So sorry guys! I didn't mean to be gone for that long! I'm back though! With the latest chapter!

A little backstory into this chapter, I thought it was really long whenever I was thinking it up, so I thought it would be a good idea to cut it into two parts. Well...This is part one and it its too long as well! Forty two pages to be exact...Sorry guys if its too long, but I hope it makes up for my three/four month absences. Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 49 Part 1

Against All Odds

"Welcome to the World Championship Match, ladies and gentlemen!" The announcer said. "The tournament is over and now number one contender, Jason Malone will get the chance of a lifetime. Tonight he'll engage in a full six on six battle against World Champion, Thomas Walter. Should he win then he'll become our new World Champion. Should he lose, then he'll be added to the long list of trainers defeated by Thomas Walter…the battle will be televised on all channels as this battle will affect the entire world. The battle will begin shortly, so don't go anywhere."

The crowd started cheering as they anxiously awaited the start of the match. Brian and Maria were standing against the barricade, looking down at the battlefield.

"Jason was so nervous." Maria commented. "Do you think he'll be okay?"

"I'm sure he will." Brian replied. "He's been through tougher situations. He'll be fine."

"I wonder what that's for." Maria pointed to a small elevator like lift that was attached to the skybox.

"Who knows." Brian shrugged. "I bet the World Champ will be making his grand entrance from there."

Jason sighed and took a deep breath, Luxio stood next to him. She looked up at her trainer; a worried expression crossed her face as she adjusted the blue and white scarf tied around her neck. The crowd's cheers caused the stadium to vibrate. There were mixed cheers, some cheering for Jason, but a majority was cheers for World Champion, Thomas Walter.

"I'm not sure if I can do this, Luxio." Jason said.

"Lux?" She looked up at him as if she was asking 'Why Not?'

"I-I have this feeling…..as if there is more than just a championship riding on this match….like if I were to lose then something bad will happen." He replied, slightly confused as to why he felt this way. "I feel like there is a ton of pressure weighing me down….I'm just nervous."

He sighed once again and looked down at the ground. A few moments of silence passed. Jason laughed lightly at a thought.

"I remember my mother telling me that she was nervous just before her first championship match." Jason said. "Yet she still managed to stay calm enough to win…..I should follow her example…" he took a deep breath. "I can do this….I can do this….Mom, lend me some of your strength…..Luxio lets go."

The two of them started to head out onto the battlefield.

Jason walked out onto the battlefield, waving to the crowd like he usually did with a smile on his face. Luxio walking right next to him. The crowd started to cheer even louder as they two walked out.

"And here he is now…." The announcer said. "The challenger all the way from Pallet Town, Jason Malone, son of former Kanto Champion, Rose Malone. He fought several tough battles just to be here tonight with the hope of become only the second World Champion ever. Can he do it? We'll find out tonight."

As Jason walked over to the spot that he was supposed to be at, he looked over at the stands to his left. He spotted Maria and Brian, who were leaning up against the barricade. Maria waved at him and Brian just nodded reassuringly. Jason nodded back and sighed.

"But his opponent has been World Champion for eight years and has defeated all comers." The announcer said. "Considered by many to be the best Pokémon Trainer in the world, he backs that up every day. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you your World Champion!"

The lights on the stadium flashed off. The cheers from the crowd grew louder and more frantic. Suddenly the lights on the lift lit up and the lift whirled to life. The bottom of the sky box started to slowly descend. The crowds cheering once again grew even louder. It was difficult to see as the lights on the lift were not bright enough. As the lift got closer and closer to the ground, two spotlights from the stadium shined onto the lift, revealing the World Champion, Thomas Walter, to be the only person on the lift. Upon seeing this, the crowd went wild with chants of 'Walter!' filling the stadium. Jason sighed and gulped, his bright red eyes flashing with doubt. The lift slowly stopped at ground level and Thomas Walter slowly stepped off. He had surrounded his whole body with a dark red cloak. The hood was down to show his determined and confident expression as he arrogantly smiled towards Jason. Jason gritted his teeth at his uncle.

"You're World Champion!" The announcer said.

Thomas Walter waved towards the crowd as they roared in excitement and cheers. The crowd seemed very pro Walter, it seemed like the odds were even more against Jason than he thought.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, this battle will be a full six on six battle, with both sides able to swap out Pokémon as they wish." The announcer said.

Thomas pulled his cloak back; the cloak had formed into a cape that hung off his back. He wore a dark red and dark blue shirt with a dark brown stash going across his chest. The stash contained five Pokeballs. He also wore dark brown pants. The sixth Pokeball hung from a necklace around Thomas' neck. The crowd's cheers were still deafening as they filled the stadium.

"I've been waiting for this for a while Jason." His uncle looked over at him as he drew a Pokeball from his stash. "You're a very impressive battler to make it this far, just like your mother….I defeated her and now I'll defeat you."

"We'll see. You have no idea what I'm capable of. I might surprise you." Jason replied.

"Hmph." His uncle smirked. "Just try to put up a challenge."

Thomas pressed the button on the center of the Pokeball, causing it to open. A red beam shot out of the open sphere and out appeared a Samurott.

"This battle will also go until one trainer is out of Pokémon. There will be no time limit." The announcer said. "Let the World Championship match begin!"

Kelly shivered lightly as the cool breeze of air blew past her. She tightly gripped Aerodactyl, since she didn't want to fall off. Pikachu gripped tightly onto Kelly as to keep itself from falling off.

"You two okay back there?" Akira called out from in front of them.

"Y-Yeah!" Kelly called back. "Are we almost there?"

"Yeah! Look!" Akira pointed down below them.

Kelly looked down below; she spotted a series of islands.

"That's Whirl Islands!" Akira pointed out. "We're almost there! Cianwood is just up ahead!"

Kelly and Pikachu looked forward and spotted a small town that was on a beach.

"So where is this Team Rocket base?" Kelly asked.

"I don't know….Linore never told us." Akira replied.

"Well there is a good place to start." Kelly pointed ahead of them to a cluster of dark, storm clouds. "It looks to be past Cianwood, over the mountains."

"Well, let's take a look. Tyrant, let's go!"

"Aero!" The Pokémon cried as it sped up.

Matt lightly stepped on the brakes and the car slowly came to a stop just outside the entrance to the secret Team Rocket base. The three of them stepped out of the vehicle.

"Just follow my lead." Dyre said to them as he took the lead, heading towards the entrance of the cave.

The base was built into the side of a mountain that was connected to Cerulean Cave. The entrance was hidden behind the foliage of cover of the surrounding trees. Two guards had stopped them at the entrance, but once they realized it was Executive Dyre, they let them pass.

"Sorry for the inconvenience Executive Dyre." One of the guards said. "Executive General Harkin is waiting for you on the bridge of the airship.

Dyre, Matt, and Alice walked on deeper into the cave. The sight they saw was something to behold. Team Rocket had used their Pokémon to carve out a cavern big enough to house an airship. There was metal machinery running along the sides and roof of the cavern.

"That's so that the roof can be safely split apart so that the airship can take flight." Dyre explained to them. "Let's go before the others get suspicious.

There were several grunts running around the cavern, picking up machine parts and making last minute inspections. The airship was huge! Looking more like a modern battleship with thrusters at the bottom.

"These guys are geniuses." Alice commented. "Too bad they aren't on our side."

"Yup. This kind of tech could be used for other, better, purposes." Matt added.

"Cut the chatter you two." Dyre whispered as they approached the makeshift staircase that lead to the entrance of the airship.

The three slowly walked up the staircase into the huge hulking ship. The interior looked like something out of a science fiction movie. Both Alice and Matt were amazed at what they saw.

"Someone is a big fan of Star Wars." Alice commented. "Just look at all this stuff!"

"The money that must have going into building this…." Matt cut himself off.

"Guys. Act natural." Dyre said as they passed a group of Team Rocket Grunts.

Grunts were running around back and forth, doing system checks and last minute repairs. Dyre lead Matt and Alice past them and onto an elevator. Dyre closed the doors and started up the elevator.

"Can we take off these hideous uniforms yet?" Alice groaned as she tried to pull the bottom of the uniform past her thighs only to have the uniform slide back up her thighs. "Its itchy, it smells weird, and it's a too revealing!"

"Well that uniform wasn't made for a girl of your…uh…endowment." Dyre replied. "Just a little while longer." There was a moment of silence. "When the elevator doors open, we're going to split up."

"What do you need us to do?" Matt asked as he adjusted his cap.

"Matt I need you to head to the engine room and do whatever necessary to disable the engines." Dyre said.

"Got it."

"Alice….You're going to go to the core room…."

"And do what?" She asked.

"You'll need to disable the power source of the ship, that'll leave it blind."

"Okay. I think I can do that."

"Don't worry…No one will suspect you two as long as you leave the uniforms on." Dyre said. "Don't take them off until this whole ordeal is over."

They both nodded at him. There was a beep signifying that the elevator had reached the top level. The doors slid open and the three of them went their separate ways.

Aerodactyl flapped it wings to slow its descent. The Pokémon dropped down into the edge of a tree line surrounding an open field. Kelly jumped off with Pikachu still riding on her shoulder. She started heading towards the plain. Akira stepped off of her Pokémon.

"Thanks Tyrant." Akira smiled at her Aerodactyl. "Wait here." She said before following Kelly.

The two girls stopped just near where the tree line ended. Kelly looked up, noticing that the storm clouds were directly above their position.

"There is nothing here." Akira commented. "But those clouds look suspicious…."

"Pika!" Pikachu suddenly tensed.

"Pikachu? What is –"Kelly started, but was suddenly interrupted when the ground started shaking violently.

