Chapter 6: The Showdown
"I think Giovanni knows we're here," Kim whispered to me.
I turned and looked across the hall to Giovanni's office. It still had the same golden nameplate, and the same camera, which was now focused on us. I let loose a powerful thundershock which blew the camera's circuits. A thin trail of smoke flowed from it and a few parts fell onto the tiled floor.
"Nice one. Now we can discuss our plan."
"What if he's not in there?" I asked, "Then what do we do?"
"Don't worry, he's in there. I know he is," Kim said staring at the door as if she could see right through it, "I only hope Matt's in here too."
Before Kim and I could figure a plan of action, the door buzzed. Then, the door handle creaked and it slowly swung open. Kim and I looked at each other. We had to go in. There was no retreating now. We gazed forward into the dark room. It had to be pitch black in there. Kim stepped first and I followed by her side. The dim light from the hallway pierced only a trapezoid of darkness in the long room. We couldn't see all the way to the back or to the sides of the room.
As soon as we had completely entered the room, the door slammed shut behind us. My body froze in the darkness. Two glimmering eyes opened and stared at me maliciously. I tried not to let out a scream, and then reached for Kim. I found her still standing beside me. I heard a scuffle in the corner, but I couldn't quite figure out the sound. Then another sound followed - someone snapped their fingers.
Footsteps came toward us from the sides. I tried my best to see as my eyes tried to focus in the dark, but I couldn't. So I did the next best thing. I sparked my cheeks a bit and lit up the area around us. Two more Team Rocket grunts were in the room with us, and they leaped for us. Kim and I ducked and dived forward.
After smashing into each other, the grunts came after us. Kim let threw out two of her pokéballs, "Itsy! Bitsy! I choose you!"
"Spinarak!" They called out as I lit up the room again.
The two spider pokémon spewed a sticky web as the room grew dark. A few seconds later, we heard the two grunts fall with a thud to the floor.
The ominous fingers snapped again and I saw the green glowing eyes come closer. They waved back and forth and became bigger and bigger. All of the sudden they stopped and lowered. I knew instinctively what to do. My heart beat faster and faster as I waited for it to make its move.
The eyes lept towards me with sonic speed and I countered with a well placed thundershock. I heard the eyes moan, "Perrr-siaaaan..." as they disappeared and I heard another thud on the floor. Itsy and Bitsy swept past me and I heard them spray their webs again at the Persian.
A burst of light appeared ahead of us. At first it was blinding, but then I could see what it was: Giovanni's desk lamp. I crept closer and stared at the desk I had once stood on. His chair sat like a velvet mountain behind it, turned so all we could see was the back. Kim stood silently beside me, and Itsy and Bitsy sat on her shoulders.
Without warning, the chair revolved slowly until his body came into view. His face was just how I remembered it - dark and proud, with an almost devilish smile drawn up on one side of his face. He leaned back into the billowy chair and his hands were folded neatly into his lap. For a moment, which seemed to last minutes, we stared each other down. His piercing eyes never breaking their hypnotic stare.
Kim broke the silence, "Where is Matt?" A tone of anger in her question.
He didn't even look at Kim and ignored her question, "Ah... Pika, is it?"
"Y-yes," I answered, Kim staring down at me, as if to say, 'Don't talk to him!'
"Your incredible skills have grown since last we met. But has your mind grown as well?" he paused, and continued, "Do you still blindly believe that your true destiny lies with these... these..." his lip curled into a sneer, "mere children?" Kim started to say something to counter, but Giovanni snapped his fingers again. Two more grunts emerged from the shadows. One grabbed Kim and the other snatched up Itsy and Bitsy.
I was ready to shock them when Giovanni rose his voice, "No," I stopped and turned to him again, "No," he repeated more softly, "I believe that you are more intelligent than that. You can become more than what you are... I'm offering you power, wealth and fame," he accentuated each one, "more than you could ever dream of..." He leaned forward like an arbok ready to strike, "So, will you join me?"
I looked up at Kim and the grunt had her in a fierce headlock - she couldn't barely breathe. I had just one word to say to Giovanni. I took a breath and stared back at him, "Never."
He let out a grim chuckle, "Ah, foolish as ever I see... Those children have clouded your mind with false hopes and..."
