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Rotom Upgrade

The next morning at the Lumiose City Pokemon Center, Lincoln and his friends were in the cafeteria, eating breakfast; Lincoln was eating with a smile on his face.

The previous day, Lincoln learned his family survived the boating incident; it was a tearful reunion between the white-haired Pokemon trainer and his family.

"I'm so happy my family is still alive." said Lincoln.

"We're glad for you, Lincoln." Shauna replied.

"So we're going to Laverre City after we're doing eating?" asked Tierno.

"Yep; but first I'm gonna call up my family to let them know how I'm doing." said Lincoln.

"You did promise that you'd do that." said Serena.

"And I plan on keeping that promise as much as I can." said Lincoln.

Just then, Professor Sycamore walks into the Pokemon Center with a small orange Pokemon with blue energy around it floating behind him.

"Good morning, everyone." said Professor Sycamore.

"Hi, Professor." said Trevor; the kids notice the Pokemon following after Professor Sycamore.

"What's that, Pokemon?" asked Lincoln as he takes out his pokedex and points it at the orange Pokemon.

"Rotom, the Plasma Pokemon. Research continues on this Pokémon, which could be the power source of a unique motor." said Lincoln's pokedex.

"Wow!" Shauna says. The Pokemon, now identified as a Rotom, suddenly floats over to Lincoln's backpack and starts hovering around a small pocket of it.

"What's with Rotom?" asked Tierno.

"It must sense something in Lincoln's backpack." said Professor Sycamore. Lincoln grabs his backpack off the floor and opens the pocket that Rotom was fixated on; he reaches in and pulls out his old device.

"What's that?" asked Shauna.

"My old device." said Lincoln. "It got wrecked after I went down that whirlpool over a month ago during that boating incident.

"Why is Rotom interested in it?" asked Professor Sycamore. Rotom begins surging with energy and a couple streams shoot out from it and hit Lincoln's device and his pokedex that was still in his hand, making him drop it.

"What's it doing?" asked Lincoln. Everyone watches as Rotom enters Lincoln's device and something is being drawn into it from the pokedex; the cracks on Lincoln's device's screen begin to repair themselves.

"Wow." said Shauna. Lincoln's pokedex suddenly loses all its power before falling to the ground; Lincoln picks it up and tries activating it, but it doesn't work.

"It's broken." said Lincoln. His device suddenly turns orange and a small hornlike protrusion comes out of the top of it.

"What did Rotom do?" asked Tierno. He got his answer when Lincoln's modified device's screen turns on, showing Rotom's face.

"Hello, everyone." said Lincoln's device.

"It just talked!" said Serena.

"I am Rotom." the voice now identified as Rotom.

"Why did you go into my device?" Lincoln asked.

"Rotoms tend to enter appliances and electronics." said Professor Sycamore.

"What did you do to my pokedex, Rotom?" asked Lincoln as he holds out his now non-functioning pokedex.

"I transferred all the data from it into this device, so now it has a pokedex function." said Rotom.

"Cool!" said Lincoln. He looks around and sees a young boy with a small dark gray bug Pokemon with a spiral protrusion on its head, covered in green leaves; he holds out his device towards the Pokemon, and an image appears on the screen.

"Burmy, the Bagworm Pokemon. To shelter itself from cold, wintry winds, it covers itself with a cloak made of twigs and leaves." said Lincoln's device.

"Awesome!" said Lincoln.

"And I still possess all the abilities your device had, including its communication function." said Rotom.

"So I can call my family with you?" asked Lincoln.

"Yes I can." said Rotom.

"Awesome!" said Lincoln. "You know, I think I'll call my device a Rotom Phone."

"How about trying it out by calling your family." suggested Professor Sycamore. Lincoln nods before calling his father's device. Seconds later, Lynn Sr appeared on the screen.

"Hey, Dad." said Lincoln.

"Hi, son." replied Lynn Sr.

"Is that Lincoln on the phone?!" Lola asked from offscreen.

"Yes, honey." Lynn Sr replied.

"Allow me to hook your device to the TV so we can all see him easily." Lisa says from offscreen.

"Good idea, sweetie." Rita says from offscreen. Lincoln's Rotom Phone screen goes blank for about a minute before it comes back on, showing his entire family in the Loud house's living room.

"Hi, Linky!" said Leni.

"Hey, Leni." Lincoln replied.

"How are things going in Kalos?" asked Lori.

"Well, I'm calling with my device." said Lincoln.

"Didn't it get wrecked when you went into the whirlpool like all ours did?" asked Lori.

"It did, but a Pokemon called Rotom repaired it a minute ago, and basically possessed it." said Lincoln.

"Possessed?" Lucy replied.

"Rotom is part electric type and part ghost type." said Lincoln.

"Ghost type?" Lucy asked with interest.

