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Capture
Giovanni smiled as he read the report. Articuno apparently lived in the Seafoam Islands, in the deepest cavern. She would be a prime target for his men. Zapdos apparently lived in a cave above the Power Plant and Moltres lived in the topmost cavern of Victory Road. This news was excellent. He looked at the first of his Master Balls, reserved for capturing the three birds. It was time to put the plan into action.
He looked up as Marissa entered.
"We have a problem." She growled.
Giovanni leaned back in his chair.
"Really? The plan was flawless. What went wrong?" he demanded.
Marissa rolled her eyes.
"The Hoenn elite didn't play ball. They refused to stay in Evergrande to get taken out and hence vanished. It appears they've set up a government in exile up in Shinto, along with Sharia." She growled.
Giovanni cursed.
"Then tell Maxie he needs to take them out when they get to Hoenn, which they most likely will. Take out the Elites and then we will have free reign. And do it quickly." He ordered.
Marissa nodded.
"Already acted on. What are you smiling about?" she asked curiously.
Giovanni grinned.
"We have located the birds. And we are moving in." He said with a smile.
XX
Giovanni, Athena, Lambda and Apollo abseiled down from their helicopter, heading to the bottommost cavern of the island where Articuno lived. As she was the first Legendary Bird in the Pokedex, she was first on their list. The three executives flanked their boss as they went down through the dark crevices that made up the island cavern and they detached as they got to the area with the currents. The three executives let out their surfing Pokémon, a Feraligatr, an Octillery and an Omastar, while Giovanni let out Nidoking. They followed the current and entered the final cavern.
"Ah, there she is!" Apollo said excitedly.
Articuno was sitting in her nest, a large, brilliantly blue bird. Her wings were tinged with ice, and she had a white breast with a long flowing blue tail. She fixed them with a baleful stare, and her wings twitched nervously.
"Don't let her escape. Lambda, you know what to do." Giovanni said.
The burly man stepped forward and let out his small, purple Sableye.
"Sableye, Mean Look!"
Sableye attacked and there was a purple flash, and Articuno let out a worried caw. Giovanni stepped forward, and she gave a screech and flew upwards. She couldn't escape however as she was bound by Sableye. She fired down an Ice Beam, narrowly missing them.
"Nidoking, stop her attacks!" Giovanni said.
His large dinosaur Pokémon stepped forward and fired a Fire Blast, impacting with her next Ice Beam. While she was busy, Giovanni took out his Master Ball and threw it. Articuno saw the danger she was in and pelted upwards, but the ball continued to follow her due to Giovanni's modifications. She whirled throughout the cavern, firing Ice Beams down at them, but Nidoking shot them down. Articuno then flew too close to the wall, and skimmed it, knocking her off course. The ball took advantage and closed on Articuno, capturing the first Legendary Bird.
"Now, the new world will begin!" Giovanni declared triumphantly as his prize returned to him.
XX
Sharia was looking at the map of Hoenn when she felt a sudden chill in the air.
"Did you feel that? Something is wrong." Glacia said worriedly.
Red looked down from the bluff, to see snow clouds materialising over Kanto.
"Oh no." He moaned.
"Let me guess. Team Rocket has captured a Legend?" Steven asked.
"Yes. And as they are snow clouds, I'd say it's most likely Articuno." He said.
Jasmine frowned.
"What does that mean?" she asked.
Silver, full of worry for Gold, looked up.
"It means that Kanto is about to suffer severe blizzards. And we cant do anything to stop them getting Zapdos and Moltres. If they get them, Kanto will become the centre for a massive blizzard, a massive heat wave and a thunderstorm." He explained.
Sharia looked at them all determinedly.
"We cannot do anything for Kanto at this time. Hoenn however, we can. Let us focus on stopping Team Magma, and then we can try and save the birds." She said, to nods of agreement.
XX
Giovanni next travelled to the Power Plant, and as they approached by helicopter they could see the cave that Zapdos was meant to reside in. He smiled as he beheld the Master Ball in his hand, with Articuno captive within. The first stage was complete. Now, Zapdos would belong to him as well.
