Connecting to Partners

by zcritic88

A few days after the war against chaos, something stirred in the cosmos once more. What was a mystery prior, is soon to be relieved as a particular boy and his band if misfits get swept up into the on going battle between Light, Dark and the Truth. New bonds will be forged, and older ones will be stronger than before as the conflict takes a turn

41. The Evening Path

During an evening in Sanfransokyo, Ken, Sharp Shell, Daggers and Hiro were pretty invigorated to get through some construction up in the attic. With a suitable spot for construction, Bryn began piling in parts that would work. The Twilight Town Trio and Xion paid attention to the layout in the blue print as their captain got to work on a base foundation. "Alright, me and some of the guys did this before. The foot of the door and the door itself doesn't matter too much. It's the sides that feed the Star Shard's power that does." He used the flatter blocks as a put together panel and wielded each one together as Hiro explained. "But with this, we can bind the ledges together smoothly."

The process took several minutes, but at the end was a raised base with two distinct sockets, perfect to fit a block in. Pence, Hayner. Heater, Riolu and Pawmot worked on gathering and wielding blocks on the left end, while Olette, Xion, Emboar and Tinker worked on the other end. With their combined effort, the process went even smoother, with Ken putting to work on wielding the parts together. Xion looked to the unfinished top and asked. "Are we going to want the door to be flat edged or can we arch it?" Hiro imagined the gate looking quite fancy as Baymax calculated a complication. "It wouldn't fit easily with the rafters."

Ken half turned to the Robot in agreement. "I see curved doors almost all the time too. It's fancy, but this needs to be big enough to fit something through. Let's go with efficiency." He went with one side of the top hinge as Xion helped with the other. Shortly the passage was near complete, save for a door way. Bryn used her holograms to prepare the double door and Ken turned to the others. "What are you guys wanting for color?" He cheered. "Most votes gets it."

Xion hopped and waved. "Oh, oh! Sea salt blue!" Pence and Hayner thought of the ice cream and hopped. "Let's go with that one!" Olette was feeling peckish after the hard work. "This isn't just a door to this world, this is our door." She voted on that color while Ken had to let go of a particular plan. "Well, there goes my idea of purple. But that vote's there."

Baymax spoke out his literal view. "This door is designed with your intentions in mind." Hiro was a tad disappointed that the choice was outvoted. "It could have been cool to see." Ken agreed. "But now I'm getting that craving after everything that's happened today. Losing can sometimes be a good thing."

Bryn placed the door in and gave the color of blue with lighter colors applied for ocean waves. She even applied some sun set colors for good measure and caused eyes to sparkle. Ken clapped amused and looked upon the head of the door, having a star shaped socket to insert the shard into. Sharp Shell climbed up his back and the boy let his partner put the gem in. The band had a view of the Shard giving a glow and flowing a power across the arches and into the door itself. The captain giggled. "It's turning on, it's working!" He turned in glee. "Now, all we got to do is wait for Sis and the others to finish on their end. They'll like to know that assembly's pretty easy if you know what you're doing."

Olette gasped to a plan. "So how about a group photo to celebrate? If they see it, they'll believe it!" Ken hurried to give Baymax the camera. "Let's do that, Sis will reply once she gets the chance." The band grouped up, with Ken, Xion and Hiro taking the center, with the boys taking the right side and the girls to the left. Looking proud of their accomplishment while their smaller partners took the front and center. Sharp Shell was still on Ken's back while Pawmot was at Hayners side, raising his paws in a cheer.

Click!

With a few clicks, Ken was given his phone back and picked the best picture to send to Kairi. "Got the door assembled and it's pretty easy. Bring the tech dudes if you're having trouble."

The band hurried down to the lounge, with Hiro admitting to his fellow dorks. "That didn't feel like it took too long." They checked the time as Hayner guessed. "That took an hour tops. So now what?"

Ken went over to the computer and showed off the beast ball and the pokeball. "It's pretty late for a full group meeting, so that surprise we got is going to be first in the morning. More pressing matters though, Hiro... we got another problem. We were looking for this pokemon that was escaping that shadey alley and tracked him all the way to that Sycorax area. He was helping someone escape and that raises some red flags." Hiro had more questions over his mind. "Why would they have a pokemon trapped in there?"

Ken shrugged. "Hopefully not for the same reasons they wanted to check on the remains of that Heldrake. We could have avoided that Chaos outbreak if they'd just burn it and douse it in holy water." Olette sighed from the stories she's read. "Science. We've been told about a lot of pokemon that came to be because of people wanting to know if they could." Ken agreed and let out the two pokemon. "Say hello to the little hero that helped this samurai out!" Pop! "Golett" Pop! "And Kartana!" Both pokemon caught Hiro's eyes and the Ultra Beast stretched. "?em nekawa uoy evah yhW"

Xion introduced. "Hiro, Baymax. Despite the size, Kartana's one of the high profile pokemon we needed to find. An Ultra Beast that is very, very sharp." Baymax was amazed by the two. "It's entire structure is akin to that of compressed flowers that are made to be as thin as paper. Golett seems to compose mostly of clay, save for a power source of some type."

Ken looked over to the Golett that was drawn in by the strange robot. "According to the Dex, Golett was built by an ancient civilization a long time ago, the clay explains the ground type but the ghost type is... interesting." Hayner followed along. "While Kartana's pretty alien even compared to that. Golett sneaked into that building and got our samurai out of there."

Ken blushed in good will. "Is there anything keeping us from going in there and investigating? Anything beyond dangerous that would bite us in the long run?" Hiro really doesn't want to go through the details and nearly bit his lip. "Yeah, a lot of them."

Sharp Shell thought of something and gasped (Hey, you know. I think if we can get that door working, we can find someone who can do it for us.) Ken knew what was said and gasped. "Sharp Shell, I think Roxas and the others could help us a ton." He raised a finger. "But only when they're not busy. We still got a stuff on our hands at the moment that we don't need them for." Xion agreed with that part while Kartana asked. "!eerf, eerf, eerF ?eramthgin taht morf dehsamhsim eht eerf yeht dluoW" Xion didn't like the word nightmare and promised the Ultra Beast. "Your friends can't stay in there. But Roxas and Dupmic can bust in there without problems." Ken whispered hushly to the locals. "Hiro, Baymax. Please keep this quiet, one word of this going to someone... fishy, could make this all go up in smoke."

Hiro hand waved something a vigilante would do after a heist like that. "As long as they're not staying around the city, I think they can get away with it if they can get out as soon as possible." Rumble! Hayner was smiling wide and had his hands to his hips. "Nice! Now, is everyone hungry? I got a really good idea that Sensei knows about and it ought to fill us up."

Over at Gravity Falls

The staff of the Mystery Shack were astonished by what Kit, who disguised himself as a human, had to say. "And then the lot of you showed up with the Valiant." He looked over to the Wayfinder Duo. "You two are better people than most. Most of us would have left that human to the demons he's been provoking or ensure he won't escape."

Stan agreed with the mystical cryptid. "Totally, that dude's way too dangerous to be left in the states." Ven nodded with him. "Don't worry, I don't think Giratina's going to give up on his plaything just yet." Mabel huhed loudly. "What do you mean, those last hits caused him to go-" She impersonated an explosion. "Pew!"

