Me: Not much to say here other than a suprise at the end of this chapter.
Zane: Let's watch, wont we?
Chapter 9: Troubles
A few days passed when the heroes were last seen. In fact, Ash had won his final Frontier Symbol, which had been very difficult. When the gang first founf the Battle Pyramid, Ash wound up getting possessed by the spirit of an evil king who once ruled a now long forgoten civilization long concidered a myth called Pokelantis. Ash was saved thankfully, but he felt terrible about what had happened afterward, even though the events that occured during this time wasn't truly his fault.
He eventually got over it, and trained hard to make up for what happened, and eventually challenged the Pyramid King, Brandon to a battle. He sadly lost to him, but Ash continued training. His second try resulted in a win, and Clay and his friends saw three of Ash's oldest, and most trusted friends from his early days as a trainer. This gave Clay and his friends an in depth look into the workings of a pokemon battle. May placed the top four in the Kanto Grand Festival, which was an accomplishment in itself to be honest considering the tough competition.
Clay enjoyed Ash's last Frontier battle, and was amazed to see a legendary pokemon during the battle after hearing how difficult it is to even see one let alone capture one. That Regice was pretty tough, same with the Regirock and Registeel Brandon used in the last two battles.
Professor Oak was there to watch the match, so Clay and his friends got to inroduce themselves to him. He said when they got to his lab, they could explain all that had happened recently. When they arrived at the lab, nothing could prepare the professor, Ash's mother, or the professor's assistant, Tracey for what was about to happen, and be explained.
Clay then said, "Before I do or say anything, let me just say you'll be in for a shock." Clay then used his magic wand to turn his friends back to their original forms. The professor, Tracey, and Ash's mom couldn't believe what they had just witnessed. They saw the odd assortment of creatures that made up Clay's group of friends, and nearly panicked. But seeing as they were friends of Ash's, they fought that urge with all of their willpower so they wouldn't come off rude towards the team.
That's when Ash and Clay explained the whole deal regarding the odd creatures, and how Team Rocket got involved. Much to Clay's dismay, Ash also blurted out the info of the brutal fighting tournament that Clay, Yoshi, and Pikachu were forced into. Zane looked on in intrest, and said, "A fighting tournament against people from other dimensions? Clay, you never told me that!" Clay glared at Ash, then said, "Way to go, now I have to explain that horrid event again!"
Brock then said, "You don't have to, you know." Clay sighed, then said, "True, but I have to seeing as Ash had to blurt this out..." Clay then told Professor Oak, Tracey, and Ash's mother, Delia, about his world, and then the awful Smash Bros. Tournaments, and how he, Ash's Pikachu, and Yoshi were forced to fight to the death. However, this information went in one ear and out the other with Zane. All he could hear was that Clay fought people from other dimensions who were highly skilled warriors. Clay then said, "Zane, your completely missing the point! That tournament was intended to kill all those who are forced to enter it!"
Vivian and Meriee pulled the two friends away from one another. When Professor Oak noticed Jessie, James, and Meowth, he said, "What are they doing here!?" Ash then said, "Don't worry, they decided to quit Team Rocket for good." Professor Oak of course was less trusting. Ash's mother even more so than Oak himself. Tracey wasn't sure what to think, so he said, "Care to explain?" Meowth then explained how that during one of their routine spy jobs, they overheard Clay's story about the tournaments, and the drive to steal Pikachu faded away.
Professor Oak was a bit more at ease, but still wasn't sure. Ash's mother was still hesitant to trust them after some of the horrible things she heard Ash talk about. But, she was willing to give them one chance to change her mind about them. After everything was settled, they were wondering what should be their next move. The answer to how Clay and his group came here could be anywhere, and the means for them returning home could be anywhere as well.
All that Servo, who like everyone else right now was in his true form at the lab's built in pokemon pasture, could say was, "I guess all we can do is just wander the world looking for answers." Clay then said, "Yes, but how long will that take?" Servo then said as a curious Rattata was sniffing him, "Who knows, let's just enjoy this place for now." Servo floated into the air, scaring the purple mouse away, and went back to the lab.
Clay then thought for a moment, and said to himself, "The little tinkertoy has a point, I suppose... No point in worrying about it all right now." Clay then went back to the lab with Servo to get some lunch.
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Meanwhile...
In a secluded area to the west of Viridian City, there is a huge mansion. Not many people know of it's location, but this made it all the more better to use as the secret HQ of Team Rocket. At this time, there are hundreds of Rockets swarming the area moving boxes and other things into helicoptors and trucks. One of their spies in Viridian heard from the Officer Jenny stationed there that someone had revealed the location of the main HQ outside the city. The base wasn't only the home base, but also the home of their leader, Giovanii.
The man in question was in his helicopter at the time he recieved word of the base's discovery, and he was understandibly upset. He was infuriated with the men who were in charge of the operation to apprehend two children who had discovered one of the smaller bases around Kanto. Not only that, one of the men in that operation made the stupid mistake of telling the children where the main office was. He was sure the boy and girl had ratted this information to the police, which was why they were leaving this base behind as soon as possible.
Giovanii then said to one of his commanding officers over a radio, "Tell all personell to retreat to the 'Fall-Back spot' as soon as everything is cleared up at the base. We cannot afford losing even one microchip of data to the police, let alone any of our agents." The reply on the other end was, "Yes sir Giovanii, I wont let you down."
