Chapter 11: Team Rocket Appears
Lyra came back to the room with Nurse Joy in tow after awhile. I was on my feet putting back on my jacket wanting to go see what was up with the fact a Team Rocket member was wondering the streets of this town.
"What are you doing up?" Lyra asked running over looking at me with a frown, "You just woke up after a day and a half of being out cold. You need to be laying down."
"No I don't," I said gritting my teeth looking down at her not wanting to explain myself to her, "I got to go... don't try to stop me, Pigtails."
I pulled out my pokeballs calling back my sleeping pokemon before pushing past her saying, "By the way, have you checked the radio signal in this town it is severally messed up, stupid."
I then walked past Nurse Joy who didn't try to stop me because of the determination in my eyes. I ignored the splitting headache I had as I walked out into the sunny day covering my eyes as I looked around seeing the shop that the member had walked into. I slowly walked toward it my legs were weak after all the time I had spent in bed but my determination kept me going. I had to find out what that group was doing here even if it meant getting more hurt in the process.
I walked into the shop going over grimacing as I saw that all this place sold was slowpoke tails and what seemed to be caught Magikarps. I shook my head glancing over at the owner with a smirk going over grabbing the man's collar hissing, "Tell me why a Team Rocket Member would be coming into your shop."
The man's eyes went wide as I gripped his collar his hair was a mess and I could tell his glasses were nothing but fakes with clear glass in them. He coughed before saying, "I don't know what your talking about."
"Right and I'm not Silver Sakake for nothing," I said hating to have to resort to using my last name to get me in but if nothing else worked this would.
"Sakake?" the man said eyes wide as he looked at me frightened, "Your Boss Giovanni's son... do you know where your father is we've been looking for him everywhere?"
"No I don't nor do I ever want to know where that man is," I said with a smirk pushing him away as I jumped over the counter with ease, "Though you did just admit your a member of Team Rocket as well so now I tell me what I want to know. Why are you guys here in Mahogany? Why have you returned after 3 years?"
"We never stopped 3 years ago, though after Giovanni left our operations did hit a small snag leaving us failing left and right in whatever we did," the man said looking at me still with fear in his eyes, "We came here to test our new radio broadcasting sounds to aggravate wild pokemon. It seems to be working well for that Lake of Rage near by."
"Hmm..." I said before jumping over the counter heading to the door, "I'll be back, bastard. Count on it."
I pushed open the door heading outside a determined look upon my face as I headed toward Lake of Rage. I wanted to find out exactly what this Radio Broadcasting they were doing effected the pokemon there. I looked ahead my head was still pounding but not nearly as much as before. I stopped at the lake looking out seeing a giant red Gyarados fighting someone in the center of the water. I narrowed my eyes trying to get a good sight of who it was.
I clenched my hand closed seeing it was Lyra. That pokemon was on a rampage and would easily be able to hurt Lyra if she wasn't careful. I held my breath as I watched the battle glancing to the side seeing a man with red spiky hair and a cape over his back. He seemed to be watching Lyra's battle just as I was. I bit my tongue to keep me from saying anything as I looked back at the battle seeing Lyra capture the rampaging gyarados with ease. I quickly hid in the forest beside the lake not wanting to speak with her after what happened this morning.
I looked out around the tree watching her surf back toward the land on Azumaril. I glanced at the pokemon strangely guessing it must have evolved while I was unconscious. I watched the man go over to Lyra speaking with her.
"So let me get this right, you want me to go with you to take out what is producing these sound waves that are driving the pokemon insane?" I heard Lyra asked loudly as I clenched my fist harder this guy really wanted Lyra to put herself into harms way again to take out Team Rocket when I could easily do it. I looked back over seeing as the man nodded before flying off. I came out watching as Lyra ran back toward Mahogany Town. I knew I had to hurry as I called out Golbat jumping on the pokemon flying back toward the town. I landed in an alley way watching as the man went into the shop I had been in earlier.
I hoped Lyra would have sense enough not to believe this guy she didn't even know. My hopes were soon crushed as I watched Lyra go into the same shop. I sighed before giving them a few moments before going into the place seeing a staircase had been revealed leading down into the basement. I glanced at the shop keep who was against the wall asking, "You didn't tell me about this why? Though you let a little girl and a strange man down into the hideout?"
"Because the man threatened be with a Dragonite," the man said gulping even more fear in his eyes.
"Dragonite, interesting," I muttered before slowly going down the stairs wanting to take out this organization completely as well as get a chance to battle that man with the red spiky hair. I knew this could be my only chance to do both. I was also concerned for Lyra even if she was a good trainer he knew what Team Rocket was capable of.
I rushed down the stairs stepping in front of a statue as a Team Rocket member appeared. I cursed under my breath calling out my pokemon starting to battle. It didn't take long for me to battle the 2 rockets that had appeared one after the other. I had always known the individual members of this group were weak. They only posed a threat when they were together. I continued my way into the headquarters battling members whenever I saw one my need to bring down this organization of my father's evident on my face. I also wanted stop Lyra before she got in to deep. That thought no longer terrified me, I knew I cared for the pigtailed girl and would protect her at all cost now.
