Chapter 36: Red Vs. Giovanni

Red and Green proceed to explore the Silph Co. trying to find out what the key card Green got from Brandon can be used for. Green tries the card on one of the doors on the 9th floor and discovered it worked opening the door in front of them. Green goes into the room and screams. Red rushes in, but discovers Green just screamed in happiness upon seeing Blue in the room.

Blue then uses this time to challenge Red to a rematch. Blue fights with his Alakazam and Red uses his Haunter. In a close battle and with Green's help, Blue defeats Red's Haunter. After the battle, a Team Rocket agent enters the room and Red uses this to his advantage since he is still wearing a Team Rocket uniform. He tricks the agent into believing Blue is the intruder. Red then takes off with Green into another room and locks it so Blue won't be able to follow them. Now both Green and Red are now wandering around the building lost…

Day 23: 7:37pm Red's View

"Where are we?" Green asked again, "I'm bored! I hate walking! Are we there yet? Where do you think are? This is very boring! I'm annoyed!" So was I. Listening to her mope, groan, and ask stupid questions really make me feel like I should knock a tooth lose from her. Then again, that would make her cry and I would never hear the end of it.

So I decided on something else before I snap. "GREEN!" I shouted at her, "Shut your mouth! You are driving me insane! Stop it before I throttle you!"

Green blankly looked at me and smiled. "Oooo!" she said, "That sure is a big threat for such a small person like you!"

That really ticked me off. "Why you little…!" I said reaching for her. She held up of her finger and swayed it back and forth which stopped me.

"That statement belongs to Homer Simpson," Green said, "It's copyrighted by 20th century Fox and it isn't allow to be said without permission of Fox or anyone related to Fox."

"What are you?" I asked annoyed, "Are you sort of a spokesperson for Fox or something?"

"Not really," she said, "But don't you remember? I was in a commercial for the Fox network broadcast promoting the return of Family Guy. Gee… don't you watch TV anymore?"

"You be quiet," I said switching my tongue out at her, "Plus, take back what you said about my height! I am not short!" She led back and let out a huge giggle, or maybe it was hyena laugh? She really was getting on my nerves.

"You are short!" she said to me, "You are shorter than me and that is saying something. Are boys supposed to be taller than girls? You are pathetic!" The only then that kept me from charging at her was that she was my friend (even though it was extremely hard to be friends with her) and I had a conscious.

On the other hand, my brain was saying punch her and my conscious was saying, heck with the brain, treat her as you should treat others. It was getting really confusing to follow. I finally said to her, "Just shut up and let's keep moving!" She gave a big smile and we both kept on walking.

After a while, we came across a strange glowing square tile that sent a light from the floor and to the ceiling. Both of us looked at it and at each other. "This is very strange," Green said looking at it, "What do you suppose it is?"

"It reminds me of Star Trek," I said to her, "You know, those people would say beam me up and a light tube would surround them and send them back abroad the ship?"

"Yeah," Green said looking at it, "I suppose that is what it looks like. But who is to say anyways?"

"Do you think it is safe?" I asked her. I then heard her snicker. I turned away just in time for her to shove me into the light.

"Let's find out!" she said, "You first!" She vanished and everything around me turned to white. It felt like I was on a roller coaster as I was shoved forward, left, right, and all over the place.

I soon crashed onto the floor hard. I groaned and looked up. I was now in a different hallway then before. There was a door cracked opened and a light coming out of it. "What the?" I thought to myself.

I flipped over onto my back and sat up. Just as I did, Green came flying out of the light beam and at me. She crashed onto me and I fell flat back onto my back. Both of us realized the position we were just in. Both of our lips were only two inches away from each other.

Green gasped and threw herself onto the floor next to me. "That would have been so horrible!" she whined, "I would of wasted my very first kiss on you! I want it to be with someone very special!"

"Like Blue?" I said rolling my eyes.

She frowned and said, "And I guess you probably want yours to be with Lilyana right?" I froze a bit, that was none of her beeswax.

"That is none if your business!" I said.

She smiled and said, "Oh come on! I heard what you say in your sleep you want to kiss Lilyana!" I was full of rage then. Ok, I suppose she was right. I did dream about kissing Lilyana, it must have slipped out. BUT SHE HAS NO RIGHT TO SAY THAT!

So, I came up with something really sinister to even the playfield. "Oh yeah?" I asked her, "You are not any better than me. You talk in your sleep. I remember it clearly; you said kiss me hard Blue and Red!" Her jaw dropped. It this was a cartoon, it probably would have hit the floor. That would have been so cool!

