"Oh no! Maple is hurt!" Catherine cries out.
Before anyone can stop her, she runs over to where Maple is lying and holds her paw.
"Please be alright!" Catherine begs.
The others slowly approach as well.
"Is there any Pokémon centers nearby?!" Catherine asks.
"I suppose so, but what good will that do?" Luxray asks, "We don't have a trainer to take us there. I doubt they treat wild Pokémon."
"I'm a trainer," Catherine says, forgetting she's stuck as a Pikachu, "I can take her."
"You? A trainer? Hah! Nice one, Pikachu!" Luxray scoffs.
Catherine realizes her mistake and groans in disappointment.
"I say it is still worth a shot..." Maple 2 says.
"So where is that Pokémon center?" Catherine asks.
"At the base of the volcano," Luxray says.
Catherine grins. Thirty minutes later, a strangely garbed figure makes their way into the Pokémon center in Lavaridge Town holding Maple.
"Hello, Nurse Joy!" The figure calls in a small squeaky voice.
"Oh! Hello, welcome to the Pokémon center!" Nurse Joy says.
"Can you heal my Pikachu?" the figure asks.
"Certainly! Seems she is in critical condition!" Nurse Joy says.
She takes the Pikachu, not noticing that the hands holding the Pikachu are also Pikachu hands.
"Please wait here, I'll have your Pikachu feeling well again in no time!" Nurse Joy says.
"Thank you!" the figure says.
Nurse Joy runs to the backroom carrying Maple.
"It worked!" Catherine whispers excitedly to Luxray.
The strangely garbed figure is just Catherine standing on Luxray's head.
"Now, what was it that you were saying about meddling where you do not belong?" Luxray asks.
"Oh, that was nothing..." Catherine says.
"And how do you speak a human language?" Luxray asks.
"You ask too many questions," Catherine says.
"And you claimed to be a trainer..." Luxray says, "Perhaps there is something about you that you refuse to admit..."
"Fine, you've got me. I was running an experiment on a Pikachu and it failed horribly. I got combined with the Pikachu," Catherine says.
"You experiment on Pokémon?! That's just sick!" Luxray says.
He tosses his head and throws Catherine to the ground.
"Ouch..." Catherine groans.
"You deserve to be punished for your crimes against Pokémon!" Luxray growls, stalking over to Catherine.
Catherine uses Metronome and this time ends up squirting Luxray in the face with a burst of water.
"Hey!" Luxray cries out, irritated.
"Don't hurt me!" Catherine cries out.
"Did you ever listen when your Pokémon told you not to hurt them?! Probably not!" Luxray growls.
Luxray uses crunch on Catherine and she faints instantly. He spits her out and leaves the Pokémon center.
