[IC] Pokemon Colosseum: What Remains

[AeronFarron]

Tinder whistled lowly at the rides before she hopped onto one. "Very nice. Wonder how much these things cost?" she said quietly as she ran her fingers over it. She turned the key and settled a little but at the roar of the engine.

"Ha. Maybe you should go try and make sure you don't have to go." she said back to Kaiten. "I'll meet you lot at Agate Village." she said before she took off suddenly.

She needed to find her parents and get them as far away from Orre as possible. She wasn't stupid, this was incredibly dangerous. She wanted to take the time while she wasn't on Cipher's radar to get them to safety.

It took a few hours to get back to Agate Village. The quiet, quaint little town was exactly as she remembered those long months ago. She managed to stash the hover cycle in a secluded little spot--a place she used to escape to--and made her way towards her home not too far away. She knocked on the door and waited quietly. The door opened a crack and a bright blue eye peeked in between while a voice cane through.

"You've done eno-Tinder?" the door shut again before the young woman could say anything. Before her face could fall, the sounds of locks and tumblers rang out and the door swung open.

"Hey Mo-oof!" The smaller spitfire of a woman knocked the air from Tinder's chest as she engulfed her in a running hug. Tinder laughed softly and hugged the sobbing woman back. Her father stood by the door, a proud smile on his face and tears in his eyes. "Pops..."

"Come in, Tinder. Hurry, Cipher is always watching." Tinder shuffled herself and her mother into the house with a frown. The door closed and locked behind them.

[Chev]

Velis let a wide grin appear on her face as the wind blew through her hair. She tore across the desert surface of Orre at high speeds as she headed for Agate Village. She loved the feeling of the wind in her hair, she loved the feeling of traveling at high speeds and judging by the way her Pokemon were grinning as they sat in the sidecar. "You guys enjoying this as much as I am?" She shouted over the roar of the wind.

"Quilava!" The fire Pokemon answered with a gleeful smile.

"Croconaw!" The water Pokemon laughed as it stuck it's head out of the side of the side car. Velis couldn't help but keep grinning. For the time being, she could forget about what Cipher had done to her family, how they had taken her sister from her and how they had left her home in ruins. Now...there was just the thrill of traveling.

She could already see a very distant speck of green and she knew that she was slowly approaching her destination. She couldn't help but wonder what he life would have been like if Cipher hadn't managed to take over. How everyone's lives could have been different. She shook her head and gunned the engine, increasing her speed.

Now wasn't the time for talk. Now was the time for action.

[XxFellsingxX]

When Justine spotted the rides, she was both surprised and overjoyed. They were giving her THIS? Wow. This was amazing, it by far trumped the Police vehicles her father and co. rode. "Heh, let's get going," she said to herself, hopping onto the hover-cycle and started the engine. However, she had never driven anything before and before she knew it, the cycle started charging forward. "Whoooaa-oooaaaa!" she shouted, doing her best to slow it down and some how succeeding, getting herself back into a stop. "Phew... okay, let's be a bit more careful this time." She slowly started the cycle again and started moving in the direction she knew Agate Village was, hoping to reach there at the same time as the others.

[FVGT]

Faust stiffened at Fateen's words. He didn't expect Cipher to keep their word; that was a given. However, he didn't expect the betrayal to happen so soon. Clenching his fists, Faust told her, painfully restrained, "Thank you, for telling me this." And with that, Faust stormed out before he cut something in half. He surged with complete and utter anger, not only at Cipher, who hid behind the weak and used them as tools. He hated himself for believing that those people, of anyone else, would keep a promise even momentarily. The peon at guard saw Faust step out of the fortune teller's.
"So, what was your 'epiphany' abou--"
"Night Slash."
The guard staggered back as something sharp as an edge, covered by folds of darkness itself, cut a deep gash across his chest.
"I realized that I hate Cipher more than I thought I did."
Faust seemingly blinked forward, cleanly slashing the guard's throat and immediately moving down to dismember his arm. As the man fell to the dust ground, life immediately fading, Faust looked at his blade, a new crimson coat covering the already shiny metal underneath. Blood wasn't new to him. However, this time, killing that man was.... exhilarating. It felt pleasant to watch a pool of red spilling from the body. And, for the first time since before joining Cipher, Faust smiled. More so, he started chuckling, slowly growing into maniacal laughter. Suddenly, Faust stopped. He shouldn't kill people merely because hates them; it goes against his way as a swordsman. But, he couldn't help but to concede to himself that it was incredibly enjoyable.

