Through The Sands We Go

by zcritic88

A year after the events of pokemon Sun and Moon, Lillie had returned to Alola to reunite with Elio and begin a new adventure in the Orre region. As the reunion and adventures begin, a crime organization from twelve years ago has made a comeback.

8. Act 2 Chapter 3 One Night On The Port

Elio asked, preparing to go out, "So professor, what do we expect from these Cipher goons other than ambushing us?"

The professor grins nervously at that question. "Nothing much save for that. If you are going for your bike, expect many more of these guys to come after you."

Elio looked at Lillie. "How many variety of pokeballs you got? Enough?"

Lillie shows the variety of great balls, ultra balls, quick balls etc.

"Enough! So do you want to go back to the Port to see if the bike is finished?"

Lillie nodded. "Yes!"

Arriving to port at night, Elio describes the plan. "We split up, I check on the bike you just focus on opening that Eevee up. If any Cipher goons try to jump you, kick their ass!"

Lillie looked back with worry. "Just don't hurt yourself."

Elio reassured her that he was more aware of what they were going up against. As Elio walked towards the Junk shop, a Cipher goon leaps from the building. "Where do you think your going all alone kid?"

Vs Cipher peon Knuck.

He sent out a Zubat and a small humanoid fighter. The Tyrouge has a stoic look in its eyes.

Elio's Aura Reader activated. "The Tyrouge is a shadow pokemon."

Elio gritted his teeth in a false smile. "I have no idea, but I know where you are going by the end of this night. GO BRIMMY! GO REMMER!"

Out came Torracat and Drowzee. "BRIMMY FIRE FANG THAT ZUBAT, REMMER HYPNOSIS THAT TYROUGE BEFORE IT GETS TO DO ANYTHING!"

As the Zubat tried to bite before the Torracat, it is pierced in flame before being tossed aside. The Drowzee with a simple wave lured the Tyrouge into a deep sleep, unable to attack anyone.

Elio made a genuine grin as he put in a green spotted ball. "GO SNAG BALL!" As the Tyrouge was engulfed in a hand surrounded in a dark shroud, the ball fell to the ground near the water.

Shake, shake, shake Click!

"Got ya Tyrouge is caught!"

Knuck realizing he was beaten and tried to run, Elio glared in anger. "You are not getting away! REMMER HYPNOSIS!"

The peon stared as the Drowzee sent the same hypnosis waves that fell the Tyrouge. He fell asleep as Elio looked down in anger. "All right, lets see if we cannot find who sent you?"

As Elio searched the knocked out goon, he found nothing so he had him tied up.

Lillie walked over to the Krabby Club, expecting an ambush to happen.

A peon leaped from the ally way. "Looking for someone little girl?"

Vs Cipher peon Priscy.

The peon sent out a blue fish and a purple bug that Lillie recognized from her journey in Kanto. Her reader activated to reveal the Venonat as a shadow pokemon.

"Go Shockums! Go Eevee" Out comes the Pikachu and the Eevee, while the Pikachu was excited for battle, the Eevee glared at the what was in its way.

"Shockums, thunder wave that Venonat!"

After Lillie gave the order to the Pikachu, she was hesitate to order the Eevee. "Eevee use shadow bite on that Finneon!"

The Pikachu stunned the Venonat, paralyzing it so it would not move, Eevee however, lunged at the Finneon with the same glow it used to attack Elio. The bite hurt the Finneon rather badly, knocking it out in one hit as the Eevee thrashed it aside.

GO SNAG BALL!

Lillie tosses out a blue ball with black stripes, erupting into a hand reaching from a net to drag the Venonat in.

Shake, shake, shake, click!

Venonat is caught!

Lillie looked at the peon in anger before she could get away."What you are doing to these pokemon is wrong is so many ways... why are you doing this?"

The peon scoffs, not even caring at the question. "I don't have time to deal with this." She leaped onto the next building for a getaway. Lillie looked towards the Eevee that glared at her and Pikachu as he was called back in his ball.

Elio walked into the Junk shop with a smile. "Sorry I am late Perr. You have that bike ready?"

The beanie wearing mechanic nodded as he showed him the blue bike, large enough to fit both people and the side car like agreed. Elio grabbed the handle as it roared.

