Chapter 7
Council of War
I threw the broken Psyblade on the suitcase in my room. I also threw Robert and Sugar into the room. They were bound with ductape. Wonderful stuff, that ductape. I threw them down none too gently. Psychic power was very fun to use when you didn't like someone. I was starting not to like this couple. Ok, I stopped liking them when they tried to kill me. Or at least Robert. Sugar didn't seem like such a bad guy, except he seemed to be wearing a dress that Megan had told me was missing. I didn't think she'd want it back. I also didn't think Kimberly would want back the shoes and socks that he'd 'borrowed.'
"Listen, asshole, your actions got a kid killed here. I'm not going to tolerate that. I'd kill you, but I can't hurt a lady that hasn't taken offense in any way, even if she is a man. You're lucky Robert, that you have, her, him, err.. it. I will however, turn you in to the Rockets. You know, they don't like BioGen, much, now, do they?"
"Mmmph, phmmph, phweef," Robert said, his mouth taped.
"That's illegal in most states," I replied, reading his mind.
"Uuck oo!"
"No, I'm not gay, thanks."
"Ie ee."
"Like I said, I'm not gay, ask Sugar to bite you." At this I induced his mind to sleep, and tossed Dave's pokeball belt onto my desk. Somebody had to take care of his pokemon. Sabrina looked it over.
"Hey, isn't this your Golden Pikachu?" She asked, showing me a pokeball.
"Nah, mine's right..." I said, realizing it was not on the belt.
"Why that little prick!"
"He just died, let's be sympathetic," she said.
"He stole my fricken Pikachu! There is only one in the whole fricken world."
"Mmm, well, okay, he did sacrifice his life for yours."
"Probably felt guilty."
"Haha, yeah."
We sat in the card room, David, William, Megan, Snowflake, Russel, Brian, Kim, Sabrina and I. It was time to start the downfall of the Rocket organization.
"I have been surveying the DemonStone production, and only three hundred have been made, the rocket leader, who has not been identified yet, has the first ten prototypes. They know that the BioGen company has people here, and security is getting re-enforced," David, who had been drafted for production, said. My team, the remaining people, I had requested be given to me to command for security in the halls, trying to weed out BioGens.
"I'm taking Sugar and Robert in, to the Rockets. It'll help ease security if they think they caught the only Biogens," I explained.
"Good, now, Sabrina mentioned something about the two new pokemon that you have, these Nyura, and Yamikarasu. What about their evil counterparts? I'll need volunteers for a mission to the nursery to recover these pokemon and get them into monsterballs ASAP," Snowflake. Kim and Brian raised their hands.
"Good. Next. David and Sabrina will be cutting off Rocket escape routes by welding and tampering with the locks. Megan, James, and I will take Sugar and Robert in. Report back here in 2 hours to start the final assault. And, oh, yeah, I need Russel to get readouts of the personnel in the base. We've rigged a laptop up to the port, and you should be able to get in, given your hacking experience," Snowflake finished, showing his true gift of organization. We all dispersed.
"Good work, Colonel Kai Li, and Commanders Joeseph and Megan," the Rocket man congratulated, handing us the promotional medals. I tossed Robert and Sugar to the floor. The rocket ripped the tape off Robert's mouth.
"Yeeoow! What'd you do that for? You son of a Slowbro! That's gonna leave a mark!"
"Security, take these two to hall 24, floor 17K."
"Stop it, where are you taking us, hey, ow, that hurts, shit, man, stop, ow! They're Leaugies! Trust me!" they complained, being dragged down the hall.
"Good work, folks," Snowflake congratulated, back at the meeting room.
"My turn to organize, Snow," I said. Attacks were my specialty. They had been when I had worked with the Mercs.
"What we have to do is..." I'd tell all of you readers the plan, but that would kind of spoil it.
We walked down the hallway, our smaller pokemon surrounding us. The Rocket leader, surrounded by advisors sat in the middle of the room. Shadow still seemed to encompass him. That's when I activated the plan.
"I challenge you to a pokemon battle, for control of this facility."
