Chapter 14
Drake and Montana awoke to find a sleeping Abra curled into a ball. When Drake saw this sight he felt a odd connection with him. They didn't mind and went along packing up there things so they can continue to Vermillion City. Drake wanted to start researching the gym leader and opened his Pokedex.
The Pokedex opened and told Drake that the gym leader for Vermillion is named Dirk Surge and is Lt. Surge's son. He uses two pokemon and they are a Raichu and Electabuzz. Drake saw this and was a little afraid. He knew these pokemon were strong and were going to be nearly unbeatable.
"Hey Montana, Dirk uses some strong pokemon and they sound hard to beat," Drake said warily.
"It will be fine, I think you can beat him and I know I can," She said with a smile on her face. She grabbed her bag and started walking along the path, leaving Drake to put up his tent.
"Hey wait up," He yelled. He quickly put his tent in his bag and ran after Montana. They were about five hours away from the underground path and then from there it was a day long path until Vermillion. Drake wanted to train and did not know where to start. Electric pokemon were his weakness, even in school he couldn't stop them. He knew this was going to be a tough gym to beat.
"Hey Drake, do you wanna battle," Montana asked out of the blue. Drake stopped walking with eyes wide as the day was young.
"Are you sure about this Montana," Drake asked hesitantly.
She winked and said, "As sure as I'm ever going to get." She grabbed a pokeball and said, "This is going to be a 5-on-5 battle and I will not be using Butterfree because of unknown sickness."
Drake took a pokeball of his belt and threw it on the grassy field, "Go Charmeleon!" He popped out of the ball and yawned.
"You think you're funny? Well, go Poliwhirl," Montana said with a violent tone. Poliwhirl came out of the pokeball and winked a Charmeleon, intimidating him.
"Charmeleon use Dragon Rage and make it hurt," Drake ordered. Charmeleon sent a ball of energy towards Poliwhirl.
"Poliwhirl dodge and then use Bubblebeam," Montana countered. Poliwhirl, with its new found speed, rolled to one side and sent a powerful stream of bubbles towards Charmeleon. The bubbles were a few inches away from Charmeleon when he sent an Ember attack that stopped most of the bubbles, but some hit him hard.
Drake was about to order another attack when the ground started shaking. Montana recalled Poliwhirl and ran at Drake, seeking protection. Drake had no time to recall Charmeleon because a Rydon used a Hyper Beam and created an explosion that sent Drake flying and knocked out Charmeleon. Montana wasn't affected by the blast and ran to Drake's side and picked up Charmeleon's pokeball.
"Charmeleon return now," Montana said. Charmeleon disappeared into the ball with a red light. Montana was surprised that Charmeleon went inside its ball because she was not his trainer, usually that meant he trusted her. Montana looked around and saw a tall man with black hair and blue eyes walking towards them. Drake struggled to get up and was coughing really hard.
"Why hello there you meddling little fool," said the man.
Drake looked up and sarcastically said, "You're the fool, treating pokemon like slaves."
The man stood over Drake and picked up his foot, as if he was going to squash a bug. "Where is Abra," He asked furiously.
"I don't know, I have never seen or battled an Abra lately," said Drake truthfully. The man brought his foot done and was squishing Drake's chest. Montana didn't know what was going on but, she knew she had to help her best friend. She pushed the tall man and kicked his leg. The man hopped of Drake, while grabbing his leg and then ordered something into a black headset. All of a sudden, Drake and Montana were surrounded by Rocket grunts and agents. Drake felt himself being picked up and tied. Montana tried to run and was stopped by a grunt picking her up by the waist and throwing her on the ground. She cried and was tied up.
The grunts put their prisoners in a truck and took them to the underground path. That was where their new base was and they unloaded the trainers and put them in separate rooms. They confiscated Drake and Montana's pokemon and pokedexes.
Drake awoke to find himself in a dark, brick room and he couldn't feel his pokemon or his pokedex. He was trapped and didn't know what to do. He sat in the corner, waiting for an idea to come to him.
