Fabius

**Fabius** (Japanese: **ファビウス** *Fuabiusu*) is a Pokémon hunter alongside his wife, Harlynn.

Together, Fabius and Harlynn became notorious for their reputation and impeccable track record within the black market, with the two being collectively known as the "**Chaotic Couple**" (Japanese: **混沌の夫婦** *Konton no Fūfu*).

## **New Era**

### **Background**

Not much is known about Fabius's background, or even how he and Harlynn met, but through the description from others, Fabius and Harlynn have been active and together for at least a decade, and quickly made a name for themselves in the criminal underworld, pulling out countless successful heists across Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn, and gained further notoriety for a highly dangerous task in the Unova region, where they successfully evaded the International Police.

### **Johto Journey**

Fabius and Harlynn arrive by helicopter at a large base hidden under a mountain range to meet with a scientist. The scientist reads their resume aloud, and comments on their impeccable record as Pokémon hunters, while also commenting on their side-jobs as mercenaries and for their reputation within the black market, and hopes that they live up to their reputation as the "Chaotic Couple". The scientist assigns them to a highly dangerous and profitable mission, and escorts the duo to his latest weapon, the Miracle Crystal, which is capable of controlling electricity. He demonstrates its power with a lightning show, and reveals that the Miracle Crystal both stores and attracts electricity.

Fabius and Harlynn later activate the crystal, which creates strong thunderstorms and dark clouds that cover the sky, attracting Pokémon from all over the area. There is no sign of Raikou yet, but Fabius assumes that making trouble with the Pokémon will make it more likely for Raikou to turn up. A Raichu tries to stop them, but an electric blast from the crystal quickly defeats it and the other Pokémon. Harlynn continues to grab the attracted Pokémon with the mecha's robotic claws. Dwayne, his Roselia, and Jade come upon the scene as a different, yellow-colored thundercloud appears in the distance. The legendary Raikou appears from the yellow thundercloud in a burst of lightning, and its arrival is welcomed by Fabius and Harlynn. Dwayne checks his Pokédex for details, and he is surprised to see a living legend. Raikou leaps down from a mountain summit and rescues the Pokémon with grace. Harlynn tries to grab Raikou, but it leaps into the air. Raikou retaliates with a Thunderbolt that is sucked into the crystal. Though it keeps attacking, the powerful Electric attacks are just sent right back at Raikou. As Fabius points out, the more Raikou fights, the stronger the crystal will get. Raikou collapses, but before Harlynn can capture it, Dwayne runs forward, telling them to stop. Roselia jumps in front of him, ready to battle, while Harlynn sends out Magnezone and Fabius sends out his Shiny Onix. Fabius warns Dwayne to leave or be destroyed. Jade calls out to Dwayne, but Dwayne ignores it. Dwayne sternly warns them to let Raikou go or they’ll have to deal with him.

The tense exchange of words between Fabius and Harlynn against Dwayne erupts into a battle. Magnezone begins with a Flash Cannon while Roselia responds with Solar Beam. Onix counters with Dragon Breath, stopping the Flash Cannon as well as inflicting damage on Roselia. After Dwayne gives some words of encouragement, Roselia endures the Dragon Breath and starts making her way over to Onix, but is hit by Magnezone's Gyro Ball. With Roselia struggling to get back up, Fabius uses the crystal to further weaken Raikou. After seeing Raikou in even more excruciating pain, Jade enters the battle with her Kangaskhan. Onix goes to use Slam, but Kangaskhan dodges and retaliates with Water Pulse, and follows up by using Return on Magnezone. While Magnezone and Onix are incapacitated by Kangaskhan, Fabius returns his attention to Raikou. Roselia then recovers and destroys the mecha's claws with Petal Blizzard. With no means to capture Raikou, Fabius orders a retreat. Harlynn creates a smokescreen, and they successfully manage to escape. Raikou turns to leave, but Dwayne calls after it and offers help. Raikou hits Dwayne with an electric bolt, throwing him back. Dwayne gets back up again, narrowly missing another attack. The two stare each other down, until Dwayne makes a step forward. Raikou goes to shock him again, but is countered by a blast from Roselia. Dwayne assures Raikou that they want to help it, promising that it can trust him. Raikou then collapses.

