"Execute Project 66."

Agatha nodded and took out a gun. "It's nothing personal, Lance."

Lance spun around and jerked to the left as she fired, then threw his combat knife, killing her.


Troy stepped into the room. "Archie, Maxie..." He raised his pistol. "It's time to die."


Aldith shot N in the back of the head, killing him instantly.


Tony raised his pistol-

Lt. Surge spun around and shot the agent in the head. "Yeah, no." He picked up the fallen pistol. "I'll be taking that."


Crunch.

Valerie fell to the ground, Sabrina having snapped her neck before she could even draw her pistol.


Riley surrounded himself with aura, and the bullet bounced harmlessly off his rapidly-constructed shield. He then fired a sphere straight through the chest of his attacker.


"Alright. Le-" Ash clutched his head in pain, unable to complete his sentence.

"Ash? Are you alright?"

Ash could faintly hear Giovanni's voice. "Execute Project 66."

Bill, who had just joined them, nodded and pulled out a gun.

"Gou, look out!" Ash pushed him out of the way and was hit instead.

"No! Ash!" Gou caught Ash as he fell. He didn't move.

"Ash... Ash, no..."

Ash's chest began faintly glowing blue, and his breathing evened out, unnoticed, as Bill fled. His Pokedex dinged.

"This is Lance Wataru, the Champion of Kanto and Johto. Please, at least one of you respond. Agatha attacked me."

"Cynthia Shirona, Champion of Sinnoh. I was attacked too."

"Diantha Carnet. Champion of Kalos. Same here."

Gou reached for the Dex and held it in front of him, as Ash woke up.

"This... this is Gou Marec. I was also attacked."

"You're not a Champion. How do you have access to this frequency?"

Ash grabbed the Pokedex from him. "Ash Ketchum, Champion of Alola and Co-Champion of the Orange Islands. He's with me. I was unconscious; I took a bullet for him."

"You... took a bullet? And you're fine?"

"Yes. It was probably aura. What do we do now? Where do we go from here?"