The morning following the lab raid, the Ed's group had just woken up from slumber. Eddy had Wotter douse the campfire Kevin had Buck start the following night.

Double D investigated the Poké Ball Gladion gave him, holding it up to the light. As he did, he could see a dark silhouette barely visible through the top half. It seemed dormant.

"You've been staring at that ball since last night!" Eddy noted. "What's inside? Have you even checked?"

"I haven't, Eddy. I'm a little concerned." He answered. "After all, it was produced for those villains."

Rain's Rockruff trotted up and stuck a paw up."Ruff-ruff!"

"No, Sunny, I don't want to play."

"I think the stone collar pup wishes to see her new compatriot." Rolf added. "Please, let the creature out of it's containment, that Rolf may lay eyes on it! T'is not well for a good horse to remain alone in the stable."

"Rolf's right. Besides, how are we supposed to know anything about it if you don't let it out?" Kevin said.

"Hmm...very well." Edd relented. "Come out!" He let the ball open in his palm.

In a flash of light, a new form manifested among them. It's red and black eyes blinked as it beheld it's strange surroundings. It was quadrupedal, with green bird like front feet, and purple scaled, mammalian back feet. A blue fish fin served as a tail, and it bore three spikes atop it's head, with a grey mane running down it's neck. On it's face was a strange brown mask, with green markings.

Double D immediately recognized the creature. "He gave me a Silvally like his?"

The chimeric Pokémon turned back to Double D, with a strange, distant kind of interest in him.

"I recovered the data from itzzz Poké Ball." Roto-Z noted, displaying it's image. "Type:Null. It was modeled after a Pokémon of myth, designed for a scientific project, but was feared that it's power might go berserk. It wears a limiter mask to suppress it's strength."

"Well that sounds interesting." Kevin said. Ed grinned.

"It reminds me of that movie: I was a Middle Age Mutant!"

Buck snorted, stomping up to the Null. "(Doesn't look so tough to me.)"

"Whaddya say, Double Dork?" Kevin asked, standing up. "Whaddya say we test some o' that berserk power?"

The Type:Null reared its hind end into the air, in a challenging stance. Double D could hear it make a muffled growling sound from under it's mask.

"No." Edd said. The masked Pokémon jerked back, giving him a perplexed gaze.

"Whaddya mean? It looked like it wanted to fight." Eddy added.

"I know, Eddy, and that's why I'm declining a battle." He walked up and knelt by his Null's side and laid a hand on it's back. "This one isn't like Gladion's Silvally. Unlike his, it was made for the purpose of evil: to dominate and destroy. I want to drive it away from that, because even if it isn't serving Team Rainbow Rocket, it would still ultimately fulfill that heathen purpose."

Null looked up to him, staring focused directly on his face, but not truly understanding what he was saying. "Now...what should I call you? A partner of mine needs decent nomenclature.

"How about Chroma? Does that seem like a nice name?"

"Pi-pi!" Pichu affirmed. It did sound fitting.

The Null simply made a huffing noise before lying down on it's legs not unlike a feline.

Kevin's Charizard gave a disinterested snort. "(I'm gonna get rusty if I don't get a good battle in.)"

"Ooh! Let me! I'll fight ya, Kevin!" Ed suggested, leaping up and doing a dance.

"You're going to have a match with me? Ohh alright. Just don't hurt yourself, bucko! Speaking of. Buck?"

"Zarr!" The Charizard spewed flame eagerly.

"Go, Tyrek!" Ed enlarged and hurled his Poké Ball, and the small t-rex Pokémon showed himself.

"Tyyrunt!" It growled.

Buck stifled a snort, but couldn't help but break out into visible laughter.

"Huh...guess we know Dragons CAN laugh!" Eddy observed.

"Not a dragon-type, Ed-DY!" The resident Rotom Dex chimed in until the shortstack shoved him away.

"You really need to learn not to correct me."

"Buck, use Slash!" Kevin commanded. His Starter lunged, lashing his cute adversary and sending him scooting back on the earth.

"Tyrek, give him your best Bite!"

"(RAAH!)" Tyrunt roared, doing his best to imitation of his final form as he tromped over and bit Buck on the leg. The Flame Pokémon grit his teeth.

"Buck, use Rock Smash!" Kevin demanded. His Charizard balled his claws into a fist and thrusted them down in a punch. Thankfully, Tyrek was agile enough to leap back and avoid it.

