By the time I'd gotten finished with the job, I then returned back to the Guild and I saw that the others had managed to not only get some more Perfect Apples, but they also had done some jobs like I did. And they looked at me with a smile when they finally got a good look at my new headband.
"I didn't realize it at first, but that headband is kind of goofy, heehee!" Diancie giggled when she saw it.
"So am I, honestly," I smiled back at her. "Anyways, the test was a success, but I do know that fighting Bill with this thing is going to be a nearly impossible challenge. We need to be as prepared as a five course feast if we're going to fight him with a smidgeon of confidence," I admitted.
"Right, now let's get to dinner," Kiba smiled as we then went to dinner, but Chatot stopped us from eating so he could deliver some news. And after some uh...
"HEY! Why can't we eat yet?!" Loudred shouted.
"Hey, hey, HEY!" Corphish complained.
"Boo! BOO!' Diglett actually booed him, me then speaking up by turning into an Exploud.
"SHUSH IT UP!" I shouted, everyone then being quiet after.
"Thank you, Liz... we just got word of some news. Another Time Gear has been stolen," Chatot said, everyone being surprised at that.
"What?! I-It wasn't the one at Fogbound Lake, was it?" Sunflora asked in concern.
"No, it wasn't. It was from a place called Limestone Cave. And according to eyewitnesses, the Pokemon was green, bipedal, around the height of a mid-evolution, and had leaves on his head and in his mouth," Chatot said, Kiba frowning at that and staying silent. It was a Grovyle, that much we both knew.
"We'll need to be careful, then. If Bill Cipher is actually in disguise as that Pokemon, who knows what he'd do next?" Wigglytuff asked, me frowning at that.
"I highly doubt that he'd disguise himself as a grass type, Guildmaster," I said, everyone looking at me. "Bill's the kind of villain who would hide amongst the scenery as something scary or something not easily seen. Something that could hide in the shadows. Green isn't that good at blending into dark areas. And if he were the thief, he wouldn't leave witnesses at all. He would kill everyone that saw what he'd done, leaving no stone unturned... in my opinion, if the thief knew the threat that Bill had, then he'd be stealing Time Gears to try and stop him," I said, everyone then looking at me and nodding.
"She makes a valid argument. From your description, this Bill Cipher person is horribly evil. If he were the thief, then it'd definitely be for evil intentions. But if there are witnesses and if he would want to be as hidden as possible, then who knows the thief's true intentions or identity? Regardless, we should not let this hamper our work. On your mark? Get set. CHOW!" Chatot shouted, all of us then eating our fill before then going to bed, Gir then sleeping with me side-by-side and giving me a cuddle hug and speaking to me before we finally fell asleep.
"You very nice, miss Liz... Gir really like nice... Gir want protect from bad Bill... please protect?" Liz asked me, me nodding at her. I'd already been told she saw some of Bill's thoughts accidentally from when she touched Kiba's horn when he shared the thoughts to Dusknoir, which, from what I heard, really rattled the guy. I had to hope he had a new ideal set... but I doubted it.
"I'll protect you until the day I die, Gir, that's a promise," I smiled, us then hugging each other into sleep, the warmth helping me do so much easier.
Meanwhile, back at Fogbound Lake, a lone Pokemon had just completely trounced Uxie's Groudon illusion and was right next to the being of Knowledge.
"I've been told you would arrive, Grovyle," he said, which the Pokemon looked at him in confusion. "I must know if you have met a human named Lisette Funk."
Grovyle was stunned to hear that name. She was alive! It was the greatest sigh of relief he'd ever let out in his entire life. "Yes, I do... I thought I'd lost her in the process... wait... why wouldn't she take the Time Gear?" Grovyle asked.
"At the time, she was with a large group of Pokemon that didn't know about her mission. I was told about the issue of Temporal Tower, and from looking at her thoughts from afar, I know the cause of it is a danger that needs stopped. I will allow you to take the Time Gear without a fight, but ONLY if you allow me to evacuate the Pokemon from the premesis," Uxie said, Grovyle smiling at that with a sigh.
