After school at noon, Eddie went to the express delivery shop to mail the Water Stone before going home. After sending the items, he planned to take Chikorita home for lunch.
Just when Eddie and Chikorita were about to reach home, the sky suddenly became covered with dark clouds. In almost the blink of an eye, it became dark.
The dark clouds came suddenly, and then strong winds began to blow.
The wind came suddenly, as if it blew up all of a sudden, and Eddie was almost blown away by the wind.
Although Coumarine City is close to the ocean, its climate has always been mild and stable, and such extreme weather rarely occurs. Eddie felt a little uneasy.
Now is the harvest season for orchards, and such strong winds will cause great damage to the orchards.
Eddie felt distressed when he thought about the fruits that were about to be harvested being blown down by the strong wind. He quickly shouted to Chikorita:
"Chikorita, let's go home quickly!"
"Chiko~"
Chikorita responded and immediately followed Eddie up the mountain. Because the wind was too strong, the small Chikorita was blown all over the place and couldn't run fast, so Eddie had to pick it up.
But before Eddie could run home, heavy rain came down and Eddie was soaked in an instant.
"Gar~" Baby!
At this time, Selene's voice sounded. Eddie looked forward through the rain and saw his mother walking towards him with a psychic barrier.
It turned out that Selene saw a sudden strong wind at home. He thought that Eddie was about to come back from school, so he was worried and went out to greet him.
Although this kind of extreme weather is rare in Coumarine City, Eddie and Selene would encounter it every now and then when they lived on the island, so Selene was not too panicked. Selene quickly ran to Eddie, covered Eddie and Chikorita with a psychic barrier, and then pulled them both to run quickly home.
When they got home, the rain outside was getting heavier. Under the cover of rain, they could hardly see the scene in front of them, and the water vapor was everywhere.
Boom!!!
At this moment, a golden light suddenly flashed across the sky, followed by a loud thunderclap in Eddie's ears, which scared him hard.
"Why is the thunder so loud?" Eddie asked as he took the towel handed to him by Salandit and wiped his wet hair.
"Gardevoir~"
Selene shook his head. This was the first time he had encountered such weather since he came to Coumarine City.
"Why does this weather look so strange to me!" Eddie said absentmindedly as he looked at the heavy rain outside.
Not only Eddie felt strange, Selene and Salandit also felt strange. Salandit even hugged Selene's calf and trembled in fear.
"How's the situation in the staff dormitory? Is everyone back?" Eddie suddenly asked.
"Gardev~"
Selene shook his head to indicate that she didn't know. She was in a hurry to go out to pick up Eddie and had not had time to see the situation over there.
Eddie looked around the house and found that the Brionne and the Helioptile had not returned either, so he found a raincoat at home and put it on, and said to Selene:
"I'll go check out the staff dormitory."
"Gardivo~" I'll go with you.
Selene said worriedly.
Eddie thought about it and nodded in agreement. In such a severe storm, if he didn't have his mother's psychic powers to help him, if anything happened, he might not be able to handle it alone.
"Chiko~Chikori~" I want to go too, I want to go too.
At this time, Chikorita jumped and said.
"You better stay at home. It's windy and rainy outside. It's dangerous for you to go out." Eddie said as he touched Chikorita's head.
"Chikorita~" Okay, I get it.
Chikorita lowered her head in disappointment.
Eddie then released the Larvitar from the Poké Ball, and said to it, Chikorita, and Salandit: "The house is left to the three of you, don't run around casually."
"Chiko~"
"Sala~"
"Larvitar~"
The three little guys held hands and took on the task assigned to them by Eddie with serious expressions.
Then Eddie and Selene each put on a raincoat and walked into the wind and rain. After a while, they disappeared in the rain.
Chikorita stared at Eddie's gradually disappearing figure, her face full of worry.
Under the dual protection of raincoats and psychic powers, Eddie and Selene walked to the staff dormitory building with difficulty.
When passing by the orchard, Eddie noticed that many fruit trees had their branches broken by the strong wind, and a lot of fruits had fallen into the mud on the ground, which made Eddie very sad.
But he was powerless. In the face of the great power of nature, his power was so small.
Fortunately, Eddie's houses were built solidly, and they can stand firm even in such strong winds and rain.
Just as Eddie and Selene walked into the staff building, his phone rang. It was the homeroom teacher, Mr. Hanada, who told Eddie that he didn't need to go to school in the afternoon because it was raining too heavily and it was unsafe.
Eddie thought about it and called the Blue Bird Orphanage again. The wind and rain were so severe that he was a little worried about the situation there.
Director Eleanor answered the phone quickly and told Eddie that everything was fine at the orphanage. Eli and the others came back early from school at noon and did not catch the wind and rain, so they were all at home now.
