Pokemon Ultimate Evolution Season Two: Episode 25, Two is Weather Than One

"Mmm, this is relaxing!" Pan moaned as she sank deeper into the steaming water by my side. "I really needed this."

"You sound like you've never taken a bath before, kid." I nodded.

"Yeah, I never had a lot of time to relax like this while living at that hotel. Thank you for exposing me to this luxury!" She exclaimed.

"Oh please..."

"No really, I appreciate it. Now we actually have some time to talk about a few things."

"Oh really?" I smirked. "Like what?"

Pan blushed. "Well, um, maybe we could talk about family."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that we've, or rather, you have figured out that the four of us aren't all there is to our family. What do you think those missing links are like?"

"Panara, I couldn't possibly answer that. I can't remember the last time I had a dream about what the others looked like, let alone their personalities, and to be honest, I'd rather be surprised. We're just gonna have to wait." I explained. "Don't spend time about thinking about it. I never do."

"Oh, okay... Sorry for asking." Pan sighed.

"Hey," I nudged her a bit. "You're just curious. When Jason started to speak, he was crazy about learning about the rest of our family. He wouldn't quit talking about how anyone we crossed paths with could be our brother, sister, cousin, niece." I paused and chuckled. "Eventually he became more and more patient about it, but he still wonders, and I'm sure Cristina does too."

"Well, that's reassuring, I guess." Pan shrugged, leaning her head on my shoulder, covering it in soaked red locks. "Ryan?"

"What's up?"

"I know this is a silly question and I think I know the answer..." She sighed. "How happy are you?"

"I think the answer is that I couldn't possibly be happier than you right now." I grinned.

"Mmhmm, how did you know?"

"Oh, let's see," I counted on my fingers. "You're relaxing better than you have in ages, you're relieved that we won't have to worry about anyone for a while... Oh, and you've got me naked in a bath tub. That seems like a pretty happy combo if I ever saw one."

"Oh, shut it, you."

"Am I right, though?" I arched a brow at her.

"Pan sighed. "Y-yeah, I guess you are..."

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Giri used Psychic to restock the papers of the girl he knocked over. He pulled her to her feet and handed them to her. "Sorry, but I'm kinda in a hurry!" He said, already back to a full sprint. The woman didn't even have time to say a word to him. He didn't bother hiding the wide grin on his face from the people who were quick enough to see it.

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"What's this enormous hole for?" Cristina asked.

"This is the location of the soon to be central industry. This square spans 50 meters in every direction and very deep into the ground. I think it's gonna be a hundred stories tall, too."

"Amazing. Wouldn't want to fall down there." Cristina said in awe. "What's this central industry gonna be used for?"

"Well, every business in Fearahu is gonna be compressed this one place. Isn't than cool?"

"Well, wouldn't that put all of the owners out of business?"

"No, no. They'll still own their businesses. Actually it'll be easier on them because the people working here will be taking over their businesses. They almost don't have to lift a finger and still get paid and recognized for it while the people here actually do the majority of the work." Jason sighed.

"I guess that leaves more room for other types a buildings, doesn't it?"

"Trust me, when people come up with ideas like this anywhere in this world, it doesn't fail." Jason chuckled. "So, anything else you wanna see before we head home?"

"I thought you were guiding me, cow boy." Cristina hooked her arm into his.

"We've been out since dawn, sis. It's almost noon and we haven't stopped for food yet." Jason flashed an exaggerated pout. "Come on, can we at least rest a bit?"

"I know, I know, just teasing." She tugged on his arm. "I'm starving, too, I just didn't want to interrupt you."

"Don't do that, I don't mind a little back tracking." 

"Awesome!"

Jason did a 180 on his heels and a bit of land under them cracked and shifted, throwing them off balance. They fell backwards into the hole. Cristina tumbled alone with him and quickly grabbed onto a stone jutting out from the hole's wall.

"Jason, are you okay?" She yelled down at him.

"I'm fine! Can you pull us up?" He answered.

Cristina lifted the both of them up only a little before the weak stone gave way, sending them down into the darkness. The wind in their ears was almost loud enough to drown out their screams.

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A worker resting at the bottom of the hole sensed the presence of two small creatures falling above him. He groaned and stretched, triggering his transformation into the Sky High Pokemon. He let loose a roar and shot through the sky like a bullet and caught the two children in his talon-like hands. Seconds later he could once again feel the sun on his skin and dropped the kids off far from the edge of the construction site. He set down and returned to his normal form: a somewhat tall man in  green reflector suit, an orange hardhat and rubber boots covered in mud.

