Pokemon Learning League

The Great Driftveil Caper (Algebraic Expressions)

Written By
Timothy Whitfield
(Episode opens with an overview shot of Driftveil City at
nighttime with a quiet and calming atmosphere enveloping it.
A full moon shines down and stars shimmer in the sky. Now,
cross fade/pan down to a house with no lights on and we see
four figures dress in black and dark blue quietly approach it.
One signals to the others to come over as he picks the lock
opens. They enter the house, silently close the door, press a
button on their suits and camouflage into the background.
Now, they enter one of the rooms, a bedroom of a young trainer
named Phelan and sneakily go over to the boy’s backpack and
snatch all the Pokeballs from inside and then close it back up,
while leaving a note underneath it. They exit the room and
proceed to do it three more times in the other rooms. Minutes
later, they exit the house, lock the door back up, and as we pan
back up to the nighttime sky. Fade in to hours later, in the
morning, over the ocean, where we see a cruise liner en route
for the Driftveil port. We cut to the deck and find Ash, Pikachu,
Lana, Mallow and Clemont basking in the sunlight and enjoying
themselves.)
Mallow: (takes in a deep breath, contently) Ahh. Man, it feels
amazing out here today.
Ash (agreeing): Yeah, no doubt about it, Mallow.
Pikachu: Pika-chu.
Clemont: So, Ash, is it true that the rocks in Chargestone Cave
float in the air?
Ash: More than you know, and the Pokemon that live there
depend on the energy it gives off.
Clemont: Ahh. I’ll bet it’s due to them giving off a high
magnetic field.
Mallow: Hey, Ash, since you’re talking about it, what was your
first visit there like?
Ash: Oh, it was a pretty interesting experience, Mallow. Iris,
Cilan and I were heading to Mistralton City, when all of a
sudden, Pikachu was drained of his power, and it turned out it
was a Joltik that was doing it. Then, Iris and Cilan try to help
out with Stunfisk and Emolga, but they were drained of their
energy, too.
Lana: Ahh. What else happened?
Ash: Later on, we met up with Bianca and Prof. Juniper, and
they were going to trade their Karrablast & Shelmet and
explained how their evolutions worked, but then, we ran into
this big cluster of Galvantulas, and they kidnapped Pikachu and
Minccino.
Mallow (shocked): Oh, my!
Ash: Yep, and That’s not all. Turned out they did it because
they needed help restoring the Joltik’s electricity. Not only
that, but it was Team Rocket that was responsible for causing
the trouble, but as always, we stopped them, and helped get
the cave back to normal.
Lana: Wow! That’s quite an interesting adventure.
Ash: Mmm-hmm, but this one’s going to be more exciting this
time around.
Pikachu: Pika-chu.
(The ship continues cruising onward through the water. Fade in
to an hour and a half later, where the ship pulls into the Driftveil
port and the dock foremen wheel out the staircase and set it
into place. Every passenger, including Ash and the gang,
dismount onto the dock and head into the city. Dissolve to
minutes later, where we see the four strolling down one of the
streets, when just then, they spot three people running past
them, all heading in the same direction.)
Lana: Hmm. Where are they going to in a big hurry?
Mallow: I don’t know.
(Two more trainers run by, but Mallow stops one of them, a girl
named Lucy, who has brunette hair, light blue eyes, and is
wearing a short-sleeved shirt over a blouse, shorts and flats.)
Mallow: Excuse me, but could you tell us what’s going on?
Lucy: Someone got robbed last night and we’re going to check
it out.
Mallow: Ahh, all right. Thanks.
Lucy: No problem.
(She resumes running down the street.)
Clemont: We better go see what it.
Ash: Right. Let’s go.
Pikachu: Pika.
(They follow them along down the street, until they arrive at the
crime scene, with a bunch of people huddled around, watching
Officer Jenny interrogating the victims, Lewis & Catherine. Ash
and the gang go up to the front & listen carefully.)
Jenny: Now, how many of your Pokemon were stolen?
Lewis: About eight or nine of them.
Jenny: I see, and they did they leave any evidence behind?
Catherine: The only thing we found was this note, but that was
about it.
(She hands the note over to Jenny, who then analyzes it.)
Jenny (aggravated): Oh, great. Another one of these notes.
Ash (calling out): Hey, Officer Jenny. Has this been the first one
you’ve had?
