Deka looked at Free and frowned.

"I wonder if they killed him?" He silently asked himself.

Mako smiled. "No, I can see him breathing, and Team Sky are too weak to kill anyone," he paused, "but they'd have no problem hurting anyone."

Deka nodded. "Well, it looks like the gang is almost completely back together," he said while he grabbed Free's shoulders and pulled him closer.

Mako stared at Deka with a questioning face. "You know this kid?" Mako asked, standing up revealing Wooper and Grimer once more.

Clover cracked a smile of relief. "Yeah, he's one of our traveling buddies," she explained. "I wonder if Heather's here…"

Deka began shaking Free to try to wake him up. Free suddenly awoke and sat up. He looked around, dazed and confused.

Free closed his eyes then opened them wide and looked at his friends. "Deka… Clover… Yes! You're here," he said while standing up. He looked down and caught sight of Wooper and Grimer. Wooper had its usual blank stare. Free smiled at the oblivious Wooper, knowing that no matter how bad the situation was, Wooper would always be happy.

Clover interrupted Free's little dream world quickly. "Free you gotta try to get us out of here!" Clover stood up as Deka did so too. "Where's Heather?"

Free shook his head and looked at Clover. "I don't know where Heather is, but hopefully she is safe," he said while he looked at the chains around his friends' wrists and ankles. "I'll get you out of here. We just have to think of something to do."

Mako grinned. "It won't be that easy. I created those," he said in a confident tone before he caught himself being an annoyance. "Maybe I shouldn't have made them as good as they are…"

Free took a close look at Mako. "I have a feeling that I've seen you before…" He looked down and laughed at himself. "Probably not. I do have a wild imagination."

Deka glared. "Are you going to help us or talk about your imagination?"

"Well, what have you already tried?" Free asked, getting back on topic.

Clover sighed. "Free, if we try to struggle we'll get shocked. It's almost no use!" Clover explained, sounding upset

Wooper began walking closer to Free and stepped on the chains. The electrical surge began to arise but only made it to Wooper and began to shock the smaller Pokémon. Wooper stood there confused as though it couldn't feel anything was happening.

Deka cringed because he thought he was about to be shocked, but he opened eyes and watched Wooper. "We didn't get electrocuted…" he noted.

"Wooper is a ground-type, so the electricity won't get past him, and he doesn't feel it," Clover said with a smile on her face.

Free looked at his Wooper and smiled. "Stay right there! I have a plan!" Wooper just stared back without blinking.

Deka grinned, thinking that Free was stupid "What's your plan?" He asked in a sarcastic tone. Free could tell that he was just trying to be negative.

Free, ignoring Deka's question, scooped up Grimer and put him out of the jail cage onto the table where all of their Poké Balls were. "Grimer, if you could, would you grab all of those Poké Balls for us?"

"Grimer, grime!" The little Grimer chanted happily while grabbing all of Deka's, Clover's, and Free's Poké Balls. He then turned around and handed them to Free.

Free smiled weakly as he picked up his two Poké Balls. Grimer's slime was almost too much to handle. "Alright then! C'mon out Quilava and Umbreon!" Free said while choosing his two remaining Pokémon. "Quilava, use Ember and Umbreon, you use Shadow Ball. Go!"

Both of Free's Pokémon began their respective attacks destroying the chains completely while Wooper stared blankly at Free and took the remaining electric shocks from the chains.

Free laughed at Wooper. "You're a hero, Mr. Wooper!"

Wooper simply smiled bigger. "Woopa!"

"We're free!" both Clover and Deka shouted with joy simultaneously.

Free sighed.

"What about me, children?" Mako asked, showing his handcuffs.

"We might as well…" Deka said, sounding disappointed in himself. "Go, Scyther! Use Slash attack!"

Scyther appeared out of his Poké Ball and grinned at the frightened doctor.

Mako turned around and revealed his handcuffs. "If you could, be gentle."

Scyther slashed through Mako's chains with one quick, smooth slice.

"Good job. Now, return," Deka said before returning his Pokémon. The red smooth stream quickly took away Scyther back into its Poké Ball. "Are you guys ready to kick some Team Sky butt?"

Both Free and Clover nodded. Mako sighed but smiled and held out his hand to shake with the others. Free grabbed ahold of his hand, "Let's do this!"

On the upper floor, Heather was still running. She came to a stop to take a breather. "I'm worn out, Chikorita."

"Chika," Chikorita replied, pushing its way out of Heather's arms onto the floor.

More soldiers began to appear ahead and from behind. They ran quickly to intercept the trainer.

Heather looked at them. "Chikorita, will you fight for me?" She asked her best friend's Pokémon. It wasn't unheard of for Pokémon to fight for different trainers if they were close. The tension between Heather and Chikorita in the past led Heather to have doubts.

"Chika!" Chikorita replied with a strong look on her face.

Heather nodded happily. "Chikorita, use Razor Leaf!"

Voices then rang from behind her.

"Quilava, use Flamethrower!"

"Espeon, use Psybeam!"

"Noctowl, use Wing Attack!"

All of the sudden the crowd that was behind Heather and Chikorita was cleared out and four figures ran up to Heather.

Heather stared in amazement. "Free, Clover, and Deka you're here! And you're safe!" Heather cried out of happiness and relief. She looked up and saw Grimer on Free's shoulders. It jumped at her and started crying and hugging her.

"Grimer!" It called while Free handed back its Poké Ball to Heather.

Heather hugged it, but still tried to keep a safe distance away from its smell. "Return, Grimer," she said softly while the red stream sucked it back into its Poké Ball. Heather looked up and saw Mako. "Who are you?"

He looked at her in disgust. "Who are you, Miss Rude?"

"Never mind that! Guys look!" Deka said pointing to their right. More soldiers were heading their way.

"And over there too!" Clover explained, pointing behind them and to the left.

Free frowned. "They're everywhere!" He looked around in panic, trying to figure something out. "We can't really do much. We have to have everyone attack at once. Chikorita, Quilava, Razor Leaf, and Flamethrower!"

Clover nodded. "Espeon, Shadow Ball!"

"Noctowl, use Wing Attack!" Deka commanded his Pokémon.

Heather grabbed at her necklace and ripped off the Poké Ball. "Go, Totodile! Use your strongest Water Gun!"

All of the Pokémon attacked as hard as they could, knocking over every single Team Sky soldier there was.

Clover smiled. "Yeah! We did it!" She cried out happily while jumping in the air.

All the sudden, the submarine came to a stop, but began to move upwards. "It's about time that Lugia is found," Mako said quietly with a look of fear on his face. The submarine came to a crash and was at the top of the water.