The two girls held on for dear life as the shaking continued. Akira suddenly lost balanced. She tripped and bumped into Kelly, causing both the girls to fall to the ground. There was the sound of machinery springing to life. Despite the earthquake, Akira was able to see the ground in the middle of the plain split apart and reveal a giant chasm that wasn't there naturally. Soon an Airship started to rise from the ground. There were people and Pokémon riding on the outside of the Airship, but once they reached ground level they stepped off the ship and onto solid ground. The earthquake continued until the Airship was just about two feet off the ground.

"W-What was that?" Kelly asked, still disoriented. "Was that an earthquake?"

"No…it wasn't." Akira quickly recovered, getting to her feet.

"Then what was it?" Kelly asked as she struggled to her feet. Pikachu had somehow managed to hold onto Kelly the whole time and still rode on her shoulder.

"Th-The Airship….We're too late…" Akira said. "It's about to take off!"

Kelly looked over and saw the Airship and all the Team Rocket grunts and their Pokémon surrounding it.

"All those guards will surely notice us approaching…..there is no way to sneak aboard." Akira admitted.

"Not if only one of us board the Airship." Kelly suggested. "The other could stay behind and cause a distraction allowing the other to sneak aboard."

Akira looked at her friend in shock.

"No! That'll be too risky. Not to mention how outnumber the person who stayed behind would be."

"There is no other way." Kelly said. "Akira, get back to Tyrant! I'll go get their attention and get them away from the Airship."

Kelly and Pikachu started to walk off, but Akira grabbed Kelly's arm.

"Wait. We need to stick together. It'll be easier." Akira tried to reason.

"Hey, don't worry." Kelly looked back at her friend. "I'll be fine. I have Pikachu here to watch my back."

"Pika! Pika!" Pikachu smiled.

Akira slowly let go of Kelly's arm.

"Alright, but you better be careful….I won't have you doing something heroic and getting yourself hurt. Not on my watch." She said.

"Akira, I'll be fine." Kelly said one last time, before she turned and ran off again.

Jason skimmed over his Pokeballs, thinking of which of his Pokémon he would send out first, a crucial decision that could give him an early advantage. Luxio looked up at him anxiously with her tail swinging back and forth, as if she was suggesting he send her out first. Jason looked down at her.

"Not now girl. You're my secret weapon and I'll need you later on." He winked at her.

She smiled slightly and nodded. Jason pulled a Pokeball from his waste.

"Go Serperior!" Jason called out as he tossed the Pokeball.

"And now the first battle of the World Championship match will begin. Jason's Serperior will go one on one with Walter's Samurott." The announcer spoke. "While Serperior has the type advantage, Samurott has proven time and time again to be a tough Pokémon to take down."

"Begin!" The referee said.

"Alright, Serperior start out with Slam!" Jason ordered.

Serperior coiled itself and then sprung itself forward, launching its self towards Samurott.

"Samurott use Slash." The Champion ordered, nonchalantly.

Samurott braced itself and just as Serperior neared it, Samurott slashed its horn across Serperior's upper body. Serperior was struck by the attack, but managed to wrap its long tail around Samurott's head, turning a Slam attack into a Wrap attack and effectively putting Samurott into a headlock. The two Pokémon struggled against each other. Samurott scratched Serperior attempting to get it off. After a few moments of struggling, Samurott bit into Serperior, causing the Pokémon to cry out in pain and release Samurott. Samurott tossed up Serperior while the Pokémon was still reeling from getting bit.

"Samurott end it with Ice Beam." The World Champion ordered.

Samurott smirked as a light blue energy formed on the tip of its horn and a jagged light blue beam was blasted towards Serperior. The attack hit Serperior head on, freezing it in a block of ice. The block hit the ground and Serperior was still incased inside. A few seconds passed….

"Serperior is unable to battle!" The referee called out. "Samurott wins!"

There was a slight mixed reaction with the crowd. A majority were cheering, but boos could be heard as well.

"Samurott made quick work of Jason's Serperior!" The announcer voice was filled with false surprise. "Serperior had its moments before, but this moment wasn't one of those."

"Not good….." Jason sighed. "Good Job Serperior, you tried your hardest." He said as he called the Pokémon back.

Thomas Walter smirked from the other side of the field, but didn't say a word otherwise.

"I'll wipe that smirk off your face." Jason growled. "Luxio!" He looked down at the Pokémon.

Luxio looked up at him with her own smirk plastered across her face. She nodded and ran onto the battlefield.

"Jason is sending out his Luxio! Is this a mistake in the making? Or does the pint sized lighting storm have enough power to take down a somewhat fresh Samurott."

"Luxio use Thunderbolt!" Jason ordered.

Luxio smirked as she focused and released a harsh bolt of electricity towards Samurott. Samurott stood there, standing its ground.

"Protect." The Champion said, not losing his cool.

An invisible barrier deflected the Thunderbolt attack to the ground, causing a small crater.

"Luxio use Quick Attack!"

Luxio started to sprint towards Samurott, zigzagging to avoid any counterattacks.

"Samurott MegaHorn." Walter said as Luxio neared Samurott.

A dark greenish aura started to surround Samurott's horn. The water type lunged towards Luxio, head first.

"Luxio now!"

Luxio rolled to the side, completely avoiding the attack and causing Samurott to trip, leaving it open to an attack. Luxio sprung to her feet, jumping onto Samurott.

"Luxio Thunder!"

"LLLUUXXIOOOOOO!" Luxio cried as she released a powerful burst of electricity that nearly engulfed the battlefield.

Samurott cried out as it was continuously being zapped. After a few seconds the attack died down and Samurott had fainted. Luxio just smirked as she jumped off the Pokémon and ran over to Jason.

"Samurott is unable to battle!" The referee said. "Luxio is the winner!"

Some of the crowd cheered for the small victory, plenty more booed Jason. Without a word, Thomas Walter called back his Samurott; the smirk however, hadn't disappeared yet.

"Wow! What a display of power!" The announcer excitingly said. "Ladies and Gentleman, I've seen that Samurott defeat plenty of Electric type Pokémon, but this Luxio….she's something else!"

"Not too bad!" Walter called out to Jason. "You've turned that cat into an effective battle. I'm impressed!"

"Thanks!" Jason replied. "She's been dying for a chance at that Charizard of yours."

"Ha!" Walter chuckled. "Well she's going to have to wait a little longer, you still have other trials to try and overcome."

Walter drew another Pokeball and called out his next Pokémon. The Pokémon opened up and out came a muscular, four armed, humanoid Pokémon.

"Maaaachamp!" The Pokémon cried proudly as it flexed its muscles.

Jason had look of surprise and shock appear on his face.

"Luxio…."Jason looked at his Pokémon with worry.

Luxio looked up at the Machamp as it looked down imposingly at her. Luxio gritted her teeth, worried.

"Machamp use Mega Punch."

The Fighting type rushed towards Luxio, it was quick on its feet for a Pokémon of its size.

"Luxio use Discharge now!"

Luxio launched out a dome shaped burst of electricity in an attempt to halt Machamp's assault. Machamp just powered through the attack, like it was nothing! Machamp neared Luxio and punched her up into the air. Luxio was momentarily fazed by the attack, but flipped over and regained herself. She launched a Thunderbolt attack while still in the air. Machamp just jumped back to avoid the attack. Luxio was able to land.

"Luxio use Spark!"

Luxio started running towards Machamp, cloaking itself in electricity as it ran towards the Pokémon. Luxio gained a lot of speed as it neared Machamp. She jumped forward attempting to ram into the Pokémon. Machamp, however, caught the Pokémon mid jump. Both Luxio and Jason had looks of disbelief. Luxio unleashed its stored electricity, shocking the Machamp, but not hurting it enough to cause it to let go. Machamp shook off the attack.

"Seismic Toss."

Machamp jumped up, putting a lot of force behind the leap. Once Machamp reached the top of the jump, it spun around and started diving head first towards the ground, with Luxio held down below it. Luxio struggled as they fell, attempting to get out of the Pokémon's grasp. It was too late, however, and Luxio came crashing to the ground. The impact kicked up dirt and dust. Once the dust cloud cleared, it was revealed that both Pokémon were still standing, but Luxio looked worse off. She was breathing heavy and dirty.

"Luxio return!"

Luxio looked back at its trainer, slightly surprised at the order to retreat, but she acknowledged it and returned to him.

"Luxio is being called back by its trainer and a good thing too, because that one sided beat down was getting tough to watch!" The announcer commented.

Some of the crowd booed at Jason's choice, while others let out sighs of relief. Luxio limped over next to him.

"You did a good job girl." He said reassuringly. "A very good job, but I need you rest. Save your strength."

She looked up at him and nodded.

That was really close!" Maria said. "Luxio was almost done for!"

"Jason needs to be more careful….." Brian commented. "Luxio is his star Pokémon; he can't afford to lose her…"

"The World Champion has so many powered up Pokémon…..Jason might be outmatched." Maria added.

"So what I miss?" Linore came running up to the two.

She joined them in leaning up against the guard rails.

"It's tied. Five Pokémon remain for both of them, but Jason almost lost Luxio." Brian answered.

"Hmmmm. That Machamp looks powerful." Linore added.

"It is." Maria said. "Unbelievable so, it shook off two of Luxio's electrical attacks like they were nothing!"

"Not good…" She stopped talking and looked at nothing as if she was pondering thinking. Maybe she knew something the others didn't. "…It'll be tough, but Jason can do it. He has to…"

Jason drew another Pokeball. He took a deep breath and called out his next Pokémon. The Pokeball opened and out came his Shiny Gardevoir. The Pokémon appeared and let out a soft cry.

"Jason is going to use his Gardevoir to combat the Machamp." The announcer commented. "After making short work of Luxio, can Gardevoir take down Machamp?"

"Gardevoir! Use Shadow Ball Teleport combo!"

