Chapter Six: Team Rocket Is Blasting Off Again
Allie and I ran on, with Kanna pacing us. I got out my PokeGear and called Dad. "Hey, Dad! Where are you?" "Huh? Nicole? I'm too busy to talk right now!" In the background I could hear a fight going on. Allie grabbed my elbow. "Over there! I can see some electric attacks!" "That would be my Dad's Electabuzz. Lets go!" As we burst onto the scene, my dad's Electabuzz fell defeated. We saw Ellen and Vanessa, but they weren't who was fighting. Team Rocket had shown up! "Electabuzz!" "Dad! Over here!" As Dad turned around to find us, a net fell over him and his Pokemon. Team Rocket was going to kidnap them both! "No!" Kanna and I ran over, but the net was lifted off the ground. "You let him go! I'm warning you!" "Nyah, nyah! You ain't gonna catch us!" A talking Meowth?!? Allie gasped. "Wha- That Meowth just talked!" "You bet I did! And now I'm gonna take your Pokemon too!" The man in the balloon saw Kanna. "Ooo, what Pokemon do you think that one is, Jess?" "I don't know, but let's grab it!" replied the lady he was talking to. Ellen and Vanessa, who were, shall we say, under wraps at the moment, shouted together, "You can't have it! That's ours!" The lady sneered at them. "You're just a bunch of copycats! You couldn't even beat us in a battle!" "They couldn't beat US in a battle!" commented Allie. "Yeah," I laughed. Then I turned on the trio in the balloon. "You drop that net, or Kanna and I will drop you!" "Hah hah! You probably couldn't beat us, either!" Meowth shouted. "Yeah, but we can!" An older boy with a Pikachu burst out of the underbrush, followed by a red head carrying a Togepi and another guy with brown, spiky hair. The brown-haired kid spotted us and went bonkers. "Ahh! I always knew I had some guardian angels watching over me, but I never imagined they were as pretty as you two girls are!" He ran over and whipped out a book. "Numbers, ladies?" The red head had had enough, and pulled him away by the ear. "Your gonna need more than angels when I'm through with you!" "Not the ear, not the ear!" The boy with the Pikachu was all business, though. Thankfully. "Let 'em go, or you'll be blasting off into overtime!" He looked familiar. The boy! He was the dark haired boy with the GS Ball! The one that had saved the other Totodile! Ash.Ketchem! That was his name. His Pikachu looked to be a high-voltage one, too. If his Pikachu and my Kanna joined attacks. "Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" "Pikaa..CHU!!" But the Thunderbolt attack fell short. I knew how to fix that though! "Ash, have your Pikachu Thunderbolt along Kanna's Bubblebeam!" Kanna and Pikachu got ready. "How do you-" "Later! Let's take care of these guys first!" He nodded. "Right!" "Kanna, Bubblebeam that balloon!" Kanna let loose a torrent that frayed the rope holding up the net, and the other two kids, along with Allie, caught it. "Now, Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" My plan worked perfectly! Pikachu's Thunderbolt was carried and amplified by Kanna's Bubblebeam. And it was enough to burst their balloon. "Ahh! Team Rocket's blasting off again!" * ping *
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When we got home, Dad put Electabuzz's Pokeball into a brand-new Restorer and healed it. When it was done, he gave me a long hard look. "Nicole," he said, "I want to apologize for holding you back for so long. You have more talent than I did when I first started out. I was just worried you wouldn't be able to handle yourself in an emergency." He looked out the window at the forest behind our house. "But you kept your head and came up with a winning combination. Bubblebeam and Thunderbolt. both are strong attacks, and used together you defeated Team Rocket." He looked at me again. His eyes held mine, and I think he saw the hope there. "I think, that if you can defeat Team Rocket, that you may have a chance at the Johto League." Dad reached up to take a book out of the bookcase to his left. He opened it to reveal a card. "Here, you'll need this." Handing it to me, he explained, "It's an expansion card for your PokeGear. A Map Card, to be exact. That way you can't get lost." "You mean. I get to go on a Pokemon Journey?" He nodded and laughed at my excitement. "Yes, you can go on a Journey. But be sure to call me often!" "I will! I promise! I'll call when I get to a city with a Gym, and tell you how my matches went!" I jumped up and hugged him. "Thanks, Dad!" Kanna saw a hug in process and wanted in. She ended up hugging my head. "Kan kan!"
