After winning the cascade badge the Decepticons are now on their way to Lavender town.

"Do we have to go through this cave? I don't like caves…"

"I think Starscream should go first for that reason."

"I agree with that Shockwave. He'll probably need some persuasion…" Shockwave and Soundwave must have known what Megatron was thinking; as they grabbed Starscream and dragged him to the cave.

"Wait. No!" Starscream got pushed into the cave. I don't like this…

"Go on ahead. We'll follow." Starscream glared at Megatron. I'd better not say anything. Starscream had no other choice but to walk onward into the cave.

"When should we follow him?"

"Either in a few minutes or when he lives up to his nickname."

A couple of minutes later they heard a roar from the cave and then a high pitched scream. They couldn't help giggling.

"I thought he would end up screaming first!" Skywarp seemed the most amused.

"Come on. Let's go so what he's scared of this time." Thundercracker led the way into the cave.

It didn't take long to reach the other side.

"What spooked you this time?"

"A great big grey monster! Look there!" Starscream pointed at the cave only to find a Rattata wandering out.

"I knew you were scared of small confined spaces but I didn't know you were afraid of mice too… You're such a drama queen!" Skywarp knew he had said the wrong thing when Starscream began screeching at him.

"I'M NOT A DRAMA QUEEN! AND I'M NOT SCARED OF ANYTHING!"

"Then what were you screaming at?" Skywarp knew Starscream couldn't answer that!

A little further down the road they came to a power plant. They spotted a yellow and black Pokémon looking at them angrily. Soundwave was the only one who knew what it was. An Electabuzz. I hope it's not really mad… Unfortunately for the Decepticons this Electabuzz was in a bad mood. "Electa- BUZZZZZ!" It shouted as it shot electricity at them. The Decepticons all cried out from the shock. The Electabuzz seemed content with the mischief it had caused and wandered off.

"Why do all electric types seem to like shocking me?" Megatron remembered the Pikachu incident a little too vividly. Just as all the robots recovered, metal arms shot down from the sky and grabbed the starter Pokémon from the Decepticons.

"Who dares?" Megatron sounded angry.

"Prepare for trouble!" said a feminine voice though the Decepticons couldn't tell where from.

"Make it double!" said a masculine voice.

"To protect the world from devastation!" said the girl.

"To unite all peoples within our nation!" said the boy.

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!" said the girl.

"To extend our reach to the stars above!" said the boy.

"Jessie!" A pink haired girl jumped out in front of the Decepticons.

"James!" A purple haired boy jumped down next to Jessie.

"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!" said Jessie.

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!" said James.

"Meowth! That's right!" A small cat like shape appeared in the middle.

"Give back my Charmander now!" Starscream had had enough of annoyances today; he could do without three more.

"Don't anger him; he's got a vocal problem and he sounds like fingernails down a chalkboard!" James whispered to Jessie and Meowth.

"Go Ekans!" Jessie summoned her snake like Pokémon. "Go Koffing!" James called out his Pokémon too.

"You think you stand a chance? You're outnumbered three to one." Soundwave then had an idea "Go Psyduck." Soundwave's Psyduck appeared but he didn't seem to want to battle. The others got the idea though. "Go Spearow!" Starscream's Spearow was next to join the battle. "Go Pidgey!" Thundercracker, Skywarp and Shockwave all called out their Pidgey at about the same time. "Go Kakuna!" With this Team Rocket could see they were outnumbered. "Ekans wrap up those Pidgey." Ekans went and wrapped her tail around all three Pidgey so they couldn't battle as they were too busy squirming to get out of Ekans' grip. "Kakuna use tackle!" Kakuna rushed at Ekans annoyed that the Pidgey were wrapped up. The tackle not only knocked Ekans of the Pidgey but Kakuna began to glow with a white light. Kakuna was evolving! Its shape changed and it came out of the light looking much stronger. "Beedrill!" So that's a Beedrill! It looks much stronger than… that butterfly thing that Jazz has. "Beedrill has learned a new command."

"Tell me Soundwave. What do I tell Beedrill to do?"

"Twinneedle."

"Beedrill use twinneedle!" Beedrill moved its arms forward and then fired stingers from the end. One hit from them knocked Ekans and Koffing into Jessie and James. Then Beedrill fired a second set which caused an explosion.

"No! Why do we always lose to robots?" Jessie sounded annoyed.

"It doesn't really matter right now…" James sounded concerned

"It looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" They shouted as they flew into the distance. After that the Decepticons released their starter Pokémon from the cage they had been put in and, those that could, returned them to their pokéballs. Near the cage Megatron spotted something shiny on the ground. It looked like a rock with a lightning bolt on it and it was yellowy in colour. He picked it up and showed it to Shockwave, hoping that he would know what it was.

"That's a thunder stone! Where did you find this?"

"On the ground just over there…"

"The power plant is known for having thunder stones; one of them must have flown out of the wall with the explosion!"

The Decepticons didn't realise that the Autobots had been watching the battle with Team Rocket from just inside the cave.

"Megatron has a Beedrill now!" It doesn't look as strong as my Butterfree but it looks quite strong. Jazz thought.

The Decepticons could see no reason to hover around the power plant so they headed towards Lavender Town, being followed at a discrete distance by the Autobots.

"You guys do know Lavender Town is the most haunted town in the Kanto region don't you?" Ash thought the robots might be scared. When he didn't get a reply he seemed annoyed.

AN: I know Beedrill doesn't learn twinneedle when it first evolves but for the sake of this story it does.