"Jeez, one would think that you two would be more careful." He laughed. "My name's Emmet. Are you two okay?"

Jason blinked at the man standing over him. "Ryan?"

"Emmet, silly. I said my name's Emmet." The man pulled the both of them to their feet. "I guessing you hit your head?"

"No, we're fine, thank you." Cristina relaxed her body and sighed. "We would've died if you hadn't been there."

"Well, only if you landed on your back..." Emmet took off his hardhat, hooked it under his left arm, and shook out his silky, emerald green, ear length hair.

"Umm, what?" Jason asked.

"Forget about it. Just be more careful next time. I was just getting used to the darkness down there. Building this thing is taking a lot of work ya know."

"We appreciate it, honestly. Sorry we angered you." Cristina hooked her arm in Jason's again.

"Am I really that scary to you?" Emmet was surprised. "I'm not mad at all, I was getting ready to leave for the week anyway. I kept asking if you're okay, because I don't want your mother to lay into me if because I let you get injured."

"Trust us, you won't have to worry about that, Emmet." Cristina beamed.

"Heh heh, wonderful!" Emmet gave them a thumbs up. They waved back to him as they hastily made their way away from the site.

"Hey guys, wait!" He said, running after them. "Umm, have we met before?"

"I uh don't think so..." Cristina answered.

"Yeah, sorry, you might have us confused with someone else..." Jason followed up. "Either that or..."

"What, what!" Emmet got really excited, bouncing on his heels in a jittering fashion.

Jason pulled Cristina closer to him and whispered in her ear.

"I could've swore he was Ryan when he saved us..." He said. "Tell me you see it."

"Yeah I do, but I don't assume anything." She answered.

"My thought's exactly." Jason nodded and broke their huddle.

"You guys gonna tell me what you're whispering about or what? I hate waiting!" He continued to fidget like a child.

"You're done working for a few days, right?" Jason asked.

"Yeah, so?"

"How about you come with us?"

"What are you, a couple of kidnapper kids?" Emmet frowned. "I'm not an idiot, trust me."

"Of course not!" Cristina stifled a giggle. "We want you to meet someone."

"Ah, I see. Well that's great and all, but before I go meeting anyone, I need to go home and change out of this garb." Emmet gestured to his dusty clothes. "Listen you guys go wherever you want to meet at. As long as you're outside with a clear view to the sky, I'll find you in no time."

"Are you sure?" Cristina asked.

"You obviously don't know much about my species." Emmet smirked. "Just trust me, I won't be long." He shifted and took off, parting the clouds as he flew through them and eventually disappearing.

"He's sure got that right." Cristina gazed at the clouds. "I've never seen a Pokemon like that before..."

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"This looks about right." Giri took a deep breath and rested his hands on his weak knees. "Never knew running was so fun!" He speedily straitened himself out and proceeded to open the door of the black house. Scanning the house's inside, he made his way toward the second floor. He jumped at the sight me sitting on a bed staring strait at him.

"You always this scary?" He asked. "Sitting in a dark bedroom like that..."

"Wasn't like I was expecting company." l answered.

"Right, right. Am I, uh, interrupting something?" He gestured to Pan resting her head on my lap, sleeping soundly.

"Fortunately no. She fell asleep while we were watching a movie." I looked down at her and stroked her hair. "So, what brings you here, Reaper?"

"Exciting news." He smirked.

"Then tell me, you fool."

"Kay, but first you tell me why you're acting so weird?" Giri crossed his arms. "I ran all the way here expecting to find my sadistic brother, and I find a completely different person. What's the deal?"

"If you insist..." I gently shook Pan awake. "Mind sleeping in an actual bed, dear?"

"Aww, okay..." She pouted, rubbing her eyes and blinking at Giri. "Who's your friend?"

"I'll tell you later, Pan."

"Uh huh..." She slowly lifted her head and shuffled over to a bed in the back of the room, plopping herself onto it. In a matter of seconds I could hear her sleeping breaths.

"So? What's got you in this mood?" Giri asked once more.

"You want an actually reason, man? Fine, I'm relaxed. I mean really damn relaxed."

"That's it?" Giri was clearly surprised. "I don't think I believe you..."

