The earth shook!
Countless people and Pokémon fell in fright as screams rose all around.
What was happening?
Faced with an incomprehensible, terrifying "natural disaster," people without anyone to lead them were as helpless as straw in the wind.
When the blinding white light faded, they looked up again. The sky, dark and shrouded in black clouds moments ago, was now studded with brilliant stars.
"What..."
"Is it over? Where's that Pokémon?"
"On top of the castle! Look—is that the one?"
Everyone turned and saw a massive black-and-purple hand, still connected to the vortex, crash onto the castle roof with a boom, kicking up clouds of dust.
Oleana stood among the crowd. Her instincts told her something might have happened to Rose.
"Chairman..."
She gritted her teeth and hurried into Hammerlocke Stadium.
Like the other members of Macro Cosmos, Oleana was one of Rose's handpicked confidants. She stood firmly and unconditionally behind him.
Anyone who defied his will was her enemy.
She rushed into the arena just as Baimu and the others flew out of the bottomless pit on three Flying-type Pokémon, heading straight for the castle roof.
Where was Chairman Rose?
Oleana looked around and called him. When he did not answer, dread settled over her.
She glanced down at the enormous hole leading to the Energy Factory, then up at the roof. Gritting her teeth, she sent out Froslass and relied on its power to descend to the bottom.
But no matter how hard she searched, she could not find Rose.
Her growing unease drove her to follow the direction the three had gone.
At the top of the tower.
By the time Baimu and the others arrived, Eternamax Eternatus was struggling.
"Wuaah—!!"
It shrieked at Baimu as he approached, then roared at Shadow Rider Calyrex as it