Welcome back everyone. Last time we finally saw Ash face off against his first Elite Four member and thanks to Sceptile pulled off a victory when things looked bleak and now the group is making their way to Geosenge Town for Serena's next showcase. This chapter is going to be different since it focuses on neither Ash or Serena for once!

Quick little info for updates for the rest of July! From July 15th to the 24th I am going off on vacation and there will be no updates from that time. I'll try to get one more up before then, but if I don't then there will be a double upload on Monday the 25th. Thanks for understanding!

Ch 28: An Electric Shock Showdown


"James, have you figured out what is wrong with that machine yet?" Jessie asked as she flipped a page on her magazine. Following her win at the Vaniville Town Showcase, the three agents had returned to their base to check up on their secret project. "Any reason why the electrical do whats aren't working with the machine a things?"

"Those aren't even real terms!" James argued as he looked at the blueprints. "Now this is odd, Meowth take a look at this old chum," he said while handing the blueprints over to his feline companion. "Tell me if you notice it as well."

"Umm, I think you've been hit one too many times on your noggin," Meowth responded as he placed the blueprints down on the table. "Everything looks to be matching the design perfectly."

James just smirked as he folded his arms across his chest. "I know. This just proves that my machine didn't have any flaws in it after all," he started to brag before getting slapped over the back of the head.

"Well then all mighty mechanical genius, why can't we get this hunk of junk to work?!" Jessie asked as she walked over to the machine, kicking the computer that ran Operation Homonoia out of frustration.

"Don't kick it!" James cried out before quickly checking the machine for any damages. Quickly recomposing himself, James turned on the machine and watched as it started up. "Just like I thought..." he muttered upon the machine only powering up to about a third of its power. "We lack electricity flowing to the machine. But, it isn't on our end. It appears that Lumiose City only provides so much electricity to us and so we'll have to provide the rest of the power manually."

"And how do you plan on doing that?" Jessie asked as she got ready to leave the entire room. They were wasting too much time in here and she needed to go win another Showcase.

"Simple!" James replied as he shot a finger up in the air. "Meowth, how are we going to fix this?" He asked, causing his two companions to fall over out of shock from his question.

Recovering from his shock from the stupidity of the question, Meowth stood up and shook his head. "Well, you said we were lacking in that electrical energy. So, I think we might as well collect a lot of powerful electric pokemon to provide a super charged battery for the machine!"

"Oh! I like the way you think, Meowth," James replied as he could already picture building the machine. "Now all we have to do is find some pokemon!"

"No!" Jessie told them as she slammed her foot down on the ground. "First we head to Geosenge Town and I win a Showcase! Then we capture electric pokemon and James can have his fun building a contraption for them!"

"Y-Yes, Jessie!" The other two responded, fear filling their voices. They did not want to get on Jessie's bad side right now.


"And so these Showcases sound like such elegant and prestigious events, Serena," Cilan replied as he helped clean the table off following their meal. "It would be an honor as a Pokemon Connoisseur to give you and your pokemon an evaluation following your next Showcase."

"Thanks, I'd love to hear what you think of the bonds between myself and my pokemon, Cilan," Serena replied as she looked at her four pokemon. "Of course, Pichu and I haven't been together for as long as the others but we're still close. Right Pichu?"

"Pichu!" The electric type cried out happily as a few volts of electricity sparked from her cheeks.

"Pichu seems to be in quite an excitable mood if I do say so myself," Cilan said while smiling at the young pokemon. He wasn't wrong, as Pichu was already up and moving before all of the others as she ran over to Serena.

"Well, Pichu is excited to be competing in her first Showcase," Serena responded as she picked the baby pokemon up in her arms. "I promised her that she would perform with the rest of us and I'm not going to go back on that."

"But, is it such a good idea?" Clemont asked as he gathered the last of the plates. "Pichu still can't control her electricity that well. What if she loses control again?"

"We'll just have to practice then. Won't we, Pichu?" Serena asked as the baby pokemon replied happily. Serena then turned to face Ash and Pikachu while giving the duo a warm smile. "Pikachu, do you mind helping Pichu practice?"