Jenny: I’m afraid not. This is actually the fifteenth robbery
we’ve had in three weeks, and every time, they always leave
behind these confusing notes.
Ash: Oh. Wait, what makes the note confusing?
Jenny: They’re written in some sort of code we’ve been unable
to figure out.
Clemont: Why’s that?
Jenny: Well, just take a look at it.
(She hands the note over to Clemont and he carefully scans it.)
Clemont: Yeah, this is a tricky one. Well, maybe we can it
decipher it for you.
Jenny: Okay, that’d be very helpful. Just let us know what you
find out.
Ash: You got it.
Pikachu: Pika, Pikachu.
(They walk off from the scene. Jenny claps her hands)
Jenny (shouting): Okay, time to break it up, everyone! Nothing
more to see here! Break it up, break it up!
(Cut to the gang looking over the note.)
Clemont: So, who do you think could be behind this?
Lana: Hmm, maybe it could be Team Rocket.
Ash: I don’t think so. Sure, they can sometimes be a little
clever, but they wouldn’t pull off a code like this.
Clemont: Good point.
(Ash smacks his lips.)
Ash: Before we continue, how about we stop & get a drink
first?
Mallow: No problem. I saw a smoothie café just down a little
way. We can stop there.
(Fade in to eleven minutes later, where the gang is at an
outdoor smoothie café, sitting around and having some fruit
smoothies while looking over the note. Lana finishes her sip.)
Lana: Ahh. That’s really good.
Mallow (agreeing): You’re right, Lana. I should start making
some like this sometimes.
Lana: Yeah, that’d be good. (She places her smoothie down on
the table.) Now, why would the thieves be leaving notes
behind?
Ash: Maybe it’s a red herring to throw the police off their trail.
Mallow: Perhaps, or maybe they wanted to be sure it’s hard to
crack so it’ll give them time to take the Pokemon away.
Ash (agreeing): Hmm,
(Lana turns over to Clemont.)
Lana: Clemont, have you figured how to crack the code?
Clemont: I have, and it’s through these equations.
Lana: All right, how so?
Clemont: Easy: by solving them, it’ll give us the numbers, and in
turn, the corresponding letters.
Ash: Great idea, Clemont. We should have it solved in no time.
Clemont: Actually, Ash, it won’t be so easy.
Ash: How come?
Clemont: Well, for starters, these are some complex equations.
(He shows a couple of them to the three.)
Mallow: Boy, you’re not kidding.
Clemont: Mmm-hmm, and they’re hard to figure out, unless
you know how to do it.
Mallow: Let’s see if Ada knows how we can help crack this.
(She pulls out the Pokepilot, switches it on and speed dials Ada,
who is practicing martial arts moves with her Lopunny.)
Ada: Hey, guys. How’s it going?
Clemont: We’re doing good, Ada. What kind of move are you &
Lopunny practicing there?
Ada: It’s the flying back kick.
Lana: Oh. It looks difficult.
Ada: You better believe it is. So, enough about that, what’s
going on with you guys?
Mallow: We found out that someone got robbed of their
Pokeballs late last night.
Ada: Oh, my. That’s awful.
Clemont: We know. They left this note behind, but it’s hidden
in these equations.
(He presents the note to Ada, and she looks over it.)
Ada: Ah-ha. Yeah, they are being clever with it
Ash: We know. The problem is, there are a lot of them to solve,
and Clemont’s the only one who can do it
Ada: Of course, I can. I work with these sorts of formulas all the
time.
Lana: Great. We can definitely use it.
Ada: All right, then. To start off from the basics, you need to be
able to distinguish an algebraic expression from an equation.
An algebraic expression is a mathematical phrase that contains
numbers and/or variables and does not have an equal and can’t
be solved, while an equation can be solved and involves a series
of expressions separated by the equal sign.
(As she goes on, the images & words sync up.)
Mallow: Okay, got it. Then what?
Ada: Now, you need to combine like terms, which is just adding
or subtracting numbers with the same terms.
Lana: Yeah, that’s easy to do.
Ada: Next, you simplify the equation by factoring out a
common term. Search for the coefficients, or the numbers
before the variables, and see if you can factor it out by dividing
it by each term.
Ash: All right. What happens from there?
Ada: You use PEMDAS, or the order of operation, to break it
down.
Ash: Okay, we already know about that. What then?