Returning to his normal thoughts after breathing for a bit, he thought for a moment: Where would he go now? Considering he was covered in blood, the hotel wouldn't be one of the finer places to be when they discovered the body. "Where else could we go...." Faust said to himself in the darkness, as he wiped off his blade. Then, thinking back to Fateen's info, he figured that it would be best to go to Agate; it was high time to see his home again, or rather, whatever remained there. If Eagun was still alive, he'd liberate him. And even then.... Faust doubted that anyone would mind if he killed a few more of those Cipher members. Running forward and leaping up, Faust yelled out, unrestrained "Fly, Farfetch'd!" before landing on the duck's back.

He had no idea how that bird could hold up his weight as well as it did, but he had no complaints, and would have taken a hover bike if his Farfetch'd did. Grabbing onto the leek in its beak like a pair of handles, Faust and his friend flew off towards Agate Village.

[Chev]

Fateen shook her head in disappointment as she watched through the window what Faust had done to the Cipher Peon he had killed. "He may prove more dangerous then Cipher if he continues down this path..." She said quietly to herself.

Agate Village

Ross walked out of the Pokemon Mart holding a large box in his hands. Ryhorn and Machoke followed. Machoke was holding a handful of Pokemon snacks that were steadily being devoured one by one. "Make em last, Machoke." Ross said. "This might be the last time we can get them for awhile. The Shopkeeper said he was running low on them."

Machoke let out a sigh and handed the rest of them to Ross who placed them in his pocket. "He looked at Ryhorn and Machoke and looked over at the Pokemon center which had at least three Cipher Peons standing in front of it. Ross shook his head. "Why do I have the feeling that they're keeping an eye out for us?" He muttered.

"Because they are." A familiar voice said smugly from behind him. Ross turned around and saw three more Cipher Peons behind him led by the one who was wearing blue from earlier. "Not so tough when it's six against one, huh?" The Peon said smugly as the three from in front of the Pokemon center approached him from the other direction. Ross narrowed his eyes.

"I get the feeling your holding a bit of a grudge from earlier. Strange. I didn't think you were the angry type." He said sarcastically as two Pokemon appeared in blazes of red light. A Kadabra and a Quagsire.

"Psybeam." The Peon in blue commanded and a beam of light shot from the spoon that the Kadabra was holding and slammed into Machoke who hit the ground with a thud before Ross could do anything. "Water Pulse." he commanded again and a blast of water slammed into Ryhorn who hit the ground in a heap.

The Peon smiled and the two Pokemon returned to their Pokeballs as flashes of red light enveloped them. "And now for you." The Peon said smugly as he slammed his fist into the side of Ross's head as the peon's formed a circle around Ross. Ross hit the ground with thud next to his Machoke and Ryhorn as a flurry of punches and kicks hit him. The only thing he could do was try and cover his Pokemon. He could feel fists and armored feet impacting with his face and the other areas of his body.

"Not so tough now are you?" The Peon exclaimed as he stepped back to admire the work he and the others had done as a few of them continued beating him. Ross looked up with his bruised, beaten and swollen face and grinned. He was missing a few teeth. "That the best you've got?" He gasped in pain.

"You don't know when to shut up do you?" The Peon said with a smirk as he approached him yet again and prepared to kick him in the face.

[PhoenixEye9]

Milo had dragged behind a little thinking about everything that was about to happen was it even possible? One man can leave an army, but can 6 people take down an army? It didn't matter once he saw everyone else's ride Milo was a little shocked, didn't see anything like that coming out of the wood works. Everyone began hoping on and riding off, "I'll meet you up there, mine should be able to catch you on the way," Milo called to the others over the roar of the engines.

