Hey, it's me again. The person you people so love. ^^ I have to say, this is my most popular fanfiction. Maybe if my computer is ever fixed, I can update faster than this.

Willow opened her eyes. Jake was beside her. Where, she couldn't tell, but it was still dark out. She tried to move, but her hands and feet were bound. A scyther lounged against a tree nearby, an ariados beside it. A Rocket came out of the shadows.

"Heh, you again. I thought I would never get revenge. Hey, Butch, come see who it is."

Another Rocket member came after the first. He started chuckling wickedly.

"The boss's wife's brat? How pathetic."

"Well, since she's just laying here, in our custody..."

"We could get some revenge?"

"Boss never said she had to be healthy. Only alive."

The two beconed the watch poke'mon near. A couple instructions were whispered. The scyther darted over to Jake and rolled him to the edge of what now appeared to be a small clearing.

So we are still in Veridian Forest. But we could still be too far from help...

The ariados crept slowly towards her. When it was close enough, it's claw-like leg started glowing dark purple. It raised it high and brought it down on her head, not breaking skin, but causing her ears to ring. The scyther came up behind her and kicked her in the small of her back. When she rolled, it picked her up and threw her into a tree. She grunted and fell, barely consious. Jake heard her and woke. The scyther raised his blade-arm to strike her, and Jake crawled to his feet and dove. He gasped as he felt the blade plung deep into his side. Willow screamed.

"NOOOOO! JAKE!"

The two Rocket's laughed as he fell, unmoving. Bleeding.

Sparky heard the scream. He quickly apologized to his newfound friend and dashed as fast as he could toward it. He knew his master was in danger. He knew genuine fear and anguish released in that one inhuman sound. A few pidgy started flying off as he startled them. Stopping, Sparky looked around. The forest was unfamiliar. A young pikachu bounded up to him.

"Pika? Pipi chu. Cha?" (Excuse me? You seem to be looking for something. Can I help?)

"Chuu... Pikapi pikachu." (Yes please... My master is in trouble.)

"Pika." (Follow me.)

The two pikachu ran into the thick underbrush. As Sparky followed him, though, the tail was odd. Black and fluffy was not a pikachu tail. Sparky shrugged it off. If it was helping him find his master, he didn't really care.

Willow looked on in horror as the Rockets rolled him to the edge of the clearing. He still breathed, though he was loosing a lot of blood. She looked at the two people.

"Can I please help him? If I don't, he'll die..."

"We could care less."

"You care for him? That's a shame. He isn't needed. At least he can die and forget about pain. You on the other hand will be kept alive. We won't kill you, but we will test your physical and mental limits."

The two Rockets looked at each other and threw another poke'ball each. Casidy had a houndoom and Butch had a skuntank. The houndoom bared its fangs and growled. Skuntank smirked as it waited for its master's command.

Sparky looked at the Rocket's camp. The strange pikachu had led him there and disappeared. Two sets of eyes watched from behind a shade of leaves. Finally after a while, the two emerged. Zoroark and her young zorua. She walked up to Sparky and pointed at the bags set in the middle of the camp. He nodded and she quickly collected Willow and Jake's belongings. Sparky dug in Willow's backpack and found what he was looking for. He pushed the button on the poke'ball and Grace appeared. He did the same with Jake's and brought out Bambi. The poke'mon ran to where they heard all the sound.

The two Rockets pointed at Willow and their poke'mon got the immediate hint. Houndoom leaped at her and used fire fang. Skuntank used slash. She screamed as the houndoom bit her but she never felt the skuntank's attack. Grace had grabbed a hold of it and swung it away. She used ice beam and froze it where it stood. Sparky used thundershock on the insect poke'mon, making them faint immediatly. Houndoom let go of Willow and tried to get Grace, but Bambi tackled it. The Rockets withdrew their poke'mon.

"You might have beaten use now, but we also beat you."

"The boss will have his revenge. Butch, we should split before someone comes looking."

"Yes, we should."

The two ran like cowards into the forest, leaving Willow and Jake in the small clearing, one bleeding badly.