Ada: Lastly, when you attempt to solve the equation, isolate
the variables by putting them on one side of it, and any
constant terms on the others.
Mallow: All right then.
Ada: Well, there are five kinds of algebraic equations to solve
for, but I’m only going to show you how to solve for three of
them. The first of which is solving an expression with radical
signs. All you have to do is square both sides to eliminate the
sign and solve for the variable.
Lana: Okay, that sounds pretty easy. What’s the next one?
Ada: Next is solving one with exponents. Essentially, you have
to isolate the exponent on one side and then solve by finding
the root of the constant and the exponent on the other.
Ash: All right, we got it. What’s the last one?
Ada: That’d be solving one with fraction. For this one, you cross
multiply the fractions (by multiplying the numerator of one
with the denominator of the other), integrate the like terms
and isolate the variable.
Mallow: Man, solving them is anything but simple & easy
Ada: Indeed, they are, but they won’t be once you get the hang
of it, which is why we’re doing a Q&A session for this
Lana: All right, then.
(Pan up to the upper panel featuring three algebraic equations:
√ ̅(4x + 12) – 6 = 36, 4x2+ 12 = 52 and (x +6)/5 = 4/8.)
Ada: Okay, you guys ready to do this?
Lana: Mmm-hmm, we are.
Ada: Very well, then. First off, what is the answer to this
equation here? (She points to 9x +27 = 42 – 2x.)
Ash: It’s 6.
(As Ash states his answer, the equation gets broken down.)
Ada: Great job, Ash. Next, what about this one? (She directs
them to 4x2+ 12 =76.)
Mallow: That’d be 4.
Ada: Nice job, Mallow. And lastly, how about this one? (She
points to (x +6)/12 = ¾.)
Lana: It’s 3.
Ada: You got it, Lana. You guys were superb there.
Lana: Thank you, Ada.
Ada: Not a problem at all. Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’re
returning to practice. See you guys later, and good luck on that
mystery.
Ash: See you later, Ada.
Pikachu: Pika-chu.
(Mallow switches the Pokepilot off and places it back in her
pocket. Now, they turn their attention back over to the note.)
Ash: Guys, I just had an idea.
Lana What’s that, Ash?
Ash: How about we start with just three of them? It might give
us a clue to what the code could be.
Clemont: That’s a great idea.
Ash: Thanks, Clemont.
Clemont: Okay, before we start, let’s see if the audience wants
to do it.
Mallow: All right. (She turns over to the audience.) hey, you
guys up for doing this? (She casually waits for an answer from
the audience for one second.) Ahh, okay then.
(Side-wipe to an excerpt of the first three equations seen on the
note: √ (8x + 32) – 12 = 0, (x + 8)/25 = 4/5 and 6x2 + 16 = 2920.
The first equation gets highlighted.)
Mallow (V.O.): Okay. What’s the answer to this first one? (She
casually waits for answer from the audience for two and a half
seconds.) 14. All right, then.
(As she tells the answer, the equation gets the broken down.
Now, the second one highlights.)
Clemont (V.O.): Now, what’s the answer to this? (He casually
waits for answer from the audience for two and a half seconds.)
12. Very good.
(The equation gets broken down. The last one highlights.)
Ash (V.O.): Finally, what’s this one’s answer? (He casually waits
for answer from the audience for two and a half seconds.) 22.
You got it.
(Side-wipe back to the group and Lana speaks.)
Lana (casually): Great job, guys.
(They carefully look over the answers. Just then, Mallow snaps
her fingers gets an idea.)
Mallow: Ah-ha! The whole note must be hidden behind even
numbers.
Clemont: Good thinking, Mallow. If it’s true, then I think we
may have cracked it.
Ash: All right, then let’s not waste any more time.
Pikachu: Pika, Pikachu.
(Now, a short montage goes on, showing the gang solving each
equation while finishing up their smoothies. It ends with
Mallow solving the last equation and puts down the last letter.)
Mallow: Well, that’s the last one.
Ash: Good. Now, let’s see what it says.
Clemont: (clears his throat & reads.) “Well done! You’ve
managed to decipher our brilliant & complex coded message. If
you dare, find us at the place where stones hover in the air.”
Lana: Hmm, a place where stones can hover in the air. (She
ponders about it for a moment, and then gets an idea and
raises her finger up.) I got it! It must be referring to
Chargestone Cave.
Ash: You’re right. It’s the only place where it’ll happens, and is
isn’t too far from here.
