He walked through the glass doors. Immediately, he noticed that this city was not doing so good at all. Pokemon of all species were rampantly causing damage. It was as if the city had been flipped on its head. Were they searching for something, the Pokemon?
He took a handful of paces forward before he was stopped by a Team Delta Grunt! "You! What are you doing here?" the Grunt, a young man with navy blue hair, which seemed to be the most popular hair colour amongst Team Delta, shouted, stopping Riley in his tracks.
Riley didn't bother giving an answer, only sent Bluntooth into battle!
"Mreow!" is roared!
"Fine, if it's a battle you want, it's a battle you'll get!" the Grunt challenged, clenching his fists and throwing a PokeBall in Riley direction!
"Fongoof!" it giggled, jumping up and down on its big, clumsy feet. It launched ts attack at Bluntooth! It used Poison Beam, launching its drippy purple beam at Bluntooth! But Bluntooth took the hit very well! It used Ice Beam as opposed to Ice Fang, and Fongoof lost about half of its health.
The same followed in the following turn, and Fongoof ended up fainting because of it. But the opposing Team Delta Grunt was not done yet! "Racrook, it's up to you now!"
"Crooko!" its low, stuffy voice called as it puffed up its chest and let the fur that made up its very torn-up-looking cape blow behind it.
Bluntooth took its chance to attack! It roared, "Blunt! Bluntooth-blunt!" It had used Roar! Getting defensive, Racrook returned to its PokeBall and forced the other of the Team Delta Grunt's Pokemon out to battle!
"Koon-koon!" the Pokemon chittered. It was a Maskoon, just like Riley's. Riley wondered how his Maskoon was doing in the Virtual Paradise.
Bluntooth used Ice Beam on Maskoon! It landed a critical hit, causing Maskoon to faint!
"No!" the Team Delta Grunt shouted, distressed. "My poor Maskoon! Don't worry, buddy, you can have all the Pokemon Treats you want after this battle!
"Now Racrook, please try again! I believe in you!" He sent out Racrook again, and it took Bluntooth on! It used Rock Smash! It was super effective, and Bluntooth nearly avoided fainting!
But Bluntooth got back at Racrook! It used its new move, Aerial Ace! Bluntooth honed in on Racrook! Then, with pinpoint accuracy and speed so fast Riley couldn't even see Bluntooth perform the attack, Bluntooth slashed Racrook!
It was super effective, but Racrook still had half its health left! It used Rock Smash again, causing Bluntooth to faint!
Riley panicked! What would he do now!? He sent out Barksky! It managed to land its attack before Racrook could, using Brick Break and hitting it with full force right in the gut! Racrook fainted from the super effective attack, as well as the critical hit that Barksky had delivered!
"I'm sorry, Racrook! I worked you too hard, didn't I?" the Team Delta Grunt pouted, petting the exhausted Pokemon's chest as he let it lay down. He gave it a sweet-smelling Pokemon Treat that had a gooey center that made Racrook's snout sticky.
What a show, Riley thought. Team Delta didn't care about Pokemon if they were occupying this city while these Pokemon were acting like crazy. Riley took this opportunity to stop at the Pokemon Centre.
As he opened the glass doors, he heard Nurse Joy yell something. "Be ca-!" is all she could get out before she was interrupted.
"What'cha name!?" another Team Delta Grunt, identical to the one stationed outside, butted in. Riley refused to answer, so the Grunt urged him to, "Well? What's your name? If I didn't want to know, I wouldn't have asked."
When Riley continued to refuse the Grunt's question, the Team Delta member became offensive! "Fine! if you want to be trouble, I'll show you what we do with trouble! Racrook! Go!"
"Crook-ara!" the Racrook called. It landed the first attack! It used False Swipe on Barksky!
Barksky used Brick Break on the Racrook, trying its best not to break anything inside the Pokemon Centre! Its attack, as a result of its carefulness, wasn't as strong and didn't do as much damage as it usually would.
Racrook attacked without the same level of care! It used Body Slam, and slammed its torso on top of Barksky's body! Barksky took critical damage! The canine Pokemon bounced back by using Brick Break again! This time, it used the wall to its advantage! Throwing Racrook off by running right for it, Barksky jumped onto the wall, then jumped off and slammed its paw forcefully into Racrook's jaw, where it was not expecting to be hit! Racrook was in critical condition now, but it had a Sitrus Berry, and ate it, restoring a good chunk of its health!
