Hello and welcome everyone! I'm Ty8, host of another awesome episode of"Typhlosion8's Weird Author Notes!"
First off, I'd like to remind you all that the next update is 5/25/15, so be ready!
Second, I'd like to happily announce that I'm feeling better about writing IMDH again, and everything is flowing much better. Thanks to everyone who waited for me to update again after that break in April, I really appreciate it. And thank you also ChocoChipKittyand QUEENSPELLER67 for reviewing on what seems like every chapter!
Oh, and I did change something. In this story, Ash got his Cinnabar Gym Badge at an actual Gym like regular trainers do instead of a volcano, because there isn't one in my story... yet.
Let's get on with Chapter 35!
Silver was about to call out to Misty And Ash, who were falling behind, when he spotted a Pokèmon that was staying a little bit behind him. It seemed very cautious.
"Is that... a Porygon?"
May, the closest one to him, started to laugh a bit. He looked at her like she was nuts, until she ran towards Porygon. Then alarm bells rang in Silver's mind.
"May, that's a Pokèmon!" he shouted. She turned around with Porygon scooped in her arms.
"I know that! But Porygon isn't affected like other Pokèmon. It's man-made, and has no connection to Mew."
She looked down at the strange Pokèmon and petted it's head.
"You're Mewtwo's Porygon, aren't you?" she asked, and the Virtual Pokèmon nodded, calling out a strange sounding blipping noise that sounded a little like it's name.
"Then you can stay with us, and I'll carry you." May said, and walked back over towards the others.
Gary got their attention, and pointed towards the sea.
"Guys, it looks like there's no boats here, so the first plan is ruined."
"It has a name!" Ash shouted back at him. The researcher groaned.
"I'm not going to use the name!" he replied angrily.
"Not important!" James yelled out, and they seemed to cool down a bit.
"But Team Rocket is nowhere in sight either. What about our backup plan?" Misty asked.
"Use the names guys!" Ash called out. Everyone else just looked at him, and the combined effort silenced him.
"Well, we can't really do anything but wait, I guess." Brock said, and everyone seemed to quietly agree. Gary sat down on the beach and watched as the water licked at the sand. He had this calm feeling, almost peaceful.
"Hey, does anyone else have a bad feeling about right now?" Jessie asked. Almost like they were waiting, people jumped out from hiding everywhere, and the red R on their shirts pretty much declared their side.
At least it was over quickly.
Turns out, Team Rocket had a boat, and was going to load and unload it, but their agent, the Fuchsia City Officer Jenny (who wasn't even an actual Officer Jenny, she just was really good with disguises) warned them before they did and told them that a group of rebels were preparing to attack them. Team Rocket quickly set up a capture plan, and the Alliance people were easy to take prisoner.
"So, what is our plan when we all get caught?" Gary asked Ash, who was currently next to him. Everyone had been tied up and placed in the cargo compartment lower down in the boats since Team Rocket hadn't actually thought that people would be crazy enough to actually sneak onto their boats, and had no need to take prisoners with them to their destination, so they had no real holding cells. Pikachu had not been killed, somehow, and Porygon was in the cage next to the mouse.
"Truthfully, I hadn't really thought this far, but give me a few minutes, and I might have something," was the reply, so Gary waited. And waited. And he was about to ask Ash again if he had any ideas when the door to the cargo compartment slid open and Rockets came in and yanked them all to their feet rather forcefully and pulled them back to the exit.
They had no actual plan, which meant that everything was going to be chaos. The only question was when.
They were pushed and shoved across the sandy beaches of what used to be a thriving tourist destination. Cinnabar Island was once one of Kanto's most popular places to visit. It was a beautiful place, and both people and Pokèmon could enjoy themselves on the island.
But once Team Rocket had taken over, the island went under siege because Team Rocket had cut off all boat sending supplies there. Soon, people began to flee, and many went to the nearest safe place, the Orange Archipelagos. Back then, Team Rocket was busy trying to settle the unrest and rebellions still in Kanto, and Giovanni didn't really seem to care about the Orange Islands. Even now, Team Rocket was busy, and ignored the unimportant land.
