Chapter 21 Father and Daughter Reunite! The Good Guys Start to Infiltrate Iris' Hideout!
The helicopters landed just on the Pokemon Center and got off. Marty was helped by Harper and Harmony and they got inside the center where they were welcomed by Marshall, one of the other elite members. Caitlin ran over and hugged him and they all went inside.
"So, any luck on Berg?" she asked.
"Nothing, I haven't found the location of where they're keeping him but I did find grunts on almost every street corner of this city! It's getting really serious with this whole team!" Marshall told them.
"Well, we do have good news! We know where they are!" Caitlin exclaimed.
"What? How?" Marshall asked.
"Because we have two of the members in custody and someone in Castelia watching out for anything from Iris!" Damian answered.
"And that would be me." Tamaki said as he appeared in the uniform and pulled the mask off.
"Whoa! Tamaki, looking good!" Lyric joked.
"Very funny." Tamaki said.
"How were you able to get a uniform?" John asked him.
Tamaki explained how he got into the city and one of the grunts recognizing him from Striker Force and was able to beat his Ratticate and tackled him before he reached his gun. He disarmed the mind control device and took the uniform and changed his looks and got back to the post so no one would find out that he was Tamaki.
"Not bad! Never thought of that!" Damian said.
"Well, there are a lot grunts and I don't think it would work unless we join ourselves." Tamaki told them.
"He does have a point." Robert said.
"Anyways, did you see anything?" Adam asked.
"Well, I did see most of the grunts exiting from the really tall tower towards the Northwest of town, I think that is the one Heart and Spade told you guys." Tamaki said.
"That's the one! How are we going to get into itt?" Harmony asked.
"I think I know how!" Tamaki said with a smirk. "We need Spade, Grandpa McLane, and Heart to help us in it."
Back at the Iris hideout, Geri saw the figure at the door walk in and noticed the familiar long, dirty blond hair that Helena had, despite it turning gray over the years, and the scar that came from the right eye and ending at the cheek but it was underneath a stylish knight's helmet. He wore the uniform and a cape that had shoulder braces with chains hanging off of them.
"Dad? It can't be you, can it?" she asked.
He took off the helmet and revealed a few stitches healing up over one of his eyebrows.
"Yeah, it's me." He said.
"Daddy." She said and got up and limped and hugged him.
He dropped the helmet and hugged back and said, "Geraldine! I never thought I would see you in this uniform!"
"Why? Why are you in it?" she asked and let go.
"Because of your mother." He answered.
"Huh?" she asked.
He told her what had happened after he, Eliza, and his father arrived at the hideout and how he woke up in a different room from where Eliza was and met the leader. He told how it was Alice, a member of Typhoon from when Ike was leading it. Then he told her how he was tortured and so was Eliza and that caused him to join.
"So, if you hadn't joined, you or mom would be dead right now." She said.
"Yeah." He said.
"These sadistic bastards, they will do anything to have you or mom on their side, how is she by the way?" Geri asked.
"Stable, Ike told me that she woken up earlier and asked for me and Ike told her that I was coming for her and she went back to sleep." He answered.
"It's that bad? And Ike is on this team as well?" Geri asked.
Rusty nodded and said, "Yeah, but he's helping me in getting your mother out of here and now you!"
"Um, Tyler and Dustin are here too." She told him.
"What?" he asked.
Geri told him about what had happened back in Sinnoh and how it led to them to coming to Unova and the events that led to how she and her brothers got to Castelia.
"The reason why I look like this is because those grunts had us working as their cleaning service and I did get hit in the ribs by the now controlled Orange Island Twins." She said.
He sighed and said, "Damn it, Alice must pay for all the crap she's doing!"
"isn't this like what Ike was doing before he became the Vermillion Gym Leader?" Geri asked.
"Not as bad, Ike wanted us killed but Alice wants us on this team to take over since we know all the secrets in each region and how we're able to stop things." He answered.
"Damn, we better stop her then!" Geri exclaimed as she tried to stand up but had a hard time breathing.
"I better get Dr. Kraze to check you." He told her.
She nodded.
"Come on! Let me carry you." He said as he put his helmet back on.
She let him pick her up and carried her to the infirmary and got Dr. Kraze to see her. She patched her up and had her in a bed near Eliza.
Geri looked over at her sleeping body and said, "Mom, please get better so we can get you out of here."
