Back in the city, Lucas and Brendan are just waking up.

"Oh, my head." Lucas groans and holds his forehead. "It feels like a Crawdaunt just used Crabhammer on my skull."

Brendan yawns and stretches, "I don't know about you, but that was the best sleep I've ever had in years."

Lucas swiftly looks around. "Hey, where's Banner?"

"Banner?" Brendan yawns, while rubbing his tired eyes and the back of his head. "He was right behind us when…" Brendan looks behind to see no one and nothing there. "Hey! Where is Banner?" He gets up on his feet and looks around. "Banner!" He calls out. "Banner!"

Lucas: (stands up, to Brendan, sad) "He's gone."

Brendan: "Gone? How?"

Lucas: "He was kidnapped."

Brendan: "Kidnapped?"

Lucas: "Yes. By the man we encountered earlier – the one who set and led us into a trap. He was the one who came in the town to warn everyone that Banner/Hulk would come this way so that if he became the green giant again, there would be less human casualties. The man did say he had spies, watching us day and night; hidden in plain sight and in disguise, I suspect. So before we even entered the town, they must've contacted the man that we'd head there as our next destination."

Brendan: "O-kay, that's a good observation, but whoever that man was, he doesn't know what Banner can do or how powerful he is when he's his… other self."

Lucas: "I'm pretty sure he does. He probably saw the news, like everyone else, so he and his men set up the trap as soon as everybody in the city vacated. He wanted to stay so as to meet Bruce in person before he summoned his men to take Bruce away."

Brendan: "But he needed to make sure Bruce didn't 'Hulk-out' or else it would start all over again."

Lucas: "Hence the smoke grenades… laced with sleeping powder."

Brendan: "So that they could abduct him safely."

Lucas: "Exactly. This man's plan was so very detailed; so methodically planned out and executed. But there was one obvious flaw."

Brendan: "What's that? Other than the explosions up there in the two towers."

Lucas: "He probably did that for theatrics. He didn't tell the people living here to come back after he and his lackeys took Banner away."

Brendan: "Yeah, you're right. How long have we been asleep?"

Lucas: (checks his Pokétch) "Two hours."

Brendan: "Two hours? Well, someone must've come back by now."

The two suddenly hear a horn beeping. They turn around and see a fleet of cars and vans proceeding up the road. They move out of the way so that they don't get run over. On the sidewalk, they watch the vehicles pass by, with the drivers cheering loudly.

Brendan: (flabbergasted) "Man, (to Lucas) he is good!"

Lucas: (whispers) "We have to find Bruce Banner."

Brendan: "Why are you whispering?"

Lucas: "Because I don't want (points to the drivers and the civilians reentering the city, back to whispering) anyone else to know we're looking for him. They'll think we're crazy."

Brendan nods at this statement. He turns his head around to become aware of anyone that'll hear them. He and Lucas walk up the road, while speaking softly and quietly to each other.

Brendan: "OK, so how are we going to find him? We don't even know where they took him."

Lucas: "I don't think he knows where they took him either."

Brendan: "Right. On account of we were asleep when this happened. But, why did they take him?"

Lucas: "Well, they must've wanted him for some reason. Whatever it was, I don't think it was for a good cause."

Brendan: "Why do you say that?"

Lucas: "Well, the man we met didn't seem too afraid to talk to – or look at – Bruce. It fact, I think he was happy to see him."

Brendan: "They just met; We just met him."

Lucas: "I know that. I'm just saying that whoever that man was, he wanted to take Banner and use him for his own nefarious purposes."

Brendan: "That guy did set the trap. He has evil written all over his face. But, I'm sure Banner will be fine. He can go green and crush that guy like a bug-type."

Lucas: "You heard what Banner said; he's too afraid to use his own power. If he does Hulk out, he'll not only crush that man and his lackeys, but everything else in his path."

Brendan: "But he has to to escape. This way, we'll have an easier time finding him. A green guy in purple pants'll stick out like a sore thumb."

Lucas: (worried) "I hope you're right, Brendan. I truly hope your right."

Somewhere at an ocean, the Team Rocket helicopter is hovering 100 meters above it. Giovanni, three Team Rocket grunts (one of them being the pilot), and Bruce Banner, in metal shackles, are in the copter. One of the grunts is holding a tablet that shows a map of where they are; the red dots on the map signifies the living things in the ocean.

Team Rocket grunt #2: "I got an indication of five Gyarados – with one directly below us. We are at the right place… and spot."

Giovanni: (smirks satisfyingly) "Excellent."

The second grunt (a female) opens the door. Giovanni and the grunt holding the tablet grab Bruce by each arm and lead him to the edge of the doorway. A Gyarados raises its head above water and roars at the helicopter before it splashes and dives down. Bruce tries to back away in fear at the sight of the Atrocious Pokémon, but Giovanni and the grunt keep him still.

Bruce Banner: (frightened) "What… was… that!?"

Team Rocket grunt #4: "The local wildlife."

Team Rocket grunt #2: "Would you like to get a closer look?"

Bruce frantically struggles to get them to let go. He hits the grunt in the face with his shackles, but Giovanni puts his arm around Banner's neck and walks him back to the edge of the doorway. He says to him sardonically,

"Have a nice swim."

And pushes him off the chopper. Bruce starts tumbling and screaming in freefall. A Gyarados jumps out of the water to devour Bruce. Bruce's brown eyes suddenly turn green, soon after the Gyarados closes its jaws around him and falls back into the water.

