In this chapter, our protagonists are going to head towards the Power Plant. And unfortunately Jerry will be there...currently he's trying to get a Pokemon to join his team...but as it turns out, he does not want to be part of Jerry's team...as is he aware that he is cruel towards Pokemon, as his former Charmander turned Charizard would attest.

It looks like Chris is going to have to teach him yet another lesson. That's what you're looking forward to, right?

Chapter 50: Two Thunderstorms

"I have to wonder why this place is abandoned..." questioned Lucy. It seemed rather unfortunate to let such an enormous power plant go to waste.

"Maybe they thought that it cost too much money to run?" answered Jake. Perhaps the people in charge found themselves out of pocket and decided that they needed to close down.

"I suppose that makes sense..." nodded Ned. He didn't want to spend too much money...though admittedly it wasn't hard to get considering all the Pokemon trainers that he and his friends had been fighting lately.

"I wonder how long it's been abandoned?" asked Chris. It had been abandoned for quite some time, it seemed, judging from the fact that the building appeared to have not been cleaned for a rather long time.

"I'm not sure...but I never recalled anyone running it before..." stated Lucy. Just how long had this power plant been abandoned?

Jake shrugged. Did someone decide to build the power plant but forget to hire people to run it? Since the power plant was abandoned...how was Kanto getting electrical power? This was the only power plant in Kanto that he was aware of.

"Do you want to...go inside?" asked Ned. Personally he was starting to feel a bit nervous. He wasn't exactly sure what he would find in there. Had the staff inside the Power Plant been attacked by some sort of wild Pokemon? If so, he was feeling rather frightened. What if the attacking Pokemon was still lurking inside?

"That's what we're here for!" exclaimed Chris. Why should they stop now?

Immediately, the four of them went inside, still unsure as to what they would find inside. Hopefully it wouldn't be too dangerous for them.

Curious, they noticed that there seemed to be several wild Pokemon inside the building. It wasn't very surprising, really. Places that were abandoned by humans tended to have Pokemon replace them.

"Voltorb!" exclaimed a wild Voltorb, rolling around the power plant. It was currently looking forward to an opportunity to Self-Destruct. It just needed someone to mistake it for a Poke Ball and then it would be all set. The trick worked every single time. Then again, its species had once been Pokeballs before an experiment went wrong.

Of course, nobody would mistake it for a Poke Ball if it kept moving as much as it currently was. Maybe it should try staying still. That wasn't an easy task for it though, considering how restless it was. The electricity inside the power plant was making it feel awfully excited. It was an electric Pokemon after all, though admittedly many of the moves it learned were normal type rather than electric.

"Magnemite!" bellowed a wild Magnemite, flying around the power plant. Personally it wondered if there was something magnetic so that it could stick it to its magnets.

"Pikachu!" stated a wild Pikachu, running around the power plant. Being inside this place made him feel very excited indeed. Personally he wondered if he should leave before he absorbed too much electricity, as that could make a Pikachu feel rather ill.

Sure enough, said wild Magnemite appeared to be following him. Since it feasted on electricity, an overcharged Pikachu would be its best friend in the world.

"Pikachu?" asked the wild Pikachu curiously. Why was it following him?

"Magnemite!" bellowed the wild Magnemite. Pikachu's electricity was so delicious.

"Pika pi..." murmured the electric Pokemon. Perhaps he had been storing up too much electricity in his cheeks. At this rate, he was going to end up evolving into a Raichu.

Sure enough, he was in fact starting to evolve, as he was now glowing with energy.

"Pikachu?" asked Pikachu.

Sure enough, he was now a Raichu.

"Raichu?" inquired the electric Pokemon. He was under the impression that he would need to find a Thunder Stone so that he could evolve. But maybe he didn't after all.

"Magnemite!" cheered the Magnemite. More electricity for it! Now if only it could find two other Magnemite so that it could become a Magneton.

"Raichu!" exclaimed the evolved electric Pokemon. Personally he wondered why he had turned orange when he evolved. He was under the impression that he would remain yellow.

He was also a lot bigger than he was before and had a much longer tail, though personally he did not find that to be as surprising. Most Pokemon did become larger when they evolved, especially Magikarp.

