Episode 1: A Stranger In Familiar!

[fallers_npcs]

Today on Melemele, there has been a strange and rash sequence of events!

Officer Jenny has been busy, as a series of thefts has been noted across the city. The wealthy industrialist Viren has been targeted several times with valuables relating to the Pokemon Groudon.

As researchers are coming into the town today to help work on the Ultra Hole situation, on invite of the Aether Foundation, it seems that someone might have slipped through into the town. A certain woman in green might have been spotted in several of Viren's locations before a theft has been seen.

Some people might be starting to get uneasy about the influx of people. Perhaps it's time to investigate some of these rumors that a thief might have made their way onto the island...

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[acmellash]

With the Air Raid Sirens being rang, it wasn't long till Ash arrived on the scene, dressed in what appeared to be his sleeping clothing, having hauled himself out of bed.

Hat on head, Pikachu on his shoulder, and Pokemon at his side, he exclaimed, "That's a huge Skarmory!" Before double-taking. "Wait, that's a Ditto!"

Rotom-dex exclaimed, "It's massive! This is a Dynamax!"

"Dynamax?" asked Ash, loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Dynamax: A form of powered evolution found primarily in the Galar Region! Dynamax is a powerful form change that changes the Pokemon into a massive state and gives them incredible strength and power for a limited time! You can even use Z-Moves and Mega Evolution during this time! Be careful everyone!" Exclaimed Rotom to everyone around the place.

"Sounds like a challenge, let's do this! Everyone come out!" Ash summoned his Pokemon -- Torracat, Lycanroc, Meltan, Rowlet who was actually awake for once in this disaster. And Pikachu jumped off his shoulder. "The rest of the Ultra Guardians are clearing the town, so let's get to this!"

His Pokemon all agreed with a shout and he exclaimed his orders. "Pikachu, Quick Attack! Lycanroc, Accelrock! Torracat, Fire Blast! Rowlet, Seed Bomb! Meltan, Flash Cannon!"

[darkenedmoon]

Yotsuyu had been asleep until the air raid sirens. Now, she was on a helicopter, accompanying Lusamine to the site of the disturbance. Nor was she particularly sanguine about the experience. (She might be more interested about the helicopter were it simply a tour, and were she not seeing the very large metal bird-thing as they approached over the buildings.)

She leapt out of the machine, holding Gosetsu in her arms and preceding the President. Yotsuyu was not given to run towards the fray, considering, but her Oshawott had other ideas.

Gosetsu practically yelled "WOTT!" as he scrambled out of her arms, running towards the extremely large beast. Though she was terrified, she ran after him.

"Gosetsu, be careful!" she cried. She could hear Ash yelling orders to his Pokemon from where she was, glanced up at the Skarmory, then at Gosetsu.

"Gosetsu, Tail Whip!" She'd at least been studying her own Pokemon...

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

Sena's another innocent bystander to all this nonsense, as he usually tends to be. He'd just wanted to head out to the beach to relax, and he'd even gotten out his old visor-eyeshield combo from his days in Sinnoh.

It doesn't match very well with his striped tee-shirt and shorts, but it covers his face decently enough and protects it from the strong sun, so whatever. Not that it helps when a giant freaking Skarmory suddenly pops up out of nowhere.

"Hieeeeeee?! W-what?! What is that?! Skarmory aren't supposed to be this big!"

Normally he'd like to, you know, run, but. This doesn't look like an option, and it looks like everyone else around him is gearing up to fight as well.

"Gaah, what's going on...whatever! I'll ask questions later, I guess...Monta, Vee!"

He tosses two Pokeballs with a practiced throw, revealing his Infernape and Jolteon respectively. Those are his Pokemon that have the best chance against this type matchup for now, he supposes. If he needs more firepower, he'll send them out.

"We're going with a sweep to finish this quick, you two! Monta, use Flame Wheel at a slant! Vee, back up his attack with a Thunderbolt, hurry!"

Is...is that an electrified fire monkey yep that sure is an electrified fire monkey barreling down the street okay.

[fallers_npcs]

With a mighty crash, the Skarmory crashes to the ground, dazed. The combined attack slammed home. The webbing snaps on the wings of the Skarmory, causing it to throw Peter into a tree upside down however.

Beat's transformation and Yuume's shout grabs its attention and it raises it's leg but is distracted by Adora who, with Sena's Pokemon and Ash's, slam headlong into the ankles. Combined with Gosetsu's Defense down move, topples it over into the ruins. Normally this wouldn't be the case but because of the bubbles from Goomy, it slicks up the battlefield, thus causing it to slip, and falls over.

In all, a successful First Round And there's some considerable damage to it's overall health. Keep up!

[blue_ice]

Kaiba lightens his steps, finally catching up to his wayward Pokémon when it bounces up after the crash. He calls it back, but then Kisara wants a turn. She decides to add to the thunderbolts, bounding over the rubble and firing off a few small ones.

"Not too close!"

