Hey, it's your wonderful Ty8 here, back with another episode of "Typhlosion8's Weird Author Notes!" Starting off, I have an interesting video to show you guys! Roll the clip!

Wild Pokèmon Company appears. "Go, Typhlosion!"

Wild Pokèmon Company uses Pay Day! It's not very effective.

Typhlosion uses Overheat! Wild Pokèmon Company is Burned!

"Go Master Ball!" *rocks, rocks, rocks,*

It escaped?!

Wild Pokèmon Company flees!

This is why I don't own Pokèmon. To be fair, I used a Master Ball. It's hard to get wild Pokèmon Companies.

Welcome to Chapter 26! I worked hard this past week to have two updates ready to go, and I know this one was late in the day, but it's not easy writing a chapter after such a long one before! I think everyone will like having another update so soon though! The next update will be 3/9/15, and I can't wait! It's hard waiting to post these, you know. I love making you guys freak out at my cliffies and I really want to update faster, but I want some order in this, so you'll have to wait. Until then, enjoy this new chapter!

And now... Chapter 26!

Lt. Surge was still frightening after all these years.

The once strong Gym Leader was now very different though. His yellow hair was still cropped short and his army jacket still there, but something was different about him, something strange.

But that didn't really matter. There were more important things to worry about, like how he was blocking their exit.

"You kids thought you were smart, did you? Thought you could get away? Please. No one does anything in Vermillion without my permission, and that includes sneaking through. Did you really bring a giant Pikachu here too?"

None of them answered. There could only be two reasons for that. One, they had given up, or two, they were all trying to form escape plans. It was hard to tell with their mixed group.

"Are you going to along come quietly or are you going to make a fuss? I would prefer it if I could just barbecue you, but I'm not allowed." Surge said.

"I'm not just going to give up. I have important things to do."

It was Misty who spoke up first. The brave, stubborn redhead then decided that now was a perfect time to show off something special she was well known for: a large wooden mallet.

It came out of nowhere and slammed into the nearest Rocket. He was out cold without even knowing what hit him.

Meowth ran up and started scratching faces into ground beef with his sharp claws. Red lines were on at least half of the Grunts.

Mewtwo took care of the rest, freezing them in place with his psychic abilities. The Rockets glowed light blue, unmoving.

Then there was Lt. Surge and Ash. Surge had released his Raichu, who was sparking it's cheeks menacingly, and Ash wasn't grabbing a Pokèball or anything!

"We'll show this kid not to mess with us. Raichu, Thunder!" Lt. Surge called out.

"Iron Tail!" Ash yelled, and the steely tail slammed into Raichu and knocked the mouse into the ground.

"Rai..." the Mouse Pokèmon groaned as it got back up. And then there was Pikachu, who had hidden on the sidelines and was now looking scarier than Raichu. Even Raichu looked uncomfortable as Pikachu glared at him.

"Pikachu, use Quick Attack followed by Thunderbolt!" Ash commanded, and his little yellow mouse shot forward and zapped Raichu. The mouse seemed unfazed, but a little scared at the power.

"That was nothing. Raichu, give that rat a Thunder attack!"

"Take that Thunder and use it to power up your Volt Tackle!"

As Pikachu was hit by lightning, he started to run, gaining more power as he came closer to the orange mouse.

"Now, use Iron Tail again!"

The Iron Tail powered up by Volt Tackle knocked Raichu out instantly, leaving the orange mouse with swirly eyes.

Unfortunately, Lt. Surge had prepared for this, because within moments, they were outnumbered as Rockets appeared out of nowhere. Mewtwo hastily teleported, going only Arceus knows where.

It was official: the silence this time was now because they were giving up.

Some might call it luck, other might say it was just a type advantage of being part Poison type, but Bulbasaur wasn't affected by Poison Powder.

As soon as the attack was called, he let go of Ariana and wiggled out of Silver's grip, who had grabbed him as soon as Vileplume came out.

Please. Like some Grass/Poison Pokèmon scared him.