"Pikachu is more than happy to help, aren't you, buddy?" Ash replied as the duo pumped their fists into the air. "Once we're finished, Pichu will be controlling her electricity like it was nothing!"

"Okay, Pichu, I want you to watch what Pikachu does first and then I want you to try and repeat it," Ash said as he smiled down at the electric type. Moving his gaze from Pichu over to his partner. "Okay, Pikachu, I want you to just build the electricity up inside of you."

"Watch carefully, Pichu," Serena said as she kneeled down next to Pichu. The duo watched on as Pikachu appeared to start charging up an electrical current. "See how he's focusing it all towards one point? You'll have to do it as well."

"You see, Pikachu stores his electricity in his cheeks until it's time to attack," Ash explained as Pikachu then leaped high into the air and released the pent up energy. "Pichu, I now want you to try, ok."

"Ready, Pichu?" Serena asked as she smiled at the Tiny Mouse Pokemon.

"Pichu!" The electric type cried out while pumping her fists in the air. It was more determined than ever to try and control her electricity. Starting to charge up the electricity, everyone watched on as a small charge surrounded her entire body. Them to everyone's surprise, the charge started to make its way over to Pichu's cheeks. That was when things it wrong.

"She's doing it! Pichu's really starting to control her electricity!" Bonnie cheered on happily. Little did she know that her little outburst was the worst thing she could have done.

"Bonnie, no!" Clemont cried out as he tried to cover her mouth. Unfortunately, he was a second too late as Pichu was surprised by the sudden outburst and lost her concentration. Before anyone knew what was happening, they all felt an electrical surge flow through their bodies. "You... never make sudden... noises around a Pichu..." Clemont muttered as he laid on the ground.

"He's right..." Ash joined in as he shook off the electrical shock. He had been through worse attacks from Pikachu, but the others had never felt such a jolt. "Pichu are very excitable and even the slightest noise can cause them to lose their concentration."

"I'm sorry... I didn't know that," Bonnie replied as she hung her head low towards the ground. She felt really bad for ruining Pichu's progress.

Serena just smiled at the young child as Pichu ran up to her and hugged her leg. "It's alright, Bonnie. We all know you didn't mean it."

"I think it would be best if I take Bonnie somewhere else for now," Clemont said as he walked over towards his sister and placed a hand on her shoulder. "That way there aren't any more accidental outbursts. I'll go explore the nearby woods with her."

"That sounds like a recipe for fun," Cilan chimed in as he placed a hand underneath his chin. Thinking of all the Kalos pokemon he might encounter, the Pokemon Connoisseur had a smile on his face. "Is it alright if I join you two. I want to encounter the rare taste that are Kalos pokemon."

"Sure!" Bonnie cried out as she grabbed ahold of the two Gym Leaders and dragged them away. At first, she had wanted to stay, but once she heard about meeting pokemon Bonnie had been more than willing to leave. "Let's go see all the pokemon!"


"Clemont, you said there would be pokemon out here," Bonnie muttered as she crossed her arms. They had been walking for a good thirty minutes now and there was still no sight of any pokemon at all.

"I know there should be some pokemon around here," Clemont muttered as he looked at his digital map. It had shown that some wild pokemon were native to the area. "I wonder why none of them are showing up."

"Perhaps we're instore for quite the tasty adventure where we'll encounter a rare pokemon," Cilan stated as thoughts of running into a never before seen pokemon ran through his head. "This is half the fun of searching. Never knowing when something will show up."

As if on cue, the small group stopped walking as they heard a rustling come from the bushes next to them. Perhaps they had just stumbled upon a rare pokemon after all. Moving slowly, the group made their way over to the bush and peered inside of it. To their surprise, it looked like two green and yellow canine pokemon were battling it out.

"Woah... Clemont what are they," Bonnie asked excitedly as she remembered to keep her voice down, otherwise she risked the chance of the two pokemon running away.

"Those are Electrike, Bonnie," Clemont responded as he looked at the two pokemon. They both appeared to be well off, but one appeared to be beaten up more than the other. "But I don't understand why they're fighting."

