Red's first mission is about to start. Will the elites be able to complete their task an capturing Suicune or will they learn what happens when you fail a mission.

Chapter 4: The Mission

Setting: Front of the ship

When Cheyrll and Neo walked inside they found Red, Zane, and J who were all waiting near the door for them. "Glad you could finally join us." J said with an upset look on her face "I'm sorry J I had to go back to the lounge for my stuff." Neo replied. J walked towards Neo and slapped him right across the face leaving a big red mark across it "I don't give a crap about your stupid notebooks!" J snapped at him. Before she could slap him again J was interrupted by one of the henchman "J, Cerulean City is up ahead." J pulled back her hand "Alright turn the cloaking system on we don't want to drag attention to ourselves." She yelled.

"Yes Sir." The henchman replied "Now I want you guys to go to the lake at the edge of town. That's where are sources tell us Suicune is located. You only have a few hours to capture Suicune failure to complete this task will result in serious punishment so I recommend not failing." J hissed. The elites gave her a nod and Zane led them to the transportation vehicles where they will wait for her signal. J brought her ship over a forest and lowered the vehicles so that the elites were ground level.

Once they were on land J contacted them through ear pieces she gave them "Remember Suicune is near the lake at the edge of town you can spread out to cover more ground use these ear pieces to communicate with each other." J stated "Got it J." Red replied then J hung up the call. "How come we only get two vehicles?" Neo said in the ear piece "Because each car fits two and there are four of us." Red replied. "Well how come I have to be with Zane." He pouted "Trust me I'm not happy about this either." Zane replied.

Setting: Cerulean City Outskirts

Red led the group since he knew the town a bit more than Zane "Hey Cheyrll you alright?" Red asked. She was staring at Red daydreaming "Cheyrll?" Red asked again which finally got to her. "Oh um..Yeah I'm fine." "You sure? You were staring at me pretty weird are you tired or something?" Cheyrll gave a fake yawn " Yeah that's it I'm tired." She replied. "Not to ruin your conversion, but are we almost there Red we've been driving for about half an hour." Zane complained. "Yeah just a few more minutes and we'll be there it's not my fault Cerulean City is a big place plus J placed us on the other side of town." Red replied.

A few minutes went by and Red began to slow down then the group could see a beautiful lake that was so clear you could see the bottom. When the group got out of their vehicles they looked around and saw tons of forest Pokémon playing, eating, swimming in the lake, and relaxing in the shade. "Alright Zane you and Neo check around this area for Suicune while me and Cheyrll will look around the perimeter." Red announced. Zane didn't seem so pleased and decided to speak up "who made you in charge pipsqueak." He said placing his index finger on Red. Red moved it out of the way "I did plus I'm the only who actually knows this place so unless you have a better idea you should keep quiet." Red replied back.

Zane didn't say anything then Red and Cheyrll grabbed their things and went off in the woods to look around. After they left Neo and Zane began their search "Oh my gosh Red just showed you up Zane." Neo said while laughing. Zane grabbed Neo by his shirt collar and lifted him up "Let's get one thing straight the only reason I didn't pound his face was because I need him to help complete this mission since none of us know are way here!" He barked. Zane then dropped Neo and started to walk away "Jerk face." Neo mumbled under his breath then he followed Zane.

Cheyrll and Red weren't having much luck finding Suicune, but Cheyrll didn't mind the alone time she was having with Red. Even though Red wasn't paying as much attention to her as he did on the mission she didn't mind since J says that missions come first. As they were walking a strange noise was coming from a nearby bush. "Hey Red did you hear that?" "Hear what?" He asked "That noise it's coming from the bush over there." She said pointing at it. Red walked near it with Cheyrll trailing behind him in case something dangerous pops out. Red knelt down and pulled the bush apart to see what was there and come to find out that it was a Pikachu.

