"He's late," Blue groaned from her seat on a beach log. Jigglypuff sat at her feet while Lucario practiced meditation next to them, the sounds of the ocean crashing against the shore oddly calming. "Like usual."

"Apologies," she heard and after turning around was faced with N in the darkness. "Were you waiting long?"

"As long as usual," she shrugged, raising an eyebrow. "How do you just appear like that, by the way? Do they teach you that in Team Plasma? Do you guys get training in villainy?"

N blinked, a familiar look of confusion flashed across his features. It wouldn't be the first time one of Blue's jokes had gone over his head. She laughed, swatting the air as if removing the failed joke from existence, "Don't even worry about it."

"Oh...alright," he nodded, taking a seat next to Blue on the log. "So, how has your training been going?"

"Pretty good!" Blue grinned, flexing her arms like a strong man in a circus ad. "I can make a protection barrier that's almost as high as the skyscrapers in Saffron."

"I don't doubt it," he smiled kindly, scratching Jigglypuff behind the ears causing the fairy-type to coo happily. "What about absorbing a Pokémon's power? I know when we had tried it before, you seemed to get dizzy."

"Yeah, it's still not pleasant, but I can at least keep myself from passing out," Blue said as she wrinkled her nose at the memory. "Anyway, enough about me. Have you taken some thought to what I was saying last time?"

N grew quiet, which Blue had come to learn meant that whatever he was going to say next was probably going to upset her. She frowned, shaking the green-haired boy's arm. "Well?!"

"Ack, yes I did," he answered in hopes of getting the girl to stop. "It's just that...my father is still an issue."

"What's the issue?" Blue groaned, exasperated. "I mean, I get that you guys care about the well-being of Pokémon."

N sent her a face that plainly showed that he wasn't thrilled with her distilling his beliefs so simply. She ignored it and pushed forward.

"But that doesn't mean that Pokémon should be separated from their trainers!"

N's eyes narrowed as he leaned forward, resting his head in his hands.

"I wish I could believe you, Blue, but I just have so much evidence of Pokémon being mistreated by trainers," he said as Woobat flew around him, chirping happily before landing on his shoulder. "When I was a child, all my friends were Pokémon from the forest. I remember trainers coming through to battle and capture them in those wretched Poké Balls. When father later found me, he took me around to different regions and showed me how poorly Pokémon are treated by trainers. Fighting, battling, being used as tools for humans…"

Blue shook her head turning to Lucario before looking back at the other teen.

"I understand," she said breaking N from his thoughts. Slowly the boy turned to see Lucario make his way over them. Happily, the Pokémon took a seat in front of the trainers, allowing Blue to scratch him behind the ears, purring contently. "When I first met Lucario, he was just a tiny Riolu. He and another Pokémon had escaped from traffickers and made their way to Kanto. When his friend got hurt, he ventured into town to see if he could help it himself. That's when we found them and helped them. After that, we became friends and he joined me on my journey."

Looking skeptical, N turned to Lucario as if trying to gauge if the story held water. After a few moments, he looked oddly torn.

"This Lucario cares about you a great deal," he admitted, looking away bashfully.

"And I care about him," she smiled, petting her Pokémon's blue fur lovingly. "I know there are bad people out there, but there's something to be said about the bonds that grow between people and Pokémon. I know how you feel, but I don't think that's something that should be taken lightly."

N didn't respond and instead kept his attention on the sea. He watched the water lap against the sand as if mesmerized by the waves. Blue was about to call it a night when his voice tore her from the silence.

"What do you think we should use our powers for?" he asked, looking directly at her. "If not to separate people and Pokémon?"

"Well," Blue smiled, recalling both her Pokémon into their balls. "I think we should be the bridge and bring them together."

"Bridge…" N repeated looking back to the ocean where suddenly a strong gust of wind blew from the sea. "GET DOWN!"

Blue squeaked as N lunged over the log, pinning her against the sand as the winds continued to blow, growing stronger. Above then, Woobat squealed happily when finally a Swoobat appeared on the sand, a note tied around its tail. N stood, pulling Blue to her feet as he made his way to the Pokémon and grabbed the letter.

Confused, Blue raised an eyebrow as N's features stiffened, his grip on the note tightening enough to crease the paper beneath his fingers.

"What's wrong?" she demanded, turning to the Swoobat that zipped up and away with another gust of wind. "Whose Pokémon was that?"

