Ears ringing from the discordant sound from the tumultuous sound of the Seismitoad's vibrations, Waver barely had time to think about the scene unfolding before him. Acting on instinct, he leapt into the fray and bodily shoved Atlas out of range from the incoming Hitmonchan, both of them falling into the dirt in a tangle of vibrating limbs.

But, at least the two of them were spared from further battle as both trainer and pokemon fought their respective shadows. Breating heavily, Waver wildly looked up with panicked eyes and stared at the two women. He could barely hear the words being exchanged, but he didn't need to be a mind reader to understand the gist of what was happening.

"Yuuna! You don't have to do it!" He shouted across the arena, not knowing if his words would be heard or not

There was no way to know. Only Fate could decide.