Running through town Milo made it to his ride, dropping his gear in its place he started it up, beginning his take off with the much quieter vehicle compared to the monstrous Motorcycles, he went through town. Many a times Cipher grunts tried to stop him getting there and taking off from there, good thing Milo's used to not doing as Cipher wants. Flying through and out of town the the trek to Agate Village beginning.

After arriving he parked his Low Altitude Hover Plane (Probably to be referred to as LAHP from here on out) further from town than he'd prefer but there wasn't any clear place he could hide it.
"Flare, flareon" Theta let out stretching after jumping out of Milo's lap.
"What you didn't enjoy the ride girl?"
"Flar,"
"Figured, I don't blame you long ride" Walking into town Milo noticed Tinder go into a house, walking over he knocked on the same door, hoping Tinder would let him in.

[AeronFarron]

Tinder talked quietly with her parents in the darkness of their home. She urged them to run to the safety of Sinnoh or Hoenn, but they stood their ground. She pleaded and begged them to, she didn't want them to get hurt when it came out about what she was going. She knew they'd be the first ones Cipher would go after. They looked at each other in that way that soulbound pairs did: that mind conversation they could have. Before they could answer though, a knock came at the door.

Tinder refused to leave, but her mom darn near pushed her out the back door of the house while her father went to answer it. Tinder looked put out but quickly ran off.

Tinder's parents:

The man opened the door with a set jaw. His eyes flashed in recognition of the boy in front of him before the look was coolly wiped away. "What do you want?" he asked menacingly. His wife was tiny in comparison to the Ursaring of a man. Tinder herself was taller than her mother, though, so that wasn't saying much.

"Dear..." she laid a hand on his bicep. "Let him in...maybe...there is news."

"But--" the woman shook her head. The man sighed deeply and stepped aside for Milo.

"Come in. Hurry." he said.

Tinder:

Tinder slowed to a stop in front of the Poke Mart. She took in a deep breath and blew it out. The sounds of a battle echoed in her ears though, which pulled her gaze up from the ground. Six peons were beating the crap out of some guy as he protected his Pokemon the best that he could. Rage ignited in her belly and she released both of her Pokemon. "Garchomp, Dragon Breath." The Pokemon gave a battle cry and did as commanded at the Peons. The attack welled up in his mouth before it was fired at three of the Peons on the far side of the young man.

[Chev]

"what th-?" The Peon managed to get out before he was knocked down by the attack. "Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing?!" The peon shouted as he managed to get back to his feet. "Girl, you just made a big mistake." The Peon snarled as he started to run away as the rest of the peons bolted rather then go toe to toe with the intimidating Garchomp.

Ross weakly looked up at the face of his rescuer once the flurry of fists and feet stopped. He couldn't see that well because of the blood clouding his vision. His face was very bloodied and beaten and was swelling up even more then it was before. He grinned weakly. "Cipher Peons, They have no sense of humor. Make one joke about plotting to take down their organization and they get all mad." He laughed weakly as he wiped the blood away from his eyes after a moment and got a good look at his rescuer and he paused for a moment.

Wow. She's pretty. He thought as he reached down and checked to make sure that both Ryhorn and Machoke were still alive and to his relief, aside from being hit by the respective attacks, they seemed to be okay. "C'mon guys...wake up." He muttered. His Machoke let out a groan of pain and his Ryhorn let out a low growl as it staggered to it's feet.

"Machoke...mind giving me a hand up?" He managed to gasp as he felt a sharp pain radiate around his ribs. The Shadow, fighting-type Pokemon let out a grunt as it helped Ross to his feet. Ross smiled at the pretty lady as he continued wiping the blood off his face which was no small feat considering how much there was. "Thanks for the help. "Like I said, those Cipher peons don't have much of a sense of humor. Good thing they didn't know Machoke here was a shadow Pokemon or they most likely would have stolen him away from me."

Ross continued to smile even as he rapidly began to get dizzy and collapsed against Machoke as he lost consciousness. Machoke gently put him over the left side of his shoulder and grabbed the Ryhorn which was still a bit unsteady on it's feet and put it over it's right shoulder. Machoke looked at Tinder as if to ask, 'Where do we go now?' To be honest, the Shadow Pokemon looked a bit lost without Ross to guide it.