Perr noticed the bandages. "Listen kid you are going to have to let that thing rest before handling this, hope you don't mind your lady friend trying this out for a couple weeks."

Elio had the mental image of Lillie driving the bike, like an adorable bad ass. He drooled a little bit before snapping back to reality. "No I do not mind."

Back at the center port, Lillie was walking with her Pikachu while Elio was dragging out the motor bike.

Elio shouted out. "Good news the bike is finished and you get to drive it first, bad news you are stuck driving this for a while."

Lillie smiled as she shook her head. "Did you snag any shadow pokemon?"

Elio's grin changed to a serious frown. "Yes, a Tyrouge, it does not even have a warriors spirit anymore. You?"

Lillies, smile faded. "Yes I caught a Venonat."

As the two talked, they noticed two more Cipher goons leaping for an ambush. "It's those two, don't let them escape!"

Elio and Lillie look at each other. Elio asked. "Since we had our turn taking one of these guys out already, you want to take these two on together?"

Lillie nodded, still determined to help the Eevee.

Vs Cipher peons Lock and Stock.

They sent out a small grassy goat and a gray cat with pink eyes. Both Aura Readers activated reavealing the Skiddo and Espurr as shadow pokemon Elio and Lillie cringed at the cute pokemon thought to themselves. "Why?"

Elio's look of disgust turned into fury. "REMMER LETS GET THESE TWO AWAY FROM THIS GUYS!"

Lillie just as determined shouted. "Go Eevee, we have to help these pokemon!" Out came a Drowzee and an Eevee.

Elio shouts. "REMMER HYPNOSIS ON THAT ESPURR." The Drowzee tried the same wave as before, only he slipped and missed, not quite making the Espurr fall asleep.

Lillie frustrated that it did not work, shouted at the Eevee. "Use shadow bite on that Espurr." The Eevee did the same lunge as before, not doing as much damage as towards the Finneon.

Stock looked at Elio. "Espurr SHADOWFUSION, lets see how he gives orders with his mind scrambled!"

The Drowzee felt dark psychic waves coming from the Espurr and leaped in front of Elio to take the hit. Elio looked in worry. "Remmer are you okay?" The Drowzee shook its head in getting the feeling out, then grinned smug like the attack was nothing.

Lock shouted at his partner. "Told you mind tricks would not work, Skiddo, shadow blitz that brat down!"

Lillie noticed the Skiddo glowed dark purple as it tried to ram her and leaped out of the way.

Eevee saw that and began to act up from its stoic attitude, it starts gritting its teeth in rage. It began to howl. Lillie watched in horror as to what was happening.

Eevee's emotion's have reached a fever pitch, it entered Hyper Mode.

In retaliation from the charging Skiddo, the Eevee did not even wait as it lunged at the Skiddo. It bit its back legs hard.

Elio saw an opportunity to help Lillie, shouting at the Drowzee. "REMMER HYPNOSIS ON THAT SKIDDO, KEEP THAT THING OFF LILLIE LONG ENOUGH FOR HER TO SNAG IT!" The Drowzee got its rhythm back as sent the Skiddo to sleep. Just long enough for Lillie get a nest ball on the Skiddo before the Eevee did more damage.

Shake, shake, shake click!

Furious that its target was taken lunged at the next thing it would. The Espurr that was staring down at it.

EEVEE USED SHADOW BITE! CRITICAL HIT!

As the Espurr struggled to break free, the Eevee thrashed and refused to let go.

Elio did not like what he is saw and had a pokeball prepared. "GO SNAG BALL!"

Shake...shake...shake... click!

The Espurr was caught.

Even more furious the Eevee was ready to attack the next thing, the two Cipher goons that watched in horror as they have no means of protecting themselves from either Eevee or the Drowzee that Elio was about to use against them. They ran for their lives. The Eevee shrieked out of pure hate, lashing at itself as it didn't find anything to kill, lashing out at everyone for getting in its way.

Lillie formed tears as she ran to the creature and shouted. "EEVEE PLEASE CALM DOWN! PLEASE CALM DOWN!"

