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Brian and Krysta along with their Pokemon would rocket across the Wild Area, powered by the ignited 'gasses' provided by one Stunky. It was going to take a whole lot of tamato berry juice to get the smell out of their clothes after this. Regardless of any stench they where traveling at break neck speed and might just make it to the ruins in time with any luck.

As they zipped across the land they mowed down fields of flowers, sent flocks of Rookidee scrambling to get out of the way, ramped off the belly of a slumbering Snorlax, and even startled an entire forest of 'trees' to flee, the Sudowoodo Rattled by the bullet that whizzed on by.

Quickly they could both see the Watchtower Ruins coming into view across the horizon, the pair zipping straight threw a bunch of tall grass surrounding the outer perimeter of the tower. Neither of them could see much thanks to the height of the grass but before they knew it something of a view returned to them, for a split second before they crashed straight through what looked like was some sort of tea party.

Before they arrived a group of wild Ghost Pokemon were enjoying their afterlife in peace by staging a pretend 'tea party'. A Duskull butler was going about serving the ghostly guests gathered around a tree stump 'tea', pretending to pour said make believe tea from a giggling Polteageist into the giddy little Sinistea sitting on the stump. The Drifloon and Gastly guests were pretending to be humans gossiping, as they do around the table, while the 'butler' made his rounds. The undead creatures appeared to be enjoying their little game of harmless make believe, however it would soon be rudely interrupted, each of the ghosts turning to face the inevitable arrival of Brian and Krysta.

No one was exactly sure on who plowed over who or whatever happened but what was known as Krysta ended up with a big ole mouth full of Gastly, perhaps not enough to kill her but certainly enough to make her remember that horrible taste for weeks, while Brian appeared on the other side with a Duskull's mask on his face. The Drifloon on the other hand was so startled that it spontaneously exploded, sending Brian and Krysta flying up into the air on the hoverboard, clearing the entire field of tall grass surrounding the tower, the hoverboard eventually crash landing right on top of the tower its self. The wild and chaotic ride was over.

"...are both of you still alive? I must remind you that dying is strictly against Snagem code and you will be reprimanded for any unauthorized perishing." GRAY spoke up from Brian's SNAG after landing.

Brian gave no sign that he was disturbed by Krysta's method of transport, though inside, he was gagging furiously. The smell emanating from the Stunky was bad enough to make his nose hairs curl, and he was glad he'd recalled Lu when Krysta told him it might be a good idea. It didn't take them long to reach the tower, though when they did, it was, unfortunately, by crashing through a 'tea party' that a group of Ghost-types was having. Brian felt bad for crashing the 'party,' but it couldn't be helped at the speed they were going. As it was, he ended up with what he thought was a Duskull's mask on his face as they left, before crashing right on top of the tower, itself, with the help of an exploding Drifloon.

Once they'd skidded to a stop, Brian heard GRAY's voice over his SNAG again, asking if they were still alive and saying that dying was strictly against Snagem code. "Shut it, GRAY," Brian snapped, not at all amused by the AI's comments. "We're still alive, though that could have gone much better." When Krysta mentioned having something on his face, he pulled the Duskull mask off and tossed it toward the ground in the direction they'd just come from, along with a number of Ghost-type poffins as an apology for ruining their 'tea party.' "Let's hope that will appease them for the time being," he said. "We need to get that device set up, and quick." Having said this, he took the device from his bag and began setting it up, with help from GRAY.

Krysta with a slight sense of panic looks at Brian "Does Gray know this Rotom is... a bit wild? Like it needs to be reprogrammed or who knows what it might do..." Krysta Hears the voice announcing the start of the event "shoot. If we don't hurry the professor is gonna find out what I have been doing. She isn't just gonna be mad she might.... no no she wouldn't do that." Krysta shakes the fear from her eyes and grabs the rotom which is squeaking and squawking. "Shush you. Now you better behave. or I swear to MEW I will rewrite not just your code but every rotom in the entire region to play that rick roll song instead of being able to speak!" With that the rotom silenced itself and slid into the machine. Lights flickered on, and things started buzzing and clicking and little tiny servos were heard whirling and spinning up. Krysta watched in rapt attention for a brief moment curious how the device worked. "Fascinating. I wonder how they did" she said as she went off mumbling to herself.