Gardevoir formed two Shadow Ball attacks in her hands and then disappeared. She reappeared, quickly, and launched the two Shadow Balls at Machamp and then teleported again. She reappeared again and launched more Shadow Balls at Machamp. She kept doing that over and over, getting faster each time. Soon she was a blur, as she teleported and launched volley after volley of Shadow Ball attacks. Machamp brought its arms close up to its face and compacted itself to minimize the damage. Gardevoir continued the Shadow Ball assault until she had to stop for a moment to catch her breath.

"Machamp use Revenge."

Machamp took the opportunity to strike, using its powerful muscles to move quickly towards Gardevoir, striking her with a hard punch. Gardevoir teleport back a bit, stunned and feeling the effects of the attack.

"Machamp use Mega Punch."

Machamp once again rushed Gardevoir, with the intent of landing another hard punch.

"Gardevoir use Psychic!"

Gardevoir focused all her will on holding back Machamp. Machamp was gripped by an invisible force and held back, slowly taking damage. Both Pokémon struggled, Machamp trying to stand its ground, but slowly being pushed back.

"Gardevoir lift it up!"

Machamp was slowly being lifted off the ground; the four armed Pokémon struggled, but appeared powerless.

"Machamp use Comet Punch." The Champion said, still appearing calm.

Machamp using all its will, broke out of the telepathic grip, causing Gardevoir to become stunned. Machamp ran towards Gardevoir and unleashed a volley of fast punches. Punch after punch landed, seeming to do a good deal of damage as Gardevoir winced with every hit.

"Gardevoir return!" Jason aimed the Pokeball at her.

The red beam shot out towards Gardevoir, hitting her and transporting her back into the Pokeball.

"Ohhh! And Gardevoir is called back as well!" The Announcer exclaimed. "That Machamp was about the finish off the Psychic Pokémon. Machamp is proving to be too much for Malone!"

"Oh man! Oh man!" Jason freaked out as he put up Gardevoir's Pokeball. "There is nothing I can do! That Machamp is unstoppable! NomatterwhatIdothatMachampjustshakesitofflikeitsno thing! There'snothingIcandoitshopeless! Ishouldjustgiveupandsurrender!Wecan'twintoday!"

There were murmurs among the crowd as many of them looked at Jason.

"What's this folk?" The announcer said. "Jason Malone is having a meltdown. Looks like all the pressure has finally gotten to him."

Luxio looked up at her trainer and shock her head in embarrassment. She focused a bit and let out a weakened Thundershock attack on Jason. Jason cried out as he was zapped. Luxio dissipated the attack. Jason was stunned momentarily, but quickly shook off the disorientation.

"Thanks, Luxio." Jason smiled in gratitude at his Pokémon.

Luxio just looked over, smiled and nodded at him. Jason sighed and looked over at the World Champion, who had an amused smile all over his face.

"Is your outburst done?" He called out. "I would very much like to finish this battle."

"Grrr." Jason gritted his teeth and pulled out another Pokeball.

Jason tossed the Pokeball and it opened up, sending out Charizard.

"Now that everything is back in order…..Jason sends out Charizard to combat the seemingly unstoppable Machamp! Does the fire dragon have what it takes to take down Machamp? Charizard certainly has been impressive." The announcer commented.

"Charizard use Dragon Rage!"

Charizard fired off an orange orb of energy, straight towards Machamp. Machamp sidestepped the attack and started sprinting towards Charizard. Charizard flew up a bit and started flapping its wings, kicking up sand to blind the Machamp. Machamp stopped in its tracks and became blinded.

"Charizard Blast Burn!"

Charizard brought its head back, forming a huge orb of pure fiery energy on the tip of its mouth. Charizard brought its head forward and launched the attack directly at Machamp. The huge Blast Burn attack exploded on impact, causing tremendous damage to Machamp. Dust and dirt was also kicked up. The dust cleared, showing that Machamp had fainted.

"Machamp is unable to battle!" The ref said. "Charizard is the winner!"

The crowded roared in excitement at the red hot battle playing out in front of them.

"Wow! So much for unstoppable!" The announcer said. "Not even ten seconds into the match and Machamp is down for the count. Let's see if Charizard can get some good luck rolling!"

"Yeah Charizard!" Jason cheered. "Knew I could count on you!"

Charizard looked back and gave Jason a thumbs up.

"Not too bad!" The World Champion called out. "Your Charizard, he is impressive. Very much so."

Walter reached up to his necklace and pulled off the Pokeball.

"But let's see how good it really is." He said as he tossed the Pokeball.

The Pokeball opened and out came the Champion's own Charizard. The crowd gasped. Walter's Charizard seemed to be a darker shade of orange when compared to Jason's Charizard. Walter's Charizard also had on a Razor Claw onto of one of its own claws.

"The Champion has called out his Charizard!" The announcer said. "….Well that escalated quickly…Guess the Champion is eager to end this!"

"Fine! If that's how you want to do things!" Jason called out. "Charizard take to the air!"

Jason's Charizard flapped its wings and took to the air. Without being instructed, the other Charizard flew after it.

Alice did her best to keep her face hidden as she made her way through the Team Rocket airship. She received a few suspicious glances from some of the Team Rocket grunts. She also received a few whistles from some of the male grunts. After a few nerve breaking encounters and the Airship rising up out of the mountains, she finally made it to the entrance to the Core Room. It was surprisingly unguarded. Alice smirked at how lucky she was. She strolled into the room. The Core Room was a huge open space filled to the brim with complex machinery. There were wires and cables running along the floor. It was like a mechanical jungle. She started to make her way through a maze of pillars made up of wires, slowly and cautiously making her way through. There was a lack of guards in the entire room. There was nobody in there in fact. All she heard was the quiet hum of machinery.

"Weird….This place is slightly creepy." She commented.

She suddenly heard something cry out, it sounded like a Pokémon. Alice, alarmingly, looked around. She spotted a door not too far from her. She started quickly walking toward is. More cries happened and they sounded closer and closer as Alice approached the door.

"If there is a Pokémon in trouble then I have to help it." She said.

Alice reached the door and slowly opened it. The cries were louder now. The sounds of sparking electricity could be heard. Alice spotted the Pokémon in a cage in the center of the room.

"Oh….my….god…." She could not believe the sight in front of her.

Matt casually walked down the halls of the airship, attracting no attention to himself whatsoever. The grunts were either too busy to notice him or just didn't care. He easily neared the Engine Room.

"The Security here is sloppy at best." Matt thought to himself.

"Hey you!" A voice called out to him.

Another Team Rocket Grunt walked up to him.

"Why aren't you at your post?" The man asked.

"Ummm, uh…" Matt replied.

"Ah, it doesn't matter. We could use your help in the Engine Room... Follow me." The Grunt instructed.

He started to walk towards the Engine room and Matt followed him.

"Engine seven is having problems…. We've had to shut it down." He explained as he led Matt. "It's going through the fuel too fast. So we need some guys to keep loading coal into the engine the whole trip."

Matt quietly followed the Grunt into the Engine Room. The Engine Room was made up of these huge anti grav lift engines. There were seven of them in all. There were several Team Rocket Grunts working on the engines, checking fuel gauges and whatnot.

"Engine Seven is back here." The Grunt said.

He led Matt all the way to the back of the room, where another grunt was standing waiting.

"Hey Parker." The grunt said to the other grunt that was waiting. "I got someone to help you. Tell him what to do, so we can get ready for take-off."

The other grunt walked off and headed out of the room, taking everybody but Matt and Parker with him.

"How you doing, I'm Parker." Parker smiled and held out his hand.

"Hey Parker, I'm Matt." Matt shook his head.

"Well, hello Matt, you new here?"

"Yeah, just transferred from Hoenn."

"Hoenn? Wow, I heard the fighting is pretty rough over there. That the rebels are giving as good as they take. That true?"

"Uhhh, yeah, it's pretty bad there."

"Hmmm…." Parker nodded his head in agreement. "Anyway…" Parker turned back and looked at the engine.

Parker pulled back a sliding door on the engine.

"We need to shovel coal into this thing until it hits about three fourths capacity, Then the engine will start and we'll need to make sure that the engine has at least fifty percent capacity the whole trip." Parker handed Matt a shovel. "So let's get to it."

The two started shoveling in the coal. The whole time Matt was looking for a way to disable the engine and Parker was pretty much being polite and trying to make small talk. The labor was beginning to tire Matt out and he paused for a moment.

"Yeah, a small break seems like a good idea." Parker said, as he stopped to check the fuel gauges.

"Hey Parker?" Matt said.

"Yeah?" Parker replied without taking his eyes off the gauges.

"Why do we only fill it up to three fourths capacity?" Matt asked

"Cuz, if we fill it up to the brim, then the engine will shut itself down and maybe explode."

"Really now?"

"Yeah. We lost two guys for that reason earlier."

"They died in the explosion?"

"No. Boss had them executed for incompetence."

Matt paused for a moment in disgust…Then a planned popped into his head. He gripped the shovel tight and held it up as if to swing it.

"Sorry Parker. You're a nice guy." Matt said.

"Huh? What'd you-"

Matt knocked out Parker by smacking him in the head with the shovel. Matt then moved Parker out of the way and continued to shovel in the coal as fast as he could.

"Filing this thing up is the only way I can stop them from taking off." Matt said as he worked.

Matt worked furiously, alone. He was starting to sweat, so he took off the Team Rocket hat and then the Team Rocket uniform shirt. He was almost done.

"Hey you!" A voice called out.

Matt looked behind him and saw a grunt running towards him.

"Intruder! We have an intruder in the Engine Room!"

"Awww, damn it!" Matt said.

…...

Kelly was running towards the airship, Pikachu running right beside her.

"Please let this work….." She told herself as she sprinted towards the humongous airship.

She was noticed by several Team Rocket Guards. A few of them started to approach her, standing between her and the Airship.