Eddie felt relieved that everything was fine at the orphanage.
After entering the staff dormitory, Eddie first went to see Arcanine and the others. They are Fire-type Pokémon, so their resistance to such heavy rain is naturally weaker.
Eddie walked to Captain Talonflame's door and looked inside. He saw Captain Talonflame lying in the room with his head tucked into his wings and his eyes closed.
The arrival of Eddie and Selene caught its attention. It looked up and saw that the people coming were Eddie and Selene. It asked the mother and son with a puzzled look what they were doing.
"It's windy and rainy outside, I was worried something might happen, so I came to see you. Have all the Talonflame, Fletchinder and Fletchling returned?" Eddie said.
Captain Talonflame was very touched by Eddie's concern. He had already counted them in advance and found that all the Talonflame, Fletchinder and Fletchling had returned to their nests.
They are quite sensitive to the weather. When the wind started to blow hard, Captain Talonflame asked his subordinates to fly back to the staff dormitory, so they were not even wet by the rain.
Before they came back, they also notified the other Pokémon in the orchard, so everyone should have returned by now.
Although Captain Talonflame said so, Eddie was still a little worried, so he planned to go and see for himself.
Then Eddie went to see the Excadrill family of three, Florges and the Flabébé, Purrloin and the three Ghost-type Pokémon (Gastly, Haunter and Litwick), Nidoking, Nidoqueen, and Leavanny.
These Pokémon are all safe and sound at home, only some of them got caught in the rain, but it's not a big problem.
After just turning around, Eddie still didn't see Vaporeon, Brionne, and Helioptile.
He originally thought that Brionne and Helioptile did not have time to go home due to the heavy rain, so they temporarily hid in the staff dormitory. Unexpectedly, not only were they not there, but even Vaporeon was missing.
After some inquiries, Eddie learned from the Leavanny that the Brionne and the Vaporeon wanted to take advantage of this rare rainy day to experience how to better develop the Rain Dance move.
This is really progressive... Eddie didn't know how to describe it for a moment.
As for Helioptile, not a single Pokémon noticed where it went.
At this moment, there was another burst of thunder in the sky, this time louder than the previous one. Not only was Eddie startled, but even the Pokémon in the staff dormitory began to become frightened.
Somehow, the Pokémons suddenly felt a little restless. The strange rainy weather revealed an aura that made them feel extremely depressed.
Selene also had this feeling, and he told Eddie about it, which made Eddie feel again that this heavy rain was unusual.
Because he was too worried about Brionne, Helioptile and Vaporeon, Eddie had to go out with Selene in the heavy rain to look for them.
At the same time, the extreme weather in Coumarine City attracted the attention of the three Legendary Birds in the Cave of the Sea God.
In the Cave of the Sea God, Lugia was still in deep sleep, and it would take time to slowly cleanse the remaining power of Yveltal from it.
During this period, the three Legendary Birds have been silently guarding it and have not gone anywhere.
On the white jade pillar, three Legendary Birds were lying there with their eyes closed, and in the middle was the sleeping Lugia.
At this moment, Zapdos suddenly opened his eyes and looked in the direction of Coumarine City, with a puzzled look on his face.
Articuno and Moltres, who noticed Zapdos's actions, also opened their eyes.
"What's wrong?" asked Articuno.
"Something is wrong. The weather in Coumarine City has suddenly become abnormal. I sense a breath of the same origin as mine raging there." Zapdos replied.
Upon hearing this, Articuno and Moltres both looked solemn.
"I hope there won't be any problem," asked Moltres.
"Why don't you go and take a look." At this time, Articuno looked at Zapdos and said.
Zapdos thought for a moment and nodded.
But just as Zapdos stood up, Articuno suddenly said, "Why not let Moltres come along too?"
Since it can cause Zapdos to be wary, it means that the other party is not simple. Articuno is a little worried about letting Zapdos go alone.
Among the three Legendary Birds, the one who always makes the decision is the cool-headed Articuno. After hearing what Articuno said, Moltres nodded.
So Zapdos and Moltres flew out of the Cave of the Sea God together and flew towards Coumarine City together.
Eddie searched for a while in the storm and finally found Brionne and Vaporeon in an open space. The two Pokémon were looking up at the dark clouds in the sky in a daze.
As Water-type Pokémon, they were not affected by the heavy rain at all. Instead, they felt like fish in water.
"Brionne! Vaporeon..."
Boom!!!
Eddie had just shouted when another thunderclap sounded in the sky, directly covering up his voice. This time the thunder felt much closer to Eddie than the previous times, as if it was ringing right next to his ears.
"Brionne! Vaporeon!"
Eddie shouted again, and this time the two Pokémon finally heard it. They turned around and looked in the direction of Eddie and Selene. When they saw Eddie and Selene appear in the heavy rain, they were surprised and then ran quickly to Eddie and Selene.