Later that evening, Fabius and Harlynn re-activate the crystal, and another thunderstorm is generated, and Raikou, who was taken to the Pokémon Center, heads directly towards their trap. Raikou soon appears in front of Fabius and Harlynn, who introduce themselves as its new masters. Raikou replies with another lightning bolt to the crystal, which just powers it up even more. Fabius sends out Onix to agitate Raikou into inadvertently giving more electricity to the crystal, which then sends out electricity everywhere. Next, Onix uses Dig and causes serious damage to Raikou. Suddenly, Eusine's car appears and Dwayne gets out. After Dwayne demands that they stop attacking Raikou, Fabius explains to him that they aren't doing anything that he didn't do with his Roselia. Dwayne disagrees, telling them to fight Raikou fairly. Fabius tells Dwayne that one doesn't profit by fighting fairly. Dwayne tells them that what they're doing is wrong, but they respond that they're simply acting like all Pokémon Trainers. Dwayne tells them that they don't understand Pokémon Trainers at all. He declares that battling is about self-improvement and the love of the contest, and not to steal the powers of a legendary creature for criminal motives, and tells the duo that he'll either save Raikou from them, or die trying, and Fabius says that it'll most likely be the latter.

As the Raikou jumps into battle, it is hit by the crystal's electricity. But before anyone can release a Pokémon, Onix uses Rock Throw on Dwayne and Jade. One large rock is heading straight for them, yet before they are hit, a beam from somewhere destroys it. Looking to where the beam came from, they see Dwight and his Haxorus, who says that he was there to save them, and mostly protect Jade. Dwight orders Haxorus to use Dragon Pulse, but it barely leaves a mark on Onix. Fabius orders Onix to retaliate with Slam, which Haxorus and Dwight narrowly avoid. Onix lashes at the trio with another Slam and follows up with a Rock Throw. Eusine goes to save them, but the falling Rock Throw prevents him from doing so.

Meanwhile, Raikou has collapsed from Miracle Crystal’s rebounded electric attacks. Harlynn then activates the capture bubble. The wall of purple energy slowly swells and causes extreme pain to Raikou as soon as it is trapped inside. Roselia blasts the bubble with a Power Whip, which concerns Fabius, who explains that the system is only designed to absorb electricity—it doesn't know how to handle any other form of energy. As Roselia begins to push the bubble back, Jade's Kangaskhan and Dwight's Haxorus join in with Power-Up Punch and Strength, respectively. Onix tries to use Dragon Breath to knock everyone out of the way, but the capture bubble explodes. Harlynn quickly grabs Raikou with her mecha’s claws and puts it into the cargo hold. The duo quickly fly off, but with Jade and Kangaskhan trapped inside with Raikou.

Raikou tries to blow its way out, but the walls are non-conductive. It then tries tackling the walls, but they are too strong for that to work either. Jade tries to calm Raikou down and promises to find a way out. During its rampage, Raikou scrapes away a piece of the floor. Jade sees some wires and yanks them apart, which makes the door open. They are too high up for Jade to be able to safely escape, but since Raikou can make the jump, she encourages it to free itself. Fabius activates the emergency override, but Raikou escapes before the door closes. The engines of the aircraft begin to fail as well, causing it to lose altitude. As the couple prepare to get Raikou back, it watches as they move away with Jade still trapped. Dwight panics while Dwayne tries to think of a new plan. Eusine tells him that the first rule of any rescue operation is to remain calm and urges him to remain calm like Dwayne. Dwayne decides to try contacting Jade using his Pokégear. They call her and have a brief but frantic exchange of words before Harlynn crushes Jade's Pokégear in her hand. Eusine suggests that they use the call log data to locate Jade.

Fabius and Harlynn land their aircraft once again and reactivate the Miracle Crystal in a bid to lure Raikou. Having seen the dark clouds reappear, Eusine, Dwayne, and Dwight drive cross-country towards the crystal. When they arrive, Dwight demands to see Jade, who is tied up but otherwise okay. Dwayne tells them to let Jade and Raikou go, but Eusine realizes that since Fabius and Harlynn has activated the crystal, they must not have Raikou. Suddenly, a huge bolt of lightning hits the crystal, and it seems that Raikou is planning to attack from outside of the crystal's range. Raikou is stronger than ever, but the group is right in the line of fire.