"Hey! You can't be here! What are you doing?" One of the Grunts called out to her.

A group of three approached her. Kelly stopped as they stood in front of her.

"You aren't allowed here, turn back or we will make you." One of the grunts warned.

"Yeah, well you guys aren't allowed here either." Kelly retaliated.

"Oh? And what are you going to do about it, little girl?"

"Nothing." Kelly shook her head with a knowing smirk. "…..But he is." She motioned towards Pikachu.

Pikachu was glaring at the Team Rocket Grunts, sparks flying off his red cheeks.

"O-Oh…."

Pikachu suddenly unleashed a Thunderbolt attack on the three grunts, shocking them into unconsciousness. The three grunts cried out as they were shocked and fell to the ground.

"We're under attack! Intruder! Intruder alert!" One of the other grunts called out.

A loud, high pitched alarm sounded from the airship. Kelly and Pikachu didn't have time to relax as more grunts and Pokémon appeared from the airship. They were soon surrounded and Pikachu stood protectively in front of Kelly. The airship, however, hadn't moved up any higher.

"Pikachu use Flash!" Kelly shouted as she turned away.

Before the Rocket Grunts and their Pokémon could react, they were blinded by Pikachu's Flash attack. Kelly had enough time to call out two more of her Pokémon, Blaziken and Poliwrath. More Grunts had jumped off the airship and were reinforcing the other grunts. Kelly and her Pokémon were greatly outnumbered.

"Oh no! Kelly is in trouble! I should really help her!" Akira said, full of worry.

"But Akira, we need to get aboard the airship!" Blitz reminded her. "It's very important that we disable the ship!"

"Y-Your right…." Akira sighed as her and Blitz got onto Tyrant.

"Kelly will be fine. She promised she would."

"Your right….she's putting her life in danger so that I can sneak aboard. I wouldn't do any good if I didn't take advantage of the opportunity she has given me. Let's go Tyrant!" Akira ordered.

The Aerodactyl took to the air, using the trees to sneak around to the top of the airship. The distraction that Kelly provided proved effective, Aerodactyl was able to sneak close to the ship; unnoticed Akira was dropped off near the top of the ship.

"Thanks for the lift Tyrant." Akira thanked her Pokémon as she called him back to his Pokeball.

"Akira over here!" Blitz said. "I found a vent that we can get in through."

"Right behind you!" Akira called.

Blitz slid into the vent with Akira following not too far behind.

"This was a terrible idea! Terrible!" Kelly thought. "Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" She ordered, pointed to a group of advancing Grunts and their Pokémon.

"Pika!" Pikachu acknowledged the order and launched a powerful bolt of lightning, shocking and fainting the Grunts and the Pokémon.

Kelly was now fighting for her life as Team Rocket threw everything they had at her to stop her from boarding the Airship. Or so they thought that's what she was trying to do. Little did they know that she was only a distraction. Her Blaziken was currently engaging six Poison types, fighting them all at once. Poliwrath was also battling several Poison types at once, which left Kelly and Pikachu to deal with the Grunts.

"Gotcha!" A voice shouted as Kelly felt arms wrap around her arms and chest, constricting her.

"Ahhh!" She screamed. "Pikachu!"

"Chu!" Pikachu cried as he rammed into the grunt that grabbed Kelly, freeing her.

The grunt was knocked to the ground, in pain.

"Th-Thanks Pikachu." Kelly sighed in relief.

Suddenly Kelly felt a strong arm wrap around her throat, choking her.

"Call off your Pokémon!" The voice demanded.

Kelly grasped for her. She tried to call for Pikachu, but she couldn't and Pikachu was preoccupied by a group of Golbats. Kelly felt consciousness slipping away, she had to do something fast. Kelly suddenly bent her leg up backwards, striking the man between his legs.

"Owwwwwwwwww….." The man groaned as he fell to the ground.

Kelly dropped to her knees as she was free from his grasp, crawling away from him to catch her breath. Kelly reached for her other Pokeballs, calling out her Rampardos, Exeggutor, and Gothitelle. Her three other Pokémon engaged the Team Rocket grunts. Knocking most of them out and fainting most of their Pokémon. The remaining ones started to retreat. Kelly got up to her feet; Pikachu came running up to her a look of concern on his face.

"I'm okay Pika." Kelly said, smiling weakly at her Pokémon.

She looked towards the airship. Most of the Team Rocket reinforcements were refusing to go and stop Kelly. The airship was starting to slowly rise up.

"Hurry up Akira…." Kelly said. "I can handle Grunts, but I don't know if I can stop an airship from leaving….."

Akira and Blitz were slowly making their way through the airship, heading for the core room. The two were able to sneak around, unnoticed. No small thanks to the distraction that Kelly was providing. Most non-essential personnel were being sent out to stop her.

"What!?" A voice boomed over the loudspeakers placed all around the airship. "What do you meant they're refusing to go out there!? It's just one girl! How hard can that be!?"

Akira couldn't help but smile.

"Kelly must be giving them a lot of trouble. I guess she knew what she was talking about when she said she'd be okay." Akira thought.

Blitz was leading, just in case, and Akira was following right behind him. It took them a while, but they made it into the core room.

"Tell them to get out there or I'll have their heads!" The voice from the loudspeaker again.

The two made it into the core room. The room was filled with complex machinery, none of which Akira had any idea did what. She spotted several Team Rocket members walking around the room messing with different machinery. She and Lucario ducked behind several cardboard boxes. There were two Rocket members talking to each other, they were close enough for Akira to hear.

"Hey, did you see that Pokémon they have in the other room?" One of them asked.

"Yeah! I can't believe they have that Pokémon locked up! How did the higher ups manage that?" The other asked.

"I heard it was the Boss that captured that. He got the other one too, but the third got away somewhere near Mount Silver. They're draining the energy from those Pokémon to power the ships weapons batteries."

"So that's what that machine does."

"Speaking of which, we need to check the charge levels on those auto cannons. The captain is probably going to want to use it on that intruder they're dealing with. Come on lets go."

The two grunts walked off, heading to a door on the right side of the room.

"Oh no Kelly!" Akira gasped quietly. "Blitz we need to follow them!"

Blitz nodded. "I have an idea."

He lifted up one of the larger cardboard boxes.

"R-Really?" Akira looked at him with a skeptical expression.

"Unless you'd liked to run across the room." He said matter of factly.

She sighed and crawled under the box, Blitz followed. They were able to see out of any holes in the boxes. When they were sure no one was looking in their direction they would slowly start to move. When someone looked towards them, they would drop the box and remain still. They were really close to the next room, but there was also one grunt within reaching distance of them. Akira did her best to calm down her breathing, despite the fact that she was terrified they'd be discovered.

"Core room! Get the weapons batteries charged!" The voice over the loudspeakers barked ordered. "We have a live target to test the auto cannons on."

"Oh no!" Akira thought.

The grunt next to them stood up and turned around, walking directly into the box and knocking it over, revealing Akira and Blitz. The four men in the room just stared at the two intruders. Akira and Blitz, froze from shock.

"What-"Was all one of the grunts could say before Akira was up and running.

The Grunts started to pursue, but Blitz stayed behind to cover Akira's escape. Blitz easily knocked out all the Grunts and continued after his trainer. Akira was right there at the door when it suddenly burst opened.

"Hey what's all the commotion about?" The other two grunts asked.

Akira bumped into the older men and was knocked back a bit. The two men stared down at her.

"There's another intruder? So there is more than one?"

"Better report this."

Before any of them could grab Akira, Blitz jumped over her, punching and knocking out both men.

"Akira, don't run off like that." Blitz said.

"S-Sorry." She blushed from embarrassment. "I panicked."

The two continued on to the next room. Opening the door, loud Pokémon cries could be heard. The two stopped and stared in amazement as they saw the Pokémon making those cries.

"The ships starting to rise faster!" Kelly said to herself.

The Team Rocket Grunts were using grapple lines to drop down to the ground to try and apprehend her.

"What are you doing Akira!? I guess I'm going to have to try and stall them…..Rampardos and Gothitelle, please go and stop those Team Rocket Grunts." Kelly ordered her Pokémon. "Exeggutor, Poliwrath, Pikachu, and Blaziken, I'm going to need you four to attack the lower part of the ship."

Rampardos and Gothitelle had left to go and battle the grunts. Kelly was showing her other Pokémon where she wanted them to attack the ship. Exeggutor was charging up a Solarbeam, Pikachu was using Thunder, Poliwrath was using Hydro Pump, and Blaziken was using Flamethrower. Each attack was striking the tough metal armor of the ship with little to no effect. Kelly seem to be studying where the attacks did more damage to the armor. The Pokémon continued to blast their attacks at the bottom of the ship.

"This isn't working!" Kelly said. "The armor is too tough! There has to be another way!"

That when she noticed a slight design flaw in the placement of the thrusters for the gravity lifters. The seventh thruster in the back of the ship was place more outwards then the others, making it easier to strike at. However some of the armor would still need to be chipped away. Exeggutor had just finish charging up its Solarbeam.

"Guys stop!" Kelly ordered. "Exeggutor! Aim your Solarbeam at the thruster engine in the back! Hit it just off to the side!"

A massive beam of pure energy was shot towards the thruster engine. The attack hit with such force that it caused a slight explosion, cracking some of the armor.

"Blaziken! Fire Blast on the same spot!"

"Blaze!" The Pokémon cried out as it shot a powerful burst of flames towards the ship.

The attack struck, cracking the armor more and unhinging the engine, causing it to drop a bit a reveal some crucial components.

"Poliwrath! Pikachu! I'm going to need you two to work together." Kelly said. "Poliwrath, I'm going to need you to toss Pikachu towards that engine with all you might! Pikachu, I'm going to need you to strike that engine with the most powerful Volt Tackle you can muster!"

