Chapter IV
The Team Rocket Show
I wanna own the very best,
Like no one ever had!
To catch them is my real test;
To steal 'em is my cause!
I will journey across the land,
Spying far and wide;
Each Pokemon, to dominate,
The power that's inside!
Pokemon!
Gotta steal 'em all!
Just you and me,
We know it's a felony!
Team Rocket!
Oooh, you're my best friend,
In a world we must pretend.
Team Rocket!
Gotta fight 'em all!(A heart so true)
Our beauty will pull us through.
You steal mine and I'll steal yours.
Team Rocket!
Gotta train 'em all, gotta steal 'em all!
Pokemon!
Our heroes were approaching a small town the was barely big enough for a Pokemon Center and Mart...
"Hey! This is not Viridian City! James! You have the map upside down!" shouted Jessie.
"How was I supposed to know. I mean, the big N arrow, I thought it was supposed to point down!" said James.
"Oh, just shut up, both of you! We're here now, wherever we are.
Little did they know that Team Ash was following close behind. "We gotta stop 'em! They'll steal all the stuff before we can even do anything. We have to do something, or there won't be anything for us to steal!" said Ash.
"Pi-Pikapi! Pika, pika. Chu!"
"Pikachu's right," said Brock. "We should try to steal as much as possible here. It's small enough, that we can lynch all the witnesses. Then we'll be able to buy stuff normally at the big cities again."
"Ya know," said Misty, "if Einstein here hadn't of wasted all of our money on those super-ulta-great-pokeballs, we wouldn't have to steal EVERYTHING. You could of at least held onto those things."
"How was I supposed to know it wasn't a real Graveller?" Ash whined. "It is a Rock pokemon, so the statues look almost exactly alike!"
"Except they don't move.."
RINNNNNG!
"Whoa, what a wierd dream!" said Ash. "I dreamt about some sort of show of Team Rocket's. And get this, they were the good guys!"
"Pika, Pikapika. Pi, Pikachu!"
"No, don't be silly Pikachu. It doesn't mean a thing."
Chapter V
Meowth vs. Vileplume
Team Rocket was also waking up in their camp right outside the town...
"Meowth! I had the exact same dream. I think so at least. Do you think it means something? Maybe our luck is about to change! Hey, Jessie. Did you have that dream too?"
"No, I didn't have that dream."
"Hey, Meowth. Don't you think Jessie has been acting weird lately?"
"I know what you mean. Ever since we were at that--
"Hunh?! What is it?!"
"I'll tell you later. Just run!"
James sped off towards the city like he had been instructed to do. In the meantime, Meowth casually walked over to where Jessie was standing, making breakfast. "You must think we're pretty dumb," he said.
"Huh? No, I don't think you're dumb at all. Where's James?"
"A ha! I was right! What did you do with Jessie? Tell me!"
"I don't know what you're talking about!"
"Well, I do! The real Jessie would never pass up a chance like that. She would have said, 'You're right, I do think you're dumb' and then whacked me. But, you... You're not Jessie. You're... Jezebel!!! I knew it ever since we were in that jail. From the instant you said, 'She looks like me!'. The real Jessie would never admit that either! You did a good job imitating her, but you should have known we know her too well! Ha! James is already miles away."
"Grrr... James may have gotten away. But, I'll get you! Cat!"
An evil smirk appeared on her face as she reached into her purse and pulled out a shiny pokeball. "Vileplume! Go! KILL IT!" The small pokemon with a huge head of petals appeared in the middle of the field. It had a smirk almost identical to that of its master. "Vileplume, use Sword's Dance!"
"Huh!?" cried Meowth. "Oh, so you wanna play with the TM's huh? Well watch this! Body Slam!" The little cat sent himself flying through the air with as much force as he could. It hit the Vileplume right in the face.
"Vileplume!" yelled Jezebel. "Counter it with Mega Drain!" A beam of vines shot out at Meowth and sucked energy out of him until he swiped at it and broke it.
"Slash!" Meowth jumped at the pokemon and slashed one of its petals open. The Vileplume whimpered and waited to see what its master would do next.
"Use Stun Spore!" she shouted.
Then, its front petals tilted up and thousands of microscopic spores shot out at Meowth. He desperately tried to fight, but found himself unable to move. He watched helplessly as the Vileplume attacked again.
"Solarbeam!" It absorbed sunlight and was building up its power to the maximum level, when suddenly the sunlight was blocked by a dark purple cloud.
"Weezing!" cried the large blob pokemon hovering above Meowth.
"Yeah! Go Weezing!" shouted Meowth. "Hey, the Stun Spore wore off! I can move again!" Then he jumped at the Vileplume and rapidly used his Fury Swipes.
Then the Vileplume unleashed its solar energy at Weezing. Without any ground to anchor it down, it was shot back into a tree; it fainted. Then Jezebel took out a vial and fed it to Vileplume. "Max Potion! It's very expensive."
Meowth then got a small pouch full of coins and rocks and used it to execute his signature move, Pay Day. It hit Vileplume and coins scattered everywhere.
"Vileplume, take that Meowth down! Use Petal Dance!" Suddenly, the petals on its head began to sway back and forth, and sticks, leaves, and roots began to pop up and strike at Meowth furiously. When the attack was over, Meowth was seriously hurt. Vileplume was no longer under Jezebel's controls. It struck at anything it saw and was confused about what to do.
Meowth decided he should finish it now, before he got hurt anymore. "Hyper-beam!" he yelled at the top of his lungs. His jewel began glowing and a blinding ray of light shot out of it. Vileplume was utterly blown away and immediately fainted.
