The Army of Ash! Destroy Team Rocket!
Chapter 6: Breaking Science
Within the main Technological Laboratory of Team Rocket HQ, a pair of mustachioed scientists were working swiftly as an alarm klaxon sounded.
"Alert! Alert! Intruders have breached the perimeter and are entering the R & D Sector! All personnel are to repel the invading Pokemon by any means necessary! For the glory of Team Rocket!" shouted a voice on the loudspeaker.
"Shut-up and let us work!" shouted an angry Dr. Namba.
"Are you finished fiddling with that infernal contraption yet?" Dr. Zager asked irately as he inserted syringes filled with Vitamins into a large gun-like device.
Dr. Namba probed the inner workings of a large metallic headband-like device with a probe, adjusting the wiring and electrodes within. He clenched his teeth and said irately without looking up from his work, "Will you shut your mouth; you ugly, decrepit old man. If Giovanni had any sense he would have had you thrown in a ditch where old obsolete trash like you belong."
Dr. Zager merely rolled his eyes, apparently used to this kind of talk from the slightly younger scientist. He adjusted his monocle as he remarked, "It seems your temper has gotten worse since you were found floating amid the wreckage of your ruined laboratory."
Dr. Namba's head shot up from his work as he looked at Dr. Zager with rage filled eyes.
Dr. Zager was unfazed by Namba's death glare as he continued, "That underwater base was far from cheap, Namba. You are very lucky Giovanni was merciful to you after you allowed it be destroyed by two children. I know the Ketchum boy was one of them. Who was the other? Ritchie, I believe."
Through clenched teeth, Dr. Namba snarled out, "I will get my revenge. I'll vivisect those two Pikachu in front of those brats. I will make them listen to their screams of agony. I'll drag out their suffering for as long as I can. Then, only once the two yellow rats are dead, I will kill them as well."
As Namba looked back down at his invention and returned to his work, Dr. Zager shook his head sadly and sadly, "Very unstable. Very irrational. Far too emotional. You are very lucky you are a brilliant mind. Personally, I still think you're too much of a liability."
"I'll kill you too," Namba muttered darkly.
A door was smashed in by Hawlucha's High Jump Kick, and Krookodile and Incineroar ran in behind him as Team Rocket Grunts sent out Voltorbs and Magnetons at them.
"Darn," Hawlucha said as he beheld the powerful Electric-types in front of him.
Thunderbolts were launched down at Hawlucha, only to be denied when Krookodile jumped in front of Hawlucha and absorbed the Electric attacks. Wielding Stone Edge daggers in each claw, Krookodile looked back at the two wrestling themed Pokemon and said, "I got these Electric-types! Go on ahead!"
As Krookodile roared and charged at the enemy, Hawlucha and Incineroar ran forward. In all the chaos., Hawlucha and Incineroar were able to push through and clear a path for the rest of lab strike force (minus Corphish, who had elected to stay outside atop Swellow).
Buizel, deciding to take charge, called out, "Gible! Quilava! Muk! You two stay back and help Krookodile!"
"Good call, Buizel," Quilava said before Flame Wheeling a Magneton.
"Let's chomp 'em!" Gible shouted, and he threw himself at Team Rocket Grunt and chomped on the infortunate Grunt's head.
"Those Pokemon might not mind Poison, but their Trainers would!" Muk shouted as he launched Sludge Bombs at the Grunts.
Squirtle raised a fist and said, "The Squirtle Squad will watch your backs! We'll be at the entrance keeping out any reinforcements!"
The rest of the team took off down a hallway, which then led to a crossroads. Dracovish, Hawlucha, and Incineroar continued on straight; Kingler, Primeape, and Glalie went to the left; while Scraggy, Heracross, and Buizel ran to the right.
Scraggy had a determined look and shouted, "Let's beat Team Rocket down! NEVER SURRENDER! CHAAARRRRRRRRGE!"
"Hold on, you nut!" Buizel called after Scraggy when the younger Pokemon ran ahead.
Heracross chuckled and said, "This is gonna be fun!"