"Hmmm," Cilan chimed in as he watched the duo fight. One of the two Electrike appeared to be shooting off multiple bolts of electricity despite its injuries. "There appears to be a battle over the leadership of a group. Just look at the healthy one. He's shown to keep his composure while obviously being battle tested. No doubt from constant fights for the right to be the leader. However, the younger Electrike never seems to give up."

The group then continued to watch on as the younger Electrike had his attack canceled out by a powerful Thunder. Not one to give up, it then ran forward while a trail of white light followed behind it. The attack never had a chance to land as Electrike was struck down by another powerful Thunder attack.

"He's resilient," Clemont muttered as he watched the now fatigued Electrike try to stand back up. His entire body was covered in burn marks from the constant Thunders and Clemont could tell that he had been constantly hurt. "No matter how many setbacks occur to him, Electrike keeps getting back up ready to prove something."

"Kind of sounds like you, Clemont," Bonnie replied as they watched Electrike get bashed to the ground by an Iron Tail by the elder.

Clemont heard what his sister had said and thought back to all his previous failures. No matter how many times his inventions failed, he was always moving forward and thinking about his next great creation. His failures never held him back and only helped to motivate him that the next one he built would prove he was improving. "Yeah, you're right Bonnie," Clemont muttered while a smile formed across his face. Electrike appeared to be an excellent pokemon.

"It looks to be all over," Cilan said, braking Clemont from his thoughts. Looking over to the battle, the elder was now standing over the beaten and bruised younger Electrike. The younger one appeared to be unconscious as he wasn't moving at all. The whole group watched as the elder appeared ready to slam another Iron Tail down onto the already defeated pokemon.

Clemont couldn't explain his actions at that moment, but within seconds he was standing over the injured Electrike and blocked the final Iron Tail. Feeling the strength of the attack hit him in the back, Clemont fell onto one knee as he continued to shield the young Electrike. The elder just looked on with disgust as he appeared to growl at Clemont, but the inventor didn't care. Electrike was in no condition to continue battling and they both knew it.

"I don't know why you're continuing, but you obviously can tell that this Electrike is in no condition to be battling!" Clemont yelled as he faced the elder. There was no reason to continue at this moment. "Leave him alone!" He continued on before spreading his arms wide to block anything else. He had never felt this urge before, but every thought in his head came back to one common denominator and it was to protect Electrike.

Roaring at Clemont, the elder Electrike continued to glare at the inventor before running off into the woods. He had kept his position and that was all that mattered to him right now. If the other was too weak to make it back to the pack, so be it.

"Clemont, are you okay?" Bonnie asked as she rushed over to her brother. As soon as he heard her voice, Clemont felt the force from that Iron Tail and sat on the ground. "What were you thinking!? Just taking an Iron Tail head on like that is crazy!"

"I... I don't know what came over me," Clemont answered as he looked down at Electrike. The electric type has breathing heavily, no doubt from his injuries. "I just knew that I needed to protect him from that last hit."

"It appears that after spending so much time with Ash, that you've picked up on a few of his qualities," Cilan said as he waved his index finger back and forth through the air. "What you just did screams 'Ash'".

"Well, it doesn't matter right now," Clemont responded as he laid his backpack on the ground. Looking over at Electrike, Clemont knew he needed to do something for him. "Right now Electrike needs some medical help. And with no Pokemon Center nearby we'll have to help him."

"I've got some bandages and ointment for those burns," Cilan responded as he pulled said medical supplies from his bag. "We'll have to be careful while applying them."

"And I've got some Oran Berries to help restore his strength," Clemont added in as he moved the exhausted pokemon onto its side so that he could start to apply the ointment. "Now this is going to sting just a bit..." Clemont muttered as he started to spread the ointment across Electrike's burns.

Clemont wasn't joking when he had said that it was going to burn. As soon as the substance touched Electrike's skin, the electric type jolted awake as he howled out in pain. Looking up, to his surprise were three people tending to him. Not wanting the help, Electrike jumped up off of the ground and started to walk away.

