The Outcasts
By: SilverstartheWaterbender
Silverstar: I'm baaaaaaack! And I bring a gift – Chapter 10!
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Disclaimer: The only thing I own is my OC.
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Chapter 10: Meet the Boss
"Whew," Meowth sighed. "I made it." "We made it," Meowth (2) corrected. Lazula stepped off of Blastoise's back and onto the shore. Mareep followed her, saying, "I don't see Team Rocket. Where are they?" Lazula opened her mouth to answer but was interrupted by the whirring of a helicopter. She smiled at Mareep. "Survey says: there." "Oh, yeah." "Stand tough, everyone!" Pikachu shouted, jumping to the front of the frightened mob of Pokemon. Suddenly, a door in the bottom of the helicopter opened and a large, gun-like machine popped out. The front of the machine began glowing red. Pikachu gulped. "Ummm, okay…..new plan: SCATTER!" The Pokemon didn't need to be told twice. The machine fired a huge, red ball of energy, hitting Wigglytuff, Ninetales and Hitmonlee. Lazula raced over to them. "Are you okay?" "I…..can't….move," Hitmonlee said weakly. Lazula looked back at the machine. "It's a paralyzer gun!" she realized. (1)
One by one, all the Pokemon except for Mareep and Meowth were hit by the gun. To Lazula's horror, a bunch of the blimps dropped a ton of Pokeballs, capturing most of the clones. One started heading straight for Pikachu. "Mareep, use Thundershock!" Lazula shouted. Mareep nodded and zapped the Pokeball, forcing it away from Pikachu. "Good job!" Lazula praised. Suddenly, she got an idea. "Now, let's use Thundershock on Pikachu!" Mareep obeyed. Pikachu suddenly felt strength return to his body. "It worked!" Lazula shouted. Pikachu grinned. "Thanks, you two!" Meowth and Meowth (2) suddenly ran up to them. Meowth (2) had claw marks all over his face. Without a word, the five of them started running. The paralyzer gun started firing again. Lazula had her work cut out for her dodging each one. Finally, the gun had them cornered. It started to charge up, and Lazula realized that she had no idea what it could do to a human. The gun fired, and Lazula closed her eyes.
She heard Mareep gasp beside her. She opened her eyes just in time to see a second ball of energy – a Shadow Ball attack – collide into the first. Both of them exploded. Lazula looked up and saw Mewtwo floating above the lakeshore, forming a second Shadow Ball in one hand. "He saved us," whispered Mareep. Lazula nodded weakly. Mewtwo fired the Shadow Ball at the helicopter, which it dodged impressively. Mewtwo's hand started glowing blue, and Lazula guessed he was using his Psychic attack. The Pokeballs suddenly flew up into the air and released the clones.
Suddenly, a door on top of the helicopter opened and a platform was raised. Two people and a Persian were standing on it. Lazula recognized the first person as Domino. When she saw the second person, she gasped. "What's up?" Mareep asked. "That's Team Rocket's leader, Giovanni!" Meowth stared at her. "How did you know that?" he asked. "A couple weeks ago, I read in the paper that Team Rocket almost took over Silph co. in Saffron City. They gave his description." (2) "I didn't know that!" Meowth whined. Lazula looked back at Giovanni. Yes, that had to be him. He had brown hair and soulless black eyes. His face looked like it had been chiseled out of stone. He wore an orange suit, and his hand was stroking the Persian. Mewtwo's scowl deepened. "You!" he hissed telepathically. Giovanni smirked. "It's been quite a while," he drawled. "You look well." Lazula remembered Blastoise's words; Mewtwo's creation had been ordered by this vile man. "Leave this place at once!" Mewtwo ordered. "I warn you, my strength is far greater than when we first met." "Your increased strength comes as no surprise." Giovanni answered. "Fortunately, my technicians have predicted it and created new technology to deal with it."
Lazula watched as two machines suddenly flew out of nowhere – red and blue – and surrounded Mewtwo. "What are those things?" Meowth (2) asked. "Probably nothing good." Mareep answered. The two machines suddenly started glowing with electricity. The tendrils of lightning at each machine connected, sending a powerful ripple threw the air. Caught off guard, Mewtwo feel to the ground, grunting in pain. Lazula gasped. "That's gotta hurt," Mareep said, wincing. Giovanni chuckled softly. "Well, it seems my new equipment is worth the considerable investment," he said. Mewtwo used his psychic powers to hoist himself back up. "Youshould fear my powers most of all. You cannot conquer me!" "Your psychic powers may bend the will of living creatures," Giovanni shot back, "but they can not influence machines." Mewtwo looked at the machines, which were once again circling him. "We will see about that," Lazula heard him mutter. "Activate the force field!" Giovanni ordered, and Domino pressed a few buttons on a control panel. The machines started sparking again, and huge rocks surrounded Mewtwo. Mewtwo's hands started glowing, and he pushed the machines into two big rocks. "ALL RIGHT!" Lazula shouted, and Giovanni's eyes locked with hers. She immediately covered her mouth, muttering, "Shit, that was dumb." "Well," Giovanni said. "I thought you hated humans." "I do." Mewtwo said softly. "Then perhaps you can tell me why–" "Whoa there, pal," Lazula interrupted. "I came here by accident, okay? A storm blew me in, and for the record, I have absolutely no idea what's going on here." Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Mewtwo give the smallest of nods and flicked his tail toward her. "Nice recovery," Mareep whispered.
