Lilith walked out of the bathroom of the room in the hotel she checked into dressed in a bathrobe, her hair flowing down her back, having finished a shower before she would order a meal. Her target was at the region's Professors lab and after the excitement earlier she had slipped away to rest and finalizes her plans. She had released her Pokémon to feed them, taken her clothes from her one of her Item Cubes and was currently deciding on what to wear when she meets up with the prince.
"Nido nid rina." Her Nidorina said as she bumped her legs as her other Pokémon looked up from their bowls as she sat on the rooms bed.
"Don't worry girls I order something in a few minutes. I'm still worried about the seals on the 'Prince'. I mean I wasn't able to see much from so far away and I will be the first one to say I don't know much on the subject. But if they weren't a prototype, then who or what was the experimental subject." Lilith wondered as her Pokémon adopted looks of concern.
"Yeah I know where would they get a test subject like the prince but that's only if they care if he survived. These are the Crusaders we're talking about but really, are they that dedicated to protecting humanity?" Lilith said as she and team exchanged looks of concern she sighed and she shook her head.
"Come on girls let's stop with all the doom talk. Let's see what's on the local news channel, maybe they'll have the Baccer results, and then I'll order something." Lilith said as she reached for the remote control. she turned the room's tv on and changed the channel…TO HER PRINCE ON THE NEWS FOR SAVING A POKEMON BY RISKING HIS LIFE?! Lilith just starred in shock, not moving a single inch or reacting before her Nidorina bumped the bed and she exploded.
"TWO HOURS! I LEFT HIM FOR JUST TWO HOURS! How can he get into something where he risked his life how, just how?" Lilith said as she hugged her legs to her chest as she rocked back and forth on the bed. She perked up when she felt something rub against her legs, looking up she saw her Liepard on the bed while her Nidorina looked at her from the floor with her Skorupi on her, both given her a look of worry. Reaching she scratched her Liepard under her chin and sighed.
"I'm good girls. Teacher said the boss was quite the dare devil when they were teens, so I guess the apple didn't fall far from the tree. Once I find a way to make contact with the prince, get a feel on where he's going and what to use as a cover for being here in the region. I'd bet you gals would like it if we hit a few of the contests around here, hu?" She smiled when she saw her Pokémon smile and start to cheer, back home their teacher had sent them into the Contests to teach her humility, she had learned that and taken to the arts of training Pokémon to use their moves differently like a bat to the night. Her Nidorina had even evolved during one contest battle, scoring them the trophy! Hearing a beep from her phone she smiled as she connected it to her laptop, she had the prince's history of his journey now, all the competitions he had ever been in, now all she had to do was find a style to hit Kalos with and she was golden. Looking through the data she smiled, a way to have heard of him and maybe a reason to have come here, just what she needed.
"Well girls get ready to the Lovely Lilith is back on the circuit! So lets' eat girls, tomorrow it's time to meet and greet!" Lilith proclaimed as her Pokémon cheered around her, a smile on her face as her shadow on the wall behind her grew wings from her shoulders.
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Serena stared at the TV in shock, she couldn't believe her eyes. Ash, that was Ash! He's in Kalos, in Lumo City! He's in the region, I can't believe it he… he almost died! How the heck did that happen, what was he doing to have fallen off the Tower like that?! Serena thought as she stared at the screen, her mind blue screening as
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A teenage girl in a black shirt with a v neck that exposed the top of her large cleavage under a black well-traveled coat and black pants leaned against the wall of the Pokémon Center. Her face was bare except for a bit of black lip gloss and a pair of glasses. She smiled as she saw Bonnie, Clemont and Ash talk with Nurse Joy. She walked toward them as Ash started to speak and reached for his backpack
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"Can you register my Quest Scanner here too Nurse Joy?" Ash trailed off as Nurse Joy adopted a look of confusion which worried Ash.