"Good boy, Tyrek!" Ed cheered as if the miniature tyrannosaur was a dog. "Now give him another Bite!"

The Tyrunt lunged again, aiming to sink his teeth into the Charizard again. This time the psuedo-dragon was ready. He flapped his wings and rocketed into the air, barely dodging him.

"Flamethrower, now!" Kevin directed him.

"Zarr!" Buck spewed a jet of fire from his mouth, hitting Tyrek with it. It was rough, but with a heavy resistance to flame, he powered through.

Just as Ed was going to call out for another Bite move, Double D sounded off. "Ed! Use another move besides Bite!"

"Umm...okay, Double D, if you say so!" Ed checked out his GBA Pokedex. "Umm...Stealth Rock!"

His Tyrunt turned back to him, as if he was questioning the order. "(Well...if you say so, cap!)" The spines around his neck glowed, loosing streams of light that sank into the ground and forming a bunch of jagged rocks.

Ed pumped his fist up, thinking he'd made a good choice. Eddy checked his own Dex. "Uggh. He blew it!" Bubble bursted, he went over to his short buddy.

"Whaddya mean?" He asked.

"This said that Rock move of yours lays down a trap of sharp stones, but they only do something when a new Pokémon is sent out! It doesn't work in a 1v1 match!"

"Aww!" Ed groaned. "Not fair! It sounded good!"

As Ed and Eddy conversed, familiar eyes watched them from the cover of an old derelict school bus.

Lee, May and Marie Kanker watched the ongoing battle. "I bet big Ed's gonna win!" May smiled expectantly.

"Yeah, but that wannabe dragon is really tough, remember?" Marie noted. "What are they even fighting for?"

"Why else? To get stronger…" Lee grumbled before slamming her fist into the seat. "That's it! We're going to go catch us some more Pokémon!"

"What for?" May asked.

"Are you really that simple? Look how many they have! We were already WAY behind our boyfriend's before, now we've been left in the dust!"

"I see your point. Lil' Marie could use some new pals." Marie liked the idea.

"Speaking of, do you think we should let them out to eat? Its been a while." May added.

"Sure, but let's get away from here first. We don't wanna get their attention yet."

The Kanker Sisters carefully made sure to vacate the bus, making sure they weren't spotted before heading back out to the back road they followed them from.

"Tyrek, use Stomp!" Ed called.

"Tyyy!" His Tyrunt jumped up and delivered a stomping kick to Buck's belly, pushing him back quite a distance.

"(That was good for a little guy.)" Buck complimented.

"Wrap things up with a Dragon Breath!" Kevin hollered.

The Charizard reared his head back, spewing the mystic fire from his mouth. His Tyrunt adversary was razed and went down.

Ed was about to call it back, but before he could activate the return, Tyrek rose right back up.

"Tyy! Tytytyrunt!" The mini-rex snapped his jaws, still not willing to give up.

He reared his jaws back and focused his inner energy, gaining an aura that took the form of four spectral stones.

"Zrrt?!" Roto-Z buzzed curiously. "Thatzzz Ancient Power! He's forgotten Bide to learn Ancient Power!"

"(Eat this!)" Tyrek roared, sending the attack at Buck.

Buck smirked. "(Ohh, that's adora-AHHH, MY GAS POCKET!)" He wasn't expecting the attack to hit hard, but with a quadruple weakness to Rock attacks, it left quite an impression on him, knocking him into the ground.

Rain went up to the Fire-Type, waving her hand in front of it's reptilian face. "He's outcold!"

"WHA-HOO!" Ed leapt a full ten feet off the ground. Kevin gasped, drawing a blank at what just happened.

"Did that bratty lizard...just beat my Charizard?!"

"Ruuuuunt!" Tyrek growled happily as he and Ed embraced.

0

The Kankers decided to go together for their next captures. Firstly, May found herself shivering toward a cave, her white and gold Poipole in her arms. "Why oh why did I get the scariest kinda place to go to?!"

"Poi! Poipole!" The tiny Ultra Beast cried out with excitement. It was finally getting time with her friend away from those other mean girls.

"Well, Ivory...with you here, I might be able to power through it…let's just find something that isn't too creepy in here."

The two went in, with Ivory hovering up in front of her to protect from any assaults. Marie and Lee followed from behind.