(Mallow gets up from her chair.)
Mallow: Come on, we better tell Officer Jenny this.
(The others get up from their chairs table, leave the café and
head for the police station. Cut to them minutes later at the
station, where they talk to jenny.)
Jenny: So, you’ve decoded the note?
Clemont: That’s right, Officer Jenny. Have a look.
(He presents her the note, to which she then proceeds to reads.)
Jenny: Ahh, so that’s where they’re hiding.
Ash: Yeah, and we think they’re keeping the Pokemon there, as
well.
Jenny: Hmm, no surprise there. They always go for places like
that.
Lana: Don’t worry about that. We’re going there to get them
back right now.
Jenny: Well, all right then. Just be sure that when you retrieve
them, bring them all here.
Lana: You got it.
(Mallow, Ash, Pikachu, Lana and Clemont leave the station and
head out to Unova Route 6. From there, they go along the path,
while seeing some of the local Pokemon inhabiting it along the
way. Cross-fade to seventeen and a half minutes later, and
they’ve arrived at the entrance to Chargestone Cave. They
proceed inside the cave and once inside, they are greeted by the
vast amount of glowing & floating rocks all around them.)
Lana (in wonder & amazement): Wow! This is amazing
Ash: Yep. Just as much as the first time we came here right,
Pikachu?
Pikachu: Pikachu.
Mallow: So, where do you think the thieves could be hiding?
Clemont: Knowing who we’re dealing with, they’re probably
residing in the deepest part.
Ash: Right. Then, we better get moving.
(They venture further deeper. As they do, they narrowly avoid
contact with some wild Galvantula, Eelektrik, and Klang,
walking along twisting, winding, narrower & perilous paths
going further down. A half hour later, they come to a very deep
chamber. They hear distant voices, stop, get on their stomachs
and quietly observe as we see… four members of Team Plasma,
Francine, who has blue eyes & red hair, Andrea, who has
brunette hair & brown eyes, Napoleon, who has green eyes and
blonde hair and Bernard, who has hazel eyes & blue hair, and all
are wearing standard Team Plasma uniforms. They place the
stolen Pokeballs inside a transport unit and program in a
destination.)
Ash (quietly): It’s Team Plasma.
Lana (puzzled): Team Plasma?
Ash: Yeah. They’re this group who claim that they’re trying to
save Pokemon from their trainers. I thought they had
dissolved.
Clemont: Well, it would seem they decided to reform
(They stand back up and run down the side to the bottom and
confront Team Plasma.)
Ash, Mallow, Clemont and Lana: STOP RIGHT THERE!!
(The four stop the loading and take notice of them.)
Andrea: So, you’ve managed to locate us.
Ash: That’s right, and we’re not going to sit back and let you
take those Pokemon away.
Napoleon: Oh, we’re not stealing for any personal needs. On
the contrary, we’re saving them.
Mallow: Oh, and how is stealing them away from their trainers
“saving” them?
Napoleon (with certainty & a little passion): It’s quite easy. By
doing so, we’re freeing them from their trainers’ oppressions
and returning them to their roots.
Mallow: That’s ridiculous.
Clemont: Yeah, we’re not oppressing our Pokemon at all. We
care for & help them out however we can and vice-versa.
Francine: Hmm, says you. You don’t know the real truth, but
we do.
Ash: Oh, we do know, from experience. (He takes one Pokeball
from his belt and enlarges it.) Then, I guess we’ll have to prove
you wrong.
Francine: Very well. If you beat us in battle, you can take the
Pokemon back, but if we do, not only do we send them off,
we’ll also take the ones you use. Do we have a deal?
Mallow: Fine by us. Let’s get started.
(They all each get out one Pokeball. Ash turns his hat around.)
Ash: Go, Lycanroc!
Mallow: Come on out, Steenee!
Lana: Popplio, I choose you!
Clemont: Luxray, let’s go!
(They throw them and their respective Pokemon appear.)
Napoleon: Go, Meowstic!
Francine: It’s time, Zebstrika!
Andrea: Granbull, I choose you!
Bernard: Let’s go, Yanmega!
(They toss them up and their respective Pokemon emerge.)
Ash: Lycanroc, use Bite now!
Mallow: Steenee, Double Slap!
