Pokémon: Arceus' Wish

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon and I do not own the concepts used in this story.

And so here it is; the first Rocket Admin: Carl.

Yes that's right: Chapter 11 features the first Boss Battle in this story that isn't either hopeless or a happenstance like when they tried to face Ryan unprepared or against the Team Rocket Trio in their evolved debut.

As a bit of trivia for you: Carl is a real Rocket Admin but not from the games or anime: he's from the Pokémon Adventures manga, more specifically the Gold, Silver and Crystal chapter.

As for him being an Aerodactyl and not a Magcargo, Houndoom or Piloswine is because I wanted a Pokémon form that was both ironic and suiting his character (which I have made up as I never read the manga) which is he attacked Pewter and Brock: the city of rocks and so he's Rock-type.

But you're saying "Magcargo is Rock/Fire though" and yes that may be but a Magcargo wouldn't match the presence and personality I want Carl to have: that of a vile and psychotic monster who is both powerful and fast and Aerodactyls fit that bill quite nicely, it helps it more or less makes him a Gargoyle…wait…I JUST realized this?!

Versus: Carl

Surprised: that's what Ash was right now. Ash had never seen anything perform such a massive Ancient Power so fast before and it made Rockslides look like little pebble storms. Thankfully Brock had already experienced trying to fight Carl and so he moved in front of Ash and his body took on a shine as he used Iron Defense and just took the attack without budging. "C'mon Ash I need you on top of your game here! This guy's fast and powerful and you're the only one with enough speed to bring him to ground should he take to the air."

"But we're inside! He doesn't have much space to fly around!" Brock raised a metal ridge over his left eye as he looked at Ash and Ash looked around to just now notice how…big the inside of the Gym really was. "Holy cow…I forgot you used Onix and occasionally Steelix in here…so of course there's plenty of room."

"All the more to fly with my dear! And also the fact that this is a Rock-type Gym…I'm in my element!" Carl spread out his wings and took into the air. "Prepare to suffer some Air Slashes!" Carl shouted as he performed the powerful Flying-type attack and blades of wind shot out from his flapping wings which Ash was about to instinctively dodge only for Brock to again get in the attack's path and use Iron Defense: again negating the attack's effect to being near nonexistent. "Oh what's the matter little dog? Gonna let the walking golem take all the hits for you?"

"Don't let him get to you Ash. This guy's sadistic and loves picking at people until they snap and drop their guards. If his attacks are getting to be too much come to me for a solid defense. Aside from using Rock Throw and occasionally Flash Cannon I don't have many ranged attacks to use on him." Brock nodded to Ash who nodded back.

"So I'm the attack power and you're the defense: got it! Time for some action!" Ash shouted as he jumped over Brock with a massive leap and suddenly propelled through the air with Aura towards Carl and prepared a High Jump Kick which surprised the Admin. "Eat boot!" Carl barely managed to twist aside as the powerful Fighting attack shot by him like a rocket and grazed his stomach, successfully tearing off the bottom of his shirt and cracking Carl's skin to his pain and shock. "Crap!" Ash stopped his attack stance and managed to rebound off the far wall and roll on the ground.

'Holy shit! It only grazed me and it cracked my natural armor despite my Flying-type lessening the effect to neutral! Is he really only in the level 80 range?!' Carl took a more calculating look at his opponent and widened his eyes. "You're a Lucario? No…you're obviously Electric/Fighting-type…boy who is your mother?"

"Why would I tell you anything about my mom? Well I'll just say she's a Jolteon and leave it at that for why I'm Electric-type." Ash then reeled back his right arm and shot it at Carl and from his fist launched a Thunderbolt which Carl smirked at before holding his arms to his head and then closed his wings anti-climactically and simply dropped out of the attack's way but what Carl had forgotten was that this wasn't one-on-one.

"Gotcha!" Brock suddenly grabbed Carl and wrapped his massive arms around the half-masked maniac and Binded him tightly. "Feeling the squeeze yet?" Brock continued to try pressing on Carl only for the Pokéman to seem bored as he simply started to use Strength which made Carl's body glow with a red aura and his stone muscles to bulge as he started to force his way out of the steel grip. "Crap! Ash hurry up!"

"What?" Carl asked as he turned his attention back to Ash while he was slowly forcing Brock's arms from him and Carl visibly turned a little green. "Oh fudge…." Carl sped up his struggling when he saw that Ash was preparing one of the most devastating Fighting moves.

