Hey everyone, welcome to another chapter more. Sorry for the delay, work has been killer. Now for a quick announcement:
I won't be able to post a new chapter for November, as I will move out where I live and my schedule looks to be too busy. However, I will post two chapters in December as this is a two part story. Now as for the surprise on December, I have the stuff ready, but finding a place is harder than it looks. I was going to put this on Yahoo Groups, but the place has suffered from recent hackings. So I will find another place until I find a home for it.
I know it's tough about this, but it is out of my hands. So hope you guys enjoy this chapter and see you later.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
Chapter 24- The Battle of Silph Co.
Ash and the others sat down at a table and heard the tale of the secretary.
"He was working on a very powerful Pokéball. He had top scientists experimenting on it and we recently began testing it out."
"Did my father stay behind?" Giselle asked.
She nodded "Yes. I wanted to stay with him, but he ordered me to escape and warn someone. I wanted to warn the police, but I noticed a few Rockets in the area."
"Rockets? How would you know that?" Ash asked.
"I overhead two men talking about keeping an eye out for something suspicious. I stayed here and was going to contact the police."
She then looked at Ash "Ash, you have to save my father. If they learned about the police coming in, this might cause a problem and could endanger him."
Ash pondered how he could save someone. He could use Xatu, but remembered he had to know the place to teleport. Numerous scenarios are playing on his head, trying to figure out how to save Giselle's father and stop the Rockets.
"Excuse me Elaine, is the package here?"
Ash looked up as he heard a familiar voice. He saw the familiar teal hair coloured woman. He went over and asked "Marie? Is that you?"
She turned around and recognized the young man from Pallet Town. She went to hug him. "Hey Ash, it's been a while since I saw you."
"Same. So what are you doing here?" He asked.
"Oh just taking some time off, picking up a package, and then relax some more after."
Ash then thought of something as he said "Can you help us with something?"
She heard his tone being serious. "What's wrong?"
He gestured to follow her somewhere private. Once he saw no one was around he said "Look, Team Rocket has infiltrated Silph Co. and initiated a hostile takeover"
"What?"
"Look, I know it's hard to believe, but it's true. The CEO's assistant is standing not far off and explained the situation to us. There are Rockets inside that building, after a powerful experimental Pokéball and will use it for themselves. At this point, having police coming in will risk the lives of the people inside. I need your help, please."
"You do realize the large risks of them having weapons with them, and could also use the hostages as shields. The last thing I need is a hostage getting hurt and all of us end up getting held accountable by a hostage blaming the police."
"I will be honest with you, for some reason, I have stopped Team Rocket numerous amount of times. I have yet to lose one person out of this fight. If you can trust me on this, and keep yourself stealthy and quick, we can save the lives of these people."
The off duty officer began to contemplate about this and knew about the pros and cons of it all. Various scenarios were playing on her head, but with Ash it becomes a different story. She knew it is them or nothing.
"Alright, let's do this."
Ash nodded and they went to meet with the others.
"Okay, she can assist us in dealing with our Rocket problem. So I need you to stay here, while we deal with the problem." He said to the secretary.
She nodded as she pondered if this was a bad idea.
Ash and his friends went to a computer, and the young trainer plugs his Pokédex into the computer.
"Dex, I need you to hack into the Silph Co building and I need everything about the security, cameras, and blueprints."
"Ah, breaking the law already? Well, don't blame me if you end up in jail for it."
Dex checked on the public mainframes and was able to avoid being detected. He found everything he needed to find and uploaded it on the computer.
"There we go, one illegal backdoor to Silph Co. coming up."
He rolled his eyes and checked on the cameras. He saw some Rockets keeping an eye on the hostages and some scientists and workers chatting with them. He then moved into the first floor and saw one guard.
Then he opened up the blueprint and was impressed at how many floors they are.
"This looks well protected, but it can be done."
The woman then pressed a button on the security camera and places the feed on the 9th floor. She then pointed at a geometrical coloured tile.
