Near nightfall, the people that stole Melody's Mankey land in a town. Melody lands not long afterwards, and rushes into the building she had seen them run into. She runs down a few hallways before she sees a closed door. She stops and looks at it. She walks over to it cautiously, and opens it. Her eyes widen at what she sees.

"Blaze?" Melody shouts, running to Blaze's side. Blaze opens her eyes, and looks up at Melody blindly.

"M….Melody?" Blaze asks. Melody looks over Blaze's severally wounded body.

"Yeah, it's me. What did they do to you?" Melody demands, unable to keep the horror out of her voice. Blaze smiles slightly.

"Am I really that bad?" Blaze asks. Melody begins to mess with the chains holding Blaze's arms to the wall.

"You look like they put you through a blender!" Melody says. Blaze smiles humorlessly.

"This is nothing." Blaze says. Melody smiles when she hears the click of the chains coming off Blaze's arms, and pulls Blaze to her feet.

"Come on. We have to get out of here." Melody says, half carrying Blaze out of the room.

The two of them find Melody's Mankey, but just before they get to the exit, they hear someone running up behind them.

"Shit! They found us!" Melody says in a quiet voice. Blaze smiles warmly at her.

"You've grown, Melody." Blaze says. Melody looks at her in confusion. Just as the people come running up behind them, Blaze pushes Melody farther down the hallway. Blaze stumbles slightly under her own weight. Melody then looks at her.

"Blaze! What are you doing?" Melody demands. Blaze smiles for a moment before a frown covers her face.

"Get out of here, Melody." Blaze commands. Melody shakes her head. "Now, Melody! They'll do much worse to YOU than me!" Blaze says, turning toward the men. "Hey, guys." she says with a grin. One of the guys gasp.

"I…it's the Captain!" the one guy shouts. Blaze pulls out a Pokeball.

"Go now, Melody!" Blaze commands. Melody nods before rushing down the hallway, headed toward the exit. As soon as Melody is gone, Blaze smiles warmly for a moment before it turns savage. "So, boys. Shall we see just how well you can measure up to your captain?" she questions. About ¾ of the men step back with fear covering their face.

"I'll take you on." a kid with purple hair says, stepping forward. Just before Blaze can throw her Pokeball, someone slams their hand into the back of her neck. She gasps before falling forward.

Blaze wakes up kneeling on a hard floor, blindfolded.

"Well, I never would have thought you would turn against us." a male voice says as the blindfold is ripped off her face.

"I never would have thought you would have sunk low enough to attack gym leaders." Blaze says before the guy behind her forces her down on her hands and knees. She looks up at Giovanni through her hair. "Sir."

"You wouldn't know WHAT I had planned. You've been missing for nearly a year now." Giovanni says. Blaze merely grins.

"Ain't that just the pits when not EVERYONE listens to your every command?" Blaze questions, shaking her head. Giovanni looks down at her with angry eyes.

"Be glad we need you. If we didn't, you'd already be dead." Giovanni says as he stands up, and walks toward Blaze, who flinches at his approach. "It is nearly time for you to become our true member." he says, grasping her chin in her hand. She pulls out of his hold with a glare.

"Damn you and this organization!" Blaze shouts, spitting on the floor right in front of his feet. Her eyes widen when she sees a Pokémon step in front of her. "You'll never get away with your plans!" Blaze shouts a second before her eyes go blank.

"Oh, I think we will, and you're going to be the one to get us there." Giovanni says with a smirk on his face.

Meanwhile, Melody had just gotten out of the building when she runs into Rubbalite.

"Come on! We have to go challenge the gym!" Rubbalite says, dragging Melody off.

They beat the gym leader, and head off toward the Elite Four. They go inside, and each challenges the four. When they get to the Champion, both their eye widen in surprise at who they see.

"It can't be!" Rubbalite says, shaking her head.