"Are you okay?" Eddie shouted at the top of his voice. If he didn't do this, his voice would be drowned out by the sound of the rain and no one else would be able to hear it.
The Brionne and the Vaporeon quickly shook their heads, indicating that they were fine, and urged Eddie to go back quickly and not to worry about them.
Seeing that they were really fine, Eddie stopped worrying and asked, "Did you see where the Helioptile went?"
The Brionne pointed in a direction. Eddie looked in the direction it pointed and saw that it was the place where the lightning rod was set up on the mountain.
There? Eddie looked surprised.
"You guys be careful outside, I'll go find Helioptile!" Eddie said loudly, and then under the protection of Selene's psychic barrier, he walked towards the direction of the lightning rod step by step.
It was too difficult to move in a storm. Eddie and Selene took a long time to get there. To their surprise, the mother and son found that the lightning rod was wrapped with thin strands of golden electric current, and the Helioptile was lying underneath, absorbing the current bit by bit.
Every time the Helioptile absorbed a trace of electric current, its body trembled, but a happy expression appeared on its face, exactly the same as its reaction when it was doing health care.
"Helioptile!"
Eddie did not go near there, but shouted at the Helioptile from a distance.
The Helioptile had just shivered when it heard Eddie calling it, and it hurried to Eddie.
"Hey~Hey~Hey" Eddie, why are you here? It's raining so heavily, you should go back quickly.
Drops of water kept dripping from the Helioptile's body. It raised its head and said to Eddie with a worried look on its face.
Eddie said unhappily, "You're still scolding me. What are you doing here? Don't you know how to go home in such heavy rain?"
"Hey beep~hey beep~hey beep~"
The Helioptile pointed at the lightning rod not far away and explained to Eddie in a long and confusing manner. Only then did Eddie understand that when it rained, the Helioptile was originally preparing to go home.
At that time, it was passing near a lightning rod, and then a loud thunder sounded. The Helioptile saw a faint electric current flashing on the lightning rod, and the current seemed to have a strong attraction to it.
So the Helioptile couldn't help but walk over.
Under the strong temptation of thunder and lightning, the Helioptile couldn't help but try to absorb a little bit, but he didn't expect that this attempt would be unstoppable.
After the lightning entered the body of the Helioptile, it made the Helioptile feel like bathing in a hot spring. It seemed that all the cells in its body had learned to breathe and absorbed all the electric current without leaving a trace.
Because the feeling of absorbing lightning was so wonderful, the Helioptile forgot the time for a moment. It was not until Eddie came over that it realized that quite a while had passed.
When Eddie was communicating with the Helioptile, Zapdos and Moltres happened to pass over Mystic Mountain. Through the layers of dark clouds, the Zapdos, with its extremely excellent eyesight, saw Eddie at a glance.
"Look, it's that human!" Zapdos said to Moltres.
Moltres also noticed Eddie after being reminded by Zapdos.
"So that human lives here. I remember his name seemed to be Eddie, right?" said Moltres.
Even though it was still raining in the sky, the raindrops falling on the Moltres would be instantly evaporated by the flames wrapped around it.
Of course, this kind of weather can't do anything to Moltres, but it doesn't like it either.
"Yes, that's the name." Zapdos replied.
The two Legendary Birds couldn't help but be impressed by the human cub who saved Lugia.
Zapdos and Moltres did not stay over Mystic Mountain for long after seeing Eddie. They discovered that the source of the abnormal weather was in the mountains far away from Mystic Mountain. They were thinking about rushing over to solve it and had no intention of reminiscing with anyone.
Because the sky was covered with dark clouds, Eddie naturally did not see the Zapdos and Moltres. After he learned the reason why the Helioptile did not return home, he could not help but check its body.
Then he was surprised to find that the original energy in the Helioptile's body had become purer and more condensed, and the total amount had increased a lot.
Because he had to do health care for it almost every day, Eddie knew the physical condition of the Helioptile very well, so he naturally noticed its changes at once.
Is lightning a panacea? It can actually increase the strength of the Helioptile so greatly! Eddie doesn't think that ordinary lightning can do this.
There are few thunderstorms in Coumarine City, but they do exist. Never before has any other lightning had such a big impact on the Helioptile!
Thinking of this, Eddie couldn't help but look up at the sky again. Sure enough, this storm was very unusual!
It was a pity that the sky was blocked by rain and covered with dark clouds, so Eddie couldn't see anything unusual.
In addition, Eddie also unexpectedly discovered that the hidden energy circuit of the Helioptile was also lit up a little.
There weren't many of the Helioptile's hidden energy circuits left to be lit up, and now there's really only a little left.