Mike dashed into the Pokemon Center with Pichu in his Pokeball. That thing was going absolutely crazy! Azelf couldn't even help him! Pichu was constantly electrocuting everything and eventually wasn't allowed to stay out anymore. Especially when it nearly knocked out Kabutops and Ice!
Rock and Rose made their way into the Pokemon Center after a while with a bunch of granola bars and bottles of water in their backpacks. Nurse Joy was still trying to figure out the problem with Pichu and in the end, everyone let their Pokemon out.
Turtwig (Aoiki) laid on one of the chairs as Kabutops and Blaziken were sent back to their Pokeballs. Cranidos, Sceptile, and Rapidash were playing around outside with all of Rose's Pokemon. Chimchar was eventually let out of his Pokeball to go play and when Kabutops and Blaziken were healed, they joined in the fun.
"Did they figure out what was wrong with Pichu?" Rose asked.
"My guess is too much electricity stored into its cheek pouches," Rock said and poked his cheeks as he did. "Lt. Surge's Pokemon were like that before I had to battle him- and same as the dude in the Hoenn region… The guy with the Manectric…"
Mike shrugged. "I don't know," he said, "but I just hope Pichu'll be okay…"
Boom!
"Oh hell!"
"Tim! Kira! Look what you did!"
"SHUT IT!"
In a complete instant, every ones Pokemon were back inside and withdrawn. Nurse Joy and Chansey looked out into the room to see what happened.
Mike looked out the glass door. Two kids walked up to the door; one had messy red hair and the other had green hair up in a ponytail. The kid with red hair had the white Team Rocket uniform- the other, black. Walking on the ground next to them, a large Eevee (slightly bigger than most) scowled, not daring to look up at the two at the door.
"Team Rocket?" Mike asked.
"Those guys are still going?" Rock asked. "Last I heard, they stopped ages ago."
"Must be working in secret," Rose breathed, a bit shocked.
There was a slight pause.
"DUSTIN!"
"KILLER!"
Sparks flew between the green-haired girl and Rock. Rose backed up a bit and glanced at Mike. Both looked confused and did not know what was happening.
"I AM NOT KILLER!" Kira shouted. "MY NAME IS KIRA!"
"IT RHYMS WITH KILLER!"
"IT DOES NOT!"
Smoke filled the air outside. Startled, Aoiki (who…wasn't in his Pokeball) jumped up, his leaf wilting. Running outside, it looked to the left and hits eyes grew wide. The Turtwig ran back inside, panting, looking nervously at Rock.
Rose walked outside to see what was happening. There was a broken machine to the side of the building and electric sparks were shooting from it. Fortunately, Rose was smarter than most people would think. She put two and two together (remembering Nurse Joy mutter 'why isn't the thing working?!') and guessed.
"Nurse Joy!" Rose exclaimed, running into the back room. "Is there a box outside that stores electricity?"
Nurse Joy nodded. "Yes, but I don't think it's working right now," she said. Chansey looked down sadly.
"I think I've got the problem," she said and ran outside. Nurse Joy followed and when Rose showed her the box, she got a grim look. "Huh? What's wrong?"
"No one in the area can fix it right now," she said. "If it's not fixed, we can't help Pichu."
/Animefall
"Really?!" Rose groaned, smacking her forehead. "We need someone here…"
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It was quiet in the Pokemon Center for a while. They could faintly here Pichu's quiet cries and other Pokemon whining. Aoiki was asleep on Rock's lap, Chimchar and Flame were asleep together on a different chair, and many other trainers where quite confused.
"Let's get out of here," Eevee muttered quietly, really inconspicuously. "I can't stand being stared at."
"That's because most people find you 'cute'," Kira said. "Most Contest Pokemon are probably Eevee."
"Go die," Eevee growled.
Tim rolled his eyes and leaned back in the chair. After a while, his plan would go into effect. Nurse Joy would have to call someone, and when she did, he'd sneak into the back. Then, he'd jack the Pokemon being watched by Nurse Joy and stuff them into his backpack, coming back as quickly as possible. Or that's what he thought would happen. So far, this was their first attempt at stealing- and their histories didn't really work out well. Kira's parents were known for being some of the best on Team Rocket. Tim's…not so much.
