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With his body glowing blue from his psychic energy, Raichu had begun to scan the area for any signs of a Minior. Following behind the skateboard loving electric mouse Pokémon was Keats, Rotom and Anik as they trekked through the woods along Route 10.
"Raaaaiiii..." Raichu said with a melancholic tone as he stopped in midair and turned towards the group. "Rai-raichu." He said as Keats and Anik turned towards Rotom.
"Translation?" Keats asked.
"Raichu is saying hizzzz cone of vision for tracking things isn't that strong and is not having any luck." Rotom said as Keats looked at Raichu.
"Damn, how strong was that Oranguru that it could scan the entirety of Melemele Island by itself?" Keats thought with surprise as Raichu rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.
"Well... It was worth a shot." Anik said in a reassuring tone as she put her hand on Keats' Raichu's head, petting him.
"Rai." Raichu said with a content tone as Keats pulled out the Pokéball for his Alolan variant and recalled it.
"Guess we gotta do it the old-fashioned way." Keats said towards Rotom and Anik.
"Anik, zzzzt." Rotom said as he caught the astronomy enthusiast's attention.
"What's up?" Anik replied.
"Do you have a Psychic type Pokémon at all, zzzzt?" Rotom asked as Anik shook her head left and right.
"No, sadly." Anik said towards the floating phone.
"What about Oricorio? I thought they were Psychic type Pokémon?" Keats said.
"That's Pa'u Style Oricorio, those are native to Akala Island. I have a Baile Style Oricorio. They're Fire and Flying types that are native to here on Ula'Ula." Anik explained as Keats made an annoyed expression.
"I am really starting to hate hearing about that place..." Keats thought with frustration as the trio continued through the woods. "So, say we do find a Minior, what's the plan with it?" He asked as the group walked.
"First I catch it with a Pokéball and then, once nightfall comes... Hehehehe..." Anik said with a smile before her mind started to conjure up images of constellations in the sky and began to giggle uncontrollably.
"You're fangirling again." Keats said with a bothered expression on his face as they all stopped moving.
"So-sorry. Just thinking of how bright the night sky and my own future will be when my book is published." Anik said as she adjusted her glasses.
"I was referring more to what's going to happen once we encounter the thing. How hostile is it going to be?" Keats asked as Rotom flashed an image of Minior as well as a picture of seven orbs, each matching a color of the rainbow.
"There really isn't a ton of data on Minior in the hands of Pokémon trainerzzzz. So, there isn't much to go on for claims of hostility from them." Rotom explained as the trio failed to notice something descending from a tree they were standing under.
"Then that just means we need to be- hey!" Anik said until what appeared to be a small black hand had swiped her glasses off her face. "Ahh! Ahh!" She screamed in surprise as her vision went incredibly blurry.
"Whoa, what's up?" Keats said as he put his hands up as Anik started to flail around until falling down onto her butt.
"Ooof! Ow... My glasses, I can't see anything without them." Anik said as she sat on the ground and looked up at Keats and Rotom, only seeing them as a pair of blurs.
"Up there, zzzzt!" Rotom exclaimed as Keats looked up.
In the tree above them was a trio of mischievous looking Pokémon with one holding Anik's glasses in their hands, laughing. The trio of creatures looked similar to salamanders with dark grey bodies with black heads and feet as well as purple eyes and a long tail with an orange line along it.
"Salandit!" One of the salamander-like creatures muttered.
"Salalalala!" Another one of the Pokémon said in a mocking tone as it put on Anik's glasses.
"The heck are those things?" Keats questioned as Rotom scanned them for their PokéDex entries.
'"Salandit, the Toxic Lizard Pokémon, a Poison and Fire type. This sneaky Pokémon will slink behind prey and immobilize it with poisonous gas. Only female Salandit can produce gas laden with pheromones."' Rotom said, reading off Salandit's Dex entry.
"Some Salandit took my glasses?!" Anik said while on the ground, looking in a completely different direction from where Keats and Rotom were.
"Wrong way." Keats said as Anik made a face of embarrassment and turned around, still not facing Keats and Rotom. "Still cold..." He said as Anik put her hands on her face, humiliated.
"Wh-where those little jerks!" Anik said from the ground as she raised her hands up for assistance as Keats grabbed her hands and pulled her back up to her feet.