To her credit, she seems to listen, but he still doesn't like her in the fray.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

Now that the initial shock of the battle has worn out, Sena's starting to get back into it. His old battle insticts are coming back, and it shows in his next order.

"Vee, Monta, don't let it recover! Vee, get close and hold onto that leg with a Thunder Fang! Monta, pin it down with Close Combat!"

If there's anything he learned from football, it's that you go all in or nothing.

[acmellash]

"Good job everyone, keep it up!" Exclaimed Ash, as his team pulled back from the crashed opponent. "Keep it pinned! Torracat, Fire Fang! Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"

The pair of Pokemon leaped up into the air and crashed down with their attacks, adding to Kaiba's own Kisara's Thunderbolt, Monta's Thunder Fang and Close Combat.

So far, it seemed to be working.

[shadowslipping]

"Tch-!" So much for being stepped on. But the slip gives a bigger window. Yuume runs right for where it falls...

Just in time to seemingly be crushed under it.

Except...

'Just Kidding.' The force of the Skarmory's weight is used to her advantage, slamming her deep into the shadows. Within seconds she's blasted back out- a figure in violet and black, an Audino upon her back. "Now-!"

Entrainment! "Audi-niiiii!" A surefire hit type of move, they don't know what ability the Ditto has. It's own? Skarmory's? Regardless it's got Audino's now, and before gravity can pull them back down the pair both flip around the other with alarming coordination.

"And...GO-!"

Yuume kicks, and Audino kicks off at the last minute from where they're still above the Skarmory, a large pink 'bullet' heading for the head. "DIIIII NOOOOO!!"

Secret Power!

The fist of Audino's punch certainly lands. And the damage...is minimal. But the fist sparks.

And the sparks travel.

The area they're in is industrial, and Secret Power induces Paralysis in such a region.

"Hu-h!" Yuume lands, and hurriedly runs to catch her winded Audino as she falls, both bowling back somewhat in the process. "Hah...That should delay it..!"

[darkenedmoon]

Ever see an Oshawott look pleased with himself? Because that's where Gosetsu is right now.

His Trainer even has a fierce and tight smile on her face as she dashes to meet her Pokemon. "Do not get too cocky now, Gosetsu." She narrowed her eyes at the downed Skarmory, wracking her brain as to what to do next. No, Water Sport was not a good move to put forth in this instance...

"Another Tail Whip if you please, Gosetsu!" Even if Yotsuyu didn't want him to get too close to the immense Pokemon, she knew he could at least help the others' moves hit harder. It seemed a good strategy.

[soft_focus]

Meanwhile, near the fight but certainly not At It, a certain little girl is being rather naughty. Sophy and the other guardians said they had to evacuate. But if so many people were fighting, what if something went wrong? What if there was something they missed?

....Well it turns out they're fine. But amid the sea of battle ready emotions, something stands out just barely. Something...different.

Reira creeps through the bushes and such, slinking toward it...

[hashtagparkerluck]

Things seemed to be going okay at first but then things took a rather unexpected turn.

"Oh God!" The giant Skarmory cuts through the webs and he's suddenly sailing through the air. He's very sorry for any property damage. Just as Peter's sailing through the air, a shot of web catches him but he's got too much momentum and Shelob is just sailing with him. With a sharp cry he smashes into a tree, hard and apparently now upside down. Shelob smashes into him seconds later and he curls his arms around her to prevent any damage as he falls the rest of the way to the ground. Sorry, Parked car.

"Oh god, that sucked." Peter states, setting Shelob down and shaking his head. "Come on dude, that the best you got?" He calls out, firing his webs again, Spinarak.

"Hey Shelob, let's try a poison sting!" He lets himself land on a nearby roof."

[adora_plz]

With the Skarmory thrashing despite being pinned, stunned, jabbed, poison stinged, zapped, and otherwise indisposed, She-Ra came charging in on Fred, whipping the Sword overhead as she landed atop it, the Sword transforming into a rope as she lashed it around the thrashing body.

Tying it down, she pulled it tight, and yanked, trying to keep it from struggling. "I got it, I got it--whoa!"

Being whipped around like, well, Spider-man, was a new sensation.

"I don't got it, I don't got it!" She yelled, She-Ra being a giant glowing ball on a chain.

[hearts_beat]

"Okay... so things aren't too bad here, good." Cure Beat thought over her actions a bit before nodding at her Ghastly.

"Ghastly, use hypnosis... you got that, right?" she said.

"Ghast!" the ghost Pokemon replied before turning its attention to the Pokemon, using its attack on it.

[fallers_npcs]

Hammered from all sides, the unexpected thing happened.

The last move from Ghastly started to make it feel drowsy? Its eyes started drooping and it started thrashing slower and slower... slower and slower... and slowly, surely, it sat down with a heavy thump.

The glow around it subsided and it started to shrink until it became a normal sized Skarmory. And then -- it bubbled and shrank into a blobby Ditto who oozed into a puddle of snoozing liquid.