His plan suddenly started. Nurse Joy was calling a mechanic on the phone. Jumping up, Tim walked in the direction of the bathrooms (also the direction of the room he wanted) and paused. When no one was looking, he dashed into the back room and slid a few Pokeballs on the shelf and onto his bag. Dashing out of the room, he slipped into the bathrooms and came out a few moments later calmly walking back to Kira. He looked quiet inconspicuous, but he probably didn't at the same time. Oh well, he thought.
Whispering something to Eevee and Kira, Tim sat back down and leaned against the wall. Nurse Joy was still talking- thankfully- and no one seemed to notice; once again, it got so quiet that the sounds of Pokemon could be heard from the back rooms.
"Let's go," Kira muttered and picked up Eevee. It growled in annoyance but didn't struggle. Tim followed him out, but got quite nervous when he walked right by Nurse Joy. The only reason they were able to be in there was because they hadn't done anything bad yet. But that was all about to stop.
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"Hey dad," Mike said. Ash appeared on the screen with Pikachu on his shoulder.
"Ha- so it WAS you!" Ash exclaimed. "Anyway- how's it going? How far did you get?"
Mike sighed. "We're in Jubilife," he said. "Something's really wrong with Pichu. We don't know what. Not even Nurse Joy."
Ash thought for a moment. "I'm sure she'll figure it out," he said. "Maybe he's just being stubborn?"
"Maybe," Mike shrugged. "How everything there?"
"Chaos. We've managed to keep all the Pokemon under control…but Ashley…she goes crazy half the time."
Mike laughed. "Figures," he said.
A light bulb went off over Ash's head. "I have something for you! Can you get Nurse Joy?"
Confused, Mike nodded and headed over to Nurse Joy. She was waiting for a mechanic or something like that. After telling her, Nurse Joy walked over to the phone.
Rock was leaning back in his chair, Aoiki on his lap. When Mike walked over, he surprised the teen and Rose fell backwards, hitting his head against the floor. Rose burst into laughter as Rock cried in the emo corner, holding his head.
"You jerk…" Rock breathed to himself.
"Twwiigg," Aoiki breathed. She'd gotten the better of the fall by landing on her trainer's chest.
Rose grinned. "You deserved that," she said, amused. Ice (Piplup) agreed. "When do you think we can leave?"
Mike shrugged. "No clue," he said.
She nervously looked around. Ice was set on a table and Mike was instructed to watch him. Mike watched Rose leave with a confused look and jumped in surprise when Nurse Joy appeared behind him. Rock grinned evilly.
"Revenge," he muttered.
Mike rolled his eyes. "Hey Nurse Joy," he said.
"Can you come with me?" Nurse Joy asked.
Mike nodded and followed her. She took him into the back room and pressed a button on the computer. Another machine was next to it (kind of like the machines that send your Pokemon back or to a professor) and something appeared on the tray. It was a pink-ish color with white bands across the middle. Some of the bottom was brown. Mike was confused.
"It's a Pokemon egg," Nurse Joy said as she handed it to Mike. "Ash said that he wanted me to give this to you while he had the chance. He said that he found it in the forest near your home."
Surprised, Mike took it and looked at it. It wasn't as heavy as it looked. "Why did he give it to me…?" he asked himself. Nurse Joy shrugged and walked out of the room. Mike followed, making sure he didn't drop the egg.
When they got back, it was total chaos.
The trainers that were there kept feeling something hit against them, and the Pokemon were going crazy because THEY felt something hit them. Rock was anime-jumping around, trying to help the trainers calm down their Pokemon.
"Screw this." Mike heard Rock say.
"What did you-" Mike and Nurse Joy began.
"CALM DOWN AND ALL OF YOU GET POFFINS!!"
That got all the Pokemon quiet. Thank god there were only about 20 Pokemon out of their Pokeballs.
"There goes all your Poffins," Mike said with a grin. Rock glared as he handed a Poffin to each Pokemon. Except a Volpix and Smeargle took three each, and six Pokemon didn't get any. That ticked them off, and the six Pokemon attacked Rock.
"WHY THE HECK DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN?!" Rock exclaimed angrily as he dashed out of the center, six Pokemon chasing him out.
Mike laughed at the confused look Rose had when she walked back into the Pokemon center. Azelf landed on his head and he noticed the other two landing on Rose's shoulders. She had a box in her hands, and Mesprit and Uxie were set on finding out what was inside- it had shiny paper like tin foil.
