~ 10 weeks later ~

Gladion lets out a satisfied groan as he collapses on top of my naked body, his sweaty skin sticks to mine as he rolls off to the side. He scoots down a bit and begins to trace little circles over the sensitive skin on my lower stomach, sending a shiver down my spine. I hope he never loses his appetite.

"You know what's going to happen if we keep doing it like this!" he says with a smirk as he tenderly kisses my belly.

"You'd like that wouldn't you?" I giggle, shooing him away as I sit up.

He smirks and pinches my bottom as I climb out of bed, immediately heading straight for the bathroom. Gladion has not been shy about his feeling towards me lately. Turns out, he wants children, lots of them. With our reckless behavior in bed lately, he might just get what he wants.

Once the door is closed behind me, I discreetly open the bottom drawer of the vanity, pulling out a small, pink box. Sitting on the toilet, I rip open the cardboard and pull out the long, foil packet.

Using my teeth, I hurriedly tear the foil liner, exposing the home pregnancy test.

I carefully pee on the absorbent tip, and place it on the counter. Suddenly, Gladion burst through the bathroom door.

"Get dressed! There's a monster attacking Hau'oli City!" he shouts, tossing me some clothes.

Gladion rushes away, leaving me to dress. My shirt sticks to my clammy skin as I tug it down over my body. I slam the door behind me, leaving the test behind.

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I grab Red by the sleeve of his jumpsuit as I dash down the hallway to the back exit.

"What's going on?" he groans as he loosens my grip, continuing to jog beside me.

"No time to explain! Do you have your Pokemon?"

"Yeah," he huffs as he pushes the heavy doors ahead of us open.

Red shields his eyes from the sun as he watches me hoist myself up into Gladion's private helicopter.

"Seriously! What's going on?" he snarls as he climbs up after me.

My phone clicks rapidly as I run a quick search, pulling up a news report.

"This," I bark, shoving my phone in his hands.

On the screen, a reporter crouches behind a car as the camera man films a horrifying, black, monster trashing the city's largest office building. Its large claw-like appendages send bricks and debris raining down on the street below.

Screams can be heard in the background as the monstrous Pokemon begins to fire sizzling, prismatic, laser beams at the people trying to escape. My heart drops when I notice a strange object falling from the top floor window.

It almost looked like a person.

Red and I look up from my phone as Green and Gladion board the helicopter. Gladion climbs into the driver's seat, the dash lights up as he powers it up.

My phone begins to vibrate as I receive a call from professor Kukui.

He explains that the monster has destroyed his lab and is now headed to 10 Karat Hill. Fearing for his safety, I urge him to stay where he is, but he insists on trying to keep it away from the city. The call ends abruptly, it almost sounded like there was an explosion.

"It's on 10 Karat Hill now!" I shout as the blades of the helicopter begin to whirl.

Green pulls fistfuls of strange Pokeballs from his lab coat, distributing them to the rest of us.

"What the hell are these!" I exclaim, examining the odd capsules.

"Beast-Balls," Green replies, "Pokeballs designed especially for Ultra-Beasts."

"I don't think it's a UB!" Gladion shouts from the driver's seat as he steers us towards the beach.

"What else could it be?" I argue.

"It looks like that thing I watched hatch inside Mount Lanakila."

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Gladion lands the helicopter at the base of the large, rocky hill. We all barrel out single file as quickly as we can. Wild Pokemon scurry out to the beach, away from the beast that is wreaking havoc on their usual habitat.

I rush to Kukui's side as he staggers out of the deep canyon of Ten Karat Hill. He rips off what's left of his lab coat, completely exposing his dirt covered body.

"Be careful," he mutters before collapsing.

"He'll be fine. We don't have time!" Green shouts as he quickly looks over Kukui's body.

The hill tremors and quakes as a large cliff collapses high above us. Large clouds of iron colored dust raise to the sky and the smell of dust fills my nose. Gladion rushes ahead of the rest of us, sending Silvally out to run at his side.

We descend deep into the canyons of 10 Karat Hill, following the terrible sounds of the monster as it remodels the rocky landscape.

"It's in that cavern," Red whispers, grabbing tightly onto Gladion's clothing, quickly pulling him out of the view of the titan.

Green's eyes nervously dart back and forth between us as an eerie silence falls over the gravelly landscape.

Suddenly, a prismatic beam of light shimmers on the wall behind us. A strange, high pitched metal whine fills our ears before the wall behind us explodes into a thousand tiny pieces, sending dust and shards raining down over us.

"It's a psychic type!" Gladion cries, as he loads Silvally's RKS with the bug drive.

I send out Mismagius. Without orders, it gains control of a falling bolder and hurls it at the crystal titan. The horrid black Pokemon attacks in rage.

Pikachu leaps from Red's shoulder, its cheeks glow brightly and the static clings in the air.

Green sends out Blastoise, its scarred, leathery, skin flexes as it sturdies itself.

"Together!" Green bellows to the Pokemon.

The cannons in Blastoise's shell send thick towers of water streaming towards Necrozma, the pressure from the water sends Blastoise's heavy body sliding backwards in the loose gravel. Pikachu lets out a cry before sending arcs of electricity hissing towards it's enemy. The bolts of lightning join the water just as it strikes Necrozma.

Blinding currents of electricity ripple across the monster's body as it screeches in pain.

"Nightshade!"

"Multi-Attack! Now!"

Silvally daringly strikes Necrozma as it swings its heavy claws in reaction to the Nightshade, barely missing the fearless chimera. Silvally manages to make contact a few more times before retreating to safety.

As our team surrounds the monster, it backs itself into a corner as we ruthlessly order attack after attack, beating it into submission.

"Blastoise, pin it against that cliff with your hydro pump!" Green shouts as he pulls a Beast Ball from his lab coat.

"Okay guys, throw those balls!"

One by one, we each hurl our Beast Balls at the horrid monster.

"They don't seem to be working!" Gladion cries as he tosses his last ball.

"I don't know how much longer Blastoise can go!"

"Pikachu! Thunder wave!'"

"Mismagius! Ditto!"

Blastoise collapses, the vibrations from its heavy body crashing into the canyon wall sends loose rocks falling around us. I dodge one just in time, spilling the contents of my bag, shuddering at the deep hole it made on impact.

Green watches as Ninetails' Masterball rolls across the ground, "Why didn't we just use this to begin with!" he cries, flinging the Masterball with all his might towards Necrozma.

Ninetails scurries off to safety when it catches a glimpse of the crystal titan.

"Who the hell captures a Ninetails with a Masterball!?" Green screams in frustration as he powers up a Timerball.

"You better hope this works!" he shouts, tossing our last Pokeball.

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Gladion watches in horror as Necrozma fires off one last laser attack. Time seems to standstill as the beam zips straight for Moon.

Loose rocks scrape under his shoes as he makes a desperate attempt to shield her. He cries out as the laser passes over him, striking Moon instead. The impact hurls her backwards down a steep incline.

Gladion flinches when he hears her body land at the bottom of the drop off with a sickening thud in the calm silence. Through the dust, he sees the limp silhouette of her body.

Tears stream down his face as he pulls her body close, her head hangs limply in the crook of his elbow. He gags and sobs when he sees her shattered arm bending backwards at the elbow. Through what's left of her shirt, cauterized burns can be seen spidering across her abdomen.

His sorrowful cries echo across the canyons of 10 Karat Hill.