"Huh?"
"I'm Kojiro Kai Li, and I am challenging you. What part don't you understand? Let's go!"
"Fine."
"Any last words?"
We stood in the battle arena area, facing each other, over the football field sized arena. I pulled Mew's pokeball, but hesitated. I'd give him a fair fight. I pulled out the pokeball containing Lugia, the elemental bird. He held his pokeball, bouncing it on his hand.
"Let's go."
"Right, prepare to lose, Kojiro!"
"Lugia, let's rock!" Lugia appeared, its giant wings unfolding around it. The rocket was taken by surprise, but gathered himself quickly. I admired him for trying against this power. He released his pokeball, "Go, pokeball," using the anonymous call system, which was used when you called a surprising pokemon. I was surprised. The red energy flash filled the room. A bird, equally as large as Lugia, appeared. I Masterdexed it, hoping it would identify, since I had taken the time one night to update it with mainland pokemon.
"Hoh-oh, the Phoenix pokemon. The second of the new legendary birds. The other two are Lugia, and the steel bird, Eamudo. This specimen of Hoh-oh has been infected with Demonstone. It is said that all three birds together will cause something incredible to happen, similar to the summoning of Lugia." I was proud of the Masterdex, being able to detect Demonstone modification. No time to think about that. I wondered if I could use psychic power to read the boss's mind to predict his moves. I noticed psychic dampeners, which were becoming an increasingly common weapon, hidden around the area. I couldn't use my psychic power, but I had a powerful pokemon.
"Hoh-oh, use a firebomb!"
"Hoooaa!" It screached, streaking toward my Elemental bird. Fire gathered around it, surrounding it, until it became a fireball.
"Lugia, douse it with a Tsunami Blast!" Lugia's mouth opened, shooting a heavy stream of sea green water at the fireball. It doused the flame, but the Phoenix was unscathed, still coming, spinning suddenly, starting a drill peck.
"Lugia, Deflect it with your wing!"
"Luuugiaa!" As the Phoenix closed on it, Lugia, lightening fast, brought a heavy wing up under the chin of the other. Hoh-oh was flung upwards, but managed to catch Lugia in the face with its talons. Lugia reeled back, and Hoh-oh steadied itself. It dove at my bird, but caught a tail swipe in the face. Lugia drove the stunned Hoh-oh down with a hard wing attack.
"Lugia, damage it enough to catch it!"
"Giaaa!"
"Oooh!" The evil Hoh-oh, powered by the Demonstone shot up at Lugia. I watched Lugia bravely try to ward off the superpowered hits. It couldn't win. I realized I had lost. My hands fell to my side... and brushed on a demonstone in my pocket. Another thing I had pilfered. I pulled it out. I winged it at the Hoh-oh.
"Fight fire with fire!"
"Noo!" the Rocket yelled, for, just as the stone hit the Phoenix it shook it's head, as if freed from an influence.
"Lugia don't attack it if it doesn't attack you!" I yelled, hoping the bird would turn on its master. It sat in the air, thinking.
"Damn it, Hoh-oh, kill it, they're opposing us!"
"Hoooh-ooh," it cawed, shaking its head. Then it went into a dive, straight at the rocket. He fell back, and the flames in its wings illuminated his face. He was familiar. I couldn't place him. Hoh-oh plucked a pokeball from his belt, and he cowered, fearing the wrath of the giant bird. It flew up, and then dropped the pokeball, directly into my hands. It had brought me its pokeball. Now I had two of the Legendary Mainland Birds. I recalled my pokemon. I strode over to the Rocket leader. I looked closely at his face. Then I recognized his sharp features. Giovanni, but years younger. Oh, Goddish, it was a clone. Then he was on his feet, quickly. He had bluffed weakness and fear near the legendary bird, and now he dropped into a fighting stance, but not before pushing a button cleverly concealed in his wristwatch that activated an alarm. Rockets were filling the hall in seconds, and the Mercs, David, and my fiance called out their pokemon. I droped into a cat stance, not taking my eyes off Giovanni 2. He kicked, a low roundhouse, but I caught it in a 'spastic block.' I punched, catching him in the back. He fell, groaning. He lacked the original Giovanni's resistance to pain. I picked him up, and he punched, hoping to catch me in the stomach. Instead, I caught his hand, and twisted. I heard a pop. He groaned again.