"Rood," N said, eyes still locked on the letter. "He's the only sage from Plasma that's not loyal to my father and agreed to help me."

"Is that why he knows where you are?" Blue frowned, staring at the sky where the Swoobat just fled. "And everyone else on this island."

"He tracked me through Woobat and Swoobat's ultrasonic waves," he explained, shoving the letter into his pocket roughly. "He sent this to warn me that my father's found out where you are and he's sending grunts here as we speak," N said, looking pained. "I'm so sorry...I thought we…"

"No time for that," Blue said, grabbing him by the arm. "We gotta warn the others!"

"Wait! Blue!" N called as Blue raced back to the villa. "I don't think-"

"No time for thinking!" she yelled as she neared the entrance. "Stay here, I'll get the others. We're gonna work together to find a solution for this!"

N blinked as Blue squeezed his hand, throwing a smile over her shoulder that he knew was meant to cover up her fear, "Are you willing to give this bloody war a peaceful conclusion?"

The teen felt his face flush as he nodded. With another smile, Blue ordered him to stay still as she ran into the villa, sneakers skidding along the floor.

"Blue?!" Red called and instantly the girl sped around, nearly tackling the teen as she flew into his chest. "Holy shit, what happened? Why were you outside?!"

"Plasma," she breathed clenching Red's t-shirt between her fingers, her eyes as wide as saucers and full of dread when she looked up at him. "They know where we are...and they're coming!"

"Now?!"

"Now!"

Red swore under his breath, turning to Yellow he ordered the blonde to get his mother before turning to Blue.

"C'mon," he said, taking her by the hand and pulling her back outside without listening to her protests. Under his hat, Pichu poked its head out with sleep heavy eyes. "We can defend the villa from the waterfront and...wait a second."

He stopped in his tracks, the door shutting closed behind them as Red turned back to Blue, his face twisted into a skeptical look. From the corner of her eye, Blue was relieved when she saw that N had left.

"How did you find out about Plasma?" he asked slowly, his eyes narrowing. "And...and why were you outside?"

Blue stiffened, pulling away from Red's grip as she took a few steps backwards.

"Um...well..I…" she stammered, completely unable to come up with a reason. In front of her, Red eyes narrowed and Blue felt her blood run cold.

"I can explain that, Ketchum," came a voice that Blue instantly recognized. Turning to face source, Red's eyes widened when he saw the figure of N walking from the darkness of the surrounding forestry. "I was the one who told Blue as I wanted to give you fair warning of Team Plasma's attack."

"You mean your attack, asshole!" Red shouted, and with a snap of his fingers a spark of electricity from Pichu appeared.

"RED, NO!" Blue called, but the dark-haired teen already unleashed a thunder wave attack on the other boy.

Falling to his knees, N was trapped in a circuit of electricity, completely paralyzed. Rolling his shoulders, Red made his way over and took the teen's face in his hand, bringing him up to face him.

"Yeah, I noticed your weakness for electricity," he hissed, his eyes darting down to N's belt. He grabbed the Poké Ball he recognized a Yellow's Dodrio forcefully. "You have more shit coming your way for what you did to my friends in Celadon."

"Red, stop it!" Blue called, running to his side to take hold of his arm and preyed it away from N. "He's not our enemy! He's-"

"Are you fucking nuts?" Red yelled, pulling away roughly. "His people are trying to kill us, Blue! He is the definition of our enemy!"

"Red, don't!" she begged, pointing to the teen who was still rendered motionless. She swallow hard, speaking slowly and clearly. "He can help us. If the three of us join forces our powers can bring peace during the syzygy."

The way he stared at her made her heart feel like it was pumping razor blades through her body, not blood.

"Nobody else will have to die if we just work together," she finished, eyes glued on him.

A wind blew between them, and Blue heard her heart beat in her ears. Inside herself, she felt the prickles of a hundred tiny blades ripping her from the inside.

"Oh my god," Red said, eyes wide as he looked at Blue as if she had grown a second head. "You really have lost it…"

"You're not getting it-"

"No! You're the one who isn't getting it, Blue!" he yelled, pointing at N furiously. "Conduits work in pairs and the two of us have the same powers and you're the only receptor left!"

"That's why we need to work together!"

