After a stop at the Pokémon center to both rest and exchange Haunter for Primeape, the group was on the road again. They'd reached a very special building on a very special bridge, as evidenced by Dawn's excitement.

"The pink one!" she fawned, walking over to the bike.

Empoleon let out a sigh, perplexed by his trainer's infatuation with a bike.

"No! The black one!" She was torn. The first was super cute with its sparkles and pastels, but the second was super cool with a metallic finish and an edgy appeal. "What do you think, guys?!"

"Uh… Any of 'em look fine! The black one looks cool." Ash was the last one to give insight on style, no matter how much he may have thought otherwise.

Naturally, they had to have bikes to cross the bridge. However, Dawn had intention to purchase it. Given Pikachu's control of his electric attacks these days, she felt secure. They hadn't even seen Team Rocket in a while! "Yeah… I've got plenty saved up!" she enthused, looking between the two choices. "Oh, oh, Ash, there's a red one! It's got that old fashioned look! It'd be very stylist!"

"Hey, go for it! I'm… Just gonna rent one, if it's all the same to you." While they had impressive luck lately, something in Ash's gut told him to stay the hell away from bikes in general. Buying one outright just wasn't worth the risk.

The black one… yeah! Dawn was fawning over it, minding the sleek design and the comfortable looking seat. Ash just wanted to rent one!? Oh, man, she was gonna remind him of this when they were going downhill and she could unpack this baby and coast with ease~! "Your loss!" she chimed.

"I wouldn't bother if I were one of you." A voice from the other side of the center caught Ash and Pikachu's attention, bringing their eyes on what turned out to be a clustered group of individuals, all decked out in punk-ish clothing, leather jackets, and wild hair colors. They were lounged around the residential corner of the center, all looking a bit disgruntled, to say the least.

At the voice of disagreement, Dawn whirled, hands on her hips. Did she ask for the ominious voice—oh, shit. They were kind of scary looking. Adopting an odd grin—she wasn't scared as much as thinking maybe she shouldn't run her mouth quite yet—she watched everything play out.

One young man went on to speak, identifiable by unusually tall, spiky hair with shades of red and gold. "If ya go out there, the bikes ya just paid for are gonna get fried. All that money'll go out the window for nothin'!" After voicing his warning, though, the man got a second look at who he was talking to.

Fried? Why would they get fried? Was Kanto the homeland of property destruction? Not that she blamed Ash or Pikachu, but…

Actually, now that she thought of their journey thus far, she kind of figured that might be true. Kanto: Region of Property Destruction.

Bouncing up from his seat in a flash, he appeared in front of the trio to gawk at them, minus Dawn. "Are my eyes playin' tricks on me? I recognize you two! Yer Awesome Ash, and Pikachu!" He was joined by murmurs and stares that turned into a quick chorus of cheers.

"Awesome Ash?" Dawn inquired, casting a curious look at her companion. "What's going on here, exactly?"

The mystery man threw an arm around Ash's shoulder as if he were an old friend, turning his attention back towards Dawn. "This kid here is one of the baddest bikers I know! He biked through a storm right over a drawbridge, all to deliver some medicine to a sick Pokémon!" Looking back to Ash, he grinned. "Ya've really grown, huh? It feels like it was just yesterday you and your lil' friends came through!"

Giggling a bit at the affection the biker showed Ash, Dawn somehow didn't doubt his claims. If anyone was going to brave a storm—though she did have to wonder what the drawbridge had to do with it; had it been up?!—for the sake of Pokémon, it was dear old Ashy-boy.

"Aw, c'mon…! You're exaggerating!" Ash bore a polite smile, feeling sheepish as ever when he was made the center of attention. "I just did what I had to. It's good to see you guys again! Never mind that, what are ya talking about? Whatever it is has gotta be wild to keep you guys from riding around." He cocked a brow at the ominous warning.

Chopper finally gave Ash some space, his tone becoming more serious. "Out on the bridge, a big clunky jerk of a Pokémon keeps scorchin' bikes! And that's if you're lucky. If it feels like it, it'll snatch the thing right away from ya!"

"An electric menace!" A woman about the same age chimed in, with long, dark green hair. "…No offense, Pikachu. This thing's keepin' us from getting anywhere!"

