Bursting out of Stephen's Poké Balls are Typhlosion and Blaziken. The two step foot to protect Stephen, Lucario, and Pikachu.
"No Typhlosion and Blaziken go back into your Poké Ball!" Stephen shouts.
Right before Hyper Beam collides with Stephen and his Pokémon a Flamethrower hits Hyper Beam and causes it to explode as two Pokémon grabs Stephen and his Pokémon. Our heroes watch scared as the field is covered with smoke. Dean is angered as Rick covers his face.
"What happened?" Chase asks.
"An explosion of Hyper Beam?" Dan replies.
As the smoke fades, Stephen and his Pokémon are visible but with Infernape and Emboar by their side. In front of Genesect and Dean are Charizard and a girl. The girl has her arms out blocking Stephen and his Pokémon with Charizard standing right behind her angry. Rick stares and smiles.
"Who are you?" Dean asks.
"The name is Nerina Attwater and I'm here to stop you from cheating!" Nerina replies.
"I am not cheating!" Dean snaps.
"Yes you are," Nerina states, "You are not allowed to use the legendary Pokémon you have in any battles in the Champion League!"
Our heroes are now angry.
"Genesect kill her with Zap Cannon!" Dean shouts.
Nerina gets scared and covers her face.
"Flamethrower!" Stephen shouts.
Charizard, Typhlosion, Blaziken, Infernape, and Emboar all use Flamethrower and protect Nerina as Stephen runs and covers Nerina with his arms out. The Flamethrowers stop the Hyper Beam and cause an explosion that again covers the field with smoke.
"Are you okay?" Stephen asks.
"Yes thank you," Nerina replies.
"No thank you," Stephen says, "Now take Lucario and Pikachu. Go off to the side and I'll handle Dean and Genesect."
Nerina nods and then grabs Pikachu and guides Lucario to the side with our heroes.
"Now Dean you will lose for all the damage you have done!" Stephen shouts.
"Bring it!" Dean shouts.
"No!" Rick shouts.
"Fire Blast!" Stephen shouts.
"Signal Beam!" Dean shouts.
Fire Blast and Signal Beam collide and explode covering the field which blows Rick back towards our heroes. Our heroes watch as every time Stephen calls and attack, Dean and his Genesect block it.
"Genesect is unbeatable!" Kenny shouts.
Our heroes stare quietly. All nervous and worried for Stephen and his Pokémon. Stephen's Pokémon are getting weak.
"Finish this with your strongest Hyper Beam ever!" Dean shouts.
"No!" Nerina shouts.
Hyper Beam heads for Stephen and his Pokémon.
"Charizard, Typhlosion, Blaziken, Infernape, and Emboar use Overheat!" Stephen yells.
All five Pokémon use Overheat. The Overheat flies through the sky and collides with the Hyper Beam.
"It's an even match," Nerina says.
"Thing again," Rob states.
The Overheats burst right through the Hyper Beam and hit Genesect dead on. The attack explodes causing smoke to cover the field.
"Dead center!" Tim shouts, "That Pokémon is done for."
Dean grinds his teeth.
"Genesect you better be up and ready to fight once the smoke is gone!" Dean demands.
Finally wind blows the smoke away revealing no Genesect.
"Where did Genesect go?" Ashley Freeman asks.
Stephen and Rick notice a Ditto in place of Genesect and soon so do the rest of our heroes.
"Dean!" Stephen shouts, "Why is there a Ditto where Genesect use to stand?"
Dean quickly returns Ditto and looks at his wrist.
"Well look at the time," Dean says, "I best be on my way."
Dean starts running off.
"Lucario catch him and bring him to me!" Stephen yells.
Lucario shakes his head and then uses ExtremeSpeed. Lucario catches up with Dean and then grabs Dean. Lucario begins to walk back to Stephen with Dean struggling in his grasp.
"Let me go!" Dean shouts.
"Shut it," Lucario says.
Lucario places Dean in front of Stephen.
"So Dean were all those Legendary Pokémon of yours Ditto too?" Stephen asks.
"Of course not," Dean lies.
