Here it is, Chapter 4, enjoy!
"So, do you have a plan?" Latias asked.
"Well, yes, it's not a very detailed plan, but I think I know what we can do to stop the invasion in Kanto." I replied.
"Well, let me hear it!" Latias said, curiosity getting the better of her.
"So, this is what I am thinking: We wait until nightfall, when most Grunts and their Pokémon will be tired from today's invasion, you turn invisible and I wear a dark cloak so that they can't see us, and we fly over to their flagship that is hovering over Saffron city. There, we stealthily enter it and work our way into the main control room; we take out the captain and his crew, and we destroy the ship. When the Rocket Grunts see what happened, there will be panic among them, which will make them vulnerable, since they won't have a leader giving them orders. What do you say?" I explained. Latias thought for a second about what I said, thinking of any possible problems that might arise.
"The idea sounds pretty good. However, even if it's night-time, Team Rocket will be very alert. Barging into their main ship will surely go noticed, no matter how sneaky we try to be. It would be wise for us to get one or two more members into our attack group for extra firepower wouldn't you say?" She said.
More Pokémon? Well, I also have my sister's Squirtle that she gave me before being captured, but it's way too young for this task. It wouldn't' be ready. Also, I'm not sure that I'm really ready to handle so many Pokémon this quickly…
"Don't worry, you'll be fine. I'll help you if you need it." Latias answered.
Wait, did she just read my mind?
"Wait, how did you know what I was thinking? Can you read my thoughts?" I asked.
"Mhm. Yes I can." Latias said while nodding her head, smiling. "I can also read people's memories, but I would never do that to a person unless they tell me to, or they are someone who is not on my side; it would be very rude otherwise."
"Really? That's very interesting, and useful too… Do you have any other abilities that I should know about?" I asked, very interested in finding out more about Latias.
"Well, I can fly faster than the speed of sound, I have Psychic powers such as telekinesis and teleportation, and, oh yeah, and I also know how to do this…" She trailed off, leaving me wondering.
Suddenly, a white light began to engulf her and blue sparkles rained down from it. When the blinding light disappeared, there was no Latias anymore but, instead, in front of me appeared…
"A Human!? You can transform into a human?" I asked. My jaw dropped to the floor.
"Yep, I can transform into a human thanks to my feathers. They have a special ability that allows them to shape-shift into whatever I desire, sort of like a Mew's or Ditto's "transform" ability, but with a different method." She replied.
It wasn't just any regular human either. She had smooth, red hair like her feathers, with two very long ponytails and two parts on the sides of her hair that were sticking up, resembling her dragon-form's ears. She wore a red and white dress that extends all the way down to her knee caps and some shoes with the same color pattern.
She was beautiful.
"Aww, you really think so? Thanks, I worked really hard to come up with a good human form for me." She said, blushing slightly.
Oh right, I forgot she could read minds. Now I was blushing too.
"That's perfect! That way, you can walk with me and no one will suspect you're a Latias!" I said.
She nodded and we went back to thinking about possible additions to our team.
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"What do you have in mind for new additions to the team?" I asked.
"Hmmm… I've been giving it some thought. Catching and training some Pokémon isn't a good idea, as they will take a while to adapt and become stronger, and we don't have much time at all. What I'm thinking is that we recover some stolen Pokémon that Team Rocket has taken from people they've captured or killed, that way we get powerful teammates and we prevent Team Rocket from using them in their evil deeds." She said.
"That is a really good idea, I like it! We should go look for some Team Rocket grunts and see if they have any Pokémon on them." I replied.
"Don't worry about that, I can use my Psychic powers to look for one nearby." Latias said.
"Ok, do it!" I said, excited for this new turn of events.
Suddenly, Latias turns back to her dragon form and Latias's eyes started glowing, looking for a Team Rocket Grunt with her Psychic vision.
"I got it! There's one about 1 mile from here. It seems that he has a couple of Pokeballs on him, but he seems to be waiting for someone, so we need to act quickly before more reinforcements come." Latias said.
"Ok, let go!" I said, climbing on top of her and flying out of the old cabin, but not before grabbing the bag that used to belong to Bianca and putting my possessions inside.
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"Where the hell are the others? I've been waiting here for an hour and there's no sign of them…" The Team Rocket grunt thought.
From behind him, the sound of rustling bushes reaches his ears, however, no one is there.
"Is that you Grant? Don't you dare try and scare me!" He said, feeling a little disconcerted.
No reply.
"It's probably a wild Pokémon. Where is he though? He said he would be here! He knows how much I hate forests at night."The Grunt thought.