Kit shared some wisdom about that. "It might have been enough for him to call it quits. That could have just be a spectacle because you two were willing to go in there to rescue friends. The Distortion World isn't dangerous on it's own, but it's an eldritch place where the laws of Time and Space do not exist in there. You've also seen, first hand, how sudden Giratina would arrive to ensure his own brand of justice. He's been banished into a realm of his own, because he's just that violent and terrifying. You two showed a lot of bravery and passed what ever test he had for you." He smiled in pride and caused Mabel to blush as Dipper felt his imagination getting the better of him. "So Grunkle Stan, what do you mean by dating a scam artist? You didn't go out with a witch, did you?"

Stan blushed in embarrassment. "It was a convention and I was trying to get by when that vixen showed up in a stall ahead of mine. We were robbing the town blind, until one day she packed up and left me to the fuzz. I lost two hundred and a month's rent that day." There was a moral to that somewhere. "If you ever see a crazy lady with an owl cane, just keep walking."

Aqua was left the most speechless of the listeners. "That... only raised more questions and I don't think we have an easy answer for that." Wendy cringed. "For real, it just plants in nightmares we'll be having for weeks." Ven admitted. "It probably would. That Storm Witch could have connections to where ever that Owl Lady came from and now she's involved in something like how the Flutter Mane, the Iron Treads, Iron Bundle and the Brute Bonnet came to be."

He felt more terror thinking about it as he looked to the Heart Fragment. ""Everything that makes a person who they are goes when a heart shatters and they can't go anywhere either. Everything just goes... nothing." Soos was pretty curious about that insight. "How would you know that?" Ven shivered and looked vulnerable. "The Dark Seeker that caused a lot of problems for us, wanted me to use some dark power in my heart and I couldn't use it. So he took the darkness out and turned into that monster you've seen a couple weeks ago."

Stan flinched. "Oh crud, it was that psycho in black and red?" Ven nodded. "It's a long story short, but Vanitas wanted to hook back up with my heart and cause some anarchy that would start up the Keyblade War. I didn't want that and I took a risk to keep him and that X Blade out of Nort's hands. My heart was about shattered and I was dead for eleven years. It managed to find a heart to hide in, but the whole thing was like a dream I had to watch."

Mabel was realizing a particular detail as Ven looked over to the fragment. "This as been separated from one for so long and it was only woken up by the power Giratina has." Kit shivered in mutual dread. "And since Giratina's typing is part ghost, once the source was severed from that fragment, the Storm Witch returned back to oblivion once more."

The Brute Bonnet nodded and looked more scared (What was the Storm Witch talking about? Something about that legacy thing feels...) he shifted his eyes sideways. (wrong.)

Aqua knew what was said and recalled. "I think that legacy dates back to that Keyblade War and connects with what we've learned. Some Union or what ever, was gathering people to help them in a scheme to take the very thing we've swore to protect in the modern age. Keeping anyone who ask questions silenced or made outcasts. While those who threaten their plans were...killed for it."

The Brute Bonnet was looking ill, thinking about that. Ven noticed and petted him to keep him calm. "And Giratina knows about what happened. He was there when that was going on." The Kadabra guessed a particular clue. "The blade that human is seeking to repair, holds ties to all of that woe. It's an evil that's influenced more?"

Shadey nodded as Kit recalled. "Shadey has told me from his end and from what Sora had learned. There has to be more to this history," He looked over to Ven and Aqua in a stern face. "So listen to me here. The two of you and that human are nothing alike. You two are nothing like the ones who caused that war." His breath went off as his eyes watered. "I've seen enough to know you'd help others without a second thought. You'd even brave hell itself if it's needed to save someone. That's not something a selfish scumbag would do."

Aqua blew out bitterly. "If that can make us feel any better about this. It's more of a reason to undo the damage that we can undo. That's why we can't just leave here, even after catching the last four pokemon we have over here." She looked over to Bursty, Kadabra, the Brute and has Regidrago in mind. Ven felt that was the idea. "Someone needs to pick Drago up and make sure no one tries anything on the Walking Wake. Our friends should use that clue to find Regirock. Once all three are freed, we can wake up the other two."

Stan was imagining more heart aches as Ven showed Kadabra a gigaton ball. "Kadabra, you've been through a lot, do you want to get this done now or latter?" The psi pokemon laughed to that. "Well, I'm right here and someone's bound to throw something at me." The Brute squeaked in annoyance. (Seriously? Why do we got to play around like that?) Kadabra turned to explain. "It's just our wa-" Bonk!

Kadabra felt a ball make contact with the back of his head and was brought into the old style orb, it fell to the ground in a thud and gave a shake before sparkling out. Ven picked up the ball and let out the embarrassed Kadabra, Bursty pressed his hands together at another friend being bound to a greater adventure and saw the Brute looking to the side. Kit admitted. "It has to be done, but it isn't the perfect time and place for everyone." He asked the locals. "I think some of the ones off state need to know about this. If something happens, can we trust you to let us know?" The staff gave the promise and despite everything, the Pine Twins still want to see things through.

The way back to Oχιά was quiet, which is an oddity for such a world. Dipper put his hands behind his head and broke the silence with a whistle. "Man, that's a lot to take in. But at least this means the Heartless are gone... for now." That was the most relief to come from the ordeal and Aqua admitted. "Yeah. Now, I dare ask, how did Gideon summon Bill in the first place?"

Mabel recalled. "We found out after that psycho used one of the journals to summon him." Ven felt an idea in mind. "So the Author knows about him too? If we can figure out about that guy, then we might be able to figure out a way make sure Bill stays gone. As long as that triangle is influencing people, anyone who listens to him is going to keep having horrible ideas. Think we found any clues?"

Dipper repeated what happened during the week. "I told you, that Laptop was smashed. It's a dead end all because I've fallen for Bill's crud." Mabel wasn't giving up. "Come on, there has to be something we're missing." She asked the teenage looking boy. "Speaking of which, Ven. You said you been out for eleven years, why do you look like a teenager?"

Ven blushed, hesitating to make things complicated as Aqua explained for him. "I put his body somewhere that is sealed off from time itself. So by the time I figured out how to get his heart back, we could do it fast enough." Ven gestured to his sister in arms. "She's been in the Realm of Darkness for just as long and time flows way too different in there." If there was anything Mabel was able to put together, there was one that mattered the most. "Ah man! That gap's way too long."

Ven was glad Mabel finally took the message, the band were back to the base and the boy opened the door. Bursty was looking nervous as Kit hmphed. "Since that fellowship is over, it's only a matter of getting these last two captures done before we wait for Drago. Brute, you're looking like you don't want to be alone, there's nothing stopping you from going in." The Bonnet grunted and made his way into the high tech facility as the band had one more assignment to make before calling it a day.

Back at Sanfransokyo.

After a dinner of a hearty stew, the band was feeling quite full while Hiro showed off the potential of something called the Internet. "And with this, you can talk to just about anyone from anywhere." Xion was amazed. "Did we figure that out on a larger scale?" Ken imagined so. "If we jerry rig it, we can connect this over to the net work and learn how these worlds work."