"No, that's the thing you don't seem to grasp," he laughed humorlessly. "We can't. The only way our powers work is if we have a partner - one of us would have to be wiped out. There can't be three of us, it throws off the balance."

Blue stood in quiet shock, eyes traveling down to meet N's who was silent, "N...did you know that?"

He didn't respond and Red let out another calloused laugh.

"Of course he did...but he wasn't going to tell you that," he made his way to the green-haired boy to kick him in the ribs, sending him rolling on his back with a groan. "Did he also forget to mention that Plasma aims to use the Conduits' power to control all the Legendary Pokémon in the world to rule mankind?"

"He said that Plasma wanted Pokémon to be free…" Blue said, tears in her eyes. "Because his father only told him of hurtful trainers and…"

"Oh god, open your eyes, Blue!" Red pulled N up by the shirt, forcing the green-haired teen to look at the girl. "It's all a fucking lie because he wanted to control you, too!"

"But his father-"

"His father is just an old man!" he yelled, eye's fierce. "N is the King of Team Plasma!"

Blue was frozen and Red shook his head, throwing the teen to the ground. Standing up to his full height, he turned towards the villa.

"By having their leader we have something to keep the grunts at bay until we can escape," he said, making his way back towards the door. "We'll use him as a distraction so we can get out of here."

"Oh?" came a voice. "Is that so, Ketchum?"

Turning quickly, Red looked down to see N's face twisted in a sinister grin. His eyes had darkened to a blood red as his shoulders rolled beneath the electric bindings. Within seconds, his form had shrunk, turning into a Zorua. From behind the trees, an air slash cut through the branches and barely missed Red as he rolled out of the way. Walking calmly from the darkness, N looked nonplussed.

"You're a better detective than I gave you credit for," he said simply, his expression darkening. "But there's more to this narrative than even you realize."

"I know enough, asshole!" Red shouted as Pichu charged him with fresh electricity. Thunder bolts sparkled from his fingers, which N avoided gracefully. Without a word, N snapped his fingers and Woobat appeared, sending another air cutter across that pinned Blue high to the trunk of one of the island's many tropical trees.

"N!" she yelled as she tried to free herself from the bindings.

"I apologize for not telling you the entire truth, Blue," he said simply as he countered another electric attack with Woobat's psybeam. "But the world is bigger than you think and it needs order."

"Not like this!" she shouted, tears streaming down her face. "Both of you, please! We can make this world better! It's not impossible, I know we can do it!"

"I believe you, and we will," N said, his eyes meeting Blue's sharply. "Together we will create a world free of pain and suffering for Pokémon. We will be the bridge that brings the world into a new era!"

"Over my dead body!" Red snarled, pulling Vileplume's ball from his belt.

"Hm, I thought that was implied."

"Go to hell!" he barked, turning to the grass-type. "Vileplume, protect Blue no matter what!"

"Vileplume!" the Pokémon nodded, sending it's vines up to wrap around Blue more securely.

"NO! LET ME DOWN!" Blue screamed and she kicked and struggled against the vines. Below her, Red absorbed the grass-type's power as N watched amused. "RED!"

Green and Yellow were the first to burst out of the villa, their eyes wide when they saw the scene before them.

"Yellow," Red said, his back to them as he tossed Dodrio's ball over his shoulder. "Catch."

The blonde caught the ball effortlessly, her eyes widening in shock when she recognized it as Dodrio.

"Ketchum…" she gasped but the boy had already lunged at N violently, the two men flying forward into the forest area around the complex. Next to them, Vileplume eyed Zorua as it sent a sludge bomb its way, causing the dark-type to faint against the dry grass.

Yellow turned to Green to see his eyes fixated on the ocean. Turning to see what he was staring at, her heart dropped when she saw what appeared to be an army of Plasma Grunts surfing towards the shore.

"Leader Misty!" she called as the redhead bursted out of the house. "They're coming!"

"Let them," Misty said, taking wide steps towards the shore. "We have nearly the entire Indigo League on this island. We can handle the grunts, but you need to get her off of that tree and all four of you to Johto, understand?"

The two teens nodded as the rest of the villa's inhabitant poured out, running towards the open sea with Poké Balls in hand. The Plasma sages Zinzolin, Giallo and Ryoku were the first to hit the shore. Their robes blew in the night breeze, their boots pressing hard into the sand.