"What's in the box?" Mike asked.
Rose grinned and walked over. "Poketches," she said and set the box on the table. "I've always wanted one. I got one for all of us." She unwrapped the paper and showed Mike three Poketches. "The black one with thunderbolts on it is yours. Mine is the one that's green with pink flowers, and the one that's brown with 'cracks' is Rock's."
"So cool!" Mike exclaimed.
They didn't have time to talk about it because Nurse Joy came out, a very worried look on her face. That couldn't be good, Mike thought with a dumbstruck look.
"I can't find Pichu- or Kabutops or Blaziken," she said. "I put them in their Pokeballs while they healed, but now they're gone. About 10 other Pokeballs are missing, too."
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"Skitty, Eevee, Meowth, Skitty, Skitty, Wurmple, Nincada, Starly, Whismur, and Bedew," Tim said. "Three Skittys…."
"Well that sucks," Eevee breathed and jumped away from the other Eevee. "There were no strong Pokemon on there!"
Kira sighed. Tim could be a dumb as his father at times! She pulled out three other Pokeballs from the bag and held them out. All the Pokemon stopped moving and something hit their base hard in the side.
"Damn wind," Tim muttered as he pressed the button on the other three Pokeballs. He could've sworn their tree house leaned to the side a bit. Blaziken, Kabutops, and Pichu! "Holy fudge- I picked good, huh?"
His friend turned away. "You only got lucky," she said, annoyed. But the three new Pokemon seemed to be trained a lot better then the 'dumb' ones that stood there looking at them. Than it hit her. "Why are there a bunch of dumb Pokemon, and than super-strong ones?"
"How is Pichu strong?" Tim asked.
The girl with green hair thought for a moment. "I…don't know," she said after a few. "I've seen some pretty strong ones…"
"That's just because they hate you," Tim said happily and stood up. All but the last three Pokemon and the two Eevees were left out. Heck, one of them didn't even HAVE a Pokeball! "What shall we do with these Pokemon…?"
"Ember!" Kira said, an idea popping into her head. The Blaziken didn't move. "Water gun." Kabutops didn't move.
"Thunder?" Tim asked. Pichu ran forward and shocked the poor kid. His red hair stood on end as he fell to his back, shocked at what had just happened (no pun intended).
Kira burst out in laughter and fell down to the ground next to Eevee. The fox was crouched down, forcing himself not to laugh. "W-what's it saying?" Kira asked.
"I'll….only listen…to my trainer!" Eevee translated. "Don't tell me what to do!"
"FAIL," Kira said, laughing even harder. Kabutops did NOT looked pleased.
"Kabu……."
"Dumbass," Eevee translated.
"Holy crap!" Tim gasped. "Pokemon can curse/!"
"I guess so!!" Kira exclaimed, falling to her back, hands on her stomach. "I'm laughing to hard!"
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"ARE. YOU. KIDDING ME?!" Rock burst.
Mike shook his head as he shifted the Pokemon egg to his other arm. "She said that Pichu, Kabutops, and Blaziken were taken along with ten other Pokemon." He looked to the ground. "I don't think Pichu misses me…"
"Of course he does!" Rose exclaimed. "He will miss you! Let's go see if anyone has seen suspicious looking people."
Rock stomped out of the Pokemon Center, fixing his hair and searching for band-aids in his bag. Sighing, Rose followed with Mike close behind.
They started at the entrance they came in and asked everyone they saw if they had seen anyone like Tim and Kira. When they said no, Mike led them through row after row of houses with no luck what-so-ever. Mesprit, Azelf, and Uxie flew off to see if they could help their guardians find their missing Pokemon. But even with them gone, the group didn't think they'd find the Team Rocket members anywhere. Rose asked if anyone had seen an Eevee with a black wristband around his foreleg. Still- nothing. They gave specific details, even! Only one person saw them, but they didn't know which way they went!
"This is stupid!" Rose sighed.
"Sceptile! Search the whole freaking city!" Rock exclaimed as he sent out his powerful looking Sceptile. "If you see ANYONE that has black clothes- or white- with a big red R on it, come find one of us."
Saluting, Sceptile jumped off onto the roofs of the houses, barely touching it before he jumped off to the next.
