A/N Hello Again, AgentLucario here! Sorry I didn't upload earlier today, I had a cross country meet which held me up for a while. But enough excuses. Let's get onto the chapter!

Eevee's POV

When the wall behind us goes kaboom, Kat and I are thrown into the pool. I come up and manage to get on a platform, but Kat doesn't come up. Where is she? She should have come up by now.

Misty sends out a lot of powerful looking pokémon, including a scary sea serpent and a glowing blue fish. After noticing that Kat hasn't come up yet, she says, "Gyarados, Dive! Save Kat!" The big sea serpent, Gyarados, dives down and resurfaces moments later with an unconscious Kat on its back. Okay, she's safe.

I see a few Razor Leaves coming my way and instinctively jump to another platform. Looking towards where the attack came from, I see a few zubats, ekans, koffings, and a weird floating plant thing in front. That must be who attacked me.

"Hold still you little pest!" the weird plant in question told me before firing another volley. I continued to dodge when suddenly it stopped, targeting Pikachu instead. This is my chance. Using Quick Attack I rammed into the plant, but it just seemed mildly annoyed.

All of the pokémon around me look at me. "Uhhhhh, hi?" I just get growls in response. Ohhhhhh, I don't think they're friendly. I use Quick Attack to try to get away from them, but a zubat suddenly flies head on towards me and bites my head off.

Or at least, it was going to if a bolt of lightning didn't fly out of the air and fry the zubat. Okay, thanks Pikachu. Looking around I see Misty's pokémon taking out scores of evil mean pokémon at a time, Pikachu frantically dodging Razor Leaves from the plant pokémon, Kat standing shakily, staring at her sparking hands...Wait WHAT?

Kat's POV

I stare at my hands, which are still sparking. Did that really just happen? After waking up on Gyarados, I saw Eevee and Pikachu bravely fighting against the Rocket pokémon even though they were clearly outmatched. It took all of their agility and speed to not get hit by the powerful attacks. I saw Eevee running away from a group of pokémon when I saw a zubat dive bomb her. I just instinctively reached out even if it was going to be useless, but imagine my surprise when a FREAKING LIGHTNING BOLT flies out of my hands and fries the zubat. What in the world is going on? My thoughts are interrupted by Misty.

"Kat, get closer to me. I can't help you if you're all the way on the other side of the pool." Looking around, I see she's right. Pikachu's stamina finally gave out and he got hit by a vicious Razor Leaf and Poison Sting, while Eevee got blindsided by a koffing who hit her with a smog. Misty's gyarados, who I'm still on, is currently keeping the Rockets at bay, but even that powerful of a pokémon has its limits.

"Eevee, Pikachu, get back here!" They scamper from platform to platform, finally joining me on Gyarados's back, who retreats to the back of the pool. Towards that side, most of the Rocket pokémon are knocked out, while Misty's powerhouse team wipes them out.

"Starmie, Psychic, Gyarados, Hydro Pump, Lanturn, Thunderbolt!" Rocket pokémon fall quickly, but there are two to replace the one that falls. Eventually Misty's pokémon are going to get tired. We need to take them out in one shot.

Healing up Eevee and Pikachu with some of the potions from my bag, tell Pikachu, "Iron Tail on the platform!"

Misty grins, saying, "I like the way you think. Gyarados, Hydro Pump! Lanturn, Water Gun!"

Pikachu hit the platform again, sending water from the pool flying and soaking the Rocket pokémon, while Gyarados and Lanturn shot streams of water around the whole area, making the whole place wet.

At the same time, Misty and I call out, "Pikachu/Lanturn, Thunderbolt!"

With both of their power and the soaked gym, the combined lightning strike is devastating. The rest of the Rocket pokémon and their trainers are electrocuted and fall unconscious. I hug both Eevee and Pikachu, just happy that we made it through the Rocket attack. I overhear Misty muttering to herself.

"Stupid Lance and Cynthia. Great job protecting the city." Wait, Cynthia…. Where have I heard that before… Oh right! The woman I met in the library! What does she have to do with this?

Taking a last look around her ruined and soaked gym, she gets up and returns her pokémon save Starmie. "Come on, we have to help the rest of the city. The gym was targeted, but there are Rockets crawling all over the city."

Even though Eevee and Pikachu are both exhausted, they still are able to walk with me as we follow Misty through the city. Wow, Misty was right. While most of the houses are intact, evidence of huge battles are present on the streets as the roads are cracked, soaking, and in some cases covered in ice. I hear an explosion about 3 blocks away.

"Come on!" Misty tells me as she takes off towards the explosion. Following her, I find somebody with a wooper trying to fend off an ekans, a zubat, and a koffing. Behind that person were two kids, probably around seven or eight. Both of the kids' fright is visible on their faces as they hide behind the trainer. I have to act now.