Now, Cinnabar Island had been captured, and Blaine had gone missing. No one had known because of how hard it was to get out here, so far away from civilization. But, Gary realized, Team Rocket wasn't as smart as they thought they were.
Because even their scientists should have noticed that Mt. Cinnabar was looking strange at the top. A large bulge was there, and still growing. And that meant, maybe today, maybe in a few months, Mt. Cinnabar would change from a mountain to a volcano, and wipe out anything and anyone living there.
The odd group was "escorted" into a laboratory at the foot of the mountain. It was almost as large as Professor Oak's in Pallet Town, the only size difference being the absence of a field for Pokèmon to roam.
Inside, there was shiny silver instruments and tools. Vicious snarls could be heard from cages holding Pokèmon inside. An Aerodactyl (thought to be extinct) was repeatedly pounding on a particularly sturdily-made cage, but the metal bars were bending outward, and were probably going to snap with a few more hits. Even the Grunts were as far as possible from it.
"Where do we put them, sir?" One Grunt asked. Two others put down the cages with Pikachu and Porygon onto one of the many tables.
"Nearby. I want them to see how powerful Team Rocket really is. And bring Subject 001 in here!" the scientist called back. He then turned to the group and started studying them all. It was creepy, in a way.
"Wait a minute. Aren't you two those Rocket Grunts that disappeared a few years back?" he asked, looking at Jessie and James. They didn't answer him, but he didn't seem to care.
"I guess I should explain Team Rocket's big Pokèmon plan. It's really quite amazing."
"It all started years ago, when the old Team Rocket leader, Madame Boss, became obsessed with the Mythical Pokèmon Mew. She wrote multiple files on the pink, cat-like creature. But more recently, Giovanni found these. He decided to find Mew, the original Mew. Before that, though, he found a Fossil hidden in Mt. Moon. It was a piece of an Aerodactyl's claw. Razor sharp, it was, and we had just enough to revive the Fossil into the dinosaur over there." the scientist said, pointing at the Aerodactyl.
"We found traces of Pokèrus in it, and with a bit of tinkering, changes the original DNA codes it Aerodactyl to make the Pokèrus stay indefinitely. We then extracted some of it's blood and removed the Pokèrus from the sample and injected it into Mew. From there, it was even easier. Mew, being connected to all Pokèmon, transferred it to every Pokèmon there is, and now, chaos is the result. Without Pokèmon, citizens have no way of defending themselves from us, Team Rocket."
"Who are you?" Silver asked. The man smiled.
"Me? I am Dr. Fuji."
"Sir? We have word at the main base from a Rocket Grunt. Eight people were seen on Route 19. They were caught easily. Most of them are teenagers, and quite a few of them had been identified as Alliance people from a different sighting. One of them also looks like that teen who escaped from Rocket HQ a few weeks ago. They are currently on Cinnabar Island, and the Rockets there are waiting for your instruction on what to do next."
Giovanni smirked.
"Leave them there for now. I'll be returning to Kanto soon, once I get what I came here for."
"Yes, sir."
Giovanni hung up the PokèGear and tucked it in his pocket. He looked at the famous Bell Tower. Soon, it's inhabitant would be free no longer.
A few Grunts brought in a much larger cage, and it was reenforced with thick metal that looked impossible to bend, stronger than even Aerodactyl's.
"Mew." Ash whispered, looking at the small pink Pokèmon. The Psychic type gave a wail, and a powerful pulse of energy shook the room. the few Rockets in the room fled.
"It's in pain!" Brock shouted.
"You've gone to new lows, Team Rocket!" Misty yelled, but Fuji just laughed.
"No, we're just doing whatever it takes to get Kanto, and soon Johto, into the palms of our hands. Team Rocket will slowly take over, and there won't be any brave Pokèmon trainers to stop us, because there'll be no more friendly Pokèmon until Mew here is freed from Pokèrus."
He walked over to his desk and pulled out a dark pink vial of a liquid he sucked it into a syringe, he began to talk again.
