Authors Notes:Sorry I was a little slow in getting this up. I got caught up playing Pokemon White (I beat it), and then my dad had a mental breakdown (again). Then spring break came and all I had was my mom old and very slow computer. So I didn't have a chance to write at all.

For those who are faithful readers. Thanks for the support. I hope you keep reading, and review if you see a problem, instead of stop reading.

The Intro:

At the dawn of the Rocket conquest of Pallet. A small group led by Joseph Ketchum began a rescue mission in order to get the refugees to safety. After managing to find his mother and younger brother. He bravely drove the oncoming grunts away from the fleeing townspeople, only to be overrun by the Rocket Leader. After being joined by Dillon and Leah, they barely managed to overcome the strength of his small mutation team. They now hold the leader in hopes of forcing surrender.

Chapter 7: The Seize on Pallet: The Battle Ends

He stepped back in shock and almost dropped the gun. It took all of his self-control to prevent himself from dropping the precious weapon. This man who was trying to kill him, kill his family, kill Dillon, and kill Leah! He looked at his old friend eyes and realized that he recognized nothing in them. He saw bitterness, greed, hatred. It saddened him to realize that his friend was gone, and was not coming back.

"Why" Was all he managed to choke out. The gun was still raised and pointed at his head.

"Why do you think? Do you think I want to die with these weaklings, that I would be content to be around such filth. That I had to put up an act just to fit in. The Rockets offered me freedom, live, and for the first time my own identity."

"But to kill off your own friends and family."

"THEY ARE NOTHING TO ME!" He yelled. "They never understood me and never tried, I was sick of having to conform to their ways. My father, team rocket, has set me free."

"So you being dragged away was just a ploy for you to join Team Rocket."

"Oh poor poor Joseph. Always having to play the hero. Always feeling guilty for what happens to everyone else. You should worry about yourself for once." He said smirking. Joseph froze as several guns click. He spun around to see multiple grunts pointing their guns at him. Dillon and Leah were on the ground grunts with their weapons trained on them. From what he could tell, the remaining grunts were there to back up their leader. "Stand down Joseph, before they die."

He quickly thought through everything he knew about Tyler. His eyes lit up as he came unto a solution for this. Faster than humanly possible he had Tyler up and in a headlock with the barrel of his gun buried in his check.

"If any of you move he dies." He called out. Several of the grunts laughed but a few paled. They quickly dropped their weapons. "Drop your weapons; your boss would not be happy if you did not come back with his son. It might even be safer to surrender to the police. Release my friends and drop your weapons or he dies."

The grunts that originally moved quickly grabbed the pair and flung them towards him. That was one thing he loved about grunts. They were so single minded. You tell them something and they believe it. More mental activity than that hurts their brains.

"Now back up now." He shouted

"Don't listen to him you idiots, shoot him now." Tyler yelled struggling to break free. Joseph's superior strength won out as it always did.

"Quiet you" He said briefly tightening his grip. "Unless you want to die you will keep your mouth shut."

He gradually started to walk backwards. "If I hear any tanks or see any balloons or helicopters than he is dead." He shouted at the confused grunts. They paled even more and this time back away from their guns.

"Get them" A feminine voice yelled. He looked to see Officer Jenny and what remained of the Police force charge towards the grunts. Many of the men were also among them. The grunts, weaponless, and Pokemon less could do nothing to defend themselves. They had been used to having strength in numbers and weaponry. Now that they had lost both they were lost. The army of grunts was quickly disabled and each stripped off all Pokeballs, weapons, and electronics.

"Anything else to say Tyler?"

"Just this one" He said with a sneer. "Fire!" One last shell flew into the courtyard landing near the pin where the grunts were being held. The blast quickly consumed the majority of them with the rest heavily injured. Everyone in the courtyard was knocked off their feet as the resulting shockwave rocked the street. It made Joseph released his grip for one second which was all Tyler needed. Joseph released a cry of pain as a severe burn ripped across his side as he was flung to the ground. Tyler sprinted off pulling out another Pokeball from his belt. "Go Fearow."

"No" Joseph yelled as he dove for the gun which was ripped from his hands by the blast. Before Tyler could even mount his Pokemon bullets were ripping through the air at him. One managed to pierce his arm and he cried out in pain. Showing insane speed the Fearow dove into the sky with its injured master in tow.

Joseph was left behind on the ground glaring at the fleeing boy. He trusted him. He had befriended him. Tried to help him out at any chance he could and it all meant nothing to him. He just threw it away without a thought. The memories he had of his old friend now sent his mind into turmoil as they warred with the memory of the boy he just met.