Suddenly, he feels a tug from behind him. He turns around to see what grabbed him, but finds nothing. Once again though, something pulls his shirt from behind him.
"Alright Grant, you can cut the act now!" He said.
"Oh, it's not Grant…" Latias told him, whispering into his mind while invisible.
"Huh? Who said that!?" The Grunt asked, now petrified with fear.
"Me" Latias responded while turning visible behind him in a shower of blue sparkles.
As the Grunt turned around, his face lost all color when he realized that a Latias was talking to him.
"Yo—You—Who—What?" Is all the Grunt could mutter before getting knocked out by a Psychic blast from Latias.
"Good job Latias! You didn't really need to scare the crap out of him before knocking him out, but I must admit, it was pretty funny." I said, snickering.
"Hehe, well, I love pulling pranks on people every now and then." Latias said, about to start laughing hysterically. That's when I realized that Latias is a very playful and childish Pokémon.
"Alright, let's see what we've got here…" I said, grabbing the bag that the Rocket Grunt was carrying and inspecting the contents.
"Well, he has two max potions, a revive, and two Pokeballs, clearly not his of course." I said. "I wonder what the two Pokémon that he stole are…"
I grabbed the first one and pressed the button to enlarge the ball. I then threw it against the floor and out came the usual white lights before the Pokémon appears. When the lights disappeared, before me stood a strong, intimidating male Lucario.
"A Lucario eh? That's a very nice addition to the team!" I said, glad that we got another strong Pokémon in our team.
When the Lucario looked around to see what was happening and didn't see its owner, he started growling and giving Latias and I a death glare which almost sent me cowering away. It didn't even know Mean Look!
"Who are you? What have you done to my owner!?" The Lucario asked.
"You—You can talk telepathically too? But—But—you aren't psychic!" I answered.
"I don't need to be, my aura speaks human for me. Now I'll ask the question one more time and you better give me an answer or all hell shall break loose!" Lucario replied telepathically, lighting up his paws in a shiny blue fire-like energy that I assumed must be the thing he refers to as his aura.
"Ok, Ok—We don't know who your trainer is, Team Rocket, and evil organization bent on taking over the world, captured you and is sieging the whole region of Kanto, imprisoning or killing trainers and their Pokemon if they don't join them. We are setting up an attack against them and we were wondering if you would like to help us." I said, hoping that the Lucario would believe me and join us. The Lucario looked pensive for a moment, and seemed to stare right into my soul.
"Hmmm... Your aura seems pure, and you are telling the truth too. Ok, what is it that you want me to do?" Lucario asked, loosening up and looking friendlier.
"Well, we need as much firepower as we can get to infiltrate their flying flagship and take down their leader. Your fighting and steel type will be very useful against less agile opponents." I replied.
"Ok, consider it done... On one condition..." Lucario said, narrowing his eyes.
"Ok... Shoot" Latias and I said.
"Help me find my trainer after all this is done." Lucario said.
"Consider it done!" I said, shaking my hand with his paw and sealing the deal.
"Great! Hey Ari remember you still have another Pokeball to check too." Latias said with her usual smile on her face.
"Oh yeah, that's right. I wonder what Pokemon is inside of this one..." I said, pressing the button to enlarge it and throwing it on the floor.
As the usual white lights faded away to reveal the new Pokemon, I was shocked to see what was inside... A Charizard. Sure, it wasn't the Charmander that I used to own, but it still reminded me of him nonetheless. I pushed my thoughts aside and walked closer to the growling Charizard to talk to him.
"CHAR!" He growled at me as I got closer to him.
"Ah right, I forgot I can't speak to regular Pokemon. I guess I got too used to having Pokemon that can actually speak telepathically to me... " I said.
As the Charizard looked around him, he saw Lucario looking at him with a relieved expression. As soon as he saw him, he too showed a face of relief at the Lucario.
"Do you guys know each other?" I asked.
"Yes, Charizard here is the other Pokemon that my owner owns. He is my team mate." Lucario said telepathically.
"Ah, well, since he trusts you, could you tell him what is happening please?" I asked. Lucario nodded and proceeded to tell him the same thing that I told Lucario, and, after a couple of minutes of telepathic communication with the Charizard, he seemed to have understood what Lucario told him.
"Charizard says that he will join you too, with the same condition that I asked of you." Lucario replied.
"Very well. It's official, we now have a fighting-fit Pokemon team, let's show Team Rocket not to mess with us!" I yelled, getting loud cries of "Yeah let's go kick some ass"and "I've been wanting to show those Rocket guys not to mess with me anymore" telepathically from Lucario and Latias respectively, and growls and fire-works from Charizard.
The fight is on.
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-BlueJustice