"How many more Giovanni's are there?"
"Enough to finish you off!" he spat. I turned him around and put my handcuffs on his arms.
"For violation of code 826, sections 18, 29, 52, and 60, I am placing you under arrest."
"By who's authority?"
"Pokemon Ranger J, i.e. me."
"What, you were Leaguies all along! I thought you were BioGen!"
"No, League," I said. He struggled. I cuffed him to a support column and dove into the fray. We fought off Rockets until the League was able to get people into the base. All but two rockets were caught, and my team and I went to find them. We found them, all right, in the Subterranean Pokemon Arena. They saw us and called out their pokemon. The other Nyuras and Yamikarasus. Eleven of each. I called out my 'good' ones. They fought without my commands, just throwing themselves in the fray. Feathers and fur flew everywhere. Because mine were 'good', their power was greater, but they got tired. Eventually they leapt back, returning to their pokeballs, leaving two Nyura, and one Yamikarasu. They fell easily to my Mewtwo. The Rockets were handcuffed, and removed. The last two Generals. Their bags were searched, and were stuffed full of Demonstones. There were several pokeballs. They were labeled 'Prototype's 1-4. We didn't open them, they would be studied at The Ranch. But for now, our jobs were finished. We could go home. At least I could. The Mercs home had been destroyed already by the BioGen security. The League offered them temporary positions helping at The Ranch, seeing as they had experience with illegal pokemon, and had seen many in action. I checked my watch. Sabrina and my wedding was going to happen in Saffron Temple in eight hours, midnight. I had to get ready. I wondered how many more happy endings there'd be in our lives, and also how many more of the Giovanni clones were out there. Only time tells, and tempus fugit, so does Lugia, for that matter.
Council of War
I threw the broken Psyblade on the suitcase in my room. I also threw Robert and Sugar into the room. They were bound with ductape. Wonderful stuff, that ductape. I threw them down none too gently. Psychic power was very fun to use when you didn't like someone. I was starting not to like this couple. Ok, I stopped liking them when they tried to kill me. Or at least Robert. Sugar didn't seem like such a bad guy, except he seemed to be wearing a dress that Megan had told me was missing. I didn't think she'd want it back. I also didn't think Kimberly would want back the shoes and socks that he'd 'borrowed.'
"Listen, asshole, your actions got a kid killed here. I'm not going to tolerate that. I'd kill you, but I can't hurt a lady that hasn't taken offense in any way, even if she is a man. You're lucky Robert, that you have, her, him, err.. it. I will however, turn you in to the Rockets. You know, they don't like BioGen, much, now, do they?"
"Mmmph, phmmph, phweef," Robert said, his mouth taped.
"That's illegal in most states," I replied, reading his mind.
"Uuck oo!"
"No, I'm not gay, thanks."
"Ie ee."
"Like I said, I'm not gay, ask Sugar to bite you." At this I induced his mind to sleep, and tossed Dave's pokeball belt onto my desk. Somebody had to take care of his pokemon. Sabrina looked it over.
"Hey, isn't this your Golden Pikachu?" She asked, showing me a pokeball.
"Nah, mine's right..." I said, realizing it was not on the belt.
"Why that little prick!"
"He just died, let's be sympathetic," she said.
"He stole my fricken Pikachu! There is only one in the whole fricken world."
"Mmm, well, okay, he did sacrifice his life for yours."
"Probably felt guilty."
"Haha, yeah."
We sat in the card room, David, William, Megan, Snowflake, Russel, Brian, Kim, Sabrina and I. It was time to start the downfall of the Rocket organization.
