Elsewhere, Bai Shi stormed through Prism Tower with his Pokémon, driving Team Flare back step by step.
One Magma Storm from Heatran could take down a whole crowd.
Team Flare members and their Pokémon lay sprawled everywhere, knocked unconscious. Wherever Bai Shi looked, there were more of them.
Even Bar, one of Team Flare's officers, had fallen unconscious.
Bai Shi knew he had caught a big fish. He ordered Ariados to keep a close watch on her so she could be questioned and held accountable afterward.
The other Team Flare officers wanted to rescue her, of course.
But under Bai Shi's relentless assault, they could barely defend themselves, let alone fight back.
"Get Z2 out of here! I'll hold him off with the others!"
Seeing how dire things had become, Aliana gritted her teeth and spoke to the two officers beside her.
She had clearly resolved to give everything for their cause.
"Right. We'll leave him to you. Team Flare won't forget your sacrifice!"
Claire and Mable breathed a sigh of relief at Aliana's words. They hurried off with some of their people toward the room where the Zygarde Core was held.
They hoped to move it to safety before Bai Shi broke through.
"Hmph. Think you can run? Electrike, Mega Evolve."
Bai Shi had no intention of letting them go. He triggered Mega Evolution at once.
If the space had not been so cramped, with so much risk of hitting the wrong targets, he would have used a more powerful Z-Move long ago.
With Mega Electrike's help, Bai Shi pressed his attack even harder.
Aliana could not withstand it. Before long, she met the same fate as Bar and was captured on the spot.
Bai Shi left the fallen where they lay and stayed hot on Claire and the