There was some strong odor in the air. Lee's Lickitung was sniffing the air.

"(Mmm, something smells so nice!)" Jerry exclaimed. Lee's Sableye on the other hand was less interested.

"(I can't tell what you're picking up on.)" Bright-Eyes groaned, but was happy to finally be back in a dark place. "(And stick that disgusting protrusion back in your mouth.)" Jerry tried his best to roll his tongue back inside his mouth, but it kept lolling out each time. "(Ugghh.)"

Marie's Eevee followed behind at her side, wondering why she hadn't seen her lovely Pichu in a while.

May rounded a corner in the cavern, shining a flashlight. At the moment she did, she got sight of a small figure. It was a little humanoid, with legs ending almost like pants, and a feminine build, especially the face. Behind her head was a huge gaping dark grey maw with sharp "teeth".

"Wow... you're different!" May said.

The Pokémon turned around, giving an offended glare, and making her reconsider her words.

"N-nnono, what I mean is that you're umm...unique?"

"May, get out of the way! We gotta keep goin' until-" Lee said until she got a bead on what was holding May up.

"What in the…" She narrowed her eyes under her bountiful hair.

"Ma...wile…" The tiny humanoid vocalized with a frightening level of calmness, which also conveyed anger.

"Please, don't be mad with us!" May said, reaching into their shared bag, and pulling out an orange. "Here, you can have this!" She gave it a light toss, and the Pokémon caught it in her head mouth. Unfortunately it was squished by the jaws, and the pulp landed in her hands.

She let it fall out, shaking with rage. Her red eyes glaring at May, who nervously approached, and handed her a bundle of wild blackberries she'd picked earlier. "T...Try these instead."

Angry, but relenting, the humanoid Pokémon accepted her offering and chewed a few of the berries with the mouth on it's face, immediately enjoying their flavor.

"Maw! Mawile!" She yipped happily as she scarfed down the rest of them.

"Glad you like them!" May said. "You wanna come with me? Then you wouldn't have to stay in this nasty cave, and you can have all the fruit you want!"

"Wile!" It replied with a nod.

May pulled a strange black and green Poké Ball from her pocket and gave it a light tap on the head, sucking it inside in a flash of dark purple light. The metal sphere shook a bit in her hand, but clicked all the same.

"Leave it to her to make such a wierd friend." Marie sighed, folding her arms before feeling a vibration in her pocket and hearing a pinging sound. "Hmm?" Their black first generation Pokedex flipped open, displaying May's new Pokémon's image, name, and Data.

"Mawile. A Deceiver Pokémon. It is a highly dangerous species that fools others into letting down their guard, and then chomps them with it's huge set of transformed-horn jaws and swallows them whole."

"Eek! May, get rid of that thing!" Marie demanded, jumping back behind their red-headed sibling. "It's gonna try and make a snack out of you!"

"Nah, I don't think so. Besides, I've still got plenty of berries!"

"Your funeral, sis." Lee added, walking out in front of them. "Hmm...what to catch, what to catch?" The sound of stones shifting got her attention, and she turned her head to the side. "Hmm…"

Marie looked to the side, and got sight of two slitted violet eyes glaring at her. She shrank back at the sight of the small black and purple lizard.

"(Get out, dirty human!)" It hissed, baring it's teeth.

The bluenette gave it a whack in the face, and knocked it away. "Yuck!"

Angry, the salamander-like creature hissed, getting up as she backed away.

"(This is mistress' cave! Humans ain't welcome!)" The lizard snapped it's jaws, vocalizing its name.

Two more crawled out from holes in the floor, each as angry as the first.

The Kankers readied themselves as an entire host of the creatures emerged.

"Eh...what are we gonna do now?" May asked, nervous.

"Simple. Kick 'em around!" Lee added. "Jerry, get 'em!"

"Liiickitung!" Jerry threw himself at the lizards, giving one of them a Lick. It shivered a bit, but was otherwise unaffected.

"Sal!" It hissed, shooting a blob of flame from the base of it's tail, lightly scorching Jerry's tongue.

"Liii! Licky Licky!" He panicked, running around in obvious pain.

Lee facepalmed and called him back. "Bright-Eyes, you're up."

"(What. Ever.)" The Sableye groaned, leaping in.

