Whitney and Crystal were battling back to back of each other against the surrounding Team Rocket grunts in their way.
Crystal had caught glimpse of Gold and Lyra passing by and was surprised to see Silver right behind them.
" Is that... Silver?" Crystal thought while not minding the opposition.
" Crystal, ready for round two?" Whitney spoke over her shoulder.
" Mm, yeah more than ever!" Crystal replied over her shoulder and was now refocused.
Gold, Lyra and Silver waltz their way to the locked doors while the already defeated grunts muttured amongst themselves.
" I-Is that the boss' son... It is!" The grunts continued to chat among themselves which annoyed Silver.
" What the hell are you lookin' at, get out of my sight!" Silver scared off the grunts as they immediately left the Radio Tower as if he was the high school delinquent which makes Lyra giggle.
" Must've said something you don't like, huh Silver?" Gold unlocks the door.
" Hmph, they're a just a buncha cowards with their tails tucked in." Silver said without revealing his true identity to Gold and Lyra.
" That they are." Gold nodded his head and led the group.
The executive Proton was the first elite member of Team Rocket to stand in the way to the top of the Tower.
" We meet again at last, Gold!" Proton said.
" Proton." Gold said.
" Never met this guy before, he must be new." Silver thought.
" You've done well to come this far but I believe I said the next time we meet, it would spell your end!" Proton challenged.
" Not so fast!" Lyra challenged before Gold or Silver could answer.
" And you are?" Proton asked without a slight of interest.
" Heh, my name's Lyra and I'm someone who will spell your end!" Lyra said.
" You got it?" Gold asked.
" Yeah, go on you two I've got this jerk!" Lyra assured.
" Ice this guy!" Silver said which makes Lyra's heart skip a beat.
Gold and Silver proceed on ahead to give Lyra room to battle but she stands silent holding her heart.
" I..I will!" Lyra thought.
" Your friends won't get much further, I'll finish them off after I used you as a stepping stone!" Proton snaps Lyra back to reality with his insult.
" The only stepping stone starts with you when we shut Team Rocket down for good, asshole!" Lyra took offense to Proton's threat to Gold and Silver.
" Looks like I need to educate on how you do not screw with a admin, little girl!" Proton sends out his Muk.
" Oh shut up and fight, jerk!" Lyra sent out Azumarril.
The next admin to stand in the way was Ariana who very much looked forward to facing Gold.
" Ariana!" Gold said.
" I've waited for you my handsome young man and oh my, who is this other handsome young man?" Ariana greets both Gold and Silver but fails to recognize who Silver is.
" Nevermind that, we're here to bring you down, so either you battle and lose or you get the hell out of our way!" Silver spares no pleasantries.
" A cheeky one like the little bitch from the hideout, I see.." Ariana tries to remain calm but her anger is slowly rising.
" Tch, bring it on!" Silver prepares to battle but Gold stepped in front of him.
" Nevermind her Silver, I got this I owe her one." Gold interfered.
" Fine she's all yours, I'll go after the last one!" Silver said.
" I won't be long, give me five minutes tops!" Gold said.
" Yeah right, I'll take that bet." Silver challenged.
" Name your price!" Gold remarked sparking a funny moment with Silver as Ariana looked on awkwardly.
" Hmph, six thousand poke creds." Silver answered.
" What are you outta your mind, six thousand?!" Gold complained.
" Come on, it should be easy for you to beat this woman in less than five minutes or is it that you're just talk?" Silver goaded.
" You know I always back up what I say fine, six thousand it is then so pay up once I stomp this admin!" Gold falls for the bait and retorts.
" Yeah, yeah anyway hurry up or I'll end this without you." Silver presses on ahead towards the elevator.
" Argh, that bastard still pisses me off." Gold thought.
" Are you finally finished?" Ariana asked.
" Yeah and so will you and your team, let's do this!" Gold spun his pokeball at the tip of his billiard.
" Let me see what you can really do, boy!" Ariana sends out Murkrow.
" You have no idea, get her Glaceon!" Gold shoots out Glaceon's pokeball with his billiard.
" Glaceon!" Glaceon cried.
" Get ready to pack your bags, Ariana!" Gold said.
Silver arrives at the top of the tower from the elevator and runs up the stairs to confront Archie.
" Well if it isn't the boss's ungrateful son." Archie said.