Entrance to Agate Village

Velis looked down at Croconaw and Quilava as they walked into Agate Village while keeping an eye out for Cipher trainers. They had parked the bike outside the village near a large boulder that would hopefully block it from the eyes of those who would steal it. "Okay guys." She said to the two Pokemon. "From what I've heard about this place, there's a trainer here by the name of Eagun Maybe he knows a bit more about Celebi. Let's see if we can find him." She looked around and saw the Pokemon center and looked at her two Pokemon.

"Best place to start would be the Pokemon Center." She said as she began to walk towards it.

[AeronFarron]

"You lot come after me! I dare you to see how many of you are still breathing after!" she yelled after them. her Garchomp shot another Dragon Breath attack at them, as a lasting warning. Tinder jogged over to the Machoke, Garchomp on her heels.

"My name is Tinder." She says to the Machoke with a small smile, "The best thing to do would be to take them to the Pokemon Center's back entrance. Can you follow me?" she asked him carefully. Her Garchomp narrowed its eyes but didn't make a threatening move towards the Shadow Pokemon. It wasn't his fault that Cipher kidnapped him.

[Chev]

Machoke smiled weakly at the Garchomp as it narrowed it's eyes at it. The Machoke then turned and began to eagerly run towards the back of the Pokemon center without waiting for Tinder. The Ryhorn that let out low groan of pain as it bounced against Machoke's shoulders. Ross on the other hand didn't make a sound.

Velis approached the Pokemon center but a sudden movement near the back of the center caught her attention. It looked almost like a...well, something big was heading for the back of the center. She couldn't tell what it was since it was still dark out but it looked like a person. A big person that had something thrown across it's shoulder.

"Quilava. Croconaw. Keep quiet and follow me." She whispered as she slowly began to follow the figure. As she followed it, for a brief moment she thought she heard something behind her and she quickly turned around and saw a familiar figure behind her. "Tinder!" She exclaimed happily. "Glad to see you made it." She said with a smile as she turned to look at the figure that was eagerly knocking at the back of the Pokemon center.

"Choke! Machoke!" The figure kept repeating as it continued knocking on the door waiting for an answer.

"So...uh...what's the story behind the Machoke and the Pokemon center?" She asked curiously. "And what's that thrown across it's shoulder? I can't really tell."

[XxFellsingxX]

When Justine finally arrived at Agate, she was overcome with a feeling of exhaustion as she dismounted from the hover-cycle. Today had been a long day and she realised she had never gotten that rest she had been promised when she had followed Cail and Keiten to Fateen's. "There better be somewhere I can hit the hay for the night here," she muttered wearily before taking both of the Pokeballs from her belt and relasing her Pokemon from them. Both Jasper and Coral materialised in front of her and Jasper immediately gave her trainer a snal.

"I know, I know," Justine said. "Look, I'm sorry."

Jasper turned away from Justine, clearly still upset.

I hope none of the Shadow Pokemon we catch are this moody, Justine thought to herself with a sigh before turning to Coral. For once, he wasn't meditating but was instead standing up and seemingly alert, staring in all directions around him as if searching for something... or someone. "Huh? Are you okay, Cor?" Justine asked, noting her Pokemon's unusual behaviour. Even Jasper stopped her strop at this point to examine Coral.

"Guuur gura ra?" Jasper asked the Meditite in her usual gruff, unintelligible voice.

Coral looked over at Jasper before pointing to his right, indicating there was something over there of extreme interest. Both Jasper and Justine looked but couldn't see anything.

"I don't get it," Justine said, genuinely confused. "What is-" But before she could even finish her question, Coral had already started running in the direction he had indicated. "Huh? Hey, wait!" Justine called out. Both she and Jasper begun following the Meditite, having no idea what had made him act this way.