"Boss...." Athena said, pointing outside.
Snow was beginning to fall, and ice was developing on the windows. Giovanni could see a cold mist coming in from Vermillion as well.
"It has begun. We must hurry and unite all three birds. Let's go!" he said.
The helicopter hovered outside the cave, and Giovanni stepped into the cave, as it pulled off. Zapdos was at the end on the cavern, looking along at him.
He was a large yellow bird, with jagged yellow wings and a long, thin beak. He had small, black eyes and he was sending Giovanni a distrustful look.
"Steelix, Aeroblast!" Giovanni cried.
The large metallic snake leapt out of his ball and fired an attack, crashing Zapdos into the wall of the cave. Giovanni winced as dust started to fall from the ceiling. Zapdos gave an enraged cry, and sped up the cavern tunnel. Giovanni smiled and threw his second Master Ball. Zapdos gave a terrified screech, and he too was captured.
"One to go." He grinned as he collected his second triumph.
XX
Professor Oak, incarcerated in a small box room in the basement of Silph Co, looked out of his window and saw massive thunder clouds broiling overhead. A thick blanket of snow had already covered the ground of Saffron City, and Oak knew with a jolt what that must mean.
"The fools. They're after the Legends. The only way he will quell this storm is with Lugia. But then...." he whispered, and realisation dawned as the full impact of the teams plan hit him.
XX
The storm was becoming worst. Rain and lightning thundered down on Kanto, as the elements were thrown into chaos by the capture of Articuno and Zapdos. Frigid wings, massive hail stones and mounds of snow also fell from the sky, making Kanto virtually unwalkable as it all froze over. As Giovanni approached Victory Road, far away, in the still relatively peaceful Johto region, Lugia stirred in the Whirl Islands.
Danger he sensed, and flew through his island home and headed east.
XX
Giovanni grimaced as heavy hail stones bounced off his exposed face.
"Can we hurry this up boss? I mean, I'm all for catching the Legends, but this hurts!" Apollo complained.
"For once, he and I are in agreement!" Athena cried over the wind.
Giovanni nodded and they struggled up the steep slope, through the pounding sleet and horrendous winds as they headed for Moltres' cave. Rain and hail lashed down at them as they made it to the cave, and pushed through inside, where it was at least warm. Slightly above them, on a ledge, sat Moltres.
Looking like a large, fiery chicken, it gazed down at them angrily, perhaps sensing that it was they who had kidnapped his brethren. As such, he wasted no time in swooping down at them, cawing loudly and firing a wreath of flame.
"Whoa!" Lambda yelled as they leapt out of the way.
They all threw their balls out, revealing half of their Pokémon. Giovanni cursed as he saw that he had sent out Metagross by accident. Moltres as such wasted no time, and bathed Metagross, Persian and Gengar in a bath of fire.
"Gligar, Mud Slap!" Apollo yelled.
Moltres gave a caw and ignored the attack, slamming into Gligar and crashing him into the fried Pokémon of Giovanni.
"Persian, Water Pulse!" Giovanni yelled.
The attack caught Moltres in the chest, sending him off target.
"Gyrados, Bubblebeam!" Lambda shouted.
The bubbles smashed into Moltres, crashing him into the roof of the cavern. The fiery bird gave a woozy cry, and Giovanni threw his Master Ball, capturing the bird.
"At last, the birds are mine to command. Now, for Lugia!" Giovanni cried victoriously.
XX
Sharia was just coming back from the loo when she took a look outside and saw the sun blaring down on Kanto. Despite that, she could still see a blizzard and a thunderstorm were in progress.
"Oh no, they have Moltres." She moaned, and wondering what she could do to stop this mess.
XX
Giovanni stood triumphantly atop of Silph Co, laughing as he observed the blizzard, thunderstorm and the effects of the heat wave he had created.
"Hahahaha! Come to me Lugia! You must end this chaos!" he said, and released the three birds.
When free, they immediately set upon each other, as if blaming each other for their predicament.