"That tile will be able to teleport you as a shortcut to the CEO's office. They are everywhere, but they look like most are offline. Good."
"Activating them and reaching it. Dex, can you open the locked door, once we reach there?"
"The tiles are easy enough… Done. Unfortunately, the security on the doors is too damn high. It seems to be on a private server, so I can't do anything unless I'm physically at the actual server mainframe."
Then Giselle remembered something "A key card can access all the lock doors and whoever has it can enter that door."
Ash nodded. "Okay, so Marie, plan it out."
She nodded and began to explain the infiltration plan.
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Sunset, Silph Co.
Ash and the others were checking on the doors of Silph Co. They found two guards chatting far off. Ash pressed a button as Dex opened the door. Both Jenny and Ash rushed immediately and knocked out both Rocket Members fast.
"Well, that takes care of them." Jenny said.
"Yes, but we have more to deal with."
"Alright, let's see each floor again."
He went over and presses a few buttons, and Ash began to count the number of Rockets inside of the building each floor.
He kept count as fast as possible and then he was finished.
"Counting Rockets and the moles, there's 30."
Marie nodded "Remember, do your best."
They ran upstairs and went to the first floor.
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CEO's Office…
Nero sat on a chair and was staring at the man in front of him. The man had his eyes taped open.
"So tell me if the special Pokéball is finished and then we can be on our way."
"Like I will tell you anything, you psycho!"
The other two Rockets, Jessie and James, looked nervous. They already know he could make anyone talk through his torture.
Nero got up and went to open his suitcase.
"I suppose I have to do things the hard way. I will make you talk using this violin that was given to me by Stradivarius."
He took out a wooden violin and began to play. This caused pain in the years of the occupants, save Nero.
"I won't tell you anything!"
He then walked over, still playing the violin.
"I can stop this if you tell me where that great and powerful ball is."
He kept playing as James was counting to 100 for it to stop. Jessie was not enjoying this either as she was begging all the gods to stop.
"I won't tell you, you psycho! I won't tell!"
He stopped playing and places the violin back on the box.
"Jessie, James, leave the room."
They left the room. He took off his mask and was shown as a young man with a small beard, and crazed look went in front of him.
"I know other ways to make you talk."
He pushes him on the ground. He is on top of him and then uses his index finger to push his eye in a little. He was also making weird noises.
"Stop! Please stop! No, no!"
From the outside, both Jessie and James were terrified as they heard the man screaming.
"W-what do you suppose he is doing?" James asked.
"I don't know. I heard he tortures them and he is able to get the information. That is why the boss likes him around."
Another scream is heard as both of them were glad they weren't in the same room as him.
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Second floor…
Ash and his companions had just subdued more Rockets. They have been asking for the master card key, but not one would confess. Even with Ash using his Aura, they found that not one of them has the information he needed.
"One of these guys must know. I know it." Was all Ash said.
"We have one more Rocket left, and then move on." Misty said.
He went over and checked on his mind. Once he left, Ash nodded.
"Fifth floor. He is guarded though, but a teleport tile will take me there and sneak around them. You try to help the people leave here and keep going floor to floor, I will face the guard."
They nodded and began to getting to work.
Ash saw the tile teleporter and went on it. He was in a cleared area and began to sneak around. He looked at each room, where he was while avoiding detection.
He then opened another door and found some keys on the other side. He went and sneaked inside of the place and grabbed them.
"Well, well, if it isn't an intruder."
Ash turned around, as a large Rocket was ready to fight.
"Yes, an intruder that will leave."
Both threw their Pokéball.
The Rocket Member sent out his Koffing.
Ash had his Vulpix, ready to fight.
"Koffing, release a Sludge Bomb!"
The poison Pokémon released a large glob of sludge right at the fox Pokémon.
"Vulpix, dodge it and go for Incinerate!"
She rolled to the side and released a flame attack.
"Koffing, use Smog!"
It released a large smoke to fan the flames.
