A few minutes later.
The group had thoroughly sorted out the situation.
They had now been teleported by the three lake guardians to the foot of Mount Coronet, to the Pokémon Center that was about to be swallowed by flames.
Meanwhile, up on Mount Coronet... the rampaging Heatran was steadily making its way toward Spear Pillar at the summit.
According to the future vision given by the three lake guardians, before long, once Heatran reached the summit, it would release an immense amount of energy. As it opened the space-time gate, it would turn the entire Sinnoh region into an inferno, leaving behind nothing but scorched earth.
And that final scene, where the minions of Dark Matter invaded this world—the horrifying sight urged them to stop the present from developing toward that future as quickly as possible.
After greeting Brock and Miss Joy, Cynthia and Lucian still decided to give it a try.
They called out Slowking and Shellos. One was at Elite Four Level Mid-stage, while the other was at Late Elite Four Level. Together, the two Pokémon gathered the last remaining Water-type Energy in the air, using all of their own energy as a medium to form dark clouds overhead and bring down heavy rain.
The arrival of the rain gave the people in the Pokémon Center, who had already fallen into despair, a glimmer of hope.
The rain clouds they had failed to summon no matter what they did had appeared through the combined efforts of an Elite Four member and the Champion!
As the torrential rain fell like a herald of hope, just when everyone believed that such a downpour would surely ease the blaze, something happened that plunged them into despair once more.
The instant the rain touched the flames, it evaporated into steam. No