They returned back to the beach quickly; Dolland didn't feel like staying in the cave longer than they needed to, and Gizmo didn't really need to say much, seeing as he was going faster than the ghost type Pokémon could walk. That slightly frustrated Dolland, however he couldn't blame him. He didn't want to get attacked by more Pokémon on their quick escape route out, so they were all good. When they made it back onto the beach, everything looked the same as it had been before. Well, minus the Krabby blowing their bubbles of course. But that was alright.
"Thank you again, Dolland," said the Beldum for the nth time. "I...I really can't thank you enough." Gizmo had already sat the Relic Fragment back on the ground, and for the most part, kept looking down at it. "Y-you see, I was hoping to join the guild with my brother so I could find out where this came from. I'm not all up for adventuring; it's my brother that likes to do that. But I thought that if I joined the guild, I could find out there it came from. But I can't work up the nerve to do so."
The Beldum sighed, and picked up his Relic Fragment. Dolland was about to reply with something to try to cheer Gizmo up, but a shout cut him off before he could say anything.
"Hey, Gizmo! What's takin' you so long?"
Both Pokémon jumped, and Gizmo turned around to face where the voice had come from; however he didn't seem at all surprised or scared as he thought he would have been. Instead, it was Dolland who was surprised. It was another Beldum that looked just like Gizmo, however was remotely bigger than he was –Gizmo was slightly dwarfed by him, in fact - wearing what looked like a scarf and had a small scar-like piece missing from the top of its head.
"O-oh, sorry brother," Gizmo was quick to apologize to the other of his kind. "I-I kinda got caught up with…. Stuff."
"Yeah, well, you'd said you'd be right back," the other Beldum informed, stopping in front of his brother. "I've been waiting for – Who's this?" Suddenly changing his subject surprised Dolland; however Gizmo didn't seemed fazed by the other's reaction.
"Who, this?" Gizmo asked, as if for a moment he forgot that Dolland was there in the first place as he turned to face. "Oh, this is Dolland," Gizmo informed with a laugh before turning back to his brother. "I just met him. Dolland, this is-"
"You just met 'em?" the larger Beldum seemed baffled. "What'dya mean ya just met 'em?"
"W-well, Shock," Gizmo stuttered out; Dolland finally getting the other brother's name out of Gizmo. "I-I found him lying on the beach unconscious. I-I kinda helped him out." Shock looked at his brother suspiously, then to Dolland.
"….. And you made friends with him?" he questioned wearily. Gizmo nodded what Dolland guessed to be happily. Shock sighed. "Well, that's great n' all, but if we wanna get t' th' Guild and join by nightfall. Time's a tickin'." Gizmo seemed to realize why he was here in the first place, and what they were supposed to be doing.
"Oh, right," Gizmo said. "I… We should get going, then?"
"Well obviously," Shock said, sounding impatient as he turned to leave. "Can we go now, please? I don't really wanna have't wait." Gizmo went to follow his brother, however stopped and turned abruptly to Dolland, as if remembering something.
"H-hey, Dolland, y-you wanna come join the guild with us?" he asked, surprising both Shock and Dolland. "I-I mean, I know you have no where else to go, since you lost your memory and all… So why not come to the guild with us?"
"Wait, he lost his what?" Shock asked, turning around abruptly to face his brother.
"I-it's a long story," stuttered the smallest Beldum before turning back to Dolland. "What do you say? We want to create an exploration team, and I know it could help you regain your memory, if at all."
Ignoring the stares from Shock, Gizmo had a pretty good point going. He couldn't remember anything about him, except for the fact that he was a human and his name. He didn't really know where he could begin and what to do when he got to that point. Plus he really didn't know anyone else here besides Gizmo and his brother Shock – although he just met him – much less where he was. Well, this beach was a start. So, really, there was only one thing to say.
"Sure."
