Bayley/Two Years Later

Two years later, when Edge mysteriously disappears after receiving a battle invitation from Bruno of the Elite Four, Bayley just as mysteriously shows up in Professor Oak's Laboratory, disguised as a boy, searching for Edge's Pikachu, who had shown up before her, severely injured.

As Bayley appears to leave with Pikachu, the Professor chases after him and questions him, becoming infuriated as the child refuses to answer, instead insisting that he will free Edge from the unknown enemy holding him captive. Angered, Oak releases his Spearow and has it use Fury Attack, declaring that he would only entrust Edge's survival to the child with proof of his skill, by ending this battle.

Responding with Doduo, Bayley orders a Whirlwind that Spearow counters with Mirror Move, forcing the match into an apparent stalemate. Noting Bayley's inability to break through, the Professor admonishes the "boy" for his overconfidence, declaring him incapable of rescuing Edge. At this, Bayley has Doduo dash around Spearow, and amidst the spinning of the Whirlwind Spearow loses its balance, plummeting towards the ground to be caught safely by Pikachu at Bayley's command. Surprised, Professor Oak yells that making Spearow dizzy didn't count, but the stranger smilingly reminds him that there were no other conditions aside from him ending the battle, and tells Oak to be thankful no one got hurt. Indeed, Oak notices that the "boy" had battled with so much control neither Pokémon was even hurt slightly in the encounter, and Professor Oak decides to ask Bayley to follow him.

At Edge's house, the Professor is miffed to note that Edge, in his usual arrogance, had left his Pokédex behind. Oak informs Bayley that while he doesn't like the way he refused all earlier queries or the way he rudely barged in, the fact remains that he shares an understanding with Pikachu. Declaring that as Pikachu chooses to trust him, he will too. Then, Professor Oak gives Bayley Edge's Pokédex, entrusting it and Pikachu under his care. As Bayley leaves with Pikachu, the Professor becomes lost in thought when he recalls Pikachu healing itself completely when Bayley touched it and wonders if it was all his imagination.

In Viridian Forest, Bayley sits by a river to fish. Letting Pikachu go off on its own, Bayley fishes up a Seaking, but without a battle to weaken it, the Goldfish Pokémon easily escapes capture. Elsewhere, Bill compiles his data on the forest's ecology, noting by the appearance of a Weezing and Sandslash that the ecology still feels the effects of Team Rocket's exploitation from two years ago. Noticing a fleeting figure from behind, Bill chases after it, but ends up falling in the river. The figure, none other than Pikachu, quickly returns to Bayley, who simply places a hand near Pikachu's forehead, seemingly reading its mind before nodding and picking up his fishing rod.

As Bill struggles with the weight of his bag, Pikachu and Bayley barely arrive in time for Bayley to use a rope to catch Bill, saving him from drowning. While Bill is reeled in, however, a wild Seadra appears and begins to attack. Bayley has Pikachu walk along the rope to attack Seadra with Thunderbolt, but in retaliation, Seadra causes powerful currents to form in the river, threatening to break the rope holding Bill and Pikachu to the shore. To Bill's surprise, Bayley uses her fishing rod to go against the current, striking Seadra with the Poké Ball at the end of the line and capturing it.

In disbelief, Bill thanks Bayley, who, while yawning, mentions that Pikachu was the one who saved him. Bill is amazed to see the same Pikachu he once came across as Edge's Pokémon, and asks Bayley for information, to which Bayley indicates that "he" has to heal Seadra first. The researcher watches on, confused, as his new acquaintance holds Seadra's Poké Ball in "his" hands. Drying himself off, Bill notices that Bayley seems to be traveling, but is unable to ask questions as Bayley is found to be snoozing. Further confusion sets in as Pikachu gives Bill a friendly shock, causing the researcher to ponder the likelihood of him meeting Edge's Pokémon. Inspecting the fishing rod, Bill notes that despite the way the fishing line moved against the river currents, it doesn't have any features that are out of the ordinary. He is even more shocked to discover that the Seadra in the Poké Ball at the end is completely healed, but before he can wonder any further, a woman's voice demands him to hand Pikachu over to her.

Looking up at a cliff behind him, Bill sees a woman who promptly releases her Dewgong, which attacks with its Aurora Beam. Bayley wakes up as Bill demands an explanation, to which the woman reveals that some time ago, Edge had battled a member of the Elite Four, Bruno, and lost. She then reveals Pikachu was the sole survivor of the fight, which causes Bill to realize that the Pikachu next to him and Edge's Pikachu are one and the same. Declaring that the Elite Four have a perfect record to uphold, the woman also reveals herself as Lorelei, Ice-type specialist of the Elite Four, and demands for Pikachu as Dewgong creates an ice slide for them to go down towards the group. Using Doduo, Bayley breaks the slide, distracting Lorelei and giving the group a chance to hide.

Inside a nearby cave, Bayley confirms Lorelei's claims of Edge's defeat, and as Bill shudders at the thought of a group not even the Pokémon League Champion can beat, Bayley appears to heal Pikachu just by hugging it. Bayley reveals that "he" was assigned by Professor Oak to team up with Pikachu and find Edge, a notion Bill balks at given the involvement of the Elite Four. Outside, a powerful drill slams into the cave, causing it to creak, and an old lady watches the situation by laptop, murmuring with glee at the commencement of Lorelei's favorite attack.

Determining the delivered Spike Cannon attack to be abnormally strong, Bayley has Pikachu go into a Poké Ball at the end of his fishing rod, before sending Pikachu out of its Poké Ball to spy on Lorelei. As Pikachu watches, Lorelei is revealed to have both Dewgong and Cloyster for large spikes to siege them in, but the reconnaissance is noticed by Lorelei, and Pikachu is barely reeled back in time. In the cave, the boy reads Pikachu's thoughts, revealing to Bill "his" power to sense the thoughts of Pokémon.

Waiting outside the cave, Lorelei spots a Poké Ball rolling out, and thinking it to be Pikachu she has her Pokémon destroy it. To her surprise, Doduo bursts out of the cave with everyone in tow, including Pikachu - revealing the second Poké Ball to be nothing but an empty decoy. Charging at Lorelei, Bayley orders a Thunderbolt from Pikachu who attacks Cloyster as it uses Withdraw; the attack breaks off Cloyster's main spike, thereby ruining the combination of the two Ice-types. Lorelei demands an explanation from Bayley on how "he" knew about her combination, but even as she has Dewgong attack the group, Bayley beats a hasty retreat.

