Pidgeot ex deleted itself

I went to use quick search for the game to get prime catcher but then pidgeot deleted itself and I did not go in to the deck and was stuck not being able to do anything then it timed out and pidgeot was gone I could not interact with it it was just gone in the active so I just had to pass and then my opponent attack and it did damage and I could not retreat it because it was not on my screen so the I passed again and the lost.😭