Both the Pokémon looked up at her and nodded. Pikachu jumped towards Poliwrath and the Pokémon caught him in its right hand.

"Poli!" The Pokémon spun around. "Wrath!" The Pokémon cried as it tossed the small Electric Mouse.

Pikachu was soaring quickly. "Pika!" Pikachu began to power itself up for a Volt Tackle attack. Electricity was starting to bounce and cover the small mouse's body. Pikachu looked like a small yellow missile, bound towards the airship. Pikachu struck the engine, causing an explosion large enough to destroy a second engine in the process. Two engines had been destroyed as well as a large chunk of the ship's armor. Pikachu was knocked back, fainted, falling back down to Earth.

"Pikachu!" Kelly cried, trying to brace herself to catch the small Pokémon.

She caught the small Pokémon in her arms. Pikachu looked up at its trainer.

"You did it!" She smiled down at the Pokémon.

Pikachu managed to climb up onto her shoulder. Kelly and her Pokémon looked up at the damaged airship. The Airship was now stationary, unable to ascend or move at all.

The two Charizards were currently engaged in an aerial battle above Indigo Stadium. Flying around and dodging each other's attacks, the two Pokémon seemed evenly matched. Jason's Charizard flew around, grabbing the other Charizard around its neck. The other Charizard bit Jason's Charizard on the arm, causing it to release its grip. Then it just spun around, striking Jason's Charizard with its powerful tail. Stunned, Jason's Charizard was left vulnerable. The other Charizard formed a fist and bolts of electricity started sparking from the fist. The other Charizard punched Jason's Charizard, shocking it with the Thunder Punch. Jason's Charizard was struck right on its wings, causing the Pokémon to start falling back to the ground. Jason, without a second's thought called back his Charizard. The crowd's reaction was mixed with boos and cheers.

"After a quick Charizard versus Charizard battle, the World Champion's Charizard proved too much for the Challenger's Charizard." The announcer said. "Jason was forced to call back his most powerful Pokémon! Now which Pokémon will the young trainer use?"

"It doesn't matter who you use!" The World Champion called out. "The outcome will be the same."

"We'll just see about that!" Jason drew another Pokeball.

The Pokeball was tossed and out came Vaporeon.

"A water type, how predictable." The World Champion smirked.

"Jason has chosen his Vaporeon to combat the World Champion's Charizard." The announcer said. "A Water type is a good choice when it comes to types. And Vaporeon has been known to take a good hit or two."

"Begin!" The referee said.

The Charizard was still up in the air.

"Charizard, use Flamethrower."

"Vaporeon use Water Gun!"

The two powerful streams of fire and water collided mid field, both attacks evaporated into mist. Charizard suddenly came flying through the mist heading towards Vaporeon. Vaporeon jumped up to meet Charizard head on, the two Pokémon collided. Charizard grabbed Vaporeon by the tail, but Vaporeon bit onto Charizard's tail, cause the Pokémon to cry out. Charizard dragged Vaporeon up into the sky with it. Vaporeon was biting and scratching at the orange dragon.

"Vaporeon! Water Gun!"

Vaporeon looked down towards Charizard's tail flame and fired a Water Gun attack right at the flame. The attack hit, causing Charizard to reel in pain, letting go of Vaporeon. Vaporeon started dropping, flipping wildly in the air. Vaporeon flipped over, facing the ground. She aim carefully and fired an Ice Beam attack at the ground. Vaporeon used the ice to form a slide to the ground. She landed on the edge of the slide and safely slid to the ground. Charizard used a Flamethrower attack to blast away the ice slide and strike Vaporeon. Vaporeon flinched from the flames, but got right back up and launched a Hydro Pump attack at Charizard, hitting the Pokémon and knocking it to the ground. Charizard flapped its wings, quickly getting to its feet.

"Vaporeon use Quick Attack!"

Vaporeon started rushing towards Charizard.

"Charizard use Metal Claw!"

Charizard's right hand was covered in a coat of metal as it used its fist to block Vaporeon's attack. Vaporeon was knocked back a bit, but ran forward in an attempt to bite Charizard. Charizard swung its Metal Claw towards Vaporeon, but the attack was dodged and Vaporeon bit onto Charizard's left arm.

"Charizard….Thunder Punch."

The fist of the arm that Vaporeon had bit onto was soon covered in volts of electricity. Charizard grabbed Vaporeon by the tail, shocking the Water type. The attack stopped, but Vaporeon was stunned. With Vaporeon still in tow, Charizard flapped its wings and started to fly higher and higher.

"Vaporeon!" Jason cried out in worry.

Charizard flew to the top of the stadium, and then tossed Vaporeon towards the ground with all its might. Vaporeon fell quickly, hitting the ground before anyone could react, dust and smoke where thrown up upon impact. Charizard flew back towards the ground, the flapping of its wings clearing away the dust. Vaporeon was motionless on the ground.

"Vaporeon is unable to battle!" The referee said. "This round goes to Charizard!"

"Even the water powers of Vaporeon were not enough to take down Charizard!" The announcer said and now both Jason and the World Champion have four Pokémon remaining!"

"Charizard return." The World Champion called back his Charizard.

Boos could be heard from the crowd.

"What's this?" The announcer said confused. "Charizard has been called back?"

"Hey! What are you doing?" Jason called out. "I wasn't done with your Charizard yet!"

"Now…now…now." Walter shook his head. "I just wanted to give you a taste of what true power is….You'll have to deal with my other Pokémon first."

The World Champion called out another Pokémon. It was a Froslass.

"Grrrr….fine!" Jason said as he called back his Vaporeon.

"The Champion calls back Charizard in favor of Froslass, a Pokémon that has proven to be a tricky battler." The announcer said. "Who will young Jason use to battle the Pokémon?"

"Go Gardevoir!" Jason tossed another Pokeball.

The Pokeball opened and Jason's shiny Gardevoir appeared.

"Gardevoir makes a return appearance." The announcer said. "Will it have better luck against Froslass?"

"Begin!" The referee said.

"Gardevoir use Shadow Ball!"

"Froslass use Shadow Ball as well."

Both Pokémon formed and launched Shadow Balls at each other. The two shadowy attacks collided and canceled each other out.

"Froslass use Ice Beam."

Froslass fired a light blue beam towards Gardevoir.

"Gardevoir use Psychic to stop the attack!"

Gardevoir focused its psychic powers on the Ice Beam attack, gripping the attack with an invisible force, and causing the attack to dissipate. There wasn't much time for celebration as Gardevoir was struck swiftly by a Shadow Ball attack. Gardevoir, however, seemed relatively unfazed by the attack. Froslass moved forward, floating incredibly quickly.

"Froslass use Ice Fang."

"Gardevoir, teleport to dodge!"

Froslass attempted to bite down on Gardevoir with its icy cold jaw, but Gardevoir would simply teleport away, every time the Ghost Pokémon got near.

"Froslass use Confuse Ray."

There was a bright flash that seemed aimed at Gardevoir. After the flash, Gardevoir was confused. Confused and unable to determine friend from foe, Gardevoir just started randomly launching Shadow Ball attacks. Some shot into the air, harmless; others hit the ground, causing small craters. One shot directly towards the crowd, but Linore's Espeon came to the rescue, using its own Shadow Ball attack to deflect the other.

"Jason! Get that Pokémon under control!" Brain called out from the stands.

"I'm trying!" Jason called back.

"Froslass use Ominous Wind." The World Champion ordered.

A cold, chilly wind blew at Gardevoir. The attack struck her and knocked her back. However, she still was confused and launched another Shadow Ball attack, this time aimed directly at Jason. Luxio jumped up in front of Jason and used Iron Tail on the Shadow Ball attack to deflect it back at Gardevoir. Gardevoir was knocked to the ground by its own attack. Gardevoir used its psychic powers to bring it to a standing position. The effects of Confuse Ray had worn off.

"Froslass use Ice Shard."

Shards of Ice started to appear around Froslass; suddenly Froslass was launched forward with the shards of ice, heading towards Gardevoir.

"Gardevoir use Protect!" Jason ordered.

Froslass attack hit an invisible barrier, stopping its attacks.

"Gardevoir Fire Punch!"

Gardevoir's fist became enveloped in flames as a swift punch was delivered to Froslass, effectively stunning and burning the Ice type.

"Gardevoir now use Shadow Ball!"

Gardevoir brought her hands together and formed a sphere of dark energy, then she held it out in front of her, using her psychic powers to split the sphere in two slightly smaller spheres, then four, then eight, doubling the number at every split. Then the tiny spheres were teleported all around Froslass. Then with a flick of her wrist, Gardevoir launched all the spheres and Froslass was bombarded by a barrage of Shadow Balls. All the attacks connected, effectively damaging Froslass. Froslass dropped to the ground fainted.

"Froslass is unable to battle!" The referee said. "This round goes to Gardevoir!"

The crowd started cheering; more cheers could be heard as more people seem to be on Jason's side.

"What an awesome battle! Gardevoir was able to eliminate Froslass before it could unleash more of its terrifying tricks!" The announcer said. "And now Jason leads this battle with four Pokémon remaining while the World Champion only has three! There will be a five minute intermission to allow the trainers to change up their strategies."

Jason sighed in relief as he Gardevoir floated over to him.

"Hey! You did great!" He smiled at the Pokémon; he gave the Pokémon a quick hug. "It's not over yet and I'll need you for part two."

Gardevoir nodding in understanding.

"Jason!" He heard his named being called from the stadium entrance.

He looked over and saw, Brian, Maria, Linore, and her Pokémon walking towards them. Jason, Luxio, and Gardevoir went over to meet them.

"Hey guys!" Jason smiled. "They let you out onto the battlefield?"

"Yup." Maria said with a slight smile. "It's a special match, so security let us come see how you were doing."