"No!" I shouted, trying to knock his suggestions out of my head, "For the first time in my life, I can see clearly. The people at PikaPals care for me - which is something you will never be able to give me. I will never join you!" I created a powerful thundershock. The grunts dropped Kim and her spinaraks and fell to the floor. Giovanni's chair had toppled over from the force of it. Kim caught her breath and released the rest of her pokémon. Her pokémon encircled me and Kim, ready to defend us.
Giovanni stood up and walked to the front of his desk, "I had expected this," his eerie smile now was replaced with a terrifying frown. He pushed a button underneathe his desk. A door opened on the left side of the room, and two more team rocket members emerged.
"Butch, Cassidy. Capture the pikachu, but throw the rest out. I never want to see them again," his evil smile returned.
"Sure Boss," Butch said in his raspy voice as Giovanni exited out the door and shut it.
"You coward, come back here!" Kim shouted as Butch and Cassidy inched closer.
"No one calls Giovanni a coward," Cassidy stared Kim down, folding her arms.
"Yeah, nobody," Butch sneered, "Let's teach her a lesson."
Kim stood her ground, and her five pokémon made a line in front of us: Itsy, Bitsy, a rattata, a geodude, and her ditto.
"Oh, were so scared, Missy," Cassidy laughed, "Just give us the pikachu, and we 'might' let you go without defeating your pitiful pokémon."
"Where is Matt?" Kim demanded once more.
Butch snickered, "We might tell ya, IF ya beat us."
"But don't count on it," Cassidy tossed out a pokéball, "Raticate, Go!"
"RRRR-ATICATE!" it growled, showing it's fangs.
"Geodude," Kim called, "Use Mega Punch!"
"Geo!" He flew at Raticate, slamming his fist into its stomach.
"CATE!" it screeched, lashing out with a Slash attack.
"Drowzee, go!" Butch threw another pokémon into the fray, "Use your Hypnosis!" It began to wave its hands slowly while chanting, "Drow-zee...Drow-zee.."
"Use explosion!" Kim called, scooping up me and the pokémon and diving back towards the door. He exploded, and the entire floor shook. A few loose ceiling tiles fell onto the floor as I heard more things crashing around us. We covered our heads until it stopped.
I turned around and saw that she had not only knocked-out Geodude, but Raticate as well. Drowzee was weakened severely, but remained standing. Kim recalled Geodude and sent out Rattata.
Butch and Cassidy had been knocked over and covered in dust. They shook themselves off and jumped back to their feet, "You'll pay for that, brat!" Cassidy yelled.
"Confusion Drowzee!" The Drowzee again began to chant and wavy colors were sent our way. I suddenly became unsure of my environment, everything looked fuzzy and my friends turned into monsters! Everything looked weird and out of proportion. I began to run and hit a large tree. Or was it a tree? It's white branches bent down and wrapped themselves around me. I heard laughter, but it seemed far away.
I tried to attack and made a small thundershock. I suceeded only in shocking myself. The crazy world screeched to a halt and I returned to normal. My senses came rushing back, and I became fully alert. Butch had me in his clutches. I struggled and tried to get away. I watched the pokémon battle that was still going on infront of me.
Rattata hadn't stopped Drowzee! In fact it was headed towards me! It used Head Butt and rammed into Butch, making him drop me. Drowzee caught me and ran back to Kim? "What's going on?" I mumbled.
"DITTO!" replied the Drowzee, setting me down. It melted into a pool of pink liquid and popped back up. I looked back near Butch who was crouching down and saw the real Drowzee lying down at his feet.
"Whoa!" I replied, almost speechless, "Thank you!"
"Dit-to!"
Itsy quickly wrapped up Butch and the two fainted pokémon in a sticky spider web, leaving Cassidy standing alone. Rattata and I stared her down. Bitsy then sprayed her as well. She toppled over onto the floor.
Kim advanced on them, "We've fought you. Now tell us where Matt is," she crossed her arms and waited for an answer.
"Ha! You're not gonna get us to talk!" Butch growled proudly.
"Okay. If you don't tell us, Pika and 'Pikachu'," Ditto immediately transformed into an exact copy of me, "Will give you the shock of your life!" We joined hands, ready to give it to them.
"All right! Sheesh!" Cassidy sighed, "He's on Floor 13, in Lab C."
"Let's go guys!" Kim shouted. Itsy, Bitsy, Ditto, Rattata, and I followed her out the door we came in, "Hurry," she cried, slamming the door behind us, "We can take the elevator now!"
Within a few rapid seconds, we had loaded onto the elevator and Kim pressed the "13" button. The motor started and we traveled down to our hopefully last destination.