She hugged it as a desperate attempt to make it snap out of it. The Eevee slowly regained its senses. It barely moved from its rampage. It could not understand what Lillie was doing to it. It only made Lillie cry even more.

"Heh! Can't argue with results, Munna, shadow hypnosis that girl!"

Elio noticed the small floating pink creature that resembles the Drowzee.

"REMMER BLOCK THAT!" The Drowzee dashed in front of Lillie to block the wave. Feeling the sleep wave, but smirking due to its eating habits making it immune to such things.

Elio's Reader activated once again. Munna is a shadow pokemon.

The fact that the person tried to attack Lillie while she was having a mental break down, as well as that this was another Cipher goon was enough to have Elio feel pure fury. His face turned into one of the most twitch induced smiles; one he had not felt in over a year.

Elio shouts towards the large Cipher commander. "YOU WANT TO MESS WITH LILLIE DURING THIS?! OH THAT'S IT, BRIMMY LETS MESS THIS BASTARD UP!" As the Torracat emerged from its ball.

The commander smirked. "Big mistake kid."

Vs Cipher Commander Outsah.

He sent out a large blue bat. Golbat bit into the Drowzee, super effective.

Elio was not in a mood to hesitate. "OH YOU ARE NOT! BRIMMY FIRE FANG THAT GOLBAT!"

As the Golbat was bitten hard, it felt a lingering burn.

"REMMER CONFUSION FINSIH THAT GOLBAT!" The Drowzee was badly hurt but complied as it used a small telekinetic force to knock the Golbat on the ground for a knock out.

Munna used shadow wave, both Torracat and Drowzee were hit by a dark wave. The Drowzee was about to fall over from all the damage it took.

Elio stared at the Cipher goon with anger in his eyes as he whispered to the Torracat. "Brimmy get that fire fang ready!" He had another dusk ball ready for the Munna.

GO SNAG BALL!

Shake, shake, shake, click!

Elio shouted as he was about to lunge at the goon. "BRIMMY LETS TEAR THIS BASTARD APA... ow!"

His arm was starting to hurt again, leaving only Brimmy to leap at the person. Outsah was scared for his life, as he ran. Elio shouted at the distance. "YOU GO NEAR HER AGAIN I WILL KICK YOUR..." He was interrupted as he heard a sobbing noise from behind him.

"ELIO PLEASE STOP!"

Elio looked behind him to see Lillie continue to cry.

Elio thought to himself. "Oh no no no I am NOT going to be the one who makes her cry!"

The boy rushed back to try and comfort the crying girl. "Its okay they are gone, they won't be bugging us again."

Lillie gave a faint whisper. "Why?"

Elio whispers back. "Shh don't worry about that we can still help these pokemon get better." The two sat in silence for what felt like an hour, enough time for Lillie to calm down and get the Eevee back in its ball.

Rotom Dex floated toward the scene and gave an update on the Eevee. "BZZT! The door to its heart is opening up BZZT!"

The duo walked towards the pokemon center, with Elio making sure Lillie did not fall. Lillie whispered. "Elio, I want to call home."

Elio set her down near the video phone. "You do that, I am going to heal Remmer up, he took a lot and he needs to be fixed up."

Elio looked towards the Torracat, a little jealous of the Drowzee getting more attention before meowing. "I am getting you patched up as well Brimmy, don't worry."

The first person Lillie called was Kukui. "Hello this is... Lillie what has happened are you alright?"

Kukui's wife Burnet rushed toward the screen to see what appeared to be Lillie after having a meltdown. Lillie explained exactly what she and Elio ran into. The professor responded in shock before asking Burnet. "Shadow pokemon, Cipher? Hey how fast can we make it to Orre?"

Lillie said in protest. "Wait stop! Please don't we can't save any of these pokemon if you try to pick us up." Both looked in regret but they still respected her wishes enough.

Burnet responded, "If you want us to come help, let us know."

Lillie smiled. "I will thank you." Call disconnects.

In the background the nurse looked at Elio's batch of pokemon and shook her head. "I don't know where you got these pokemon but the ones not your Torracat or Drowzee can only be healed physically."

Elio turns his eyes away. "Oh I wish you people would make this easy. Remmer took a beating in trying to help save these pokemon. You can mend the wounds but I am going to have to do everything else regarding the other three."