Grabbing her facial cheeks, Keats slowly turned her head upright towards the Salandit in the tree. Looking down at the humans and the floating phone, the Poison and Fire type Pokémon all made mocking expressions and stuck their tongues out at them.
"What are they doing?" Anik asked.
"They're sticking their tongues out at us." Keats said.
"Hey, give me back my glasses!" Anik exclaimed as Keats and Rotom looked at her, pointing her finger up at the wrong tree.
'"Salalalalala!"' The trio of Salandit laughed at Anik's inability to see them as Keats grabbed the wrist of the arm she was using to point to adjust it.
"Oh, for the love of..." Anik thought, mortified. "Keats, do you mind getting my glasses back...?" She asked without moving so as not to embarrass herself further.
"Rotom, anything else I should know about Salandits?" Keats said as he folded his arms while looking at the trio of Salandit.
"Typically, male Salandit can't evolve, only the femalezzzz." Rotom said as Keats made a confused expression.
"Hold up, what?" Keats said as he turned towards the floating phone Pokémon. "Why?" He questioned.
"It'zzzz been wildly speculated that it's due to malnutrition caused by the female Salandit's evolved form, Salazzle." Rotom said. "Salandit typically live in reverzzzze harems that are subservient to a single Salazzle and often give up their food to satisfy her." The phone Pokémon continued.
"Pffffff!" Keats sputtered as Anik looked in the direction of his blur and Rotom raising a digital eyebrow at his behavior. "Bahahahaha! They're just a bunch of simping dorks! Hahaha!" He shouted as the Salandit's started to angrily glare at Keats.
"Salandit!" One of the Salandit shouted as everyone looked at him. "Salaladit! Salala!" It said as it pointed at Keats.
"The Salandit told you to not to mock their queen." Rotom translated as the trio of Salandit jumped off the tree towards the ground, with the one wearing Anik's glasses taking them off and tossing them to the side. "And it looks like they're ready for a fight." The phone Pokémon said cautiously as Keats walked over to Anik's glasses and picked them up off the ground, placing them on her face.
"Ah! Finally!" Anik said with relief as she adjusted them and finally seeing everyone. "Now I can tear these idiots a new one!" She said as she looked at the three Salandit as she grabbed a Pokéball from her lab coat. "Kingler, come out!" Anik screamed as her crab-like Pokémon emerged from the ball.
"Kikiki!" Kingler exclaimed as he landed on the ground.
'"Salalala!"' The three Salandit shouted as they started to fire burning pellets from their mouths.
"That'zzzz "Ember!"' Rotom exclaimed as Keats watched Anik and Kingler.
"Good thing I have a Water type! Kingler, use "Harden!"' Anik ordered as Kingler put his claws up, his body glowing in response as he raised his defenses.
Bombarded by the Fire type attack, Kingler stood his ground as the three Salandit looked on in surprise at their attack's ineffectiveness. Impressed, Keats stepped forward and pulled out one of his Pokéballs, opening it and out came his Alolan Diglett as she popped out of the ground.
"Diglettediglette!" Diglett said as Kingler looked to the side to notice it now had a partner.
"Mind if I joined in?" Keats said with a smirk. "Diglett, use "Bulldoze!"' He ordered as Diglett proceeded to go underground.
"Whoa! That move's going to hit my Kingler too, you know!" Anik exclaimed as she and Rotom looked at Keats with surprise.
"Wait, I thought that was just "Earthquake" that did that!?" Keats replied in confusion.
"It works the zzzzame way!" Rotom shouted.
"Oh crap!" Keats shouted as he realized he might have made a mistake.
Using "Bulldoze," Diglett caused the ground to shake violently as shivers of pain ran through the trio of Salandit as they started to shake and fall over, one-by-one. Feeling a lighter version from his raised defenses, Kingler shook in pain from the attack as Keats and Anik fell over onto the ground from the quaking.
"Ugh..." Anik said as she clutched at her backside. "Next time... Warn me when you're going to shake the ground!" She exclaimed in frustration.
"Yeah... Sorry... My bad. Urrrrgh..." Keats said as he was lying on the ground, groaning.