"That's it my Pokémon, fight! Draw Lugia to me!"
There was suddenly a break in the weather, a space of calm, followed by a beam of light. Giovanni looked up at it and smiled.
"Excellent."
Lugia then descended down the beam. A large white dragon, his back ridged with spines and possessing a black mask, he was magnificent to behold. He immediately began to sing, and the three birds began to calm. The hail abated first, then the thunder, and the heat began to dissipate as the master of the birds calmed his charges. Giovanni watched in wonder as the three birds stopped fighting, and peace was restored to the elements. The storms abated, and the birds settled down in front of their owner, looking resentful but calm. Giovanni smiled. They didn't have to like it, they just has to do what he told them.
Lugia looked down at the three birds, who were standing before Giovanni sullenly. He opened his mouth and a Hyper Beam flew out. Giovanni casually let out Gengar, and the attack vanished harmlessly as it hit the Ghost Pokémon. Lugia then turned tail and tried to flee, realising he had been drawn into a trap. But it was far too late. Giovanni threw the last Master Ball, and Lugia gave a cry as he was captured.
Giovanni smiled. One trio down, and one of the masters. Things were going well. Now, if he could stop Sharia's interference, nothing would stop him...not even those wretched kids.
XX
Sharia was looking down at Kanto, where the storm had finally stopped. The only thing that that could mean is that Lugia had been captured.
"This is my fault..." she whispered.
The others entered the room, disturbing her from her reverie. The Hoenn Elite, Red, Blue, Jasmine, Silver, Brendan, May and Wally were all there. Sharia turned to them slowly.
"We must retake the gym cities. Once we have done that we can call on all other trainers to help us battle this threat. I dont think it wise to split up between the three regions, so I propose that we deal with Hoenn first, due to the fact that most of you have knowledge of the region. I shall assault Sootopolis City alone." She said.
"Is that wise? I mean, you'll be alone." Sidney asked.
Sharia sent him an amused glance.
"Dear boy, if any of their goons can defeat me, they deserve to win. While I do that, I'm assuming that you lot can split between the other seven gym cities. Sidney, you take Petalburg. Phoebe, you take Rustboro. Glacia take Dewford, Drake you take Mauville. And Steven my lad, you deal with Lavaridge. Red, take Fortree, Blue take Mossdeep. Brendan, you take Littleroot Town, Wally take Oldale and May take Fallabor. Jasmine, take Pacifidlog and Silver, take Verdanturf. If we succeed, we shall bottle the enemy up in Slateport and Lilycove, and we can all converge on those cities and force them out towards Evergrande, which is bound to be where Maxie is hiding. If we can attack swiftly, we can break their hold of Hoenn, preferably before they release the Golems and cause more damage like Giovanni has unleashed upon Kanto by catching the Birds. Any questions?" she asked.
"What do we do if they use the hostages as leverage?" May asked worriedly.
Sharia frowned.
"I am hoping we will be able to avoid such a thing. But I don't know where they could be holed up. If we find them, fair enough. But they may not even be still in Hoenn. But I promise you we will find them. Now, let us prepare for a battle unlike which we have ever seen. By all rights we should only have to deal with Magma, but you cant be too careful. Take plenty of healing items from the larder. And I...I will take enough of what else we need." She said.
Steven sent her a look of concern as they all went to collect healing items. She smiled. The thing she was talking about wasn't bad. It just didn't offer the Pokémon a fair fight. But against the Legends, a Master Ball may be the best bet.
XX
Sharia was on her Salamence, and she smiled as they descended through the clouds towards Sootopolis. It had been a long time since she'd faced something like this. The fact that it was Giovanni didn't change anything...
They shot down, headed right for where the burnt out husk of the gym was. Three Team Magma members were milling about inside it, and she could see a member guarding each house and each business, and several blocking the Cave of Origin.
"We'll need to hit them hard and fast Salamence. Hyper Beam!" she ordered as they accelerated for the attack.