"Vulpix, use Extrasensory!"
Her eyes glowed and caused Koffing to feel excruciating pain on its body.
"Koffing, use Self-Destruct!"
"Quick, use Disable!"
Vulpix glowed with a slight blue aura, and Koffing glowed as well. Koffing tried to blow itself up, but wasn't able to, much to its confusion.
"Vulpix, finish it with Fire Blast!"
She tilted her head back and released a large ball of fire, and was a direct hit. This caused the Pokémon to be taken out.
Just as the large guy returned his Pokémon, Ash punched him with an uppercut to the jaw. He knocked him out and tied him up.
"Glass jaw, that was way too easy. Good work, Vulpix. Let's get out of here."
She nodded and they went back through the door.
Once reaching to the others, Ash saw they were able to take out another group of Rockets.
"Alright. We have the keys and we could move to take out the leader. Marie, call the police and tell them to stand by until I fight off the leader."
"You got it."
"Follow me gals."
They nodded and they went to the fifth floor and Ash found the tile he needed to go. They went inside and found a door not far off. He used the master key and got in. Then they went into another tile teleporter and they were on the top floor.
They walked into the corridor until they saw Jessie and James, guarding the door. Jessie saw this and smirked.
"Well, well, if it isn't the twerps."
James stood confidently more. "It has been a while. And now, we will take you down."
Ash sighed "Look, if you turn away, we won't fight you. We know what happened at Pokétech."
Jessie looked a bit hesitant but shook her head. "That is the past, and we will stop you."
Ash sighed "Misty, Giselle, take care of them. I have a leader to deal with."
They nodded as they went to battle it out.
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Inside the CEO's office…
"Come on, peon. Speak!"
The older man was ready to tell him. Then heard the door open.
"Hold it right there!"
This stopped Nero and places his mask back on. He stood up.
"Brother Ashton, I knew you'd come."
He turned around and had an Ultra Ball out.
"Today, I will not hold back as a four against four battle, will determine our battleground for…Deletion!"
Both trainers threw their Pokéballs and out came their Pokémon.
Ash sent out Pidgeotto, ready to fight.
Nero sent out a three-headed ostrich bird, looking ready to fight.
"Pidgeotto, use Steel Wing!"
The bird Pokémon dived as her wings became metallic.
"Dodrio, use your magnificent Tri-Beam Attack!"
The three headed bird Pokémon released a fire, ice, and electrical attack. Pidgeotto felt the excruciating pain as the electrical and ice attack affected her. Though, she managed to make a hit to the bird Pokémon.
"Pidgeotto, use Wing Attack!"
Her wing glowed and dived toward her opponent.
"Dodrio, use your powerful beaks to drill!"
The beak glowed and used it as a way to block the attack. Pidgeotto winced a bit from the attack, while the three-headed bird Pokémon shook its heads.
"Pidgeotto, use Hidden Power!"
She swirled around the Pokémon as Dodrio was having a hard time focusing.
"Delete it with Impact of Giga!"
The three headed bird Pokémon jumped high and stomped hard on the ground.
"Now, use Mirror Move!"
Her wings glowed and it copied the move. Both moves collided as the building shook a bit. Once the smoke cleared out, a panting Dodrio was still standing, while Pidgeotto was taken out of the fight.
"So much for your elegant bird…"
Ash recalled his Pokémon and switched it. Out came Vulpix.
"The fire fox will be decimated. Dodrio, use Brave of Birds!"
The bird Pokémon screeched loudly and charged right at its opponent.
"Vulpix, Fire Blast!"
Vulpix tilted her head back and released a powerful fire blast attack. Dodrio was hit hard, as it flew right into the wall and was taken out of the fight. Nero sighed and returned his Pokémon.
"Alright, then. Go…Voltorb!"
Out came a Pokéball with eyes on it.
"Vulpix, use Fire Spin!"
She released a spinning fire and it was surrounding the electric Pokémon.
