Route 218
It had been almost a day since the girls, Mew, Ash, and Tracy finished their calls. It wasn't a too involved call, they set up that Ash would head over to the girls home with his wife and kids and take up training Miracle's newest member.
Mew slept on Miracle's head for some time after before Mew took its turn to leave with a smile... but just before it left, he winked and in the hands of the girls appeared three small items. A small black arrowhead in Miracle's, and in Sakinah's appeared a parchment with a Stantler head symbol on it. And in Azula's hand appeared an old ancient pokeball.
"These items are special here in Sinnoh, linked to its ancient past," Mew spoke, "Two are rather straight forward, but yours Miracle... you should have fun trying to figure out exactly what it's for." and poof it was gone.
"I am going to kill that cat!" Mira growled, before turning to her girls, "What are your items exactly?"
Sakinah opened the scroll and looked it over, "Its a move tutor scroll for something called psyshield bash... but it looks like only a Stantler can learn it. I guess I need to investigate catching a Stantler."
They then looked over to Azula, she was enamored by this ancient ball, "There's faint electricity coming from this, but it's not coming from the structure like normal poke balls." She studied it a bit more, "I think there is an electric Pokémon in it."
"Mew isn't one to just give out Pokémon?" Saki pondered.
They were then interrupted by Harmony squirming in Azula's other arm and tapping the center of the ball and releasing the stowed away Pokémon back into existence for the first time in several centuries.
"Vvvvvoltorbzzzz.!" The girls all looked at this archaic looking ball Pokémon. All the while it looked up at all of them, "Bzz, bzz. The ball Pokémon popped a small blast from a hole in its head, then began to roll all over the place.
"Is this really a Voltorb?" Azula asked, "It looks angular and it's like he has a polished wooden texture?"
"I mean... poke balls were not always machines," Saki said, "That ball it came out of, is not from the last three centuries, let alone run like a machine does."
"It's literally a carved and polished Apricorn!" Miracle picked the ball up and quickly inspected it, "I see the wood grain like you said, and it feels like its weighted with some sort of stone?"
Azula walked up with Harmony in tow, then she put out her hand just above the head of the orb shaped Pokémon, "Its obviously an ancient variant of Voltorb, and I can confirm this little guy is still an electric type." Voltorb giving off some electricity into Azula's palm and fingers, and smiled only the way he could, "Could it be grass since it is made out of Apricorns."
At this point Harmony reached out and rubbed under Voltorb's eye, where a nose could be, and it shook slightly and sneezed sending out a stream of seeds high into the air.
"That was bullet seed," Miracle said, "Saki do you have any senses as to everything we've gotten?"
Saki tilted her head, "The Stantler scroll is not coming to mind, this Voltorb I remember from some books... But they were ancient, and it was vague at best... The rock you got though; I remember a book stating these arrowheads made from certain material can induce some Pokémon to evolve."
"Really, I've never seen this before," Miracle sighed, "Well it must be a bug, if that damn cat gave it to me. I am going to just have to check every bug I come across."
"Well, you're the bug type embodiment," Azula said, "Can't you converse with the being inside you?"
"Maybe when we settle for the night, and I can meditate on it," She pepped up.
"Why were we heading to Canalava?" Saki asked, "The gym is not up for you yet?"
"Oh...I will be taking it on, but only after we ger back from meeting a friend of my dad on Iron Island," Miracle chuckled.
"Iron Island? Is that really a place you want to go so badly?" Azula asked as she returned her newest Pokémon.
"Yeah, it seems a bit out of place for us to go," Saki replied, "Its almost become dilapidated since your fathers time in this region."
"One might think that if they were to believe the stories," Miracle responded, "But there are several reasons for us, me in general to go. One, wonderful place to train...especially with the frail bug types I use. Second, it is an archeological hotbed right now, its honestly the last place the Sinnoh Underground hasn't been able to crack."
"And what's the last reason?" Azula and Saki said in unison.
"Complaints about an unknown monster attacking! And they cannot get a read on it... It's just so exciting!"