"Drake, you have been captured by the same people that hurt me. They will do anything to make you talk. Yes, I am the Abra. I told you the main reason they wanted me, but another big reason was they tried to capture me as a baby. I was 'special' because I know all three elemental punches. They wanted me so bad that they killed my mother in the wild. It was brutal and devastating. I will come and help you, since its my fault your in this predicament," said the mysterious voice, who Drake could now call Abra.
Drake almost started crying when he though about his pokemon…and Montana. He didn't know where she was or what they were doing with her. He hated Team Rocket so much. He wanted his Charmeleon to evolve so he could kick their butts and show them what true power was.
He waited for what felt like ever, but in all reality was only four hours, when the door popped open and he saw the yellow creature that was outside his tent: Abra. Abra grabbed his hand and basically drug him outside of the cell. Drake looked around to find Montana's cell when a guard came up behind him and put him in a choke hold with a poison powder gun to his face. Abra turned around and saw what was happening. His fist glowed and then fire popped up on it. He teleported behind the guard and hit him in the back with the Fire Punch. The guard screamed and fell to the floor.
Abra searched the guard and found a map of the base. Drake looked at it and found where Montana was and where he thought there pokemon were. Abra shook his head and ran down the corridor to find two guards in front of Montana's door. She was banging on it and screaming at the top of her lungs. It wasn't that hard for Drake to find her.
The guards saw Abra and Drake and released their Arbok and Raticate. One of the guards said, "Arbok use Crunch!" Then the other said, "You to Raticate!" They launched their sharp fags at Drake and Abra. Drake's trainer instincts took over and he ordered, "Abra use Ice Punch!"
Abra's fist was covered in a thick layer of ice and he punched Arbok straight in the mouth. Arbok froze on impact and Raticate bit Drake on the arm. He cried in pain and fell to his knees. Abra saw this and hit Raticate so hard he flew into one of the guards and froze both of them. The other guard kicked Drake, while he was on his knees and Drake landed on the ground. Abra's fist was covered in electricity and shocked the guard until he couldn't stand anymore. Abra picked Drake up and helped him get to his feet.
"Thanks Abra for saving me back there." Drake was standing and opened the door to find Montana asleep. "Wake up, wake up…WAKE UP," Drake yelled.
Montana's eyes popped wide open and she said, "Jeez, you don't have to yell at me." She got up and hugged Drake. Drake felt a warm sensation when she hugged him and felt uncomfortable. So, he shrugged her off and introduced her to Abra.
"Thank you Abra," She said while patting its scarred head. Abra smiled and pointed down the hall. There was a door way that looked very important, because of the 'Authorized Personal' sign. The group walked towards the door and barely opened it to find a table with a red pokedex and pink pokedex on it along with 5 pokeballs and a big, black bag and a cute, purple bag. Drake and Montana made sure that the items were theirs and packed everything up. Abra made sure that the corridor was clear and dragged the trainers out of it.
They walked into a bright room that seemed like a meeting room. They saw the tall man standing in front of a podium and then there were about 500 Team Rocket members in the room.
"Hello there, fellow Rockets. I am your leader, Bruce. I now have a plan to capture the 3 legendary birds. We have created a weapon that counters their powers and will make them so weak they can not attack. We have tested these weapons on many different pokemon and they work successfully. We will target Zapdos first, since it is the closest and is the only one in the region. All three of the birds travel around the 5 regions to find the season of their choice. They are normally all in the same region at the same time, so this is the year we attack. Zapdos is currently resting at the Power Plant. The workers don't know that it lives there because all of the pokemon hide it. Zapdos will be extremely hard to capture, but after we do and brainwash it, it will be ours. We might not even have to use the weapons on the other two," addressed Bruce.
Drake and Montana were shocked and wanted to stop this right there and now, but Abra saw the exit and urged them to leave.
"Abra, we have to stay and stop this," Drake pleaded.