Riding on Doduo, Bill is surprised at Bayley's retreat. Bayley declares them to be no match for Lorelei, but Bill notes to himself that Bayley seemed to know all along that Cloyster wouldn't be hurt badly by Pikachu's attack - Bayley doesn't even want to see his enemy hurt, it seems. As he realizes just how complex the character of his savior is, Lorelei chases the "boy" for "his" name, and Bayley answers: **Bayley of the Viridian Forest**. Elsewhere, a familiar figure listens in on the conversation by means of her Jigglypuff and a satellite dish, wincing at Bayley breaking her instructions of secrecy.

Using its ice powers, Dewgong creates an ice skating rink to chase after Bayley's group, surprising Bill with its speed on land. With nowhere to go, Bayley is forced to direct Doduo into the river, where Lorelei easily catches up with them. Releasing her Cloyster as the group is caught in a wave, Lorelei freezes the wave before subduing Bayley and the others with Supersonic, trapping them. As Bayley lowers her fishing rod, Lorelei draws near, accusing Bayley of possessing the ability to read Pokémon's minds, and correctly guesses that while Bayley has said power, it isn't developed enough to see into Pikachu's memories. Just as Lorelei is about to finish the group off, the chunk of ice holding Bayley and the others falls into the river, having broken by means of a Hyper Fang delivered by Bayley's Rattata. Lorelei's attempt at a chase, however, is disrupted by a shadowed girl and her Horsea, and in the moment Lorelei turns to see who it is, Bayley's group escapes down the river. As he paddles away, Bill notes with surprise at having escaped with a Rattata's help, explained by Bayley to be his first Pokémon and friend, which "he" obtained with Edge's help two years earlier. Bill attempts an introduction, but Bayley stupefies him by falling asleep once more.

Meanwhile, at the Indigo Plateau, Agatha converses with Lorelei, who berates herself for letting her guard down and reports about Bayley and "his" (albeit undeveloped) powers. Declaring the possibility of Bayley reading Pikachu's memories of Edge's encounter with Bruno to be too dangerous a possibility to allow, Lorelei indicates that now, they're not just after Pikachu, but Bayley as well.

Having escaped from Lorelei, Bayley eventually goes separate ways from Bill, ending up near Celadon City where Erika lectures at Celadon University. After Erika's lesson, she is approached by one of the professors, who compliments her on the popularity of her classes, but also notes her state of concern. Erika admits that she has been worried due to the recent disappearance of a close friend. Afterwards, Erika contacts Misty, who tells Erika that there is no news about Edge, much to Erika's sadness and concern.

That night, Pikachu has a dream of Edge's defeat, with his Pokémon strewn about unconscious and Edge taking a kick to the gut from a Hitmonlee. Shocked awake, Pikachu decides to search for Edge without Bayley, but the latter informs Pikachu not to act rashly. Angered, Pikachu attacks Bayley, and sensing the Pokémon's distress, Bayley tries talking to Pikachu, but Pikachu remains angry. Just then, Erika shows up with her army of Celadon City citizens, declaring that she was informed by Professor Oak about Bayley and pointing out that while the Professor had given Bayley his blessings, Pikachu is noticeably less approving. Pointing out that Pikachu likely only followed Bayley due to Edge's scent, Erika tells Bayley that she has come to place Pikachu under her care when an attendant informs her that someone fitting Edge's description was spotted near the city. At once, Pikachu and Bayley run for the west side of the city, followed by Erika and her followers.

On the west side of Celedon City, Edge shows up, prompting Pikachu to happily jump into his arms. Relieved, Erika approaches Edge, but everyone is stunned as Edge punches Erika in the stomach and knocks her down. Bayley immediately senses something is wrong and Pikachu releases a powerful Electric blast, but the fake Edge reveals his insulated bodysuit, which is also designed to emit a chemical scent similar to Edge's. Ripping off his disguise, the impostor introduces himself as Super Nerd Miles, boasting of his own scientific genius.

The citizens of Celadon City attempt an advance, but are stopped in their tracks with Erika pinned under Miles's foot. At this, Miles releases his Marowak and has it use Bonemerang, which quickly scatters the townsfolk. As he turns to leave, Bayley shouts after him to release Pikachu, saying that in the absence of Edge, the ownership of Pikachu falls under "him", but Miles simply sneers a challenge for Bayley to take Pikachu back himself, and orders a combined attack from his Marowak, Persian, and Paras. With Bayley kept at bay, Miles escapes into the city, and as Erika struggles to get up, Bayley decides to attack at full force as well. Much to Erika's dismay, Bayley's full force merely consists of Rattata and Doduo, to which Bayley explains that "he" released all the other Pokémon he had captured, seeking only true friends as opposed to filling up Pokédex entries. As Bayley leaves on Doduo, Erika orders one of her elite groups to follow, when she discovers the sketchbook Bayley has dropped. Flipping through the pages she finds detailed, annotated sketches on Bayley's three traveling companions.

In the middle of Celadon City, Miles gloats to himself as Bayley struggles to find him in the dark. Musing to himself of the pay he would receive from the old woman who ordered Pikachu's capture, and the prospects of experimenting on a Pokémon League champion's Pokémon, Miles swears revenge on the Celadon University he was kicked out of and plans his attack. As Bayley carefully searches, Marowak sends its Bonemerang to attack Bayley's team, while Bayley's team attempts to listen for the Bonemerang are foiled as Persian uses Scratch on the wall to create interfering noise. With Paras's Spore on Marowak's bone, Bayley's team is slowly weakened, and a scream from Bayley elicits concern from Pikachu.

As Erika gets to her feet, she deduces that Miles must have found Edge in order to use the latter's scent in engineering his bodysuit, and at this revelation, her citizens suggest that Professor Oak be consulted. However, Erika proposes an alternative in Blaine: the fourth of the 'good' Gym Leaders who had once sworn allegiance with Team Rocket, and so the scientist is contacted at his Gym on Cinnabar Island.

Pikachu desperately releases electricity in an attempt to break free. Miles sneers that he and his Pokémon have been completely insulated against Pikachu's attacks, and points out that Bayley isn't Pikachu's Trainer either. Completely pinned by Miles's attack, Bayley decides to give "himself" up to Marowak's Bonemerang, recalling Rattata and Doduo before taking a direct hit to the chest. Pikachu screams as Miles leers at Bayley's insignificant sacrifice, and orders Marowak to ready itself for its returning bone. To his shock, Rattata's and Doduo's Poké Balls come swinging back at him, being tethered around Marowak's bone with Bayley's fishing line, and with the extra weight throwing the trajectory off Marowak misses its bone, which smacks Miles in the face. This not only releases Rattata and Doduo, but also allows Pikachu to escape, and the three Pokémon run off.

