Sometime after the adventure in Traverse, Ken, Dewott and the Pawniard were down at the dojo, with an Emboar that woken up from all the ruckus. The one armed boy kept something hiding at his back and whispered. "Hey, got through a mission tonight and a friend came by to help us when we needed it. She's saying that she worked with an Emboar before, so I want to clarify."

The fiery pig grunted and tilt his head side ways as Ken stretched his cybernetic arm and let the surprise visitor climb on it, a Sableye with a mega stone crown. She gave a wide smile as the Emboar nearly gave out a large oink. (Sableye?!) He covered his mouth and whispered in a muffle. (Is that really you?) Leap! The Sableye snickered slyly. (I could just be any other Sableye, kehehehe! And you could be any other Emboar.)

The Emboar sighed. (It's you.) The Darkness Pokemon remember the attitude more fondly and looked over to the resting fighting types. (I heard you and these guys have been getting to some heavy work. What have I missed?) The fire pig doesn't know where to begin. (There's all the stuff that lead to this base getting built. Are the problems about the same as it is over there?) The Sableye nodded. (The people over there are pretty nice in general, the living hold's pretty sweet too.) She had a serious gaze. (But the danger we're dealing with is pretty big. Especially if there's a stick calling upon those dark things.)

Emboar shivered. (Trust me, if you know what those things actually do, you'll mega evolve to show what you can really do.) He grunted to the one armed boy and his companions. (We found friends as well, but the city's not the kind we're meant to stick around in.) He asked the Dewott. (By the way, what kind of mission were you talking about?) The water type shook his head in confusion. (No idea where to begin.) Ken promised. "The job was something that will help Traverse, Twilight Town and the others that are connected to it. We got another partner aboard, Arendelle's going to be a real help with her ice, speed and ghostly power."

Emboar knew that's a depiction of Froslass, the boy stretched. "You got through a night shift already, so get some sleep for later. I got something to do so we can be ready for operation; catch the Pastry Burglar."

The duo wished the band a good night and the band headed up the stairs. Ken activated Bryn's map and focused it on the surroundings of the Lucky Cat Cafe. "So, there's an back alley, if we spook the burglar back in that corner we should." He pointed to the cafe itself. "Now, we'll need to have a lot of us keep him in one direction, so if we ask we can-"

During the early hour of 5:AM.

Xion and the Twilight Trio were allowed early entry into the Cafe and set up a stake out for the main room. With Hiro and Baymax keeping to the Kitchen. With so many eyes watching in the darkness, a stomach focused bandit isn't going to notice until the trap closes in. Hiro activated a signal as the band heard a faint flap from in the kitchen, a small, fat bandit the length of a teenagers ankle. The thief was holding a sack for pilfering and he looked around with some caution before going to the pantry. "Munch."

The bandit was a bipedal critter with teal fur all across his body, save for a cream colored at the jaw, a bib like marking under the chin and clawed feet. It has resemblance to both a bear and a burglar, with pointed ears facing upward and having cartoonish eyes. An infamously gluttonous creature known as Munchlax. As expected, the Munchlax made for pieces of cake and stuffed it in his bag for later, before going for a stack of croissants, he took a particularly flaky one and tossed it into his mouth. Only noticing Mochi appearing from a potted plant and giving him an innocent stare of the eyes, the Munchlax helped himself to another croissant and heard foot steps from a built in bench. He looked up to find Cass with a net ready and swallowed nervously. The two locked eyes awkwardly and the burglar quietly went back towards the kitchen while making a turn to the front door, only to be intercepted by a trio of teenagers and their dogs and forced back to the Kitchen. Hiro tried to pounce on the Munchlax that rolled away and slid around Baymax.

"Oh no."

The bandit hurried to a relatively wide cat door, squeezed through and found the alley way blocked off by a Dewott and a Sableye. The Bandit felt a shadow loom over him and felt a light tap to the back of his head as he turned around, he was swept into a dark swirl of a dusk ball and was forced to drop the bag. Shake...shake...shake... click!

Ken picked the two up as the door opened, Hiro had a look of the ball and the bag while being impressed. "The trap worked without much of a hitch?" Dewott and Sableye approached as Ken nodded. "Every route but this one got blocked off and there was no way to get out without muscling your way through." He signaled that they return to the kitchen, were no one would be able to see things.

Pop!

He let the Munchlax out and gave him the bag out of both pity and the fact the stolen goods were going to be thrown out anyways. The rest of the band entered and Cass recognized the shape, crouching to give the bear a poke. "Is this actually a Munchlax? What's this guy doing here?" There wasn't any convenient way to stretch the truth and Xion moved straight to the point. "He showed up from a bunch of Ultra Wormholes that opened up. Someone was messing around with something and they ripped out rifts that go into a different dimension."

The woman flinched and tensed. "This again?" She turned to the Dewott and Sableye, recognizing the shapes and recalling the chaos that ensued earlier. "Do these guys have anything to do with what happened a few weeks ago?"

Ken scratched the side of his head. "No, but the crook who caused all this was involved with the dark outbreak that nearly turned the city inside out. Do you really want to know why we've been around here, without many adults looking after us?"

The Twilight Trio cringed and Hayner whispered. "Ken, Order!" The one armed boy gave his friend a look like he didn't care much anymore as Cass was flabbergasted by the revelation. "No way, you're super heroes from another dimension?"

Ken pressed his hands together, knowing his fellow Guardians are going to have words with him. "Another world, actually. But you are close." Cass fanned herself and realize something, she looked over to Hiro with a motherly terror. "Hiro, what are you doing with these guys in the first place? These kids are involved with dangerous stuff we don't know anything about."

The boy cringed, if Cass knew he and his friends partook in a war against the Legions of Chaotic Hell, he'll be grounded for life. Ken gave Hiro a wink at a choice of words. "Very dangerous stuff, while me and the Guardians fight very, very, very dangerous people. But, we gone to Hiro and Baymax for a reason. The worst of the dangers isn't our issue anymore and compared to that, this guy here-" He pointed at the Munchlax. "isn't an issue by himself. If some of the dangers try to go after this guy, we can handle it. So if your worried, this is on our heads."

That was more reason for the Aunt to be concerned, she readied to say something as she noticed Mochi giving Munchlax a rub of affection, the bear blushed nervously and was looking confused as to what is going on. The woman took a deep breath and warned her nephew. "Hiro, just be more careful. These kids know more about what they're talking about and the kind of crooks that are out there can be some serious monsters."

Hiro promised that he'll be more careful and thought of a plan. "I think that covers most of the pokemon that are around here. There could be more clues elsewhere in the city, if you're looking to toughen yourselves up." He blushed nervously. "Do you all want to come along for School, after breakfast?" Pence flinched. "SFIT? That technological college?" That wouldn't be too bad of an opportunity, they took the offer as Ken explained the biggest reason "We are wanting to learn about the tech you used to go from one world to another. The ones where these Monsters use some closet doors to entertain kids for laughter because that works as fuel in their world." Cass had question marks over her head. "You got that kind of help from Monsters in your closet?" Pence saw the confusion and promised. "Don't worry, they only call themselves Monsters but they're pretty nice guys. That's one way to travel between worlds, while we got in through a space ship we've asked because Brynhildr, Ken's ship, turned herself into a base and we can't get off world until then." Ken didn't wish for things to be too complicated and brought out a dusk ball. "Someone I call Sis needed me to pick up this fine lady in here."

