Villains Attack

Chapter 1

A/N-I placed the age for someone to get their Trainer's license at sixteen because that an age that I relate to a lot better. It is fairly canon; however it does not follow Ash as much as it does some OC's. I do take some creative liberties for how characters personalities are and change key points of the story.

Alicia ran down the stairs, as excited as she could be. She had finally turned sixteen and was old enough to start training Pokémon. She nearly tripped down the last step as she got dressed into her official league attire. Her mom caught her at the bottom of the stairs, excited that her daughter would be getting her first Pokémon today.

"Well, today is the day." Alicia's mother, Jackie, excitedly exclaimed.

"Don't worry I'm old enough to be ok by myself." Alicia said as she grabbed her backpack.

"I'm sure you think so. Take your phone with you and keep in touch if you need anything at all. Try to beat Ash, Gary and Misa to Professor Oak's. You know it is first come first serve." Her mom was teary eyed as she hugged her daughter goodbye.

Alicia started to get a little teary eyed as well, but as soon as she felt herself getting emotional, she let her excitement take over. She ran as fast as she could out the door only to run into the town bully, Gary.

"Hey, Ali, kinda slow today aren't ya. I already got the first Pokémon. Heck, Misa was walking in as I left." Gary gloated.

Alicia couldn't believe it; she had set her alarm at seven in the morning and still hadn't made it to Professor Oak's office.

"Get out of my way you jerk!" Alicia pushed him as she ran past, only to find herself face first in the mud.

Gary sniggered, "Smell ya later!" With that he ran off north out of town. Alicia couldn't believe the gall of that guy. Her anger turned her face red and her embarrassment only added to her anger.

Covered in dirt and disappointed that she might be last to Professor Oak's office she wandered towards his laboratory.

As she entered the laboratory Professor Oak asked with concern, "What happened to you?"

"Nothing, I'm sorry I'm late. Can I make it up at all?"

"Well, you're actually not too late. Ash still hasn't arrived."

Alicia couldn't believe her luck, she felt slightly sorry for Ash, ' but not sorry enough to give away this opportunity' she thought to herself.

"Is Misa here?" Alicia questioned the Professor.

"No she isn't she took off in a flash to try and beat Gary to the first gym.

"Where is that?" Alicia queried. She was so excited to get her first Pokémon. Her mind was all over the idea of beating Gary down to the dust. He had been her tormentor for years now. Once he sat behind her in class and tickled her with a Pidgey feather. Alicia figured that if she reacted then he would have won. So she ignored it, even though her body wanted to burst out laughing from the annoying torture. Finally, not being able to bear it any longer she turned around and threw a book at Gary. Unfortunately, she didn't notice until she had stood up that she had wet her pants from trying to hold the laughter in.

"I'll beat them to the first gym" She muttered.

"Sorry, my hearing is going at this age. What did you say?" Professor Oak inquired as he leaned toward her.

"No-nothing" She replied.

"All righty well, the last Pokémon left is all yours." Alicia walked up to the table which had two empty slots. She reached toward a spot where a leaf drawing on the table marked the Poke Ball. Picking the ball up, she excitedly threw the ball and a small animal with a plant on its back appeared and introduced itself, "Bulbasaur!" It exclaimed.

"Now, what do you want to do as a Pokémon trainer? The Professor asked.

She answered in song, "I wanna be the very best, that no one ever was. To catch them in my main test, to train them is my cause. I will travel across the land searching far and wide…"

The professor interrupted, "Yeah ok I got it. Good luck, I have to get back to work." The Professor turned back to a table with stacks of paperwork.

Before Alicia left she thought to herself how much she did not want to be a Pokémon professor. Her real desire was to be in the great outdoors, show off her Pokémon and compete with others. Excitedly she yelled out a goodbye and was out the door in a flash. She knew that she couldn't just run off and explore the world as a young sixteen year old, but she longed for the day that she could. For now she would be satisfied with training her new Bulbasaur and exploring the way to the next town.