Shaken, Miles quickly tries to plan an ambush, but finds himself surrounded by Brock, Misty, and Erika; Erika having informed the other two. Having already procured a lot of data on them, Miles is hardly concerned, but he is shocked as Blaine makes his appearance, and cries foul play over this lack of information. Misty counters that Miles has not been playing fair himself, but Miles merely has Paras scatter Poison Powder on Marowak's bone in attempt to kill off the Leaders. However, pieces of concrete start hitting him out of nowhere, and Blaine figures out what had happened: Pikachu's constant release of electricity created an electromagnetic field around Miles, attracting blocks of steel-reinforced concrete that Doduo and Rattata had broken off a nearby building. With chunks of concrete and metal pinning him down on all sides, Miles finally collapses as Blaine commends Bayley on "his" bravery, and "his" trust in Pikachu. Convinced of Bayley's faith, Pikachu goes to Bayley's side, alongside Rattata and Doduo.

Erika gently places Bayley's sketchbook next to her as the Gym Leaders comment on "his" deep connection with Pikachu, and Professor Oak's wise decision to send "him" off to find Edge. Noting their meeting for the first time, Blaine apologizes to Misty for the experiments he carried out on her Gyarados, and the latter forgives him. Blaine declares that they need to find clues about Edge's location, and he releases his Growlithe to sniff Miles for Edge's scent. Soon enough, Growlithe howls towards the north, and Blaine's closer examination of Miles's suit confirms traces of rock found only at Mt. Moon. To the Leaders' horror, Miles's unconscious body starts to float before their very eyes, surrounded by swirling gas.

A sinister figure sneers from a nearby skyscraper. Brock sends out his Graveler while Misty sends out Omanyte, and the two Pokémon try to pull Miles down as Bayley comes to. The dark fog reveals its true form as a Gastly, and Blaine orders a Fire Blast from his Growlithe to blow Gastly away. However, Erika notices a wild Caterpie in the way of the attack, and Bayley valiantly sends Pikachu to rescue it by means of his fishing rod, despite his injuries. The Gym Leaders marvel at Bayley's bravery and formally introduce themselves, as Erika expresses concern on why Miles was nearly kidnapped.

Deducing that Miles's employer must have tried to silence the only clue to Edge's whereabouts, the leaders make plans as the Gastly reappears, releasing thick fog to trap the group. Out of nowhere, an attack pierces through Gastly and faints it; the savior reveals himself to be Robyn Oak and his Robyn's Charizard. Remarking on attacking Gastly by its core as opposed to blasting it away, Robyn explains his appearance: he had been investigating Edge's disappearance, and has come to the conclusion that the Elite Four was responsible. In particular, the Gastly's attack pattern was signature to Agatha, the Elite Four's Ghost-type specialist. The leaders mull about the Elite Four's strength and their unknown motives, as Robyn warns Bayley's about his show of compassion and how it led to Gastly's reappearance. Misty shouts at Robyn for insinuating that Bayley's kindness was a mistake, to which Robyn calmly replies that Edge would have found a way to save Caterpie, and defeat Gastly completely. He finishes by telling Bayley to train hard, in order to stand a chance at rescuing Edge.

As Robyn turns to leave, Bayley requests that Robyn train "him" in order to save Edge, and Robyn nonchalantly agrees. Brock and Misty give Bayley their Graveler and Omanyte for Bayley's protection, and the two Trainers leave on Charizard. As the Leaders watch on, the Caterpie Bayley saved watches on as well.

A few days later, Bayley wakes up with Pikachu. She begins to question where Robyn is now. Looking around, she spots Robyn about to be hit by a boulder, and she starts to scream for Robyn to move out of the way, but Robyn just calls on his Pinsir and he slices the boulder into pieces. Robyn then calls on his Charizard and tells him to send more rocks down. Bayley is surprised that he is doing this for training. Bayley starts to watch Robyn train more, but then sees the Caterpie from Celadon City. Robyn then tells Bayley to capture the Caterpie, and then train it to a higher level. Bayley calls Rattata out, and Robyn thinks that the Pokémon could prove useful if manages to evolve to its final form.

Later that night, Robyn thinks that Bayley should at least have a Metapod, but when he checks on Bayley, she still hasn't captured the Caterpie. Bayley admits that she has difficulty in capturing Pokémon as she can't bear to hurt them, and she's been trying to find a method to capture Pokémon without battling them. Robyn is forced to instruct her, and eventually Bayley succeeds in capturing the Caterpie. At that instant, Rattata begins to evolve into Raticate, but to Robyn's shock, Bayley has no idea what evolution is, and is horrified when Bayley begins to bawl over Rattata's change in appearance. The next day, Bayley apologizes to Robyn, saying that she has gotten over Rattata's evolution. Robyn points out that Bayley can cancel out evolution with the Pokédex, and admonishes her for her general lack of ability, asking her if she's really serious about her quest to locate Edge.

Further away on Cerise Island, Agatha shows Lance the Gym Badge amplifier she had found, revealing an eighth hidden section in the center where the Earth Badge could be placed. She declares that she is on the verge of locating it as Lance departs.

Bayley tells Pikachu to look after Caterpie while she runs a quick errand. After Bayley races off, Caterpie spots a leaf floating past it, and chases after it. The leaf floats over to the edge of the cliff, so Pikachu chases after Caterpie to stop it from falling off the edge. Caterpie then chases the leaf and almost runs into a cactus, but Pikachu runs in front of Caterpie, then blows the leaf away. The leaf then flies off in a gust of wind. Pikachu finds another leaf and gives it to Caterpie. Suddenly, a herd of Pidgeotto fly past and pick Caterpie up in the process. Pikachu climbs the cliff, and then jumps off and shocks the Pidgeotto. The Pidgeotto drops Caterpie, and Pikachu catches it. They land on the cliff, next to a tree and some flowers. Caterpie eats all the flowers, and both Caterpie and Pikachu fall asleep. Then, Bayley comes back with her arms full of flowers. She smiles as she notices them sleeping.

A week has passed since Bayley began training under Robyn. Robyn notes that Bayley has been training hard, but also muses that Bayley's refusal to evolve her Pokémon is severely limiting their abilities. Bayley's unfamiliarity with using the Pokédex also proves to be a handicap, as she struggles with the Graveler and Omanyte that Brock and Misty gave her. Robyn wonders if the two Pokémon could prove useful since they belonged to Gym Leaders, but quickly thinks otherwise at the sight of the two rebelling against Bayley and attacking her instead.

Meanwhile on Cinnabar Island, Blaine carries out his research on the Super Nerd who attacked them in Celadon City, testing out the insulating suit he had worn. Blaine discovers that the insulating suit is similar to insulating technology that Team Rocket had invented, linking the Super Nerd to Red as the latter had once taken a sample of the same technology in his fight against Giovanni. He is certain that Mt. Moon will hold more clues to Edge's disappearance, where Brock is carrying out investigations.

