"This took a lot of work, but it's finished." General Hightop said. Before everyone was a tall building.

"It's huge." Scootaloo said.

"It has to be. This is going to be the headquarters of the Justice Hero Foundation from this point forward." General Hightop said. "Though Expert refused to let us move any of his equipment, let alone copy it to make a lab for him here."

"Expert's better off in his bunker. His computer network is linked to Deca anyways, so there's no shortage of information." Rob said.

"But what if we need him for anything specific?" General Hightop asked.

"I can notify him if there's something that requires his direct attention; no cause for alarm there." Deca said.

"Hmph. Did you really have to make it so big?" A familiar male voice said. Everyone turned towards the voice to see Shadow Rob.

"Shadow Rob. Is there a reason for your visit?" Rob asked.

"Not really. But you're going to have more visitors than just me very soon." Shadow Rob said.

Aaron was about to ask when he noticed the Devil Chaos Chao mech landing nearby, with Dr. Krono soon exiting the mech in question. "Krono is here?" Aaron said.

"How many times do I got to tell you it's DOCTOR Krono?! Show him some respect." Rob said.

Wow, Rob is really passionate about that. I don't blame him though. Scootaloo thought to herself.

Dr. Krono couldn't help but chuckle. "Actually, calling me Doctor Krono isn't really out of respect anymore." The chao said before getting out an official doctor's license. "Ta-Dah!" Dr. Krono said.

"Dang, that was actually fast." Scootaloo said.

"Didn't take long for me to get recognized in my field of study. You're looking at the first ever researcher of Chao behaviors, lore, and in-depth biology." Dr. Krono said.

"Well, congratulations. You've certainly earned the recognition." Rob said.

"He's not the only one coming." Shadow Rob said.

That's when everyone noticed Patra coming up. "Oh look, how cute~" Patra said before suddenly hugging Shadow Rob, making Rob start laughing.

"Let go of me..." Shadow Rob said.

"Huh? Wait..." Patra looked over at Rob.

"...It's a long story. Short version: Some sort of device created a Shadow Pokemon clone of me, and I just so happened to have been a Victini at the time." Rob said.

"Wow. Your still cute though." Patra said.

"I am NOT cute." Shadow Rob said.

"Oh, I am loving the embarrassment Patra is dealing to Shadow Rob." Zapper said.

"Wish I could just take you with me to Mirage Oasis, but that wouldn't be advised." Patra said. "Anubis is wanting to have me do the High Priestess test soon. Which will involve, sadly, six months with only meager supplies and no one to keep me company."

What? But, doesn't she and Rob get together in the end?! I don't get it. Scootaloo thought. Rob doesn't look happy, got to salvage this somehow.

"Well, it's only six months right? And then your free to see Rob whenever, right?" Scootaloo asked.

Patra giggled. "I'll make sure to come and visit as often as I can. Or he can even come visit me as much he possibly can too. Mirage Oasis will always welcome the slayer of Arachne into the palace." She said.

"Oh. I guess it won't be too bad then." Rob said. He looked a lot happier now. "Plus, I've got your locket. So long as I've got that with me, you'll always be on my mind." He added.

"You promise you'll never forget?" Patra asked.

"If I ever start to forget, all I'll need is one look at the locket you gave me, and I'll be reminded of your smile, your cheerful attitude, and how nicely you treat commoners." Rob said. "That much I can promise. And I'll make sure to keep it close to me." He added.

Good. Maybe now the gap where Rob goes missing for five whole years will be gone. And he and Patra can live happily ever after in six months. Scootaloo said.

However, Shadow Rob looked at Scootaloo. She could feel him in her mind. What are you talking about? Five years? What are you on about? Shadow Rob 'said' to Scootaloo.

Scootaloo knew it was telepathy. That's not important. Not anymore. She 'said' to Shadow Rob.

Before the Shadow Victini could inquire further, everyone noticed there was a UFO on it's way to collide with the new building. "I GOT IT!" Rob said, before he used his powers to stop the UFO in it's track and get it down gently. Soon, coming out of it, was a very weak looking Veronica.

"H-help me..." Veronica said before she suddenly passed out.

"We got to get her to Expert; he'll know how to heal her." Zapper said.

Scootaloo's blood went cold. What was going on? She knows Veronica is an ally of the Justice Hero Foundation, and had her own child, but she looked like she was dying from massive pain. This is what happens when she only knows the surface details of Rob's tale. And now she's worried that upon trying to change history for Rob's happiness with Patra, she's caused events to happen that will take away Veronica's life.

Author's Note

In case you couldn't tell, I managed to get the dress up victini flash game working, and recreated Shadow Rob's reference pic in it. Progress!

Also, before anyone is down in the comments brings it up, yes I know the sonic games where Chao are present, they give the basics on how Chao raising work, but they only give you the surface level stuff. There's a lot more to chao then just the basics the games give you.