"Pikachu." The mouse dismissed the words. No offense taken. What kind of Pokémon was behind this, though?

"Why?" Dawn automatically asked, knowing by now these types of things usually had a reason. "Like, why the bikes?" she clarified. What kind of Pokémon hated bikes? Scorching… maybe it was a Rapidash that felt replaced? A partner forgotten?

"No idea." Chopper shrugged his shoulders. "We can never get close enough to the thing to find out! I'd really like t'find out, though, and give it a piece of my mind!"

Inspired by dramatic notions of a forgotten Pokémon embittered by being abandoned by its partner, Dawn balled her fists. "We've gotta do something, Ash!" She turned, yelling to the staff. "I need to rent a bike! The black one, please!" She was going to ride in style. Also, if the "Rapidash" didn't destroy her bike, she was totally gonna buy it.

"Darn right, we do! Let's go and find out what's behind all this!" As quick to butt his nose into trouble as ever, Ash turned toward the front desk, himself. "Me too, please! I'll take the red one!" His eyes then turned toward Pikachu. "What do ya say, buddy? You ready to go out there and set things right?"

"Pika, Pikachu!" Pikachu chanted, punching a fist in the air. Of course he was!

"If Ash is goin' in, then so'm I! What do ya say we show that thing who's boss?" Chopper joined on the cheer, leading the entire bridge bike gang to hop in. If anyone was going to make this right, it had to be him!

In short order, the bikes were ready. Dawn quickly apologized to Empoleon; he was just too big and too slow to stay out while biking. Hurrying out of the shop, the bluenette and no doubt the rest of the gang—in both senses—would be ready to ride.

Meanwhile, the staff let out sighs. At least there were the deposits… but they'd be seeing those trainers again, as well as their usual customers, the actual biker gang.


Pedaling along, Dawn hummed. The poor thing probably just needed someone to ease its fears of being unwanted~! Maybe it needed a new trainer! The "Rapidash" could come with them and they'd find a new trainer for it! Oh, maybe she could contact her little fire specialist coordinator buddy, Ciara!

So caught up in her romantic notions of a big baby Pokémon was Dawn that she didn't notice the bridge beginning to crackle with electricity.

Meanwhile, Ash's notions were a little less romantic. Maybe this meant they'd get to have a battle! If it kept all of them away, it had to be a really tough Pokémon! Something like that would make a heck of a challenge. In any case, Ash was every bit as distracted as Dawn, and it just might come back to bite him.

The first to notice the ominous bolts was none other than Tyra, who skidded to a halt when the hazard became apparent. "Hey, you guys! You might want to stop now, if you know what's good for you!" She was quick to skid to a halt, as was most of the gang.

Ash, however, wasn't as lucky. "Huh? I don't see why… Woah!" Gloved fingers clutched down on the brakes, doing their best to bring Ash to a screeching halt. Sadly, he'd stopped a bit too late.

"Waaaah!" Ash yelped loudly, caught in a painful, golden flash of electricity surging through the bike below him. Soon, the electric current faded, pulling the charred bike out from under Ash, leaving him to fall in a dazed, soot-covered slump. "Ow…"

"Pikapi…" Pikachu exhaled, having landed atop Ash's back. While the shock did little to scar him, being thrown into the air after having your support pulled from under you certainly wasn't fun.

Dawn didn't exactly heed Tyra's warning, either. Fortunately for her and unfortunately for Ash, our hero was the first target of the mysterious Pokémon. Letting out her own gasp of surprise, she nearly fell off, trying to circle away from whatever had sent down the bolt.

While she managed to get away from the actual shock, the magnetic draw the creature had clasped upon her bike. As it lifted into the air, Dawn's knuckles went white as she stubbornly hung on. "Ahhh! Aaahh!"

It was only when the bike went vertical that she finally slipped off. She tucked into herself mostly in anticipation of falling, but as she did so, it shifted her weight which ended up causing her to roll forward and THAT caused her to flail…

And, in the end, she landed on her feet. Though her ankles stung from the impact, nothing was broken except maybe her pride. Which, at this point, should stop breaking so easily. "Oh my god…" she whispered, surprised she'd survived unscratched.

"Wo-ho-hoahhh. Check it out! That's one hell of a landing!" Chopper blurted out in awe as Dawn managed to tumble onto her feet, even after having her bike stolen out from under her. A couple of cheers followed from the gang itself, clearly impressed with her recovery. That might have even been as impressive as James riding with training wheels!

