Lance had a REALLY strong sense of justice, if that wasn’t obvious.

So when he sees someone in trouble, then you can bet he’ll jump in to help with his trusty Dragonite, who, like its owner, doesn’t tolerate misdoing criminals.

You just so happen to almost be a victim to Team Rocket when the perpetrator blasted off into space by a bright Hyper Beam.

“WAAAH! Team Rocket’s blasting off agaaaaain!” The poor thief cried, but that was (probably) for the better.

“You thought you could get away with stealing in front of me? Well, think again!” Lance picked up the Pokéball containing your partner, before turning to you, “here’s your Pokéball back. That crook didn’t hurt you, did he?”