Ice threw the orb into the freezing water, watching the female before him. She stared dumb founded at Ice, blinking at the Chimera before her.

"W-Who are you?" she stuttered, unable to hide her disbelief, let alone articulate herself properly. Ice forced another smile, understanding the surprise, as he was surprised himself when he neared the area.

"Ice," he repeated, glancing back towards his Pokémon. "Someone...told to wait here, for a blue haired girl, as she was who I was looking for. It was a Psychic message."

"Zian…" Sarpal whispered, glancing back up towards Ice, another Lapras Chimera before, and the fact he made a small ice sculptor instantly in his hand would contradict any lie anyone else may be able to come up with. "W-Would you…like to come to my house? I'm sure you're Pokémon are cold." She spoke, trying to regain her composure as she turned her gaze towards the Pidgeot and the Vulpix. She knew Ice wouldn't be all that cold, considering. They nodded slowly, shivering visibly on the mention of the weather. Ice agreed as well, taking a Pokéball and recalling the Lapras into it. He then motioned for the others to follow, as Sarpal began to walk back towards her house.

Jolt and Vapour waved with their paw anxiously as they noticed their Trainer coming down, though it was like the opposite direction from where they headed before. Nevertheless, they were glad to see their trainer alright. However, they were wary of the group that followed behind Sarpal. The trainer smiled, explaining it in three words:

"He's like me," she told the pair of Eevee evolutions. They took a moment to process that, in the mean time, Sarpal opening the door to her abode. The Pokémon finally realized some form of what she meant, gazing up to Ice. He nodded, walking past them, flanked by a Vulpix and a Pidgeot. The male Chimera blinked, for a second, before realizing he had to do something.

"Sorry, Skymin," he told the Pidgeot, who only nodded. Ice took another Pokéball and recalled the Pidgeot into it. Satisfied, Ice continued on, the Vulpix nodding at the pair of Pokémon before heading in as well.

"Chimera?" Jolt whispered to Vapour, his brother only nodding slowly, though both were unsure. Sarpal closed the door behind when her Pokémon entered. The curled up and rested on the floor, as Jewel headed upstairs, needing a brief rest after all that 'excitement'.

"I believe, I have a lot of explaining to do," Ice observed, glancing around the dwelling. Sarpal nodded slowly, taking a seat at the table with her book, offering the char opposite to her guest. Ice took the offer, sitting down as well, noticing Sarpal closing the book at the desk. She smiled lightly, clasping her hands together.

"My Pokémon companions, as you have met. Ignite, the Vulpix; Skymin, the Pidgeot; and…Melody, the Lapras…my…sister…" he spoke softly, unconsciously running a hand on that particular Pokéball. Sarpal tilted her head towards the side, blinking a bit in confusion, but she introduced her own group as well.

"My trio, Jewel, the Starmie, as you met. Vapour and Jolt being a pair of Eevee brothers, and I believe you can figure which name belongs to who," she spoke, smiling, motioning towards that bothers. Ignite decided to join the pair, curling up near then, resting his head and closing his eyes. Ice glanced back at the duel, now trio, before back towards Sarpal.

"Now…for my history…" he spoke softly, almost painfully of the talk. Sarpal let the smile fade from her face, listening with deep intent towards the words of this Chimera. "As you know, I am a Lapras Chimera…they used Melody's DNA on my body…" he trailed off, though Sarpal remained silent, wanting him to continue with his tale. The male Chimera looked up, regaining his composure. "I was on a Team Rocket ship in the Trilands, one of their guinea pigs," he spoke, though Sarpal was visibly shocked by the mention of the location, though her companion didn't notice. "They did Chimera experimentation on…subjects there, though no one knew. I only found out it was a Team Rocket ship when Dr. Sapphire…told me…" he trailed off once more, looking up at Sarpal, wondering if that name meant anything to her. After a moment, it was clear she didn't seem fazed. Ice made it clear. "Dr. Sapphire is your mother."

She paled for a moment, though she didn't seem visibly surprised by those words. Little did Ice know, Sarpal touched his mind, finding truth in those words. She found it true, and was mentally surprised, before looking away.

"Ice, I have to go to the Trilands," she told him, wondering what his reaction would be. Silence came first, before he smiled lightly, closing his eyes.

"Something told me you would…" he spoke softly, opening them again. "Your mother told me to tell you she misses you, though I don't think the entire reason for your visit would deal with just meeting, Dr. Sapphire." Sarpal nodded slowly.

"My mother, I would like to meet her," Sarpal answered shyly, glancing back up and placing a hand on the book, recalling Zian's words. "But, someone told me…if I do not go, my friends will be in danger, and…"

"And you can't let that happen," Ice concluded, seeing something in that Lapras Chimera before him. She tried to read her mind, though it didn't work very well. He may be a Lapras Chimera, but he only seemed to be able to manage Ice and Water attacks. "Tell me…can you…use Lapras attacks…?" The respondent remained momentarily, silent, before answering.

