The teleportation device activated quickly. Aside from Area Zero Lab, which required an identity card, he could teleport to any of the other observation stations at any time. After a second of dizziness, he found himself at Observation Station 4.
No one was there. Iron Leaves's appearance seemed to have sent the researchers into shelter, and the station doors were shut.
"Let's take a look outside. I don't know what measures Professor Turo and the others have taken, but don't worry about me. We need to help Keldeo stop Iron Leaves before more lives are lost!"
"..."
Keldeo watched the human who called himself Mingyou talk away to someone Keldeo couldn't see. Hesitation and wariness lingered on Keldeo's face. He didn't know whether to trust this strange human, who had suddenly treated him as a companion.
He had decided to come along and fight Iron Leaves, but Iron Leaves was no Pokémon. It was a killing machine made by modifying Virizion with human technology!
Any living creature felt pain or fear when attacked, or left an opening. This killing machine felt none of that. As long as its core kept running, it could keep fighting.
There was one advantage, though. This was another time and space. No Laboratory existed here to repair Iron Leaves or replace its parts. It really could be defeated for good...
Mingyou opened the doors of Observation Station 4 and stepped outside. A dazzling light nearly blinded him. Once his eyes adjusted, they widened in shock. In the distance, surrounded by spiraling terrain, stood an enormous, radiant gem. The entire underground area was one colossal Tera Crystal!
"Kelu..."
Keldeo froze too. He had never seen anything so dreamlike. Or rather... he had not seen natural beauty like this in countless years. An unpolluted Earth was beautiful.