"Electrike, please wait!" Clemont pleaded as he tried to follow the Lightning Pokemon only to be stopped by what he presumed to be a Discharge attack. Being blocked from the pokemon, Clemont shielded his body from any stray blasts. "Don't go! Your injuries still need to heal!"

"I think it's best to just let him go for now, Clemont," Cilan stated as he placed a hand on the inventor's shoulder. "If he doesn't want help then we can't force Electrike to accept it."

"But still..." the young inventor muttered as he stared off in the direction that Electrike had just wandered off in. "We can't just leave him like this!" He yelled while running off after the pokemon.

"What's gotten into Clemont?" Bonnie asked as she tried to follow her brother, only to be stopped by Cilan.

"I think it's best if we allow him to finish things here," Cilan responded with a smile. Right now he had a feeling that Clemont was determined to help out Electrike more than ever right now. "Like you said, Bonnie, those two are a lot alike thanks to their resilience and determination. Let's go look for some more pokemon."

"Okay! Come on, Dedenne!" Bonnie cried out as she looked in her bag only to see her electric and fairy type sleeping away.

"Electrike!" Clemont yelled with all his might. He had been running frantically through the woods looking for the injured pokemon and was surprised by his suddenly found stamina. Right now however he wasn't thinking about that as all he worried about was the electric type. "He needs to rest! Otherwise he'll never get healthy and strong!"

Just then, Clemont turned to his left and saw the same Electrike who was attacking a tree. "Huh... Just what is he doing? He needs to rest and recover his strength before training!" Clemont stated as the electric type tried to launch what appeared to be a Thunderbolt at the tree. The attack however seemed to never finish as the electricity surrounding his body disappeared as he passed out from his previous injuries. "Electrike!" Clemont cried out as he ran towards the electric type.


"That's better, Pichu," Ash said as he watched the Tiny Mouse Pokemon manage to hold the charge in place. It appeared to be tiring for the baby pokemon but they needed to see how long Pichu could hold it. "Now, I want you to focus on launching it at Pikachu!"

"Ash, are you sure?" Serena asked as Pikachu got in position. The electric type was standing in the open field roughly ten feet away from Pichu, giving a thumbs up to show that he was ready.

"Of course I'm sure," he replied with his arms pumped by his sides. "It's good if she can store the electricity, but what happens when it comes time for Pichu to launch it all? You can't have it flying all through the stage."

Serena sighed as she listened to Ash's words. He was right. What would happen if Pichu launched the attack in a wild manner? "Okay, Pichu, launch all that stored electricity at Pikachu!"

"Pichu!" The Tiny Mouse Pokemon cried out happily as the electricity swarmed around her body now. The energy was quickly condensed into one bolt and it was launched right at Pikachu.

"Everything's good so far," Ash muttered as he watched the attack strike Pikachu with no harm apparently coming to the elder electric type. But that was when things got bad, the bolt grew in size and started to spread around the field. "Quick, stop, Pichu! Stop now," he told the young pokemon.

"Pichu!" The Tiny Mouse Pokemon cried out, the attack causing her pain as well. Stopping the flow of electricity, Pichu dropped to the ground exhausted from all her exertion.

"That was good, but she lost control at the end," Ash stated as he sat down next to Pichu. He could tell that she was getting the hang of it, but was still a long way from controlling it fully. "But for now I think I have a plan where you can use her in the Showcase."

"You do?" Serena asked as she saw Ash nod in response. "Well then, let's take a quick break and then we'll try it out!"


"All better," Clemont sighed as he put the last of his supplies back in his bag. Looking down at Electrike, Clemont could see just how hurt he had been. Most of his body had been covered in the bandages and ointment now and he was currently feeding Electrike crushed up Oran Berries. "You really are determined to beat that guy. Aren't you? But you need to rest, otherwise you'll never get at full strength."

Electrike could hear someone talking to him and opened his eyes briefly. Not too long, but just long enough where he could make out the shape of the same boy from before. Electrike tried to move, but his entire body was overcome with fatigue, making it nearly impossible to move. He then noticed how the boy was feeding him and gave up.

