Late at night, Nurse Joy was sitting at the Pokémon Center front desk, working the night shift with Blissey.
Suddenly, an alarm rang out.
Nurse Joy stood up and saw her good friend Officer Jenny walking into the Pokémon Center.
"Reese, come with me to the harbor. There's been an accident with a ship, and many people are now trapped on the sea."
Nurse Joy and Blissey grabbed their first-aid kits and followed Officer Jenny to the harbor.
The sea at Twinleaf Town hadn't frozen, so Nurse Joy rode on an Empoleon's back, following Officer Jenny to the scene.
Jumping onto the rescue ship, Nurse Joy and Blissey began treating the people and Pokémon who had already been rescued.
People and Pokémon were constantly being pulled out of the water. Nurse Joy looked up at the sea and found that Gyarados were attacking each other.
Looking as far as the eye could see, it was almost entirely the figures of Gyarados.
Officer Jenny was commanding personnel to drive away these Gyarados while also having Pokémon that could swim rescue the people and Pokémon who had fallen into the water.
Joy watched the people struggling on the water. In such a cold winter, if they weren't rescued and warmed up in time, they might soon freeze stiff.
Nurse Joy looked at the Gyarados fighting each other, the wreckage of the half-sunken passenger ship, the people and Pokémon calling for help on the water, and Officer Jenny commanding the rescue.
She wasn't paralyzed by fear; instead, she decisively took out her phone and called Lucas.
The call connected. Hearing Lucas's voice, Nurse Joy almost cried out in fear, barely managing to say a word.
Hearing Lucas, who was still half-asleep on the other end, say he'd be there immediately, Nurse Joy breathed a sigh of relief. She hung up and began directing people and Pokémon to keep the rescued individuals and Pokémon warm, then fed them hot water.
At the same time, she notified the Pokémon Center on shore to prepare a large number of thick quilts, warm clothes, and plenty of hot water.
At the Breeding House, Lucas threw off his quilt and got out of bed.
Gengar poked its head out from the ceiling, "Gengar gargar?"
What's wrong?
"There seems to have been an accident at the harbor. Sister Joy called me and asked me to go over. It seems quite serious."
Recalling the sob in Nurse Joy's voice just now, Lucas's expression turned solemn.
After changing out of his pajamas, Lucas took the coat Gothitelle handed him. Putting it on, he looked at Mime Jr., who was still sitting on the bed, clearly unaware of what was happening. Lucas pinched its nose, laid it down, and covered it with the quilt.
"You sleep for a bit. I have to go out for something, and then I'll trouble you to prepare breakfast for us tomorrow."
Mime Jr. gave a soft acknowledgement.
"Mine Mine~"
You guys be careful~
Lucas smiled and nodded, then led Gengar and the others out of the room.
He knocked on Shauna's door and informed Mr. and Mrs. Fujino before heading to the Lake area in the backyard.
"Lapras, I need you siblings to help me."
The Lapras Siblings nodded, and Lucas recalled them into their Poké Balls.
Lucas, who was about to turn and leave, suddenly stopped and then also requested help from Golduck and the others.
After recalling Golduck and Azumarill into their Poké Balls, Lucas instructed Dash and the others to watch over the Breeding House, then asked Gothitelle to help brew a large amount of Ginger water at the Breeding House before heading toward Twinleaf Town with his Pokémon.
Arriving at the harbor, Lucas released Azumarill, Golduck, and the Lapras. He jumped onto Lapras's back and hurried toward the location Nurse Joy had sent.
Officer Jenny looked at the Gyarados that had already targeted the ship beneath her feet, feeling somewhat anxious.
She glanced at the people who hadn't been rescued yet and the figure of Nurse Joy doing her best to help behind her, then gritted her teeth.
Then she jumped onto an Empoleon's back and swam into the distance, using herself to attract the Gyarados' attention.
"When I get back this time, I must report to the higher-ups. No matter what, we must add more personnel to Twinleaf Town."
Officer Jenny gritted her teeth. She didn't know when it started, but the probability of incidents in Twinleaf Town had become higher than all previous years combined.
Her colleagues coordinated with her actions, using themselves to attract the Gyarados' attention.
Soon, the Gyarados were lured away from the ship.
But a few Gyarados still swam toward Nurse Joy's ship.
Some Trainers who had recovered some mobility commanded their Pokémon to block them.
However, because they were on the sea, many of the Trainers' Pokémon couldn't swim and could only fire skills from a distance.
For the Gyarados who were already seeing red, their blocking effect was negligible.
Just as a Gyarados reached the vicinity of the hull and began charging a Hyper Beam.
"Blissey, Metronome."
Nurse Joy could only have Blissey step up.
Before Blissey could even wave its fingers, she found that the Gyarados had been violently knocked out of the water by a Pokémon that flashed by.
Nurse Joy focused her attention and found a Staraptor flying in the air in front of these Gyarados.
Staring at them intently.
"This is—"
Seeing Staraptor, Nurse Joy was overjoyed.
"Golduck, Azumarill, I'll trouble you to help search for and rescue the humans and Pokémon still in the water."