He let out a Froslass that gave a twirl and emitted a winter chill, Cass and Hiro were astonished by the eerily familiar spirit as Ken concluded the explanation. "And we might need that kind of travel again soon, because how I was able to hop in between doesn't happen everyday." The Froslass giggled as Cass felt impressed. "That's a big project. So, are you kids feeling hungry?" The peckish pick me up was a tempting offer.

During the morning proper.

The band of teenagers were quite nervous over their first ever trip to a College Campus. Pence, Hayner sent out Heater and Pawmot, who surprisingly blend in well as a couple of children in costumes, while Ken let Dewott out to do more in blending in. Olette had Shroodle pose as some kind of hat as Xion was drawing some attention with the wooden Voltorb. The Magby kept by his partners leg as Pence imagined. "Didn't think this disguise would even work."

Baymax asked curiously. "An anomaly like this would be easy to notice in this conditions." Hiro agreed with that. "They would, but it's when you see something this bizarre in plain sight, you want to think it's something else."

He used an ID card on a door and opened it, entering a home room that doubled as a work station. Having decorative flags strewn across the ceiling and tapestry laid out. Gogo was in a set of roller skates and a helmet as she tossed a long banner over a string and used velocity to catch it while moving across. Having a faint smile while Hayner guessed. "Like this?"

In a sudden, a Fred in a green lizard costume, leaped out from the boxes and put a lizard themed hoodie on Hiro. "The Decoration of the School Rivalry!" He put two foam hands on the boy genius and chanted. "Feel the school pride," He stepped back in the chant. "feel it!" Baymax asked confused. "Rivalry?" Fred opened the head of the costume and answered. "Good question Baymax," He went over to a roll down screen. "This is the week where we defeat our rivals." Ken guessed. "Different school?"

Fred nodded and rolled down the image of a campus with a statue of a woman with a raised paint brush and a paint palette. "The Sanfransokyo Art Institute!" Xion spelled out the short term. "S.F.A.I? What's the beef you have with each other?"

Fred honestly doesn't know as Wasabi approached with a box of decorations. "It's a school prank we pull on each other." Zip! Gogo zipped by to be blunt. "Every year." Hiro pressed the foam fingers together. "Classic. What kind of pranks are we talking about?" Gogo placed a box down and explained. "Every year they paint our dining room. Last year they turned it into a zombie clown circus." Wasabi shivered. "I couldn't eat there for weeks."

Fred explained SFITS part of the mischief. "While we, with scientific skills that I don't have, steal the statue of Lenore Shimamoto!" The roller girl recalled. "We used a flock of genetically altered Pigeons, it was classy." Hiro was enticed. "Nerdy antics? I'm in." Ken sighed. "I get it, School Pride comes first. I guess that thing could wait a little longer, so what's this years plan?"

At a Street Way by an Art College.

Pete finished a brief scouting and found nothing of note, save for bystanders that seem to recognize him. He went into hiding and cursed his luck. "Been looking around these 'ere campuses and haven't found a single critter." Globby closed a great ball and put it into his gelatinous hand while pitying his cohort. "Tough break," "Ditto!"

The glob mutant looked down to laugh with a pink blob with two dot eyes and a simple mouth. "Yeah, those kids worked quick. But we at least got this guy, check him out." He asked. "Ditto, transform into me!" The Ditto gave a glow and transformed into a Globby with those dot eyes, Globby transformed into a weight drop as Ditto copied the form. "It's like having two of me around!" He transformed into a bull the size of Tauros and had Ditto copy that before reverting back to his human shaped form. He turned his other hand into a chocolate bar and flicked a piece off and gave it to the Ditto that transformed back into it's small form.

Nom! "Found him while I was getting pecked by those parrots at the roof tops." He laughed at his mental trauma as Pete called for attention. "This is serious Globby, an ol' buddy of mine found a place that was ripe with gizmos, smarty pants and schmucks that are asking to join in the Dark Forces. If I don't make this convincing, then that Obake feller's going to reject this deal to be apart of this Syndicate we're trying to rebuild. We're going to need bigger forces besides the Heartless one of these days."

Globby recalled some of the jobs he's done under the strange one. "Good luck figuring him out."

Glimmer!

Ditto noticed something in the forest by the campus and called out. "Ditto?"

The mooks looked to that and Pete signaled that Globby stayed put, he sneaked by the forest and found a shine reaching out to the sky, blending into the light and being indistinguishable from normalcy. In the center of a clearing was a large crystal with a cave way, the entrance to somewhere that felt otherworldly. The thug had a peak into a darkness that blended with the light of a gray mist that had a glowing orange. A glow of fire. Pete realized something was coming out and went into hiding by a bush, with the orange glow filling the darkness and bringing out a machine unlike any other. A robotic moth with six orange, disembodied wings resembling solar panels, it's torso was ash white, it's thorax and central abdomen were of black, splitting into a blue socket that resembles a moth's rear. It's face was black and blank, save for two orange reverse tear drops that resemble eyes that have a black cross upon them. Fitting for an insect. It noticed buildings across the trees and took off for flight.

Right as Pete went out of hiding, he was spooked at something else crawling out of the cave, a Magneton with yellow eyes, it's magnets all had clumps of dirt that were pulled together to resemble wild hair, even to the screw on the head. The back magnets gave resemblance to dorsal fins and it had a long screw to serve as a tail. The bottom Magnemites used their remaining magnets as two sets of feet. Bending like a quadrupedal would bend their legs. The top Magnemite had what looked to be purple eye liner curved upward and four holes bellow the eye that resemble a mouth.

Pete jumped behind a tree and watched the uncanny machines mouth have a stoic curve, like it was discovering something new. The eyes looked around in separate directions and the bottom left eye noticed a nearby building with signs of distinct architecture. "Mag!" (Hey something different is built here.) The right eye and top eye focused to see more. (That's not part of the facility?) The top eye looked to the sky. (Sky's not the same either.) The specimen lowered it's metal cluster and kept itself hidden as it approached the college.

Everything about that creature gave Pete the creeps. "Sheesh! Looks like I ain't the only one nosing in on the neighborhood." He twitched his ears as a plan. "Hold on. Those kids ought to know about this one soon enough. They'll know just what to do and I can get to work on me cred." He gave off sinister laughter as he waited deeper into the woods, plotting out his trap.

Back at SFIT

The band had an arrival of Honey Lemon and finished looking at the general plan for the heist. With the humans keeping watch for any guards as Baymax did the work of lifting the Statue and flying off with it. "We'll be able to pull this off tonight." Hayner cringed to the most awkward part of the planning. "The five of us, really shouldn't be listening to this."

