//------------------------------// // Twentieth Move // Story: A New World - A New Game // by V-Oblivion //------------------------------// Twentieth Move Sudden goodbyes - Aggressive hellos. Manehatten City Downtown The group left the postal office with a smile, as they happened to stumble across a nice bit of information regarding one of their member’s whereabouts, despite the fact they had to wait at least a day to get what they were looking for. The mercenaries, now plus three were following Daring around the big apple as they headed towards one of the simpler and duller buildings the city had to offer: Hoofson’s Hotel. “We’ll sleep here tonight.” Said Daring as she led the way still. “This looks fancy,” Pointed Gold said with a smile. “Indeed. Are you sure you want to rent so many rooms in such a place, Miss Daring?” Char inquired as they entered the hotel, where the building’s dull exterior appearance was quickly thrown out the window in comparison to the elegant yet modern design of its interior. “Hey! I like to camp in the wilds as much as the next adventurer, but we’re not in the wilds now,” replied Daring as they moved towards the lobby. “Or at least not ‘that’ kind of wilds; point is, I like to pamper myself whenever I have the chance okay, so take it as my treat.” “If you insist then” Shrugged Char as he let Daring ask for their rooms. “I would gladly sacrifice myself,” joked Gold as he looked at the place, bringing good memories to the spy. Weiss, however, couldn’t remove the thought of before out of his head. ‘I don’t have Pokémon parents, so it’s only natural for me to not been able to have such moves like Psycho Cut… but then why do I feel like I can use it?’ he thought as he looked at his forearms. ‘However, the closest thing I have to a dad would be Arceus… right? I mean, he said he and his children reconfigured our bodies when bringing us here… so maybe…’ “Hey Weiss, you coming?” Asked Daring as the registration was finished, snapping the once human out of his line of thought. “Wha-Right, you guys go ahead,” he replied. ”I would like to spend some time at the gym if you all don’t mind. This place does have one right?” Daring gave him an odd look while replying, “Yeah, there is one. Just ask any of the help and they’ll guide you. But why the sudden need for a workout? Didn’t you just beat the crap out of a room full of bandits just a few hours ago? So what do any of you ‘monsters’ need to work out?” “Well, I don’t know if you noticed, but I am now a whole new species of a being, so I still need to find out some things about my body.” He replied back as he made his way toward a maid, but added, “And for your information, I am currently the weakest member of my team.” And so he left, leaving Daring’s mind mildly shocked while his still felt that odd sensation on his blades. Griffin Empire Training Grounds As the day finally came to an end, Shredder allowed her troops to leave. They seemed slightly more exhausted for some reason though, yet she didn’t pay it much attention. ‘It’s good to see them giving their all despite my absence during most of the day,’ she thought. Her time that day was mostly consumed whilst helping Gigalith to fill in his registration documents and paper work of the like. It was a good thing she was there to write down things for him as he seemed to be unable to do it himself due to his short limbs. Although he was quite slow in regards to both movements and thoughts, so it took him quite some time just to get from one office to the next. But they could join training at the middle of the day, as for some reason some of the trainees were enjoying some tea and crackers, apparently a treat from Linza. The group resumed training for the rest of the day, proving that Gigalith was in fact good at taking hits and surprisingly good and giving them back, even Jackie seemed surprised by the endurance of the Compressed Pokémon. But now every Griffon, and Lucario, had headed back to their dorms, Gigalith in contrast made his way toward the exit. “And where are you going?” Asked Shredder as she catches up with Gigalith, not a hard task given his speed. “To inform my mistress and her husband about my results. As well the good news regarding their child.” His voice was as euphoric as the dripping water on a cave, but it seemed to be indeed happy. “An understandable resolution.” Replied Shredder. “But I can’t let you go like that.” Gigalith turned to look at Shredder with a raised eyebrow. “You joined