As she turned around to see what had snatched her bike, Dawn's eyes widened. "NOT A RAPIDASH, NOT RAPIDASH!" Would that make any sense to anyone but her? Probably not, but the Magnezone was closer now than it had ever been.

It glared down angrily at them, still crackling with latent potential to zap anyone who dared get any closer. The bridge below it, likewise, sparked every few moments. It was a trap.

"Oh… okay, now everything makes sense…"

By time this had all transpired, Ash was just pulling himself to his feet, he and Pikachu shaking themselves free of soot. "Ah… Alright. So that's the Pokémon who caused all this trouble!" His sights turned on the angry electric/steel hybrid, fists closed and stance widened. "I knew taking a bike was a bad idea…!"

"You couldn't have predicted that!" Dawn argued. "You just draw bad luck with bikes, that's all…" she muttered.

"Dawn, I think it's time for a battle! You with me?" He drew a Pokéball from his belt, eyes turning towards the coordinator.

Following Ash, she grabbed a Pokéball herself. Given her aerial agility and her Aura Sphere attack, Togekiss might prove a good match to this. "As always! Togekiss, spotlight!"

A Pokéball was lobbed, releasing the Jubilee Pokémon. The motherly Pokémon circled the bridge, letting out a coo.

"If we're gonna have any luck, we'll have to stay off the ground! Rosa, why don't you help Togekiss out! Jump up and give it your own Aura Sphere!"

Ash's Pokéball flew forward, splitting open to form a dropping Riolu that appeared right above Togekiss. Landing on the Jubilee Pokémon's back, she drew back a paw, readying an Aura Sphere of her own. While less experienced than Togekiss, it was still a fighting type!

However, before they could properly get to battling, the Magnezone released a Discharge. Try as she may to avoid it with turns and loops, Togekiss was unable to avoid the wide-range attack. The poor flying type let out a startled cry, and the accompanying Riolu with her.

"Togekiss!" Well, that wasn't how she was expecting it to start off. "Let's try Aura Sphere!"

"Tooo...gekiss~!" The Pokémon cried, conjuring an orb of energy on her wing before tossing it forward.

Though hit with the fighting type move, as it wasn't Togekiss's specialty and the Magnezone was incredibly powerful, all it really did was piss the Pokémon off.

She'd lost her Aura Sphere the first time, irritated at the static electricity. Rosa brought a paw up to charge another orb of life essence, utilizing her specialty as she tossed the move forward.

The Riolu's Aura Sphere did a bit more damage. Though less experienced, aura was her forte. As such, the Magnezone let out a terrific screeching noise before using Gyro Ball, hurling itself at the duo.

"Togekiss, dodge!"

Rosa let out a yelp as the spinning steel fortress closed in, diving to lay on its belly across Togekiss' back.

Managing to duck below, and just keeping her belly from touching the electrified bridge's surface, the fairy type barely kept herself and Rosa from being battered.

The quick maneuver by both just barely brought them out of the creature's range. The Riolu let out a sigh. That was close!

"It's really fast. And angry, too!" Dawn muttered.

"And pretty tough, to boot. It took two Aura Spheres and it's still going strong!" Ash grit his teeth, watching the Pokémon's movements. "We can't give up! Rosa, Force Palm!"

Leaping off Togekiss' back, the Emanation Pokémon lunged for Magnezone, aiming to slam one of her paws into its steely hide. Next would come a blast of aura, if she had the chance.

The Magnezone let out a scraping sound of pain upon feeling the Force Palm. However, acting quickly, The Magnezone conjured a tiriad of elemental orbs, firing them towards the attacking Riolu.

Having been none the wiser, the tiny fighting type let out a pained yelp as she was pelted with a swirl of fire, ice, and electricity, sent flying towards the edge of the bridge.

"Get in there, Togekiss! Don't let Rosa fall!" Dawn looked towards Ash. "This is dangerous. If we don't keep this battle under control, someone could end up in serious trouble!" Typically, commanding alongside the other was their specialty, but tending to a Pokémon unfit to stay in the air was making it difficult.

The motherly Pokémon was quick to swoop in, gliding by just as gracefully as ever to catch the pup atop her back.

