Silver walked down the trail, with her tan side bag on her shoulder, and her partner by her side. The gym bag held everything she owned: her clothes, some Pokémon food, her mp3 player, her banking cards and some I.D. cards. The banking card gave her access to her many bank accounts; each had a considerable sum of money. She couldn't take out to much, she had to make it last, and it might attract unwanted attention.
"Dynamite," she looked down at her best friend, a Raichu. "The next gym leader's name is Erika, and she uses grass type Pokémon, correct?" He nodded. She started to collect all the gym badges so she could enter the Pokémon League. She interlocked her fingers, and stretched her arms over her head. She started to think about what she saw, just yesterday. Three Team Rocket agents, they had tried and failed to catch a Pikachu from a boy named Ash. "I bet we could get that Pikachu," she said, barely more than a whisper. Dynamite looked up at her, and gave her a puzzled look. "Let's try it, just to see if we can." "Rai?" (What?) 'She isn't serious, is she?' He thought. "We won't keep it; I just want to see if we can steal it." He rolled his eyes, and went back to focusing on the trail.
Silver decided to wait next to the trail for the trio, she and Dynamite were ahead of them. She looked up and say a glimmering red fruit hanging from a tree; several actually. "Hey, Dynamite, could you help me out?" She pointed to the apple. She didn't order Dynamite about like a trainer and their Pokémon, they were partners. She respected him like an equal, as he did her. He didn't go for the single apple she wanted, instead he thunder punched the tree, and all the apples fell out. She pinched the bridge of her forehead, "I only wanted one… Oh, forget it."
She didn't let it go to waste, she let the rest of her Pokémon out, and they had the apples for dinner. She sat the tree with Dynamite, and Slash, her Sneasel. Her Haunter, Jasper, stayed next to her under the shade of the tree. Static and Brimstone ate a bowl of Pokémon food on the ground at the base of the tree. Static was Jolteon, and Brimstone was a Houndour, both Brimstone and Slash were from the Johto region. 'I remember Johto quite well; maybe I'll go back there soon. I remember my first trip with-' she cringed when she remembered him. The rest of the afternoon, she sat and watched the trainers pass by them, none of them ever even saw her.
She had all her Pokémon return to their Poke Balls. Her and Dynamite waited in the tree for the Ash and his friends to pass. "It's getting late, maybe we should stop and camp somewhere," She heard one of them say. She looked and saw them coming up the path. They went and set up camp in the open area on the opposite side of the road. Silver watched them set up camp and make dinner. Only when she was sure they were finished eating, did she jump down from her hiding place.
"Hey," Her sudden appearance caused the whole group to jump a bit, "Where did you come from?" Ash demanded the girl. She shrugged, Dynamite walked up beside her. "Oh hello!" Brock ran up and greeted her. "I'm amazed I haven't spotted this beautiful flower yet!" Silver raised an eyebrow. He took her hand; Silver suddenly had a case of nausea. She jerked her hand away. "Raaai…" (Back off…) Dynamite warned him, sparks were coming from his cheeks. "Hey you have a Raichu!" Ash pointed out. "His name's Dynamite, and my name's Silver. I was wondering if I could have a quick battle with you and your Pikachu." Ash blinked, and then smiled, "Sure, I'd love to have a battle!" Silver smiled back, "Great," She grabbed Brimstone's Poke' Ball, and threw it. "What kind of Pokémon is that?" Misty asked, once Brimstone appeared. "He's a Houndour." Silver answered. Brimstone bore his teeth at the yellow mouse.
"Alright Pikachu; Quick Attack!" The young trainer ordered. "Dodge it!" Silver instructed her Pokémon. Brimstone moved out of the way, and Pikachu turned around after he missed his target. "Flamethrower!" Silver shouted. Brimstone blasted fire at Pikachu, who couldn't get out of the way in time. Pikachu managed to shake it off, though. "Head-butt!" Silver said next. Brimstone rammed into Pikachu, and sent him into a tree. "Cha!" He squeaked when he made impact. Pikachu struggled to get back up. "Pikachu! Are you okay?" "Pika!" He nodded to Ash. "Alright Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" The attack hit the hound dead on. Brimstone managed to stay standing, static remained on his fur after the attack. "Brimstone, Fire Blast!" Brimstone hit Pikachu with his most powerful attack. Pikachu managed to recover for a moment, but then fainted. "Pikachu!" Ash called, and ran to it.
Silver grabbed a smoke bomb off her belt, and threw it. Thick smoke covered the battlefield. "Hey!" Ash gagged on the smoke. When it cleared, Sliver was running into the woods with Dynamite, and Brimstone, who was dragging an unconscious Pikachu by his tail in his jaw. "Come back here!" The three trainers ran after the thieves as quickly as they could. Jessie, James and Meowth watched from a bush nearby.
"Did… Did you guys see that?" James asked. "That girl just took off Pikachu!" "We'll show her, Pikachu's ours to steal!" Jessie growled. They took off into the woods, trailing behind Ash and his friends. "I bet she's from Team Rocket," Brock said, out of breath from running. Silver spotted an embankment; it was about 10 feet high. Silver jumped down and wedged herself into the roots along with her 2 Pokémon.
"Where did she go? I don't see her anymore," Misty asked. The 3 jumped down the embankment, and kept on running. "I don't know, but we're going to find her!" Ash said, gasping for air. When they we're finally out of sight, Silver wiggled out of the roots, along with Brimstone and Dynamite. Silver reached down and took Pikachu in her arms. "I guess we stole him… We should probably return him now." "Raichu?" (You're a strange human.)