The nurse cringed in remembering the last time she had healed these types of pokemon. "Alright, I am going to need your Torracat and Drowzee in their balls though."

Elio groaned. "Sorry Brimmy, sorry Remmer I will let you out in a minute."

Lillie looked over to Elio who was more determined than shocked at all that was going on. She took a deep breath as she prepared to call the Aether line. If Wicke picked up then it would be enough of a conversation to at least have some form of back up; if her brother Gladion picked up then she would go into more detail about what she was dealing with. If her mother picked up, the one person she did not want to talk about in regards to the shadow pokemon, it would be a long and awkward call.

To Lillies misfortune, it was Lusamine who picked up. "Hello this is Ae..." She interrupted herself as she saw her daughter in such a mess. "Lillie, what happened? Are you alright?"

Lillie hesitantly told her. "No!" Putting on a fake smile, Lusamine asked if Elio was near by, she wanted to have a small word with him.

Lillie looked over, towards the boy who heard what was said. "Elio, she wants to talk to you."

Elio did not want to talk with the former mad woman and asked. "Do I have to?"

Lillie closed her eyes in regret, and nodded. Elio cursed under his breath as he went over.

Lusamine asked inquisitively. "Care to explain how you let this happen?"

Elio grumbled too himself in order to think the next words. "Lillie and I were taking care of some pokemon that have been hurt... Badly. Took one of them going absolutely nuts for Lillie to break down. To be honest it was hard to watch."

Lusamine heard those words, she tried to keep herself on top of the conversation. "What do you mean by that?"

Elio rolled his eyes in response. "Oh boy that question coming from you?" He explained the bare minimum about shadow pokemon. How a shadow pokemon were turned into something willing to attack anything in sight; including to their own trainers. Elio showed the bite wound from the Eevee Lillie captured. He also told her enough detail on what exactly happened during hyper mode.

Lusamine blinked as she heard about Hyper mode. "Please tell me you are exaggerating!"

Elio heard the question and groaned. "I knew you were going to say that."

He took out the dusk ball containing Tyrouge. "What ever happens next is on you... this is a shadow pokemon."

Elio glared at Lusamine as he sent out the Tyrouge; upon seeing someone on the screen it growled as it entered hyper mode and was about to shadow rush the screen. Elio tried to hold it back, but Tyrouge trashed like mad, trying to kick Elio back. "Tyrouge, calm down I am just trying to prove a point!"

Elio tried to keep the situation under control and once Tyrouge regained his senses he was called back into its ball.

Lusamine was trying to comprehend what she had just saw as she stared in a frown.

Elio gave her a glare before he took a deep breath and explained about another problem in an attempt to break the awkward silence. "To make matters worse we spent the majority of the night being chased by some weird ninja guys in helmets. Also known as the bastards, who made what was a Tyrouge into that lovely mess you saw. So yeah, me and Lillie are doing everything possible to help these pokemon get better."

Lusamine cringed, she put on another false smile that hid something much different from before. "Thank you for explaining things, could you get Lillie back on the phone?"

Elio turned over to Lillie who had just finished patching up her pokemon and was about to fall asleep. "Okay! I am done here!"

Elio let Lillie back on the phone.

Lusamine's smile changed to something more genuine, as she saw her daughter back on the screen. "Want me to come pick you two up?" Lillie, like in the last call, refused and explained that she cannot do anything to help the pokemon if she is not in the region.

Lusamine looked in disappointment over listening to the answer and shook her head. "Alright, but if things get worse I am coming regardless, good night and let me know about your progress next week."

Disconnect.

Elio and Lillie looked at each other, thinking over what had just happened. On one hand, Elio saw some improvement with Lusamine, on the other hand he just showed her exactly what he and Lillie were dealing with. It was not a pleasant image for a person who claimed to care about pokemon to see. "Are you feeling better Lillie?"

She nodded. "Yes but please next time try to calm down."

Elio frowned in shame. "We gathered enough shadow pokemon, tomorrow we head towards Agate Village to get Eevee and the others back to normal."

The duo went to the rooms in the pokemon center to spend the night. They thought long and hard on how they were going to deal with these shadow pokemon.