After doing his due diligence and getting the captured Aron to Professor Ash, Josh was free to roam the freed zone to capture the Pokémon he actually wanted. There was a long list. A very long list. As he bounded across Route 7's beach astride his Gogoat, he caught sight of Alicia Westfield engaged with a Finizen. With Ulysses still in the Everworld, a Finizen would be a wonderful backup aquatic steed. The dolphin Pokémon seemed reliable, speedy, and easy enough to control.

At the sight of Alicia and the Finizen, Thunder zoomed forward into the shallows faster than the blink of an eye, the Finizen squealing when the Galarian Zapdos speared it with a simple PECK. The juvenile Zapdos arrived long before Josh and his Gogoat would be on the scene...

Alicia's suspicions were likely correct, and would almost certainly be correct after a flying Zapdos followed Thunder joined Storm in battle. The two birds ran and flew around the Finizen with speed that compared to what they were capable of as adults. As an AQUA TAIL from the wild tripped him, Thunder came to his rescue, blasting the floating water-type with a THUNDERSHOCK that looked like a much more refined electric move.

Meanwhile, Josh and his Gogoat were still catching up to the scene, the grass-type galloping across the grassy coastline and toward the sands. Was that Alicia Westfield she saw, and with yet another one of those Invasive Species? She must have put Contact high on her priority list for character advancement...

Josh gasped, yanking back on Nitro's reins and making the Grass-type rear high to avoid a collision with the Guzzlord that Alicia rode. "And people call Shalin crazy for what she does. You a Beta Tester now, riding a Pokémon like that?" the boy teased as he watched his two Zapdos make short work of the Finizen before them.

Seeing Alicia surrounded by Invasive Species made Josh worry some, but she seemed to be getting along with all of them. Even speaking their language. Did she have a translation tool? The time it would take to learn such a language was far more than he wanted to invest, especially to handle just two of his own Pokémon. Ultimately, bit and bridle was the only language he really needed his Pokémon to understand.

"Thanks for keeping this one around long enough for me to come," Josh complimented the pinkette as he tossed his GOLDEN GREAT BALL toward the dolphin Pokémon. "With a Huge Seal from the Arena Shop, I'll be able to travel through the water again. Water-types sure are a pain to get ahold of, aren't they...?"