"I am with you Drake, let's go!" Montana grabbed Drake's hand. Drake stood up and almost started walking towards the podium, but Abra grabbed his leg and his eyes began to glow.
"Drake, I know you want to stop these awful people right now, but it is literally impossible. There are over 500 people here and you don't have enough power to stop them. I want to put an end to these peoples operations more than the next pokemon, but here and now is not the time to do it. We can stop their first operation at the Power Plant and then we can work our way from there. However, if you choose to fight right now, I will fight along side with you. This is up to you…" Abra said inside Drake's mind.
Drake looked at Abra then at Montana, "I have a responsibility to protect my friends and if I fight here we will probably die in the fight. We will leave and regroup and then fight another day."
Drake grabbed Abra's hand and was holding on to Montana's, he walked back down the hall way and followed the map to the exit. Drake walked outside and felt the bright, warm sun on his face and smiled. He looked over at Montana and she was doing the same. Abra let go of Drake's hand and sat on the ground. He was concentrating, since he had used so much of his power earlier.
Drake called the Officer Jenny in Vermillion and Cerulean and they rushed to the scene. Although, Drake and his group left before they got there. They didn't want to be interviewed and have their faces shown all over the world. They found a nice spot to relax at and let all of their pokemon out for awhile.
Scyther and Butterfree found a private area behind a tree and were being anti-social. Butterfree had been feeling bad since Cerulean City and was inept to battle. Meanwhile, Charmeleon and Mankey were playing tag in the field; they had become the best of friends and were always playing with each other. Gyarados and Poliwhirl were swimming in a rather large pond and found some wild Psyduck and Slowpoke to play with. Even though Gyarados evolved, she is still as playful as ever.
Kangaskhan, Clefairy and Meowth were laying in the middle of the field and Meowth was resting in Kangaskhan's pouch while Clefairy and her baby were playing hide and go seek. Vulpix was snuggled up next to Montana and Abra was lying beside Drake. They were resting for the rest of their trek to Vermillion City. Paras had climbed a tree and was eating sap, it had been eating a lot lately.
Drake was looking around and thought to himself, "I may not win every battle and may have an odd way of capturing pokemon, but I am glad I met such a good friend. I would be so lonely without Montana, her pokemon, and mine."
Montana looked over at Drake and said, "I have something to tell you Drake."
"Yeah, what is it Montana," Drake asked curiously.
"Umm, I'm not sure how to say this, but Butterfree is going to have babies and Scyther is the dad…" She was suddenly interrupted when Drake popped up and hugged her and ran for Scyther.
He found Scyther and said, "Hey buddy, you are going to be a dad." Scyther looked at Butterfree and back at Drake. He smiled and said, "Scy, Scy!" He hugged Drake and then hugged Butterfree.
Montana walked up and delivered some bad news. "Hey guys, this is some bad news, but it has to be done." She paused, and then said, "Butterfree has to go back to my dad's house, and I think she would prefer if Scyther went too."
"I agree, Scyther, you and Butterfree need to go back to Bill's house and she should have her babies in a few short weeks. It won't be that long until we see each other again," Drake said with tears in his eyes.
Drake and Montana recalled Scyther and Butterfree and sent them to Bill's house. Drake was heartbroken; Scyther was a main part of his team. He was glad that Scyther was starting a family.
The sun was setting and the group was eating dinner. Once, Abra was done he walked up to Drake and pointed at man-made battle field and was urging Drake to go.
"You want to battle, don't you?" Abra nodded his head and teleported over to the field. Drake jogged over and called Kangaskhan over. She took out Meowth and walked over to the field. She took a battle stance and was ready to battle.
Abra's fist glowed light blue and a thick layer of ice formed over it. He jumped and was ready to battle.
A/N- Hey everybody! You can still send me OCs for me to use in the upcoming tournament. You can if you want, and thanks if you do. So, I have been been getting PMs that are saying my story sucks and I should just quit. I thought it was really funny, HAHA! Thanks for reading and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review:)