The next day was uneventful save for Honchkrow, Kingler, Bronzong, Seviper, Scraggy and Torterra having the door to their hearts opened by the machine. Elio placed the healed pokemon back into the P.C as Lillie placed in Krokorok, Exeggutor, Cloyster, Armaldo, Cradily and Swalot into the chambers. The duo mentally prepared themselves for Citadark, what ever they may find on the island is something neither wants to see; but to stop Cipher they must storm the island to rescue the Cosmoem.

While enjoying the rest of the day. Lillie prepared a T.M for return and asked the Leafeon. "Cain, do you want to learn the move return? It is a move that is very strong depending on how much the pokemon likes its trainer!"

The Leafeon nuzzled at Lillie and yipped a yes! Lillie had an idea what Leafeon is trying to forget. "Bite has been good, but if you want to forget that go ahead." Leafeon nodded as he learned the move Return.

As the duo helped around at the H.Q for most of the day; the Cloyster, Cradily, Krokorok, Swalot, Exeggutor and Armaldo had the door to their hearts opened. Elio had the Cloyster, Cradily, Krokorok and Exeggutor arranged in chamber seven. Lillie placed in Basculin, Spoink, Mankey, Skrelp, Clauncher, Sealeo, and Carnivine into the now seven chambers. Dex noticed and shouted. "BZZT! Hey boss, we are running out of shadow pokemon. BZZT!" Elio was smiling at the numbers dwindling, Lillie took a deep breath of relief. "By tomorrow we will have more pokemon to save."

By the start of the third day an Email was received. "RING RING. Alright kids, we have Robo Kyogre ready. If you want to head to Citadark, now is a good time."

Lillie and Elio finished reading the message, both patted each other in the back as they began to leave; Elio waved back at the Banette. "Hey Pete, we are going out for a while. Man the fort!" Lillie gave the Banette a hug before following Elio out, leaving the Banette to sit idly with only the Clefairy doll to keep him company.

The boat looked about as up to date as its land counter part.

Lillie turned to ask the mechanics. "Anything we are to expect on getting to the Island save for more shadow pokemon?"

Perr looked over to the ocean. "Other than the whirlpools being much stronger, if it feel's like the boat is about to give way press the glowing yellow button. Should do the rest."

Elio looked at the slick machine and asked Lillie. "May I drive this?"

Lillie shook her head. "This boat looks more complicated than the bike, you can however press the yellow button if you wish."

Elio grinned that he FINALLY got to operate one of the new rides, Lillie gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Lets get going."

The boat functioned exactly like a speed boat, zooming across the water to a black volcanic island. A whirlpool began to drag the Robo-Kyogre in, which gave Elio all the reason to press his hand on the button. The Robo-Kyogre roared as its additional thrusts pushed out more power, its shape taking a yellow glow to it as it zoomed past the whirlpools and at the docks of Citadark. As they exit the boat, Lillie saw two bulky peons approaching them in the docks. The Yellow one shouted.

"These docks are private property and we are going to have to ask you to leave."

The Red one turned around and smirked. "Ask them? We will make them leave!" Elio and Lillie prepared their pokemon to face the welcoming party.

Vs Cipher Peons Shorty and Fuser

Shorty sent out a large yellow creature with electrical wires for tails known as Electivire. Fuser sent out a large red creature with arm cannons known as Magmortar.

The Aura Readers activated. "Electivire and Magmortar are both shadow pokemon."

Lillie and Elio sent out the Raichu and Hypno.

Lillie shouted. "Shockums use thunder wave on that Magmortar!"

Elio shouted. "REMMER USE HYPNOSIS ON THAT ELECTIVIRE!" The Raichu paralyzed the Magmortar, the Electrivire shot a dark lightning bolt on the Hypno. Magmortar could not move.

The Hypno hypnotized the Electrivire into a deep sleep as Elio prepared the next order. "REMMER HEAL UP WITH DREAM EATER." The Hypno feed on the rather disturbing dreams of violence from the Electrivire.

