The next day, the sun shone and while everybody else on the heroes' side resumed their search for the Wiki-Tiki, Sarah and Zuma decided to get some practice in for the surfing contest. Lana, in the meantime, was with Hurricane Harrigan along with Sandy and Primarina as they were helping Tsukumaro, Doug, Delilah, David, and Donna (former queen) how to surf on surfboards while their own Pokemon, Phoe-Phoe, Flitter, and Flutter watched on.

Apart from regular surfing, Hanahuna also had access to Mantine Surfing which Sarah, Race, Nikki, and James immediately caught on again as they rode their Mantine Ride Pokemon while Zuma broke out his surfboard and caught some waves with them as they practiced. It turns out that Race, Nikki, and James eventually decided to help the little princess and water pup out by joining the contest through Mantine Surfing so as to give themselves and the others a much better chance of drawing out the Wiki-Tiki should he and his servants strike again.

Aqua, Oshawott, Hashimoto, Xena, Piplup, Suicune, Link, Keldeo, Dracovish, Azul, Azula, Sokka, Milotic, Naguara, and Parosea, however, were happily swimming or running about on the waves.

The rest of their family decided to relax after the wild night they had or do some training to learn new moves with Mew's help (given that she was the only one amongst the world's Pokemon who knew every single move made in the World of Pokemon) for the Pokemon League back in Alola. Despite her happy-go-lucky and cheerful demeanor, she was a great teacher to her students and they caught on to her lessons quickly, Silvally being the most eager as the Pokemon League drew closer and closer.

The day passed in the blink of an eye as Lana, Primarina, and Sandy (having finished helping Hurricane Harrigan teach Sarah's blood family how to surf) joined up with Lillie, Mallow, Tsareena, Shaymin, and Snowy on a speedboat hours earlier but they found no sign of the Wiki-Tiki as dusk began to fall.

"No sign of the Wiki-Tiki so far."

"He's becoming tricky to find," Lillie and Lana admitted, looking through their binoculars.

"I'll contact the others and see if they found him from the air. Guys, Commander, Angel, how are you all doing on your end?" Mallow called, bringing out her walkie-talkie and calling Ryan, Angel, the boys, and the Viking Teens as they rode aboard Sarah's dragons with the Viking Teens' dragons and Raven flying alongside them but found no sign of the Wiki-Tiki themselves.

"Not yet."

"You think he'd stick out like a sore thumb," Hiccup and Snotlout answered.

"No doubt about that. Just keep your eyes peeled, babies," Angel sighed.

"This is ridiculous."

"Agreed, we've gone through nearly the whole day looking for him and he hasn't shown his ugly mug once," grumbled Fishlegs and Meatlug.

Down below, Race, Nikki, Sarah, and James were all riding aboard their Mantine Ride Pokemon, having the time of their lives, surfing and doing tricks together now that they and Zuma had gotten their practice runs in for the contest. Even Sarah's blood family was starting to get the hang of surfing as they joined them thanks to Hurricane Harrigan and Lana's assistance.

But, little did anybody know that while their search for the Wiki-Tiki was ongoing and they were busy getting themselves to relax after the events of the previous night, a growling sound could be heard and growing louder amongst the waves as the source of it grew closer. And, what's worse, Sarah's blood family doesn't know that the source of the menacing growl is slowly coming towards them.

"Hey, guys, I think it's time we head back. The Wiki-Tiki's still not coming out and we better be ready for the contest if he and his freakshows pop up again. I'll meet up with the girls and help them drive their boat back to dry land," Asha called from aboard Sunflare, making Kiawe nod as he brought out his walkie-talkie to contact the girls while she and Sunflare left.

"Girls, the sun's going down on the horizon. We better call it a day and head back, Asha will join you to drive you back to shore," he informed.

"You're right, we don't see anything here. We'll rendezvous back at the beach," Mallow nodded as she picked up his call before she called the royal family. "Your Majesties, is everything alright? How are you doing with your search? Your Majesties?"

The royal family soon heard the growling sound as Tsukumaro brought out his wand and used Wingardium Leviosa to levitate the walkie-talkie they brought along with them (from the duffel bag Delilah brought with them) and when they turned to see what was behind them, they were shocked to find the source of it was a giant monster that looked like the Hohona Lohavas. The monster in question, as it gave off a menacing roar, was none other than the Wiki-Tiki himself.

"Ms. Mallow... It's him, it's..." Tsukumaro peeped worriedly as he, David, Donna (former queen), Doug, and Delilah gulped fearfully and dodged a swipe from the Wiki-Tiki as they and the Mantine Ride Pokemon they were surfing on scattered (also terrified by the sight of the Wiki-Tiki attacking them and their royal riders). "...THE WIKI-TIKI!"

(Background Music - Aloha Scooby Doo, Chase Scene #1)

Hearing this, the group went to the royal family's position with Sarah and Zuma reuniting with the Dragonstone Patrol, the PAW Patrol, Hurricane Harrigan, the Poms, the Buddies, the Cat Pack, Angel, Ryan, Raven, and the rest of her family quickly rushing over to their current location as well.

Returning to the royal family, Doug, Delilah, their parents, and Tsukumaro along with their Mantine were in a panic as they turned around and jumped over the surfboard of the Wiki-Tiki, doing their best to dodge every effort he made to capture and/or attack them. While Donna (former queen), Doug, and Delilah, managed to make use of the training they were given by Lana and Hurricane Harrigan with ease to avoid being captured, Tsukumaro and David ended up being launched from their Mantine as the Wiki-Tiki turned to them, both of them landing in the monster's arms between each other before they bolted back to their Mantine (after Tsukumaro brought out his wand again and unleashed Stupefy which briefly stunned the Wiki-Tiki long enough for them to get back on their Ride Pokemon).

The Wiki-Tiki wasn't happy about being attacked so easily by a wizard and humiliated and wanting payback, he shot fireballs at the royal family and their Mantine, forcing the Kite Pokemon to book it, going as fast as they could on the next wave they're on to save themselves and their passengers as they swerved and dodged again and again. Snarling angrily, the monster came alongside them and smacked the water between them with his right fist, making a big splash that caused his prey to be launched into the air and scream in panic.

But, just as they were all about to splash within range of their pursuer, Mizuara, Aqua, Parosa, and Milotic came to the rescue as they jumped, appearing from the waves just in time to catch the adults on their back and bring them back to their Mantine (all of whom managed to recover), allowing them to jump back on.