"Quest Scanner?" Bonnie asked Clemont as she turned to her brother. Ash turned to them and let his thoughts fly. Come on! I know some countries don't follow the Treaty but not to give out Quests too?! How do they expect Trainers to earn money, part time jobs that take weeks to earn anything?!
"I believe they call them Task Trackers here in Kalos. The Alola Reg call them Job Watchers." A voice said behind them, turning Ash saw a girl his age dressed in black with black lips and sunglasses.
"Sorry to cut in but I figured I should help out before everyone spends too much time trying to figure out the terms a fellow Old Worlder used. You can call me Lilly and…say aren't you Ash Ketchum?" The girl said as she gave a start as he turned to face her.
"I'm Ash Ketchum, do we know each other." Ash asked as he tried to remember if he ever met the girl before him.
"No we've never met but a teacher I had showed me your performance at the Wallace Cup, and a friend of mine stumbled across what you did in Crown City while looking into a company the League took over." Lilly said dryly as Ash rubbed the back of his head.
"A teacher?" Bonnie asked as she gazed at the girl.
"Ya, back home I'm a Pokémon Coordinator of some small fame and student of someone pretty famous locally and after the end of the season last year she said it might be good if I tried something differently after coming in the top 4 and then the runner-up the year after." Lilly said as she beamed with pride.
"Wow! You're a keeper! Please take care of my brother." Bonnie said as she looked upon the girl.
"Bonnie, I thought we talked about this!" Clemont cried as a mechanical hand grabbed his sister and picked her up.
"Sorry little girl but I never date anyone I don't know, so what your name blondie?" Lilly purred as she looked at Clemont who went red at Bonnie's and her words and started to stammer.
"What did you do in Crown City Ash?" Clemont said as he turned to look at Ash, trying and succeeding to make Ash the center of attention.
"Ehhh, nothing much really. Just reunited a mother and with her child, exposed a prominent Businessman as the worst Eco-Criminal in the region with a crime 20 years old that he almost got away with and got the scum to confess on live TV. And this is Bonnie and her brother Clemont" Ash said as Bonnie and Clemont starred at him.
"Your Task…er Quest Scanner can be registered with Officer Jenny, her office handles all Tasks and handles payment after the person who issues one send a notification that it was completed. And how can I help you Ms. Lilly?" Nurse Joy interrupted.
"Since Kalos usually only does the Showcase I was wondering if I had to register as a Coordinator here or not." Lilly said as she brought out a Pokédex.
"No but the Professor has a list of where and when the Contests will be held, you'll have to talk to him for that information and with the damage to his lab you might have to wait a bit, and a new trainer is coming for her first Pokémon today." Joy said as Lilly stared at Ash for a bit. She shook her head before anyone noticed her look and smiled at the three of them.
"So where are you guys going, from what Nurse Joy said I have to wait a while before I can get the info I need." Lilly said as the four of them walked out of the Pokémon center
"Bonnie and I decided to travel with Ash for a bit; we need a change of pace for a while." Clemont said as he rubbed the back of his head and looked toward the Prism Tower. And when I'm back, I'll be stronger and more powerful.
"So it's straight on to Santalune City and the Gym. Maybe we'll run into you again." Ash said as he gave Lilly a smile.
"Maybe, it'll depend on where and when the contests are. So see you." Lilly said as she walked off. Her faces showed nothing but inside her thoughts were going a mile a minute. An Aura Link! The prince already has a soul-mate?! Just what kind of life has he been living and what affect are those seals having on him! To block it an Aura spark from joining with its chosen Aura, something like this is just NOT done!
Lilith's glass showed a spark of a humans Aura dissipating when it met the seals. Just what hell did the seal-maker create if it could block a soul-mate bond. She went dead still when the thoughts hit her, did it happen with others, did Ash have more than one soul-mate? Gotta stop thinking about it, I need to find this girl, if I'm lucky then I'll meet her at the Professor's lab. I'll make up a report on what I saw and my actions and mail it to teach, she'll get it to the boss.