As electricity reflects off of the crystal and fires everywhere, Jade falls from the cliff she was on, but is rescued by Roselia. Harlynn releases Magnezone to attack Roselia with Tri Attack, which causes it to drop Jade. Both Dwayne and Dwight run to catch her, but Dwight trips and lands on his face, with Jade landing on top of him. Dwayne ensures that Jade is okay, but Dwight interrupts their private moment to remind them that he is the one that Jade fell on. Fabius then cuts in by ordering Onix to use Slam. Just as Eusine is about to send in his own Pokemon to save them, Raikou leaps in and attacks Onix head-on. Raikou then attacks Harlynn's mecha, tearing the control panel apart. Harlynn jumps out of the way and she has Magnezone swoop down with an Electro Ball. Raikou chews through a final wire before running away as the control panel explodes, blasting Magnezone back. The purple glow around the Miracle Crystal disappears.

The group wonders why Raikou risked battling face-to-face when it had initially been attacking from above. Dwayne realizes that Raikou does not just protect Electric-type Pokémon; it protects its friends, and considers the group to be so. Although they cannot control the crystal anymore, Fabius and Harlynn are still around. The reason for this appears when Raikou attacks them—the electricity is still drawn to the crystal, which sends a powerful blast back. Fabius explains that if the control panel is destroyed, the crystal will run on "auto-destruct," which means that its power is now twice as focused. The crystal hones in on Raikou, and then turns black. Its electric hooks sink into Raikou and pull it inwards. Fabius explains that it is impossible for Raikou to escape now. Fabius taunts that their legend will last forever as they have brains and science on their side, but Dwayne, Dwight, and Felicia will not let that happen. They send out Roselia, Kangaskhan, and Haxorus. Roselia uses Solar Beam, but the field now surrounding Raikou stops it. Dwayne suggests using combined forces again. Eusine interjects and he warns that if the field explodes with Raikou trapped inside, then the blast would be so powerful that it would destroy even Raikou.

With Raikou drained of its electricity, Eusine says that their only hope is the "all or nothing" plan. They would have to break the field open, grab Raikou, and then get out before the explosion, but whoever goes in might never come out. After a moment of deep consideration, Roselia volunteers herself. As Roselia runs forward, so do Kangaskhan and Haxorus. Magnezone and Onix attack, but Eusine sends out Alakazam to provide enough of a distraction to let the other Pokémon pass through. Roselia uses Power Whip on the field, while Haxorus uses Dual Chop. Fabius then sends his Muk into the battle to use Sludge Bomb. Kangaskhan counters with Rock Slide, but is hit by Magnezone's Gyro Ball. Magnezone then flies up to avoid Alakazam's Psybeam. While this is going on, Haxorus and Roselia begin to drain energy from the crystal's force field. Raikou wakes up, allowing it to flee on its own if they are successful, giving the other Pokémon enough time to get away.

Fabius orders Onix to use Dragon Breath on the Trainers, but Dwayne tells the Pokémon to concentrate on saving Raikou. As Muk bombards Kangaskhan with Sludge Bomb and Magnezone jabs Roselia with Gyro Ball, Onix goes after Dwayne, who has run to the edge of a cliff. Dwayne provokes Onix by saying that it couldn't crack a potato chip and is rescued from the attack by Alakazam, leaving Onix to fall into the river below. With Kangaskhan and Alakazam now keeping Magnezone and Muk in check with their attacks, Roselia and Haxorus have nearly broken the field, but they still don't have enough power. Suddenly, Roselia has an idea and yells out while looking at Dwayne, who questions what Roselia wanted. Roselia looks at his bag, Dwayne immediately realizes her intentions. He retrieves the Shiny Stone from his bag and throws it to Roselia, who upon contact with it, evolves into Roserade, allowing her to gain a power boost against the field. Onix suddenly bursts from the ground and prepares to attack Roserade and Haxorus, but Dwayne, Jade, and Dwight stand to defend their Pokémon. Eusine tells them to get out of the way, but Raikou breaks the field with a powerful electric attack that knocks Onix back. As the crystal cracks, Fabius and Harlynn realize that the ultimate system has met the ultimate Pokémon. They then run away, leaving becoming legends for another day.