Apart from the four Pokemon that saved them, the adults screamed as they saw the now-annoyed Wiki-Tiki closing in on them again but the Mantine, now determined to pay the monster out, swam over to the crest of the next wave coming in to avoid him despite him being able to dive through it, surfing with expert skills as they did their best to avoid the beast again.

Then, the calvary arrived in the form of Sarah, Nikki, James, and Race (all of whom are aboard their own Mantines), Hurricane Harrigan, and Zuma (who's now surfing on his windsurfing board) as they surfed over the wave crest and smacked the Wiki-Tiki on the head in succession (similar to how Billy ran across the heads of Ivan Ooze's Ooze Men near the end of the first fight scene in MMPR: The Movie in tune with the "Go, Go, Power Rangers" song reference), causing him to veer off course before he straightened himself and went back to chasing the little princess' blood family.

The monster was soon cut off again but this time by Lillie, Mallow, Lana, Asha, and their Pokemon who appeared on their speedboat, pulling up alongside him on the wave before the Ice-Type student brought her camera out and Snowy steadied herself on the right edge as her human mother, Tsareena, and Primarina held her carefully so she wouldn't fall off.

"Say, 'Freeze'!" Lillie taunted with a smirk as she took three pictures and Snowy fired Powder Snow, disorientating the WIki-Tiki and allowing the girls and their Pokemon to escape from the evil spirit.

Before regrouping with the rest of their entire party that came to their rescue, the royal family and their Mantines surfed a large wave and turned back, falling down before ended up crashing into the Wiki-Tiki, knocking him off of his surfboard and making him roll inside the wave and crash straight into a rocky reef, where his board floated over to as he fell down into the ocean. Just as the group arrived at the reef, the defeated spirit got back on his board and paddled out of sight.

"Are you guys okay, Sarah, Your Majesties?" Ryder called as he, the PAW Patrol, the Cat Pack, the Dragonstone Patrol, the Poms, the Buddies, Angel, Raven, and Ryan along with Spherialla, Tsuchowl, and Houratta appeared from the shore of the lagoon the others came into.

"Doing great, Ryder! The Wiki-Tiki's beaten and he won't bother us for a while!" Sarah called.

"Sometimes, Princess, you and your friends have an appetite for danger," grumbled a flustered but relieved Tsukumaro as he sat on his equally relieved Mantine and dusted himself off.

"Donna, David, Tsukumaro, Doug, Delilah! Are you all alright?" shouted Spherialla, fearful for the lives of her old friends as she floated over to Sarah's blood family before landing in Doug's arms.

"We're okay, Spherialla. The Wiki-Tiki did give us trouble when we finally saw him but we survived thanks to my daughter and our friends," Doug soothed as he gently rubbed the Vitality Spirit Pokemon.

"What gnarly surfing you did there, fellas! You gave the Wiki-Tiki a run for his money, no way he can catch you now with all the practice you've clocked up," Hurricane Harrigan smiled at the royal family.

"That's for sure," David replied, giving a small smile of relief.

"Fun-fun-fun! He-he-he-he-he! You guys were way past cool! Real fun for everyone!" Delosky cheered, swimming around the royal adults joyfully.

"Seriously, you royal bubs got the moves the way you smoked that crazy Tiki bozo. You're way more fun than him," Parosea nodded, grinning.

"I don't see how you two could possibly find the princess' family being chased by that surfing monstrosity fun," Suicune admonished, glaring at the two Cyberspace Pokemon as she came over.

"Thank Arceus you're all safe!" Dracovish sobbed happily as he chomped on James' ankle given he was still on his Mantine.

"Speaking of the Wiki-Tiki, where'd he go?"

"What happened to him?" Sophocles and Kiawe quizzed, the former on Shadow and the latter on his Charizard after calling him.

"We don't know, he just vanished after he crashed into this reef," Race admitted as the pups sniffed around the lagoon for any trace of the Wiki-Tiki.

"They're right. We don't know what to tell you, guys. The Wiki-Tiki did crash into the reef bordering this lagoon but when we came here, there was no sign of the creep anywhere," Aqua replied, shrugging.

"We can't sniff him out, either."

"Must be because of the salty air from the ocean blocking out his scent," Chase and Cadence sighed, grumbling slightly over not finding his trail in the oceanic breeze.

"There's no trace of him anywhere around the edge of this lagoon, either, when we came in," Vikavolt added.

"But, that's impossible! How can that giant hunk of muscle and wood vanish in the blink of an eye after crashing into those rocks we went through?" Braviary frowned as he narrowed his eyes.

"He's gotta be around here somewhere!" Lana fretted.

"Lana's right, everybody! As long as he's on the loose and we're not getting any closer to him, he'll continue to terrorize all of Hanahuna for the pettiest of things and the island will be nothing but a haven for ghosts," Asha reminded.

"But, there was something familiar about that spooky dude while we were fighting him in the waves. The only problem is I can't put my paw on it," Zuma suggested, realizing that there was something off yet familiar about the Wiki-Tiki.

"Well, we can't just stand by on the sidelines and let the Wiki-Tiki continue to do as he pleases to the island and everybody on it. There has to be some way for us to track him down and bring him to justice before he strikes again for the third time," Sarah vowed, knowing they had to do something as the entire group prepared to backtrack to the beach and return to the hotel to rest.

"Come on, let's get back to the hotel. Hopefully, we'll find and ask Manu and Little Jim about what we should do with the Wiki-Tiki," Mallow suggested as the girls and Zuma packed up the water pup's board.


Later that night, everybody returned to the hotel after returning the speedboat and the Mantine they rented to take a rest and prepare to solve the mystery of the Wiki-Tiki again the following day. But, when they arrived back at the building where their hotel room was (which Sarah, Race, and Tsukumaro had enchanted to fit all of them inside after arriving in Hanahuna), planted on the door to their room via a small spear was a brief yet blunt one-word message for the group.

"Hey, guys, look here! It's a message for us," Kiawe called, taking the message and looking at it. "It says, 'begone'."

"What does that mean?" Snotlout puzzled, raising an eyebrow.

"Hello, if it says 'begone', it means 'scram', 'beat it', or 'leave'," sighed Zenna in a leveled yet annoyed tone.

"That doesn't sound too bad but that's not gonna scare us," Sophocles perked up, trying to fight his surfaced fear of ghosts as he put on a brave face.