"That…" she stuttered, "Is… So… Not… COOL! You big dirty liar! You take that back! I did not say that about you! You stupid little… kid!"

"So are you," I said to her with a huge smirk.

"But I'm more mature than you!" she said, "Girls are so far more mature than boys! It is a scientific fact!"

"Prove it!" I told her.

She gave me a smiled and pulled out a piece of paper. I looked over and my jaw dropped. "You are right!" I said shocked, "This is a perfect and new scientific law! How did you get this?"

"My uncle is a scientist," Green smiled and then nodded at the door, "But back on the situation we are in here. What do you think is behind that door?"

I looked at it raised my eyebrow. "Let's take a look," I said, "It looks interesting."

She nodded and we walked towards the door. There was some voice on the other side of it and we listen in. I also took a peak through the crack in the doorway. It was Domino, Brandon, Blue who was in handcuffs, and this older couple. But that wasn't it. Behind a desk was Giovanni from the Team Rocket HQ under the Celadon Game Corner.

"What do you mean we got the wrong intruder?" Giovanni growled at Brandon and Domino, "This boy looks like an intruder." Judging from my view, Brandon's knuckles were tightening and Domino's left hand was shaking.

"I mean this is an intruder," Brandon said rubbing his head, "But there are more than just this punk sir. I ran into these two kids called Green and Red before. They are the ones who actually beat me."

"Humph," Giovanni frowned leaning back in his chair and then putting his feet up on the desk, "I think I remember these little freaks… I remember the name Red, but Green is completely different to me."

"Oh sure," Green grumbled in my ear, "Sure he remembers you! We doesn't he remember me?! I beat him! What makes you so special anyways?" I rolled my eyes and kept on listening.

"Well!" Giovanni yelled at Brandon and Domino, "What are you two waiting for?! Those two brats are still somewhere in this building! I want you to find those pests and get rid of them!"

"What about this kid?" Domino motioned at Blue, "We should we do with him!"

"Please don't hurt him!" said the older lady to Giovanni, "He's just a boy."

"Shut up!" he growled at her, "You are lucky I didn't lock you and your husband away like all the employees. Don't press your luck or you'll regret it!" The lady clutched her husband tightly after that remark.

"I can't let them hurt my Bluey!" Green whined. Bluey? What the heck is up with that? Why is she so in love with this guy? He's a big jerk and she can't realize it! One day that'll probably kill us I bet.

"Fine," I said to her, "Let's help Blue. He's not going to get out of this easily anyways." Both of us burst into the room making everyone jumped. They all turned and focus their attention at us.

The older couple had a worried look on their face. Blue frowned when he realized that it was me. It probably hasn't gotten over what happened. Domino and Brandon were both cocking their eyebrows and gripping their fists tightly. Giovanni was filled with rage. He for sure knew who we were.

"It's you two!" he said pointing at us, "It's Red and… umm… and the other one."

"It's Green!!!" she shouted frustrated, "What is so darn hard about remember my name! It's Green! As in the stupid color! What is so hard?!"

"Enough with your issues!" I told her, "You are making us look worse than what we should we look like!"

"That is true," Giovanni hissed, "Looks like you two are back once again. I suppose you are here to stop me and my team once again?"

"Wow!" Green said, "He's good! I guess we don't give villains enough credit on their intelligence level. Then again, they don't seem to learn the first time after getting their butts handed to them by the heroes. Pardon my language."

"You are not sophisticated enough to be pardon," I told her. She then stuck out her tongue at me then.

"Focus here!" Giovanni said standing up and roaring at us, "You two got me on an off day, but I'm feeling better and good now. This time, I'll wreck you two and stop your plans!"

"Yeah right!" Green said, "I beat you once before and now I'll beat you again! Prepare to be defeated by Keen Green!"

"That's a stupid nickname for you," Domino commented, "Where the heck did you come up with that?"

"Give me some credit here!" she said, "I had to come up with a cool catch phrase and I only had like 3 minutes! From the door to here is more correct!"

"Keen Green?" I said raising my eyebrow, "More like Mean Green." She then turned to face me and kicked me in the shin.

"Pay attention here!" Giovanni yelled at Green, "I do not want to challenge you! I want to challenge your friend Red."

"Red?" Blue asked surprised and then he said glumly, "Well, we are now officially doomed. Just send me to my end; it'll save me the trouble of watching his horrid defeat." Green nodded and I frowned. She was beginning to really tick me off.