The latter fell onto the fairy type, laying dazed, singed, and disoriented.

Ash let out a sigh of relief. "That was close… Thanks, Dawn." She'd been rescued, but Dawn had a point.

"We need to figure something out. Can you share aura? Maybe Togekiss can power up Rosa."

"I know Rosa and I can. I guess it's a toss-up with Togekiss."

Her brows furrowed after that, though, truly wondering. Would it be worth it for a move they couldn't guarantee would work? Not in this situation, most likely.

"Hey, if Ash 'n Dawn are joining in, we're not sitting on the sidelines! Go, Golem!" Spurred on by the bravery of the two trainers, Chopper joined in, releasing his own rock-type Pokémon. "Golem, Give it your Rock Throw attack!"

"Don't think you're leaving me out of this! Cloyster, Pin Missile!" Tyra was next, drawing back a Pokéball of her own before tossing it outside of Magnezone's range.

Golem retracted to its stony exterior, rolling into the charged territory with little trouble, thanks to its ground typing. Once it had gained momentum, it launched itself at Magnezone.

The Bivalve Pokémon was next, its rough exterior closing to hide its mischievous grin. A myriad of spiky projectiles then launched from its shell.

Meanwhile, Magnezone went on the defensive. Spinning into another Gyro Ball, the living magnet sent itself hurling at the Golem, smashing into the rock type. The move would do damage to both if it landed, but the Magnezone wouldn't stop, using the recoil from the collision to go for its next target—Togekiss.

Golem was the first to fall victim to Magnezone's counter attack, the large rock type knocked back towards Chopper at a rather frightening velocity.

The shell-shocked Pokémon's trainer broke into a sprint to avoid being flattened, letting out a wail before calling the Golem back to its Pokéball.

Magnezone's ricocheting body moved onward, slamming into its second target.

"Togeee!" Togekiss cried out, flipping through the air, struggling to keep her tiny passenger from touching the ground. A moment later, and the belly of the bird likely could have touched the bridge before she raced to gain momentum.

Togekiss was unfortunately outmatched.

In the time the flying/fairy type had spent recovering, Magneone had spotted its final target. Outside of its range, unfortunately… but if those pin missiles hit, surely one of its discharges would work! "Zone!" it cried, voice distorted and undeniably angry.

After Togekiss and Rosa had been thrown for a loop, a frightening blue bolt of electricity struck at Cloyster, earning a disturbing cry from the Bivalve Pokémon before it sunk back into its spiny shell, knocked unconscious by the Discharge attack.

"Cloyster…! Alright, return!" Awestruck by the quick end to the battle, Tyra let out a huff before recalling Cloyster.

"It's giving it its all," Dawn pointed out. "It's… there's gotta be a reason for this! It clearly isn't injured, so what's the issue?!"

"I dunno. It's gotta be something… But we can't find out if we get roasted first! Besides, no one can cross Cycling Road until we fix this." Noting that Togekiss had seemed to take quite a bit of damage from Gyro Ball, he drew his Pokedex.

"Steel type attacks are very effective against fairy type Pokémon."

"Looks like we're in a lot of trouble, then. Dawn, we've gotta give it a shot! Let's have 'em try to combine Aura Spheres. Then we could overpower it!"

Overhearing her trainer, the Emanation Pokémon put a paw forward, beginning to charge another orb of fighting type energy.

The rate and intensity of punishment being doled out was enough to make Dawn freeze momentarily, breath caught in her throat. It only vaguely registered to her what Ash was saying. However, she was a battler by nature—the momentary shock faded as she shook her head.

"Right!" Clenching her fist in assurance, Dawn furrowed her brows. "Togekiss! Try to fuse your Aura Sphere with Rosa's!"

The Togekiss obeyed. The Aura Sphere from her white maw filtered up, blue energy fading into the fighting type energy in Rosa's paw. Soon, it caused the orb to grow and glow, bigger and brighter than before by a long shot.

The Magnezone didn't seem convinced of the duo's combined move's power. The creature crackled, preparing a Discharge—it would take this bird down once and for all. A quick jolt of electricity should clip her wings.

"That's some real power!" Ash beamed at the sight of the growing Aura Sphere, clearly impressed. "Alright! Togekiss, Rosa! Give it all you've got with a Double Aura Sphere!"

