Natalie watched the girl run away and the Rocket grunt got to his feet again. He held his knife out towards Natalie, who took out the dagger she pretended to stab herself with earlier. "You must die! Go, Zubat and Rattata!" called the grunt as he released his Pokémon. "Two? Fine," Natalie said, ignoring his threat as she called out her Poochyena. "Poochyena, use bite on Rattata! Aero, use smokescreen!" Poochyena ran toward the Rattata and swiftly clamped her jaws around the Rattata's neck. The Rattata screeched and fainted almost automatically. Aero blew out smoke from his mouth, blinding everyone. Natalie then ran over to the grunt and stabbed him in the throat. "AHHHHH! Curse you!" he said, flailing his arm and slightly cutting Natalie's arm with his own knife. He fell back onto the ground.
Natalie sucked her teeth and stepped back. "Aero, use ember on the smoke again!" she called. "Char!" Aero blew fire and the smoke again caught on fire, defeating the Zubat. Natalie punched the grunt in the stomach and the smoke slowly cleared. The Rattata was still being jerked around by Poochyena, its body limp. "Poochyena, you defeated it already. Stop," she said and Poochyena dropped the body. Natalie looked down at the grunt and felt his heart for a beat. The grunt suddenly grabbed her arm and she yelled in surprise.