Allie and I ran on, with Kanna pacing us. I got out my PokeGear and called Dad. "Hey, Dad! Where are you?" "Huh? Nicole? I'm too busy to talk right now!" In the background I could hear a fight going on. Allie grabbed my elbow. "Over there! I can see some electric attacks!" "That would be my Dad's Electabuzz. Lets go!" As we burst onto the scene, my dad's Electabuzz fell defeated. We saw Ellen and Vanessa, but they weren't who was fighting. Team Rocket had shown up! "Electabuzz!" "Dad! Over here!" As Dad turned around to find us, a net fell over him and his Pokemon. Team Rocket was going to kidnap them both! "No!" Kanna and I ran over, but the net was lifted off the ground. "You let him go! I'm warning you!" "Nyah, nyah! You ain't gonna catch us!" A talking Meowth?!? Allie gasped. "Wha- That Meowth just talked!" "You bet I did! And now I'm gonna take your Pokemon too!" The man in the balloon saw Kanna. "Ooo, what Pokemon do you think that one is, Jess?" "I don't know, but let's grab it!" replied the lady he was talking to. Ellen and Vanessa, who were, shall we say, under wraps at the moment, shouted together, "You can't have it! That's ours!" The lady sneered at them. "You're just a bunch of copycats! You couldn't even beat us in a battle!" "They couldn't beat US in a battle!" commented Allie. "Yeah," I laughed. Then I turned on the trio in the balloon. "You drop that net, or Kanna and I will drop you!" "Hah hah! You probably couldn't beat us, either!" Meowth shouted. "Yeah, but we can!" An older boy with a Pikachu burst out of the underbrush, followed by a red head carrying a Togepi and another guy with brown, spiky hair. The brown-haired kid spotted us and went bonkers. "Ahh! I always knew I had some guardian angels watching over me, but I never imagined they were as pretty as you two girls are!" He ran over and whipped out a book. "Numbers, ladies?" The red head had had enough, and pulled him away by the ear. "Your gonna need more than angels when I'm through with you!" "Not the ear, not the ear!" The boy with the Pikachu was all business, though. Thankfully. "Let 'em go, or you'll be blasting off into overtime!" He looked familiar. The boy! He was the dark haired boy with the GS Ball! The one that had saved the other Totodile! Ash.Ketchem! That was his name. His Pikachu looked to be a high-voltage one, too. If his Pikachu and my Kanna joined attacks. "Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" "Pikaa..CHU!!" But the Thunderbolt attack fell short. I knew how to fix that though! "Ash, have your Pikachu Thunderbolt along Kanna's Bubblebeam!" Kanna and Pikachu got ready. "How do you-" "Later! Let's take care of these guys first!" He nodded. "Right!" "Kanna, Bubblebeam that balloon!" Kanna let loose a torrent that frayed the rope holding up the net, and the other two kids, along with Allie, caught it. "Now, Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" My plan worked perfectly! Pikachu's Thunderbolt was carried and amplified by Kanna's Bubblebeam. And it was enough to burst their balloon. "Ahh! Team Rocket's blasting off again!" * ping *
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When we got home, Dad put Electabuzz's Pokeball into a brand-new Restorer and healed it. When it was done, he gave me a long hard look. "Nicole," he said, "I want to apologize for holding you back for so long. You have more talent than I did when I first started out. I was just worried you wouldn't be able to handle yourself in an emergency." He looked out the window at the forest behind our house. "But you kept your head and came up with a winning combination. Bubblebeam and Thunderbolt. both are strong attacks, and used together you defeated Team Rocket." He looked at me again. His eyes held mine, and I think he saw the hope there. "I think, that if you can defeat Team Rocket, that you may have a chance at the Johto League." Dad reached up to take a book out of the bookcase to his left. He opened it to reveal a card. "Here, you'll need this." Handing it to me, he explained, "It's an expansion card for your PokeGear. A Map Card, to be exact. That way you can't get lost." "You mean. I get to go on a Pokemon Journey?" He nodded and laughed at my excitement. "Yes, you can go on a Journey. But be sure to call me often!" "I will! I promise! I'll call when I get to a city with a Gym, and tell you how my matches went!" I jumped up and hugged him. "Thanks, Dad!" Kanna saw a hug in process and wanted in. She ended up hugging my head. "Kan kan!"