Ash and Akito were by a temple once they finally got Ash his hat back.
"We made it, but..." Erin said.
Pikachu then got off the boat and began to run towards and up the stairs to the temple.
"Pikachu, wait!" Emi called.
Ash, Akito, and Emi began to go after Pikachu.
"Wait, Ash, Akito, Emi, we shouldn't, the wind might pick up again!" Erin called out to them.
"But Pikachu's been acting really weird lately!" Emi called back.
"Wait, Pikachu doesn't act like this from time to time?" Akito asked Emi.
"Never." Emi said.
"Then we better find out why Pikachu is acting this way then." Akito said.
All three of them then continued to follow after Pikachu to find out why it was acting so strange. Team Rocket was hiding behind rocks, they felt lucky as the wind blew and there was coming the yellow Pokemon that their boss always sent them for. They all laughed as it seemed like they were finally going to get what they wanted. Ash kept following his Pokemon, not understanding why it was acting like this way, but hopefully it would stop soon. Pikachu did stop at the top of the steps and there seemed to be some ancient temple behind him once Ash finally came.
Akito and Emi also finally came to the top of the stairs to see the ancient temple. Pikachu disappeared once they finally came. Ash, Akito, and Emi walked up, seeing the temple, wondering about it.
Pikachu climbed the top of it, looking at them. "Pika Pika Pikachu..." he chittered, gesturing to a red sphere inside of the statue's mouth.
"The ancient sphere..." Ash whispered once he recognized it and reached out to grab it. Once he grabbed it, he began to pull it. It seemed to be stuck, so Emi and Akito helped him out.
Pikachu chanted to them strictly, as if he was encouraging them to try harder.
"Come on, we can do it!" Akito called out.
Ash kept trying, but soon enough, it was finally loose. He walked out of the temple with his Pokemon, sister, and new friend and he saw that there appeared to be a fire inside of the ball.
"Pika!" Pikachu said to them, then went off again, he seemed to know everything now.
"Let's get going to Lightning Island next." Akito said as he followed Pikachu.
Pikachu went with them, however, Team Rocket was there.
"Oh, no..." Ash and Emi groaned.
Meowth stood in front of the two humans with a grin with the blue-haired boy and the pink-haired girl in their Team Rocket uniforms.
"Who are those three?" Akito asked.
"Team Rocket..." Ash grumbled.
"Jessie." the girl said her name.
"And James." the boy then said.
"We're in a hurry and the weather's lookin' bad out here!" Emi yelled at them.
"It has been bad, always like our luck," Jessie pouted, then looked sharp to the kids. "But our luck's changed and our ship's finally come in!"
As she said that, as if on cue, a ship came up in the air. Jessie, James, and Meowth turned around and screamed as the ship came and they ran off, screaming to avoid it. There was a merman from behind the ship who lifted his golden trident to make the ship ride over safely.
"Quick, get out of the way!" Akito called out.
"Well, I hope you're happy, Mr. Hero!" Melody snapped once the ship fully came in and they got away just in time and scolded them for not staying where they were told to.
"Welcome to my world..." Misty sighed as she hugged her Togepi.
"How did you guys get over those waves?" Emi asked.
"You're not gonna believe this, but there was a King Merman out at the sea that helped us." Tracey explained.
"Yeah, right..." Emi snorted in disbelief.
"A king merman?" Akito asked. "Yeah, I don't know whether to believe you or not."
"Listen to me, kid," Jessie cut in as she, James, and Meowth were nearly beaten up. "When you get into fault with the opposite sex, you're asking for trouble!"
"Yes, and that's the kind of trouble I stay out of." James smiled a little.
"Yeah, these two don't need the opposite sex cuz they got each other." Meowth added.
"WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!?" Jessie hissed at the talking Pokemon.
Meowth began to laugh and Estelle joined in. There were suddenly sparks and an electrified bird like creature was zapping the ground, making everyone try to dodge them, especially Team Rocket.
"That's a Zapdos!" Akito recognized.
The electric bird Pokemon zapped certain rocks which made them glow blue.
"This is bad." Estelle said.
The Zapdos kept zapping, but luckily, none of them were hurt.
"Pika..." Pikachu stood up, his red cheeks charging up as he was ready to charge, even if he wasn't commanded to do so.
"Pikachu, no!" Ash yelled.
"Pika... CHUUUUUU!" Pikachu zapped away anyway to face the Zapdos.
Zapdos kept flapping its arms and zapped the pikachu right back, nearly knocking him out cold.
"Oh, is he okay?" Emi asked worriedly.