"Kikikiki..." Kingler muttered as he shook his body to regain his composure before glancing to his side and spotting Diglett popping out of the ground once more.
"Diglett?" Diglett muttered as she and Kingler looked at each other and then over at the three Salandit, all with their eyes swirling in their unconscious state.
"At least it was a super effective move..." Anik said as she got up.
"Neat..." Keats said with a thumbs up, still on the ground as Rotom floated over.
"Want to catch them, zzzzt?" Rotom said towards Anik and then Keats.
"After they took my glasses? Hell no." Anik replied. "Ugh, my back..." She complained, mentally.
"Let them go back to their "queen" with their tails between their legs..." Keats muttered. "Note to self; find better moves for Diglett that don't hurt everything around her." He thought as he slowly lifted up Diglett's ball and recalled her as Anik did the same for her Kingler.
"Both of you alright, zzzzt?" Rotom asked as Keats finally stood up.
"I've been better..." Keats grumbled as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Damn phone, not touching the floor to-..." He thought as he glanced at the ground and noticed something small and round, scurrying around on the ground.
"Better than falling in a river. Hehehe." Anik joked as Rotom smiled before the phone Pokémon turned towards Keats and noticed him looking at something.
"Keatzzzz?" Rotom said as Anik looked at the husky framed trainer.
"Shhh!" Keats muttered, shushing the floating phone as he looked at a bush near the downed Salandits. "Is that what I think it was?" He thought as he noticed the bush rustle. "Ah-ha!" Keats screamed with a strange smile forming on his face.
"What's going- whoa!" Anik questioned until she saw Keats leap into the bush and started rustling around the inside of the foliage. "Hey!" She said, shocked by his actions.
"Keatzzzz, what are you doing?!" Rotom exclaimed.
"Gotcha! I finally found one!" Keats said with a smile as he popped out the top of the bush with hands still inside it. "I can't believe one of these were out here!" He said towards Anik and Rotom.
"A Pokémon?" Anik asked as she tried to look into the bush.
"A Pyukumuku!" Keats said with a smile as he tried to pull out the small and rounded creature in his hands.
"That can't be. Pyukumuku are only found around the zzzzea." Rotom said, unsure of what Keats had as he finally pulled out the small creature.
"Must be a rare one then! Come on out, you little- huh?" Keats said as he looked at the small creature and noticed it was not a Pyukumuku.
Held in his hands was an arthropod-like Pokémon that had a purple body that had curved spikes on both sides of its face and had yellow eyes with two extensions like eyebrows on its head. On its backside was silver plating and underneath it was eight short legs with a long, prickly tail. Locking eyes with it, Keats made a disappointed face as the creature looked at Keats while shivering in a cowardly manner.
"Wiiimp! Wiiiimp!" The Pokémon said in a scared manner as it twisted and turned in Keats' hands.
"The heck is this?" Keats said. "Damn it... You're not a Pyukumuku..." He thought.
"A Wimpod." Anik said as she approached the shivering arthropod-like Pokémon in Keats' hands. "You must have scared it when your Diglett used "Bulldoze."' She said as she raised a hand towards the Pokémon as it tried to back away.
'"Wimpod, the Turn Tail Pokémon, a Bug and Water type. An astonishingly cowardly Pokémon, Wimpod will whir its legs at high speeds to run away if anything comes near it. Sometimes it finds coins, so Murkrow and Meowth will go after it."' Rotom said, reading the Dex entry for Wimpod.
"Wow, is this thing scared of its own shadow too?" Keats said as he locked eyes with Wimpod as it proceeded to open its mouth and bite onto Keats' hand. "Argh!" He exclaimed in pain as he let go of the arthropod-like creature.
"Wiiimp! Wiiimp!" Wimpod screamed as it scurried away into the woods.
"Hey wait! I-I'm sorry for disturbing you!" Keats said as he ran after Wimpod.
"Whoa! Keats!" Anik shouted as she and Rotom chased after Keats.
Brushing past the bushes and through the trees, Keats stumbled over a root and fell into a clearing in the woods as Anik stopped next to him to pick him up off the ground. Looking onward, Keats made an upset expression as the Wimpod dashed across the clearing and disappeared deeper into the forest.
"Aww man..." Keat said, disappointed.