" Oh and if it isn't the biggest ass-kisser of the man I will kill, Archie." Silver not surprised of Archie's position.
" A sharp tongue like always, you haven't changed at all and I still wonder why you're even still alive." Archie said.
" Listen, that doesn't matter I will kill that man when the opportunity presents itself and you will be no exception if you and this piece of shit organization won't stay dead, got me?" Silver threatened.
" The boss has long disowned you so he will not be here to save you this time, you brat!" Archie sent out Houndour.
" I never needed help to put you in your place and I sure as hell don't need it now!" Silver sent out Golbat.
" Houndour, ember attack!" Archie said.
" Air cutter, Golbat!" Silver said.
Houndour shot out multiple ember rocks that were eventually sliced through by Golbat's air cutter attack and was attacked by the latter.
The expression of shock was on Archie's face and the expression of confidence was on Silver's face.
" Don't be surprised now, I'm just getting started!" Silver said.
Meanwhile, Gold has already defeated Ariana by his Kirlia taking out her Vileplume.
" You beat me." Ariana seemingly not surprised by the results.
" Alright, you know the deal, beat it I got a bet to collect." Gold tries to pass by but was stopped by Ariana's hand.
" Oh not so fast, you're not leaving until I get something to remember you by." Ariana whispered in Gold's ear then pushes a button on a remote to close off the last door and elevator with emergency gates.
" Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing, huh?!" Gold was starting think what was coming next.
Little time past his five minute bet limit had passed and before he knew it he was tied up also at the push of the button by Ariana.
" H-Hey, stop it I got a bet to make, damn it!" Gold trying to fight the resisting rope that constricted his movements.
" Not until I get this kiss from you, you won't escape." Ariana said.
" You won't get it besides I'm not even remotely interested, now stop!" Gold continued to try to resist as his words continued to be ignored.
" We'll see about that besides I thought all young men like older women." Ariana pins the tied up Gold to the a wall.
" In your case, you can forget it... MMPHH!" Gold being kissed forcefully by Ariana.
" Th-there you got what you wanted, now let me go and scram while you're at it!" Gold said.
" Not until I have this." Ariana felt up Gold's dick inside his shorts while licking her lips.
" Oh no, give me a break!" Gold shouted in annoyance.
Ariana had come closer in a attempt to please herself until Kirlia released itself from her pokeball in response to Gold's continued dilemma.
Kirlia saw that Gold was restrained and Ariana's lustful energy towards her trainer and was now shaking out of anger and jealousy.
" Oh what's this, is the little pokemon jealous ha ha!" Ariana mocked Kirlia and just laughed.
" K-Kirlia, please!" Gold begged. Kirlia's body glowed as it evolved into Gardevoir in response to Gold's pleas.
" What why you... AHHHH!" Ariana reacted to Kirlia's evolution before being blasted off through the roof by Gardevoir's psychic attack.
" W-Wow, Gardevoir!" Gold feeling happy and grateful about his newly evolved Pokemon.
Gardevoir immediately destroyed both gates and the rope that was constricting Gold then caught the somewhat exhausted Gold in her arms.
" Thanks, I owe you one..!" Gold hugged Gardevoir back as Gardevoir blushed with her eyes closed.
Silver's Sneasel was then knocked out by Archie's Houndoom's flamethrower.
" I admit you picked up some skill to knockout two other of my Pokemon when you couldn't even beat me in practice matches back at the old base in Kanto." Archie said.
" I had no knowledge nor connection to those Pokemon that man had stolen and how they were in the worst shape that they could possibly be." Silver closed his eyes and reopened them fiercely at the vision of Giovanni.
" Now with all of my Pokemon at my side as I am at theirs, all of my dreams will be realized starting with the team that man created!" Silver sends out his roaring Feraligatr.
" What's this?!" Archie feeling stunned that Silver would have such a strong Pokemon and a water type at that.
Gold had made in time to see Silver's Feraligatr and shortly after, Lyra had shown up with Crystal and Whitney.
" What's going on, Ethan?" Lyra asked to which Silver looks their way realizing they were there.
" Heh, I guess Silver won't need help after all." Gold smirked.
" Well yeah, he has a water type against a fire/dark type." Crystal said.
" That's not it at all, he fully believes in his Pokemon he finally understands what it means to be a trainer, I heard every word he said." Gold said.
" Is he your friend, Ethan?" Whitney asked to which Gold smiles.