"Yes," she spoke in Ice's mind, nearly causing him to topple backwards in surprise. It became clear to him that she could dabble into Psychic elements as well, wondering if she could hit Electric and Grass as well. He knew certain Lapras could learn Solar Beam. He regained his composure, clearing his throat.

"I'll lead you to that ship," Ice told Sarpal, unable to believe he just said that. He never thought he would ever willingly return to that location in the Trilands, though he felt he owed Sarpal and Dr. Sapphire this favour. Besides, he was interested in unlocking a Lapras' latent Psychic ability. Melody tried to help him, though it was mostly unsuccessful. "I have my own debts to pay," he added softly, glancing down at the book. Sarpal sensed his curiosity, before sliding the book towards the male Lapras Chimera.

"Please, read and rest in the spare bedroom upstairs," the female Lapras Chimera told her counterpart, standing up. Ice looked up, blinking.

"What about you?" he questioned.

"I have to tell a friend about my departure," she responded softly, glancing towards her pair of Pokémon. They nodded, knowing who she wanted to talk to. Ice, on the other hand, decided to reject the idea in part.

"I'll come with you," he spoke hastily, standing up. Sarpal smiled lightly, nodding her head, detecting Ice's concern. She didn't protest, only lead them towards the Glacier City Gym.

The Gym Leader returned a deep glare towards Sarpal, before turning his gaze towards Ice, then back to Sarpal.

Simon, the Glacier City Gym Leader stood silently before the pair of Lapras Chimeras, hearing the tale of the new Chimera. It surprised Simon that there were more Chimeras then originally thought, only knowing of Sarpal and a few others.

"You know I can't stop you from going, though I'd advise against it…" the Gym Leader remarked, crossing his arms. Sarpal nodded, knowing such a warning was coming. Simon, of course, also know he wouldn't be able to stop the Chimera from going. Instead, he took something out of his vest pocket, gripping the item tightly. Both Sarpal and Ice watched in interest, curious. He placed the loosely closed fist against his chest, closing his eyes.

"I was selfish, keeping this," he started, opening his eyes again. "It belonged to you, Sarpal. I found it in the research facility of your…birth." He sighed softly, uncurling his hand and revealing a pendant shaped in the form of a snowflake. "I figured, if you didn't have this, you may not go out in adventures, but now, I think it would more useful to you if took it." Sarpal blinked in surprise, carefully handling the pendant and placing it around her neck. She admired the design. "It's made of Pokément."

"The element that helps open the true powers of Pokémon," Sarpal whispered, remembering that these pendants could do. Ice wanted to add something, but decided against it, not really wanting to spoil the moment yet. He glanced nervously back towards the entrance. "Is something wrong?" the female Chimera asked, sensing Ice's apprehension.

The male Chimera didn't have time to respond, as the whole arena began to rumble. The trio was nearly toppled off balance as the floor exploded, ice shrapnel and debris flying in all directions. Ice quickly recovered, seeing a lot of the mess flying toward them.

"No way!" he exclaimed, firing a wave of water off from his left hand. He followed with his right hand, freezing the water with ice, effectively making a barrier that protected them from the falling junk. Ice reinforced the wall with another Ice Beam, just to make sure. Both Sarpal and Simon were amazed at the speed that Ice could freeze the water he threw, especially in a form the user wished.

The shield was a shattered as a massive boulder was thrown threw it, breaking like glass. Ice didn't seemed fazed, expecting something like that to happen, and he knew it wasn't because of the explosion, but if was a Pokémon that threw that boulder: Rock Throw.

In the middle of the ice rink arena stood a massive and slivery dragon, consider it a much longer version of a Dragonair, much, much larger. Other noticeable difference came from the fact the Dragon snake had rock hard scales, giving the impression of a Rock/Dragon type Pokémon. He howled defiantly, the gapping mouth of this Dragon able to swallow one of them whole, a rather large difference compared to Sarpal's previous encounter with a Dragon. The Rock Dragon growled, glaring towards the trio of trainers.

"You're kidding, right?" Simon muttered, quickly running his hand down his belt for a Pokéball, but Sarpal stopped him from doing as such. He gave her a confused look, though she only shook her head. Before turning her gaze towards Ice.

"This is our battle," she Psychically told Ice, though made sure Simon could here and know it was directed towards the Chimera. Ice nodded slowly, knowing this challenge was directed towards them.

The Rock Dragon attacked, sensing the pair ready to oppose him. He roared again, rushing forward, an intent to bury the Chimeras. Hardly able to react, the pair leaped away, in opposite directions. The responded with an Ice Beam each into the head of the Dragon, but it didn't even faze him. Instead, her turned his gaze towards Ice, opening his mouth an unleashing a torment of fire - Flamethrower.