the new Pokémon troops, thus you agreed to stay in the barracks with the rest until training is over.” She explained and then pointed out. “And that would be decided by how well this unit work as a team.” Gigalith seemed to understand his current predicament as he keep his emotionless expression, thinking what to do. “But fear not,” Shredder added before Gigalith could go too deep into his thoughts. “You can still receive visits from your family. Not to mention they have been granted a place in the Avise Orphanage for Bright Children to live and work there, this surely come handy as the orphanage’s children has grown in numbers because of the numerous families separated.” “…” Gigalith didn’t said a thing, but he seemed sad by the news. “So many children, away of their families…” He slowly said. “The empire is doing what it can to find their families as soon as possible. Some Griffons had even show interest to give house to some of them for now, although this is mostly done with the ‘cuter looking’ ones. Those with the bad luck to be turn in things like a Grimmer or a Carvanna doesn’t seem to be so lucky.” “I am sure my mistress will be able to help them.” Gigalith said convinced enough as if the sun was moved by an Alicorn. “We will see. So if you would be kind to tell us where your trainer and her husband are, we will send them the news about your success here, as well about the orphanage and their child.” Gigalith didn’t liked the idea, but he knew he had walked into this himself, thus he obliged and gave Shredder the information she asked for, while hoping that Alley was safe and in good hands whenever she was. Somewhere in Baltimare City At that very same moment, a scarf wearing Zangoose couldn’t hope more for someone to take a certain Petilil off his back. Hall of Legends Garden balcony “…” “…” The tea and the macaroons have long been consumed by the time Latias had finished her story regarding her rather complex yet somehow short romantic life, which was surprising given she was an immortal. “…” “…” Now, Victini was currently processing all the information which wasn’t a simple task. “…” “… would you please say something? You been staring at me for the past ten minutes as if I were some glareless Gastly!” “Eh!? What? Oh, sorry…” Apologized the Victory Pokémon as he cleared his throat, ~ahem~ and then replied, “But is just quite the story. Have you told your bro…” he hold himself right on the spot as a cold glare shot his way, “… have you told this to someone else?” “I doubt you would be here if that was the case…” Latias replied with a sigh. “Okay then… so I am on my own here.” He pointed out while looking for any remaining tea on the pot while adding, “Unless you want me to ask the girls for help?” “NO!” The Eon Pokémon shouted right away. “… I would rather prefer to keep this as… private as possible.” She said while thinking ‘Just having others already plotting how to meddle on my personal life is troubling enough thank you!’ “Alright then,” Said Victini without giving it much of a thought about Latias’ discomfort as he proudly added. “More fun for me!” Again, Latias sighed at the tiny Pokémon’s cheerfulness regarding her troubles. ‘But… I guess is better than having no one to help me at all’ she thought. “So what would you suggest me to do then?” She asked. “Well, this whole thing seems quite troublesome so…” Victini said as he began to float around the Dragon/Psychic-type as he pondered about her problem. “Are you sure of what you are feeling?” “You are joking right…?” Deadpanned Latias at the question. “Well excuse me, but you mentioned this other human who happened to hit your heart quite hard on just a day, so how can you be sure this is in fact attraction and not just some childish infatuation?” “First of all I never was just infatuated with Ash!” Latias snapped back, “and second, how come you are questioning what I feel? You are just forced your help on me you know?” “You accepted my help so that is your problem now.” Victini said without the slightest bit of remorse, “Besides, how are you so sure you liked this… wait did you said Ash? As in Ash ‘Meet all the legendary’ Ketchum?” “Yes,” Latias said a bit calmer now, “I take you know him.” “Knowing him!?” The tiny legendary shout back, “I doubt there is a single legendary here who haven’t heard of him! He somehow managed to know every single one of us as if where some sort of…” “Luck?” added Latias, “I know. He seems to have been blessed by Lord Ho-Oh on the