Salamence gave a roar of approval, and his first shot blasted the three who were guarding the ruins of the gym into the air. Sharia raised her hands and sent two thick vines streaming out, wrapping around the three and allowing them to crash, bound, back to earth. The other Magmas were reaching for their Pokeballs, but Sharia was way ahead of them.
"Dragonite, Thunder!"
The large orange dragon burst from his ball and jagged bolts of lightning shot down from the sky, frying the group blocking the Cave. Salamence landed and Sharia sprang off, creating psychic barriers to defend herself. Other Magmas were streaming down the stairs of the city, and two patrol boats were zooming towards her. Sharia grinned excitedly. It had been a long time since she'd done something like this.
"Metagross, Rockslide!"
The large blue quadruped leapt out of its ball, and a ton of rocks sent several Magma members sprawling, crashing them down beside the pokecentre.
"Dragonite, Blizzard!"
The snow trapped the lot of them, as the three Pokémon formed a defensive barrier around their trainer.
"Garchomp, Megahorn!" she yelled.
The ferocious purple dragon appeared, inserted his horn beneath one of the oncoming boats and sent it flying up into the air.
"Tyranitar, help Salamence with Hyper Beam! Bombard those goons!" Sharia ordered, spotting a band coming from the cave.
The two dragons pummelled the ledge, sending the Magmas hurtling into the water. With most of them there, it was time to bring an end to this.
"Kingdra, Hydro Cannon!"
The other Magmas were all blasted into the water, where Kingdra smashed them against the wall, before blowing a hole through the remaining boat. When all of them were up against the cliff face, Kingdra leapt out of the water.
"Thunder!" Sharia ordered, and both Dragonite and Kingdra let loose, frying all the last Magmas.
Salamence and Garchomp then swooped down, picked them all up and deposited them on the island at Sharia's feet. She created more vines and bound them all up, then knelt down beside one of them.
"Is that all of you?" she asked.
"No...Hank is in the Cave." One grunt said.
"Thank you." She said, beckoning imperiously to her Pokémon.
"Since I helped, will you remember that?" he asked nervously.
Sharia shot him a disdainful glance.
"What do you think?" She sneered and headed for the Cave.
She climbed the stairs, followed by her party. She descended through the Cave, creating a source of light as she headed to the lava pool. She entered, seeing Hank waiting for her, a huge grin on his face.
"Well well well. The Supreme Master herself comes to deal with little old me. I'm flattered. You certainly trashed my support. But once you're dealt with, that wont be a problem." He said, leering at her.
Sharia smiled amusedly.
"Simpleton. You have no chance against me." She said, and returned all but Kingdra to their balls.
Hank raised an eyebrow, and sent out all of his Pokémon. A Charizard, a Typhlosion, a Blaziken, a Ninetales and a Flareon all stood before their master, growling at Kingdra.
"Use your strongest moves and let's teach this witch a lesson!" he bellowed.
Streams of fire emitted from the team, and Sharia grinned.
"Hydro Cannon."
A torrent of water, spiralled with froth, came flying out of Kingdra's mouth, forcing the fire right back into their owner's mouths and sending them all sprawling. Kingdra continued to douse them with water, and Hank was looking at his defeated party in terror.
"End them. Thunder." Sharia ordered.
Kingdra, still streaming out water, then added electricity to his attack and the defeated Pokémon were zapped into submission as was Hank as he finished up.
"Good boy Kingdra." Sharia cooed affectionately as she put all of his Pokémon back in their balls and telekinetically lifted him.
Outside, she was greeted by the cheers of the people of Sootopolis, all celebrating the liberation of their city. The locals had taken all the Pokémon from the defeated Magmas, and Sharia added Hank's to the pile as she tied him up with the rest. She then created a shield of ice around them all, acting as a makeshift prison.
"There, that will do until I decide what to do with them. Now then, have any other places reported in?" she asked herself, consulting her Pokenav.
She raised it to her mouth in a conference call.
"Report. Sootopolis is clear. Is anywhere else?" she asked.
Brendan reported first.
