"Wow, that really does look a lot like Mewtwo." Kjolmar gasped and rubbed his eyes, he almost couldn't believe it. 

When Olli handed Kjolmar the letter, he looked surprised. It looked like Bianca's handwriting. Quickly he opened the letter and read it out loud so Olli could hear.

[i]Dear Kjolmar,
Take this painting to Korrina, the gym leader of Shalour city. She'll definitely have some answers about it but she won't give them up easily. I am guessing a gym battle could prove you worthy. The only problem is that she requires you to have at least two other gym badges in order to battle her. As you already have the Bug badge, you should aim for the Cliff badge next. It's the reward for defeating [u]Grant[/u] of Cyllage city. I might as well give you the heads up: Grant uses the rock-type, so you'd be best of with a fight-, ground- or steel-type. But it's up to you really. Whatever you do, using a flying-type is pointless. Good luck!
Love, B.[/i]

Kjolmar looked at his belt with pokeballs and then to Olli. "Neither of us has a fight-, ground- or steel-type with us. I suppose that tactic is out of the picture. If only Charlotte would still be here, her Riolu could've made a difference. Then again, perhaps it was too inexperienced to battle in the first place." If only he knew... 

"I'm rather limited with my options, considering Emolga and Aerodactyl are both flying types." He thought hard and seemed to get an idea.

Kjolmar took out his map of the Kalos region. "Alright, this way to Cyllage city! We'll think of something."

While the duo made their way, everything seemed quiet and calm for once. But what they didn't notice was that a pokemon was chasing them and it ran rather fast. As it came closer, you could hear it getting more and more exited. Despite it remaining rather silent, it had somehow drawn Kjolmar's attention. [u]"Turn around."[/u] Kjolmar heard in his head, as if someone was speaking to him through psychic powers. Kjolmar wasn't sure why exactly, but he had the sudden urge to turn around. And just as he did, the chaser Jumped straight in to his arms. Kjolmar's facial expression revealed that he knew this pokemon, a Squirtle. "Whaaaaaaaaat?!?! Coop, how did you get here?!?! How did you ever get all the way to Kalos by yourself?!?!"

[u]Coop, the Squirtle[/u] didn't seem to let go of hugging Kjolmar tightly. Apparently the Squirtle was his and it had gone through insane lengths to get back to his trainer. "Seriously, how- Oh, never mind that. It is so good to see you! This is my new friend Olli. Olli, meet Coop." Squirtle handed Kjolmar a note and then reached his hand out towards Olli in order to shake his.

[i]Sorry, there was no stopping him so I gave him my approval.
Good luck, you two! It's clear that you should never be separated again!
- T.[/i]

Many hugs later, the gang realized they had to get going. Kjolmar still had Squirtle's pokeball as he always carried it with him, but he decided to let him walk freely for a while. He couldn't help but ponder about the [u]voice[/u] in his head earlier. Squirtle didn't have psychic powers, so who had been talking to him? "Guess what, Coop? I have caught my very first Kalos region pokemon, a Spritzee. I bet you are eager to see your old pals Aerodactyl and Emolga too. Olli, do you happen to know if there are any [u]open spaces[/u] nearby so we can let our pokemon all come out for a few hours?"