Kamon drove down the dirt road, and finally ended up back on the base of the mountain.

After two miles, they arrived at Lilycove. The city consisted of various houses, a large shopping mall, and a contest hall. East of the city was the ocean.

"How will we get through the ocean?" asked Duncan.

"You just let me handle that part," remarked Kamon. "I'm the navigator."

---

Courtney checked the address. "751 Corsola St."

"That's the address," verified Tabitha. "Should I ring?"
"I'll ring. You need a good first impression, and this guy is my dad." Courtney then rang the doorbell, birth certificate and Magma ID ready.

An older man opened the door. "Hello?"
"Claudio Ramalio? This is your daughter Courtney," introduced Tabitha. "I'm Tabitha, her boyfriend."

"You got proof?" asked Claudio.

Courtney showed him the identification – her ID to verify her name, and her birth certificate to prove the relationship. "That proof enough for you?"

Claudio then had the feeling of being reunited with a long-lost child. He then realized that that was the case! "Yeah. Come on in."

---

At the Pokémon Center, Kamon used a PC to access the Internet. "Courtney did say her father lived in this town. If he does, then maybe she came to visit," he said to Duncan.

"Let's search for the last name Ramalio in Lilycove." Duncan typed in the search string. "Here's a result – Claudio Ramalio, 751 Corsola St."

After using the online map to view the whole town, Kamon now knew exactly where to go.

---

Kamon drove to the address, headed to the house and knocked on the door. Courtney answered it. "Hi there!"

"I found you! Tell me what Team Magma's up to!" shouted Kamon.

"We'll tell you, but first I'd like you to meet my father."

Kamon, Duncan and Crystal were taken to a den with an older man.

"You must be those kids Courtney was talking about, huh? I'm Claudio."

"Claudio – a character in the Shakespearean play Much Ado About Nothing."

Claudio was surprised. "He's really smart."

The three kids then sat down on the couch. Duncan proceeded to explain. "He's got a photographic memory, and a phenomenal IQ!"

"Even stranger, he has no belly-button," said Crystal. "Just a branding of his name."

Kamon pulled up his shirt, and showed his stomach. "My stomach is totally smooth and flat." His name, KAMON, had been branded on there.

"You could be a test-tube baby," explained Claudio.

"No," refuted Kamon. "Test-tube babies have navels, since they're put back in the womb." He then decided to tell about his father. "I'm looking for my father. He disappeared two years ago."

"We have clues indicating that Professor Lewis Pantor of Sootopolis knew Giovanni," stated Crystal.

---

"Mr. Briney?" Brendan was surprised to see Mr. Briney was okay. "What happened to you for all this time?"

"I was forced to ferry Team Aqua to a spot in the ocean, where, they claimed, was where the legendary Kyogre was resting. Something tells me they're up to something that could ruin nature's balance."

May wasn't having a good time. How dare they lock them up? Strangely, however, the cell was neither caged nor barred. Instead, there was a flickering sheet blocking the way out. May started to tear it apart.

Mr. Briney shouted, "May, that's-"

May felt a strange, shocking sensation surrounding her body, pushing her to the ground.

"…a force field."

Wally then decided, "We're breaking out. Now that we know where this place is, we can call for stronger forces and shut them down!"

"Not so loud, Wally," insisted Mr. Briney. "We don't want anybody knowing about our intention of leaving."

---

A news channel was tuned on the TV. "Police have identified the remains found in Viridian Forest as Lewis Pantor, a biochemistry professor from Sootopolis. Dr. Pantor was last seen eleven years ago leaving the town…"

Duncan called Detective Intem. "Hey, Detective Intem," started Duncan, "you should have told us when you identified the remains."
"You're not entitled to that, I'm afraid," stated Intem.

"Well, I'm sure my friend is, since he's desperate to find his father, and Pantor might hold the key!"
"No, he doesn't," explained Intem. "We interviewed his friends and colleagues, but nobody recognized Kamon's picture and Pantor never mentioned knowing anybody named Kamon."

"But he had to have known him, since they were both in that house in Viridian Forest. Maybe Kamon knows who killed him."

"A man was found dead last night. He had the same gun used to kill Pantor."

"Why would he kill him?"