Back at the Pokemon Center, everyone on Striker Force were getting ready for their mission into the hideout by looking like they were beat up by Heart, Spade, Grandpa McLane and Tamaki. But Marty and Zane were disguised in cloaks, with Marty posing as an old man with a cane and Zane as his partner.
"So, you got the plan?" John asked them as they walked down the streets.
"Yeah, we go search the building for any sign of Eliza and the McLane siblings." Zane answered.
"Don't forget about Berg and Jack." Marty reminded him.
"Yeah, them too!" he said.
"Good luck you guys!" Harmony told them.
"Now go, the PokeGear navigation system will take you to the tower itself and one of the back doors!" Spade told them.
"Thanks." Marty said.
"I am not telling you this because I am on side but I have to." Spade told them.
"Aw, are we having feelings?" Adam teased.
"Shut up twerp!" Heart yelled and kicked him.
"Ah!" he exclaimed.
"Adam, don't piss them off when we're already on the way!" Damian told him and turned to Marty and Zane. "You better split off now."
They nodded and ran off.
The group was led to the hideout where they were let in by the grunts at the drawbridge that was over a small pond in the city.
One of the Orange Island Twins ran into the throne room where Alice and Ike were sitting in and yelled, "Queen! Heart, Spade, Grandpa McLane have returned and not only that, Caravan's with them!"
"Oh really?" Alice asked.
"Plus, they have the Striker Force with them!" she exclaimed.
"Good! Let them into the throne room!" Alice exclaimed.
"Yes my Queen!" she exclaimed and left the room.
No way! Does that mean Robert and JoAnn are with them? Ike thought to himself.
"Is there something wrong King?" Alice asked.
"No, nothing! Let's see the prisoners and what we will do with them from here." He answered.
She nodded.
Striker Force was brought into the room and they all looked at the thrones. Robert and JoAnn noticed that Ike was on them.
"Dad!" Robert yelled and was about to run over but Tamaki kicked him.
Tamaki whispered to Robert and said, "What the hell are you doing? Do you want to ruin the plan when it already started? Now stay quiet or we will get killed if this goes wrong."
Robert nodded nervously.
"Do you know him?" Alice asked Ike.
"Yes, he's my son and the girl with the purple hair next to him, that's my daughter." He answered.
She looked at JoAnn and said, "Wow, looks like that bitch of yours."
Spade cleared his throat and said, "My queen, we were able to return with the Striker Force!"
"Good! Also, welcome home you three! Why is Caravan with you?" she asked.
Tamaki cleared his throat and deepened his voice and said, "I helped out in the capture, well, recapture because some of them were escaping and I came in and helped out."
"I see, but what happened to the traitors? Marty and Zane? Not only that, how did you acquire the professor, Juniper was it?" Ike asked.
"She was with the group, somehow she was trying to take us out as well!" Grandpa McLane answered.
"About Marty and Zane, they escaped." Heart answered.
"Oh really now? How would they when they know that there are skilled members on the team?" Alice asked.
"Well, Zane helped Marty escape so they wouldn't be in the team again or killed." Tamaki answered in the deep voice.
"I see, what if I said that you let them go?" Alice asked.
"What?" Spade asked.
"Guards! Take them to the cell room!" Alice yelled.
Grunts came in and took them away and they all screamed.
"Dad!" Robert and JoAnn yelled.
Ike was silent.
"Damn it Alice, why?" Spade Heart asked.
"I smelled treachery and heard it on every word!" she answered.
"Not only that, I think a peace won't be happening either!" Ike said as he looked into Trevor's eyes.
"You traitor!" Trevor yelled and pointed his gun at Ike.
"No Trevor!" Damian yelled.
Trevor shot at him.
Ike dodged and the bullet just hit the throne.
"Take them away!" Alice yelled.
The grunts took them out of the throne room.
"No dad! How could you let this happen?" Robert yelled.
Ike watched them go and then had Robert's words echo in his head and thought, Yeah, how could I when I know they're going to rescue me? I can't let it be so obvious!
"Are you okay King?" Alice asked.
"Yes, I am going for a walk." He answered and left the throne room.
She sighed.
Meanwhile, Zane and Marty managed to enter the hideout and saw a few grunts but Zane taized them and Marty disarmed the mind control devices.
"Do you know where they might be keeping Jack and Berg?" Zane asked Marty.
"Not sure, but I have a feeling we may encounter someone that may help us." He answered.
Zane nodded and said, "Maybe we should start looking then."
"Right." Marty said.
They started to walk and they found Dustin and Tyler cleaning the hall with Hailey watching them.
