^ Thank you for the response. However, I do not understand how to get the Ruby or the Sapphire back. I googled how to get the ruby back, and I came upon this page:
https://www.supercheats.com/gameboy...rered/20263/How-do-you-get-the-ruby-stone.htm
It seems to be the general consensus that you need to talk to the 2 Rockets standing side by side near the base of Mt. Ember. However, when I talk to either of them, one tells me, "Over here. We'll try digging here. That treasure the ADMINS've been talking about should be here." The other says, "What the...? You're in the way. Get lost."
Neither of them offer to battle me, and having a pokemon use DIG in front of either of them does not work, either. Yet apparently I'm supposed to battle them to get the Ruby? How?
Edit: I can't seem to get off these islands at all lol -- I'm kind of stuck. I can't fly off, the ferry won't take me off, and I can't complete my task for Bill's friend because the bikers on Three Island won't fight me =(.