Meeting Looker

Today the gang was on a train that would take them to Lake Acuity. It wasn't long before Ash was going to battle Paul. Since the gang was no longer in the cold section of Sinnoh, they were not wearing their warm clothes anymore. Ash had carefully thought about what Pokemon he was going to use against Paul and now he knew what six Pokemon to use.

"So Ash, what are you thinking about?" Dawn asked.

"Well Dawn." Ash said. "I'm thinking that my Pokemon and I will show Paul how much we've grown since the last time we battled him. I'm sure you remember Paul has looked down on me and my Pokemon since we first encountered each other. But now I will teach him a lesson for looking down on us."

The others understood Ash's feelings.

Just then a man wearing a brown coat came up to the gang.

"Hi there." The man said. "Would you kids like some lunch box bentos? I somehow ended up buying too many lunch box bentos."

"Well I do feel hungry, so yes I'll take one please." Ash said.

"I want one too please." Tomo said.

"Me as well please." Dawn added.

"Same here please." Brock continued.

So the man gave some of his lunchbox bentos to the gang.

"Our names are Ash, Tomo, Dawn and Brock." The gang introduced themselves to him.

"My name is Looker." Looker introduced himself as well.

He still had some more lunchbox bentos and decided to give some to the train driver, the engineer and the assistant Pokemon.

"A electric type Pokemon powers the train." Brock explained.

"I wonder what kind of electric type Pokemon it is?" Dawn asked out loud.

The answer turned out to be an Ampharos; the gang decided to see the Pokemon with Looker. Ampharos's electricity not only powered the train, it also helped the train when it came to steep climbs and starting at a full stop. The train engineers were very happy to have Ampharos as part of the team.

Suddenly the train driver noticed a red light signal and he stopped the train. He then called the railway center for information on the red light. It seemed though there was no danger ahead for a red signal and the signal was not malfunctioning either.

"Why is the signal red then?" Tomo asked.

The engineer had a feeling there might be some unreported trouble up ahead, so he decided to go out and have a look. Looker said he would go too to help out just in case. As the train wasn't going anywhere for a while, the gang decided to have lunch outside with all their Pokemon. Thanks to Looker giving the gang lunchbox bentos, Brock didn't need to cook this time.

*Meanwhile...*

The engineer and Looker had come to a junction with some points. Looker was staring at two different sets of tracks, while the engineer checked everything in a shed.

"Obviously this other track hasn't been used for a while." Looker said to himself. "But it looks sort of brand new due to no rust here."

The truth is, Looker was a detective and he was investigating the matter because something didn't feel right to him. The engineer came out of the control shed and he told Looker that someone had changed the controls and the track switch.

"They must have done it deliberately." Looker said. "That way our train would stop and they would use the abandoned track. It's simple to know that when you take a good look."

The engineer told Looker to get back to the train while he checked the next junction ahead.

"I'll make a full report on this." The engineer said.

But while the engineer ran up the track, Looker secretly went down the abandoned track to investigate further.

At that time the gang had finished their lunches and Ash decided to do some training before it was time to face Paul.

"Okay Pikachu, Staraptor, Grotle, Lucario, Chimchar and Empoleon it's time to train." He said.

Pikachu, Staraptor, Grotle, Lucario, Chimchar and Empoleon were the six Pokemon he decided to use.

"Okay first up we'll do some stretching and running exercises then we'll work on your moves." Ash said.

He and his Pokemon got to work at once while Dawn, Tomo and Brock watched.

"I hope Ash will win his battle." Dawn said. "I mean don't get me wrong he's a strong trainer, but whenever those two battle Paul turns out to be stronger."

"Yes but Ash has trained hard since he last battled Paul." Brock said. "And anyway when it comes to battles Ash has more heart with his Pokemon than Paul does."

"That's true." Dawn said.

While Ash was training his Pokemon, Looker had come across an old abandoned train warehouse and mines. He went inside the warehouse and had a look around. On the wall there was an old map of where every train track led too and one of the tracks led to Lake Acuity. Looker figured that whoever changed the controls must have wanted to go to Lake Acuity. Then he took out some special scanning goggles from his coat to look for more clues. Thanks to the goggles, Looker noticed there were freshly made footprints on the floor and they were not his.

"Someone must have used these tracks to transport something." He said to himself.

Suddenly he noticed a small bit of paper on the floor and picked it up to look at it. The bit of paper had the symbol of Team Galactic on it.

"I knew it was them." He said, sternly.

Looker was investigating Team Galactic.