"Don't worry. That's normal behavior for a Wimpod." Anik said in a reassuring tone as she put her hand on Keats' shoulder as Rotom floated over.
"It'zzzz nothing to be ashamed about-..." Rotom said towards Keats until the phone Pokémon looked forward and noticed something alarming.
"I really have zero luck when it comes to getting the things I want. I want a Pyukumuku, all I find is other thin-..." Keats complained until he stopped talking to notice what Rotom was looking at as Anik looked forward, her jaw dropping in surprise.
"No way..." Anik said in shock.
In front of the trio was a series of craters, each one of varying sizes. Putting her hands over her mouth, Anik walked forward with a giddy look in her eyes as she smiled at Keats and Rotom.
"Yeahahahha!" Anik screamed in happiness as she jumped up and down before running over to Keats and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, hugging him. "We did it! We did it! We finally found it!" She exclaimed as she let go and walked over to the craters.
"At least someone had some decent luck." Keats thought as he and Rotom looked on.
"Okay, okay... Uhhhh..." Anik said as she looked around at the craters. "Wh-where's Minior?" She questioned as Keats walked over to where she was.
"Hmmmmm... Let me see... Something didn't seem right but now I am extra curious." Rotom thought as the phone Pokémon proceeded to scan the web for information on Minior.
"Maybe it went for a bite?" Keats said.
"No, that can't be it. My bosses at my internship used to talk about Miniors and they said that they're one of the few Pokémon that don't need to eat." Anik explained.
"Like Pineco and Porygon." Keats stated as Rotom approached the pair.
"Okay, so I have some bad newzzzz." Rotom said as Keats and Anik turned towards the floating phone.
"Why can't you deliver some good news for once...?" Keats said with squinted eyes towards Rotom.
"Oh no... What?" Anik said, worried.
"Minior are a Pokémon that fall from outer space towards the planet. And when they land, their zzzzhellzzzz crack, exposing their core." Rotom explained with a visual aid on its screen as it flashed an image of Minior in its brown rock form and then in its different colored forms that matched the colors of the rainbow. "When their shells crack, they only have a limited amount of time to live before disintegrating into particles that return to the ozone layer. Pokéballs are the only confirmed way to keep Miniors from disappearing once they expose their core." The phone Pokémon said as Keats and Anik looked at each other.
"...How long does it last before it disintegrates?" Keats questioned as Anik put her hands on her head.
"Uzzzzually, it's a twenty-four-hour period." Rotom said as Keats turned towards Anik as she slumped onto the ground.
"Anik... How long has it been since you started searching?" Keats said as he looked at Anik.
"...It's been a few days." Anik said as she came to a saddening realization. "I lost my opportunity to try and catch one of them a while ago..." She thought with depression setting in. "I've been wasting my time..." Anik said with a shake of her head as she sat on the ground.
Scratching his head, Keats looked around at the craters to try and find anything of interest. Looking inside of one of the holes, Keats stepped in and found chunks of brown rock that was similar to the ones in the images of Minior that Rotom had shown previously.
"Well, I found some of Minior." Keats said as Anik just sat on the ground.
"Why bother looking? Finding chunks of the thing isn't helpful at all..." Anik said with a defeated tone as Rotom approached.
"Actually, I juzzzzt thought of something..." Rotom said.
"Is it useful?" Keats said towards the floating phone.
"...I wouldn't be zzzzaying anything if it wasn't remotely helpful..." Rotom said with an annoyed expression on its screen as Anik looked at Keats and Rotom.
"I'm all ears..." Anik said as she approached, skeptical from her melancholy.
"Look around." Rotom said as it motioned for Keats and Anik to look around at the craters. "Why would there be multiple craters here if only one Minior had fell here, zzzzt?" The phone Pokémon asked as Keats and Anik looked at one another.
"It... It would leave only one crater." Anik said as she slowly came to a realization.
"Unless it used a move to make more craters to hide its arrival. It's still around and it's messing with us!" Keats said as he jerked his head in different directions to look for Minior as Anik and Rotom looked at him, making a fool of himself.
"You're overthinking it..." Anik said as Keats stopped searching and turned back towards them. "No, what Rotom is getting at is that if only one Minior landed here, there would be only one crater. But there's close to a dozen." She explained as she pointed at all the holes.
