak as it glowed green, slashing it into Toxock's rocky shell. It was super effective, causing the Sedimentary Toxock to faint!
Time for the next cycle of attacks, with there being no other Toxock to replace the one that had just fainted! Corvekt landed its attack first, using Leaf Blade on Metamorphic Toxock! It landed a critical hit, and the Metamorphic Pokemon fainted!
Igneous Toxock used Ember, but even in its weakened state, Corvekt was damaged very little by it. However, it was weak enough that the Fire-type attack left it with only a sliver of health left.
Before the Toxock could attack again, Corvekt used Leaf Blade! Another critical hit! How incredibly lucky! And it was so powerful that Igneous Toxock fainted!
"Eek!" Hāṛa squeaked. "Okay, at least admit that that was a really close battle!"
Riley used his last remaining Hyper Potion on Corvekt. He pet its head and fed it not one, not two, but three Poffins for its incredible performance on the battlefield! Corvekt cooed as Riley rubbed its feathery body all over.
Hāṛa also pet her Pokemon, though she was crying from a loss of confidence that her team was beaten with only one Pokemon.
Riley proceeded. The stairs were made out of the same metal as the other things around here. He climbed up them. He was thankful to see that the rooftop of the above floor had no trainers on it. The young Pokemon Trainer crossed the bridge-like pathway that lead from the stairs to the opposite side of the building. There was a PokeBall sitting on the ground there. He picked it up and pressed the button on it, but there was no Pokemon inside.
A holographic projection popped out instead. On it was a yellow star-shaped item, and below was a description of it. "Max Revive. An item to be swallowed by a Pokemon that is unable to battle. It will not only revive the Pokemon, but bring it to full health."
Riley took the item out of the ball, wondering what had just happened. That's when Derreck came up behind Riley.
"I think you just found a PokeCache," the businessman smiled. "A PokeCache is an item that's been left in a PokeBall-shaped capsule for wanderers to find. Here," he said, handing an item to Riley. "This is a Dowsing Machine. It's built specifically to find PokeCaches.
"You can also register your own items into PokeCache Capsules for people to look for them. It's a popular trend in Chinocko." The Dowsing Machine looked like Riley's PokeDex, but it was white and blue, not red and blue. "I hope you enjoy PokeCaching in the future. I wish I could help you take on Team Delta's Leader, but I've got to take care of the chaos downstairs. I'm sure you'll find help from someone else!"
He entered the door at the top floor, walking in on a man who was inspecting a computer with a gigantic screen while his Pokemon, a Pikachu and a Pokemon that looked to be the evolved form of Rawbbit, worked on messing up circuits and cameras.
It was fairly dark, but there were lights pulsing through a glass light strand that was attached to a huge drum of raw, bolt-style electricity.
The man, who was not older than his late-twenties, got up from his seat at the computer desk and turned around. He had a helmet over his face that made him completely anonymous. "Hello, Trainer. I am the Leader of Team Delta."
He had a mechanical gauntlet over his hand similar to his male Grunts', a black trench coat over his shoulder, a shirt like Riley's, and baggy, ripped jeans that were too big for his legs. He had high-tech-looking boots that had functioning gears on the ankles and lime-green light flowing through circuits along them.
There was a Team Delta insignia on the lapel of his trench coat, and also one on an earpiece extension from his helmet that projected a cyan screen over where his eyes would be had they not been hidden by the helmet's metal.
The only thing Riley could tell was that this character's neck was the same skin tone as his own, for the rest of his skin was hidden. This man also had an intimidating armour-style shoulder plate over his right shoulder.
"You probably see us as evil, no...?" he questioned.
Riley nodded, and clenched his fist. Team Delta was evil. ...Right?
"It would figure," the man behind the helmet sneered. "I thought there was more to you, but you're just like everyone is in this damn wasteful region."
Riley gasped as he heard a door slam behind him! Not three, but five Team Delta Grunts burst in, two of them girls, three of them boys, each boy with pitch-black hair.
Riley didn't know if he could take all of them! But just then!
CRASH!
A hole was smashed through the chrome ceiling as a familiar figure jumped into the hall. It was Night Shadow! "Riley!" he yelled. "Take care of their Leader! I'll take care of the Grunts!"
