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What a day it had been. It felt like clockwork once he started because of his times doing this over at Skyla's Gym from time to time.

Ryan would rotate through his unevolved water starters, highlights for the crew were as such:

Mite (Frogadier) : Mite picked up his victories through a combination of Smokescreen into either Smack Down or Cut. One particular critical Cut actually allowed him to rally for a win and force said trainer to have to rematch.

Levi (Magikarp) : This was a complete sucker play by Ryan to try and get his dear Magikarp to evolve. He noticed one young trainer's pokemon was exceedingly exhausted after batting Shelly (his special Shellos). And with one well time leap into a tackle, Levi was victorious...and then immediately KOed by the trainer's next pokemon. Such is life for a Karp.

Shelly: (Shellos) : Saw only limited action as she was restricted to younger trainers who had decided to come here early. A well placed Water Pulse following a Mud Bomb or two usually did the trick.

Eleanor (Piplup) : Eleanor was also limited to younger trainers, but did well when called to action. Bubble into Peck was effective, especially when the slow from Bubble actually kicked in.

Raphael (Wartortle) : His mean blue fighting machine was on point. He had to avoid some stronger combos, but his Bite/Aqua tail connected more often than not. It sometimes rattled some of the less experienced trainers.

Niles ( Shiny Croconaw) : Last, but no least was Niles. His Bite and Ice Fang were his key moves, his Ice Fang busting some ego bubbles on a few trainers who brought a grass type in, but got shockingly overwhelmed by it thanks to his Sheer Force ability giving it that extra oomph that most wouldn't have gambled on.

Once all the battles were done for the day, Ryan was most pleased with his work. To say he had helped defend Pastoria Gym was fair, but if he had gone all out? Crash would have seen significantly fewer trainers than he did. The holding back was something he could sense was a point of frustration with his team, but it had to be done.

Ryan looks around, to see if anything seemed or sounded fishy. If all was well, it was time for an evening stroll. maybe a certain IPF sleuth would bump into him by chance.

Ryan would investigate that spot and palm that microphone. This was at least his proof that Pastoria Gym was compromised. But he still didn't have the dagger to bury Caitlyn with all of this.

Ryan hears Kyle and he nods and once he has left, Ryan would go grab his bag, which had his mask and then is out the door as well. He would take a slow but measured path to the Great Marsh, stopping and looking at shops as to not make it apparent that he was urgently trying to get somewhere.

Once he got there and spotted Looker. He would wander over and lean up against the fence, facing the opposite of Looker. "Nice night, but a bit chilly, yeah?" Ryan says, not really speaking directly to Looker. Hopefully a hint that they needed a more secure place to go.

"A bit too cold for my liking," Ryan says before following after Looker.

"Yeah, I think I have our target, I just don't have a pin on her 100%. Her name is Caitlyn as to say she is suspicious is nice, to say the least. She claims to be a teen, but acts and behaves otherwise. Dug a bit deeper on my end as well. There is no record of her as a trainer here or anywhere else." Ryan explains before handing over the threatening note and microphone.

"The note was left on my bed after my initial encounter with her and found the mic on the pool floor. It had to be dislodged. Means Pastoria Gym is 100% compromised. Crasher is not going to be there at all tomorrow, so if we want to make a move, tomorrow HAS to be it." Ryan stresses.

"Also. I think there is more to this than just Galactic interference. Pastoria is too well protected by Crasher for them to act on it alone. I think they have a third party involved, and if my instincts are correct, this whole situation is on the verge of being far more volatile. " Ryan adds with a sigh.

"The Sapphire Fleet. Only Aogiri and his men would be able to provide that extra level of threat that would give Galactic any hope of realistically sacking Pastoria with Crasher still standing in the way. I only pray that my suspicion on this is wrong, very, very wrong. because if Aogiri has mobilized the Sapphire Fleet here to Sinnoh, that means all regions are now under threat once more from that madman. " Ryan tells Looker.

And that sounded exactly like a play Aogiri would jump on. Ryan was now all but sure the Captain and his Fleet were involved somehow.

Ryan nods "Will do, stay safe and hopefully see you soon, Looker." Ryan says before heading back towards Pastoria and the Gym.

Once there, he goes back to his room, which, if he was right, was bugged as well. " Something big is going down at the Great Marsh tomorrow, something I am sure any gym trainer or otherwise wouldn't want to miss as a golden opportunity. It's at noon. I'll be going for sure." Ryan says just loud enough for the microphones to pick up, but not loud enough to make his fellow gym trainers think he was talking out loud to himself.

That should be a nice subtle dig at Caitlyn, letting her know that he was on to her and that if she wanted to save any face, that she had better show up tomorrow. As for Ryan tomorrow? he would be full-on Deep Blue, the mysterious man behind the Suicune Mask.

Ryan once again sets Niles up on guard duty for the night and goes to bed. It was all going to play out tomorrow while Crasher was away from his Gym. He did feel bad for the man. if this all went down right, he would be losing 2 Gym Trainers.

Ryan would recall Niles and leave the room nice and tidy. He had no plans of returning to it.

Once Ryan made it outside, he would find a place away from prying eyes and needle Gray into having Claydol teleport him in his Gourd and Coat. Gourd, because he was going to be masked and he wasn't about to hold back anymore, and his coat to fend off the chill in the air while adding to his look.

Once Ryan had gotten the items and then donned his mask, he would head for the Great Marsh. He would seek out Looker, then they could close in on Caitlyn and get to the bottom of this mess.

Ryan mutters under his breath and slips his mask back on once clear of the checkpoint. Of course, Looker was late. Oh well. Time to grab custody of who he was pretty sure was the Galactic mole.

Ryan uses his Jelly Step to skirt by the waiting Caitlyn and out into the shadows of the Marsh, concealing himself to them, where he would then use his Aqua Sniper to throw a glob of water at her shoes. He wanted to draw her away from possible passing eyes. This was it.