"If this is the real you Tyler" He said softly. Only Leah was close enough to hear him. "Then good riddance."

"Ri Ri" A small voice said beside him. He turned to see his trusty Pokemon leap unto his shoulder. 'Relax. We won, the villains gone, the bad guys have been defeated. Time to party.' He just shook his head at his Pokemon. The two of them were alike in many ways. As much as he would love to party he knew now was not the time. This was the worst attack they had received from the Rockets and their previous attacks had severely diminished their supplies. This will not be easy to recover from. Now with the reveal of the traitor and how they could be here for another wave in just a matter of hours. This was no time to party.

Dillon's thoughts focused on other things beside what Joseph's laid on. He had seen devastated like this back in Pewter and knew how hard it would be to rebuild. Many would be homeless, and cold tonight, but they would live. The main thing that concerned him was the box he saw. Very rarely was an evil that powerful felt. He had seen much in his short life and he knew enough to know that was no ordinary being. He just prayed that Team Rocket never had the chance to fully use that power. It could mean the end of them all.

All three had plenty to think about as the battle ended. The surviving grunts were led away by the officers. The men with useable Pokémon went about gathering the remaining Rocket Pokémon, without their masters, they were much easier to control. Other began to clean up the main roads so they could get through town easier. The Pokémon center was in havoc as they rushed to get everything back online. Only the worst off Pokémon was allowed in for the moment. Unfortunately that included Onix and Graveler who were now in critical care. Both the hospital and the Pokémon center were jammed packed as patient came rushing in.

After seeing Joseph being what she believed to be almost killed, Mrs. Ketchum continually hovered over her oldest. It severely hurt his efforts to help with the cleanup when she started to harp every few seconds about how he should be resting. That finally ended when Riolu made an appearance in which she demanded an explanation. Leah also choose a bad time to come up with Manaphy in her arms. She than literally grabbed Dillon and dragged the three of them home. They then had to explain how they had been sneaking out over the past few months, their hideout, what happened when Joseph and Leah disappeared. At some point or another the professor had joined them and was now asking questions about the cave, his scientific side taking over. This only served to further fuel Mrs. Ketchum's rage. It was with great relief when it came time for dinner and she finally stop her tirade. They avoid the house as much as possible over the next few days.

Of course if she could see what Joseph and Leah were doing now, they would be in for the lecture of the life time. The Professor had decided to go on the offensive. He and his aide were busy drawing up battle plans and secretly drawing up volunteers. Naturally, the trio signed up immediately and with their performance during the battle, they were quickly accepted.

They now planned to send a small force to begin taking back Kanto. With the Rockets in control of every town expect Pallet, Lavender, and Cinnabar Island, it was going to be tough. Not to mention they had control of the majority of the Routes. Oak's plan includes going through the region and driving out the Rockets while recruiting anyone willing to fight. He also wanted to get help from the minor cities and other settlements.

The Professor was obviously going through a bad time and just showed his strength that he was still able to work through tough times. His last son Samuel was killed during the battle. That now left Gary and Daisy as orphans as both of their parents are gone. Those left and able were now on regular patrols through the forest. Joseph had already signed up against his mother's wishes. Pallet was slowly recovering.

A week after the battle found Joseph and Leah running through the forest as they were before this all started. Dillon was ahead of them and a small team was behind them. The professor seemed highly alarmed when Dillon informed him of the Rocket's dealings at the temple and had immediately ordered that a crew be sent to discover what the Rockets are up to now. Mrs. Ketchum fought against the children coming but was overruled. The trio was invaluable since they had explored most of the ruins before the battle.

"It was about here" Joseph said as he walked through a patch of trees. Before him he saw the crater they had fallen through several days before.

"Okay men, I want the ropes tied up securely and I want someone staying up here." An aide shouted. His orders were quickly followed and before long the group was down in the cave. The first thing noticeable was the dead body of the Aggron. Apparently it was important enough for them to be chased, but not for him to be moved. The photo team was quickly setting up shop as another sent out a team of zubat to gain a map of the cave.

"Where were you when you fell behind that wall?" The aide asked.

"I honestly have no idea." Joseph replied honestly. "We were just trying to get away."

"We'll have to start searching then."

"Hey Joseph come here." Dillon shouted. He was looking at the cave drawings. "Look this is written in Unknown."

"You can read it!" An aide said excited.

"Sure, they had a lot of fossils over at the museum with these writings. I used to help out occasionally."

"What does it say?"