"Okaaaayy?" Keats muttered, confused.
"If there's more than one crater, then this must be a common shooting zzzztar zzzzpot for Minior to land." Rotom said as Keats raised an eyebrow.
"Soooo... All we have to do is wait?" Keats said.
"Oh thank god, there's a chance. There's still a chance!" Anik said in an ecstatic tone as she looked around.
"Have to wait till nightfall and hope for the best, zzzzt." Rotom said as Keats and Anik looked at each other.
"It's the middle of the morning..." Keats said towards Anik.
"...How are we supposed to kill time?" Anik said.
"You two could kill time preparing by battling one another, zzzzt." Rotom suggested as Anik and Keats raised an eyebrow at the floating phone.
"Actually... That sounds like a good idea." Anik said towards Keats.
"...You sure? I'm not really the biggest fan of battling." Keats replied.
"Well, you are going to fight that Imani girl when you find her, right? The practice could help. Plus, my Cleffa only knows two moves. A bit of experience could really help me, if you don't mind." Anik said as she made some distance from Keats.
"I've been procrastinating changing and updating everyone's moves, now that I think of it..." Keats thought, acknowledging his time wasting on doing something relevant.
"Then hop to it, zzzzt." Rotom said as it got in-between Keats and Anik. "Finally get him off his lazy butt..." The phone Pokémon thought, finally getting Keats to practice battling with his Pokémon some more.
"Oricorio, come on out!" Anik said as she took out a Pokéball and out came her red avian-like Pokémon.
"Ori!" Oricorio exclaimed as she danced for a brief moment on the ground.
"Let's see..." Keats thought as he reached into his pocket and pulled out one of his Pokéballs. "Cloyster, you're on call!" He exclaimed as he opened the ball and out came his Water and Ice type Pokémon.
"Cloy-cloyster!" Cloyster said as she landed with a hard cracking of the ground and then locked eyes with her opponent.
"Let's battle and try not to knock out everyone. Then we can use some Potions and Berries to heal them back to normal." Anik said towards Keats.
"Doubtful this will kill more than a few minutes." Keats thought as he nodded to agree with Anik.
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"Cleffa, use "Pound!"' Anik ordered as her small Fairy type Pokémon ran at Keats' Dragalge.
"Dragalge, hold your ground!" Keats exclaimed as Dragalge put his fins on the ground to be at the ready.
Smacking Dragalge in the face, Cleffa landed on her feet as she looked up at Dragalge, unaffected by the weak strike. Locking eyes with the smaller Pokémon, Dragalge just stared as he waited for the next command from Keats as Anik's Cleffa made a slightly fearful expression from Dragalge's rather intimidating face.
"Dragalge, use "Poison Tail." But maybe only a small swipe...?" Keats said as Dragalge's tailfin started to glow purple.
Turning around, Dragalge flicked his tail at Cleffa, lightly tapping her as it knocked her over. Tumbling backwards, Anik looked at her Cleffa with an embarrassed expression as Keats started to chuckle slightly.
"Pff... Hehe..." Keats laughed as he covered his mouth.
"She's learning!" Anik exclaimed in defense of her Pokémon.
"Okay, okay." Keats said with a smirk. "Dragalge, come on back." He said as he pulled out his Pokéball and recalled the sea dragon-like creature as he looked up to notice the moon started to appear overhead. "Wow, that actually did kill time till it got dark." Keats said as Anik picked up her Cleffa into her arms.
"Yeah, I'm just glad no one is out cold." Anik said as she reached into her handbag and pulled out a purple and grey spray bottle, spritzing Cleffa with it as wounds disappeared from her body.
"Cleffa!" Cleffa said happily as she felt better.
"I really gotta get some of that for my team... I healed back everyone with a crapload of Oran Berries." Keats said as he looked at the spray bottle as Rotom floated over into Keats' hands. "Okay, gotta change the moves." He thought as he pulled out Druddigon's Ultra Ball.
"Guess you couldn't get strong enough to learn a new move, huh?" Anik said with a wry smile towards her Cleffa as the Fairy type made a saddened expression. "Don't worry, there's always next time. Return." She said as she took out Cleffa's Pokéball and recalled Cleffa into it. "At least Kingler and Oricorio had some progress." Anik thought as she approached Keats.