[FVGT]

High in the air, Faust thought he saw a flash of red and blue light in the near distance. Squinting slightly to get a better view, he saw the flames appear again momentarily. "Ah wait, is that coming from the village...?" Figuring that a fight had broken out, he went into a dive, accelerating towards the village before his Farfetch'd pulled up to slow the approach. "Rest for now, my friend." he said quietly to it before returning him to his ball. Faust figured he'd be tired after flying him all this way, so Faust decided it would be best to let him rest. As he did this, he saw the familiar girl, and.... another girl in front of her that he didn't recognize at all. As he approached, he saw the unfamiliar girl turn and say in surprise, "Tinder!"

Tinder.

Something clicking in his brain, Faust smiled slightly as he remembered her. "So that was her name," he thought to himself, forgetting his anger for the moment. But, he couldn't help but think about her brothers too; Faust had left long before she did, so he had to wonder how they were hanging on. "I'll have to ask her later," he decided, before suddenly getting surprised by yet another girl that was chasing after her Meditite. "Wait a minute..." Faust paused. She sounded like the other kid he heard from the meeting between Fateen and the trainers; she really had a grudge against Cipher. Aside from realizing that it probably wasn't the best person to be in front of while talking about where he's been, it could have also meant that Tinder was one of the trainers Fateen chose. But.... why would she have left the village in the first place?

Realizing how tired he was, Faust decided that he should just head to the Poke Center and go sleep on a couch there instead of worrying about that. He'd go ask her tomorrow. As he walked past them, he couldn't help but notice loud banging noises coming from the back of the center. Figuring it wouldn't hurt to check, Faust walked around and saw a Machoke banging on the backdoor, a body slung across its shoulder. "Do you need help with that door there, buddy?" Faust asked, somewhat concerned as to what happened to the gentleman's face.

[AeronFarron]

"Cipher." Was all Tinder said before she made her way to the door. She shifted between the Machoke and the door then rummaged in her pockets. She pulled a key card from her back pocket and swiped it. A door opened a few feet away and she walked through it. "This way. This should be safe enough for now."

The room was rather large, and was filled with flora of all shapes, colors and sizes. There were few that caught the eye due to beauty, as most were roots and fungi of strange shapes. Many of them smelled surprisingly pleasant while others secreted strange liquids and scents. "There's a bad or two through the left door. I don't remember if I ever added one. Please, don't touch anything."

Garchomp began to harvest some of the plants while Tinder sat at a large work bench of beakers, grinders, and other things. "Ah...right. Hello, Velis." she looked up at the young woman then sifted through her notes. "You made it rather quickly. How are your pokemon doing?" she asked. She thanked her Garchomp when it finished its task then let him watch as she ground up some of the roots and gathered items. She released her Metang then instructed it to mix the metal bowl that she set ontop of it. It did as directed with a happy little sound before it spun in place rapidly. She added powders and and a liquid to the bowl.

'Though...I do not remember him from the meeting." she motioned to Faust then looked him over. "Wait..I know you. My brother Kindle used to talk about you alot. He's the eldest of my brothers. Um...what was your name..." she flicked between pages as she pondered on the man's name.

[Chev]

"You made it rather quickly. How are your Pokemon doing?"

Velis smiled and then looked over at the Machoke that had set the Ryhorn down the ground. The Ryhorn looked up at Machoke and growled for a second before walking off and laying down on the floor nearby. She turned back to look at Tinder. "They're doing well. I think I can safety say that they enjoyed the ride here. Both of them were hanging their heads out of the side of the side car nearly the entire way here." She looked over at Ross and saw that his eyes were starting to open again. He pressed his hand against head and felt the swelling and bruises on his face. Machoke felt him move his hands and gently set him on his feet but let him use him as a brace so he could stand.

Velis couldn't help but stare for a moment before her Croconaw nudged her slightly snapping her out of it. "Sorry for staring." She muttered. "I've...I...uh...I'm sorry that..well, that happened to you."