'Focus…focus…focus…compactors…meat tenderizers…piledrivers!' As Ash focused on the technique he then opened his eyes and locked onto Carl: his target. He would see nothing but his target until it was met with his fist! Ash's right fist began to glow a bright blue-white as an aura of power surrounded it and he then charged at Carl as fast as he could with a loud shout of intention and Carl managed to break free and tried to fly up only to be terrified at the sight of a glowing blue fist rushing at his face in mid-air. "FOCUS PUNCH!"

To say the effect of the attack was impressive was an understatement. When the attack struck the right side of Carl's face which was the unmasked half, it practically shattered the stone outer layer of his skin: revealing the soft pale gray skin exposed. Carl was flung over Brock's head, out the front door, down the street and into the abandoned storefront of a former bakery. "*loud drawn-out whistle* Hot damn Ash…nice punch."

"I still hate that attack though. It takes way too long to set up. I would never be able to use it properly without someone like you holding the target still or occupied long enough for me to get a clear shot." Ash cracked his knuckles before they both started walking in the direction of Carl's unintended "blast off". "So Brock: any good places around here to eat?"

Brock was about to answer when they got outside but he stopped in surprise at the sight of Carl standing down the street just a block away. Carl's clothes were in tatters, his mask broken, his nose and mouth leaking blood. To add to his appearance his wings seemed to be broken too: limp and dragging on the street and through it all Brock was terrified: Carl's bloodshot eyes were screaming at them, screaming his declaration that they would die this day. The Glasgow Grin still splitting his face despite missing teeth aided in his insane expression quite nicely.

"Is that it? Is that all you have?" Carl took out a familiar pink spray bottle only instead of spraying it on himself he broke off the nozzle and downed the Hyper Potion with gusto. To both Brock's and Ash's surprise they watched as Carl seemed to regenerate before their eyes as his open injuries closed, broken wings reset quite noisily and flared out, his missing teeth grew in and his missing stone skin grew back. "Potions: you wouldn't believe just how effective they've gotten."

Ash then pointed at Carl in sudden outrage. "ITEM USING FAGGOT!" Ash was confused at his rage as for some reason he felt that billions of people somewhere were feeling the same thing while facing the Elite Four…. "How is that even possible? When I used a prescription strength potion on Nash he still took a few hours to heal!"

"You put him in a Pokéball immediately didn't you? Well of course you wouldn't notice: our healing abilities have improved after the evolution and most people are still using the potions as spray-on applicators rather than drinking them. Application is fine for small injuries but in the heat of battle you need a quick fix." Carl then opened his wings and used Whirlwind that threw such a powerful gust of wind at them that Ash couldn't grab Brock fast enough before he was tossed over the Gym and somewhere else in the city making Brock worried for his friend. "Now where were we?"

Brock calmed down and then turned back to Carl before pounding his fists together. "Beating your face in!" Brock then held his hands out and several rings of blue light formed around him before condensing and turning into numerous gray sharp stones which surprised Carl since Brock didn't use that attack before now. "Stone Edge!" The storm of dagger-like stones launched at Carl who wrapped himself with his wings since the attack was too fast to dodge.

"Harden!" Carl stiffened his whole body and the sharp attacks struck him harshly making him shout in pain as even though his defense prevented the rocks from puncturing him it still impacted hard enough to crack his wing's outer stone membrane. When the hail of stones ended Carl growled as he used Ancient Power to levitate the same stones along with several chunks of loose rubble and launched them at Brock who merely used Iron Defense to tank the attack.

Which Carl anticipated. "Giga Impact!" Carl quickly flew up and a spiraling dome of purple and orange energy formed around him before he dove at Brock whose eyes widened greatly at the extremely powerful attack. And he knew he wouldn't be able to dodge since he wasn't fast enough and the body was still a bit stiff after using Iron Defense so he simply used it again and hoped this would set Carl up for a devastating combo.

Carl slammed into the veritable slab of metal and pushed Brock back several meters, his metal feet digging trenches in the tar street and when the attack was over Carl tried to back off before the exhaustion set in only for Brock to shout as his huge jaw opened to reveal a glowing orb of familiar purple and orange power. "OH SHI-!"

"LAZAR!" Brock shouted in sudden humor as he fired a Hyper Beam at point-blank into Carl's chest which again launched the Pokéman down the street and this time through the abandoned bakery and into the toy store behind it while also dropping said buildings onto him. "Woo…man…Hyper Beam is always exhausting to use…I need to catch my breath."