"The man was a junkie looking for money. And he had been convicted of attempted murder and assault."
"That would make sense."

"Duncan Caliduct, we're doing everything we can to help Kamon, but we found nothing to link him to Pantor, and this murder case is closed."

Duncan then hung up. "No link?"

"It's Pantor, right?" confirmed Kamon. "And he's dead. Did I know him?"

"Nobody found any connection, but we'll keep looking for answers."

Kamon then realized that now was the time to explain what really happened. "My dad killed Pantor."

"So now you know? After the case was closed?" questioned Duncan.

"I didn't think it was a good idea to tell you earlier."

"I know how you feel, Silver," sympathized Crystal. "This is a very complicated situation."

"But we'll continue looking for answers," assured Duncan.

"No! Every time we look for answers, just more questions pop up. We were on to something, but now we're right back where we started."

Kamon wasn't sure if the mystery would ever be solved.

---

"Excuse me, guard?" asked May. "I need to use the bathroom." It didn't seem to be a good ruse to escape, but it was worth a try.

"And I've got a bad headache," complained Brendan. This wasn't really a ruse – he actually did have a headache.

"Okay, then, come with me and we'll sort everything out," said the guard.

Wally gave the thumbs-up sign. "We'll do the rest," he whispered.

Brendan and May were led out of the cell by the guard.

---

Brendan was led through several doors, and finally into a medical office. The door closed with a hydraulic whoosh as the guard exited the office. Brendan checked his body to see if it all went into the room. Everything was still there.

The doctor's office was darker, and anatomical charts hung on the wall.

"Well, what have we here?" asked the doctor.

Brendan groaned in pain.

"I'm Dr. Gideon," introduced the doctor, with the comforting voice of a professional. "Now, Brendan, just lay down on the bed." Brendan did so. "How does it feel?"

"Just a minor migraine, but still, I feel a bit disoriented."

---

May exited the bathroom. The guard was gone, and the coast was clear. She then searched a nearby room. There was a recycling machine, with receptacles for paper, plastic, and aluminum. "They may be power-crazy, but at least Team Aqua recycles things."

What caught her eye, however, was a machine. It had a green monochrome screen, a keypad, and various controls on the front.

The screen read:

POKéMONKYOGRE

HEALTH: EXCELLENT

STATUS: COMATOSE

The rest of the screen showed jagged lines jumping up and down on the monitor. "This must be the life support for Kyogre." May then headed out into the hall, and was found by Shelly. "Hey!" she shouted sharply. "We've been looking for you."

---

"That's probably the result of being in that cell for a day. Here's some Tylenol." Gideon handed Brendan a bottle of pills. "I'll be back." Gideon just walked out.

Brendan wandered around the office, and saw the anatomical chart of a human. Nothing interesting here, except for the fact that Gideon had the spleen mixed up with the liver. Brendan chuckled - he initially had a hard time with that too.

What caught his eye, however, was the chart of a large Pokémon. It reminded him of what Archie related. This could be Kyogre!

He used the computer to see if there was anything similar to this on there. There were a few PDF files relating to Kyogre. He could e-mail these to his father.

Suddenly, he had an idea: he could e-mail his father and tell him where they were!

And so, he quickly logged onto his e-mail, pressed the Compose button, and wrote this message:

Dad! It's Brendan. I'm in Team Aqua's hideout just east of Lilycove. It's disguised as a simple cave. Please save us!

Brendan then attached the PDF files to the message, and sent out the message. He then cleared the history, all cookies, and anything else indicating Brendan's use, and laid on the bed.

By the time the computer's screen saver came back on, Matt Geotica arrived.

"Come on, kid!"

---

As night fell, Kamon, in the basement, rested calmly.

He heard the "drip… drip…" of water. There weren't any caves nearby – or were there? His thoughts pointed to one part of the wall. He pounded on it. The vibration echoed through, indicating that there was a cave entrance. He pounded on another wall. No vibration echo. He then took a sledgehammer and pounded the wall. After a few seconds, wind blew from the wall. Courtney came downstairs, and was shocked to see him destroying the wall. "Ah! What are you doing to our basement?"

"Yikes! I guess I got carried away," trailed off Kamon.