Dwayne/Intermission

Approximately two months after his victory at the Battle Pyramid, Dwayne is enjoying a nice afternoon meal with Professor Oak, Roberta, and Eevee, who still seems quite emotionally attached towards Dwayne, wanting to stay with him at all times. Roberta mentions that Eevee was still unable to separate herself from him, and Professor Oak comments that Eevee's species are known for their extreme attachment and loyalty towards their Trainers, and with Eevee still being quite young, wasn't ready to be separated from him yet.

Meanwhile, as they keep talking, a helicopter lands not too far away from the laboratory, where Fabius and Harlynn step out. As they discuss their plans, they both agree that for the first time, their current assignment was personal instead of professional: Their goal was to eliminate Dwayne, whom they agreed was a major threat to their reputation and future plans. Soon, Dwayne hears the doorbell and goes to see who it is. It's a Magikarp salesman, who immediately tries to sell Dwayne the Magikarp he has. He tells Dwayne that the Magikarp lays golden eggs, making Dwayne very suspicious. Professor Oak comes over to see what is going on, and becomes angry when he hears that the salesman is selling Pokémon. Dwayne tells him that this is a Pokémon laboratory, and the salesman then makes a hasty exit. Professor Oak says that Pokémon should not be bought and sold. Dwayne says they should report him to Officer Jenny, and then the doorbell rings again. Dwayne, mistakenly believing that the Magikarp salesman has returned, says he will teach him a lesson, and harshly tells him to get lost, only to realize his mistake when he sees that it is Jade, who punches him on the top of his head for yelling at her, although she quickly and sheepishly says that she was proud that Dwayne had grown a backbone.

Elsewhere, Dwayne's Roserade is enjoying a walk through the ranch. She smiles upon seeing a Jumpluff and Skiploom getting along. Roserade then notices an odd-looking Golem and Nidoqueen, which are actually Fabius and Harlynn in disguise. Dwayne's Growlithe also notices them, and blocks their path, sniffing them. Harlynn kicks it away in frustration, but Growlithe retaliates with a Roar. Fabius, however, reflects it with a tool on hand, sending Growlithe backwards into the bushes. As Growlithe recovers, he runs off to tell Roserade. However, by the time the two get there, Fabius and Harlynn have already set off again. Harlynn accidentally steps on Misdreavus, who was taking a nap, and she reponds by using Shadow Ball. However, Fabius uses a fire extinguisher on her, and the two leave, just as Roserade and Growlithe catch up to Misdreavus.

Back at the lab, Roberta asks Dwayne about his future plans, and Dwayne admits not being sure on what to do next. At this moment, Roserade gets their attention by tapping on the window. Oak tells Roserade that they are busy and couldn't talk at the moment. Roserade then rushes over to Dwayne, and forcefully drags him with her Power Whip. Roserade's decision was correct, as Fabius and Harlynn have now reached the lab, though not before being noticed by Dwayne's Butterfree. As Fabius cuts a hole in the window, he comments that Dwayne would soon become a bad memory. Harlynn reaches through the hole to unlatch the window, and they enter the lab. Fabius and Harlynn soon sneak into the Poké Ball room, which has no security alarms surprisingly. Meanwhile, Butterfree guides Dwayne and the others over to the damaged window. He immediately rushes over to Professor Oak to tell him that someone has broken in. They search the lab until they reach the Poké Ball room, where they are shocked to see that all the Poké Balls are gone. Dwayne says that whoever did this must be professionals.

The Pokémon begin to spread the word. As all the Pokémon search, Fabius and Harlynn attempt to gain some distance with their costumes, mumbling that they'll wait for Dwayne to get to them instead of the other way around, with the Poké Balls inside a container covered by a a Muk cloak. However, a Nidoking spots them and tries to hug Harlynn. When they manage to lose that, Dwayne's Muk turns up and smothers the Poké Balls. Meanwhile, Butterfree locates the helicopter just as Muk has now covered both Harlynn and Fabius, who can't get up.

Roserade uses Power Whip to uncover the sheet covering the helicopter just as everyone hears a loud noise and see sonic waves being fired towards the sky, and Professor Oak says that it was Butterfree's Supersonic and assumes Butterfree found the thieves. As all the Pokémon rush over to the spot, Fabius and Harlynn attempt to hide. For a moment, they think they have made it, but then Roberta and Jade step forward, barring the way. Professor Oak and Dwayne come in behind them, and tell them that they are completely surrounded. Roberta tells them to give up now, or they would probably get hurt. Fabius and Harlynn then admit their plan failed and remove their costumes, and Dwayne recognizes the two, and proceeds to explain to the others about his previous encounters with the two. Professor Oak admonishes them for stealing the Pokémon, but Fabius exclaims their goal wasn't to steal the Pokémon, and they simply stumbled upon the Poké Ball room and simply took it as a bonus, and Roberta then asks what their real goal was.

