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Toren would look at the woman for a bit and smile before turning back to Keiko and give her a look like, 'What now, genius?' Before he could say anything the lady would hug both Toren and Keiko, thrilled that they would help find her lost Pokemon.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" She said, fighting back tears. "I'll be waiting at the east exit of Fortree. Please return my poor dear to me." And with that said she was.

With the parasol lady gone Toren would fold his arms and stare at Keiko. "Alright, so now what, cuz? We ain't got not beat to follow with this Roselia, yo. It could be far out for all we know, ya know?"

"Hm...well that puts us in a tight spot, yo." Toren said, his arms folded as he went deep into thought. "A'ight, cuz, why don't you see if someone can't throw a bro a bone and do us a solid. I don't wanna harsh my Pokes with that wack shadowy stuff, yo."

Odd would be the one to arrive, Teleported to Keiko's location via Claydolport within a matter of minutes. "I don't have an Immunizer but I do have a couple of virus-resistant Pokemon and one that still needs to be purified that can fight against anything in the area." He responded verbally. "Lykas should be here shortly. He just recently caught a Shadow Pokemon as well and wants to purify it soon, too."

About that time, the Hybrid in question would appear next to Odd, dropped in rather unceremoniously. "Hi!" He'd chirrup, though the look in his eyes said plenty about how he'd rather be anywhere than where he was.

Keiko would hug Odd platonically once he popped in, happy to see a familiar face. She was happy to see Lykas, too, but his clear defiance at being present worried her. "Hey, are you okay?" she asked, her voice filled with concern. While she was reacting to the boys' entrances, she failed to notice Toren's nervousness, though there would be little she could do to make him feel better - the man's wariness of the other Snagems was somewhat well-deserved. She managed to earn his trust after a while, but things may not be so easy with Odd and Lykas, especially if they're aware of what Toren did.

Castform, seeing Keiko's happy reaction to the lovers, would float down and nuzzle Keiko's shoulder, deciding that it wanted some attention, as well. Keiko would pet Castform affectionately before it turned around and watched Odd and Lykas, not quite sure what to make of the pair. Then it noticed Toren and looked away, but not before sticking its tongue out at him.

"It's in the past," Keiko said, hoping to draw the boys' attention away from Toren. "What matters is helping the people and Pokemon that are in trouble now. We don't know where this Shadow Lickitung is, but it's holding some Pokemon against their will, at least one of which we know for certain belongs to a trainer. Sorry we didn't locate the threat in advance, but we wanted to make sure we were prepared, in case it got the jump on us or something." she explained, petting Castform absently.

"Yeah uh...there is some stuff to be said about that, yo. I still got some explaining to do, yo." Toren replied to Lykas. The group wouldn't be able to talk for too much longer as a sudden surge of foul energy would trip Odd's spiritual senses and Lykas's hybrid senses. Whatever it was it was definitely a Shadow Pokemon and it was active, that is probably attack someone. From what they could both tell it was coming from the south of them.

Once they got moving Lykas and Odd, or whichever fond it first, would come up to a small pond at the bottom of a hill. Halfway down there hill was the source of the energy, a Lickilicky, though to be correct a Shadow one. The Shadow Pokemon seems to have cornered a group of Pokemon, four in all. Among the group, which consisted of a Nuzleaf, Treecko, and Shroomish, was the Roselia they were looking. The Shadow Lickilicky seemed to be preparing to use a nasty Shadow move against the beat up and frightened Grass types, something big which was what tripped the two ghostly Snagems. If not stopped the Shadow Lickilicky would unleash a Shadow Rave upon them all.

"Ok, definitely not the same one." Lykas realized when he felt a massive influx of an incredibly noxious energy. The toxicity of that chi was so great that it made him almost sick just to experience it from here. "There's a Shadow Pokemon close by."

"I can feel it too." Odd agreed, looking toward the south. "And there's a huge source of negativity coming from over that direction."

"We can reminisce later, Toren." Lykas announced as he and Odd turned toward the south, nodding in unison to Keiko's assertion that she should remain behind just in case. "If you need it, I can catch it and trade it back to you later." He offered in regards to Castform before he and Odd bolted off toward the source of danger they sensed. "Get that Gundam ready!" He told Odd along the way.

Odd nodded and secured Dissonance's Ball in his hand, ready to throw it out and fight if he had to. As they ran, Lykas began to sense a bit more clearly just where the source of danger was coming from. "It's just a bit ahead of us. About halfway down the hill, I think." He told Odd.

"And it's not alone. I can sense four less powerful souls near it. And they're all consumed with fear." Odd reported to his partner as they closed in on the Shadow Pokemon. "There!"

"It's attacking!"

"I see that. Dissonance!" Odd hurled the Ball in his hand skyward, the ball bursting open and releasing pulsating waves of Shadow Energy from within. Amid the waves of energy, a dark shadow emerged, looming over the Lickilicky.

"Luuuuuurk."

Before Odd could even issue a command, Dissonance picked up on the Normal-type's hostility and immediately moved to attack with a punch infused with Shadow energy, pouring it's full weight into the Shadow Break.