Author's notes:Gen. Lance Carter is actually Lance of the Elite 4. This chapter is also VERY VIOLENT. Review,please!
Disclaimer:I don't own Pokemon because if I did,Ash&co. would be dead and Team Rocket would rule the world!!
Chapter four:
The attacks of Team Rocket were largely successful.In just a week,the whole Hoenn region was conquered and the eyes of the generals were turned to the Johto region now. Since the anti-UEPPF propaganda had the best results in this region,some towns immediately stated themselves Rocket-friendly,leaving the other cities surrounded. However,the high-ranking UEPPF officers held a secret meeting,discussing about how to stop the advancing troops of Giovanni O'Evil,the boss of TR. All of their generals and majors were present there.
Gen. Lance Carter introduced the others into the theme:˝My fellow colleagues and
friends,we are here to discuss the recent violent attacks on several towns by TR.
They have been well planned and unfortunately,very successful. They've taken the
Hoenn region in just a week,using very devious plans. They have even managed to kill
gen. Daniels and gen. Combes. A lot of cities in Johto have opened their gates
to the opposing army. The situation is very alarming.˝ his voice was gravely serious.
˝My opinion is that their tanks are their main strength. They prefer machinery over
Pokemon. My field reports indicate that their RF-16 and BH-92 tanks were mainly
responsible for our defeats. They can withstand strong Pokemon attacks with ease,
and kill most of them. They use Pokemon mostly for air and ground defense.˝,Gen. Damien Donnell filed his report.
Major Ash Ketchum replied:˝My previous run-ins with 'em weren't dangerous,they
posed no threat,as I always managed to defeat them with my faithful Pokemon.
When I heard that they formed an army to battle us,I thought that they'll be easy
to crush. But I barely got alive from Petalburg 6 days ago. Man,they creamed us!
I was almost killed by a mad marksman there,unfortunately he killed Norman,my
close friend. I suggest we attack them in the open,maybe that could work.˝
˝That might work,if we attack them suddenly,and use a huge army. We could set a
trap before they attack the next city. Their generals won't refuse to fight,even if
their chances are slim. They know how to take a fortified town but maybe are weak in
the open. Even if we don't destroy them,we could at least try to push them back,though
they have a lot of support coming from Mahogany and Goldenrod.˝ Major Gary Oak
agreed with him,both of them thought that Team Rocket can be stopped.
˝Ok. With the help of my Dragon Pokemon we could stop their armies. Who agrees with
this proposition?˝ he asked. All of the people raised their hands. ˝Then it's decided. We attack them when they get near Olivine City.˝,gen. Carter ended the meeting and started to prepare the army which would oppose the invaders.
On the other side,Giovanni wanted to take the Johto region quickly,so he devised a
risky,but promising plan. The region had a lot of planes,which were the perfect type
of terrain for tanks. He also knew that the enemy might want to battle them in the
open,so he ordered generals Ravanzoni and Crohnfeldt to move their armies as
soon as possible. There were 3 targets:Olivine City,Cianwood City and Ecruteak City.
General Alfredo Ravanzoni,who commanded the 34th,57th and the 89th Lightning
Tank Group sent a recon plane to check the cities' defenses. The report sounded
strange,the pilot informed that he hadn't seen any bigger army formations there.
Convinced by the report,the armies moved towards the cities. 5 hours before they
should have arrived to the first city,gen. Ravanzoni again sent a recon,just to be
sure. The pilot's report was different this time:the UEPPF forces were waiting for
them with a huge army ready to slaughter them.
˝Boss,we shouldn't go forward,the enemy has set up a trap.˝ the general warned
nervously with a strong Italian accent in his voice. The boss responded calmly:
˝Fear not,Alfredo,my scientists have a perfect weapon for your troops. I'll send dr.
Sebastian to deliver it. I'm confident that you'll succeed.˝ that calmed the general
who immagined what kind of weapon is it.
The doctor arrived soon,and began to explain immediately:˝This is my newest weapon.I call it the ˝Disruptor Pulse Bomb˝(DPB). It prevents Pokeballs to open,leaving the opponent without their Pokemon for a certain time. The effect of this one will last for about 30 minutes,your army will be able to destroy them in that time. I hope it'll serve you well. Goodbye!˝,the doctor saluted and left. With that invention,the odds of the TR troops
greatly increased.
The TR forces came to the place of the battle. The enemy was numerous,ready to release their deadly Pokemon.
