A Hero's Prodigy,

Chapter 4,

A Rocket Show Down!

Hey there everyone, how was last chapter? Was it long enough? This chapter should be about the same length, and if you want future chapters to be longer, just tell me. SO I haven't been getting any feedback, what do you all think? Any suggestions?

Disclaimer (I forgot one last chapter, sorry!): I do not own pokemon, but I do, however, own Jake, Elizabeth, and this stories plot.

Elizabeth stood at the entrance to CherryGrove town. She tapped her foot, impatient. "Where is he…?" She looked down at her watch. Jake was late. After he got the package he was supposed to meet her here so they could get back to NewBark town. She's been standing there for a good 20 minutes. She was going to give him a word or two once he got there…

Her thoughts here interrupted when she saw a group of men in black walk out of an ally way and take off down a street, she didn't know why she noticed this, she was about to turn back to the entrance when a small explosion went off and a cloud of dust kicked up from the way the group of men went. She saw a small purple pokemon get thrown out of the street, bruised and beaten. A red beam hit it before she could take a step and returned it back to wherever it came from. She frowned and started walking to where the battle was.

"This ought to be interesting."

Jake walked down the street, Eevee on his shoulder. The man in black from before was still following him, and two more men dressed the same joined in the little game of follow the leader. The three men had blood-red R's on all of their shirts, right on their chests. The bottom right of the R had a small line dripping down it, like running blood...

Jake turned onto a different street that was almost empty of people. Jake walked down the left side of the street but suddenly stopped. Two men in black stepped out from an ally way in front of him and another stepped out from a shop.

The three behind him stopped and spread out so he had nowhere to run. Eevee jumped off his shoulder, ready for a fight. Jake crossed his arms and looked around at all the men. One of them had a yellow stripe running from his left shoulder to his chest. He had bright blue hair and had a sadistic smirk. His red R had orange flames around it. Guessing that he was the leader, Jake faced him. "What do you want?" The one with the stripes snapped his fingers and all the men in black pulled out pokeballs.

"Well isn't that a good question. 'What do we want?' We want many things, like the world's strongest pokemon, our organization to be feared, and for everyone to know the strength of Team Rocket." Jake's eyes widened and he stepped back and gazed around when he said Team Rocket. He looked at the blood-red R's. 'So that's what the R's stand for!' The man laughed and continued, "But what we want at the moment, is that package that you so kindly picked up for us." Jae nodded as if thinking about it.

"Although that sounds tempting, no." The man nodded and the other five men threw out there pokemon. Three Rattatas, a Bellsprout, and a Pidgy. The man stepped back and crossed his arms.

"If you won't give it to us willingly, then we'll be forced to take it!" He pointed at Jake and Eevee. "Take care of these annoyances." The four ground pokemon rushed Eevee while the Pidgy took to the sky.

A Rattata used quick attack to get behind Eevee and tried to use bite. "Eevee, jump!" Eevee jumped out of the way of the Rattata, but was right in the path of the Pidgy as it dived at Eevee with a peck. Eevee was sent to the ground a skidded for a moment before jumping back up. As soon as he stood back up however, a vine whipped him across the face sending him flying into a Rattata's tackle. Eevee slowly got up and faced his opponents.

"Eevee use sand attack to blind the Pidgy then use quick attack to send it to the ground!" Eevee went running to the bird and kicked dirt up at it, blocking it's view. IT panicked and started to rub it's wings against its eyes to clear out the dirt. Eevee jumped up and tackled it to the ground, causing it to hit one of the Rattatas that failed to dodge, and to give off a loud bang and kicking up a bunch of dust. Eevee then used quick attack to knock that Rattata into the air, then jumped and tackled it, sending it flying. It went flying down the street, and when Jake watched it, it plowed over another group of three men in black that were rushing over at them. The Rattata landed at the end of the street, knocked out. The man in black that sent it out returned it, but the three new ones sent out a Pidgy, Sentret, and another Rattata. Eevee backed up to Jake and the two of them backed up against the side of a building. The remaining 7 men in black circled around him while the leader stood back, watching.

"Eevee! Let's try out that new move of yours!" Eevee glanced at him and nodded. "Use shadow ball at the ground!" Eevee opened his mouth and an orb of black energy formed in his jaws. The men in black noticed what he was doing and their pokemon rushed Eevee, attempting to all attack him. Eevee jumped into the air as all the pokemon reached him, and they all ran into each other and got bunched up into a big mess. Eevee launched the orb down at the pile of pokemon and an explosion rang out, kicking up a huge dust cloud. Eevee landed in front of Jake and stood straight, but Jake knew he couldn't stand up much longer; Eevee was covered in bruises and was breathing heavily. Jake studied Eevee, and thought he saw a flash of red on his fur.

When the dust cloud cleared, Jake saw all of the pokemon were launched in separate direction. At least 4 were knocked out and 2 others were too injured to continue. The remaining pokemon slowly stood back up. It was one of the Rattatas. Its trainer ran up behind it and stood at the ready. The Rattata rushed Eevee, but collapsed and fainted along the way. The man gritted his teeth and backed up. The leader stepped forward and was giving Jake a cocky smile, clapping his hands as he fearlessly stepped up in front of all his men.

"Well done. It's not every day you meet a trainer that can take on eight pokemon at once and win. Well done. In fact, I have a proposition for you." Jake frowned.

"What kind of proposition?" The man spread his arms and gave Jake a wide, confident smile.