Sometime later, Fabius and Harlynn are tasked with capturing a baby Lugia named Silver spotted near Ogi Isle. When they arrive for their mission, Fabius and Harlynn encounter Dwayne again, and both parties recognize each other instantly. As Fabius casts a net out to catch Silver, Dwayne calls out Totodile, and he slashes the net. Fabius and Harlynn call out their Loudred and Nosepass, respectively. Totodile is struck down by Loudred's Uproar and Nosepass's Rock Blast. Lagi's Pupitar uses Take Down on Loudred. Loudred unleashes a Stomp, but it proves useless against Pupitar's hard shell. Nosepass approaches with a Zap Cannon, but Totodile and sends Nosepass flying back at Loudred with Hydro Pump, so Harlynn and Fabius quickly recall their Pokémon. Harlynn calls for a full steam ahead approach, but Pupitar whips up a Sandstorm, forcing Harlynn and Fabius to retreat, as Harlynn slowly starts to become angrier.

Shortly thereafter, Fabius and Harlynn return after having placed a tracker on Lugia. As Oliver swims closer on his Lanturn, Dwayne and Lagi aboard a rowboat behind him, and Fabius sends out a mechanical arm to collect Silver's cage. Dwayne sends out Totodile and he slices the claw with his Slash attack. Fabius sends out his Loudred, but Totodile uses a Crunch attack to make quick work of it. Harlynn orders her Nosepass to use Sandstorm to create a cover. Harlynn and Fabius grab Silver in its cage and begin their escape. Their large submarine knocks Oliver and the others into the ocean. Dwayne and the others stare hopelessly at the open waters as both the mercenaries and Silver are out of sight. With the child Lugia now captured, the head scientist proudly stands in front of the new catch as it cries. Fabius and Harlynn show up and suggest they use the child Lugia as a lure to capture its parent.

Dwayne's Silver Wing continues to beam a frightening red light as the parent Lugia continues its destruction. After a while in the cave, Dwayne decides that he is going to face Lugia and try to get it to believe them. Lagi agrees, and goes with Dwayne. However Lugia fires a beam at them, which they all dodge easily. This continues for a while until finally it's a now-or-never situation. Eventually, Lugia calms down and believes Dwayne and Lagi when they promise to find its child. Lugia stops the storm and flies away. With that, now they have a new objective, finding the enemy's base. Their Pokémon do a scout of the area but cannot find anything. Lagi notices the Silver Wing hadn't responded whatsoever, and considers that Fabius and Harlynn are likely still in the area hoping to catch the parent as well. Everyone decides an underwater search is in order. Soon enough, Oliver's Lanturn seems to have found something, so everyone puts on scuba gears and dives into the ocean. They don't find much, until they notice a small submarine and they follow it directly to the enemy's operational base.

The head scientist authorizes the next plan, and so the underwater base ascends to the surface. After the base had emerged, they place the child Lugia still in its cage and with some contraption onto the shore and wait for its parent to arrive. Oliver is keen to go as well, but Dwayne demands he wait as he could assist them from a distance. Dwayne and Lagi notice the parent zeroing in on its child and they try to warn it, though Fabius and Harlynn stand in their way. They send out Loudred and Nosepass, and Harlynn activates a special headband that powers up the two Pokémon. Dwayne and Lagi have Totodile and Pupitar use Water Gun and Dark Pulse to stop Lugia from falling for their trap. But Harlynn has Loudred aim an Echoed Voice at the pair. Dwayne and Lagi send out their own Fire power, Houndour and Charmeleon, respectively. The duo tries to keep Lugia at bay, but Harlynn and Fabius counter each of their attempts. Loudred knocks Houndour with its enraged Hyper Voice, while Charmeleon is recalled after being hit by a powerful Stone Edge. Dwayne and Lagi try to warn the parent again, but this time Lugia lashes out at them with an Aeroblast. Lugia reaches its child and the trap activates, holding Lugia captive in a field of energy.