very first day of his journey. How did you meet him?” “Lucky bastard, literally.” Said Victini as he replied, “I met him when I was stuck in that blade like castle. He helped rescue me from there a few years ago. There were battles, explosions, a significant change of the scenery, Lady Reshiram and Lord Zekrom were there too. Pretty epic stuff.” “Sounds like Ashy alright.” Latias admitted with a chuckle. Then Victini smiled, “I see I may owe you an apologize.” “Huh? Why for?” Asked the Eon with confusion. “You do seem attached to this human, so how about you tell me about him in a bit more of detail and see what we can get.” Suggested the Victory Pokémon. With a small blush, Latias nodded, as she wanted to solve this once and for all before someone else decided to give a hand as well. “It was back in the city of Alto Mare…” City of Manehatten Hoofson’s Hotel The night passed without any other events of importance. Weiss trained most of the evening but eventually rejoined the group, then they ate something, washed out their tiredness and slept soundly. The next morning, the guild was now happily heading toward the dining area for a good buffet for breakfast. “We should take the chance and refuel now while we can.” Ordered Weiss as he took one of the trails and fill it with as many food as he could. “We don’t know when a good meal will appear in our future.” Luckily for the team, the buffet was divided on two sections, one for herbivores and another for carnivores. Of course Daring, Edge, Valerie and Gold preferred the first area to eat a more ‘healthy’ meal while the rest gorged themselves on the meat to the point even some Griffins had to look away from them. Suddenly, a mare wearing a simple cap and a beige bag, both carrying a winged letter logo, flew towards them and gave them a letter, while adding. “You bunch are quite hard to miss,” she said with a whistle a she give them an envelope. “Specially that flying saucer friend of yours.” And with nothing else to add, once Weiss had signed for the letter, the mare left as quickly as she arrived. “How did they managed to find us?” Asked Char with confusion as he sipped some coffee. “This isn’t exactly a small town to look for a specific someone.” “Beats me!” Said Weiss as he opened the envelope and proceeded to read its contents. “M-magie maybe…?” Suggested Roa as she took a bite from a sausage rather violently. The letter was then passed to the rest of the mercenaries on the table, which read a single line. Acknowledged. Arriving at morning. “It seems we have a little reunion awaiting for us.” Char said with a smile. “I hope they found someone else, I really need some good news right now.” Weiss replied while Char and Greninja give their leader a confused look. “… I need some help with a new move I am working on. Needless to say I am not doing great on my own.” Was all the answer he give as they felt a familiar link getting in touch with them. ‘I would be glad to be of assistance.’ Was the sudden mental comment which Xavier gave as a hello. “Well, speak of the devil and he does arrive!” Replied Weiss with a smile as he finished his fifth plate. “Good to have you back in our heads old friend. How was your travel?” ‘It had a few aggressive encounters, nothing new.’ Replied Xavier. ‘And I see we have made yet another re-addition to our crew. Good to see your mental waves again Char.’ “It’s good to have you looking over them as always.” Replied Char over his coffee. “How about the others?” Asked the mercenary leader. A barrage of new minds thought into the mental conversation. ‘We are quite fine, thank you. How have you been dear?’ Started Rouge. ‘We have an awesome fight over Baltimare!’ Informed Pancha. ‘I could be better…’ skulked Simon, a fact none of the mercenaries on the buffet let go unnoticed. ‘Is everything alright?’ Asked Edge with concern. ‘I am afraid it is, despite the bad news I have to deliver.’ Said Xavier with his monotone, albeit it did sound a bit sad as he gave Valerie and her husband a private link to catch up with one another. “This doesn’t sound ominous at all” Commented Daring with obvious sarcasm on her end as she then turned to a scared Agent Gold. “Xavier is member of their guild, and quite a cold-hearted bastard, so watch your mouth around him.” “I have properly learned of that around any of these ‘fine’ gentlemons quite already.” Replied the PLA member. ‘I would like to ask about these new minds with you, but I prefer to go and get this message delivered now.’ Explained Xavier. “Message?” Said Char with curiosity. “This seems important…” Pointed Weiss out as he leave his plate to the side and leaned back on his seat. “Shoot.” ‘First of, I would like to tell you that Miss Anzu has decided to stay over on Baltimare, as she happens to found some old acquaintance of hers.’ Xavier began. Weiss sighted at the new, “It can’t be helped then… but I never got to talk about her dad…” he said with a regretting tone. ‘You can go all fan boy over Koga once we’ve found him.’ Said Pancha with a teasing voice. “Ha, ha…” Deadpanned Weiss. “Did Surskit stay with her too?” Asked Daring, apparently she wasn’t that shocked about the other former human, but instead worried about the small Bug-type. ‘She is remaining with us, saying that she has more opportunities of founding her trainer with us than staying in one place.’ Replied Xavier. ‘She is currently sleeping as we speak.’ Daring seemed happy with the reply. ‘Now, to a more delicate matter…’ At that instant, Xavier’s mind made the mercenaries on Manehatten move toward a mental construct of his, which appeared to be some port city. “Baltimare!” pointed Daring out as the mental avatars of Checkmate look at her confused. ‘Right you are.’ Priced Xavier while explaining, ‘and I took the liberty to inform Miss Do about this as she is our current contractor.’ “Makes sense, so what is this message you want to deliver so badly?” Asked Weiss as a new mental construct appeared before them. A creature similar to a quadruped dinosaur with fins for legs, a large body and soft blue skin formed before them, a thick-looking grey shell covered its back, while a few old scars covered the base of the long neck. At the top of it, a serene head lied which coldly looked at them. “Ness.” Said Weiss, but not as if he recognize her, but as a salute. A sonorous sight of relief could be hard coming out from Greninja as the Ice/Water-type made herself visible on the mental landscape. “Weiss.” Said the Lapras with a cold, yet gentle voice in tone with her eyes. “… wait… is she…actually talking?” Asked Daring as she noticed how ‘lively’ she looked. Ness seemed to notice the Pegasus, but instead of answering her, she merely look at her way but not directly at her, as if she wasn’t even there. “I am afraid my answers are limited, please ask properly.” Was all the Transport Pokémon said. “Storage Personality.” Said Weiss to Daring and then explain, “Xavier copied a bit of our comrade here on one of his brains and is now ‘playing’ it to us.” “It’s useful for delivering important messages.” Added Xavier’s omnipresent voice. “So… this is not a memory, as you guys always show, but a part of her?” Inquired Daring as she pointed a hoof at Ness, she was also starting to feel a slight pain on the head caused by the amount of incredible things Pokémon keep showing her as if they were nothing. “Is more than that… but I guess that works in the end.” Said Char calmly, “This is Ness, Miss Do, a Lapras and a member of our guild. Member of King and second mistress tactician whenever Xavier isn’t viable. “Her forte is stealth and infiltration.” Proclaimed Weiss as he turned to Ness’ copy. “So what is it that you want to tell us Nessy?” The copy seemed to be caught off guard when called by her nickname as she smiled warmly for a second, before returning to her cold self. “Is good to see you are as interesting as usual despite your current form.” She pointed out while Weiss nodded, taking her compliment. “But I am afraid the news I have to give you all aren’t going to sit you well.” “You are leaving us aren’t you?” Weiss asked rather calmly, although he himself was quite expectant of Ness’ reply. Edge, Char and Greninja seemed surprised by these words, especially the latter, who seemed more than shocked. “That is… true… I am impressed you are taking this so well.” Said Ness with her calm but cold voice. “That is an understatement.” The once human said to himself. “I won’t ask why though, which would be dumb from my part…” He admitted. “You never liked this life, afterall.” Added Char. Edge and Greninja, on their own respective end, decided to keep listening to what Ness had to say. “That is true.” Admitted Ness. “I had a debt to repay and so I worked with you. Now, however, lies a new opportunity before me. One I am definitely not letting go of in order to return to a life I didn’t like!” Weiss sighted, “Nessy, I known how you’ve felt about this job for a long, long time,” began Weiss