Cheyrll's eyes began to sparkle at the sleeping Pikachu "It's so cute!" Cheyrll screeched. Red lifted the wild Pikachu and it began to slowly open its eyes seeing Red then it began to shutter but not of fear. Cheyrll who was still blinded by the Pokémon's cuteness did not notice that it was shaking. Red felt its forehead "This Pikachu wasn't sleeping because it was tired but because it's ill." Red told Cheyrll. Cheyrll had a frightened look across her face "Is it going to be alright?" She asked. "If I can get the fever down then it will be fine, but it's still pretty young so we need to hurry." He replied

Red handed the Pikachu to Cheyrll then he began to climb the tree near the bush "What is he doing?" She wondered. A few seconds later Red jumped down from the tree landing right in front of Cheyrll. He then snatched Pikachu from Cheyrll and tried to feed it the berry he got from the tree. "What is that?" Cheyrll asked "It's called a Lum Berry it's supposed to cure a Pokémon of almost anything." He replied. He slowly tried to give the berry to the Pokémon but it kept turning its head away from the food. It then slowly opened its eyes seeing Red then seeing the berry Red was trying to feed it.

The Pokémon took a small bite and then gave a small smile then tried to eat more of the berry. Cheyrll looked at Red a bit surprised "Wow Red you look so motherly." She then noticed she brought up the word mother. Red tried to ignore it but he knew that inside him it was really hurting him. He turned to her "I'm sorry Red I didn't mean." "It's fine." Red said cutting her off. Before Cheyrll could say another word Red placed his finger on her lips "Sssh." He told her "She's sleeping." He said. "It's a female?" She questioned then Red gave her a nod "Well it looks better now that you fed it that Lum Berry." She said as she glances at the sleeping Pikachu in Red's arm.

Red and Cheyrll began to walk back to the lake where they will meet up with Zane and Neo. As they were walking Red was receiving a call on his ear piece "Red, Red are you there?" Neo voice whispered. "Yeah I'm here, but why are you whispering and what your status on the mission?" Red asked. "It's great we were walking back to the lake and we found the target taking a nap hurry over here!" Neo said with excitement. Red hung up then grabbed Cheyrll's arm and began to run back to the lake. "Red where are we running to?" Cheyrll asked "Neo and Zane found Suicune. We need to hurry over there." Red replied.

Setting: Cerulean City Gym

"Come on Sandshrew we need to hurry and win are second badge." A young boy cheered while running through town to the gym with his Sandshrew dashing with him. "Look there it is!" The boy shouted while pointing at the dome like building with many designs on it. The boy was running full speed to the door then the door slid open and the boy rammed into something. "Hey watch where you're going!" Another voice said with an angry tone. When the boy looked at who he rammed into he noticed it was his rival "Silver." He said. Silver looked up "Well if it isn't Gold." He replied getting off the ground. Silver helped Gold off the ground "So are you here to challenge the gym leader?" Gold asked.

Silver gave a smirk then he pulled out his badge case opening it revealing he had won the Cascade badge. "I guess you're still falling behind Gold." He said then closed his badge case and placed it back in his bag. "Well I won't be behind for much longer because I'm going to win my second badge!" He yelled with joy. Silver gave a frustrated look "You know that Misty the gym leader here is a water type user and a ground type like Sandshrew won't win." Silver replied. Gold was about to say something back to Silver but then a young teen girl with orange-red hair, a one piece bikini, water shoes, and a jacket walked out of the gym "Hey there Misty." Silver said.

Misty stopped in her tracks to look at the boys "Oh hi their Silver who's your friend?" She asked. "He isn't really my friend his names Gold." Silver replied to her "Misty can I please have a gym battle with you?" Gold asked then bowed. Misty gave a sweat drop to his small gesture "I'm sorry but my Pokémon need a break before I have another battle." She replied. Gold was sad so was his Sandshrew and Silver gave a small laugh to the way they acted. "So Misty where are you going?" Silver asked "I'm going to relax with my Pokémon at the lake that's at the edge of town the two of you can come with me if you want the lake is super pretty and it's away from all the noise in town." She said with a smile. "I could go for a swim." Silver replied then let her lead the way as Gold and his Sandshrew slugged behind them.

