Kenya woke up. She rolled over on the ground, slowly remembering what happened. She sat up. Something wet ran across her face. She jumped, backing up. Zebstrika was standing over her. Cheren's Zebstrika.

"Are you okay?" Bianca asked. She was standing a few feet away. Audino was with her, holding the egg.

"Where's Andrew?" Kenya looked between Bianca and the Zebstrika. "He was battling the blueberry." Bianca looked around.

"I don't know. Come on, get up." Bianca pulled Kenya onto her feet. It was nearly sundown.

"How long has it been?" Kenya wiped her brow. She remembered the Musharna. "That pokemon. It put me to sleep. It must have kidnapped them!" The Zebstrika stomped its foot.

"What pokemon?" Bianca asked.

"We have to find them!" Kenya started running. The Zebstrika chased after her. Kenya tripped and fell.

"Be careful!" Bianca ran after her. Audino took a deep breath before following them.

Cheren was already awake when I got up. We were in a forest. Cheren was sitting against a tree. I could hardly see him in the dark.

"Cheren. What's going on?" He looked over at me.

"These guys knocked us out with that Musharna. They left us here."

"Where are we?" I sat up.

"I don't know. I assume somewhere near Driftveil."

"Hello there." A few team plasma members approached us. Cheren and I got to our feet. They paused. There were four of them.

"We mean you no harm," one of the men said. "Were just trying to get away from the—" A roar cut him off. They flinched.

"What is that?" Cheren grabbed a Pokeball. The ground shook. I saw the form of something moving between the trees.

"Run!" The team plasma group scattered. A Seismitoad knocked down one of the trees and roared again. Cheren sent out a Scraggy. I sent out Pansage. The Seismitoad charged us.

"Seed bomb!" Pansage fired a volley of seeds, pushing Seismitoad back.

"High jump kick!" Scraggy leaped, kicking Seismitoad in the head. Seismitoad staggered backward. Scraggy landed on its back. Seismitoad recovered fast, kicking Scraggy into a tree.

"Pansage, seed bomb again!" Pansage fired again, but it had less effect this time. Seismitoad charged again.

"Scraggy, get down!" Cheren yelled. I pushed Cheren out of the way; Seismitoad charged past us, toppling several trees.

"Pay attention!" I yelled, helping Cheren up. "Pansage! Vine whip!" Pansage attacked Seismitoad's legs, knocking it off balance. Cheren checked the three Scraggy flew into. Seismitoad repeatedly stomped, ripping Pansage's vines. I sent out Munna. "Hypnosis, Pansage, keep the vines coming!" Pansage continued entangling Seismitoad. Munna put it to sleep. Seismitoad fell limp. I sat down. Munna and Pansage returned to me. Cheren sat down behind me. The plasma people were nowhere to be seen.

"My pokemon are so weak." Cheren put his head in his hands. "I barely beat Burgh. I didn't even get a chance to fight Elesa. Lucky me. I can't beat her. Most of my team is weak against electricity." I didn't say anything. "I don't know what I'm doing wrong."

"Cheren—"

"Well, I'll be!" A voice came from nearby. "You beat my Seismitoad!" A man appeared in the brush. "You guys are a lot tougher than you look." The team plasma members slowly started returning.

"Please let us go," one of them begged.

"We haven't done anything!"

"No." The man scowled. "I won't let you go." I got up. He returned Seismitoad.

"What's this about?" I asked. The man smiled, shining a flashlight on me.

"It's about you two showing these losers the power of pokemon!" The man exclaimed. "Show them your bond, show them your burning spirit. They think you should give up your pokemon. They think you're mistreating them!" I glanced between the team plasma members. Cheren was silent. The guy seemed disappointed with our lack of a response. He sent out a Zoroark. "This better work." He injected something into the Zoroark's back.

"Hey!" I started walking towards him. "What are you—" The Zoroark attacked, headbutting me. The trees spun around me, I landed on my back. Pansage and Munna hurried to my defense. The Zoroark went after the plasma people. They scattered again. Cheren helped me up without a word.

"We should help those plasma guys," He said. I nodded. I returned Munna. Cheren sent out Dewott.