"Voltorb, roll right through it and give it a nice Discharge!"
Although hurt by the fire, Voltorb rolled through the fire and tackled her hard with its electrical attack. Vulpix rolled for a bit but got back on her feet.
"Vulpix, use Hex!"
Vulpix's eyes glowed and Voltorb felt pain like no other. It was thrown around the room as it stopped. Voltorb was close to losing conscious as he felt the burn from the earlier attack.
"Voltorb, time to be obsolete!"
Voltorb rolled right at its opponent, glowing.
"Vulpix, counter shield!"
She created a fire spin around her as a large explosion was released. Both waited for the results as Ash was relief that Vulpix was still standing, though winced from the effects of the explosion. Voltorb was out of the fight.
Nero returned his Pokémon and took out another.
"Let's show your true power, Mr. Mime."
A human-like Pokémon was ready to fight.
"Vulpix, use Flamethrower!"
She releases a strong fire attack that is spreading near her opponent.
"Mime, shield yourself and use your magnificent mind on it!"
The psychic Pokémon created invisible walls as it stopped the flame attacks. Then his eyes glowed as the fox Pokémon was thrown to the side, hard. She shook it off.
"Vulpix, use Hex!"
Her eyes glowed and managed to hit the psychic Pokémon. He winced from the pain on his body.
"Mime, end this fight with your broken brilliance!"
Mime's eyes glowed as Vulpix was picked up and was slammed on the ceiling, then on the ground. Then was shot with a purple beam, sending the Pokémon landing near Ash. Ash recalled Vulpix and got a bit serious. He knew this guy is tough and decided to step up the gear.
"Go, Squirtle!"
Out came the turtle Pokémon, ready to fight.
"Mime, use your brilliant beam attack!"
He released a purple beam attack, healing near Squirtle.
"Squirtle, Withdraw!"
He immediately got into his shell as the beam hits the shell. Thus far, no effects on him, as Squirtle waited until the beam stopped firing.
"Squirtle, Bubble Beam!"
Squirtle released various glowing bubbles, heading directly toward Mime.
"Mime, use the tiles to block it!"
He uses his telekinetic powers to lift various titles and blocked all of the bubbles.
"Mime, delete that turtle with your powerful Psychic Attack!"
The psychic Pokémon's eyes glowed.
"Squirtle, use Rapid Spin!"
He got into his shell and moved. This caused the psychic Pokémon having a hard time getting a hit until he was hit by a fast moving shell.
"Keep going Squirtle; add bubbles to your attack!"
He kept moving and tackled his opponent a few times.
"Cocoon yourself!"
He begins to create shield, after shield, after shield. This was beginning to take a toll after each hit and counters.
Squirtle stopped attacking and was panting. Mime panted and felt his energy dropped.
"Looks like we evenly match." Ash said.
"No. I am far brilliant than you!" He returned his Pokémon as Ash did the same.
Nero heard from his communication.
"Sir, the police are here."
He growled as he said, "Fine, run!"
He then threw his Pokéball and out came a large blue spiky Pokémon.
"Nidoqueen!"
Ash sent out from his Pokéball, Primeape. She looked ready and eager to fight.
"Nidoqueen, remember our training. Take out the Pokémon, while I make a run for it." Ash was surprised hearing this as he presses a button. Out came his drone "Vanguard 1, defend me as I escape!"
Ash was having none of this. "Primeape, take care of Nidoqueen!"
Primeape nodded as both female Pokémon grappled each other.
Ash's Pokédex glowed for a second until out came Porygon. The young trainer was able to move out of the way.
Both robots stared at each other.
"Pory…."
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"Pory!"
They both chased each other out of the place.
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On the staircase…
Ash was hot on his trail and was getting close to him. Just as he opened the door to the rooftop, he was hit by something. He nearly stumbles from the stair but manages to catch himself.
He went up again. Once reaching the top, he raised his eyebrow, as he saw a dilapidated boat.
"My boat will protect me…."
