Agent of Change

by Cyberchao X

Chapter 4

Newmoon Island

"I don't understand, Master. Wasn't Darkrai supposed to be here?" Evan was staring at a small triangle.

"Ehehe…no, this is just fine. It may not be Darkrai…but it will do just fine. Wake it up, Evan." Evan did so.

From above came a cry. "Yeah, well F that!" Feereon giggled at this line, while Lampeon just rolled his eyes. Nina's one-liners were rarely as good as she thought they were. Feereon told him to at least give her credit for coming up with that on the fly.

"What the…who are you?"

"The person who's been sent to stop you."

"Good luck with that. Jihad, take care of them!" Seeing a Fire-type, an Ice-type, and a Flying-type that didn't have Delta Stream, he figured a Rock-type would be a good match. "You too, Moo."

"Like that'll stop me…what the hell is that?!" The Fletchizard also came out, summoning the rain. Then there was a flash of light and the unmistakable sounds of a Pokémon being captured. An increased catch rate, like there was in Hoenn? …No, he's using Master Balls!

"This has been a lovely chat…but I've gotta fly." He returned his Miltank and got on the Fletchizard and flew off, the Aerodactyl following alongside.

"Damnit, he left…but that thing will be easy to track. Too easy…it's a diversion. I guess I should report in."

West of Route 216

"Olden", or the Fletchizard, was heading back to Stark Mountain with Deoxys's Master Ball, while Evan was going to head straight to Mt. Coronet. "Wait…she's following me?" He landed. The secret agent and her Rayquaza passed overhead without stopping. Guess not…she must have just made a lucky guess as to where I'd go next. Ah, well, guess I'll go it on foot.

A bit later, he watched a boy stumbling into a house. Is that…the next host! Damn, if only Fletchizard were here…I'd torch them real good. But Fox would never go for that, and he's the most destructive Pokémon I've got here.

CCX: Yeah, I looked at a map of Sinnoh, and it certainly appears that the as-the-crow-flies line between Newmoon Island and Spear Pillar passes right over Eterna City. Also, timeframe—we're now roughly up to when Pepe first got onto Route 216.

Eterna City

"I reported in to Cynthia about what happened on Newmoon Island. She told me to come talk to you."

"Aren't you…?"

"No. No I'm not. Being unknown is kind of important to my job, after all."

"…Right," the Eterna City Gym Leader said. "Anyway, this guy arrived from Johto with a crazy overpowered Noctowl."

"A Noctowl?" Cynthia had said something about "someone with a relevant Pokémon", but how was a Noctowl relevant—and its trainer irrelevant?

She found out quickly enough. This Noctowl, nicknamed "Kenya" after a legendary guardian of the land from Johtan mythology, had been a member of Evan's team when he challenged the Pokémon League. Delivering the bird to its proper destination had been the last thing he did that seemed to be in-character for the "real" Evan before the Great Old One had completely controlled his mind. If there was anything of the original Evan left, he'd recognize this bird…and some of his team would no doubt refuse to fight it.

That night, Nina went to the Old Chateau and discovered what was there that the current Host kept coming back for. It was a Giratina. She threw a Dusk Ball at it, hoping to confirm whether catch rates had been as altered as they were for her, and it failed to catch. It immediately Teleported away. Well, one mystery solved, anyway. She reported in, or tried to at any rate.

When she managed to get in touch with Cynthia, she was told that Giratina had still been in the Distortion World like it always was; she had just been there with the Host and had witnessed it there. Nina pointed out that it was capable of Teleportation. Still, it was quite curious.

CCX: I'm still firmly of the belief that Season 1 and Seasons 2 and 3 take place in separate universes (well, most of Season 3, anyway. Sun will finally take the Mob back to the Season 1 universe) and that any direct crossover between the two such as, say, Pokémon falling through a wormhole in season 1 Sinnoh and coming out in randomized Hoenn, is the influence of OLDEN. (So yes, that means Red's Anniversary Crystal appearance. Not his AR appearance, though, because that was All Just A Dream, nor AJ's AC appearance because "connecting universes" (e.g. different GSC cartridges) is the entire purpose of the Trainer House. So the idea that an actual character from Season 1 would be a mythological figure in the 2/3-verse appealed to me quite a bit. Until next time, this is CCX, signing off.