Chapter 14 Unova Arrivals and a Run in With Spade!
Rusty's transformation took place within an hour after he agreed to being a member of Iris. Alice was pleased to find out and went to see the uniform fitting and saw that he was being placed with a coat of arms for his position into the higher ranks as the Knight.
"Is it better for me to be at the lower ranks rather than the higher?" he asked as he saw her come in.
"I prefer you to be a knight for me since I already saved the last spot for someone else." She answered.
"You mean the king?" Diamond asked.
"Yes!" she said.
"And who would that be?" Dr. Kraze asked her.
"Don't tell me that the spot is for that bastard I hate!" Dr. Hatter growled.
"You got it! Spade!" Alice exclaimed.
"Yes my queen?" Spade asked.
"Go after Striker Force and don't kill Ike like Artemis tried to." She said.
Dr. Hatter pushed up his glasses which the glint of the light in them hid his glaring eyes towards her.
"Yes ma'am, do you want me catch him?"
"Not yet, I rather do that myself if he gets close to Castelia City." Alice answered.
"Very well! I will do my best!" Spade exclaimed and left.
"Are you sure on not kidnapping him?" Dr. Hatter asked.
"I just want to play around with him that's all, now Knight, shall we get back to the throne room?" she asked Rusty.
"Not yet, I want to see my wife and her condition." Rusty answered.
She sighed and said, "Very well! Dr. Kraze, do you mind?"
"Sure." She answered and led him to a room that read, "Medical Lab/Infirmary."
He went inside to find Eliza hooked up to an IV, oxygen tank, and covered in bandages. He took one of her hands and kissed it.
"I'm so sorry, Eliza." He said. "Just hang on and I will get you out of here, I promise."
In Mistraltin City, the plane landed and Geri and crew came out and got onto the air strip. Skyla, the gym leader, found them and yelled, "Hey!"
"Hey Skyla!" Harmony called out.
They met up with her and one of the gym trainers of the town.
"I guess you all made it to the region all right by the looks of it." She said.
"You got it!" Adam said.
Skyla looked at the others and said, "Whoa, a big crowd you got there! Did you recruit some new people to Striker?"
"Sort of! These people are here to help." Max answered.
"What do you mean by sort of? My dad had all of us join!" Robert exclaimed.
"Robert." Ike said with a warning tone to his voice.
Skyla looked at them all and recognized Ike, John, and Marty.
"Whoa! I never thought I would meet two gym leaders from other regions and a different region's professor!" she exclaimed.
"Well, now you have!" Marty said.
"Tommy, let go!" they all heard.
"I told you not to kick me in the gut once we landed!"
"But I was trying to get out!"
They saw the Howl twin boys coming out.
"Vinny! Tommy! I thought I told you to stay with your sisters at Grandpa Howl's house?" Harper yelled.
"Wait, you sent them to my dad's?" Marty asked.
"I thought they would be safe at his house since Iris didn't reach Solaceon." She answered.
Marty sighed.
"I can't believe you came back dad!" both boys exclaimed.
"Oh great, they do the twin thing as well." The Orange Island Twins exclaimed.
"They are twins after all, you can't blame them." JoAnn told them.
"What brings you two on this dangerous journey?" Marty asked.
"Well, we couldn't stay with Sam and Sierra back at grandpa's!" Vinny answered.
"So, we decided to stow away in the boat that was heading for Unova after mom called grandpa." Tommy answered.
"I'm guessing you guys used your Staraptors to get to the port." Marty said.
The boys nodded.
"I guess they're coming with us?" Damian asked Harper and Marty.
"We have no choice since Sinnoh and Unova are so far from each other, plus this would give them an opportunity to see the newer Pokemon here." Marty answered and then turned to the boys. "Fine you two, you get to be with us but don't get hurt! Iris is a team you don't want to mess with by what I've seen with Dr. Hatter taking out Ike!"
"Hey! That bastard broke a prosthetic I had on!" Ike told him.
