Steelix's awakening finally made Yong's team complete! It was time to bring his journey on Iron Island to an end.
Watching Aggron sidle up to Steelix as if trying to curry favor, Yong smiled and simply let all his other companions out as well. They could spend their last day here together!
Riley, meanwhile, pulled him away from the Magnetic Storm Area.
After walking for a long time along Iron Ore Mountain's winding trails, the two finally arrived at a secluded cave.
Riley led the way inside, with Yong following behind.
The cave was not large. An Onix and a Skarmory rested inside, looking over warily the moment the two entered. Once they recognized Riley, they gave Yong a puzzled glance, then relaxed again and closed their eyes to rest.
What surprised Yong even more was the dozen or so Pokémon Eggs arranged at the back of the cave! And the Pokémon looking after them was actually a Mawile!
Mawile looked like a sweet, adorable, pale-yellow doll, but an enormous black mouth extended from the back of its head!
That mouth was made of steel, so it had no sense of taste. It was also Mawile's most powerful weapon.
But... why was there a Mawile here?
These Pokémon should be very rare at present, and most appeared alone on Hoenn's Victory Road...
Although they looked like children, these Pokémon had peculiar temperaments and were skilled at deceiving prey before devouring it. Aggressive by nature, they preferred to live alone-a cunning and terrifying species of Pokémon... Of course, those were all rumors spread by "certain people"...
Mawile!
Noticing Yong's confusion, Riley said with a smile,
"I met this little one while traveling in Hoenn. Back then, it actually treated me as prey! Fortunately, it was just desperately hungry and looking to