"Liz, thank you..." he thought aloiud before then nodding. "I accept," Grovyle said, Uxie then using his psychic prowess to remove every single Pokemon from the mystery dungeon of Steam Caves and the vicinity of Fogbound Lake and the Foggy Forest. And only after everyone was out of the blast zone did he give the message to Grovyle.
"You're clear, Grovyle... just know that word will spread about this and they may expect me to give a full description. Things will only get more difficult for you in the coming future," Uxie sighed.
"I like a challenge," Grovyle admitted as he then went into the water, swiped the time gear from the center, and escaped from Fogbound Lake and proceeded to rush through the place. "Now, onto the Quicksand Caves... thanks for the head's up, Liz... stay safe..."
While I slept, I had a dream about Bill Cipher and how he had been defeated in the past, it being from when he was tricked into someone else's mind and killed in there by erasing all of that person's memories. And then, I saw into Bill's thoughts during said dream and saw that, according to his thoughts, if EVERY memory of him was eradicated completely, even in his own mind, then he would be completely erased from existence. But, I did see that, in his thoughts, there was a small fraction of something positive... 1/10000th of his mind, he felt a small amount of guilt for his actions. In the deepest recesses of his mind, he still had a kindness to him... but in order to stop him completely, that was the only memory that I had to keep. Literally everything else had to go in order for Bill to be safe. And then, Loudred woke me up.
"GET UP! IT'S MORNING TIME, LAZYBONES!" he shouted, me then getting attacked from a startled Gir before then hugging her tight and her to sigh after.
"Sorry... no used to loud..." she said with a sigh, me smiling at her.
"It's okay, Gir. I'm still not used to it either," Diancie admitted. We then went to morning meeting and, after doing our cheers, I then was about to go up the ladder with my group before Loudred shouted at us.
"HEY! R-I Over HERE!" Loudred shouted, us then going to him in confusion.
"R-I? What's up with that?" I asked him.
"Nevermind THAT! You've got some VISITORS! They're AT the GATE!" he said, me nodding at that as Kiba and Diancie looked confused.
"What kind of visitors?" Kiba asked as we then went to the top and out the gate and saw that our visitors were in the form of the triplets, Marill, and Azurill.
"Oh? Marill, Azurill, Bag, Pick and... uh..." I said, forgetting the middle child's name.
"Hole," he smirked.
"Got it. What's up?" I asked.
"Well... remember when we said we found Azurill's Water Float?" Marill asked, us nodding at that. "We were told it was lying on the ground. We found this instead, written in human English instead of Pokemon English," Marill said, me looking at the five in surprise.
"Got it, let me read," I said as I then read the letter. "The Water Float you wanted so dearly is not here. We have taken it to the deepest part of the Amp Plains. You want it back? Why not go cry to your bigshot friends?! Go ahead, you wimps," the letter said, not even having the decency to have a signature on it.
"Amp Plains?!... No go there, bad place! Bad!" Gir said with fear as she then hid behind Kiba, me sighing at her. I had to wonder if I could go into her head one of these days and help her out, too.
"I tried to go there on my own to find it, even asking the triplets for help... the place is riddled with Electric types, which all humans are weak to, and myself... i-it makes me feel so weak... I can't even help my little brother on my own..." Marill cried, me frowning and simply putting the letter in our jobs.
"I can assure you of this, Marill. We're going to find that Water Float and find the ones responsible and get them some much-deserved comeuppance. Doing this to children? I already have an idea of who wrote this letter, since it reeks of a certain foe that we've encountered before," Kiba admitted. "And we're doing it all for free! We're going to give them what's coming to them and get your item back at the same time!"
"Really?! Yay! I can't thank you enough! I'm so happy, just please, be careful," Azurill said while Marill cried tears of joy instead of sadness, me smiling at them and petting her with a conjured Gardevoir hand.
"You're so cute, and hurting cute things is wrong. We're getting this job done no matter what. Come on, Rainbow Illusion! Let's get prepped up and then head to the Amp Plains! Pre-victory pose time!" I smirked, all of our lot then doing our new pose with Diancie doing a pretty twirl and okay-sign with her fingers and for Gir to get on all fours and literally howl at the sun instead of the moon.