Luckily, Misty has the same idea. "Starmie, Psychic!" "Eevee, Quick Attack!" The powerful Psychic takes out the koffing while Eevee rams into the ekans, knocking it out as well. The Wooper jumps at the advantage, hitting the zubat with a well-timed Water-Gun. Starmie holds the grunts in place while Misty radios somebody, probably the police or something. The wooper, although tired, looks happy that her trainer is safe. It kinda looks like Jake's…

Crap! Jake! Is he okay? Wooper isn't enough to hold off the Rockets for long. I think he said he was going to be at the beach or something…" Leaving Misty behind I take Eevee and Pikachu and take off towards the beach where I can hear more fighting. Picking up the pace, I find the beach is a mess with a few trainers banded together against the Rockets.

"Bayleaf, Vine Whip!" "Sandshrew, Slash!' "Furret, Take Down!" Darn, no Jake. It seemed like they could take care of themselves, so I took off undetected down the beach.

Farther down, I see Jake and Wooper struggling against that weird plant thing from earlier. Shoot, we never made sure the Rockets at the gym were tied up or anything.

"Carnivine, Razor Leaf!" The sharp leaves knocks Wooper down and he doesn't get back up. "Ha, you're pokémon's pathetic. It couldn't even take a Razor Leaf! What a joke." Well of course you jerk. Wooper's a water and ground-type, so it's really weak to grass. Although, while he's gloating is a great time to attack.

Running down, I shout, "Eevee, Tackle! Pikachu, Iron Tail!" Caught off guard, Carnivine was launched towards the trainer, slightly stunned but still conscious.

The Rocket only smirked. "Hey, I remember you! You were at the gym with the gym leader, right? Now you got nobody to help you now. Your pokémon are as good as dead." We'll see about that. "Carnivine, Razor Leaf!"

"Eevee, Dig, Pikachu, Quick Attack!" The sharp leaves passed harmlessly by as Eevee dug into the ground and Pikachu sped away. Eevee pops out of the ground underneath Carnivine, but somehow fails to hit him. Pikachu does, but does very little damage. The grunt just smirks. "Pathetic. Carnivine, let's finish this. Power Whip."

The powerful move knocked both Eevee and Pikachu into me, battered and unconscious. The grunt with the carnivine spoke up. "Now that all of your pokémon can't fight, I highly recommend that you give them to me. I mean, give me your pokémon before Carnivine tears you apart.

"Garchomp, Flamethrower!"

A blast of flame sears the Carnivine who falls down, unconscious. What was that? The large and nimble dragon lands, and the woman I met at the library getting off. She tosses another pokéball. "Spiritomb, Hypnosis." A ball of darkness with an eerie face appears, smiling as the grunt promptly fell asleep.

She turns to us. "Are you two okay? It's not safe to be down here. Get back up to the main part of the city."

Cynthia's phone buzzes. Answering it, says, "Hey Lance, what's going on? The beach is clear, I'm currently getting the last people out."

"..."

"What? How did Team Rocket find Mewtwo so quickly? Alright, I'll be there ASAP"

Before she can tell us anything, I ask, "Hey, what is a Mewtwo?" Something about it just kinda struck me funny.

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you. Now both of you, get back up to the city where it's safe." With that she hops on Garchomp and flies off towards some island in the distance.

Ugh, what's bugging me? Something's not right. Turning to Jake, I ask him, "Hey, where is she flying off to? Do you know?"

He looks at me with a raised eyebrow. "You're not thinking of following her, are you? You heard her, she said to go back to the city. Besides, our pokémon would get destroyed by the Rockets anyways."

I look at him with determination. "I have to know."

He sighs. "Fine. She's headed off to Cerulean Cape, some cave system off in the distance.

Caves, Mewtwo, why does this seem so weird to me? I suddenly remember Arceus's poem. Beware the space plane, that's clearly Rocket. In the home of the bat, maybe like zubat? Don't zubat live in caves? Is that where Arceus is telling me to go? Embrace the hermit… nope, nothing there. Save the second cat. Wait, second cat. Isn't Mewtwo the reason Cynthia left? I mean, it has two in the name. I think I have to save this mysterious Mewtwo.

"Uh, hello? Earth to Kat?" Jake's voice brings me out of my thoughts. Turning to him, I say, "Sorry, just thinking for a bit. And yes, I'm going to follow her. I'm pretty sure I have to, to save the world."

He goes wide-eyed. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Isn't that an overreaction? Besides, your pokémon are in pretty bad shape and you have no idea what's down there, or what even Mewtwo is."

I'm not letting this go. You're right. My pokémon are hurt and I don't know what's on that island. What I do know is that there is some freaky god pokémon literally talking to me in my dreams telling me to save whoever this Mewtwo is. So I think I should do it."

Jake just sighs. "I'm not going to talk you out of this one, right?"

Not a chance. "Nope! Although, I will need your help to get there."

Far off in the distance, a storm is growing around Cerulean Cape, with lightning strikes visible from the beach. Well, that's not good. I need to get there, and fast.

A/N So, a two-parter! I know I'm kind of evil with all of these cliffhangers, but this mini arc seems too much to cram into one chapter. In terms of the gym leaders, I see them as protectors and leaders of the town, so expect them to have powerful pokémon with type coverage diverse movesets, the works. Until next week, AgentLucario out!