(Lycanroc opens its mouth and forms a white aura shaped like a
set of teeth, and goes for Yanmega. Now, Steenee rapidly spins
around while repeatedly slapping Granbull with its sepals, doing
damage to it.)
Bernard: Yanmega, dodge it and use Sonic Boom!
Andrea: Granbull, Crunch now!
(Yanmega flies above Lycanroc and avoids it attack. Now, it
wings glow white and waves them, firing one large white
shockwave at Steenee, doing damage to her. Next, Granbull
bites down hard on Lycanroc, doing damage to it.)
Lana: Popplio, Aqua Jet!
Clemont: Luxray, Thunder Fang!
(Popplio’s body get surrounded by water and shoots itself like a
rocket at Zebstrika, slamming itself into it and doing damage.
Now, Luxray’s fangs glow yellow and sparks of yellow electricity
surround them. It then bites down on Meowstic, dealing some
damage.)
Francine: Zebstrika, Shock Wave!
Napoleon: Meowstic, Psyshock now!
(All the white parts on Zebstrika's body glow yellow with
electricity. Then, an orb of yellow electricity forms in between
the top two spikes on top of Zebstrika's mane, which sparks
with yellow electricity upon completion. Now, Zebstrika fires a
jagged beam of yellow electricity from it Popplio, dealing a
great amount of damage. Next, Meowstic forms a purple orb of
energy in one hand, and then fires three dark purple beams
from it at Luxray, doing damage.)
Napoleon: Now, use Shadow Ball!
Francine: Use Thunderbolt!
(Meowstic puts its hands together and creates a ball of black &
purple energy with black static around it, which it then throws it
at Luxray, doing damage. Now, Zebstrika fires a big beam of
yellow of electricity from the spikes upon its mane at Popplio,
doing damage to it.)
Lana: Popplio, don’t give up! Counter with Bubble Beam!
Clemont: Use Swift attack!
(Popplio fires a stream of blue bubbles from the front of its nose
at Meowstic, dealing some damage.)
Luxray: Lux!
(It jumps into the air, his tail glows yellow and swings it firing
multiple yellow stars with golden sparkles around them at both
Zebstrika and Meowstic, doing damage to both.)
Andrea: Thunder Fang, Granbull!
Bernard: Yanmega, Night Slash!
(Granbull’s fangs glow yellow and sparks of yellow electricity
surround them. It then bites down on Lycanroc, doing damage
to it. Now, both of Yanmega glows purple, then it flies down
and hits Steenee with them, doing damage.)
Mallow: Steenee, Magical Leaf!
Ash: Tackle attack!
(Steenee’s hands glow light green and it forms a light green ring
of energy in front of it, which turns into an orb. It then fires
multiple light green glowing leaves from the orb at Granbull,
doing damage to it. Next, Lycanroc runs towards Yanmega and
then tackles it, dealing damage.)
Ash: Now, Lycanroc, Rock Throw!
Mallow: Use Magical Leaf again!
(Lycanroc creates circular multi-colored waves from its body,
white orbs of aura appear in front of itself, before rocks form
inside the orbs, leaving a white glow around the rocks. It then
shoots the rocks. Steenee’s hands glow light green and it forms
a light green ring of energy in front of it, which turns into an
orb. It then fires multiple light green glowing leaves from the
orb at Yanmega, dealing a little bit of damage to it.)
Andrea: Granbull, dodge it and use Sludge Bomb!
Bernard: Use Steel Wing!
(Granbull zig-zags and jumps over the rocks, evading each one.
Now, it fires multiple brown globs of sludge from its mouth at
Steenee, dealing a good amount of damage. Now, Yanmega’s
wings glow white and hits Lycanroc with them, doing damage
to it.)
Clemont: Luxray, Discharge!
Lana: Popplio, Aqua Jet!
(Luxray’s body gets enveloped in yellow sparks of electricity and
fires multiple of yellow electricity from his body at Meowstic,
doing damage to it. Popplio’s body get surrounded by water
and shoots itself like a rocket at Zebstrika, dealing a good
amount of damage.)
Francine: Zebstrika, Wild Charge!
Napoleon: Meowstic, Psychic!
(Zebstrika runs towards Luxray and its body gets surrounded in
yellow electricity, tackling it and doing some damage while
retaining recoil damage. Meowstic’s eyes glow light blue, and
Popplio gets surrounded by a light blue aura. Meowstic raises
its arms up, to which Popplio floats up and swiftly pulls them
down, causing Popplio to slam into the ground, doing damage.)
