Pokémon The Oak Adventures
By Chris Devlin: Chris_Devlin@hotmail.com
Part Four: Team Rocket Troubles
Note: To understand bits of this you will have to have read ALL previous parts.
Basically Tom is Prof Oak when he was a kid. Ok.
THEN - 50 YEARS BEFORE THE EVENTS OF POKÉMON
Giovanni sat at the side of the trail chomping on a sandwich, the occasional piece of mayo dripping over the edge of the thickly cut bread. Swallowing the last piece he picked up his water bottle and took a swig. It had been just over a day since he had escaped the Pewter Gym, badge in hand, and now he was making his way past the large form of Mount Moon. He snickered as he thought of the ease with which he had taken the badge. Soon he would have more badges, and his father would have operatives within the Pokémon League. Reaching into his coat pocket he brought out the Boulder Badge. He examined it and then returned it to his Pocket. Just as he stood up to start walking he heard voices coming toward him from down the trail. Quickly he dashed into the nearby bushes and lay in wait. "Maybe," he thought, "I can swipe some new Pokémon!"
Tom and Flint walked down the trail towards Mt Moon deep in conversation. "So you ran away from home to become a Pokémon Trainer! That's cool!" Flint said. "It's not really. I miss my mom and dad, and I haven't had a proper bath in days." Tom replied. "Anyway, what's up ahead? I've never been any further the Pewter City before." He said, changing the subject. "Mt Moon. They say that there's this great big rock called the Moon Stone that can make your Pokémon more powerful. I think its all a myth myself. But there are some cool Pokémon to catch. There's Zubat's, Geodude's, Clefairy's, y'know some real neat Ooes." Flint said obviously anxious to get there. "Geodude's?" Tom said. "Hmm, I could do with a rock Pokémon." he said. "Come on lets pick-up the pace, I want to get there before nightf..." Tom was caught out as a dark shape darted abruptly out of the shadows in front of them.
"Hey, prepare for trouble wimps. Give me your Pokémon or else!!" Giovanni shouted at the two trainers, his single Pokéball outstretched in his hand. "I'm not kidding, you'd better have some good Pokémon for me to swipe." Giovanni added. "What makes you think we're just gonna give you our Pokémon without a fight!" Tom cried in return. "What? I'll tell you what. Meowth go!" Giovanni hurled the Pokéball at them and watched as it exploded open in a shower of white light. As the light faded away the form of a Meowth stood before them. "A Meowth! You're using a Meowth! Ha Ha Ha!" Tom and Flint cried in laughter. "Hmmph. This is no ordinary Meowth. Meowth use your Fury Swipes attack!" Giovanni called. "Woah!" cried Tom just dodging the feline's attacks. "If it's a battle you want, it's a battle you'll get!. Go Ivysaur!" The young trainers Pokéball opened and Ivysaur's squat form appeared. "IVYSAUR!" it cried. "Ivysaur, Vine Whip attack now" Tom cried. From underneath Ivysaur's flower two long vines appeared and lashed at the feline foe. The Meowth dodged each with ease before flipping backwards out of Ivysaur's reach. "Meowth, Pay Day!" Giovanni grinned as he shouted the order. "Geodude!". "What!" Giovanni cried. While the two trainers had been engaged in battle Flint had called out his Geodude and ordered it to attack. "Geo-Dude!" The rock Pokémon cried as it smashed into the surprised Meowth. "MEOWTH!!!" it cried in pain. "Ivysaur, Sleep Powder attack!" Tom cried and watched as Ivysaur spewed blue dust into the air. The dust floated down to earth, enveloping both Giovanni and the Meowth. Slowly but surely both Pokémon and trainer slumped to the ground in a deep sleep. "That'll teach him to try and steal our Pokémon." Tom said. "Hey! Hey!" Flint cried, a look of recognition on his face. "That's the guy who stole the badge from the Gym before! "Hmm. We'd better get out of here before he wakes up. Come on lets go." Tom said. They started walking away from the sleeping pair, past the looming shape of Mt. Moon.
Giovanni groaned. He slowly woke up from the Ivysaur's attack and sat up. Looking around he could see his still sleeping Meowth and no sign of the two brats who'd put them both to sleep. Checking his watch he could see almost an hour had past. "Meowth return." he said. The snoozing Pokémon was enveloped by the red beam and then vanished inside the ball. Standing up he brushed the dust off his trousers and snickered to himself. If the two trainers had went the way he expected them to, they'd be in trouble. Thats right. And when he caught up with them he'd make it double. Oh, yes, he'd make it double all right. From his pocket he produced a radio. Tuning it to the correct frequency he placed it to his ear and began to talk into it.