Continuing her training under Robyn's instruction, Bayley reads up on the Pokémon that Edge had registered in his Pokédex, and marvels at the sheer amount of data inside as well as the fact that Edge had previously captured an Eevee. Further away, Robyn notes that the environment has become desertified, just as the two Trainers notice a huge swarm of Mankey surrounding them. Robyn notes that the Mankey are attacking out of hunger, and orders Bayley to push back the Mankey with him, releasing his own Pokémon into the fray. While Robyn's Pokémon have no problems defeating the Mankey, Bayley is still seen to struggle despite her efforts. Robyn points out a Primeape sitting further away, suggesting that the evolved Pokémon is the leader of the troupe, and tells Bayley to distract it while he handles the Mankey. Bayley follows suit, using her Doduo to rush to the Primeape and attack it from close range, prompting it to chase her in rage. The Mankey troupe promptly starts to lose focus with their leader's distraction. Coordinating with Bayley, Robyn sends his Magnemite through his Pokédex to Bayley's, which emerges through Bayley's Pokédex and faints Primeape with a Sonic Boom.

Robyn explains to Bayley that he utilized Magnemite's ability to move through cyberspace as the Mankey run away, and is about to comment on Bayley's abilities when he sees her heal Primeape of its injuries. Bayley consoles Primeape before it happily returns to its group, and Robyn notes Bayley's unique ability to heal and communicate well with Pokémon. Later, Bayley thanks Robyn for training her, but tells him that she has decided to travel alone in order to become stronger by herself. Robyn informs Bayley that the best way to reach her destinations are via sea, and advises her to board the S.S. Anne since none of her Pokémon can swim. As he leaves, Robyn sends another message to Professor Oak via his Pidgeot.

Far away, Bruno continues training with his Hitmonlee, while Lorelei notes the unique ability of Hitmonlee: the ability to stretch its arms as well as its legs.

On the S.S. Anne, Bayley tells Pikachu that she has gained a lot of confidence lately and is ready to team up with Edge when she meets him. Meanwhile, in a lower-class room, the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman excitingly watches a tape of Roberta's semifinal battle with Dr. O two years previously. In his excitement, he recalls how he got the money to board the luxurious ocean liner known as the S.S. Anne. While he recalls this, the Team Rocket Elite Trio attack the engine Room of the S.S. Anne, causing it to start sinking. Bayley and the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman both realize what's going on and head down to the Engine Room to investigate. The two have a short altercation before the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman realizes that Bayley means no harm. Afterwards, Bayley notices a hole in the ship that's letting water in and has her Omanyte freeze it with Ice Beam. Up on the deck, the Elite Trio reveal themselves and that they want to be promoted by sinking the ship. Bayley and the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman arrive and Bayley challenges the Trio. She sends out her Pokémon to battle and says their plans wouldn't be accomplished.

However, four of Bayley's Pokémon scatter and are blocked by Team Rocket's Pokémon. Ken says that he is ready to have a "little battle". Ken shows Bayley that his Voltorb and Electrode are faster than Bayley's Doduo, surprising Bayley. Al's Slowpoke uses Confusion on the S.S. Anne again and Bayley starts to worry more about the passengers of the ship than herself. Doduo uses Whirlwind and all of Bayley's Pokémon, except for Doduo and Pikachu, disappear. Al's Slowpoke gives the ship one final Confusion, and every passenger (except Bayley) falls down into the ocean, while the Team Rocket Elite Trio is lifted up into the air.

Then, a strange thread wraps around the passengers. It's Bayley's Caterpie's String Shot. The passengers of the S.S. Anne swim back to Vermilion City. Team Rocket seem to be ready for a possible counterattack, but their legs are frozen from Omanyte's Ice Beam. Due to a misjudgment of Al's, Team Rocket falls into the sea, but swim up to the surface. Harry has his Ekans and Weezing attack with poisons, pushing Bayley off the S.S. Anne. Fortunately, Graveler is there to catch Bayley. Pikachu gives Ekans and Weezing a fatal Thunder attack. Then, Team Rocket finds that the S.S. Anne is cut in two because of Raticate's teeth and Graveler is holding the two parts of the ship, with Bayley on top. With the threat of half a ship over them, the Team Rocket Elite Trio is forced to surrender.

In Vermilion City, the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman learns that Edge is missing, and hastily tells Bayley of the legend of the Legendary Stones of Vermilion Harbor. Bayley wants to go find the Legendary Stones, much to the annoyance of the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman — who notes that the stones are meant to be in a heavily guarded sanctuary, and Bayley couldn't reach them, but Bayley starts her search for the Legendary Stones anyway. On the ocean surface, Bayley floats on a large mass of Caterpie's thread, with Omanyte in the Poké Ball on Bayley's fishing rod, trying to find a Pokémon that can dive down into the wide ocean. But all there are Tentacool. Suddenly, there's a tug on the line from a giant Tentacruel, and it pulls Bayley and her Pokémon down under the ocean.

Still holding her breath, Bayley sees a baby Tentacool with a tentacle stuck under a boulder. Bayley hastily sends out Graveler and it lifts the boulder. But right then, Bayley has to open her mouth, and she faints. She awakens still underwater, but able to breathe. She wonders if she is dead, but then sees the baby Tentacool and the Tentacruel and is happy for them. But that's not the most of this adventure — there are the Legendary Stones of Vermilion Harbor. The Legendary Stone of Vermilion Harbor. Only the Leaf Stone is there while the other stones were seemed to be stolen.

When Bayley returns to Vermilion City, she tells the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman the bad news, instantly sealing the Chairman into a pout. Bayley, meanwhile, wonders who took them, thinking that they must have had Fire, Water and Electric-type Pokémon they wanted to evolve, because there is no one Pokémon who could evolve with all of those Stones. But then Bayley remembers Eevee, a Pokémon who can evolve with any of those three Stones, and that Edge had an Eevee, so Bayley can't help but wonder if Edge stole the Legendary Stones.

Later on, Bayley fishes with Pikachu, Raticate, Caterpie, Doduo, Graveler and Omanyte. Bayley contemplates on how she will cross the sea without a Pokémon that can use Surf. Finding that the only Pokémon around her were Tentacool, she plans to move to another shore, hoping to find a stronger Water-type Pokémon. She then trains with Pikachu, as she finds it difficult to sleep. Suddenly, after using Substitute, she hears a cry for help. Soon finding the source, a Swimmer falling to shore from a large wave, Bayley and Caterpie help him, but he is unable to compete in the Surfing Contest that he and his Slowpoke were training for during the accident. Bayley agrees to take part in the contest for him, as the prize is a previously trained Dragonair, which would be perfect for crossing the sea. The Swimmer lends Slowpoke to Bayley for the contest. The Surfing contest has begun. The Dragonair then lashes out, using Whirlpool. Lance then appears on Dragonair. The Whirlpool strengthens and the contestants begin to be pulled down into the sea.