The base soon returns to underwater. Dwayne wakes up later, only to find himself and Lagi in a cage. The head scientist, Fabius, and Harlynn gaze at their captured parent Lugia, and so they whisk the child off to another room. Dwayne and Lagi are determined to fulfill their promise to Lugia, but with their Poké Balls separated from them the situation looks dire. The lights suddenly come on and the head scientist greets his captives. He declares that Pokémon are designed to serve humanity, but Dwayne and Lagi refute these claims. The head scientist brags about his headband devices used by Fabius and Harlynn earlier, which harnesses the power of rage to make a Pokémon more powerful. He plans to do the same to Lugia, but he decides to demonstrate the technology on their Pokémon first.

Later, Oliver leaves to rescue Dwayne and Lagi. He and Lanturn locate their underwater base and Oliver slips inside through an opening. Oliver emerges from the ventilation system, but he is immediately spring by a guard. Oliver continues to struggle to free himself, but ultimately does so after kicking the guard in the groin. As the head scientist begins to choose which Pokémon to experiment on, Dwayne and Lagi distract him with their pleas. Oliver breaks in through a ventilation shaft and punches in the lock code, opening the door from the cage. Dwayne tackles the head scientist into a wall. He then breaks the mechanism and smashes the claw directly into the control console. Lagi also gathers his and Dwayne's Poké Balls. Dwayne and Lagi thank Oliver, but the head scientist presses an alert button, and as the group tries to leave the facility they find themselves surrounded by guards. Fabius and Harlynn call on their Pokémon with the power headbands on them. Nosepass starts off with a Zap Cannon and Loudred uses Stomp, but Totodile and Charmeleon easily dodge both attacks. Dwayne and Lagi have a plan though, they have their Pokémon aim their attacks at the gadgets. Totodile's Water Gun and Charmeleon's Flamethrower destroy the headbands as planned. With the Pokémon powerless, both Totodile and Charmeleon do a head on Slash attack and knock them out. The battle is cut short when the head scientist alerts Fabius and Harlynn to some activity in Lugia’s area.

Fabius and Harlynn arrive and are disturbed to see Lugia almost freeing itself, which it quickly does so. With that, the parent Lugia goes berserk on the base, firing a beam at random locations. The beam also causes a breach of the base's protective walls, which causes the base to rise to the surface. Dwayne and the others soon reach Silver, but the head scientist is standing in their way. He sends out an Electabuzz with the provoker headband device. Dwayne and Lagi send out their Houndour and Charmeleon to do the job. Electabuzz goes for a Thunder Punch, leaving a crater in the floor, but Houndour and Charmeleon manage to dodge the attack. They retaliate with a Flamethrower each, but Electabuzz uses Light Screen to the attack's power in half. Electabuzz unleashes a powerful Thunderbolt, hitting both Houndour and Charmeleon easily. The head scientist continues to dial up the rage level of his Electabuzz, making Houndour's and Charmeleon's attempts useless. Lagi suggests they aim for the controller in the head scientist's hands, and Dwayne agrees to the idea. Houndour acts a distraction, and while the head scientist focuses on the battle, Charmeleon delivers a direct hit with Flamethrower and breaks the controller. The Electabuzz snaps out of its rage, and the two Fire-type Pokémon perform a double Flamethrower attack to then knock it out. Afterwards, the group works on opening the Silver’s cage. Houndour and Charmeleon use Flamethrower to heat up the metal cage. Totodile follows up with a Water Gun attack to cool it down. The sudden changes in temperature causes the metal to become brittle. Pupitar bashes its way through the bars to free Silver. Oliver is glad to see his friend again, and the pair exchange a hug.

The parent Lugia continues to Aeroblast its way through the base, causing incredible damage. Dwayne and his friends wheel Silver through the hallways and stop when they spot its parent. Dwayne attempts to reason with Lugia, but it is too berserk to listen. Silver calls out to its parent, and this instantly calms Lugia down. Lagi looks above him and notices debris is about to hit everyone. They shield themselves in anticipation, but Lugia protects them from harm with its Protect. The group realizes Lugia now trusts them and they thank it. Soon they start to make their way out of the base and dive for the ocean. The base finally explodes, but the mighty ocean drags the debris down to the seafloor, although Harlynn and Fabius managed to escape.