Mike dropped to the ground. "Chimchar can't help, can he?" he asked. "He may've been the oldest of his group…but… This is stupid!"
Rose agreed. "Maybe if we wait for Sceptile," she said, "we'll figure something out."
Mike froze for a moment when something touched his shoulder, but he heard a familiar cry from Uxie. He looked at it, and it pointed into the sky and then to a tree. Everyone heard Sceptile cry out, only to be silenced by something in the forest near-by. Freaked out, Rock jumped off and left everyone behind as he ran into the forest.
"YOU IDIOT!" Mike and Rose screamed as they ran in the direction he went.
"I swear," Mike breathed. "I'm going to make Roark knock some sense into him!"
"Already has," Rose said. "Didn't work."
Sighing, Mike stopped near a tree and sat down. The sun was already pretty low in the sky! It didn't help that he had to hold that Pokemon egg, either. It was light, but he had to be careful not to drop it! When he looked up, Rose had disappeared!
"THANKS!" Mike growled in frustration.
He began walking through the forest again. Chimchar was out, walking beside him. The trees were thick and hardly let any light through. It was silent, almost as if he were locked inside of a soundproof room.
Than the trees above began to shake like made. Chimchar jumped in front of Mike, but there was an attack from above. An Ambipom landed hit after hit with its two tails and smashed his head into Chimchar's, knocking it out very quickly.
Withdrawing it, Mike ran off, hoping to find someone with Pokemon that weren't fainted. He jumped off a cliff (not that big of a cliff- only about 4 ft) and kept running, that crazy monkey in full chase. Now he was pretty much lost. Slowing, Mike turned around only to have that Pokemon egg he got taken away. Ambipom grinned evilly and ran away, the egg held by his tail.
"YOU JERK!!" Mike exclaimed.
Silence. Not even the bird Pokemon were out.
"Bomb shot!"
"Leaf-blade!"
"Dodge!"
Mike looked up and saw Sceptile and a Bagon fighting each other. Bagon kept shooting glowing spheres that would explode. But Sceptile hit it with Leaf-Blade and run to a different tree. Rock and Kira weren't too far away.
"Jump!" Rock exclaimed. "Bullet Seed!"
Sceptile jumped into a different branch as Bagon nearly hit him with Skull-Bash. As it was recharging, Sceptile sent a fast wave of seeds at it, knocking it to the ground. It pushed itself up, shooting a wave of super-hot DragonBreath. Sceptile hit back with his own DragonBreath and a TON of steam rose out of the forest.
"Skull-Bash!" Kira commanded.
"Leaf-Blade!" Rock countered.
The two attacks hit, sending the Pokemon backwards.
Blaziken and Pichu appeared behind Mike. Mike looked up happily, but soon frowned. Black collars were around both Pokemon's necks, and their eyes had blank looks that did NOT look happy. Frightened, Mike jumped to his feet and ran behind a tree that Sceptile was fighting near.
"Blaziken, Pichu, Overheat! Thunder!"
Sceptile was instantly knocked out. Bagon was withdrawn.
Mike heard Rock curse. Both of their Pokemon were being controlled. NOT your every-day Team Rockets, huh? But he didn't have time to think about that.
As Eevee shot a huge Shadow Ball at the ground, dust flew up and the Rocket members ran away.
It got quiet again. Mike leaned against the tree, sighing heavily as he thought about what the heck had just happened. Blaziken and Pichu had collars around their necks; Rock couldn't beat them with his Pokemon; Kabutops was no where to be seen; Rose was missing; the Pokemon egg was gone; Chimchar was fainted… He could keep going. But he told himself no.
Sighing, the trainer stood up and walked out from behind the tree. Rock was sitting against a different one, his hair casting shadows over his eyes. Just like him, he was really sad and probably trying to contemplate what just happened. Sceptile had been withdrawn, and still Rose was no where to be seen.
"Do you know where Rose is?" Mike asked as he sat next to Rock.
"No," Rock said quietly. "She ran off before I could see where she was going."
"Mesprit? Uxie?" Mike asked. He saw Azelf a few moments ago next to Sceptile- before it went to its Pokeball. Rock shook his head. "Want to head to the Pokemon Center?"
It was once again quiet. Rock shook his head. "We need to find Rose," he said.
Shinzu: I hope you all liked this chapter~!
