Elio and Lillie entered the final room; they found what looked like a containment cage, a desk filled with notes and a strange machine meant to hold things in place.

Rotom Dex flared nervously. "BZZT! Boss... something is here. BZZT!"

Elio felt his back tingling."Is here? It also looked like something was here!"

Lillie spot a faint spark zooming across the room, her Aura Reader picked something up. A faint familiar sounding static cry was heard from the machine.

The central machine turned into an orange color as it animated, blue eyes stared where the central point of the machine is, it grew a horn on its head and floated revealing an evil smile as its coils glowed blue; the Reader confirmed the foe. "That Rotom is a shadow pokemon!"

Dex responded in shock. "BZZT! Brother? What they done to you?! BZZT!"

Elio looked back in shock. "Do you actually know this Rotom?"

The Dex grinned nervously. "BZZZT! No not really. Thought it build dra..."

The Rotom Dex was shot by a black lightning bolt, crashing at a wall turned off; the shadow Rotom roared a mechanical bellow. Tendrils from the containment cage dragged Elio in it. He punched and bit the mechanical tendrils to no avail as it hurled him in and raised the glass holed wall up. Lillie looked in shock as she realized she was going to have to fight the approaching creature alone, she took a deep breath as she prepared for battle.

VS Shadow Rotom

"Shockums! Onua! Come out!" Lillie sent out the Raichu and Golett. The Rotom aimed a lightning coil at the Raichu. As it shot a dark lightning bolt; the Raichu was knocked off her feet and sitting on the ground.

Lillie posed for the Z move " Shockums, use GIGAVOLT HAVOC! Onua use shadow punch on that Rotom."

The large lightning bolt hit Rotom, it still stood but significant damage was seen as its mechanical limbs started to twitch, the punch from the shadows dealt more. The Rotom roared as it aimed another shadow bolt at the the Raichu, she dodged with a role as Lillie smiled in determination as she saw the machine breaking down. "Shockums! Onua! Keep attacking!"

The Raichu shot at the Rotom as it pressed forward and short circuited. It was the Goletts shadow punch that fell the creature, the Rotom faded from the machine.

Lillie sighed in relief as she turned towards Elio. "Don't worry, I will get you out as soon as this Rotom is captur..."

Elio saw the machine moved again, he looked in horror. "Lillie... that Rotom is still active!"

The Rotom returned back into the machine in a faster pace, it roared as it sent wires across the room. It tore apart nearby machinery as it built itself a much larger and more menacing form.

The form had crab like legs, its mechanical limbs look like that of large pincer like claws. Its central body was much bulkier from added plating. The Rotom lunged forward ready to crush Lillie with its new claws. Lillie flinched, before the Golett tried to block the blow, the Rotom kept pushing with his claws against the tiny pokemon. The Golett looked back at its trainer and it glowed, growing in size considerably, its body becoming as bulky as the Rotom before it. The newly evolved Golurk put all its weight into tossing the Rotom back. The Rotom roared even louder as it flared up a familiar looking aura.

Both trainers recognized it. "Totem Aura!"

VS Totem Rotom Engine

Lillie sent back her Raichu for something that can help her Golurk take the monstrosity on. "Go Medic! Mega evolve!"

The Audino transformed into its mega form as the Rotom aimed its coils at the Golurk to gun it down. The Golurk took the black lighting with only a significant scratch as it prepared its next move.

Lillie ordered the two pokemon. "Onua use shadow punch! Medic use heal pulse on Onua to keep him up!"

The Golurk complied as it punched the Rotom in the face with a fist from the shadows, the Audino prayed and sent out a heal pulse to mend the damage from the shadow lightning.