Hiro remembered the project and scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, this came up when we were expecting something else. But we'll be able to get back to that if we can steal this statue tonight." Honey Lemon flinched in astonishment. "Tonight?! We're going to be stealing the Shimamoto Statue tonight?" Gogo crossed her arms in agreement with the plan. "We'll be attacking before SFAI gets the chance to."

Honey Lemon was getting nervous. "But do we really need to steal the statue? It's already been done." Olette sighed and shrugged. "It has, but this kind of prank is a tradition." Ken added to the dilemma. "It's part of the sport, for those types to beat each other in that game and do it all over again." Baymax recalled. "This has been a tradition since 1916, where the students use a catapult to-" The band heard a door open and turned to find a dark skin woman in short hair, black shirt, gray skirt, high heels and an air of authority.

Hiro cringed and turned off the hologram. "Professor Granville, we were just finishing giving some friends a tour!"

The woman noticed what is going on and went to turn the hologram back on. "And instead of that, you're planning to steal this statue." She crouched. "Not going to happen-" Honey Lemon phewed relief as Pence counted down to three. Granville stood up in delight. "without my approval. Of which, you already have." She slammed her hand on the digital statue. "Tonight art will feel the wrath of science." She pointed to Fred and Wasabi. "You two, see me at the dinning hall in an hour. You will help me keep watch."

Fred was eating some noodles and slurped nervously as Xion shook her head in shock. "We're hearing too much, do you mind if we get out of here before we get dragged into this?" Granville raised a brow at the new faces. "That wouldn't be a problem, but you were brought here for a reason. Care to elaborate?" The teenagers eeked and Ken thought fast as the squad leader. "Right, we wanted to get started on this... traveling project, so we can get to a certain town that's far away from here and back. Just in case our folks call from home."

Granville wasn't exactly fooled. "You mean like an air plane? Or something more convenient?" Ken was seeing that wasn't working. "More convenient. But it's pretty far out there that it be hard to explain it without taking too much time."

The Professor was willing to spend that time listening. "If there's a term you can describe it in an hour, then we'll." She noticed the band of Pokemon and felt some of them were familiar as Ken realized she was going to discover the truth. "You... mean right now? Well-" He hurried to his fellow Guardians as they called their pokemon back. "in a city unlike any other, there's these dudes who make a living entertaining children and use a special device on a door to-" He and his squad were close enough, he conjured a ball of ashes and tossed it to the ground. Clouding the civilians visions and using a mass shadow step to get him and his squad out of the campus and to a street way.

Xion and the Twilight Town were shocked as Dewott barked out. (Hey, what was that for?) Ken nearly screamed out. "If she hears any of that, she'll think we're a bunch of a screw balls!" Pence shook back to his senses and tensed to the self appointed captain. "But now she knows that we're hiding things! How are we going to ask for help if we can't tell them?" Ken was thinking into it as Olette crossed her arms and gave a judgmental stare. "She might be knowing too much, but we know too much as well. So... why are they going to let us back in?"

Ken gasped to a simple, if genius plan. "They will if... we scout the place for them. Share some info on particular spots and people so they'll be prepared. Maybe by then, we can think of what we're going to say so we don't end up hauled off to a funny farm."

Xion guessed why diplomacy is still the option. "Because there are somethings we can't fight our way out of?" Ken raised a finger. "Exactly! We save that for when we know that someone's going to get hurt if we don't fight."

He used the phone to set up a map between SFIT and SFAI, which is coincidentally a few blocks away. "So, since we're a couple of traveling kids that don't go to the same school that Hiro and his friends go to, getting in and out ought to be easy as long as we keep quiet about SFIT. If we find any pokemon around there, we'll know what to do."

Hayner added to the plan. "And if those Heartless show up, or if that robot causes trouble. You and Xion got it covered." The black haired girl advised as second in command. "Just focus on keeping yourselves safe when that happens." She sent Volty out as Ken made an uneventful lead to the Art Campus that was having a bit of a tour day. The teenagers were allowed in, easily and some of the bystanders mistook the Voltorb as an art project. Xion drew in the attention as the others looked around to find there wasn't any easy way in but the front door. With a few day guards that, while they would be no threat against a Keybearer or a pokemon of average strength, would draw in unwanted attention if they knew something was amiss.

In the center of the park was the coveted statue. In the epicenter where many eyes would see. Xion and Volty were able to escape the attention as Ken recorded a log. "The most dangerous part is how surrounded the Statue is, one slip up and the guards will notice."

He showed his phone to let them know that he had enough on record, only to notice a shadow flying past him, a shadow of six wings. The Twilight Town Trio looked up right as Ken show cased his deed and saw a drone with solar panel wings and features of a moth. It flew towards the city as Xion looked over to where the Moth came from and saw a faint glimmer going to the heavens. Volty and Dewott rolled to take a lead as Xion whispered. "That didn't come from nowhere."

Ken was feeling his heart skip a beat as the band hurried into hiding and sneaked into the forest, finding the light emitting from a crystal cluster with a cave entrance. It took a moment for the teenagers to realize what they're looking upon and Hayner jumped. "What the heck?!" He had a closer look as Olette asked with dread. "Is this an entrance to that Labyrinth we've kept hearing about?" Pence had a peak inside the cave and saw a fogged gate on the other side. "Looks like it. Did that robot fly out from here?"

Ken double checked the pictures and found one matching the moth. He ignored the front page story, depicting it as a UFO. "That's actually one of the pokemon in those fake science catalogs?!" He looked back to the city. "Oh that's not good." He faced the squad. "Now we're figuring out that they could just crawl out of there without anyone going in and provoking them." Xion puffed her cheeks to the mission at hand. "If that was a problem, it would have attacked someone by now."

Ken agreed with her and approached the cave way. "That's why we'll deal with that later, we don't want anymore coming out, especially right next to a school zone." He saw Dewott looking in with him, they entered first into the strange gate way. The others followed into the foreboding mystery and crossed the gray light, finding themselves outside once more and before a worn down research facility that was being reclaimed by nature. They looked around to see the fauna was that of a jungle and faced forward to see the facility was under a strange sky, it wasn't simply one of night, but of a whole cosmos, with planets, debris found in the lanes and stars.

Ken looked over to his friends, who nearly had their minds overload. "So this doesn't just lead to a fancy cave, it's to some otherworldly stuff altogether." He conjured Night Sky and had it aimed like a rifle as he gave the squad time to regain their senses. "Everyone, stay as a group and don't wander off." Xion felt herself grounded and conjured the Vector of the Heavens as the trio shook off their bewilderment and followed.

The Keybearers were on guard as they found a ramp going up to the gate of the facility. Standing dormant in front of the gate, was a robotic statue resembling a Hariyama, with it's hands closed to it's sides. Xion and Volty approached, while signaling the others to run around when they see a fight break out. "If this statue does something, we'll handle it. Just focus on getting into that building." Hayner protested to that plan with a whine to his tone. "Didn't you hear what the Captain said?"

