Absol couldn't predict the future.

He could sense danger, but even that had major limitations. He could only sense big disasters and extreme dangers, not small ones. If he could, Absol as a whole would of been banned from Pokemon battles.

Absol couldn't predict the future, but it could sense disaters. He knew when one was on It's way.

Like now.

Absol crawled out of bed next to his friend, Areina. He had to protect her. It was his job to protect her. That's why she kept him out of his pokeball at night, sleeping by her side. So she would be safe.

Absol quietly moved down through the area in the direction he sensed the danger. He left the Pokemon Center and wandered into the empty nighttime streets.

"Wow, aren't you a cutie!" a voice behind him said.

"Absol!" Absol jumped and spun around to face the new threat.

The girl smiled at him. "Aren't you a cutie?" she cooed. "But you're not nice , are you? I bet if I let you go, you'll tell your master. I can't let a naughty boy or girl like you run just around all by yourself."

Absol started backing away carefully.

"Don't be like that!" The girl said.

Absol hesitated, then ran.

Absol heard her call out an attack to the Pokemon, so he used Detect to make her attack miss.

"Come back!" the girl called. "Don't make me hurt you!" Absol kept running. Soon he would be near Areina. Soon-

All of the sudden Absol fell to the ground and writhed in pain.

The girl caught up to him.

"Naughty Absol." the girl cooed. Floating next to her was a flat Pokemon with brown skin. "Don't you know my Stunfisk's Pain Split can fly right past your Detect?" She looked at Stunfisk, who promptly shocked Absol. "And I had to hurt my poor Stunfisk to do it." Stunfisk shocked Absol again. Absol tried not to pass out. "It's all your fault." Another shock. "You desrve this." Another Shock. "You deserve all of this!" she screeched and commanded Stunfisk to administer another volt.

Absol fainted.

"Flamethrower !"

A tall red and tan feathered pokemon sent a jet of flames at Stufisk. The girl just said "Stunfisk." and it jumped infront of the attack.

"Return, Absol!" Areina yelled. She pressed the button on his Pokeball and a beam or red light hit Absol. He dissappeared.

"How dare you-" Ariena started, but Stunfisk shocked her.

"Areina!" Topher yelled. Topher bent to pick her up. They had been staying in the Pokemon Center when Areina woke up and noticed Absol gone, so they ran ou to look for her. Sissy and Allison were looking in town, while Dino and Luna searched the beaches nearby. Areina and Topher searched another side of town.

Topher helped Areina and Combuskin up. "Who the fuck do you think you are, hurting him?" Areina demanded. "Low Sweep, Combuskin!" Combuskin leaped forward, but Stunfisk just shocked all of them again. They fell to the ground, writhing in pain.

The girl raised her finger and pointed at them. "I'm Arch Bishop Masa of the Thunderclouds, a member of The Hallowed Church." She announced proudly. "Show me respect! I'm not weak like Joseph!"

"But..." Topher said. "You're twelve. You can't-"

She shocked him again. Topher screamed and covered his ears.
"I. Am. To be. Respected." she growled.

"As if." Areina said fiercly. "Fire Punch!"

Combuskin's fist lit on fire and he punched Stunfisk. The second it's fist touched it a volt of electricity went through him.

"Areina, stop!" Topher yelled. He stood in front of her as she returned Combuskin."She wants me, not you. You work for that Joseph guy, don't you?"

Masa laughed loudly. "No. Who actually works for Joey? He's jusr a Bishop."

"So he works for you, then." Topher said. He wanted to grab a Pokeball, but he didn't want her to see. So the only option was to wait for his friends. She couldn't take all of them...

"He's mine." she said. "I had to punish him. Joey couldn't take on three little kids." Topher thought she was being a little hypocritical, but he kept that to himself.

"Punish? You should of promoted him for actually giving a team like us a challenge." Topher boasted. He didn't know where this bravado was coming from, but he didn't care. This girl was with the people who tried to hurt Allison and her Pokemon. He wasn't letting that happen to Areina or anyone else.

"You're not strong. Joey is a dummy and a weak fighter." Masa said. "He couldn't even purify you."

Areina gripped Combuskin's Pokeball tight. "And you can?"

Masa grinned, showing her braces. "Yep. All I have to do is get you to release your Pokemon... Not all of them. Just the bad ones."

Areina tried to rush at her, but Topher put a hand on her shoulder to anchor her.

"A Pokemon is as good or bad as it wants to be! Just like people!" Areina yelled.

Masa giggled. "That's stupid." she giggled. "Bad Pokemon are born bad."

Topher pulled out Bergmite's ball. "No they aren't!" he argued. "A Pokemon only listens to it's trainer or it's instincts. It doesn't know good or evil."

Masa smiled maniacally. "Gale says that Pokemon come in two groups: Pure and Impure. I have to get rid of the Impure ones by any means necessary. Including pain." her smile widened to the point in which it looked painful.

"Force Palm!"

Topher looked up in time to see what he assumed was Areina's Lucario hit Stunfisk. It flew across the room and hit the wall, then fainted.

"Yeah!" Areina yelled.

Masa glared and sent out a scaley yellow Pokemon. Heliosk?

Topher countered with Bergmite and Carbinks. "Icy Smack Down!" Carbinks created rock, and Bergmite used Icy Wind to propell it forward. Heliosk dodged his combo and countered with a Thunder.

