What you recognize I don't own
well Ash and friends were having a good time traveling when suddenly they were surrounded by a mysterious group
"well, well what do we have here?"
"looks like a bunch of brats Carlos"
"let's take 'em"
suddenly
"not so fast Branchos!"
they look up and see someone on a staraptor, who soon landed
(growls) "I thought we lost all of you back there not just one person"
"well you didn't"
five minutes earlier
"the Rangers are still behind us boss"
"let's see if they can take this"
he uses an ordinary weapon to attack and one of the group takes the hit, while the group that used the weapon flew off
"Karen!"
the person almost jumped off but was stopped by someone else
"no Josh we can't"
"but Karen..."
(angry tone) "I know blast it all" (sighs) "I know but we have to stop these guys and report in to Ranger Union about the change in mission status"
"and tell them about Karen"
"yes and tell them about Karen, but you know as well as I that she knew the risks when she accepted the mission. The same risks we all accepted when we decided to become Rangers"
(sighs) "you're right, sorry Mark, come on let's continue the mission"
present
"you're going to pay for what you've done to Karen"
"whatever, you Rangers are all the same...annoying"
well the enemy suddenly got reinforcements and the Rangers captured some wild pokemon but even then they were outnumbered...or so they thought
"come on guys, let's give them a hand"
"right"
and so Dawn, Ash and Brock quickly got involved and also evened up the score. Five minutes later the enemy retreated
"man they're almost as pathetic as Team Rocket and I've been dealing with them for ages now"
"across multiple regions even"
"you're one to talk Brock...how long have you been traveling with Ash now?"
"right Dawn, you've made your point"
well the two Rangers let them have their little conversation figuring it was one of their ways of coping with a stressful battle. They also noticed that while they were talking they were doing a quick check on their pokemon before almost all of them went back into their pokeballs. After a few minutes though they pay attention to the two people who unexpectedly came to their rescue. Ash spoke up first
"hi, sorry about not introducing ourselves earlier my name is Ash, this is Pikachu, he doesn't like his pokeball, also with me are my friends Brock and Dawn"
"hi I'm Mark and this is Josh and as you heard and probably noticed we're Pokemon Rangers"
"hey you mentioned someone named Karen who are they?"
"you mean were...she was a Ranger like us but..."
"she died?"
"yes...they used a weapon against us instead of a pokemon and she...she fell into the ocean"
"you know, we're not that far from a Pokemon center, if you want you could travel with us for a while and then report in at the center"
(shakes his head) "sorry Brock but we have to report the change in the situation to the Ranger Union, they have to know about Karen and the Branchos plans"
they look to the sky and see that it was getting dark
"Josh as team leader I say we stay with them for the night, it's too dangerous to travel at nighttime right now. Let's not forget that we've lost Karen and were injured ourselves as well"
"so basically you're saying we need to rest and take care of ourselves"
"yes, you know that's what Karen would want"
"low blow Mark, using my fian...friend against me like that"
(slowly) "Josh is there something you aren't telling me?"
(sighs) "busted...with the Ranger Unions approval we have been going out for the past two years...a week ago I informed the Ranger Union of a change of status in our relationship pending there approval...they approved and three days ago when we went out to dinner under the guise of catching up I proposed to her"
"she said yes didn't she?"
"yes she did, Ranger Union and now everyone here knows that she's my fiancee but only those people...or at least she was my fiancee before the Branchos killed her"
"man that's a seriously low blow to you, but now I know why you acted that way earlier"
"exactly"
meanwhile Karen was actually alive and had finally made it ashore, albeit very weakened and with a few injuries too, but hey she wasn't complaining...much