Blip!

He heard something from the screen and found it to be from Connect. It was an urgent call from Aqua. The Captain lead to the screen to set up a video meeting, where Aqua, Ven and the Pines were gathered around, along with Bursty and an evolved Shadey. Ken gasped as Xion hummed in good will and introduced. "Hiro, Baymax; meet our friends from all the way in Gravity Falls. Dipper and Mabel." Ken explained. "They helped us a ton when we were looking for a hidden lock." Hiro recalled. "Like detectives!" Baymax waved. "Hello." Mabel had a smile of good will. "We were told about that big city!" Dipper was amazed. "Nice robot!"

The one armed boy was glad introductions were underway and asked. "So, Ven, did you finally catch Bursty?" The Ultra Beast looked questioningly as Ven corrected the journeyman. "No, not yet. We got some good news though. We stopped Braig and Bill from what ever they were up to with the Unown. That should take care of the Heartless problem for the moment."

Dipper reported the specific details. "Bill was wanting to use the Unown to let himself through into reality or something. While the loser in the eye patch was trying to get that blade fixed. Some pokemon called Giratina helped us deal with that, but he gave us a really big clue to what was going on in the big history of the worlds." The group asked. "Giratina?"

Ken went to look that up as Xion asked. "What kind of big history are you talking about?" Aqua took a deep breath in shame and brought out a blue box. "It's related to what Kairi was talking to us about, in regards to where Iceberg and the others came from." She opened it to show a heart fragment, the band gasped as Ken found the entry and image of Giratina, flinched and had a look at the heart fragment. His face froze and looked like his heart was going to explode. "Oh by the Night Sky and the stars shining down, this is something else. Please tell me you know where Giratina's taking off too? He has the answers we've been looking for."

Ven gave an estimate on where the Renegade might have taken off to. "Giratina dragged Braig into the Distortion World and we followed to see the test he had for us. Braig ran to save his own hide though. He should know that something like... Giratina, isn't just going to stop."

Hayner passed along criticism. "Should have left him there. He would have gotten what he deserved and it would have been the end of that." Ken blew bitterly. "Probably wouldn't have mattered. Those kinds of people are as expendable to the dark forces as a used soda can is to the average joe."

Dipper was wanting to let a grudge go. "So that should mean we'll be back to all the dangers that we can find in Gravity Falls. We just need to keep finding more clues on the Author, so we can figure out how we're going to stop Bill for good." Hiro asked. "Bill?" Xion answered swiftly. "A yellow, one eyed triangle with a top hat and a bow tie. He's a wise cracker who likes making one sided deals with people."

Ken nodded to that and closed his eyes to calm himself. "If you see that in your dreams, do not listen to what he has to say. He's wanting something and it can turn this whole city, people included, inside out." He breathed out and asked. "What did he do this time?"

Dipper was looking vulnerable as Ven show cased a Kadabra that was meditating. "I think Braig was going to try and seal off the Unown from their hearts, so Bill could take them over. But then they had a change of plans when we showed up, Braig used that blade to lock away Kadabra's heart, turning him into a Shadow Pokemon and allowing Bill to possess him to boot."

The Kadabra was disturbed as Olette growled. "Unforgivable!" Ken's more worried about the next encounter. "And if that crook stooped that low once, he'll do it over and over again now. I'll pass a message along once I get a report from Sis. We got the door made, we just need the other side to work. Mom, that Lady might know about the heart fragment. Maybe she or Chirithy could help? How many bits of Ven's heart were in Sora's when you all tried that thing?"

Ven tried to recall. "More than one, that's for sure. But that Lady could tell us the rest of this story." He gasped to an idea. "Maybe we can find a way in with the use of the Tera Orbs?!"

It could be a way to make entry into the strange Labyrinth and Mabel felt something more brilliant. "Maybe the Walking Wake knows?" The boys were charmed by the idea as Xion gasped. "And we know of a Pokemon that can tell us what to do!"

Ken remembered and set the Dex log. "Right! Hiro, we got a log on another strange pokemon. An Iron Leaves that's part psychic and used that power to talk with is through here." He pointed to his cranium. "She and the Walking Wake have to know. That Lady's waving every single clue that we're only figure out afterwards and now it's time we bite that bait."

Hiro's aware of that kind of work. "It could be tricky, especially if those two are guarding the Regis. But this could be a miracle in the waiting if we can figure this out." That goal is added to the list of many and Aqua was fascinated by her student's determination and the encouragement. "How are you able to keep your spirits up after seeing and hearing these things?"

Ken smirked in a chuckle as Xion laughed heartily. "I'll tell ya. The people who wrecked the world are all gone and we're seeing them for what they are. While we're still here, we can do something to try and fix this." Ken rallied. "We can succeed where they gone wrong and we can do something to make the worlds better places to live in. We've dug up what we need to know and with this, the future is ours to make." He wished he could go over the screen and embrace his mentor, who took the rally to heart. "Despite everything, we're still alive."

Blip!

The journeyman checked a text message from Kairi. "We're already on it, Lil' Bro. We should have it ready for testing in an hour." He hurried to text a fast warning as Xion asked. "Besides that, it sounds like you're about done with Gravity Falls?"

Ken second that notion. "It might take a while for Terra to be done with this world trip, but all this news means you three will finally start traveling together soon." The Wayfinders agreed and looked forward to that, with Aqua looking forward to impressive tales. "That's a lot to think about and it's getting late. Good luck in your search and share a link when you get that cart made." Ken waved a salute. "Will do Mom. Take care guys." Blip!

After the call, Hiro was left with quite the impression. "Those Pine Twins are pretty cool." Ken sighed as Xion explained. "That world was special to the two of us and Dupmic, we should tell you more about what happened soon." Hiro had a text from Fred and was getting confused. "Uh... guys-" He showed a link to a Fanfiction Website. "This is another thing people do with the Internet."

At Traverse

The Destiny Trio and their friends were keeping guard of something going on in the other side of the empty green house, Kairi finished sharing a fast report. "So we should be careful."

Azu and Iceberg were recoiling in terror as Quill and the Pidgeot were not amused, Poppy whistled out her tension. "So it's a good thing we have that cop on the know. Because those kinds of cowards always go for the places we care about the most the moment we're not around to protect it."

The band watched Chip, Dale and Cid getting to work on putting together a double door. Riku, the Sneasel Brothers and Slowking relieved at one thing. "This is one of the reasons Roxas and the others are here. To be where we can't." That is agreed upon and Sora blew to the air. "Worrying about that isn't going to help any of us."

As what they were instructed on, it wasn't long until the gate way was assembled. With the door being a color of a sun setting sky. Kairi had the honor of putting the Star Shard at the head of the gate, bringing it to activation. She hurried to call Ken, who was had a brief delay in answering. "That startled me. Sis, if you're calling, that means one thing."

Kairi confirmed. "Yep, are you heading towards the door?" She heard climbing and a hatch opening. "I am now! Apparently someone's posting fanfiction about Big Hero 6 and she's someone Hiro knows. Her user name goes by a KheartQT. Ha!" Kairi found that pretty silly. "Fanfiction?" Ken explained. "It's when a fan makes up a story about something they like as a hobby. Tomorrow's going to be a funny day if this gets picks up by the locals."

