On Heahea Beach, Mike and his Lucario Fyi were relaxing in the sun. Mike had kept his hat but his outfit had changed to match the warmer weather of Aloha. Mike was now wearing a blue button top with most of the buttons undo to show off his tanned muscular frame, he wore gray 3/4 shorts and a pair of blue trainers. His z-ring had a odd design as Well, it was designed in the shape of a dark Dragon hear with his z crystal and mega stone making the dragons eyes.
He knew the Mantine that the group would be coming on would be there soon but Sashia told him that one of the new member seemed to have an affinity for Aura like him so Mike was Curious if they would find him.
Ryu perked up slightly though as he sensed the aura, though Mike calmed him so to not give away their position.

As they reach the islandJen and Maui gets off the Mantine as Maui starts sniffing for Dusk Mike’s Lycanroc. “Come out Aura,” Jen says as her Riolu sits on her shoulders as Aura scans the beach searching for Mike and Ryu auras.

Mike choose to simply relax and let them seek him out, he did open one eye though when he felt a Riolu coming out it's pokeball and payed attention when he sensed Mail seeking out his Lycanroc who was watching Maul from the distance. In fact, Mike's entire team had been watching the group since they first came to Aloha and when Jen joined them.
Mike had come to Aloha for another reason though, his friends in the Aether Foundation had told him of curious things they had heard and seen in the Aether Foundation.

Liam makes landfall next. He thanks the Mantine for the lift.

Shiranui arrived not long after Liam and thanked his Mantine for the lift.

Liam heard a commotion and hurried over. It was a mother, Liam estimated in her mid thirties at most telling her daughter Suzie to stop playing with that sand and get over to her. Suzie just ignored the woman nd continued to pile up a bigger and bigger pile. he had a dazed look on her face as she used the shovel to pile more sand. Liam noticed something extremely preculier about the situation. The sand was the normal color of sand when it was scooped up, but as it dropped from the yellow scoop and into the pile, the sand turned black.
"You guys may want to get away from here, something's wrong." Liam warned.
"And who are you to issue such demands young man!" The woman yelled.
"Tammy, that is the Hoenn Region Champion, Liam Coleman. He's also known as a 'Dragon Master'." Another citizen on the beach stated.
Tammy once again tried to get Suzie to come with her, but Liam told her to stay away. Whatever is doing this, the little girl is a part of now, and ripping her away could be deteramential. He called out for Shiranui to come investigate. This seemed like there could be a psychic or ghost type involved, and since Liam was not entirely familair with the Pokémon of Alola, he wanted another opinion.

Although Mike had been relaxing he too soon sensed something amiss which he cursed since had he not been relaxing he would of felt it sooner, as he tapped Ryu on the shoulder and whistle to call his Dusk back. Who quickly answered her master call.
Mike soon appeared next to Liam as Dusk growled softly at the little girl or more directly the spade as Mike said "Hmmm, We're ether dealing with a Sandygast or Palossand. Since it a little girl, I would say Sandygast is the culprit which is a Ghost/Ground type but don't be fooled into thinking water attack are the way to go. Because of its ability, Water Compactor that will increase its defensive stats by plus 2 so Grass type moves are best".
Mike whistle again as Dusk backed off and soon Mike's Hood (Decidueye) landed next to Him and got its bow ready. Mike knew he would have to make the Sandygast revile it's true form so he told the Hood to hit the water with an arrow and the water would hit the sand castle reviling Sandygast true form without hurting the young girl.

Shiranui investigated the "deadly" sand and heard Mike's take on the situation. He called Zoro out and had the Zoroark (disguised as Mike's Decidueye) on standby. He scanned the Sandygast after Hood's attack revealed its true form. "Sandygast, the Sand Heap Pokémon. Born from a sand mound playfully built by a child, this Pokémon embodies the grudges of the departed. It takes control of anyone who puts a hand in its mouth. And so it adds to the accumulation of its sand-mound body."
"This one's a shiny," he deduced after comparing the Pokédex's image with the Pokémon in question, "Mike, you're right about the species."

Jen hears Mike’s voice and Shiranui Pokédex speak. She calls out Kiwi the Trumbeak as the grass move is Bullet seed as she wants to help out too. She did not wantseem useless during situation. Maui wags his tail and pants as this is not a good time to chase after female Lycanroc.

"So who wants to capture this Sandygast?" Shiranui offered.

Chuck was last to arrive on the island, having had too much fun surfing around and performing tricks, he ended lagging behind. "Sorry I'm late guys, I guest I was enjoying the surfing way too much." he said, chuckling.