Jenny snarled to herself as she slammed the phone down into its cradle. The international police had laughed off her concerns that the Kanto criminal group was expanding into her region. Something about the Rockets she describe as being the bottom of the barrel, to call back if the Tooth Fairy joined them with the Easter Lopunny. Those criminals almost cause the death of a trainer and when she brought it up it caused the person answering to laugh even harder when she described the person in question. The bastard said something about sending her a file once he calmed down and hung up on her. A noise at the door caused her to glare at two trainers and a little girl who jumped a bit at her expression.
"Can I help you kids?" Jenny asked as she got her emotions back under control. She identified the gym leader and his sister and the black haired trainer looked somewhat familiar but she couldn't place him, a flaw she had when her emotions were agitated.
"Nurse Joy at the Pokémon Center said I could register my Task Tracker here?" The black haired trainer said as he handed over a Task Tracker. Connecting it to her computer she loaded it with the regions security passcode and grabbed the Trackers serial number before handing it back to him. A chime from her computer pulled her back toward it, the file the international police was going to send her, maybe she would get some answers, and she absently handed the Tracker back to the boy and waved him off.
"Thank you Officer Jenny." The boy said as he and the others left her office.
"All part of the job, have a good day." Jenny said robotically as she opened the file. The first few pages were about the Rocket members she had described and the pages after were about when and where they had committed criminal acts. After a while next few page she noticed that the same trainer ID kept coming up as both victim and stopper. Then another chime and an email entitled 'Protector' appeared.
"Didn't my cousin in Unova mention that a trainer had earned a title from the Pokémon Rangers and the International Police?" She muttered to herself as she opened the file, to no surprise it was a trainer bio, the kind of files the government kept of trainers that caught their eye. As she started to read accommodations for valor, for saving people and Pokémon, for defeating criminal gangs she recognized the ID as the same one in the previous file. The final page was the photo ID and when she saw it she shot up from her chair.
"THAT'S THE KID FROM LAST NIGHT, WAIT HE WAS JUST HERE!" Jenny cried out as she looked into the hallway in shock.
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"Frankenmons attacked a courier in the Wind Road?" The speaker was a tall man in a purple tuxedo and a black cape with an Eevee on his shoulder who lead two pale attractive women in maid uniforms down a hallway. The woman on his right had blue hair in a pageboy style, her blue eyes had black eye shadow above and her blue lips were set in a frown, in her ears were two white gems and by her side walked a Glaceon with a collar with four white gems. The maid on his left had flowing red hair that reached her waist, the only makeup she had was red lipstick and blush with two red gems in her ears, a Flareon was by her side whose front legs had clawed boots on.
"Yes Master Alex, Lady Joy ordered all off duty morticians to assist in retrieving all parts from within the corpses post haste. She entered the castle two hours ago according to a local agent so this is likely a briefing about them to quell the rumors. Though a few days ago Lady Camilla sent her apprentice out on a mission and the same night the Elites were summoned for a meeting, so there is that which I am sure one of them will bring up. " The blue haired woman spoke with a cold tone as she followed .
"One of Morg'a's little temptresses is dating one of the security staff called to transport the materials harvested, the bitch probably bugged the poor sap with a seal. So she's probably the source of most of the rummors. Hope the fool she's using had a good time with the little tramp at least, but given what I had when one tried to use me, I really, really doubt it master. And like sister Sarah said, one of them will bring it up." The redhead's voice was full of passion as she strutted down the hallway.
Alex smiled as he thought of the meeting a month ahead of schedule, a summit of the Elites and now Frankenmon, the times were getting quite exciting, what next, did they find the Queen and Prince? He gave a chuckled at that thought, he had probably taunted murphy, but if that happened, those harpies would die of shock.
Turning a corner he stopped cold as he saw what was guarding the door to the meeting chamber. Two humanoids in full plate armor holding lances with two Haxorus with black body armor stood sentinel.
