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Pokémon Galar

The Mega Steelix crashed to the ground, KO'd. Skarmory tried to fly in to do a point-blank Toxic on Raijiu.

***
Liam defeated another trainer, slowly trying to make his way to the imposter Brandon so that he can be in position to fight the fraud.

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Steelix was hit. "OK, play time is over," Atilla growled. Pulled a Mega Bracelet out of his pocket and tossed a Steelixite toward his Pokémon, activating the keystone.
"I gotta remember to thank the boss for these," As the transformation ended he called for Earthquake wile Hun had Skarmory plant Spikes.

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"Hold it, Sceptile," Shiranui interjected, showing himself, "I think someone would like a word with them. Raijuu, Discharge!" He sent out the very legendary the Rockets sought to capture and with that, the legendary Raikou loosed a flare of electricity right at Atilla and Hun.

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Atilla quickly tossed out a Ball and a Steelix emerged, tanking the electrical attack. Hun commented that it looked as though they would have a second chance and sent out her Skarmory, commanding it to use Toxic.

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Atila, a brawny blonde man and Hun, a silver-haired women opened the door to where Shiranui and the Sceptile were.
"We know you are in here," Hun warned. "You don't stand a chance against us, we are the Rocket duo who were able to capture the legendary Raikou." While this was technically true, she left out that they caught it in a cage, not a Pokéball and that due to the actions of some young trainers, Raikou got away. (See: The Legend of Thunder)

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Liam was having delayed responses to the psychic link since he was battling at the same time.
"Heracles, use Megahorn!"

"Why would Haru switch sides and help us out?" he puzzled, "I'm missing something here."

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"We can worry about that part later once we have expelled the Rockets." Liam telepathically added in.

"Mr. Tsukiko, heads up! Billie and Kidd know that their partners guarding Brandon's assistants are KO'd. They could be expecting you." Sherlock added in.

***
"Annie and Oakie are not responding," Kidd said annoyed.
"It's probably those dragon and ninja brats." Billie sneered. "We need Atilla and Hun to go run interference. I don't know why Matori sent Biff and Cassidy to Kalos. we could use those two"
Billie and Kidd turned to look at the tied-up Brandon.
"Not so high and mighty without your precious Regis, huh?" Billie taunted.
"You guys are fools to think you will succeed," Brandon said.
"Oh, please its not like you can do anything to us. We already took all five of your Pokémon." Kidd added.
Unknown to his captors, they left him with one Pokémon, his Solrock. Brandon had also been subtlely cutting through the binding ropes with a knife, waiting for the duo to let their guards down.

***
"Psyduck, use Psychic!" Heracles was flung into a wall, but charged forward with Brick Break, earning the win. He turned around to see a trainer approaching the fake Shiranui to battle. Thinking quickly, Liam lied and told them that all of his friend's Pokémon were resting from some tough battles, and that he was just there to cheer Liam on. He was hoping Zorro would nod to collabearte the lie.

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Sherlock then spoke into Shiranui's mind. "Take the stairs off to the right. Will you save Brandon first or his assistants? They are an equal distance from us. "
***
Before Liam could move from his spot, he was challenged by another trainer who sent out a Psyduck. Liam battled using Heracles.

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"If that's the Battle Pyramid then Brandon is here doing some research," stated Shiranui, "Rotom, are there any legendary titans around here?"
"Checking…two entries found. First entry: Regieleki, the Electron Pokémon. An Electric type. Its entire body is made up of a single organ that generates electrical energy. Regieleki is capable of creating all Galar’s electricity. Second entry: Regidrago, the Dragon Orb Pokémon. A Dragon type. Its body is composed of crystallised dragon energy. Regidrago is said to have the powers of every dragon Pokémon."

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Liam's ears perked upon hearing about the Dragon-Type Regi. "I may have to fight the Pyramid King for that one," Liam was searching for Brandon so they could say hi. But, one of the attendants flagged the duo down and ushered them into the Battle Pyramid to be with the other participating trainers.
"Do you think we could have a moment to talk with Brandon?" Liam inquired.
"Sorry, but the Pyramid King, is very busy at this moment, and can't talk to any trainers. If he talks to one of you, he has to talk to all of you."
Liam started to say something, but heard a voice in his head say.
"Sir, please pardon my interruption." It was Sherlock, Liam's Alakazam. At this point, he started communicating telepathically with Shiranui as well. "That Brandon and his attendants are imposters. I sense two rooms below with people tied up being watched by others. To be precise, The real Brandon is being watched over by Billie and Kidd. The attendants are being watched over by another pair of Rockets I don't know. I am unsure of who the other Rockets here are." From there Liam using Sherlock as a Middle Mon, asked if they should both go looking for the captives, or if both of them being gone might be suspecious since if these are Rockets, they might be watching the two of them.

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With that, Liam and Shiranui returned to mainland Galar to the Giant Seat. As They approached, Liam spotted a manmade prymid structure. "Hey, Shiranui! Look whose here!" Liam said pointing out the Battle Pryamid.

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"Well, I guess we should get going then Shiranui," Liam said.

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"Shiranui and I can always come back to the dojo to meet up with you guys after we are done with the World Coronation event happening in the Wild Area," Liam sad with a smile.