The device was launched from a cannon,when it fell near the UEPPF soldiers its, explosion was light so everyone thought it was an ordinary shell. But when they tried to call their Pokemon,they were shocked:the Pokeballs wouldn't open!
While they attempted to call their Pokemon unsuccessfully,the 4 TR Motorised Infantry groups assaulted them,starting the carnage. At the same time,general Ravanzoni stood up from his chair and in a frantic voice,issued the command in Italian:
˝Avanti,avanti! Assalite dagli ambedue fianchi! Stritolateli! (Go forward,go forward! Attack down both flanks! Crush them!)˝
At his command hundreds of RF-16 and QR-9 tanks began to storm into the enemy's flanks. The UEPPF soldiers screamed as the laser beams of the QR-9 ˝Lightning˝ tanks fried and seared their bodies. Combined with the heavy fire rain of gen. Korsakov's cannons,howitzers and missile launchers this massacred the whole combined army of gen. Carter and majors Oak and Ketchum in less than 20 minutes,leaving Cianwood and Ecruteak undefended. The 3 defeated UEPPF officers were totally exasperated.
˝We..we didn't get the chance to use our Pokemon at all.˝ Major Ketchum was the most shocked one,his face looked like he had seen a ghost.
Gen. Carter was utterly furious:˝Damn it! That were some of my best troops there! But since when they have laser cannons mounted on their tanks??˝
˝General,it's probably one of their latest inventions,their military research is progressive. We've lost here,let's try to focus on defending Olivine.˝ Major Gary Oak was the most level-headed of them and was aware of Olivine's importance as a port. They rushed there quickly to form a strong defense line.
Generals Crohnfeldt,Korsakov and Ravanzoni had no time to waste,they rapidly moved their armies to reach the third town before the UEPPF forces. But bad news awaited them: the remaining enemy forces had a lot of Pokemon,and they used the DPB in the prior battle,so they would have to fight against them. But all 3 of the generals studied the terrain well and knew of its porosity. They took a small part of their armies and hurried to get there as soon as possible.
˝Quick! Call all the Pokemon who can dig underground to create a huge underground
cavity!˝,gen. Crohnfeldt ordered and the Pokemon started to dig fastly.
Then, all the gravel which they dug out,was used to make trenches and defensive positions. The 3 generals wanted to convince the opponent to attack them,so their actions weren't aimed to take over the city.
Then,the most ingenious part of the plan began: the ground above the cavity was firstly turned to mud by using Water Pokemon,then dried up with the help of the Fire types. The soil was now unstabile and a strong explosion could set off a landslide. The explosion detonators would be Voltorb,Electrode,Koffing,Weezing and other Pokemon capable of performing Explosion and Self-Destruct attacks.
˝Thank God! We came in time! Here's the enemy's army. But why are there so few of them? Why have they fortified themselves?˝,major Ketchum was baffled.
Gen. Carter responded,scratching his head:˝Yes,why didn't they attack the city?
Maybe again a devious plan of one of their blasted generals!?˝ he was mad because TR was defeating their army.
˝I think we should be cautious. We do outnumber 'em,but their planning has already cost us dosens of thousands soldiers and a lot of towns.˝,major Gary Oak added.
They feared the possibility of another deadly trap,like the one just 10 hours before. But they decided to attack because they found out that the TR artillery was in range to shell the city. They wanted to stop them so,they started to assemble the army. Soon a shocking news delivered by a courier enraged them even more:
˝Major Ketchum,Lieutenants Waterflower and Hudson,I have some very disturbing news. Someone attacked your family homes. Brock,your parents have been massacred brutally,as well as your 3 sisters,Misty.Ash,your mother was attacked too,but she survived. She's in the ICU of the Pallet Townhospital. The murderers obviously hated either them or you very much,the murders were intentionally done in a cruel way. My condolences,Misty and Brock.˝,he really sympathized with them,judging by the tone of his voice.
The eyes of the trio gained a fiery glance,they started clenching their fists madly,sobbing and cursing the killers.
˝Attack now! Kill 'em all!˝,the young UEPPF major screamed,while still crying. He thought only the Rockets could do that,so he wanted revenge with no mercy.The army started moving and lieutenants Jessie,James and Meowth who were sent to scout the area noticed them.
˝What the...? The enemy is coming our way! James,the cellphone,quick!˝,James tossed it to her and she began to press the keys on it histerically.
˝Hello,gen. Crohnfeldt? The enemy showed up in Sector 3,they are coming in really fast!˝ she was panicked.