"Gym Leader Misty," Zinzolin said, his voice gravelly. "A pleasure finally to meet, we've heard so much about you."

"All good things, I'm sure," she smiled sweetly as her sisters stood behind her, Poké Balls clenched tightly. "What brings you and your army to our little island?"

"We are looking for two things," the sage said, holding his index and middle fingers in the air. "The location of your husband and the location of the Conduits, if you'd be so kind."

"Ah, you know I can't tell you either of those things, Zinzolin."

"Hm, seems that way," the sage said with an over-theatrical sigh. "Oh well, seems that we're just going to have to kill you all and take the children by force. As you can see, we have no shortage of men."

"Yeah, I saw that, but you know that's where you made your first mistake," Misty smirked, hand on her hip as she snapped her fingers. "You were prepared for men, not the Sensational Sisters."

The three sages looked baffled as a loud splash broke from the ocean. Turning around, they saw four Gyarados rise up from the depths. With a deafening roar, the four began to call various other water-types from the water, including Wailmers, Wailords and Tentacruels. Pulling random balls from their belts, the sages watched in horror as most of the grunts in the water were overtaken by the herd of wild Pokémon. As some scrambled to shore, others were caught in a major whirlpool attack summoned by the trainer's own Gyarados.

"Now!" Misty ordered as her sister Daisy summoned her Swanna and brought the two of them to the air. On the ground, Lily and Violet rushed the shore to battle the grunts who made it shoreside. As the sages charged towards where Blue was held, they were intercepted by Sabrina, Whitney, Blaine and Surge.

"Damn it," grunted Green as he pulled Venusaur's ball from his belt as he guarded Blue's tree next to Yellow. "We can't move until we can find Red and get some of these guys out of the way."

Yellow nodded, looking up to see Blue still struggling against Vileplume's vines, "Blue, please. Just let us protect you!"

"I don't need protection!" she hissed, kicking the air as she tried to free herself from her hold. "I need to keep Red and N from killing each other!"

Above them, a loud cry rang through the air as Daisy Oak rode from overhead on her Altaria. The flying-type send a vicious dragon breath attack on a line of the grunts below, wiping out their Pokémon nearly instantaneously. Running ahead, Green and Yellow watched the various battles break out around the island's shore.

Pulling out Golem's ball, Yellow ordered the rock-type to protect the perimeter of Blue's tree with Vileplume. Nodding, the Pokémon rolled off forcefully, leaving a sandy trail in its wake. In her other hand, she held Dodrio's ball close to her chest.

"Hey," she heard Green say over the bombastic ruckus of fighting and looked over to see him smiling at her, pointing to the ball. "Don't you want to see if he remembers you?"

Yellow was silent, looking away as she tightened her hold, "I'm nervous that...he won't."

Taking her free hand in his, Green pulled her attention back to him, "He will. I trust him."

Swallowing hard, Yellow nodded as she called Dodrio from its ball. After the red light faded, the flying-type looked around the island, turning around on its legs before one of its heads saw Yellow.

"DODRIO!" it called, gaining the attention of its two other heads before running to Yellow happily. The blonde lost hold of Green's hand when the Pokémon nuzzled itself against its trainer, chirping an apology for its behavior earlier. Teary eyed, Yellow embraced her lifelong friend.

"It's okay, Dodrio," she said, her voice soft. "You're back...we're together."

On the other end of the island, the thunderous clashes of Red and N's fight echoed through the air. Pichu's electricity sizzled through Red as his punches landed against N's ribcage. The sparks were enough to weaken the green-haired teen, but his control of Darmanitan's powers was unmatched. Jumping from treetop to treetop, he kicked ember attacks towards Red, many of which burnt the ends of his hair and tips of his shirt.

N watched fascinated as Red tapped a Poké Ball on his belt, suddenly gaining Blastoise's water-type powers and sending a strong hydro pump attack through his wrists, followed by Pichu's thunder shock. He was knocked from the tree by the water, but managed to dodge roll away from the thunder. Humorlessly, he burst into a fit of laughter as Red stood above on a tree.

"Ah, I see you've learned my little trick," he grinned widely. "Eh, Ketchum?"

"That's not all I learned," Red replied, clapping his hands together and unleashing a water gun surrounded by electricity. The blast was too much for N to avoid, throwing him backwards as Red followed.