### **Frontier Challenge**

Approximately a year later, Fabius and Harlynn were hired to kidnap Professor Oak and take him to the Seafoam Islands, where their client would demand Oak to give him a detailed summary on Pokérus for his desire to make ill Pokémon stronger, and where to obtain it, but Oak refuses to comply, resulting in Fabius being forced to torture Oak for information, pressing a burning rod against Oak's leg, causing Oak to screech in pain. However, this ultimately caused their location to be compromised, as Dwayne's Dragonite crashes in their warehouse, followed by Dwayne himself, Bayley, and Officer Jenny.

Harlynn expresses her fury upon seeing Dwayne again, cursing for interfering with their plans yet again, but Dwayne simply tells them to hand the Professor over. Harlynn refuses and the two pick up Professor Oak and run out the back door. Dwayne and Bayley run after them, but Professor Oak is already being loaded into the lorry and Fabius sends out his Mightyena. Dragonite uses Hurricane, but Mightyena hits it with a Thunder Fang. Bayley sends out Butterfree, which Mightyena attacks with Bite. Butterfree then counters with Gust, and Mightyena then uses Tackle on Butterfree, but Dragonite intercepts it with Dragon Claw, as Harlynn sends out her Granbull to attack Dragonite with Ice Fang.

As Mary calls to Dwayne and Bayley to be careful, Mightyena strikes Butterfree down with an Iron Tail, and so Bayley recalls him. Dwayne sends Dragonite into the battle, and Granbull uses Play Rough on her. Dragonite recovers and uses Hurricane, but Mightyena jumps aside, but some stray wind blades manage to cut the rope tying up Professor Oak. Fabius and Harlynn run over to get him back, busying Dwayne's Dragonite by sending their own Pokémon in to attack. Dragonite uses Twister on Mightyena, who falls on Granbull. Bayley then sends out her Pikachu, who uses Volt Tackle on the two of them, sending them into Fabius and Harlynn. As Dwayne and Bayley check to see if Professor Oak is alright, Fabius and Harlynn manage to escape, but not before Harlynn curses at Dwayne, vowing to make him pay once and for all for ruining their plans and reputation.

### **Intermission**

Sometime later, Fabius and Harlynn both agreed that Dwayne's interferences in their plans had caused enough problems for them, and to avoid ruining their reputation even further, decide to eliminate him once and for all. They gather as much research as possible about the young Trainer, before embarking on their helicopter and flying towards Pallet Town, Dwayne's hometown. Fabius and Harlynn then put on a Golem and Nidoqueen costume, respectively, in order to blend in with the other Pokémon.

Dwayne's Growlithe notices them, and blocks their path, sniffing them. Harlynn kicks him away in frustration, but Growlithe retaliates with a Roar. Fabius, however, reflects it with a tool on hand, sending Growlithe backwards into the bushes. As Growlithe recovers, he runs off to tell Dwayne's Roserade. However, by the time the two get there, Fabius and Harlynn have already set off again. Harlynn accidentally steps on Misdreavus, who was taking a nap, and she reponds by using Shadow Ball. However, Fabius uses a fire extinguisher on her, and the two leave, just as Roserade and Growlithe catch up to Misdreavus.

Fabius and Harlynn soon reach the laboratory, though not before being noticed by Dwayne's Butterfree. As Fabius cuts a hole in the window, he comments that Dwayne would soon become a bad memory. Harlynn reaches through the hole to unlatch the window, and they enter the lab. Fabius and Harlynn soon sneak into the Poké Ball room, which has no security alarms surprisingly. Meanwhile, Butterfree guides Dwayne and the others over to the damaged window. He immediately rushes over to Professor Oak to tell him that someone has broken in. They search the lab until they reach the Poké Ball room, where they are shocked to see that all the Poké Balls are gone. Dwayne says that whoever did this must be professionals.

The Pokémon begin to spread the word. As all the Pokémon search, Fabius and Harlynn attempt to gain some distance with their costumes, mumbling that they'll wait for Dwayne to get to them instead of the other way around, with the Poké Balls inside a container covered by a a Muk cloak. However, a Nidoking spots them and tries to hug Harlynn. When they manage to lose that, Dwayne's Muk turns up and smothers the Poké Balls. Meanwhile, Butterfree locates the helicopter just as Muk has now covered both Harlynn and Fabius, who can't get up.