END Chapter 6
"I think Giovanni knows we're here," Kim whispered to me.
I turned and looked across the hall to Giovanni's office. It still had the same golden nameplate, and the same camera, which was now focused on us. I let loose a powerful thundershock which blew the camera's circuits. A thin trail of smoke flowed from it and a few parts fell onto the tiled floor.
"Nice one. Now we can discuss our plan."
"What if he's not in there?" I asked, "Then what do we do?"
"Don't worry, he's in there. I know he is," Kim said staring at the door as if she could see right through it, "I only hope Matt's in here too."
Before Kim and I could figure a plan of action, the door buzzed. Then, the door handle creaked and it slowly swung open. Kim and I looked at each other. We had to go in. There was no retreating now. We gazed forward into the dark room. It had to be pitch black in there. Kim stepped first and I followed by her side. The dim light from the hallway pierced only a trapezoid of darkness in the long room. We couldn't see all the way to the back or to the sides of the room.
As soon as we had completely entered the room, the door slammed shut behind us. My body froze in the darkness. Two glimmering eyes opened and stared at me maliciously. I tried not to let out a scream, and then reached for Kim. I found her still standing beside me. I heard a scuffle in the corner, but I couldn't quite figure out the sound. Then another sound followed - someone snapped their fingers.
Footsteps came toward us from the sides. I tried my best to see as my eyes tried to focus in the dark, but I couldn't. So I did the next best thing. I sparked my cheeks a bit and lit up the area around us. Two more Team Rocket grunts were in the room with us, and they leaped for us. Kim and I ducked and dived forward.
After smashing into each other, the grunts came after us. Kim let threw out two of her pokéballs, "Itsy! Bitsy! I choose you!"
"Spinarak!" They called out as I lit up the room again.
The two spider pokémon spewed a sticky web as the room grew dark. A few seconds later, we heard the two grunts fall with a thud to the floor.
The ominous fingers snapped again and I saw the green glowing eyes come closer. They waved back and forth and became bigger and bigger. All of the sudden they stopped and lowered. I knew instinctively what to do. My heart beat faster and faster as I waited for it to make its move.
The eyes lept towards me with sonic speed and I countered with a well placed thundershock. I heard the eyes moan, "Perrr-siaaaan..." as they disappeared and I heard another thud on the floor. Itsy and Bitsy swept past me and I heard them spray their webs again at the Persian.
A burst of light appeared ahead of us. At first it was blinding, but then I could see what it was: Giovanni's desk lamp. I crept closer and stared at the desk I had once stood on. His chair sat like a velvet mountain behind it, turned so all we could see was the back. Kim stood silently beside me, and Itsy and Bitsy sat on her shoulders.
Without warning, the chair revolved slowly until his body came into view. His face was just how I remembered it - dark and proud, with an almost devilish smile drawn up on one side of his face. He leaned back into the billowy chair and his hands were folded neatly into his lap. For a moment, which seemed to last minutes, we stared each other down. His piercing eyes never breaking their hypnotic stare.
Kim broke the silence, "Where is Matt?" A tone of anger in her question.
He didn't even look at Kim and ignored her question, "Ah... Pika, is it?"
"Y-yes," I answered, Kim staring down at me, as if to say, 'Don't talk to him!'
"Your incredible skills have grown since last we met. But has your mind grown as well?" he paused, and continued, "Do you still blindly believe that your true destiny lies with these... these..." his lip curled into a sneer, "mere children?" Kim started to say something to counter, but Giovanni snapped his fingers again. Two more grunts emerged from the shadows. One grabbed Kim and the other snatched up Itsy and Bitsy.
I was ready to shock them when Giovanni rose his voice, "No," I stopped and turned to him again, "No," he repeated more softly, "I believe that you are more intelligent than that. You can become more than what you are... I'm offering you power, wealth and fame," he accentuated each one, "more than you could ever dream of..." He leaned forward like an arbok ready to strike, "So, will you join me?"
I looked up at Kim and the grunt had her in a fierce headlock - she couldn't barely breathe. I had just one word to say to Giovanni. I took a breath and stared back at him, "Never."
He let out a grim chuckle, "Ah, foolish as ever I see... Those children have clouded your mind with false hopes and..."
"No!" I shouted, trying to knock his suggestions out of my head, "For the first time in my life, I can see clearly. The people at PikaPals care for me - which is something you will never be able to give me. I will never join you!" I created a powerful thundershock. The grunts dropped Kim and her spinaraks and fell to the floor. Giovanni's chair had toppled over from the force of it. Kim caught her breath and released the rest of her pokémon. Her pokémon encircled me and Kim, ready to defend us.
