On their way to Striaton City Gym, Ash and Iris stop by in Accumula Town  and find the Battle Club owned by Don George. After watching a battle  between a Servine and a Dewott, Ash challenges the Dewott's owner,  shortly before an intruder alarm goes off. Ash sees a Pokémon's dark  shape on the security tape, and identifies it as an Umbreon. Ash and  Iris help Don George capture the intruder, which turns out to be a Tepig  with a rope tied around its mouth. Ash unties the rope as Don George  find Meowth painted like an Umbreon as Jessie and James raid the Battle  Club's storage, finding Pikachu (who Oshawott had knocked out earlier).  After Don George sees the Tepig, he explains to Ash that it was left  behind by a trainer who tied it up after it lost a battle at the Club;  it later escaped with the rope still tied. Right after that, Team Rocket  appears, announcing that they have captured Pikachu. Tepig saves  Pikachu from Team Rocket, and Ash captures it, having befriended the  Fire Pig Pokémon by saving it earlier. 

 