"Yeah, there are all different types of Pokemon, such as ghost types." said Lincoln.

"Wicked." said Lucy.

"Do you have your other three Pokemon with you?" asked Lana.

"Yep." said Lincoln as he takes his Golett, Lucario, and Shelgon's pokeballs and tosses them, letting the Pokemon out.

"Cool!" said Lana.

"The blue doglike one is Lucario, he's part steel and part fighting type." said Lincoln.

"That sounds like a tough Pokemon." Lynn said with interest.

"The round gray one with the small legs is Shelgon; he's the first Pokemon I caught here back when he was a Bagon." said Lincoln.

"Bagon?" Lana replied. Lincoln then explains how some Pokemon change into different ones when certain conditions are met.

"That's amazing." said Lynn Sr.

"And the blue one with yellow markings on it is called a Golett; it's part ground and part ghost." said Lincoln.

"I wish we had Pokemon here." said Lana with a pout.

"Perhaps I can be of assistance." Rotom's voice says, surprising the Louds back in Royal Woods.

"Who said that?" asked Rita. Rotom's face suddenly appears on the Loud family's TV screen.

"I am Rotom." Rotom said. "I am the Pokemon that is inhabiting your son's device."

"It's... nice to meet you." said Lori.

"Is one of you capable of building devices and such?" asked Rotom.

"I believe I am most qualified in that department." Lisa answered. Lincoln's Rotom Phone floats out of his hand and goes over to the Pokemon Center's Pokemon Transport Machine; a blue light comes out of the Rotom Phone and washes over it.

"What are you doing, Rotom?" asked Lincoln.

"I am obtaining the schematics and blueprints for this device to send to your family." said Rotom; after it was done analyzing the transport machine, it sends the plans to Lisa's device.

"Blueprints acquired." said Lisa. "And this looks simple enough to build; I shall get started after we're done talking."

"I want a cute Pokemon!" said Lola.

"I want a ghost one." Lucy says from behind Lola, scaring her.

"Try sending us some Pokemon also." said Lori.

"When I find some that you'll like, I will." said Lincoln.

"Thanks, dude." said Luna.

"But you girls only get one Pokemon each." said Rita. "There's enough animals in here already. We already have Cliff, Charles, Geode, Walt, El Diablo, Hops, Fangs."

"And don't forget that fox over there." said Lynn Sr who was pointing at a fox that was on the dining room table, eating strips of bacon off a plate before it jumped off the table. "Wait; we don't have a fox!" He and Rita run towards the dining room.

"I'm gonna go to places I've been before and find ones I've seen that I know you'll all like." said Lincoln.

"What about your gym battle?" asked Serena.

"I can take a few days off to focus on catching Pokemon for my family." said Lincoln. "Maybe I can train up some of the ones I already have, like Zigzagoon and Dunsparce."

"Zigzagoon does pick up stuff from time to time." said Trevor. "Maybe he'll find something your sisters would like, such as that Nugget you found before."

"Nugget?" asked Lana as she licks her lips.

"It's not a chicken nugget." said Lincoln. "It's an orb made completely out of gold."

"Gold?!" Lola replied.

"Yep." said Lincoln. "I already sold it though."

"If you find another one, hold onto it for me!" said Lola.

"Sure thing, Lola." said Lincoln.

"Can we see the gyms you've been to also?" asked Lynn Jr.

"I can take the time to stop by." said Lincoln.

"Can we skip the Shalour Gym?" asked Shauna.

"Why?" asked Lynn Jr.

"The gym leader there is that Korrina girl that kissed Lincoln." said Tierno with a grin, making Lincoln's sisters giggle with delight, and Shauna frown. Lynn Sr and Rita return to the living room after they chased the fox out of the house.

"And could you hold off on the Kalos tour for a few hours, son?" asked Lynn Sr. "I can think of some people who want to see you."

"Yeah, Clyde really misses you." said Luan.

"And so has Ronnie Anne." said Lori with a grin.

"And Pop-Pop and Gramps have missed you also." said Luna.

"Pop-Pop wanted to break Flip's jaw when he heard about what happened involving his boat." said Lana.

"I missed them all, too." said Lincoln. "And sure, I can wait a while; I can exchange a couple of the Pokemon I got for two of the ones I have in storage."

"Thanks, Lincoln." said Rita.

Lincoln ends the call after a few more minutes of talking; he then goes over to the Pokemon Center's PC and uses it to swap his Farfetch'd and Simipour for his Zigzagoon and Dunsparce.

"What should we do while we're waiting, Lincoln?" asked Shauna.

"We can walk around the city for a while." suggested Serena.

"Sure." said Lincoln. "A little stroll could help pass the time for a while."

"We can check out the clothing stores also!" said Shauna with excitement in her eyes.