Primeape looked over his shoulder and shouted, "Just make sure you beat up as many members Team Rocket as you can! Trainer said knock them out!"
Incineroar led the way for his group, occasionally stopping for only two seconds to kick open a door and send a Fire Blast into the room.
"Oooh! Great idea!" Dracovish said eagerly, "Hey, Hawlucha-?"
"On it!" Hawlucha said, and he Karate Chopped doors open so Dracovish could shoot a Water Gun at the hapless Team Rocket scientists and their sensitive equipment, shorting out tech and electrocuting the anyone near it.
Incineroar laughed loudly and turned to smaller Fighting/Flying-type. "You know, I like your style, Hawlucha," he said as he broke down another door and set the room ablaze.
Hawlucha smiled as he effortlessly Karate Chopped another door down for Dracovish, "Thank you, my friend. We are both honorable luchadors."
"Maybe I can train you to defeat the Masked Royal's Incineroar after this!"
"I'd be proud to train with a member of Ash's Champion Alolan Team!"
"Ah-ha-ha! You'll give me swelled head!"
Dracovish, feeling like a third wheel, suddenly put on a burst of speed and went ahead. "I'm awesome too!" he shouted, and he charged right into some double doors at the end of the hall with a roar, "RAAAAAAAAAAAEGH-EYAAAAAAAAAAAH!?"
Hawlucha and Incineroar were confused by the sound of Dracovish's roar turning into a frightened shout. Even more so when Dracovish made a complete 180 and ran back to them. However, when they go to the threshold of the double doors and saw what was inside the room, it all made sense. A massive Electivire was awaiting them, wearing a strange metal band on his forehead. It wrapped around his entire head, with a large round orange-red covering the black spot on his forehead. The band also had wires that ran up to electrical connectors that were clipped to the Electivire's antennae.
A few feet behind the Electivire were the two Team Rocket scientists. Dr. Zager was holding what looked like some kind of macabre crossbow modified to fire syringes. He was was standing calmly with an irritated frown, in stark contrast to Dr. Namba. The pink haired scientist was hunched over slightly as he bore a strange control device on his right arm. Namba had a malicious smile on his face as he said, "Ah yes, I recognize two of you. The Ketchum boy used a Hawlucha in the Kalos League and a Torracat that evolved in the Alola League. And he's gained an abomination too? That's fine. Just another reason why you're all gonna die, thanks to my new and improved and fully upgraded Rage Crown MK. II!"
Dr. Namba turned some knobs on the controller on his arm, and the Rage Crown on Electivire's head sprung to life. Electivire's eyes became bloodshot as he raised his fists and roared, his two thin tails sparking with electrical power.
Namba's smile got wider and more malicious, and he said, "This is just the beginning. The power of rage, of my rage, will kill every single one of that boy's Pokemon, starting with you!"
Incineroar snarled and said, "I don't even know who you are!"
As Dracovish trembled in fear, even Hawlucha was unnerved by the man and his Electivire as he remarked, "He must be insane. . ."
Namba pointed and said, "Electivire! Thunder Punch!"
Electivire lunged forward with a fist cloaked in electricity. The attack landed solidly in Incineroar's stomach, and yet even as sparks were sent flying, Incineroar didn't move an inch. In fact, the cat smirked as he pulled his own fist back and shouted, "Revenge!"
Incineroar drove his fist into Electivire face, and this attack knocked the enraged opponent back several stumbling steps.
"WHAT!? How the heck did you do that!?" Namba shouted in disbelief, then he turned to Dr. Zager and ordered, "More Defense! More Attack!"
"Of course," Dr. Zager said as he aimed his crossbow at Electivire's back and fired twice. Two syringes, one filled with Zinc and another filled with Protein, were shot into the massive Pokemon's back and administered their payloads before falling out.
"You CHEATER!" Incineroar roared in disgust.
"Thunder Punch again, Electivire! NOW!" Namba commanded.