He dropped to the floor and ran to the giant flower, using Flash as a diversion. The bright light might have given the Alliance a few seconds to cover their mouths before the toxic spores flew into the air, glowing a pretty sparkling purple colour that would look dazzling if this wasn't a mater of life or death. Ariana had fled, probably blocking the door behind her. The Poison Powder was getting thick now, making it hard to see where the door was.

Bulbasaur used Vine Whip, wrapping a vine around Silver and Professor Oak and pulling on them. They finally understood, walking closer until Silver grabbed the Professor's coat. Bulbasaur released his hold on them and grabbed Delia and Sabrina, pulling them towards Silver. The Seed Pokèmon continued this, grabbing Will, Agatha, Lorelei, Bruno and Lance until everyone was together.

Looking around, he realized that he couldn't see at all anymore. It was all a cloud of Poison Powder now, and if anyone breathed in, it would be impossible not to inhale the poisonous spores.

Using Flash again, the room got brighter for a few seconds, and Bulbasaur spotted Vileplume briefly on top of the table.

"Bulba Bulbasaur!" he yelled at Vileplume, but the Grass/Poison type only laughed.

"Plume Vileplume Vile!" he replied, and Bulbasaur knew that this battle would not be easy.

The Gym was dark like it used to be when Ash first got his Gym Badge here, but that time, it was supposed to be like that. This time, Pikachu fried the lights in his anger when they got there.

The five rebels sat in the almost empty Gym with Pikachu tied up with a large rubber circle that wrapped around the little mouse and blocked electricity. Meowth had his arms tied behind him with a rope to prevent him from aiding an escape mission. The others just sat solemnly, waiting for the moment when something, good or bad, happened to them. Preferably the former.

Six Rockets surrounded them with full teams of Pokémon if the group tried to get away. It seemed like everything was lost.

Then the alarm started ringing, a piercing sound that rung in everyone's ears. Meowth and Pikachu were trying to cover their more sensitive ears as someone came into the room, taking out the guards as they did.

Ash looked up to see them, and couldn't believe who it was.

She felt sort of bad about avoiding Kanto after the news that Team Rocket had taken over. Even though Kanto was in a bad situation, Johto was thriving as always with all the recent events. They recently had people from Sinnoh throw a festival in Blackthorn City. There were tons of exciting games and competitions there. She swore that Dawn was there! The cheerful bluenette was getting prepared for the next Hoenn Grand Festival and had come here to watch the performers in the Johto Grand Festival.

Maybe all that was why she didn't realized how bad it was until now.

It was during her stay in Cherrygrove City that she first noticed the strange people in black. They were all shifty looking characters that hid in the shadows. At one point, she spotted a large red 'R' on one woman's shirt.

As she went to New Bark Town to see their famous windmills, she saw even more of them. They had a dark aura around them that kept even the friendliest, most outgoing and welcoming person back.

So when she got out her own new Pokègear (It was one of the first things she bought in Goldenrod) and turned on the radio a few days later, the shock most people felt wasn't what she felt.

"This is breaking news! The Olivine Lighthouse has been destroyed by a Hyper Beam shot from an Umbreon! Whether this Pokèmon has a trainer or not is currently unknown, but Officer Jenny is trailing the rogue Dark type. Olivine City's Gym Leader, Jasmine, is currently leading the search for her Pokèmon, Amphy the Ampharos, who is missing in the rubble. We ask that trainers be on the lookout for an Umbreon running wild in Johto that knows Hyper Beam..."

It wasn't that hard to decide to go help with the search for Amphy. She wanted to do whatever she could to help. But when she arrived at Olivine, people gave her easy jobs. Finally, she wandered the docks, bored.

Then she spotted the Umbreon, dashing onto a boat. She ran to the small vessel and, without thinking or noticing the dark red 'R' on the side of the black painted watercraft or the people walking around it wearing Team Rocket uniforms, snuck aboard with the hopes of catching the dangerous Umbreon and bringing it to Officer Jenny.

Sorry that it's so late! I had things to do today, and was late getting home! I hope you guys liked Chapter 26 though!

Next update: 3/9/15!

Ty8 here,

Over and out!