"Master, those are Highguard." Sarah said as she reached Alex and stared with him at the door guards. Alex slowly gained a grin on his face that as he eyes twinkled.
"My dear cold Sarah, my passionate Ellie, this is going to be explosive." Alex proclaimed as he walked down the hallway as his two maids looked at each other and sighed.
"Tell me again why do we love that man-child sister?" Ellie said as he followed after him.
"The sex, definitely the sex." Sarah answered bluntly as the two of them followed their lover down the hallway while Alex only gave a small smirk at the words his followers exchanged.
Walking into the throne room he moved toward the left side and gazed around the room. A few people in clocks were debating Aura casting by the window, representatives from the School of Aura, they only came when there was an important announcement, were the Frankenmons were made by someone they expelled and escaped the law. The last Chimera breeder supposedly caused the procedures to change, but there are geniuses out there.
A few of the Families had a few more members then just their heirs with them, more girls than boys again, were they trying the catch the bosses eye with a pretty face? He nodded his head at his allies among the Lords as they passed each other as he led his party toward windows, and saw with no surprise that saw that the Lady Morg'a was dressed to the nines in the middle of a small crowd of ladies, was she trying to draw in others with her beauty. And she was striking today. Her long black hair flowed down her back to her thighs; her jade dress stopped at the middle of her breasts, with a cut show the inner sides with a green gem in the shape of the Grass-Type symbol resting between her breasts. Her dress went to the floor with a slit that revealed white stocking clad legs in green high heels. Her lips were painted a vibrant green, while eye shadow of an aqua green shade brought out her green eyes. Her Roselia was next to her with a grass symbol around its neck. He noticed her eyes never left a target across from her and saw who Morg'a was watching; the newest of the Highlords, the Lady Cleo Ro Clor of the Desert Realm was talking with a few lords who, if he remembered their homes locations right, bordered her territory. She cut a striking figure with her dark skin in a form fitting white robe dress that showed off her figure while still giving off a classy feel. All the makeup she wore was a simple black lipstick, while her black hair was in a simple pageboy style. Her Krokorok was standing next to her, a simple Ground symbol around its neck, showing that the simple things had a class all its own.
"So you made it to this thing youngster?" A gruff voice said as a heavy hand landed on his other shoulder. Turning he saw an older man with a beard in a white shirt and black pants next to an Ursaring.
"Sir Viktor, how are you old man? How was that Chimera hunt you went on a few weeks back, it was an Ice Fire mix that was the pack leader?" Alex said as he smiled at his friend and ally among the Lords.
"Me and mine handled it, but I gotta talk to you about it afterwards. You'll never guess whose territory it they never even sent a scout towards." Vicktor said darkly as he glared toward Morg'a group.
"I've dealt with such things in my own lands my friend, after the meeting let me track down the last two members of my old team to have a talk for old times, you can join us." Alex said with a sigh as memoires of days long gone pasted behind his eyes.
A commotion near the front caused them to turn and saw three of the Elites walk into the room, each shadowed by one of their Pokemon. Lady Camilla was followed by her Zoroark, the brown haired robed form of Magnus walked next to his Golurk while Mordred was dressed in a simple smock and pants was walked next to his Chesnaught. Following after them was their lord walked with his Mightyena with Lady Joy walking after him in a black gown with a white Crobat on her shoulder. So a briefing by Joy was part of this after all, but why were both Camilla and Magnus here? Why were the Highguard outside? I think this might be bigger than I thought. Alex thought as he looked over the gathering.
Morg'a smiled and gave off an air of sophistication looking at the Elites entering the room but she let her thoughts tell her true feelings, confident that the Psi-Changer she wore around her neck kept them to herself. So that bitch Camilla is taking part in this after all. So whatever reason she pulled that brat from the party is important. Damn that idiotic little tramp for not getting closer to the slut! It probably was her little beast that was attacked after all. But she's only been gone a few days, and in Kalos of all place!