The Rage Crown flashed as Electivire lunged forward, just as Incineroar finished stomping before a Flame Charge. The two Pokemon collided with a blast, and Incineroar was shoved backwards by the powered up opponent.
"More speed! Match that cat's Flame Charge!" Namba ordered.
"Sending Carbos now," Dr. Zager said as he fired another syringe into Electivire's back.
Incineroar regained his balance and said, "You'll never match my speed!" He then readied another Flame Charge and dashed towards Electivire again.
"Wild Charge! NOW!" Namba shouted as he cranked up a knob on the Rage Crown's controls.
Electivire roared again as he shot forward to meet Incineroar's Flame Charge. This time, the knock back Incineroar received from the powerful attack tossed him right into the wall. Incineroar grimaced and said to his opponent, "Wild Charge? That must have hurt you too, didn't it?"
Electivire just roared wildly as his Rage Crown continued to pulsed and send signals down into his antennae.
Incineroar growled and said, "Fine then. Enough talk. More fighting!" He then jumped up and send out a Fire Blast from his belt.
"Light Screen!" Namba commanded.
Electivire raised his hands and created a shield that blocked the attack.
"Calcium, Zager! Use Thunderbolt, Electivire!" Namba shouted, a triumphant gleam in his eye.
Dr. Zager fired a shot of the vitamin into Electivire, and the Pokemon raised his hands as it gathered every bit of it's power into it's wire-like tails.
"High Jump KICK!"
Electivire's head was knocked to one side by the force of Hawlucha's attack. However, this caused the Thunderbolt to go off earlier, electrocuting Hawlucha and blasting him back.
Furious by this interruption, Namba ranted and raved, "What the heck are you doing, Electivire! Keep an eye on your surroundings, will you! Darn it, just kill the Pokemon already! Do I need to increase your rage even more? FINE!"
Namba increased the settings on his arm-mounted remote control, causing Electivire to roar even louder, all while flailing his arms and stomping his feet. He marched over to the downed Hawlucha, only to be stopped when Incineroar sunk his Fire Fang into his right shoulder.
"Protect your blind spots, you stupid Pokemon!" Namba shouted, "Why in Giratina's name is this even taking so long! Kill the Ketchum boy's Pokemon already! Thunderbolt! Then Thunder Punch! Repeat until that Incineroar is dead!"
Incineroar growled out in pain as the Thunderbolt ran through him. However, he powered his way through the pain and landed a Revenge attack right in Electivire's face. If Electivire took any damage or felt it, he didn't show it, as the fury instilled in him by the Rage Crown compelled to him to fight on in spite of it. Electivire used his tails to grab Incineroar's legs, and then he turned around fast to pin the cat down on the ground as he unloaded Thunder Punches onto his chest. Incineroar grimaced as he fought to roll with the punches, to endure the electrified blows being slammed into his well built pectoral muscles. In spite of this agonizing assault, Incineroar continued to fight back using Revenge attacks, although it didn't seem to do much to even phase his relentless, rage filled opponent.
"Ah-ha-ha-haaaaah! YES! YES!" Namba roared gleefully, "Keep going! Don't stop! Kill! KILL! AH-HA-HA-HA!"
During all of this, Dracovish nervously tiptoed closer to the downed Hawlucha, looking at Incineroar in distress. "Oh my gosh, poor Incineroar. But what can I do? Ash would be so disappointed in me right now, but what can I do?"
Hawlucha was still conscious as heard Dracovish' fretting. He grunted and shakily raised a talon to point at Electivire. "Urk. . .the Rage Crown. . .we need to. . . urk. . .break it. . .urk."
Dracovish followed where Hawlucha was pointing, and his eyes widened in realization. He then gave a determined nod, and suddenly ran forward shouting, "Urrrrrrrrrrraaaargh! Fishious Rend!"
