Moments later—

Among the ruins of what use to be the Team Rocket Headquarters, someone walks – almost wandering – through the remains of the base. It's Silver! He smiles and hums while seeing the wreckage around him, until he stops and looks to his left when he sees something moving in a pile of wreckage and hears a woman groaning and grunting. She manages to muster enough strength to lift some broken boards of concrete and metal away from her upper body; the rest from the waist down is still under the debris. The woman is Ariana. See didn't get out in time before the building collapsed. Silver walks up to Ariana and crouches down so that he can talk to her without her straining to look up. Silver get a small, mischievous smile out on his face.

Silver: "Hello, mom."

Ariana: (surprised) "Silver!? What are you doing here?"

Silver: "I was just taking a leisurely stroll when I—"

Ariana: "Save it! I'm not in the mood!"

Silver: (stands back up, puts hands in pockets, sighs dejectedly) "Fine. I wanted to pay you a visit."

Ariana: "Well, you came at a… (Straining, trying to pull herself out of the wreckage) really… bad… time."

Silver smiles and laughs softly under his breath.

Ariana: (aggravated) "What are you doing standing around? Aren't you gonna help me!?"

Silver: (shrugs) "No. I was just leaving. Just wanted to say hello." (Turns around and walks away) "And now… goodbye." (Waves goodbye)

Ariana: (upset) "'Goodbye'? What!? No. No, no, no, no, no. Honey, you can't leave me here! I have about 6 tons of plaster and steel crushing my butt and legs and you're just going to leave me here?!"

Silver: (indifferent) "Yep."

Ariana: "I'm your mother; you're my son! My own flesh and blood! I brought you into this world and I'll take you out of it if I have to! If I could get up and walk, I'd give you such a spanking! One day – one day, mister, you'll look back on your life and when you remember this day, you… will… regret… abandoning me to let me die. After all that I did for you when you were born, you're just gonna turn your back on me and go!?"

Silver: (indifferent, distant) "Uh-huh."

Ariana: "Well, nooo way! You get right back here, mister! I MEAN IT!"

Silver stops walking when he heard the demanding roar of a shout from his "mother". He rolls his eyes up and sighs – even though he didn't want to, he didn't want to leave his mom stuck this way. So he walks back to her to move the debris off of her until her legs were free and she could stand again. Ariana hugs Silver tightly for getting her out of the remains of the base… then slaps him hard for almost leaving her. "For some reason, I definitely deserved that." Said Silver rubbing his smacked, bruised cheek. "Yeah. You did." Retorted Ariana, with arms crossed and with an ashamed/crossed look at him.

Silver: "So tell me, mother – how did this happen?"

Ariana: "Sorry, sweetie – that's classified."

Silver: "Well, what can you tell me that's not? That Hulk tore this place down to the ground?"

Ariana's eyes widen with surprise that her son had knowledge about what happened and who caused it. Silver's expression turns cold as his mother gets that "I can't believe it" look.

Ariana: "How… do you know?"

Silver: (Closes his eyes, lowers his head, chuckles) "Because… I lead him to you. (Slowly opens his eyes to show his malicious stare) All of you."

Ariana: "What?"

Silver: "I saw him when he first changed in the mountains and in the forest. So when he was going into Wishcomb city, I got a head start so I could beat him there—what a coincidence that he would stop at the nearest place he could find with food and water and I happened to be there – as a friendly customer. He looked like he hadn't eaten for weeks. I poisoned his cup of joe when he wasn't looking, hoping that his form would be triggered as a defense mechanism. After he transformed, I kept my distance from him for a while, especially when he made friends with a couple of strangers; but at the same time, I followed him – watched him – by hiding in plain sight. When he was captured, I took a step back, knowing that dad would take him to do his dirty work. It did take me a few days to track his friends and persuade them to come with and lead them here. All I had to do was sit back, relax, and enjoy the show."

Ariana: "I can't believe it. You were involved with the Wishcomb incident and the boys breaking into the base?"

Silver: (smugly) "That's right."

(Beat)

Silver: "Mother, there are much bigger things that are about to happen in the Pokémon world. Things that you will not realize… (puts his hand on her shoulder) …until it's too late."

Ariana: (sweeps her son's hand off her shoulder) "After what I just heard about the events that occurred, why I should I believe you?"

Silver: "You don't have to believe me, mom; fact is, you never will." (He walks away) "All you have to know is that this is just the beginning."

Silver starts to chuckle louder as his pace starts to quicken. As he laughs, he starts running, then he glows in a multicolored light. He jumps in the air; when he does, he changes into a Murkrow – in shape, size, and color – and flies away, all while laughing with sheer malice and delight.