He called out. "I'm aiming my blade at the door now!" Kairi brought about hers and aimed. "On the count of three. One, two-" Her blade glowed. "three!" She channeled a beam and caused something to unlock, she relaxed and went to the door knob to turn it. She pushed forward and stepped into what looked to be a humble attic with a forge. Right ahead of her is Ken, who was having his eyes glimmer. "Yes, yes, yes!"

The siblings in arms gave each other a hearty embrace and let go after a minute, Kairi squeed. "This is cool! Now you guys can head on over when you want." Ken nodded. "Yup, yup!" He noticed something odd. "Hmm. Normally the guys would be coming up here after hearing that. We've been looking forward to this one for a good while."

The two put a few clues together and Ken cringed. "Darn it, something's going on down bellow." Kairi imagined that is the case as Ken asked. "Yeah, I'll tell the dudes that it works. While dealing with what ever is happening! Good luck on that next trip Sis and tell the guys they're awesome."

Kairi vowed. "Will do, sorry that this is sudden." The siblings parted rather fast and Kairi was back in Traverse, she closed the door and gave the band a thumbs up. "It works and Ken's as busy as ever." Terra sighed. "Comes with being a squad leader. So now we just got to pack up and be ready for where the worlds are taking us." The band agreed to that and went off preparing, with Riku paying a visit to a shiny Sneasler over at a merchant square and enjoying the quiet. The boy asked. "Hey, I'm looking for some evolution stones that can help Growlithe evolve once he's ready, you have what I need?"

The mother nodded and searched her bag. (You mean a fire stone?) She brought it out. (Yeah, I got that. Just... tell me what just happened? You got that thing made?) Riku explained. "Here's what we know, this door way project was something that needed two sides to make. Ken came up with the idea after a trip into the Labyrinth and found a-"

At the Bryn Base.

Ken climbed down to check what was going on, Hiro, Baymax and the squad were watching a breaking news. Informing that a criminal, a green eyed sushi chef with black and blue hair, broke out of prison and is on the loose. A Momakase. "A super villain broke out?"

Hiro sighed. "A super villain broke out. I'll tell you on the way." Ken blew and asked the Twilight Town Trio. "So, here's how we're going to do this."

Out in the streets of the southern district.

Ken, Xion, Racer, Sharp Shell and Lokix were aiding Hiro and Baymax into a hot speed chase. With the lizard going an alternate route as Baymax quickly found a blue haired woman in an orange jump suit, who knew she was being followed and scoffed. "Hmph! Super heroes!"

She made it to an alley way and was intercepted by a wannabe biker on top of the bike like lizard, with occupants that were ready to pounce. Momakase hurried into the alley way as Baymax landed to let Hiro chase on foot, with Racer sprinting after a crook that is oddly keeping ahead. Only Baymax was waddling behind in comparison. "Momakase is very fast." To make matters worse, the chase continued to a more narrow corner, that Baymax ended up stuck. The band were so focused on the chase that they didn't quite hear Baymax spotting something. "Oh no."

The escape leaped to a closed dumpster and back flipped to a wall before leaping to a rail ascending higher. Xion leaped and grabbed her by the leg and weighed the woman down. "Gotcha!"

PEW! PEW! PEW!

Laser beams fired at the girl and knocked her loose, she landed as she and the band confronted a cluster of y shapped drones, with a certain man speaking from behind a camera. "Quite the opposite."

They readied to fire as Baymax fired a fist at one. Lokix delivered a sucker punch on another as Sharp Shell used two swipes of a razor shell to slice apart another. Racer swiped one to the ground as Ken leaped off and bombarded with the power of starlight. The crook saw she didn't have a lot of time against a super natural pursuer and kept climbing until she got to the roof top, by the time Ken noticed, she was already out of sight. Honey Lemon asked over the communications. "Guys, what happened?" Hiro groaned. "Obake happened." Olette groaned on the other end. "Seriously?" Ken landed and calmed down. "Well, least we know how this is happening."

Back at Traverse.

With the gate ordeal resolved and the scientists working on what ever name the Snag Machines are going to have, there was little keeping the Destiny Trio, Terra and Leon bound to the town. The band decided on ship pooling and use it to take off where the worlds are guiding them. Towards a lane that Sora was familiar with, a high way with what looked to be scattered temples. Architecture that raises more questions for Leon. The ship rushed across the Ancient Highway and was ambushed by an armada of raven gliders, the crew readied the guns as Sora piloted to keep them in sight. The dog fighting went on until the ship went through a tunnel and turned to face a Wheel rushing after them. As battle was about to escalate, Leon noticed a green comet zipping towards them in extreme speed, rushing at the Wheel and sending it falling into the abyss in one blow. The crew were astonished and the comet flew off to circle around the armada and rip them apart in a stunning display of claws. It resembled a long, emerald green dragon with an x pattern frill at his head. The youngster asked.

"Could it be?"

Sora was feeling his heart racing as the dragon flew ahead in a coil and emit a shine, making an entry into the Labyrinth. The ship rushed in and entered a lane with stretch of an ocean blue sea far bellow, roads of clouds and a blue hue barricading the world bellow from outer space. The comet was flying in a zig zag pattern and left behind an emerald trial for the ship to follow. The comet made a coil trial, ascended for a moment and descended into the ocean bellow, barely making a ripple of contact and keeping the ship at a skid. Glimmer! Right in the way of a forming crystal mountain with a narrow tunnel, bringing into a cavern with a goal post to go through. A pattern of posts with a distinct color. Light pink, gray, black, teal, dark pink, dark purple, light purple, light and dark brown, light blue, sky blue, light green, orange, yellow, dark green, blue, red and white. The tunnel was ascending upward, going higher and higher with each goal post, until the ship was at a shine of daylight and was shooting back into the sky with the comet. Reaching to the limit of the sky and following the comet into a keyhole, light enveloped vision and the band found themselves heading to a world of a great desert with a massive city. The comet coiled in their way to acknowledge the travelers, revealing himself to be a very familiar, serpentine dragon that had the Destiny Trio gasp in amazement. Sora spoke out with his breath leaving. "Rayquaza?!"

The boy was eager to armor up and jump after him as Leon, Kairi and Riku hurried to press their faces on the glass. Terra was amused by the children's antics. "This is a pokemon you guys know about?"

Leon turned with building excitement. "The Legendary Pokemon of the Sky, Rayquaza. A well known protector of a planet, highly revered in Hoenn as such holds the special power to Mega Evolve without need of a mega stone. It is he who quells the fighting between the super ancient duo of Kyogre and Groudon. The Sea and the Land." He whistled to a melody and looked to the Destiny Trio. "Someone's a big fan of him."

The three didn't know where to begin of how this fascination came to be, Kairi swallowed to explain. "It's going to sound weird, but we met this pokemon in a dream that showed us... everything we needed to know about these guys. The Legend goes a lot deeper than you claim."

Leon admitted and leaned by a chair. "I'm no Lore Keeper. But you can say there are some pokemon that well deserve the reverence. He gave us a safer short cut and lead us to our next stop, after all."