"I know just how you feel," Clemont started to say out loud, unaware that the electric type was now awake. "All of my inventions failing on me, exploding right in my face. But Ash told me that it would only lead to success and so I continue on, building one invention after the other. Hoping that this one wouldn't explode. It's just like you and your battle. No matter how badly you lost, you were ready to go right back at that other Electrike. And so, I promise to help you once you're healthy," he continued on as he felt his eyes grow heavy. The adrenaline that had taken over him was now gone and he felt his entire body grow tired. Hanging his head, Clemont couldn't fight the urge anymore and fell asleep.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but Clemont knew that it had been a few hours now. Looking down at his lap, the inventor had a frown form across his face as Electrike was no longer there. He had been hoping to help the electric type out. But looking up, the frown quickly changed into a smile as he saw the Lightning Pokemon standing in front of him, launching a now powerful Thunderbolt at the tree before them.

"Electrike! You're doing so much better!" Clemont practically shouted as he jumped up. The electric type halted his attack to give a nod of recognition to the boy before continuing his training. "So, you're still going through with it?"

This time, Electrike stopped his training completely and turned around to face Clemont. There was a look of far more than just determination on his face. It looked to also contain worry, but Clemont didn't know why.

"Well, I'll help you become stronger and I have the perfect way to!" He cried out happily as he pushed his glasses up. "The future is now thanks to science! I thought we might need an invention like this thanks to three electric types traveling with us and so I now present 'The-Portable-Electricity-Power-Up-Shower!'" He cried out while an invention that looked similar to the Electric Shower he had built as a child appeared. "You see, I took the design of my original Electric Shower and designed a portable version of it. All we do is attach these wires to the pokemon who needs a good charge and then I turn it on!"

Electrike seemed skeptical, but before he could even respond, Clemont had already attached the wires to his body. With a flip of a switch, Electrike watched as electrical currents ran right through his body and felt himself growing stronger. The fatigue that plagued him previously was now gone and he felt himself super-charged and ready to battle again.

"Just as I thought," Clemont proudly spoke as he saw the smile upon Electrike's face. "Now that you're fully charged, let's go and find that other Electrike so that you can beat him!" Clemont continued on as he shut the machine off. To his surprise, it hadn't exploded when he shut it off and was proud of that. Looking over at Electrike, Clemont smiled. "You ready?"

Electrike was about to respond when they both heard a loud explosion. Looking over at the forest, the duo could now see smoke rising up from it. Without even a second thought they both broke into a sprint as they followed the rising smoke.


"Prepare for trouble, we're super charged and power packed!"

"And make it double, we're going to shock you with our blasts!"

"To protect the world from static charges!"

"To unite all circuits within our contraptions!"

"To denounce the evils of cords and shocks!"

"To extend our reach to the grounded outlets afar!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Team Rocket blasts off with the power of electricity!"

"Surrender now or prepare to be shocked with all our might!"

"Meowth! That's right!"

"Wobbu!"

The familar sounds could be heard through smoke. The group, sans Clemont, had just finished having a mid-day snack when the field was filled with smoke. Ash watched on as the three Team Rocket agents finished their traditional welcoming motto which he had heard more times than he wanted to and then looked over at the cage that had trapped all their pokemon. Before he could react, the cage shot back into the machine only to vanish from sight.

"Team Rocket!" Ash cried out as he choked on the smoke. They had been relaxing quietly following a day of training when the three usual thieves showed up in their newest contraption. It reminded Ash of a giant Barbaracle as there were four hands attached to it along with a long slender body which Ash noticed contained what looked to be a chamber of sorts in the center. "Why are you here!?"

"Please, we just wanted to take our pokemon for a walk," Jessie stated as the machine placed two of its arms behind its head. "We then stumbled upon this giant machine and figured it would be a waste to not use."

"So we then searched for you," James added in before pushing a button. The entire machine started to glow with electricity before firing the blast off. Ash and the others barely dodged the attack and looked to see a giant crater where they stood before. "My... This really does have a super shocking surprise."

"You mean you didn't even try it first!" Ash shouted as he realized that blast would have probably killed them all. Team Rocket had done some crazy things to them, but trying to kill them was never one he thought they'd do.