with a calm yet sad voice, “and it was very selfish on my part to keep you around when I knew it.” “That explains your calm demeanor” Replied Ness, although she didn’t seemed too happy about it. “But I would like to tell you, and the real you in due time, that it really hurt me to think about letting you go even more… you are one of my family after all.” “The mother role wouldn’t be fit for anymon else.” Proclaimed Edge as her eyes tear a little. “I thank you…” Said the copy with a slightly gentler voice toward the Noivern. “And I do hope you can go and tell me these things for real in a short future. But I would thank you if you all take your time.” The mercenaries, specially the Ninja Pokémon, looked confused. “I don’t want to return, that is final,” she stated, “but meeting you all face to face would be too much for me to bare… I doubt I could keep my cool, something Simon surely knows by now.” ‘So that is what happened!’ The mercenaries mentally exclaimed. “I need some time get used to my new life and to get over all the distaste I hold over this guild. But…” Finally, her voice and features turned as soft and gentler as those of a mother, “Once I am okay, please, feel free to pay a visit. I may have hated our lifestyle, but there is no way I could ever hate any of you… except a certain mole, but he isn’t important.” The group chuckled at this sudden change of personality and a lot at the little joke about their boisterous comrade. “Now if you don’t mind, I have a little message for my child.” “Who am I to stop a mother?” Weiss said. And without any doubt or regret from his part, Weiss shrugged it off as Ness moved to face Greninja with the same motherly expression of before. “My boy… I know this may sound rude and selfish from my part…” Ness began while Greninja keep looking at her, a slight hint of many emotion going through his eyes, specially distrust, betrayal and sadness, yet he never moved his gaze away from hers. “I know why you joined us… them, in the first place, so I have no right to ask you to leave them, at least not yet.” She then placed her large head before Greninja’s and gently placed her muzzle over his face and softly nuzzled him. “I have trust you will look for a life of your own one day,” Ness continued without stopping her show of affection. “For now, though, you can know that I am very proud of you and your perseverance. And that I will always be proud of you no matter what…” A small stream of tears began to pour from the copy’s eyes as she turned to look at the other mercenaries while her body seemed to disintegrate. “Weiss, I thank you for delivering my revenge all those years ago, as well as giving me a family to love. Even when you are all weirder than a stable Spinda.” The once human chuckled, “but who is stranger? Us, the crazy bunch, or you for staying with us for so long?” Ness smiled back and then turned towards Char, “I know we had little to talk, but I always cherished our chats Mister Red Comet.” “A life looking for what one wants is a life worth to admire.” Replied the Scizor solemnly. “Good speed on your new life Miss Tactician.” Then Ness turned to Edge, who was already crying her blind eyes out. “You are one of the bravest Pokémon I have ever meet, I am sure your mother would be proud of you Edge.” “Y-yeah…” Replied the Noivern as she clean her face, “It helped to have such an awesome mother, and a great substitute, to show me the way.” Finally, Ness faced back Greninja, who seemed as he wanted to say something, badly, as his eyes began to water as well. “Is okay my boy, you can tell me once we meet again, for real this time.” By then, her body had disappeared almost entirely a she said one last thing, “take care of yourself, my ninja boy…” And then, the copy of Ness busted into pieces of light and banished. ‘And that is all of her.’ Said Xavier calmly. ‘There is a little extra meant for the rest of us, but that will be for the moment we find them.’ Weiss took a deep sigh and then looked at the rest of his team in the mental plane. “Xavier, would you please bring the rest here?” He asked. Xavier didn’t say a thing as Rouge, Pancha and Simon appeared in the imaginary harbor. “You are all in one piece, entonces I guess we didn’t lose anything important.” Chirped Pancha. “But you do seem to be crying…” Simon pointed the obvious, “So did she tell you the gentle way then?” “You are the only one who took the harsh route you know?” Asked Rouge back. “Well excuse me for feeling a bit betrayed…” replied Simon as he looked away of the group. “We get it Simon,” said Weiss as he turned to the team’s ninja, “But if someone must feel betrayed out of all of us, that surely isn’t you.” At this point, Daring had moved beside the mental projection of Greninja and was currently placing a hoof on his shoulder while the Ninja Pokémon sobbed loudly while cleaning some tears. Even when the whole group would agree that having Greninja to show his emotions so evidently was a rare sight, none of them tried to make fun of it, at least for now. “So, she’s your mum huh?” Said Daring, more as a statement than a question, “You should be proud of having such a decent mother, she sure seems like a decent woman.” Greninja didn’t said anything back, however he did give Daring a glance which did said one thing: of course I am! Weiss then give a look at the group and took a slightly serious tone. “We definitely recieved the message, thank you for your hard work.” He said to Xavier and then to the rest of the new comers, “welcome back you all.” “Sir!” was the unison reply the Bisharp received. “Now, if you don’t mind old friend, I would like to have the rest of my breakfast before we rendezvous with you.” Proclaimed Weiss, enacting a sight from those still airborne. “Oh… don’t tell me you guys found a place with meat?” Asked Simon. “Baltimare is a nice place and all, but there are very few Griffons around.” Added Pancha as, somehow, a sonorous growl could be heard coming from her stomach. “If Xavier hurries up, you may be able to have some of the buffet before it closes.” Teased Edge, who was back to her regular self. “Xavier, double time!” Proclaimed Simon as he vanished from the mental plane. “Yes, yes.” Replied Xavier while Pancha and Rouge disappeared as well. “We will be there in a couple of minutes, I can see the skyline of the city.” And so the mercenaries plus one found themselves facing their food once more. “Just be careful old friend.” Replied Weiss as he took yet another plate and continued, “but while you are at it, why don’t you tell me about this ‘fight’ Pancha was so excited about?” And so, Xavier give his report regarding the adventures the group had over the seaport city, a story full adventure, meetings, negotiations and fights, yet that is the story from another time, as a new story began to unfold before the mercenaries. The large body of a Shiny Metagross entered the airspace of Manehatten, another five Pokémon atop his head, as he reached the halfway point of his story. Meanwhile, Daring, Valerie, Roa and Gold made their way towards the bank, hoping it would be already back in functions by now, and Sylveon had get off Xavier in order to reunite with his wife. “We will be back in a jiffy,” Proclaimed Daring as she and the others left the hotel. “Just, try not to break something, okay?” Thus, there were only the mercenaries, who chuckled as a goodbye, not promising such a thing. Xavier was giving his report when a sudden sensation cut his mental words. 'Ehm... Xavier, buddy, you okay there?' asked Weiss with slight worry, it wasn't often that his tactician became silent like that at the middle of a report. 'I found someone doing a wide mental scan of a vast area, quite the feat.' Now Weiss was surprised, he knew pulling such trick was hard, yet what surprised him more was the part when Xavier was praising someone. 'Okay, now I’m interested!' Pointed Weiss, the rest of the team giving a mental nod as well. 'Is it friend or foe?' 'It is a strong mind, promising may I add, but also inexperienced.' Without noticing it, Xavier had turned towards the source of the mental scan. "What do you mean?" Inquired Rouge over his back. 'There is no cover or decoy on it, I can trace it back easily.' As to prove his point, Xavier took hold of the mental signal and in a second found the owner of it. 'Got it.' Said the shiny Pokemon. The team could hear Weiss think over the mental link, finally he commanded, 'let’s see what its intentions are. Who knows, we may have some fun from it.' 'Understood' replied Xavier as he 'reprogrammed' the signal as his own, while adding 'and it is a he.' Then the Leg Pokemon gave a certain moustached Pokémon the equivalent of a mental slap, just for reaction's measure, and saluted 'state your intentions.' Meanwhile Weiss and the rest left the hotel and began to move towards Xavier’s group. “Should we be worried?” Asked Edge with curiosity. “You know our job requires us to ‘hit first’ in order to survive right?” Replied Weiss Then, Xavier reported back. 