Setting: Cerulean City Outskirts

As Misty, Gold, and Silver was walking through the forest to get to the lake for some relaxation. The group began to notice small forest Pokémon running in the opposite direction. "That's odd?" "What is it Misty?" Gold asked "The forest Pokémon here love the lake I was just wondering why so many of them were going the other way." She replied. The group was walking a little further in the forest and it was completely silent the only sound that could be heard was their own. Silver noticed something coming towards them off in the distance "Hey what's that?" He wondered. Misty got a better look at it then Silver "Ahh everybody duck!" She screamed. Misty, Silver, and Sandshrew hit the dirt then Gold turned around to see what everybody was talking about.

The next thing Gold knew was that he got blasted with something and was on the ground. "I warned you!" Misty yelled "What was that?" Silver asked shocked. "That was a Dark Pulse." She replied then looked towards the direction it came from. Gold wiped off all the dirt and got back up then everyone else did the same. "I think something might be happening at the lake. You guys should head back where it's safe." She said. "I'm going with you whoever fired that Dark Pulse is going to pay and plus it will be good for training." Gold announced "Me too." Silver said. Misty gave a nod and they all ran towards the lake to see what was going on.

When the group got near the lake they saw a Suicune being battled by two unknown figures with a Metagross and Toxicroak. "Look it's a Suicune." Gold whispered "Yeah and those two guys are trying to hurt it, who are they?" Silver wondered "I'm not sure I haven't seen them before." Misty replied. "Well we have to help that Suicune." Gold said "Your right. We can help with the three of us against the two of them." Misty announced then Silver and Gold gave a nod.

"Alright Toxicroak use Poison Jab!" Zane commanded "Now Metagross you use your Focus Punch!" Neo shouted. Metagross came charging in first and punching Suicune straight into the air then Toxicroak jumped jabbing it straight back down causing a big crater in the ground. The Suicune struggled to get up and then fired a Hydro Pump towards the two Pokémon. Metagross was able to dodge, but Toxicroak got hit in mid free fall and was unable to maneuver its way out of it.

"Toxicroak use Brick Break!" Zane yelled "Metagross Comet Punch!" Neo ordered then the two Pokémon came charging in again. The two Pokémon were closing in on Suicune, but were then launched back unexpectedly by a Thunderbolt, Hydro Pump, and a Poison Sting. "Where did that come from?" Zane said with anger "I'm not sure." Neo said then Misty, Gold, and Silver appeared out the bushes along with a Staryu, Ampharos, and Sandshrew. "Wow Silver I didn't know that your Flaaffy evolved into a Ampharos." Gold said "Yeah it evolved at Misty's gym and now it's twice as strong." Silver announced.

"Who are you?" Zane yelled "Who are we? Who are you to be hurting this poor Suicune?" Misty yelled back. "Were Pokémon hunters and were on a mission to capture that Suicune." Neo replied. Zane turned towards Neo and smacked him on the back of his head "Why would you tell them that! No matter you can't stop us from completing our mission of capturing that Suicune!" Zane shouted back. "We'll see about that come on out Gyarados and Starmie!" Misty yelled. Then a giant sea serpent appears from the pokeball along with another star like Pokémon. "You two can't take us all on!" Gold shouted to Zane and Neo.

"Metagross forget Suicune for a second and use Focus Punch on Staryu and Starmie!" "Toxicroak Poison Jab on that Sandshrew!" Neo and Zane commanded their Pokémon. "You want to battle fine! Staryu and Starmie use Hydro Pump on Metagross and Gyarados use Hyper Beam on both Pokémon!" Misty yelled. "Ampharos use Thunder Punch on Toxicroak!" "Sandshrew use Poison Sting!" Silver and Gold shouted. Metagross went charging straight towards the star Pokémon but the Hydro Pumps made Metagross stop in its tracks and fly back slamming into a boulder. "Metagross!" Neo shouted then Toxicroak was avoiding the Poison Stings that were coming from Sandshrew.