She climbed up the embankment, followed by her Pokémon. "Prepare for trouble!" The voice made her jump a bit. Silver scanned the forest for the source of the voice, but couldn't find anyone. "Make it trouble!" Brimstone bent his ears back, and hid behind his master's leg. "To protect the world from devastation!" "To unite all peoples within our nation!" "Did he just say peoples? Is that proper English?" "Raichu?" (You're asking a Raichu for an English lesson?) "To denounce the evils of truth and love!" "To extend our reach to the stars above!" "Jessie!" She stepped out from behind the tree, followed by James "James!" "Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!" "Surrender now or prepare to fight!" "Meowth! That's right!" Meowth jumped down from one of the trees.
"All right, time for you to hand over Pikachu!" Jessie demanded, holding out her hand. "Look, I'm kind of in a hurry, they could be back soon," Silver pointed over her shoulder. "We're the ones takin' Pikachu to the boss, not you, so hand it over!" Meowth told her. "Do you think I'm a Team Rocket member?" "Are you?" James asked her. "No," 'Not anymore, anyway.' "Then why are you trying to steal Pikachu?" Silver shrugged, "Sport, really. I wanted to see if I could do what you couldn't." All three of them looked insulted by her remark. Jessie grabbed her only Poke' ball, "Pikachu is ours to steal, got it?" "Right!" Meowth and James agreed in unison. Silver knew she couldn't let that happen, if they got away with Pikachu, who was going to take the blame?
She threw the ball and out came her Ekans. Dynamite jumped between his friend and the snake. "Ekans, Poison Sting!" Dynamite managed to jump out of the way of it. Silver was already running by the battle, towards the camp site. "I'll catch you later Dynamite!" "Rai!" (Got it!). "James, stop her!" Jessie instructed. "Right!" After only a few yards, James grabbed both her arms, Silver struggled to get free. "Brimstone!" Her hound dropped Pikachu and latched onto James' ankle. James screamed and her go. She picked up Pikachu and ran off, leaving Brimstone behind. 'He can take care of himself…'
She got back to the camp, and laid the mouse on the Picnic table. 'Damn… I shouldn't have left Brim and Dynamite only with them. I need to hurry back.' She turned and started to head back to her Pokémon, but then she heard a voice behind her. "You were just gonna return it?" She turned and saw Meowth. 'Sneaky, isn't he?' Before she could react, he snatched Pikachu up, and ran into the woods. "Hey!" Silver went after him. She was, by no means, as fast as Meowth, and being raised in the city, didn't navigate the forest very well. By the time she got out to an open field, their Meowth head balloon was already off the ground. "Now we finally have Pikachu, thanks for your help!" Jessie called. "And thanks for the Raichu and Houndour!" Meowth added. They all started laughing.
Silver grabbed one of her Poke' balls, and threw it up into the air. It was Jasper's ball, her Haunter. "Jasper, go use Hypnosis on them!" "Wait, what?" Before Team Rocket could do anything, Jasper used the attack, and they were fast asleep. "Alright, your turn." She called out Static, her Jolteon. "Use Pin Missile!" Static shot his spines at the balloon, and it tore wide open, causing to fall to the ground. The basket tipped over, spilling 3 cages, and Team Rocket. Silver, followed by Static and Jasper. "I'm so sorry, Brim." She called his back to his ball. It wouldn't be that simple with Dynamite and Pikachu. She used her switch blade, and a bobby pin to pick the locks. She got Raichu out first and used a Super Potion on him. "Raichu?" (Where am I?) He opened his eyes. "Now, how exactly did you get captured by field agents?" "Raichu Rai, Rai Raichu." (I saw you struggling to get away from that guy, and I went to help you, but then that snake used Poison Sting while my back was turned.) She picked the lock on Pikachu's cage, and carried him under her arm.
She heard the trio before she saw them. She crouched behind a bush, and listened. "Where could she have gone?" Misty asked. They had to go back to camp; on the other side of the forest they ran through was a huge cliff. They had sent Pidgeotto to look for Pikachu. "I can't just walk into the camp," Silver whispered, crouching behind a bush. She reached into her bag and pulled out a super potion. She laid Pikachu on the ground, and then sprayed him with it. He slowly opened his eyes, and then looked up at Silver. "Pi?" "You okay now?" She asked. Pikachu got to his feet, "You can go back now," She pointed towards the camp. He looked that way for a moment, and then darted through the bushes.
"Pikachu!" Ash said when he saw him; Pikachu ran and jumped into Ash's arms. "You got away from her?" "Pika?" Pikachu tilted his head. Silver stood up, and walked along the side of the camp, hidden by the trees and bushes. She got back to the road, and headed towards Celadon City. She saw it when she got to the top of the hill. "Return," She called Brimstone back to his ball.
It was late when she arrived in the city, about 3 a.m. Her feet were killing her, and her eyelids were heavy. Dynamite was dragging behind about 10 feet. Silver stopped and waited for him. When he caught up, she picked him up and rested his head on his shoulder so he could sleep. She found a Pokémon center, and got a room there. She crawled into her bed, and Dynamite curled up above her head on the pillow. She closed her eyes, silently praying she wouldn't dream tonight. He dreams always seem to bring him back into her mind. She reached and up and stroked Dynamite's fur. "I'm sorry, Dynamite." "Rai?" (For what?) "I let them capture you." "Rai, Rai Raichu." (I can handle myself, don't worry.) "I should have been there for you, like you've always been for me." "Rai Raichu." (That's not true…) "Yes it is. You and my Pokémon are the only friends I have." Silver laid in Silence then, until Dynamite spoke up again. "Raichu rai, rai Raichu." (We should get some sleep.) Silver rolled over so she was facing the wall. "Goodnight then."