Dracovish leapt into the air, it's lower jaw glowing with blue as he opened his mouth wide. With a might chompy, Dracovish clamped his jaws onto Electivire's forehead, biting into the Rage Crown. Electivire roared out in surprise and shock as he got up off of Incineroar and stumbled backwards as he wildly smacked Dracovish with his fists, trying to get him off.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Namba shouted, his own rage growing just as out of control as Electivire's, "Don't let that abomination bite you there of all places! Protect your Rage Crown, Electivire! Just kill that thing! Thunderbolt!"
Electivire touched Dracovish with his wire-like tails as he unleashed the attack into him. This was enough to get Dracovish to let go, and Electivire grabbed him by the leg and through him against the wall next Hawlucha. The attack had done some major damage to Electivire, but the Rage Crown was still functioning. The device did appear to have some damage to it, small cracks in the metal headband and a large crack on the orange-red light. However, Electivire was still enraged and ready to keep fighting.
Incineroar caught his breath as he got back up on his feet. He turned to the slightly stunned and recovering Dracovish and gave him a thumps-up and a smile. "Ya did good, pal!" he said.
Dracovish blinked in surprise at the compliment, then smiled back.
Namba's teeth were clenched so hard that it was a wonder that they didn't break. "WHAT!? ARE YOU STILL ALIVE!? LET ALONE CONSCIOUS! HOW!?" he barked at Incineroar, then in a near instant Namba's demeanor flipped back to sadistic glee. "But not for long! Not for long at all! Rage really is the truest source of Pokemon power! I am going to WIN this time. Ash Ketchum is going to pay for what he and his Pikachu did to me! Once you and your little friends are dead, the power of rage will not only wipe out all of his Pokemon that dared to attack the heart of Team Rocket, but also anyone and everyone else who stands in my way!"
CRACK! BZZZT!
Everyone in the room turned to look at Electivire, and saw that the orange-red light on the Rage Crown had been suddenly cracked open and broken apart. What's more, the entire device appeared to suddenly short circuit, spewing smoke and sparks as the wires attached to Electivire's horns caught fire and burned. Electivire blinked, and his eyes were no longer bloodshot. All of his rage left him, leaving him feeling lost and confused. What's more, all the damage he had taken came back to him in full force, sending him down on his knees.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Namba shouted in denial and anguish, "THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!? HOW DID YOU DESTROY MY RAGE CROWN MK. II! I'LL KILL YOU FOR THIS! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL ASH! I'LL KILL EVERYONE YOU- EAURRGH-ACK!"
Namba's exclamation of pain was accompanied by the sound of a painful punch to the gut. To the naked eye, it appeared as though Namba had suddenly bent over double in the middle of a sentence without warning. However, the pained expression on his face made it clear that he had been punched. Then, Namba's attacked suddenly appeared before him.
The Secret Agent Pokemon stood with his arms folded, looking down at the scientist with scorn and disapproval.
Namba looked back up at the Inteleon and hissed at him, "I'll kill you. . ."
Goh's Inteleon rolled his eyes, and with a final punch to the side of the head, Namba finally went down.
Inteleon then turned towards Dr. Zager, who was looking down at his fallen associate with disdain. Zager then sighed and dropped his syringe firing device. "I admit defeat," he said as got down onto his knees and held up his hands.
Inteleon managed a small smile, then he turned to see that Incineroar had swiftly taken care off the severely weakened Electivire. The cat smiled at Inteleon and said, "We owe you big time. It's a good thing you decided not to stay with Goh."
Inteleon shrugged and said, "Seeing as I can turn invisible, it made more sense for me to infiltrate this place freely rather than sit in a Pokeball being useless until I'm called out. Also, I believe I owe a lot to Dracovish. If it hadn't been for the damage his Fishious Rend did to that device, my attack might not have been enough to break it."
Dracovish heard this compliment, and he smiled and said, "Gee, thanks. Can you make sure Ash knows what I did? He'll be so proud!"
Hawlucha slowly got up onto his feet, albeit a little shakily, and he asked Inteleon, "It was a tag team effort, of course. But I'd like to know, what do you call that move you used to turn the tide?"
Inteleon raised his right hand and pointed at the fallen Electivire with his index finger. "Boom. Snipe Shot," he said with a sly grin.