'I made contact,' commented Xavier calmly as he keep a mental hand over the line so the other side wouldn't hear, 'it is a mere child.' Again the team was surprised. 'Did... did Xavier just show interest over another living being!?' Asked Simon. 'That seems to be the case,' replied Char. 'See what he is Xavier' commanded Weiss again, 'and see what was he looking for.' 'Not hard,' commented the shiny, ‘there are many minds around him... this one will do.' Elsewhere A small and innocent rat set its head out of a sewer grate and glanced at a tall brown fox like standing on two legs, a Kadabra, sporting a top hat. A Scizor, a Lucario, and what appeared to be a circus balloon with bright yellow eyes and disconnected limbs floating above them. Back on Weiss’ group Xavier listed the Pokemon to Weiss and then explained. ‘The kid says he was merely looking for things to do.’ Weiss was a bit skeptical, “You are joking right? Is he using mental powers just for that?” ‘He seems to be a former human’ Added Xavier. “And people call us irresponsible” Chuckled Char. “Keep us in touch.” Said Weiss with a smile of his own. As he said this, Xavier made sure the line could be traced back or pinpointed. Yet he didn't place much defences, he wanted to see how the boy acted and reacted. Xavier remained silent for a second, then he did one thing no one would have expected him to do; he laughed, loudly. "Manta..." said a frightened Pancha as he held Rouge in a tight hug, "I am scared." "We all are dear, we all are..." replied the Poison-type while patting her friend. "Idem..." added Weiss, "okay Xavier, we are scared enough, what is going on?" 'He made a ephemeral interpretation of me, and as a result he got to see my links with you all.' The Metagross finally stopped laughing and added, 'oh, and he threatened to take you hostage.' This time the team chuckled, 'that wouldn't be a first' joked Edge. 'And what about his identity?' Inquired Weiss. 'He seems to be the son of Doctor Nurem,' answered Xavier as if it were nothing. The team, however, did seemed to react in a rather regretful way. 'Mhm... that may get troublesome later.' Weiss said almost as if he were about to deal with a dragon. 'Anyway, give him a proper reply in kind, we need to look intimidating from time to time.' 'Ehm... And Xavier, would you mind giving us some protection please?' he added. The Metagross smiled as he covered his guild’s minds while also letting them hear what he and the Kadabra were talking about. In a moment, he was again focusing on the four 'lab ratatas' and quickly decided on the best way to show off a bit to Vincent. He took over one of the other mon’s mind and used it against the Kadabra, then rejoiced in the results. Xavier had to admit, this was the most fun he had been through for some time. Until the Kadabra snapped back at him, violently. 'I may have made a slip here,' calmly replied the mercenary while a pain caused by the angry Kadabra lay at the back of one of his brains, a scold for his actions. 'No shit Looker!' Replied the leader at the sudden turn of events, 'we will rendezvous there, this is our mess. We need to clean it.' "I'm afraid you guys get off here," commented Xavier to his passengers, which didn't take long to jump into the skyscrapers while Edge appeared not far from them to catch them. As this happened, Xavier flew towards the Kadabra as he continued to talk with him, yet a small portion of his mind drifted into one of the more secured parts of his four brains; a humongous cell door. ‘I don’t like to do this, but this kid can overwhelm me if I am not prepared.’ He said to himself as he placed one of his legs at the entrance. ‘Well, if it isn’t mister cold head,’ Said a cold and sadistic voice from within the fortified door, ‘So what can I do for you today?’ ‘There is this mess I need to clean and I need your help to do so.’ Replied the Metagross. ‘It would be interesting to argue with you about what I would get out of this...’ the cold voice said but then added with a uninterested tone.‘But then again, this would be the first time you used me in this world, so let’s call it a service, shall we then?’ Xavier didn’t like to owe ‘him’ something, but he had to face the consequences of his own actions, so with a reluctant nod he proclaimed. ‘Release mental seal, five percent.’ As Xavier went to apologize with his power boosted, Weiss and co. made their way towards the giant silver saucer in the middle of the sky, not a hard task. “Do you think we have to go all out with them?” Inquired Rouge as she and the rest appeared on Edge’s back. “I definitely hope we don’t, it is a kid after all.” Replied Weiss as he jumped onto the dragon’s back while Surskit jumped down, obviously the small Bug-type didn’t want to do anything with the incoming mess. “Baltimare has been fun enough, thank you very much!” She proclaimed as she landed on the Red Comet’s claws. Then the Noivern took off and towards Xavier while Char continued to run towards them at a good speed. “Are your stays in new cities always like this?” Asked Surskit to Char while adding, “By the way, who are you again?” Char chuckled as she give her a small introduction of his persona. Back in the air, the group then noticed how Xavier suddenly lumbered out of the sky and heard the shockwave of him hitting the ground shortly after. “That’s it for holding back…” Said Weiss in a monotone as he patted Edge on the back of the neck, inquiring her to fly faster. They quickly arrived at the scene where Xavier walked out a small crater he just made and he seemed to be talking toward a group of four other Pokémon, and by the looks they were giving, they were getting ready for a fight, at least the Lucario and Porygon-Z did as the Scizor seemed to be out of commission. Then Weiss noticed the crowd forming around them, Equus-lings and Pokémon alike, some of them seemed surprised by the huge Pokémon which had fallen from the sky, but most were panting in pain while glaring at the Kadabra. “I don’t know what happened, but things will get out of hand if we don’t do something first.” Weiss acknowledged as he then turned to Pancha and Simon. “You two take care of the program and the fighter…” He commanded while pointing at the Pokémon standing beside the Kadabra, “I will take care of the psychic. Rouge, be ready to cover us in case we fail.” And without a word, the four of them jump off Edge’s back and landed silently behind the unknown Pokémon, then Weiss could her the Kadabra speak with a surprisingly young voice while his psychic powers began to envelop his body. “The ones you’re linked to. They’re coming...or here, aren’t they.” The young one started while adding, “Am I likely to have to defend myself from them in a similar fashion? Because you and I had so much fun and understanding right from the get-go!” Weiss chuckled as he added "Oh no, I wouldn't dare to have that kind of fun," meanwhile, Pancha and Simon sneak attacked the Lucario and Porygon-Z with a Karate Shop and a slap respectably as he finished, “it would be dangerous for my health!" And then hit the Kababra on the back of the neck with a small coat of dark energy, hoping that would do the trick. “Sorry kid, nothing personal.” Weiss said apologetically. Surprisingly, the Kadabra spoke up, “Yeah...no. Not...not sticking around...anymore. Maybe when you explain the situation to them...maybe we can talk again, Xavier. But until then…” and then took hold of an ítem Weiss had failed to noticed until now, a Twisted Spon. ‘The kid is packed with surprises!’ he mentally proclaimed as he motioned a silent order which Pancha and Rouge get immediately. Then the Kadabra whispered. “Teleport.” And with a bright light they were no more. Weiss was left with a confused group of civilians staring at them, wondering what just had happen. Then, the Bisharp proclaimed. "... There was a gaze explosion! That is why everyone feels such a headache!" Proclaimed Weiss as the general public looked confused. "Don't worry pals, that is what you will believe in a second." With a shine of Xavier eyes, all the witnesses forgot about what just happened. "Good, now back on the previous topic, should we worry about him?" Asked Simon. "We need to make things clear, more properly this time, so they don't come after us once they find out who we helped in the past." Said Xavier solemnly. "Ah!" Exclaimed Weiss with exasperation. "Why does the old world have to come back and look for us here..?" He asked himself as he turned to Xavier with a cynical look on his face. "And what of shielding those two from his mind properly, is that a way to fix things?" “It is a start” Replied Xavier with a chuckle while a familiar Hawlucha and Roserade appeared alongside other four Pokémon on a hotel room. “Let’s get this over with… but before that.” Said Weiss as he sat atop Xavier’s head. “What did you two talk about?” And then they took off, towards their comrade’s signal.