But at least he would be able to store more electricity inside his body without becoming sick. Perhaps he should invite his electric Pokemon friends to his place so that they could collect electricity too.

Of course, most of these Pokemon happened to be electric Pokemon. This was an abandoned power plant after all. It would be rather unusual if they didn't find electric Pokemon inside.

Shrugging, Chris decided to go ahead of the other three. She wanted to explore a bit more. To be honest, she thought that exploring a power plant that was abandoned would be fun, even if Ned would probably disagree.

Suddenly, she noticed a familiar face, and she began to sigh. Out of all the places that she could have encountered him, too. What was he even doing in a place like this?

"Oh brother..." thought Chris. How many times was she going to encounter him? Apparently, some things in life did not change.

As it turned out, she found Jerry, who was up to his old tricks. As usual, he was not being very nice. So much for treating others the way that he wanted to be treated.

Likely, life would be a lot easier for Jerry if he simply learned to respect others...but it appeared that he simply refused to do so.

Currently, he appeared to be trying to get a Pokemon to join him. However, he was not having much luck by the looks of it.

"C'mon! Join my Pokemon team!" exclaimed Jerry impatiently. He didn't have all day here.

"Electabuzz!" bellowed a nearby Electabuzz, who clearly wasn't interested in being Jerry's Pokemon.

"Why don't you want to join me?" asked the youngster.

"Buzz buzz!" exclaimed the Electabuzz. There were a number of reasons, actually.

"What? You said you saw me kicking a Growlithe outside the Power Plant? Don't be ridiculous! I would never do such a thing!" bellowed Jerry.

"Electa!" bellowed the electric Pokemon, able to see through his lies.

"What? I'm a liar? No, you're a liar!" retorted the boy angrily.

Apparently, this made Electabuzz angry, as there was now electricity sparkling out of him. Perhaps it would be best if he stood back.

Suddenly, the same Growlithe that Jerry had kicked earlier walked in. It appeared that he had managed to pick up Jerry's scent.

As it turned out, there was a mark indicating that Jerry was in fact lying and that he had kicked said Growlithe.

And yet, the Growlithe still seemed attached to him.

However, Jerry did not want a fire Pokemon on his team currently after his Charmander decided to "betray" him.

"Get away from me!" bellowed Jerry.

Once again, he kicked the Growlithe as hard as he could.

At this point, Chris decided to go talk to Jerry. Clearly he was up to no good again. And this time he was playing football with Growlithes, which she did not find amusing at all.

"Don't you have something better to do than to kick wild Pokemon?" asked Chris.

"You again? You're always ruining my fun!" exclaimed the abusive Pokemon trainer. Perhaps he should file a restraining order against her so that she would finally leave him alone

"Well, your idea of fun doesn't seem to be a Pokemon's idea of fun..." answered the female Pokemon trainer.

"Whatever! Stand aside so that I can catch this wild Pokemon!" bellowed Jerry. He couldn't wait to add another Pokemon to his collection.

"Sorry, I'm not going to let you catch a Pokemon if it means that you're going to make it participate in fights that are hopeless..." stated Chris.

"Don't be ridiculous! Those ground-type Pokemon will be no match for its sheer electric power!" exclaimed the youngster.

"You do realize that ground type Pokemon are immune to electricity, right?" asked the teenage girl.

"Fine! If you don't want me to have this Electabuzz, I guess I'll just use my Pokemon to pulverize yours!" bellowed Jerry.

"Another Pokemon battle? How did I see this one coming?" inquired Chris. It appeared that Jerry solved all of his problems with violence.

Well, at least her Pokemon were going to get some more experience.

"Did you ever listen to your mother when you were growing up?" asked the teenage girl as she sent out her Nidoking. Though admittedly she didn't always get along with her parents, that was what she did most of the time.

"My mother was pretty generous to me, actually..." answered Jerry.

"That explains a lot..." noted Chris. Apparently, Jerry had been spoiled.

Immediately, he sent out his Ditto, which transformed into a Nidoking.

"Ditto? Nidoking?" asked the transformed Ditto. Apparently, it wasn't sure whether it should say Ditto or Nidoking.

"My transformed Nidoking is better than your real one!" exclaimed Jerry.

