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I leaned against a wall in the main lobby as Sub called out to his dreaded Farfech'd nemesis. Rala sat in her ball to mask her energy, but was ready to teleport out at a moment's notice and show El Pato how hard it was to knock her out now that she was big. I planned to give her that, but she wouldn't be the only one out of my arsenal to fight the bird. I had younglings to train, after all.

Keiko, however, wanted nothing to do with this and stayed out of it. Where she was and what she was doing, I couldn't say, but I wasn't worried about it. She'd come back down once the conflict ended.

"El Pato, that's what is going on." Sub answered Tristen without even looking at him, too focused on keeping an eye out for El Pato as soon as he appeared.

The man would haven't to wait much longer for the masked Farfetch'd to appear as said duck came swooping down from the rafters, pouncing on Terashi, the bird grabbing onto the back of his shirt, planting his feet into his back, and putting his sharpened leek to the Psychic Channeler's throat threateningly.

"Oh ho ho! Senior El Pato, you have gotten more assertive I see. Is it because you know what's in this ball? Hm?" He asked the bird as he swung the roped Safari Ball around, taunting the bird. "You won't hurt my friend, not as long as I have one of yours. So, how about a trade? Your friend for mine." He asked the Farfetch'd as he held the rope out.

The Wild Duck Pokemon would glare at Sub for a good long while, looking between the human and the Safari Ball. After what probably felt like ages to Terashi the duck would remove his leek, kick Terashi forward, and take off with a rocket all in one swift motion, its target the Safari Ball which Sub held for now as Terashi was on a collison course for Sub.

"Stop him!" Sub shouted as he hurled the ball into the air, freeing his hands to try and get a Pokemon out but Terashi had crashed into him too soon, both falling over as El Pato headed for the airborne ball at the end of the rope.

Tristen could only stare...he's seen resourceful Pokemon, but something to this degree? He wasn't sure if it was safe for this thing to be around here. Why IS this thing around here!? "Litten! Go!" Tristen called out. "Fire Fang!"

The boy put the Litten down and the cat got straight to work, its fangs ignited as it rushed for El Pato with a howl followed by a nasty hiss. The Litten was ready to get to work.

"The hell is he planning?' I thought aloud as I focused on keeping myself calm, hoping that my serenity would bleed into Rala's mind and calm her down. She wasn't having any of it, though - she had something to prove against El Pato and she was going to settle this now if she had her way.

"I promise, you'll get the chance to avenge yourself," I told her as I procured my Hoverboard. "Please, just be patient for the time being." I recalled Rala at that point, expecting her to teleport out of it immediately. When that fortunately didn't happen, I sailed off after Sub. I'd follow his lead as long as Rala would let me.

The trio of Snagems, just two on hoverboards, would race through Mt. Silver's cavern, gliding/leaping over cliffs and flows of water. Before long another warm body would join the race, El Pato the Farfetch'd coming flying out from the HQ, its eyes set on the Dark One in the distance.

"Okay, so, explanation time!" Sub shouted to his fellow Snagems as they exited the cave, tall grass greeting them. "Obviously he wants this ball, and while I'll give it to him I-" Before he could finish that sentence two Golduck came leaping out of a nearby pond, each of them firing an Ice Beam at the Snagems, though both targeting Sub.

Tristen would come up shortly after the other two, just in time to see Sub get attacked by the Golduck. Winded as the kid was for not using the hoverboards, he managed to draw out another Pokeball and toss it out, all the while moving out of the way of the attack, not realizing it was heading for Sub. "Blitzle! Go!" he shouted. The ball flashed open, revealing the tiny zebra out for battle. "Shockwave!" The kid then commanded. With a high pitch squeal, the Blitzle electrified and discharged a electrical pulse which swept towards the Golduck.

I was inclined at that moment to ask why Sub didn't want to eat him, considering the trouble the duck had caused. Then I remembered my moral standpoint of using Pokemon as a food source and was very thankful that I wasn't thinking aloud. With no Flying-type big enough to carry me, however - and with Rala unable to sense either Sub or Mandibuzz, I had to follow Sub via my hoverboard, but of course, I gave Sauron a congratulatory pat on the head before putting him back in his ball, first.

I paused for a moment, once Sauron was safe in his ball, and considered Tristen. "You got one of these?" I asked, holding my hoverboard up. I was willing to give him mine if he needed it - I could always borrow another one from Sub's office later, and Rala could keep track of Tristen's movements and teleport to him if it brought her closer to El Pato.