"Alright Lillie, ready to head home?" Ark asked, packing his bag and grabbing Nebby.
"Just another minute, I wanted to ask Rotomdex a few things." Lillie said.
"Okay, I'll be right out here." Ark replied, leaving the classroom. "Come on Gladion, you seem to be showing up lately whenever I don't want to see you, but now I really need your help to get some answers, and no one can find you. I just wish I knew where you were."
"Alright Ark, I'm all set." Lillie said, walking out of the classroom to see an empty hallway. "Ark?"
Near Ten Carat Hill
"Lycanroc use Stone Edge! Umbreon use Dark Pulse!" Gladion called out. He often came here to train against the large amount of powerful Pokemon that gathered here, it was good practice and secluded enough for his other Pokemon. "Now Silvally use Slash!"
"Wahhh!" Ark exclaimed, falling from the sky, scaring the wild Pokemon off, and barely being missed by the Slash attack.
"Grawf!" Silvally growled, glaring at Nebby as Ark got up.
"Woah!" Ark exclaimed, backing up. "Gladion what is this thing?" Ark said, seeing the boy nearby.
"Silvally stand down. I could ask you the same of that." Gladion commented. "Silvally would only respond like that to an Ultra Beast, so why do you have one!"
"Nebby, yeah we figured he's an Ultra Beast." Ark commented. "Look, I'm not here to discuss Ultra Beasts or new Pokemon, I need your help."
"Not interested." Gladion said.
"I think Faba knows what happened to Lillie." Ark said.
Back at the Aether Mansion
"That Ark, as soon as I see him, I'll give him all the trouble in the world for leaving me behind after he promised to watch over me!" Lillie huffed as the limo pulled into the main gates. "Wait is that an Aether Foundation Helicopter?"
"Little Miss Lillie, how good to see you." Faba said walking forward.
"Faba, what are you doing here?" Lillie asked.
"Your mother sent me to get you." Faba lied.
"What did she send you for, and where is Bewear and Stufful?" Lillie asked.
"Relax, Hobbes explained I'm a friend and welcome." Faba said. "Your brothers are already at the Aether Foundation, Lusamine wished for you all to have a family dinner together."
"Gladion and Ark are already there, why didn't they tell me?" Lillie asked.
"Well, it was supposed to be a surprise for you." Faba said. "Now come along Little Miss, we wouldn't want to keep your mother waiting."
As the helicopter took off Lillie failed to notice Bewear and Stufful knocked out behind the mansion, or Hobbes still in the limo in a zombie like state.
Back at Ten Carat Hill
"What do you mean Faba knows?!" Gladion exclaimed.
"He saw I was snooping around the lower levels, and showed video of my dream form." Ark said, "And threatened to expose it if I told anyone what he was upto. He took my blood for some reason."
"Probably to recreate your powers." Gladion said. "But why do you think he knows what had happened?"
"Why else would he have security camera footage of Sublevel 10?" Ark asked.
"Okay, but how would we even get down there?" Gladion asked.
"Well, I think Nebby can get us there." Ark said, holding up the Ultra Beast.
"Really, Nebby can get us there." Gladion deadpanned.
"Hey he brought me to you." Ark countered. "Though, you might want to return your Pokémon, I don't think he's ever teleported this many People." Ark added, as Pikachu hopped into his bag for safety.
"Alright let's do this, for Lillie." Gladion said, as the two boys were enveloped in a shimmering light.
At the Aether Foundation
"Miss Lusamine, chopper 7 has returned with Faba and Lillie on board." A voice said over the intercom.
"Oh I didn't know Lillie was visiting, I'll be right there." Lusamine said, she was excited to know Lillie had given her another chance. Just as she was wrapping up what she was working on, her two boys materialized right in front of her.
"Hi mom." Ark said with a smile.
"Mother." Gladion said plainly. "Ark I thought you said this would get us to sub level 10!"
"I didn't know it wouldn't work!" Ark said. "You try controlling someone else's teleport!"
"Boys! What are you arguing about?" Lusamine asked. "I was surprised Lillie came to visit, but at least she used the main entrance."
"What do you mean Lillie is visiting?" Ark asked in a panic.
"She just arrived with Faba, I was so worried you kids would hate me still." Lusamine said. "Come on, I have nothing happening tonight, we can have a big family dinner."
"Mother stop!" Gladion exclaimed.
"Gladion!" Lusamine scolded.
"Mother please, what happened to Lillie five years ago, whatever made her unable to touch Pokemon. We think it has something to do with Faba and Sublevel 10." Ark said.
"Sub level 10? The only things down there is storage, and Faba's lab now." Lusamine said.
"It's also where I found this before I ran away." Gladion said. "Silvally come out!"
The masked beast came out of its Pokeball with a mighty roar.
"A Type: Null! Faba said they were a failure and that he euthanized them." Lusamine said in shock.
"Not before I grabbed this one, it's the one that stopped whatever attacked Lillie that day." Gladion said.
"Boys this sounds nice and all, but the only thing that came from down there was Ark.". Lusamine assured.
"Mother, you said once a wormhole opens, it becomes a weak point, right?" Ark asked.
"In theory yes." Lusamine said.
"Well what if Faba found a way to reopen that weak point and pull something through?" Ark asked.
"Ark in order to do that you'd need the equipment to open a wormhole, which we decommissioned years ago." Lusamine said. "A generator with enough power to charge the entire island, an anchor to both worlds, and the field stabilizer."
"What if he has those already?" Gladion asked.
"Impossible, I have the keys to them right here." Lusamine said, revealing three keys.
"But what if he used natural ones?" Ark asked. "If Lillie was attacked by an Ultra Beast that day, she'd have a signature of both worlds. Plus all the time she's spent with Nebby."
"That's only one of them, and a stretch at best." Gladion pointed out.
"But then there's me, or at least part of me. You said I had untapped potential of power, could that be gotten through blood?" Ark asked.
"If it was linked to just you specifically then I suppose it could." Lusamine pondered.
"Plus I'm still oozing radiation from my trip. What better source." Ark said.
"But that still leaves the problem of generating a stable portal." Lusamine said.
"Nebby." Ark realized. "Where's Nebby?!"
Down at Sublevel 10
"All is going according to plan." Faba said as Guzma set the hypnotized Lillie down in a chair. "And thanks to your brothers I have Nebby, now I just need them to come and play hero."
"Faba, I'm not sure this is a good idea anymore." Guzma said.
"Silence, I paid you to bring me the creature and you failed even that, you're lucky to still have a job!" Faba barked.
"Yeah, really lucky." Guzma said.