"Littleroot is free...but there's no sign of my dad. Or of Professor Birch." He said sadly.
"We will find them, I promise. Right, begin heading to Slateport. I expect the others will arrive soon to reinforce you." She said as he signed off.
"I've taken Pacifidlog and I'm heading to Slateport too." Jasmine reported.
"Good girl. The Elites should join you soon." Sharia said.
However, she then became aware of a quietness that shouldn't be there. The Elites shouldn't have had any trouble liberating the towns they had been assigned. The fact that they hadn't reported in was worrying in the least.
"Sidney? Phoebe? Glacia? Drake? Steven? Is anyone there?" she demanded urgently.
Silence met her words.
"Excuse me...but it's been reported that Marissa of Viridian City in Kanto has taken control of Hoenn as well." A man said.
Sharia sighed sadly.
"Then she too is a traitor. I had hoped..." she muttered, but shook it off.
"Pardon me, but how does that make her a traitor?" a woman asked.
"The timing. She has just announced it, correct? As such, how could she know that the Elites were missing? It was reported in the news that the Elites hadn't been hit during the attack. Her taking over means she is taking over for her own purposes. She knew the Elites were going to be kidnapped. Which makes our job much harder. Without the Elites...it's just us." She said, phased.
"Yep, she's announcing their 'unfortunate' fate. She knows they've been taken. Damn her." Red growled from her pokenav.
"I've been a fool. Red, begin to attack Lilycove. I assume the others are all safe and are liberating their towns as we speak. Now, we have two problems. One...the enemy knew where the Elites would be. And secondly, Marissa is a traitor who we must warn the people about. Deal with Lilycove. I will go to the Weather Station and hijack their warning system. Keep in touch." She ordered.
"Thank you so much for freeing us. What is all this about?" Juan, Wallace's father asked.
"It's about the Legends. And you know what that means." She said significantly, as she let out Garchomp.
Juan nodded worriedly.
"Recall all trainers from Sootopolis. Guard this lot until I decide where to put them." She said, climbing onto Garchomp so quickly no one could have guessed her true age.
"We'll do that. Good luck Supreme Master. And please...find my son." He pleaded.
Sharia nodded in understanding and flew off for her next mission, leaving the Magmas in the hands of the ones they had persecuted.
XX
Sharia growled as she looked at the mess of the weather station. The transmitter, used to alert Hoenn to the arrival of extreme weather, had been dismantled.
"Damn it." She cursed.
Her pokenav went off.
"Hoenn Anarchy Services Limited." She said irritably.
"I take it the transmitter is down?" Silver's voice came.
Sharia sighed as she heard the resignation, and worry in his voice.
"Yes Silver, it is. Have Slateport and Lilycove been freed?" she asked.
"Yes. We interrogated some of them, and they told us that Maxie is holed up in Evergrande. If we hurry we should be able to stop them." He said.
"Very well. Have the others rendezvous with you lot in Lilycove, and put out a call for as many trainers as possible to come to the attack on Evergrande. When I arrive, we shall hit them hard and fast."
Silver grunted in assent, and Sharia smiled slightly. She knew the lad was worried sick about Gold. She had been watching many of the group she had assembled for many years, from afar, to see how they would transpire as trainers. Silver had come the furthest of them all, and still had a lot further to go, of that she was sure. She knew in her heart that the time she had assembled would be more than adequate to forestall the plans of the teams. But, would the timeframe allow them to be so?
Garchomp looked at her curiously, and she nodded. Time to get a move on. Team Magma had to fall, before they released any of Hoenn's legends. If they could prevent that, and if the dogs could give the Rockets enough of a run around until they were finished here...they would be able to do it.
"Come Garchomp, let us see what surprises Maxie has arranged for us." She said, and hopped on her dragon.
XX
Sharia arrived a while later, just as the rest of the team gathered. Red glared at the local commander, who was grinning evilly. Blue had his arm protectively around Jasmine, while Brendan was shielding May from his sight, as the man unnerved them. Silver was looking out over the sea, arms crossed and worry creasing his face.