However to Brock's shock rest would not be allowed to him as again Carl jumped out of the rubble in similar condition to the result of Ash's Focus Punch and was no longer smiling. "How…dare…you…." Carl took out a normal purple potion this time and again drank it, which only fixed his injuries enough for him to be fully mobile again. "Are you feeling it yet? How tired you are?" Carl began to glow yellow and Brock actually opened his eyes slightly at realizing just how tired he actually felt.

'No…not yet! I can't believe I forgot about his Pressure ability! If I don't get some rest I won't be able to recover my strength enough to attack him! Ash where are you!' Brock lamented as the royally pissed Carl lunged at Brock with a talon glowing with the power of a Mega Punch.

(Halfway Across town)

"AH~!" Ash shouted as he tumbled through the air until he crashed into a community center's pool. Ash swam up to the surface and spat out the water. "Ugh chlorinated water is nasty! It's gonna bleach all my clothes too!" Ash swam to the edge only to pause at the feeling of something…out of place. "Oh no…don't tell me…." Suddenly a giant Tentacruel burst out of the pool with tentacles a flailing! "OH HELL NO!"

Before something needlessly perverted could take place Ash was rescued from an awkward situation by Suicune rushing onto the scene and quickly knocking the Pokémon unconscious with a strong Extrasensory fired from her diamond-shaped crown, the rainbow-colored beam smashing the untransformed Pokémon out instantly. "Are you ok Ash?" Suicune asked as she stood on the water while looking at him.

"Yeah I'm fine…but I have to wonder what an untransformed Pokémon is doing here, let alone untransformed in the first place." Ash did notice that there was a sort of high-tech band wrapped around one of its mandibles and he was intrigued before he took one of the Lock Balls from his bandoleer and threw it at the downed Pokémon which was sucked into the ball and instantly the ball pinged to signal the capture before warping back to Pallet.

"Well regardless: what're you doing here? Shouldn't you be working with Brock?" Suicune asked as she kneeled down and fished Ash out of the water before carrying him to the edge and putting him on solid ground.

"Oh crud actually we could use your help Suicune! The Admin tossed me away with Whirlwind and right now Brock's fighting him alone! We were handling him just fine together but it was only because we caught him off-guard. I don't know how the fight's going without me so we gotta hurry!" Ash was frantic and for good reason: this guy repelled Brock before and he didn't want to chance his friend being outmatched again.

"Well then climb on." Suicune turned around and kneeled with her hands held back. "I'll give you a lift there since I'm much faster than you. It's at the Gym right?" Ash didn't hesitate to climb on her back and wrap his arms around her neck while her hands held his thighs so she was carrying him piggy-back. "Where to?"

"That way!" Ash pointed out and she nodded before taking off like the wind, neither of them considering how intimate their current action was.

(Pewter Gym)

"Gah~!" Brock shouted as he was flung through the front wall of his former Gym and rolled into a Defense Curl to soften the landing as he rolled through the open building until he stopped and he sprawled out on his back and was panting. His steel body was very badly dented and warped from all the heavy impacts Carl was using trying to break his defense. 'Crap…I forgot that Aerodactyl could learn Flamethrower….'

Brock groaned as he heard Carl walking through the debris and was once again smiling madly while holding onto another potion and wasn't drinking it but using it to meticulously apply since he had the leisure at the moment and also regular potions were more effective in duration treatment anyway. "Why didn't I use that last time? Oh right I didn't know Flamethrower yet. Just had to find that spark of heat in my body that Fire-types are just so lucky to have instant access to."

"You won't win…Team Rocket has never won before so why now?" Brock was stalling as he was down for the count and he knew it, Carl knew it.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha~! As if! The only reason we ever lost before was because we were always at the disadvantage! Unova doesn't count!" Carl shouted as Brock smirked over how Giovanni failed to control the Kami Trio and had to retreat. "Besides you'll be on our side soon enough with this:" Carl took out a black and purple Pokéball designed to look like a dark cage with a barely visible button matching the black lines of the ball which made Brock open his eyes in fear. "You recognize this don't you?"

"The Dark Ball…a monstrous creation of the Iron Masked Marauder! He enslaved a Legendary with one even if temporary…so this confirms what I thought before: you're burying people and Pokémon's hearts and turning them into cold machines of war." Brock growled as Carl let out a screeching cackle of mad laughter.