"Croo-cook!" Racrook called, determined!
"Rskyyyyy!" Barksky howled as Riley's head began spinning with stress.
"Pikachu, attack!" Team Delta Leader's Pikachu stopped drawing power out of the Power Plant's circuit board and hopped into the battlefield! It was glowing yellow with electricity as if it had been filled with Z-Power!
"Chuu!" it screeched, scratching in Barksky's direction, its maple leaf flapping in the electricity as if it were in wind.
"Bark!" Barksky barked.
"Use Thunder!" Team Delta Leader called out!
Pikachu used the power it had stolen from the Power Plant and released it in a ginormous electrical storm that knock Barksky out in one hit!
Riley gasped! That Pikachu was so strong! He sent out Bluntooth, hoping for a kiss of mercy and/or luck.
And it came! Team Delta Leader recalled Pikachu and sent out Maskalmon, a Pokemon that Riley hadn't encountered in a while, despite being so common. "Maskalmon, use Hydro Pump!"
It tried to shoot its incredibly strong jet of water at Bluntooth, but the feline Pokemon dodged it!
Bluntooth attacked Maskalmon with Superpower, and it landed a critical hit, the fishy Pokemon fainting in only one hit!
"Roarbit, help!"
The frog Pokemon that resembled Rawbbit jumped into battle. It immediately used Dragon Pulse, landing a strong attack on Bluntooth. It roared (or rather ribbitted loudly) and an intimidating dragon made out of purple aura surrounded it. The aura dragon chomped down on the tiny feline Pokemon, but despite looking so powerful, it did little damage to Bluntooth because of its Ice typing!
Bluntooth used Ice Beam, and Roarbit was reduced to half of its health! Roarbit attacked again, using Dragon Claw! Bluntooth was left with a fraction of its health left, but it still had enough to deliver another Ice Beam, making Roarbit faint! Bluntooth meowed triumphantly and struck a cute, but victorious pose.
"Urgh...!" Team Delta Leader grunted, not knowing what now to do. "Go Fractiamond!"
A small snowflake-like Pokemon that had a diamond-shaped body with two triangular green eyes and two triangular holes in the bottom of its body that had a shiny, white surface was sent out. It had three much smaller diamond-shaped body parts floating in the air, spinning around in a circle to the creatures top-right. To its top-left, a triangular protrusion like those on its top, left side, right side, and bottom. It had one diamond body part floating in the air to its bottom-right, as well as its bottom-left.
Riley switched Bluntooth out to Flaradillo! Flaradillo used Flame Wheel, but Fractiamond had just used Protect, and so it did no damage! It tried using Flame Wheel once more, but it did no damage to Fractiamond again because the Pokemon had use Protect!
Finally, Flaradillo switched it up and used Ember! Fractiamond tried to use Protect, but its attempt failed! It was hit by Ember and fainted!
Team Delta Leader finally sent out Pikachu! "Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu's Electric-type thunderbolt struck Flaradillo right in its stomach. It was reduced to a fraction of its health! It used Flame Wheel, ramming its shell-covered body into Pikachu in the form of a wheel, but even then the Pikachu had only lost about a quarter of its health! It used Thunderbolt once more, and Flaradillo couldn't survive the attack!
Riley was stressed out. He didn't have many more options. Bluntooth and Corvekt were his only remaining Pokemon, and Corvekt would be weak to Pikachu Electric-type attacks! He switched out to Bluntooth!
Bluntooth used Ice Beam, and it hit Pikachu right in the nose! But Pikachu took it as if it were no more than a punch! Pikachu used Iron Tail. It wasn't powered up by its electrical surge, but it was super effective on Bluntooth's Ice typing, and Bluntooth was knocked out!
Riley only had one more Pokemon he could turn to! "Vekt!?" Corvekt shrieked, terrified by Pikachu. Pikachu used Thunderbolt, but by a miracle Corvekt dodged it! Corvekt used Leaf Blade, an attack that would be super effective on Pikachu because wood insulates electricity!
Pikachu took a lot of damage from it, but Team Delta Leader used a Hyper Potion on Pikachu, restoring it right back to full health! What could Riley do now!?