Rayquaza performed a u-turn and descended upon the world, awaiting a close encounter. Sora recognized more of the world, if it wasn't obvious enough. "All the way back to Agrabah." He felt an idea connecting something as Riku voiced a plan. "A big city in a desert that has all kinds of hidden tombs. Any pokemon we don't find in the city are those who would love being in the desert?"

Leon nodded. "Every rock, ground and fire type you can imagine. As well as the cacti like Cacnea or Maractus." The ship was getting closer as the youngster thought of a suitable plan. "If it's under the cover of night, then we could take it to the city and if you know some locals-" The idea was mutual, once it was brought up to light, Riku directed to Sora and Kairi. "these two are friends with some of them and two of the locals are from higher places. If the ship lands us somewhere we need to see, then we just need to focus on getting to the city. The rest will explain itself."

At the desert realm.

Upon a mountain close by a city, was a Flygon who finished escorting a rowdy blue, Midnight Lycanroc to the safety of his pack. The wolf sat by resting pack mates, a Mid Day Lycanroc and a Dusk Lycanroc, each having a blue color. They were kept watch by a Gliscor and a sleeping Talonflame. Flygon advised in a buzz. "You know that those monsters always show up at night, keep around here until we can find better playmates for you." The Lycanroc growled. "We just evolved yesterday, I neeheheed to fight someone to vent out!"

The Flygon was considering ideas as he noticed an emerald comet descending down, he buzzed in relief. "Looks like help is finally descending from the sky!" Gliscor and the Lycanroc looked to the sky in hope, the Fang Scorp asked "Rayquaza's back already?"

Flygon nodded. "It's as Zygarde said, a band of good hearted humans, one of which is accompanying friends of mine, would come to bring you all to safer lands." A beast howled bellow and Gliscor closed his left eye and stuck a tongue out. "Well, one of us is going to have to go look while the other keeps watch of the day walkers? Am I right?" He giggled as Flygon looked over to the Midnight Lycanroc and asked. "What do you think? Want to hang out with me and the Big Tusk? We can see if they're humans that can give a challenge!" The wolf nodded and panted. "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" He hurried to a ledge and slid down, giving Flygon a reason to descend down with a wave to Gliscor, meeting up with a spikey Donphan of Great Tusks that is looking to a particular direction and was ready to charge forward.

Flygon guessed. "You're picking up dark things that could be a problem for travelers? You want some help Big Tusk?" The Great Tusk blushed at the nick name and grunted in appreciation before charging ahead, the insect and the wolf followed in astonishment.

In the middle of the desert.

The Guardians of Light and their partners in crime were having a view of a great city in the distance, one that had two distinct mountains on either side. Riku and the Sneasel brothers were paying attention to that detail as Terra was hoping in delight. "Doesn't that look specific."

Raz was agreeing with that as Kairi let Azu and Iceberg out. Leon had Pō unleashed as a ride while Sora let out his misfits of Quill, Flowers, Biven, Pidgeot and Dreepy. Terra sent out Kleavor, the Cadet and Donphan as the emerald comet descended down. Reveling Rayquaza, Pidgeot gasped and flapped his wings. (Big Ray! You've spotted us already?) Azu guessed by the lack of surprise in the humans. (I think we were in our balls before he spotted the guys.)

The Rayquaza grunted. (I had a hunch from the force of the ecosystem. You two being with these humans means that our hope has arrived.) Sora wondered. "Hey Pidge, do you and Rayquaza know each other?"

The bird turned to chirp. (Kind of, this was the guy who helped us find a way into Ultra Space. Pretty sweet of him to do that.) He cawed. (There's a ton of pokemon around here that needs rescuing and we need a place to start.) Azu pointed over to the city. (And we have a clue about a hidden pokemon that really needs to be let out. Those are a lot of mountains.) Rayquaza coiled in agreement. (Start at the city, the rest of your clues should follow. I'll be watching from above, I'll come down if you need of me.)

It was understood and the dragon ascended back to the sky. Pidgeot took the lead while Sora felt a sound idea. "We can get a lot of help if we can make it over there." It's more of a reason why the Donphans rolled up, the Dreepy smelled something and flew ahead, prompting leading to chase. The path ahead was mostly of long desert and it wasn't long until the band were ambushed by a guild of bandit like heartless that spanned more than a dozen.

The bandits for the most part had turbans covering their heads, scimitars and large numbers, accompanying them were vested, fat bandits with distant head bands and necklaces. The warm colors indicate they're associated with fire. Kairi and Azu charged at a fat bandit as a water fall combo while Iceberg ascended to blast with hydro pumps. Sora let Biven blitz after a pack while flinging Dreepy for a sneak attack, allowing Quill to fling helping hand supported razor leaves. Terra, Donphan and Kleavor charged after another while the Cadet intercepted stray fire balls. Darter sprinted at a fat bandit from behind and gave a dire claw slash while Raz went to a nearby bandit and knocked off a sword before back flipping high over a pack and spinning a critical, icy wind chill. Riku used the chance to flow at the unarmed bandit and use it as a battering ram before stabbing the fat bandit in the back of the neck and calling upon a barrage of light.

Pō and Pidgeot ascended high, Leon gave a slight glow and clapped in a helping hand, as the Nimbus explorer let loose a scorching heat wave, the legendary let loose an aura of fiery wrath and bombarded the swarm in oppressive power. The initial wave only had enough time to try and give the initial charge of slashes and fire ball barrages before the fiery wrath rendered them powerless.

A second wave slithered into battle, sandy cobras with glass fangs. Terra spotted a familiar foe and called out. "Glass Fangs!"

He and the Cadet back flipped from a rapid fire barrage of sharp glass as Iceberg blasted the lot with icy wind, Sora took the chance to charge with Quill and unleashed blade and wing. With Dreepy being used as a piercing projectile, while Kairi enveloped herself in water and flowered around the Glass Fangs and washed the heartless away. The brawl kept going as the band were closer to the city, a steady brawl that was a matter of keeping calm and in control until reached to the gates of the city. They hurried through and closed the door way up, Kairi breathed out to relax herself. "That's an awful lot of them."

Leon listened and felt suspicious as he got off of Pō. "This amount of Heartless only means one thing, we have an instigator somewhere in the world." Raz grunted and looked up to the night sky of the sleeping streets, not noticing his glowing razor claw. (This is a whole lot of places for a sneaky one to hide in. Where oh where do we start?)

Darter shrugged, looked over to the grand palace ahead and asked Sora, knowing he's an expert. (Do you guys know anyone in the big palace? We can use that to crash for the night.) Pō found that idea enticing. (A favor for a favor could be a useful thing to use right around now.)

Kairi knows the questions about the palace. "Sora and I are friends with the Princess and her boyfriend. So a little diplomacy could give us a place to crash for a couple days." SMASH! Something was going on from across the gate, with a familiar shriek and a howling wolf bringing vigor to Azu, Pidgeot and the Sneasel brothers. The band turned around to see something ascending from behind the gate, pulling a Glass Fang cluster with him and turning into a twirl of dragon claws. A draconic insect that roared while a force bellow bellowed. "RWAAAR!"

