It was a tense standoff in front of the Circhester Pokemon Center, as Gloria and Cassidy stared each other down.

The police officers and Fist Squad grunts were standing behind them respectively as not much was going on at first.

"So… what is your deal?" Cassidy asked the champion as he and his Pokemon got ready for a fight.

Gloria smiled as she soon brought out another Pokeball.

"Face me in a double battle, if you win then I will hand over the notes about Dynamax that you are desperately trying to gain." Gloria said to him.

Everyone was surprised by this, especially Cassidy. He wasn't expecting the champion herself to make such a gamble even if he was a high-level admin.

"Interesting, and if I lose?"

Gloria soon smiled wickedly.

"If you lose, then you and all of your grunts turn yourselves into Officer Jenny."

As expected, a champion who was willing to put everything on the line for the safety of all. Honestly, Cassidy didn't know what he was expecting.

"Fine you are on, for my second Pokemon… I choose Lucario!"

Cassidy soon sent out his Fighting/Steel-type Pokemon as the Aura Pokemon came out with their usual stoic look.

Gloria wasn't expecting Cassidy to use Lucario and contemplated about her choice for a bit before deciding on her pick.

"Alright then, Aggron let's go!"

Gloria soon sent out her Steel/Rock-type as her Aggron soon joined her Cinderace before letting out a huge roar.

"All right then let's have a completely Champion time!" Gloria said as the battle began.


However just before the battle between Gloria and Cassidy started, Kenan, Rex and Tyson were in the wild grass as Tyson was trying to find some Pokemon to catch.

"Come on where are they?" Tyson said getting frustrated.

"Calm down, they will come here soon." Kenan said to his friend as he felt shockwaves suddenly beneath his feet.

He realized that a battle was taking place nearby and he wanted to go there. But as soon as he was going to suggest that, he saw a Spheal and a Roggenrola appear in front of Tyson causing him to shriek in excitement and chase after them with Rex following.

Kenan sighed, I guess going to check out the battle will have to wait.


Back at the center, the double battle was in full force as all four Pokemon were still feeling each other out.

"Cinderace use Pyro Ball and Aggron use Iron Tail!"

Both Pokemon rushed forward as they struck both Conkledurr and Lucario with the attacks making Cassidy grit his teeth in frustration.

"Lucario use Aura Sphere and Conkledurr use Stone Edge!"

Both of Cassiddy's Pokemon launched their attacks at Cinderace and Aggron but Cinderace worked with Aggron to block attack with Aggron throwing Cinderace to block the Aura Sphere while Aggron himself tanked the Stone Edge for next to no damage.

"Alright then, Cinderace use Acrobatics on Conkledurr!"

Cinderace soon moved in several quick movements as he landed the super-effective attack on Conkledurr. The Muscular Pokemon soon fell to his knees with the Striker Pokemon showcasing the clear advantage that he had over them.

Lucario soon turned around worried about his teammate but that soon allowed Aggron to sneak up on him.

"Now Aggron use Fire Punch!"

Aggron soon covered one of his claws in flames before striking the Aura Pokemon with the super-effective attack. Lucario was sent flying back as he and Conkledurr were clearly outmatched in strength.

"You should give up, it is clear that this is over." Gloria said to Cassidy in a complete serious tone as her Pokemon echoed the same sentiments.

Cassidy gritted his teeth as he faced down his opponent.

It was a very familiar scenario for him, him and his Pokemon being completely outmatched while his opponent told him (correctly) that he couldn't win.

And every time he gave them the same answer.

"Like hell I will, just who the hell do you think I am!? Lucario, use Dragon Pulse and Conkledurr use Hammer Arm!"

Lucario soon let out a Dragon beam of energy while Conkledurr rushed forward with two glowing arms.

Gloria sighed as Cinderace use Pyro Ball to stop them in their tracks while Aggron finished them off with Iron Head as it knocked them both out.

Cassidy was silent as he had lost. Recalling his Pokemon, he did nothing as the officers soon moved forward intent on arresting him.

However soon a grunt of his soon pulled out his last smoke grenade as his slammed it on the ground, causing the smoke to confuse both Gloria and the officers as Cassidy regained his sense of mind and soon escaped with his grunts leaving several officers confused and Gloria herself to be slightly pissed off.


Heading back instead the Pokemon Center, Sonia soon walked up to Gloria with a scowl on her face clearly unhappy that she put her life's work on the line with her battle with Cassidy.

"Gloria what were you thinking!? I could have lost my notes about Dynamax if it was for you!?" Sonia said to the Galar champion.

"It was a risk I was willing to take in order to capture them, and it nearly worked too…" Gloria said as she cursed the grunt that used the smoke grenade to escape.

But this whole incident here in Circhester made Gloria realized that this Team Chaos was far more dangerous than she and the others Champions had given them credit for.

She would need to tell the others about what had happened here before things got out of hand.


Meanwhile the Fist Squad had made their way back to their base, Cassidy soon threw of his gloves on the ground and before taking a deep sigh.

"Well… that could have gone better." Cassidy said as he sat down.

"Well sir it wasn't a complete loss." One of his grunts said as he presented him with a disc.

Cassidy soon took the disk and asked what it was.

"While you were having your battle with the Champion, I snuck into the center and made a copy of Professor Sonia's notes about Dynamax giving us a complete copy."

Cassidy soon widened his eyes at the disk realizing it was a complete failure.

He just hoped that his boss saw it the same way he did.