PM: One note: Sinnoh Pokemon are set to make appearances. After all, number one: this happens before Ash's adventure in even Kanto. Wouldn't Sinnoh, or even Hoenn, Johto, and the Orange Islands for that matter, be around then, thus meaning it wouldn't be so much "new" as "unknown by Ash and his friends"? I quote from one of my emails to a friend. You know who you are.

CHAPTER 39:

Team Steel Base

Lovrina and Milotic had arrived in front of the strange building out in the sea.

"It must be the Team Steel base…" she muttered as she recalled Milotic and Altaria.

As she examined the door, Lovrina saw a yellow paper above a red button.

If you are not a Team Steel member, do not touch this button. I mean it. Silva.

Lovrina sweat dropped. "They must have a really low budget on security and a really low amount of brains."

She pressed the button, opening the door. As Lovrina walked inside, she saw many Steel Grunts in the room.

"HEY! Unless you're a Team Steel member, YOU CAN'T ENTER THIS BUILDING!" yelled several.

"Oh, shut up. Let's go, Gardevoir!" Lovrina called out her Gardevoir.

"Voir…" spoke the Psychic-type.

"Gardevoir, use Psychic on these dimwits!"

Gardevoir's eyes began to glow blue, and the same blue aura surrounded the Grunts.

"Nice." Lovrina smirked.

She and Gardevoir ran into the next room, which was empty. Lovrina recalled her Gardevoir, causing the Grunts in the other room to fall to the floor.

"Well, that was fun. What's next on my agenda on Team Goodie-Goodie? Spread joy, flowers, and lollipops across the planet?" muttered the pink-haired Trainer as she continued through the Team Steel base.

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She eventually came to a room full of conveyor belts, which were strangely moving despite not having anything on them.

"Okay, so… Why are these moving…?"

"To create drama…" answered a voice.

"And to let us move without using our legs." replied another. Both were male voices.

Two conveyor belts going horizontal in front of Lovrina began spinning somewhat more rapidly. Two people, both about twenty-two, were standing on them, the two that had just spoke. One had silver hair in a neatly combed style and black eyes, and wore a silver floor-touching, opened coat, a silver shirt underneath, white pants, and shiny white shoes. The other also had silver hair, combed, but had a small, curly strand going from his head to his nose, and black eyes as well. He wore the same clothing as the other, but with a white shirt, silver pants, a white coat, and silver shoes.

"Who are you two?" Lovrina asked.

"We…" smirked the first of the two. "…Are Team Steel's Admins: Met…"

"…And Al." finished the other.

"And together, we are…" both spoke simultaneously. "…THE METAL BROTHERS!"

"Right…" Lovrina mumbled. "How original. Nice talking to ya."

Lovrina tried to walk past them, but was stopped by Met.

"I'm afraid you can't pass, my dear… Unless you defeat us in battle."

Both drew out Poke Balls from inside their coats, each with silver S symbols on them, AKA the Steel Ball.

"Fine. If it's a battle you want… I'm so gonna give you one."

Lovrina picked out two Poke Balls and threw them into the air. "Go, Milotic and Chansey!"

From Lovrina's Poke Balls materialized her Milotic and Chansey. Milotic let out a loud humming noise.

"Chan-sey!" cried out Chansey.

"Hmm… Let's go. Aggron!" shouted Al.

He threw his Steel Ball into the air, causing an Aggron to appear in a flash of silver light.

"RON!" roared the Rock/Steel-type.

"And I choose Bastiodon!" shouted Met.

From his Steel Ball appeared Bastiodon, a Rock/Steel Pokemon not native to Hoenn, which had a large triceratops-like body, having a black shield-shaped for a face, white claws, and several white fangs in its mouth.

"Bast-i-o…" lowed the Rock/Steel Pokemon.

"What's that…?" Lovrina pondered as she pulled out her Pokedex. On the screen appeared a black question mark.

"NO DATA AVAILABLE."

"What?"

"Kid…" Met smirked. "This is a Sinnoh Region Pokemon, not Hoenn, Johto, or Kanto."

"Sinnoh? Must be a Region I don't know about… No matter! I'll so beat you and your ugly Bastiodon!"

