"I don't trust him." Adrien admitted while he and Marinette were at an ice cream shop.
They had just grabbed Pokepuffs for the starving Tikki and Camembert for the always-starving Plagg. They had ice cream now, and of course, Adrien shared his with Dedenne. The Pokémon was famous for its cuteness and how it got along with Adrien.
"I'm not so sure." Marinette stated her uncertainty "He did seem like he wasn't evil anymore."
"Yeah, well, you purified the akuma so of course he would." He continued "But yet he still has the powers. And to add to it all, now we got the Pidgey gang and the whole Lady Wifi stuff."
Marinette didn't tell Adrien about Alya being Lady Wifi. She felt like she deserved that much from her best friend. Her video about The Bubbler caught on like wildfire around the internet. To the point where even Nino was impressed enough to text Adrien on how cool he thought he was. He probably liked him because Nino also had a Premarina of his own. But of course, the title was in everyone's mind. "Friend or Foe?"
"Well, thanks to him we know a few more details about whatever's going on. We know that this person calls himself Venomoth, and that he must have some connection to Team Flare."
"Do you think they could still be hiding in the shadows?" Adrien asked
"Unlikely. I heard from Officer Jenny that that Ash Ketchum guy quelled any chance of them returning."
"Maybe we should ask him about that?"
"Supposedly he returned to Kanto. But the gym leader was apparently traveling with him. We could probably visit him. But we should probably worry about those Pidgey grunts before we do that."
"Good thinking." Adrien confirmed "We should go interrogate them."
"Oh." Marinette was suddenly excited "I call dibs on Bad Cop!"
Adrien laughed "I thought you were supposed to be the one with the powers based of good luck, life, and creativity. You know, kindness stuff."
"Yeah. But can't a girl have a bit of fun every now and then."
"As you wish, M'lady."
Later that day, Ledyba and Torracat walk out of the police station. They look up and see Bubbler and his Premarina on top of a nearby building. They both nod to each other and make their way to meat him on top.
"You guys learn anything knew?" He asked pretty quickly.
"Only one thing about Team Flare. They did some shady deals with them before the whole Zygarde incident."
"I'm certain that there must be some kind of connection somewhere." He was annoyed
Torracat gave some more information. "Well, they stated that didn't know the full extent of their boss's deals with Team Flare."
"But the only info we got about the boss is that he goes by the name 'Mr. Pidgey.'"
"Mr. Pidgey huh?" Bubbler seems intrigued "I'll have to find him." He goes to leave
"Wait!" Ledyba calls
"What is it?"
"What are you planning on doing?"
"I'm going to bring him to justice." He states "Don't worry, I won't be so reckless this time." He turns to his Premarina who uses Misty Terrain in order to get them away.
"He didn't need to use the Misty Terrain." Torracat comments "We wouldn't have followed him."
Ledyba goes to walk away as she calls him like a cat, "Come on, kitty." She calls "We have a scientist to visit."
Its late at night and the inventor is working in his lab, tinkering. The room is dark, so he is surprised when two figures show up. He is startled until he realizes who the two figures are. "Oh, Ledyba and Torracat. I'm sorry, I startle easily."
"It's okay." Ledyba smiles, but Clemont can barely see it. The gym leader turns the lights on.
"So what can I do for you?" The boy was sweet but also professional. Surprising since he appeared to even be younger than the two of them.
"We wanted to ask you something about Team Flare."
"Ah. I see. You've come to me about my connections to Ash Ketchum."
"Kind of." Ledyba admits. "I heard that you and your friends were able to prevent Team Flare from rising again. We'd like to know a bit more about that."
"Certainly." He began. "They called themselves Neo-Team Flare. It was lead by a high ranking Team Flare scientist named Xerosic. He wanted to revive the team and find a new way to finish what Lysander started. He tried to brainwash me for the use of my mind, but I outsmarted him enough for my friends to come save me. We defeated him and he was taken in by Officer Jenny."
"I see"
"Apparently, we learned from Zygarde that day that there were pieces of the giant rock that Team Flare used left all around Kalos. Two Zygarde's along with Ash's Greninja are off to find and destroy them." Clemont finished his story and concluded "So while there is a chance of that being used, its rather unlikely. Why do you want to know?"
"The last two supervillain attacks, were both caused by akuma's." Ledyba began to explain, but stopped "Its hard to explain but in short they can be used to control the mind of someone and give them superpowers. The person sending them is calling himself 'Venomoth' and we believe he has some connection to Team Flare due to the fact The Bubbler's Wand is believed to be made by them."
"Xerosic did create allot of evil inventions. Nothing like mine which are only created for the good of people and Pokémon." Both superheroes were happy to see how much he cared for the well-being of everyone. "It seems as though this Bubbler character is now not being controlled by anything."
"You saw the blog?" Torracat asked
"Yes. And not just that. I noticed the article stated that he used the help of a Pokémon. A Premarina if I'm not mistaken. He didn't use any Pokémon when he fought you two during the ceremony."
"Maybe akuma victims can't use Pokémon." Ledyba adds
"Or maybe they are not really their trainers." Torracat thinks out loud.
"What do you know about the Pidgey gang and Mr. Pidgey?" Ledyba was curious
Clemont answered. "No one knows who this Mr. Pidgey's identity is but he's very dangerous." He states "and I haven't bothered to find out anything else. Why do you want to know?"
"That's where The Bubbler is off to." Torracat said worriedly "He could be in BIG trouble"
"Don't worry." Clemont states, fixing his glasses as they shine "THE FUTURE IS NOW THANKS TO SCIENCE!" He pulls out a strange radar looking machine. "This is my Bubble Detection Machine 9000!" He says proudly
Torracat, being a HUGE dork, is so excited. "Oh my god! So cool! So cool! So cool!"
"I got the idea after the first Bubbler incident when I had a feeling we'd face a situation EXACTLY like this one." He showed off his invention "It gives a location of any spot in the city where an abnormal amount of bubbles are being popped. Such as the Bubbler's Wand."
"That's genius!" Ledyba was impressed
"Science is so amazing!" Replied Torracat
"Let me turn it on, and..." he turned it on and it finds a location "There!" Ledyba jots down the location and suddenly the whole thing blows up, leaving dust all over their faces.
"Clemont! Knock your inventions off! Me and Dedenne are trying to sleep!" A little girl yelled from somewhere nearby.
"Sorry Bonnie!"
"Well, I got the address, let's go!" The two superheroes begin to exit.
"Wait. I'm coming too." They look to him oddly. "Trust me, I've taken on villain's PLENTY times before." He says, referring to both Team Flare and Team Rocket.