Andrea: Stone Edge!
Bernard: Yanmega, use Bug Buzz!
(Granbull slams its hands onto the ground and light blue rock
pillars to appear and rush towards Lycanroc, doing damage to
it. Now, Yanmega flaps its wings and red sound waves emulate
from them, creating a siren-esque sound. Then, the waves
come together and Yanmega fires a red beam at Steenee, doing
a good amount of damage.)
Mallow: Use Double Slap, now!
Ash: Lycanroc, use Accelerock!
(Steenee rapidly spins around while repeatedly slapping
Granbull with its sepals, doing damage to it. Lycanroc
surrounds itself in a white aura and then slams itself into
Yanmega, dealing a great amount of damage.)
Francine: Zebstrika, Overheat!
Napoleon: Use Disarming Voice!
(Zebstrika’s body glows red and fires envelops it. It then
unleashes a big stream of fire from its body at Luxray, doing a
good amount of damage. Now, Meowstic opens its mouth and
releases a beam of purple hearts in a loud shrieking voice,
hitting Popplio and doing damage.)
Lana: Don’t give up, Popplio! Counter it with Bubble Beam!
Clemont: Luxray, you use Wild Charge!
(Popplio fires a stream of blue bubbles from the front of its nose
at Zebstrika, hitting its weak spot and doing a good amount of
damage. Luxray runs towards Meowstic and its body gets
surrounded in yellow electricity, tackling it and doing some
damage, while sustaining some recoil damage.)
Ash: All right, Lycanroc, use Bite!
Mallow: Steenee, use Magical Leaf!
(Lycanroc opens its mouth and forms a white aura shaped like a
set of teeth, and bites down on Yanmega, doing damage to it.
Now, Steenee’s hands glow light green and it forms a light
green ring of energy in front of it, which turns into an orb. It
then fires multiple light green glowing leaves from the orb at
Granbull, hitting its weak spot and doing a good amount of
damage.)
Bernard: Time to take it up. Yanmega, Sonic Boom!
Andrea: Granbull, use Sludge Bomb!
(Yanmega’s wings glow white and waves them, firing one large
white shockwave. Now, Granbull fires multiple brown globs of
sludge from its mouth. The globs get blown through the
shockwave and it hits both Steenee and Lycanroc, dealing a
varying amount of damage.)
Napoleon: Zebstrika, use Wild Charge right now!
Francine: Meowstic, Psyshock!
(Zebstrika runs and its body gets surrounded in yellow
electricity, while Meowstic forms a purple orb of energy in one
hand, and then fires three dark purple beams from it. The orbs
revolve around Zebstrika and it hits both Luxray & Popplio,
doing a good amount of damage to each.)
Clemont: Luxray, Discharge!
Lana: Popplio, Aqua Jet!
(Luxray’s body gets enveloped in yellow sparks of electricity and
fires multiple of yellow electricity from his body, while Popplio’s
body get surrounded by water and shoots itself like a rocket.
The electricity encircles Popplio’s attack and it hits both
opposing Pokemon, dealing a varying amount of damage.)
Ash: Okay, Lycanroc, use Rock Throw!
Mallow: Steenee, do Double Slap!
(Lycanroc creates circular multi-colored waves from its body,
white orbs of aura appear in front of itself, before rocks form
inside the orbs, leaving a white glow around the rocks. It then
shoots the rocks. Then, Steenee rapidly spins around while
repeatedly slapping Yanmega with its sepals, while also kicking
the rocks to both it & Granbull, dealing a varying amount of
damage.)
Andrea: Granbull, do Stone Edge!
Bernard: Yanmega, Steel Wing!
(Granbull slams its hands onto the ground and light blue rock
pillars to appear and rush towards Lycanroc, doing damage to
it. Now, Yanmega’s wings glow white and hits Steenee with
them, doing damage to it.)
Lana: Bubble Beam, now!
Clemont: Luxray, use Swift!
(Popplio fires a stream of blue bubbles from the front of its nose
at Meowstic, hitting its weak spot and doing a good amount of
damage.)
Luxray: Lux!
(It jumps into the air, his tail glows yellow and swings it firing
multiple yellow stars with golden sparkles around them at both
Zebstrika and Meowstic, doing damage to both.)
Napoleon: All right, Meowstic, use Psychic!
Francine: Zebstrika, Shock Wave!