Battle statistics: This is a two-on-two double battle with no substitutions or time limit.

Lovrina's Milotic and Chansey vs. Team Steel Admin Met's Bastiodon and Al's Aggron

BATTLE COMMENCE!

"Milotic, start with Safeguard!"

Milotic formed a green, shiny barrier around itself and Chansey, protecting them from Status Conditions for a while.

"Hmph. Aggron!" called out Al. "Use Iron Tail on Chansey!"

Aggron, with its tail glowing a metallic silver color, began to run towards Chansey.

"Chansey, Double Team now!"

In a burst of speed, Chansey began to form illusion copies of itself, about twenty, all spinning quickly around the battlefield. Aggron stopped running, its tail now its normal grayish-black, in confusion.

"Grr…"

"Bastiodon! Stone Edge!"

Bastiodon lowered its head to the ground, then lifted it up. From somewhere, clearly in an illogical action, sharp-edged rocks shot from the ground at Milotic.

"Milotic! Hydro Pump the rocks, then aim for Bastiodon!"

Milotic opened its mouth, forming a sphere of water in front. Two spinning beams of the blue liquid shot out at the Stone Edge attack, thus stopping them, and then the Hydro Pump continued towards Bastiodon.

"Use Protect."

The Steel/Rock Pokemon formed a golden shield in front of its body, making the Hydro Pump deflect off.

"Darn it… You are so gonna pay…" Lovrina muttered.

"Whatever. Bastiodon, now use your Thunder attack!"

"THUNDER?!"

Bastiodon began to glow with golden electricity. It then blasted a large thunderbolt at Milotic, hitting the Water-type with a super effective Electric attack.

"Milotic…" Lovrina gasped as her Pokemon managed to stay up. "That's it… Chansey, use Protect! Milotic, Earthquake!"

Chansey formed a golden shield around its body, allowing Milotic to thrash about on the floor, sending orange-brown shock waves in all directions. The waves of energy deflected off of Chansey's Protect, but slammed into Aggron and Bastiodon, both suffering ultra effective damage.

"AAH!" cried out Met and Al as their Pokemon nearly collapsed.

"Grr… No more holding back… Aggron! Thunder Fang!" shouted Al.

"Bastiodon! Use Thunder again!" yelled Met.

"Both of you, aim for Milotic!" the two shouted in synch.

Bastiodon shot another huge bolt of lightning energy at Milotic, while Aggron began to run towards the Water-type, its usually silver fangs glowing a golden yellow.

"Chansey! Get in front of Milotic, and then use Mirror Coat!"

Chansey ran in front of Milotic, stopped, and then made a red square of energy appear in front of it. The Thunder hit Mirror Coat, the attack stopped cold.

"Now! Aim for Aggron!"

As per Lovrina's command, Chansey turned to face the still-attacking Aggron. Thunder shot off of the red shield and zapped Aggron with twice the normal damage, of course returned to normal to the type disadvantage. But still, Aggron collapsed with its fangs returned to silver, KO'd.

"AGH! Met, they took out my Pokemon using your move!" Al cried out as he recalled his fainted Aggron.

"I'll make up for it…"

Lovrina's Milotic and Chansey vs. Team Steel Admin Met's Bastiodon

BATTLE COMMENCE!

"Bastiodon, Flash Cannon that Chansey!"

Silver energy beams began to form a sphere of the same-colored energy in front of Bastiodon. After enlarging it to a large size, it was released like a cannonball, hitting Chansey and sending it backwards into Milotic, hurting both.

"Take that! I will avenge my brother…" Met smirked.

"He's your brother?!" Lovrina asked.

"Uh, yeah. Isn't it obvious?!"

"…No, not really. Milotic, Surf!"

Milotic began to form a tidal wave of water behind it, which rushed forward. Milotic rode the tall wave, crashing into Bastiodon for super effective damage.

"Bastiodon…!" Met growled. "Go for it! GIGA IMPACT!"

After somehow recovering from Surf, Bastiodon ran towards Milotic with its body enveloped in an orange, blazing light. With a powerful slam, Milotic was sent into a wall, knocked out.

