[quote=@Balthazar007] There was a mirror on the professor's desk that allowed him to watch the door without turning his body. When he saw Liz enter, he smoothly closed the notebook he had been doodling in. In truth, the Z-Crystal extraction process only took him about twenty minutes. One hour was only what he told trainers in order to get them out of the lab. Working in peace is much easier. He then grabbed the finished Z-Crystal and swiveled around in his chair. [color=7bcdc8]"You're just in time! I was just finishing up my notes. You're Crystal is ready. Here you go."[/color] He handed her the shiny crystal. [color=7bcdc8]"Use it well!"[/color] [/quote] Liz was excited that she got the Z-Crystal, she bowed low to the professor giving thanks to all he did. He nodded just once to her before returning to his notebook. Liz ran outside the lab and called out Phoniks and Hephaestus. [color=f49ac2]"Hephaestus, I want you to give Phoniks your Leftovers, and you take this Z-Crystal, it's going to make you so much stronger in battle!!"[/color] The Pokemon did as ask and Liz called them both back to their pokeballs, she took off running once again and in sort order made it back to the edge of town and into the woods. This time she was going to run full speed ahead and get to Sunsay by night fall, there she will gain her first badge, and than challenge Rin to a rematch. Won't they be surprised at how strong her team had become!! [@balthazar007]