As Dracula sat upon his thrown, all before bowed and curtsied to show respect for their liege lord. Before anyone could speak up about the nature of the gather he raised his hand for silence.
"My loyal subjects let me cut away all the rumors you've heard. Approximately two hours ago the Lady Joyce briefed me upon the 8 Frankenmon that tried to intercept a courier using the Wind Road. Lady Joy, if you would care to take over?" Dracula said as he gestured at Joy who curtsied as a holo projector appeared before the throne.
"Thank you my lord. As per my orders when I was informed what had entered my morgue, all personal were recalled and all machines were removed from the bodies before all but two were incinerated. This decision" Joy began before Morg'a stepped forward and interrupted her.
"Two of the bodies were kept from the final peace Lady Joy? Forgive my impudence but aren't all Frankenmon bodies supposed to be incinerated after the foul machines which move them are taken from their corpses by rule of law?" Morg'a melodious voice interrupted, causing murmurs to spread among the crowd at this seemingly breach of law. Joy gained a small frown before she continued.
"Normally, yes that is the law. But the bodies were reanimated by an unknown process and power source. As the bodies were inspected, it became apparent that the machines were split in two different configurations. From what my limited mechanical knowledge told me, one type had a receiver of some kind while the other had a transceiver. The bodies saved were the ones most intact with detailed notes were made on where each machine was removed from the individual corpse. However both types had a few similar parts, this one we are having the most trouble identifying the components purpose." As Joy spoke the projector glowed, showing a diagram of a machine connected to two broken crystals with the crystals each connected to one side of a hexagon stone.
"The gems aren't like anything we've seen before. The hexagon seems to be artificial and seems to be the main power source, one of my people theorized that the gems act like a kind of converter. The fact that they were able to use attacks is a cause for concern, but the most distressing thing we've discovered is that there is no way for an external power source to connect to the stone, we have no idea how these things receive power at all." Joy finished as murmurs started back up.
"This is troubling, tovarish." Victor whispered to Alex as thoughts raced through his head. One of the only ways Frankenmons were found was the massive electrical power drain they used to recharge. And with the fact they were able to use Pokémon attacks…Wait, what were the attacks used elemental propertiess? Could there be a connection? Alex thought as his mind raced, signaling his group that he was doing this alone he started to walk through the crowd toward the throne. Alex exited the crowd until he was next to Morg'a and bowed to Lady Joy.
"Lady Joy, do we know what attacks were used by the subjects." Alex said as he saw the scowl Morg'a sent him, curious. Did she want to score a point with that or keep people from asking? Just what is your end goal you Grass bitch
"As the witness was a Pokémon, a psychic copy of the incident was made. From what Lord Magnus divined, the moves used were Flash Cannon and Arial Ace." Joy trailed off as she looked at the hologram.
"So moves of two elements and two gems. Were any gems recovered intact?" Alex continued as Joy called up data.
"All gems were found shattered. A failsafe or the result of battle…" Joy trailed off as she turned and shared a look with Magnus. Mordred stepped forward as a hologram of the Homeland appeared.
"Thank you Headmistress for your report, Lord Alex, Lady Morg'a for your points I give you my thanks. As of 1 hour ago our lord has issued orders that the patrols groups along our shore are be increased in size. The remains are to be turned over to the School of Aura as soon as the masters exit this chamber for a period of one weak for a detailed examination. All lords are to take any action they believe is necessary in their territories its security, all suspicious events are to be investigated by local authorities." Mordred began as a map of the Homeland sprang from the holo-project identifying the various territories
"Wait one minute Commander Mordred! How was a single courier identified by those monsters and from where did the courier come from? What was its cargo? These facts would affect any plans we make to protect our citizens." Morg'a interrupted with a smirk. Joy had a look of worry on her face while Camilla had a sever frown
"From the machine's localization before we removed them, some of them were hooked up to the eyes of the corpse, so a possible Aura sensor is possible. The cargo…." Mordred began until the person behind him interrupted and spoke loudly.