Ampharos came just in time to save Sandshrew from the Poison Jab and used Thunder Punch back to back "Now Ampharos send it flying with Iron Tail!" Silver yelled. Ampharos's tail began to glow then it hit Toxicroak in the gut slamming it into Metagross. "Now Hyper Beam!" The sea serpent Pokémon that was charging for the attack fired its most powerful move right at Toxicroak and Metagross. The powerful move caused a big explosion and the blast made the water cause a mist. "I can't see anything." Neo said "Me neither." Zane replied. There was a sudden wind that blew the mist away and when everyone looked where it came from they saw a Flygon that was coming down for a landing.

When it finally landed Red jumped down from Flygon's back and then he helped Cheyrll down who was holding the Pikachu that they found. "Hey guys you need a hand?" She asked. Neo gave a nod "Where did you find that Pikachu?" Neo asked "I didn't find it Red did." She replied. "Zane where's Suicune?" Red questioned then Zane and Neo looked around to find out that it was gone "Oh crap it must have fled using the mist as cover!" Zane said yelling. "I guess this means the mission is a fail go get the vehicles ready we'll hold them off." Red commanded then Zane and Neo returned their Pokémon and ran into the forest.

"You do know we can't let you just leave." Misty said to Cheyrll and Red then all the Pokémon got back in a fighting position. "Well if it isn't Cerulean City's gym leader Misty Waterflower we meet again." Red replied to her. "What do you mean again I don't remember you?" She said with a confused look. "Of course it was some time ago but that's not important now." He explained to her. "The two of you against all five of are Pokémon you can't win." Silver said with overconfidence. "That's what you think let's show them Espeon." Cheyrll said placing Pikachu down then tossed a pokeball in the air releasing a Pokémon with two tails and a gem in the center of its head.

"Wow Cheyrll I didn't know that you had an eeveelution." Red said "Yeah I was dying to show you since I saw your Jolteon." She replied with a smile. "Let's go Jolteon." Red shouted releasing Jolteon from its pokeball "Flygon will you help out." Red asked. His dragon like Pokémon gave a nod and flew in front of him next to Jolteon. Cheyrll was going to grab Pikachu but she didn't know where it went, she then saw it on Red's shoulder. She just ignored it and got into her battle phase "Gyarados use Hyper Beam, Staryu use Swift, and Starmie use Hydro Pump!" Misty shouted. "Ampharos Thunderbolt." "Sandshrew use Mud Slap." Silver and Gold commanded their Pokémon.

All the attacks fired at the same time towards Red and Cheyrll's Pokémon "Use protect Espeon." Cheyrll yelled. "Flygon grab a hold of Jolteon and fly out of there." Flygon grabbed Jolteon then flew straight up as fast as it could to avoid the attacks. When the attacks landed contact Flygon and Jolteon were able to dodge but Espeon's protect shattered with the combo of all the attacks then it was sent flying slamming into a tree. "Espeon!" Cheyrll screamed then she ran towards it "You tried your best." She said softly then called her Pokémon back.

"Jolteon use Thunder on Gyarados!" Red shouted to his Pokémon then Flygon threw Jolteon towards Gyarados. Jolteon landed on its head and used Thunder on the giant sea serpent Pokémon. The damage was highly effective on Gyarados then while Jolteon jumped off it Flygon swooped down and caught Jolteon on its back. Gyarados swayed back and forth a bit then fell into the lake making a huge wave soaking everyone. "Now Jolteon use Thunderbolt and Flygon use Dig on Ampharos then go into an Iron Tail on Sandshrew." He commanded. Jolteon jumped off Flygon's back when it went into a steep dive causing a huge hole in the ground. When Flygon reappeared it was under Ampharos then it dug out of the hole punching Ampharos then used Iron Tail on Sandshrew.