"Um, before you go, may I ask why your Gir friend is all feral and stuff? Not too many humans are like that," Hole asked, which Gir looked at him and then whimpered.
"Amp Plains bad... thunderbolt to head... forget stuff... get bad hurt... rescue by Lop-honey," she said, me smiling at that.
"I can assure you, Gir, that we'll protect you from whatever happens there. And even get you some mental therapy with my new gadget," I said, her smiling at that.
"Thankies... let's go," Gir said, us then getting prepped in the town and also giving our money to the bank before then getting some Reviver Seeds and Cheri Berries for the trip in case of paralyzation. We also headed for Spinda's Cafe and recycled some stuff in order to get a couple more Oran Berries and Apples, our Toolbox now being half-filled with supplies before we set off on our journey to the location of Amp Plains, it being to the far north of the continent and in an area that was filled with rocky crags and thunderstorms.
Once we arrived, we then proceeded to look at the map and we saw that the plains would have a total of 19 floors, with there being a rest point mid-dungeon like at the Steam Caves, which we had noted.
"I have a feeling we might have to have a fight, so we need to come up with a game plan," Kiba said, me nodding.
"You're right. I smell trickery afoot, especially since Team Skull made this note. Think about it, if they did this to get back at us, they wouldn't trick us here to take us on alone. They MUST be expecting someone else to take us out," I said, Gir gasping at that.
"Luxray..." she said, me looking at her in concern as she was sweating all over. "Luxray tribe ahead... m-me with them in past... then bad guys attack... I get blamed... they zapped me... I forget lots..." she said, me giving her a hug and she breathed in and out after.
"Well, now time to set the record straight to them. Let's show them we aren't dangerous and that we're here for good reasons, not bad," I said, the trio nodding as we went through the next few floors, all of our groups having leveled up twice more in the dungeon by the time we reached the deepest parts, where we heard some thunderbolts clattering all around us in the distance.
"Here we are... ah! And that must be the Water Float!" Diancie smirked as we saw that it was right against the cliff to the back of the room. "Let's get it!" Diancie smirked before the entire place became coated in dark cloud cover that made it hard for us to see, which I saw made Gir concerned and afraid.
"You dare to come here to our grounds? Prepare to die," said a very gruff, angry voice, me speaking to them.
"We're here on a rescue mission for a child's toy. We don't know who you are, we just want the item against the cliff wall," I said, which I heard the Luxray growl afterwards.
"Don't make me laugh! You think I'm going to trust you, especially with HER by your side?!" Luxray growled, which made Gir cover her head and for her to get into a fetal position.
"Do you not see what she's doing? She's absolutely horrified of you, shivering in place, unable to fight back one bit. And if you don't believe me, I have a note here, written in human English, about how the toy right against the wall was stolen and sent here," I said, placing it right on the ground. And once I did so, Luxray then swooped in and went to the note, me seeing that his entire group of Luxio were surrounding us with growls as he then read it, me then waiting for what he'd say. After he finished reading it, he then gasped and looked behind him, seeing the sight of the Water Float by the wall.
"Hmph. It appears that you were not lying... but what despicable human would write this letter and try to make us kill you?" Luxray growled. "And why did you bring Gir back here? You don't know what she did to us," Luxray growled.
"From what she said, she was attacked the same as you were that day. And you blamed her completely, zapped her with a thunderbolt, and she's been sent into a near-feral state ever since, unable to speak Pokemon at all," I said, Luxray frowning and then looking at Gir and her to be scared and to try and hide away from him, but Luxray could sniff her from afar. "Hmm... you, psychic Ponyta. Show me her memories," he said, Kiba nodding and then sharing the thoughts that Gir had with Luxray, me deciding to touch the horn to see what Gir saw.