Ash rolled his eyes and ran right at him. Powering up his Aura a bit, he managed to punch through it, as it shattered.
Nero rolled back and took off his mask. He then got into a fighting position.
"Get ready to be deleted!"
Ash goes for a hook, but Nero anticipated it. He was right behind him and grabs him for a takedown. The young trainer rolled to the side and got up.
Nero went for a kick, but the young trainer anticipated it. He punches his abdomen and his face.
The Rocket member elbowed him in the stomach and threw him to the side.
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Inside of the building…
Both Jessie and James made a run for it until they were caught by a large explosion from Nidoqueen and Primeape.
As they are flying, something bothered them.
"Should we continue doing this?" James asked.
"I am getting tired of this failure, over and over again." Jessie replied.
"Maybe a change of scenery will do."
"Agreed."
They both shouted, "Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!"
Nidoqueen punches, but Primeape dodges the attack. The ape Pokémon tackles her hard and goes right through a wall. Both Pokémon fell, but the fighting Pokémon began to punch again against her opponent.
The larger Pokémon head-butted her and the fight went on.
In another part of the building, Porygon dodged some fireworks. The Artificial Pokémon released a flame attack. The drone dodged it and the light went on.
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Back at the rooftop…
Ash was having a hard time taking him down. He is unfamiliar with his fighting style and was struggling now to keep up. He then felt a swift kick on his arm.
"I will delete you now, Brother Ash…."
Ash hated doing this, but he had to take him out. He closed his eyes as time began to slow down. The young Aura user punched him in the stomach, then a few more places. This caused Nero to feel each hard hit as Ash finished his last punch. Nero is stunned from those hits.
Ash tackles him as they both rolled until this caused Nero to fall to the side of the building. The young trainer caught him.
"Why did you forsake me, Brother Ash?!"
"I rather see you alive than dead."
He lifted him up and places him next to him and punches him. He knocks him out.
Inside of the building, a fatigued looking Nidoqueen was panting, until a hard kick knocked her out.
Porygon released a Thunder Wave, which caused Vanguard to freeze in place. Then it fires a small Signal Beam attack. The drone began to malfunction as it crashed on the ground.
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A few hours later…
Ash was given an ice pack for his cheek. He watched as numerous cops managed to arrest a large number of Rockets.
He then saw the Elite Four heading toward him. He was surprised to be hugged by Lorelei.
"Are you alright?" She asked in concern.
Then young trainer nodded. "I will live."
Lance then confronted him. "What the hell were you thinking?! " Ash was a bit surprised by his tone "Are you stupid to put your damn life in danger, along with a number of others. Team Rocket could have done worse things than ever! Are you trying to get yourself killed or what?! I should revoke your license…"
"Enough!"
This surprised Lance as Ash stood up and faced him.
"I had to risk my life more than once against Team Rocket. I faced them on Viridian City the first time, they were taken out. Then the forest, then in Mt Moon and various other times. I bumped into them more times than any of your G-Men ever did!"
This caused a number of people stare at what is going on.
"I don't know if you are doing your job or not, but it looks like you are not finding them at all. Why should I be revoked when I had help from Officer Jenny and my companions?"
Lance gets annoyed. "Did you ever stop to think that this may not be their only operation? When you were at Mt. Moon, I was leading a fire team that shut down their poaching operations in the Safari Zone! And furthermore-"
Lance was about to continue when Agatha spoke "Stand down Lance…"
He stopped.
"You have no authority to revoke licenses. It is under the Pokémon League that has the authority to do this. Instead of rewarding him, you are unjustifiably punishing him. My advice: Discipline the G-Men to be better."
Lance huffed and left.
Bruno went up to Ash and hand shook him "Sorry about that. Normally he would discipline them, but he went too harsh on you. You did great, though."
Ash nodded, as Agatha went up to Ash "Ash Ketchum, soon enough we shall dance our first dance…"
The young trainer was a bit surprised and bewildered hearing this but nodded.
