Team Side Mission - Journey to the East

[Requiem of Whyspers]

Odd followed along after the others, trying to see if he could pick up on Lykas' spiritual presence. At least, he was until the Gyarados decided to make an appearance. Safely wrapped up in Treble's ribbons, he tossed out a Dusk Ball and an Ultra Ball, releasing the pair of Pokemon within them. "Affanoso, Disable! Thing, Foul Play!"

The Duskull and Shuppet that appeared paused for the briefest of moments before they were both engulfed in matching shining white lights. "What the?!" Odd hadn't expected either of them to evolve, let alone both at once. Within seconds, the twin lights vanished and a newly evolved Dusclops and Banette hovered before him. "I repeat. Disable! Foul Play!"

"Cloooops!" Affanoso exclaimed, his hands beginning to glow with a bluish outline as he attempted to bind the Water-type.

Thing nodded and, despite wanting to punish Odd, itself, it followed orders and turned the pseudo-dragon's strength against itself. Rushing up underneath it's chin as it became distracted and threw a Dark-empowered punch into it's chin.

~~~

On the island where Lykas was being kept for the moment, the hybrid was busily trying to figure out where his Pokemon.

"Lykas, my child, it's time you learned a few things about yourself and your history." The woman who'd spoken earlier stated. "You are my son and as such, you are descended from the same line as I am."

"And what does that have to do with anything that matters?" Lykas asked.

"It has much to do with your current situation. Your brother and sister tell me you have begun to distrust the one called Varuna?" The woman asked, Lykas finally turning to see a woman who looked remarkably beautiful for what had to be her age. If she were truly his mother, then from the tales he'd been told, she'd been roughly forty by now but she still looked as young as himself.

"That's true..." Lykas admitted, bewitched for a moment, tracing the lines of her face in an attempt to determine just how old she really was. All he found was a few small patches of red and gold scales in places and a face framed by flowing ice-blue hair the same color as his own.

"There is a reason for that, my son. You and Varuna are, very distantly, related. Hundreds of years ago, perhaps a thousand by now, our ancestor had a sibling who was Varuna's ancestor, a brother, if the stories are completely accurate."

"That, I find very hard to believe." Lykas replied, crossing his arms defensively but, admittedly, rather intrigued by such a potential connection.  

[DragonYolk]

Poliwhirl didn't need to be told to grab on when the Flygon's tail was offered to him. He grabbed on tightly for dear life, his trainer holding on to him. As they were lifted out of harm's way, Connor looked back to see what the Gyarados would do next. Fortunately, the others would quickly subdue it, just as Sub resurfaced from the depths. "I, uh... Thanks..." Connor would utter to Aile, grateful for her help, though not accustomed to giving much thanks for anything. At least now they could get back to the rescue mission.  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

Odd nodded slowly to Sub when asked if he could sense Lykas' spirit yet. "Kind of. He's kind of far away so the spirit feels kind of weak but I don't think he's in any danger right now." He replied, pointing towards the direction he could sense Lykas' spirit. It could be any direction out here, though. It was hard to tell which way that was with no visible landmarks other than the sun and the ever-changing waves.

~~~

"Difficult to believe or not, that is the truth of things as we know them." The woman replied.. "Oh...I've forgotten myself. Lykas, allow me to introduce myself to you properly."

Turning away from him, Lykas finally noticed the very small fins protruding from her ankles, fanlike in shape, in shades of red and gold. "My name is Amrita Fenrall, your birth mother." She stated, turning back again and bowing to the young male before her.

"I still have no idea who you are, name or not." Lykas assured her.

"I am well aware. I told Wallace to be sure that you wouldn't search for me as you grew up." Amrita told him as she straightened up. "Now, as for the story I was telling you. Our ancestor was named Fenrall Gyaan. Not much is known to our family as to why but at some point, he gave up his surname and began to use his given name as it. That was the birth of our family name, my son." She explained, leading Lykas to a larger building outside, where she directed him to a book on a small table, already laid out open.

"Somewhere in this book, there is said to be more information regarding our history. But no one has been able to find it within their lifetime for over a hundred years." Amrita paused to see Lykas' reaction.

The reaction was almost exactly what she had expected. "Seriously?! This thing's huge!" Lykas walked over to the book and attempted to look at the last page for a number. He couldn't even lift the remaining pages. "This thing's gotta have thousands of pages left in it!" How could one book be this big, he wondered.