A calm voice drifted over.
Then, over a dozen blue figures dived underwater and then poked their heads out near the wreckage of the passenger ship.
"Lapras, Ice Beam the surrounding water to freeze it."
The Lapras Siblings froze the water around the ship.
Lucas jumped onto the ice, "Gengar, Luxray, Thunderbolt!"
Gengar transformed into a large yellow fatty, and Thunderbolt blasted those Gyarados. With Thunderbolt on the water plus a fourfold weakness,
It directly made them lose their ability to battle.
"Lucas, Reese and the others have lured the other Gyarados over there."
Nurse Joy stood by the ship's edge and shouted to Lucas on the ice.
Lucas nodded and jumped onto Lapras's back, "Ninetales, I'll trouble you to go up first and keep them warm."
Ninetales nodded, jumped onto the ship, and then swept a Heat Wave across the entire vessel.
Roserade began to use Helping Hand to assist Nurse Joy in treating the injured people.
Lucas also left Staraptor and Lilligant on the ship just in case, then sat on Lapras's back and hurried toward the place Nurse Joy pointed out.
With the help of Gliscor's guidance from the air, Lucas soon found Officer Jenny.
At this time, they were completely surrounded by Gyarados.
Under the Gyarados' Hyper Beams, Officer Jenny and the others were forced to jump into the water.
Officer Jenny jumped into the icy seawater, and the bone-chilling cold instantly enveloped her.
The courage she had been barely maintaining collapsed in an instant.
Just after she closed her eyes, she felt herself being pulled up by a huge force.
She opened her eyes and found herself sitting on a Lapras's back.
Lucas was sitting on the back of the other Lapras.
Tears welled up in Officer Jenny's eyes, "You're finally here."
Lucas nodded.
"Lapras, Snorunt, freeze everything around me!"
The Lapras Siblings exerted their full power, and with Snorunt's cooperation, they froze all the surrounding sea surface into ice.
After winter began, Snorunt's vitality became more and more evident. It started following Dash and the others to constantly practice battling. Especially after the Lapras Siblings came to the Breeding House, its mastery of Ice-type moves became deeper and more proficient.
The people who had just jumped into the water climbed onto the ice. Lucas climbed up with Officer Jenny as well, "Gengar, Luxray."
Lucas shouted.
"Thunder!"
Thunderclouds surged in the sky, followed by two thick bolts of lightning striking directly down.
All the surrounding Gyarados lost their ability to battle.
Seeing this, Lucas was glad his Gengar had already learned Thunder and Thunderbolt under the guidance and teaching of Dragonite and Luxray.
But many Gyarados still became even more riled up when faced with their companions losing consciousness.
Lucas took out the key stone.
"Gengar."
Before he could finish his sentence, a melodious song drifted from the distance.
The wildly surging Aura weakened as Lucas paused.
"Mega—"
Then the Lapras Siblings began to hum the same song.
The Gyarados turned around, as if facing a great enemy.
Behind them, a group of Lapras appeared. Lucas felt a familiar sensation from the leader.
The Lapras Siblings' mother had come with the other Lapras.
It had been patrolling this sea area with its Lapras pod, maintaining the safety of these waters. It hadn't expected the Gyarados riot incident to happen today, and they hurried over as soon as they found out.
The Lapras Siblings greeted their mother.
Lucas also nodded. Seeing Lapras looking at him, Lucas came before the Gyarados.
"Gyarados, leave now. Leave this sea area and never come close again, and we'll call it even. Otherwise, we will join forces with the Lapras behind you to drive you out of these waters. If you think you can beat us, you can try."
The Gyarados remained silent, just looking at Lucas.
Finally, the leading Gyarados let out a roar.
"Roar."
It's clearly you humans who started the conflict first. Why should we leave the sea area where we live?
Lucas frowned and looked at Officer Jenny, who was huddled close to Arcanine for warmth, "They say we started the fight first. What's going on?"
Officer Jenny shook her head, shivering as she indicated she didn't know either.
Seeing Officer Jenny's state, Lucas took off his coat and handed it to her, then looked at the Gyarados, "We will investigate clearly afterward. How about we stop for now?"
Lucas looked at the Gyarados in front of him, every one of them staring at him. He gripped the key stone in his hand.
"I will give you an explanation. No matter whose fault it is, we will investigate it thoroughly. If you are unwilling to settle this peacefully and want to fight, I can accommodate you, but I will also crush you all."
The Aura on Lucas's body surged continuously, and the momentum on Gengar was also climbing.
Feeling the momentum from Lucas, the Gyarados fell silent. Then, one Gyarados nodded, indicating it could accept Lucas's proposal.
It would take the rest of the Gyarados and wait in this sea area for the results of Lucas's investigation.
Then it led the Gyarados behind it away.
Seeing this, the Aura on Lucas's body calmed down. Lapras watched the Gyarados leave and gently shook its head; the snowflakes that had begun to drift slowly disappeared.
Then it looked at Lucas and its two children with a gentle gaze.
It escorted them back to the ship.