"Fury Swipes!" With the call heeded, she scratched that lizard with her claws in a wild frenzy.

Two more of the creatures jumped into the fray, but Lil' Marie was ready. She lunged into one of them with Double Edge, knocking it into the other.

"Good job, baby girl!" Marie congratulated her Eevee.

"Ivory, you too! Use Acid!" May directed.

"Pole!" Ivory screeched, spraying green acid from her head stinger on a few of the enemies. Although, instead of hurt, the lizards looked annoyed. The Poipole hovered back away, unable to understand why the attack didn't work as the horde approached.

"Swift!" Marie called as Lil' Marie hopped into the air and swiped her tail around, shooting stars at the same ones that got acid drenched, knocking them down. "Ready, Lee?"

"Yep!" Lee said, grinning evily.

"Go, Poké Ball!" The two shouted, throwing two Dusk Balls at two of the seething lizards. They were hit on the noggin and the back, popping open and sucking them inside.

The others saw their allies vanish into the capture tools and froze with shock. Taking in a sour scent, they retreated back into their den as Lee and Marie's Dusk Balls clicked, signaling a successful catch.

"Yes!" Marie clutched her fist as she and her elder sister picked them up. She scanned the Ball for data with their Dex.

"Salandit. A Toxic Lizard Pokémon. The males will do whatever the females tell them. Due to malnutrition from giving most of their food to females, they cannot evolve."

"Well, I do like an obedient man." Lee chuckled before she caught wind of some unusual smell.

"What the…come here, girls, let's go see what they ran for."

"Are you sure, Lee? What if there's more of them?" May squeaked nervously.

"Positive. Now c'mon!" Lee demanded, dragging her along by the hand.

Marie looked down to her Eevee and gestured with a shift of her head to follow.

The three kept going along the hot, dark, cave, seeming only to increase in temperature the further they went in. May and Marie both panted heavily as they wiped sweat from their brows.

Finally, after squeezing through a tight crevice, the trio found themselves in a dark den, lit only by burning piles of greenery that the Salandit had gathered and ignited.

"Look!" May's eyes shot open wide.

In the center of the den was a much larger, similar looking lizard, curled up into a ball, with a ring of straw encircling her. Its purple eyes shot open, angry at these unwanted guests. The Kanker Sisters watched with awe as it stood up on it's hind legs, revealing it's more slender shape.

"What the heck?!" Marie asked, looking at the Pokédex. "'Salazzle?'"

Lee smirked. "Let's nab it, girls! Something that big's gotta be strong!"

The Salazzle snorted at her suggestion. "(Leave. My. Den.)" She hissed threateningly before much to the shock of the lot of them, spitting fire at them. Luckily it didn't hit, but it still shook them up a bit.

"Hey! Watch the hair, newt-breath!" Lee growled. "Bright-Eyes!"

"Sable!" She leapt out in front of them, begrudgingly ready to battle the Salazzle.

"Lil' Marie?" Marie asked.

"Evo!" Her Eevee barked, ready to defend her trainer.

"Bonette!" May shouted, tossing her Ultra Ball and letting her Mandibuzz out.

"Mandaaa!" Her rouge bird squawked, taking immediate sight of the enemy.

"Get ready to feel OUR burn! Night Shade!" Lee called. Bright-Eyes leaned in and let loose a twin beam of shadow energy from her crystal eyes.

The Salazzle was struck in the belly, but not badly hurt.

"Sala!" It leaned forward, spitting a dragon-shaped wave of energy at Bright-Eyes, knocking her down.

"(Uggh! This one-!)" She spat.

"I'll help!" May added. "Bonette, use Dark Pulse, please!"

"Maaaandibuzz!" The vulture cried, shooting a horrible aura attack from his mouth.

Salazzle was blown back, but barely affected. "Sal!" She put a claw to her chin and was covered in red light.

"What the-?" Marie asked before the enemy spewed another stream of flame at them, hitting Bonette roughly.

"Buuuz!" She cried out, burned by the attack.

"Bonette!" May exclaimed.

Marie grit her teeth. "Lil' Marie, use Shadow Ball!"

"Eeeivui!" The fox-like Pokémon shouted, loosing the dark orb from her mouth. Salazzle was struck and knocked down.

"Now, get in this ball!" Lee demanded, throwing a regular Poké Ball. It hit, and opened, converting Salazzle inside and hitting the ground.