"It contains more than a thousand years of history regarding our family. Much of the story of one generation is written in by the matriarch of each new one." Amrita explained. "I have been writing your story into the book throughout your life."

"And how would you know my story if you haven't been around?" Lykas demanded to know.

"My partner since shortly after your birth has been utilizing her Future Sight to foresee the events you have faced so that I could be able to fill in the pages." The woman explained, waving towards the shadows in the back corner of the library, as Lykas could discern by now that it was. The figure that emerged wasn't what he had expected. A Slowking emerged, toddling over to Amrita and hugging her leg.

"So why tell me all this now?" Lykas asked, reading a few lines out of the immense book before him, mostly out of curiosity.  

[DragonYolk]

Connor and his Pokemon would return to the water, wary of the sleeping beast. He scoffed at the hope that nothing else would try to kill them after that. After all, they were close to enemy territory now; this Gyarados could've been a security measure for all they knew. He followed behind Sub, twice as vigilant as before, waiting for anything to rear its head. But aside from the annoying Wingull and Tentacool, nothing else showed up on the very long trek to land.

Once they reached the island, Connor returned his Poliwhirl for rest. Getting soaking wet was to be expected, but in the water for that long was tiring. He glanced at the bizarre buildings for a moment, but went on to try drying off. Just as he was about to call on his Combusken, two Hybrids showed up and started attacking Sub. "Of course..." he huffed, rushing at the Golduck humanoid. Aiming a sweeping kick at its legs, he'd send out the Young Fowl in the same motion. After that extended swim in the ocean, some assistance in combat was going to be needed.  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

By the time Odd reached the shoreline with the others, there was fighting going on. "Celesta, use Thunderbolt!" He called out as he released the Mimikyu onto the beach. The tiny mimic Pokemon nodded her "head" and lightning sparked from her disguise a bit before launching skyward.

Before the lightning bolt or any of the other attacks could land, a pulse of mystical energy erupted around the two hybrids they were fighting, hardening into a reflective surface almost instantly. Most of the attacks would reflect off of the Mirror Coat and sail off into the sea. "Stop! Brothers, these are friends of our Big Brother. They are Mother's guests..." The voice that came from within the wind would be familiar to some of the Snagems that had come along as Myrn's. Through the Mirror Coat, they would be able to see that her crest was missing and her blue scales were mixed with red ones as well. That would make much more sense.

"Myrn...Why'd you have to take the stuff off if you thought they'd come after us?" A meek voice asked from behind the female hybrid. "You're scarier looking when you wear the mask..." Taryn had unwittingly just explained it to anyone who hadn't caught on. Her Gyarados appearance was a facade earlier.

"Taryn, go tell Mother her guests have arrived. I'll be along with them shortly." The female Milotic hybrid told her brother, nudging him backwards.

"But Myrn!"

"Go! Taryn, Mother has been expecting them. She will want to know they have made it here safely." Myrn urged the younger hybrid.

"If you will follow me, I will take you to Mother and Big Brother." She offered to the Snagems,

~~~

"I tell you this now because Varuna has vanished. The last I was able to keep up with him, you encountered him in Meteor Falls." Amrita replied. "I'm afraid he may be planning something dangerous and I want you to be prepared to stop him if you must."

Lykas gave the woman a long, hard stare before finally shrugging and asking, rather plainly, "And how, pray tell, are you planning to help me with that?"

Amrita smirked, though it faltered quickly. "I know of another Master of the Water Type who may be willing to continue your training." She explained. "I cannot find an exact name but it would appear that they hail from our fallen civilization; The Gyaan peoples of old."

"What good does that do me without a name?" Lykas demanded, now more irritated than curious.

"I may not have the Master's exact name but I can guarantee that if you were to ask one of the remaining Masters if they know of this one, they should be able to direct you towards them. They were, once upon a time, all connected to one another in some way after all."

"Good point..." Lykas conceded. "And it's not like my friends don't have connections to some of those Masters.  

[DragonYolk]

Connor took a step back, readying himself to guard or attack in his fighting stance. However, the large horned beetle stepped between him and his attacker, sparing him the trouble of having to deal with a Razor Shell. And yet, his Combusken was already on the move, preparing to attack the Dewott hybrid from behind. But all fighting would come to halt when the hybrids were suddenly surrounded by barriers that repelled all attacks. With the appearance of another hybrid, it seemed they were to be escorted to Lykas. Riiiiiight... Connor was still wary, unfamiliar with any of these people, but would go along with the rest of the team for now.