“You are just in time, if you want to catch a Sandygast.” Jen says to Chuck even though it is a shiny, “I am not sure if I want to catch it, I still want to catch a water type Pokémon.”

"I'm good, I'll just do some fishing, since I didn't get a chance to while surfing." he said, grabbing his rod from his bag and headed to the edge of the beach, making sure nobody was in the way. Soon he felt a tug on the line and pulled out a Dhelmise. Chuck sent out Sludge the Grimer and had it use Bite. As it bit down on the Dhelmise, Sludge's Poison Touch ability activated, poisoning the anchor Pokémon, who retaliated with a Gyro Ball, it's own ability, Steelworker, increasing the power of the move. Chuck had Sludge Bite it once more, then threw a ball. It shook a couple times, and Dhelmise was caught. Chuck picked up the ball and said "Good work Sludge, I think I'll call it Captain."

Mike noticed the whole gang here minus Sashia but he reckoned she was busy with her own thing. He listained to Shinranui words, and asking who wanted to capture it.
It seemed they had forgotten about the little girl who was posses by the Sandygast as Dusk had moved in and threw Sandygast shovel back into the Pokemon after bringing the girl back to her panicking mother.
She would be free but this would look bad on the group since Mike has got Dusk to back off so Hood could revile the creature true form so the girl could be saved and the shovel returned to it place in Sandygast head.
"Next time can you guys act to save the possessed instead of standing around talking about catching the Pokemon" Mike said to them as he moved away to let them choose among themselves as he apologised to the Mother and the little girl.

Jen feels horrid leaving and hides her face with her hat and wish to hide somewhere. Maui walks up to the little girl cuddling her to calm her down.

Lucario sensed both Jen and Maui feeling but left Dusk to deal with the Lycanroc while he walked up to Jen and patted her on the shoulder to try and help her feel better, as he would help her see that Mike was more annoyed at the boys more then anything since he had known them longer then Jen.
Mike too sensed their feelings but had nothing to say really, honestly as Ryu had explained to Jen he was more annoyed at The boys then her since they had stood around after Shinranui Rotomdex had told then Sandygastcwas absorbing the girls lifeforce the longer she held it's shovel and was building it's body.
Dusk unlike her master and friend, simply sat to watch Maui try to help the girl though was ready to drag Maui away from the girl if things went bad.

Jen looks at she could see the Auras of Mike’s and Ryu’s faces, she starts to feels little better as Ryu explains everything but next she will help out more. The scare little girl starts to pet Maui as the little girl smiles shyly.

"What's this about a girl getting possessed?" Chuck asked, as he walked back to them, putting Captain's ball on his belt.

"Sorry," Shiranui apologised to Mike. To Chuck he explained, "Sandygast possesses anyone who puts a hand in its mouth and the victim keeps unceasingly adding to its form. Mike was right—I should've known better than to get tunnel-visioned over the sight of a shiny when a child is having its life force drained away by said shiny."

"Robin! It's time to shine!" Liam called as Rowlet emerged. "Leafage on Sandygast!" Robin did as instructed. Sandygast, who was now three times its normal size do to the sand that the girl had piled on it while possessed. Sandygast got mad and attempted to grab the Rowlet, which it was successful in. The Sandygast began to laugh triumphantly. Liam called out Dragonite. "I didn't want to do this but, Ice Beam the east side of its body!" Dragonite did as instructed. That portion was frozen all the way through. All this time, the girl began to continue to pile sand on it. "Robin, Leafage the frozen section!" Robin broke through, but the hole was closing fast. Robin escaped on time. Robin than began to glow white and evolved into Dartirx.
"Dartrix, The Blade Quill Pokemon, the evoled form of Rowlet. a Grass/Flying type.A bit of a dandy, it spends its free time preening its wings. Its preoccupation with any dirt on its plumage can leave it unable to battle. It throws sharp feathers called blade quills at enemies or prey. It seldom misses. "
"Robin, Razor Leaf!" Liam called. Robin fired the stronger grass move, which did plenty to hurt the Sandygast. Liam tossed a Luxury Ball and Paollosand was sucked in. It wiggled once, twice, three times before pinging shut. The crowd cheered as Robin landed on the ground and began to groom himself, while Liam and Dragonite waved to the crowd.

Liam began to choose a nickname for his new Pokemon. He chose "Bastille". Liam also apologized. He was halted on his actions, because he was trying to avoid anyone else going into the same state as the little girl.