Chapter 6

It Will All Be Mine

(A/N: Sorry for the long wait between chapters.)

Sabrina and Will appeared in Olivine City before any of the other trainers. They looked around at their surroundings, not noticing anything suspicious. However, Sabrina felt an evil presence in the area.

What is it? Will asked Sabrina telepathically, seeing a nervous expression on her face.

Come with me, Sabrina replied. Will followed Sabrina as she walked toward the Olivine City jail.

Several minutes later, Giselle's Pidgeot and Jasmine's Skarmory landed in Olivine City. The trainers got off the Pokémon, then looked around for Sabrina and Will.

"Where are those psychic freaks?" Giselle asked angrily. "I thought they had teleportation powers."

"Maybe they teleported somewhere else in this city," Whitney suggested.

"Or maybe they betrayed us," Silver offered. "I wouldn't bet against it."

"Well, forget them," Giselle said. "We're going to this gym that you say is blocked off, and we're going to re-open it!"

The five trainers followed after Giselle as she marched towards a large building.

"Um, Giselle-" Joe said.

"What's the matter, Joe?" Giselle asked. "Don't tell me you're scared!"

"I don't think that's the gym," Joe replied.

Giselle turned around to see the four Johto trainers laughing.

"That's a lighthouse, not the gym," Silver said.

Giselle turned bright red as Joe joined in laughing.

"Well… I thought maybe the gym was at the lighthouse!" she yelled.

"Maybe you should let someone else lead the way," Gold suggested.

"No! I'm the Pokémon League Champion! I take orders from no one!" Giselle responded angrily.

"Well, you can go on your own on a road to nowhere, or you can follow me to the Olivine City gym," Silver said. "It's your choice."

Giselle furiously followed Silver and the other trainers as they headed towards the Olivine gym.

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Sabrina and Will were now standing by the Olivine City jail. Will read Sabrina's thoughts, finding that she could sense someone who had caused her great trouble- Giovanni.

Focus on my mind, and teleport, Sabrina told Will telepathically. We'll teleport to Giovanni's quarters- wherever they may be.

Where are we going?! Will asked frantically. How can I teleport if I don't know where I'm going?

Just fix your mind on mine, and you'll follow me to where I'm going, Sabrina replied.

Will looked at Sabrina nervously. He had only learned to teleport recently, and now she wanted him to attempt to teleport without knowing where he was going?

Come on, trust me! Sabrina snapped at Will telepathically.

Okay, okay, Will responded. He closed his eyes and tried to focus on Sabrina's thoughts as much as he could. The two of them suddenly disappeared.

"Welcome, Sabrina," a man's voice said.

Will opened his eyes to find Sabrina and himself standing in front of Giovanni, the boss of Team Rocket.

"I should have turned you into a permanent doll the last time I saw you," Sabrina hissed at Giovanni. "Your operations end today!"

"Patience, my psychic friend," Giovanni replied with a chuckle. "I'm sure you'll want to know all about how Team Rocket is about to take over the world first."

"I won't be satisfied until you're in the palm of my hand!" Sabrina shouted. She became angrier than she had been in a very long time, then focused all of her anger on Giovanni, attempting to turn him into a doll. However, she began to feel her mind struggle. Giovanni wasn't transforming. What was going on?

"Your psychic attacks won't work on me," Giovanni laughed. "You might as well hear all about my plans- I'm sure you'll love them!"

Sabrina gave Giovanni a cold stare, while Will looked at his girlfriend nervously. Was Sabrina really powerless against Giovanni?

"While you have been wasting your time tutoring that little girl in your precious Saffron City, I've been preparing my Team Rocket agents for the biggest operation in our history," Giovanni began. "We are prepared to destroy any gym whose leader does not surrender to us."

"And I assume these other gym leaders of Johto gave into your demands and surrendered?" Sabrina inquired.

"Well, I shouldn't say 'surrender,'" Giovanni replied. "I mean, it's not like they're being forced to do anything. They're working for Team Rocket because they want to."

"Why would anyone want to do that?" Will asked.

"Ask your girlfriend here," Giovanni chortled. "She knows about the rewards of being a Rocket member."

Sabrina looked at Giovanni with an even angrier stare. "Mewtwo was controlling my mind," she retorted. "That wasn't my choice!"

"Oh, so it wasn't?" Giovanni said with a laugh. "Well, anyway, those gym leaders know that they'll still have gyms when we finish our conquest, unlike those leaders who refuse to give in."

"How did you know they won't give in?" Will asked. "Maybe if you threatened those other three, they'd give in as well."

"I'm not stupid," Giovanni responded. "A pure-hearted trainer like the one who lives in this city won't surrender for the sake of power, nor will they give in when being threatened. That's why they and their gyms must be destroyed."

Sabrina began focusing her mind on trying to turn Giovanni into a doll again, but she could not do a thing. Giovanni simply continued telling the psychics about his plan.

