Villains Attack
Chapter 8
Once Tangela was ready to go. Alicia and Derek went to the police station to report what Team Rocket had done to them. The bell on the door chimed as they walked inside and a woman's voice came from behind a door yelling, "Just a minute, I'll be right there."
Derek walked around the desk and started looking at the computer.
"What are you doing?" Alicia snapped at him. "You're gonna get us in trouble."
"One second!" He snapped back.
She let out a sigh and sat on a bench by the door, hoping that if he got in trouble that she would just say she didn't know him and avoid any trouble. But, he soon got off the computer and hurried to sit next to Alicia.
She started scolding him, "What did you do? You can't tamper with…."
"Shhh…!" He said as looked at her and put his fingers to her lips.
A female officer came into the room and the two stood up to greet her at the counter the computer was on. Alicia was still nervous that the woman would notice something different on the computer as the officer looked at the computer and clicked on some things.
But, Alicia's fears were diffused as the officer introduced herself, "I'm Officer Jenny, what can I do for you." The woman had blue hair, a first that Alicia had seen, but she wasn't about to mention it.
"We have a crime to report" Derek spoke up. "Alicia and I were victims of robbery and attempted robbery by a group of people calling themselves Team Rocket!"
The officer actually glared at them when they said this and yelled, "Get out, I'm not going to deal with these stupid pranks anymore!"
"What?! This isn't a prank, I had my Pokémon stolen from me!" Derek yelled and he leaned over the counter toward the officer.
"We really got robbed, and I have another friend I can bring who also had a run in with Team Rocket." Alicia said calmly, hoping to diffuse the situation that had escalated so quickly.
"Get out! Now!" The officer screamed at him.
Derek wasn't backing down and Alicia pulled at his arm, "Come on, let's go."
The officer stepped around the counter, gave Alicia a piece of paper and whispered "Give this to your friend once he calms down." Alicia looked down to see what looked like a blank ticket.
"But, you didn't wri…" Alicia started to say, but was cut off by more yelling by the officer for them to get out.
Finally, the two were out the door and Derek walked a few feet away, took off his top hat and slammed it against his knee in frustration. Alicia noticed his several inch long brown hair toss as he bent over and yelled again. She hadn't seen it before and the awkwardness of the person she met before seemed to diffuse as she realized that he was just a person hurt because of the robbery of his Pokémon.
Alicia walked toward him and put a hand on his back, "We'll get them back."
"What?" Derek said as he stood upright.
"We can get your Pokémon back, we are just going to have to do the detective work ourselves." Alicia replied. She looked again at the blank ticket that the officer had given her and noticed that pen was bleeding through the paper from the other side. It read,
Too dangerous to
talk here, meet me
behind the Pokémon
Center at midnight.
She shoved the note into her pocket, not really wanting to share its contents with the emotionally distraught Derek.
Derek was breathing deeply and seemed to have calmed down, "Do you have a place to stay tonight?" He asked
"What?"
"A place to stay, its already getting pretty late and I assume you're not going to head off to the next city tonight."
"Well, my friend was off fighting the gym leader. I guess we hadn't gotten that far in our planning."
"Ok, whats his name?" Derek cautiously asked with an emphasis on 'his'C.
"HER name, is Misa." Alicia replied with a smile.
"I'd love to meet her and if you two want I have a friend that I'm staying with tonight and I could ask him about letting you two crash in the guest room for the night."
"Thank you that would be nice." Alicia said, she looked down to hide her smile that she couldn't seem to be able to stop from spreading across her face. They exchanged phone numbers and then Alicia walked off toward the gym with a smile still on her face.
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Misa's battle intensified as Gyrados resolved to more physical attacks rather than the beam. The giant snake bit at Wartortle, trying to crush its shell between its teeth. But, Wartortle was quicker than the flying serpent and slammed its hard shell against the Gyrados time and time again.
"This can't be happening." Brock said as the battle seemed to turn in Misa's favor and he reached down to his belt and threw out another Pokéball, but he did not recall the Gyrados to its Pokéball.
"What are you doing?!" Misa yelled.
"I'm not losing!" Brock yelled back through his clenched teeth. His fists tightened and sweat was dripping from his head.
A Geodude appeared from the Pokéball and grabbed a nearby boulder and chucked it toward the unsuspecting Wartortle.
"Wartortle, watch out!" Misa called to her Pokémon. But, the boulder collided hard with Wartortle and the Pokémon dove to the ground. This time, he didn't get back up.
Misa couldn't believe what the gym leader had done, but quickly withdrew her Pokémon back to its Pokéball to prevent it from getting hurt even more. She reached down to her final Pokémon, but stared down in defeat with the knowledge that she wouldn't be able to defeat his Geodude and his Gyrados with her one Geodude who she was still getting used to.
But, she wouldn't give up and gave her little rock Pokémon a chance. "Good luck, Geodude!" She yelled as she threw the Pokéball in front of her.
"You know, you could just give up and let my imminent victory happen. You may not believe it, but I don't want to destroy your Pokémon. It's two against one, call back your Geodude and this doesn't have to happen." Brock said, finally with a smirk on his face. He was going to emerge victorious and both the trainers knew it.
"I can't give up. I started this to help Pokémon gain their true potential and to help people grow stronger bonds with the creatures that inhabit our world. I'm not going to quit and I'm not going to back down. No matter the odds!" Misa's nervous tick of twisting her hair with her finger was back and in full force.
"Well said." A female's voice from behind Misa chimed in.
"Alicia" Misa excitedly said.
"You're a dirty trainer to be pulling out two Pokémon against a trainer with only one!" Alicia yelled to Brock.
"And what are you going to do about it?!" Brock yelled confidently.
"Pull the same trick you pulled." Alicia pulled out each Pokéball from off her belt and threw out all three.
Pidgey, Scyther and Bulbasaur each emerged and walked over to stand by Geodude. Brock's eyebrows narrowed and he called out, "It's time!" As he said this, two trainers from behind him emerged from the shadows. Each with a red R on their black team rocket uniform. They threw out their Pokéballs as well, and the battle began.
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Derek wanted to know what Alicia had in mind when she had said that they would get his Pokémon back. For that purpose he had forgotten to give her his buddies address.
He thought, 'Yeah, I could call her, but then I wouldn't see her again for a while. And I want to see her, not just to see her because that would be weird….. Anyways, I want to know what she might have in mind.' As he got closer to the gym his thought pattern changed a little. 'What if I come on too strong, I don't want to scare her…. No I'm just doing this to give her the address is all.' Exasperated he yelled "Shut up!" to silence the argument in his head and peeked into the gym to see if she was there.
When he saw the three trainers, including Team Rocket, taking on Misa and Alicia he had an idea pop in his head and he quickly stepped back out into the setting dusk.