"I have been surveying the DemonStone production, and only three hundred have been made, the rocket leader, who has not been identified yet, has the first ten prototypes. They know that the BioGen company has people here, and security is getting re-enforced," David, who had been drafted for production, said. My team, the remaining people, I had requested be given to me to command for security in the halls, trying to weed out BioGens.
"I'm taking Sugar and Robert in, to the Rockets. It'll help ease security if they think they caught the only Biogens," I explained.
"Good, now, Sabrina mentioned something about the two new pokemon that you have, these Nyura, and Yamikarasu. What about their evil counterparts? I'll need volunteers for a mission to the nursery to recover these pokemon and get them into monsterballs ASAP," Snowflake. Kim and Brian raised their hands.
"Good. Next. David and Sabrina will be cutting off Rocket escape routes by welding and tampering with the locks. Megan, James, and I will take Sugar and Robert in. Report back here in 2 hours to start the final assault. And, oh, yeah, I need Russel to get readouts of the personnel in the base. We've rigged a laptop up to the port, and you should be able to get in, given your hacking experience," Snowflake finished, showing his true gift of organization. We all dispersed.
"Good work, Colonel Kai Li, and Commanders Joeseph and Megan," the Rocket man congratulated, handing us the promotional medals. I tossed Robert and Sugar to the floor. The rocket ripped the tape off Robert's mouth.
"Yeeoow! What'd you do that for? You son of a Slowbro! That's gonna leave a mark!"
"Security, take these two to hall 24, floor 17K."
"Stop it, where are you taking us, hey, ow, that hurts, shit, man, stop, ow! They're Leaugies! Trust me!" they complained, being dragged down the hall.
"Good work, folks," Snowflake congratulated, back at the meeting room.
"My turn to organize, Snow," I said. Attacks were my specialty. They had been when I had worked with the Mercs.
"What we have to do is..." I'd tell all of you readers the plan, but that would kind of spoil it.
We walked down the hallway, our smaller pokemon surrounding us. The Rocket leader, surrounded by advisors sat in the middle of the room. Shadow still seemed to encompass him. That's when I activated the plan.
"I challenge you to a pokemon battle, for control of this facility."
"Huh?"
"I'm Kojiro Kai Li, and I am challenging you. What part don't you understand? Let's go!"
"Fine."
"Any last words?"
We stood in the battle arena area, facing each other, over the football field sized arena. I pulled Mew's pokeball, but hesitated. I'd give him a fair fight. I pulled out the pokeball containing Lugia, the elemental bird. He held his pokeball, bouncing it on his hand.
"Let's go."
"Right, prepare to lose, Kojiro!"
"Lugia, let's rock!" Lugia appeared, its giant wings unfolding around it. The rocket was taken by surprise, but gathered himself quickly. I admired him for trying against this power. He released his pokeball, "Go, pokeball," using the anonymous call system, which was used when you called a surprising pokemon. I was surprised. The red energy flash filled the room. A bird, equally as large as Lugia, appeared. I Masterdexed it, hoping it would identify, since I had taken the time one night to update it with mainland pokemon.
"Hoh-oh, the Phoenix pokemon. The second of the new legendary birds. The other two are Lugia, and the steel bird, Eamudo. This specimen of Hoh-oh has been infected with Demonstone. It is said that all three birds together will cause something incredible to happen, similar to the summoning of Lugia." I was proud of the Masterdex, being able to detect Demonstone modification. No time to think about that. I wondered if I could use psychic power to read the boss's mind to predict his moves. I noticed psychic dampeners, which were becoming an increasingly common weapon, hidden around the area. I couldn't use my psychic power, but I had a powerful pokemon.
"Hoh-oh, use a firebomb!"
"Hoooaa!" It screached, streaking toward my Elemental bird. Fire gathered around it, surrounding it, until it became a fireball.
"Lugia, douse it with a Tsunami Blast!" Lugia's mouth opened, shooting a heavy stream of sea green water at the fireball. It doused the flame, but the Phoenix was unscathed, still coming, spinning suddenly, starting a drill peck.
"Lugia, Deflect it with your wing!"