"Was an Aura scan of my son." Dracula declared as he stood up from his throne.
Alex blinked, their lord couldn't have said what he thought he'd heard, did he?
"I Declare this for all within this chamber to know! After years of not knowing their fate, my Queen and my son have been Found! Even as we speak, measures are being undertaking to return them to our shores!" Dracula proclaimed as the chamber exploded in conversations.
Morg'a had a wide smile on her face while on the inside her thoughts were complete anarchy. Arceus Damn it! With that old slug found she'll be back and warming his bed within the next year! All my plans to find and influence her replacement just went up in smoke! I should have known that those stupid Crusaders wouldn't kill them!
"My lord may I be the first to offer my congratulations on such wonderful news! If there is anything that any of us could do to help I'm sure my fellows would jump at the chance!" Morg'a said with cheer in her voice. Alex merely looked at her and let his eyes grow hard. So they did find D, and I think my people needs to spend a little time making sure that that tart doesn't try to send anyone after little whoever go the scan or the kid
"I can only say that in this matter the Lady Morg'a speaks for me as will my lord. If there is anything my people and I can do to help you have but to command it." Alex said as he bowed to his liege lord as the other Lords and Highlords copied him.
"Thank you but as I said measures are being done to return my beloved to me. May our people stand forever against all who would threaten us!" Dracula declared as he got up from his throne and his Pokemon followed him out the door. Alex looked at Camilla and fixed the right side of his collar and saw her and Magnus clench their right hands before he walked back to Victor and his maids. He grinned to himself as he walked. Time for an old friend and her son to come home at last, but how did they find them? And who better to ask then her brother and her best friend? He thought with a grin as he walked away with his two maids to 'celebrate'.
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Cleo sighed as she and her Krokorok walked into her inner apartment. That meeting had been as nerve wracking as the rumors that had been swirling around the local net. The reality was even worse, Frankenmon powered by unknown means, and able to use attacks! That wasn't even touch the fact that the Queen to be was alive with the Prince, that changed everything! When she returned she had given orders that all local wild Pokémon dens were to have surveillance equipment set up, if anything came to harvest fresh corpse, they would see them if they hit the dens. Why did she ever have to be chosen as the High Lord's successor anyway? It was supposed to be just a simple Quest, why did her predecessor have to use it to choose replacement before he died, she was just an orphan who had to play peacekeeper at the orphanage. She didn't like to fight, and his will that said she had to build her household herself without any of the previous staff, thank Arceus that Marshall Asim and his crew had stayed on and the homunculi maids. But things were hard; she had her pen pal to chat with! With a smile on her face she walked toward her computer, her Krokorok pulled out the chair to let her sit down and signed into a chat room. She had meet her friend on a message board about the impact Pokémon and human settlements had on each other, and since then the two of them had had conversations about care and feeding, exchanged recipes and helped each other deal with problems. She did feel a bit bad that he thought she was a middle management in a company who got promoted after her superior left, but the rest of the world wasn't like her home, they didn't have Lords and High Lords and to burden a doctor with her political problems just wasn't the right thing to do.
SandyLady: You online Doc?
RockDoc: Hey Lady, how was your meeting.
SandyLady: The boss's wife woke up from her coma, she's going to return to the company but the medicine that helped wake her was almost stolen by thieves so security of all divisions were raised, and two people on my level are fighting with each other, I've had to issue a few orders that might get people hurt in the name of said security, what about you?
RockDoc: I have a bit of a problem myself; the mother of one of my old friends sent a quite inquiry about a girl she's worried about, wants to double check something and my job says I should make it official, but everything I feel screams me to keep quit, I'm a bit conflicted.
SandyLady: So keep quiet and look into what might happen if you don't, you might find something you don't know you know about would happen. But why do you feel what you that way?
RockDoc: Thanks for the advice Lady, it's a supervisor who would receive the report just rubs me the wrong way, something about them feels wrong to me.