The gate rumbled and creaked open, bringing out some excitement while heavy foot steps were heard from behind. Leon, Sora and the Donphans turned around to find a large, green elephant with copper markings across it's body and a set of tusks. The Donphan whistled as Leon gasped. "And this is the pokemon we're introduced to! A Copperajah! Very bulky steel type who can lift more than they weigh."

Sora was impressed and waved. "Hey, what are you doing out here in the open?" The Copperajah stomped and grunted. (Flygon helped me a lot and I got to show the royalty what's been going on! I think you guys might be who Rayquaza was talking about.)

The fighting outside was dying down and Riku was slowly getting the gate open, to see who was fighting outside. A pretty battle worn Great Tusk, a pink eyed bipedal, blue Lycanroc that looking for more fighting and a Flygon landing by them. He huffed. (Okay, now those monsters are gone.)

He noticed the Sneasel giving a glow and flapped his wings in astonishment, causing the band to turn around and watch Raz change in form, growing a bit taller, having his ear feather move to the side, growing another for the other side and having a fan like crown. Finishing it all off was feather collar and more detailed claws. Pew! In place was a creature of similar color to a Sneasel, the ears and feathers were red and the fur was dark blue. Darter gasped. (Woah, that's a lot going on.)

Raz blushed in embarrassment over how he didn't give his evolution the most fanfare and focused on the Flygon. (We were going to try and look for ya, but it looks like you guys took the initiative.)

Riku was looking overwhelmed as Flygon flapped his wings and gave a light shriek. (We figured you guys were going to find this place.) Pidgeot and Flygon gave each other a high five with their wings before going to Azu and play roughly, the Great Tusk and Lycanroc made their way in and give a hello to Riku and Terra. Biven and Donphan turned to return in kind. (Nice to see that you're here too!) (There's a lot we got to do!) The Great Tusk agreed and marched on the Palace, he shifted his gaze at the Copperajah that gave light stomps and pressed his trunk in a more refined manner. The elephants lead on while Leon, Kairi and the Lycanroc went to close the town gate once more.

At Traverse.

Roxas and the squad were in a district down town, made into a market for Craftsmen, if to have Denryk start on a commission for his spider mask. An elderly dude with medium length gray hair and a beard was thinking along with his fellow wood carvers. "A mask of that quality you say? Well I suppose one of me boys can get ya taken cared of. For a fee of course."

Denryk took a pouch filled with munny he's gathered in his adventure in Twilight Town. "This much if you're not going to paint it afterwards. Yeah?" The man gave a shrewed smile at the planning. "Ai. But this would be enough that we'd go into the details of the frame for ye. It shouldn't take until late morning for us to get this done."

Denryk was feeling a powerful glee before giving them the concept drawing as a guideline. "Good thing we got the night shift. We'll be close by." The band took their leave and the squadmates were seeing someone who was having quite the childish smile, Roxas still had something to criticize. "You're set for that, but what are you going to do for the rest of your costume? That was about all of your cash."

Denryk didn't quite care. "Easy come and easy for an explorer. Since we're going to explore that part of the town, it will be easy come in about an hour." The squad leader imagined that to be the case as they made their way back to the Eye Rester and continued down to the town, Dupmic picked up something in his scent and signaled. "Everyone, jump back!"

The band did so and avoided a pouncing ambush by purple specters with hollow looking eyes and a spiriting band of shambling, skeletal knights. Roxas sent out Ceruledge and Umbreon, Namine sent out Paint Squirt and a supporting Smoliv, Dupmic sent out Schemy and Spoink, while Denryk brought out Flingy and Scraggy. Roxas and Ceruledge rushed into the Wraiths with a dual cross slash while Umbreon leaped over a Wight Knight and partook in foul play. Namine had Paint Squirt unleash a helping hand boosted air cutter gale as Schemy went after a particular Wraith with a lantern core and applied a thunder wave shock. Spoink leaped for a psybeam blast and gave Dupmic something to dive upon for a quick finisher while Denryk tossed Flingy high in a dance with Scraggy.

"Scatter, scatter!"

The Pineco scattered toxic spikes as Denryk and Scraggy rushed at a Wight Knight with a battle ax and a shield. The hoodlum used his bat to apply force tot he shield as Scraggy gave a low kick to the shin, tripping the undead and giving his partner a skull to blast clean off with his las pistol, noticing the foe disappearing in dark mists. Roxas called upon wind and drew in the toxic spikes to use as projectiles to apply poison to the undead as Ceruledge rushed in a flame charge and slashed a foe in two, letting his partner flow in a blink of light and unleashed bursts that drew the undead towards what is comparable to a blender. Denryk and Dupmic took initiative with the undead forces that were escaping the event horizon. The Replica fired bolts of power that were only visible as shadows as Denryk used well timed bat blows, knocking the foes into the vortex that made short work. Namine and her partners were nearly attacked from behind by a hulking Wightanaut, a giant skeleton in thick armor and a great ax.

Smoliv eeped and leaped to touch the giant, draining some strength and giving Paint Squirt time to fire a blob of toxic goop. Namine cheered with vigor. "Now apply leech seed while Paint Squirt finishes this off!" The Naganadel fired a liquid venoshock as the Smoliv fired leech seed. Denryk took the chance to toss Flingy at the Wightanaut's head. "Bug Bite his face!"

Leap! Chomp!

The Wightanaut leaped back to apply a shock wave and rolled like a bowling ball, Flingy flung himself to the side of the foes head while Denryk timed a bat swing and sprinted in a blink of an eye. CRACK!

With one blow of the bat, the skull was caved in, the foe collapsed into dark vapor and disappeared. The danger lessened and Roxas kept a look around while Smoliv begun to glow and grow, turning to a shape akin to a small girl with hair buns. More specifically, an olive plant resembling a little girl, with green olives resembling hair buns. Namine gasped. "A Dolliv!"

The Dolliv giggled and clapped while her partner was concerned by the undead forces. "Now, where did those guys come from?" Roxas felt the strange scent left over. "They felt like Unversed, but shaped into all those ghosts and skeletons." Denryk kept his bat over his shoulder. "Kind of like those spooky things that Necromancer god use as his mooks." He blinked as the squad leader gasped. "Wait a minute, there's this Horned Guy that was forced to work for-" Namine was surprised. "That's where they came from!"

Denryk gasped. "Oh boy! Those guys are definitely on the move again." Dupmic kept on the move. "Maleficent isn't going to give up after one night. Let's hurry up and see if we can't take care of this before we head to the outskirts."

Ahead was a giant building that is black on the lower floors, red on the top and had lightning bolts as antenna dishes. What is obviously Haters Stronghold. The Replica noticed a duo of Watch Dogs keeping guard and asked. "Think we can shadow step in there without any problems?" Denryk sighed. "We never been in there, so we can't really do that. But-" He pointed to a rail going to a side window as Roxas felt a more practical approach was in mind. "Or-" He pointed to Umbreon. "Everyone, call your louder buddies back. Umbreon, get close and don't act suspicious while you use yawn."

