Ah, chapter 8. Let's do this. And try to think of another way to say "Let's get this show on the road", while we're at it.
Moves, Levels, and other traits
Ralts: Level 15
Type: Psychic
Gender: Female
Nature: Adamant
Primary Moves: Growl, Confusion, Double Team
Secondary Moves: None

Combusken: Level 17
Type: Fire/Fighting
Gender: Male
Nature: Brave
Primary Moves: Scratch, Ember, Peck, Double Kick
Secondary Moves: Growl, Focus Energy

Tentacool: Level 17
Type: Water/Poison
Gender: Male
Nature: Relaxed
Primary Moves: Poison Sting, Supersonic, Constrict
Secondary Moves: None

Dialogue Key:
"Example." = Standard talking.
*Example.* = Thoughts/sound effect. (Note that I may sometimes state what a character is/was thinking, or may make sound effects part of their standard dialogue.)
-(Example)- = Telepathy. (This is going to be Ralts' way of communication.)
(Example) = A shift in perspective, time, and/or location, or a side-note.

(Dewford Pokémon Center, around midnight)

May slowly opened her eyes up. She rolled over onto her side and looked over at her Pokémon. She noticed that something was strange: two people were in their room, to the right of her bed. One had long, curling hair, and the other had short, straight hair.

She shot up out of bed. "What do you think you're doing in here?!" The figures didn't respond; instead, the male figure grabbed something out of one of the beds and ran out of the room, through a door that was mysteriously opened. Combusken was awakened by the commotion, and ran off after them. Tentacool, on the other hand, was fast asleep. May then realized what they had done: they had stolen Ralts.
"Tentacool, get up!" Tentacool opened his eyes drowsily. "Come on, we have to go! Some weird people stole Ralts and ran off with her!" Upon hearing this, Tentacool immediately got up out of bed. May then ran out of the room, through the hallway, and down the stairs, Tentacool close behind. When she arrived in the lobby, she saw Wally attempting to free a bound and gagged Nurse Joy, who was sitting in the corner of the room.

"Wally! What are you doing here?"
"Oh, hello, May… I… ugh… just got here… and… hnng… I saw some… grr… people running into of the Pokémon Center, and decided to investigate, and… there we go!" He finally managed to unbind Nurse Joy, and helped her up. "And when I came in, I saw that Nurse Joy here was tied up. I tried to untie her, but it took longer than I expected. I saw the two people, one male and the other female, running out of the Pokémon Center, followed by a Pokémon."
"The Pokémon you saw was the evolved form of my Torchic, Combusken. Anyways, are you alright?"
"Yeah, they ignored me entirely. I don't know about Nurse Joy, though…"
"I'm… *cough*… fine… but I think they stole May's Ralts…"
"Don't worry, Nurse Joy." Wally sounded very reassuring, despite his quiet voice. "We'll get May's Pokémon back, no matter what. Come on, May!" He then ran outside, with May and Tentacool following close behind.
The two figures, as well as Combusken, were running towards the shore. Suddenly, what appeared to be a large Magikarp rose from out of the ocean, and the two figures jumped on top of it. Just then, May, Tentacool, and Wally caught up to Combusken, who was still on the shore. The two figures turned to face their pursuers, and the male one, the one holding Ralts, delivered a parting speech.

"Well, it was a fun little game we had, but I'm afraid we must bid you twerps adieu." His voice had a surprisingly sophisticated tone to it, given that he was a thief. The female figure then gave her own speech to the four of them.
"I'm afraid this Ralts is now part of our property, girl. Don't worry, though. Your Pokémon will be a lovely addition to the Boss's collection! Ahahahaha!" The woman had a slightly less sophisticated voice, and she spoke with a strange sort of spunk.