Her two wives just slapped their heads in exhaustion, that's their Miracle.
Harmony quickly matched her mommies head slap, "Head hurt." She smiled, as the three continued their trek to the next city.
Canalave City
The port was quiet, but with the expansion the city has had in the last couple of decades that means bad shit is going down. Drugs, Pokémon, and humans were brought in and traded on the daily through this port... Well at least before the new Gym leader took her post in town.
Named Major while she was in the service, 'Motoko,' was the definition of the word badass. She was infinitely stronger than anyone she had ever come across, her intellect was off the charts as well, heck she was even a people person... When her mask was on. Forced into earlier than wanted retirement, she found a new outlet with her battling, and she was even given a spot on the International Police. But after a few years she was given a transfer to a leadership role in Canalave City's police department. And, with her battle rank she was also asked to take over the Gym from the recently deceased Byron.
For the first time in a long while 'Motoko' felt whole again. But she has a sense when things are about to change; as she looked across the banks of the river, all the way to the entrance of her adopted city, 'Motoko' spotted serious trouble entering her city.
"Shes only been in the region less than a week. How is she at me already." She thought to herself. She turned to her computer and there was a file opened with Miracle's picture that read, 'New Sinnoh Trainer Application,' "I am not liking this."
The girls strolled into town quite fast and tried to quickly locate the Pokémon center.
"I'm pretty sure it's right over by the bridge," Miracle said, "It shouldn't be too hard to really find."
"You take the baby,'' Azula said, as she handed Miracle the nearly sleeping Harmony, "It's been a couple of days of no electric connections, Momma needs to stretch her muscles." Pikachu popped out of her hood and celebrated as well, "I knew you'd agree with me Zuzu."
"Make it quick, and don't cause too much trouble," Sakinah smiled holding Harmony close to herself.
"Yeah Sparky, let's not fuck up before we can really let loose," Miracle smiled.
Azula smirked as she turned away from them, then slowly shifted into her pure electrical form, "C'mon Zuzu lets speed run." She reached down and touched the small rodent and turned him into pure electricity as well. "God I sometimes forget this feeling, it's so freeing." She walked herself and Zuzu over to a streetlight, touched it and disappeared into it with a cackle.
"OK, that was pretty hot," Mira smiled, "You have to agree with me on that." Saki smile and nodded before leaning in to give her a kiss. Miracle's grin was too big, but she still gave her the smooch.
"Let's get our little girl to the Pokémon center, and maybe we can have some time to ourselves," Sakinah said. And as they began their walk to the pokecenter they realized they were nearly surrounded.
"God, what's going on now," Miracle sneered as her antennae perked up. Sakinah's mind also pushed itself open and took stock of the situation.
"It looks like two dozen individuals, just barely out of visual range Miracle," Saki whispered, "And we have Harmony with us as well."
"We can do the fun option or the sneaky option?"
"Miracle Delilah Ketchum! By the order of the Canalave Police Department and the International Police we are to detain you till further notice." A voice came from out of nowhere, but both Miracle and Sakinah could vaguely pinpoint her location.
"You and your goons are not as hidden to us as you think," Miracle shouted.
"And if you're not smart, I'll sunder your mind." Saki added.
There was a long pause, then the girls felt a dozen entities moving further away. They could also tell one entity was still coming towards them. Then literally, two or so feet from them, a small and lithe, short purple haired woman appeared.
"Motoko, I presume," Miracle asked.
The woman has a stern look on her face, "You girls are deemed a hazard to this city, I just didn't have time to get to you before the other one disappeared."
"What is it are you planning to do to these hazards?" Saki asked, holding a squirming Harmony.
Motoko looks, almost angry, "Detain until I find out what you are all really doing in my city."
"Then all you had to do was ask." Miracle growled, "We are staying at the Pokémon center tonight, and then taking a ferry to Iron Island in the morning to meet a family friend. Once that's done, I'm coming back to knock you down a peg."
"You and your compatriots are dangerous entities, and I've been brought into this city to clean it up and keep it safe. And frankly bad shit follows you Miracle Delilah Ketchum." Motoko spoke with gravitas.
