EPISODE 89: The Middle! (Fourth out of the Fifth)*

And now that the three of us had left the headquarters of Team Magma, the rest are in deep thought, thinking about what to commence next. They threw opinions at each other but it turned out to be proven wrong by the other.

Jenny, Copper, Vizion, and Melody. It is up to the four of them to decide on what to do next. Abruptly, someone flashed into the scene. He was running with his Pokemon towards the four of them.

"Are you Team Magma?!" The man shouted as he halted in front of them. All four of them were shocked after seeing the champion and his Metagross.

"I believe not. If you are looking for them then I believe you are too late. We are Team Rocket, the other one is an officer." Melody introduced.

"Team Rocket?! I see you were in accord with both of Team Magma and Aqua's plan weren't you? I came here to investigate further with a crew but it turns out all that is left is nothing but fainted grunts who for some reason had not awakened yet." Steven elaborated.

"Sir, they may be Team Rocket, but they are on our side, for now at least." Jenny stood up for Melody, Copper, and Vizion.

"I see. It is true that as an organization, you have your own goals. Summoning Kyogre and Groudon is obviously not one of them. Anyway, if you think Groudon and Kyogre is the only problem we have, then take a look at this." Steven flashed a holographic video.

It showed three places, the desert, Dewford Town, and Fortree City. Each was experiencing an outburst of spikes that emerged from the floor. At the desert, the spikes that emerged from the ground were made out of rock, in Dewford it was ice, and in Fortree it was steel.

"Impossible. What could've happened this time?!" Copper, gobsmacked by the holographic video was frightened all of a sudden.

"There is a legend, talking about the titans. I believe it is true and I need your help."

"But we're just five-eight if you include the rest of our team who is busy dealing with their own agendas," Vizion uttered.

"I believe not." From the waters of the dock in which the submarine floated upon before leaving, Milotic, a Pokemon of elegance reveals itself alongside Wallace, its trainer.

"Hello, I am Roxanne, the Rustboro Pokémon Gym Leader. I became a Gym Leader so that I may apply what I learned at the Pokémon Trainer's School in battle." on the left, a girl with red eyes and brown hair, which is tied up into two pigtails with a red bow, with a small black U-stripe interrupted.

"I'm Brawly! Dewford's Gym Leader! I've been churned in the rough waves of those parts, and I've grown tough in the pitch-black cave!" another, interrupted from the right.

Brawly is a powerfully built young man, who has blue spiky hair and blue eyes. Brawly wears orange goggles on his head, which ties part of his hair back. He has on a black and orange surfing outfit, with gloves of the same color. He also wears blue shorts with black and orange shoes, in shapes of feet.

"I've given up on my plans to convert the city, I have. And so, I put my time into making door traps in my Gym. I, Wattson, is the gym leader of Mauville City!" another interrupted from the left.

Wattson is a short, chubby old man with white hair that stands up and has a white beard with a smile, for Wattson laughs a lot. He wears a yellow jumpsuit, with pockets on his hips

"Ya'll know me, the heated gym leader of Lavaridge Town! Flannery!"

"As a gym leader, I can't express how upset I am for what is happening in this region tonight. My family is in danger, especially my son who is a trainer. The name's Norman."

Norman is a tall, lean, middle-aged man with short black hair with a single fringe at the center with three edges and dark eyes.

"I am Winona. I am the Leader of the Fortree Pokémon Gym. I have become one with Bird Pokémon and have soared the skies... However grueling the battle, we have triumphed with grace... Witness the elegant choreography of Bird Pokémon and I!"

Winona is a woman of medium height and slender. She has long, lavender hair tied in a thin ponytail with a white band, and violet eyes. Her hair sticks up at the side in two tufts, representing feathers. Winona is usually seen in her collared flight suit, with a grey helmet, and a pair of grey shoes.

"You can knock us down, but we'll never stay down! Because the two of us, we always support each other!"

Due to being twins, Tate and Liza are almost identical appearance-wise. They both appear to be little kids with dark blue hair, fair skin, and gray eyes. Their clothes are also identical (save for two-colored stars on their chests), and they both sport a pair of white ribbons in their hair. However, to tell the difference between the two of them, Liza has two pigtails, while Tate does not.

Clothing wise, the twins wear an outfit that resembles a martial arts uniform.

From the eight gym leaders, comes four more. Smiling at the four of them, "I'm Sidney of the Elite Four. I like that look you're giving me. That's good! Looking real good!" Sidney is a man with violet eyes that have the same color as the patch of his hair on his bald head.

"Ahahaha! I'm Phoebe of the Elite Four. I did my training on Mt. Pyre. While I trained, I gained the ability to commune with Ghost-type Pokémon. Yes, the bond I developed with Pokémon is extremely tight." someone surprised the four of them from behind.

Phoebe is a small and very slender young girl with short spiky black hair, bare feet, tan skin, and blue eyes with two big red Hawaiian style cornflowers that cover the sides of her head. She wears a blue two-piece dress with a strapless bra, white Hawaiian cornflowers, and a Pokémon logo on it. Phoebe also wears a red ankle bracelet on her left leg.

"My name is Glacia of the Elite Four. I've traveled from afar to Hoenn so that I may hone my ice skills." Glacia walked elegantly towards them.

Glacia is a tall, slender young lady. She has pale, creamy-blonde hair that hangs in thick locks behind her head, bluish eyes, and pale skin.

"I am the last of the Pokémon League Elite Four, Drake the dragon master! In their natural state, Pokémon are wild living things. They are free. At times, they hinder us. At times, they help us. For us to battle with Pokémon as partners, do you know what it takes?"

Drake is an old, but tall and muscular man, who has a white mustache. Drake wears black sailor-like clothes with a Poké Ball emblem on them: a white hat and a ragged mantle with yellow outlines and stripes on his sleeves. Drake also wears blue trousers, buckled up with a dark belt, and wears black boots.

Then from afar, four trainers came by. Brendan, May, Wally, and Logan, all came to help and it boosted the self-esteem of everyone.

"Where's Luna?!" Logan queried upon arriving.

"They went to Sky Pillar to summon Rayquaza," Jenny responded.

Meanwhile, like father, like son, Brendan hugged Norman tightly. On the other hand, May kept on leaping with excitement while the timid Wally stood in the corner while watching everyone else.

"Alright, listen up! We are Hoenn's last hope, and together as one, we will avoid what has happened a long time ago. With the whole Hoenn Conference, alongside trainers and a few others, we are limitless. The three titans are expected to rise any second now as aforementioned by the prophecy.

The only thing we can do is to take it down. Here is what we're going to do. We will split into three groups, one heading to Dewford, Fortree, and the last, in the desert. At all costs, defeat the titans. Meanwhile, I, the champion alongside the Elite Four will try our best to stop Groudon and Kyogre! The plan is set!" yelled, the champion, boosting everyone's confidence.

In one synchronized voice, everybody yelled, "For Hoenn!"