Suddenly, however, an electric bolt hit the side of the "Magikarp", prompting the two thieves to leap onto the shore. A hatch opened on the "Magikarp" soon afterwards, and a small, cat-like Pokémon crawled out and jumped beside the thieves. A speedboat soon came into view, with a small, eel-like Pokémon near the bow, and a strangely dressed Officer Jenny steering the vessel. A spotlight on the boat shone on the thieves, completely revealing what their appearances. The man had light purple hair, with a white uniform bearing a red R insignia on it. The female had a similar (if more revealing) uniform, also with a red R on it. Her long, curved hair was a shade of scarlet red. Finally, their third member, the cat-like Pokémon, had cream-colored fur, brown feet, a brown tail tip, four long whiskers protruding from the sides of its face, and most uniquely, what appeared to be a gold coin on its forehead.
Officer Jenny pulled out a megaphone, and began shouting at the criminals.

"Who are you, and what do you think you're doing?"

The two thieves seemed amused by this. "Ohoho,' the woman responded, "Straight to the point, eh, Officer? Well, if you insist, we can introduce ourselves! Prepare for trouble!"
The man continued, "Make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
The cat-like Pokémon then chimed in, "Meowth, that's right!"

Officer Joy seemed a bit baffled. "Team Rocket? Wait, are you three former members of that Kanto gang? The one that was disbanded three years ago?"
The male thief, James, seemed indignant.

"Disbanded?! Perhaps the less-loyal members of Team Rocket abandoned our Boss three years ago, but we haven't! And don't think that Team Rocket's done for! Right now, our forces are building up in Johto, ready for more-"
His partner, Jessie, slapped the back of his head.

"You idiot! Don't tell them our plans! Gah… First we get chased here, then our submarine gets blasted, and now you spill the beans… I've had enough! Dustox, destroy these twerps!"
She sent out a Dustox, who went to face Wally, May, Combusken, and Tentacool.

"Ow, you didn't have to hit me… But you're right, this operation has gone pear-shaped! If we're gonna get out of here with our prize, we need to act fast! Cacnea, take that Officer out!"
He then released a small, round, cactus-like Pokémon. It had stubby, club-like arms, and its entire body was covered in spikes. On top of its head, there was what appeared to be a crown. It turned to face the speedboat.

May grimaced a bit at the sight of the Dustox, but stood her ground. "Combusken, use Ember on that Dustox!" Combusken fired a flurry of fireballs at the Dustox, but it dodged most of them. It still was a bit damaged by the ones that it couldn't dodge, however.
"May, don't think you're fighting them alone! Wurmple, go and help Combusken!" Wally released his Wurmple, which sparkled as it exited its Poké Ball. This occurrence piqued Jessie's interest.

"Ohoho, that's a unique Wurmple you have there! We're more than happy to take it off of your hands! Dustox, snatch that Wurmple!"
The Dustox then swooped down towards Wurmple. Wurmple tried to dodge the Dustox, but still ended up getting caught. The Dustox then flew back over to Jessie's side and dropped the Wurmple in Jessie's arms.
Wally cried out, "Wurmple! No!"
"Don't worry, Wally! Combusken, use Ember on the Dustox again!"
This time, the Dustox was hit by the full brunt of the fireball swarm, and it fell to the ground, fainted.
Jessie recalled Dustox, and then called over to James.

"James, I don't suppose you have an escape plan? We have two rare Pokémon on our hands, but it doesn't look like we'll be able to get them back to the Boss!"

James' fight with Officer Jenny wasn't going any better, with his Cacnea nearly defeated from the eel's repeated Acid attacks. However, it had been able to damage the boat a good deal.
"In fact, I do! Follow me!" He recalled Cacnea, and ran further down the shore. Jessie and Meowth ran after him, and May, Wally, and Officer Jenny tried to catch up to them. However, the Team Rocket members were too fast, and soon, they lost sight of them.

Suddenly, a hot-air balloon rose from out of nowhere. The main body of the balloon resembled a huge Meowth head, with a small arm on the side. Below it, a green basket was attached to it by several flimsy cords. The three Team Rocket members stood in the basket.
Jessie gave Wurmple to Meowth, and then turned to face their previous pursuers.
"Well, adios, twerpos! We're off to Kanto, to give these Pokémon to our Boss! Thank you for providing these Pokémon to us! Ahahahaha!"