"I'm offering you a high position in Team Rocket of course. We could use someone like you in our ranks. I guarantee you that you will have a high rank in our organization. Along with powerful pokemon. So what do you say?" Jake blinked in astonishment. This man, who had attacked them, was offering him a position. Jake stared at the man before bursting out laughing. The man blinked at Jake and his face turned red with anger. "What are you laughing at?!" Jake doubled over and rested his elbows against his knees. After a minute or so he straightened out and looked up at the man.

"You! Do you seriously think, that after you attack and threaten me, that I would join you? Man you must really be stupid." Jake chuckled and grinned as the man clenched his fists tightly. The man grabbed a pokeball off his belt and looked at Jake with a look of rage and shouted.

"That's it you stupid little brat! I gave you a chance but now you're done for! NO ONE. Mocks me!" The man threw his pokeball up. When the bright light seceded, Jake took a step back and Eevee backed up a few steps. The two stared on in horror as they saw the pokemon before them.

"Machoke!" The giant fighting-type roared and looked down at Eevee with a look that screamed 'DIE'. The Machoke was easily as tall as Jake, which was pretty tall. Before Jake could blink, the Machoke was in front of Eevee, and karate chopped him. Eevee went flying into the wall behind Jake and he turned to look at Eevee in astonishment.

"Eevee!" Jake quickly pulled Eevee's premier ball off his belt and returned him. NO sooner than Eevee disappeared into the red beam, did Machoke's arm crash into the spot where Eevee had been but a moment later. Jake staggered back and stumbled to the ground. He crawled backwards as the leader looked down at him.

"Machoke! Finish this piece of trash!" Machoke turned to fix it's stare on Jake and lunged at Jake. Jake put his arms over his head as he felt the blow strike his arms and he was sent sprawling to the side. The Machoke walked over to him and pulled it's fist back to deliver the finishing punch. Jake closed his eyes, waiting for the blow.

"Pidgeot! Aerial Ace!" A rush of wind blew by and Jake opened his eyes in time to see the huge fighting-type to be sent sprawling. A huge bird landed in front of him with its wings spread out. Jake heard footsteps running over to him as he started to feel dizzy. His head started spinning, and he heard voices.

"Jake...Stay...not..." The voice sounded light, feminine. He heard a second voice.

"Pidgeot!...wing!...Use...Cover..." It sounded familiar. Loud, male. Jake felt himself being moved and being propped. That slight movement is what sent him over the edge into unconscious.

Jake clenched his eyes and groaned. His hands clutched at the sheets-wait... Sheets? Since when was he in a bed? Jake opened his eyes slowly and raised a hand to his head. He felt weird. His head was fuzzy and unfocused. White. All he saw was white.

"Jake?" There was voice to his side. Jake tried to turn his head to the left but when he tried he flinched. His shoulder was sore and cramped. A head entered his field of view and it beamed down at him. "Hey there dweeb. Sleep well?" It was Elizabeth. Jake suddenly shot up, accidentally head butting Elizabeth. "Hey! Watch it." She backed up and rubbed her head. "About time you woke up. You've been here for two days."

Jake blinked at her. He's been out for two days? Well, that explains the cramps. Jake put a hand on his head and shook his head before responding. "What... What happened?" Elizabeth took a seat in a chair next to his bed.

"You tried to fight some thugs. And I can say you did a good job of it. You and Eevee took down eight pokemon before getting moped by that Machoke." At the mention of his friend, Jake's eyes widened. Seeing his expression, Elizabeth quickly assured him, "Don't worry, Eevee's fine. He was taken into the pokemon center and was treated. He'll be fine, just some bruises left over. Now back to story time. I saw what was going on around the time you took out the first Rattata, so I rn to the pokemon center for help. I ran into Josh, someone who claimed to meet you, and he came with me to help rescue you."

Jake nodded. "So how bad is it?" Elizabeth shrugged before answering.

"One broken rib, a lot of bleeding, and internal bleeding, normally it would take weeks to heal." Jake frowned and looked at her, confused.

"Normally?" Elizabeth nodded and gave him a weird look.

"Yea, you're completely healed. No special treatment, your wounds just... vanished." Jake lifted his arms up in front of him. He had a theory. He had to check. He pulled his hospital gown's sleeve up and looked at his arm. It was clear. No scar.

Jake had gotten the scar when he was 12, a wild Pidgy was attacking Eevee. Jake had rushed over and started throwing rocks at the bird pokemon then picked Eevee up to protect him. The Pidgy attacked Jake and had left a giant gash on his fore arm, about 4 inches long. It healed, it wasn't to bad, but it was bad enough to scar.

Now the scar was gone. Erased by whatever had managed to erase his wounds. Elizabeth stood up and smirked. "I'll go get everyone else." Jake gave her a confused look before opening the door and walking out, a minute later, the door burst open and small blur of brown came flying in. Eevee landed on his lap and cuddled up against Jake. Someone walked in a minute later, and Jake noticed with a start that it was Josh, the trainer he met at the pokemon center and the person who had saved him. Elizabeth walked in after him and took a seat where she was a minute before. Josh grabbed another chair and dragged it over to the bed and sat in it.

"Hey there champ, how ya feeling." Josh cracked a smile and Jake nodded.

"Surprisingly, like I could do all that over again." Josh laughed.

"Yea, your special healing thingie did the trick. You're all better. Didn't stop you from staying out for two days though." Jake looked down at Eevee and laughed, noticing he was asleep. Elizabeth noticed Eevee and smiled.

"He hasn't slept ever since he got out of the pokemon center." Jake nodded and looked at the desk next to his bed. One it was his clothes, with his belt on top of it. He grabbed the premier ball off of the belt and returned Eevee.

"So if I'm all good, what are we waiting for? Let's go back home."