"Yes~ we're not trying to bother hiding it! We're going to enslave the whole world at Lord Ryan's order! Master Giovanni has recognized Ryan's power and so we will be his vassals to this new world order! Now then…." Carl pressed the button on the ball and it expanded to capture/release size which made Brock start sweating. "Time to change your views on the world!" Carl dropped the ball over Brock's chest and time slowed down as Brock watched the ball fall towards him until he closed his eyes completely.

"Hydro Pump!" A familiar female voice shouted and Brock opened his eyes in time to see the Dark Ball and Carl get blasted by an extremely large pressurized blast of water mere milliseconds before Brock was captured and the blast slammed Carl against a far wall for a few seconds before it stopped and Carl dropped to the floor in a boneless heap letting heavy pained groans escape him as his Dark Ball clattered to the floor, broken into its halves.

"Brock!" Brock tilted his head up to see Suicune giving Ash a piggyback ride until they were next to him and Ash got off her back and kneeled next to his friend. "Brock are you ok?"

"Ha, ha, ha! Ash do I look ok? I'm done for now…I can't keep fighting. His Pressure wore me down before I could finish him and he keeps pulling potions out of his rear-end. Hurry up and knock him out before he heals again." Brock informed Ash and Ash nodded before they heard Carl chuckling darkly and they looked at him to see him pulling out a familiar belt.

"No…I'm out of potions…that one I was spraying on myself was my last one. But I have something better: one of Namba's original Rage Bands. Sorry if I kill you…but failure is not an option." Before either Ash or Suicune could launch either of their super-effective attacks at him Carl had slipped the belt around his neck like a collar and shortly after it started glowing and Carl's eyes turned red as his smile turned into a sneer and he opened his mouth in a horrid Screech that made Ash, Suicune and Brock cringe.

"Holy crap that's even louder than Larvitar!" Ash shouted until it ended and almost instantly Ash found himself the victim of a Double-Edge which Ash swore broke some ribs and then was followed by a Crunch into his shoulder. "AH~!"

"Ash!" Suicune breathed in and launched another Hydro Pump at Carl who moved Ash into the stream and took the brunt of the hit for him so she stopped in shock to see Ash beaten, bleeding and gasping for breath before Carl Seismic Tossed him at Suicune who caught him and had to dodge as Carl made an attempted Air Slash at them. "I've never seen even wild Pokémon fight with such savagery!"

"I'll…kill…him…." Suicune looked down at Ash in confusion only to gasp as his yellow fur turned red and his black fur darkened while his eyes became blank as they glowed with energy. "I'll kill him!" Ash easily tore free of Suicune's grasp as he used Agility to race towards Carl. "Lightning Ball!" However instead of making it a field attack he held the crackling blue-yellow sphere between his hands and got in extremely close before thrusting it into Carl's abdomen and the attack expanded against them both, causing massive damage to Carl while Ash took just over half the effect.

This launched Carl across the chamber again as the band around his neck broke and fell off while Carl himself fainted with his eyes rolled back into his head. Ash was about to attack again when he suddenly calmed down and his fur started fading to yellow but stopped on orange. "Ash…are you ok?" Suicune asked nervously. She being at a type disadvantage and added on to that being unsure of what's happening didn't think she had good chances despite being a Legendary.

"No…I'm not. Until I heal I'm going to be on constant edge and should I get into a fight I'll go Berserk instantly." Ash grimaced as he felt his ribs. "Yeah…broken…I need to be careful or I might puncture a lung. Let's get back to the Center; I have faith in the others to handle the fodder this guy must've been leading." Ash carelessly took a Lock Ball with a red X on it and tossed it at Carl who was instantly imprisoned and transported before Ash started slowly walking out the exit and Suicune nodded before helping Brock to his feet (HE'S HEAVY!) and helped him walk after Ash.

(Pewter Pokémon Center)

Ash, Suicune and Brock all walked into the building. Luckily they only had a few run-ins with weak Pokéhumans that were mostly regional Bug, Normal, Poison and Flying-types from Viridian Forest to the south as they were on the south end of the city and were easy enough for Suicune to subdue for capture. Once inside Brock plopped down on his metal rear on the floor, further breaking the tiles and Ash walked over to one of the lobby chairs.

"Hello! Tracey, Gardenia?" Suicune yelled into the building and a few moments later Gardenia came out and took in their appearances, especially Ash's.

"Oh my gosh! What happened out there!" Gardenia approached Ash first and noticed how angry he looked. "Ash?"