Roserade uses Power Whip to uncover the sheet covering the helicopter just as everyone hears a loud noise and see sonic waves being fired towards the sky, and Professor Oak says that it was Butterfree's Supersonic and assumes Butterfree found the thieves. As all the Pokémon rush over to the spot, Fabius and Harlynn attempt to hide. For a moment, they think they have made it, but then Roberta and Jade step forward, barring the way. Professor Oak and Dwayne come in behind them, and tell them that they are completely surrounded. Roberta tells them to give up now, or they would probably get hurt. Fabius and Harlynn then admit their plan failed and remove their costumes, and Dwayne recognizes the two, and proceeds to explain to the others about his previous encounters with the two. Professor Oak admonishes them for stealing the Pokémon, but Fabius exclaims their goal wasn't to steal the Pokémon, and they simply stumbled upon the Poké Ball room and simply took it as a bonus, and Roberta then asks what their real goal was.

Just as Fabius attempts to explain, Harlynn uncharacteristically snaps and says they were there to eliminate Dwayne as he'd interfered in their plans far too many times, and she begins to sadistically remark on all the way manners she was looking foward to torture him before finally putting him out of his misery, and her outburts even causes Fabius to become stunned. Roberta then shakes with anger, as she then says they signed their own death warrant for threatning to kill her beloved child, and notes that as his mother, merely hearing about her child's hypothetical murder at the hands of another caused her to feel pure rage, and vows to make them pay for coming after Dwayne, but nonetheless gives them one final chance to surrender. Fabius seems to consider, but Harlynn screeches that she wouldn't stop until Dwayne was dead and calls out her Chandelure and when she angrily demands Fabius to fight too, Fabius sends out his Slowking. Dwayne decides to battle, but Roberta and Jade tell him to let them battle instead. Harlynn lets out a maniacal laugh, and says she wouldn't play this time around, and Dwayne's Eevee steps forward to battle, and Jade recognizes that Eevee also wanted to battle to protect her Trainer, and Eevee nods in agreement. Roberta sends out her Nidoqueen while Jade battles with Eevee.

Chandelure starts off with Inferno, which Nidoqueen dodges. Slowking then uses Tackle, but Eevee uses Sand-Attack to blind Slowking, and Nidoqueen steps up to attack with Mega Punch, and Eevee uses Helping Hand to boost Nidoqueen's attack power, sending Slowking flying. Next, Nidoqueen attacks Chandelure with Surf, which engulfs both Chandelure and Slowking. While they are busy, Harlynn summons her Flaaffy to use Thunder Shock on Eevee, but Nidoqueen steps in front of the attack to take the blow due to her Ground-type immunity against Electric-type attacks. Fabius orders Slowking to use Power Gem on Nidoqueen, but Jade orders Eevee to use Copycat on Flaaffy to use a Thunder Shock of her own onto Slowking, causing super-effective damage. Harlynn then grows angrier and commands Chandelure to use Smog all over the area to suffocate them, and Fabius attempts to talk her out of it, as they could get affected, but Harlynn doesn't listen, and she says that they would all perish by her own hands. Chandelure does so, and everyone starts coughing, but Dwayne's Butterfree quickly uses Gust to blow the Smog away. As everyone still continues to cough as a result of Smog, Latias arrives and seeing the scene, quickly uses Safeguard around the area, and everyone heals from the coughing as a result.

Roberta then says that they would pay for doing this, and Harlynn simply laughs and orders Chandelure and Flaaffy to use Shadow Ball and Thunder, respectively. Roberta quickly tells Nidoqueen to use Surf, which engulfs both attacks, but they are colliding, and Jade has Eevee use Copycat to create a second Surf attack, which combines itself with Nidoqueen's Surf to expand the wave, and sends Chandelure and Flaaffy flying, who are knocked out. Harlynn then begins shaking in anger and she sends out her Lunatone and Solrock and tells them to use Explosion and Self-Destruct, respectively. Everyone except Harlynn panics, as they know the combined might of Explosion and Self-Destruct would possibly destroy a large part of the forest, and many Pokémon would get caught in the blast. Fabius then pleads for Harlynn to stop, but she doesn't respond as she's too focused on her enemies to notice her husband would also get caught in the explosion.