"Care to put that to the test?" asked Chris. She had to admit that she hadn't used Nidoking for a while. Now seemed as good of a time as any considering that he happened to be part ground type.

Jerry's Nidoditto attempted to hit Chris's Nidoking with Horn Drill, but he ended up missing. Once again, Horn Drill proved to be a very inaccurate Pokemon technique.

"Why can't I hit?" asked Jerry.

Immediately, Chris's Nidoking hit Jerry's Dittoking with Earthquake, causing him to faint and revert back to his normal form.

"Ditto..." murmured the transformed Pokemon, who at this point was basically a puddle.

"Dang nabbit! Why can't my doppelganger win?" asked Jerry.

"Maybe you haven't bothered training your Pokemon..." suggested Chris.

"That's a waste of time! My Pokemon are already invincible!" exclaimed the bratty boy.

"Then why did your Ditto lose?" asked the female Pokemon trainer.

"Because you cheated!" bellowed Jerry.

Chris rolled her eyes. It appeared that Jerry always blamed everything that happened to him on others. It never occurred to him that something could be his fault rather than someone else.

"My Hypno is going to do the job!" exclaimed Jerry as he sent out his Hypno.

"Hypno!" bellowed the psychic Pokemon, ready to hypnotize.

"Oh really? Let's see whose Pokemon can put theirs to sleep first." said Chris.

Withdrawing her Nidoking, Chris sent out her Jigglypuff.

"Jigglypuff!" exclaimed the balloon Pokemon.

Immediately, Jigglypuff sang while Hypno swung his pendulum.

Naturally, Jigglypuff managed to make Hypno fall asleep first.

"Hyp...no..." murmured the sleeping Hypno. Currently it was dreaming about having a Pokemon trainer other than Jerry. It was a pretty pleasant dream.

"No!" bellowed Jerry. This just wasn't fair. How was his Hypno going to fight back against Jigglypuff now?

Chris then had Jigglypuff use Rollout while Hypno was sleeping...

Jigglypuff kept on going and going...until eventually, Hypno fainted.

"Hypno..." murmured the psychic Pokemon. Chris's Jigglypuff was really tough, though he found it to be rather odd that such a tough Pokemon trainer would choose something so adorable as her starter.

Jerry stamped his foot in frustration. How could Hypno lose to a measly balloon?

"Sorry, but it looks like I'm winning..." stated Chris.

"Well, my Dodrio is going to change that!" exclaimed Jerry.

"Your Dodrio, huh?" asked the female Pokemon trainer.

Immediately, Jerry sent out his Dodrio.

"Dodrio!" exclaimed the bird Pokemon. Chris noticed that Dodrio seemed more aggressive than the last time that she had encountered it.

Perhaps Jerry had trained his Pokemon after all...though apparently not nearly as much as he should have. Didn't he know that Pokemon needed exercise?

"You're sending out a flying Pokemon? Alright then...let me introduce you to my new Jynx..." stated Chris.

"Your Jynx?" asked Jerry. Since when did she have that sort of Pokemon?

Immediately, Chris sent out her Jynx to fight Jerry's Dodrio.

"Your freakishly human-like Pokemon is no match for my bird!" bellowed Jerry.

"We'll see about that...Jynx, use Ice Punch!" exclaimed Chris.

Jynx nodded, and she punched Dodrio in the middle head.

"Dodrio!" exclaimed the three-headed Pokemon, who was now feeling quite cold.

"C'mon! You can do better than this!" bellowed Jerry.

Immediately, Dodrio hit Jynx with Peck.

"Jynx..." murmured Jynx. That kind of hurt.

Once again, Chris had Jynx use Ice Punch. This time, Dodrio ended up being frozen.

"Dodrio!" exclaimed the trapped bird Pokemon.

"What? Oh, c'mon! Thaw yourself out already!" demanded Jerry.

Unfortunately, Dodrio could not break the ice that easily.

In retaliation, Chris had Jynx hit Dodrio again.

This time, Dodrio fainted.

"Lousy bird Pokemon..." murmured Jerry. He thought that he was stronger than that. Of course, this wasn't exactly the first time that he had fainted.