Lincoln and his friends all wander around the city for a while, checking out stores they never took the time to before because they were focused on their Pokemon journey; the girls spent two hours alone trying on different outfits at the boutiques in Lumiose.

"Why are girls so obsessed with clothes?" asked Tierno.

"Some of my sisters are the same way, especially Leni." said Lincoln.

"I'll bet you can't wait to see your friends from where you're from again." said Trevor.

"Yeah, it's been a while since I last saw them." said Lincoln. "And I also really want to see my grandfathers also."

"And they probably want to see you also, Lincoln." Serena said as she was posing in front of a mirror while wearing an outfit she was trying on.

"How do I look, Lincoln?" asked Shauna, getting the white-haired Loud's attention; Lincoln looks and gets a blush on his face when he sees her wearing an pink vest over a white silk dress shirt, short blue skirt, white knee socks, and pink shoes.

"Bah... bah... bah." Lincoln stammered.

"I think he likes it." Tierno said with a smirk as he lightly elbows Lincoln, making his blush intensify, and Shauna blush also.

"Y-You look amazing, Shauna." Lincoln stutters.

"I'm glad you think so." said Shauna as she continues to blush.

After that moment, the group head back to the Pokemon Center and wait around the rest of the time before Lincoln's new Rotom Phone rings.

"What the..." Lincoln says as his Rotom Phone flies out of his pocket; he looks at the Caller ID on its screen and sees he was getting a call from his Mom.

"How did she get your number?" asked Serena.

"I guess my Rotom Phone has the same number as my old device." said Lincoln; he answers the call, and the screen shows his family, along with his grandparents, his friends back in Royal Woods, and Clyde's dads, in the Loud house's living room.

"LINCOLN!" Clyde said with tears in his eyes.

"My little minnow!" said Leonard.

"You're alive!" said Pop-Pop.

"Man, it's great to see all of you!" said Lincoln.

"I'm so happy you're alive!" said Ronnie Anne as she wipes tears from her eyes, making Lincoln's sisters giggle.

"How have you been, Lincoln?" asked Howard McBride.

"I've been great, Mr. McBride." said Lincoln. He then goes on to introduce his grandfathers and Royal Woods friends to his Kalos friends, with Rusty being interested in Serena and Shauna.

"Hello, ladies." Rusty said as he wiggled his eyebrows.

"Hello." Serena said in an awkward tone of voice.

"Where are you my little minnow?" Gramps asked his only grandson.

"I'm in a place called the Kalos region." Lincoln replied.

"What's it like there?" asked Clyde. Lincoln smiles as he takes out his pokeballs and tosses them, releasing his Pokemon, surprising everyone in Royal Woods who hasn't seen them yet.

"What are those?!" Pop-Pop asked.

"Are they aliens?" asked Zach.

Lincoln then told his Royal Woods friends, grandparents, and Clyde's dads about Pokemon, his journey so far, and his plans to participate in the Kalos League.

"That sounds so exciting!" said Clyde.

"Maybe next time you see those two girls, Korrina and Astrid, you can introduce me to them." said Rusty.

"We can do that, even though they're more interested in Lincoln." said Serena with a chuckle, making the white-haired Loud blush, and Shauna growl.

"What's with Shauna?" asked Liam.

"She's jealous." said Serena, making Shauna look away with a blush, and Ronnie Anne frown.

"I plan on going back to the places I've been before on my journey and show everyone, along with any Pokemon that I find." said Lincoln. "And speaking of Pokemon, how's Lisa doing on that transport machine?"

"I'm making progress, brother." said Lisa. "l assume that I'll be done by tomorrow morning."

"You'd better!" said Lola.

"Well, I'm ready to show everyone around Kalos." said Lincoln.

"Let's get going then." said Shauna as she grabs Lincoln's hand, making him blush, and begins pulling him out the Pokemon Center's door with his Kalos friends, and Rotom Phone following after them.

"Hey, who's holding your device?" asked Lori.

"My new Rotom Phone can fly by itself." said Lincoln.

"Cool!" said Ronnie Anne.

Lincoln and his Kalos friends are about to give the Louds and Lincoln's friends a tour of Kalos. What else will happen with Lincoln as his Kalos adventure continues? Wait and find out.

End of Chapter 36

Pokemon on Lincoln's Team: Shelgon (M), Delphox (F), Lucario (M), Golett (genderless), Zigzagoon (M), and Dunsparce (M).

Pokemon in Lincoln's Collection: Shelgon (M), Delphox (F), Zigzagoon (M), Beedrill (M), Panpour (M), Dunsparce (M), Riolu (M), Farfetch'd (F), Budew (F), Florges (F), Honedge (F), Volbeat (M), Woobat (F), Anorith (M), Golett (genderless), Dwebble (M), Slugma (M), and Elekid (F).