Chapter 9

"Pidgeot!" Gary could hardly believe his eyes; a stream of almost blinding white light appeared in front of him, catching Misty just before she hit the ground. He breathed a sigh of relief as the magnificent Pidgeot circled the sky above, with a weakened Misty collapsed onto his back.

For a moment, Frasier to looked shocked at this birds sudden appearance, but that quickly passed as he clicked his fingers and his Electivire stepped forward. His hands and his two long tails attached to his bulky head began to spark with powerful jolts of electricity. All of which appeared to focus into one ball of energy between his hands. "Fire." Frasier said calmly, with no remorse or doubt. And with one single movement, Electivire unleashed his powerful thunder attack straight at Pidgeot, who was still within range.

Gary looked on in anger, wishing that Pidgeot could fly that little bit faster, for right now if he did anything he knew that the rest of the Team Rocket grunts would surely strike him down. Angrily, he turned his gaze towards Frasier, but spotted something peculiar. Tucked away in his belt were 4 pokeballs, each with a familiar symbol. The Cascade Badge, a gentle blue water drop against the white of the pokeball. He stole some of her Pokemon! Suddenly, just as the electric attack was about to strike, the ground shook violently, as if a powerful earthquake had just been unleashed upon them. Electivire fell to the ground, completely changing the direction of his attack to up into the sky. Gary dropped to his knees, grabbing a hold of his Umbreon whilst his Staraptor flew into the air, only to be knocked down again by a fierce air slash attack from Skarmory.

Gary only heard the sound of the crash, but it was enough to understand the fierceness of that Pokemon. Gary quickly returned his friend into his Pokeball, there was no more he could do for him after an attack of such power. As Gary looked up, he saw something which struck fear into his eyes, Skarmory charging for a powerful hyper beam attack. I can't believe it... they succeeded! Gary thought himself, his legs paralyzed because of the vicious earthquake trembling beneath his feet.

"I am sorry Gary," Frasier bragged as he unsteadily rose back from his feet. "Although your dear friend got away, she will be found, and you will be unable to protect her anymore. Not that you did very well in the first place. Now Skarmory, do your worst, courtesy of your very own research Gary, so thank you."

Gary's face cringed with anger, his heart pounded, sweat dripped rapidly from his brow. There was nothing left, any Pokemon he called out would be hit, and Umbreon was too weak to use any move, even protect. He had tried to stop them, and he had failed. He closed his eyes and bowed his head, finally accepting defeat. Skarmory finally unleashed that incredible amount of stored energy. The earthquake which was occurring was made far worse by this single attack, the thunderous noise, the smoke, the flying debris. Team Rocket ducked in fear for their own lives, but not Frasier, as the dust stormed by him, he stood strong and steady, with his arms crossed and his mouth grinning widely. "It's finally over." He muttered smugly to himself.

Eventually the smoke cleared, and Frasier's face was no longer smiling. There was a gigantic crater in the ground, which did not surprise him. What did was the lack of a body. Cautiously he scanned the field; all of his men had cowered shamefully and would not have seen if he had run, and as there was no body in sight. He must have slipped his grasp once again. "You cowards, you fools!" He shouted, filled with rage, "Your cowardly actions let him get away you morons, find him, find him now, and when you do don't you dare kill him that responsibility is mine and mine alone!"

To be continued...

Note to readers

Right sorry for how long this chapter took, but to be honest I had quite a few ways in which I thought that this could do and I ended up rewriting it so many times I ended up hating it. In the end I decided to go for something a bit simpler but it meant cutting down the length a bit, sorry and hopefully there will be a new chapter soon! Thanks for reading, please tell me what you think.