Ross blinked his eyes a few times to try and get his vision back into focus as he grinned slightly. "Nah. Don't be sorry, I've been laughing at them, playing tricks on them and making fun of the Cipher trainers here for a long time. I was bound to make the wrong one angry. Besides, The Cipher peons here are nothing but cowards. They only attack when in groups. Besides, It doesn't really matter. I came to Agate Village to try and help this guy here." He said pointing at the Machoke. Some idiot Cipher trainer tried to steal my Pokemon. After I beat him, he tried taking my Pokemon by force and then I ended up beating him and stealing his snag machine, along with this poor guy here."

Ross smiled sadly. "Back when I got him away from Cipher, he was covered in bruises and it looked like he was beaten by his trainer. He was nothing but a battling machine that lived to fight. In fact, he tried taking down my Ryhorn a couple of times when we battled other trainers. But after I showed him the respect and care that he deserved, his personality did almost a complete 360. And since Ryhorn battled with him so many times now they're the best of friends."

Ryhorn let out a snort that sounded like it was covering a laugh.

"You know he's your buddy." Ross chuckled as he looked over at the Machoke. "I'm actually from Kanto. I was stuck here when Cipher took over. I'd heard rumors about Shadow Pokemon but I didn't believe them until I ran into the Cipher trainer that I grabbed Machoke from. I also heard rumors that they can be restored to what they were before Cipher grabbed him by using something called a Relic stone. I heard rumors that it was here in Agate but so far I haven't been able to find it."

He looked over at Machoke and sighed as he watched the Fighting type Shadow Pokemon tap Ryhorn on the head repeatedly and the Ryhorn replied with a exhausted sounding growl. "I feel bad for the poor guy. He didn't ask to be a Shadow Pokemon and he sure as hell didn't ask to be beaten up by some Cipher idiot. I'm hoping that I find some method of turning him back to what he was before Cipher got their hands on him."

[AeronFarron]

Tinder poured the mixture into a large bowl then filled it with some water and extra herbs. Once done, she set the metal bowl back on her Metang. The Pokemon began to spin again. She shook her head in amusement and the chimes of happiness it emitted.

"Less talking, more resting." she called over her shoulder before she poured out three helpings of the bright pink colored liquid. She nodded to herself and carried the three cups carefully. "Down these quickly. The benefits deteriorate fast." she said before setting the cups on the table beside the Machoke. "They'll get you on your feet sooner rather than later."

[Chev]

"They'll get you on your feet sooner rather than later."

"Good to hear. The sooner I'm better the sooner I can get back to looking for the Relic Stone." Ross grinned at the pretty lady and grabbed the first glass of the medication off the table and took a quick sniff of it before quickly downing the mixture and then grabbing the other two and holding them in his hands. "Woah!" He said with a laugh. "Packs a bit of a punch!"

Machoke looked at his trainer and laughed at his trainers reaction to the medication. Ross narrowed his eyes as he looked at the Shadow Pokemon. "What? You think you can do better?" He asked. The Machoke laughed again and walked towards his trainer and patted him lightly on the back. Of course, since he was a pretty powerfully built Pokemon the pat almost knocked Ross on his stomach."

"Funny." he said glaring up at Machoke. "Real funny pal."

Ross turned to look at the other trainers and smiled at them. "So...I don't suppose any of you know anything about the Relic Stone? Or how to purify Shadow Pokemon?" He asked hopefully.

[XxFellsingxX]

Justine and Jasper continued to follow Coral until the Meditite led them to the Pokemon Center, rushing through the doors.

"Come back here!" Justine shouted as she and Jasper rushed in after them. Once they got in, Coral stopped in front of Tinder, Velis and Ross, staring at them strangely. Justine didn't notice the three at first, simply running over to Coral. "What the heck is up with you?!" she shouted. THEN she noticed the others. "Oh," she said, looking at them. "Well, looks like you guys got here okay..." She then looked at Ross. "Erm, who's he? I don't remember him from Fateen's."

[AeronFarron]

"Well...the Relic Stone...by all accounts is lost." she said bitterly. "Far as we know, Cipher obliterated it. We have a plan to try and circumvent it," she motioned to Velis, but didn't say much else on the matter. "Make sure your Pokemon drink it as well. You all should be up and about in a minute or so." she said before she stood up.