Lillie swapped her Raichu for her Golurk. "Onua use stomping tantrum on that Magmortar!"

The Magmortar felt the damange from the seismic wave and fell on its knees, it still cannot move its arms from paralysis.

Lillie fed an ultra ball into the machine.

"GO SNAG BALL!"

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

Elio seeing a good opportunity fed a dusk ball into the machine.

"GO SNAG BALL!"

Shake... shake... shake... click" Shorty and Fuser sent out a Liepard and a stone that had a purple entity emerge with a green spirits forming a face known as Spiritomb.

The Aura Readers activated. "The Liepard and Spiritomb are shadow pokemon."

Elio and Lillie felt impatient as they charged up their dusk balls in unison.

"GO SNAG BALL!" The dusk balls made a whistle.

Shake... click!

The Hypno knocked the two guards with hypnosis before they fled. As Lillie locked the boat up, both looked at the base of the volcanic island. The rocks are black all over save for the lava flowing into the water. A high tech elevator was seen at the side, but it was locked.

Lillie sighed in defeat. "Look like we are going through the front door."

Neither said anything as they pressed forward into the doorway leading into what looked like a maze. Most of the people they encountered are Cipher peons not in uniform, none had shadow pokemon as the duo cleared them all out. One peon was guarding the door way to the elevator a largebulky man named Krunk.

Elio stepped in to take the peon on. "I got this meat head."

The peon placed his hand over his face at the intruders. "They don't even pay me for this. I know you want to go through, but I got strict orders to keep you out."

Vs Cipher Peon Krunk

Krunk sent out an insect carrying a large chunk of stone known as Crustle and a large black bird with a white plume known as Staraptor. Aura Reader activated. "That Crustle and Staraptor are shadow pokemon."

Elio tossed a pokeball and dusk ball. "REMMER! MAKUTA! LETS PUSH THROUGH!" Out of the balls came the Hypno and Cofagrigus. Staraptor glowed a dark aura as it beat down on the Hypno in shadow combat, the Hypno dragged himself up prepared to fight as his trainer shouted. "REMMER USE HYPNOSIS ON THAT STARAPTOR! MAKUTA USE WILLO WISP ON THAT CRUSTLE!"

As the Staraptor fell to swipes from the pendulum, spectral flames from the Cofagrigus burned the Crustle. The Crustle used shadow hold to prevent the two pokemon from escaping. Elio fed a net ball into the machine as he saw a opening for the Crustle. "REMMER NOW IS THE TIME FOR DREAM EATER ON THE STARAPTOR! GO SNAG BALL!"

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

Krunk sent out his next pokemon, a large fiery lion known as Pyroar. The Aura Reader activated. "That Pyroar is a shadow pokemon."

Elio wanted to focus the Hypno efforts on the Pyroar ordered him. "REMMER USE HYPNOSIS ON THAT PYROAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHILE I HANDLE THIS STARAPTOR. GO SNAG BALL!"

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

The Pyroar glowed a dark aura as it tried to leap at Elio for a shadow break only to be stopped by the Hypno blocking the way. The Hypno was breathing heavily as it swung the pendulum at the Pyroar at point black range, sending it to sleep.

Elio smiled as he grabbed another dusk ball. "Remmer, use dream eater on that Pyroar... then it is all ours!"

Elio fed the dusk ball into the machine as the Hypno weakened the Pyroar. "GO SNAG BALL!"

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

The peon walked toward and empty room with some green powder. "Oh I quit, if you need me I'll be knocked out in the other room while you destroy everything on the island."

Lillie was impressed by Elio as he healed up his pokemon. "Lets keep going, this elevator should take us further in.

They duo approached the elevator and found a passenger was already using it.

A pink haired female scientist with two long pony tails ran out out to see what was going on, looking dumbfounded at a couple children intruding. "So you are the intruders here for XD-004? I am so going to have to stop you."