"Gonna keep "Dragon Tail," so I think I'll get rid of "Roar" and "Slash."' Keats thought as he scanned Druddigon's ball and then put it away. "Now, Pineco." He said as he walked over to a tree, sitting down as Anik sat down next to him.
"So Pineco was your first Pokémon?" Anik asked as Keats looked at her while he scanned Pineco's ball.
"Yeah, was a gift from my sister. Gave it to me because it doesn't eat, and she was skeptical whether I could take care of her or not." Keats said with a headshake before putting away Pineco's ball and then pulling out another one.
"League champion, Marie Dibiase. Never really heard of her." Anik said as she didn't know Keats' sister's name.
"Two-time Johto League Champion, a winner of the Orange Island League and one-time Kanto League Champion. She was nicknamed the "Majesty of Mega" before she retired." Keats said as he scanned the ball in his other hand.
'"Majesty of Mega?"' Anik said with a raised eyebrow.
"More like the queen of "over-competitiveness," if you asked me." Keats joked. "After the activation rings and the stones for Mega Evolution became more widely known, she started to actively search for Pokémon that could trigger the process. Wanted an edge in battle." He continued.
"So, all of her championship winning team could Mega Evolve?" Anik asked.
"Yup." Keats muttered. "The only Pokémon on that team of hers were Pokémon that she found the stones for. Everything else she ever owned couldn't and are with our parents back in Kanto." He said as he put away the ball and then pulled out another ball to scan. "After she retired and got married, I moved in with her as a handyman and her winning team were just living with us on the ranch." Keats said as he looked at Anik.
"...And a machine has them brainwashed..." Anik said as she looked off at the sky. "I want to look at constellations right now, but I have to be ready if a Minior lands..." She thought as she looked the stars.
"And my sister's Sableye is gonna attack me on this Imani girl's orders, just like what happened with Lopunny." Keats said as he put away the Pokéball and then sat back against the tree. "A part of me wants to practice throwing that concrete shoe in case I run into the flute dude again, but I think she'll think I'm just weird... Well, weirder than she probably already does." He thought as he looked up at the sky as well.
"...Mind me asking...?" Anik said as she didn't look at Keats.
"Yeah?" Keats said as he was also not facing the constellation enthusiast as he put away Rotom into his pocket.
"...Say we were to do that... "Thing" you asked for when you agreed to help me... What did you have in mind?" Anik said as her face started to turn slightly red. "I mean... I didn't say "no."' She thought.
"Gave it some thought, there's a decent movie theater in Ecruteak City that plays good flicks. I know a solid place to eat too." Keats said with his arms folded as he turned towards Anik.
"Ahh..." Anik muttered. "Sounds a bit basic..." She thought, a little disinterested.
"Oh, and there's a tower we can scale for you to stargaze from." Keats mentioned as Anik's eyes lit up.
"...Go on?" Anik thought as she turned towards Keats.
"There's this pair of towers in town, set of landmarks like that tower you mentioned in that city in the Kalos region. One's called the Burned Tower and the other is the Bell Tower. One is higher than the other." Keats said as he remembered the location in Ecruteak City. "The taller one has a good view of the skyline, figured you could haul a telescope up there and look at the constellations you like so much." He said as Anik just stared at him. "...Just as soon as I am allowed to enter them again." Keats thought while making a strange face.
"...No joke, that sounds like fun." Anik thought with a blush as she looked at Keats. "You know that sounds-..." She said to give her opinion before noticing something strange behind her. "Ke-K-Keats?!" She screamed as she got up from the ground as Keats looked up at her.
"We can cut the movie and meal out and just go stargazing if you're not up- huh?" Keats said as he noticed something begin to rise behind him.
Turning around, Keats looked up from the ground as Anik stared at the air. With their eyes wide, the pair of trainers were shocked at the sight of the tree they were sitting against was now floating above them, covered in a blue aura.
"That looks like "Psychic..."' Keats mumbled as he and Anik were looking at the floating tree.
Suddenly, and without warning, the tree turned sideways in a horizontal angle as something appeared from behind the tree with a blue aura around its body. Brown with an oblong head with depressions on both sides and floating in the air, it had a humanoid shape with stubby legs, arms that ended in three fingers that were red, green and yellow and glowing green eyes.
