Bruce, now wearing a dark blue hoodie, jeans, and sneakers, is sleeping on his side – snoring quietly. He starts to wake up; he flips on his back, groaning groggily, and opens his eyes. When he does so, he sees a clear, light blue sky with big, puffy clouds moving over his head. He sits up, rubs his eyes, yawns, and stretches.
"Well, look who's up." Banner heard a familiar voice. He turns to his right and down to see Brendan next to him – laying on his back, legs crossed, head resting on his hands – just chill and calm.
Brendan: "How was your nap, sleepyhead?"
Bruce Banner: (groggy) "Uh. It was uh… uh… great."
Brendan: "That's cool."
Bruce Banner: (Groans, rubs between his eyes) "What the heck happened to me? How long have I been asleep?"
Brendan: (Stands up) "For about an hour and a half. During that time, we got you some new clothes."
Bruce looks down to feel and examine his new attire. He then hears some flapping on his left side. Lucas rises up from under the clouds and waves at Bruce.
"Hi, Mr. Banner!" Lucas said. Bruce nervously chuckles and waves back.
"Maybe I'm still asleep." Bruce dazedly says. "Maybe I'm still dreaming." Then a small cloud collides with Banner's face, covering his entire head. Brendan laughs.
"Don't worry, Mr. Banner." Brendan reassures him. "You're not asleep – you did just wake up. And this isn't a dream, although it feels like it is."
Bruce feels something rumbling under his feet. He shakes the cloud off his face.
BRUCE BANNER'S P.O.V: Lugia's staring back at him and gives off a shriek.
Bruce screams and stumbles back, almost slipping off and falling, but Brendan catches him and calms him down. Lucas is revealed to be standing on a Moltres as it rises up over the clouds. He moves to its neck to sit on it – to ride it.
Lucas: "Just relax, Banner, and enjoy the ride."
Brendan: "And whatever you do, don't look down."
Bruce looks down to see that they're flying over fields and wide-open plains; he sees a heard of running Tauros and a Rapidash nuzzling a Ponyta. Bruce isn't scared in the slightest, but amazed. Calm. Free. They fly over a pond, where he sees Goldeen and Seaking jumping out and back in the water, with various other Water-type Pokémon playing. He also sees a man and his son on a small boat, fishing – the boy reels in a Magikarp and the dad cheers. When they fly over a park, he sees a Pokémon battle taking place. Bruce starts to laugh a little, then he sees a flock of Pidgey and Starly flying right next to him. Now with a smile on his face and in his heart, plus with the wind whispering in his ear, Bruce closes his eyes and slowly lifts his arms straight out, like he's flying, and starts to laugh uproariously.
Bruce Banner: "So... (to Lucas) Where are they taking us?"
Lucas: "Back to where it all started."
The clouds start to dissipate behind them – Arceus, Ho-Oh, Rayquaza, Zapdos, Articuno, Giratina, Dialga, and Palkia are flying among them.
Brendan: "Hey! Look, guys – there it is! We're almost there!
Banner looks ahead and sees the mountain plateau – the location where he first got transported into the Pokémon world. They land on the path, as the trainers and Bruce depart from their rides.
Bruce Banner: "Wow! That was amazing! But why did they bring us here?"
Lucas: "To send you home."
Bruce Banner: (Sighs dejectedly) "Look, kids, I appreciate all that you've done for me. Really, I do. But… there is no way I can go home. The portal is gone – gone… forever."
Lucas: "Not necessarily. I asked Arceus, Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina if they could sense any residual energy from the portal that brought you here. And they said yes. They can use their powers to open it again from our world, which means-"
Brendan: "Which means you can go home again!"
Bruce's face lights up upon hearing this. Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina use their signature attacks simultaneously on the spot where the portal disappeared.
Bruce Banner: "Wow. I… (Sigh) I can't believe this is it. Seems just like yesterday when I running for my life from something that I never heard of. Now… (Pats Arceus' arm, Arceus responds with a bellow and gently brushes his face with Bruce's, Bruce laughs) Now, I'm not afraid of them anymore. I have no need to. These creatures... (he forgets that some of the legendarys are behind them) You! Sorry! I-I-I mean Pokémon are much… much more than creatures. You live and breathe like humans. You live with humans. Among humans. Because… you're our friends."
The portal appears. Bruce grins with elation – he finally going back home at last. His expression turns from joy to woe as he looks back at Brendan and Lucas. He knows that if he enters the portal, he'll be back home, but the downside is he'll never be able to see them again.
Bruce Banner: "Well boys… I guess… this is goodbye."
Lucas: "Yeah."
Bruce Banner: "I'm really gonna miss you, guys."
Lucas: "We're gonna miss you, too, Bruce."
Brendan: "We sure had quite an adventure! Just the three of us, didn't we?"
Bruce Banner/Lucas: "Yeah/We did/I'll say."
Bruce Banner: "But I wanna thank you guys for helping me. I don't think anyone's ever done that for me in a while."
Lucas: "Hey, no problem."
Brendan: "Just remember: if you're dealing with a situation that's too big for you, don't handle it on your own. You got friends to help you; they'll be there for you… no matter what."
Bruce Banner: "Like you."
All three get into a group hug. After they're done, Brendan puts Bruce's glasses back on. Bruce gets on Arceus' back and lifts him up the mountaintop to reach the portal. Bruce waves goodbye to the trainers, with a smile and tears running down his cheeks; Brendan and Lucas wave back. Arceus get to the top of the mountain and positions itself to gets level with the portal. Bruce takes one last heartfelt glance at Lucas and Brendan.
Bruce Banner: 'Thank you, guys. Thank you… for everything.'
Then he jumps into the portal and afterwards… it closes.
