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Once I contacted Odd and let him know what happened, I politely asked GRAY to have Claydol teleport us to Sunyshore, since Rala hasn't seen most of Sinnoh yet.

Once there, I'd track Sub down. "Mind if I get a swimmer from you? None of my Pokemon are capable," I asked him. "I'd prefer one big enough to carry two, but whatever you've got is fine."

"I hope we get to Lykas in time," Keiko spoke up behind me.

"Sure. I hope you don't mind riding a giant three headed dragon though." Sub said to Terashi as he tossed a Dusk Ball out, the device popping open to release one of his most vicious beasts, Valdemar the Hydreigon. The hydra would appear with a savage roar but upon seeing no enemy in sight and getting the appropriate cues from its trainer the dragon would settle down with a snort.

"He can fly or swim, take your pick. Whatever you do don't touch the two side heads, those aren't proper heads in the first place. Outside of that he'll be fine." He informed Terashi before turning to face Aile. "Don't like the water, huh? That's fine, as long as you don't lag behind. Now then..." Sub said as he pointed east towards the docks of Sunyshore, the signature lighthouse standing tall on the horizon. "Let's go get Kanto's most famous adult film star!"

With that declaration of questionable truth made Sub would make his way to the dock. Upon arrival at the walk's edge he would release his favorite swimmer, Pym the Sharpedo. It was anyone's guess why he always chose Pym for this instances when the Sharpedo was not big enough to keep him dry but oh well. Jumping into the water in his usual outfit the man would jump onto Pym, riding him like a jet ski, and the Sharpedo would promptly take off, sailing through the water heading east.

It wasn't as if Connor was close friends with Lykas, actually he barely knew the guy. But teamwork and camaraderie was important! Or so he was told. At the very least, if he was in trouble, he'd want someone to help him too...not that he'd ask for it. And so, here he was, pulling himself together after yet another gut wrenching teleport. "I really hate that..." he mumbled to himself as he joined the others. Fortunately, he caught a water type not all that long ago, though it was a little small. The Poliwhirl jumped into the water after he sent it out, Connor jumping in after it. Grabbing hold of his shoulders and kneeling on his back, they would follow Sub to the east as best they could.

Odd arrived in Sunyshore with a dour look on his face. "First it's me and he gets his tentacles in a twist and now he goes and gets himself kidnapped..." He remarked, tossing out the ball containing Treble the Drifblim. "We're following Sub's lead. I get the feeling he knows where we're going." He told the Ghost-type as it wrapped him up in it's ribbons and lifted him into the air.

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Far off from the others, Lykas found himself being deposited on the floor inside of a well-appointed shack. "Mother! We've brought him home!"

Immediately reaching for a Pokeball, the hybrid found that they had been removed from behind, where he couldn't see the one who'd taken them. "Where are my Pokemon?!" He demanded as he jumped to his feet.

"They're being held as insurance to make sure you stay and listen." An unfamiliar voice spoke up from behind him.

"Let's get some altitude!" I told Valdemar when I recognized the green and blue Dragonbreath coming from that Gyarados's mouth. Keiko immediately had Natalia come out of her ball and land a blast of Psychic on the wild Gyarados. Since the only flier I had was weak to water, I had Yuki pop out of her ball and onto my lap, so she could throw a Thundershock at the Gyarados without risking damage to Valdemar in case she hadn't quite gained full control of her electricity yet - even if that meant taking some voltage, myself.

Aile blinked as the Gyarados came out of the water and knocked Sub and Pym aside. "Well, I think that might be a hint," she stated as Tatooine climbed to avoid the Dragonbreath from the sea serpent. "Tati, you think you could avoid the Dragonbreath long enough to get a hit in and then come back for me?

"Gon," the Flygon nodded, continuing her aerial ascent.

"Hehe, alright then, like old times, kind of. Time for a trust fall then. Dragon Rush, Tati." She gave her dragon a couple pats before jumping off of her, going into a free fall as Tatooine herself dived down and charged at the Gyarados from behind as best as she could with draconic energy. Regardless of whether or not the attack was successful, Tati would still start to make her way back over to Aile to catch her, not wanting any serious injury to come to her trainer from this.

Connor's antics gave me an idea, and with that, I recalled Yuki, letting Rala out of her ball (though the tall Psychic would have to stand on Valdemar to do so. "Use Hypnosis on that Gyarados. Put it to sleep," I told Rala, who would teleport atop Gyarados's head and look down into its eyes, focusing her Hypnosis move through her own. "What are you doing? It's the middle of the night. Go back to sleep," Rala said telepathically, using her Psychic energy to add power to that suggestion through the Hypnosis move. If the Gyarados showed signs of trying to attack her, though, she'd teleport back to my side.