Ken was willing to make an exception. "I said it clearly, but as long as you can pick up our trail and follow it, then you won't be far for long. That rule is mostly for you three, because your partners are the only way you can defend yourselves."

That correction was noted as they heard something activate. The statues hands, skirt, ankles, toes and eye sockets lit up yellow, while the rest came alive. The hands floated out of the socket as a set of yellow ovals glowed in the eyes, shifting left and right at the visitors. It took a stand and gave a deep, feminine beep. (Halt! The Preserve is dangerous grounds for young ones like you!)

The Voltorb and Dewott are the primary examples of creatures too small to be venturing into such an unknown and certainly dangerous facility. She noticed what Ken and Xion were holding, she crackled to demonstrate her power. (Keybearers?!) She turned her head to the wielders as a way to address them. (You're forbidden from entry! Turn around now or I will be forced to repel you!)

Volty jumped up and buzzed timidly. (Wait, wait, these two are friends. We need to come here and make sure that no one gets themselves hurt if they wander in here.) Dewott pointed his thumb to a fogged cave. (And we need to pick up what ever treasure are in here before someone else does.)

He had an idea as Ken and the Twilight Town Trio were circling around, the Robotic Hariyama laughed lightly. (You're honest with your words, to say the most.) CRACKLE! (But that is precisely why I won't allow you to barge in here and take what ever you please! I'll give you one more chance, turn back before I make you!)

Volty whined as Xion conjured a back strap and put her blade upon it. "She's getting mad. Volty, go in for leech seed and keep her distracted!" The Voltorb rolled in fast as the Hariyama rushed after him and gave a fake out clap that sent him rolling back to a girl that conjured a short arena of green light. She barked to her comrades. "Go, go, go!"

The Hariyama watched the intruders sneak their way in as the Voltorb rolled to try again, tossing a seed that sprouted and sapped some of her health away. The Hariyama shot her hands after the Voltorb and delivered a three blow arm thrust as Ken got to the gate and used Night Sky to open it up, succeeding in entry. Volty followed with a blast of energy that drew the Hariyama's attention and dodged the next arm thrust. Xion called to him. "Now volt switch!"

The Voltorb fired the shock to little effect and flipped back into his ball, the girl sent out the intimidating aquatic Tauros that stomped. The Hariyama gave a weakened arm thrust as Xion ordered a counter attack. "Give her a double kick, but watch out for the electricity."

The Tauros turned around to give the robot a double kick and spun to take a fast thunder punch, the robot readied another as Xion sent a Wooper to get in the way and called the bull back. "Now we have her where we want her. Give her a poison tail and finish her off with mud shot!" The dim witted Wooper waddled after the robot and leaped to give a smack of his tail, the Hariyama stepped back and twirled to unleash a whirl wind that sent him away. Xion caught him with the ball and felt Nymble coming out. Xion cringed as the robot readied her electrical attack. "U-turn out of there!"

The grasshopper rushed after the robot for a fast kick and escaped into a switch, bringing out the Wooper that took the blow and fired a mud shot. Between the leech seed and the light blows, the robot was knocked to her rear. The Wooper laid on the ground exhausted as Xion dismissed the barrier and out of pity, gave a heal for the robot. Having an insane plan that was worth trying. "We did come here for any treasures we can find. But that's so no one wanders into this weird place get attacked. This place is connected to a different world all together and people can get get spooked if they look up to the sky."

The Hariyama blinked as the Wooper began to glow, enlarging into a giant blobby salamander with fin like fore limbs.

Pew!

Xion looked at the brown giant with that blank look he had as a wooper and checked the name. "Clodsire?" The Clodsire saw the robot was looking quite small and looked around to see his companions are smaller too. "Clod?" Xion squeed and leaped at the side of the salamander. "EEEK! You're so cute and big!"

The Clodsire had a blush as the robot was more confused. (Are you and the other intruders, like this for all your pokemon?) Volty turning to hop. (Pretty much. We weren't just talking about stuff you know, there's a bigger treasure that's right in front of us and we need to make sure you and any others aren't going to be in any danger.)

The Hariyama realized who the Voltorb was addressing as treasure and turned to consider. (Then the care taker of the ancient beasts, should be aware of this. Before your friends stir another fight.) She was ready to march. (Stay close and let me do the talk-) She halted and picked up something in her senses, Xion felt a dark chill and looked around, sending out her Tauros and a Nymble that was chirping to looming danger.

The girl let go as the darkness rippled in a pack of the Cyber Soldiers, accompanied by a small eight unit fleet of light bulb like lanterns that have laser guns bellow their skirts. Xion pulled out her blade and called to the robot. "Wait up, we got some unwanted thugs following us!"

The Hariyama turned her head backwards to see the horde and looked ahead to see a pack of shadows crawling from the door way. Clodsire saw danger and shot purple, rib like spines out of the whitish spots on his back. Toxic spikes were scattered all across and some of the heartless swarm stepped on them mindlessly, taking in the poison. Xion ordered Tauros. "Help the Hariyama out with the door guys while we take care of this pack!" The Tauros grunted as the robot crackled in electricity. Volty, Nymble and Xion kept by the supporting Clodsire as the heartless swarm reared their attack.

Simultaneously.

Ken was keeping an even pace as the facility was a few turns into a lab room with a working light, contrary to the roots that were overgrown in the door way ahead. Ken was ready to cut those roots as Olette put a hand to his shoulder. "Wait, wait, wait! This could be a good chance to test these three out."

Ken turned to see the girl show the three metal wings, the boys felt it was an idea and Pence spoke it out. "The best quality should cut through this easily." Olette nodded to the boy in the t shirt. "Yep, yep. The best one will be made into that sword. What do you think?" Ken found that a genius opportunity. "Well, this is a better time for that, since Xion needs the time to catch up. You'll do this job while the rest of us do some exploring."

Hayner noticed a desk of files and checked out the reading material. One of the files had a blue print of the very drone that flew out of the otherworldly cave, showing the name; Iron Moth. "Check this name out." The boys gave a read and saw there were two other blue prints. One of the robot they left with Xion; Iron Hands. The other was of a robot resembling a unruly beast known as Tyranitar; Iron Thorns. The images show the Iron Hands using it's giant hands to deflect blows and countering, while the Iron Thorns had spikes shoot out of it's back and firing projectiles from it's maw.

By the blue prints was research material. One of an angry looking Jigglypuff with the hair on her head growing long to a tail, having yellow eyes and a mouth of teeth. Another was a record connecting a giant moth with red horns at the side of it's head, yellow eyes with orange brows, orange wings resembling a sail and a green dinosaur tail. Finally, there were notes of a pokemon Ken was familiar with. A creature resembling a Magneton, using two magnets as feet and having dirt drawn to the magnets and top screw. Pence read out the names.