"M-Milotic…" Lovrina cried out. She recalled her Pokemon, then glared at Met.

'That must be the powerful Hyper Beam-like attack I heard about…' she thought.

"With Chansey, I am so gonna beat you!"

Lovrina's Chansey vs. Team Steel Admin Met's Bastiodon

BATTLE COMMENCE!

"I can tell your ugly Pokemon can't attack for a while, so HA!" Lovrina taunted, seeing Bastiodon panting heavily. "Chansey, Water Pulse!"

Chansey shot a glowing blue sphere of water from its mouth at Bastiodon, hitting it with a super effective Water move.

"I know Chansey has poor Attack and Special Attack stats, but Water Pulse would do more than a Normal attack! Now, use Brick Break!"

Chansey's hands began to glow a reddish-brown. It ran towards Bastiodon and hit it with both fists, its left then right, and then a third time with its fists simultaneously. This attack was ultra effective, nearly forcing Bastiodon onto its back.

The Rock/Steel-type shook off the attack, despite being dramatically weak, now with a fierce look in its eyes.

"Yes. He can move again." Met smirked. "Use Headbutt!"

Bastiodon rammed into Chansey, knocking it back to where it started the battle, lowering its HP seriously due to the Normal Pokemon's low Defense.

"Chansey…" Lovrina groaned. "Are you okay…?"

Chansey slowly got up, then let out a yell. It began glowing in a bright white aura.

"Huh? Hey… Is Chansey…?!" gasped the pink-haired trainer.

After Chansey's form changing, a new Pokemon stood in its place: the Normal-type Blissey, which had a rounder, larger pink body with a darker pink pouch having an egg inside, small arms with white, very small "wings", a white, skirt-like ring around its stomach and a white lower body except for its feet, and curled ears.

"BLISSEY!" cried out the new Pokemon.

"Chansey evolved into a Blissey! Now I'll really kick your butt!" Lovrina smirked. "Blissey, Earthquake!"

Blissey jumped into the air, and then crashed down, sending shock waves of red and brown color at Bastiodon. Bastiodon was hit by the wave of ground energy, taking another ultra effective hit from a Ground-type move, and fainted.

"Bastiodon?!" gasped Met. "GRR! You'll pay when father… I mean, Master Silva battles you!" He recalled Bastiodon and ran off with his brother.

Lovrina recalled Blissey as well, after healing its injuries with two Super Potion spray-bottles. "So… Silva's their dad, huh? Interesting. But first, Id better heal Milotic."

From her belt, Lovrina brought out a yellow diamond, a Revive. She called out Milotic, who was still KO'd, and fed the Water Element the healing item. Milotic slowly opened its eyes, eventually recovering halfway from fainting.

Lovrina finished healing her Pokemon with a red Hyper Potion spray bottle, making Milotic hum happily.

"Alright… It's time to meet Silva again, and end his organization." Lovrina said as she walked out of the room and into a large, spacious one. It was hexagonal, with one raised platform about five feet off the floor at the end. There, Silva sat in a metal chair, with a cruel smirk on his face.

"Well, well, well… If it isn't the little pink-haired pixie…" he smirked. "The one with a connection to Rayquaza…"

Lovrina growled. "I beat your sons, so I can so beat you! Let's get to battling, Silva, so I can reclaim the Platinum Orb!"

Silva chuckled. "Dear child… Don't you see? Why fight me, when we could rule the world together? I, unlike Aqua, Magma, and Eon, don't want to crush all who oppose me, unless they refuse my offer… So, Lovrina…"

Silva stepped to the end of the platform and onto another one, this one lowering to the ground due to a mechanical tower underneath.

"…Will you accept…?"

Lovrina gasped at Silva's offer, and came up with an answer:

"I… Maybe I… I will…"

PM: Or will she…? THE PLOT WILL THICKEN, OR MAYBE NOT! GACK-ACK-ACK! Uh… The next Special Chapter will be Chapter 41 instead of the originally planned 40. The battle between Lovrina and Silva would make this Chapter really, really, really long.

Updating may cease to a halt, due to things at home and other distractions, such as other fics that will be put up someday; the same will happen with Pokemon XSD; Windstorm of Cyclones. R&R.