Archie rode after the fiend clad in red, ploughing through bushes and over rocks. He saw the man jump into a jeep at a clearing, escaping with a female driver. His arcanine howled as they watched them drive into the distance; He had failed. Just then, Grovyle darted past them and toward the jeep. It produced what looked like waves of dirt due to it's speed. It caught up easily with the vehicle, turning it around and flipping it over.
Archie and arcanine ran across to the jeep, as the passengers crawled out and stood up. The female scolded the man "Can't you do anything right, Nile? They were supposed to be gone by now!" Archie was puzzled by this, as she continued "I guess I, Eva, the most glorious trainer in Hoenn,will take you down for the glory of team Magma!" She sent out a Pokeball, saying "Go, eeve-" but before she finished her sentence, Grovyle appeared from underneath the dirt, slashing it with a fury cutter, instantly taking it down. The people talked among each other, coming to a decision, looking at Archie, his huge dog and a deadly, burrowing lizard and decided to cut their losses and run into Rustboro city, the foothold for aspiring Pokemon trainers.
Archie walked into the city, spotting the two people walk into a Pokemon center. He wanted to buy some things for his upcoming gym battle. He walked in, approaching the shop. He was trying to move as fast as possible before he had to talk to them. He then saw them point to him and make threatening gestures to other people who looked kind of like them, and decided to leave early. In his rush to get to the gym, Archie bumped into a young man, around his age. Archie fell over, as he looked up to see the man hold out his hand to help him up, asking "are you okay? I- I just do this all the time and I-" Archie grabbed his hand and got up, saying to him " It's fine, worse things have happened today. Anyway, are you also a trainer?" The boy said "ye-yeah...by the way, my name's Roger...I'm kinda nervous about coming all the way from Kanto to Hoenn..." the boys then continued to talk about things, like the similar Pokemon in both regions, and what was different in Hoenn. That was when Archie saw the two people run out of the center at him.
Their attack was strangely stopped when a red guy with red hair and glasses walked up to them. He said "Stop. You two are clearly not fit to get him out of our way so we can move on to our ultimate goal. Leave for our ship, I will meet you there." The two team Magma members walked off, pushing aside Roger. The clear leader was about to leave when he turned around and said something that made him question his early childhood. "You know people wouldn't just abandon most kids at birth, perhaps there's something you've missed?" As he walked into the the distance. Roger, getting up, said "don't worry about those guys, let's just get over to the gym." As they walked towards their next challenge.