The Rotom lunged both its claws at the Golurk in an attempt to crush it. It was a struggle but the Golurk shook it of as it punched yet again. Audino kept healing. The Rotom laughed maniacally as it caused a shadow panic, confusing both the Golurk and Audino. As the Audino tried to heal, he tripped and caused the Golurk's vision to clear. Rotom lunged at the Golurk yet again, pinning it down as it prepared its next shot, Audino was able to heal Golurk. Rotom glared as it shot two shadow lightning bolts at the Golurk, then dashed toward Lillie to try and crush her again. The Audino used his psychic abilities to try holding the Rotom in place. The Rotom roared as it slowly kept going. The Golurk got up and saw what was happening, grabbed the Rotom from behind and tossed it with all its weight. Sending itself crashing with the Rotom.

In the mist of the battle, Lillie saw the Rotom still active; battered, its legs have been torn off from the toss, trying to levitate but to no avail. "Onua, it's no longer levitating, finish it with stomping tantrum!"

The Golurk stomped toward the Rotom, it was shattered into countless pieces. The Rotom waddled its way out of the wreckage, showing its true form, a tiny orange piece of plasma with blue eyes. It wasweakly trying to to use shadow bolt again as Lillie charged up a timer ball into the machine. "GO SNAG BALL!"

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

Lillie sighed in relief. "Got ya!"

As she petted her Audino, she found the control panel for the glass cage. "Onua, if I pressed the wrong button, break that cage open to get Elio out."

The Golurk walked toward Elio to see what was about to happened. The glass cage slid down as Lillie found what she was looking for.

Elio rushed to give Lillie a congratulating hug. "That fight was awesome. I knew you would beat it!"

The duo embraced for a moment until they found some files in what remained of a desk.

The Rotom Dex came through from the initial shock."BZZT! What happened? That Rotom is he.."

Lillie answered in concern. "Captured, yes. Are you okay?"

The Dex smirked. "BZZT! If this were any other dex it would have been fried. BZZT!"

Elio breathed in panic as he read the file.

Ein File. Cm

"With the Cosmog having evolved into a Cosmoem. We are one step closer to obtaining the candidates needed for XD-005 through XD-011. Once this creature evolves into one of the two pokemon of legends we will have it turned into another of the XD shadow pokemon Code named XD-004. Shadow pokemon that are completely subservient and should be immune to effects of the Purify Chamber. From there we will have it go into Ultra Space to retrieve the candidates."

Elio yelled out. "XD-005 through... You got to be kidding me! Of course they would do this!"

He was having a mental break down as Lillie found a USB port containing something. "Hey Rotom, could you see what this is for us?"

The Dex plugged the port in. "BZZT! Coordinates towards some important places around the world BZZT! This would take a while to download. BZZT!"

Lillie confronted Elio who was staring at the files breathing heavily. "What did you find?"

Elio looked at Lillie in absolute fear. "Bad news, very bad news! We got to get out of this lab and prepare. I will explain on the way back to the H.Q."

As Lillie told Elio to calm down, the two found an elevator to take them back to where they came from.

On exiting the lab, they found a large high tech black pick up truck. Coming out of it is was a mechanic with a red beard and yellow eyes. "Huh? What are kids doing here? Listen this lab is off limits have dangerous equipment laying around and you will get hurt."

The peon whispered to the man. "Huh? These have been the two messing around with our plans? You sure?"

The peon handed over a screen to the Admin, his concern turned to caution. "Oh. I see now."

He looked at the Rotom Dex downloading something. "Phew, this would make things simple. If you two don't want to get hurt, hand over that Rotom."

Elio was about to snap from stress before he took a deep breath and answered in a stoic smile. "As annoying as Dex is, I am afraid we cannot do that, he has been with us for quite a while."

The Admin shook his head. "I don't want to do this to a couple of kids but what ever happens now is on you."

Vs Cipher Admin Mal

Mal sent out a large bell known as Bronzong and a Claydol. Aura Readers activated. "That Bronzong and Claydol are shadow pokemon."

Lillie rushed to Elio's side and tossed a healed Raichu out of her ball. "Shockums! Lets finish this day in a victory!"

Elio rushed to get the Incineroar out "BRIMMY GET OUT THERE!"