Dillon rolled his eyes at the man enthusiasm, but followed his order none the less. "It was a hard time for the human race. We were struggling to survive against all odds. Unfortunately, the odds do not seem to be in our favor. Dangerous beasts haunt the land above tearing apart our warriors as they try to drive them off. They use incredible powers that no human can evenly match. It will not be long before the dark master's forces have overrun us. I leave these writings so that our legacy may live on."

"So this wasn't a tomb, it was their homes." Joseph said looking at the cave again. "And since it is full of Pokémon, they must have been overrun."

"But who is the dark master?" The aide said.

"There is some more over here." Dillon called. The group rushed over, already forgetting their earlier jobs. "A hero has finally arose that can control the dangerous beast. He is able to fight back against the dark master with a beast that has super strength and can sense the life force of all living things. His partner can also control her own creature. A creature of the water with the power of the psychics. It seems like we may be proved wrong and there might still be hope."

"With the help of these heroes, we have learned to control the monsters. Some of the turn out to be quite friendly as they willing help us. Perhaps our early views were wrong and they were just feeling threatens. Whatever the reasons with their help the human race may indeed live on."

"Thanks to our companions in this world. We have built a powerful fortress in the world above. This magnificent struggle stands as a sign of our rebellion. Several other tribes have already begun to fight back as well. Hopefully we will be able to defeat the dark master."

"Victory, we finally managed to push back the dark masters forces, we plan to launch our final attack on his temple. The problem is it's on a faraway island. Soon we will be free of him."

"It is a hollow sweet victory. We managed to defeat the dark master's forces, but he turned out to be more powerful than we could handle. Our two heroes managed to lock him away but at the price of their own lives."

"The two heroes left us two orbs that can only be opened by those chosen. We placed them in our scared place until the day the chosen ones come forth."

"So there was a war, they won, but their champions were defeated." The aide said.

"There's more to it than that." Joseph said "It seems like the beginning of the human's associating with Pokémon. How they learned to work with them."

"What I want to know is who this dark master is."

"And where did they seal him."

Dillon's face suddenly paled as he a pretty good idea what was in that box. He prayed that the rockets would never figure out how to open it up. There was no telling what they could do if they had that sort of power. Surviving would be the least of their trouble. He looked up to see Joseph looking questionably at him. His friend may be crazy, but he was smart. He knew both his friends had made the same connection he had.

The rest of the caves told them nothing else; they found several chambers but were unable to open them. After a few hours of nothing but rampaging Pokémon the group finally decided to go through the hideout to get to the vault. That is where they found themselves a few hours later. Dillon was once again called to translate the writing on the wall.

"When those chosen shall come, they can lift these sacred orbs. The owners of the sacred relics, Lord Damain's mighty blade and Lady Ginevra's tranquil pendant. The orbs shall come to them. With the orbs, the power to protect the world from the growing evil is at hand."

"Lord Damain's sacred orb, the orb of fighting and power." Dillon read off the first podium. Joseph identified it as where he found Riolu. The said Pokémon was looking around in wonder.

"Lady Ginevra's sacred orb, the orb of wisdom and protection." Dillon read off the podium which had contained Manaphy.

"So what does that all mean?" The aide asked.

"No idea" Joseph said "Same answer as anything else that has to do with this cave.

"I think it is best to keep this knowledge to ourselves until something comes of it if anything." Another aide said.

"That would be best." Dillon agreed think of what might happen. The Rockets were highly suspicious and even a small rumor could drive them to action.

Not much else was done in the vault. Photographers filmed every inch of the room and the outlaying cave before they finally headed for the surface. From there they made their way through the path the rockets made to the ruined temple.

The temple above did not give information unlike its counterparts below. Most writings were too crumbled to read or incomplete. The aides did a full scan of the room with the box. Even after a week and a half of it being empty the dark feeling of evil still loomed strong as though it were still there. The eerie darkness filled the group with dread and they quickly moved on once the pictures were taken.

It was a week after the exploration of the ruins that found the trio secretly preparing to leave. While they had informed Mrs. Ketchum, she had downright refused saying she couldn't let anything happen to her 'babies'. Nothing they said made a dent in her harps and even when the Professor downright told her they were allowed to go under his authority she still fought. They had to finish packing after she had once again unpacked them.

"So you are still going." She asked as they prepared to leave."

"Yes, mom." Joseph said moving closer. "If there is a chance to help people we have to take it."

"I suppose I shouldn't have expected anything different." She said "You are your father's son. He never would have been content to stay here when the world was in danger. Just promise me that you will be careful."

"I promise mum." Joseph said finally hugging his mother. She hugged the other two children before they set off to the Professor's lab to join up with the rest of the forces.

Authors Notes: What did you think, review and tell me.