"You may think we're inconsistent, and I will admit, it may look a little strange the way we're going about business," Giovanni explained. "We're taking over Johto by force first, before we kick our Kanto plan into gear. That one's different from this one, as is the one in Hoenn. I mean, while we destroy gyms in Johto, we don't have to be as forceful in Kanto. There will only be two gym leaders to deal with in Kanto- the ones in Celadon and Pewter City."

Will looked at Giovanni in confusion, but Giovanni smiled and continued his explanation.

"You think I counted wrong, masked man?" Giovanni said. "Not at all. Misty of Cerulean City has been training in Indigo Plateau, so she won't be able to do a thing while her helpless sisters give into a half-hearted invasion. Gary in Viridian City took off with his girlfriend to visit the Orange Islands. Janine… well, she's a special part of our plan. And of course, the only other gym leader in opposition to Team Rocket is already right where I want her."

Will was utterly shocked. He did not believe anything Giovanni was telling him, but he did not know how to reply to his claims. Sabrina, however, had different concerns.

"How do you know so much?" she asked Giovanni. "Even a strong psychic like me only knows a limited amount of information."

"I have spies all over the Pokémon world," Giovanni replied. "Just look at that computer, which is pumping in more and more information."

Will looked at the computer screen while Sabrina dismissed Giovanni's claim.

"There's more to it than that!" she shouted. "You have some sort of psychic power you never had before- tell me how you got it!"

Giovanni sat back in his chair and laughed hard. "I guess I couldn't hide that from you forever," he said. "Do you really want to know?"

"Tell me!" Sabrina yelled.

"Fine, then," Giovanni replied, "my executive."

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Silver led the other trainers over towards the Olivine Gym, where they could see the guards standing in front of the gym's doors.

"Send out your best Pokémon, because we fight for Olivine City!" Silver announced.

After a flurry of Poké Ball throwing, a Cubone, Weepinbell, Sneasel, Steelix, Miltank and Typhlosion stood in front of the group of trainers.

"Come on, let's go!" Gold shouted.

The Pokémon charged towards the guards, with their trainers running directly behind them. The guards saw the Pokémon coming at them at full speed, and having no escape, began waving their arms in panic.

"What's this?" Silver asked, as the Pokémon and their trainers stopped a few feet in front of the guards. "You surrender?"

"We can't fight you," one guard said. "We're out of here!"

The guards began to sprint away. Silver began to laugh.

"Boy, is that all Team Rocket has to offer?" he asked. "I thought we were in for a real battle!"

"Uh, Silver," Jasmine said, tugging on his sleeve. "We are."

Silver looked in horror as he saw two extremely large Electrodes appear in front of the gym's doors. These giant-sized Electrodes had come from Poké Balls conveniently dropped by the guards as they escaped. They now began to shine brightly as they prepared to explode.

"Run!" Joe yelled.

"But the gym's going to be destroyed!" Whitney gasped.

"We have no choice!" Giselle screamed. "Those things will kill us all!"

Jasmine thought of a plan, then built up the courage to speak up. "Everyone… call back your Pokémon and run. I'll take care of this."

"You can't!" Silver yelled. "I won't let you!"

"Just trust me," Jasmine said.

Silver nodded, and he joined the other trainers in calling back their Pokémon. They began to run away, while Jasmine directed her Steelix to wrap itself around the Electrodes. She then began to run away at the last second.

BOOM!

The trainers turned around to see the result of the explosion. They expected to see the gym torn apart, but they were shocked to see the gym in perfect shape. As a large cloud of smoke began to rise, they saw Jasmine's Steelix lying on the ground where the Electrodes had been. Jasmine came running over to her Steelix to check on it.

"Steely?" she asked. "Are you okay?"

Steelix began to wiggle to show Jasmine that it was all right. The other trainers (besides Giselle) looked at Steelix in surprise.

"I don't believe it!" Joe exclaimed. "How did that Steelix survive that explosion?"

"Well, Joe, you should know that Steel types are strong against Normal attacks, and the Electrodes' Explosion was a Normal attack," Giselle explained, with her hands on her hips.

"Those were no ordinary Electrodes," Silver said. "They were larger than usual… even a Steel-type Pokémon should have been blown apart! Why did you risk Steelix's life on it, Jasmine?"

"Steely is no ordinary Steelix," Jasmine replied softly, rubbing her Steelix's head. She knew her Steelix could absorb the explosion, which was the only reason she allowed it to take it. It remained a mystery to the other trainers how this Steelix was exactly this strong, however.

"By the way, where are those two psychics?" Whitney asked.

"Well, I'm not waiting for them," Giselle replied. "I bet your gym and Gold's are both in danger of suffering a terrible fate. We must get there before Team Rocket sets off more explosions."

"I agree," Silver said. "Let's go to Goldenrod City next."

The other trainers agreed. Giselle sent out her Pidgeot, while Jasmine sent out her Skarmory. The two birds took off for Goldenrod City.

Meanwhile, Giovanni cracked a smile in his "cell." He knew of the failure of his Olivine City agents, but he had no fear.

"Don't worry, Will and Sabrina will be joining you shortly," he said with a laugh.