Dragonair then uses Hyper Beam to destroy half of Vermilion City. Lance shouts to someone to come out, but is not answered, so he moves on. Bayley plans to chase Lance with Doduo, returning Slowpoke to the injured Swimmer. Pikachu's tail gets String Shot'd and Pikachu is thrown to Dragonair with the help of Doduo's powerful legs, whilst the other end of the string was attached to float that Bayley was sitting on. Pikachu makes it, but is caught by Lance, who throws him back to Bayley. Lance then tells Bayley about his vendetta against the majority of Pokémon Trainers.

He tells Bayley that he is in the Elite Four and can control Dragon-type Pokémon. To prove this, Lance commands his Dragonair to put thunderclouds into the sky. Pikachu tries to attack Lance, but stops when Dragonair's Hyper Beam narrowly misses it. The beam then changes direction and hits Pikachu. It falls into the ocean. Lance reassures Bayley that he held back, so Pikachu won't die. He then sees the scar on Pikachu's ear, and he knows that the Pikachu is Edge's. The Elite Four has found Pikachu. Lance's Dragonair drops Bayley and wraps around Pikachu. Bayley tells Pikachu to use Substitute, and Pikachu creates a double that attacks Lance, but misses. Enraged, Lance has his Dragonair use Dragon Rage, and Dragonair blasts Bayley, Pikachu, and its double, making them fall into the ocean. While underwater, Pikachu learns a new move.

Lance hears something, and he turns around to see Bayley surfing with the help of Pikachu who had learned Surf. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt on Lance, causing a giant explosion and Lance to disappear. Bayley, having apparently defeated Lance, starts to go to the city at the "other end of the sea". Behind Bayley, bubbles start to rise to the water's surface.

Bayley and Pikachu are fishing when they spot a Farfetch'd heading towards the sea. Pikachu uses Surf to take itself and Bayley to the spot where the Farfetch'd was going to fall. Seeing that its wing is injured, Bayley heals it and then asks it what happened to it. It is revealed that Farfetch'd no longer remembers the way to its nest, and that it was injured because the forest had attacked it. It also says that the forest changes every time, so Bayley uses Caterpie's String Shot to keep track of where they go. Despite the fact that they had been moving in a straight line, Bayley finds out that they had been apparently going in a circle. The forest's trees start to drop their eggs on Bayley, Pikachu, and Farfetch'd. Bayley commands Pikachu to use Thunderbolt, which does little to stop the trees' attack. Suddenly, the trees pull their legs out of the ground. Realizing that she is unable to stop the trees, Bayley brings out Doduo, hoping to be able to escape. They escape to a cliff, and Bayley notices that the forest is moving.

Bayley quickly realizes that it is not a forest that is moving; it's a large group of Exeggutor and Oddish. She quickly contacts Professor Oak to ask him why the Pokémon were behaving so strangely. Oak believes that a mass migration of Exeggutor and Oddish would explain why Farfetch'd would be lost. However, it wouldn't explain their migrating before their breeding season. He then theorizes that the Pokémon are sensing a terrible future event.

Meanwhile on Cerise Island, Lance, Agatha and Lorelei discuss their plans. Lance announces that the Pokémon are realizing that he is about to strike and then promises to defeat Bayley.

Back with Bayley, Farfetch'd is able to find its nest. Bayley thinks about the future terrible event. At Professor Oak's Laboratory, Oak's granddaughter, Carly Oak, has begun to help out. When she states that Bayley is an interesting "boy", Oak explains what Bayley's goal is, stating that he believes in "him".

Bayley and Pikachu are surfing towards an island, and Bayley notes the huge volcano, questioning if it's active. Just then, a Jr. Trainer comes to Bayley, saying that the island is Cinnabar Island, and claims that the volcano has been inactive for years. When the Trainer mentions the name of the island, Bayley realizes that there will not be many clues here to Edge's disappearance, as the island must have been searched many times by Blaine. Bayley asks Pikachu what she should do, while the Jr. Trainer starts collecting stones in the background. When questioned as to what he is doing, he says he is helping a friend train. He then shows Bayley a bridge where he and his friend, who is revealed to be an old, bald man, do the training. Then, for the training, the boy and his Haunter start throwing stones at outstanding speeds. However, a strange shape appears, and the stones are deflected. Then, the boy calls on his Arcanine, telling it to use Ember after he throws the stones.

Bayley comments that the stones cannot be dodged on the bridge easily, and if one of them hits, the man will die, but just as before, a mysterious force deflects the stones. Bayley speculates that it is a giant spoon of sorts, but cannot tell. The man then comes and pays the Jr. Trainer for his help, and invites Bayley to his lab. The lab is revealed to be in the center of the volcano, and also that it is a back door to the Cinnabar Gym. He then welcomes Bayley to his lab, with Bayley questioning how he knows her name. The man then puts on glasses and a fake mustache, removes his hair, and reveals himself to be Blaine. Bayley questions his disguise, but Blaine claims that he never knows who could be watching him (and also he burnt his real mustache off in a training session). Blaine says he just got a message from Brock, and has a conversation with him via the telecast. Brock claims to have seen Edge on Mt. Moon, much to both Blaine and Bayley's surprise. Brock then explains that Edge was there at some point, but isn't now. He also has a flashback of what specifically happened, finding a perfect Edge mold in ice.

Blaine restrains Bayley as she cries out for Edge, who seems to have been freed from his icy prison. They start discussing what might have happened, as it seems the back of Edge was "ripped apart, like it was used for a Template:Wp". Blaine speculates that someone could have helped him, but seems skeptical to the thought of someone helping Edge. Blaine then tells them of how something like this happened during the Silph Co. battle, he reckons it was the same move that did this to Edge. Then, someone starts to hack into the signal, Blaine starts panicking that they could have been heard, but it turns out to be Misty. She starts telling Blaine and Bayley that there are some Pokémon armies attacking Pewter City, and that her city (Cerulean City) and Erika's city (Celadon City) have both been destroyed. Blaine tries to tell Brock to get away from his city, but suddenly Misty gets cut off.