Lucario rolls his eyes and touches all six of Dean's Poké Balls. Appearing in front of Dean are six Ditto.
Everyone stares at Dean and the Ditto.
"We lost to Ditto!" our heroes shout, "How humiliating!"
Stephen shakes his head.
"Dean what was the reason behind all of this?" Stephen asks.
"Well I wanted to be the first ever Ditto Elite Four Trainer and I wanted to test my power out so I decided to take on Chase, Ashley, and Melissa," Dean replies, "Once I won flawlessly I thought about challenging you so I decided to challenge the Battle Frontier to make sure I was ready. I beat the Battle Frontier remarkably and then I was going to challenge you but I battle not one but two Dragon Pokémon Masters and beat them both. I was unstoppable so I knew I was going to beat you until that bratty Nerina and your stupid Fire Pokémon came and saved the day."
Stephen and our heroes grind their teeth. From the bench comes everyone. Now Dean and his Ditto are surrounded.
"Dean from this point on you are no longer part of the Elite Four," Stephen states, "I hereby band you from any Champion League Battles and want you to leave my sight at once."
Dean starts to cry as he falls to his knees.
"Please Stephen don't do this," Dean cries.
Stephen stares at Dean seriously so Dean returns all six of his Ditto. Dean soon stands up again and faces Stephen.
"I apologize for all of this," Dean says honestly.
Dean now runs off out of the Battle Factory crying.
"Man bro you didn't have to go that far," Kenny says.
"I did what any Champion would have done," Stephen states.
Stephen turns his attention to Nerina.
"Nerina how did you know where I was and get all my Pokémon?" Stephen asks.
"Well let's just say Professor Elm told me that he wanted you to know Professor Juniper sent all your Pokémon that you caught in Unova to him," Nerina replies, "I didn't know where you were so he told me and I got your Charizard Liza sent to New Bark Town to fly here."
"Oh," Stephen says, "Well thank you."
Nerina just smiles and blushes.
"Well Nerina I will like to welcome you to the Elite Four since Dean will no longer be a part of it," Stephen announces.
Nerina becomes speechless so she just hugs Stephen.
"Looks like I'll need the Battle Factory redone," Rick says ending the sweet moment.
"Sorry about that," Stephen says truthfully.
"No need to apologize," Rick says, "None of this was anyone's fault. I honestly knew that my field will get destroyed but not this soon nor bad."
Our heroes laugh as Rick starts to head off.
"Well I'm heading off to the Pokémon Center to heal my Pokémon and call on contractor to start the rebuilding of my Factory," Rick states, "See ya."
Rick leaves the Battle Factory.
"Stephen before the rest of us Elite Four members leave to head to Silver Town I want you to know that I will be challenging you for the title of Johto Champion," Chase announces, "Be ready to lose."
Stephen makes a fist.
"Like I'll ever lose to you bro," Stephen says with a smirk.
"We'll see," Chase concludes.
Chase, Ashley Freeman, and Melissa all leave the Battle Factory and start heading for Silver Town.
"Looks like we should be leaving too," Jordan says, "We don't know when we will be having challengers for the Battle Frontier. Take care guys.
Jordan, Tim, Rain, Kenny, and Ashley leave the Battle Factory and head to their Battle area.
"Rob," Dan blurts out, "We need to go to Blackthorn City to talk to Clair about something."
Rob looks confused at Dan but shakes his head. Soon Dan and Rob are not in the Battle Factory leaving Stephen, Nerina, and Stephen's Pokémon.
"It's just use now," Nerina says.
Stephen shakes his head and then grabs his Poké Balls.
"Thank you all for the help," Stephen admits, "Take a good long rest."
"Should we head to Silver Town?" Nerina asks.
"No I think we should head home to New Bark Town," Stephen replies, "I need to get ready for my upcoming challenge and I need to learn about you and your Pokémon in battle since you will be a part of my Elite Four now."
Nerina shakes her head in agreement.
"How about you tell me about your journey up until now and then I'll battle you?" Nerina questions.
"Deal," Stephen concludes.
So as Stephen and Nerina head home to New Bark Town, Stephen tells Nerina about his journey from the very beginning.