Who was so surprised, she barely had time to gasp "What are you even...!" before she was caught in the face by a magic slash of violet hair and fell backwards on her ass, skidding across the floor.

"...wow." Sonny said, blinking at the Team Rocket guy who was just sort of staring at his companion in her newly sprawled state. "Hey, sorry! Shantae is new to this! She doesn't know how this is supposed to work."

"You're tellin' me!" the guy said, returning his Pokémon to its ball and booking it out the big double doors.