(Meowstic’s eyes glow light blue, and Popplio gets surrounded
by a light blue aura. Meowstic raises its arms up, to which
Popplio floats up and swiftly pulls them down, causing Popplio
to slam into the ground, doing damage. Then, all the white
parts on Zebstrika's body glow yellow with electricity. Then, an
orb of yellow electricity forms in between the top two spikes on
top of Zebstrika's mane, which sparks with yellow electricity
upon completion. Now, Zebstrika fires a jagged beam of yellow
electricity from it Popplio, dealing a great amount of damage.)
Francine: Now, use Overheat!
Napoleon: Shadow Ball!
(Zebstrika’s body glows red and fires envelops it. It then
unleashes a big stream of fire from its body at Luxray.
Meowstic puts its hands together and creates a ball of black &
purple energy with black static around it, which it then throws it
at Popplio.)
Clemont: Quick, dodge it and use Discharge!
Lana: Popplio, use Bubble Beam!
(Luxray swiftly jumps to the side, evading the attack. Now, its
body gets enveloped in yellow sparks of electricity and fires
multiple of yellow electricity from his body at Zebstrika, doing
some damage to it. Popplio fires a stream of blue bubbles from
the front of its nose at the Shadow Ball, cancelling it out.)
Andrea: Granbull, Sludge Bomb!
Bernard: Yanmega, use Night Slash!
(Granbull fires multiple brown globs of sludge from its mouth at
Lycanroc, doing some damage to it. Now, , both of Yanmega
glows purple, then it flies down and hits Steenee with them,
doing damage.)
Ash: Okay, Lycanroc, Bite attack!
Mallow: Steenee, Magical Leaf!
(Lycanroc opens its mouth and forms a white aura shaped like a
set of teeth, and bites down on Granbull, doing some damage
to it. Steenee’s hands glow light green and it forms a light
green ring of energy in front of it, which turns into an orb. It
then fires multiple light green glowing leaves from the orb at
Yanmega, hitting its weak spot and doing a good amount of
damage.)
Napoleon: Meowstic, use Psyshock!
Francine: Zebstrika, Thunderbolt!
(Meowstic forms a purple orb of energy in one hand, and then
fires three dark purple beams from it at Luxray. Zebstrika fires a
big beam of yellow of electricity from the spikes upon its mane
at Popplio.)
Clemont & Lana: Dodge them, now!
(They split off in opposite directions and evade each attack.)
Lana: Now, Popplio, Aqua Jet!
Clemont: Luxray, Wild Charge, now!
(Popplio’s body get surrounded by water and shoots itself like a
rocket at Zebstrika, dealing it a great amount of damage.
Luxray runs towards Meowstic, its body gets surrounded in
yellow electricity and tackles Meowstic, doing a great amount
of damage. Both Zebstrika and Meowstic faint and fall to the
ground.)
Lana & Clemont: Yes!
Clemont: You were great there, Lana.
Lana: Thanks, Clemont. Same to you.
Andrea: Granbull, use Thunder Fang!
Bernard: Use Bug Buzz!
(Granbull’s fangs glow yellow and sparks of yellow electricity
surround them. It then bites down on Lycanroc, doing damage
to it. Yanmega flaps its wings and red sound waves emulate
from them, creating a siren-esque sound. Then, the waves
come together and Yanmega fires a red beam at Steenee, doing
a good amount of damage.)
Mallow: Steenee, finish this with Magical Leaf!
Ash: Lycanroc, Accelerock!
(Steenee’s hands glow light green and it forms a light green ring
of energy in front of it, which turns into an orb. It then fires
multiple light green glowing leaves from the orb at Granbull,
nailing its weak spot and doing a great amount of damage.
Lycanroc surrounds itself in a white aura and then slams itself
into Yanmega, dealing a great amount of damage. Both
Granbull and Yanmega pass out and fall to the ground.)
Mallow: Yes! You guys were awesome!
(The Pokemon look over to their trainers and smile in pride.)
Ash: Hey, so were we, Mallow.
(Now, they turn over to the Plasma Quad.)
Ash: Okay, a deal’s a deal. Return those Pokemon right now.
Pikachu: Pika-chu!
Bernard: All right. We’ll honor it, but enjoy this one victory for
now. Know this: this will not be the last time you’ll hear from
us.