"I have a one Pokémon lead." Jason said. "And every battle has been a close one, with me just barely winning."

"Still any lead is preferable over no lead, right?" Linore said. "Besides, I think the World Champion underestimated you and is still underestimating you."

"As long as you don't have any more meltdowns and keep your cool, I think you got this." Brian added.

"Thanks guys…" Jason paused for a moment. "You guys hear from the others?"

All three shook their heads.

"No." Linore spoke. "However, I have been listening in on the news reports near Cianwood, apparently there was a massive earthquake followed by what sounded like several small explosions."

"Is Kelly alright!?" Jason asked full of worry.

"We….don't know."

"Jason! Stay focused!" Brian said. "You have a match to win!"

"Alright." Jason sighed. "I…I'll keep my head about me."

"Good! Because you're not losing to him after beating me."

"The five minute intermission is over." The announcer said. "Will the trainer's please return to the field."

"Good Luck, Jason."

"Thanks." He nodded towards his three friends and turned to head back onto the battlefield.

The World Champion was waiting for him; he still wore that smirk, full of confidence, having no doubt of victory.

"Part two of the World Championship battle is about to begin!" The announcer said. "The Challenger, Jason Malone, is leading this battle with a four to three Pokémon League. Can he keep the momentum going? Or will he be overwhelmed?"

"Gardevoir." Jason motioned for his Pokémon to go out onto the battlefield.

Gardevoir nodded and slowly floated out onto the field.

"Go Dragonite." The World Champion tossed out a Pokeball and a large, light orange Dragon appeared.

"Jason is going with Gardevoir, while The World Champion is going with his Dragonite. Dragonite is fresh while Gardevoir has seen action in this battle." The announcer said. "Let's see what unfolds."

"Begin!" The referee said.

"Dragonite use Dragon Claw."

Dragonite flapped its wings and shot forward towards Gardevoir.

"Gardevoir use Psychic to hold it back!"

Dragonite was stopped in midair by Gardevoir's psychic powers. Gardevoir exerted a lot of energy and willpower just go keep Dragonite still. Dragonite was starting to break free of the psychic grip.

"Gardevoir use Teleport!"

Gardevoir teleported around Dragonite just as it broke free. Dragonite stopped its charge once it realized that Gardevoir had teleported again.

"Dragonite use Dragon Pulse."

Dragonite fired a powerful bluish beam.

"Gardevoir use Psychic again. Turn the attack back around!"

Gardevoir focused all her Psychic energy on the Dragon Pulse attack, stopping it and trying to reverse the direction the attack was traveling. However, Jason overlooked something. Dragonite was on the move again. It appeared next to Gardevoir and struck her with a Dragon Claw attack. Gardevoir was hit back into a barricade and dropped to the ground, fainted.

"Gardevoir is unable to battle!" The referee said. "The round goes to Dragonite!"

There were cheers among the crowd as well as some boos.

"After a tough battle with Froslass, Gardevoir was no match for the power of Dragonite and now the battle is tied at three to three!" The announcer said.

Jason called back his Gardevoir and thanked her for the hard fought battles.

"Lux! Lux!" Luxio looked up at her trainer; she was jumping up and down, demanding to be sent into battle.

"Not yet." Jason shook his head. "Don't worry you'll have your chance."

Luxio let out a disappointed purr. Jason got out another Pokeball, but before he could call out his next Pokémon, the World Champion called back his Dragonite. That action was met with boos from the crowd.

"I think I'll save this Pokémon for later." He smirked. "You seem to be struggling with that one."

Jason glared at him. "Just send out your next Pokémon."

"As you wish."

With the flick of his wrist, his next Pokémon was called out.

"Rai! Raichu!" The yellowish brown mouse Pokémon cried out as it appeared.

Jason called out his next Pokémon. A long blue serpent Pokémon appeared. His Dragonair.

"It'll be Raichu versus Dragonair this round." The announcer said. "Dragonair was impressive in its World Tournament debut, single handedly taking out three Pokémon, and it has been impressive in every battle since. Now let's just see if Dragonair's impressiveness can stand up to Raichu's electrical fury!"

"Begin!"

"Raichu use Thunder."

"Raiiiiiiiichu!" The electric mouse Pokémon cried as it fired a massive bolt of electricity towards Dragonair.

"Dragonair use Agility to dodge!"

Dragonair started moving quickly around the battlefield, moving as if it was teleporting. Each attempted electrical attack was dodged.

"Raichu, Quick Attack. Match the Dragonair's speed."

Raichu took off on all fours, matching Dragonair's speed and managing to strike at the Pokémon a few times. However, the damage that Dragonair was receiving wasn't much.

"Dragonair use Dragon Pulse!"

Dragonair stopped and launched a blue green beam towards Raichu. Without stopping its attack, Raichu quickly moved out of the way and dodged the attack.

"Keep launching the attacks!" Jason ordered.

Per its trainer's ordered, Dragonair kept launching the Dragon Pulse attacks. Raichu kept using its greater speed to dodge the attacks and then quickly strike at Dragonair. While Raichu's attacks weren't doing much damage, Dragonair was being struck by a lot of them and was slowly being weakened.

"Dragonair use Bind!"

As Raichu was running towards Dragonair, Dragonair managed to wrap its long serpent like body around Raichu. Dragonair started constricting Raichu tightly. Raichu started squirming in pain.

"Jason!" Walter called from across the field. "You disappoint me. I thought you were smarter than this." Walter smirked. "Raichu use Thunder." He ordered.

"Oh no!" Jason thought.

Raichu let out a powerful burst of electricity and Dragonair took the full force of the attack. Dragonair's cries of pain filled the arena as it was zapped into submission. Raichu stopped the electrical attack and was released from the Bind as Dragonair dropped to the ground as it was barely able to rise up. Several members of the crowd gasped as Dragonair was even able to go on battle.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, this Dragonair has some serious fortitude." The announcer commented.

"Hmmm, not bad, actually." Walter admitted. "Let's help it stay down. Raichu use Mega Punch."

Raichu rushed towards the injured Dragonair. Dragonair who was unable to dodge met the full force of the Mega Punch attack.

"Now use Iron Tail."

Raichu's tail became coated in a thick layer of steel as it spun around as struck Dragonair with its steel tail.

"Finish it with Thunderpunch."

Raichu's fist was covered in electricity as its fist connected to Dragonair's head. After the vicious assault, however, Dragonair was still there.

"How is this Dragonair still in this!?" The announcer exclaimed. "It just won't go down!"

Dragonair was injured, fatigued, and paralyzed. It was breathing heavily.

"Dragonair!" Jason called out. Dragonair looked over at its trainer. Jason continued. "I know you're tired! I know you're hurt, but please hang in there! You can beat that Raichu, I know you can! You took out three Pokémon once, you can handle one Raichu! Come on buddy!"

Dragonair looked back at Raichu, then looked at the ground, closed its eyes and took a deep breath. Dragonair suddenly started to glow a bright white. It started to shrink and lose its serpent form, growing more bulky and dragon like, with two arms, legs, and wings appearing. The bright white light disappeared and in Dragonair's place stood a refreshed Dragonite. The orange dragon let out a deep calm cry. The crowd let out surprised mutters.

"Whoa….." Jason stared in surprise.

"Well, would you look at that! Dragonair evolved into Dragonite!" The announcer said. "What a twist of fate!"

Dragonite looked back at its trainer with a smile on its face. Jason felt his confidence renewed.

"Alright, Dragonite lets show em how it's done!" Jason said. "Use Outrage!"

Dragonite suddenly became enraged, its eyes burning with a bright intensity. It flapped its wings and took to the air. Dragonite flew up and then started to dive bomb towards Raichu. Raichu was launching bolts of electricity towards Dragonite, but each attempted attack was easily dodged. Dragonite slammed into Raichu, striking it with tremendous force. Raichu was fainted after one hit.

"Raichu is unable to battle!" The referee said. "This round goes to Dragonite."

The crowd cheered loudly for Jason, there seemed to be hardly anyone rooting for the current Champion. Walter called back Raichu.

"What looked like a defeat was turned into a victory by a too close for comfort evolution." The announcer said. "Jason now leads three to two."

"Woo! What to go Dragonite!" Jason cheered.

Dragonite smiled and cried happily.

"You're acting like you already won!" Walter called out. "When in reality you're still far from it."

"Just call out your next Pokémon!" Jason retaliated.

Another Pokeball was drawn and thrown, this time; however, Jason was in for a surprise. Another Dragonite stood across from Jason's own Dragonite. Walter just smirked.

"Well it's another same Pokémon battle." The announcer said. "This time it's Dragonite versus Dragonite."

"Begin!"

"Dragonite Hyper Beam!" Both trainers ordered.

Both Dragonites fired powerful orange beams at each other. Both attacks collided mid field, causing an explosion, kicking up dust and dirt. Once the dust cleared, both Pokémon were locked in combat. With one Dragonite trying to overpower the other. Jason's Dragonite managed to get the other Dragonite in a head lock. Then Jason's Dragonite lifted up the other Dragonite and slammed him into the ground. The other Dragonite quickly recovered and swung its tail and it rose to its feet, tripping Jason's Dragonite. Then the other Dragonite fist became encased in a thick layer of ice as it attempted an Ice Punch attack. Dragonite attempted to dodge and was partially successful. The Ice Punch attack struck Dragonite's wing, causing the Pokémon to momentarily flinch. Dragonite retaliated with a Dragon Pulse directly to the other Dragonite, which was knocked back. Dragonite got to its feet, flapped its wings and took off into the sky. The other Dragonite followed, flying after and slamming into Dragonite. The took Pokémon were soon locked in aerial combat, flying around each other and launching different attacks at each other. Dragonite attempted an Ice Punch attack, rushing towards the other Dragonite. Dragonite, however, swung wildly and missed. The other Dragonite took advantage of the momentary pause in combat and struck Dragonite with its own Ice Punch. The attack connected, striking Dragonite in the chest, causing the Pokémon to plummet down to the ground.

