(Ah, but Kate catatonic is a more interesting plot-point. And a better read.

Nice to know I'm the one that drives the plot, lol. Sorry I haven't been getting on until really late >:()
Ash sighed. Great, now the equipment that was
making her better was going to be destroyed. Okay, she'd had more than enough of this.
"Kate!" she screamed. "Control your Arceus-damned Pokemon! We need the Arceus-damned infirmirary, and we need the Arceus-damned doctor, and his Arceus-damed Lucario! I don't
care if youre upset; you listen to what they tell you! You give them your Pokemon when they ask, and you make the stupid bird stop flapping around here and
breaking everything that's
helping us! Do you understand!?"
Hopefully her harsh attitude would break through the girl's mental state. And it still played on her cover, although she was now firmly of the opinion the Lucario was on their side, if she needed it. She lowered her voice and sat back, flippant.
"Besides. If you didn't want to give your Pokemon up, you shouldn't have taken them into an enemy base, should you?"
Both children had had just as much a chance to release their Pokemon as she had. Of course, she had different 'survival' standards than the Magmas.
If I keep journeying with these two, I'm gonna have to give them some life lessons. And I sure as hell won't put up with it if they don't do it my way!She took a breath and muttered, "at least you're calm," to Sneezy. And poor Pyre still hadn't answered her ultimatum. "How you doing there, honey?"