"Talk to me people, what do we have?" Sharia asked as she swept towards them.
Wally looked at the local commander with disgust.
"This ingrate says he knows something, but insists he'll only tell it to you." He sniffed.
Sharia sighed. The kids had to learn how to be tough with these pests. Scare the pants off them, that usually did the trick. She let out Tyranitar and walked towards the leader.
"You have something you wish to say to me?" she asked disdainfully, fully aware that this snivelling ingrate was hardly worth her time.
The man guffawed stupidly, and she had a feeling he had only joined Magma to feel important.
"You've lost old lady. If you make a move towards Evergrande, the Elite...and the leaders, get dropped into Mt Chimney." He wheezed deliriously.
Sharia's eyes widened. The man was most likely bluffing...but the ruthless attacks against the leagues and gyms in Kanto and Johto added some veracity to his claim.
"He's lying." Red growled.
"We don't know that! What if he isn't and they to drop them in?" Brendan demanded worriedly.
Trainers were starting to mill about. Sharia had to make a decision. She knew he was most likely lying, and this was only a tactic to delay them, but she couldn't risk losing everyone of standing in Hoenn, especially when two of the trainers backing her up had a vested interest in the safety of the leaders of the region.
"We go to Mt Chimney." She said reluctantly, and motioned for the trainers of Lilycove to take watch.
"Sharia, it's probably a trap. Or a wild goose chase." Blue told her.
"I know. But, it is a risk we have to take, if only to calm Brendan and May's fears." She said, and the trainers made to get on their mounts.
Silver looked at the man, who was laughing wheezily. This wasn't right, something was wrong...
"Sharia, he's up to something." Silver said, sure he was right.
Sharia nodded in agreement.
"I know. But we cant risk losing the Elite. But I agree, something is not right. That's why I will go with you. If we are tricked, I will hopefully be able to delay the enemy long enough for you to escape." She said, clapping his shoulder fondly.
Silver smiled at the Supreme Master, feeling a strange sort of connection to her. How odd.
They took off and traversed the land, flying to the very top of Mt Chimney. Wally looked down, and frowned.
"Sharia, I don't see anyone!" he moaned.
They landed at the top of the volcano, the heat hitting them like an assault. Something wasn't right.
"See, I told you it was a trick." Blue grumbled.
But Sharia didn't seem to hear him. She looked to the desert below her, and a worrying thought entered her mind as the sandstorm cleared enough to let her see the cave where Regirock was said to reside. Eyes widening in realisation, she turned to look to the south, to where she could see the sea, and she had a horrible thought about why they had lured them here.
"Blue, it wasn't a trick, it was a wild goose chase. I hope to God I'm wrong. Red, go to Route 105, enter the cave, and check to see if Regice is still there! Wally, go to Route 120 and check for Registeel! Blue, go and check the desert for Regirock!" she urged desperately.
They immediately set off, and worry eclipsed her heart. The Regis...if Magma controlled all of them and combined them, it would bring forth their master, Regigigas, and the impact of that would awaken the weather trio...
The time passed in silence, May and Brendan still fretting over their missing fathers, while Jasmine tried to calm them down. Sharia stood looking out over the vast plains of Hoenn, and knew that she should have insisted they hit Evergrande...but in truth Maxie was probably not even there.
A few minutes later, Blue landed on Pidgeot and shook his spiky haired head.
"There's nothing in the cave, Regi or otherwise." He said.
"Does that mean he's been captured?" May asked in concern, worrying about what the Magmas could do with a golem on their side.
"Either that or he's popped out for some groceries." Brendan said flippantly, and Sharia, Blue and Silver had to hide a small smile as May glared at him.
Wally and Red both returned a while later, both with similar findings.
"Blast it, we're too late. This was used to lure us out of the way while they secured the Regis, and that means if they've studied them and pieced together the plaques, they'll be able to summon their master..." Sharia muttered, panic filling her,
"The Regis have a master?" Wally asked in confusion.
