Yohana approached her caretaker quietly, holding an electric net provided by Team Rocket.
"Entei." She said telepathically. "Listen. My friend is in danger. Team Rocket has him captive and is threatening to kill him if I don't do everything they say. They want to capture you. Do you think you, Suicune, and Raikou can…"
Entei roared. (Alright, Yohana. We will allow you to capture us and then we will rescue your friend.)
"Thank you, Entei. I promise I'll repay you for this someday." Yohana grinned and threw the net.
Suicune and Raikou appeared, allowing themselves to be captured as well upon hearing Yohana's plan from Entei.
Yohana bit her lower lip. What if the plan didn't work? What if she lost everything due to her attempts to save everybody?
She hoped everything would work out right.
Meanwhile…
"I want you to tell me everything you know about Yohana, boy." Giovanni hissed as Ash was held by two grunts. A third grunt stood behind Ash, holding a whip that soon came down on the boy's back. "Now."
"I don't know anything about Yohana. I haven't seen her in five years." Ash said, receiving another whipping.
"You might not have seen her, but you have heard from her." Giovanni replied, smirking.
"What makes you think I've heard from her?" Ash asked, glaring at him.
"My agents acquired a letter from her that had just been put in a mailbox. Your name was on it." Giovanni told him. "The information inside proved that you had been in contact with her for quite a while."
Worry entered Ash's eyes. "That doesn't mean she tells me everything."
"Tell me what you do know." Giovanni commanded, nodding to the third grunt to give the boy another whipping. "I'm not giving you a choice, boy. My deal with Yohana forces us to keep you alive, but that doesn't mean we can't injure you."
Ash winced. "I'm not telling you anything."
The boy was whipped until he could barely stand, but he still refused to give information.
"That's enough." Giovanni finally said. "Any more and we'll kill him, and that won't help us at all. Take him back to his cell."
Red spots covered Ash's vision as he was escorted back to his cell. He could only hope that Yohana had a plan to get him out of there or that he died soon.
Meanwhile…
Yohana led the way into Team Rocket Headquarters with the three legendary beasts in tow. The other grunts looked jealous at her success. The young girl went straight to the boss's office.
"You were quite successful, Yohana. You came back with more than you were told to get." Giovanni was pleased. "You deserve a promotion." He nodded to some other grunts in the room. "Take those three beasts to the pokemon storage. I'll deal with them later."
Yohana sent the directions down to Ash's cell and what her friend looked like to the minds of all three beasts via telepathy. They glanced back at her as they were taken away.
Yohana tuned out Giovanni's words of congratulations and promotion, only listening when he said she could go back to her room.
She hurried there as fast as she could, arriving just as the alarm went off.
Quickly, she changed into her normal clothes and raced towards the pokemon storage area, where she helped Entei free the captured pokemon, praying with everything she had that Suicune and Raikou would be able to get to Ash in time.
Meanwhile…
"This is Yohana's fault! Poison the boy! She'll think she's saved him only to watch him die!" Giovanni told Ash's guards via walkie-talkie.
One guard nodded to the other and they opened the cell door.
Ash made a weak attempt to escape when the door opened, but failed.
The first guard held the boy still, while the second guard inserted the poison into Ash's bloodstream.
The boy fell to his knees. It was then that Suicune and Raikou arrived. The two beasts killed the guards and Raikou lifted Ash onto Suicune's back.
They ran for the exit.