Activating her Pup Pack Claw and taking the spear from Kiawe, Blue examined it as she explained, "Hmm, judging from the looks of the ancient Hawaiian markings on this tiny spear, I'd have to guess that our friendly neighborhood Wiki-Tiki spirit left us a calling card before we got back."

"So, the spear must be a warning of some kind."

"Or a threat to make us leave or he'll make sure we'll regret crossing paths with him," Tracker and Mudbud said.

"But, why would that crazy Tiki turn his ire on us now?"

"Yeah, you guys gave him a surfing pounding so he wouldn't have any reason to bust us up," Budderball and Rosebud agreed.

"I don't know, you guys. But, I think we'll find out tomorrow when we start looking for him again," Sarah pondered.

"Well, consider us warned, you guys. I say let's split and make our way out of dodge," Rubble whimpered as he and Fishlegs backed up before they bumped into a totem pole.

"Yikes! It's him, the Wiki-Tiki!" Fishlegs squealed.

"WHERE?!" Cookie and Greta shrieked before they retracted into their shells in fright.

While the Hisuian Goodra once again hid in their shells, Rubble and Fishlegs dashed underneath a table but the 'totem pole' they bumped into was actually a trash can designed to look like a totem pole which was proven when an islander that finished his meal threw his trash inside of it via its mouth.

"Boy, you two rascals are jumpier than a kangaroo in the Australian outback," Ryan commented, raising an eyebrow.

"Come on, you two, there's nothing scary about that thing. It's only a trash can humans came up with for the hotel," Keldeo nodded, coming over to the trash can and giving it a tap with his front right hoof.

At that moment, Molly reappeared and tried to act like nothing's wrong despite knowing the danger the Wiki-Tiki presented to her and everyone else, "Why, Alola! I see you all are enjoying yourselves on our little island paradise, especially you, Your Majesties. Are you having fun by any chance?"

"We sure are, Ms. Molly, but we can't help but wonder about a certain something plaguing Hanahuna," Doug brought up as Rubble and Fishlegs were dragged back to the group by Dratini and Meatlug.

"Indeed, but this one wasn't as little as we thought since my husband, our parents, Tsukumaro, and I nearly got ourselves killed by the Wiki-Tiki."

"It seems he's decided to come out and play hardball with us since he found out about our looking for him and took the fight to us earlier today. My family was nearly Tiki bait because of that copped-out muscular architect," Delilah and Sarah confirmed, the latter not happy about her blood family being targeted by the monster of all things.

Molly sighed in defeat despite holding onto her hopes for Hanahuna's fortunes to be turned around as she groaned, "Oh, alright! Alright! I get it now. It's horrible, simply horrible! But, still, somebody's gotta do something! If nothing good happens now, our little town is going to drop from the 10-Best to the 10-Worst list. And, if that happens, I'll be back to selling shoes!"

"Shoes? Come on, Molly, that sort's not all bad," Nikki retorted, earning a comic rimshot from Zorua and a deadpanned glare from Molly.

"But, we got the big deal involving our new friend, Spherialla, and her children and the creep scaring everybody in Hawaii. And, soon, we're going to stop this Wiki-Tiki madness, once and for all."

"There's got to be a way for us to find out more about the Wiki-Tiki before he strikes again when we least expect it," Ash and Kiawe put in, much to Molly's chagrin.

"Would you all please stop saying 'Wiki-Tiki' even for one minute? It's been 'Wiki-Tiki' this, 'Wiki-Tiki' that, it's driving me crazy!" she begged, holding her head in exasperation.

Kiawe and Ash were embarrassed as they quickly and awkwardly apologized, "Oh! Uh, sorry!"

"Yeah, our bad..."

"If you want any answers to the Wiki-Tiki and where your friend's remaining children are, you could go and see Auntie Mahina. Some say she's lived on the rainy side of our island for over a hundred years," Manu suggested as he and Little Jim reappeared, catching Chase's attention as he quickly narrowed his eyes in suspicion at Manu when he heard a certain tippet from him.

"Who's this Auntie Mahina?" Lana puzzled.

"She's a medicine woman well known among our people, a jungle visionary. It's said that she knows most and sees most," Little Jim informed.

"Dollars to doughnuts, she'll know something about the Wiki-Tiki you're all after," Molly replied rhetorically.

"And, here, I thought she said to us to stop mentioning Tall, Muscular, and Woody," Star whispered to Cobalt who rolled his eyes and shrugged in agreement.

"Well, Manu, that's a good starting point for us for our next step. If this Auntie Mahina you mentioned can help us learn more about the Wiki-Tiki and possibly give us answers as to where Panthagle and Angietus are, we sure would like to meet her."

"She may be our best bet if we're going to get anywhere closer to solving this mystery," Mallow and Lillie decided.

"That's where it gets tricky from here on out. She's very mysterious, reclusive as recluses can be and she lives out in the deepest, darkest parts of the jungle. She doesn't like to be disturbed to put it lightly," Manu warned, unsure of their efforts to see Auntie Mahina.

"I might be afraid of ghosts but I'm not gonna let that stop me from saving Hanahuna and ruining the surfing contest that's going on from the Wiki-Tiki. Let's go to the jungle and ask Auntie Mahina what she knows about that freak," Zuma vowed determinedly.

"Spoken like a true PAW Patrol pup, Zuma," Ryder smiled proudly at the water pup as the rest of the PAW Patrol agreed.

"If it's the same to you all, Manu, Rubble and I will wait here and keep watch over the place," Fishlegs volunteered worriedly while Rubble nodded fearfully.

"That's too bad, Fishlegs, Rubble. Aside from being a visionary and a medicine woman, she's a good cook and she does make one mean Macadamia Nut Pie," Little Jim interjected with a cheeky smile, getting the pair's interest as well as Barley's at the thought of trying out a new food.

"Macadamia Pie?! I've always wanted to try that, I might even get to try a new recipe out of that!" Barley cheered.

"Yeah, count me in! I want a slice!" Rubble grinned, licking his mouth with hunger and getting laughs out of everybody.

"Manu, would it be alright if you could direct us to her place tomorrow, please?" Lillie asked Manu politely.

"I'm sure you'll be of great help to us if you direct us to where Auntie Mahina lives since you probably know the island better than we do," Sarah added.

"Well, I can't make any promises, you two. But, I'll do what I can," Manu stated, agreeing to go with the heroes.


The following morning, the heroes and Manu got up bright and early and they made their way into the deepest and darkest parts of the jungle to see Auntie Mahina aboard the Claw Patroller to ask her about both the Wiki-Tiki and the current whereabouts of Panthagle and Angietus.

