Simon wrapped the last of the bandages around Sarpal's waist. She winced as Simon touched a wound around, though held still enough for Simon to finish his application. Ice watched silently, his face with a few band-aids here and there, though he definitely wasn't as seriously injured as Sarpal was.

The male Chimera gazed into his hand, wondering how he just formed that Ice Sword, so quickly, so…perfectly. He closed his hand tightly into a fist, closing his eyes, wondering.

His eyes snapped open as his fist was touched softly, seeing Sarpal before him. She gave him a weak smile, obviously still tired from the previous pair of Dragon encounters without any real rest.

"Take her home, get her to rest, though it may be a bit of time before the soreness is gone," Simon told Ice. The male Chimera nodded, stepping back a bit, about to head for the exit. Sarpal followed, but after her first step, she tripped, caught in Ice's arms as he reacted. She forced a grin, touching her head lightly.

"Dizzy…" she whispered, as Ice helped her back to her feet. He placed her arm over his shoulder, then helped her out the door, without looking back.

"Cute couple," Simon remarked softly, smiling, before turning his attention to his Gym. The first second of his gaze made him sigh, seeing the big cleanup job that was left for him to do.

All the Pokémon in the dwelling leaped to attention as Sarpal and Ice returned, seeing the wounded female Chimera in the care of the male Chimera. The quickly crowded around, trying to find answers quickly and all around making much confusion in the dwelling. Ice tried to calm them down, but it took a while before that could happen.

In the mean time, Ice set Sarpal on her bed, as the crowd followed behind. She thanked the male counterpart of herself softly, before turning her head to the side and gazing out the window. Ice slowly departed from the chamber, closing the door behind him as he returned his gaze towards the curious and rather loud Pokémon who waited impatiently out of the door. He sighed softly, leading the group of various types back downstairs to allow Sarpal some quiet. She needed her rest after all.

He took a step onto the stairs, the Pokémon quickly heading down, anxious to hear the tale of disaster. Ice only looked back towards the room first, biting his lower lip softly, wishing he could have protected Sarpal in that battle.

Sarpal clasped her hands together, staring out the window. The snow was picking up, and it was already drizzling snow on their return. She sighed softly, wincing again as the injuries she suffered decided to torment her.

Grimacing, she stretched out, closing her eyes tightly and trying to shut out the pain. It eventually subsided, much to her relief as she relaxed. Again, she returned to the window in her room, sighing softly. Her hand instinctively went over the pendant around her neck, feeling the blunt points of the snowflake design.

She recalled what Ryna informed her so long ago, though the words echoed in her mind as though it were only yesterday. The power to increase a Pokémon natural ability and unlock ancient techniques that were lost over time, attacks that Samantha and her party used against Sarpal's team back in Stadium, though the Lapras Chimera didn't blame Sam; it was a completely one-sided battle if Sam didn't enforce such attacks.

Sarpal sighed softly again, recalling those moments, when her fire trainer companion was incinerated, incinerated by her own Pokémon. It was brief, but Sarpal thought she heard Sam cry out in that firestorm, before disintegrating completely.

The Chimera forced her eyes closed, throwing the thoughts out of her mind. She was sent up here to rest, and she should rest, not dwell on the past like that. She kept thinking about rest, calming her nerves, slowly dozing off to the sound of music being played nearby.

Ice slowly played his flute, eyes closed, his fingers running quickly along the instrument in a quick melody. However, in complete contrast, he slowed down significantly, deciding on a slow piece.

He was tired after explaining the battle at the Glacier City Gym, and most of the Pokémon were asleep now, inside. The Chimera was outside, playing his instrument softly and slowly. He opened his eyes, staring out towards the distance, wishing Melody was here so they could form another duet, like they usually do.

"We're leaving tomorrow," he thought, starting into long whole notes, getting louder before fading again. It imitated the howling wind, finding his duet as the wind seemed to pick up with him, playing with his music. It was odd, and Ice mentally asked the wind one question: "Who are you?"

The wind howled its response, leaving Ice confused; yet, his curiosity was abated as well with the answer. He continued to play.

It was a somewhat tight fit onto Melody's back, but the pair of Chimeras, the pair of Eevee evolutions, a Vulpix, and a Starmie managed to fit in. Skymin took to the sky, flying over head, the advance scout for the group. It was quiet all on board the shell of the Lapras, though no one seemed to notice. In fact, the pair of Chimeras seemed disturbed, leaving their Pokémon disturbed and anxious as they travelled towards the Trilands from Glacier City. It would be a long ride, but they would hit it.