"Okay, enough you guys! We're all here and now we can try and find Iris and their headquarters." Adam told them all.
"Are you sure about that?" Skyla asked.
"What do you mean by that?" John asked.
"Well, they're not really easy to find especially in this region! They seem to leave Iris petals behind when they vanish." Skyla told them as they started to head for the Pokemon Center.
"We can just follow the petals!" Katie exclaimed.
"No, the Pokemon seem to eat the petals and that doesn't leave much of a trail and none of the rangers don't know which city they are in either." She answered.
"What about the different islands?" Trevor asked.
She shrugged and said, "I don't know but this team knows how to hide."
"Hey Saiyori, Zane, Marty, what about you three? Do you know where they held you guys?" Max asked.
"I was mind controlled." Marty answered.
"Me too." Saiyori said.
"I was in Sinnoh all the time reporting back to the doc." Zane answered.
"That means the mind control was true after all." Skyla said.
Marty nodded.
"Well, at least we're all here, be glad we reached our destination safely!" Geri exclaimed.
"She's right guys, we may not have enough leads but we can find these guys and take out any members as we travel this region." Tyler said.
"You guys do have a point, looks like we're setting out for Icirrus City since it's close y, we will rest here and let these people new to the region enjoy the evening here since it's their first time here." Damian said.
"What about Iris?" Lyric asked.
"Call us up." Trevor said.
They nodded and the group split up to leave the main Striker members and Skyla alone.
"So, how bad is it? With Iris I mean." Skyla asked them.
"Bad, they have these guys with suit names and are now on the attack since the son of Julius Hatter failed back in Sinnoh." Max answered.
"What? You mean the former Team Rocket doctor had a son?" Skyla asked.
"I know it sounds new but according to Ike, he is as evil and crazy as him since he did treat his injury in in his leg years ago." Adam answered.
"I see, I guess the Vermillion Gym did some good for him after all." Skyla said.
Harmony nodded and asked, "So, what's the ranger reports besides the vanishing Iris petals?"
"Well, trainers are being injured since they ttry to face them by thinking that they would get experience by beating them but they weren't! This was while you guys were gone and the rangers that were stationed in Nimbasa City did catch one member and tried questioning them but no answer." She answered.
"It looks like we're heading to Nimbasa after Icirrus then." Trevor said.
"Well, Bryce did say he did have trouble and trying to keep the city under control." Skyla said.
"Damn, Team Iris is making a real mess out of this region." Harmony said.
"You got that right!" they heard and Iris petals exploded out of nowhere.
"What the hell?" Adam asked.
They saw Spade appear through the petals with members of Iris.
"Great, just as we arrive home and we get attacked!" Damian exclaimed as he loaded his gun.
"No need for that! Skuntank use poison gas!" Spade exclaimed.
His Skuntank came out and used the attack.
They all coughed and fainted.
"Looks like I caught the true Striker Force and Skyla of Mistraltin Gym." Spade said with a smirk on his face.
"What do you want us to do?" one of the members asked.
"We lock them in the air field tower of course! Come on!" Spade exclaimed.
They all nodded and followed orders as they had their strongest Pokemon carry the knocked out Striker members and Skyla to the air field tower.
"Man, this place is amazing!" Tyler exclaimed.
"Never thought that we would be in a region like this." Geri said as they looked around at the city which they discovered the different parts and saw trainers with unique Pokemon that they put Pokedex data into their dexes.
"It even makes Marty and his twin boys happy." Katie said as she pointed at the three of them looking at a sarcophagus looking Pokemon.
"This is so amazing! I never thought a Pokemon would take on this kind of breed!" Marty exclaimed.
"At least they're happy." Harper said and sighed.
"I'm guessing your music never carried to this region when you were a star?" John asked her.
"Don't blame me for knowing about this region with Marty a few years back." She told him.
John laughed a bit.
Zane noticed Ike wwas not being as social as the others and asked, "What's up mate? Why aren't you being with the others?"