"Protect." Topher commanded. A solid barrier of pure energy separated them from Masa and Heliosk.

"No fair!" Masa whined.

"Carbinks, Keep it up!" Topher yelled. He then turned to Areina. "Go now. Hurry, Protect doesn't last for ever."

Areina crossed her arms. "No, Topher. I can't ." She argued. "She's way too strong."

"Exactly." Topher said. "We can't beat her alone. But my Team and your Team will be more than enough. Run and call the others. I'll be fine."

"No-"

"She wants me." Topher explained. My Team beat her Bishop. She wants revenge, and if I leave, she'll follow. But if you leave, she'll give me priority and stay. Besides, I have a Pokemon with protect. You don't."

Areina nodded. Topher knew she would. His plan was logical, and it was there best bet.

Then she did something that surprised him. She hugged him.
"I know I haven't know you long, but... Be safe." Then she yelled "Let's go, Lucario!" He swept her up in his arms and ran with blinding swiftness.

Behind him, the barrier broke.

Topher turned to face her.
"Any means necessary." she whispered.

"Luna!" Dino yelled. But Luna wasn't weak- she sent out Ninetales and used Mirror Coat before the Energy Ball even hit. The move reflected the attack back at the Leafeon. Dino commanded Numel to blow the trainer back with Heatwave.

The trainers had ambushed them as soon as Dino and Luna had got far from the others.

Big mistake. Dino and Luna were making Pokemon Kibble out of them.

Dino just hoped Topher and Allison and the others were alright.

"Get them you idiots!" someone else said. "Masa will have my head if you don't."

Joseph Orwitz walked towards them.

Dino gulped. "Luna, be careful. This guy's dangerous." Dino said, extending his arm to shield her.
Luna nodded. "Ninetales, Extrasensory!"

"Flame Burst!"

Both Pokemon shot their attacks, a jagged beam of pink energy and a ball of fire, respectively.

Out of nowhere, a furry tan colored Pokemon with long ears erupted from the ground and blocked both attacks with it's ears.

"Lopunny, use Bullet Punch!" Joseph commanded.

Lopunny jumped forward and began to hit both Pokemon with it's ears in rapid fire succession. They all fell back.

In the distance , Dino heard a scream.

"Topher!" Dino yelled.

Luna pushed him behind her. "Go."

"But-"

"Go save Topher. " Luna said bravely. "I've got this."

"No!" Joseph screamed like the idea physically pained him. "Masa wil-"

Lucy commanded Ninetales to use Flamethrower. Lopunny dodged the attack. "Go!"

Dino ran with Numel at his side. Dino stopped when the ground under him shook.

Numel rammed into him, pushing away right as a Diggersby erupted from the earth.

"Earth Power!" Dino yelled. A stream of lava erupted from the earth below Diggersby and sent it flying.

Dino ran, but he almost turned around when he heard Joseph's agonized screams calling him back.

What had this Masa girl done to him that made him so scared of her? Dino wondered.

Allison and Sissy could hear the commotion from before they even got a block away.

"We have to go." Sissy said.

"You go back. I'll take keep looking."

"You'll do no such thing." Both girls spun around.

The man was bald. His dark skin was old and worn, and contrasting with his pristine, elegant golden robes. He had a oaken staff with six Pokeballs attached.

"I am Bishop Volterre of the Endless Sands." he intoned lifelessly. "Hand over all your Impure Pokemon."

"You're with Joseph !" Allison accused him.

"The Hallowed Church?" Sissy asked.

"They're a group who attacked me for my Pokemon." Allison said. "He may not look like it, but he's dangerous."

Sissy nodded. Both girls pulled out a Pokeball.

"Gothita!"

"Kirlia!"
Both Pokemon materialized in a flash of white light.

"Gliscor. Drilbur." Volterre said emotionlessly. "Thunderfang. Slash."

Gliscor, a purple and black pokemon with leathery skin, wings, and a spiked tail, flew at Kirlia, while Drilbur, a dark brown pokemon with claws , rushed at Gothita.

"Feint Attack!" Both girls yelled. Gothita and Kirlia both rushed forward to meet the attack head on, before feinting to the left (Gothita) or right (Kirlia) and slashing at their assailant.

Allison heard Topher scream.

"Just go." Sissy said. "I've got Volterre."

"I cannot allow that." Volterre intoned. Did he have no emotions?

"Fuck off." Allison said. She turned and ran.

But apparently he wasn't all talk.
Volterre threw a Pokeball in front of her. "Marowak." a small brown pokemon wearing a skull on it's head appeared, blocking her exit. "Bone club."

"Dodge!" Gothita dodged the attack with a graceful twirl. "Play Nice, then Psyshock!"

Loli jumped and hugged Marowak, who flung her off. She twirled in mid air until she was facing Marowak, then shot 3 balls of silver energy at him. He fainted.

"Goth!" Gothita began to glow. Her whole body was soon swathed in light. She began to grow taller and more svelte.
"Gothorita!"

Allison wished she had time to congratulate her. But instead the two of them ran to save Topher.

A/N: Masa has attacked them and her minions have attacked Team Laverre, and Team Ambrette have been dragged into it! What will happen next?