She looked up at Coral and met his eyes evenly. Tinder didn't say anything only nodded slightly before she addressed her own Pokemon. "Metang, Garchomp...things are gonna get heavy. I'll probably ask you guys to do...morally ambiguous things." she said to them gently. "I won't be mad if you choose to stay here. I promise...is that what you want?" Metang made a harsh "clang" sound and dropped to the ground in a pout. Garchomp rolled his eyes and bopped the Metang lightly,

"Gar. Grarrr." Metang huffed and nudged its trainer. Garchomp did the same to Tinder and smiled that...frankly terrifying grin of fangs.

"I'll take that as a no?" she asked before she laughed. "Ok then...you two do need names though..m"

[Chev]

"Erm, who's he? I don't remember him from Fateen's."

"Names Ross." He said with a smile. "I'm from Kanto but I was stuck here when Cipher took over. Your friend here helped me out when a group of Cipher trainers decided to pick a fight. I lost that particular fight but she scared off the trainers."

Ross grinned weakly as he handed Machoke one of the two remaining cups of medication. The Pokemon took if and sniffed it slightly before making a face and looking at Ross. Ross grinned. "Yeah. Not so funny now is it?" He said jokingly to the Machoke who closed his eyes and downed the glass in one gulp before making a face. "Hey! Don't make that face." He admonished the Pokemon as he pointed at Tinder. "She made that to help us. Besides, I thought it tasted pretty good. Had a nice kick to it." He said with a smile on his face as he patted the Machoke on the back. "Now, are you going to say thank you?" He asked.

The Machoke grunted slightly and turned to look at Tinder and raised a hand to it's head. Ma-choke." It muttered.

Ross put the glass on the ground in front of Ryhorn. "C'mon buddy. Drink up."

"Ryhorn!"

"Don't talk to me like that. It'll help you get back on your feet a bit faster. The Ryhorn looked at the cup of medication and turned his head upwards and away from it. Ross sighed. "Look at it this way, the faster you can run again the faster we can grab some chow from the Pokemon mart, Cipher busted the box that had all of ours so we need to buy more."

Ryhorn grabbed the cup immediately with it's mouth and downed the glass in one gulp before dropping the glass on the ground and laying down and Ross shook his head. "How did I know that food would motivate you?" He muttered to himself. He looked up and sighed heavily as he heard of the destruction of the Relic stone. "Figures Cipher would do something like that." He muttered dejectedly. "Get rid of the one thing that can help restore Shadow Pokemon to their normal selves."

Velis looked down at the pouch on her belt that held the time flute. "That's not exactly true. It's said that Celebi can open a Shadow Pokemon's heart. A woman in Pyrite town gave us something that might be able to bring Celebi here. It's the last remaining time flute." She said as she gently opened the pouch and held out the small box the time flute was in. "Cipher must have destroyed the rest."

She looked over at Ross. "We have one shot to bring Celebi here and we need to convince it that we are not it's enemies. We didn't destroy the Relic stone, Cipher did. According to Fateen, Celebi hasn't been seen since Cipher did what they did. We don't know what will happen, but I honestly hope that Celebi will help us somehow."

Ross looked over at Machoke and looked down at the ground for a moment before looking back at Velis and the others. His eyes were filled with a fierce determination. "I'm going to help you. Cipher has done enough damage to Orre and they've been hurting Pokemon all over. We should probably try and find someone who knows about Celebi and about the last Shadow Pokemon crisis. Someone who's been here for a long time."

Velis looked towards the door. "I heard rumors about a trainer by the name of Eagun. I heard that at one point he was one of the toughest trainers in Agate, possibly all of Orre. Maybe he may know something."

[XxFellsingxX]

Justine gave a large grin and gave Ross a friendly punch on the shoulder. "Wonderful! A new ally on the fight against evil!" she said, cheerfully. "Welcome aboard!"

Jasper eyed the various Pokemon around her with a certain amount caution before giving a small greeting of a growl. She then turned her head away. Coral, on the other hand, just kept staring at the trainers with that strange expression of his, the same one he had given to Justine before they left. Then, after a moment, he sat down and closed his eyes before beginning to hover of the floor, meditating as usual.