A Druddigon, a Liepard, a Drapion, and a Weavile lay in front of the Admins, fainted. In front of the group of friends lay some of their fainted Pokemon as well. The only Pokemon still standing were Prof. Sycamore's Mega Garchomp and Clemont's Mega Manectric. Both backed the Amins up into a corner. Emma stepped forward, glaring at the two Admins.

"Where are Nix, Ash, and Alain?" she asked.

"Why would we tell you anything?" Bryony snarled.

"Emma, there's no way they will tell us, no matter how many times we ask," Looker sighed, placing his hand on her shoulders.

Emma ignored him as she continued to glare at the Admins. She clenched her fists and began with rage. She finally turned away, but the dark look never left her face.

"Garchomp. Kill them."

The Admins gasped as Mega Garchomp stepped closer to them, but Prof. Sycamore intervened.

"Hold on, Emma!" Prof. Sycamore objected. "We can't just kill them!"

"Yes, we can," Clemont spoke up.

The others looked at him, shocked that he would say something like that. His normally calm face was replaced by anger.

"Clemont, how can you say that?" Bonnie asked, walking up to her older brother.

"Look at all the shit they've done to us!" Clemont exclaimed, his anger boiling over. "They just couldn't leave us the hell alone!"

"We're doing this for a perfect world," Celosia remarked. 

"I've heard that bullshit before," Looker growled. 

The Admins became silent as Looker and Prof. Sycamore nodded at each other.

"Emma," Prof. Sycamore began, looking back at the Admins. "Take the others out of here and search for the others. We'll join you as soon as we can."

Emma smiled and nodded as she led everyone out, Clemont returning his Manectric. The others quickly returned their Pokemon as they followed Korrina out of the hallway they were in. As soon as they were gone, Prof. Sycamore nodded at Mega Garchomp.

"This would have been different if you never joined Team Flare," Looker simply said, looking away.

The four Admins only smirked in reply, and Mable stared straight into Prof. Sycamore's eyes.

"See you in Hell."

Prof. Sycamore snapped his fingers as soon as he looked away. In one clean swipe, the sound of four bodies hitting the floor rang through the air. Prof. Sycamore shuddered at the sound and he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked to see Looker smiling sadly at him, and Mega Garchomp standing by his side, blood on it's scythe-like claws. Prof. Sycamore looked down, disgusted with himself for what he just did. A pool of blood began to form around his feet, but he didn't bother to move.

"We had to do this," Looker whispered, as he wiped the blood off of Mega Garchomp's claws. "To protect our friends. To protect our families. To protect Kalos."

"...Let's just go..." Prof. Sycamore muttered, returning his Garchomp.

Looker sighed as he watched his friend walk down the hallway where the others had previously gone. He looked upwards and noticed a camera. Peering around the room he found a piece of metal and chucked it at the camera, breaking it instantly. He looked back to the beheaded figures of the Admins before walking over to them. He grabbed their pokeballs and returned their fainted Pokemon. He then grabbed the rest of their Pokemon and placed them in the pockets of his shorts. Sighing once again, he turned and walked down the hallway, leaving the Admins' corpses to rot in the hallway.

***

Nix was awake again and he was pacing the small room he was still trapped in. Mega Houndoom was sleeping in a corner as Nix paced. His shoulder still hurt from the wound Lysandre caused, but he didn't want to think about that now. He finally stopped pacing, sighed, and leaned his forehead against the metal door in defeat. There was no way he could get back to his friends. To...Emma.

His head perked up as he heard footsteps approach the room. He stepped back as fists pounded the door, Mega Houndoom waking up at the sound. It stood in front of it's trainer, trying to protect him by growling at the incoming threat. The pounding stopped, and soon the door opened. Nix flinched at the sudden light, but his ears perked up at a familiar voice.

"NIX!"

Nix barely got a glimpse at Emma before she tackled him into a hug. The pain from his shoulder began to worsen, but Nix ignored it as he happily hugged his girlfriend back. A few minutes passed before Emma broke away, tears streaming down her face.

"I'm so glad we found you!" Emma exclaimed, a bright smile decorating her face. Then, noticing his shoulder, her face turned concerned. "Oh my Arceus, what happened to your shoulder!?!"

"Oh, nothing to worry about," Nix chuckled sheepishly. "Just got blasted with a robotic arm that's all."

Emma was about to say something before Korrina broke in.

"Nix, where are the others?" Korrina asked, worry shining on her face.

"Last time I saw them, they were with Lysandre," Nix replied, grasping his shoulder. "They were in the room with the monitors showing Geosenge Town."

"That's not good."

Everyone turned to see Looker and Prof. Sycamore approach them. Prof. Sycamore seemed to be withdrawn from the rest of the group as he continued to look down at his feet. Looker's face was filled with determination, but he kept clenching and unclenching his fists.

"Guys?" Nix asked, approaching them. "What's wrong?"

"We...we did it," Prof. Sycamore whispered, looking down. "We killed them." He looked at his hands. "I have blood on my hands." He then hugged himself, shaking a little bit. "I...I didn't want to kill them."  

He felt arms wrap around his waist and looked down at Bonnie, who was hugging him. The girl now came up to his shoulders, so he had to bend in order to hug her back.

"It's ok, Prof.," Bonnie smiled sadly. "You had no choice. It was either us or them."

Prof. Sycamore sighed before he smiled back at her.