"Where's your confidence in me here?" I asked her and Blue, "I have a chance. Don't I?" Both of them turned away and didn't face me. They were on my side, but they gave up on me without even trying to at least assume that I might have a chance at winning!

"Now to prepare the field!" Giovanni said stepping away from the desk. He punched a button on the wall and the whole room began to shake. The desk, chairs, and other items in the room sunk into the floor and vanished. After that, the ceiling opened up revealing the night sky. The floor began to push upwards towards the sky.

I took another look around the new area we were all standing in. We were in the dark off night and on top of the roof. I looked out into the city. Lights from the buildings made the ground floor glow. Wow was the only word Green or me could say after seeing where we were now.

Then a bunch of floodlights lit up the field we were on. It was a plain old battlefield that the Indigo League uses. But why did this company have a battlefield on top of their roof? I found out later that is where the company tests out their products that are made to use in a Pokemon field.

"Enough with oos and ahs!" Giovanni said to me, "Let's see what you got kid! Go Rhyhorn!" He tossed out a Pokeball and revealed the Pokemon he used against Green last time. I knew his Pokemon knew Ice Beam, so this could prove to be a difficult fight if I don't defeat his Pokemon quickly.

"So if you use that," I said to him releasing my Pokemon, "I'll use my Haunter!"

Blue gave me a weird look. "I thought I defeated Pokemon earlier," he said, "Shouldn't it be knocked out?"

"I healed it alright?" I told him, "I used a Full Revive I got earlier from Celadon City alright? Enough with the logic! Haunter! Attack Rhyhorn with Shadow Ball!"

"Counter that with Rock Blast!" Giovanni shouted. A large rock seemed to form from out of nowhere in the middle of Rhyhorn's open jaw. The rock then shot and rammed together with Haunter's Shadow Ball. Both exploded after hitting sending pieces of rock flying off in all directions.

Then another rock shot off again and collided with Haunter. The rock then burst into more debris sending more out in different directions. That rock followed up with another rock blast, but at least that one missed. "Come on Haunter! Attack with your Shadow Ball again!"

The attack went off and luckily hit the mark. It did, though, barely. Rhyhorn moved out of the way surprisingly quickly allowing the attack only to hit his far right side. "Now attack with your Fire Blast!"

His Pokemon opened his mouth once again, but shot out a continuous stream of fire at Haunter. Haunter managed to fly around avoiding the attack, but the attack followed Haunter all over. Some times it even was accidentally directed at us! "Run for cover!" Green shouted running to a far corner of the building as the fire blast almost reached her.

Brandon and Domino screamed as the fire blast reached them. It barely did a scratch on them though. "Ah man!" Brandon said looking at his shirt, "Man shirt as burn marks all over it!"

"Well my hair is on fire again!" Domino said rolling all over the ground trying to put it out, "Stop it!"

"Oh sure!" he responded to her, "It's all about you and your stupid issues! What about me? Don't I matter or something?!" Team Rocket sure hires weird agents now don't they?

The fire stream finally stopped. I looked at Rhyhorn who was surprised by this. He tried to shoot out more, but all that came out was smoke. "Looks like he is all out of steam!" I joked.

"That joke went out of style back in the 90s," Blue said frowning. He is always trying to make me look bad. You probably already figure that out.

"Rhyhorn!" Giovanni called out, "Attack with Roar!" Rhyhorn opened his mouth and let out a long roar that seemed to rock the whole building. Haunter began to quake with fear and disappeared back into his Pokeball.

"What the?" I said surprised. All of a sudden, another one of my Pokemon popped out. It was Gloom.

"Roar," Blue explained to me, "It is a move in which the user of the attack frightens the opponent's Pokemon so much that it scares it back into it's Pokeball. Then another is dragged to battle. Didn't you study these kinds of things?" One more comment like that and I'll knock him senseless.

"Darn it," Giovanni said spotting my Gloom, "Not the right Pokemon I was hoping for."

"Too bad for you," I said, "Now Gloom! Use your absorb!" Gloom started to glow and so did Rhyhorn. Rhyhorn began to shake and then collapsed to the ground.

"You lucked out," he said to me as he returned his Pokemon, "But can you handle this? Nidorino!" His Pokemon looked similar to a Nidorina, but only the color seemed to be different.

"Whatever! Gloom attack with another Absorb!" Gloom began to glow again, same with Nidorino. Only, Nidorino seemed to be ok and looked like he wasn't affected by the attack at all!