Just as Fabius attempts to explain, Harlynn uncharacteristically snaps and says they were there to eliminate Dwayne as he'd interfered in their plans far too many times, and she begins to sadistically remark on all the way manners she was looking foward to torture him before finally putting him out of his misery, and her outburts even causes Fabius to become stunned. Roberta then shakes with anger, as she then says they signed their own death warrant for threatning to kill her beloved child, and notes that as his mother, merely hearing about her child's hypothetical murder at the hands of another caused her to feel pure rage, and vows to make them pay for coming after Dwayne, but nonetheless gives them one final chance to surrender. Fabius seems to consider, but Harlynn screeches that she wouldn't stop until Dwayne was dead and calls out her Chandelure and when she angrily demands Fabius to fight too, Fabius sends out his Slowking. Dwayne decides to battle, but Roberta and Jade tell him to let them battle instead. Harlynn lets out a maniacal laugh, and says she wouldn't play this time around, and Dwayne's Eevee steps forward to battle, and Jade recognizes that Eevee also wanted to battle to protect her Trainer, and Eevee nods in agreement. Roberta sends out her Nidoqueen while Jade battles with Eevee.

Chandelure starts off with Inferno, which Nidoqueen dodges. Slowking then uses Tackle, but Eevee uses Sand-Attack to blind Slowking, and Nidoqueen steps up to attack with Mega Punch, and Eevee uses Helping Hand to boost Nidoqueen's attack power, sending Slowking flying. Next, Nidoqueen attacks Chandelure with Surf, which engulfs both Chandelure and Slowking. While they are busy, Harlynn summons her Flaaffy to use Thunder Shock on Eevee, but Nidoqueen steps in front of the attack to take the blow due to her Ground-type immunity against Electric-type attacks. Fabius orders Slowking to use Power Gem on Nidoqueen, but Jade orders Eevee to use Copycat on Flaaffy to use a Thunder Shock of her own onto Slowking, causing super-effective damage. Harlynn then grows angrier and commands Chandelure to use Smog all over the area to suffocate them, and Fabius attempts to talk her out of it, as they could get affected, but Harlynn doesn't listen, and she says that they would all perish by her own hands. Chandelure does so, and everyone starts coughing, but Dwayne's Butterfree quickly uses Gust to blow the Smog away. As everyone still continues to cough as a result of Smog, Latias arrives and seeing the scene, quickly uses Safeguard around the area, and everyone heals from the coughing as a result.

Roberta then says that they would pay for doing this, and Harlynn simply laughs and orders Chandelure and Flaaffy to use Shadow Ball and Thunder, respectively. Roberta quickly tells Nidoqueen to use Surf, which engulfs both attacks, but they are colliding, and Jade has Eevee use Copycat to create a second Surf attack, which combines itself with Nidoqueen's Surf to expand the wave, and sends Chandelure and Flaaffy flying, who are knocked out. Harlynn then begins shaking in anger and she sends out her Lunatone and Solrock and tells them to use Explosion and Self-Destruct, respectively. Everyone except Harlynn panics, as they know the combined might of Explosion and Self-Destruct would possibly destroy a large part of the forest, and many Pokémon would get caught in the blast. Fabius then pleads for Harlynn to stop, but she doesn't respond as she's too focused on her enemies to notice her husband would also get caught in the explosion.

Roberta quickly comes up with a plan, and orders Nidoqueen to use Dig underneath Solrock and Lunatone and create deep crater, which she quickly does so. Roberta then tells Jade to help her put Lunatone and Solrock deep into the hole, and Jade tells Eevee to Baby-Doll Eyes, which weakens both Lunatone's and Solrock's attack power and leaves them flustered enough for Nidoqueen to knock them down the crater with Mega Punch. Then, Roberta sends out her Clefable and commands her to use Protect onto the hole, and Roberta asks for further assistance. Eevee then joins them and uses Copycat to mimic Protect, and even Fabius joins in with his Machop also using Protect, and all three Pokémon use Protect just as Solrock and Lunatone's attack are launched, and the explosion is barely contained.