"Great vehicle, Sarah. Digging the modern mobile caravan aesthetic but I'm not sure about the colors," Manu praised, seemingly impressed by the Claw Patroller.

"Works for me but I appreciate the honesty," chuckled the little princess as MK-1 drove everybody along the path to the jungle where Auntie Mahina lives.

"Still, I appreciate what you're all doing to help me find Snookie and save Hanahuna, especially given the danger we're all in."

"Danger's my middle name, never get tired of it when it comes looking for me."

"I thought it was 'Island Girl' when I first bumped into you," Race joked, making everybody laugh while Sarah blushed with embarrassment, sulking.

"But, seriously, it does make me wonder how there could be any people that would benefit somehow from the madness the Wiki-Tiki is making which I find absolutely crazy," Hayden admitted.

"Well, who are they?" Skye questioned.

"There was Nikki's old friend, Jared Moon, since he was making a killing selling those charms that are supposed to protect people from that wood-faced freak," Rocky told her.

"Yeah, but what about Reuben Laluna?"

"If he has his sights set on acquiring property, then he can't think of a better way than to scare everybody off the island, right?" Heart and Tail theorized.

"Not so fast, you guys. Reuben may be a slick businessman but he was just as frightened as everybody else when the Hohona Lohavas attacked the luau the night before yesterday and if they showed up again, Jared would also be flipping his lid," Chase interjected doubtfully.

"But, if it's not Jared and not Reuben, who else could it be?" Leo questioned.

"Make a right up there, that's the path that'll take us to the area where Auntie Mahina is," Manu informed as the group came up to a fork that showed a smoother path to the left and a bumpier path on the right.

"But, there's no road leading us to her," Nikki pointed out.

"We can't let that stop us."

"He's got a point there," Lana nodded admittingly.

"Okay, everybody, hold on! MK-1, activate extendable wheels, we're going to do a little jungle bumping!" Sarah called to MK-1 who barked affirmingly and activated the Claw Patroller's extendable wheels, allowing the group to traverse the path they were now on through the urban jungle before they came up to a hidden grove of thick trees including a hefty throng of bamboo stalks.

"This is it, gang. We walk from here," Manu stated as they arrived at their intended area.

For the rest of the way, the group left the Claw Patroller behind and went the rest of the way on foot with Manu taking the lead as he hacked the immense throngs of brush, vines, and trees blocking their path with a hatchet he brought along. The others followed close behind with Sarah and Race riding on Silvally and Tou-Tou, the gang aboard Nebby's back, Nikki and James on Mudsdale, and Donna and Delilah riding on Stoutland and Rapidash. As for David, Doug, and Tsukumaro, while the former king stayed close to his wife to watch over her and help Stoutland make sure she didn't fall off of him, Doug and Tsukumaro brandished their swords and helped Manu cut through the trees, brush, and vines blocking the way.

"Sir Manu, where do you suppose this Auntie Mahina of yours lives precisely if she's in here?" Tsukumaro inquired.

"Mainly, she lives at the base of Monkey Island just north of here. If we keep going and be as careful as possible, we might reach her," Manu replied.

"Boy, I sure would hate to get lost in a creepy place like this if I was going alone."

"Me, too. I hate being somewhere dense and thick, we get lost pretty easily," Ash and Pikachu breathed, looking around the jungle before they noticed some bananas close by as the group went along and they picked some before eating them.

"No problem, I've been roaming this island for years. You're all not gonna get lost while I'm around," Manu reassured with a small smile before he heard something and halted everybody. "Shh, did you hear that?"

"Hear what?" gulped Ash, Sophocles, Rubble, and Fishlegs as they soon held each other.

"¡Venga ya! Are you serious about that?" Tracker whispered, twitching his ears to hear what Manu just heard. Manu just nodded to the jungle pup as he soon heard a familiar growling noise fast approaching them before he said, "It's him."

"I don't hear anything," Tracker quipped suspiciously as he didn't hear a growling sound although Manu remained undeterred.

"You mean-?" Rubble gulped fearfully.

"Yes, he's here! The Wiki-Tiki, run!" Manu urged as everybody ran back the way they came but Sarah (who became even more suspicious) and Silvally (who was not so easy to scare) stayed behind, realizing that something was off with how Manu acted and how the Wiki-Tiki didn't show up to attack them.

"There's something fishy about this and that guy earlier, Mother," Silvally whispered.

"Me, too. The Wiki-Tiki didn't appear so something's not right. You join the others and I'll scout on ahead, I got an idea," Sarah replied in agreement, quickly jumping off of her Synthetic Pokemon and turning herself into a garden snake before they parted ways as she slithered off.

With the others, they were running for their lives but Manu suddenly stopped as he backtracked and prepared to go forward again, supposedly wanting to confront the Wiki-Tiki and get Snookie back from him before she could be his sacrifice.

"Hey, Manu! Are you crazy?"

"What are you doing?!" gasped Kiawe and Zorua.

"Keep going and don't stop until you get back to your truck! I'm going to do what must be done and get my Snookie!" Manu replied boldly before he went off on his own, slicing through every bush, tree, and plant in his way to confront the Wiki-Tiki.

"And, there he goes," Lolita groaned from his recklessness.

"I'm starting to see much of your caretaker in him, my daughter," Persian admitted.

"Manu!"

"Come back!"

"Don't do anything crazy, you can't go after him alone!" Lana, Mallow, and Lillie screamed.

The group went back to Manu as fast as they could but they soon heard him screaming and a menacing growl and roar that followed as they got closer to his current location (while Silvally managed to regroup with them after slipping into the trees and quietly rejoined them when they least expect it). But, when they arrived, all they could find of him was a destroyed and bent hatchet and a piece of his shirt amidst a destroyed palm tree.

"He's gone!" gasped Lana as Tsukumaro picked up his shirt piece.

"By the looks of it, somehow, the Wiki-Tiki's finally gotten hold of him just as he did with Ms. Snookie," Tsukumaro deduced, eyeing the shirt piece suspiciously.

"Hey, guys! Over here, come see what we found!"

"Quick, quick!"

"Hurry!"

"Check this out!"

"Come on, you guys!" Angel, Rosebud, and the Poms called out as Ryan and the rest of the Buddies waved everyone over to their spot.

Quickly, the rest of the heroes joined them but when they did, they were shocked and horrified to see a female Pyroar. But, it looked as though the female Royal Pokemon was badly wounded as it was covered in a myriad of scrapes, bruises, and claw marks that looked as though they had been made by a monster that attacked it without warning.