Cleo went cold as she rereads the last message; some people Aura's were able to 'sense' the nature of people, when they were hurt and needed help. Most of them became public servants, doctors or police if Doc felt something wrong about his supervisor, then they might be trouble if he went official on this. One piece of advice old man Victor had told her when she was sworn in was to trust her instincts about people and Pokémon. Said instincts said the Lady Morg'a was a trustworthy as a coin left in the sun was cold, so she trusted the advice.
SandyLady: Doc, one bit of advice I think I can pass on to you; always trust your instincts. Your hindbrain might be seeing what your forebrain can't.
"Lady Ro Clor! We have a situation!" A voice called from her door. That was Marshall Asim, but he should be out along the dunes, helping set up the observation cameras. If he was back then there might be a rather large problem that needs the local High Lords authority.
"I'll be right there!" Cleo called back as she typed one last message and walked toward her door, her Krokorok falling in step behind her. The duties of a desert High Lord never ended, but she was ready to meet them. Opening the door she was met with Marshall Asim, a hard faced black haired man wearing a black cloak over black clothes with a Braviary wearing a Searcher's Gem next to him.
"What happened Marshal?" Cleo demand as he would only have his Braviary with him if he was searching for something before he came to see her. Gesturing for her and her Pokémon to follow him he led them down the hallway. His Braviary took flight and flew ahead and out a window.
"Everything was going like clockwork M'lady, we had finished setting up most of them when we hit the Northern Mountain, one of the caves is or was used by a herd of Trapinch as their nest, it was empty and it showed signs of a battle. Thankfully we found the herd at an oasis, but the herd defenders were all injured. The team I sent into the cave discovered a hole in the floor that led into a chamber; it looks like an early Ritual chamber. The battle damage in the cave looks like the herd was attack from the cave mouth and then who ever made the hole was attacked by something inside. The problem is a sand storm swept the region after this all happened, at least we think so." Asim as he led her into a room with a map of her territory, marked with symbols for her towns, cities and Pokémon dens.
"Send word to all towns nearby to be on alert, anything or anyone out of the ordinary is to be reported at once. Once night falls patrols are to be run between the cities for the next week. The Trapinch are to be relocated to a territory where they can prosper, send word to the School of Aura, I want an archeological team to be sent to study those ruins as soon as possible. And put the Gates on full alert for the next 2 weeks, if people broke into that chamber I don't want it to be easy for them to escape." Cleo Ro Clor, Highlord of the Inner Desert commanded as she gazed upon a map of her lands. What happened when the chamber was breeched, what did they wake up and who were they? I always knew I would face a trial by fire, this has to be it. Cleo thought as she walked through the palace to the situation room.
SandyLady: Sorry Doc, duty calls. Good luck with your problem.
Brock sighed as he read the last message SandyLady had sent him. For a corporate manager she always had the right thing to say to help him. Maybe it was wrong to let her think he was only a doctor, but the problems of a Gym Leader, even one who was away from their gym weren't for the faint of heart. Just last week he had helped to take down a pack of Houndor and the alpha Houndom to relocate them to stop a swarm of Paras from raiding the city, thankfully his Marshtomp had evolved and defeated the alpha. The Pokemon Rangers had a nice valley far enough away that was perfect for the Dark Fire types, and there was supposedly a river full of water types between the valley and the habitat of the Paras, so there was no way for them to go after them or return to their old habitat.
Getting up from his computer he thought back to Delia's message. She had sent a text that she was worried about a new hire at her restaurant, and was that a surprise when he and Misty first visited Pallet Town! To think Ash had grown up in around a commercial restaurant, and that it was famous! But the girl was the problem or had a problem. She had been settling in fine but all of a sudden she had started to jump at anything and seemed to have closed off from people. Delia had contacted him because she had a Johto accident and he currently was at learning about medicine in Viridian City and was wondering if he heard anything from Johto from either the towm or his position as a Gym Leader. He had sent back that he hadn't heard anything, but he didn't tell her that a few days ago he had run into Karen, a member of the Elite Four, while his party was hunting the pack in the mountains. Sure she had said something about a monstrous creature she was tracking but Brock didn't think a Chimera was connected to the girl, but like he told SandyLady, something about Karen was just wrong. He couldn't describe it but he'll trust it for now and contact a few of the gym leaders in Johto through couriers, maybe one of them had heard something.
