Sunyshore Tower

Unbeknownst to everyone, trouble was brewing in Sunyshore City. Cassidy and Butch from Team Rocket were in the city and they had their eyes on the Sunyshore Tower.

"So this is the famous Sunyshore Tower Dr. Namba was telling us about?" Cassidy asked.

"Yes." Butch said. "According to him this tower makes all the electricity for the city thanks to the solar panels it has, and it also controls all the other solar panels in this city."

"And to think this was all created by the leader of this city." Cassidy said.

Dr. Namba wanted the Sunyshore Tower to use it for his own purposes.

"Let's get to work." Butch said.

He and Cassidy walked to the tower to carry out their plan of stealing it.

Meanwhile Ash and Volkner were getting ready to battle each other. Ash was going to battle Volkner first and then it would be Tomo's turn. The robot referee declared it to be a 3 on 3 Pokemon battle. Volkner sent out a Luxray while Ash sent out his Rhyperior; Ash had decided to use Rhyperior for this gym battle.

"Wow it's Rhyperior." Dawn said.

"Using a ground type Pokemon is a huge advantage over Luxray." Brock said.

"Yeah, but Volkner still won't make this battle easy." Flint said.

Flint knew how tough of a trainer Volkner was.

They were about to make their first moves, when suddenly the lights went out and the robot stopped working.

"Hey what happened?" Ash exclaimed.

"A power cut?" Dawn asked.

Volkner checked the gym's power box right away to see if that was the problem, but it wasn't. Everyone then left the gym. It wasn't just the gym that had no electricity; the whole city was without power. No escalators were moving and even all the robots stopped working.

"What's going on?" Brock asked.

"The solar panels in this city collect the sun's energy and send it all to Sunyshore Tower which acts as a power plant for the entire city." Volkner said. "So something must be happening at the tower."

Suddenly there was a rumbling noise and the ground shook a bit. Something was happening at the tower and everyone ran to see what was happening. When they got there they noticed the tower had wheels attached to it. Officer Jenny was there too.

"What's going on here?!" Flint demanded.

Cassidy and Butch revealed themselves.

"Oh great it's Team Rocket again." Ash muttered.

"Team Rocket?" Volkner was confused.

"They're a criminal organization that goes around stealing Pokemon." Brock filled him in.

"That is normally the case." Cassidy said. "But this time we're stealing the Sunyshore Tower. This electricity making thing will become very useful for us."

"What?!" Volkner shouted.

He wasn't happy that his tower was being stolen. At that moment the tower started rolling away. What had happened was Cassidy and Butch had made adjustments to it so they could control it like a machine and take it away easily.

"I will not let my tower be taken by criminals like them!" Volkner shouted.

As he created that tower, it was a pride and joy of his. He ran after the tower and so did Flint and the gang.

Cassidy and Butch were feeling very pleased with themselves right now.

"This tower is definitely worth stealing." Butch said.

"We better deliver it to Dr. Namba right away." Cassidy said.

Cassidy and Butch drove the tower all the way to a rocket launcher; they designed the tower into a rocket and of course electricity was the fuel for it to work. Volkner, Flint and the gang arrived just before it was getting ready to take off.

"They are not taking my tower anywhere." Volkner said.

He and Flint charged and jumped onto the rocket as it was starting to take off.

Ash flew up to the rocket as well, leaving Tomo, Brock and Dawn behind.

Once close enough, he grabbed a hold of the ladder and turned back to normal. Then he, Flint and Volkner climbed up the tower to find a way in, but Flint lost his grip and fell off the tower then into the sea.

"Let's hurry and get in before we fall as well." Volkner told Ash.

He knew how to get in because he constructed the tower.

"Hopefully Flint's okay." Ash said after he and Volkner entered the tower.

"It'll be alright, he's a big boy." Volkner said.

He took a look around and realized Team Rocket is controlling the tower from the observatory. Cassidy and Butch were feeling more and more pleased with themselves.

"I think this is the funnest thing we have ever done." Butch said.

"Yeah, and imagine the reward we'll get for this." Cassidy said.

Meanwhile...

Flint, who was okay after landing in the water, was in the Pokemon Center with Dawn, Brock and Tomo.