Lillie ordered her Raichu paralyze the Bronzong with a thunder wave as Elio ordered his Incineroar bite into the Claydol; leaving a burn. The Bronzong tried to so something, but could not move, the Claydol sent out a white beam into the sky. "BRIMMY! FIRE FANG THE BRONZONG!"

Lillie prepared another dusk ball for the Claydol as she saw the shadow sky.

"Go snag ball!"

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

The Bronzong, was still paralyzed as the Admin sent out another pokemon; an odd looking deer that intimidated the opposing pokemon. Aura Readers activated. "That Stantler is a shadow pokemon."

As the Raichu paralyzed the Stantler, Elio prepared an ultra ball for the Bronzong.

"GO SNAG BALL!"

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

The Stantler rushed at the Raichu in a dark Aura, doing significant damage with shadow end. Elio shouted at his Incineroar. "USE DARKEST LAIRATE ON THAT STANTLER!"

The spinning Incineroar did significant damage. Mal sent out his next pokemon, a Garbador.

Lillie posed for her Z move "GIGAVOLT HAVOC!" Raichu shot at the Garbador, it still stood as it hurled a large chunk of gunk into the Incineroar for a knock out.

Elio growled as he called the Incineroar back. "GRR. REMMER LETS SHOW THEM HOW IT IS DONE." The Hypno was ready for battle. The Admin sent out a large yellow sandy hippo known as Hippowdon that let loose a stream of sand.

Lillie placed a great ball into the machine for the Stantler.

"GO SNAG BALL!"

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

Elio barked at the Hypno. "SHUT THAT HIPPOWDOWN DOWN WITH HYPNOSIS!" The Hypno sent the Hippowdown into a deep sleep as Lillie swapped the Raichu to Golurk in preparation for what is coming. The Hypno ate the Hippowdons dreams of sand bathing, knocking him out with a critical hit.

The Admin shook his head. "I was hoping to just knock you two out. But that is not happening."

He sent out a Steelix with a stone wedged on its a forehead.

The Aura Readers activated. "That Steelix is a shadow pokemon!"

Elio shouted "REMMER USE HYPNOSIS! GIVE US TIME TO REACT TO THIS!"

Mal lifted a key stone for mega evolution, the Steelix transformed into a much more rigged creature, its edges look like diamonds as metal scales circle around its body, letting loose a loud high pitch roar. The Hypno send the Steelix into a deep sleep as Elio prepared to switch to Heracross.

Lillie shouted. "Onua, use stomping tantrum to weaken that Steelix!" As the ground shook, the Steelix was barely scratched.

In a dark aura the Steelix shocked itself to a Heracross mega evolving. It roared as it continued glowing and leaped at the trainers for a shadow crash; the Golurk and Heracross blocked the slam, took the full damage, lifted the heavy creature and tossed it back to the truck. Elio and Lillie saw the opening as they had the Golurk continued stomping and the Heracross fighting the Steelix in close combat. As the Heracross hurled it back even further, the Steelix roared again.

Elio shouted loudly. "Lillie, now this is our chance, take as many timer balls into the snag machine and toss as many as you can!"

Elio tossed the first one.

"GO SNAG BALL!"

Shake... shake... pop!

The Steelix charged. Lillie tossed hers.

"GO SNAG BALL!"

Shake... shake... shake... POP!"

Steelex got closer. Elio tossed the next one.

"GO SNAG BALL!"

Shake... Shake... pop!

The Steelix lunged at the Golurk and Heracross, Lillie took one more timer ball. "GO SNAG BALL!"

The ball whistled.

Shake... click!

The Admin was impressed at what just happened, his eyes widened and he gave a friendly smile. "Huh? You might be able to make it to Citadark after all."

Lillie tilted her head in confusion, in comparison to the last two admins, he is acting way too friendly. "Aren't you mad at us or something?"

Mal shook his head. "Not really, though you are getting in the way of our plans and that will cause more problems for you if you keep it up. The machine you fought in the labs was needed to keep these scamps from getting away once we are able to make more of the XD's. I personally built that machine with the Shadow Rotom serving as the machines brain. Now we are going to have to do things much more manually."