"Now, the two Pokèmon you somehow brought with you both seem to resist the effects of the virus. I plan on fixing that problem."
He went over to Porygon's cage. Ash heard Mewtwo's words in his head again, from what seemed like so long ago.
"Porygon is a man-made Pokèmon. It cannot be affected by Pokèrus unless given the disease directly because it has none of Mew's genes."
Porygon was finally going to succumb to Pokèrus too.
The Virtual Pokèmon made a beeping cry as Dr. Fuji injected it with some of the Pokèrus on a soft spot near it's neck. Almost instantly, it made a screechy noise and slammed into the cage with new power. Fuji turned to Pikachu, who began sparking as his eyes flickered red.
"Pikaaa..." the mouse growled, sounding just as ferocious as the many other Pokèmon in the lab.
Fuji wasn't frightened, and jabbed the needle into Pikachu's arm. Everyone in the room went silent if they weren't already, knowing about Pikachu's special resistance. Would he be able to withstand this?
The Team Rocket scientist backed away with the last dregs of his Pokèrus and watched as Pikachu struggled inside the cage. The electric mouse was shaking, and you could see his sharp teeth clenched together. But then it stopped shaking, and stood up on it's hind legs calmly, giving what looked like a smirk at the Rocket Doctor.
"How does it continue to resist?" Fuji asked, and began pacing the room. "Is there something special about this Pikachu?"
It was then that James, one of the most creative people in the room, (and you would've had to've been if you continued to try and build mechas with Jessie and Meowth trying to catch the uncatchable Pikachu) got a brilliant idea.
He somehow got Ash's attention, who looked at him with confusion. James was nodding his head in Pikachu's direction, and mouthing something to him. It looked like he was saying blast off the dragon.
What? he mouthed back at him. James is losing his marbles...
Then it clicked.
Thunderbolt Aerodactyl.
He had to act fast, and there was a chance that Pikachu's cage was electricity-proof, but he had to try.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on Aerodactyl!" he shouted out. Fuji yelled out a warning, but it was too late.
"Pikachu!"
With an evil snarl, Pikachu released as much power as it had into one final attack. The Thunderbolt arced towards the Fossil Pokèmon, and it screeched in pain when it was hit. Enraged, not to mention infected, it finally tore through the bars like they were paper and flew out of it's cell, shredding through Pikachu's too with it's massive razor claws. Pikachu ran over to Ash and chewed through his bonds, then continued to bite through the others as well.
Rockets were swarming the room, and didn't seem to notice them, instead focusing their energy on taking Aerodactyl out. But they were no match for the prehistoric dragon who was bloodthirsty as it killed Grunt after Grunt that got too close to it.
"Wait! What about Mew?" May asked. Jessie, the closest person to her, shook her head.
"No time. We have to focus on saving ourselves right now."
Silver pushed the door open wide and ushered everyone outside.
"Let's get out of here before this situation gets any worse!" Gary called out, and the group did their best to stick together in the frenzy.
Of course, because these things always happen at the worst time, and because this is supposed to be a complete disaster chapter, I think you know what happened next.
The ground shifted under their feet, and rolled as it cracked in a large split, dividing the one group into two and revealing crumbling earth in between the gap too wide to jump. Ash, Jessie, Brock, and May were on the left, and Silver, Gary, James and Misty were on the right.
With a rumble that shook the island, and a roar that echoed for miles farther, Mt. Cinnabar erupted in a fiery explosion of pure fury.
"Nice work, Gary. You jinxed it." Misty said, and the sarcasm was quite obvious.
And, yes, how did you not see it coming?
Since I'm feeling nice, I'll give you a hint on something that was mentioned in the last paragraph. Fuji mentions something about Ash's Pikachu. (it's really the only Pikachu ever mentioned.) THIS IS IMPORTANT. For another hint, flip back to Chapter 2. More will be revealed, probably closer to the end. But if you noticed what I mentioned and realized what's going on, kudos to you!
See you later,
Typhlosion8