Just as the other Elite Four members left, Lorelei stopped and kisses his cheek "Stay out of trouble."
Ash nodded and the cheek felt better for him.
"The Rockets will fall!"
They turned to see Nero was shouting.
"I had a premonition of the downfall of Rockets by that man! Brother Ashton will bring a greater glory like no other. He will take down the Rockets all over the world. Doom! Doom!"
The police officers shoved him into the officer's car and he was spewing more things. Meanwhile, the CEO bustled over to Ash.
"I can't thank you enough for saving my company, my employees and myself from that awful, awful man!" He reaches into his breast pocket and pulls out a grey square thumb drive, and a blue Technical Machine disc.
"This TM is for you, it contains Bubblebeam. It's one of our older generation Technical Machines, and isn't made anymore. But this particular one is as sturdy as the newer ones, meaning it can be used over and over again!" He points to the thumb drive. "And this is something we've only just finished developing. It is an Up-Grade program, designed to update the Pokédex, which I noticed you own. Unfortunately, you cannot use it until we release it on the market which will happen in a couple of months. But as I'm giving it in thanks, I'll also put you on our… Preferred Customer list. I believe your mother would find our products beneficial, and with the list, she can order anything she wants at cost!"
Ash and the ladies were speechless, these were quite valuable gifts. Giselle heard of the Up-Grade program from her father and knew the retail of it was going to be very hefty. Misty was excited because she had been trying to find a Bubblebeam TM for ages, and started thinking of how to borrow it off of Ash with some…persuasion.
"Th-thank you sir! But this is too much!"
The CEO waves him off. "No, I think it's not enough. After all, if Team Rocket got its hands on Project M… Arceus save us all… Anyway, thanks again. And should you ever get tired of being a trainer, there will always be an opening for you Mr. Ketchum!"
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Later that night…
A prison van was transporting a prisoner, travelling along the road near Celadon City, heading to the G-Men Headquarters for Kanto at the Indigo Plateau. Inside the van is the driver and armed guard at the front, and in the back was a female G-Man with curled blonde hair, sitting across Nero, whom had a crazed grin on his face. After looking out the window, the G-man taps a button on her suit. Suddenly, gas comes pouring into the driver's cabin, and the back cell. The G-man pulls out two rebreathers and shoves one into Nero's mouth, while attaching hers. Eventually, the van rolls to a stop as the driver and guard are made unconscious from the gas. The G-Man pulls out a key and unlocks the handcuffs on Nero, before opening the door.
"Thank you for your assistance Sister Domino."
She punches Nero's jaw.
"Do not call me that unless you want to anger the Boss by blowing my cover. Now, about 10 miles south of here, you will find one of our safe houses. You can report your failure to the boss there."
Nero takes off, and Domino taps another button on her suit twice, giving an 'Objective Complete' signal. She lies face down on the floor and goes to sleep.
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The Next Day, Saffron City Pokémon Center…
Ash and Marie were enjoying smoothies together. Giselle had left that morning to see her father and make sure he was okay. Misty decided to have a lie in.
'It's funny' Ash mused to himself, 'How Misty and Giselle actually encouraged this.' He looks at Marie's smiling face as she enjoys her smoothie. 'Can't say I blame them, she does look stunning when she smiles.'
"Hey, Marie?"
She looks up from her smoothie. "Yes Ash?"
"How long do you have time off for? Because I'm challenging the Saffron Gym in a few days, and I was hoping you'd come and see me."
She thinks for a moment, and then turns to him.
"I've got some vacation time saved, why not? I'll cheer you on and watch you win your next Badge! Sam's gonna be so jealous when I tell her!"
Ash smiles at the thought of someone like her cheering him on. His locket was vibrating slightly as well, indicating a potential match with her. Ash looked at the clock and noticed the time.
"Well, I've got to get to training. You want to come with me?"
Marie smiles. "Sure."
They walk out through the back to the training fields.
To be continued…