"I don't know, it feels like that something is going on in town and I don't like it." He answered.
"What do you mean by that?" Zane asked.
"Did the rest of Striker come back from the air filed? As in, Damian, Harmony, Adam, Trevor, and Max?" Ike asked.
"Maybe they're in the bathroom or at the gym." Zane answered.
"If they were escorting Skyla to the gym, they would be here with us talking about tactics picking out areas to travel to." Ike told him.
"You're right." Zane said.
Ike stood up and turned to the others and saw some of the trainers being amazed by their own Pokemon that they sent out and said, "Guys, get your Pokemon to their Pokeballs!"
"Huh?" Bailey asked.
"Why?" Vinny asked.
"Skyla and the others are missing and I think someone or some flower petals took them!" he answered.
They all did and they all apologized to the trainers and headed for the air field.
Once they returned to the field, they found some iris petals and Lyric said, "Damn, it looks like Iris came by."
"Yeah." JoAnn said.
"Come on guys, we need to follow the petals." Ike told them.
"You got it!" Robert exclaimed as he took out his blades.
They followed the petals and noticed that the workers on the airfield were knocked out and saw some also knocked out at the door to the tower. Both John and Marty looked around to see if any traps were lying around and then waved them inside. Once inside, more workers were out and they smelled the scent of irises in the air.
"The calling card." Ike said.
"Calling card?" John asked.
"Team Iris members leave a scent of iris flowers when they're coming or they have arrived in the area." Geri answered.
"Stop right there!" they heard and saw two grunts.
"Great! They brought their foot soldiers along!" Tamaki exclaimed.
"Go Servine!" one of the grunts exclaimed.
"Go Toxicroak!" the other exclaimed.
"Man, why do the bad guys always get the poison-types?" Hailey asked.
"I think we will take them down!" Bailey asked.
"What?" Hailey asked.
"You all go upstairs, we will handle these two!" Bailey yelled to the others.
"See ya!" Geri exclaimed and they all ran upstairs.
"Okay you two, you will be feeling the wrath of the Orange Island twins!" Bailey exclaimed.
"Let's get on with it! Go Politoad!" Hailey yelled.
"Take them out Poliwrath!" Bailey exclaimed.
"Servine use leaf blade!" one of the grunts yelled.
"Toxicroak use poison gas!" the other yelled.
"No way! Poliwrath use mach punch on Toxicroak!" Bailey yelled.
"Politoad use headbutt on Servine!" Hailey yelled.
All the Pokemon started fighting.
As the group ran upstairs and reached the next level. Two more grunts appeared.
"Another pair of grunts?" Dustin asked.
"I will take them on!" JoAnn exclaimed.
"I will join you!" Geri exclaimed.
"Are you sure?" Tyler asked her.
"Of course! Go ahead and try take out the rest for mom and dad will you?" she asked her brothers.
"You got it!" Dustin exclaimed.
The others ran upstairs.
"So, the daughter of Eliza McLane poses a challenge against us? Very well, go Abomnisnow!" one of the grunts exclaimed.
"You too Weavile!" the other grunt yelled.
"Very well! Go Charizard!" JoAnn yelled.
"When did you get that?" Geri asked as it came out.
"It was my starter way before I became the new Oak's assistant!" she answered as she winked.
"I will be joining in with my Popper! Go!" Geri yelled and sent out her Ampoleon.
"Weavile use double slash!" one of the grunts yelled.
"Popper dodge and use peck!" Geri yelled.
"Abomnisnow use icy wind!" the other grunt yelled.
"Use fire blast Charizard!" JoAnn yelled.
The Pokemon started to fight with ice, fire, and physical attacks.
The group reached the third floor where two more grunts blocked the way and both Lyric and Katie stayed behind to fight as the rest reached the final floor where they found the original members of Striker Force and Skyla tied up and their mouths taped.
"Adam! Harmony! Damian! Trevor! Max! Skyla! Are you alright?" John yelled.