He would continue heading to the Safari Zone to find stronger Pokemon...except for the fact that he had been banned for refusing to return the Safari Warden's golden dentures. Who would have dentures made out of gold, anyway?

"Well, Jynx, you seem to be doing good in Pokemon battles though...then again, I'm sure that there are stronger Pokemon trainers than Jerry is out there..." answered Chris.

"Jynx..." murmured Chris's Jynx. That did seem to be rather true.

"Don't be ridiculous! I'm the very best and you know it!" exclaimed Jerry.

Chris rolled her eyes once again. Why did she even bother talking to Jerry?

"Time for me to send out my Sandslash!" exclaimed Jerry.

Immediately, Jerry sent out his Sandslash.

"You know, this place would probably be a good place to train your Sandslash since it's a ground type..." acknowledged Chris.

"Whatever! Sandslash, use Sand Attack!" bellowed Jerry.

Sandslash attempted to toss sand into Jynx's face, but she covered her face with her hand.

"Good thinking." noted Chris.

"Jynx!" exclaimed the ice Pokemon.

"Use Ice Punch!" ordered the female Pokemon trainer.

Jynx hit Sandslash with Ice Punch, knocking him out.

"Yes!" cheered Chris.

"I still have one Pokemon left! This time, you're mine!" bellowed Jerry.

"Oh really?" asked the female Pokemon trainer.

This time, Jerry sent out his Slowbro.

"Slowbro!" exclaimed the water and psychic Pokemon.

"It looks like you've managed to evolve your Slowpoke since the last time that we battled..." noted Chris.

"Darn right, I did!" exclaimed Jerry. Now his former Slowpoke was mightier than ever.

And yet, he did not seem to notice the Shellder biting into his tail. He was under the impression that he would try to shake him off.

Then again, if he did that, he would probably become a Slowpoke again.

Chris withdrew her Jynx and sent out her Parasect.

"Parasect!" exclaimed the grass and bug Pokemon.

"Once again, you're at a type disadvantage..." noted Chris.

"Type disadvantage? Who cares?" asked Jerry.

"You should if you want to win Pokemon battles..." answered the female Pokemon trainer.

"Slowbro, use Surf!" ordered the youngster.

Unfortunately, it appeared that Slowbro was too slow to hit Parasect. Parasect managed to avoid the Surf attack easily.

"Slowbro..." murmured Slowbro. Personally he would rather take a nap that fight other Pokemon. But he would listen to Jerry for the time being.

"Go figure." thought Chris.

Chris had Parasect use Giga Drain, and Slowbro fainted.

"Grrr! One of these days I'm going to beat you, Chris! And then you're going to be sorry!" bellowed Jerry.

"In your dreams, maybe..." answered Chris.

In frustration, Jerry kicked a nearby Pokemon...

...but as it turned out, it was a wild Voltorb.

Unsurprisingly, the Voltorb Self-Destructed on him, covering him in ashes.

"Wah!" exclaimed Jerry.

Immediately, he ran out of the Power Plant crying.

"What a baby..." remarked Chris.

Suddenly, the Electabuzz that Jerry had been harassing earlier approached her.

"Huh?" asked the female Pokemon trainer.

Immediately, Electabuzz pointed towards Chris's Pokeball.

"You want to join your team? Well, I don't recall having an electric-type Pokemon yet...so i suppose you can tag along for the ride..." stated Chris.

"Electabuzz!" cheered the electric Pokemon. Apparently, he had managed to find the Pokemon trainer that he was looking for...one that was a strong Pokemon trainer but wasn't abusive like Jerry.

As she put Electabuzz inside her Pokeball, she decided that maybe it would be best if she checked Electabuzz's Pokedex entry.

"What do we have here?" asked Chris.

"Electabuzz, the Electric Pokemon! Normally it is found inside power plants! But if it decides to leave, it may end up causing a blackout!" exclaimed Chris's Pokedex.

Immediately, she decided to send out her new Electabuzz.

"Electabuzz!" exclaimed the electric Pokemon. He didn't think that he would be released from his Pokeball so soon.

"Hey, buddy! Try not to cause a power blackout when I decide to head back home, will you?" asked Chris.

"Electabuzz?" asked Electabuzz.