The Moonlight Pokemon nodded and gave a fast sprint into the shadows, getting closer to a duo of bored Watchdogs that only had time to notice the feline approaching cutely and yawning. Each one getting drowsy before resting at the side of the door. Denryk hmmed impressed as Roxas signaled that the band hurry through the front door, the leader and the Umbreon were given a petting from Namine as Denryk focused his las gun on the cameras and fired, disabling them before pointing to a door and leading into the hallway.

Dupmic cast an invisibility spell for the crew and himself, bringing an advantage as they sneaked past bored Watchdogs that were spending more time talking about their daily activities than actually guarding. As they sneaked to the upper floors, they heard something from a door with décor matching Hater, a skull with thunder bolts. From inside, was the sound of deep beats and the playing of drum sticks. Namine quietly opened the door and had a peak into a recreational room, finding Lord Hater with a microphone and tapping his foot to make a rhythm for a passionate green monkey who is using a table as a drum set.

Hater followed with deep oh like beats while a spider creature with razor sharp teeth tapping his legs and gave snarls that would fit a primordial jungle. Peepers felt the ancient music and closed his eyes to take the feeling in. The spying crew recognized the monkey from an entry and looked to each other, wondering if Hater is truly a villain they should confront. Hater stopped his track and had his band slow down while Peepers criticize. "It needs something to bring that ancient tune, but what?" Hater shrugged. "You got me, Thwacky brings that beat that reminds me of some jungle." He gasped. "It needs an actual song!"

Namine looked to the boys and lead a risky approach. "Does it? Thwackey has an idea that needs more to go together." Hater noticed the children and considered it. "Mmm. But I want to sing."

Peepers in comparison, saw intruders and immediately stood up to aim a laser gun. "Woah, woah how did you guys sneak past the guards?!" Roxas was blunt and looked over to Umbreon. "Some help with a yawn and an invisibility spell." Dumpic tried being more polite. "Sorry to butt in, but it looks like you're making a friend over here." Thwackey tapped the table with his sticks and chirped proudly as Hater denied making that he was making friends. "He's just a band mate. I'm making some killer tracks while we're stuck in this town and he's got the beats."

The overlord had another second to realize what Peepers was doing, rushed towards the teenagers, crackled green lightning and did his best to be threatening. "Who dare's disturb the sanctuary of Lord Hater?!"

The intruders took a step back from the lightning show and Namine declared. "We dare! But, I'm thinking we got an idea so you guys can go together in harmony." Denryk asked the witch. "Wait, isn't that the thing we're worried abou-" Namine turned to her rough minded subordinate and placed a finger to her lips with a sly wink. Denryk liked the attitude and played along. "Thwackey's not the only pokemon who loves to make music. Have you ran into that Medy guy lately and saw his band?"

Hater was quick to power himself down and wave a hand sideways, having both admiration and some envy. "Totally, like that violin cricket and the guitar together was-" He was too stubborn to admit more, but he closed his eyes in a good memory, it was a tune he enjoyed. Peepers remembered more of a small show, with a Jigglypuff complimenting a band play with a melody. Namine knew what the two were thinking about and pressed her hands together. "I don't think competition is completely out of the question. But all those tunes together could be a feast for the ears in this quiet town."

Hater agreed with that. "It gets boring when we got nothing to conquer and the only one we know that can bring something over here is-" He crackled. "Wander!"

Denryk and Dupmic didn't sense much malicious intent, save for the wish of violence against a nemesis that Hater found quite annoying. Roxas thought out loud. "We might need more partners to make this band work. A good melody can do a lot to make someone feel welcome in a different world and it can bring you to another, if you know what I mean."

Peepers wasn't letting his guard down. "That it can, that it can." He put his gun away and crossed his arms sternly. "Now why did you sneak in here? This is a temporary stronghold, first and foremost."

The squad leader looked to the Thwackey. "Take a guess. We heard of pokemon that are over here and you were acting off beat." The second in command realize that is a factor and conceded. "You have a point. There's just one thing I'm going to ask from you guys."

The teenagers were brought out to the hallway, with just Peepers, who closed the door to ventilate noise. He pressed his hands together and asked. "Now, I don't know what you guys are up to. But there's one complication for all of that." Dupmic guessed. "Wander?" Denryk asked the second in command. "Yeah, what's happened between you guys?"

Peepers explained with some annoyance. "Obviously, Wander is Hater's arch enemy. That goody two shoes almost never leaves us alone and keeps trying to be our friend." He pointed to a various direction. "The moment my boss goes out there, Wander's going to figure out that we're putting our galactic conquest plan on hold for this musical shenanigan."

Namine was disappointed that the bigger plan was still in mind. "But has Wander helped Hater out when you tried to do something like this?" Peepers hesitated and confessed. "Well, that was one of the few times the help was needed." The girl imagined it being greatly appreciated. "I think Wander's help should be better spent elsewhere. The last thing we need in a time like this, is for Hater to be set off again and make himself a problem with the people and pokemon of the town."

Dupmic gasped to a plan. "We got a lot of ground to search so if half of us help Hater set up a gig, the other half can keep Wander distracted." Denryk guessed the special instructions. "Don't mention Hater if we run into him, try the less looked at parts of town and be ready for anything."

Peepers felt that was a smarter plan. "You guys do that while I work over the plan with Hater. Something about that mountain speaks big for opportunities." The teenagers knew that meant; there are pokemon at the mountain that are free game. Roxas admitted. "We could use more people for the expedition, I don't think anyone's really been over there yet." He asked his squad. "Mind if we go talk this over?"

The group did not and left Peepers to return back to Hater, who watched the Thwackey let loose a grassy aura and glided fast in energy. The overlord stepped aside and was surprised. "Woah! He can slide it!" The underline was amused and put a hand to a desk. "He could be what we need to do some catching for the army. So let's go over everything Thwackey can do before we think about what is in this town."

Back in Agrabah.

The Guardians were lead to the gates of a grant, glorious palace that was around the size of a mountain. Leon, Pō and most of the pokemon looked up in amazement, with Azu nearly tripping backwards. The elephants went over to the gate and gave a combined knock on the door, ignoring that is going to be impossible and Sora did little to make it less awkward, knocking alongside the elephants and calling out. "Hey, we need to talk with the Princess! Open up!"

The Flygon gave a buzz and joined in the noise, Kairi and Riku were having a gut feeling that something equally as silly was going on behind the door. It wasn't long until the door opened, revealing an tan Princess with a green two piece and black hair tied down to her waistline. She was about done scolding someone. "One of these days you'll be listening to my word like it's in the scriptures." She turned, surprised by the Copperajah, the Donphans, the various creatures, from beasts to the humanoids and was charmed by the dark Moltres with magenta, fiery wings. She recognized Sora and an approaching Kairi. "Sora? Kairi? Was Nuhass figuring out that someone was heading into the city?"

The Copperajah blushed embarrassed as Kairi figured out the rest of the tale. "This guy, along with many others are lost out in the city and the desert. Flygon-" She introduced the insect dragon. "Seems to be keeping some of the damage under control and the Great Tusk-" she showed the prehistoric beast. "Helped as soon as he arrived. We've came to get these guys out of here, so they don't be a danger to themselves and to others."