The three of them peered in expectantly, but after one little shake, it burst apart, releasing her.

"Saaaalaaa!" The oversized Salazzle hissed wrathfully.

"Drat!" The redhead said. "Bright-Eyes, do a Confuse Ray!"

The Sableye channeled her more mysterious powers, and fired a spiralling beam at the enemy, but it didn't seem to stick. If anything it only aggravated her more.

The Salazzle breathed in before exhaling a thick purple smog at Bright-Eyes, making her stagger backward and cough. Though she was a ghost type, it made her feel sick.

May grimaced. "Bonette, Sky Attack!"

The bone-armor wearing bird flew through the air, charging her power and gaining a white glow.

Salazzle saw it coming, and let out a Flame Burst, but thankfully it missed, scorching the cave ceiling.

Bonette flew in for the attack, body lit ablaze with searing light. Salazzle was ready, managing to duck down on all fours and dodge. The Mandibuzz crowed in distress as she almost hit the wall, managing to stop himself.

Salazzle made a chuckling noise before using Flamethrower from behind. Bonette was hit by the attack, and went down.

"Bonette!" May cried, running up to her. The injured vulture groaned, comforted by his trainer's touch as she hefted her up. "I promise, I'll get you patched up after this fight. Rest for now."

She called her back to the Ball.

Salazzle rose to full height and put her hands on her hips, mocking them. "Sa-sa-la-sa!"

May was furious. "Ivory, do you have anything that can work on her?"

"Poi! Poi-pole!" Ivory nodded, before floating over to face Salazzle with Lil' Marie and Bright-Eyes.

"Use Peck!" She commanded.

"Poi!" The Shiny Ultra Beast charged, jabbing Salazzle in the arm with its head stinger.

This strike hit a little harder, but not by much. She never fought a foe like this one before, but that would not mean she would lose. She let out a Smog attack, but was shocked that this puny foe wasn't even effected.

"Bright-Eyes, hit it with a Fury Swipes!" Lee called.

"Sable! Sabel Sable-Sableye!" The Darkness Pokemon screeched, slashing Salazzle in the face.

Thoroughly infuriated, Salazzle use a point-blank Flamethrower, sending her reeling back to her trainer.

The Sableye collapsed, exhausted. "Return!" Lee demanded before tossing out Jerry's Ball.

The moment the Lickitung appeared, he took sight of the Salazzle, and realized that she was the source of the scent he was picking up earlier. "(Ohh...umm...I don't think I can do this!)"

"Sall!" The larger Salazzle hissed, letting out a Smog attack on him. He managed to cover his mouth, but still inhaled the gas.

"Jerry, use Power Whip!" Lee demanded.

The Normal-Type lashed his tongue out, which turned green before it hit Salazzle roughly. Unfortunately she was less than phased by the attack.

With one Flame Burst, Jerry was knocked back, as the embers spattered on Ivory and Lil' Marie.

Lee was getting aggravated, gritting her teeth. She wanted this one.

May saw the frustration in her elder sister's face. She looked over to Salazzle and whipped her arm. "Ivory, use Fury Attack!"

Her Poipole flew in and gave Salazzle a quick flurry of jabs to the chest and face before dodging a Flamethrower. It zipped back around and pecked at her. Salazzle was getting delirious from the battle. She staggered around, chasing the tiny Ultra Beast, but to no avail.

"Now, Lil' Me!" Marie began. "Use Double Edge!"

"Vui!" The Eevee growled, slamming her body into the Salazzle's stomach.

"Sa...lala!" She groaned as she fell out.

"Perfect!" Lee howled, throwing her Poké Ball. It struck the Salazzle on her muzzle and opened up, drawing her inside. When it hit the ground, it started shaking.

Once. Twice. Three times.

Click! Stars popped out of the top. Satisfied, Lee retrieved her prize with a grin on her face. "Good work, girls. Let's get out of this stupid cave. But first things first."

She pulled out the Dusk Ball she caught her Salandit in and in a flash of blue-tinted light, the toxic lizard emerged. Marie did the same with hers.

The two Poison/Fire-Types looked around confused. "Get lost." Lee commanded, gesturing to Salazzle's Poke Ball. "We got something better."

Both Salandit's jaws lowered at the implication, as well as the fact that they could smell their queen's pheromones through her containment. This would mean that these humans have stolen their only purpose in life, and they could no longer serve her.