Ice, in order to lighten the atmosphere, took his flute and began to play, entering quick pieces as the others paid attention, enjoying the entertainment provided by the male Chimera.

Skymin quickly glanced back, though he detected nothing but clouds. The Pidgeot cursed softly, wondering why he was so paranoid. He knew something was out there, but he didn't know what. All his hunches amounted to nothing, as he couldn't detect any stalker. Yet, it lingered in the back of his mind someone or something was following them, and he had to find out, or his job up here would be for nothing.

He circled back, with the goal of doing another thorough scan of the area around and below to find what he was looking for, being the third time he would try as such. He needed answers, and he was determined to find them.

Melody sighed softly, curling up into a ball while resting, her passengers disembarking on a nearby island. Ice slowly stroked her head, comforting her as she rested. Sarpal watched, smiling, her legs pulled up to her chest as she watched. Vapour and Jolt lay by her side, eyes closed, resting. The Vulpix and Jewel were exchanging conversation, before Skymin landed by their side, something clearly on his mind.

"What's wrong?" Ignite questioned, hardly seeing that look before. Jewel, though not knowing what kind of reaction would occur from the Pidgeot, could sense a disturbance in the back of his mind. She looked on with concern as well.

"Something…something is out there…" he spoke softly, yet harshly. It was quite clear the Pidgeot was disturbed by something he couldn't see, and was obviously kicking himself for not finding this source.

Jewel looked up, trying to use her Psychic ability to detect this 'presence', but to not avail. She 'sighed', returning her gaze to Skymin, shaking her 'head' in a negative.

"Should we alert the others?" Ignite questioned his companions, with a weary glance towards them. They didn't seem to be paying attention to the trio of Pokémon. He placed his attention back towards the other two Pokémon.

"Not yet, I want one more go at this," Skymin spoke defiantly, before quickly blasting off into the sky again. He got the attention of the Humans, but they just shrugged it off, wanting to rest a bit more before heading out.

The Pidgeot quickly scanned the area in the sky again, still agonizing over his paranoia of something being around. He shot a glance towards his right, believing it was there. His gaze was deceived again, as nothing was there.

"Where are you?!" he screamed out, frustrated. In his frustration and anger, he didn't notice the shadow above him, slowly engulfing his form.

"Right here," came the raspy voice. Skymin gasped, quickly turning around, seeing the figure right behind him.

"How?!" he cried out, but no answer came.

A cry of pain echoed through the sky as everyone looked up. Skymin's distant form quickly became closer, and in a matter of seconds, his body cratered into the sand of the beach they landed on.

"Skymin!" everyone yelled out, rushing to his aid. Well, they tried to, as Skymin's fall was followed by a rather speedy figure, who halted in between the group and the fallen Pokémon.

A large Wyvern like figure opposed them, who hissed in defiance, flapping his wings slowly, as though waiting for them to come. The grey Wyvern watched them, awaiting their assault.

"Get out of the way!" Ice screamed out towards the flying Dragon, though the Wyvern made no move at the threat of the Chimera. Angered, Ice threw an Ice Beam at the Wyvern, who easily dodge the attack, grinning.

Then came the counter attack.

The Wyvern raced forward at insane speeds, like a blur, catching Ice in his grasp of a wing and flying straight up, as quickly as possible. Ice held on as much as possible, but knew he was dead if he fell from this distance. Nevertheless, he had to do something, or he would be at the mercy of this Dragon anyway.

"I hope you like ice," he forced out of his mouth as the Dragon continued to speed up. Ice stretched out his hand, quickly forming an ice blade, smirking. He rammed the weapon into the back of the Wyvern, who screamed out in pain and struggled uncontrollably. Ice quickly let go, not wanting to be part of the thrashing. He prayed someone would catch him.

"Jolt, THUNDER!!!" Ice screamed out to the Jolteon below. The Jolteon blinked, wondering how the Chimera could order something like that in his current state, especially since he wasn't the Pokémon's trainer. He glanced at Sarpal, who was concentrating now.

"Jewel, help me!" she cried out, trying to focus her Psychic powers. Jewel understood immediately, focusing her own Psychic power in order to help slowly down Ice's decent before he went splat on the beach surface. Ice continued to hope, feeling himself slow down with an invisible force pushing him back up.