"Rio~!" The pokemon let out a cry, unleashing the combined attack towards Magnezone.

The Aura Sphere impacted before the Magnezone could launch its Discharge. It let out a loud screeching noise, freezing in place. Finally, an attack which had injured it severely enough to make it reconsider whether the battle was worth it.

The behemoth contraption looked around before releasing a wave of electricity. However, this time, it was aimed towards the bridge. The parts which had been electrified remained so, crackling brighter. It had left a dangerous path behind its escape—and what a speedy one it was making!

"It's leaving!" Dawn cried. "But we can't follow!" She furrowed her brows. There wasn't enough rubber in the world—okay, there WAS, but, you know—to insulate them from the charge there!

"Good job, guys!" Ash was quick to congratulate, nodding along to Dawn's observations. "We can't just leave the bridge like this. We've gotta find a way to follow it and find out what's wrong."

Soon enough, an idea did come to Ash. "Hey, Pikachu? You go and join Rosa on Togekiss' back. Why don't you three go and try to talk to it?" Pikachu was quite experienced with calming conflicts, and the Riolu could always translate for them. "Just be careful out there, alright?"

"Pika Pika!" The mouse chanted, hopping up on Togekiss as soon as the Jubilee Pokémon would allow. "Don't worry. We'll figure something out! There's got to be a reason it's so mad."

"Are you sure it'll be alright with just the three of them?" Dawn double checked, mostly worried for Togekiss. Pikachu might be able to make it out alright since he was an electric type, but if Togekiss went down, that meant Rosa went down… "Nevermind, no need to worry, right?"

"You got it! No need to worry!" Ash was quick to reassure, spunky as ever.

Togekiss had flown a little back, picking up Pikachu. "Righto! Surely she's not just banging around for the sake of making a nuisance of herself. Right then, let's go, the quicker it's done, the less likely she's to be back in fighting form!" Even as tired as she was, the flying type kept her chipper attitude. With that, she took off, mindful to keep herself and her party from the crackles of electricity.


It'd be several minutes before they reached the center of the bridge.

"Hey, check that out!" Pikachu pointed towards the wreckage, which was obscured by the aggravated steel type. "Are those the bikes?" He swore he saw a few wheels in there.

"Looks like it," Togekiss agreed. "Whatever could she have wanted them for? That's an odd choice for décor…" the bird hummed.

But, when they did—

"LEAVE!"

Floating before what looked to be a terrible mess of iron and loose wires was the same Magnezone as before. Judging by its tone and unsettling humming, anger had dissipated into desperation.

Cringing when the creature shrieked, Pikachu raised his paws in front of him as a sign of non-aggression."Magnezone! We're not looking for a fight! We promise! We just want to make the bridge safe for everyone." Quick as he was to make peace, though, he stayed guarded, one paw held outward to protect the younger Riolu from any potential attacks.

"Liar!" Magnezone snarled, her magnet hands whirling. They crackled with a threat, bolts and sparks just waiting to be unleashed. "You're captured—you're just doing their bidding. What do you even need this bridge for?!" She spat.

"What do you need this bridge for?" Togekiss gently asked, clearly nervous but not intended to let her fear cause an accident.

"None of your business."

Beyond the roar of the conversation and the buzz of electricity, faint crackling sounds could be heard.


Ear-splitting screeches made their way further down the bridge, forcing Ash and company to cover their ears. "Ye-owch! That really stings… Sounds like things are getting crazy down there!" Gloved hands reached for the boy's red cap, turning it backwards atop his head. "…So I'm not gonna just stand here and do nothing!"

"Ash, don't!" Dawn barely managed to yell out, herself just done covering her ears.

One leap forward into the net of electricity left Ash with less than pleasant results. A wail of pain gave Dawn and the others their fair warning. "MAYBE WE SHOULD WAIT A LIL' LONGER…!"

With that, the ill-fated trainer collapsed.

Dawn let out a frown, rushing over to tend to her hard headed crush. "You could stand to be a little more grounded," she half joked, starting to pick him up.

"That… Mighta helped out a little." Ash muttered, still in less-than-stellar condition.

"Doc Brock's not around, but I'm going to recommend some rest. Just relax a minute, 'kay?"

