I think there's been some sort of a confusion, haha.
Sub leaders are only supposed to sub when the leader they're supposed to sub for is not around. Cyclone is around and very much active, so I suggest you work out something with him.
Also I live in the same time zone as Cyclone, there's almost no difference in the time difference between you and him and you and I, haha.
I'm from Australia, cyclone is America I can only battle in my evenings or weekends so I very hard to battle these gym leaders because 10 hours difference but easy for you though
Has it been four days? As I understand it, the grounds for a sub is that the leader you're trying to get a battle with has to have had not responded/attempted at communication for 4+ days.
Cyclone seems pretty active, he battled me for my badge just last night.