"Yes, Regigigas, a Normal type. He's very powerful, and the union of his three creations can awaken him and bring him to them..."
Sharia broke off as the volcano started to rumble beneath their feet. Groaning, she turned to face the volcano, and then a silver statue like Pokémon leapt from the cone, and landed on the rim of the volcano, his many red eyes looking right at her.
"Registeel!" Brendan gasped.
There was then a strange noise, and a blue golem leapt out, more triangular in appearance, and stood opposite Registeel.
"Regice..." May whispered.
And then a final golem leapt out, this one made of rock, and it landed, forming a triangle with the other two golems.
"And Regirock..." Wally finished.
There was then a cackling from behind them, and they spun to see Maxie come from the cable car.
"Supreme Master. Your realm is a bit chaotic of late is it not?" he asked snidely.
Sharia narrowed her green eyes, that were amazingly cold towards her enemies, when she normally looked upon her allies and friends with warmth.
"Maxie. You fool! Not only have you aligned with Giovanni, but you have engineered the downfall of Hoenn by allowing Marissa to take over! And now, you've unleashed the Regis! Where will this madness end?" she demanded furiously.
Maxie laughed, but as he did so, Brendan stepped forward, looking furious.
"Where's my father?" he demanded furiously, despite Red and Blue trying to hold him back.
"Oh he's quite safe, trust me." Maxie said, grinning maliciously.
Brendan gave an enraged yell and tried to get away from the others, but they held him back, while Silver strode forward.
"I know your type. If you've hurt Gold..." Silver threatened, and Maxie had the grace to look slightly worried.
"Gold, who is Gold?" Maxie asked, as he recovered from the threat.
"Silver he wont know, he doesn't deal with Johto." Sharia soothed, gently forcing Silver behind her as she glared at Maxie, her regal demeanour when dealing with such villains returning full force.
"You will not succeed. You may have trashed the establishment, but the people will rise up and stop you, and your allies. You will not triumph. And Giovanni will be stopped." Sharia promised.
Maxie laughed as his commanders joined him.
"Not any time soon he wont. If even the vaunted Supreme Master cannot stop him if she is too busy playing nursemaid to these children, we have little to worry about. Now, Regirock, Regice, Registeel, call forth your master!" he ordered, and Red saw the three Master Balls at his belt.
"NO!" Sharia cried, and went for her Pokeballs, but it was too late.
A stream of rock, ice, and steel came from each golem's hands and combined, forming a triangle. A glowing ball of golden energy appeared within the triangle, and Sharia sighed in defeat. Regigigas was about to be unleashed.
Something started to materialise within the ball, and it was white, covered with moss and gemstones, and tinged with gold, and was a lot bigger than the Regis already present. The ball travelled and deposited the colossal Regigigas right in front of Wally, who looked up at him in amazement.
"Wow..." he said in awe.
Regigigas looked down at him and waved at him curiously. While he was distracted, Maxie threw a Master Ball. Silver knocked the ball to the ground with amazingly quick reflexes, and he seemed quite surprised by his actions himself.
"Do not let him capture Regigigas! We're on!" Sharia yelled angrily, and released her six Pokémon.
Maxie cursed as the boy intercepted the ball, and went slightly pale as Sharia's group went on the offensive, letting out their Pokémon. And the fact that she herself had let loose all six of hers showed she meant business, and Maxie knew that if her six got started, Magma wouldn't stand a chance.
"Wally, use that ball to capture Regigigas! If you can control him, we can control the Regis!" Red yelled as Pikachu leapt at the appearing Magma Pokémon.
Wally dove for the ball, and Maxie cursed, letting out his Camerupt and sending him charging at the boy. Wally was knocked off his feet, and Jasmine helped him up, while May and Brendan defended their young friend with their starter Pokémon. Sharia hissed and threw a Master Ball at the master of the golem trio, but then there was a deep shaking of the earth that threw it off course.
"Oh no..." she whispered, as the Magmas Pokémon foolishly attacked hers.