Jenny frowned as she went over and "cuffed" it. "This is unexpected. Ditto contained."

Elsewhere, a young man suddenly lost his cool as he snapped his pencil, only to realize Reira was standing there. "What are you looking at?" he demanded.

ROUND TWO COMPLETE! RAID BATTLE - COMPLETE!

[bestmomever]

Lusamine's earpiece beeped. "Yes?"

"Understood," she said after a moment, turning to address the others. "Everyone! We've located the Dynamax Culprit! Police have identified the suspect! Be on the lookout for a man named Brodie, Interpol has notified the Aether Foundation and the Alolan Police Department."

Jenny turned to the rest of the Fallers. "Spread out, please, all of you. If you see this man here," and she flashed a picture of Brodie and the current appearance of him as Tracey. "He's disguised currently as Professor Oak's Assistant, Tracey Sketchit who was seen entering the region."

[acmellash]

"Brodie? I remember him," said Ash. "Don't worry, we'll find him." said Ash. "Let's go everyone!"

With that, he took off in a direction, searching for Brodie.

[soft_focus]

Reira just...stares. And stares. And-

"....You don't feel like someone scared," she eventually says. "And... ....you weren't fighting the big one. ....What's on the paper?"

[fallers_npcs]

"What makes you think I'm not excited for this situation?" said "Tracey?" "This is exhilarating to draw Pokemon."

[hashtagparkerluck]

Guess it was that Brodie guy after all, Peter thinks to himself before glancing around the area. "Okay Karen, you know what to do." He tells the AI.

"Brodie has been located." Karen zeros in on the disguised thief. "He appears to have taken a hostage."

"WHAT!?" Peter cries out, outraged. He fires his web again and flips over to Brodie's location, landing in his usual Spider-like crouch.

"Hey buddy, picking on a little kids now? That's just no bueno. I'm gonna have to ask you to let the little girl go."

[soft_focus]

Before Peter is quite there, Reira has a speedy little quip back for 'Tracey'.

"Because you're not. That's not what you're feeling at all."

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"I...wait, what's going ooooonn...?" okay bye officer jenny thanks for the info NO REALLY, WHAT'S GOING ON.

Sena blinks confusedly at the "cuffed" Ditto, slowly going over everything in his head.

"I guess...that Brodie guy is supposed to be behind that whole attack for some reason...?" He's startled by the agreeing yip of his two Pokemon who come back, clearly proud of themselves for the effort they put in. "You did great, you two...thanks. Return for now, okay?"

He puts their Pokeballs away after they assent, and takes out three other Pokeballs. "Nin, Shell, Yan, you're up!"

A trio of bugs pop out of the balls - Ninjask, Shedinja, and an oddly colored Yanmega. Two of them immediately start flitting around energetically, while the Shedinja instead just opts to float silently, an unnerving contrast to the other two.

"You guys, we've got someone out there causing trouble for everyone...see that picture? Look for someone nearby who looks like that." The bugs nod, before they all spread out in different directions. Funnily enough, despite the other two's obvious speed advantage, it's Shell that comes back first, probably because it searched more methodically rather than the rapidfire random searching the other two more impulsive bugs are doing.

"Lead the way, Shell!" It doesn't take long for Sena and Shell to follow up behind Spider-Man and Reira, goggling at the sight.

"Wh...what, hey!" okay now what did he just walk into

[darkenedmoon]

"Very well." Yotsuyu nodded to Lusamine. Gosetsu raced up to her heels, and she crouched to let the Oshawott know just what they were looking for.

Unsurprisingly, he took off like a shot and left his trainer to run after him, hiking up her skirts. Perhaps she ought to consider getting herself a sensible pair of trousers, after this...

Perhaps sensing something amiss, while Gosetsu does swiftly find his quarry--and leads Yotsuyu right to him--they both stop at the sight of what appears to be Brodie menacing a young girl.

Yotsuyu narrows her eyes and tilts her head at the man, but makes no sudden movements and says nothing. She might seem useless, but it's her mind that's going a malm a minute, trying to calculate some way to turn this situation to an advantage.

[hearts_beat]

“Got it...!” Cure Beat said, nodding. With that, she used her form’s incredible power to catch up to the others, leaping and bounding herself over to where Reira and “Tracey” was, putting herself between the two.

[fallers_npcs]

This was going down the tubes real fast.

Real, real fast. And it seemed like everything was going to go real south real quick. "Excuse, but I wasn't... you know what? This whole situation is going down the tubes already." Replied "Tracey" as he tossed his sketchbook at the crowd that was growing and released a Golbat from its PokeBall.

"Let's see how you deal with things when everything goes topsy turvy! Golbat use Psychic!"

The Psychic attack targets the Pokemon of Spider-man, Sena, Cure Beat and Yotsuyu.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"That won't work against Shell!"

Gotta love that Wonder Guard, man. The Psychic attack just phases over it.

"Hurry and use Shadow Claw-!"

Shell hisses and darts over to the Golbat, trying to nail it in one go.