Just a warning, this chapter is going to chop and change perspectives a but, so you might want to concentrate! There will be page breaks between each change though, marking where they are.

"H-hey! Get off me!"

Lyra was thrust into an ugly cell, her hands tied with a scratchy rope behind her back. She had no idea where the Team Rocket members had appeared from, but they had got her as soon as she had landed in Johto, and she was immediately flown to Silph Co. in Saffron City. She originally had no idea why she was here, but upon pondering it, she came to the conclusion that this was one of Team Rocket's many bases.

"We're not taking your Pokémon- we don't want them. But there's no way you'll be able to get out of this cell without them, so we've tied your hands. You be good, and we'll consider letting you go." Petrel had been the one responsible for capturing her, and now there were only a few metal bars separating them. Lyra shot him a glare.

She presumed Silver was here as well, but with no way of contacting him, she had no idea. He could be anywhere- this wasn't the only base Team Rocket had. She slumped against the wall, trying desperately to think of some way out of the room. It was early morning on Thursday when she arrived, and she was guessing by now, it was about five am. The most logical thing to do was sleep to conserve her energy, but that wasn't happening no matter how much she wanted it to.

Somehow she managed to drift off, and was rudely awoken roughly five hours later by one of the grunts.

"We've had enough waiting for you to wake up. Get up, you're being transferred."

"To where?" Lyra asked politely.

"The boss is bargaining with the boy, and you're his leverage. He was promised your safety if he cooperated and met with his fiancé, so you're being moved to a more comfortable… suite."

"Silver doesn't want to marry Crystal, you know."

"We're well aware," the grunt spat. "But he will, to protect you. The boss says you can go free if he gets married tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?"

"Yes," the grunt said exasperatedly. "Are you deaf?"

"No. Just confirming facts."

"Good. Well, this is it."

The man pulled a key card from his pocket, unlocking the door. The room looked exactly like a hotel room, with a cream carpet and matching bedspread. There was a bed, which Lyra was immediately glad of. Against the wall stood a dressing table, and a large mirror was balanced on top of it. A push in the back propelled Lyra into the room, and the door closed behind her with a mutter of 'don't try anything.'

As if she would try anything.

Friday morning came a lot sooner than Silver would've liked, and he was shoved into a suit at dawn, and dragged up to the office where his wedding would be taking place. Half the room was already packed, with Team Rocket grunts and the executives. Ariana sat angrily beside him, one leg flung lazily over the other. The other side of the room was filled with people who he presumed were member's of Crystal's family.

The room broke into applause when Giovanni entered, and if Silver didn't know better, he would've thought his father was the one getting married. A priest followed soon after, and five minutes later came Crystal's mother. Silver was pulled to his feet by his father, and then the wooden doors opened, and Crystal entered, accompanied by her father.

She did look nice in her dress, Silver had to admit, but this didn't make him care for her any more. When she reached the end of the aisle, she stood on her tiptoes and gave Silver a kiss on the kiss on the cheek. He looked pointedly at the ground, fixing what he described as the 'glorified napkin' around his neck.

"Dearly beloved," the priest began, "we are gathered here today..."

When Lyra woke up, sun was streaming through the window, alerting her that it was morning. Friday, she thought, her brain reminding her that it was Silver's wedding day. She needed to figure out how to get out of this room before Silver had to sign the papers, but she was ultimately stumped for ideas. It was silent outside the room- all of the previous day she had heard people walking about and talking to other Team Rocket members, but now there was no one. She assumed they had all gone to the wedding, and that this would be her only chance to break free. She sat down in front of the mirror, looking at her sad reflection in the glass. Narrowing her eyes, she stared closer at herself, before jumping to her feet. That was it! She could use the mirror.

Her hands still tied, she used her knee to push the stool aside, before taking on a stance not dissimilar to that of a Hitmonlee. Lyra kicked the mirror, the glass shattering across the dressing table. Seven years of bad luck for me, she though, picking up one of the larger pieces in her hands, and attempting to cut through the rope binding her hands together.

"Come on…" she whispered, accidentally nicking her skin. Blood spilled out from the cut, staining her hand, and dripping onto her shorts. Finally, the rope loosened, and Lyra dropped the piece of mirror, shaking herself free from the rope. She dug through her pocket, picking up Dugtrio's Pokéball.

"Let's go! We have a very special event to attend."

Dugtrio tunneled under the carpet, making it's way to the other side of the door, signaled by its chirp. Lyra slid into the tunnel, crawling up the other side.

"Nice job. Now, return!"

There was a map of the building pasted to the wall across from her room, and Lyra nervously ventured out into the corridor to grab it. She had no clue where anything in this building was, but scanned the map for clues. On the penultimate floor, there was a room marked 'event space', and Lyra took her bets that that would be where Silver was. However, on the floor above her, there was a room marked 'Pokéball Room', which she deemed a worthy spot to stop off in.

There were stairs just around the corner from where she was positioned, and taking the map with her, Lyra sprinted up the stairs onto the next floor. It also seemed abandoned, but not taking any chances, Lyra tiptoed along the floor, reading every sign on the door. The Pokéball room wasn't too far along, and she kicked open the door, finding it empty of all people. Of course, there were shelves wall to floor of Pokéballs, and it frustrated Lyra to think that she would have to search every single one of them for her Pokémon. She walked to the end of the room, where a wide window let a lot of natural light into the room. On the windowsill messily sat nine Pokéballs, the number that she and Silver combined were missing. She threw one of them, releasing an all too familiar Gengar.