Trevor muffled a little with a "It's a trap!"
"What?" Zane asked.
Bombs with iris petals blew up around them and they heard cackling and saw Spade appear.
"Looks like you all made it to the top! I hope my grunts were able to take out the team that stayed behind!" Spade exclaimed.
"Never underestimate them!" John yelled.
"Oh really now? Let's see if they can beat them while you all beat me! Go Skuntank, Muk, and Cacturn!" Spade yelled.
His Pokemon came out.
"You kids go and try to get Striker Force free while we take care of this guy and his Pokemon!" John told them.
"Right!" Tommy exclaimed.
They ran to their down comrades.
"I think not!" Spade exclaimed and pressed a button and a cage fell on them.
"No!" Harper yelled.
"Hey, let us go!" Vinny yelled.
"Sorry, I can't! You will get in my way! Now," Spade said and turned to the others, "What will you all do since your precious children are trapped?"
"Fight!" Ike yelled as he took out his sword.
John nodded and took his out as well.
"I will do the same!" Marty exclaimed and took his out.
"Great, a traitor decides to fight me, very well." Spade said.
"I did it for my friends that you harmed." Marty told him.
"Enough chatter, let's see what you got!" Spade exclaimed.
"Go Electabuzz!" Ike yelled.
"Go Medicham!" John yelled.
"Go Volcano!" Marty yelled.
"What about us?" Harper asked.
"Go and release the others!" Ike yelled.
"Be careful!" Dr. Elisa yelled as she, Harper, and Zane ran over to the cage to help the others.
"Now my Pokemon attack!" Spade yelled.
"You too Electabuzz, use thunderpunch!" Ike yelled.
"Medicham use ice punch!" John yelled.
"Volcano use mach punch!" Marty yelled.
The three Pokemon started to fight Spade's Pokemon while the others were getting rescued by Harper, Dr. Elisa, and Zane.
Back at Team Iris' hideout, Rusty watched the sun go down and then remembered how he watched over the sleeping Eliza.
"Eliza, hang on!" he said.
"Aw, my knight worried about his princess?" Alice asked.
"Don't call me that, you know I am just doing this to save her." Rusty told her.
"I know but you got to follow orders as well to keep her alive." Alice said.
"I didn't agree to that." He growled.
"Sorry Knight, you must or we pull the plug on her." Dr. Kraze said with a smile.
Rusty gasped.
"Unless we mind control him, Queen." Dr. Hatter said as he pushed his glasses.
"Hmm, maybe we should do that! Hatter, go get one!" Alice exclaimed.
"Don't! I will do anything you say!" Rusty yelled.
"Really? Good, now go down to the gym and fight the gym leader and bring him back here." Alice said.
"Y-yes ma'am." He said and left.
"Are you sure we should count on him?" Dr. Hatter asked.
"Come on Dr. Hatter, we have his wife in our custody, if he doesn't comply he will lose her in the end." Alice said with a smile.
Author's Commentary
Hey guys, back with another commentary! Well, when I forgot the name for Marty's Infernape)or was it Maferno as the final evolution for Chimchar) and went to look it up by going to the first story, I found there was another Eliza's Story before I wrote mine. Woops! I did read the first chapter, it goes backto the same beginning as the games but it is pretty good from what I read in chapter 1. I did kind of like how the writer used the assistants in it as well even though really see any with Professor Oak. So, if you're bored, search for this version, forgot the pen name but it does describe a trainer that has Pokemon hate her.
Anyways, I did start on gathering parts for Ike, So far, only got the fedora for the costume. But Gondras does like to wear it time to time and I need to make sure he doesn't snatch it for real. And back to looking up the name for Marty's Pokemon, it felt good looking back at the first story. It shows how the characters come a long way and how Geri came to be. Now Rusty is on Iris, it will get even more interesting. The conclusion of the battle against Spade will come up in the next chapter, I think he will meet his defeat in it. Not sure yet but it will come soon! See ya next chapter!