"You're right," he said as they let go. "Thanks Bonnie. You're like the daughter I never had."

"You're welcome," she said simply, before joining her brother's side.

"Okay, we have to figure something out," Looker brought up. "On the way here, we heard screaming and both Mairin and Serena bolted down another hallway. My guess is that's where Ash and Alain are."

"Are we going to split up again?" Nix asked. "Because last time we did that, it did not end well."

"We don't have to," Clemont replied, thinking. "The Admins are taken care of, and from what I can gather, no one else has joined them yet."

"It's also safer if we go together," Korrina added. "However, I think that we should pair off in case we have to go different ways."

Prof. Sycamore counted how many people were there with him. Seven. He quickly thought of the pairs and waved his hand for everyone's attention.

"Here's the plan," Looker began. "Emma and Nix will pair up and lead us to where Ash and Alain were last seen. Behind them will be, in this order, Clemont and Korrina, and Prof. Sycamore, Bonnie and I will bring up the rear. Clear?"

The others nodded, and soon they were off, running towards the last place Nix saw his two friends.

***

Serena and Mairin gasped for breath as they stopped in the doorway where they heard Ash and Alain's screams. Both of their faces paled at what they saw. Lysandre was comfortably sitting in his chair, staring at the screens. Behind him stood Ash and Alain, their hands on Lysandre's chair. Besides them were Ash-Greninja and Mega Charizard X. Pikachu softly growled and tried to hid behind her hair. There was something definitely wrong. Nodding to Mairin, the two friends began to silently back out of the room.

"Now, now, now, is this anyway to treat your kind host?"

Serena and Mairin froze as the doors slammed shut behind them. In sync, both Ash and Alain turned to face them, grins on their faces. Their eyes were blood red and instead of their disguises, they wore new outfits, but by the color, the two friends could see that their fiances had somehow became a part of Team Flare.

"Hello," Ash and Alain greeted at the same time, walking towards the two friends. "It's very nice to see you again, Serena and Mairin."

"What have you done to them?!?" Mairin asked in anger.

"Why Mairin, it's simple," Lysandre smirked, standing up and stopping behind Ash and Alain. "They have just simply learned to trust Team Flare." He placed a hand on each of their shoulders. "Right, boys?"

"Yes, sir," Ash confirmed, but Alain stayed silent.

Mairin watched in confusion as Alain's eyes began to blink from blood red to their usual blue. His smile began to dwindle each time his eyes shone blue, but returned when they shone blood red. Lysandre noticed this and tightened his grasp on Alain's shoulder.

"Right, Alain?" 

The blinking stopped, resulting in Alain having blood red eyes and his smile returning to its previous state.

"Yes, sir."

"You turned them into robots!" Serena exclaimed in anger, Pikachu crying out with her.

"Oh no he hasn't," Ash said in a sickeningly sweet voice. He began to walk towards her, a hand outstretched. "Now, come on, my darling Serena. Don't you want to join Team Flare? We can all live in a peaceful and beautiful world."

"No!" Serena cried out, backing up and swatting his hand away. "I-I won't join Team Flare! We won't join! We'll find a way to get you and Alain back to normal!"

Alain tilted his head, his smile never leaving his face, but his eyes narrowed. 

"I'm sorry, but we can't let you do that," Alain muttered, walking towards them. "If you will not join, then you will die."

"Alain..." Mairin trailed off, fear growing inside of her.

"Greninja, Water Shuriken. Charizard, Flamethrower."

"Gardevoir, Protect!"

 The water and fire combination bounced harmlessly off of Mega Gardevoir's protective shield. Serena and Mairin peered through their arms to see Lysandre standing in front of them, grinning down at them.

"We don't need you to agree, we just need you."

"Shadow Ball!"

Mega Gardevoir launched its attack, launching Lysandre backwards and onto the control panel in front of the monitors. The scene switched from Geosenge Town to a hallway in the building, showing Prof. Sycamore ordering Mega Garchomp to behead the four Admins. The two friends gasped as the scene played out before Looker looked up, took up a piece of metal, and threw it at the camera, breaking it instantly. The room was silent as the monitors all shut off at once.

"Th-the Admins are...dead," Mairin whispered, eyes wide.

Serena sighed as she felt a weight lift off her shoulder, and she turned towards Lysandre, a little bit glad that they had a small victory against Team Flare.

"There! You lost your precious Admins!" Serena exclaimed, growing a little braver. "Finally! You're weakinging!"

"No, those four were expendable," Lysandre simply replied, continuing to grin down at her. "I only need Ash and Alain."

Serena's grin faded into absolute horror, Mairin's face doing the same.

"Y-y-y-" the two friends couldn't talk as Ash, Alain, and Lysandre approached them.

"It's a shame that you two will have to join them."

***

"Here."

The seven of them approached the door that held the rest of their friends. Clemont peered over to the side of the door that stood in front of them. A control panel. Perfect. Feeling around his pockets, he took out a wrench and slammed it against the panel. The electricity shorted out, and the door opened to reveal Serena and Mairin falling backwards in front of them. The group looked at them, confused, before looking into the room.

"More recruits!"

Everyone gasped as Ash and Alain stepped towards them, still grinning. Behind them, Lysandre approached as well, hands behind back, grinning, and his robotic eye shining red. 

"We're always welcoming new Team Flare members, right Ash? Alain?"

"Yes, sir."