"Scream Tail, Slither Wing and... Sandy Shocks?"

He point to the data on the Scream Tail. "The Jigglypuff is apparently around for one billion years. Slither Wing is an ancestor to a pokemon called Volcarona and Sandy Shocks is the only one of these that makes any sense."

Ken huhed as Olette hacked into the root three times and felt unsatisfied. She put the feather away and grabbed another, severing the root and going for another, nearly slicing through in one stroke and deciding to go with the third. Giving the cleanest slash as she brought out the contradiction. "The first mammal showed up in a quarter of that time, what's so big about the Slither Wing and what's a Volcarona?" Ken answered what he knows. "Apparently, Volcarona is some kind of sun moth."

He went to a dex log and showed the image of two horned moth with six orange wings, blue eyes, four tiny limbs, white fur and a blue abdomen with a black center going downward. Pence read out a contradiction of the moths. "Someone assumed Slither Wing is an ancestor, but no fossils have been found."

Without the most important means of connecting the two species, how is this truth? Hayner had a read about the final specimen. "While Sandy Shocks has been around for ten thousand years and is found in arid climates." Ken nodded. "And there are machines that can run for that long."

Hayner guessed. "Even an old robot? Magney feels like he's been built recently in comparison." Olette sliced through another root and felt she has a keeper. "Hence why Sandy Shocks is an out of place object. A gizmo that shouldn't even be around from that time."

Dewott was both impressed by the cuts and the smarts as he asked. (Think that was laid out over there for a reason?) Ken considered the possibility, given where this knowledge is found in. He realized something and clapped. "This lab might have clues about them or they have them somewhere in a pen. Once things grew in, they got feisty and expanded some territory." He shrugged, not sure what more to expect. "Those three were found in that Book, but it's about time we had some more info on the robots."

Tink!

Olette found the crack of a sliding door and tried to open it, she gave it a push and puffed her cheeks. The boys noticed and with the help of a sent out Pawmot, got it out of the way with little trouble. Finding a vine covered hall way that turned to the right. Ken picked up the sense of danger and turned around to find a cluster of UFO's with the emblem of the Heartless swarming in. The rest looked ahead to find Cyber Soldiers and Shadows charging from the hall. Ken conjured a fire ball and tossed it at the fleet while focusing on the Hall Way and bringing about Froslass, Pawniard and Cyclizar. "Get ready, we got trouble!"

Hayner sent out Riolu and Amphib as Pence sent out Heater and Silicobra. Olette brought out Shroodle. The toxic mouse, the hands on marmot, the Riolu and the sharp blade rushed into the hall to do melee combat as the Poliwag, Magby and Dewott kept attacking at a range. Ken rapid fired as Froslass, Cyclizar and Silicobra guarded the rear. They slowly forced their way through the hall, not relenting an inch until the dark presence lessened, all the way to the turn into an open roof cat walk that split into two paths. The fauna completely over taken the wide storage pens to where trees and vines are over the ledge, explaining how something could have possibly gotten out. The band had their pokemon in front formation as Ken kept watch on the rear, they advanced to the right as the one armed boy thought. "Think we can catch these guys while we're in here?"

Hayner was the first to consider. "I don't know, they sound pretty tough." Olette had a counter point. "This stuff was the reason Ken had to be called over for that emergency. If we can show those guys what one of them even looks like, they'll know why we'll need a way to get back when our friends find something like this again."

Ken recalled the moment Sora was pounced upon by the Roaring Moon and imagined the encounter to grow violent. "We need to know where these pokemon are coming from. This isn't the first time we read about someone from a story and find out that they're real out there. We're going to discover something big and the Dark forces sneaking around aren't going to get in our way." They turned left to see signs that something fell over the rail and smashed it's landing, what ever caused it couldn't be anymore dangerous than the dark forces at work.

They arrived at a wide, floral intersection, leading to two hallways at the side and a great vault with a door shaped like a heart. Standing dormant before the vault, was the Iron Thorns. The band looked around and Shroodle eeped to something right by the band's left. He fell off Olette and the girl turned in sync to a giant, crawling moth with a dinosaur tail and blue skin. It peeled off the shell of a cocoa bean and was eating the milky white substance with in.

Olette put her hands to her cheeks and let out a blood curdling scream, causing the Slither Wing jump back fast and give off a distinct shriek of a cry. He stood up to show more of his size and flapped his wings, Hayner and Pence were speechless as they heard a something to their right. "Puff!" (Ease it up, this big fuzz has only been eating those sweet-) The boys turned to a Scream Tail using her hair to hang from a branch.

Ken felt an instinct take hold and he split Night Sky into scimitars, one of metal, the other of flame. "Back off, I'm warning ya!" The sight of the blade caused the Slither Wing to back away in terror as the Scream Tail froze and fell in a thud, she rolled back and was gaping her fanged maw. (Wielder of the Key that opens all! What is thou seeking to unleash?) The terror of the beasts caused the robot to activate, lighting a green glow in the four sockets in his chest, his eyes and at his belly button.

He saw the intruders and gave off a challenging roar. (Back away, I'll handle these!)

With a step, he caused a barrier of electricity to separate the travelers from the beasts. The beast took their chance retreated to the sides of the room as Ken merged his weapons back to one and smiled in gratitude. "Thanks for that, those guys were way too close for-" The Iron Thorns gazed upon Night Sky and his iris's shrank for a moment. (A Keybearer?!)

He crackled the spikes on his back and bellowed. (You should not be here! Are you here for the secret of the Heart Vault as well?)

Dewott cringed and is keeping his mouth shut after last time as Pawmot and Hayner stood before the robot. The Marmot raised his hands up in a plea. (Hey, hey. You're getting the wrong idea, we're not going to hurt anyone for what ever the heck is in there.) Dewott found the chance at his words being of effect. (Not when we got something even better right here.)

Dagger got in between Pence and the Scream Tail. Giving the boy time to call back his Magby and give Silicobra a go. Cyclizar kept by Olette and gave her the nerve to face the giant moth. Ken and Froslass kept back to back, the one armed boy realized where the tension is coming from, conjured a back strap and put his blade in place to free his hands. "What ever is in that vault, can wait. "We got a world to show you guys, one way or another." He commanded proudly. "Let's get to capturing, we can sort the rest out later!"

The Iron Thorns was confused and opened his maw, Hayner ordered fast. "Pawmot, dig under and pounce him!" The Pawmot burrowed under as the Iron Thorns fired a three way rock blast at Pawmot, Dewott and Ken. Dewott rolled over as Ken ducked. The Scream Tail cringed at the danger posed and chanted to conjure a reflective barrier for his fellow pokemon. (The glimmer of will shall deflect the mightiest of blows!)

Olette asked her partner. "Shroodle, parting shot this Slither Wing!" The toxic mouse demoralized the moth and made a retreat, Olette tossed a heal ball. "Yeaster, let's show this bug that we're not scared of it!" The dachshund pup leaped to battle and barked without fear, the Slither Wing scattered a cloud of stun spores as the girl ordered. "Dodge!"