Back on land, Janine and Forrest battled against half-a-dozen Plasma Grunts' Mightyenas.

"You know," Janine said as her Venomoth flew above with poison powder. "This would be much easier if we had your brother's Onix to mow them down."

"Yeah, stupid ass had to go and prepare for the birth of his children," Forrest snorted as his three Geodude plowed through another Grunt's Muk. "Sorry I'm not a good enough rock-type trainer for ya, Janine."

"Ha! I'll survive," the poison-type trainer scoffed. "Watch and learn how a veteran gym leader battles."

Janine's Ariados flew from her ball, quickly hog tying a herd of Watchogs and their trainers with its string shot. Impressed, Forrest nodded to the woman as he golf clapped her efforts. One of his Geodude had taken out another Mightyena as Whitney's Miltank rolled pass, knocking another group of Grunts before smashing into Giallo's Liepard.

"Give it up, old timer!" the pink haired woman called. "If you quit now, you can leave with at least some dignity!"

The sage remained silent as Whitney's Miltank sent another roll-out attack. Next to her, Sabrina and her Alakazams faced off against Zinzolin and his own Liepard. Running to her partner's side, Whitney attempted to take both sages out with Miltank, but was too distracted to see that Zinzolin had ordered Ryoku to attack with his own Liepard from behind.

"GIRLS, MOVE IT!" Blaine called, bringing both women's attention to the third dark-type. Instantly, there was a flash of light and for a second Whitney had thought that it was one of Sabrina's Alakazams, though she knew it had been too quick of a defense for even them. Opening her eyes, she was faced with Daisy Oak on the back of her Altaria - the dragon-type had intercepted the attack and pushed back Ryoku's Liepard.

"Ladies~" she greeted flirtatiously as Altaria KO'd all three Liepards with a dragon pulse attack, leaving the sages to be easily taken down by Blaine and Surge.

"Nice one, Daisy!" Whitney cheered when the doctor jumped off the back of her Pokémon. "You saved our bacon - literally! Thanks a ton!"

"I'm not my brother when it comes to battling, but Altaria still has a bunch of awesome moves from our contest days," she smiled as the dragon-type hummed. Turning to Sabrina, she looked slightly uncomfortable. "Um...so you guys good?"

"Yes," Sabrina answered, looking away quickly. "We aren't children who need to be babysat. There are still dozens of other grunts we need to take care of, you know."

There was a heavy pause before Daisy nodded with a small smile, turning to climb back onto Altaria.

"Er...Daisy wait!"

The brunette stopped mid-motion, turning around to see that Sabrina had called out to her.

"Yeah?"

"Um…" the psychic blushed, turning away. "Thank you...for your efforts."

Daisy froze as her eyes widened, seemingly forgetting the ongoing battle raging on around them. Whitney noticed it only lasted a second, in a blink of an eye it was gone and the doctor was smiling again with a gentle laugh, "No worries! I'm a doctor - I gotta keep you guys alive, right?"

With another smile, the woman was on her Altaria to help Misty and her sisters with some more grunts. Left alone on the sand, Whitney smiled as she interlocked her fingers with her partner.

"Look at you, Sabsy!" she smiled, squeezing slightly. "Is someone letting go of that nasty chip on her shoulder?"

"Ha! Hardly." Sabrina scoffed as she dragged her girlfriend towards the other Kanto gym leaders. "C'mon, before Blaine and Surge get themselves killed."

"Aye aye," Whitney cheered, letting Sabrina lead the way.

Still stuck on the tree, Blue screamed in frustration as she tried to break free from Vileplume's hold. The Pokémon's vines weren't enough to absorb any power from, and between Yellow's Golem and the grass-type there was no chance of anyone coming anywhere near the tree to free her. Plasma, or otherwise.

Blue was just in the middle pushing herself forward, nearly dislocating her own shoulder, when she saw Yellow hurry to the bottom of the tree on the back of Dodrio.

"Yellow!" the girl screamed desperately, instantly gaining the attention of the blonde. "Please! You gotta let me down!"

Booms and crashes from the battles around them roared. In the corner of her eye, Blue watched as N jumped in the air and grabbed Red by the collar, punching him with a fire-induced fist. Swallowing nervously, she gave her full attention to Yellow, tears welling in her eyes.