"No way, Hailey?" Marty asked.
"How are we going to free her?" Zane asked.
"I know how!" Marty exclaimed and took out a Pokeball. "Go Branch!"
They heard and saw a Leafeon come out.
"Huh? How the hell did a trainer get in?" Hailey asked.
"Branch use vine whip on Hailey!"
The Leafeon wrapped her in her vines and Hailey screamed.
Zane appeared behind the trapped Hailey and said, "Time for you to be free."
He took the mind control device off of her.
"huh?" she asked and looked down and was surprised at what she was wearing.
"Welcome back Hails!" Tyler exclaimed.
She saw Tyler and Dustin in their dirty clothes.
"Dustin? Tyler?" she asked and saw Zane and Marty. "Zane! Marty, you're alive!"
"Hey kid, keep it down! We don't want grunts to hear you." Zane told her.
"Right, do you mind?" Hailey asked.
Marty nodded and said, "Branch, let hr go."
His Leafeon let her go and she fell to the floor and said, "Ow! Thanks a lot!"
"Sorry, Branch does that when she has anything in her vines. Now return Branch!" Marty exclaimed and returned her to her Pokeball.
"Now that we freed Hailey, we need to find Jack and Berg!" Zane exclaimed.
"Well, I woke up in a room where I saw them." Hailey told them.
"And it was the same one we were in!" Dustin exclaimed.
"Really? Show us guys!" Marty exclaimed.
They nodded and they ran off with the McLane brothers and Hailey leading them.
They were led to the cell room where they found Jack and Berg and the rest of Striker Force.
"Guys? What are you doing here?" Zane asked.
"We got captured!" they all said in unison.
"And about time too guys, I'm hungry!" Jack yelled.
"hey there Jack, long time no see." Marty said.
"Yeah, yeah, not only that, this guy is not doing so well by the looks of things." Jack told them.
They noticed Berg was also chained to the wall and injured. They saw a big stab wound in his stomach. Zane came over and felt for a pulse and said, "It's a bit faint but he's hanging on."
"We better get him to the doctor then." Harmony said.
"Well, we have to get out of here first." Adam said.
"Well, I have the key!" Hailey exclaimed.
"Wow, never thought Alice would be so dumb to give everyone a key when she knows we can free her guards." Tamaki said.
Hailey freed them all except for Grandpa McLane, Heart and Spade.
"Hey! Why aren't you freeing us? We're not on Alice's side anymore!" Heart exclaimed.
"Oh! I thought you were, now, are you really reformed?" Hailey asked.
"II am, I'm just an old man they forced onto the team in order to get to Geri and her brothers!" Grandpa McLane answered.
"Well, she did betray us." Spade said.
Heart nodded.
"I guess we are on your side now." Spade said.
Hailey released them and they removed their masks.
"Finally we can breathe." Heart said.
"Good, that will be your last breath!" they heard and saw Dr. Hatter.
"Well, well, the doc just called in!" John exclaimed.
"Not bad of a pun for a gym leader, let's see how you fight!" Dr. Hatter said with a smirk.
"Very well!" John exclaimed and pulled out his sword.
"Are you sure dad?" Lyric asked.
"Yeah, go find Eliza and Geri and try to get Berg to a doctor while you're at it!" he exclaimed.
She nodded and the others left.
"Let's start off with an appetizer shall we? Go Weezing!" Dr. Hatter exclaimed.
"Go Medicham!" John exclaimed and sent it out.
"Weezing use poison gas!"
"Detect Medicham!"
"Now use pound!"
"Psychic!"
Both Pokemon kept on fighting within the cell room until Medicham managed to knock out Weezing.
"Take that Hatter!" John exclaimed.
"Not bad for a gym leader!" Dr. Hatter said as he returned his Weezing. "I wonder if you're still a great fighter!"
"Very well!" John exclaimed as he returned Medicham.
They started fighting sword on sword.
Rusty was at Eliza's side when the rest of Striker came running in. He recognized Marty and Zane right away and vice versa with Marty and Zane.
"Rusty?" they asked.
"Marty? Zane? Is that you?" he asked.
"Dad, what did they do to you?" Dustin asked after he saw the uniform.
"I can explain!" Rusty started but they all heard a groan.
"Rusty?"
"Eliza!" Rusty exclaimed.
Eliza was wide awake and saw everyone and then Geri in the other bed, still asleep, and then at Rusty and saw that he wore a uniform.
"Rusty?" she asked in a surprised voice and then screamed.