Yeaster dashed right as Cyclizar closed in for a breaking swipe against the mouth, Slither Wing used his tail to trip the lizard in a low sweep as the girl pointed. "Play rough and knock him to the ground!" Ken pointed at the Scream Tail and commanded. "Daggers, break that wall!" The Pawniard grunted, sprinted after the Scream Tail and gave a weak chop that shattered the barrier.

The Fidough used the chance to bark, sprint after the moth and pounced to pin him to the ground, playing roughly and forcing the giant to push her off and scurry to lay on his side. Dewott sprinted after the Iron Thorns to deliver a swift razor shell slash as the Pawmot emerged from the ground and pinned him to the ground. Pence appreciated the chance. "Silicobra, whip her with a poison tail!" The snake rushed at the beast and slashed, leaving a stinging poison as the puff ball countered with a point at the Pawniard, disabling something as Ken looked to his Froslass. "Adrendelle, hex that one!"

The Froslass focused and unleashed a bright hex that knocked the Scream Tail to the ground. The trio readied pokeballs as Ken felt a stronger spike of danger. He channeled a fast heal to the three pokemon and called. "Everyone get to the center, we got some real trouble."

Pulse!

The three woke up to find the encroaching darkness, Slither Wing was spooked towards taking his chances with those who bested him as Scream Tail waddled over to the team. Iron Thorns gave Ken a glare and growled. (This doesn't change anything, but these are a higher priority than you are.) Yeaster barked as corridors opened up, bringing about a horde of Cyber Soldiers, UFO's and the run of the mill shadows, commanding them was a certain thug that Ken has seen a couple times before.

Pete. The thug saw the band in position and had a rather serous scowl. "Letting you kiddies have the first charge was the right call. Can't warp in here without having to step in, you see."

Hayner recalled stories that were passed along and flinched. "Hey, you're the guy who's working for what's her name!" Pete laughed at the quick words. "You meaning Maleficent? Well, this whole city is an opportunity that isn't going to pass itself. An old pal of mine found a gold mine of potential and it be a shame to let that go to waste!" The Twilight Town trio had no idea what he was talking about as Ken recalled a blue, goat like shaman with avian features. "Ooooooh! You mean that Shaman guy who worked for Ahriman?" He brought his blade out calmly as Pete pointed at him. "So you do remember ol' Ztardon. I'm also reckon that you and that girl are bringing these kids along so they can learn how to be a bigger thorn in our sides." He readied to snap his fingers and initiate a charge. "And we're not going to let that there happen."

The teenagers and their pokemon braced as Ken pressed his lips together, the pupils of his eyes enlarged disturbingly. "So you follow in once you're sure we're neck deep into this trouble, just to ambush us once we push through." The light around him drained and Dewott kept close by Ken to see a war like face. "Smart plan, I'll give you that. But-" He sprouted a set of black, angelic wings. "you're also smart enough to have heard of me and what I can do."

He smiled wide, like a predator that found fresh prey. "So thanks for saving me the trouble of finding you." The attitude brought a fear into Pete's heart, causing the thug to blow a whistle in urgency. "Charge!"

The Heartless charged in assault, the Scream Tail conjured a reflective barrier to keep the melee bound foes occupied as the Slither Wing ignited himself in fire and charged after the shadows. The Iron Thorns gave off a vigorous dragon dance and fired a barrage of rock blasts at the UFO's. Hayner ordered his duo. "Pawmot, arm thrust as much as you can and nuzzle any of the faster ones, Amphib, spray a bubble beam when ever you can!"

The Pawmot charged after the Cyber Soldiers as the Poliwag shot at the UFO's, Pence called sent out his Greavard. "Lick, sneak into the shadows and jump those turret guys!" Olette tossed up a quick ball. "Twirly, scatter as much sleep powder as you can!" She barked out. "Ken, go take care of the one calling these guys in!"

Ken had an addition to the plan. "Arendelle, help the guys as much as you can, Daggers, shank any heartless that tries to be sneaky!" He approached Pete's pack and commanded. "Sharp Shell, Racer, with me!"

The Cyclizar and Dewott kept by Ken and watched him ignite into a fire ball. The boy sprinted as a swirl of flames, rammed into the heartless and unleashed a fire storm. Pete saw the kid wasn't wasting time and conjured a barrier right as the boy rushed for an infernal slash, the thug laughed as the barrier deflected that. Sharp Shell rushed in for a razor shell as Racer went to the thug's side and gave a quick attack rush. It was of no effect and Pete tossed an electrical explosive at Ken, the boy side step and spun as the thug punched the ground to knock the pokemon away.

Sharp Shell let loose an air slash as the Cyclizar let loose a rapid spin, pushing Pete back as Ken intercepted and unleashed fast shots. The thug was sent rolling away and realized that the boy might be unhinged. In a sudden, a trio of a Tauros, a black haired girl and an Iron Hands rushed through a barrier.

The Iron Hands glared at Pete and crackled. (Intruder detected!) Xion pointed at Tauros and sent out Tinker and Volty. "You three go help our friends!"

She let out Nymble. "We got this guy!" Ken used the distraction as his chance to conjure a swirling fire ball and toss it at the UFO's, causing an explosion that wiped a portion of them away. With some will, the flames turned into smaller fire balls and homed in on stragglers, making the number more manageable for the Scream Tail to hover above and conjure a dazzling gleam. Xion rushed at the barrier and struck hard enough that it cracked, Pete swatted her away as Dewott and Cyclizar charged. Using a razor shell and breaking swipe in combination to Ken flying by them and striking hard enough that Pete was sent rolling.

Nymble intercepted for a skitter smack that halted the roll and gave Xion an opening to smash through the barrier. The girl and her starter worked together to beat Pete to near senselessness, with the Iron Hands giving a swift thunder punch that was followed by some assurance. Pete took a few steps back and tossed explosives to make the ladies dodge as Ken slashed the ground and caused a slither of flames to get under the thug and burst in an explosion. Pete was sent rolling towards a corner and Ken gave his blade a twist, bringing about a lasso of light. "The moment this is wrapped around you, you're going to be telling us everything that you've been doing. About who or what Ztardon found that made this world that interesting to you, how your boss got pokeballs in the first place and THEN you're going to tell us how to get to that world you use as a hideout."

He half dropped his eye lids as Pete got on his feet, the scowl of just rage caused the thug to cringe as the boy continued his threat. "If you're really nice about it and get to the point, I might hand you over to His Majesty and let him deal with you."

Pete turned around with common sense and opened a fast corridor back to the entrance. "Oh ho, forget that! I'm thinkin' I seen enough!" He sprinted in for his escape. "You'll be in for it one day, you'll see!"