Ice started wide eyed at the attack, before quickly raising his left hand, fist shut. Water sprayed out in all directions, before he opened his fist, ice following as the water was frozen. With his right hand, he layered the floor with ice, quickly sliding away as the fire quickly melted his temporary barrier.

Sarpal, trying to distract the Rock Dragon, raised her two hands, aiming again towards the head of the serpent rock Dragon. One hand unleashed a Hydro Pump attack while the other fired a Psychic, though it did little but annoy the Dragon. The Psychic threw the Dragon's head around a little, but didn't do anything visible but that. Seeking revenge, the Dragon ripped a chunk of the arena from beneath, throwing it at Sarpal. The female Chimera once again dodged by leaping away. She cried in pain however, as the tail of the Dragon found her back, throwing her back into the arena and on her knees.

"Sarpal!" both Ice and Simon yelled at. Ice, seeing the female injured, rushed to try to help her, but found himself blocked by the large rock scale body of the Dragon, who laughed in a mocking manner at Ice. Angered, Ice crossed his arms together, firing water that quickly froze into ice. He uncrossed them quickly, the pair of frozen water beams meeting in the centre, but still continued to shoot forward, one hitting the Rock Dragon's body, another planted into the floor. The beam held the Dragon down momentarily, though it was quickly destroyed as fire melted it. Ice cursed softly, preparing another attack before he was swatted away by the Dragon's tail.

"ARGH!" he cried out, crashing against the cold ice surface, wincing in pain. Sarpal was back up to her feet, barely, still dazed from the blow of the Dragon. She would have wished she didn't get up, as when she recovered, the Chimera found herself surrounded by a coil of the Dragon's tail. They slowly drew closer to her.

"Wha…?!" she cried out, before they quickly contracted, crushing her body like a snake coiling around its pray. She screamed in agony as they dug into her flesh, snapping Ice back to attention.

He leaped to his feet, seeing Sarpal in the binds of the Rock Dragon, in pain and suffering, going to die soon if he didn't do anything. He glanced towards Simon, who watched helplessly as Sarpal was being crushed under the rock scales. "You're going down!" Ice screamed out uncontrollably, lunging forward. He raised his right hand back, open. The Dragon watched the Chimera charge, seeing the futileness of his action. Or so it seemed.

Ice quickly curled his hand into a fist, as a steady stream of ice emerged from it. At first, it seemed at nothing, but after a second, it became whole, as the water quickly emerged from his hand, and just as quickly frozen in the exact shape he wanted it.

The ice formed into a sword, a sword made of pure ice that the Chimera held firmly in his hand, anger in his eyes. He muttered something softly, about 'Fuge', before jamming the sword into the rock hard scales of the Pokémon.

It dug deep, as the Dragon reeled back and screamed in pain, the ice weapon drawing blood from the Pokémon. The Rock Dragon struggled, as Ice held on as best as he could, but to no avail, as the jerky movements of the Dragon threw him off. The Chimera slowly returned to his feet, seeing Sarpal safe, on her knees, her breathing harsh, but still alive.

He then returned the gaze towards the Dragon, whose face was now in his. Ice gasped in surprise, leaping back, before getting a laugh out of the Dragon.

"I never expected you do be able to do such a thing, Ice Dragon," the Rock Dragon laughed out, reeling back in admiration of the Chimera. "Gyzem, I am a Rock Dragon, much like Zian was when he met Sarpal the first time." Ice nodded slowly, unsure with what he meant. "I was sent to test both your abilities, as was Zian before me. I must say, I am impressed. You have learned much since your escape."

"You…know…?" Ice whispered, though audible towards the rock scaled serpent. He laughed again, before lowering his head towards Ice.

"Lapras' were ferocious Dragons in the past, and you are regaining those abilities, though your learning is different from Sarpal's, that much is clear," Gyzem commented, glancing back towards Sarpal, who was still recovering. The Rock Dragon sighed. "I didn't mean to hurt her so much…" he spoke guiltily, frowning. "Ice," he spoke, returning to his original listener. "If you choose to continue on, you will encounter many like myself and Zian, who will challenge you and Sarpal, and even your Pokémon to battles such as this. We know what is to come, and if you are not prepared, your travels will surely be for nothing." He sighed, though knew Ice meant well when he was only nodding slowly. Once more, Gyzem glanced at Sarpal, slowly getting back up to her feet.

"Sorry about the mess…" Gyzem apologised to Simon, nodding his head slowly before returning back to the hole he burrowed to reach this location. His gaze met Ice's once more, before nodding and burrowing back down. It left confused looks from around, and a shattered blade that Ice held in his hand.