Excited she started down the grassy path down to Viridian city. Her route was uneventful for the first few hours and her excitement began to wane until she finally saw a Rattata. She threw her Poke Ball toward it and her Bulbasaur appeared.

Aisha yelled with excitement, "Bulbasaur us your tackle attack." She had been reading up on everything Pokémon for a while so knew which attacks her Pokémon would have master at this point in time. The Bulbasaur flew at the little rat and crushed it under its weight. The Rattata finally got out from underneath Bulbasaur and countered the tackle with a whip to her Pokémon's face. For a few seconds Bulbasaur's defenses were lowered as it stumbled in a daze. The Rattata followed up with a tackle that sent Bulbasaur down to the ground. When the Pokémon finally got up it was barely able to dodge another tackle attempt by the Rattata. When the rat was off balance she ordered Bulbasaur to tackle again. After that collision the rat didn't get up.

"Yes!" She exclaimed and she withdrew her Bulbasaur back into its Poke Ball. She held the Poke Ball up in the air in a victory pose and stood there for a few moments as she savored her first ever victory as a Pokémon trainer. Then to her embarrassment she heard laughter come from behind a nearby tree as Misa came around to view.

'Your first Pokémon battle?" She inquired. Alicia nodded in response. "Well, you did good." She looked down as if wanting to tell Alicia something embarrassing. "Umm, so…" She kept stuttering like this for a while and then finally blurted out, "Can I go with you?" Alicia was taken aback by the question. She didn't really know Misa too well, even though they had grown up in the same town. Misa was always one to keep to herself. "It's just that-my first few battles haven't gone too well. Gary beat my Pokémon pretty badly back at the Professor's office, and I didn't think about letting it rest at the Professors Pokémon Center. When I came out here, I threw out my Poke Ball only to find that my Squirtle was pretty beat up."

"Sure, why not?" Alicia was thrown a little by Misa's desire to join with her, but she was happy that she wouldn't be alone for her adventures.

"We better get to Viridian City quick, you're Squirtle is in bad shape." Alicia pointed out. They began to jog toward the city which was finally on the horizon.

Finally in the city and out of breath Alicia ran to the nearest person she could find, "Where's the Pokémon Center?" She interrogated the man and after receiving directions, she and Misa ran off to the Pokémon Center.

Misa handed the Poke Ball to a woman who introduced herself as Nurse Joy and explained what had happened.

Nurse Joy simply said, "You need to be more responsible, these Pokémon depend on you for their lives!" After glaring at Misa for a few moments she rushed the Poke Ball to a back room.

The two girls were quiet for a while as they waited for more information on Misa's Squirtle. Finally Alicia spoke "I'm going to the Poke Mart, do you want to come with me?"

Misa shook her head, "No, I need to stay here for my Pokémon."

"All right, well I'll see you in a little bit." Alicia walked out and after getting directions headed off to the store. On her way she saw the town gym and unable to contain her excitement she ran up to the door, only to find it locked. Disappointed, she turned to head to the Poke Mart but saw a hot air balloon lift off from behind the gym. Running to it she yelled out, hoping to at least meet the leader of the gym. But, the balloon slowly disappeared into the clouds.

'Bad luck' she thought and she headed off to the store. When she arrived she began talking to the man at the counter, "How can I help you?" The man started out.

"Well, I need five Poke Balls, and let's go three potions as well." Alicia wanted more just in case, but she had a budget to stay on.

After disappearing in the back the shopkeeper reappeared and handed her the product in a bag, "Now was there anything else that I could get for you."

"No, I think that will do it." Aisha answered.

As she began to leave, the shop owner stopped her by asking, "Are you from Pallet town by any chance?"

"Yes, why?"

"I have Professor Oak's special order in, could I trust you to deliver it to him?" He inquired.

In her head all she could think was, 'ugh really, I just got here!' But the words that came out of her mouth were, "Oh, ok."

Back in the Pokémon Center Alicia explained the situation to Misa, then asked, "Do you want to come with me?"

"Well, my Squirtle is doing better now. But I think that I need to train around here for a while. I'll meet up with you when you get back." After waving goodbye, Alicia started her way back to Pallet Town.