"What gives?" I asked annoyed.

"Should I explain?" Blue asked.

"NO!" I shouted at him.

"That never stopped me before," he said and went on with another one of his lectures, "Grass attacks aren't as affective on poison type Pokemon. The attack damage is cut in half."

"Humph," I mumbled, "You shut it. Gloom attack with Stun Spore!" The golden haze emerged from the top of Gloom and floated towards Nidorino. He jumped out of the way of the attack.

"Now attack with Horn Attack!" Giovanni called out. Nidorino charged head first into Gloom's gut with his horn pointing into it. The attack threw Gloom into the air and he landed right besides me. Gloom was knocked cold.

"Darn it!" I grumbled returning my Pokemon and sending out another one, "Go Flames! Attack with Secret Power!" Charmeleon popped into view and his eye began to glow. The floodlights in the area began to dim until the area in was pitch black. Then, high above the center of the field was a gigantic bright ball of light.

"Hey!" Green said noticing, "I know that move! That's Sunny Day! It boosts the attack power of fire type attacks!"

"Really?" I thought, and then I grinned widely, "Charmeleon! Attack Ember!" The normal small fireball that would normally fire off was replaced by a fireball the size of tire. The attack collided with Nidorino set him ablaze.

"Ah!" I said pointing my finger at Giovanni, "Your Pokemon has the burn affect! I think it is time for you to throw in the towel with Nidorino!"

"You have a stupid point," he said returning his Pokemon, "Can't really win with a weakling Pokemon like this. So I'll just go all out with this one! Kangaskhan!" The same Pokemon Green battled a while back reappeared. I remember this one easily. It caused the most trouble for her since it knew a variety of different attacks like Mega Punch and Thunderbolt. Who knew what else this thing was hiding!

"Use your Water Pulse!" A beam of water shot out of her mouth and struck Charmeleon hard in the face. The attack was an instant K.O. Those seem to happen a lot for me, don't they? Also, as soon as Charmeleon was defeated, the light ball vanished and the lights turned back on.

"Yep," Blue commented, "Every single thing I pictured in my mind has happened now! It is almost all over besides the crying." Just one good punch could… man! I can't really focus!

"Time to finish this!" I said to him releasing my next Pokemon and then I whispered, "Man! I hope I can!" I released my Mankey for this fight.

"This is going to be simpler than I thought from now on!" Giovanni grinned, "Just a weak unevolved Pokemon. Kangaskhan! Attack with your Mega Punch!" Kangaskhan charged fast at Fighter. He jumped over the attack and high above Kangaskhan.

"Hit her with a Low Kick!" Mankey dropped down fast and hit the floor right below Kangaskhan. Mankey jumped up and kicked her from under the cheek throwing her onto her back.

"Get up and use your Thunderbolt!" She pushed herself up and started to charge up. The large lighting bolt then fired at Mankey. The attack luckily missed and stuck one of the floodlights. The light grew more powerful until the bulb exploded.

"Try again!" Giovanni shouted louder. Another Thunderbolt fired again and this time hit Mankey square in the chest. The attack pushed him back ten feet on his back.

"Looks like it is all over," Green frowned. But it wasn't! All of a sudden, Mankey got to his feet and began to glow. He grew a bit larger and little bit heavier. Soon, Mankey had now evolved into Primeape!

"Alright!" I said cheering, "I got a Primeape!"

"Don't go bananas just yet," Giovanni hissed, "This battle is still going on! Kangaskhan! Brick Break!" Kangaskhan once again charged at Primeape. He dove out of the way of the attack letting Kangaskhan smashed the ground below her making a huge hole in the floor.

"Try this attack on for size!" I called out, "Primeape! Use Cross Chop!" Primeape formed his arms into a X. He then ran at Kangaskhan and jumped into her face. As soon as he was close enough, he slashed with both arms releasing them from the x-shape. The attack toppled Kangaskhan onto her back.

"This battle is all over!" I said noticing Giovanni's Pokemon was out. He just gave a grin and then his Pokemon winced. Soon, she pushed herself back onto her feet was standing tall in front of Primeape.

"The battle isn't over yet!" Giovanni said, "Attack with Mega Punch!"

"Mega Punch as well!" I yelled. Both Pokemon ran at each other and punched the other one hard in its cheek. Both Pokemon then wobbled away from each other. Both of the attacks did major damage on each of them.

"Hit it with Water Pulse!" Kangaskhan opened its mouth once more and launched a beam of water at Primeape. He jumped over to the right side of the attack allowing it miss him completely.