"Another Pyroar!"

"And, a female, no doubt!" gasped Turtonator and Kiawe's Pyroar in shock and disbelief.

"Oh, man! Look at her!"

"Who could've done such a terrible thing?" Danny and Danielle gulped at the female Pyroar's wounds.

"Come on, Sissy! Let's give her a hand!"

"Right!"

"I'll help, too!"

"Me, too!" Seth, Shaymin, Audino, and Slurpuff said as they went over to the female Pyroar and used Heal Pulse and Aromatherapy on her wounds while Race joined them and brought out some Manuka Honey that he bought from one of Hanahuna's shops on them before he bandaged them up.

"Her wounds were nasty but they're not life-threatening, thankfully. She'll need to rest before we ask her anything," Race told everyone.

Then, without warning, the Poms and the Buddies along with Tracker, Cadence, and Chase decided to sniff around the area for any familiar scents that could be clues as to what happened with Manu but when they managed to catch his scent, they found another scent with it which was one that everybody's familiar with.

"What got you, pups?"

"You smell something?" Ryder and Marshall asked them.

"Manu's scent, he was definitely here when he was attacked."

"Definitely!"

"Yeah!" the Poms nodded eagerly.

"Si el mismo aroma," Tracker nodded in agreement.

"Hmm... Interesting," Harmony mused, her suspicions about the Wiki-Tiki growing.

But, there was no time to further think about it because as Sophocles looked between everyone, he noticed that there was one member of their party missing, "Uh, guys, I don't want to alarm you all right now... But, where's Sarah?!"

"WHAT?!" cried everybody safe for the Poms, the Buddies, Tracker, Chase, and Cadence as they sniffed some more and found her scent.

"That's impossible!"

"Don't tell us the Wiki-Tiki got her, too!"

"No!" Mallow, Lillie, and Lana cried, fearing the worst for Sarah.

"No way, not with her powers and her martial prowess! Master's more than a match for that stupid Tiki crapshoot!" Hashimoto dismissed adamantly.

"I doubt even the Wiki-Tiki could take her down no matter how hard he tries," Ching Wan agreed, sharing his brother's sentiments.

"Everybody relax, she was just here a minute ago," Cadence informed.

"Yeah, we can smell her clearly. And, it's as though she's still with us right now," Chase confirmed as Tracker, the Poms, and the Buddies nodded in agreement.

"But, if Sarah's still here and she wasn't captured by the Wiki-Tiki, where is she?" Frosmoth inquired before everybody heard some tiny hisses and a harmless white garden snake slithered up to them.

"WHITE SNAKE!" Ash and the Pokemon School Gang shrieked before they did a double take and saw the snake more closely. "Huh, white?!"

The snake hissed with a knowing nod before it eventually morphed and Sarah reappeared before everybody, "Hi, fellas, sorry for scaring ya."

"Sarah! Girl, what were you doing?! We all just busted about thinking you were snagged by our neighborhood Tiki mascot after it captured Manu, and yet, here you are slithering like a white jungle worm without a care in the world!" ranted Liberty despite feeling relieved to see her owner unharmed.

"By golly, girlfriend! You scared the living daylights out of most of us, even me in my skin-tight leather fox pants! What's with all your slitherin' about like Slytherin?" Angel added.

Sarah frowned suspiciously as she informed everyone, "I did a little digging after you guys were scrambling for your lives and let's just say, I've made quite the development regarding this case. What's more, I think what Manu told us about the Wiki-Tiki might have a few holes in it."

This piqued the group's interest as they realized they might finally have a lead in the Wiki-Tiki case and Sophocles asked, "What kind of development?"

"Can't we go back to the hotel now?" Fishlegs asked nervously as he and Rubble reappeared from their hiding spot in the trees.

"We can't back out now, we've got to find Manu and Snookie and bring the Wiki-Tiki to justice," Race frowned.

"We were afraid you'd say that," Rubble mumbled just as the female Pyroar groaned and came to, finally opening her eyes and lifting her head before she hissed in pain and laid it back on the ground.

Kion and Kiara quickly went over to the female Pyroar and gently soothed her when she tried to get up, "Hey, Miss! What's wrong, you alright?"

"No! Don't move, don't get up! You're in pain..."

The female Pyroar soon resigned herself to remaining on the ground as she slowly opened her eyes and saw the heroes, Kiara, and Kion looking down at her worriedly, not having the energy to back away from them just as a deeply concerned Totem Luxray and Ranya carefully approached her.

"Oh, oh dear..." Ranya breathed worriedly.

"Young Miss, please tell us. What exactly happened to you and who was the monster responsible for making you like this?" Luxray cooed gently, giving what looked like a fatherly stare towards the injured Fire Type, allowing her to relax as she slowly began to tell her story.

"...W-Well, you see," she began.


(Flashback)

Before coming across the heroes by accident, the wild female Pyroar was once part of a Pyroar pride comprised of four other females and a single adult male living peacefully near Mount Pulanana. The only male among them was a kindhearted ruler who ruled for four years among them, making him eight years old and long past his prime. Despite this, they didn't have any Litleo cubs yet but they all planned to have them soon. However, their peaceful tranquility was about to be rudely interrupted when...

"Knock-Knock~!" a loud roar came, shocking the small pride as they saw a scarred Male Pyroar who was flanked by two males on both sides of him. "Alrightly, fellas! Playtime's over, mainly for you ladies!"

"Who are you?!"

"What are you doing here?!" two of the female Pyroars bellowed as the male Pyroar leader came up to the three rogues.

"Young men, good day and welcome to you. I do not appreciate you trespassing as you did but what brings you here?" growled the male pride leader as he stood between the two female Pyroar who were his mate and her sister.

"What else, you old geezer? I want your girls to establish my own pride."

"Oh? Young man, if you wanted to have any women in your pride, you should really know better. If you don't give women and others the proper respect they deserve, how would you get anywhere with them?"

"Shut up! I'm not interested in your excuses, I want your girls now. I've been beaten twice by some upstart nobodies but I'm not going to let that happen a third time so I figured your girls would be much easier targets for me!"

"...My boy, you seem to have got it all wrong. My girls, my sister, and my mate and I wouldn't dare be separated from each other as long as you're planning to be friends with us and a part of our family. You can take my word and I speak for them and I'll gladly support whatever decisions they make if they decide to go with you or not."

"Enough! I'm going to make sure my own pride is a reality so hand your ladies over or else!"