Her Dragonite sighed and let loose a Thunder which dropped their Zubats, Golbats and Crobats to the ground, while Garchomp used Megahorn on many of their Poochyenas and Mightyenas. Kingdra then joined with Tyranitar to flatten their fire types. But Sharia was not watching as the entire earth began to shake, and a deep roar echoed across the air.
"Ah..." Maxie said triumphantly.
"What was that?" Blue asked as he looked nervously for Jasmine, whose Steelix was leering at a couple of Numel.
In answer to his question a massive red dinosaur Pokémon reared from below them at the base of Mt Chimney, with a helmet like face. It roared in rage, it's cries echoing outwards. The air suddenly got warmer, and Sharia knew they were in trouble. Their Pokémon, while powerful, would be no match for the three golems, even if they did capture Regigigas, and with Groudon now about to enter the battle, Kyogre and Rayquaza wouldn't be far behind, so they had to leave now if they were to escape with their lives.
"Never mind, let's get out of here! Now!" Sharia yelled, as a spurt of water appeared to the south, and a large shadow appeared in the air, and she knew Kyogre had just left the Marine Cave. She closed her eyes to use her Future Sight, and saw a massive green dragon rising from the Sky Pillar, meaning Rayquaza was out too.
Red looked up, and he and Pikachu went pale as the large whale like Pokémon flew towards them.
"Is that Kyogre?" he yelped.
"Yes!" Sharia hissed, returning the others and leaping onto Salamence.
Red got onto Charizard, while Wally clambered onto Altaria, and Blue and Jasmine got onto Pidgeot, all of them returning their Pokémon as they did so, and they flew upwards. May and Brendan knew enough of what the teams had nearly done last time to know this was very serious, as torrential rain started to fall on them. There was then a terrible piercing cry that made them shudder as the Magmas tried to stand firm against the downpour and the heat. Maxie threw another Master Ball and caught Regigigas, though how he did it when they could hardly see was anyone's guess.
"Get out of here!" Sharia yelled and Salamence flew skyward, followed by the last of her team, Silver on his Murkrow bringing up the rear.
"This isn't over Maxie! You may control the Regis, and may soon control the weather trio, but you have not won!" Sharia vowed.
Maxie laughed gloatingly.
"On the contrary my dear Supreme Master...we have!"
Sharia growled and they flew off to safety, abandoning the Hoenn battlefront, despite their earlier success. They couldn't fight against two legendary trios. Not without one of their own.
"Make for Johto!" Sharia cried as they flew through the downpour, and as a large, long shape dived down at Groudon from above, just as Kyogre arrived at the volcano.
They would go to Johto. They couldn't summon the dogs without the Clear Bell, which had been entrusted to Gold, who had entrusted it to Silver. And they couldn't get Ho-oh without the Rainbow Wing, which Gold had. And the Kimono Girls wouldn't help them, so they still had a chance to capture that lot. Then they could return to Hoenn, and save the trios from Magma.
Silver looked north determinedly. They were finally going to Johto, to save Gold.
"Hang on Gold, I'm coming." He vowed, narrowing his eyes.
Greetings to you all!
We were so close, but the bad guys are once more a step ahead of us! Now they have the birds, Lugia, the golems and Regigigas, and they will most likely soon have the weather trio as well! Sharia was right to retreat, and now we head to Johto.
Will Silver find Gold there? Will our side capture a legendary trio? Will we find any gym leaders? Will the world be alerted to Marissa?
And why was Sharia hoping Marissa wasnt a traitor? Why does Silver feel drawn to her? All will be revealed in time!
Next time, we go to Johto! What will happen there? A massive battle is brewing...
Right, I dont know when this will be updated, as I still have to finish the massive Charmed oneshot and chapter six of season nine, but we shall see after that!
Enjoy, please read and review!
P.S If anyone knows how to use the GTS system on Platinum for Pokemon you havent seen in your Pokedex, could they please let me know? And why is it so hard to get a Manaphy and a Spiritomb?
P.P.S Pokemon Black and White has been announced! I wish they'd hurry up and reveal all the Pokemon on it :P