Yes, I know that there already is a Jimmy in the Pokémon saga, and yes, I know that the Jimmy that this fanfic is about bears lots of similarities to Ash, but let me assure you: this Jimmy is a completely different person. So bear with me, okay? Now hang on, for another episode:
APS 104: Party all day, Rocket all night
All was quiet in the Pokémon Center, both the trainers and the Pokémon were asleep. All, but one. Jimmy lay quietly in his bed, looking at the ceiling. Awake, but bored, Jimmy looked at his watch. 3:35 it read and Jimmy sighted. He remembered that he entered the Center around 2:30 the previous day, exhausted and wet, and that he fell asleep about half an hour later. Jimmy awoke in the middle of the night, refreshed but worried about his Pokémon. He heard his stomach complain about the lack of dinner last night, and Jimmy got quietly out of bed. Walking barefoot, he snuck out of the room, walking quietly not to wake anyone else on the hall.
"Surely they have a vendor machine here..." Jimmy whispered, and began walking through the Pokémon Center. After a few minutes of taking wrong turns, the trainer finally found a machine selling candy bars. Jimmy reached for the pocket containing his wallet, but he groaned. He always had his wallet in one of the pockets of is jacket, but he forgot to take it with him when he left the room. "Way to go, Jim." he said to himself, and began looking for his room again.
After wandering around for five minutes, passing the vendor five times and walking through the lobby three times, Jimmy looked at another turn. "Didn't I pass this door about four times already?" he asked himself. This time, however, he noticed something different. The door in question was to the room were all the Pokémon were treated by nurse Joy. The other three times he passed it, the door was closed, but this time, it was open for a little bit. Jimmy looked inside, and saw light from flashlights moving around the wall in the back. Jimmy quietly opening the door, thankfully it didn't creak, and the boy sneaked inside, and hid himself behind a tray with a few Pokéballs on it. Jimmy peeked around the corner, and saw two people and a Pokémon looking at the Pokéballs that were stored in the cabinet against the back wall.
"An easy catch." the voice of a man said.
"Too easy." a female voice added.
"Just put those things in the bag, okay?" another male voice added, but it talked with a strange accent. "Let's just pocket 'em and give them to the boss."
"All right. Let's see..." the main said. A sound of metal scraping against metal was heard, and the cabinet was open.
"Good work, James." the woman said. "I didn't know you were this good with locks."
"If you have to escape as often as I did in my youth, you'd be good too." the man, apparently named James, replied.
"Okay," the other male said. "Bag them, and we'll get out of here before anyone sees us."
The trio began to remove the Pokéballs from their places, and threw them in the bag. Jimmy hid his head behind the tray again, his brain working at full speed.
Okay, recap. Three people are trying to rob the Center of the Pokémon. They probably have Pokémon of their own, so I can't stop them without my own. I'll have to sneak out and wake the other people, so that they can stop these guys." Jimmy thought, and tried to sneak out of the room. He accidentally kicked against the tray, and a clipboard fell off. He cached it in mid-aid, preventing it to hit the ground, but one of the thieves looked around.
"What was that?" the woman asked.
"Nothing, Jessie. Just help us." James replied.
Jimmy's heart was beating at full pace. "They almost discovered me." he thought. He looked at the clipboard, and saw that there was a paper clipped onto it, a report on some treated Pokémon. He saw that his name was mentioned, and Pidgey and Caterpie were on it. Jimmy carefully looked got up, and looked at the Pokéballs on the tray. There were two of them, and Jimmy was sure that they were his. Jimmy put the clipboard down, and picked the balls up. Then, two flashlights shined in his face.
"I told you I heard something!" Jessie said.
"I guess you were right." James added.
"Aren't I always?" she asked.
"You were the one that said that nobody would catch us stealing these Pokémon." the third added.
"Who are you?" Jimmy asked, unable to look at the trio because of the light.
"Prepare for trouble, especially in the dark!" Jessie said.
"Stealing Pokémon, that's our trademark!" James added.
"To protect the world from devastation!" she aimed her flashlight at her face.
"To unite all people within our nation!" he did the same.
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!" she deactivated the flashlight.
"To extend our reach to the stars above!" he did the same.
"Jessie!" she struck a pose.
"James!" he also struck a pose.
"Team Rocket blasts off with the speed of light!" she finished.
"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!" he answered; Jimmy saw that he had a rose in his hand.
The cat Pokémon jumped in between them, and struck a pose. "Meow, that's right!"
Now that the lights were off, Jimmy took a good look at them. Both of them were wearing white uniforms, with a big red R on the chest. Both were wearing black gloves and boots. Jessie had extremely long, red hair, while that of James was much shorter and blue. Jimmy raised an eyebrow.
"Team Rocket? I never heard of you." he asked.
"What do you mean; you've never heard of us? Team Rocket is the biggest crime syndicate in Kanto!" Jessie said.
"Yeah, right. And what are you doing with those Pokéballs?" Jimmy readied his Pokémon.
"We'll show you what we're doing!" James replied. He took a Pokéball from his pocket, and threw it upwards. "Koffing, use Smokescreen!"
A round, purple Pokémon emerged from the ball, and it began emitting a thick, dark smoke. Jimmy began to cough, and opened his Pokéballs. "Guys, I need your help!"
Pidgey and Caterpie appeared from the Pokéballs, but Jimmy did not see them, due to the smoke.
"Pidgey, use Gust! Caterpie, hold on!" Jimmy quickly called. He heard a pair of wings flap in the air not too far from him, and the smoke began to clear. As it cleared, it appeared that Team Rocket had already fled.
"They're escaping! Pidgey, Caterpie, come quickly!"
