Under Mt. Moon...
"Quit falling behind, witch! I didn't bring you along to have you slow me down but to hasten my rise to glory!" Steiner yelled as he yanked on a chain, pulling a handcuffed figure up some stairs.
The mad scientist had reached an underground cavern that lead to the upper floors of the mountain. For its size, the Superia was no where to be seen. Of course, that meant the cloaking was activated and any one following them would seemingly come to a dead end unless they bumped into the ship. A long flight of rock steps lead to a doorway that lead deeper inside, at the top being Steiner and his captive. His mind was corrupted with constant fear and lust for power, so much that he'd fallen to delusions of grandeur.
"I thought I said to HURRY!" Steiner yelled at his slave and yanked on the chain connected to the figure's neck hard enough to pull them up the remaining stairs. Steiner grabbed at their neck and dragged them in front of him through the corridor.
"When my love gets here and becomes mine to control, you'll lose your purpose. And do you know what I do with things I don't need anymore? Hmmm?" Steiner asked.
He lifted the lantern up to his face and Julia's. Her almost lifeless eyes seemed to dampen the light the lamp gave off. Her mouth was bolted with a slab of steel, screws seemingly drilled into her mouth. She was barely there.
"I dispose of them!" Steiner yells, throwing Julia into the wall. I'll make sure no one misses you. I'll make sure nice and slow. You'll all suffer under my rule! Ahahahaaaa!" He laughed continuing to walk further.
Julia was powerless and too weak to do anything else. There was a yank at the chain that brought her to her knees then to a slow walk.
"Hmmhmhm. Oh Ahrzayl, my sweet, you'll be mine soon enough to do with as I please." He said, disappearing down the hall with Julia in tow.
With the Superia no longer in Steiner's possession, Jessie takes this moment to try and override the controls normally meant for Ahrzyal and her crew.
"For something that's Team Rocket property, there isn't a whole lot that would help reinitialize control back into...'proper hands'...."
She then takes out her comlink, "This is far out of the mission we were given, but this ship is Team Rocket property and I must reclaim control of it so what we can help capture Mewtwo and its unwitting slaves before someone else takes our credit!"
She then punches in Domino's frequency and waits for her to pick up.
Outside the bridge, Chariot, who had managed to scramble his way on board with Synthis, stays camped on the roof, barely avoiding being spotted by the ever insane Steiner and his near hopeless puppet that was once a human being.
He grits his teeth in aggravation, having not realized how crazed Steiner had become since being pulled away from Team Rocket's authority. Stopping Jessie from doing whatever she was sent to do was the sole reason he ran all the way down here, but now it seems that he can't ignore someone else in even deeper peril than whoever she was originally targeting.
But as he was contemplating what to put first, he suddenly noticed a trio of familiar shadows heading towards them, recognizing them as the cheering trio that had been following Hierophant up until their venture into Fuchsia City.
Ryo stopped upon noticing Chariot almost hidden within the cloaked armory of the Superia, also sensing someone else lurking within with the intention of taking control of it. Chariot looks between Ryo and the escaping made scientist before turning his attention back to the trio.
"You're here to help that woman being controlled by that mad scientist, right?" he whispered low enough for them to hear. Seeing them nod, he points to where he last saw them leave, "Go on ahead, I'll try and stop the hussy inside from stealing control of this ship and figure out a way of getting everyone's attention."
The trio nod as they continue after Steiner, keeping as far a distance as possible to avoid being spotted and lumped into whatever sadistic torment would further bring Ahrzyal to her knees in despair, leaving Chariot to sneak towards where he last saw Frillish force open the hatch and jumped inside, waiting for Synthis to follow suit before carefully and quietly closing the hatch and making his way around the interior of the ship in search of the bridge or wherever he can get an available communication line.