As Elio glared at the man, an Alakazam teleported behind the Admin.

"Huh? The Grand Master wants me for something?"

Both Mal and Alakazam disappeared, with a peon hiding behind a box not thrilled."The Grand Master picked him up and left me behind? You know what, I'm sure someone else will pick me up instead?"

As he let himself get tied up, Lillie asked the Rotom Dex where is Citadark?

"BZZT! Citadark island use to be the stronghold of Cipher twelve years ago BZZZT! The only way to this island is from a very speedy boat able to transverse the whirlpools surrounding it. It is going to take a couple days to find someone to make us a boat. Least of all a month for us to even get a boat. BZZT!"

Before Elio snapped in panic the Dex continued in a wink. "BZZT! Thankfully our old friends at Gateon Port have the kind of boat to take us there. We just need to ask and fetch parts. BZZT!"

Lillie looked at Elio, who still has not truly calmed down.

She asked in concern. "Elio? Could you explain what you read in those files."

Elio's face turned to fear as he tried to think of the words. "These people have gotten there hands on a Cosmog and have every intent to evolve it. Turn it into a shadow pokemon and then use it to round up some of the Ultra Beast to turn them into shadow pokemon. Specifically this XD what ever!"

Lillies eyes widened on hearing the information. "Then this means we have to get to Citadark now!"

Elio agreed. "I think this XD class is the same category as what they done to this one pokemon I heard about. Lugia!"

He handed Lillie the page that talked about the XD formula.

Lillie was left speechless. "How could they... Elio, do you still have the Moon flute?"

Elio's fear changed to relief as he pulled out the old relic. "Do you still have the Sun flute?"

Lillie brought out the identical relic save for colors and symbols.

Elio took a deep breath. "Then we still have time, if Cosmog has evolved into its second stage, then the only way they can make this go fast is if they have both flutes. Lillie, in case they turned the Cosmog into an XD shadow pokemon and use it to capture the Ultra Beasts. We are going to need these!"

Elio opened the bag containing thirty unused Beast Balls, Lillie cringed as she saw the things then glared in questioning. "What are we going to do with these Ultra Beast afterwar..."

Elio interrupted. "Funny enough, as much destruction those pokemon can cause. They rather be home. These Cipher guys are going to stoop to a new low if they do this XD crap on them. With Nebby's power we can send these Ultra Beast home after saving them. If we run into any Shadow Ultra Beast as we storm Citadark. These are our only reliable way of capturing them."

Lillie continued to glare. "Where did you find this information?"

Elio's still kept a determined frown. "When I was helping Interpol clean up the Ultra Beast mess that was left over. Wicke went out of the way to give the Interpol members some Beast Balls which in turn they gave them to me. I did a good job at containing these creatures that I had plenty left over. I kept them around in case I have to deal with this Ultra Beast crap ever again."

Lillie thought over all the Ultra Beast Elio has hidden behind everyone's back. "If you want to send these home afterward, why did you not already do it with the ones you caught back then?"

Elio looked Lillie in the eyes in apology. "I already tried that, they rather stay with me. The ones Cipher are going to turn weapons... they would have been given a bad first impression of this world and would want nothing to do with it."

Lillie's glare turned into tears of fear. "If these people are after the Ultra Beasts, then what do they really want with us?"

Elio did not want to think about the reason but continued anyways. "There is a reason for an Ultra Beast to go after Fallers like you and me. They mistake the wormhole energy we give off as a way home, thus they try to go home. Problem is since we are not a doorway well... you get the idea. With what shadow pokemon are and how these Ultra Beast can be captured like any other pokemon..."

Elio gritted his teeth in fear just imagining why. "Please Lillie, don't make me think about this."

Lillie embraced him in an attempt to calm him down. "Then don't, let us focus on doing something about this. Then we can send them back home when it is all over."

Elio returned the hug. "Our next plan; we go back to the H.Q, get what we need gathered then talk to the two mechanics if they are still willing to talk to us again?"