"Or else?"

"Or else I'll take them all by force and tear you apart!"

"Young man, our methods for bringing in everybody to our own families may be different but that's no cause to fight. Such quarrels are trivial and they won't get us anywhere. And, besides, Hawaii and the neighboring region of Alola stress 'Ohana' where everyone is family and nobody gets left behind or forgotten. Why live through survival of the fittest?"

"Hmph, it's not that easy."

"Young man, I insist-"

"Your girls?"

By now, the male Pyroar pride leader realized that peaceful talks weren't getting anywhere with the scarred rogue and he glared hard at the intruders before he told the scarred leader, "Listen, you petulant brat, I've talked it over with my mate, her sister, and the other two long before you three came here. The girls have made their choice to not go with anybody who has a black heart such as yours and to stay with me, especially if there would be fools like you making trouble for them."

"...So, you want to play hardball, do you?" seethed the scarred Pyroar with fury before... "COME OUT!"

Gleeful laughing was soon heard as the wild Pyroar pride looked around for the source until they gasped in shock, fear, and outrage to see a clan of twenty hyenas coming from behind him who were led by a familiar hyena trio who were glaring at them: Gabi, Bertholdt, and Reiner.

The female Pyroar all gasped again but the male snarled, "You! You joined forces with those imbeciles, your own natural enemies?"

The scarred Pyroar just cackled before he glared again and made his own point clear, "I'll do whatever it takes to finally have my own pride. If it means I have to join forces with these bags of funny bones, so be it as long as I give them all the prey they want and allow them to take what they want. Above all, I want my own pride right now... Heh, and nobody, not even you, is going to stop me!"

The male pride leader seethed at the sight of the opposing force before him and his pride and realizing that they needed help, he quickly eyed his mate beside him from his right, "Rive, I'll deal with them myself. Take your sisters and make a run for it."

The male's mate closest to him, Rive, looked aghast as she spluttered in horror, "...What?"

"You and your sisters mean the world to me and I can't have you fall into the hands of that monster nor would I allow you to risk your lives and your personal safety. Go," the pride leader urged, nudging her away from him before she looked toward her sisters from her right.

They looked back at her, wondering what she would do but she looked back to her mate and nodded, quickly urging them to run as they prepared to make their escape.

"Stop them! They're preparing to escape!" the scarred Pyroar bellowed, alerting a wild Exploud and Hariyama as they appeared and blocked the females' path which forced Rive to knock them away with Giga Impact.

"Go!" she shouted to her sisters as they made their escape.

"You Arceus-damned wench! Your hubby will suffer for this, you mark my master's words!" Hariyama snarled as he got back up and used Belly Drum to strengthen his attack power before he unleashed Close Combat and caught up to the female Pyroar and Rive, striking them hard and sending them flying away from their home, leaving the latter's mate to an unknown fate.

(End Flashback)


"After that, I blacked out. I don't know what I'm supposed to do now," the female Pyroar, Rive, finished tearfully.

"Scarred Pyroar?"

"Three hyenas?" Sarah and Blitz echoed before they pointed at each other and to Kion and Totem Luxray as they snarled in disgust, all four of them knowing exactly who the culprits were.

"Scar and his posse/Gabi, Bertholdt, and Reiner!"

"So, Scar and his gang's back in action, huh?" Kiawe grumbled, punching his right fist into his left hand.

"And, this scarred fur bag's now with Gabi, Bertholdt, and Reiner after all this time?" Sho sighed in anger and exasperation.

"I thought they would've hightailed it out of the Twilight Temple after it was burned down because of that stupid fire curse one of the Black Dragons pulled out," Nyasi mumbled in frustration as he crossed his arms.

"Oh, brother! Just when you thought you had enough of those stooges when they went off like a blip on the radar," Appletun groaned.

"Can someone please explain to us what you're all talking about?" Delilah piped up in bewildered confusion.

"Yeah, you guys mind fillin' us in on this story of yours?" Liberty added in agreement.

"It's a long story, Mom, Liberty. We'll tell you and everybody else about it all later but now we have three problems to deal with. One: we need to stop the Wiki-Tiki and figure out where he has Snookie and Manu; Two: we still have to find out where Panthagle and Angietus could be at this point; And, three: we need to help Rive and her sisters stop Scar, Gabi, Reiner, and Bertholdt, and save her mate from who knows what they'll do to him," Sarah replied.

"But, what about Scar? We need to put him and his gang down for good before we deal with Talk, Dank, and Ugly!" Piplup urged.

"Yeah!" Fennekin, Phanpy, and Cyndaquil chimed in.

"Piplup's right, Momma, that meanie's too dangerous to be roaming around the island or anywhere else if he's that cruel," Altaria agreed as she spoke to Sarah.

"We'll help you deal with Scar and those fools of his along with the hyenas, Rive. What happened to your mate?" Nala asked the wild female Pyroar.

Rive broke down as she quietly sobbed, not wanting to think about what happened to her mate after she and her sisters barely escaped with their lives. Realizing that she was fearing the worst for her mate and unable to answer the group, Ranya went over to Rive and nuzzled her gently to soothe her of the trauma she was going through.

"It's okay, dear... We'll help you save your mate and take back your home," she cooed warmly.

"Scar's going to regret doing what he did to you all."

"And, Gabi, Reiner, Bertholdt, and the other hyenas, too!" Kovu and Simba vowed.

"Rive!"

"Sister!"

"Are you okay?"

"Where are you?" shouted four voices that got Rive's attention as she and everybody else turned to their right to find four equally wounded but still alive female Pyroars staggering through the bushes a few feet from them.

Rive recognized them with relief as her sisters as she called out to them, "Girls! I'm over here!"

Her younger sisters noticed Rive being cared for when they saw the bandages and her current condition and they immediately limped over to her, nuzzling her with great relief, especially over the fact that they were all together again.

"Sister, thank Arceus you're okay! We were so worried about you!" her youngest sister breathed with happiness and relief.

"Well, now, that Rive and her sisters are back, if we see Scar and his crew around, it'll be payback time before he knows it," Tyson quipped.

"But, the big question concerning our real mystery is this: how exactly are we going to find Manu? The jungle's too dense for us to traverse through and we still need to find Auntie Mahina," Nikki pointed out, gesturing to the jungle around them.

"You leave that to us."

"We're not Search & Rescue Pups for nothing."

"Arf! Activate, drones!" Mei and Trooper grinned as they activated their spy drones to help them guide everybody to Auntie Mahina as they took the lead.