Lillie looked in shock and confusion as the pink haired woman. "What did you do to the Cosmoem? Who are you?"

The stranger looked at her in annoyance. "I have so personally done nothing. Some of the big boys at Cipher took me from parole and so wanted me to overlook some of the minor things with this pokemon." The lady pouted as she explained more. "I would would rather so NOT waste my parole on this since last time they so sent me to a maximum security prison. They like so already created XD-002 and XD-003 with the threat of sending these meanies at me if I didn't agree. They were so an improvement to XD-001 though."

Elio glared at the woman. "XD-001? Are you talking about a Lugia I heard about."

The woman smiled cheerfully. "So you have actually heard of that one little boy. It was like so one of my most wonderful creations ye.."

Lillie stepped forward after both her and the boy have heard enough. Elio walked to the corner and started asking the stranger a question, before Lillie began to have her own words with her. "What is your name by the way? Because I am about to call you Terrible! As in your terrible."

Lillie looked at Elio and smiled at the choice of words. The pink haired stranger gasped asking that he so did not call her that. "Have you so not heard of the Lovrina fan club? Well you two are out. You want to know why?"

Lillie answered. "Because we are not interested?"

Lovrina stomped her feet as the two mocked her. "No! Because I am like so going to defeat you little girl."

Elio laughed at Lovrina. "Ha! Lillie be sure to kick her ass hard." Lillie took two pokeballs out, ready for battle.

Vs Lovrina

Lovrina sent out a rose like creature known as Roserade and a ghostly ice creature known as Froslass.

Lillie's Aura Reader activated. "That Roserade and Froslass are shadow pokemon."

Lillie sent out her two pokemon. "Go Shockums! Go Swoops!"

The Froslass use shadow veil to generate a barrier.

Lillie began her first order. "Shockums, use thunder wave on the Froslass. Swoops air cutter!" The Froslass was paralyzed by the thunder wave as both her and Roserade were hit by air cutter.

The Roserade glowed a dark aura as she tried to use a thorny shadow whip on Hypno shot the whip back with a psybeam; Elio glared at Lovrina. "For a scientist you are not smart. You might want to focus on the girl that would be happy to place her foot somewhere in you."

As Elio taunted Lovrina, Lillie she charged up an ultra ball into the machine to capture the Roserade.

"Go snag ball!"

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

With the Roserade out of the way, Lillie shouted. "Shockums, use thunderbolt on that Froslass!"

The Froslass generated a dark tornado and blew at the opposing pokemon in a shadow storm, the Raichu countered with a thunder bolt. Lovrina sent out a grey chinchilla like pokemon known as Cinccino.

Lillie's Aura Reader activated again. "That Cinccino is a shadow pokemon."

Lillie had her Raichu paralyze the Cinccino with a thunder wave as she prepared a dusk ball for the Frosslass.

"Go snag ball!"

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

The Cinccino finished Raichu off with repeated slaps of its dark glowing tails. Lillie sent out her Audino as Lovrina sent out a cotton ball known as Whimscott. The Aura Reader activated revealing the Whimscott to be another shadow pokemon.

Lillie was rather sick of seeing the corrupted pokemon asked in a scowl not unlike her one her brother Gladion has worn. "What is with all the shadow pokemon?!"

Lovrina frowned back. "Something they like so gave me as a means to be hush hush when I checked on XD-004." Elio groaned at what he heard.

Lillie shook her head whispered to the Audino. "Medic... I need your help. Swoops keep doing what you are doing."

Lillie raised her bracelet for the Audino to mega evolve. She had her Pidgeot swat an air cutter, Whimscott used shadow hold as a prank; The Audino shot a dazzling gleam at both Whimscott and Cinccino.

Lillie placed a timer ball into the snag machine to capture the weakened Cinccino.

"Go snag ball!"