And what I saw? It made me shocked and appalled. The trio of Pokemon that had attacked her was none other than Team AWD and they attacked the lot of them, claiming that they were there for the human and only the human. She tried to fight alongside the Luxray tribe, but she had gotten defeated first and, when she had gone down, the team wanted to steal something they thought she had... she had nothing. And they took out their frustrations on the Luxray and his Luxio tribe, all of them getting so pissed at getting beaten by the trio of powerful fangs and claws, Luxray zapped all of them with a powerful attack in the form of Gigavolt Havoc, which he used with Electrium Z. THAT was the thing that AWD wanted. And after the trio were sent packing, Luxray then zapped Gir, who was already bloody and beaten, and she was only rescued when the tribe left, and Team Charm came in and rescued her...
After Luxray saw the entire scene, from her perspective, he then sighed and shuddered. "I... I apologize, Gir... I thought that, from what they said, they only attacked us because of you... but all they wanted was the Electrium Z that you gifted me... can you possibly forgive me?" Luxray asked in human tongue, Gir sniffing and nodding, but then speaking.
"Water Float... and Team Skull. They bad, they steal it from kids," Gir said, Luxray then grabbing the float and giving it back to us before then looking around the place with his invisible vision... and after looking around enough, he then growled and sent a thunderbolt attack at a boulder nearby, which made the trio gasp in shock (literally) before they then escaped like cowards by skedaddling super fast, me frowning at that.
"STOP MESSING WITH US, YOU SHITHEADS!" I shouted at them before they got completely out of earshot. And after that, Luxray then looked at us with a frown.
"I sense another one coming... I'll allow you to stay for about 10 more minutes... we expect you to be gone by our return... but thanks for clearing everything up, regardless..." Luxray said, before looking at his kin and speaking. "Come," he said as the tribe then hopped away and for Dusknoir to appear and looking at the sight of the group leaving with surprise.
"I... I am impressed. You didn't need my help at all, did you?" he asked, me shaking my head no.
"I had a feeling that the ones responsible were not the ones who would fight us. They knew that we were expecting them, but I had a feeling that they would go for the 'have another person kill you' kind of trick. And, hey, they did try to fake us out by writing the note in human English, so good effort, but I just spoke as best as I could. I knew if I said one wrong sentence, I'd have gotten mauled... let's head back to town," I said, everyone nodding as Gir had no hesitation with using her badge immediately to escape, her fear being extremely palpable.
"Bad place... bad memories..." she said, me frowning at that as I then proceeded to look at the others with seriousness.
"I need to do something to help Gir out. You all can go give the 'rill' brothers their Water Float back, right?" I asked, Kiba nodding as I pointed to my head so he could read my thoughts. I told him not to mention a thing about my Dimensional Scream or me being human. And he nodded at me. I then took Gir to the beach and sighed at her, especially since she was still scared stiff. "Gir, I'm going to ask if I can use this to go into your mind. I want to try and fix whatever happened to your psyche... will you let me?" I asked, her gulping at that.
"P-Please... please yes..." she said, me nodding as I then pushed the button on the door and I then felt myself enter the mind of my fellow human... and upon arrival, I saw the place looked to have a shattered look to it, with the entire place being a swirly world of mutiple different areas in her mind, with the most far one in the distance being the sight of the Amp Plains and for the sights of giant dark Luxio watching from the distance.
"Okay, time to start the repair job... godspeed, Gir," I sighed as I then trekked through the brain of the broken human.
Kiba really had to hope that Liz would be able to help Gir out. He felt really bad for her when she was absolutely freaking out in the Amp Plains, especially when Luxray tried to approach her. And Diancie was concerned as well, but more for Dusknoir being in her presence. She couldn't quite place it, but something felt off about him... he looked a bit more reserved than the last they'd met. And after the group had met back up with the children and gave them back the Water Float at the Kecleon Wares, the duo were filled with tears.
"Not just once do you help us, but twice... we can't even begin to thank you enough!" Marill smiled with tears of joy in his eyes as Azurill then wore the Water Float happily, placing it on his tail tightly so it wouldn't float away in the water when he played in it next.
