Drake, the powerful Trainer hailed as the guardian of the Orange Islands, had received an emergency distress signal from Pokémon League Headquarters several days earlier. Though brief, its contents had filled him with an unprecedented sense of gravity and unease-the power of the Legendary Birds had become disturbed, and those abnormal fluctuations were spreading rapidly, putting the climate and ecosystems of the entire Orange Islands at grave risk of collapse. As the islands' Champion, he bore the responsibility of protecting his home, a duty he could not shirk.
He had set out immediately, without the slightest hesitation. Riding his most trusted partner, the imposing Dragonite whose strength was unfathomable, he had followed the abnormal energy fluctuations. Like a beacon pointing the way, those fluctuations had led him from the warm Orange Islands all the way to the icy Far Northern Sea, shrouded in blizzards year-round. At last, in that desolate land blanketed in ice and snow, he had found his target-a Team Rocket fleet that radiated an ominous presence, its sheer size enough to make his heart pound.
"Stop your ships!" Amplified by the psychic power of the Alakazam beside him, whose telekinetic abilities were exceptionally strong, Drake's voice rolled like thunder through the wind and snow, echoing clearly inside the bridge of every Team Rocket warship. It carried an unquestionable authority, enough to strike awe into anyone who heard it. "Who are you? And what is your purpose here?"
He could clearly sense three faint yet extraordinarily pure energy fluctuations emanating from within the opposing flagship. They bore the signature of the Legendary Birds' primal power, matching the source of the disturbance reported by Pokémon League Headquarters exactly. He immediately concluded that these uninvited visitors were the culprits behind this worldwide catastrophe. Their presence was no coincidence.
Apollo, the