"Dragonite." Walter smirked. "Now use Draco Meteor."

From the air, the other Dragonite fired up a huge blue orb. The orb flew up a bit and then exploded, breaking off into smaller basketball sized meteors that were falling towards Dragonite. Dragonite was unable to move and the attack was unavoidable. Dragonite was struck by several of the meteors as the other just crashed into the battlefield. After the attack was over, Dragonite laid on the battlefield, fainted.

"Jason's Dragonite is unable to battle." The referee said. "The World Champion's Dragonite is the winner of this round."

"Dragonite!" Jason called out.

The crowded erupted into boos. Walter looked annoyed by them. Walter's Dragonite flew back to the ground.

"Jason's newly evolved Dragonite was no match for Walter's experienced Dragonite!" The announcer said. "Now the battle is tied at two to two."

Jason called back his Dragonite.

"Thanks buddy." Jason said to his Dragonite inside the Pokeball. "You tried your hardest."

Jason put up the Pokeball. Luxio tugged at Jason's pant leg. When Jason looked down at her, she was practically begging to be let into the battle.

"Not yet." Jason said, calmly. "You'll get your chance."

Jason drew another Pokeball and out came his Charizard. Walter just smirked.

"And out comes Jason's Charizard." The announcer said. "After a vicious battle with Walter's own Charizard, does Jason's Charizard have enough energy left to do battle with Dragonite?"

"Begin!"

Dragonite took to the air with Charizard tailing not too far behind. Both Pokémon were taking quick strikes at one another, with the other chasing after and then retaliating. Dragonite seemed to be the quicker of the two.

"Charizard use Rage!"

Charizard's eyes burned with rage as it grew stronger from each of Dragonite's quick physical strikes.

"Charizard now use Mega Punch!"

Charizard rushed towards Dragonite, punching it across the face, causing it to be momentarily stunned.

"Charizard use Dragon Pulse!"

Charizard blasted Dragonite with a blue green beam, sending the Dragon type crashing into the ground.

"Charizard! Slam into it!"

Charizard started flying quickly towards the down Dragonite.

"Dragonite, use Rock Slide."

Dragonite grabbed rocks from the battlefield and threw a swarm of them at Charizard. Charizard was hit and fell to the ground. Both Pokémon were down and slowly got to their feet.

"Charizard Smokescreen!"

Charizard released a thick cloud of smoke, from its mouth, that quickly covered the battlefield. Neither Pokémon could be seen.

"Dragonite, blow that smoke out of here."

Dragonite started flapping its wings, blowing the smoke out of the stadium. When the smokescreen was cleared, Charizard was nowhere to be seen; only a freshly dug hole remained.

"Dragonite, take to the air."

Dragonite flew up into the air, out of reach of Charizard's Dig attack. About a half a minute had passed and Charizard still remained underground.

"Dragonite use Hyper Beam…..blast the field."

Dragonite started blasting the battlefield with powerful orange beams, collapsing the field onto Charizard.

"Nice try." Walter called out to Jason. "But that isn't going to work."

Charizard suddenly came flying out of the rubble. It grabbed onto Dragonite and kept flying higher. Dragonite struggled and struggled to get free. Charizard did a backflip midair and started dive bombing to the ground. The two Pokémon neared the ground and Dragonite was still unable to free itself from Charizard's grip. Charizard quickly flung Dragonite in front of it as they crashed into the ground. Dirt was tossed up, once again hiding the Pokémon from view. Charizard flew up unharmed. Once the dirt cleared, Dragonite laid on the ground, but slowly rose to its feet, exhausted. Dragonite then fell back down to the ground, fainted.

"Dragonite is unable to battle!" The referee said. "Charizard is the winner!"

"Yes!" Jason cheered.

The crowded erupted into cheers, almost everyone was cheering for him.

"Wow!" The announcer exclaimed. "What an impressive battle. After what was a head to head battle with Dragonite, Jason is one Pokémon away from becoming the second ever World Champion."

Walter called back his Dragonite; however that smirk still remained on his face.

"Jason is one Pokémon away from victory!" Maria said excitingly.

"Things are looking up." Brian said. "I think he's ready for anything, he's looking unstoppable."

"Yes, but….." Linore started. "What about Walter's last remaining Pokémon? His Charizard…"

"With his two best Pokémon, Charizard and Luxio," Brain replied. "Jason can take it down."

"Hmmmmm….."

Kelly and her Pokémon still watched the airship, waiting to see if they found some way to started moving again. The Airship had remained stationary, not rising or dropping.

"Guess we hit a vital part of the ship." Kelly comment to her Pokémon.

She had spoken too early as the ship started turning, until the front was facing her. She was terror stricken, unable to move or react.

"Th-This can't be good." She said, her voice shaking.

Alice stood in shock at the Pokémon that was trapped in the circular cage. Moltres had wires strapped to it that was slowly zapping it energy away. Moltres was thrashing violently inside the cage. Its cries filled the small room. The room was a small room with the cage that trapped Moltres, along with the machine that had several charge meters on it and there was stairs that lead to a console. Alice quickly ran over to the console, which was filled with unlabeled buttons and a screen with complex programing.

"I have no clue was this does!" Alice cried out. "That's it!"

She started pressing buttons at random, accidently causing the machine to sap Moltres energy quicker.

Matt ducked as one of the grunts attempted to tackle him. The grunt flew over his head and crashed into the engine. Matt had fully loaded up the engine with coal now it was only a matter of time before it overheated and exploded.

"Stop right there!" More grunts came running into the engine room.

Team Rocket was bent on stopping him from sabotaging their engines, sending Grunts to stop him. One grunt ran forward and tackled him, holding him down while another started punching him. Matt quickly brought his knees up to the grunt's chest and kicked him off him and then he tripped the other grunt. Matt jumped to his feet, just as another Grunt came up behind him and had him in a headlock. Matt quickly started using him momentum to spin around, causing the grunt to loosen his grip. Matt pushed the guy head first into an engine, knocking him out.

"They're persistent…." Matt took deep breaths. "I'll give them that."

An alarm started sounding.

~Engine Seven heat level is critical~ A mechanical voice said. ~Engine overload imminent. All personnel please evacuate the engine room.~

"Well that's my queue to leave." Matt said.

Suddenly a gunshot sounded. There was a snap as the bullet impacted near Matt, but missed him. Near the entrance, there was a grunt with a handgun, firing at him. Matt quickly dropped to the ground and crawled to cover.

"He's over there!" One of the grunts called out. "Go get him, I'll cover you."

"Or…we can just shoot him from here." Another voice said.

"Yeah…that idea is better."

Gunshots started ringing, as bullets started flying all over the place with the occasional pause to reload. Matt was trapped.

"Watch where you're shooting!" One of the grunts called out. "Don't hit the engines!"

"What!?" The other grunt replied as he fired off another round, which happen to hit Engine Seven.

"Oh sh-" Matt didn't get to finish talking, as Engine Seven exploded.

The ship rattling explosion surprised Alice.

"Wh-What was that!?" She said out loud.

"Engine Seven has exploded!" A voice said over the loudspeakers. "Repeat! Engine Seven has exploded and engines five and six are critically damaged! Get a repair crew down there or we're going down!"

"Matt!" Alice thought with worry. "I hope he's okay."

She went back to messing with the control panel trying her hardest to free Moltres.

"Deactivate!" She cried out. "Do something!" She started banging on the console.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing!?" A voice shouted.

Alice looked over to the door and saw a Team Rocket Grunt approaching her.

"Get away from there!" he said.

"Stay away from me or I'll release Moltres!" She threatened while holding her hand above a button she hadn't pushed before.

"Ha!" He laughed. "You don't know how to free that thing."

Alice pushed the button. Suddenly the machine sapping Moltres' energy died down.

"Oh now you've done it." The grunt jumped forward, tackled Alice to the ground, and kept her pinned there.

"AHHH! Let me go!" She started slapping him

The grunt wrapped his arms around her throat and started choking her. Alice gasped for breath as she struggled. Slowly her vision started to go blurry. Alice brought her hands to the man's face. She started scratching and clawing at him in an attempt to break.

"Stop it!" The man shouted.

Alice brought her hand back, formed a fist, and struck the man right in the nose. The grunt released her for a second, bringing his hands up to his nose. Alice quickly crawled out from under him; she got out one of her Pokeballs and called out her Totodile.

"Totodile, get him!" She pointed.

"Totodile!" The Pokémon cried as it jumped at the man, biting right onto his arm.

The man cried out and struggled with Totodile. Alice ran over to the cage. Moltres still thrashed wildly, attempting to get out.

"I'll get you out!" Alice said. "Just hold on!"

Alice attempted to pull the door to the cage open, but no matter what it wouldn't move.

"Come on! Open!" She shouted.

Suddenly the calm humming of the ship died down and the Airship started to slowly descend.

"Mayday! Mayday! Engines Five and Six are down. The Airship can't sustain its! We're going down! Brace yourself!" A voice over the loudspeaker cried out.

Alice held onto the cage as the Airship started to fall faster and faster. It was falling so fast that Totodile and that Grunt were being pulled up to the ceiling.

"Totodile!" She cried out.

The ship was falling so fast that Alice felt her internal organs twist and turn. She felt like she would vomit. The ship hit the ground with a deafening explosion and suddenly Alice blacked out.

Somewhere beneath Indigo Plateau….

Edward Teache sat in the back corner of a dark, dank prison cell. He sat in silence, quietly plotting out his revenge on his former student, Thomas Walter. Everything had been taken from him, so it was only fair that he'd do the same.