"Sa! Sala!" Lee's Salandit protested, but she stomped her foot angrily.

May's Salandit turned to her, eyes quivering with steamy tears. The bluenette shrugged before turning around and heading back for the exit.

Disheartened, both of the lizards turned around and crawled away, back into the dark confines of their den.

"That was really mean, Lee." May pointed out, but the redhead turned to her with a frown.

'I can't believe she's blood.' Lee groaned mentally before laying a hand on her shoulder. "We don't need weak lizards like them. Now come on! We need to get out of this cave before something else jumps us."

"Hmm... you're right, but we still have to feed everybody."

"Oh…" Lee added. "Well, let's get that done."

The three of them managed to leave the cave intact, and after healing up their party with medicine provided by the Rockets, they sat out their food bowls.

"Hmm... I guess I'll name you Allie." May said to her new Mawile as she scarfed down her food with the huge jaw on the back if her head.

Lee looked over her Salazzle, the big black and purple lizard sitting down with an annoyed frown, miffed that she had been captured.

"I'll call you Sizzle." Lee declared. "Sounds fitting."

Marie checked it's Pokedex Entry. "Salazzle. A Toxic Lizard Pokémon. The evolved form of female Salandit. It is filled with pheromones that allow it to create a reverse harem of male Salandit. Those that fail to bring it food are punished with a fiery slap."

"Whoa. Lee, this says that these things regularly only grow to just under four feet. This things about seven feet tall!"

"Guess we got ourselves a special specimen." Lee rubbed her hands together. "Good. When everyone gets through chowin' down, let's go and round up our men!"

Before they could leave to track down the Eds and their group, they heard a loud pinging sound.

"Uh oh. It's this thing!" May said, pulling out a large black sphere with a red R emblazoned on it.

"It's one of those guys again. See what they want."

The device produced a viewing screen, displaying Giovanni's face, making their blood run cold.

"Oh, h-hello, Mister Boss-man!" Lee said, backing up a bit.

"Have you three made any progress in catching any new Pokémon?" The Rainbow Rocket leader asked.

"Why yes we have!" Marie giggled uneasily as they all stepped away to give a view of Bright-Eyes, Alliie and Sizzle.

Giovanni put his hand to his chin, examining the three of them. "So... you've got two Pokémon capable of Mega Evolving...and a larger specimen of another…"

Lee's ears perked up. "Mega Evolving? What exactly is that?" Having only witnessed Eddy's battle with her brother, she already knew it was something that might be useful. To her disappointment, the boss waved his hand dismissingly.

"It's not something Grunt-level agents like you would need to know. Still. The fact you've captured these three means you might be more useful. I'm going to send a little extra enforcement your way. Think of it like another gift."

May turned to her Poipole. "More Pokémon like Ivory?"

Giovanni glared at her sternly. "Be thankful I was willing to gift you with one Ultra Beast. No other Grunts have them."

"Y-you got it, boss!" Marie said, muffling her. At this time, he got a better look at the Eevee atop her head.

"You still have not evolved that Eevee yet?" He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "I have other business to attend to. Do your best to further our goals. Catch as many Pokémon as possible. Subjugate as many trainers."

The screen went dark and vanished within the sphere as the girls let out a sigh of relief.

"I hate talking to him." Marie noted before looking to the side and seeing something that caught her eye.

It was a tall quadrupedal Pokémon, with snow white fur, a dark blue face, and a long scythe-like horn sprouting from the side of it's head. "Abb!" It growled.

Lee and May popped up beside her.

"That looks so beautiful!" May exclaimed.

"Kinda looks wierd to me." Lee added.

Marie scoffed and shoved her half-sisters away. "Back off. This one is MINE!"

The white-furred Pokémon scowled. Something had brought her to them. Something that she didn't like. Her horn was tingling.

"Soll!" She barked, charging the girls. Lee put her fists up as May ducked behind her. Marie tossed a Quick Ball at the attacker. The ball struck the strange Pokémon on the horn, opened, and drew her inside in a rush of blue light laden with gold sparkles.

The ball clacked against the earth and started shaking.

At the sound of the click, Marie smirked and picked it up. "Looks like Lil' Marie has a new friend." May sighed as their Dex recorded the entry.