"But... how? You... but... how?" Jezebel stuttered. "How did you learn Hyper-beam? I searched every single exclusive trainer shop! I never once even saw a TM for Hyper-beam! You wouldn't have been able to afford it either. How did you do it?"
"There is no TM for Hyper-beam," he replied. "Just like there is no TM for speaking just like a human does. I taught myself."
"Grr... I'll get you. Later..." Jezebel stormed away angrily almost forgetting to call back Vileplume and taking it to a Pokemon Center.
"Yay! I did it!" Meowth happily ran over to Weezing, who was waking up. "Weezing, thanks for saving me!"
"Weez-ing! Weez, Weezing! (No problem. Let me show you where James is.)"
Meowth and Weezing cautiously approached the city until Weezing flew up into a tree. James then climbed out of it and explained to Meowth, "I got worried something was wrong, so I sent Weezing to check it out. By the way, what was wrong?"
"That wasn't Jessie, that was Jezebel. She did something with her and did a pretty good job of imitating her, but she had several flaws. She fought me when I discovered her. Weezing here camed and helped me when she was using all her expensive trainer items to beat me. Hey, that reminds me, we've got to go find Jessie!"
So, James and Meowth, and Weezing and Victreebell, of course, went back near the police station they had been arrested at. They figured Jessie would be somewhere nearby. Sure enough, they found her in a well dug hole. She was sitting asleep beside a Jigglypuff; she had magic marker all over her face, too. With the help of Arbok and Victreebell, they were able to pull her out of the hole.
Chapter VI
Gyarados Attacks!
Ash and his gang, or his croonies, or the goody-goodies, or our heroes, or Ash and co., or whatever you wanna call them were heading towards their next destination, Fuschia City. The fairly large seaside town was famous for the Safari Zone, a large pokemon reserve where pokemon could only be caught with expensive Safari Balls. Personally, I think it's a scam; and how did they get the police on their side? It's a business, not a real pokemon reserve for cryin' out loud! I woulda gotten a Jeep and taken all of 'em too... Anyway! Back to the story. [Author's Note: I do realize that the Fuschia Gym has already been visited, I saw the episode too. People fought and dressed up and blew up and died (not really). Just pretend they've never been there before. And pretend it's in the city too. If you don't, the plot will be screwed up.]
"Hey!" exclaimed Misty happily. "We actually got where we wanted to go without getting lost!"
"Yeah, I guess we did! I didn't get us lost!" yelled Ash.
"Maybe," said Brock, "I should hold the map every time."
"Hey!" cried Ash. "Something's going on in the city!"
Frightened people were fleeing from the city, yelling about a monster pokemon that was coming from the sea. Suddenly, a huge beam of light was visible. It hit the side of a large building, which exploded instantly. That building was the Pokemon Center. Then, they (Ash, Misty, and Brock) spotted an odd looking man with several others beside him. He was trying to fight the monster. He was fighting the Gyarados.
"Excuse me, do you know who that man there is?" Misty asked a young woman who obviously thought herself far enough away from the threat.
"Yea," she said cooly, "that's Koga, the local Gym Leader. He seems to be doing okay becuase Poison is not weak against Water or Flying. Poison is a pretty strong type, but it has many weaknesses."
"The Gym Leader?" Let's go!" said Ash excitedly.
"What, you wanna make him feel sorry for ya too?" Misty joked.
The two sped off to aid the people fighting the monster Gyarados. Brock stayed behind, claiming he was a breeder, not a fighter. You guessed it, he was really going to put the moves on the young woman.
Before Ash and Misty arrived on the scene, the Gyarados dove down into the water. The people thought it was retreating, but they were wrong. It emerged again with a gang of Golducks, who aided it with their Confusion move. The Poison pokemon trainers found themselves unable to control their weakened and dazed pokemon.
"Starmie, Go!"
"Pikachu, c'mon!"
Pikachu jumped into action, ready to fight the Water pokemon. Psyduck jumped into action too. "Psy-yai-yai! Duck." Misty immediately preceeded to inflict mean, verbal abuse on the poor pokemon. A few seconds later, Starmie emerged and prepared for combat.
Pikachu began taking the offensive, attacking the Gyarados and Golducks with the strong, effective attacks. Starmie took the defensive, protecting Pikachu and the other pokemon with waves of water. Then, the Gyarados turned all of its attention to the annoying Pikachu. It unleashed its huge Hyperbeam and Pikachu fainted. It was just too much for it to take.
"Charizard, go!" shouted Ash.
"Smart, Ash. Real smart," sighed Misty.
Of course Charizard felt rivaled to this huge Gyarados. It attacked the sea creature with all its most powerful attacks, completely ignoring Ash. It saw its Fire moves were unaffective, and the Gyarados was not paying attention to these futile attacks. Charizard was sent into a frenzied rage. It slashed and slashed the Gyarados until it finally fainted.
Everyone there cheered and Ash returned Charizard to its pokeball, but not without some difficulty.
The man they knew as Koga approached them. "I appreciate your help. You have some good pokemon, but you need more control, I think. I'm sure one day your pokemon will obey you. Keep up your good work."
"Thanks." muttered Ash and Misty, somewhat insulted.
From a safe distance, Brock and the young woman, watched on lawn chairs, eating popcorn. When Ash and Misty arrived, she had left. Brock said, "She was a fine lady, she even gave me her phone number!"
"We're sure you're happy with yourself."
To Be Continued...