For the PAL Elite there are other problems, besides the traitors planning to follow them and take their Pokémon. The number one fear of all celebrities.
The paparazzi.
Now why are they the number one fear? The reason is simple. They follow you around, taking your pictures without permission, asking incessant questions, and use all means to find any information about you, and post it on the newspaper of magazine. Basically, with paparazzi around, you have zero privacy, because they will never give you that.
Which explains why all of them (sans Pakura) are running towards the Battle Tower, where they will be safe, chased after by paparazzi shouting questions to them, especially Ash, since he's considered to be the most mysterious Elite, alongside Pakura. Pikachu is struggling to get a grip on Ash's shoulder, and Lucario is trying to catch up to Ash's speed.
Phillip fell behind to use his power to disable all the electronic devices carried by the paparazzi. One of Phillip's abilities is to activate and deactivate various mechanisms, both electronic and biological within a certain radius. Within the radius, he can select specifically which devices to activate or deactivate, which in this case, he's selecting to deactivate the reporters' cameras and microphones.
While they were distracted by trying to figure out what's wrong with their equipment, the PAL Elites took a run for the doors, and they quickly closed the Tower doors in the paparazzi's faces with the combined efforts of Rosaline and Ash's telekinesis. They were sure they had shaken the reporters off, since they had given up staking out the Tower, due to the fact that in the past, Pakura and the other three Elites would constantly water-balloon bomb them from above as a game. They have gotten soaked one too many times with Pakura's expert aim.
"That was definitely close." Phillip gave a sigh of relief, clutching to his Emolga.
"Indeed." Ash muttered. Pikachu is regaining his balance on Ash's shoulder.
"The other region reporters must have come over to cover the Pokémon World Championship, the biggest event of the year, that's why they are chasing us, since you are the host region's Elite Four." Lucario said.
"You could be right." Ash mumbled. "Jude, would you do a quick check upstairs if there's anything for us?"
Jude nodded. "Yeah, sure." He went up the elevator alone, while the others waited downstairs.
(10 minutes later)
"That's weird. What's taking him so long?" Ash asked. "I only said to do a quick check."
"I think something happened to him. Let's go." Phillip suggested.
They went up the elevator, and entered their quarters, only to find that it is empty, except for the huge pile of letters in the sitting room. Jude's Purrloin is sitting near the letters, looking at the pile in concern.
"Are you ok, Jude?" Purrloin asked.
"Jude, where are you?" Rosaline shouted, since he had to be somewhere near the pile.
"Over here." A muffled voice was heard from under the pile of envelopes.
"He's buried under the pile of letters!" Phillip covered his mouth to stifle his laughter.
"Very funny Phillip." Jude said from under the letters. "Get me out of here!"
It took both Ash and Rosaline's telekinesis to get the pile of letters off Jude, shortly after the elevator dinged and Pakura stepped in the quarters. Apparently, her stylist let her off for lunch break. She watched impassively as Rosaline and Ash finally got all the letters off Jude.
Jude got up from the carpet and dusted himself off. "Yup, as usual, we have fan mail."
'Hmm….it looks like Red went up the elevator. But why would he send Jude up first to check if there's anything for them?' Cynthia thought, pacing the lobby. 'Come on, Cynthia, think.' She thought back on them running from the paparazzi, and Red asking Jude to go up to check if there's anything for them.
'Now why would he send Jude alone instead of going up together? Are they afraid of something? If so, what?' Cynthia eliminated the possibilities of pests since the penthouse is one of the cleanest places she's been in. 'Could it be connected to the paparazzi chasing them around?'
Cynthia remembered that each PAL Elite is famous for something else, other than being Elites, which of course led to more fame, and more fans….
That's it! Cynthia finally figured out there might be fan mail for the PAL Elites, and they send one up because they don't want to be 'attacked by mail'. Better one than all of them, and most likely, they'll check the mail out first before doing anything else.
Knowing fan girls who often sell themselves short just to get their idols' attention, they'll send pictures of themselves, and may send ones that make them sick, thus it may deter them from lunch, and hopefully, do something else during the lunch break, and eat later. Hopefully some of them would come down to do their stuff.
And maybe Red would be one of them.
She'll just have to wait and see.