As Harlynn curses her enemies for their intrusion yet again, Fabius steps in front of her, saying that she's gone too far, and she nearly got herself killed. Harlynn remains with a crazed look in her eyes, and says that she would put an end to all of her enemies, until Fabius also mentions that she nearly got him killed, and this was enough to snap Harlynn out of her crazed state, and once she regains her common sense, she faints onto Fabius's arms, and Fabius informs them that they surrender as he hugs his wife and apologizes to her for not keeping her in line. Dwayne then walks over to them and tells him that he wasn't sorry for them as they were out to kill him but also urges them to retire from crime, and Fabius takes a moment and agrees with Dwayne, and while not excusing their actions, Fabius explains that they only turned to crime because their lives weren't necessarily a happy one before they met each other, and Dwayne simply says that they already made plenty enough of money and should run off and live the rest of their lives in peace. Fabius is shocked and asks what Dwayne meant, and Dwayne simply stares down at him, and Fabius silently nods before picking up his wife and getting into their helicopter and flying away, but not before Fabius thanks Dwayne and promises that they would not only retire from crime, but also says that they would never meet each other again.

Roberta then protests to Dwayne about letting them go and questions his decision and asks if he felt bad for criminals who not only stole Pokémon, but also tried to kill him, while also pointing out that Dwayne might not have been the first time they decided to take someone out, but Dwayne says that judging from their files, Fabius and Harlynn never had a reason to eliminate someone since they never failed a mission before meeting him, and while he didn't necessarily felt bad for them, Dwayne did believe they could start over if they wanted to, and admits that if they refused to retire, he would've let them rot in prison. Despite Roberta still being uncertain of Dwayne's actions, she expresses her pride in her son, saying that he's become a very mature man since embarking on his journey.

A couple of days later, Robyn Oak arrives in Pallet Town for a brief visit and Dwayne greets his godfather, and asks what he was up to, and Robyn explains that he was currently working as a researcher in the Sinnoh region, which piques Dwayne's interest. Seeing the interest in his eyes, Robyn asks Dwayne if he wanted to battle him, and Dwayne accepts. Robyn explains that he left the majority of his other Pokémon with his grandfather, having only Charizard, Magneton, and a third, secret, Pokémon with him.

Robyn then reveals his secret Pokémon, being a Probopass. Dwayne says that Probopass was an odd choice for Robyn, but Robyn explains that he's been researching Probopass, wanting to discover why it required a special magnetic field to evolve, and decided to catch one back in Sinnoh in order to further study it. Dwayne then chooses to send out Elekid. Elekid starts with a Thunderbolt while Probopass blocks the attack with a Sandstorm. Elekid then uses Low Kick try and score a super-effective damage, but Probopass levitates upwards to dodge the attack, and uses Lock-On, which locks onto Elekid, which guarantees that the next attack will hit. Remembering his battle with Brandon, Dwayne already knows how to counter it.

Probopass then uses Zap Cannon, but Elekid dodges, although the Zap Cannon quickly redirects itself back towards Elekid, which Dwayne was expecting. Dwayne then orders Elekid to sprint towards Probopass and climb onto it, and Robyn realizes Dwayne's plan. As the Zap Cannon speeds towards them, Elekid stares it, before jumping off of Probopass just as the attack connects, saving himself from getting hit. Dwayne celebrates, expecting that Probopass was knocked out, but much to his surprise, Probopass was still standing, and Robyn says that Probopass's Ability was Sturdy, allowing it to survive attacks that would've knocked it out with one hit. Then, Probopass uses Lock-On again, and Dwayne decides to use the same strategy. However, Robyn then orders Probopass to use Giga Impact, which prevents Elekid from using Probopass as a shield again. Despite Elekid's best efforts to evade, Probopass relentlessly chases after it, and with Lock-On activated, Elekid was marked and ultimately struck with the attack, which knocks him out, giving the victory to Robyn.

Robyn recalls Probopass, and jokes that despite not being an active Trainer anymore, he hasn't lost his touch. Dwayne recalls Elekid and says that Robyn was truly powerful. Robyn walks over to Dwayne and starts to talk to him, saying that he may have won the Battle Frontier but he should not take it for granted. Robyn then announces that he is going to return to Sinnoh and continue his research, and bids everyone goodbye. Later that day, Dwayne takes some time to think about his decision, and settles on making Sinnoh his next destination, but would wait for a while longer before leaving, wanting to recharge his spirit before setting out on a new journey.