(They stand back, turn around and activate their jetpacks,
launching off through the cave. The four walk over to the
transport unit. Ash tries to open the hatch by hand, then by
inputting a code, but nothing happens.)
Ash: Oh, this isn’t going to work. (He turns over to Clemont.)
Hey, Clemont. You have a gadget that can unlock this?
Clemont: Indeed, I do.
(He pulls out his password cracker, puts on the unit and it
displays the password, which he inputs and the hatch opens. He
then takes the bag out of it.)
Lana (impressed): Wow! Great job, Clemont.
Clemont: Thanks, Lana. Now, let’s get them back to their
trainers.
(He lifts the bag into the air. Cross-fade to forty-five minutes,
and the gangs arrives back in Driftveil and the police station
with the bag in toe. Mallow places it on the ground in front of
Officer Jenny.)
Jenny: Great job retrieving the PokeBalls, guys. Everyone’s
Lana: Thanks, Officer Jenny. There’s something else you should
know: turns out it was Team Plasma who were behind the
thefts.
Jenny: Team Plasma? I’d heard they had disbanded not too
long ago.
Ash: Yeah, well they’ve reformed and proclaimed they were
trying to save the Pokemon from their trainers by stealing
them.
Jenny: What? That’s terrible.
Lana (agreeing): We know.
Jenny: I’ll be sure to put out an APB to the other Jennies later,
but for now…
(She steps inside and goes over to the P.A.)
Jenny (over P.A. system): Attention, everyone. We’ve
recovered all of your missing PokeBalls. Please come and get
them at the police station at once.
(She hangs it up. Now, many people start flocking to the police
station and they clamor around the bag, reaching in and getting
their PokeBalls back.)
Clemont: Well, I’m glad we put an end to all of this.
Mallow: Yeah. Imagine how’d they be if Team Plasma had
taken them away.
Ash: Oh, they would have been devastated.
Pikachu: Pika, Pika.
(He looks over to Lana, who is in a contemplative state.)
Ash: What’s the matter, Lana?
Lana: Oh, nothing Ash. Just thinking about something.
Clemont: What about?
(Lana takes a deep breath and sighs.)
Lana: Do you think that Team Plasma might succeed in their
mission?
Mallow: I don’t know if they will, but for now, I wouldn’t be too
concerned about it.
Ash: Yeah, and if they do strike again, we’ll be ready for them.
Pikachu: Pika-chu.
Lana: Okay. Thank you.
(They look up to the sky as we pull away from them and get an
aerial view of said sky. Now, we cross-dissolve to hours later, at
late afternoon, where we see the Plasma quad flying towards
Twist Mountain. They make their descent onto a landing pad
placed next to one of the mountain walls, which they walk over
to. Now, they take off their helmets, a small hidden scanning
laser pops out from one of the rocks and performs a retinal
scan. It retracts back in and a door camouflaged into the rocks
opens up and they enter inside while door closes behind them.
As they walk down the hall, we see it’s well-lit, the walls are
decorated in Plasma banners, have pictures of N & Ghetsis on
either side and statues resting on pedestals. They approach the
main office and, upon entering, walk over to the desk and kneel
before their leaders, who have their chairs turned around.)
Napoleon: We’re sorry to report, Sir Akihiro and Madam Cyra,
but our mission in Driftveil has failed.
Akihiro (O.S., voice distorted): Fret not. It’s nothing more than
a minor setback. Have you retrieved the Pokemon from the
other cities?
Francine: Yes, sir. We have them right here.
(They present them with three bags of PokeBalls from their
units and place them on the floor in front of the desk.)
Cyra (O.S., voice distorted): Excellent job.
Bernard: Thank you, your leaderships.
Akihiro (O.S.): Tell us, how exactly did your Driftveil mission
fail?
Napoleon: We got thwarted by these four trainers who
managed to locate us.
Cyra (O.S.): Ah-ha. Well, as stated before, nothing but a minor
setback. Now, please gear up and head out to Opelucid City.
We have a new mission for you.
Andrea: Right away, sir, and we won’t let you down this time.
(They march out of the office and we cut to a side angle view of
their individual arms & hands.)
Cyra (O.S.): (chuckles.) Won’t be much longer now, Akihiro.
Akihiro (O.S.): Yes, Cyra. All of Unova will soon be under our
reign.
(He turns the chair around and we see the Plasma emblem on
the back of the chair and then fade to black, ending the
episode.)