She finally got to the Professor's office and said, "Professor I have a package for you."

"Sorry, my hearing is going at this age. What did you say?" Professor Oak inquired as he leaned toward her.

"Package! You! Now!" Alicia laughed at the Professor.

Suddenly she got an eerie feeling as the sun stopped shining through the window. Professor Oak and her ran outside and looked up. They saw a huge Meowth-shaped balloon blocking the sun's light as it slowly descended toward the small town. It took her only a moment to realize that it was the same balloon that had lifted off from behind the gym in Viridian city.

Over a loud speaker they heard a high pitched woman's voice exclaim. "Prepare for trouble"

Another voice echoed this one a deeper man's voice. "Make it double."

They continued as though it were a memorized motto, Alicia thought.

"To protect the world from devastation."

"To unite all peoples within our nation."

"To denounce the evils of truth and love."

"To extend our reach to the stars above."

"Jesse."

"James"

"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight"

A third scratchy high pitched voice shouted, "Meowth, that's right!"

The balloon reached the ground and Alicia felt Professor Oak grab her arm and pull her back into his laboratory.

"Oh, no!" The Professor cried out. "We have to get you out and fast!"

"Why? What is going on?" Alicia demanded of him.

The Professor rapidly spoke as he ran around the office hiding Poke Balls, "Team Rocket is a group of Pokémon stealing bandits. But, over the last few years they've been stealing money and plundering whatever they can."

Finally, Professor Oak stopped and said to Alicia in a serious tone. "We need heroes in this time." Alicia had a puzzled expression on her face, totally confused as to what was going on.

"What do you want me to do?" She asked. Unexpectedly, a loud explosion shook the building. They looked outside to see a large Pokémon called Onix standing several meters above them. The two intruders seemed caught off guard for a moment.

"Maybe we won't have to worry about it after all." Alicia said.

"Wait for it." The earth began to shake, and a large trail of dirt seemed to be moving toward the Onix at a rapid rate. Then in a flash a brown Pokémon, Dugtrio, hit the Onix with such force that part of its rock body seemed to shatter. The Onix fell to the floor, in a daze. Back underground the Dugtrio swiftly attacked again, this time directly to its opponent's face. The Onix was called back to its Poke Ball in a flash of red. Another Poke Ball took its place and a Fearow appeared. The Dugtrio tried to attack it the same way it had knocked out the Onix, but the bird Pokémon kept to the air following its trainer's orders. She couldn't see either trainer, but knew that these Pokémon must be controlled by powerful masters. As soon as the Dugtrio surfaced for air the Fearow dove. At a blinding speed the Dugtrio suffered a massive blow to its body, knocking it off the ground and sending it flying for several meters. This Pokémon was also withdrawn from a different direction.

Then the man yelled, "This game is over." A Poke Ball flew onto the battlefield where Dugtrio had been laying moments before and a familiar Pokémon with two spoons appeared. An Alakazam! Alicia had heard about this Pokémon and rarely seen one on TV. But to see one in person! If it weren't for the specific situation she would have been overjoyed. But right now, she was terrified.

Professor Oak pulled her around again. "Your father isn't going to be able to hold out against that." Her Dad? That was her Dad fighting out there! She pulled out of the Professor's grip and tried to run to the door. She didn't have a plan, she just wanted to run to her home and tell her father to stop. Whoever this person was intended to do some real damage. "Listen, you need to take this and get off to Viridian city! Keep it away from Team Rocket! Don't let anyone know that you have it!" He handed her another Poke Ball. This Poke Ball looked different somehow; it was blue with a strange design.

"Go, go now!" The Professor ordered her. Alicia ran out a back door out into the tall grassy path leading to Viridian City. She looked back one more time and saw a large man with black hair hiding in the shadows. 'Must be the person attacking the city,' Alicia thought. She kept running, hoping that someday she would again meet the man that attacked her town.

A/N: Now hit that review button and let me know what you think. Also tell me who some of your favorite Pokémon are.