"S-Sir?" A voice said.

Edward looked up and saw a Team Rocket grunt standing at the door to his cell with keys in his hands. The Grunt unlocked the cell door and opened it; the grunt stepped aside to let him out. Edward stood up, dusted himself off and walked out the cell.

"Did you bring everything I asked you to?" Edward asked.

"Yes sir." The grunt replied.

The grunt handed Edward a key. "There is a vehicle waiting for you, just outside the stadium, and clean suit has been laid out for you, and here…." Edward was handed a pistol. "What are you planning to do sir?"

"To get my revenge." He replied. "I suggest you and the others find your way to Neoterra."

"Sir?"

"Things are going to fall apart over here." Edward checked the clip on the pistol. "Team Rocket will be reborn in Neoterra."

"Yes sir."

The grunt walked off without another word. Edward quickly changed into the new suit. He put the pistol and keys away and headed out.

"Don't worry Zapdos!" Akira cried. "I'll get you out!"

She ran towards the cage and grabbed onto it. She received a shock through her arm, cause her to jump back and hold her arm.

"Akira!" Blitz ran over to his trainer.

"I'm okay Blitz" Akira said as she held her arm. "My arm just went numb."

"Let me try!" Blitz said.

Her brought his hands together and formed an Aura Sphere and launched it at the cage. The attack was just absorbed along with Zapdos' energy.

"That didn't work!" Blitz said in surprise.

"What do we do!?" Akira said.

"Akira! That console must be the controls!" Blitz pointed up the stairs.

Akira turned and ran up the stairs to the console. She took a quick glance at the controls and the screens.

"Oh man….this is like a whole different language to me." She commented. "Better watch what I push."

Akira kept messing around while Blitz was examining the cage.

"Here we go!" Akira cried out as she pushed a button.

~Auto Cannons activated. Charge level at One Hundred percent.~

"Oh no." Akira gasped.

The front panel of the Airship slid away to reveal three massive plasma cannons as they started to slid out.

"No!" Kelly gasped.

She quickly got out her Pokeballs and started calling back her Pokémon, despite their protests. She grabbed Pikachu in her arms and started running for the forest.

"No! No! No! No!" Akira cried out as she started pushing random buttons in an attempt to save her friend.

One of the screens changes to show a video feed from outside. Showing everything that was going on. Akira could only watch on if fear as the plasma cannons started firing at her friend.

The first explosion was too close to Kelly, but the second and third ones weren't too far behind. Two more explosions in front of Kelly and Pikachu caused her to change her path and take off running in a different direction. The blast from the cannons were very sporadic, some missing horribly, others coming close to hitting their intended target.

"Almost there!" Kelly called out to Pikachu as they neared the forest.

She looked back. One more volley was fired from the cannons. The blast looked like they were right on target. Kelly quickly tossed Pikachu away from her. The next moment, Kelly realized she was in the air and in pain. One of the blasts must have landed next to her and the force threw her. Everything slowly went dark after that.

All Akira saw on the screen was a cloud of dust from the cannon blast and literally destroyed landscape, but no sign of Kelly.

~Target eliminated.~

Akira felt like she was about to burst into tears.

"NO! NO! NO!" She cried as she banged on the console.

~Auto Cannons deactivated. ~

The machine sapping all of Zapdos' energy also shut down. After her outburst, Akira dropped to the floor in tears, thinking that she had just killed one of her best friends.

"Core Room! What's going on!?" A voice shouted over the loudspeaker. "Core Room respond!" A few seconds of silence. "Someone get down there and find out what's going wrong! Now!"

"Akira!" Blitz ran over to his trainer. "We need to get Zapdos out of that cage." He shook Akira, but she just sat there, crying.

Pikachu had landed safely in a bush after his trainer had thrown him. Pikachu came running out of the forest onto a destroyed landscape. Now he had to find Kelly in all this mess.

"Pika!" He called out to his trainer. "Pika!"

Pikachu using his heighten sense, ran off into the nearby forest. He could hear someone. He ran and ran until her came upon a body near a tree. Kelly looked horrible. Parts of her clothes had been torn or burned away. She had some burns on her and a head injury with cause blood to appear on her forehead. Then there were the injures that Pikachu couldn't see, like her broken bones and bruised rib cage. She was unconscious.

"Pika!" Pikachu cried out as it ran to its trainer's side.

She was still breathing.

"Pikachu." Pikachu shook her arm gently as to wake up.

"Pika?" Pikachu shook her again, with no response.

"Chu?" Pikachu poked her with his tail.

Pikachu had a worried expression on its face as he continued to gently shake his trainer in an attempt to wake her.

Jason had a clear two to one advantage; however, he was well aware that it would take everything he had to defeat Walter's last Pokémon. A Pokeball was tossed and out came the World Champion's Charizard.

"Well folks, Thomas Walter is down to one Pokémon." The announcer said. "He's Charizard. Jason has two Pokémon remaining and it's going to take everything those two Pokémon have for Jason to win here tonight."

The two Charizards stood across from each other.

"Be-" Before the referee could even say begin, there were several loud noises above the stadium. Everyone looked up to see several dozen black helicopters above the stadium. The crowd was filled with nervous muttering.

"What's this?" Jason looked closer and spotted red Rs on the side of each Helicopter. "Team Rocket!?" He gasped.

The side doors on the helicopter slid open and several rope lines were dropped. Then people in black begin to slide down the ropes. Some of them dropped down onto the battlefield, while most were dropping into the crowd. Some of the Team Rocket members called out Pokémon while other were armed with firearms. Several gunshots were fired into the air, igniting panic in the crowd. All the exits to the stadium were blocked by the Rocket's Pokémon.

"What's going on!?" Maria looked around worryingly.

"It's Team Rocket!" Linore said.

"What are they doing here!?" Brian shouted.

The three of them were surrounded by a few Team Rocket members.

"Don't move!" One of them shouted, aiming a smg at them. "Sit down and don't' move!" He said loud enough for everyone to hear.

"No." Brain said. "You guys need to-"

Brian was hit in the back on the head by another Team Rocket grunt.

"Shut up!" He said.

"Brian!" Maria helped him up.

Linore's Umbreon and Espeon were growling at the Team Rocket grunts. Fraxure stood protectively in front of Brian and Maria.

"You two."Linore said to her Pokémon. "Stand down….." She then looked over at Brian. "Call off your Fraxure." She said. "We wouldn't stand a chance."

Brian reluctantly told Fraxure to stand down.

Jason looked around as he was surrounded; Charizard and Luxio were glaring at the Team Rocket members. One Team Rocket member, a red haired woman, walked up to Walter with a pistol pointed at him.

"Walter!" Jason called out. "Come on! We need to put this battle on hold and drive these guys out of here!"

Suddenly, the red haired woman handed off the pistol to Walter, then Walter pulled her close to him and kissed her. There were murmurs of confusion among the crowd. The announcer had fallen silent; he was more than likely being forced by Team Rocket.

"Wh-What!?" Jason was confused.

Walter and the woman broke apart. Walter looked over at Jason and smirked.

"Isn't it obvious?" He said. "I'm with Team Rocket. Not only that, I'm their leader."

Jason didn't know what to think. He was so confused and at a loss of words.

"H-H-How could you!" Jason shouted.

He ran forward, pushing past some of the Team Rocket Grunts, heading straight for Walter. Walter's Charizard suddenly smacked Jason in the chest with his tail. Jason was knocked back and out of breath. Luxio and Charizard moved over protectively around Jason.

"So now you learn the truth." Walter said. "You all learn the truth." He said, this time talking to the crowd.

A Team Rocket Grunt took the camera away from one of the camera men and went towards Walter with it.

"I've been secretly trying to revive Team Rocket from the ashes of its two former defeats." Walter said. "We have the resources; all we needed was the exact time to strike. This whole tournament was just a setup for exactly that."

Walter walked towards Jason, both Luxio and Charizard lunged forward to attack Walter, but were quickly knocked away by Walter's own Charizard. The Team Rocket cameraman followed Walter as he neared Jason.

"And now Jason, you're going to be battling for more than just a Championship, no. You're battling for the lives of everyone in this entire world." He said. "As your friends who are currently fighting for their lives."

Jason attempted to stand, but he was in too much pain. He was also out of breath.

"Oh and….I have another surprise for you." Walter continued. "Anya, introduce our special guest."

"Right away sir." Anya replied.

She got out what appeared to be a small remote like device and pressed a button on it. On the side of battlefield, part of it slid away and something started to rise up. A small circular stage rose up, on it was a person chained up. It was a girl, a very familiar looking girl. Jason looked up

"E-Everlynn!" He gasped.

"J-J-Jason!" She called to him.

Jason slowly stood up and then took off running towards Everlynn. One Team Rocket grunt came out of nowhere and blocked Jason from getting to Everlynn.

"If you want to free her, then you must win." Walter said to Jason.

"What's the point?" Jason turned back around. "Damn you!"

"This is still a Championship battle!" Walter lost his cool for the first time. "We'll finish this and see who the better is."

Luxio jumped protectively in front of Jason, electricity bouncing off of her body. Charizard flew over to Jason, landing next to its Trainer.

"You're battling for the fate of the world." Walter said. "You win, and I'll disband Team Rocket."

"And if you win?" Jason dared ask.

"Then Kanto and Johto are destroyed." He replied. "And the whole world gets to see your defeat."

"As if I have a choice." Jason said, his body aching.

Jason looked over at Everlynn who was thrashing against her bindings. He then turned back to Walter, glaring at the man. Jason was battling for the world; of course he wouldn't let them down. Little did he know, that situations elsewhere weren't going too well.

Alright, well now to take another three to four month break! Bye guys!

Just joking! Part 2 coming soon (Won't be as long as this part, by the way!)