"Don't be scared Gardenia…the thought of you being afraid of me hurts worse than these broken ribs. I'm fine, it's just my Ability: Berserk. I'm injured and when I'm heavily injured and in combat I become stronger, faster and more durable in exchange for my calm and my tactics. I'm still injured and awake though so my Ability is still active, I'm just not going crazy because I'm not in combat. Could you use the healing machine on me?"

Gardenia frowned and shook her head. "Sorry Ash: I don't know how to operate it." Ash sighed in understanding and irritation. "But we have the transfer system working. We're working on getting the Joy who worked here back through the system so she could man the fort again but with guards."

Shortly after she said that suddenly a Blissey Nurse Joy who looked more or less like a Chansey Nurse Joy only with feather-like frills at her shoulders and hips and even more voluminous red hair popped up behind the counter. "Welcome to the Pewter City Poké-Center! Sorry for our current state of disrepair but our services are still available. Are you in need of assistance?" Everyone blinked at her in surprise and she winked at them slyly. "I may be a matronly Pokéwoman but that doesn't mean I'm not sneaky." Joy said this as she motherly caressed the egg held in her apron that if it weren't half uncovered would've made her look pregnant.

"Whoa hold on! She's got an egg?! She shouldn't be outside Pallet in her situation: she has a baby on the way!" Ash shouted in worry over her and Joy smiled understandingly at him.

"It's fine: I have some very reliable guardians." At Joy's reassurance suddenly several Pokéhumans all filed out from the back rooms. All of them were mostly rock types, specifically of the Geodude family. There were two Golem men who looked like large muscular men with bodies made of smooth sectioned rock similar to Brock's build only they were of stones and to compensate for the loss of being able to retreat into a pure round shell they had armor-like protrusions that umbrella slightly into a smooth rounded end on their backs and limbs so that if they curled up they would still be able to roll perfectly.

The other two were Graveler men and were similar to the Golem men but were much rougher like they were made of compacted gravel and had an extra set of slightly smaller arms under their normal ones that they had crossed over their chests. Last were a couple of Onix women who were basically female rock-based versions of Brock with normal eyes and human faces and very obvious small boulders on their chests and were feminine in form.

They both winked at Brock who blushed and looked away. "They're all level 60 to 70 and they'll be defending the Center so I should be fine, in an emergency I have a Haven Ball ready to use on myself." Joy held up a beautiful Pokéball that had a feather design painted on the red section and a feather button on it. "Oak has just created these based on the Lock Ball only instead it just transports to Pallet instead of being locked in so if I'm in danger I can safely escape." Joy assured them as she put the ball away in her apron and lovingly rubbed her egg.

"Ok then…I'm less worried now but how did you…ya know…it's only been a month since the transformation started so what's the story with your egg?" Ash asked with genuine curiosity and Joy smiled and Ash blushed as he couldn't help but notice how she seemed to absolutely glow with pride and love.

"Well…I suppose its ok. I was already five months pregnant when the changes occurred and well…Pokémon gestate their eggs much faster than humans. So shortly after I evolved into a Blissey my womb grew rapidly to full-term human size and I went into labor. Thankfully my cousin from Cerulean was visiting me and helped me deliver. I've had my egg with me since then because as a Blissey I cannot bear leaving my child out of my sight and I feel my warmth is bringing her closer to hatching." Joy rubbed her unborn child lovingly and Ash smiled at her, glad his decision didn't cause her grief.

'I wonder…how would Misty handle having eggs?' Ash shook his head before resolving that until this was all over he didn't want to burden Misty or any of his mates with the responsibility until this war was over. "I'm glad that you're happy Joy-."

"Please: call me Mary. That is my first name after all." Mary smiled and Ash couldn't help but smile again.

"Alright then Mary, Brock and I got the tar beat out of us by the Rocket Admin who led the attack on Pewter so could you please patch us up?" Ash asked politely and she nodded before taking out a tray from under the counter that was filled with empty Pokéballs.

"Just hop in and I'll have you raring to go again." Ash nodded to her and pressed the button of one and was sucked into it and Mary gave Brock relief by throwing another at him and putting him on the tray before going to the machine and Gardenia was curious about Mary's experience with birthing her egg so she leaned over the counter.

"Um…Mary…so how was it? I mean giving birth to an egg?" Gardenia blushed and Mary smiled knowingly at her as she worked the controls for the machine.

