Chapter VIII
Rocket Power
I looked at my survellience screen. There he was: Jim.
That brat! He was looking for information on Team Rocket, and apparently training to take us on.
It had all started when I retired from Team Rocket. I heard something on the radio. It was a message from my men! "Giovanni, we need you. We have taken over the radio tower in Goldenrod. Return to us. We are falling apart without your leadership. Many high-ranking Executives are fighting over position of leader. Return to us, Giovanni! We need you!"
The message was replayed on every channel over and over. It was time to reclaim my position in Team Rocket!
* * *
"All right men, here's the plan I've been developing."
I had returned to Team Rocket one week later, after Gold had kicked us out of Goldenrod.
I had been developing a plan to take over both Kanto and Johto.
We would capture Goldenrod, the main city in Johto. But how to do that? First, we would capture a Houndour. They were the most common Dark- type Pokemon.
Next, we would capture a Goldeen, Oddish, and Voltorb. We would use the new cloning technology to build genetically-enhanced war machines. First, I would splice Dark DNA from the Houndour and DNA from my Persian into a single body, for a Dark-type Persian.
We spent a while building up the body. My scientists assured me it would only take two weeks.
After two weeks, I came through the door to the lab. "How is my Pokemon?"
The scientist looked a bit afraid as he began to speak.
"Sir, the new Pokemon has not accepted the DNA. The Persian has changed back to Normal. The evolved body could not handle DNA that it had not been born with. We may have to breed a new Pokemon, and be sure that it obtains Dark DNA..."
"My Persian has reverted to Normal?"
"Y-yes, sir..."
"Why was I not informed?"
"It happened overnight last night..."
I stormed out of the lab, outraged. How could they be so stupid? Reverted to Normal, bah! Probably totally failed the experiment!
Then, my top security officer walked up to me. He was head of making sure no one came into the headquarters beneath the Celadon game corner. Red had not made sure we had totally left after beating me and forcing me to quit Team Rocket.
"Yes, Agent Roberts?" He handed me his daily security report.
"The switch behind the poster has been destroyed, blocking all entrance other than the door in the Underground. The Underground itself has been closed, due to 'fights'. We convinced the Police we were concerned about the Kanto Pokemon Federation."
"Good. I trust the Federation has taken over the Underground?"
"Yes. Their leader is a trusted spy, making sure no one gets in."
"Thank you, Roberts, that will be all."
I cotinued to my office, Roberts taking a route to his security room.
* * *
Several weeks later, we had a baby Meowth with Dark characteristics. We trained it. It soon was ready to evolve into my specially-bred war machine. Kanto was mine!
Soon we had a strong Persian. It beat everything we threw at it, including its mother, my Persian.
The fight was extremely short. The son used a Thief, inherited from its father. That was all it took. The mother was down.
* * *
Next, we bred the three Pokemon we had caught. Oddish turned darker, and grew spikes, like a cactus. We called it Cacti.
Goldeen's lacy fins turned to normal fish-like fins. It grew a horn and lost its white colorings. It was all gold. We called that one Goldark.
Voltorb turned half black, half gray, and its color separation went diagonal instead of horizontal. Darkning was its new name ("light"ning).
We trained these, too, but not as hard. They were a little weaker, but not as much.
We also studied Dark-types well, so we could master them. We found out that a new moon powered up Darks, because there was no natural light to hinder their true energy. Their only weakness at that time would be a Sunny Day attack, to bring new light.
Next came the tests. Each one had to be tested properly. How? That's what I had to figure out.
* * *
We could test after we took over Goldenrod. One day in mid-July, we headed out. We arrived in Goldenrod. It was a lazy Sunday afternoon, so no one was out. That was good. No one to stop us this time.
I walked in to the Gym. Whitney was there, with some other Trainers. The only guy there ran off as soon as I sent out my Dark Persian. The girls all screamed. One fainted. That was all there was to it.
My men all stormed the place, but the girls all ran off. All but Whitney. We captured her. Had to get rid of all the Gym Leaders before I could take over. They would provide a resistance.
Then, we proceeded to all the other buildings, only having to take three prisoners. Everyone else ran to Ecruteak. Goldenrod was ours!
* * *
It was about a week later when I heard about Jim. Roberts came up to me and told me that a kid from White was asking around about us.
"His Pokemon could get stronger...We need to find some way of nipping him in the bud!"
* * *
The next day, I found a way. Spies in White confirmed his closest friends. Agent Roberts' son, Ryan, and a girlfriend, Jessica.
"I've got a way to stop Jim!" I told my men. "We can kidnap the girl and brainwash her! Then, she can do the testing for us. Ryan will probably join us willingly, because he feels betrayed by Jim. He would love to get to go against his 'friend' "
* * *
It didn't take much to capture Jessica. We came in through her window, grabbed her, and went back out the window.
Ryan did come willingly, wanting to get back at Jim. He thought Jessica had run away, until we told him what we did to her.