Giovanni stood up and walked to the front of his desk, "I had expected this," his eerie smile now was replaced with a terrifying frown. He pushed a button underneathe his desk. A door opened on the left side of the room, and two more team rocket members emerged.
"Butch, Cassidy. Capture the pikachu, but throw the rest out. I never want to see them again," his evil smile returned.
"Sure Boss," Butch said in his raspy voice as Giovanni exited out the door and shut it.
"You coward, come back here!" Kim shouted as Butch and Cassidy inched closer.
"No one calls Giovanni a coward," Cassidy stared Kim down, folding her arms.
"Yeah, nobody," Butch sneered, "Let's teach her a lesson."
Kim stood her ground, and her five pokémon made a line in front of us: Itsy, Bitsy, a rattata, a geodude, and her ditto.
"Oh, were so scared, Missy," Cassidy laughed, "Just give us the pikachu, and we 'might' let you go without defeating your pitiful pokémon."
"Where is Matt?" Kim demanded once more.
Butch snickered, "We might tell ya, IF ya beat us."
"But don't count on it," Cassidy tossed out a pokéball, "Raticate, Go!"
"RRRR-ATICATE!" it growled, showing it's fangs.
"Geodude," Kim called, "Use Mega Punch!"
"Geo!" He flew at Raticate, slamming his fist into its stomach.
"CATE!" it screeched, lashing out with a Slash attack.
"Drowzee, go!" Butch threw another pokémon into the fray, "Use your Hypnosis!" It began to wave its hands slowly while chanting, "Drow-zee...Drow-zee.."
"Use explosion!" Kim called, scooping up me and the pokémon and diving back towards the door. He exploded, and the entire floor shook. A few loose ceiling tiles fell onto the floor as I heard more things crashing around us. We covered our heads until it stopped.
I turned around and saw that she had not only knocked-out Geodude, but Raticate as well. Drowzee was weakened severely, but remained standing. Kim recalled Geodude and sent out Rattata.
Butch and Cassidy had been knocked over and covered in dust. They shook themselves off and jumped back to their feet, "You'll pay for that, brat!" Cassidy yelled.
"Confusion Drowzee!" The Drowzee again began to chant and wavy colors were sent our way. I suddenly became unsure of my environment, everything looked fuzzy and my friends turned into monsters! Everything looked weird and out of proportion. I began to run and hit a large tree. Or was it a tree? It's white branches bent down and wrapped themselves around me. I heard laughter, but it seemed far away.
I tried to attack and made a small thundershock. I suceeded only in shocking myself. The crazy world screeched to a halt and I returned to normal. My senses came rushing back, and I became fully alert. Butch had me in his clutches. I struggled and tried to get away. I watched the pokémon battle that was still going on infront of me.
Rattata hadn't stopped Drowzee! In fact it was headed towards me! It used Head Butt and rammed into Butch, making him drop me. Drowzee caught me and ran back to Kim? "What's going on?" I mumbled.
"DITTO!" replied the Drowzee, setting me down. It melted into a pool of pink liquid and popped back up. I looked back near Butch who was crouching down and saw the real Drowzee lying down at his feet.
"Whoa!" I replied, almost speechless, "Thank you!"
"Dit-to!"
Itsy quickly wrapped up Butch and the two fainted pokémon in a sticky spider web, leaving Cassidy standing alone. Rattata and I stared her down. Bitsy then sprayed her as well. She toppled over onto the floor.
Kim advanced on them, "We've fought you. Now tell us where Matt is," she crossed her arms and waited for an answer.
"Ha! You're not gonna get us to talk!" Butch growled proudly.
"Okay. If you don't tell us, Pika and 'Pikachu'," Ditto immediately transformed into an exact copy of me, "Will give you the shock of your life!" We joined hands, ready to give it to them.
"All right! Sheesh!" Cassidy sighed, "He's on Floor 13, in Lab C."
"Let's go guys!" Kim shouted. Itsy, Bitsy, Ditto, Rattata, and I followed her out the door we came in, "Hurry," she cried, slamming the door behind us, "We can take the elevator now!"
Within a few rapid seconds, we had loaded onto the elevator and Kim pressed the "13" button. The motor started and we traveled down to our hopefully last destination.
END Chapter 6