"Luuugiaa!" As the Phoenix closed on it, Lugia, lightening fast, brought a heavy wing up under the chin of the other. Hoh-oh was flung upwards, but managed to catch Lugia in the face with its talons. Lugia reeled back, and Hoh-oh steadied itself. It dove at my bird, but caught a tail swipe in the face. Lugia drove the stunned Hoh-oh down with a hard wing attack.
"Lugia, damage it enough to catch it!"
"Giaaa!"
"Oooh!" The evil Hoh-oh, powered by the Demonstone shot up at Lugia. I watched Lugia bravely try to ward off the superpowered hits. It couldn't win. I realized I had lost. My hands fell to my side... and brushed on a demonstone in my pocket. Another thing I had pilfered. I pulled it out. I winged it at the Hoh-oh.
"Fight fire with fire!"
"Noo!" the Rocket yelled, for, just as the stone hit the Phoenix it shook it's head, as if freed from an influence.
"Lugia don't attack it if it doesn't attack you!" I yelled, hoping the bird would turn on its master. It sat in the air, thinking.
"Damn it, Hoh-oh, kill it, they're opposing us!"
"Hoooh-ooh," it cawed, shaking its head. Then it went into a dive, straight at the rocket. He fell back, and the flames in its wings illuminated his face. He was familiar. I couldn't place him. Hoh-oh plucked a pokeball from his belt, and he cowered, fearing the wrath of the giant bird. It flew up, and then dropped the pokeball, directly into my hands. It had brought me its pokeball. Now I had two of the Legendary Mainland Birds. I recalled my pokemon. I strode over to the Rocket leader. I looked closely at his face. Then I recognized his sharp features. Giovanni, but years younger. Oh, Goddish, it was a clone. Then he was on his feet, quickly. He had bluffed weakness and fear near the legendary bird, and now he dropped into a fighting stance, but not before pushing a button cleverly concealed in his wristwatch that activated an alarm. Rockets were filling the hall in seconds, and the Mercs, David, and my fiance called out their pokemon. I droped into a cat stance, not taking my eyes off Giovanni 2. He kicked, a low roundhouse, but I caught it in a 'spastic block.' I punched, catching him in the back. He fell, groaning. He lacked the original Giovanni's resistance to pain. I picked him up, and he punched, hoping to catch me in the stomach. Instead, I caught his hand, and twisted. I heard a pop. He groaned again.
"How many more Giovanni's are there?"
"Enough to finish you off!" he spat. I turned him around and put my handcuffs on his arms.
"For violation of code 826, sections 18, 29, 52, and 60, I am placing you under arrest."
"By who's authority?"
"Pokemon Ranger J, i.e. me."
"What, you were Leaguies all along! I thought you were BioGen!"
"No, League," I said. He struggled. I cuffed him to a support column and dove into the fray. We fought off Rockets until the League was able to get people into the base. All but two rockets were caught, and my team and I went to find them. We found them, all right, in the Subterranean Pokemon Arena. They saw us and called out their pokemon. The other Nyuras and Yamikarasus. Eleven of each. I called out my 'good' ones. They fought without my commands, just throwing themselves in the fray. Feathers and fur flew everywhere. Because mine were 'good', their power was greater, but they got tired. Eventually they leapt back, returning to their pokeballs, leaving two Nyura, and one Yamikarasu. They fell easily to my Mewtwo. The Rockets were handcuffed, and removed. The last two Generals. Their bags were searched, and were stuffed full of Demonstones. There were several pokeballs. They were labeled 'Prototype's 1-4. We didn't open them, they would be studied at The Ranch. But for now, our jobs were finished. We could go home. At least I could. The Mercs home had been destroyed already by the BioGen security. The League offered them temporary positions helping at The Ranch, seeing as they had experience with illegal pokemon, and had seen many in action. I checked my watch. Sabrina and my wedding was going to happen in Saffron Temple in eight hours, midnight. I had to get ready. I wondered how many more happy endings there'd be in our lives, and also how many more of the Giovanni clones were out there. Only time tells, and tempus fugit, so does Lugia, for that matter.