"No big deal, it's what Rescue Teams do. And besides, seeing Team Skull run for the hills again was perfect, especially when we discovered they were the ones who stole the Water Float and were hoping for a tribe of Luxio and a Luxray to kill us off. Seriously, our leader, Liz's skills in speech are amazing," Diancie smirked at them.
"Liz, huh?" Dusknoir asked, him thinking on that. He knew that name, but he had to wonder if it was the same... but even then, he knew that this wasn't the issue that needed addressing. If the monster in Bill Cipher were to make the future paralyzed, who knew what would happen to anyone? He had to stop him, even if it meant he'd end up getting erased from history.
"Is something on your mind, Dusknoir?" the green Kecleon asked.
"Nothing, it isn't important. I was just meditating on something," he admitted, Kiba smiling.
"Regardless, thanks for checking up on us, Dusknoir. As Liz said, if she said even one wrong thing to that tribe of Pokemon, then we probably would've gotten ripped apart," Kiba smirked.
"By the way, where is Liz? And her friend Gir?" the purple Kecleon asked.
"Well, she happened to get a weird dream the other night where she was actually contacted by the one who previously defeated Bill Cipher... from what I saw in her thoughts, this person, called Rosie D, had managed to make Bill revert to an infant, thinking that it'd do the trick. But he's spent centuries in this world since then, gaining his powers back as well as his memories... she gave Liz a special invention from her world that can go into someone else's mind. She's probably going to try and help Gir regain her sanity back, since the Luxio tribe were the ones that made her mind broken and feral in the first place," Kiba sighed.
"You mean that silly headband with the rectangle on it? It looks so bizarre, but it does look cool," Marill smirked.
"This person, Rosie D... would she happen to be a human, per chance?" Dusknoir asked.
"Yes, she was. Not only that, but she's the most powerful psychic human in her world," Kiba smirked. "She was able to actually defeat not only Bill, but other powerful demons, including one that outranked Bill in that world, as it was more easily able to contain the latter's powers... this one, though? Bill has way more power in it."
"I see... would I be able to ask if Liz is a... um..." Dusknoir was going to ask before Kiba frowned and looked in his mind... and when he did, he gawked at how Dusknoir wanted to know if Liz was human or not. But not for taking her to the future, not to kill her, not to contain her... but to ask her for... guidance? And to find out how to stop Bill Cipher?
"Dusknoir," Kiba frowned, getting the ghost's attention. "Come with me to the west, I'll ask you questions there," Kiba said, him and Diancie going to the west towards the cliff that had Sharpedo Bluff, the trio then speaking to each other.
"What would you like to discuss?" Dusknoir asked, Kiba sighing at him.
"Be honest when I ask you this. Do you know who Liz is?" Kiba asked, Dusknoir frowning at that and nodding.
"Yes, I do," he admitted. "And I'm sure you have a follow-up question."
"Yes. Do you want to kill her?"
"... No. Not anymore," Dusknoir said, which Kiba could sense it. He was truthful. "Had I known that the one responsible for the paralyzed future was someone so dangerous, hoping to usurp all the Pokemon multiverse? I cannot allow that to happen."
"I see. And just so you know, I also know you were sent to kill her and her partner from the future. So it's going to take a hell of a lot for me to trust you," Kiba admitted.
"As to be expected... but just know that, at some point, Primal Dialga will be expecting me to return to the future with a quarry... what should I do?" Dusknoir asked with seriousness.
"I'd recommend doing something else," Diancie said with a smile. "Help us to stop the bad future. If you don't return, then this Primal Dialga person MUST want to do something drastic. If you return, you gather every Pokemon from there that you can and stop Dialga from attacking anyone else. In the meantime, we're going to try our hardest to stop Bill Cipher."
"Hmm... you make a valid point... once Grovyle were to find the next Time Gear, I will pretend to be going on a journey, but I will be going to the future instead. Once I do so, I'll try to buy you some time. Just know that Primal Dialga is going to be very displeased if I were to come back empty-handed..." he said, me frowning at that.
"I'm sure there are strong Pokemon in the future as well. Gather all of them to take out Primal Dialga, simple," Kiba smirked.
