There's been no sign of Sean, Gwen or Simon since they engaged in battle. Honestly, if Kairi didn't know any better there was a good chance the pokemon battle was over but now the two brothers were wrestling each other and Gwen was possibly cheering it on. As much of a lady she was, she was down with watching Sean get his ass kicked.
On the return to the Radio Tower with the key in hand Galvin met up with the duo and informed them he will accompany them in climbing the tower once more. Rockets tried to stop them but Kairi had none of that. She lets Mittens free and with a rollout the cow like pokemon plows over all that stood in the way of her trainer and friends. Kairi pats Mittens on her head for her work and slides the key card though the card reader for the door on the far right on the third floor.
A grunt is clearly surprised as they step in but Kairi kicks him in the face, shutting him up immediately. The trio climbs up the stairs where they run into executive Proton, the young man that was in charge of the Slowpoke Tail incident in Azalea Town. He smirks, casually tossing a pokeball up in the air and catching it with each 'well' he utters.
"What do we have here?" Catching his pokeball for the final time he points a finger to Kairi's face, who's clearly unamused. "Once again you appear to ruin our plans. Well, not this time!" Piaki glared, cheeks sparking with thunder, as she let out a low growl on Nick's shoulder. The female Pikachu leaps off Nick's shoulder and takes a stance before Proton, ready to fight. Nick nods to his pokemon.
"Kairi, go on ahead. I'll keep him busy." Kairi gives him a look questioning if this really was alright. He smiles and nods, reassuring her. Kairi nods in return, Galvin takes her by the wrist and they head to the staircase. Proton growls, and makes an attempt to stop the two but Piaki cuts off his path and slams her body into his stomach with a volt tackle.
Grimacing, Proton sends out his Golbat to strike with an air slash. Piaki endures the attack, following up with a double attack discharge and thunder combo taking the giant bat like pokemon down. Proton, taken back a bit by the boy. He's not stupid. He knows exactly who this kid is, their heir's so called lover, he was so sure this kid would be so weak and pathetic. Clenching his jaw the adult adjusts his hat and releases his Weezing. The poison gas pokemon coughs up a sludge bomb, smacking Piaki in her face. As she tries to wipe the gunk from her face Weezing slams into her at full force, flinging her into a wall.
Nick cradles his precious pokemon in one arm, thanking her for her work, and released Blaster. The big jaw pokemon lives up to its name as it locked Weezing in a hard hitting crunch attack. Proton smirks, ordering an explosion attack.
On the floor above Kairi glances back to the staircase as she feels the explosion shake the floor. Galvin places a hand on her shoulder, reassuring her it would be fine. That was until they reached the elevator. With a ding the doors slide open and Ariana steps out, casually fanning herself with a black silk folding hand fan. She sighs exasperatedly but clearly annoyed. She continues to fan herself as she begins to speak.
"Come now, really?" she scoffs. "You're still pursuing us little rat? Haven't you caused enough ruckus?" she sighs. "Is it truly bad for a woman to search for her husband and wait his return."
"You took over an entire city and threatened its citizens." Galvin deadpans. Ariana stares at him for several moments before sighing and fanning herself once more.
"People do crazy things when they're in love."
"I'm pretty sure you stole that line from a movie."
"Enough of this!" Ariana snarls, throwing a pokeball to the younger trainers and an Arbok is released in a white light. The cobra pokemon hisses at the two trainers with an intense stare. Galvin places a hand on Kairi's shoulders as he prepares a pokeball from his belt.
"Alright, I leave what's ahead to you Kairi. I'll open the elevator but you gotta run fast, alright?" The blonde gives her senior a quizzical look but nods no less. Galvin tosses his pokeball as if it was a baseball. It misses Ariana, hitting the up button on the elevator to her surprise.
The light above the elevator indicates it's coming down meaning this is time for Kairi to act. Arbok goes to attack but it's immediately intercepted by Galvin's Scizor. The pokemon had slipped from behind Ariana and grabbed the cobra by its tail and tossed it away. Kairi is almost amazed, not only had he wagered missing the elevator's operation buttons but he wagered breaking the pokeball of his prized pokemon.
Nonetheless, focusing on her task at hand, the narrow hallway limits down her options of how to get around the executive. Kairi decides to take a wager. She runs right up to Ariana as the elevator makes its arrival known with a ding. The woman tries to take a swing at her but at the last second she ducks and slides between her legs and tumbles into the elevator.