"To the base of Monkey Mountain!"

"Forward, march!"

Together, with Mei, Trooper, and their drones leading the way, the group, now joined by Rive and her sisters, made their way toward Auntie Mahina's place while making sure they avoided any unexpected disturbances and obstacles, watching the branches and leaves on the trees above them. All while they do so to the tune of a song by Zipp and Hitch.

(MLP: Tell Your Tale - Don't Lose Your Groove (ft. Zipp Storm & Hitch Trailblazer))

Hitch: Sometimes, we get lost in the new~ (in the new)

And, we forget what we love to do~ (what we love to do)

Zipp: You gotta reignite the spark in you~ (Hitch: In you)

On the way, Petunia babbled happily as she noticed a rabbit hole and cutely jumped into it, making the others look on in surprise (or in the case of Rive and her sisters, absolute bewilderment and shock). The baby dragon babbled as she blissfully ran through the rabbit hole and passed a couple of bunnies in the process, reaching the other side and being grabbed by her human mother who was amused by her pension for exploring.

Yeah! Come on, pony, let me walk you through

First step, you gotta find your rhythm

Soon, the heroes, Rive, and her sisters came across a river as they (save for the Water Type Pokemon, Hydro, and Hurricane who swam through or walked over the water) hopped along some rocks to the other side of the river before they jumped onto a hollowed-out log, the log moving downstream as Sarah and her friends laughed from the ride while it followed the current, leaving Tsukumaro and Sarah's blood family feeling nervous about the experience.

The little princess helped to steer the log so they'd avoid crashing into some rocks they'd come up against with her powers and before long, her godfather and blood family started to relax and have fun with everyone else, even treating the upcoming waterfall like it was a rollercoaster slope as they fell and landed in the water. From that, they all laughed as they reached the shore and got off the log.

Hitch and Zipp: Don't lose your groove

Keep your attitude

Now, we're all just livin' it up

We're here, we're just havin' fun

Don't lose your groove

It's what makes you you (Hitch: It's what makes you you)

Continuing to follow Mei, Trooper, and their drones, the heroes came across a fallen tree that blocked the path leading to Auntie Mahina's place but that didn't stop Sarah from smiling and winking at Petunia. The baby dragon babbled happily with a nod as she giggled and waddled over to the tree and used her dragon fire on it, turning it into a cluster of Pinap, Oran, and Nanab berries, making everybody laugh again (and getting a few giggles out of Rive and her sisters as they slowly became accustomed to the zany antics of their new friends and saviors). They soon continued on their way but not before Barley, Fishlegs, Meatlug, Ash, Sophocles, Pikachu, Togedemaru, and Vikavolt nabbed some berries to munch on while stowing some more in the bags the two students, dragon, and Viking brought along while Barley stuffed a sack of them in his Pup Pack (planning to use them for his cooking later).

You'll always find your way back

So, pony, have fun with that

Like, uh, uh-huh-huh-huh

Then, they came to a rickety old bridge over the same river they crossed over and rode through via the log they used. The bridge looked ready to fall apart which prompted Mei and Trooper to stop everyone as they saw how unstable it was in its current condition. However, the little princess was undeterred as she brought out Cosmic Grace and pointed it to the bridge, the sword glowing brightly and like before when she and her family followed Gladion and Lillie at the Altar of the Sunne, creating a rainbow bridge that replaced the old one.

Everybody was amazed by this but Sarah smiled thankfully at her father's heirloom as she then gestured for everybody to cross the bridge, allowing everybody to make it to the other side as it didn't break under their combined weight.

Zipp: Find your groove, get back to it-back to it

Hitch and Zipp: Uh, uh-huh-huh-huh

Zipp: Find your groove, get back to it now

As the heroes continued on their way to Auntie Mahina's place, the results of their jungle trek finally bore fruit. Without warning, Mei and Trooper noticed their Pup Tags blinking with a red light and they saw a similar light flashing from the drones as they beeped, telling the pups that they were getting closer to their destination and the answers to the mysteries they were looking for.

"We're almost there!"

"Auntie Mahina's place is right over there, come on!" they called as the group followed the pups and their drones, running after them to a dark and creepy jungle glen where an old cabin stood and the woman looking for snored away as she rocked in her rocking chair on the front porch, sleeping.

"Well, there it is," Trooper confirmed.

"How do you children know that?" Rive questioned as they all went over to Auntie Mahina.

Mei told the female Pyroar, "Because her cabin is just in front of us over there, and Auntie Mahina is on the front porch, sleeping in her chair."

"Man, that's one loud snore if I ever heard one," snorted Camo.

"And, she's quite the Numu if any of us ever seen one since coming to Hawaii," admitted Rose.

"Isn't that why she's a shaman?"

"Yeah, she's supposed to be amongst the eccentric ones," replied Zorya and Hawkeye.

"Excuse us! Auntie Mahina, we came here to ask you a few questions," called Sarah, waking up the eccentric shaman as she spluttered and saw that she had some company coming to see her.

Her intrigue was soon piqued when she noticed the Alolan Royal Family amongst her guests and greeted them all warmly, "Well! Aloha, children, Your Majesties! How kind of you to visit me and my loneliness. It's not every day when I'd host a royal family and their friends and their special creatures from Hawaii's neighboring region. What can Auntie Mahina do for ou all?"

"We wanted to talk to you about the Wiki-Tiki," Lillie informed her.

"The Wiki-Tiki?" Auntie Mahina echoed in surprise.

"Right. Manu Tuiama, the Kahuna of Hanahuna, was bringing us to you but he was kidnapped by the Wiki-Tiki along the way," Kiawe nodded.

Auntie Mahina gasped, "The Wiki-Tiki took Manu?"

"In addition to Snookie, his girlfriend. And, that's not all, we're also looking for Panthagle and Angietus, the sons of our friend, Spheriallia," Hiccup added just as the Vitality Spirit Pokemon floated over to the shaman who smiled warmly as they shared a hug.

"Aloha, Mahina," Spherialla smiled.

"Little Spherialla, seeing you always bring a warm Hawaiian smile to Auntie Mahina's face. I hope you and your boys are still doing well even after the Wiki-Tiki is terrorizing our island."

"Little Spherialla?!"

"You mean you know Spherialla?" blinked a surprised Ash and Lana.