Brock races into town with his Geodude, ready to intercept the Pokémon army, as he sees it as his responsibility as the Gym Leader to defend the town. In Pewter City, an army of Machop are tearing up the town, destroying everything and anything in sight, whereas in Cerulean City, Misty is dealing with an army of Gengar. After a futile attempt by her Staryu to fend them off she gets cornered by some, who start to terrorize her. To make matters worse, in Celadon City, Erika is told that an army of ice has taken over three-quarters of the city. Erika tells everyone to do their best to not harm, but tranquilize the enemies. Using her bow and arrow and Vileplume, she starts fending off the invasion of Shellder and Cloyster. She then thinks about who could be behind the armies. Judging from the types she guesses that it must be the Elite Four.

Back in the lab, Blaine too has figured it out, and tells Bayley about an island where the Elite Four are hiding. He tells Bayley they must sneak in and put a stop to the Elite Four, and must do it now, while the Elite Four are occupied with their invasions, and Bayley agrees. As they're about to set off, Blaine collapses, and tells Bayley to go on without him and to meet up on the island. He hands Bayley the map, and Bayley sets off. Blaine then starts talking about "taking you with me", he then picks up a glove and a Master Ball.

Blaine arrives on Cerise Island, and sees a silhouette, thinking it's Bayley, he asks "him" why he isn't where he should be, but as the shadow draws closer, he realizes its Robyn Oak and his Golduck. He tells Robyn that Bayley will be there shortly, but Robyn then shushes him, and they hear someone talking in the cave, the voice is talking about how all the Gym Leaders are occupied so it and Bayley will be able to fight. Blaine shouts out to see if anyone is there, then he confronts them calling them "The Elite Four", someone replies, finding it offensive and funny that Blaine would compare them the Elite Four. Blaine then sees three Pokémon: Electabuzz, Muk, and Alakazam. He then sees their Trainers: Lt. Surge, Koga, and Sabrina.

When Bayley arrives at Cerise Island, she meets up with Roberta and Bill. Bayley and Roberta start to talk, while Bill guesses that Roberta sent Bayley on his quest and helped them when Lorelei attacked them, both being correct. He also thinks that something unknown that Roberta told him is true. Roberta gets Bill and Bayley to ride on her Jigglypuff and tells her Horsea to put a Smokescreen around them. In the air, they see some Slowbro looking for trespassers, and these Slowbro make Cerise Island so cold. Bayley looks at his map of Cerise Island, but he can't read it. Bill asks for the map, and an unfortunate movement causes the map to fall to the ground, where a Slowbro finds the map. Roberta, Bayley, and Bill mentally plead for the Slowbro to throw the map away. The Slowbro eats the map. Then, it moves away to report the event to its Trainer. Roberta's Horsea latches itself onto a spike on the Slowbro's tail and leaves a trail of ink. The Slowbro and Horsea go inside the island. Roberta then notices her Clefable rattling inside its Poké Ball. Bayley senses that Clefable is saying that it hears voices from someone they know, and it is surprised, but not scared. They then see the people, Lt. Surge, Koga, and Sabrina from Team Rocket, and they also meet up with Robyn and Blaine inside the cave.

When Bayley, Roberta, Bill, Robyn, and Blaine wonder why Team Rocket is there, they respond by saying to defeat the Elite Four. Robyn confesses that he only came to defeat Agatha. Sabrina's Alakazam then hands out Spoons of Destiny to pick battle partners. The battle plan is to face each of the Elite Four in groups of two. The first pair is Bayley and Blaine, the second is Koga and Robyn, the third pair is Sabrina and Roberta, and the fourth pair, both with unmoving Spoons of Destiny, is Lt. Surge and Bill. Afterwards, the groups split up.

Blaine and Bayley are searching for the Elite Four, but haven't found a trace of them. Blaine borrows Bayley's Pokédex and checks the "Pikachu Emotion Mode" for Pikachu, and says that the levels are off the charts. Bayley tells him that she senses Pikachu will soon remember something important. Blaine suggests that after Edge's battle with the Elite Four, Pikachu lost the memory of the battle. But there is no time to think about that, because they've just sighted Bill and Lt. Surge. Unfortunately, there is a clear wall between them, so they cannot help Bill and Lt. Surge. They can only watch as the battle continues. Lt. Surge's Electabuzz uses Thunder Shock and Bill's Vulpix uses Flamethrower, but Bruno jumps to avoid the attacks. Bruno then sends out his Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee and Machamp.

Vulpix and Electabuzz shove Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan, who land on their feet on the Onix bridge. Hitmonchan unleashes a barrage of Comet Punch, and Hitmonlee attacks with a powerful Rolling Kick. Bayley and Blaine, seeing how bad the situation is for Bill and Lt. Surge, have Pikachu and Rapidash use Thunder and Fire Spin, respectively. However, not even a dent appears on the wall. Bruno tells them to leave, but Bayley and Blaine keep trying to break the wall. For punishment, an Onix wraps around them. On the other side of the wall, Lt. Surge and Bill come up with a battle strategy to face Bruno's Machamp. When Machamp comes to Bill and Lt. Surge, they run away.

Next to Machamp, two hidden Poké Balls open, and Bill's Exeggute and Lt. Surge's Electrode come out. Exeggcute uses Egg Bomb and Barrage to shoot out floating groups of eggs. Then, Electrode uses Self-Destruct to make the groups of eggs explode, which causes the Onix to thrash in pain, sending Bruno, Machamp, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Bill, Exeggcute, Vulpix, Lt. Surge, and Electrode down. Four Magneton appear and stop Lt. Surge, Bill, and their Pokémon from falling by creating a magnetic pyramid around them (other than Lt. Surge, who is climbing up on a Magneton). Bill looks down at the acid below and knows that if Bruno did fall in, he couldn't have survived.

Bill and Lt. Surge are still hanging onto the Magneton. Suddenly, something under them begins to glow, and Hitmonlee's foot tangles with Surge, pulling him down and making him let go of the Magneton and fall. Then, Bruno appears showing that he survived the fall by hanging onto his Hitmonlee. Lt. Surge's quick thinking allows him to catch himself with Magneton, but Hitmonlee attacks the Magneton, releasing Lt. Surge and making him fall towards the acid. However, a vine suddenly appears and rescues him just in time, and Lt. Surge's spoon starts to bend towards the end of the vine, revealing Venusaur and Edge.

Edge then greets Bill and Surge and rides his bike down on the Onix. Venusaur immobilizes Hitmonlee with Sweet Scent and brings Lt. Surge back up. As Edge is thanked by Lt. Surge and greeted by Bill, Bayley and Blaine are still on the other side of the wall, observing everything. Then, the cave starts dropping and Blaine remarks that Electrode's Self-Destruct broke the wall between the caves, and the one they are in is flooding. Then, after a blow from the water, Blaine is shocked to see Bayley without "his" hat, and both of them are taken away by the flooding.