As Kairi smashes the close door button she catches the sight of Ariana's Arbok crashing into her, causing them both to smash into the wall. Kairi laughs in her own special way but when the elevator dings she comes to a stop. She pulls herself together, clutching Boomer's pokeball and steps out of the elevator into the observation floor.
The moonlight seeps in through the frosted tall glass windows of the observation deck. Kairi blinks. She hadn't really paid attention to how much time had passed on this mission. Had they really been at this all day? She shakes her head. No matter, this mission is almost done. The last executive had to be up here and once he's captured it's all over.
Archer isn't really surprised when she confronts him. The Houndoom at his side growls but he calmly pets the pokemon on its head to silence him.
"I've heard much about you over the years Ms. Miller." he smiles looking mildly amused. "You're the only known human alive able to perform soul like capabilities without the use of a partner pokemon as a direct descendent of Suicune. Despite our heir's efforts to scare you into submission you come back even more powerful and direct as ever. It's a shame you've denied our organization's invitation, you have valuable skills and capabilities." Kairi glares. He calmly laughs.
"Oh come now, no need to give me that look. I acknowledge your decision, although it's a poor one, and so you will be executed when Giovanni returns." Archer smiles calmly. "You'll be remembered as a fallen hero in the eyes of the people. Someone as unique as you deserves that much." He pauses, furrowing his brows. "Your friends although, will not have such respect in death. Especially that traitor. They're all rather... dull and pathetic." Kairi throws her pokeball in irritation. It smashes against the adults face. He makes no sound nor movement although.
Boomer appears before Kairi, snarling at the pokemon of its species and its human owner. Archer decides to smiles.
"A battle before Giovanni's return? How kind of you. Alright," he folds his arms behind his back. "Houndoom, eliminate that meager pokemon." The dog like pokemon leap for each other snarling and slashing with claws. Jaws snap with vicious bites and blistering flames. Kairi navigates around the two hounds and jumps on Archer. The adult is surprised by the sudden assault but he fights back.
The adult grabs her by her hair and throws her aside but she comes back as determined as ever. Fists locked together, she swings up nailing the underside of Archer's chin with incredible force. Despite stumbling, he grabs her by the collar of her shirt and goes to the floor, his feet slam into her stomach and kick her into a row of wooden seats lined with red cushioning.
Kairi gets up despite the pain. A fist meets his cheek, a boot to his stomach as he stumbles back. She tackles him to the ground and delivers a series of punches to his face. The adult gets her by the throat in an iron grip. Kairi scratches and spits at the man's face. Archer releases her, completely disgusted by her childish actions. Kairi pounces once more.
In the end, she succeeds in subduing him. The same goes for Boomer. The Houndoom looks quite proud of his win and wags his tail. After restraining Archer she drags him down to the police waiting outside. On the way out she noted the building was cleared of all Rocket Associates and the proper employees were in the building, informing everyone via radio that Team Rocket has been taken care of by the Soul Chamber and Lance of the Elite Four.
Archer is shoved into a police vehicle with all the other executives despite all his struggles and yells of protest. Kairi disregards him as the vehicle drives away. Looking for her friends, she passes her seniors discussing the cost of repair for the damage caused to the city. Judging by the look on Brass and Galvin's faces it was going to be expensive. Kairi catches a gimps of yellow by an ambulance. Worried, she weeds through the crowd to the emergency vehicle. Simon is laying on a stretcher with a bored look on his face. Before she can even get his attention he's loaded into the vehicle and taken away.
"Don't worry too much. It's just a minor stab wound." Gwen smiles, patting her on her shoulder but that smile fades into a scowl shortly after. "That dastardly heir stabbed him in his side and took that as a chance to escape! He knew that was Simon's weak side... he must of stabbed him there once before."
"He'll be fine, right?" Nick inquiries. Gwen nods her head.
"I'm sure he will, it will probably take him a week or so to recover although." Gwen looks to the damaged streets and sighs. Much of the rubble was cleared away so emergency vehicles could get in, but there was still so much left laying around. "We should go find rooms for the night and in the morning we'll help clean up. Acceptable?" Kairi nods. Smiling, Gwen walks Nick to the PokeCenter. Kairi lingers behind to see if there's anything Lance or her seniors want to pass on as well. There's not much other than a thank you for her work and contribution on the mission so they all head to the center as well.