"Not so simple. Primal Dialga is immeasurably strong... and if the future is paralyzed, I have no doubt that Bill Cipher will be there as well," Dusknoir sighed. "But I will try my absolute hardest to hold them off. In the meantime, you will try your hardest to stop the tower's collapse. Once the Time Gears are taken there, the tower will never be in turmoil ever again... I'll be willing to sacrifice my life if it were to save an entire multiverse," Dusknoir admitted... and then they heard another voice.
"That's quite a relief to hear, Dusknoir," said the voice of none other than Liz as she appeared from the east.
I could tell that my sentence surprised the whole lot of them, especially when they saw that I'd turned myself into a Machamp and that I was carrying a very tired Gir, who I'd managed to not only repair her fractured mind, but also got rid of the source of it, which was actually a powerful toxin that Arbok had used on her that ate away at her sanity. "And when the world is saved, we have two different rivals to consider. Team Skull and Team AWD," I admitted.
"How... How much of that did you hear?" Dusknoir asked in surprise, me smiling at him.
"Enough to know that you're not going to do anything bad anymore. More like a chaotic neutral," Liz smirked. "Anyways, now that that's settled, I happened to see that a whole lot of Pokemon were going to the Guild. We should get there as fast as possible," I said, everyone in the group nodding as we then rushed back to the base of operations and, when we did, we saw the whole group was by the Outlaw Board. And they looked to be super scared for their lives.
"What's the matter? What's everyone looking at?" I asked as I then went to the front of the pack to see the outlaw message on the board... and when I did? I looked at it in shock. It wasn't an official job. It was a picture of... human me! And it also was written in human English and I then deciphered that all the words were capitalized. I read all of it and got pissed on the inside at what it said.
"ATTENTION ALL UNDESERVING PEONS! THIS IS AN OFFER YOU CANNOT REFUSE! I NEED YOU TO FIND THIS HUMAN! SHE IS MY ONE SOLE ENEMY TO RULING THE WORLD! IF YOU ACCEPT THIS JOB, I WILL ASSIST YOU IN FINDING HER AND GETTING HER OUT OF THE WAY! DO THIS, AND I WILL GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU SO DESIRE! SIGNED, BC. BUY GOLD BUY!" the message said, me frowning at it and then taking the note and ripping it to bits, which everyone looked at me in shock at doing that.
"W-What are you doing, Liz?!" Diglett asked in shock.
"Rule number one, never accept a deal with the devil," I frowned as I then proceeded to turn into a Charmander and I burnt the pieces with the fire tail... and even though I had done all of this, everyone looked at the debris in shock and fear as it reformed itself back to normal and then was placed right back onto the board! "See? Devil's deal. If ANYONE were to accept this job, then he'd be able to screw us over in advance," I frowned as I then proceeded to take the note and place it in my bag, not to accept it, but to make sure it didn't reappear on the board. And I made sure the bag was zipped as the paper then actually tried to escape the bag and it couldn't.
"Oh? So you think you can just play God, do you?! THAT'S MY SHTICK!" Bill shouted in my head, me frowning as another paper appeared onto the board in the same place, me then frowning at that.
"Peh, he's getting on my nerves," I frowned.
"What the heck is going on with that freaky paper?! Nobody touch it, not one of us!" Chatot said with fear. And then, out of nowhere, the paper turned into a triangle and, when it did, it gained Bill's trademark eye on it and he started to speak to us from it.
"So! None of you want to gain this kind of power, huh?! What's the matter? You gonna buy gold?" Bill asked from it, scaring everyone of the group away and for Bill to then try and use his powers on Kiba of all people... and it didn't work at all! "Three, two, one, GOLD!" Bill shouted... and still nothing. But everyone was still scared enough to escape the premises, the only ones to stay being my team, the guild members, and Dusknoir. I then proceeded to grab some of the hair that I'd been gathering from Kiba's mane and started to place them on the wall, it being a natural adhesive as I did so. And after enough work, I managed to get the entire board and the one next to it to be coated with Kiba's magical unicorn-like hair, which Bill then shouted angrily as the paper then disintegrated and he then spoke.