" A rival." Gold answered.
" A dream you say, don't make me laugh and you're supposed to be the son of the great Giovanni?!" Archie reveals Silver's bloodline to Gold and company who were very shocked.
" What did he just say?!" Crystal shouted.
" Silver, what the hell have you been holding out on us?!" Gold also shouted.
" Silver, is this true!" Lyra felt the need to not hold back her question.
" It's not something I'm proud of, after all that man...!" Silver visualized his beautiful red haired mother lying on the ground with her own blood near Giovanni who had a katana sword with his mother's dripping blood as a younger Silver looks on horrified.
" WILL DIE!" Silver exclaimed his vengeance.
" Fire fang, now!" Archie attempts a cheapshot.
Houndoom dashes over to Feraligatr with it's flaming mouth but was not able to capitalize because Feraligatr had caught Houndoom by it's fiery mouth.
" Feraligatr, hydro pump!" Silver said.
Feraligatr released what appears to be a angry hydro pump blast directly into the mouth of Houndoom pushing it very forcefully onto Archie harshly against the glass wall that left a crack.
" Useless Pokemon, get up!" Archie shoved the unconscious Houndoom roughly off his body.
" Why you..!" Crystal lunged forward but was stopped by Gold.
Silver walks over with a balled up fist and punches some blood out of Archie's mouth also knocking him down.
" You scum, to think I used to think like the trash of this so called team had done." Silver picked up Archie by the front of his suit with one hand and punched Archie's face again with the other hand.
" You... really changed... Silver..." Archie weakly said.
" No, my eyes were merely open." Silver shoved Archie down and walks away back towards Gold and everyone.
" You're beaten, you will disband Team Rocket for second and final time, I never want to see you again, trash." Silver continued to walk unguarded.
" You.. you dare..!" Archie stood up and reached for a gun that only Gold and Lyra realized.
" Nobody will stand in the resurrection of this glorious organization and it's goals of world domination especially not some orphaned, weak brat!" Archie shouts pointing his gun directly at Silver who turned with an angry stare.
" Fire blast!" Gold stepped in and used fire blast of his Typhlosion to blast Archie through the glass wall of the tower sending him to a far off region in Johto.
" E-Ethan.." Whitney spoke softly.
" Nice job Silver, you took out Team Rocket." Gold said.
" Heh, yeah I guess I did." Silver thanked Gold for watching his back with a expression of a smirk.
" I can't believe that you changed Silver, that's a real good look of you." Crystal congratulated.
" I knew it was there all along, you something very great for all Pokemon Silver and now you saved Goldenrod, I'm so happy." Lyra confesses.
" Thanks Lyra, I can hardly believe it myself." Silver replied to the blushing Lyra.
" Oh and six thousand creds, please." Silver stuck his hand out.
" What the... I finished the battle in less the five minutes!" Gold remembered the deal.
" Oh yeah then why'd it take you longer than five minutes to show up?" Silver sassed.
" Come on I was tied up and kissed forcefully by that crazy admin!" Gold argued which set off a comedic jealousy to Crystal.
" What did you do?!" Crystal paid no mind to Gold mentioning that he was tied and kissed against his will but only on the kissing part.
" Hey Kris, it's not my fault that the crazy old Admin Ariana had the hots for me!" Gold now argued with Crystal.
" Yeah, yeah cough it up you know the deal." Silver said.
" Fine, here's your stupid six thousand credits." Gold relunctantly gives Silver his credits in a comedic fashion.
" Ethan, we are going to talk about what happened, understand?!" Crystal blushed out of little jealousy.
" Come on Kris, you know I'm not cheap like that..!" Gold said as Whitney and Lyra both laugh.
The radio director came in through the elevator and clapped at the trio of Gold, Silver and Crystal assuming they were the sole saviors of Goldenrod City.
" Tremendous you three, Team Rocket is no more and now let me reward you three a gift of gratitude each." The director gives the trio three very important items.
Silver received a silver wing, Gold a rainbow wing and Crystal a GS ball.
" What are these?" Crystal asked while examining the strange pokeball.
" All remnants of an old legend told long ago, apparently there was an old broken down tower here where we stand and it became a meeting ground for the legendary Pokemon Lugia, Ho-oh and Celebi until something was amiss and two of the legendary Pokemon Ho-oh and Lugia battled fiercely and nearly destroyed Goldenrod itself seven years ago." The director recalled.