"I'm so happy to see you!" She cried, hugging the ghost the best she could. "Have you been okay?" The Pokémon grumbled in response, but it didn't look too mad, so she patted it on the head before retuning it to the Pokéball. She then pocketed the rest of the Pokéballs; running out of the room and for the lift she read was at the end of the corridor.

Silver stood nervously at the front, weighing up his options. He had managed to stash his Crobat's Pokéball in his shoe in case he needed to make a speedy exit, but he hadn't had a chance to heal it, so it wouldn't be of much use to him in battle. He could marry Crystal, and then divorce her after he found Lyra again. He also could just say no when it came to the 'I do's, and risk getting himself and Lyra killed. As time wore on, this seemed like the best option to him. Either that, or just jumping out the window in front of him.

"Should anyone here present know of any reason that this couple should not be joined in holy matrimony, speak now or forever hold your peace," the priest announced, and Silver found himself praying that at that moment someone would yell something, and lo and behold, the door at the back of the room swung open with a bang.

"I have a problem!" A female voice yelled, and everyone in the room turned round to see who it was. Silver's jaw involuntarily dropped, and then his face lit up.

"Lyra!"

"The one and only. Oh, that's a bit rude, don't you think?" Lyra commented to the six grunts that had tossed their Pokémon at her. "You should treat your wedding guests with more respect. Go! Ampharos!"

"You really think that your Ampharos could take down all of Team Rocket?" Giovanni asked, rising from his seat and walking down the aisle to behind where the grunts stood.

"Well, for a start, I don't just have Ampharos. But yeah, I reckon it could!"

"Silver, I demand you tell me what is going on!" Crystal said, stamping her foot on the carpet.

"She's come to rescue me," he explained simply.

"What do you mean, rescue you?"

"Uh, she's here to prevent me from getting married. Newsflash, Crystal. I never wanted to marry you."

"You gave me a ring!"

"I didn't want to give it to you," he pointed out, folding his arms. "Just watch this. She's a really great trainer."

At the other end of the room, Lyra was standing fiddling with something attached to her hat.

"What are you doing, insolent girl? First you break out of your cell-"

"It wasn't very hard. I would improve your security."

"-and then you take too long to battle. Grunts, attack her!"

"Sir!"

"I've got it!" Lyra exclaimed. At this point, anyone who was still sitting had vacated their seats and moved to the other end of the room, standing behind Silver and Crystal. "Alright! Beyond evolution! Mega Evolve! Let's go, Ampharos!"

She reached up and pressed the Key Stone she had chosen to attach to the bow on her hat, causing a strong white light to envelop Ampharos. Giovanni covered his eyes with his arm, while Lyra smirked at the Pokémon in front of her. When the light faded, Mega Ampharos was left; it's coat shining from the process.

"Thunderbolt!"

The attack shocked all of the opposing Pokémon, causing them to faint. Lyra marvelled at Ampharos's new power- she would have to make a habit of using Mega Evolution. She ran down the side of the room, avoiding Giovanni, and ran straight to Silver. She fished around in her pocket for the Pokéballs, handing them over to him. He took them, shoving them carelessly in his pockets. Suddenly, Silver leaned down and taking her face in his hands, kissed her quickly on the lips.

"You're amazing," he said, pulling back.

"I know," she replied, smiling at the redhead. "Let's take them down, okay?" He nodded vigorously in reply, and over his shoulder, Lyra spotted Crystal. Her face was an expression of confusion, fear and anger, and Lyra couldn't help but laugh.

"Typhlosion, go!"

"Return, Ampharos. Meganium, you're up!"

"You two just don't know when to quit, do you? I guess I'm going to have to battle your myself." Giovanni lifted a Pokéball from his belt, enlarging it, and tossing it in the direction of the two younger trainers. Ariana got to her feet, standing beside her father, who pushed her away. "No. This is my battle." The redhead rolled her eyes, sitting down again by the side of the aisle. "Now, Nidoking, Earth Power."

"I'm not going to waste any time!" Lyra yelled. "Meganium, use Frenzy Plant!"

"And Typhlosion, Blast Burn!"

The explosion caused by these two moves had not just enough power to knock out Nidoking, but created a thick black smoke that filled the room.

"Let's go," Lyra hissed, grabbing Silver's hand and running out the way she had come in. They made it to the lift, choking, and slide inside, Silver slamming the button for the bottom floor.

"Where are we going?"

"Home."

"What do you mean? I have no home," Silver scoffed, rolling his eyes.

"We can go to my house. I'm sure my mom will let you stay for a while. And then… I don't know, we can go somewhere else. Where Team Rocket won't bother us."

"What, so you're saying you'll like… run away with me?"

"Pretty much," Lyra said casually. "But first, we have to get out of here."

Silver nodded, and as soon as the lift hit the ground floor and the doors opened, the two ran out of the building, startling the tourists gathered in the lobby.

"I don't have a Pokémon that can fly," Silver pointed out.

"You can take this," Lyra said, handing over Pelipper's Pokéball and releasing Togekiss. "We just need to go."

AN: I apologise again for the wait, but here it is! I always like writing femtags as badass characters that can totally beat you up. The next chapter will be the last chapter, and then I'll be moving on from soulsilvershipping for a while (a while. i can never give them up). But yeah, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and please leave a review!