"You want to ruin my plans?! Fine then! If I can't get to you, then I'll go after the guardians of the last two Time Gears! Once I get them on my side, you will NEVER be able to stop my plans of world domination! I WILL DESTROY THAT STUPID TOWER AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN-" Bill shouted before I then smirked. "UGH! DAMMIT! I talked too much! Don't interfere, or you WILL pay!" Bill growled in anger as I then finally felt his presence leave.
"Um... just going to say this right now... we're screwed, aren't we?" Croagunk asked with concern on his face, something that rarely happened.
"We're definitely in hot water now. We need to double down on our plans before he catches on. In his physical body, he has to put actual effort into mutitasking and can't focus on speaking to us from afar and can't see us or hear us while he's doing other things. I can sense that he isn't doing so as of now, so I'm going to explain everything," I said as I then did just that. No fears to hide the truth anymore, I told the group EVERYTHING!
I told them that I was a human from another dimension, I was brought to this world by Arceus himself to save it as I had the Dimensional Scream ability. I knew everything of what to expect, but not the fact that Bill Cipher was the main villain. I told them that I was supposed to find a total of 5 Time Gears and take them to Temporal Tower to save it from destruction. And that if we didn't rush in time, Bill would most likely try to speed the process up. He was patient, but not THAT patient. Especially if he knew what was going on by this time.
"So let me get this straight. We need to take the Time Gears to save Temporal Tower. And if we don't do it soon, then everyone and everything will be frozen in time, as if we were turned to stone... and if that happens, then Bill will be able to gain more power until he usurps Arceus as the god of the Pokemon MULTIVERSE?! That's insane!" Chatot gawked at us.
"And 100 percent true. We all saw what the hell that paper did when Bill possessed it," Bidoof said with concern.
"I need to assist in this too. Unfortunately, I do not know where we will find the other two Lake Guardians at, but Uxie is safe, so that must mean the other two we need to rescue are Mesprit and Azelf... each one is in charge of a lake, and therefore, protectors of the Time Gears. We need to find them, possibly rescue them, and gather their Time Gears. And in the process, team up with Grovyle, as he was doing it for the same reasons we want to," Dusknoir said.
"Very well, then that is what we will do! And as for you, Liz, do you know what we should be doing?" Chatot asked, me nodding at that.
"We have two locations to go to. The Northern Desert is the first, the way to the cave itself being located underneath a lot of quicksand pits at the end of the desert. You'll need to jump into the quicksand to reach an undeground tunnel system that leads to the lake where Mesprit is at. Then there's the Crystal Caves, where at a certain point, you'll see three different pillars of ice that change color upon touching them. You'll need to change each one to be blue as water to make the hidden path to Azelf's lake," I explained.
"Then what are we waiting for?! Let's get going!" Sunflora shouted as she tried to run off, but I stopped her by grabbing her with an extendable Elastigirl arm... I sure was recovering a lot of memories, lately.
"Not so fast, Sunflora. We need to talk strategy. Bill will definitely make the journeys way harder if he wanted to, so we need to split up into multiple groups to each location. I think that we'll send out two different teams, made up of two subteams. The first team will be picked by Kiba and the other by me. We need to make sure we have enough people both here and in the field that we don't get anyone doing anything bad. Only by Bill's defeat will any of his bad misdeeds be stopped completely," I said, them nodding as I then made my teams up as myself, Diancie, and Dugtrio with my second team being Chatot, Loudred, and Sunflora.
After that, Kiba's team consisted of himself, Croagunk, Sunflora, and Corphish while his second team was led by Dusknoir, two Sabeleye, and Wigglytuff. As for the others, they would stay behind and make sure that Bill wouldn't get up to any funny business with the others in town and at the Guild. The last thing we needed was for him to make a deal with an unsuspecting traveler or townie. We then finally spread out after deciding our teams, not even caring that it was reaching sunset. We needed to find the last two Time Gears and FAST, before Mesprit and Azelf got possessed, or worse, killed!