A few hours later, Giovanii arrived at said 'Fall-Back Spot' to resume operation. As he walks into his new office, he is confronted by a mysterious man. He wore a black suit with matching pants with red trimming down the sides. His hair was also black with red highlights. Giovanii was suprised, and enraged. Somone has found out about his secret refuge, and is in his office. Before he could call in his men to deal with the stranger, the unknown man said, "Greetings, Giovanii." The man spoke in a slight Spanish accent that seemed to be dripping with venom and malice. Giovanii reeled when he heard the ominous tone of the man's voice.
The mystery man then continued by saying, "Don't be so nervous. I came to speak business with you." Giovanii was still wary of this man, but decided to hear him out. Giovanii then said, "Ok, you've got five minutes to tell me why your tresspassing on my land." The man then said, "That's all I'll need. I recently heard of how you and your men had to flee your former base. Before you ask how I know, all I'll say is that I have my sources. I happen to be a leader of an organization like yours, Giovanii. I've been intrigued by your activities these past few years, and I wish to join forces in hopes of accomplishing my objectives while helping you with yours."
Giovanii was curious to say the least. He then said, "Do continue..." The man then said, "My group has recently developed a unique way to alter DNA to increase one's power. However, it only works on pokemon rather than humans unfortunately, but this makes it all the better as we humans lack the capability to perform the tasks a pokemon can accomplish, thus meaning even if a human subject were to have his or her DNA modified, then it wouldn't be as powerful as it should due to the lack of unique abilities."
Giovanii then said, "What exactly is your point?" What he was hearing wasn't new. He once funded a project to manufacture special pokeballs that could turn whatever they caught into evil pokemon, and also increased the captured subject's strength to the max. But he cancled the project entirely when the police cracked down on illegal smuggeling of the nessesary materials when one of his subordinates was captured after supposedly capturing, and losing a Celibi.
Soon after that, a group called Cipher tried a similar approach, but their methods towards creating their 'Shadow Pokemon' was unknown. After two teenagers stopped Cipher several years ago, Giovanii's hopes of establishing an alliance with the elite crime organization fell apart. When he heard Cipher tried making a comeback, he tried again to arrange a partnership, but it again fell apart when another child fought Cipher, and succeded in destroying the group completely.
With this in mind, he said, "I don't mean any offence, but I've heard about this before. Each time, the plan goes to hell because of meddling kids..." The stranger laughed, and said, "Fear not for we have studied those past methods and found that simply 'jogging a pokemon's memory' will not work on these far superior models. It would take something ultimately more powerful to deal with what we've achieved, which is more than likely nonexistant."
Giovanii then said, "I think I'll need to see some proof. If you've got any, I'll consider joining up with you, Mr..." The man then said, "My name is Kale. Now follow me, as I have much to show you." Giovanii walked out with Kale, unbeknowingst to them, Giovanii's pet Persian witnessed the exchange. Persian ws visibly terrified by this man, as something didn't seem right with him at all.
When they went outside, the grunts walked up, expecting to be ordered to remove the intruder as they obviously don't remember this man in their ranks. Giovanii called them off as he explained the man was here to talk business. Kale escorted Giovanii to a deserted area, and took two pokeballs from his belt. He then said, "Here's a sample of my work. I hope you'll like it!"
He threw the balls out, and they released two powerful pokemon Giovanii was used to seeing in his personal collection: A Charizard and a Tyrannitar. The only difference here was that both pokemon were colored jet black, and had red streaks on their heads. They also had blood-red eyes, and there seemed to be blood caked to their teeth. Giovanii knew a Shiny Charizard looked similar to this as he had fought one a long time ago, but he knew it wasn't a normal Shiny Charizard due to the odd eye color, and the stripes on it's head. Plus, it's color scheme was identical to the Tyrannitar's, and a Shiny Tyrannitar, from what he had heard, was orange rather than this black behemoth before him. He also noticed odd-looking claws on the forearms which looked similar to a form of weapons a ninja would use. The tail on each of the two pokemon seemed to have a razor edge, making them look like a sword, or scythe.
Giovanii's eye's widened, and he said, "Wha-what are these things!?" Kale then said, "I call these beasts, DR Pokemon. Their apperance is ment to strike fear into their opponents, while their hightened powers utterly destroy them! They are also unbeatable under any circumstance! With my DR Pokemon servents working for the both of us, there is nothing we cannot accomplish!" Giovanii smirked, and said, "I'm impressed. Perhaps there is a good reason for us to join forces! With these DR Pokemon, nothing shall stand in my way! I shall also find the brats who exposed my headqurters and make sure they never see the light of day again!"
Kale smirked sadistically. He knew within a short time that a certain plumber would meet his demise, followed shortly by his older brothers.
To be continued...
Zane: (is hiding under the couch)
Me: Zane, come on I told you these guys were coming back!
Zane: It's still scary!!!!
Crow: What's he scared about!?
Me: Look at the two pokemon Kale unleashed.
Crow: (looks at the Charizard and Tyrannitar) Oh, I see. Sorry Zane.
Me: If anyone can tell what happened to these two pokemon, you win a free case of assorted cookies. Employees and their families are prohibited from entering this contest.
Servo: If not fully satisfied with this chapter, return unused portion for full refund.
Me: That was pointless, the chapter's already over!!!!! Anyway, R&R!