Team Rocket grunt #2: (Clutching his nose, looking over the doorway after seeing Bruce get eaten by Gyarados, cynically) "Good riddance."

The Gyarados dives down. It stops when it feels something in its throat. It coughs and coughs until it spits out Hulk. The Hulk and Gyarados roar at each other. Gyarados swims at the Hulk in an attempt to eat him. Gyarados grabs Hulk by the jaws, but Mr. Green uses his strength to keep its mouth open. It and the Hulk plow through the water like a bullet train. Gyarados uses a Hydro Pump attack and blast the Hulk out of its mouth. Hulk is officially out of his element: he can't swim to attack Gyarados or dodge its attacks. Gyarados charges at Hulk again; it chomps on him like last time, but Hulk punches between its eyes and it opens its mouth to release him. He then grabs its crest. The Gyarados swims swiftly and aggressively to get Hulk off its face; Hulk tightly holds onto the crest as Gyarados swims at high speed, almost like he's on a roller coaster. It passes a group of the 4 other Gyarados; they see Hulk, now on its first dorsal fin, and they go after them. Hulk suddenly loses his grip and is whisked around in the water. Once he stops, he is treading, still underwater, with now five Gyarados circling him. Hulk roars and one of the Gyarados swims right toward him; it swims under Hulk, but jolly green hits its back and it howls in pain. Another does the same thing, but it swims over the Hulk, which grabs one of its barbels. He grabs the other barbel and moves to the top of its head where he uses the barbels he's holding like horse reins to control the Atrocious Pokémon's movements. The Gyarados he's riding on starts to dive down deep fast; the others follow. It does a barrel roll to get the Hulk off, but he holds on the barbels firmly. As they get close to the seafloor, Hulk gets on its head and pommels it twice until Gyarados faints and skids on the seafloor near a big underwater cave. Hulk jumps off, then looks behind to see the 4 other Gyarados barreling towards him. He leaps at them and uses a thunderclap that stuns them and knocks them out. He lands back down to roar at them as they sink down. As that happens, a pair of light blue, glowing eyes appear from inside the cave.

In the helicopter cabin, a sixth red dot suddenly appears on the grunt's tablet map.

Team Rocket grunt #2: "Sir, there appears to be another Pokémon down there that… that just appeared out of nowhere."

Giovanni: "It looks like 'Brucie' found a new playmate."

Suddenly, a Lugia rises from under the sea, with Hulk tightly squeezing its neck, right near the helicopter, where the Team Rocket boss and grunts stare in amazement at seeing the strongest one there is duking it out against a legendary. Lugia uses a Psychic attack to pry the Hulk of its neck. It flips on its back and grabs him with its wing-hands. It flies away from the helicopter; Giovanni watches and smirks. Lugia flips back into a normal flying position, still holding the Hulk in its wings. Hulk loosens Lugia's grip on him, climbs up one of its arms, and jumps and grabs the base of its neck to choke it. Lugia flies wildly while it screeches and suffocates. It then has an idea: it folds its wings and plates flat, lets out a mighty, assertive screech, and shoots straight up the sky.

The grunts watch this from the chopper using binoculars; they see Lugia (and Hulk) fly through and over the clouds.

Team Rocket grunt #4: "What's it doing?"

Giovanni: "Whatever it needs to do to get that Mankey off its back."

Team Rocket grunt #2: "If they go any higher, they'll be in other space."

Giovanni: "Not likely. Lugia will keep climbing until Hulk lets go."

Team Rocket grunt #4: "And what if he doesn't?"

Giovanni: "He will."

Team Rocket grunt #2: "How do you know that?"

Giovanni: "He'll lose oxygen before it will."

Hulk loses his grip on Lugia's neck and falls, but not before he manages to grab its tail; Lugia keeps flying upwards—high speed, without stopping. Hulk fights through the wind turbulence and climbs up Lugia to get to its head. Meanwhile, Lugia starts getting tired and dizzy from the thin air and overexerting itself flying straight up; the thin air is starting to affect the Hulk too: he is panting heavily, but is still climbing. Lugia and Hulk both get covered in frost and the sky becomes darker around them. Hulk finally reaches Lugia's head; as he lifts his arms to strike a blow to the giant silver bird, he loses consciousness and fall off of Lugia, plummeting back towards earth. Lugia turns around to see Hulk falling. It shakes its head to get its mind straight and dives straight down right at the Hulk, like a guided missile. Lugia uses its move Aeroblast on the green goliath, accelerating his descent and crashing into the ocean with a thunderous splash; the part of the ocean that Hulk crash landed on was much more shallow—deep enough to submerge his feet. Hulk regains consciousness, gets back up on his feet, and looks up to see Lugia dive-bombing at him. Hulk roars irately and does a mighty vertical leap at Lugia, which charges an energy attack at him. Hulk's fist collides with the blast and the result is a shockwave so powerful, that the helicopter almost loses its stability in the air. Once the chopper gets steady again, Giovanni snatches the binoculars from one of his grunts to view the aftermath of the fight. At the ocean, Lugia is lying flat on its back, unconscious, eyes closed, groaning and moaning weakly in pain. Hulk is standing next to it, mad, but pitiful at its opponent. He jumps on Lugia's stomach, stomps on its chest, and roars into the sky. Watching from the helicopter, Giovanni smirks deviously.