Jimmy picked up his Caterpie, and ran out the room, Pidgey right behind him. He ran through the halls, eventually coming to the lobby. When he ran outside, he saw that the trio was about to escape with a hot air balloon, in the shape of the head of the talking Pokémon.
"Nice try, twerp, but you can't catch us now!" the talking Pokémon laughed.
"We'll see about that! Pidgey, Caterpie, are you ready to fight?"
Both Pokémon nodded. Pidgey was hovering above Jimmy, and Caterpie leaped from Jimmy's arms, landing on the ground.
"All right, Caterpie, hold that balloon to the ground with your String Shot!" Jimmy began.
Sticky white goo shot from the insect's mouth, and hit the bottom of the basket of the balloon. The bug then stuck the threat to the ground, but the balloon was too strong, and the threat came apart. The trio laughed.
"Your Pokémon is too weak to stop us!" Jessie taunted.
"Caterpie, use String Shot multiple times to stop that thing!" Jimmy called. The bug then produced multiple threats of the gooey substance, and stopped the balloon from escaping.
"Who's weak now?" Jimmy called up.
Jessie threw down a Pokéball. "Ekans, cut those threats with your Poison Sting!" she ordered.
A long, purple snake appeared from the ball, and it aimed at the threats. It opened it's mouth and shot a hail of poison needles at the web, cutting some of the threats.
"Pidgey, stop Ekans with your tackle! Caterpie, restore the damage!" Jimmy quickly called. The small bird Pokémon hit Ekans in the back of the head, while the bug shot some more web at the balloon.
"Ekans, use Wrap!" Jessie ordered, and it wrapped its long body around Pidgey. Ekans began to squeeze his body tighter around the bird, causing it to cry out in pain.
"Pidgey!" Jimmy called. "Caterpie, free Pidgey using Tackle!" Caterpie launched itself at the snake, hitting it on the head, forcing Ekans to let go of Pidgey. The bird quickly escaped the grip of the snake, and flew up.
"Caterpie, use your String Shot on Ekans!" Jimmy called, and the sticky threats wrapped around Ekans, rendering it immobile.
"Your Ekans can't fight anymore, now give those Pokémon back!" Jimmy ordered the Rockets.
"I don't think so. Ekans, use Poison Sting again!" Jessie shouted, and the snake shot a stream of pins at the threats holding the balloon in place. They snapped, and the balloon was free! Jessie took out her Pokéball, and aimed it at her Pokémon.
"Ekans, return!" a stream of red energy hit the snake, and it safely returned into the Pokéball.
"Nice work, Jes." James complimented his partner in crime.
"Team Rocket is getting away this time!" the talking cat called.
"I wouldn't say that too loud!" Jimmy replied. "Pidgey, pop that balloon using Quick Attack!"
Pidgey quickly flew up, and propelled itself through the balloon. The balloon popped, and crashed into the ground. The bag with Pokéballs was launched, and landed between the crash site and Jimmy. He ran towards it, but halfway he was stopped by the Koffing that was used earlier to create a distraction.
"I don't think so, twerp!" James shouted. "Koffing, use Poison Gas!"
"Pidgey, blow it away with Gust, Caterpie, use Tackle!" Jimmy interrupted.
The purple Pokémon emitted a dark green gas, but it was blown away towards the crashed balloon by Pidgey. Caterpie launched itself at the Pokémon, crashed into it head first, causing it to be flung at the thieves. It crashed into the burner, causing a small spark. Combined with the poison gas surrounding the crashed balloon, it caused the gas to catch fire, causing an explosion. The three thieves were launched into the air, together with Koffing.
"We might have been defeated..." Jessie said.
"... but we'll be back!" James finished.
"You will see!" the Pokémon added.
"Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off!" they all said, disappearing in the dark sky.
Jimmy watched them as they disappeared from view, and then directed his attention to his Pokémon.
"Guys, you were great." Jimmy said.
Pidgey landed on Jimmy's right shoulder. "Pidge." it replied happy, but tired. Caterpie crawled up Jimmy's left leg, and hold on to his arm. "Piii." it said.
"Don't forget about yourself, Jimmy." a voice behind him said. Jimmy turned around, and saw nurse Joy with some trainers standing behind him. "You saved a lot of Pokémon tonight, and defeated the thieves that tried to steal them. That proves that you are a skilled trainer." The other trainers began to cheer, causing Jimmy to smile.
"I couldn't have done it without Pidgey and Caterpie, nurse Joy." he replied. "Without them, the Pokémon would have been gone." he padded Pidgey on the head, and stroked Caterpie. Then, he noticed that Caterpie began to glow. "What's wrong?" he asked his Pokémon.
"Nothing. Caterpie is evolving." nurse Joy said. Caterpie began to grow in size, becoming almost twice as big. He became a neutral colour green, and his body became much harder.
"Meda." the newly evolved Pokémon said.
"It looks like your Caterpie evolved into a Medapod. Congratulations, Jimmy." nurse Joy smiled.
"All right then, Medapod. Nice work!" Jimmy said, and by the look in it's eyes, Jimmy saw that the Pokémon was happy.
"Now then... let's grab something to eat!" Jimmy smiled, as his stomach roared.
So is another episode finished. The next chapter is going to be somewhat shorter, as Jimmy will walk around Viridian some more. Maybe I'll add in a part with Viridian Forest, but I'll decide later about that. See ya!
Important events:
Story: Jimmy stops Team Rocket from stealing Pokémon at the Viridian City Pokémon Center.
Pokémon: Jimmy's Caterpie evolves into a Medapod.
Battles: Jimmy's Pidgey and Caterpie defeat Team Rocket's Ekans and Koffing.
Please review, and good catchings to all! See you next time!