Blaine wakes up and awakens Bayley. Bayley remembers that she has lost Edge's Pokédex in the cave. Suddenly, a tremble courses through the cave, and the ground suddenly jags up and pushes Blaine and Bayley out onto the island surface. Lance laughs that the cave is too small a battle arena for Mewtwo, and proceeds to command a Supersonic from his Aerodactyl. Mewtwo quickly creates a Barrier to fend off the giant sound waves, and Bayley starts to get worried. Blaine tells her to relax, and says they should first learn of the enemy's power by taking a defensive approach. Mewtwo continues to deflect the Supersonic with its Barrier, and Blaine secretly wonders how much longer his body can stand commanding Mewtwo.

Blaine orders Mewtwo to lift off the barrier, and Bayley find themselves charging towards Lance and Aerodactyl in the form of an energy ball. Mewtwo thrusts its arms forward all of a sudden, and knocks Lance off Aerodactyl with a blast of psychic power. Lance lands on the ground, releases his two Dragonair and orders them to summon a combined thunderstorm. The Dragonair spin the turbulent currents around with an Agility.

Blaine tells them that that Dragonair are one of the rare species that can change the weather, and says Lance has reinforced the effect by using two Dragonair with different climatic abilities. The Cinnabar Gym Leader tells Bayley to stay strong, as he is going to remove the barrier to unleash their counterattack, and the young Trainer climbs onto the shoulder of Mewtwo. Lance laughs at Mewtwo's foolish choice of removing the barrier, and orders his Dragonair to attack. Mewtwo launches a Psywave. The two Dragonair fasten themselves onto each other like a circle, then start spinning towards Mewtwo through the hollow center of the tornado. However, Mewtwo gets out of the way.

Lance uses the close-up attack strategy next, and orders a Take Down from his Aerodactyl which aims its sharp wings straight for them, but Mewtwo pulls out a psychic spoon just in time to counter the attack. Blaine explains to Bayley that Mewtwo can create weapons with its psychic powers. Blaine orders Bayley to distract Aerodactyl while he takes care of Lance's Poké Balls. Aerodactyl swiftly strikes at Pikachu with its wings, and Blaine makes use of the time to work with Mewtwo. The DNA Pokémon's psychic spoon starts changing into a fork, and all of a sudden extends all the way behind Lance and strikes at his Poké Balls.

Lance begins to fall from the blow as Blaine slowly drops to his knees, and Mewtwo becomes weaker. Bayley cheers with Pikachu that they have defeated Lance, but Lance slowly gets up and laughs. He pulls off his torn cape, and congratulates Blaine on attacking his reserve Pokémon. He then tells Aerodactyl to open the three Ultra Balls on the ground. Bayley gets a shock to see that they are empty balls, and Lance says that his other Dragon-type Pokémon have long been out of the balls.

A Dragonite and Gyarados emerge from the underground, and Lance says that the force which propelled them out of the cave earlier were created by the two. Mewtwo suddenly creates another psychic spoon to attack. Gyarados easily blocks the blow, and Lance says that Mewtwo is surely faithful to its Pokémon Trainer, but doesn't seem to have much strength left with Blaine unconscious. Mewtwo suddenly gets sucked back into the Master Ball.

Bayley decides to face Lance herself, and releases her full party of Pokémon. Lance watches the weak Pokémon and starts laughing. He asks why they are mostly unevolved, and Bayley states that she cancelled the evolutions every time. Lance laughs again and says it's interesting, but vows that he wouldn't go easy on her. He starts flying away on his Dragonite, and Bayley turns around to take a look at the fainted Blaine. She decides to look after Mewtwo for a while, and releases her full team to give chase after Lance. Lance shows off his power of healing to Bayley when he cures Aerodactyl's damage. Bayley then realizes that he shares the same powers as her, realizing why Roberta set her on this journey.

Bayley then tells Mewtwo, who is inside the Master Ball, that there is a legend of every time once a few years, a person is born in Viridian Forest with the power of reading Pokémon's minds and healing. Then she becomes ready to give up due to the enormous difference of power between them, but Mewtwo gives her a change of opinion and sends her party towards Lance. Lance escapes into the volcano of Cerise Island and Bayley follows him. Upon arriving, Lance tells her that he uses the power of his dragons to warm up the volcano, saying that it will be the scenario for their final battle. Suddenly, a giant Dragonite appears and uses its Strength to break the ground near Bayley, releasing lava everywhere and causing the volcano to erupt.

Bayley then remarks the training section Blaine had before meeting up with her, and Robyn's words, to realize the reason of that kind of training. She orders Doduo to use Peck, and Raticate to use Super Fang on the Dragonite, but with no avail as it throws both aside. She tries again with Graveler's Take Down, Omanyte's Water Gun, and Caterpie's String Shot, but again they are defeated. Bayley pleads to Lance to stop his awful plan, saying that both Pokémon and human are being hurt in this war, but he ignores her. She says that he shouldn't use his powers that way, remembering Edge's words. Lance orders Dragonite to use Fire Blast on her, which sends her flying into a boulder.

In a flashback, Bayley and Pikachu are being chased by a Hitmonlee, while also being followed by Roberta, who proceeds to lose sight of both Pikachu and Hitmonlee. However, Bayley and Pikachu return shortly thereafter and meet up with Roberta. After discovering that Bayley knows Edge, Roberta gives her the basic of Pokémon training, and thus, two rules: Do not tell anybody of how she met Roberta, and do not tell others her name, which Bayley later broke during her confrontation with Lorelei. Suddenly, Roberta has an idea of using Bayley's hat to prevent their enemies from discovering she is a girl, making Bayley pretend to be a boy.

Back in the present, Lance pushes Bayley into the lava. He flies overhead on his Dragonite just in time to see Pikachu save Bayley with its surfboard. They then use Surf to move through the lava. Lance's Dragonite flies closely to Bayley and Pikachu in order to read its thoughts, revealing that both Pikachu and Bayley grew up in Viridian Forest. Angrily, Pikachu fires off an attack at Lance, but Lance counters with a powerful Hyper Beam, taunting it while also revealing that he too came from Viridian Forest. After realizing that Lance not only came from the same place, but also has the same power as her, Bayley tells Pikachu to use Thunderbolt on Lance's Dragonite, while Lance commands Dragonite to use another Hyper Beam. Pikachu's ability to hold its own against Dragonite causes Lance to admit that Bayley is a good opponent despite her age. He also reveals that he has used four of his Dragonair: one for travel, one for reflecting attacks, one to control the weather, and one to fight. Normally, he only has to use the first and second ones with the third one being saved for stronger opponents. After his reveal, he decides to go at her with full power.