" Oh yes I remember that, it was horrible it was out of nowhere, nobody could've predicted two legendary type Pokemon would show up and battle nearly destroying the city." Whitney also recalled.
" Seven years ago, that's how long it's been since dad..." Gold thought to himself not knowing himself the circumstances of his father's death.
" But it's also thanks to you three that Goldenrod and the rest of the world was saved from certain destruction, you have my thanks as well as the city." The director said.
" Thanks sir but the gratitude goes to our Pokemon as well as your gym leader Whitney and my friend Lyra, without them it couldn't be done." Gold modestly added.
" Oh how could I be so rude as to not thank and reward the two of you as well, Ms. Whitney." The director bowed his head in forgiveness in front of Whitney and Lyra.
" Oh no, it's fine this is my city I'm happy to help!" Whitney said.
" I agree, I don't need a reward as long as my Pokemon and others are saved." Lyra added.
" A fine and noble attitude, now let's greet the city they are anxious to meet the heroes of Goldenrod and the Pokemon world." The director led the heroes outside of the tower where they were welcomed and cheered by the citizens of Goldenrod and a t.v crew.
" Citizens of Goldenrod, allow the director to announce the heroes of Goldenrod City as well as the Pokemon world!" The director said.
" Lyra, Goldenrod's own Whitney, Crystal, Silver and Gold!" The director announced as the city applauded to the bashful heroes in their own way.
Clair from her home in Blackthorn noticed Gold on her t.v as well as all gym leaders with exception of Pryce, Lance with the Elite Four, Prof. Elm and Gold's mom.
" Ethan.." Clair said then puts on her cape, grabs her Pokemon and heads out her house to train.
Hinata Hibiki ( Gold's mom) was at the same time very proud and happy for her son but couldn't help thinking of her late husband as well.
All members of Team Rocket were loaded in police vehicles to haul them off to prison.
" Anything you heroes would like to say to the public?" The director asked.
All including Silver were a little shy to say anything though Silver hid his feelings well.
" Looks like Gold wants to say something, don't you buddy." Silver volunteers Gold who is shook up.
" Wh-what, me?!" Gold said.
" Yeah, come to think of it don't you want to be master, you have to use to the public, you know?" Whitney also volunteering Gold.
" W-well yeah but..!" Gold feeling a bit stage fright.
" No buts, good luck out there, Ethan!" Crystal playfully slaps Gold's back that pushes him in front of the crowd.
The mass of people were anxious to hear what Gold has to say but Gold couldn't stop from sweating.
" Oh um..." Gold trying to pull himself together.
" Argh damn some friends I have, now I'm going to embarrass myself!" Gold thought.
The blank stares from the people were focused on Gold in a awkward moment of silence.
" Keep it together man, don't make a fool of yourself j-just talk!" Gold thought of what to say.
" A-ha y-you're all welcome, ha-ha-ha!" Gold nervously laughs to the people who in return laughs at his shyness.
" He blew it." Crystal commented.
" Completely made a fool of himself." Silver added while Lyra and Whitney softly laugh out of pity.
" Ugh Ethan..!" Clair comments from her house while actually coming back to get one of her pokeballs and just so happened to watch Gold's blunder.
" I'm going to pay you all back for this, mark my words!" Gold shakes his fists towards his friends.
" A short and sweet welcome to the good people of Goldenrod, you have stopped that failure of a team who couldn't even draw out that miserable Giovanni." A dark and deep voice spoke from the crowd that the crowd stepped aside to reveal Gold and others the masked man.
To everyone's mystery of the masked man was indeed Pryce who was wearing a long white gown and a two eyed iced mask that was so dark that you couldn't see his eyes had left everyone in wonder on who he actually was but Silver knew who the masked man was though he himself does not know the true identity.
A Serviper had slivered from the inside and outside the masked man's gown and rested it's head on the masked man's right shoulder.
" Who are you?!" Gold called out.
" You are very much like your father, both a hero to the Pokémon world and the one responsible for crushing my plans!" The masked man's right eye became the very same eye as his Serviper.
Gold not know how or why the masked man knew of his father left him in question and Silver begun to tremble slightly in fear at the sight of the masked man.
" W-why are you here..?!" Silver trembled in fear which caught the attention of Lyra who was shocked that Silver could ever be afraid.
What's next for the heroes?