Jolt, not wanting to disturb his trainer, did as Ice ordered, unleashing a torment of Thunder as it rained down. They were channelled into the ice sword protruding out of back of the Wyvern, using it like a lightning rod, followed by the conductivity of the water within that was still not completely frozen. Once more, the Wyvern cried out, beginning a spiral towards the ground much like Skymin's previous crash.

Ice landed onto the beach with a resounding thud, though he was slowed enough to only feel pain by the fall, and not get killed. He groaned, sprawled on the sand, clutching his legs. Sarpal wanted to be by his side, but the Wyvern quickly prevented that, somehow recovering from the shock and stab and launching an Aeroblast between Sarpal and Ice. She cried in surprise, before returning to the Wyvern, who waited again for an attack. He seemed fine despite the two attacks against him that would've normally felled any other Pokémon.

"Jewel, Vapour, Ice Beam!" Sarpal ordered quickly. The response was as quick as the order as the pair of Water Pokémon, side by side, opened fire with ice. The Wyvern held his ground, the ice impacting against his chest, the pair of Pokémon not intending to let up until the Dragon fell to the ground.

There was a grin on the Dragon's face, as his body began to slowly collect energy from an unknown source. He started to glow yellow and green, fluctuating between them, somehow, enduring the ice attacks. The grin grew wider, and then he hit the pair with the most unexpected attack.

He opened his mouth, directed in between the pair of Pokémon. The energy gathered in his beak, before he open fired…with Solar Beam. The grass attack ripped through the pair of ice attacks like it was nothing, impacting between the pair and detonating in a brilliant explosion of grass energy. They fell instantly.

"Ignite, watch Ice," Sarpal hissed, the trio still able to fight not together. The Vulpix nodded slowly, quickly heading for his partner while Sarpal and Jolt began a slow walk towards the Wyvern, who didn't seem in pain at all despite the amount of attacks. The ice sword in his back remained there, and didn't seem to faze him anymore.

"I can use that, like Jolt did…" Sarpal thought, closing her fists tightly, concentrating. She was a Lapras, one who could destroy battalions of ships with Electric attacks among others. Closing her eyes now, she concentrated more, knowing she could do it, it was in her. She could……………. "THUNDER!"

Thunder lashed across the supposed clear sky, before striking down hard against the lightning rod ice sword again, followed by another, and then a third. Each blow sent the Wyvern cringing in pain, though he wasn't down, and it was then did Sarpal make her next command for Jolt.

"Thunder Snake," she spoke calmly, her eyes snapping open. Jolt nodded, crouching down, the spines around his body beginning to collect electric energy. His eyes glowed with electric energy, before unleashing the attack.

Five of the spines fired off a small energy ball, electric in form. Each of them hovered around Jolt, reforming into long and sharp spikes of electricity. The circled around Jolt, before launching right into the Wyvern, one after another, in a pattern much like firing a six shooter, just with only five bullets or electric energy. They streaked towards the target with uncanny accuracy, dispersing on impact as they pierced into the Dragon. One, two, three, four, five, each shot hit home, causing pain in numbers as they hit. On the fifth hit, the Wyvern fell, cashing onto the ground with a resounding thud.

"Well…done…Ice Dragons…and company…" the Wyvern hissed, closing his eyes tightly, forcing himself back up to his feet, despite the pain. Sarpal gasped, though her alarm was unnecessary. "I am the Flying Dragon, Arist, and much like my companions Zian and Gyzem, you should understand why I attacked." Sarpal sighed softly, nodding. The Wyvern smiled, opening his eyes and watching the only three that remained standing. "Electricity, you have mastered. I am glad I was able to help you unlock it. I am sorry…for the pain I have caused your party. Allow me to make up for it."

Before Sarpal could protest or express her gratitude, Arist took off, gazing at the group of Trainers and Pokémon on the island, coconscious and unconscious alike. Smiling, he used some of his remaining energy to lift the group up with wind. Slowly, he lowered them onto his back, wincing in pain, but seemed otherwise unfazed. The female Chimera was surprised by the development, and decided to return part of the favour by removing the ice weapon still embedded on the Dragon's back.

"Thank you," he whispered, before placing a wind shield around them, though they didn't notice considering it was invisible. "And hang on," he quickly added, before blasting forward in the same speed her took Ice with at the beginning of the battle. They were off.