Archie and Roger headed out of the gym, wondering where to go next. They saw Jacob, the boy he had met in the gym. They saw people gasping and looking up at a billboard, which had the team Magma leader on it. "Hello, Hoenn." He started saying. He continued "This is a broadcast from team Magma's greatest battler and founder, Maxie. I have brought in multiple criminal teams from across the globe under my power, and if you don't bend to my will, I will move them into each town, city and route in Hoenn and take them by force. If you still do not surrender, I will take half of the Citizens or occupants of the area and execute them. If you still refuse, I will have my weapon of ultimate power randomly select a location in Hoenn and eradicate it. It's simple. Pledge allegiance to my leader group,or die in vain. Your choice, Hoenn."
Archie heard people running in panic, causing havoc among where he was. That was when he saw Roger and Jacob fleeing, among many others. Many different helicopters with a huge M on the side dropped of footsoldiers and Pokemon, who were attacking various buildings and people.
That was when he saw it. A helicopter that had Maxie in, slightly hovering above ground. Archie leaped on Growly and rode him to the helicopter. The pilot noticed and began to take off, but Growly Threw himself towards the vehicle and launched Archie off his back into the helicopter.
Archie barely grabbed the side of the helicopter, holding on his all his strength. Archie looked down;he was suspended high in the air, and he looked up again to find Maxie standing over him. Before either could say a word, Roger's Pidgeotto used gust on the helicopter, sending it twirling around. Pidgeotto hit Maxie right in the face, causing him to fall over and grip the sides of the helicopter door to steady himself.
Archie saw this as the perfect chance to climb up and try to land the helicopter, while Pidgeotto hit the rotor blades with more gusts. "NOT HELPING!" He shouted over the sound of the gears rattling. He got into the cockpit, where he found a pilot who had, hopefully, only passed out. Archie remembered what he'd heard just before he entered the Rustboro gym, and how they'd tried to kill him. He decided tossing the pilot out would be a good idea, and he watched his body ragdoll around. He sat in the seat, hoping it would be easy enough to control, when he saw multiple unlabelled buttons. He had no idea what he was doing, until Maxie clambered back in. He grabbed a pipe, smashed it on Archie's head and he slumped to the floor, unconcious.
Roger watched as his Pidgeotto desparately tried to stop the helicopter, just to see it crash to the floor. He ran from the scene, truly believing he had lost the one person he was truly friends with.
Maxie walked out of the helicopter, mostly unharmed as he had hidden in the helicopter's emergency room. He dragged Archie out, who was barely clinging onto life, threw him into an open top car, also having a huge M on, and asked the driver to take them both to the team Magma base.