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

Lovrina pouted as the battle was not going her way. She sent out her last pokemon, a pretty rabbit know as Lopunny, she had a pink tiara with a particular stone on the center. Once again the reader picked up the Lopunny as a shadow pokemon. Lillie tossed another timer ball at the Whimscott before it let loose a shadow panic.

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

Lovrina raised a pink bracelet to trigger a mega evolution. "Lopunny, mega evolve and so wipe the floor with this girl's pokemon!" Lopunny glowed, shed some of her fur to have more muscular legs, her ears grew longer and her arms are covered in yellow fluff. The Lopunny glowed a dark aura and rammed her foot into the Audino to shadow end it; sending the Audino crashing to a wall.

The Audino was still able to fight as Lillie prepared to switch the Pidgeot. "Swoops good work. Go Cain!"

As the Leafeon leaped from the ball, the Audino shot dazzling light at the Lopunny; she tried to shadow end the Leafeon and missed.

Lillie prepared something from her bag as she kept giving orders. "Cain use return! Medic take this!" Lillie squirted a hyper potion spray at the Audino. The Lopunny kicked into the Leafeon with a shadow end, sending the Leafeon to the ground before he channeled his affection for his trainer into a strong tackle!

The Lopunny was sent on her back as Lillie put in pink ball with a heart shaped marker into the snag machine.

"Go snag ball!" The Lopunny was dragged in by a hand surrounded in a pink cloud of hearts.

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

Lovrina stared with eyes widened at the fact she lost and whined. "Oh boo! Now lo..."

Before she finished, Elio had his Hypno use hypnosis on her. "What... are...you... zzz."

The duo had her tied up, her mouth tapped shut and placed at a corner in the room Elio thought. "No need having this person get away. Now we can progress through this hell hole."

Elio dusted his hands in accomplishment as Lillie continued to glare at the knocked out scientist. "What are we going to do with her?"

Elio smiled mischievously at the thought. "When we are done with this island, we are coming back for her. Hold her prisoner at the H.Q until I get two people I know from Interpol to come pick her up. Why did they give her parole, I will never know."

Lillie took her focus away from Lovrina, satisfied that she would no longer be a threat. "Lets go."

The Rotom Dex flared up at news as Lillie began calling the Audino and Leafeon back. The Leafeon smiled at Lillie, asking for something. "Leaf!"

Dex smiled at the Leafeon and translated. "BZZT! Sure thing buddy! BZZT! Cain wants to learn a leaf blade, should a move be forgotten? BZZT!"

Lillie nodded. "Forget about razor leaf, leaf blade is a stronger move."

Leafeon wanted some attention from Lillie before his trainer petted him. "We need to keep going Cain, please be in the ball for now!"

Leafeon cheered before being called back! Elio had the elevator door opened and was willing to let Lillie go in first!

The duo descend down the elevator and left the incapacitated Lovrina behind. For what was considered an old Cipher stronghold, there were an awful lot of scientists still in the area. These people were responsible for the storms and whirlpools keeping everyone off of Citadark.

To the duo's fortune most of them mistook them for some of the workers kids, as much as Elio wanted to bring vengeance on them, Lillie stopped him. "They don't seem to recognize us. So we might as well use this to get through."

Elio grinned deviously. "Or we could tell some buddies of mine about them after we are done with this place."

The only few people that recognized the duo as actual intruders are peons that leaped from the ceiling; none of them had any shadow pokemon to snag and with the combined might of Yanmega and Golurk, a wave of peons were quickly dispatched.

At the elevator, two female peons recognized Elio and Lillie as a top priority threat. The blue uniformed peon flinched as she saw the two approach. "Oh crap they are here? Possy, do we have that double strategy worked out now?"

The red uniformed peon smirked as she leaned at the elevator with her arms folded "Yeah, we should be able to hold the line if we make this combo work."

Elio and Lillie recognized these two back from Agate Relic and prepared for battle.

Vs Cipher Peons, Possy and Neg

Pos sent out a Lilligant and Neg sent out a Torkoal who created drought in the lab.