Racrook used Calm Mind. It took a moment to calm itself, preparing itself for the remaining time of the battle! Barksky used Howl! It tensed up its body and cried loudly up to the ceiling, raising its attacking spirits! Racrook tried to use Quick Attack, but its attack missed because it lost balance! Barksky, with its blood pumping after a good howl, used Brick Break one final time, absolutely smashing into the Dark- and Fighting-type Racrook!
Racrook fainted! It looked like that was this Grunt's only Pokemon too! "No! Not again! My poor Racrook is always getting beat up! I'll schedule you, my best friend, for the best massage my Team Delta paycheque can get you." With that, the Grunt nuzzled his nose against Racrook's nose and gave it a loving kiss just below its chin, rubbing its ears as it limped.
"Nurse Joy, would you please heal my Racrook in the meantime?" the Team Delta member begged. "I'll pay you anything. I just don't want to see my Racrook hurt."
"No, you delinquent! Get out of my Pokemon Centre!" Nurse Joy scolded. As the Grunt left, doing his best to carry Racrook out in his arms bridal-style, Nurse Joy turned her attention to Riley. "Oh thank you, young man. Please, give your Pokemon here."
Riley did, and he gt them all back at full health, raring to go! Nurse Joy had one more thing for Riley, though. "Take this." She handed him a can of Fresh Water. "You may need it, you never know. If you're going to be taking on Team Delta, you most likely will! Don't forget you have it!"
Riley headed outside again. He turned to his left, where the road continued. A Machamp was wrestling with a tall, lantern-styled lamp post that was hanging from a pole which lead high into the air from the sidewalk. The pole fell over, and immediately a Police Officer in dark clothing started setting up a blockade around the area.
"Poor Pokemon of Malasarri City can't control their actions," the cop began, knowing Riley was near as he worked, punching a code into one of the pillar his put on the road. As he finished typing the code, a cyan light-ribbon that had the word warning cut out of it stretched across all of the pillars on the ground. It was a very high-tech barricade. As Riley understood, the electricity from the pillars interacted with water particles in the air, causing them to solidify until the holograph was deactivated. He'd never seen anything like it outside of television, because most of Chinocko never had so much dangerous action going on. Especially not the southern region. Riley was really beginning to hate Central Chinocko.
The police officer continued, "The Pokemon in Malasarri City are used to a certain frequency that is emitted by the Mirage Station." He pointed to a rather small building that was puny in comparison to the skyscrapers around the city. "That's the Mirage Station. Using it, we control the holographic image that is projected onto the Illusory Dome on top of the city's wall. Anyway," he took a breath, "the Pokemon have now been introduced to a new frequency that Team Delta is broadcasting from the Mirage Station and it's making them all aggressive.
"This is my Machamp here. Can't even get him to snap out of it with my police equipment. And now he's causing serious electrical hazards!"
"Hey, watch out!" the cop yelped to Riley!
A Noivern swooped down from the rooftop of one of the skyscrapers! Riley barely ducked out of the way! He watched the Noivern fly across the road, using its claws to rip the concrete up! What a terrible situation.
He ran up to the Mirage Station as fast as he could! Whatever was going on had to be stopped! Even if he had to stop it himself!
Inside was Team Delta's Leader! Riley knew he wasn't to be trusted! "You've found it?" the Leader of this terrible organization asked the person on the screen. The person on the screen was Azura! The tall, young girl with the long, dark-blue hair and the emotionless face!
She responded, "Yes, Master. It turns out the next Medallion Shrine isn't located in Malasarri City at all, but instead in Malasarri Tunnel, just outside of Malasarri City."
"Good work, Azura," the deadpan anonymous man said, a smirk crossing his face. "I'm proud of your work. It seems having Maika on our team has proven a great advantage to us."
"Absolutely, Master!" Azura, to Riley's shock, smiled. "His powers of illusion are most useful! And we can't forget those sweet Diglett and Drilbur that helped us dig through the cave to our destination!"
"What does the Medallion Shrine look like? What Legendary Pokemon does it belong to?"
Azura replied, "It appears to be the Wolf's own Medallion Shrine. This is the Medallion Shrine that the ancient Chinockan people sealed deep in the mountains in hopes that tectonic movement would conceal from humanity for the rest of time. Unfortunately for them, we're more determined than that!
"Huh?" She averted her single visible eye from her Leader to Riley. "You!"
"What?" Team Delta's Leader gasped, turning around with surprise. "Ah, a coincidence finding you here."