Bayley, unable to stand up against Dragonite's attack any longer, remembers Blaine's advice to watch Mewtwo's battle and decides to imitate its fighting style. She runs into the lava, instead of continuing to attack Lance. Instead of an escape attempt, however, she has led Lance into a trap. She uses Pikachu's ability to surf in order to create a whirlpool around Lance, attempting to trap him inside. She demands that he surrender and that he promises never to attack people again, but Lance uses Dragonite to fly through the lava, seemingly alarmed, and he rams into Bayley and Pikachu. Bayley and Pikachu land safely, but Lance is nowhere to be found.

Bayley is certain that Lance could not have survived from his fall into the lava, though a bubble-encased Lance proves otherwise. With his Dragonair and Gyarados firing Bubble Beam, Lance creates a storm of bubbles that refract light to hide him from sight, injuring Bayley's arm and forcing her to have Caterpie bind it in place with String Shot. Unable to see Lance, Bayley and her Pokémon are forced to retreat.

Bayley has Caterpie cover the volcano crater in String Shot to form a net that is doused by her Omanyte's water and then linked to Raticate's sensitive whiskers. Upon Lance triggering the net, Raticate signals to Pikachu to send electricity down the net, forcing Lance's bubble into view. Bayley orders her Doduo to break the bubble with Drill Peck, but the attack proves too weak. Lance mocks Bayley for attempting to break a bubble that withstood lava and sends Bayley flying, but she is saved by the sudden appearance of Giovanni. Bayley begs Giovanni to let her fight, saying that as a Trainer of Viridian City, only she can deal with Lance. Giovanni reveals himself to also be from Viridian City and glares across the crater at Lance.

Bayley wonders who Giovanni is, having never met him before; conversely, Pikachu is enraged to see Giovanni who merely sneers at him. Bayley, reading Pikachu's memories, realizes that Pikachu has fought with Giovanni. As Lance tries to hide using bubbles again, Giovanni sends out his Rhyhorn to blow sand all over the smaller bubbles, revealing them and allowing his Nidoqueen to break them. However, Nidoqueen is unable to break the main bubble. Lance mocks Giovanni, but Giovanni merely rolls his Beedrill's Poké Ball underneath the main bubble and pierces it with Twineedle, dropping Lance into the middle of the String Shot net and entangling him.

As a massive spirit forms in the sky, Giovanni is surprised to see his own Badge react to the energy, and Lance roars with laughter and triumph. Lance reveals that the Elite Four had schemed to collect all the Gym Leaders's Badges in a similar fashion to Team Rocket's own plan to amplify the energy of the Badges, and that he was only missing Giovanni's Earth Badge. All the other Badges were laid out in a giant formation on Cerise Island, and Giovanni moving into the center of the volcanic crater had completed the formation. Giovanni, unable to counterattack, merely leaves. Lance is dismissive of Giovanni and reveals his master plan to Bayley: to communicate with the Legendary Pokémon now flying over the island and command it to lay waste to Kanto. Horrified, Bayley tries to plead with Lance, but he merely flies up with his Aerodactyl and leaves his Dragonite to hold Bayley back.

Bayley begs Dragonite to let her pass, but notices that Dragonite has been badly injured after shielding Lance from the lava, and has been hiding its injuries from Lance. Bayley clings to Dragonite as it takes off after Lance, reading its mind to see that Dragonite shares Lance's perspective and is loyal in helping him in his plans to eliminate mankind. Bayley is adamant that people and Pokémon can coexist, and implores her Pokémon to help her show Lance. Reaching the spirit with Lance, Bayley surprises Lance with her appearance and is quickly attacked. However, Bayley releases Caterpie who, evolving into a Metapod, shields her from the blast. Bayley acknowledges that without Edge's Pokédex, she can no longer cancel her Pokémon's evolutions, and begs them to lend her their power in stopping Lance. Doduo, Omanyte, Graveler and Metapod evolve into their final forms, and Bayley begins her final battle against Lance in the sky.

Bayley trades blows with Lance in a desperate attempt to stop his plans to eliminate mankind, but is evenly matched. Lance gloats that his plans are a completely reality and he will control the Legendary Pokémon, who will wipe out humanity with a single stroke of its wings and attacks. Bayley winces from her arm's injury as the String Shot holding it together unravels into a single thread. As Pikachu lunges, she realizes that Pikachu has recovered his memory of the fight against Bruno, and learns that Pikachu had picked up knowledge of the Elite Four's plans: only a force, stronger than the power Lance wields from the Legendary Pokémon, could defeat him.

Below on the ground, Edge, Robyn and Roberta reunite. Seeing Bayley fight Lance, Edge catches Bayley's discarded String Shot and commands all their starter Pokémon to release energy up the thread, which reaches Bayley. Having an epiphany, Bayley orders Pikachu to focus the energy into an ultimate attack: MegaVolt, sending a massive blast of electricity into Lance. Lance has a brief flashback where he, as a child, witnessed the death of Pokémon as a result of human industrialization and swore revenge, before he is overwhelmed by the attack and blasted off.

Giovanni, watching from elsewhere, realizes that Bayley's attack turned Lugia's destructive power into healing power, rejuvenating the island as plants begin to sprout all over. He meets with Sabrina and Lt. Surge who swear allegiance to him, but berates them for having relied on children to help them out. Informing the two that Team Rocket cannot yet be revived, he orders them to resume their Gym duties and leaves. Bayley thanks the Legendary Pokémon before passing out from exhaustion.

Waking from a dream where she enjoyed a nap with Pikachu and her unevolved Pokémon, Bayley is surprised to find Edge and the others, making their way across the sea. Edge confirms that Lance disappeared along with the Legendary Pokémon, and Robyn adds that the armies of Pokémon invading Kanto have been defeated. Blaine remarks on the miraculous evolutions of Bayley's Pokémon, while Bill questions Roberta over Edge being the only one unaware that Bayley is a girl. Roberta, much to Bill and Robyn's annoyance, declares that it's much more entertaining for Edge to be in the dark, and Bayley nearly faints when Edge suggests that they live together since Bayley has also become Pikachu's Trainer.

Then, Edge helps Bayley's up and as Bayley's hat falls off, Edge becomes incredibly shocked to find out that Bayley was a girl, and after recalling asking for her to live with him, Edge's face turns completely red and comically faints from the shock, while the others laugh at seeing both Bayley and Edge "out of battle".

With the Elite Four crisis concluded, the Pokédex holders assist the Gym Leaders in rebuilding Kanto and its destroyed cities. Lt. Surge and Sabrina, following Giovanni's orders, return to their own cities, leaving the fates of Koga and Giovanni unknown.