Giovanni stared at her for a moment longer before turning back to Mewtwo. "Well done," he said snootily. "You've demonstrated that technology has its limitations. An important lesson to keep in mind." He smirked. "But then again, so do living creatures." "That doesn't sound good," Pikachu said worriedly. "Do not test the limits of my power!" Mewtwo threatened. "It appears that would be futile. So," Giovanni pointed to the island, "We'll take our battle to that island." The clones howled in protest, and Lazula noticed that several blimps were already heading there. After saying something to her leader, Domino activated a jetpack and zoomed toward the island. "So," Giovanni said, sneering, "I understand that some Pokemon friends of yours are over on that island. Now we'll see how powerful your loyalties are!" "You are despicable." Mewtwo murmured. "You took the words right out of my mouth." Lazula muttered.
Sora raced down a second flight of stairs, the others behind him. Suddenly, a whizzing noise filled the air, and Sora's arms were tightly pressed against his sides. "What the hell?" he muttered. Looking down, he saw that his arms had been bound in a sort of metal ring. More whizzing and the others were tied up. Sora looked at the bottom of the stairs and saw Domino along with a few other members of Team Rocket. "Unfortunately your being here is very inconvenient for us. We can't let anyone stop us from reaching our objective. We can't let you leave until our operations are complete." "You'd better," Sora growled, but he allowed himself to be led back towards the spring.
Once there, Domino spied the babies, who started to run away. She picked up one of the smaller Nidoqueen, saying, "Aren't they simply adorable?" "Those Pokemon are just babies!" Luna shouted. "Leave them alone!" Domino opened her mouth, but Nidoqueen and Rhyhorn leapt off the rock, growling in anger. Domino smirked and tossed out two more rings. Apparently, these were electric. They zapped the two Pokemon, who shrieked and fainted. "Stop it, Domino!" Sora heard Ash shout. Domino smirked. "I know Trainers catch their Pokemon with Pokeballs, but I prefer our method." She turned to the rest of her group. "Make certain not a single one of them escapes." After they left, she continued her speech. "Once these Pokemon are caught, they'll be used in experiments and as bait for Mewtwo. No sense in wasting Pokeballs." Sora's mouth opened in horror. Domino was implying that all these Pokemon would die. "You're joking!" Domino smirked. "Afraid not. Sorry."
Domino opened the cage door. "Well, well, well, what do we have here?" she mocked. "Some rare and valuable Pokemon?" "You know very well we're not Pokemon!" Jessie snapped. "Of course," Domino replied. "My mistake. Team Rocket agents are as useless as they are rare. But they're certainly not very valuable!" (3) Jessie growled in anger.
"009 to Giovanni. Except for Pokemon brought by some young Trainers, the island is populated by Pokemon clones….and we got'em. Over." Giovanni smirked. "Excellent. The trap is set and now we have our bait." He leaned over the edge of the platform. "Mewtwo! Are you going to let your little friends battle me alone?" Lazula had to strain her ears and completely clear her mind to catch Mewtwo's words. "I cannot. I must help them!" Lazula turned to Pikachu. "How many strong fighters did you leave behind?" Pikachu grinned sheepishly. "Ummm…none." "NONE?!" Mareep shouted, causing everyone to jump. "What kind of military strategist are you?" Lazula sighed. "So now, we have to do what Giovanni says!" The clones all started shouting at once. "These guys all want to help, too." Meowth translated. "You should come help, too!" Meowth (2) told him. "Who, me?" Meowth turned to Lazula and Mareep. "What do you two think?" When they agreed, he said, "Well, okay. I gotta admit, I don't got a lot of experience at being unselfish, but if you guys can do it, I guess I can give it a try." Lazula nodded and turned to Pikachu. "You with us?" she asked. Pikachu grinned. "Heck, yeah!" he answered. Mewtwo started glowing blue again, and lifted up into the air. "We must live where and how we choose!" Lazula felt a tingly feeling spread throughout her whole body, and she found herself rising into the air. The others started rising, too, Mareep shrieking that she hated heights. "Friends, to the island!" Mewtwo shouted, and zoomed off, his powers keeping the others close to him. If Lazula had looked back, she would've seen Giovanni press a button, or the lenses of the two machines light up.
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(1)I really don't know what else to call it.
(2)That's convenient.
(3)Don't you just love it when people insult themselves?
Silverstar: Whew, that was long. So now things are getting interesting. R&R!