Ken flung his lasso right as Pete made it to the other side, the dark rift closed off right as the lasso was about to touch it. Ken drew the rope back to the blade and groaned as he and Xion looked over to the dwindling heartless swarm, aimed their blades to the eldritch sky and caused it to turn into a dark blue. Calling upon a rising sun that washed over the darkness upon it's light, the heartless burst into darkness while the emblem breeds released their captive hearts. Ken flapped his wings and dismissed them as Xion hurried over to her friends. Olette in particular wasn't use to the brawl and looked like she was about to fall to her knees, Xion held onto her and asked. "Are you guys okay? We saw Heartless showing up and they weren't letting us through."

Olette held back and slowed her breathing as Pence looked around to find the danger abated. "We're fine now-" Hayner pointed to the pokemon. "Thanks to these guys." Nymble took a deep breath and tapped her forelimbs, causing her whole body to glow. Volty noticed and jingled as Nymble begun to shed her skin and split out as a humanoid. Her wing legs had a set of spikes and her limbs had more detailed spikes. One for each wrist, two for each heel. She stood up and grew a set of antenna.

Pew!

In place of the tiny Nymble was a to the hip tall, grasshopper that looked akin to a thin armored super hero. Her abdomen and thorax had a white x cross in between, her torso, face, rear end, wings, hands, back and feed were of an armored black. Her neck, legs, arms her waistline were gray. Her spikes and eyes were orange and her fingers were white claws. The bug type checked herself out and gave a pose. (Now I am ready to strike!)

Xion looked up the Dex. "Lokix: The Grasshopper Pokemon: Bug/ Dark: When it decides to fight all out, it stands on its previously folded legs to enter Showdown Mode. It neutralizes its enemies in short order. It uses its normally folded third set of legs when in Showdown Mode. This places a huge burden on its body, so it can't stay in this mode for long." Xion felt her eyes glittering as Olette whistled at the entry. "Cool!"

Hayner imagined by the name, that the pokemon's fighting style was going to match. "She's a certified Super Hero!" Lokix put her hands to her hips and had something of a smile as she went over to the strange pokemon and buzzed. (So, we figured anything out?) Scream Tail shrugged. (I know not anymore, one moment we were enemies and the next we're fighting alongside each other.)

Iron Hands approached humbly. (I think we misunderstood. The two keybearers never intended to lay harm to us or this facility. Neither do their companions.) Iron Thorns growled. (But if we stand aside, they'll pilfer everything from the vault.) He pointed over to the vault as Xion understood what was said.

She let Olette on her feet and approached the strange pokemon. "Look, we don't even know what's in there and there's four of you who are looking pretty lost. Do you mind just telling us what's in there?" Ken nodded with her. "What ever is in there, isn't the real treasure we've been looking for. Since we're not going to have anymore heartless around, you got the time to think about that."

Iron Thorns wanted to answer and found himself unable to, he looked over to the Iron Hands who was realizing she knows nothing about the vault either. He beeped in doubt. (What have we been guarding?) Dewott closed his left eye and gestured to the recovering Scream Tail and Slither Wing. (The true treasure with in the facility?) Scream Tail blinked confused as the Slither Wing pressed his forelimbs together. (Us?)

Dewott nodded in a charm. (There's got to be a reason these metal guys were watching over ya. But I think one of you flew out to the bigger world.) The robots beeped in unison. (Iron Moth?) The Iron Thorns realized. (Come to think of it, Sandy Shocks isn't present at all either.) Iron Hands gasped and looked over to the vault. (What have we all been doing?! If that intruder is out there, then we need to find Moth and Shocks.)

Lokix went over towards the vault in a suggestion. (How about we go see what's in that so called treasure trove, have you all put in these cozy balls, so we can sneak you around in the city, then look for them together?)

Volty found that favorable and jingled. (We won't have any regrets.) That was in vote and the Robots headed over to the two sides of the door, each one having a panel to flip open. Ken and Xion approached side to side, to see those panels are what's needed to activate the door mechanisms. A Keyhole opened on both end, awaiting them to shine their blades upon it. In a few beeps and a click, the door slid upward and brought about a shine. Revealing a gate of a rainbow mist. The band gave their partners a fast heal and called back most of their pokemon, save for Lokix, Dewott and Volty. The group entered the light and were nearly blinded before they found themselves in the depths of a dark chamber kept lit by the power of the crystal. In the center was a collection of odd stones, shaped candies and a case of disks that someone was trying to disguise. A certain gray, plush cat with a cap that was white on the back and blue at his front. The cat tried to turn the case into a treasure chest and doubted. "No, no, it doesn't blend."

He turned it back into the case as Ken and Xion gasped as one. "Chirithy?!" The cat jumped in shock and turned. "Ahk!" He tilt his head to see the rest of the band, wanting answers to some questions. "You guys are here already? I stopped watching once I saw you all come together to chase out the minion of that witch." He tried to laugh it off. "Oh, I got a lot of explaining to do, don't I?"

Xion knows that he knows what is going on, settling for explaining to those who aren't in the know. "He does have a LOT of answers, but first. This is some weird cat called Chirithy, he's been to a lot of strange places." Ken explained in a shorter term. "Places I'm not suppose to talk about. But he showed up when me and the Guardians had to run into the Realm of Darkness. He's a lot of help." He half turned his head to the cat. "Even if he is in cahoots with Arceus and this Lady I've been hearing about. That's a bigger value than any diamond you can ever find."

Dewott heard the tone and tapped him on the leg. (Hey, don't!) He turned to the Chirithy with gratitude. (I get the feeling that he's still a friend.) Chirithy gave up on disguising the goods and stepped back from it. "There's no point in fooling a group of smart kids. Even if I can't just tell you what's happening."

He looked over to the four pokemon and presented a gem stone, letting it shine a beckoning. The beasts of ancient yor and the machines of what could be, answered the call. "Despite the reasons; he moment you faced these four, you've chose to defend yourselves, display your strength in bonds and are even now, about to make friends. You might not know the scope, but you're about to accomplish something great. Yet your trail in this Labyrinth is not over." The Iron Hands turned her head backwards. (But what are they to gain by facing us again?)

Chirithy gave her a gracious bow. "Monarch of the Thunder. What I'm about to have you undergo, will allow you to release the essence of your heart. Melding what you are, with your purpose. With the power to be free from the limits of fate and show the world that it can continue growing." He focused upon the children. "These righteous hearts, the True Protectors of the Heart, will prove how far they grown and what world they will make with their friends and kin."

Hayner had an idea what the challenge would be and faced the Slither Wing, while Pence confronted the Scream Tail once more. Olette faced the Iron Thorns as Xion prepared a ball for her rematch with the Iron Hands. Chirithy saw the challengers answered the call and raised the crystal high, causing it to swirl in power as it ascended high. "Night Angel, Bearer of the Dark Fragment and the Protector of the Worlds you call home. You and the One Who found Her Own have guided your friends well. Continue to guide them to their potential and face this Paradox!"

The crystal burst in power and the cat disappeared, power poured into the four and caused them to be encased in crystal. CRACKLE! SHATTER!