After a brief moment of losing herself in the thought of the wonderful snagem tech she had seen today she realized they simply must get this resolved. "Brian. Can you call that cladyol back? or do you have any pokemone who might be able to throw this thing? I mean I can totally (not really) pick it up if I had to but I thought it might be good excercise for one of them? What do you say? any muscle bound fighting types in your team?"

Once the device reached its apex of height it would give off a beam of light which would shoot high up into the air disappearing into the sky, the device its self following behind the beam up high into the air, becoming a tiny dot to human eyes and remaining up there for the remainder of the tourney.

Good, that was more than high enough. The Roto-beacon is now active and the Snagems can now receive medical drops from our supply. As for you two let me- wait a minute..." GRAY started, though going quiet abruptly as the sound of humming could be heard by them both and it was getting louder.

"I'm detecting a Roto-drone approaching and fast. There are dozens of them flying around the Wild Area to live stream the tournament's proceedings. You two are not registered for the tournament so if you get caught there will be trouble. Find a place to hide and quick while I work on a lock on your location to send you Claydol." Things were not getting calmer for these two it seemed.

Brian sighed with relief when GRAY confirmed that the Roto-beacon was high enough, and he and Lu watched as a beam of light shot into the sky, followed by the device, itself. It was pretty impressive to watch, really, though when GRAY spoke again, Brian detected a faint hint of concern in his mechanical voice. It seemed there was a drone approaching them fast, and GRAY instructed them to find a place to hide while he worked on getting a lock on their location to send Claydol to them.

"Let's go, Lu!" Brian said, and he and the Riolu took off after Krysta, finding her sprawled in the dirt after tripping on a root she hadn't seen. "Come on, up ye come!" he said, pulling the girl to her feet before taking off toward the stand of trees nearby, hoping she was following and reaching the trees in a short time.

Brian and Krysta had apparently made it out of the drone's line of sight just in time as it whizzed overhead, the thick tree foliage above them keeping them out of view. After a few minutes the sound of the buzzing drone was gone and it was safe to come back out again. It was only then that GRAY spoke again.

"So, problem." He started. "I can't send Claydol. I think they activated a teleportation scrambler to prevent the contestants from leaving, or leaving and coming back. Whatever the case you'll have to leave the same way you got in. Which might be a bigger problem than it sounds. You'll have to avoid the drones and contestants you might insist on battling you." GRAY said, informing them of yet another problem.

As GRAY spoke Krysta would feel something tap her on the leg. Looking down she would find a tiny, barely a foot high, little green creature looking up at her with its big eyes. The strange Pokemon, an Elgyem, had some sort of rock in its hands. Those in the know might recognize it as a whole Wishing Star. Where it got it from, why it was here, and what it wanted with Krysta were at the moment mysteries.

"Elgyem!" The Pokemon shouted at Krysta and jerked the Wishing Star it was holding away from her. Apparently it wanted something to do with her but it wasn't to give her the Wishing Star. "Gyem! El el!" It shouted frantically as it pointed off in the direction it had came from, the opposite direction of the tower, beyond the trees. It seemed afraid. Was it running from something and came to Krysta for help? If so, why her specifically?

While Krysta was handling that Brian would be alerted to the sound of twigs snapping, someone or something stepping on them as they walked among the trees around them. It was coming from directly behind them. He would hear further branches breaking and leaves rustling as whatever it was began to move quicker. Something was coming at them and fast.

Brian would have about a minute to prepare for whatever was lurking behind them before it revealed its self, a Houndour charging straight at them and it did not look as nice as this Elgyem, the dog's teeth bared and snarling as it seemed intent on taking a bite out of one of them.

Brian sighed with relief when they managed to make it to the trees just before a drone flew overhead. Apparently, it hadn't noticed them at all, and that was all the better. After a moment, the buzzing faded, and Brian assumed it was safe to come out into the open again. Stepping out from under the foliage, he turned to Krysta to let her know it was clear when GRAY spoke up, saying he couldn't send Claydol to them due to some kind of interference. As he took in this information, an Elgyem showed something to Krysta, a stone that Brian didn't recognize.

The sound of twigs snapping caught his and Lu's attention, and they turned in the direction of the noise, but before they could warn Krysta, a Houndour barrelled toward them, snarling. "Lu, Force Palm!" he ordered. The Riolu immediately jumped forward with one of her paws glowing in the intent of stopping the Houndour. "It's a Houndour, a Fire/Dark-type," he told Krysta, keeping his eyes on the Houndour as he spoke. "Something's upset it, so it's on the offensive. We need to be careful."