We put her in a room all by herself. We played a recording over and over to brainwash her:
"You are the daughter of Giovanni. You are a member of Team Rocket. You have no name. You no longer know anyone in White City. You have never met Jim or Ryan. Your hair was not dyed blond, but it has always been blond."
We dyed her brown hair blond so Jim wouldn't recognize her as well. But she still seemed suspicious. We told her that this would be her first mission in Team Rocket: to go and test Cacti, Goldark and Darkning.
She left, and we thought she could do it on her own.
Then I called her to ask her to report. It wasn't good. Jim had captured Goldark, and he had forced her to talk. She didn't tell me that.
She lied, telling me Jim was a potential new recruit. She didn't tell me he caught Goldark, but I figured that easily.
We tried to send out Cory, another young agent, to help her. My "daughter" and Cory had really bonded during training, but Cory had tried to betray us to the police, and we were forced to wipe her memory and kick her out.
So we had to send Ryan. He met her in Vermilion, and he realized who she was. He was able to get a good look at her, unlike Jim.
Ryan helped her to take out guards onboard the S.S. Aqua. They started scaring people offboard, with the help of Darkning. Project Thunderstorm to take out the only other route to Johto would have succeeded, if that pest and his gang hadn't stopped them.
Jim showed up with the new police chief, too, who also gave us a problem. We had released a Gastly with Mirror Spirit abilities to find some one who would interact with Jim, and who would stop him on the road to Johto. But Bryan stopped the spirit. He had special powers, which we had known, but we didn't factor them into our plans.
He stopped the spirit, and one of their annoying friends captured it. It was only a matter of time before the Gastly reemerged, stopping Jim.
Anyway, Ryan pushed Jim over into the water, but the kid with the special Pokeballs captured Darkning.
Ryan and Jessica were forced to retreat. After that, we lost contact with them for a while, until Ryan reestablished comm-link, only to tell us that Jessica had run away. We found her on my surveillance cameras, which are everywhere.
Jim had found her, and we needed to stop him from getting to her.
* * *
There was a shadow, once again, on her face, so all I could see was her blond hair, and the tears flowing down.
"I...don't...know..."
Suddenly, Ryan jumped from the roof of the building between us. "Stay away from her!"
"Why should I, you turncoat?" I yelled. She stepped in front of him, stopping me from leaping at him and tearing him to pieces...
A shaft of light fell on her face. I saw who she truly was...
Jessica!
Rocket Power
I looked at my survellience screen. There he was: Jim.
That brat! He was looking for information on Team Rocket, and apparently training to take us on.
It had all started when I retired from Team Rocket. I heard something on the radio. It was a message from my men! "Giovanni, we need you. We have taken over the radio tower in Goldenrod. Return to us. We are falling apart without your leadership. Many high-ranking Executives are fighting over position of leader. Return to us, Giovanni! We need you!"
The message was replayed on every channel over and over. It was time to reclaim my position in Team Rocket!
* * *
"All right men, here's the plan I've been developing."
I had returned to Team Rocket one week later, after Gold had kicked us out of Goldenrod.
I had been developing a plan to take over both Kanto and Johto.
We would capture Goldenrod, the main city in Johto. But how to do that? First, we would capture a Houndour. They were the most common Dark- type Pokemon.
Next, we would capture a Goldeen, Oddish, and Voltorb. We would use the new cloning technology to build genetically-enhanced war machines. First, I would splice Dark DNA from the Houndour and DNA from my Persian into a single body, for a Dark-type Persian.
We spent a while building up the body. My scientists assured me it would only take two weeks.
After two weeks, I came through the door to the lab. "How is my Pokemon?"
The scientist looked a bit afraid as he began to speak.
"Sir, the new Pokemon has not accepted the DNA. The Persian has changed back to Normal. The evolved body could not handle DNA that it had not been born with. We may have to breed a new Pokemon, and be sure that it obtains Dark DNA..."
"My Persian has reverted to Normal?"
"Y-yes, sir..."
"Why was I not informed?"
"It happened overnight last night..."
I stormed out of the lab, outraged. How could they be so stupid? Reverted to Normal, bah! Probably totally failed the experiment!
Then, my top security officer walked up to me. He was head of making sure no one came into the headquarters beneath the Celadon game corner. Red had not made sure we had totally left after beating me and forcing me to quit Team Rocket.
"Yes, Agent Roberts?" He handed me his daily security report.
"The switch behind the poster has been destroyed, blocking all entrance other than the door in the Underground. The Underground itself has been closed, due to 'fights'. We convinced the Police we were concerned about the Kanto Pokemon Federation."
"Good. I trust the Federation has taken over the Underground?"
"Yes. Their leader is a trusted spy, making sure no one gets in."
"Thank you, Roberts, that will be all."
I cotinued to my office, Roberts taking a route to his security room.