As Brock walk out of his room he never thought that maybe the monstrous creature Karen was hunting was really the girl in question, never thought that maybe others were watching people like him who would help her without question. Brock never saw the glint of light a pair of binoculars gave off as a silent watcher cataloged his activities.
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Lilith was able to identify the Aura from the sparks and had tracked her to and from a bus stop and was able to finally catch her and was currently tailing her toward the Professor's lab. When she saw the girl in question she was able to get a general read of her Aura, this girl was someone with a good heart and a bit of creativity, and watching the interactions she had when she interacted with people and Pokémon between her and the lab she seemed to be a pleasant person. A good fashion sense, natural beauty and what looked like a great personality and a bit of creativity, the prince had a good one after him.
Lilith let a smirk grace her lips before she walked a tiny bit faster; she had to time this just right, she reached for a button on a crossing post and hit Serena's hand.
"Sorry about that, you need to cross too?" Lilith asked the honey haired girl.
"Yeah, I'm heading toward Professor Sycamore lab, what about you." Serena asked as she looked at the black clothed girl. There was something that seemed to pull Serena out of the shell she had around herself.
"The same, he has some information that I need for my journey. Oh, sorry I forgot to introduce myself, the names' Lilly and you are?" Lilly said she offered Serena a hand.
"Serena Yvonne, nice to meet you Lilly." Serena said as they both walked toward the Professors lab.
"Nice to meet you too Serena, so have you decided on a goal for your journey?" Lilly asked as the walked toward the lab's door.
Serena only blushed and walked faster, opening the door, pretending that she hadn't heard anything.
"Hello? Is Professor Sycamore around?" Serena called out as they walked into the building
"That's me. I'm up here." A voice called out from atop a set of stairs opposite the doorway
"Huh? Hello there. I'm Serena and this is Lilly."
"I bet you two are here to become Pokémon Trainers." Sycamore said as he smiled at the two girls as he walked down the stairs.
"She is, I'm here for the information you have on when the Pokémon Contests happen." Lilly said as she held up a Pokéball.
"Yup. Also, Professor, I saw this Trainer on the news. The report was all about how he had saved a Garchomp." Serena said as she went a bit red in the face.
"Oh, you're talking about Ash." Sycamore said as Serena smiled. Ash, I knew it!
"I ran into him at the Pokemon Center. He said he was heading for the Santalune Gym." Lilly said, causing Serena to turn and look at her.
"Santalune Gym? Hmm. Professor, may I choose a Pokémon?" Serena said turning back to the Professor.
"Of course. And do you have any idea which Pokémon you'd like?" Sycamore asked. Lilly stood back and watch with a smile. A trainers first Pokémon was a mystical moment that only happen once for anyone, and only after a while did people understand what happened to them.
"Yup."
"All right. Everybody out!" Sycamore called to the right before a woman in a white lab coat led three forms into the room.
"These are the Kalos Pokémon new Trainers may choose from, Fennekin, Chespin and Froakie. Which Pokémon will you choose as your partner?" Sycamore asked as he turned back to Serena with a smile.
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Crusaders: Knights who launched attack on Homeland and kidnapped Ash and Delia
Aura Link: The result of two or more auras connecting, the people must meet and spend time with each other first, but when entering an area of 50 miles area sparks seemingly flow between auras unless something is blocking connection
Psi-Changer: Aura Equipment: Gemstone Type Special. A Gem that creates a false 'mind' that is the opposite of what the wearer is thinking, a convert defense against mind readers