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Ash: Tonight we expand our territory. No mistakes.
Hilda: (Ash looks so focused... I wish he'd notice me like that.)
Gold: Marnie's late. If Ash catches us together, we're dead.
Marnie: Relax, Ethan. I brought something special for tonight.
Marnie: A love letter... from Hilda to Ash.
Hilda: (She found it?! Oh no, this can't be happening!)
Ash: "Dear Ash, every time you command Pikachu, my heart races..."
Hilda: I-I can explain! It's not what you think!
Marnie: (Perfect. Now to send this to the whole gang.)
Marnie: One tap and everyone's phones buzz with Hilda's little love confession.
Gold: Marnie, don't! Ash will kill us both if this gets out!
Marnie: Then you'll do exactly what I say, or I tell the gang about our midnight "training sessions."
Marnie: How would Ash feel knowing his trusted lieutenant's been sneaking around?
Gold: (She's got me trapped. If Ash finds out I've been with her... I'm finished.)
Ash: Ethan? Marnie? What's going on back there?
Marnie: Smile for the camera, Ethan. Now you're mine forever.
Gold: (She just kissed me and recorded it. I'm completely under her control now.)
Ash: Why are you two hiding back here? We need to talk about Hilda's letter.
Ash: You... love Marnie?
Ash: But she's been playing us all along!
Marnie: Oh Ethan, you sweet fool. Tell him what you really meant.
Gold: (She's got the video. One wrong word and Ash sees everything...)
Gold: I... I meant it. I love her, boss. Even after everything she's done.
Hilda: (He chose her... over the gang, over everything. And I was worried about a stupid letter.)
Ash: You'd protect her? After she exposed Hilda's feelings to everyone?
Marnie: This is perfect! The great Ash Ketchum, losing his first lieutenant to little old me!
Gold: No, Ash. I'm protecting you. Marnie's not just after us—she's been feeding info to Team Rocket.
Gold: The video she took? It's insurance. But I know where she's hiding the real evidence.
Marnie: (He knows about the drop point? But... but I was so careful!)
Ash: Then we settle this the gang way. Midnight tomorrow, old Pokémon stadium.
Ash: Bring your evidence, Marnie. If you're really with Team Rocket, your phone won't save you.
Hilda: I'll fight for you, Ash. Let me be the one to face Marnie tomorrow.
Ash: (Her fingers... they're shaking. But I can't let her see how much this messes with me.)
Hilda: I know I've been pathetic, hiding behind that letter. But I can beat her—
Hilda: I have to.
Ash: (Her touch—damn it, why does my heart race like I'm in battle?)
Hilda: (He flinched. Of course he did. I'm just the girl who wrote that stupid letter.)
Ash: You want to fight for me?
Ash: Then prove it. Tomorrow, when Marnie shows her true colors, be the one standing at my side.
Hilda: (He's... letting me? Not as some girl with a crush, but as his partner?)
Ash: But understand this—tomorrow, we're not fighting for feelings. We're fighting for the gang.
Ash: Can you put everything else aside and fight like a true member?
Hilda: (His hand is calloused from battles, but it's steady. I can do this—not for love, but for him.)
Hilda: Tomorrow, I'll show you what I'm really made of.