"Ampharos!" "Oh no Sandshrew!" Silver and Gold shouted "Staryu and Starmie double Hydro Pump!" Misty said. "Not so fast Jolteon use Thunderbolt." Jolteon fired the electricity attack at everyone since they were all soaking wet. "Sandshrew I'll protect you." Gold struggled saying from the Thunderbolt attack. After the attack Neo and Zane came back with the vehicles "Come on Red we got to go somebody heard the explosion and called Officer Jenny!" Neo shouted. Red returned all his Pokémon then he ran to one of the cars with Pikachu still on his shoulder. Cheyrll pushed Neo out of the car and into Zane's "Hey what was that for!" He shouted at her "No time to argue let's go." Red yelled back as they drove off. Misty who was barely hanging on to stay awake now remembers that name "Red It...It can't be." She said before passing out like everyone else.

"J this is Red we need the hatch to be open were approaching the airship." Red replied in the ear piece "Alright hurry so we can escape." J answered. The group saw the airship uncloak and began to lower the back doors so that they could get in. They began to speed up so that they could get out before Jenny could find them. When they were inside the doors began to shut and the airship began to take off. J turned the cloak back on and they left the forest and flew out past the town.

Setting: Front of the Ship

The gang entered the front of the ship where the henchman were and where J was waiting for them. "So how did the mission go?" J asked "It was a fail." Neo said sadly "What!" J said with anger. "You see we ran into trainers and a gym leader and they got in our way of capturing Suicune." Zane explained. "Well whose fault was it." There was silence then Red stepped forward "It was mine." He said. "Red what are you doing?" Cheyrll said with a frightened tone then Neo gave a sad look. "It was my fault I led the team it was my responsibility." He replied. J gave a nod then she pulled a small remote from her coat pocket then turned the dial to six. She pressed the button that was in the center of the remote then Red was being electrocuted threw his shock collar that J put on him.

Red fell to the ground gripping the collar trying to fight the pain "That's your punishment for failing it will go on for two more minutes the rest of you leave now or be punished as well." J said with a sharp glare. Neo gave a worried look then Zane pushed Neo and Cheyrll out of the room so they don't get electrocuted as well. Cheyrll shed a tear when she looked back as the door began shutting on Red who was trying to withstand all that pain. When the door shut Zane pushed Neo and Cheyrll to the ground "Next time don't get in the way of a mission." He snapped at them then walked away.

"He is such a jerk he's the one that should be getting punished not Red." She said standing herself up. "Yeah one of these days he'll get what's coming to him." Neo replied then stood up. Cheyrll walked over to a nearby trash can and removed the lid she then stuck her hand inside the trash can. "Um...Cheyrll what are you doing?" Neo asked with a confused look. Cheyrll then gave a smile and pulled a Pikachu out that had a piece a trash on its forehead. "Where did that come from?" "Well you remember that Pikachu me and Red had with us in the forest." Neo gave a nod in reply. "Well it's the same one. Red brought it with him and hid it in the trash can so that J wouldn't find it when we went to go see her." She said

Red then walked through the door still a bit shaken up from all that electricity that went through him. The Pikachu's face lit up with joy when she saw Red walk through the door she jumped out of Cheyrll's arms and climbed up to Red's shoulder. Red gave a slight smile and patted it on the head "So um Red did J say anything else to you?" Neo asked shyly. "Yeah she wants me to train with her later tonight." Cheyrll's stomach gave a huge growl then she gave an embarrassment look on her face. Red then glanced at a clock "its 2:30 do you guys want to eat lunch?" He asked. They gave a smile and nodded "Ok meet me in my room in Twenty minutes and Cheyrll can you invite Clair and Anna." He requested.