The general answered:˝Calm down. Get out of there,they are walking right into our trap.˝,he
sounded confident in his plan.
˝Yes,Sir.˝ she responded. They retreated quickly.
˝What is this plan he's talking about?˝ Jessie was confused. James revealed the plan:
˝My dear,this soil is porous,and there is a gigantic cavity under the ground,when the enemy gets there,some Pokemon will use Explosion and their army will fall through the ground. My Weezing is down there,and your Arbok was among those creating the cavity. Again a plan by gen. Crohnfeldt.˝
Jesse and Meowth then laughed evilly:˝Ho-ho,they are going deep down!!˝
The enemy arrived soon,positioning quite close to the Rocket army. Gen. Carter observed the situation through his binocular and commented:˝They aren't numerous,we will be able to defeat them now. Attack!˝,he ordered hastily.
Their army charged at the defenders maniacally.
In that moment,gen. Crohnfeldt took his walkie-talkie and commanded:
˝Open the gates of hell! I repeat,open the gates of hell!˝
Soon,loud explosions shook the ground and it opened,at the utter horror of the UEPPF officers whose eyes were gaping at the giant hole that just opened. General Korsakov then
rose from his chair,clenched his fist and raised it high in the air and shouted:
˝Bury them! Destroy them! Death to the UEPPF scumbags!!˝
His artillery started shelling the hole relentlessly. Big balls of fire and smoke began to rise from the cavity and it became clear that the opposing army has been completely pulverised. The general and the 2 majors immediately packed their things and tried to get away,but they didn't know that lieutenants Jessie,James and Meowth had stumbled on their command center.
˝Lt. Meowth ta da Raven squad 6,dere's an UEPPF command post half a mile NW of ya,roast it!˝,the cat Pokemon informed the nearby helicopter squad. They came there quickly and started to hover around the building.
˝Ash,I hear something! It's a buzzing sound.˝,major Oak got very frightened.
The other major pricked up his ears and screamed,when he realized that was the sound
of many RA-6 assault helicopters.
˝Shit! Get out of here,NOW!!˝ he yelled,the 3 started running towards the exit in a desperate attempt to save their lives.
˝Lt. Evarristi to all pilots:fire at will,I repeat,fire at will!!˝ he commanded and started pressing some buttons on the Weapon Control console. The 2 helicopters' main cannons began to fire rapidly,the window glass breaking into shards and going everywhere. Then the Chilean lieutenant pressed two purple buttons and muttered on the comlink:
˝Firing Air to Ground Plasma Termic missiles!˝,he fired 2 at the main doors just when gen. Carter reached them.
˝Aaarrrggh! I'm buurning! Heeelp!˝,the general got slammed into the other wall by the force of the blast which incinerated him. His flesh was falling of and his skin was being melted by the immense heat. He collapsed soon,fried totally. The 2 majors tried to run away from the scorching heat,the fire consumed the air so,they had trouble breathing. They eventually managed to reach a fire escape way and saved themselves.
Soon,the boss contacted generals Ravanzoni and Crohnfeldt to congratulate them.
˝So,Ecruteak,Cianwood and Olivine have been conquered? I must say I'm impressed.
Listen,we don't have time to lose,the next target are the Orange Islands. We will attack in 4 days. Your infantry will make a landfall there after the 7th and 11th Rocket Army Naval Group led by Finnish admiral Aarto Kolssonen get rid of the enemy ships who will try to protect the islands.˝ he briefly explained the attack plan.
˝Yes,Sir. I'll get my infantry ready for the next assault.˝,gen. Crohnfeldt responded.
˝Hello Jessie,have you and James succeeded in killing that little pest?˝ Cassidy called her,her voice being joyous.
Jessie answered a little bit disappointed:
˝No,James aimed well but someone nudged Ash and the bullet hit his shoulder instead of his
head.Damn you,Ash! Though he killed the Petalburg City Gym leader,Norman,who commanded the city's defence and guess what,he was a general! James will get the nick˝Slayer of the generals˝. This is his second!! Did you and Butch at least maime the twerps' family members?˝
Cassidy responded in excitement˝We certainly did. You should read the newspapers to see the horrifying headlines. We'll send you some photos. Bye!˝,she hung up.
Team Rocket's power is rising rapidly and now comes the turn to the Orange islands,the home of 3 legendary birds and the Great Guardian of the waters,Lugia.Can they defeat the evil army?