"It was…shockingly easy. With no limbs getting in the way my egg just came out of my birthing canal without any real struggle. I just pushed with the contractions and she came out soon enough. It wasn't nearly as painful as normal human birth's I've heard of and only the contractions were really painful at all and it was more or less like a twinge encompassing my whole belly, telling me to push. So don't worry when you have eggs, the experience is amazing." Mary got a blush to her face as she twitched her eyebrows twice and Gardenia blushed even more.

"I'll…keep that in mind." 'Misty would be overjoyed to hear about this.' After a minute Mary let Ash and Brock out of the Pokéballs and they both stretched in the wrecked lobby that the Pokémen were cleaning up while the Pokéwomen stood guard inside the door which was no longer blocked by the debris and had a slab of stone sealing the other half.

"Alright! First Sortie is successful! Pewter is saved from the Admin so now we just wait for-." Ash didn't finish as Vera, Anthon, Misty and Sheik all walked in with their bandoleers empty of Lock Balls. "Oh hey you're back! How was the assault?"

Misty yawned and licked her lips in thirst. "Tiring: it was mostly just weaklings all over the place and we used up all our Lock Balls getting at least 80 of them since we had 20 each. All those water attacks I've used have made me feel thirsty." Misty went over to the drinking fountain to the side and started to drink while Anthon looked roughed up somewhat but very pleased, Vera just seemed as bubbly as before and Sheik just looked bored.

"Alright Ash I think it would be best if we returned to Pallet and sent for a battalion to mop up Pewter and maybe enlist the citizens to help protect their own town. Not to mention the number of Pokéhumans we captured most of which would likely be freed from Rocket control so they'll come back here as reassurance as well." Sheik briefed and Ash nodded.

"I'm up for that: anyone want to stick around?" Ash asked and everyone but Mary and her guards shook their heads. "Alright then back to home it is. You take care Mary; I hope your baby hatches healthy and strong." After Ash's heartfelt wish the group went to the back to find that one of the many random assistants to Oak was there instead of Tracey. "Did Tracey go on ahead?"

The faceless overdressed lab-coat and hazmat suit wearing figure nodded. He must've been one of the Koffing or Weezing people since they always expel noxious gasses and try to contain it to themselves sometimes, especially when trying to do something with sharp objects: a popped Koffing/Weezing was a very depressing sight as even though they don't die they just lose all energy until they reinflate.

"Well alright then: keep this station manned and keep up the good work." Ash gave him and salute that the faceless man mirrored before the group all got into Pokéballs and the man transferred them through the system to Pallet. After that was done he lifted his helmet off and purple gas plumed out of it as it floated to the ceiling and the bald purple-skinned Weezing man with a sharp-toothed grin and large smoke-spewing pores smiled.

"Ah Ash…it has been several years hasn't it? I forgot to tell him to say hi to James for me." Weezing lamented in his rasping dry voice as he yawned and cracked his boneless neck. "Regardless…at least I can still test using my body's poison to come up with a way to harmlessly take-down Dark Ball victims." Weezing put the helmet back on which quickly clouded the visor purple again and he turned to his chemistry lab which was quickly set up in the corner. 'Sorry James, but you've moved on and so have I. Even if we're still friends I'd rather keep my distance for now.'

(Author Notes)

Done! Like I promised: once a week on either Friday or Saturday. The day I posted this was a Friday: my dad's 63rd birthday in fact! Finished this before going to Linner (Lunch/Dinner) at On The Border and having cheesecake for dessert when we get home. Also I'm getting totally smashed, Sangria amigos!

So kinda good I'm doing this now rather than later, I won't be sober enough to post this correctly and I'll be too hung-over tomorrow to bother with it.

I did this to show that level and numbers can both be trivial in the long run compared to tactics as Carl just kept healing himself and even separated Brock and Ash so he had a better chance and went for the Rage Band as a last resort, not knowing Ash doesn't need one to go batshit and as you can see Ash has learned to control himself enough to be able to only attack his enemy or at least the one fighting him so if he gets pegged by an ally all bets are off.

Also I added in some of the workings of a Pokéhuman pregnancy to help flesh out the legitimacy of a Pokémon/human society as humans give live births while Pokémon hatch from eggs.

Pokéwomen will effectively have a 5-month gestation of the egg within their womb where the egg will have an incredibly hard shell and then birth it to have a varying incubation period between 1 to 4 months while the fetus matures and the shell weakens in preparation for hatching.

So anyhow, until next time.