While the fight continued, another fight was about to brew between Ash's friends. The topic of conversation of course, being Ash himself.

"I hope Ash is okay" Miette sounded too hopeful. She looked down at the floor.

"So do I" Serena looked around warily, wondering if anyone knew about her and Ash at the moment.

"You girls are both lovestruck, ain't ya" Dawn mocked them with a grin, before Misty dropped the bomb on them all.

"You're all in love with Ash, right?" she said, taking a sip of water from the bottle in her hand.

May, Dawn, Miette and Serena all went red-faced, looking away from Misty. 

"Knew it" she tutted and then turned to the guys, who all stared blankly at the conversation. "Mind leaving for a moment?"

"Erm...sure" Cilan chose his words carefully and the guys slowly backed away and exited through the door. 

"How did you...know?" May asked, sensing the awkward tension around the group. They all knew Miette and Serena liked Ash, but Miette And Serena didn't know about May and Dawn.

"I saw you and I saw Dawn with Ash, your feelings were pretty clear from where I stood" Misty explained, watching as the others just looked around at each other.

Serena felt the most awkward, she gulped and Misty noticed it, eyes like a hawk.

"Got something to share?" she asked Serena, who sighed.

"A-" Serena hesitated for a moment and then let it all out. She explained everything that happened during the brief moment Ash and her had alone in the cave within Team Shadow's base, the feelings that only Serena had now being shared between the both of them. 

"I already knew this" Miette took her turn to sigh. "I was just waiting for you to say it"

Dawn turned to Serena, who looked back at them awkwardly. 

"I guess we always knew that you was going to be the one" Dawn spoke for the two of them, taking it pretty lightly. "Right May?" Dawn turned to face May, who was facing the wall. Maniacal laughter escaped her mouth and everyone in the room instantly knew something was wrong.

"This isn't right" she said in a crazed voice, spinning around in her chair, her eyes now red. "Me and Ash were meant to be. We was going to survive, in the darkness, together"

"You're wrong May!" Dawn gripped onto May's arms and shook her, but May moved to one side.

"You won't take Ash from me!" May, in her crazed state, leapt straight at Serena, who fell out of her seat in a panic.

"May, calm down!" Dawn grabbed onto May once more, holding her back as she viciously lashed out at Serena.

"Thief! You stole him from me!" she shouted at Serena. "No one loves you! Ash is just taking pity on your sad, lonely life!" 

"I know that isn't really the May we know in there, your words won't hurt me" Serena calmly replied before all hell broke loose.

May broke out of Dawn's grip and threw herself ont op of Serena, tugging on her hair, clawing, scratching everywhere. Serena threw her hands up and pushed May off of her, before scrambling to her feet. 

At this point, Misty and Dawn stepped in front of May and watched carefully, as her red eyes darted left and then right. 

"Hey gu-" Iris came in with bags of shopping and dropped them on the floor. "What is going on?"

"It's May, something is wrong with her" Dawn turned to Iris, giving May enough time to move around her and go for Serena again. Miette jumped in and tackled May, pinning her to the floor. 

"We don't know how to calm her down!" Misty moved over to Serena. "You okay?"

"I am fine. I know she doesn't mean it. This is definitely the problem that has been occurring with her recently" Serena fixed her hair and then warily sat back down. 

It won't take me over. May was thinking as she struggled to get out of Miette's grasp. I won't let it!

"Is she okay?" Dawn looked at May as she fidgeted around. Then, she suddenly passed out and everything went silent.

"Guess we have to wait to find out" Miette got up and fell back against the wall, recuperating her energy. 

Everyone sat in silence while they waited, no conversation occurring. Besides Iris and Misty, Serena, Miette and Dawn felt too awkward to say anything, since it was still clear that Miette and Dawn had irrevocable feelings for Ash. 

"I hope Ash is okay" Miette repeated once more, striking everyone with deja vu. 

"You already said that" Serena smiled and Miette sighed.

"Sorry, I have run out of conversation starters" she said, looking over at Dawn. "Didn't you get Ash some help?" 

"I asked Cynthia if she could help" Dawn answered. "I am not sure if she actually decided to"

"She is the Sinnoh champion, right?" Miette asked, receiving a nod in reply. "Ash should be okay with such a strong trainer nearby" 

Just as Miette finished speaking, a Dragonite came crashing through the roof, destroying the other end of the complex. Just as the Dragonite flew up, Zekrom came into view, charging into the Dragonite at full speed. They both flew around like jets fighting in the skies, trying to hit each other with basic attacks. 

"Iris, is that you're Dragonite?" Misty turned to her, but Iris shook her head.

"Looks like the back up arrived, huh Dawn?" Miette smirked, before walking over to the Dragonite-sized crater in the floor. Miette hopped over the debris and stepped outside. "Ash!"

Her words made Serena run straight outside and down the path. She almost tripped as she ran, but Serena made it to Ash, who was being helped along by Cynthia.

"He is in bad condition, I swear Ash is too reckless" Cynthia allowed Serena to help out.

"This will be the third time now" Serena sighed, before helping. "Don't worry Ash, we will make sure you're okay"

"Woah" Gary, who had just arrived on the scene, studied the damage with great interest. "Ash?"

"He has a very bad cut across the side of his head" Cynthia ran her finger along the back of Ash's head, curving round the right hand side. "Also, his back is covered in scratches and bruises, it is a mess"

"Oh, Ash" Serena wiped a tear from her eye. "You reckless idiot" 

The other guys came walking in through the large hole in the side of the building, studying the damage with great interest. 

"Looks like a bomb hit the place" Brock commented, having seen the scene happen anyway.

"Or a Dragonite" Clemont shifted his glasses up his nose.

"What are you doing here Gary, I thought duty called at the lab?" Cilan asked him, but Gary grinned slightly.

"Well, I had a package for Ash but I can see he is kind of...in a bad way" Gary studied Ash and then looked at the people attending to him. "Why don't you take him to a hospital?"

"Have you looked outside?!" Cynthia shouted, almost jumping at Gary. "In case you haven't noticed, there is a Zekrom and Darkrai fighting us outside"

"Us? There are more of you?" Misty asked Cynthia.

Cynthia nodded. "Yes, there are 3 more champions currently fighting for our safety" 

"That's a lot of fire power" Clemont thought out loud. 

"We all know that, smarty" Bonnie said, folding her arms and sighing. 

"Is there anything we can do?" Cilan asked Cynthia, who moved from Ash to think for a moment.

"Serena, Misty" Cynthia said their names with uncertainty, like she was trying hard to remember. She waited for them to nod before continuing. "I will need your help down here. The rest of you, give the others a hand outside, if we can overwhelm their whole team, then we can stop them before they get another chance to escape"

"Everyone clear?" Cilan looked around the room, confident faces staring back. "Lets do our best"

"Wait, Gary" Cynthia made Gary stop. He turned around on one heel and face Cynthia. "What is this 'package' for Ash?"

Gary grinned once more and then threw a stone out of his pocket.

"Just a little something I like to call Sceptilite"