"Ooooh!" Anik said as Keats turned his head towards his companion. "That's a Beheeyem!" She said with excitement as Rotom popped out of Keats' pocket.
"Let me zzzzee." Rotom said as it scanned Beheeyem. '"Beheeyem, the Cerebral Pokémon, a Psychic type. It uses psychic power to control an opponent's brain and tamper with its memories. Apparently, it communicates by flashing its three fingers." The phone Pokémon explained as it went back in Keats' pocket.
"It's another Pokémon that comes from space!" Anik said with her hands clasped together with a smile on her face.
"Behehehe!" Beheeyem exclaimed as the tree it was carrying with its psychic power and proceeded to move its arm as the tree was now hurling towards Anik and Keats.
"Get down!" Keats screamed as he tackled Anik, knocking her out of the way as the tree colliding with the ground.
"Wah!" Anik exclaimed in surprise. "What was that for?!" She screamed while downed as Keats pulled her back to her feet.
"I don't know but that thing is definitely hostile!" Keats replied as the Beheeyem stared down at the pair. "Okay, now I am reaaalllly glad I changed my Pokémon's moves." He thought as he and Anik stepped back slightly.
Bum-bum-buuuummm! Space, the final frontier, these are the voyages of... A large yutz and an astronomer who may have a very bad night ahead of them. After searching the forest of Ula'Ula Island some more, Keats and Anik stumbled across some pesky Salandits messing with Anik's glasses and then proceeded to chase after a Wimpod that Keats regrettably scared. Finding a common landing spot in the woods for Minior, the duo decided to kill time through battle practice. And now Imani's Beheeyem has found them and is out for blood. Will Keats and Anik stop the Beheeyem before any Minior actually appear? Only time will tell...
Keats' Pokémon (on-hand):
1. Pineco. Gender: Female. Ability: Sturdy. Moves: "Spikes," "Explosion," "Rapid Spin," "Bug Buzz."
2. Druddigon. Gender: Male. Ability: Rough Skin. Moves: "Bite," "Hone Claws," "Flash Cannon," "Dragon Tail."
3. Cloyster. Gender: Female. Ability: Shell Armor. Moves: "Take Down," "Aurora Beam," "Supersonic," "Iron Defense."
4. Dragalge. Gender: Male. Ability: Poison Point. Moves: "Poison Tail," "Toxic Spikes," "Double Team," "Water Pulse."
5. Raichu - Alolan Form. Gender: Male. Ability: Surge Surfer. Moves: "Psychic," "Spark," "Light Screen," "Quick Attack."
6. Diglett - Alolan Form. Gender: Female. Ability: Tangling Hair. Moves: "Sand Attack," "Iron Head," "Mud Shot," "Bulldoze."
Keats' Pokémon (in rotation):
1. Stunky. Gender: Male. Ability: Aftermath. Moves: "Fury Swipes," "Poison Gas," "Smokescreen," "Focus Energy."
2. Venonat. Gender: Female. Ability: Tinted Lens. Moves: "Tackle," "Poison Powder," "Bug Buzz," "Sleep Powder."
3. Swalot. Gender: Male. Ability: Liquid Ooze. Moves: "Sludge Bomb," "Stockpile," "Swallow," "Bodyslam."
4. Porygon. Genderless. Ability: Download. Moves: "Tackle," "Thunder Shock," "Psybeam," "Recycle."
5. Timburr. Gender: Male. Ability: Guts. Moves: "Poison Jab," "Smack Down," "Focus Energy," "Scary Face."
6. Surskit. Gender: Female. Ability: Swift Swim. Moves: "Quick Attack," "Leech Life," "Sweet Scent," "Bubblebeam."
Anik's Pokémon:
1. Kingler. Gender: Male. Ability: Hyper Cutter. Moves: "Guillotine," "Harden," "Swords Dance," "Crabhammer."
2. Cleffa. Gender: Female. Ability: Magic Guard. Moves: "Splash," "Pound."
3. Oricorio - Baile Style. Gender: Female. Ability: Dancer. Moves: "Air Cutter," "Revelation Dance," "Calm Mind," "Helping Hand."