"We told you, we wanted to surprise you," Meowth stated as he pointed down at the center of the machine. "Besides, we're turbo charged thanks to our beautiful battery brigade of electrical Electrike!"

Looking at the center of the machine, Ash and the others noticed how there were a whole group of Electrike strapped up to the machine. With another push of a button they all watched as electricity was sucked from their bodies.

"Is everyone okay!?" Clemont's voice could be heard as he ran through the bush right behind Electrike. "I saw the explosion and hurried over here!"

"Huh!? We missed the science twerp!" Jessie exclaimed as she looked over at the group. "But there's already four over there! Did they add another?"

"Look, the eccentric twerp rejoined them!" Meowth stated as he finally noticed Cilan. "Oh please... Don't do one of those evaluating times..." Meowth muttered as he got stares from his teammates. "Don't ask, just catch the twerp!"

"Well, it looks like he also brought back the energetic Electrike. The only one who escaped from our wrath!" James stated as he noticed the electric type down below. Electrike appeared to be even angrier now that he noticed all of the Electrike, even the leader, captured by Team Rocket.

"Elec!" The Lightning Pokemon cried out as he launched a Thunderbolt attack at the machine. The attack did absolutely nothing as it appeared to be absorbed right into the machine before being launched right back at them.

"Watch out!" Clemont cried out as he grabbed Electrike and dove to his left. The duo barely avoided the attack as they saw the scorched area where they had been standing. "Electrike, we can't just attack freely! We need a plan, come on out Bunnelby!" He stated as the Digging Pokemon appeared.

"Bunnel?" Bunnelby asked as he looked around the area. He was confused by the sight of Team Rockets giant contraption.

"Bunnelby, I need you to do me a big favor. See that machine? I need you to dig tunnels underneath it!" Clemont explained as Bunnelby took off under the ground.

"Ha, your little rabbit was spooked away!" Meowth stated confidently as they fired off another electrical blast at Clemont. Once more the duo avoided it by rolling to their right and back into the bushes.

"Come out, come out wherever you are!" Jessie could be heard as Clemont made sure to stay quiet. They couldn't be found yet, not at long as Bunnelby hadn't finished his job yet.

"We promise to take good care of your precious pokemon!" James joined in as Clemont still waited to strike. It needed to be a perfect chance. "They'll be useful agents for Team Rocket!"

"Okay, Electrike," Clemont started to say as he could hear Bunnelby making his way back and it would only be a matter of time before they could attack. "Once, Bunnelby is here, we're going to rescue all of your friends!"

Electrike didn't say anything at all. Instead he just watched and listened to Clemont. Despite not knowing this boy, he had been willing to help him all day. Nodding in approval, he then noticed the Digging Pokemon burrow up next to them.

"Okay, time to move out!" they said while diving out of the bushes. Then, Bunnelby jumped forward and into the air. "Mud-Shot, Bunnelby!"

"Please, do you think something like that could hurt us?" Jessie mocked Clemont as the mud splattered against their window. The mere act alone managed to infuriate the female Team Rocket member. "Now look what you did, pests! The window's a mess! James, clean it off!"

"One second," he muttered while pushing a button. The machine then shifted its weight as it wiped the mud from the window just as Clemont hoped. "now we're good to go?" James asked as he heard a rumbling sound. Then, before they could react, the entire machine fell deep into a hole.

"What gives!?" Meowth yelled as they were unable to get free. No matter how much the machine struggled to break free, there was no escaping.

"You see, I could tell that the way you built this machine that it absorbed electrical energy and then used it to attack," Clemont stated as Bunnelby jumped into the air. "So, we needed a way to not only stop your movements but to also cut off your power supply! Now, Bunnelby, use dig right through that containment device!"

"Bunnelby!" The normal type grunted as he started to spin quickly through the air as he headed right for the contraption. Within a split second, the glass that housed the holding cage was shattered as Bunnelby drilled right through it and back out the back of the machine.

"Now, Bunnelby! Use dig to cut all those wires!" Bunnelby once more shot through the air as his spinning body sliced through not only the wires, but also a giant cage that housed the gang's pokemon. Now with all of the pokemon freed, they could attack! "Okay, Electrike, let them have it!"

