"Are you out of your fuckin' mind?!" cried CT, angrily. "You STILL want your little crush to go with us on this mission even though she could possibly die!?" "You said you'd test her on the first mission we'd get and this is it!" cried June. "You don't get it! This is a dangerous criminal, who's known for brutally slaughtering every single Pokemon in his sight! This is too dangerous for US, let alone her!" As CT finished yelling, Needles walked outside, wondering what was going on. "I heard yelling, what's going on?" asked Needles, curiously. CT and June stayed silent, looked at each other, then at Needles. "Nothing," said CT. "We were just about to go on a mission." Needles showed a sign of interest. "That sounds fun! Could I come?" asked Needles. "Well... here's the thing... thi-" Needles interrupted him mid-sentence. "Please please please! I've always wanted to go on a mission! It's been my dream ever since I was a little Nidoran! Pleaaaase?" she put her hands together and begged. "But this is a really dangerous mission, Needles," said CT. "That's even better! I'll put everything I have into it! Please?" she asked again. "Needles..." said CT... "Pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaaase?" she clasped her hands together and smiled sweetly at the two of them. CT was unaffected, but June couldn't resist the sight of his crush bestowing such a cute smile at him. "Needles I'm gonna say this really bluntly and I hope you und-" before CT could finish his sentence, June shoved him down. "Yes! Of course you can!" cried June happily. "Yay!" said Needles cheerfully while wagging her tail. "I won't let you guys down!"
Right after that, Reggie walked outside with everyone else. "I heard we've got a mission," said Reggie. "What are we gonna do? Get someone's lost item, get someone out of a hole, bust a criminal, what?" June looked at Reggie and picked up the poster CT dropped. "The last one," said June. "Heh, this'll be fun. Who?" said Reggie. June handed Reggie the poster and looked at it. He noticed Needles was among the group. "Hey you," said Reggie. "Me?" said Needles. "That's your name, ain't it? Wanna go with us on a mission?" said Reggie. "I already talked with them. They said I can go," said Needles. "Good! 'cause I ain't!" Reggie took off his teal scarf and tossed it to Needles, who caught it. "You'll be needing that. Hope to see ya later!" and with that, Reggie went back inside. Needles looked at the scarf in her hands. "What was that all about?" She asked. CT got up and cracked his neck. "Well... before I was rudely interrupted," said CT, glaring at June. "We're after a dangerous criminal. His name is Razor. He's a Sceptile. A sadistic Sceptile. He's wanted for murder of over 180 Pokemon, both team members and innocent Pokemon." Needles' legs began shaking. "Oh... oh my," she said. "Still wanna go with us?" asked CT in a sarcastic tone. Needles gulped and forced herself steady. "Y-yes," she said. "I may be scared, but that's not going to stop me! I'm still giving this my all!" cried Needles. "That's the spirit!" cried June. "Huh, if you say so," said CT. "Come on,then. We'd better get going."
The three of them, CT, June, and Needles, walked until they approached a grayish building. "Is this where the criminal lives?" asked Needles. "No," said CT. "We have to check with the police before we try and take this mission on. He's really dangerous, you know." And then CT opened the front door. A Gallade and a Haxorus, both shiny, were reclining by the front desk. "Hey, CT," said the Gallade. "Hey, Gallardo," said CT, handing him the Wanted poster. Gallardo took the poster and looked at it, then a grim look appeared on his face. "Are you absolutely positive you want to do this?" he said, in a negative tone. CT nodded his head. "We have a new *ahem* recruit, that wants to prove herself," he added. Gallardo and the Haxorus both looked at Needles. "Little girl," said Gallardo. "This mission is NOT for rookies. You have no idea what you're getting yourself into," he added. "Excuse me?" said Needles. "First off, I'm anything BUT little!" she shouted. June held an arm in front of Needles. "Let it go, Needles. Let it go," he said. "No, I won't let it go! I said I'd prove myself and that's exactly what I'm going to do! And NOTHING is going to stop me!" she cried. "Pipe down, sweetie," said the Haxorus in a feminine tone. "We didn't say you couldn't go, we just said it might be too much for ya," she added. "Well I'll prove you wrong. I'll prove I can do anything I can put my mind to!" said Needles. "Save your energy, Needles. You're gonna need it..." said CT. Meanwhile, the Gallade wrote the criminal's last known whereabouts on the back of the Wanted poster. "Alright, your team is approved to hunt down the criminal," said Gallardo. "May the best of luck go to you all, especially you... little girl...". Needles glared at Gallardo after that last sentence, then left with the rest of the team.
The team walked until they approached a cave. CT took out the poster and looked at the directions written on the back of it. "Ravaged Cave, this should be it," said CT. June and Needles both looked up at the cave's large entry. June then looked at Needles. "You ready?" he asked. "Mhm," said Needles, nodding. "Alright, let's go," said CT. And with that, the team went into the cave. The moment they set foot, they were ambushed by a group of Golems and Loudreds. "Welp Needles," said CT. "I hope you know how to fight 'cause here we go!" The Pokemon surrounded them and drew closer. June's shell turned silver and glistened, indicating that he had used Iron Defense, while CT rushed towards a Loudred and used Sky Uppercut, breaking its jaw. The Pokemon swarm drew ever closer, with Needles sweating a bit. She knew what she had to do. She used Earth Power on a Golem. It was so powerful that the Golem's legs snapped and bent forward. Parts of its shell broke off and crumbled. It appeared to have fainted, if not died. She repeated with two more Golems. Before they knew it, the ambush was thwarted. CT dusted off his hands while June wiped the excessive sweat off his head. "Alright, that was a little warm-up for what lies ahead," said CT. "Let's keep going." And with that, the three of them continued to the next floor.
Surprisingly, the later enemies were not much of a problem for the team at all. A Raichu did come along and paralyze June with a powerful Thunderbolt, but he had recovered from that. Eventually, the team reached the top floor of the cave. It was empty save for a few rocks and stalagmites. The team looked around. "Are you sure this is the place?" asked June. CT looked at the map. "It should be, according to the directions Gallardo wrote for us," said CT, double checking. Suddenly, a faint voice called out to the team. "Help... me..." It was a Gardevoir crawling over to the group, appearing to be covered in bruises. "Oh my!" cried Needles. "What happened!?" "He... did this..." said the Gardevoir faintly. "Who?!" said CT. "Ra... Raz-" suddenly a Sceptile jumped from the ceiling, landed behind the Gardevoir, extended the leaves on his wrists, forming them into a sword-like shape, and impaled the Gardevoir in the chest and lifted her up with the blade. Needles gasped in horror at the sight. The Sceptile then extended the leaves on his other wrist into a sword shape and chopped the Gardevoir's legs off in one clean cut. "Please... run away..." said the Gardevoir weakly, before the Sceptile tilted her horizontally and chopped her head off.
Blood was pouring like a waterfall from the dismembered torso of the Gardevoir. Needles couldn't stand the sight. She had to look away or else she would faint. "I take it you all are gonna try to bust me too," said the Sceptile, simultaneously retracting his Leaf Blade and flinging the Gardevoir's corpse behind him. "Damn straight," said CT bravely. "You seem the bravest," said the Sceptile. "You'll die first." CT chuckled a bit. "I take it you're Razor?" said CT. "Yeah. Remember the name. It'll be the cause of your death!" and with that, Razor extended his Leaf Blade and charged at the group. June and Needles got out of the way, while CT stayed in Razor's path and shot fire from his wrists, ready to take the criminal on.