The Zapdos was going down and slowly landed back on the stone temple, petrifying itself. There were still a few sparks here and there however.
"W-What's going on?" Estelle asked.
"I am not liking this..." Felicity shook a little.
Pikachu kept trying to shock the Zapdos, running out of energy very quickly.
"Pikachu is zapping, but Zapdos isn't even feeling its attacks!" Jessie observed.
"Those aren't attacks, Jessie," Meowth said to her. "Pikachu's tryin' ta talk to Zapdos! Its sayin' 'what're you doin' here on Fire Island'?" he translated as the humans watched the Pokemon interact.
Akito, Estelle, and Felicity were now able to understand and talk to the Pokemon as one of the sparks hit each of them. Zapdos and Pikachu zapped each other very aggressively.
"Translation?" Jessie asked.
"What's it saying?" James added.
"It's saying that 'Moltres used to rule here, but now that Moltres is gone, lightning shall rule over fire and I proclaim this island as mine from this day forward'." Meowth, Emi, Akito, Estelle, and Felicity translated.
"I guess Moltres flew the coop." Meowth had a small laugh at that.
The electrical shocks were getting a lot worse. They were going up high over the cloudy skies and something strange was slowly coming down from the sky that didn't look like a cloud. The humans all looked afraid and shocked.
Cherry folded her arms as she looked out to the surface, looking dark and cold as always. "They are going to die..." she muttered.
"WHAT!?" Eloise overheard that. "No, they can't!"
"They might... Who can say, really?" Cherry merely shrugged, avoiding eye contact with the girl.
"But, how can you tell?" Eloise asked.
Cherry sighed. "My life... She is very unpleasant..."
"Eloise, I think you should get some sleep now..." Darla said to her daughter.
"No, Mommy, not until I know Akito, Emi, and Felicity are okay!" Eloise protested.
"But, dear..." Darla said.
"Please, Mommy..." Eloise begged.
Darla sighed, but then smiled softly. "Well... Okay..."
"Do you know if they're okay?"
"I'm afraid I don't, dear..."
"They should be fine as long as they follow their destinies," Forte chimed in, attempting to help. "I don't know much about these Pokemon, can they kill you?"
"Not the ones I've read about," Cherry said, glancing back at him. "They DO have life threatening powers though like electrical storms, but they often only attack others for leisure for their trainer's benefit to earn more so they can catch them all."
"Amazing." Eloise said. "Could I have one?" she then asked her mother.
"Oh, I don't know if Mr. Salamone would allow Pokemon running around his hotel..." Darla chuckled nervously, she may have been loved in the hotel enough for them to have Eloise wander around by herself while she would work, but she knew that some of the Pokemon would be enough to make the hotel manager literally hit the roof.
"Hmf..." Eloise folded her arms, pouting firmly.
"But, we'll see what we can do." Darla said.
Eloise giggled and hugged her mother, she really valued this time she got to spend with her since Darla lived away from the Plaza Hotel and often traveled the world, but everyone was usually nice and patient with Eloise because they loved Darla and her Nanny so much. It was also a sign that Darla really redeemed herself as a former child star.
"I don't see sparks anymore..." Cherry said as she never left the window.
Forte rushed to her side to take a look as well.
"What is going on out there?" Darla asked.
"I'm not sure, but I think there's a blimp or something out there." Cherry glanced back.
"It looks like some kind of floating castle." Eloise said.
"Maybe we should go over there..." Cherry shrugged her shoulders.
"We'll go, Darla, keep your daughter safe." Forte said warning.
"Aw, Maestro, can't I-" Eloise wanted to ask.
"Non, child... You stay with your maman..." Forte said as he put Cherry into a warmer coat since it was colder outside now.
"Yes, sir." Eloise groaned.
"Come on, we better hurry before someone gets killed..." Cherry said as she left with her husband.
Forte nodded, following her. "Be careful..." the told the two, then walked off.
"It'll be all right, Ellie..." Darla told her daughter sweetly. "Besides, look at it this way, we can spend more time together... I miss you every day Nanny or you call me from the Plaza."
"I've missed you too, Mother." Eloise said.
"I'm sorry I'm not around often, believe me, I would if I could..." Darla soothed. "I'd let you come to my school, but you remember the nursery school incident... I'm not sure if you'd be mature enough to stay with me and your 'Aunt' Amber."
"Oh, please, Mother, I've grown up so much now that I'm six!" Eloise spun around in pirouette like she almost always did.
"Oh, I don't know, dear..." Darla was really unsure about Eloise going with her which is why Eloise stayed at the hotel while she would be off teaching at the boarding school out of the country.