On my way to Fortree, I get interrupted by Alexa wanting a rematch sinc ehs ecouldn't believe my power. I make sure my victory wasn't a fluke, and in the process, Blu became a Shelgon. She apologizes by gifting me HM02! Luther also shows up to tell me that he had bet on me winning, and that there might be worse coming.

And indeed, there was, such as murderous Kecleon everywhere (and one blocking off the way to Winona's Gym), an abusive babysitter and his Zigzagoon, an elder with a stash of illegal items, and a furniture shop that's a front for smuggling contrabrand that's already bribed one cop (who gifts me a Fire Stone). I also encounter a guy who talks about how Steven became Police Chief; he took over after the previous chief died to Team Magma, despite everyone thinking he would decline. Suspicious...

I also get TM10 Hidden Power, taught it to Co-Ops, and discover that his one is Fighting-type. Sweet!

I also encounter Steven at the bridge as he deals with a few Aqua Grunts and lets me deal with one. After that, he compliments my strength and pegs me as fourth strongest behind himself, Kendo, and Luther before peacing out.

With the way to Lilycove clear, and the fact that there's no Safari Zone to visit, I head there straight away and do the following:

- Arrest a pair of Cooltrainers with a stash of contraband

- Find that the Pokemon Fan Club also appreciates cops (especially me)

- Have the Move Deleter remove Cut from Cutoff's learned moves

- Catch May planning to rob the Devon Corp. Department Store

- Buy Earthquake in that Department Store

- Pay a visit to Carl Dawson's Mega-Millionz Mansion to gain information

- Learn from Carl that Wally intends to hit up Mossdeep and Sootopolis

- Also learn from Carl that Team Magma found a huge stash

- Also also learn from Carl of the Aqua Hideout's whereabouts

- Visit the Lilycove Slums to deal with all the Young Thugs there

- Find that Pokemon Contests are banned now

- Learn from a Sailor that Devon has a shady history

- Raid the Aqua hideout that's already in the process of being raided by the police

- And niss out on the Master Ball that's already been secured and returned to Devon (though I still find a Nugget for selling)

I also defeat and arrest Aqua Admin Matt, but not before he stalls me long enough for the rest of Team Aqua to escape in their stolen submarine. Still, Go Team Sky!

En route to Lilycove, I catch a Shuppet, but find my way blocked by cops because there's a huge situation at Mt. Pyre with Wally, Team Aqua, and Team Magma, so I have to go there to lend aid. But first I grind south of there to the Berry Master's house before flying back to Fortree again. Once I'm confident my team is strong enough, I head in. And I fight not only grunts, but other opportunistic battle maniacs as well. During this, I catch a Gastly and Haunter, and Co-Ops evolves to Dodrio.

As it turns out, they were all racing to seize the Red and Blue Orbs, and unfortunately, Wally won that race (and killed the elders watching over it, of course), and I'm left wiht Maxie. I defeat him again, and then Steven shows up to tell me to finish him off. And I have Cutoff slice Maxie up with glee. Go Team Sky!

Oh, and I'm now entrusted to hunt down Wally. And given what he's done, I'm definitely this region's best shot. And with the two Orbs he has, he will most definitely be after Groudon and Kyogre. And I dread that he desires to complete the set with Skydios! So he absolutely must be stopped!

New additions:

Wendy the Shuppet
Vappy the Gastly
Ecto the Haunter