"Blue…" Yellow said, looking honestly torn. "If I free you…then Plasma can…"

"I know, but listen," Blue interrupted, leaning as far down as she could to be closer to the girl. "Red is going to get himself killed out there and we can't afford that so close to the syzygy."

Another crash whizzed by, but Blue kept her eyes lock on Yellow.

"Please," she begged, tears cascading down her face. "Trust me."

Yellow looked away with her hands fisted and for a moment Blue honestly thought the girl was going to run away. The relief she felt in her heart when she saw Dodrio's fury swipes cut the vines was enough to send her reeling. When her sneakers landed on the ground, Blue embraced Yellow tightly with a tearful, "Thank you."

"I'm still going to bring you to Johto," Yellow said, her face pressed against Blue's shoulder. "Both of you. Whether you like it or not."

"I know," Blue smiled as she pulled back, "I'm counting on it."

Blue saw Yellow nod as she ran off, feet pounding against sand. As she sprinted, she saw various Plasma grunts turn towards her, though Yellow and Green weren't far behind her and made quick work of them as she made her way to the cliffs.

By the time she got there, she saw N holding Red by the collar of his shirt, dangling him above the rocks below. Behind them, on a grassy patch near the trees, Pichu was fainted against a rock.

"N STOP!" she screamed, jolting the green-haired boy to look turn to her, Red still in hand. "LET HIM GO!"

"Blue…" Red groaned, his body spent from the overexertion of fighting.

"Please," Blue begged, slowly making her way towards the teen with hands in front of her to show she was unarmed. "I know there's a lot going on, but you can't kill Red, okay? We need all three of us to maintain control during the syzygy, N, you know that."

"Granted, more Conduits means more power," N said, looking over Red as if deciding on whether or not to buy a fresh cut of meat. "But right now we're unbalanced, you see. You need one partner, not two."

"Please, N," Blue begged again, her face tearstained as her hands began to glow white. "Don't make me do this..."

"Do what?" he questioned before registering the scene in front of him. "Are you...are you really going to try to take me out? For him?"

Blue nodded, and N's face twisted into genuine hurt, "But everything you've said...about building a new world with me...about being a bridge...was that all a lie?!"

"I believe in all of that, N," she explained, her voice breaking between words as the sea breeze blew her hair out of her face. "I believe that Conduits are the bridges between Pokémon's and humans. We can bring balance, but not this way...we can't bring peace through a battle like this."

"But with this...this idiot, you think you can?" N barked, shaking Red like a rag doll before throwing him to the side next to Pichu. Blue watched as he fell, breaking out into heavy coughs as he landed. She fought every instinct in her body to run after him, but instead stood her ground. "He can't even defeat me!"

"Have you ever considered it's because we're not supposed to be able to defeat each other?" she asked, sending a hopeful look N's way. Taken aback, N stood still, his eyes widening as his mouth hung opened slightly.

Suddenly, there was a crack and three masked men rushed on the scene, pinning N to a tree. Blue scrambled to Red and Pichu, holding them both to her as another crack split through the air. Next to the men was an older green-haired man who she recognized as N's father Ghetsis. In his arms, he held a bearded man by the collar who was dressed in the same robes as the other sages.

"Well, Rood," the green-haired man said as he pulled the man up to N's face. "Seems you were right."

"My...lord..." Rood groaned, looking at N who seemed horrified. "Please..forgive me..."

"Oh, for what?" Ghetsis asked before stabbing him through the abdomen with his scepter. "For helping your precious Lord N keep his promise to me? Don't be silly."

"NO!" N called, pushing in vain against the mask men as Ghetsis dropped Rood's body, his blood staining the sand between them. "FATHER YOU-"

N was stopped by Ghetsis slapping him across the face. The loudness of the impact stung in itself.

"You've been naughty, my boy," the older man said, his voice dark as he spun around to face Blue, his boots pressing hard into the sand. "Lying to me for all these months."

A sudden sharp pain ignited behind Blue's head, causing her vision to blurry. Fighting to keep consciousness, she heard the familiar voice of Green before being picked up by Yellow. As the corners of her vision darkened, she watched as Green took hold of Red and Pichu as if in slow motion. Hurling into the air, Blue rested her head against Yellow's shoulder as the trainer dodged attacks from the back of her Noctowl. The last thing she remembered before the blackness is the loud order of Ghetsis against the boom of various Pokémon attacks.

"I only need the girl alive!"