"Absol. A Disaster Pokémon. It's horn is imbued with the power to predict natural disasters. However, it is mistaken for a harbinger of doom, so it rarely leaves it's mountain home."

"Sounds like a fitting choice." Marie said, pocketing it the device.

"Umm, sis, I don't think you should keep that one!" May said. "After all, it did try to attack us!"

Marie put an index finger to her forhead. "This comin' from the one who caught the jaws of death." She let her Absol out.

The Disaster Pokemon was immediately unhappy about being captured. "(Great...I was just about to run these three off when suddenly I'm just one of the gang!)"

Immediately, Lil' Marie strutted up to her with a smug look on her face. "(Welcome to the crew, newbie.)" The Eevee began. "(Just so you know: I'M in charge.)"

The Absol rolled her eyes before turning to the oversized Salazzle, who merely gave her a chin-raise gesture. "(So what's your story?)"

"(These COMMONERS kidnapped me away from my followers. That's what. But at least they seem decent when it comes to feeding royalty.)"

Absol turned to Bright-Eyes. "(Don't look at me. I was just following orders from my master when they captured me.)"

"(What about you?)" Turning to the Mawile, she was a little unnerved as all it did was glare.

Ignoring her, she turned to Jerry. The Lickitung waved. "(I try my best to work hard for Lee, but I just don't think she likes me.)"

"(Eh. Don't beat yourself up about-wha!)" Absol was blindsided by the white and gold critter tackling her.

"(Hiiiii!~ I'm Ivory, I don't know you, butijustnowwecanbeveryveryvery-VERY good friends!)" The Poipole screeched happily

"(Y-yeah. Whatever, kid.)" She replied, backing away until Marie knelt down, stroking her head and mane.

"Hmm...How about Sabine? That's a pretty name."

The Absol didn't like this girl but gave a purr of approval.

"Good. I think we can get along nicely."

Lee tapped her foot. "Can we go find the Eds now!?"

"RIGHT now!" Marie added, hopping up to full height.

"And how!" May chimed in as they headed off to intercept the Eds."

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Back in Peach Creek, Nazz walked down the street, Faye and Kenzie by her side. The Fennekin and Kirlia were enjoying a peaceful day with their trainer, but this did not ease the omnipresent tension of another attack.

She was considering going to see Jonny, but he wasn't in his home, or in his lair.

Then she thought of going to see Preston, but he was busy with Gym Challengers.

The life of a Gym Leader must be a rough one.

The blond shook her head, and prepared to walk into the town's candy store. She needed something sweet.

But before she entered, she stopped at the sight of a flyer pasted on the door.

It showed an image of a blond woman standing beside a pair of odd Pokémon.

"Peach Creek Contest Open?"

She read the flyer, and it listed information on some event that would take place at the city center.

She snapped a picture of the flyer on her Rotom Dex. "I'll have to see what this is about…" Nazz felt a tugging on her arm, and saw it was Kenzie. The Kirlia gave a teary eyed look, and gestured to the Candy Store.

"Hahaha. C'mon then. Let's go inside."

"Kir!" Kenzie cheered happily as the three of them entered.

That's it for this one. Hope you all enjoyed. The Eds group is introduced to Double D's Type Null while the Kankers make some desperately needed captures. At this time, Nazz finds interest in a Pokémon event in Peach Creek! Will she enter, and if so, can she claim the prize?

Next Rainbow Rocket Ed-scendant! Starter Strike! Nazz's Contest! Until then, don't be shy to rate and review. By the way, the Salazzle battle was inspired by the Golurk raid from the new series.

New Acquisitions:

Lee:

Salandit. Male. Released. Salazzle. Female. Nickname: Sizzle. Ability: Oblivious. Moves: Flame Burst, Flamethrower, Smog, Dragon Rage.

Marie:

Salandit. Male. Released. Absol. Female. Nickname: Sabine. Ability: Pressure. Moves: Bite, Night Slash, Swords Dance and Quick Attack.

May:

Mawile. Female. Nickname: Allie. Ability: Intimidate. Moves: Power-Up Punch, Stockpile, Swallow, Crunch(Yeah, I know, no Stab Moves. I'm a monster XD)

Edd:

Type Null: Nickname: Chroma. Ability: Battle Armor. Moves: Aerial Ace, Crush Claw, Scary Face, X-scissor.