"It says in the Pokedex entry that you could cause a blackout if you don't control yourself..." warned the female Pokemon trainer.

Electabuzz nodded...though he never recalled ever causing a blackout before, even when he decided to leave the power plant to see if there was a Pokemon trainer that would be interested in recruiting him.

"By the way, do you know why people decided to abandon the power plant? I was under the impression that someone pressed a big red button that they shouldn't have and it led to disaster..." noted Chris.

"Electabuzz!" exclaimed the electric Pokemon.

"You say that this was the work of a bird Pokemon?" asked the female Pokemon trainer.

"Buzz!" continued Electabuzz.

"An electric Pokemon too?" asked Chris.

"Electa electa buzz!" bellowed Electabuzz.

"So let me get this straight...a flying, electric Pokemon started flying around the power plant one day...the staff in charge saw it and got frightened...they all ran out of the building, and that's how it got abandoned?" inquired the female Pokemon trainer.

Electabuzz nodded.

"I suppose that makes sense...you think that it was one of the Legendary Bird Pokemon?" asked Chris.

Electabuzz shrugged. He supposed that it could be. That bird was awfully powerful.

At that very moment, Ned, Jake, and Lucy approached her.

"Can I help you all?" asked Chris.

"We noticed that you got into a Pokemon battle with Jerry again..." answered Ned.

"Yes...he always keeps a grudge." nodded the female Pokemon trainer. "On the plus side, I have an Electabuzz now..." noted Chris.

"So, now you have an electric Pokemon like I do?" asked the boy.

Chris nodded.

"Alright then. Did you investigate the rumor that there was a Legendary Pokemon here?" asked Ned.

"I think so." answered the female Pokemon trainer.

"I'm curious." stated Lucy.

Immediately, the four of them went to investigate.

Sure enough, they noticed a bird nest that appeared to be made out of cables, similar to the one Articuno was using.

At that very moment, they saw the Legendary Bird Pokemon, who was standing close to the exit.

"Whoa!" bellowed Jake.

"Clefairy!" exclaimed Lucy's Clefairy. That was one big bird. Personally she thought it would be best if she did not get too close. Otherwise she might experience some static electricity. She didn't look forward to being stuck to Lucy, even if they were already rather close.

"Zapdos!" exclaimed the electric Pokemon.

Once again, their Pokedexes were acting crazy.

Immediately, Jake decided to scan the bird Pokemon.

"Zapdos, the Electric Pokemon! Whenever it flaps its wings, it can generate electricity!" exclaimed Jake's Pokedex.

"This reminds me of Articuno..." noted Jake.

"Zapdos!" exclaimed the electric Pokemon.

"Yes, we've met your sister...I guess that means you're her brother." answered the twelve-year-old.

"Zapdos?" asked Zapdos.

"No, we haven't met your other sister yet...judging from the pattern she happens to be a fire type..." answered Jake.

Zapdos nodded. Jake had guessed correctly.

"I would imagine that she's living somewhere fiery..." stated Lucy.

"Zapdos." murmured the flying Pokemon.

"You think she's living on a mountain? Maybe we should investigate Mt. Ember...assuming that it's open to the public now..." noted Ned.

"Zapdos!" exclaimed Zapdos.

"It is? I guess that's where we should be heading next..." noted Lucy.

Immediately, Zapdos handed them some of his feathers, which they could of course use to power up their electric and flying Pokemon.

Using the conveniently located exit, the four of them decided to leave the power plant, as they had felt that they had stayed there long enough.

"That was a rather interesting experience..." acknowledged Ned.

Jake nodded.

"Clefairy!" exclaimed Lucy's Clefairy. Apparently, there were a total of three Legendary Bird Pokemon, and they had already met two of them.

Now all they needed to do was find the last one and then they would be done finding them all.

Together, they set out towards Mt. Ember.

I hope that you enjoyed that chapter...in the next chapter, our protagonists are going to encounter the last legendary bird Pokemon...and yes, I chose for our protagonists to encounter them in the order of the names...that seemed rather appropriate.

Afterwards, they're going to be invited to the Viridian Gym by two Team Rocket Grunts for some strange reason...what could they possibly be planning?