"Yeah, yeah..." Ash grumbled, not fond of sitting things out. As much as he begrudged to admit it, though, Dawn was probably right. Leave it to her to keep things together. "Now we've just gotta wait for Pikachu and the others to wrap things up." Man, and he really wanted to help, too. Unlike Pikachu, though, he couldn't take the voltage. Not like that.

"Hey, no worries! If Pikachu's anything like the two of you, they'll clean that thing's clock, no problem!" Chopper added in, confident in the duo and their teams.


Meanwhile, the situation with Magnezone remained at a stalemate.

"People use this bridge to get from one city to another. If you keep attacking the bikes coming through, no one can come across! Us and our trainers are trying to get to Fuschia City..!" Pikachu tried to explain himself to the Magnezone. Surely, it could be reasoned with…?

"Don't care. Find another way. There's water and land. This bridge is mine for… the next while," she decided, being a bit ambiguous.

But wait. What were those cracking noises? "Togekiss, could you move over a bit?" Pikachu requested gently, trying his best to look past the angry Magnezone. Was something happening inside that conglomerate of trashed bikes?

"Nearer or…?" the bird nervously asked, noticing the sudden aggression returning to the Magnezone's face. "Oh, dear, are those…?"

"Stop looking at my eggs! You can't touch my babies, so don't even THINK about it!" she screeched, throwing off waves of electricity.

"Oh, dear!" Togekiss cried out, moving up a bit to avoid the new electric attacks, but not so high as to bring the party towards the arches of the bridge.

Pikachu geared himself closer to Togekiss' head, ready to take any incoming shocks, if necessary. "So that's what this is about…! Magnezone, we're not here to hurt your eggs! Nobody is." While staying alert, Pikachu did his best to take on a sympathetic tone. "People just want to get over the bridge. It's not fair to stop them."

A stubby paw was then brought to the mouse's chin. "But… Maybe there's somewhere else you can take them? Somewhere less crowded? This region's full of places like that!"

The Magnezone managed to roll her one eye, letting out a noise that was almost… did she just click something at them? It was definitely supposed to be emulating a tongue click! "Sure you aren't. That's why everyone's so rowdy and loud, right?" Furrowing her brows, the Magnezone was unwilling to admit she was a bit new to Kanto. "What would you know about places that are good to raise children, hm?! Only one of you's even fully evolved, and, one… of… you's… a baby."

Time seemed to freeze.

Then, Magnezone freaked out. "Oh, no, I'm so sorry, I didn't realize you were so young. Is that why you need to cross the bridge?! I know mine need somewhere safe and sturdy–are you headed somewhere like that. Oh, but I can't go until they hatch…!"

Togekiss was a bit relieved. "Well, if that's the case, I don't think you've got much more need to stay."

As she said this, six little Magnemite rushed to the Magnezone, either clinging or stuck to their magnetic mother.

"Mommy!" "Mom!" "Ma!" "Mum!" "Mama!" "Momma!"

"Pikachu~!" The mouse chimed aloud, uttering an expression of wonder rather than any string of words. They'd just witnessed a bunch of Pokémon hatch before their very eyes!

"Congratulations, Magnezone! And trust me, there's plenty of space like that! I've seen enough of it." After his many endeavors with Ash and his friends, he'd gotten lost in the wilderness enough times for a lifetime, and then some.

Meanwhile, the Riolu gawked on in awe, witnessing her first example of the miracle of life. That was, besides her own. "They're so little…!"

Looking to the Emanation pokePokémon, Pikachu blinked before coming to a realization. "Oh, and Rose can talk to Ash! She can let everyone know what's happened so you can leave safely!"

"Yeah! You bet your butt, I'll help!" The tiny fighting type raised a paw in the air, already eager to lend a hand. Meanwhile, as the Magnet Area pokemon began to calm, the current through Cycling Road began to die away, and the eerie glow along the road with it.

Meanwhile, Togekiss looked up at Riolu. "…Do Magnezones possess a rear to speak of?"

To Togekiss' inquiry, Rosa simply shrugged.


"Hey! Check it out! The road's back to normal!" Ash blurted out, hopping back to his feet as swiftly as ever. "That must mean that everything's fixed up! C'mon!" The teen sprinted further down the bridge, followed by the gang of bike riders, as well.