The Lightning Pokemon growled in agreement as electricity flowed all over his body. The electric attack soared across the field before entering the gaping hole in the machine. The entire machine was now being super charged to the point that it couldn't hold anymore power.

Seeing what Clemont was getting at, Ash and Serena both had their electric types launch off their own electric attacks before the other Electrike joined in as well. Unable to handle all of this energy, the machine started to smoke before glowing a bright white.

"James, what's happening!?" Jessie shrieked as the machine was now rattling.

"It appears that it can't handle all of this electrical energy!" He screamed as the machine exploded and sent them all flying.

"And because of that," Meowth started to say as they were now flying across the sky.

"We're blasting off again!" The three cried out in unison.

"We did it, Electrike and Bunnelby," Clemont said while wiping the sweat from his brow. He then turned around to see the elder talking to Electrike. Based on their expressions, Clemont could tell that the elder was apologizing for his actions earlier. That was when he finally put everything together. "Electrike were Team Rocket the reason why you challenged the elder earlier. You must have encountered them and wanted to get rid of them, but your leader declined as they weren't seen as a threat."

Electrike merely nodded in agreement as he gave a smile to Clemont. Someone had finally figured it all out even if they were now gone.

"And so you only challenged him for the right to become leader so that you could get the whole pack to attack," Clemont continued on as he smiled at the electric type. "You're a very courageous pokemon. To go against your entire pack just to protect them. You should feel proud of yourself, you saved everyone."

"Elec!" He shouted out in agreement as the entire pack howled in agreement. If it wasn't for him then the entire pack would have been captured. If he hadn't lost and wandered off, then he would have been with them when that Team Rocket captured them all.

Electrike turned to face his pack and watched as they all made their way back into the woods. Knowing that it was time to follow, Electrike started to make his way towards the woods but stopped.

"What's the matter, Electrike? All your friends are leaving, you better hurry up," Clemont stated as Electrike just stood there before turning around to face him. "Electrike?"

"I think Electrike wants to travel with you, Clemont," Cilan spoke as he snapped his fingers. "You two are a perfect match as well so it only makes sense."

"Is this true?" Clemont asked as Electrike leapt at him. The sudden impact caused a pokeball to fall from Clemont's pocket and land on the ground. Jumping from Clemont to the pokeball, everyone watched as the ball rattled around before coming to a stop with a ding.

Smiling, Clemont reached down and picked up his newly caught pokemon. "Today is a great day for science, I caught an Electrike!"


"Another failure!" Jessie shouted as she thrashed about. "At this rate we'll be demoted again!"

"i wouldn't call it all a failure," James said while a smirk crossed his face. Reaching behind his back, the male agent pulled out a strange looking canister. "I managed to save the backup generator from the machine. The one super-charged by the Electrike. This one battery should provide enough power to the machine for a good three days!"

"But, we should only use it when the time is right," Meowth said as he caught the attention of the others. "We have one shot at this. Screw it up and we're done."

"So, I say we save it for now!" Jessie chimed in as she grabbed the canister. It was now glowing a faint yellow thanks to the amount of electricity stored inside of it. "Right now we should find another way to power the machine."

"Yes, Jessie!" The two agreed as they got ready to continue on.


Well, like I said it was going to be a different chapter. It was shorter than the others but that was how it was planned. Anyway, Electrike will play a role later on, don't think of it as a random capture for Clemont. This chapter literally took me four tries and even still I'm not entirely happy with it, but it was the one I liked the most out of them all.

So, all those broadcast data released for the upcoming episodes. Can anyone else think 3-parter for Ash vs Alain followed by Team Flare starting in XYZ 39. Anyone complaining about the League now better stop since this will probably be the best league to date. Others will argue still, but I don't care. Sorry for the little rant, just annoyed by everyone complaining about the Kalos League.

Well, on a different note, I just wanted to thank everyone so far. When I first started I never expected this story to get to the point of over 150 reviews and almost 190 followers. So, without all of your support this story wouldn't be what it is. Thank you.

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