"My children and I have been visiting Auntie Mahina for some time to accompany her and take her mind off her loneliness. She's such a wonderful dear, always willing to help us whenever we need to sort out our worries," Spherialla explained before she turned to her old friend. "We're sorry to trouble you, Mahina. But, as Ms. Lillie and Mr. Sophocles said, we want to know where my first sons are as well as any information about the Wiki-Tiki. Will you please help us?"

Auntie Mahina hummed thoughtfully for a moment before she nodded to the little Pokemon and gestured for her, her children, and the humans to join her in her cabin, "For this, I must consult the bones. Come, children."

"Hold up, did, you just say...bones?"

"I think it's similar to what our wise woman, Gothi, does back home," Hiccup and Astrid blinked as Auntie Mahina put some bone and dust into a small pan.

"That sounds like a 'Yes'."

"A definite 'Yes' from a spiritual sense, guys," Toothless and Astrid put in as Auntie Mahina got an answer.

"...The Wiki-Tiki is angry," she told the heroes.

"Wait a minute, why would Mr. Wiki be angry all of a sudden?"

"It makes no sense for a creep like him to go bananas over a surfing contest," Ruffnut and Tuffnut puzzled in confusion.

"It is not just a surfing contest, you nincompoops! The Big Kahuna of Hanahuna has to be born of Hawaiian blood for our people's ancients have been riding longboards into the heavens, crashing waves, always of Hawaiian blood," the shaman replied indignantly, startling the Viking twins.

"She's right, you guys. After all, the Hawaiians are responsible for inventing surfing in the first place," Sarah reminded, getting a nod of approval from Auntie Mahina.

"Since it was first invented, we called our surfing 'He'e Nalu' or 'Wave-sliding'. The Wiki-Tiki believes that since they first started arriving, the mainlanders have come to ruin our beloved island," Mahina continued as she grabbed some pellets and threw them into the pan, creating a blue fire that shook up Fishlegs, Rubble, and the Viking twins, the former two more so than the latter pair. "Unless his anger is appeased and he is pacified, the Wiki-Tiki will have his vengeance!"

She then proceeded to chant in Hawaiian as she performed a ritual to contact the spirits as everybody watched on, leaving Snotlout to squirm and remark, "I wish she wouldn't do that..."

"Ditto, she's giving me the creeps."

"I'm with you, man," Hookfang and Vikavolt cringed.

"If the ancient mythology concerning him is true, then indeed would the Wiki-Tiki sacrifice Manu and Snookie, by throwing them into the heart of Mount Pulanana."

"Oh, no!"

"That's crazy!"

"H-He can't do that!"

"We gotta do something!" Nikki, Bella, Zircon, and Asha gasped.

"We have to get to Mount Pulanana and stop him before Manu and Snookie are toast!" Fennekin agreed.

"But, what about Spherialla's first sons?"

"Yeah, we can't get to Mount Pulanana without anything on them!"

"They might be in trouble, too!" Sophocles, Ash, and Lillie put in.

Auntie Mahina nodded understandably as she told the group, "Fear not, my friends, for the cries of Panthagle and Angietus have been warnings to you as the spirits told me. Their seal is beginning to weaken after all these years and once it breaks, their unbridled rampage will be unmatched once more unless the darkness is purged out of their pure hearts. You've no time to waste, you must go and find the entrance to his lair and enter through the mountain if they all are to be saved."

"Through Mount Pulanana's dark caves where one of them will take us to his lair and where we'll find my boys, Master Manu, and Ms. Snookie?" Spherialla breathed as Mahina gently rubbed her right cheek.

"Yes, only then will you all be able to save Manu, Snookie, and your sons, my friend. But, I warn you again, you must hurry for you not much time until the hour of human sacrifices comes and the seal you've placed on your boys will eventually fade away."

"Oh, great," sighed Fishlegs in exasperation.

"Now, go! You all must face him with courage in your hearts. And, take this," Mahina finished as she handed Race what looked to be a charm made in the shape of the Wiki-Tiki. "This charm that I made is filled with the extract of the Bolan Gawana Root. The ancients of old used it to repel spirits and it is the only thing that works against that vile creature."

"Uh, thanks for the...charm, Miss," Race thanked awkwardly.

"Oh, yeah! Before we go, Little Jim mentioned that you cooked up a Macadamia Nut pie. Did you happen to bake one today?" Sophocles then mentioned.

"Yeah, is there still some left?" Fishlegs piped up brightly.

"Ugh, how can you guys think of food at a time like this?!" grumbled Harmony.

"We practice," Sophocles deadpanned at her.

"Yes, children, I did," Auntie Mahina confirmed as she showed the pair and Rubble and Barley (who joined them) a pie tin only to show that it was empty as she cheekily ate the whole thing herself. "And, I must say, it was delicious!"

Fishlegs, Rubble, and Sophocles fainted as Auntie Mahina laughed but Barley glared at her as he grumbled in annoyance, "Thanks a lot!"

However, his mood would soon make a complete 180 as Auntie Mahina quietly beckoned him over to listen to her, and he obliged, allowing her to whisper the recipe for the pie to him. The bakery pup's eyes widened with delight as he listened carefully and he quietly nodded, swiftly writing down the recipe and putting it in his Pup Pack as Sophocles, Fishlegs, and Rubble were snapped out of their stupor before the two of them shared a cheeky high-five.

"We thank you for your service, Auntie Mahina. Now, that we know what we must do, would you mind telling us where we have to go to leave this forest and make our way to the mountain?" Tsukumaro questioned.

"Sure, just take the main road, right over there. If you park your vehicle nearby, you'll find it where the path you took left off," she nodded, directing everybody to the door at the back of the cabin which revealed the road they were on several hours ago.

"No way!"

"Is that what I think it is?" gasped Everest and Skye.

"Dudes, it's the road we were on! And, Manu somehow deliberately led us away from this path earlier this morning!" Zuma gasped in confusion.

"Hey, this is curious! Why would Manu have us take the long way around to Auntie Mahina's place and have us stray away from the main road if it goes along here?" Ryder pondered curiously.

"I have a hunch we'll find that out once we get to Mount Pulanana and find Manu, Snookie, Pathangle, and Angietus."

"And, we'll have to be ready for whatever the Wiki-Tiki throws at us should he know we're on our way to his lair," Blitz and Curly replied.

"That's definitely our best option as of now."

"Then, let's head back to town and the hotel to come up with a plan."

"I just hope the Wiki-Tiki hasn't been on a Howl-O-Scream spree after we left this morning to come here," Pikachu, Primarina, and Turtonator said.