Miracle held herself back just a bit, but still stood up to this new woman trying to influence her and her family, "I don't care if you are a Gym Leader or a member of the Royal Guard of Galar, what you tried to do today was stupid and borderline reckless. I'm assuming you know what we are. Have you have been informed by your superiors here in Sinnoh, and the Combined Pokémon Leagues?"
Motoko tried desperately to find a weakness in this amazon, but her resolve was insane for a person her age, "I know exactly what you are, and I know who made you... I even know who you are related to." She took a moment to let the silence fill the area before continuing, "You and your ilk with powers are weapons of mass destruction, created by a megalomaniac who has come within millimeters to controlling the world on dozens if not hundreds of occasions. And that's only the aliases we have been able to attach to her and her organizations over the years. Her ledger is not just written in blood Miracle Ketchum, its swimming in it, and yours isn't spic-n-span either... For a commoner who's never dealt with true war it seems you have a few dozen lives crossed out on your side as well."
Miracles body was shaking in pure anger, her size started to grow, and her skin started to harden a little more cuz she badly wanted to knock this bitches head clean off her shoulders, "If you're saying shit like that then you have no clue what me or my kind have had to deal with. So before I say or do something stupid, me and my girls will be going now. If you need anything we will be staying at the Pokémon center till 7 a.m., when we will be hitching a ride to Iron Island."
Miracle backed down, reverting to her regular size and headed to Sakinah and their little girl. She then did something she was taught as a kid by one of her uncles. She raised her thumb, pointer and middle finger into a mock salute, and as they began to walk away chuckled and spoke out loud, "Smell ya later!"
The normally stoic police officer roared and sped quickly right at Miracle, fist cocked back ever so slightly before springing towards the bug users face, "Such insolence!" But before Sakinah could stop her wife from retaliating, Miracle quick and easy, spun herself around and met Motoko's hands fist to fist. The small blast of air was felt for a few hundred yards. And in mere seconds Miracle was nearly doubled over in pain. Her wrists looking surely broken after those blows.
Sakinah's eyes lit up in amazement and horror, "What the hell?" 'What's with this lady? This shouldn't happen to Miracle?' And as the dust and smoke fully subsided, both girls see what they had not noticed before. Torn gloves and jacket sleeves take a lot of imagination out of it for the girls, as this small, almost petit woman just reflexively clenches and unclenches her pair of heavy duty cybernetic fists.
"i guess my looks can be deceiving as well," Motoko said with a smirk, before again going invisible, but this time neither of the girls could locate her.
"Well... fuck me!"
Other Side of Bridge
Azula and Zuzu apparated from another streetlamp and smiled taking in their newer surroundings.
"The salty air is making me super charged Zuzu," She laughed, "What little troubles can we get into before we head back?"
"Piiikaa," The mouse cheered.
"I agree, but in order to enact that type of plan, we would need some disguises...and I'm not up for that kind of thing at the moment."
It was this moment Azula could feel one of her Poke balls shaking vigorously on her waist, "Mistress, let me out! That foul moon bitch is near and laughing at me!" it was her Darkrai.
"I don't see or sense anything near us you sleepy shadow," Azula brushed him off.
"You do not understand. She always has an eye on me, and just now, as we appeared upon this side of the bridge, we have landed in her figurative roaming grounds. And she has her little tendrils all over."
IN that moment, Darkrai stopped speaking, and Zuzu fell off her shoulder and into her arms unconscious.
"Hello Firefly, thank you for bringing my dear brother back to me," a voice spoke directly into her head, "Now leave him there and be gone."
"Im sorry lady, but this little specter has been forced into my servitude, fair and square."
There was an eerie silence looming over Azula as she waited for another retort from the voice.
"So be it!" And before Azula noticed, she was falling face first into the dirt, and with her focus waning she popped a pokeball off her belt and at once sent it through her pokenav, "Ill just bring you all with me." And in that last second before she fainted, Azula though she could faintly see a floating crescent moon.