Elio shouted as he tossed a dusk ball. "MAC STOP THAT LILIGANT OUT WITH FAKE OUT!"

Lillie shouted as she tossed a pokeball. "Shockums, clear out the way!"

Out of the balls came Hitmonchan and Raichu. The Liligant was about to make the Torkoal go before everyone with after you. The Hitmonchan faked her out, giving Lillie the opening to use the Z move. "GIGAVOLT HAVOC!" Knocking the Torkoal out.

Neg frowned as the strategy she and her partner planned had failed; she called the Torkoal back. "Sheesh, we were going to have Torkoal use eruption! Meowstic, lets slow these kids down!"

As a blue Meowstic entered the battle, Elio called his Hitmonchan back and prepared a great ball. "CUMUSTRICH NOW IT IS OUR OPENING!"

As the three headed Dodrio prepared himself, the Raichu was faked out attacking. The Liligant tossed a sleep powder on the Dodrio.

Elio shouted. "CUMUSTRICH USE BRAVE BIRD TO TAKE OUT THAT LILIGANT!" Dodrio woke up like an early bird early and rammed at the Liligant.

The Raichu regained her focus as Lillie ordered. "Shockums, use thunder wave on the Meowstic!"

The Meowstic attempted to use reflect before being shot by a thunder wave, leaving him paralyzed. Next pokemon Possy sent out was a leafy insect known as Leavanny.

The Aura Readers activated. "That Leavanny is a shadow pokemon."

Elio ordered his Dodrio. "CUMUSTRICH, FINISH THAT MEOWSTIC OFF WITH RETURN!"

The Dodrio channeled his affection for his trainer into a powerful kick, crushing the Meowstic on the floor for a k.o.

Lillie calmed down as she ordered. "Shockums, use thunder bolt on that Leavanny; then we can snag it with a net ball!" The Raichu shot a thunder bolt at the Leavanny, dealing insignificant damage but leaving it paralyzed.

Neg was complaining that the strategy was failing as Elio prepared a net ball for the Leavanny.

"GO SNAG BALL!"

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

Both peons nodded as they sent out their last pokemon a pink headed snail without its shell and a blue beetle in knights armor.

Both Aura Readers activated. "That Accelgor and Excalvier are shadow pokemon."

Elio was calming down as he ordered the Dodrio. "Cumustrich use brave bird on that Excalvier!"

The Accelgor glowed a black aura and used shadow down to lower the Dodrio and Raichu's defenses; the Dodrio rammed into the Excalvier, having it land on its back and exposed for Lillie to order. "Shockums, use thunder wave to paralyze that Excalvier!"

The Raichu paralyzed the Excalvier as it glowed a black aura, it struggled to move as it grunted wildly.

Lillie put a net ball into the snag machine.

"Go snag ball!"

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

Alone in a corner, rhe Accelgor let loose a shadow rave to knock both the Dodrio and Raichu out. Elio sent out the Yanmega as Lillie sent out the Audino.

As Accelgor used shadow rave again to damage the two pokemon, Elio shouted. "Odon use signal beam on that Accelgor."

The multi colored beam left the Accelgor confused as Lillie ordered the Audino. "Medic use heal pulse on Odon."

As the injured Yanmega felt healed, Elio prepared a net call.

"GO SNAG BALL!"

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

Possy stomped on the ground, gritted her teeth and shouted. "Oh come on we had that strategy!"

Neg sighed. "What ever, lets get off this island before the Grand Master finds out we failed."

The peons dashed past the duo, Elio and Lillie went into the elevator.

Lillie asked. "Any ideas what is ahead in this place?"

Elio answered. "Other than expecting much more shadow pokemon. I been to Wela enough times to know we are going into the most heated area of this island. If we are to find anything important it will be at the top of this volcano."

The Elevator opened as it reached its destination, the boy's heat related pun was proven right as intense heat filled the air.