Roberta quickly comes up with a plan, and orders Nidoqueen to use Dig underneath Solrock and Lunatone and create deep crater, which she quickly does so. Roberta then tells Jade to help her put Lunatone and Solrock deep into the hole, and Jade tells Eevee to Baby-Doll Eyes, which weakens both Lunatone's and Solrock's attack power and leaves them flustered enough for Nidoqueen to knock them down the crater with Mega Punch. Then, Roberta sends out her Clefable and commands her to use Protect onto the hole, and Roberta asks for further assistance. Eevee then joins them and uses Copycat to mimic Protect, and even Fabius joins in with his Machop also using Protect, and all three Pokémon use Protect just as Solrock and Lunatone's attack are launched, and the explosion is barely contained.

As Harlynn curses her enemies for their intrusion yet again, Fabius steps in front of her, saying that she's gone too far, and she nearly got herself killed. Harlynn remains with a crazed look in her eyes, and says that she would put an end to all of her enemies, until Fabius also mentions that she nearly got him killed, and this was enough to snap Harlynn out of her crazed state, and once she regains her common sense, she faints onto Fabius's arms, and Fabius informs them that they surrender as he hugs his wife and apologizes to her for not keeping her in line. Dwayne then walks over to them and tells him that he wasn't sorry for them as they were out to kill him but also urges them to retire from crime, and Fabius takes a moment and agrees with Dwayne, and while not excusing their actions, Fabius explains that they only turned to crime because their lives weren't necessarily a happy one before they met each other, and Dwayne simply says that they already made plenty enough of money and should run off and live the rest of their lives in peace. Fabius is shocked and asks what Dwayne meant, and Dwayne simply stares down at him, and Fabius silently nods before picking up his wife and getting into their helicopter and flying away, but not before Fabius thanks Dwayne and promises that they would not only retire from crime, but also says that they would never meet each other again.

## **Character**

In contrast to his wife Harlynn, Fabius acts as the duo's mouthpiece, being extremely talkative, often using his words to taunt anyone who attempts to interfere with their plans. Fabius is also extremely ruthless, cruel, and is prone to toying with his targets, though his wife's calm composure keeps him in line. Despite being physically more intimidating, Fabius follows his wife's orders and suggestions without any hesitation, and never chooses to ignore her words of wisdom.

Because of their previously impeccable track record, Fabius tends to underestimate his opponents and their Pokémon, regardless of what species and/or rarity they might be. His arrogance and pride ultimately proved their failure as Fabius and Harlynn couldn't detain the combined efforts of Dwayne, Jade, Dwight, and Eusine in their decision to defend Raikou from them, and were ultimately forced to retreat, which shattered their near decade-long track record.

After Dwayne continually disrupted their plans whenever they encountered each other, Fabius and Harlynn both developed a strong hatred towards the young Trainer, and they ultimately decided to eliminate Dwayne to prevent him from ever intefering with them again, going out of their way to carefully plan an entire operation in order to get rid of him. However, once Harlynn's instability surfaced, causing her to relentlessly attempt to kill Dwayne, going as far as willing to destroy herself by ordering her Solrock and Lunatone to blow themselves up, Fabius discarted his grudge against Dwayne, and even worked together with him and his allies to contain the explosion, and subsequently thanked Dwayne for letting them leave in peace, with the promises of retiring from criminality and them never having to meet each other again.

Fabius loves his wife deeply, and his love for Harlynn was stronger than any of his selfish desires to continue a life of crime, and his wife's safety and mental well-being were the catalyst for Fabius deciding to walk away from their life of crime, and settling their score with Dwayne after the latter allowed them to run away in peace, with Fabius mumbling to his wife that they would spend the rest of their lives together without worries again.

## **Pokémon**

### **On Hand**

Onix's known moves are Dragon Breath, Slam, Dig, and Rock Throw.

Muk's only known move is Sludge Bomb.

Loudred's known moves are Uproar, Stomp, and Echoed Voice.

Mightyena's known moves are Thunder Fang, Bite, Tackle, and Iron Tail.

Slowking's known moves are Tackle and Power Gem.

Machop's only known move is Protect.