An Unexpected Reward Chapter 5

"Who's there?" Tracey yelled to the shadowy figure looming above them. "Prepare for trouble" a woman's voice bellowed. "Make it double" a man's voice followed. "Oh no! Not them!" Misty wailed. As the figure lowered, it became visible in the ship's lights, Team Rocket's balloon! "Team Rocket!" Sydney shrieked. "You were expecting maybe Carson Daily?" teased James, holding his signature rose. "That's our money!" Ash cried. "Oh now isn't that too bad. I believe this is your Pikachu too?" Jessie whined, holding up Pikachu in a glass case. "Money and pokemon! A two for one deal" Meowth hollowed, holding up the box of pokeballs. "They have our pokemon! We have no way of stopping them!" shouted Brock. Jessie laughed, "that's right, welcome to the real world. We'll be leaving now!" "I just knew something was wrong, that's why a packed a little insurance" Sydney said coolly, taking two pokeballs out of her pockets. "I choose you!" Sydney threw the two balls, which opened and two pokemon appeared in a burst of light. A Houndour and a Skarmory growled, ready for battle. "Guys, meet Cerberus and SilverClaw. Team Rocket, meet your worst nightmare." "Humph, I'm not scared of a big bird and dog. Go Arbok!" Jessie called down from her perch in the balloon. "You too Victreebel, Weezing!" James ordered. The pokemon appeared with a cry, read to fight. "Arbok tackle!" Jessie commanded. Sydney clenched her fist, "SilverClaw, use steel wing!" Before Arbok could attack, the steel bird pokemon's attack hit, sending his opponent flying. "Razor leaf!" James ordered. "Cerberus, use flamethrower on Victreebel!" The plant creature sent sharp leaves right for the dog pokemon, who dodged them easily. In turn, he sent a beam of fire that burned the screeching Victreebel. Sydney saw the opportunity she had been waiting for, "SilverClaw, break their balloon!" James tried to stop the oncoming attack, "Weezing use sludge attack!" The purple animal shot a glob of black goo toward the Skarmory, but it just bounced off. "What! How could that happen!" he shouted angrily. "Poison attacks don't work on steel types" Tracey pointed out. "Now he tells us!" Meowth screamed, as the silver bird hit the balloon. All the contents of the balloon were sent flying. It came crashing down to the deck in a great bang. On a return swoop down, SilverClaw grabbed the box of money. Ash caught Pikachu's case, letting the pokemon out of its hated container. Brock and Tracey caught the box of pokeballs. "Oh no you don't! Arbok poison sting!" The creature sent a shower of purple pins towards them. Tracey and Brock braced for the attack. Sydney shouted, "protect them Cerberus!" The pokemon jumped in front of the attack and held up an orange aurora. The pins hit the light harmlessly. "Time to end this, whirlwind SilverClaw!" "Skar!" the pokemon cried as it let fly a giant tornado towards the trio. "Uh oh, your little plan didn't work Jess" Meowth stammered. "But I wanted to be in a music video" James whined. The tornado sucked up the team and sent them flying into the morning sky. "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" echoed their voices, until they were out of sight.
"Cool pokemon Sydney!" Ash exclaimed as he hugged Pikachu. "It's a good thing I held on to these guys" she laughed. Skarmory dropped the box down near its master. "At last" Brock sighed as he opened it. Inside was more money then they had ever seen. "Check it out! We're rich!" Ash cried. "This definitely calls for a trip to the mall," said Sydney, fanning herself with a wad of bills. Tracey turned to her, "thanks, we wouldn't have this or our pokemon if it weren't for you." "No prob. Don't thank me, thank Cerberus and SilverClaw. They've had some practice with getting rid of Team Rocket." The gang stopped and looked at her. "You're met them before!? When?" Ash asked in an almost screeching tone. "Not them" she answered, "but two other members dressed in black calling themselves Butch and Cassidy. They tried to steal the other prize I won in the competition." Brock laughed, "small world huh? We've met up with both teams many times before." She smiled, "Cereberus and SilverClaw are my best guys, they can handle anything." "What a weird name for a Houndour" Misty commented. "That's the name for the guardian dog of the underworld in Greek mythology" Sydney explained. "Oh yea, right" said Misty, a little confused. "I think it's a unique name," said Brock. Sydney recalled her tired pokemon and looked up to the sky. "They should be here to get us anytime now." "Well, in general, I say this was a cool experience" Brock announced. Everyone agreed. "Yea, it was fun except for that whole bleeding for no reason thing," Sydney concluded. Tracey walked nervously up to her. "Um... Sydney? I had fun hanging out with you, and I was wondering if.... if...." She took a piece of paper out of her pocket and handed it to him. "I had fun too. Give me a buzz whenever." Brock snuck up behind him, "alright! Phone number!" he cried as he tugged the slip from Tracey's hand. "Hey that's mine!" he yelled running after him. "Come and get it Watcher!" Brock called back, keeping a couple steps ahead of him. Misty, Ash, and Sydney laughed at the sight of the two. "We should meet up again sometime, you know, to spend the money we just won" Misty said to Sydney. "Yea, if those two ever cut it out!" she laughed.

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