* * *
Several weeks later, we had a baby Meowth with Dark characteristics. We trained it. It soon was ready to evolve into my specially-bred war machine. Kanto was mine!
Soon we had a strong Persian. It beat everything we threw at it, including its mother, my Persian.
The fight was extremely short. The son used a Thief, inherited from its father. That was all it took. The mother was down.
* * *
Next, we bred the three Pokemon we had caught. Oddish turned darker, and grew spikes, like a cactus. We called it Cacti.
Goldeen's lacy fins turned to normal fish-like fins. It grew a horn and lost its white colorings. It was all gold. We called that one Goldark.
Voltorb turned half black, half gray, and its color separation went diagonal instead of horizontal. Darkning was its new name ("light"ning).
We trained these, too, but not as hard. They were a little weaker, but not as much.
We also studied Dark-types well, so we could master them. We found out that a new moon powered up Darks, because there was no natural light to hinder their true energy. Their only weakness at that time would be a Sunny Day attack, to bring new light.
Next came the tests. Each one had to be tested properly. How? That's what I had to figure out.
* * *
We could test after we took over Goldenrod. One day in mid-July, we headed out. We arrived in Goldenrod. It was a lazy Sunday afternoon, so no one was out. That was good. No one to stop us this time.
I walked in to the Gym. Whitney was there, with some other Trainers. The only guy there ran off as soon as I sent out my Dark Persian. The girls all screamed. One fainted. That was all there was to it.
My men all stormed the place, but the girls all ran off. All but Whitney. We captured her. Had to get rid of all the Gym Leaders before I could take over. They would provide a resistance.
Then, we proceeded to all the other buildings, only having to take three prisoners. Everyone else ran to Ecruteak. Goldenrod was ours!
* * *
It was about a week later when I heard about Jim. Roberts came up to me and told me that a kid from White was asking around about us.
"His Pokemon could get stronger...We need to find some way of nipping him in the bud!"
* * *
The next day, I found a way. Spies in White confirmed his closest friends. Agent Roberts' son, Ryan, and a girlfriend, Jessica.
"I've got a way to stop Jim!" I told my men. "We can kidnap the girl and brainwash her! Then, she can do the testing for us. Ryan will probably join us willingly, because he feels betrayed by Jim. He would love to get to go against his 'friend' "
* * *
It didn't take much to capture Jessica. We came in through her window, grabbed her, and went back out the window.
Ryan did come willingly, wanting to get back at Jim. He thought Jessica had run away, until we told him what we did to her.
We put her in a room all by herself. We played a recording over and over to brainwash her:
"You are the daughter of Giovanni. You are a member of Team Rocket. You have no name. You no longer know anyone in White City. You have never met Jim or Ryan. Your hair was not dyed blond, but it has always been blond."
We dyed her brown hair blond so Jim wouldn't recognize her as well. But she still seemed suspicious. We told her that this would be her first mission in Team Rocket: to go and test Cacti, Goldark and Darkning.
She left, and we thought she could do it on her own.
Then I called her to ask her to report. It wasn't good. Jim had captured Goldark, and he had forced her to talk. She didn't tell me that.
She lied, telling me Jim was a potential new recruit. She didn't tell me he caught Goldark, but I figured that easily.
We tried to send out Cory, another young agent, to help her. My "daughter" and Cory had really bonded during training, but Cory had tried to betray us to the police, and we were forced to wipe her memory and kick her out.
So we had to send Ryan. He met her in Vermilion, and he realized who she was. He was able to get a good look at her, unlike Jim.
Ryan helped her to take out guards onboard the S.S. Aqua. They started scaring people offboard, with the help of Darkning. Project Thunderstorm to take out the only other route to Johto would have succeeded, if that pest and his gang hadn't stopped them.
Jim showed up with the new police chief, too, who also gave us a problem. We had released a Gastly with Mirror Spirit abilities to find some one who would interact with Jim, and who would stop him on the road to Johto. But Bryan stopped the spirit. He had special powers, which we had known, but we didn't factor them into our plans.
He stopped the spirit, and one of their annoying friends captured it. It was only a matter of time before the Gastly reemerged, stopping Jim.
Anyway, Ryan pushed Jim over into the water, but the kid with the special Pokeballs captured Darkning.
Ryan and Jessica were forced to retreat. After that, we lost contact with them for a while, until Ryan reestablished comm-link, only to tell us that Jessica had run away. We found her on my surveillance cameras, which are everywhere.
Jim had found her, and we needed to stop him from getting to her.
* * *
There was a shadow, once again, on her face, so all I could see was her blond hair, and the tears flowing down.
"I...don't...know..."
Suddenly, Ryan jumped from the roof of the building between us. "Stay away from her!"
"Why should I, you turncoat?" I yelled. She stepped in front of him, stopping me from leaping at him and tearing him to pieces...
A shaft of light fell on her face. I saw who she truly was...
Jessica!