Strange reflections of hearts, scattered with in the shards, bringing forth the four that have a change in hue. The Iron Hands shining in steel gray and have a pendent of bounded metal. Iron Thorns having an earthy color and a pendent showing a hexagonal rock. Slither Wing being of fiery red and having a pendant of a flame and Scream Tail with a black hue and a pendant of a crossed eye. Iron Hands gave a distinct beep. (Terastallization, complete. Defensive types of Fighting and Electric over ridden. Applying Steel Type.) Iron Thorns joined in the chant, more bound to duty. (Weakness of Electricity, over ridden and enhanced with the power of Rock!)

The Scream Tail twirled and giggled unbound. (Free, free, free! We won't be bound by the whim of this womb any longer!)

The Slither Wing lowered himself in a feral crouch and vowed. (We will be free to see this world you seek to make! We will find more like you!) The Dewott backed away with unease. (Hey, hey, take it easy. You're freaking us out again.)

The Twilight Town Trio were feeling a different aura and let out their choice; Pawmot, Shroodle and Greavard. Xion brought about as Ken brought about some aid. "Dewott, I'm not liking the look of that Thorns, help out while I have these guys lend a hand."

Fling!

Out came Daggers and Arendelle. "Like before, Daggers you help Pence and Greavard. Arendelle, that wind you blew has been a real help." The Pawniard kept by one side as the Froslass kept by the center. The Iron Hands charged after the Voltorb and applied a fake out as the Scream Tail's eyes turned pure yellow. She let loose a barbaric howl that brought about vigor as Hayner ordered. "Pawmot, nuzzle that Slither Wing and dig under!"

The electric type charged for a fast zap and caused the Slither Wing to ignite in a graceful passion and charge in a roar. Pawmot back flipped and burrowed as the Slither Wing crawled back and turned like a patient beast. The Froslass twirled to blow an icy wind, cooling down the fire and making the brutes quite sluggish. Olette ordered fast. "Shroodle, give the Thorns a parting shot and we have this under control."

The shrew did just that and retreated for Twirly, the Dewott rushed after the Iron Thorns that fired a barrage of stones. The water type dodged it and gave a slash of his scallop shell as Pence clapped. "Sneak over with phantom force and play rough!" The dog jumped into the darkness as the Pawniard charged the Scream Tail and rammed an iron head, leaving it distracted. The beast puffed a dazzling gleam and laughed in childish glee. (Warriors of the Worlds Bellow, gaze upon the stars that shine eternal!)

PEW! PEW! PEW!

The wide blast had a bit of impact, Volty came through from the flinch as Xion asked. "Iron Hands changed out her electric type, give her the thunder wave and toss a leech seed!" The Voltorb rolled for a fast shock and applied the seeds as the giant froze stiff.

Olette ordered her Skiploom. "Twirly, give that Thorns a sleep powder and giga drain!" The starter flew by the Iron Thorns that crackled in electricity and punched the Dewott away for a one hit knock out, only to be scattered by the green powder and was sent dozing off. (Must... not!) He tried to fight it off. (We must stand... to make that future so...zzzz)

The Skiploom followed with a fast giga drain as Ken pointed Arendelle to her target, hexing in sync and causing the robot to crack. Scattering away the crystals and was trying to wake up.

BURST!

Pawmot leaped from the ground and sent the Slither Wing back fumbling back. The beast countered with a two low sweeps that sent the electrical rodent back in a knock out. Hayner switched for Amphib. "Come on, just a little more!" Pop! The Poliwag waddled to battle and the boy ordered. "Blast him with bubble beam!"

The tadpole fired at the beast that took a step back and leaped in a lunge, pinning the water type in the ground before getting blasted in the face and get forced to step back. The crystal shattered and left the beast waddling confused. The Scream Tail was pounced upon by the phantom force and conjured a reflect before getting hit with a break chop. The Grevard leaped to play rough and forced the beast to let loose a dazzling gleam.

The Iron Hands was given a shock of a volt switch and watched the girl switch for a Tauros that gave a wide, intimidating moo. "Double kick, let's go!" The Tauros charged and kicked twice, causing the Iron Hands to swing a thunder punch. She felt herself not moving as the girl switched for Lokix. "We have her now!"

The Lokix unfolded her back legs and stood tall as the Iron Hands refused to give up and leaped. "01010111 01100101 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01010000 01100001 01110010 01100001 01100100 01101111 01111000 00100001 00100000 01010111 01100101 00100000 01101101 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01110011 01100001 01100110 01100101 00100000 01100111 01110101 01100001 01110010 01100100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100110 01110101 01110100 01110101 01110010 01100101 00100001 00100000 01010111 01100101 00100000 01101101 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01101101 01100001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01100110 01110101 01110100 01110101 01110010 01100101 00100000 01110011 01101111 00100001" The Lokix leaped at the legs of the robot and delivered a firm low kick, causing the crystal to shatter and leave the robot flipping to the ground.

The Scream Tail was in a corner, alone with her companions nearing defeat and leaped after Ken. Roaring as her fangs glowed in psychic power, Ken protected himself with a parry as Xion saw the dirty fighting and aimed. "Lokix, lunge at that Scream Tail!"

The Scream Tail had a moment to realize her error as the Lokix leaped after the beasts back and lunge a pounce, causing her to loosen her grip and fall flat on the ground. Her crystal shattered and left the creature dazed and confused. Pence tossed a heal ball at the beasts back as Xion and Olette tossed a timer ball at the machines, Hayner brought out a fitting net ball for the Slither Wing. Shake...shake...shake... click!

With that click, the strange pokemon were captured. Victory was achieved. Definitely worth celebrating as Ken called Dewott back and looked to where Chirithy was, in his place was something peculiar. A floating crystal blue star with a purple circle, a white star center piece and a bolt mixing the two colors in. Ken didn't hesitate to go after it. "OOOH I know that this is."

He plucked the star from it's space as Xion knew that was new. "What is it, it sounds important." Ken showed it as the band picked up the captured pokemon. "This is a Star Shard, like the one we used to make that door to a different realm. Combine it with a door of gummi blocks, it could take you all the way to Ana's realm. Used in a smaller scope, it was a way to hop in between worlds."

The four gasped at the potential and Olette was losing her breath. "We can open a way back to the hub worlds if we're needed!" Ken signaled that she calmed down. "Yep, we'll have to let Sis and the others know through a call if they can provide us one. But once we do, we can continue to brain storm." He put the shard in the bag and picked up the T.M Box. "Let's take everything we're going to need, get back to SFIT and show those guys what we're talking about. It's going to blow their minds."

The crew were on it as they felt their vision be blinded by the light. Chirithy's voice returned. "It certainly will. This isn't too much, but it will help you on your journey. Once you're free, search bellow the light." The teenagers and their partners woke up to see they were out of the Labyrinth and in the woods where they found it. The entrance disappeared and left behind a memento. A large bags of treasures. Hayner went to carry that as Xion checked the logs on the mysterious four, they have quite the story to share.