Then, he saw Mewtwo aiming an attack at him. "Dodge!" he shouted. Pidgeot shot away, and the attack missed completely. That was close, he thought with relief. Angry, Mewtwo began to chase Pidgeot, aiming attack after attack at him, Pidgeot barely dodging each one.

Suddenly, he became aware that Mewtwo had stopped attacking. And from behind, he heard a scream. Fearing the worst, he turned to see Winona, trapped in Mewtwo's psychic grip, her body floating lifelessly. Every second, Mewtwo's grip became tighter. He stared on, helpless. "No, don't kill her!" he yelled.

Mewtwo brought Winona closer. It grinned in sheer triumph. "One move and she's finished," he said, laughing madly, his voice raw with evil. "Give up your battle, and she's free to go."

Falkner was trapped. What could he do but let Mewtwo go in exchange for Winona's safety? Perhaps he would have to allow Mewtwo to control the world. At least Winona would be alive and safe…

Then suddenly, Mewtwo was blown sideways by a powerful gust of wind.

It yelled loudly, clutching its side. Winona and Altaria were suddenly released from its control, and she began to gasp with effort. All three turned to see who had saved them.

And they saw Lugia's majestic shape, shining in the moonlight. It had healed itself completely, and it looked completely determined to defeat Mewtwo.

"I told you not to hurt them!" it shouted loudly, eyes burning with light and power.

"Lugia," it hissed. "You're back. Not for long, though!" It threw a huge Shadowball at Lugia, who dodged it quickly and returned with a Hyper Beam.

While the battle ensued, Winona flew on Altaria back to Falkner.

"I…nearly…died," she panted. "Mewtwo's going to be hard to beat. Really…hard." Then, as if the effort to speak had cost her too much, she fell back on Altaria. In the background, a large Shadowball from Mewtwo smashed into the stormy water, and the black clouds suddenly broke with heavy rain which pelted down on the scene.

Lugia fired another Aeroblast at Mewtwo, dodged it, turning to a side.

Suddenly it remembered its dream. The images were hard to find, like forgotten pages within the leaves of a thick book, but this scene brought it back into its mind like a bolt of lightning. The storm, the battle, the dark shape… It was all coming true! Who could save them now?

Then a real bolt of electricity flew at Lugia. For a few horrifying seconds, it could not move, its body uncontrollable, filled with torturous pain. And it began to spiral unsteadily into a deep abyss of darkness. The last sound it heard was Mewtwo's cold, grating laughter.

"We can't waste any time," Winona suddenly exclaimed suddenly, seeing Lugia plummet into the churning sea, though she still looked exhausted. She panted heavily before going on. "The machine's got to be deactivated before it can send out Mewtwo's rays."

"How do we deactivate it?" Falkner asked unsurely.

"We've got to destroy it. With the best attack any of your pokémon knows."

"Go, Skarmory!" both shouted at the same time. They glanced at each other, mildly surprised.

"Two pokémon of the same species," she said, returning Altaria to its pokéball. "Let's see how that does." All trace of tiredness seemed to have left Winona. She can be really determined when she wants to, Falkner thought.

Falkner turned quickly to see how the battle was going. The rain stung his eyes as he strained to focus, and he saw that Kyogre was now fighting Mewtwo alone. They definitely had to act fast.

"Quick, Falkner!" Winona shouted.

"Alright," he replied, hopping onto Skarmory. Both flew to the front of the metal tower, and stared up at its massive height.

"Hyperbeam at the top, on the count of three," Winona said, her voice edged with determination. "One…"

The rain got harder. It obstructed Falkner's view of the tower, and his focus wavered. Sheets of falling rain shone in the dull moonlight.

"Two…"

Winona's shout brought his focus back. They had to do this, they had to…

"Three! Hyperbeam!"

Two bright beams of pure energy burst from the two Skarmory's mouths and met the top of the structure, completely engulfing it in light. For a few seconds, they feared that it might not work, and all would be lost, for Mewtwo would have seen them attack, and it would immediately come to kill them. They would be defenceless.

But suddenly, Falkner saw that, despite the heavy rain, the top of the tower was beginning to melt away. He gave a shout of joy as the metal turned red-hot, burning away, shrinking, dying…

In a few seconds, only a smouldering stub was left of the tower, smoking away in the rain.

"No! My transmitter…" Mewtwo yelled. "You will pay!" Angrily, it fired a Psybeam at Kyogre, who was already greatly weakened. It fainted and joined Lugia at the bottom of the sea, unknowing of the ferocious, decisive battle that stormed above.