"Believe it or not, I've got nothing to hide. After all my family has been through the last few days, I thought you'd expect this."

"It's not like I monitor your entire life all the time. Just on the side, you know, whatever's in the media." Giri shook his head.

"Whatever you say, man." I yawned. "So what's the news?"

Giri chuckled. "Look at me for a minute. I'm sure you'll figure it out."

I layed back on the bed and looked at his smirking face. What game is he playing? I wondered. Not a second later my eyes widened as the thought popped into my head. Giri's my brother... 

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"I wonder who left the door open?" Jason said. "I'm sure we closed it when we left, didn't we."

"I'm sure it's nothing, maybe Emmet's already here." Cristina answered. I glimmer in the sky caught her eye. She looked up and was startled off her feet when Emmet landed before them, shifting into humanoid form. He now sported an emerald green leather vest lined with scattered yellow markings that converged into a circle on the chest overtop smoke gray t-shirt and long brown chino jeans. Two necklaces dangled from his neck, resting dead center of the yellow circle. They bore small charms of a volcano and a storm cloud respectively.

"Surprise!" He beamed. "See I said, I'd find ya!"

"Jeez, Emmet, you scared me!" Cristina took a deep breath.

"Kinda what I was going for; my bad." Emmet helped Cristina up. "I never got your names, you two? Pray tell?"

"Oh, right. I'm Cristina..." She said.

"And I'm Jason!"

"Heh heh, it's nice to meet the both of you on better terms, huh?" Emmet laughed again. "Formalities aside, who's the person you wanted me to meet?"

"Our brother, Ryan." Jason answered. "We might as well tell you everything.

"I'd like that a lot." Emmet interrupted. "Well go on, shoot." 

"Our family, is kinda spread out." Jason began. "We have a weird bond that let's us figure out who those people were once we cross paths for the first time. No one knows how it worlds but it does. Today when you saved us, I could've swore that it was our brother who'd done it."

"That's why you called me Ryan? Well at least it means you didn't hit your head." Emmet chuckled. "But seriously... Are you saying that we're related?"

"Yes, I feel it, too." Cristina said. "Deep down, you do as well, right?"

"Um... No. I'll be honest, I've always had a carefree attitude, so maybe that's blocking he 'feeling' or whatever you described." Emmet frowned. "Sorry guys..."

"Yo, Emerald! What are you sorry for?" Giri from the door, Pan and I in tow.

"Giri, what a nice surprise!" Emmet waved at his friend, shocking me.

"You know each other?" Pan asked.

"We sure do." Giri answered. "That boy there is a good buddy of mine. He keeps track of deaths that happen while flying and such for me." Giri looked down and Cristina. "Hey you two!"

"Hello..." Jason answered. "Ryan did you already-"

"Yeah I know." I stopped him. "You just felt it now. This is Giri, everybody. He's our brother."

"That's right!" Giri beamed. "I don't know how you guys figured this thing out; it's so weird. Glad we could all get aquainted, Jason and Cristina!"

"Well uh, this is odd..." Emmet scratched his neck. "What's this tingling I'm feeling? Giri, are you pulling something here?"

"You're probably related to Giri." I said walking off the porch to stand by him. "Which means, you're related to us..." I touched Emmet's shoulder and felt a jolt pass through me. "Cousins!" I exclaimed. "Emmet's our cousin!"

"I guess my missing family was never far away after all!" Giri hopped off the porch and hugged Emmet. "Boy, you don't understand how happy I am!"

Emmet hugged him back. "That's awesome, friend."

"Forever growing, never knowing..." I whispered. Everyone looked at me.

"Well, surprises are nice, too." Pan smiled.

"Yeah... They sure are." I replied. "And I know there's many more to come..."

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Flannery wriggled around in the master bedroom of her newly claimed house in the park. She was breaking out into many cold sweats from the dreams that haunted her.

"You can't- You can't do this to me..." She moaned as she writhed in her sleep. The voice that was speaking to her grew louder and louder. It told her the same words like a broken record.

"You've got something I need, girl. Something I'm gonna have to borrow from you, and you're gonna suffer until I get what I need."

"Ah... No, no, this isn't right!" Flannery exclaimed. "Let me go... I just wanna speak to him again!"

"Oh no you, stupid girl." The voice lowered to a loud whisper. "I told you, not until I get what I need from you. Only then will I be able to turn the Palkia on them. Turn her on all of them..."