"Hey let us out of this!!" Tom cried as he looked towards the gaping mouth of the hole he and Flint had fell into. "Thats not likely to happen. Not until we have all your Pokémon anyway." a voice from the top of the hole spoke. Suddenly the silhouettes of four people appeared. Two of them looked male and the other two female. Throw up your Pokéballs and we'll let you go, or stay in that pit and we'll take them anyway. Either way you lose your Pokémon." one of the females said. "Who are you people anyway." Tom shouted. The silhouettes turned and looked at each other. "The kid doesn't know who we are. Lets tell him." another female voice slyly said. "We are members of the Elite Criminal Organisation Team Rocket!" they all cried out in unison. One of the men put his arm out sharply and pointed at the trainers. "And we want those Pokémon!" he added. "So hand them over n...". He was cut off by someone shouting in the distance. "Did you catch them?" the voice shouted. He turned to face it. "Yes Sir." said the man to the unseen figure. He moved around the hole and made room for the new person. Tom couldn't put his finger on it but the silhouette looked familiar. The new person was clearly younger than the other Team Members, and was a good foot shorter than them too. "Excellent. These two have some powerful Pokémon and this time they can't put me to sleep." the figure said. It was Flint who again recognised the figure as the person that they had battled earlier first. "You!" he cried. "Just who are you?" The Team Members looked at Giovanni. "They seem to like asking that question sir." one of them said. Giovanni allowed himself a small grin. He looked down at the two fallen trainers. "Why i'm Giovanni Rocket. Son of Luigi Rocket, head of the Team Rocket Organisation. As you may have guessed, I don't like being beaten. Now hand over those Pokéballs." Tom and Flint looked at each other. This time there was little they could do. There was no way they could defeat 5 other trainers, even if they worked together. Begrudingly Tom and Flint handed over their Pokéballs. Giovanni looked at the balls in delight. "It's been a pleasure doing business with you gentlemen." Giovanni said before walking away laughing out loud, Pokéballs in hand. The four other Team Rocket members took one last look down the hole, laughed themselves and then headed away from the hole, leaving the two trainers stranded. "Hey!" Tom cried out. "You said you'd let us go!". From outside the hole they could hear the Team Rocket members laugh at this. "What can we say kid. We lied!" one shouted back. They could hear one of the men talking to Giovanni. "Sir, your father asked us to give you these potions for your own Pokémon. He also asked us to take the badget that you gained." There was a clink as the potions were handed over. "Thank you Sundance. Tell my father that I'll have stolen the other badges within no time." Giovanni replied. "Yes sir!" Sundance confirmed. With that, they heard a jeep start up and drive away and the sound of footsteps getting further away. "Well what do we do now Tom? We can't get out of this hole and we don't have our Pokémon to help us!" Flint said in a panic. "That's not quite true." Tom replied. "Huh? What do you mean?" Flint asked intrigued. "I didn't exactly give him my Pokémon. I gave him a load of empty Pokéballs though." Tom answered. "What! Cool. But, I.. I gave him my Geodude!" Flint said in anguish. "Don't worry. We beat him before didn't we? We'll beat him again! But first we've got to get out of this hole." Tom explained. Reaching into his Pocket he pulled out one of his FULL Pokéballs. "Ivysaur, GO!" he cried and watched as his Ivysaur appeared before them. "Ivysaur, use your Vine Whip attack to pull us out of this hole!" he commanded. "Ivysaur!" it barked back at him. From underneath the plant on its back, two vines reached out and wrapped around the trainers waists, before lifting them out and clear of the hole. "Well done Ivysaur! Now return!"
Giovanni whistled a Victory tune as he walked briskly through the forest toward Cerulean City. He examined the Pokéballs before he started tossing them in the air one at a time and catching them on the way back down. He frowned. The Pokéballs seemed light. Suspicious he selected one at random from the group and threw it. "Pokéball Go!" he cried. The Pokéball flew out of his hand and exploded open revealing... Nothing. He tried another, and another, and another. Out of all the Pokéballs, only one actually contained a Pokémon. A common as muck Geodude. He recalled the Geodude, his rage immense. He spun around to go back and confront the devious trainers. When he spun he was presented with the image of Tom and Flint standing, staring at him. Tom had all of his Pokémon out. "YOU!" Giovanni screamed. "You tricked me!". Tom stood still expressionless. "What was it you said your last name was? Rocket?". Tom said calmly. "Yeah, whats it to you?" Giovanni replied, his face turning purple with anger. "Well, Rockets blast off don't they? Vulpix, light this Rocket's fuse with your Flamethrower attack!". Tom ordered. Vulpix took a deep breath before fire spewed out of its throat slamming straight into Giovanni. The force of the flame was so strong that it propelled him into the air, and, flying into the distance, he disappeared with the glint of a star. "That was Awesome!" Flint congratulated Tom. Tom grinned "It was wasn't it. I always wanted to say my own one liner. Y'know, like "I'll be Back"." Tom explained before breaking out in a fit of laughter. Flint joined in before adding his own one liner. "You could say that Team Rocket were Blasted Off Again!" The pair fell to the ground giggling away while just over the hill, lay Cerulean City, Tom's next badge, and a brand new adventure.
To Be Continued....