Face to face they were standing on separate sides of the gym. This time it was Misty alone vs. Team Rocket. Ash started asking if he could help but Misty cut him off.
"It's my battle. I have to defend my reputation as a Gym Leader."
"Gooooo Arbok!" Jessie called.
"Weezing go!" James followed.
"Let's go Staryu!" Misty called out.
"Well bring it on," Jessie called over to Misty.
"If we win, do we get one of those neat gym badges?" James asked in his idiotic voice. Jessie smacked him over the head with a mallet.
"STOP BEING AN IGNORAMUS!!!!!!!!!!"
Misty decided not to wait anymore.
"Staryu watergun!"
A hard spray of water threw Weezing straight into James smacking them both into a wall. Arbok dug underground.
"Arbok poison sting attack!!"
"Chaaaaaaaarbok!"
Arbok charged at Staryu from underground.
"Staryu swift attack!"
As soon as Arbok came up Staryu fried it with Swift before it could even attack.
"Arbok?" Jessie cried.
"Meowth!" Meowth charged into battle as well.
"Staryu Counter attack!"
Staryu spun through the air swiping Meowth and Arbok and throwing them at Jessie, James and Weezing sending them flying.
"And we wasted time trying to steal Pikachu when we should've swiped her pokemon instead!" Meowth cried.
"Looks like we're blasting off again!!!" Team Rocket cried as a star twinkled in the sky.
Misty called back Staryu as Ash, Brock, Brittney and Pikachu ran up to her.
"Wow, Misty that was awesome!" Brittney shouted.
"Looks like you've been training," Brock complimented her.
"Nice job!" even Ash admitted.
"Pika pika!" Pikachu admired.
"Thanks you guys," Misty smiled.
All of a sudden the gym started vibrating. Then they heard banging sounds against the walls.
"What's going on? Is it Team Rocket again?" Ash cried falling over on Brock from the vibrations and they both crashed to the floor.
"No, it's 'them' again!" Brittney cried looking out of the window.
"NO! I thought we got rid of 'them' for good!!!" Misty shouted over all the noise.
"Huh? What?" Ash and Brock were looking from Misty to Brittney and back to Misty again. They didn't have the slightest idea of what was going on.
"I guess not! We have to get rid of 'them' before they destroy your gym!!" Brittney shouted back.
"Right!" Misty ran over to a window and opened it.
"HEY!" she shouted.
The noise stopped.
"Get out!!!" demanded a harsh but girlish voice from outside. "That's OUR gym!"
"No it isn't," Misty shouted back "And as I told you before it's MY gym and I'm not leaving it!"
"If you won't give it up, we'll destroy it!!!" the same harsh voice replied, followed by it the noise continued. Ash and Brock ran up to the window as
well and saw a whole crowd of people throwing rocks and other things at the gym.
"Who are they?" Ash asked stunned.
"See that girl in the crowd? That's Katrina. She's the leader of the gang and was going to open a gym in this city. But the Pokemon League wouldn't approve. And when I got here...well I got to open a gym and get it licensed. And, well...you get the idea."
Suddenly Katrina pulled out a bottle filled with something and a piece of rope on the top. A whole bunch of people followed, they lit the ropes all at the same time.
"Fire!" Katrina ordered and they all threw the bottles at the gym breaking the windows. As the bottles hit the gym's floor they exploded and started a fire.
"BOMBS!!!!" Misty cried, at the same time one of the bottles broke the window near her and hit her on the head knocking her to the ground.
"MISTY!!!" Ash raced toward her, but before he could get to her the "bomb" exploded. As the smoke blew away, everyone saw Misty lying in a circle of fire. Her eyes were closed and she was all burned.
"NOOO!!!!!!" Ash cried again. He called out Squirtle and it put out the fire. He then returned Squirtle and ran up to Misty. He fell on his knees next to her, not sure if she was alive or dead. Not knowing anything better to do he grabbed Misty's shoulders
and shook her hard. First nothing happened but as Ash kept shaking her she first groaned softly and then coughed harshly.
"Oh Misty you're all right!" Ash sighed with relief and helped her sit up as Brock and Brittney finally ran up to them.
Misty stopped coughing and looked around. Everything was on fire and the "bombs" were still being thrown in.
"We have to do something before my gym has burned to the ground!!!" Misty cried getting to her feet. She felt sharp pain in a side of her head from getting up fast. She touched the spot where it hurt and as she looked at her hand it was all in blood. Turns out
the bottle left a bloody wound on the side of her head.
"OUCH!" she groaned in pain.
"Misty, you should rest!" Brittney cried as she saw the wound.
"And watch them destroy my gym?! I don't think so!" Misty replied "Are you guys helping me or not?"
"We're with you," Brock announced as he and Ash got up.
"Me too" Brittney sighed.
"All right. Here's what we'll do..."
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Misty poked her head out of the window.
"Hey yall, how about we make a deal?"
"What kind of a deal?" Katrina asked suspiciously.
"Well ya know, when we both agree on something that's good for us."
As Misty distracted them by saying nonsense Ash, Brock and Brittney carefully put out the fires inside the gym and boiled water.
"Did you take a shower today? Well it doesn't matter because you're about to get one!" Misty signaled to Ash and all three of them dumped a few hundred of gallons of boiling water on everyone it the crowd. Everyone was screaming and then steaming people started
running away. Finally there was nobody left but Katrina.
"Give it up Katrina! You're outnumbered!" Misty shouted over to Katrina who looked like she was going to blow up. Suddenly an evil grin lit up her face. Misty looked at the others worriedly. What can Katrina possibly be thinking?