Just then, Ralts began to speak telepathically.
-(Huh? W-wait, what's going on here?! May, where are you?!)-
James flinched. "Quiet, brat! You're Team Rocket's property now!"
-(What?! No I'm not! Let me go!)-
"Yes you are! Now stop whining!"
-(How'd I get up here?! May, help me already!)-
May, hearing that Ralts was talking, called out to her.
"Ralts! I'm down here! I have a plan, but I think it might hurt you some!"
-(JUST GET ME OFF THIS BALLOON!)-
"Alright, then! Combusken, use Ember on the balloon! Tentacool, attack it with Poison Sting!"
Combusken fired off another torrent of fireballs, and Tentacool fired off a barrage of poison darts. Both flurries were aimed at the large Meowth balloon.

Jessie shrieked. "Meowth, get us out of here! Those attacks are headed straight for us!"
"I'm trying my best, but dis Wurmple keeps on strugglin'! It's makin' it hard to steer this thing!"
James cried out, "They're about to hit the balloon!"
-(Wait, May! I didn't know you were going to do this!)-

The fireballs and stingers then punctured the side of the balloon. It began to deflate and fly around erratically. Soon, it started flying towards the shoreline.

"MEOWTH! I TOLD YOU TO STEER IT AWAY FROM THE ATTACKS!"
"I CAN'T WORK WHILE I'M HOLDING A STRUGGLING WURMPLE IN MY ARMS!"
"OUR PLANS! ALL RUINED! CRUSHED! DESTROYED!"
-(MAY! HEELP MEE! AAAAAAAH!)-

The balloon soon hit the shoreline, fully deflated. The envelope covered the basket, as well as the balloon's passengers. They soon began struggling under the heavy envelope.
Officer Jenny then jumped off of her speedboat and ran over to the wreckage.
"Team Rocket, you're under arrest! Get out from under there!"
Jessie's voice came out from under the envelope.
"Fat chance, Officer Moron! James, Meowth, get the Pokémon and scram!"
"It's hard to see under this stupid thing… Aha! Jessie! Meowth! I found the Ralts!"
"Good work, James! Get her, now!"
-(GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU FREAKS!)-
Three figures under the deflated balloon then began rushing towards a fourth figure. Suddenly, a tumultuous scuffle started under the canvas. After a few seconds, Ralts came crawling out from under the balloon, followed by Wally's Wurmple. May then ran up to pick up Ralts, and Wally did the same with his Wurmple.
"Ralts, thank goodness you're alright! I should have been more careful…"
-(It's fine, I didn't expect them to capture me either. That said, I don't want to deal with any more balloons any time soon…)-
"You don't have to, Ralts, don't worry…"
Suddenly, May decided to hug Ralts tightly to her chest.
-(I NEVER GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO DO THIS! STOP!)-
Despite her struggling, Ralts was unable to break out of May's hug. After a few seconds, though, May broke off her embrace.
"Sorry, but I was just so worried…"
-(Just… don't do that… again…)-
May laughed a little. "Come on, Ralts. Let's go back to the Pokémon Center."
She then began walking towards the Dewford Pokémon Center, with Ralts in her arms and Combusken and Tentacool following her.
Back at the wreckage, Officer Jenny shifted the envelope off of Team Rocket. She found them all severely beaten up and bruised. She picked up Meowth in one arm and grabbed Jessie by her hair. She directed her eel Pokémon to drag James, and then started off towards the Dewford Police Station. While she was walking, she overheard the Team Rocket members talking.
"Looks like our plan didn't go so well, James…"
"I didn't expect so many complications there…"
"Well, you know da drill, guys…"
"Team Rocket's blasting off again…"

Author's Note: Short chapter this time, but I plan on having the Dewford Gym battle in the next chapter. So, stay tuned! Or don't. Anyways, feel free to review if there's anything you liked or didn't like about the chapter.