The Copperajah tapped his feet nervously as Jasmine gasped. "Sheesh." Sora pointed his thumbs to the rest of the humans. "Riku, Terra and this kid, Leon, are coming along with their buddies to help clean up."

Leon gave the Alolan greeting. "Alola, your highness. We don't got any idea what could be out there and a wild pokemon in those streets could get incredibly dangerous if provoked." He showed a net ball, ready to toss it high. "So, should we get started on the city before too long? Scarab's going to need the exercise to really get his work cut out." Pop! Out came a surprise of the dung beetle that was climbing on top of his ball of dirt and looked up to the stunning beauty, Jasmine questioned the timing. "This late at night?"

Jump! Land!

The band turned to find a particular young man in a purple vest and short black hair, having returned from a misadventure, by him was a particular, white and green dog. The familiar friend advised. "Not a good idea, the streets are looking darker again." The Zygarde grunted. (We have someone taking space in an old hideout that this Aladdin has used.)

Terra made way in respect to the deity in plan site as Aladdin recognized two of the Destiny Trio. "Hey Sora, hey Kairi. Sorry about showing up fashionably late, I had a night with our Hound of Many over here."

The Zygarde broke apart to reveal the squishy core, Leon and Terra are aware of what he's trying to do as Pidgeot chirped. (We got a ton to go over and a while lot of streets and sand. How're we gonna start?)

Flygon was thinking out loud. (It sounds like the Night Shift is done already from with in too, me and Midnight got to tell some of the campers the news.) He flapped his wings and asked. (You and Azu were kept hidden in something, you think that will work for smuggling pokemon out of here?) Azu shrugged and raised a brow. (You don't have to put it so crudely, but you are right about what the plan is.)

Leon was seeing the ball was addressed and focused on the Rellor to demonstrate. "The best way we can get these pokemon to safety, is to capture them in one of these. But if the size of a Rellor isn't enough to convince you."

He ahemed to Copperajah, who knew what was asked. (It can work on a bigger pokemon too?) The band hurried away as Zygarde slithered away with his cells, Biven rolled to confront the Copperajah as Sora kept by him and gave the robot a pat on the hip. Copperajah kicked the back of the dirt in determination. Sora gave a fast point and ordered. "Bulldoze two times and that ought to do it!"

The Iron Treads leaped for a shock wave and sent the larger elephant stepping back, Nuhass turned fast for a mighty kick and sent Biven into a spin, the robot countered with another and zipped around to avoid another kick. Sora flowed as the Copperajah was turning and tossed a dusk ball, demonstrating how a tiny ball could catch a giant.

Click!

Aladdin whistled as Jasmine clapped, Sora picked up the ball and sent out the Copperajah that was dizzy in humility. Leon hurried apply a hyper potion as Flowers flew off of Sora's neck and rolled to bring about flowers that gave a healing aroma. The youngster and the teenager gasped. The Alolan settled for describing. "Once you capture a pokemon, it's very easy to keep them hidden and out of danger. We're going to need a plan to make the most out of tomorrow."

Kairi sheepishly asked her fellow Princess. "Jasmine, do you have extra rooms that we can borrow? Least for the next couple nights?"

Jasmine promised, determined to set this ordeal right. "I'll have to ask my father, but I can pull some strings. Looks like these guys come in all shapes, sizes and have that look." She had a second look at the Moltres and Leon knew there was another ordeal looming. "And varies in strength and potential. A legendary like a Moltres or a Legend such as Zygarde are different levels from each other."

Zygarde use that as the signal to reassemble himself and show a form more befitting to take on giants, a mighty serpent. The group felt it quite imposing while Aladdin was impressed, realizing the greater issue. "We'll be in a lot of trouble if some wannabe warlord gets their hands on these guys."

Zygarde collapsed back into his canine form, grateful that they were behind walls from the city. The band called their pokemon back, although Leon has plans on keeping Rellor out. Riku thought into tomorrows plan. "Flygon, Great Tusk, Lycanroc if you have friends you were watching over, go tell them that help's arrived. We'll be looking for them by dawn!" He looked to the Hound of Many. "Zygarde, stay on watch for where you left the pokemon you found and we'll get to them soon."

The squad leader was thinking more as Kairi noticed someone sitting on top of the gate. A blue Genie that descended down with a serious aura, advise for the larger task at hand. "That's fine and dandy for the city, but we're needing to think bigger."

Aladdin agreed with the Djinn. "Genie, could you check the desert for us? There's got to be ruins somewhere." The Genie oblige and thought more about it. "There's always a critter that would make a home out of those." Leon second that. "Sigilyph, Golett, a lot of ghost pokemon and especially those of the Yamask Family. A small spirit pokemon that comes in two kinds. One holding a mask and the other bound to a cursed slab." Aladdin scratched the side of his head, thinking the spirit pokemon would be obvious. "At least we got an expert to tell us."

Leon was quite proud of that statement. "There's more differences between the two, but it's not the most dangerous part about them. It's when they evolve that they will spell the doom of any explorer, grave robber or architect. Cofagrigus, who is a living Sarcophagus that will make mummy's out of them, and Runegrigus who is a slab of a cursed drawing that will show you things if you touch the drawing."

The boys stare looked haunting to make a point of the terror, Pidgeot asked the Djinn. (And the last thing we need is more people disappearing right now.) Kairi had one more detail that was observed. "We're also needing to check the nearby mountains soon, because we're looking for something that could be trapped in there."

The Princess and her boyfriend gasped at the disaster that could be as Genie advised. "Let's settle one thing at a time." He turned his legs into a tail and took off with the Pidgeot that volunteered to be a scout, the Great Tusk turned around with Flygon, Lycanroc and Zygarde, giving a grunt of good will before taking off. Leaving the band to be invited to some living quarters.

Out on the desert.

The moon and stars shined upon the vast land, watching over the Genie and Pidgeot that were flying over to scout the land. Unaware of the moon shining brighter than usual. Flicker! Flicker! Burst!

"Mahina-a-ahhh!"

An Ultra Wormhole burst open and let out a Lunala that had a particular human on her back, one in a recon uniform. The Lunala lowered herself and dropped off the human, who took off his helmet and quickly put on a head scarf, a set of gray eyes and a short black beard were seen and the stranger tried to hide under blue robes. The stranger was organized and tossed a Master Ball, bringing out a small horned imp with golden rings around his two horns and a ring around his waist. The stranger called out. "Little Horn, are you sure that Arceus told you about this place?"

The imp felt the place matched a description and descended down. "There's a ton of stuff buried here that they're going to need help on and in his words, two genies would do the trick."

The Lunala caught sight of a Pidgeot and a Genie flying far, bringing the Imp to have a look and pull a ring from his left horn. "Think we should get to catching too? Or should we let the kids handle that?"

The partner advised against the first option. "It'll be better if they fight those battles. But we'll make sure we're the only problem they have to deal with."

He snickered to mischief as the Lunala rolled her eyes, the human brought out ring like bottle with a cork resembling the Imp, around the base was bindings if six golden rings. "Little Horn, follow them and see if they'll find us an interesting spot to make into a hideout. Nebby, once we're on que, we'll be using that to lay out a map and everything!"