"Ash, wait up!" Dawn called out, a hand raised in futility to her friend. She then followed with a huff. "Can't ever wait for a second, huh…?"


"Really? Oh, thank you!" That was quite the one-eighty. Magnezone was decidedly calmed by the presence of her very alive, very safe children, it seemed. "I'd appreciate her letting them know… and a bit of pointing to on where I should go. I'm not exactly native to Kanto, you see."

Not long at all after, then the humans had arrived.

Dawn was cooing. "Aw, the Magnezone was just protecting its babies! They're so cuuuuute!" She was so enamored by the little bundles of new life that she failed to notice the metal nest falling apart—numerous bikes hit the bridge, some in better states than the others.

Well, the whole affair hadn't been as simple and romantic as she supposed, but it was dramatic, and the conclusion was rather satisfying.

"Hey, that explains everything! It was just scared about people getting too close. Isn't that right, Magnezone?" A smile spread across Ash's face, a hand resting on his hip.

~Uh-huh! Magnezone didn't know about any better places to have its eggs! Now, she wants to move somewhere else so they don't have to worry anymore!~ The Riolu yipped aloud, only syllables coming across to the majority of the crowd. Ash, on the other hand, understood her words completely.

"Hey, if you need somewhere to go, you've got nothing to worry about! Past the bridge, there's a whole bunch of empty areas blocked off by forests! No one's gonna bug you out there!" Ash cocked a thumb over his shoulder, pointing toward the routes past the bridge.

"Well. I suppose I'll be off. Good day! And, you all mind that pretty baby of yours, hm?" With that, the mother strode off, her children still clinging to her. It was as if she wasn't responsible for the massive property destruction she'd caused, nor the pain and suffering.

But, hey, that's motherhood, right? Anything for the babies.

"See ya, Magnezone!" Ash waved enthusiastically, seeing off the cluster of steel types. He may not have understood her exact words, but the good will was clear!

While Ash, Dawn, and co. addressed Magnezone's problem, Chopper, Tyra, and the remaining bikers had run off to collect what remained of their bikes. "Aw, man… That's where our rides went, huh?" The man with clownish hair gazed sadly upon his charred bike, putting on a smile as he pulled the remains under his arm. "Well, at least we've got our turf back."

"And we couldn't've done it without you guys! Awesome Ash, and…" Tyra looked to the boy's blue-haired companion, silent until another member butted in.

"Dynamite Dawn!"

"Yes! Dynamite Dawn. Even after being pulled into the air by Magnezone, you pulled off a radical landing like only the best of riders could!" The green-haired biker gushed, more than impressed with her athletic abilities. And her battling, of course!

By the time the nicknames came out, Dawn was looking forlornly at the pike, spotting the black bike she'd briefly fallen in love with. "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have—what?" Dynamite Dawn? She blinked dumbly before grinning.

That was a Dee Dee she could get behind!

"I did, didn't I?" Smiling at the gathered bikers, she then crossed her arms. "Let's get across your bridge then, huh? Awesome Ash and I have business to attend to!"

Of course, the teen in question couldn't help but grin along with his traveling partner. Finally, a nickname she actually liked! "You've got it! The two of us have gym battles and ribbons to win. I guess we'll see all of you guys later!" Ash turned to the bike gang, happy that yet another predicament had come to a happy end… Well, mostly happy, anyway.

"You guys go 'n keep being rad! We'll go back and get these things fixed so we can keep on ridin!" "Yeah, we'll be rooting for you guys!" The duo and their Pokémon were met with a couple more cheers and goodbyes, the delinquents showing their gratitude before heading back northward.

By then, Togekiss gave out. Between the stress of trying to make sure they were perfectly balanced between the dangerous sparks and the previous damage, she was wiped. Landing with surprising grace, the motherly fairy let out a coo. "I could use about forty winks. Or, four hundred!"

Pikachu and Rosa hopped off of the Jubilee Pokémon's back.

"At least you can go back to a Pokéball, right? Thanks for the help!" The former chimed in, more than happy that their endeavor had ended safely, for them and the family of magnets.

With that all settled, Ash and his friends had put an end to yet another misunderstanding, met up with some old friends, and brought them just a bit closer to Fuschia City! With a bit more experience under their belts, they came out stronger and wiser! Shame about Ash and Dawn losing their bikes, though!