"Use Bulk Up!" I called out. Primeape closed his eyes and started to vibrate slightly. The muscles in Primeape's arms began to tense up and the veins in his face seemed to pop up as well.

"Now!" I said, "Finish off Kangaskhan with Rage!" Primeape then grew red all over and then seemed to explode a furious rage. He charged at Kangaskhan and jumped onto her shoulder. He began to beat down hard on her in a fury of punches and stomps.

He then did a flip backwards onto his feet in front of Kangaskhan just in time for her to sway back and forth. Soon, she toppled over onto her stomach. This time, she was defeated. Giovanni screamed in angry rage and said words that are not suitable for this story. Please understand that.

"I been defeated once again!" he screamed in rage.

"So," I asked Blue grinning, "Is this what you pictured?"

"So I'm not a psychic!" he grumbled, "Big deal!"

"You lied to me!" Green said horrified as she pointed a finger at him.

"So what now tough guy?" I asked Giovanni who was clutching his head in frustration, "What are you going to do now?"

"Looks like you got people got the best of me once more," he said, "But this doesn't mean I'm done! I'll be back and you'll be crush for sure! But for now, I'm calling off this operation of taking over Saffron City. I came, was crushed, and I didn't get what I came for at all! I'm going to cut all of my losses."

"But boss!" Domino said, "We still got a chance! We can get what we came for! We just need for time!"

"What I say goes!" he growled at her, "We are leaving! Call everyone and give them the message! Also get my copter!" Domino rolled her eyes in disgust and pulled out a radio from her skirt pocket. She said a few things in the radio and then turned it off.

A few minutes later, a helicopter flew onto the roof and landed behind Giovanni. He gave us one last look and headed on inside. Domino gave us a mean gesture and left. Brandon looked at us and said, "This isn't over. We'll beat you soon enough and then you'll fall before the awesome power of Team Rocket!"

He then walked into the helicopter and closed the door. The helicopter then took off into the night. We watched it until it was as small as the stars in the night sky above us.

"We can't say how much we are grateful for your help!" the old lady said to Green and me, "They almost got away with their evil plans too!" Green, Blue, and myself were outside Silph Co. standing in front of the old couple who turned out to be the people in charge of the company.

"There must be a way to thank you for your help!" the old man said to me.

"There really isn't," I said to him, "But thanks for the offer."

"Wait!" the old man said reaching into his pocket and pulling out two Pokeballs with the letter M on them, "I suppose Team Rocket was after these two. They are called Master Balls, they are supposed to be able to capture any Pokemon without fail! Just think what Team Rocket might do with these!"

Green all of a sudden screamed. We all looked at her and then she said, "Sorry. I just thought what they would do with them. It was a pretty scary thought to say the least."

"Hey!" Blue said to the old man, "I came here and tried to save this place as well! What about me?" The old man rubbed his chin and then reached into his pocket. He pulled out a $20 bill and handed it to him.

"Here you go!" the old man said, "Use it to get yourself a decent haircut!" I laughed and Blue gave me a dark look. The couple bowed and walked into the building.

"Now what?" Green asked.

"We all go to the Pokemon Center and get some sleep," I yawned looking at my watch, "It is 9 pm. Then we all go to the Pokemon Gym tomorrow. It should be open now that Team Rocket took off."

"Time to get back on track!" Green said and then she cooed to Blue, "Will you come with us?"

"Are basically heading the same way," he shrugged, "Might as well, but after we get the gym badge, we are going our separate ways." Fine with me! The sooner he is gone, the more normal Green can be… well… as normal as she can get.

Author Notice: Sorry about the late update. I had a lot of things to do and I had a hard time writing this chapter. I hope it was worth though.

It is that time of month again! Time to announce the Top 5 Stories of the Month! The Top 5 for November are:

1. Synchronicity By: Alexia Kyrcek

2. ReiShine By: Digital Skitty

3. Yearning to be Free By: Amber20

4. Pokemon XSD: Windstorm of Cyclones By: Patinator

5. The Matter of Choice By: Dearing

You know what is also this month? At the end of this month, I began the competition for Award Show! All the people competing are listed on my Profile! Go see if you are competing, who you are competing against, or see who is in the run!

In the next chapter, Red will face off against Sabrina for the Marsh Badge! Also, an old familiar face makes a return! Who is it? Like I would tell you!

Next to Come: Chapter 37: Psyche! Showdown with Sabrina!

Date: 12/3/06

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