TEAM
CH1-The First Battle

"Hey, look down there. It's him!" Someone shouted from a Xatu.
Tyler assumed it was Will. He was too greedy and selfish to share a
ride, or even a Pokemon. The group landed their mostly-bird
Pokemon and ran over to the man. He had already seen them coming
and had his Nidoking and Nidoqueen out and ready. Many voices
were heard as a small army of Pokemon formed. The TEAM
members all shouted their commands at once. By the time a
Pokemon had figured out what move it should use, it was already
knocked out. Before the trainers realized what had happened, the
man was gone.

"Well, I hope you all learned from this mistake." Said Lance in a an
annoyed voice. The others looked at the ground and some blushed.

"I think we should form teams. This way, our Pokemon can
understand us." Karen suggested. The others agreed and began
forming teams. The mini-teams were: T1-Will, Erika, Pryce, and
Lance. T2-Koga, Lorelei, Brock, and Karen. And T3-Misty, Agatha,
Bruno, and Tyler. The groups talked together for a while, but then
melded into one.

"Well, we better get started. Anyone with a flying type, have them
search for our target. The rest of us will wait here." Said Lance,
taking leadership of TEAM. Everyone seemed OK with this, since he
was a natural leader. Will and his two Xatu took off in one direction
with Lance's whole team. Koga and his Venomoth and Crobat
teamed up with Karen's Murkrow and went off another way. And Tyler
lead another way with Agatha's Crobat.

***

A few hours later, all the fliers returned but Will and Lance. One of
Will's Xatu returned and lead everyone to where the man was
camping. The group was lead through a thick, dark forest. There
were Zubat, Golbat, and other poisonous Pokemon everywhere. Koga
kept stopping to catch one, but Erika, who was behind him, kept
pushing him on.

When they finally reached the camp-site, Tyler sneaked up to the tent
with Bruno and Karen. The three pulled open the tent and forced who
else, but Mr. Ketchum out. Everyone was shocked! What was Mr.
Ketchum, TEAM's founder and "commander" doing here. "Are you
sure it's him?" Asked Brock, not believing what he saw. Just then, a
Pikachu appeared behind the four, and shocked all the TEAM
members.

"What!" Cried Koga. "You don't have a Pikachu!"

"Maybe not." Answered Mr. Ketchum. "But my son does." Ash
jumped out of a bush with his Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise,
Snorlax, and Espeon. "By the way," says Mr. Ketchum. "Call me,
Nido!" He laughed hysterically as his Pokemon popped out, joined
Ash's, and began attacking TEAM.

"Forget the mini-teams. Just fight!" Lance said as everyone began
sending out their Pokemon. Wild Nidoran, Nidorino, Nidorina,
Nidoqueen, and Nidoking began joining Nido and Ash. Will's Xatu
and Jynx easily defeated a Nidoking, but two more came at Xatu, and
it fainted. Will let out his other Xatu and Exeggutor.

Misty and Lorelei teamed their water and ice Pokemon up and warded
off several 'Queens and 'Rinos, but Lorelei lost Dewgong and Lapras.
Misty had her Starmie and Golduck use a Psychic and Lorelei had her
Golduck do the same. Brock's Steelix and Golem rock slided a bunch
of Nidoran. His two half-water types hydro pumped some 'Kings and
'Queens. Pryce and Agatha teamed up too (Oddly enough!). They
held each other's hand as they called their attacks.

Tyler had his full team out and attacking. He worried about how Nido
knew everyone's techniques. Could they still win? Suddenly, he
heard a scream. It was Misty! He ran over to her and saw that she
was bleeding on her head. Venusaur laughed as he shot more leaves
at her. Steelix suddenly appeared and protected the lovers. Tyler
kissed his prize as she got up.

"I'll be fine. You get back to your battles." She said sweetly to him.
They parted ways and returned to their shouting and jumping around.

***

Almost an hour later, TEAM had run out of energy. Their Pokemon
were beaten up and tired.

"Giving up already?" Said Nido laughingly. He laughed like an idiot as
he flew off on Ash's Charizard.

"Dammit!" Cried out Lance. "How could he have gotten away!?" He
began to pace and the others watched. Erika spoke up. "Well, at
least we know he has the wild Pokemon against us. And, we know
who he is." The others nodded in agreement. That made them feel a
bit better, but not much. They knew he was too powerful for them.

"I move that we all go to Goldenrod. That's a big place, and plus we
can do an announcement on the radio." Announced Misty. "I second
that move. Great idea girl." Replied Tyler, of course. The others
agreed, and once again they took off on their fliers and headed
towards Johto...

***

"I'm home, Mom." Announced Ash as he slammed the door. Several
police officers, led by Officer Jenny, came up to him. "I'm sorry, your
mom isn't here right now. But we would like to speak with your father."
Nido and Ash pulled out a Pokeball. "If you wanna speak to him, you'll
have to beat us." Jenny agreed and sent out two Arcanine.

"Use your fire blast on that Nidoking. You, use your extremespeed on
Blastoise." The Arcanine loyally obeyed, but weren't fast enough.
One was hit with a horn drill, and the other with a hydro pump. "Hey
you cheated." Cried Jenny. "Well, that's just too bad." Answered
Nido. With that, the two ran off into the night, and Jenny kneeled
down to her injured friends.

***

"The Pokemon seem tired, we better land in Violet first." Said Will as
he looked at his tired Xatu. He was persuaded to share when they
left, and glared at the other Xatu's rider. "I agree, Crobat is pretty
weak. I think we should heal 'em first." Agreed Agatha, who was
riding with Pryce. Everyone else agreed, so they landed outside the
Pokemon Center, and recalled the Pokemon.

After the Pokemon were all healed, they went to the Sprout Tower
before turning in for the night. Koga, the most "religious" of the group,
kneeled and prayed in some odd language. He then placed a poison
barb in the offering jar and joined the other's conversation.

"I heard that Ash lost his Master's License." Said someone. "Well I
heard that it was taken." Said another. They continued talking about
Ash and the days battle before leaving. Some Zubat flew over them
as the walked to the Pokemon center. Suddenly, Misty noticed a
trainer running through the night with a Nidoking and Nidorino. She
nudged Tyler and pointed. The couple sneaked after the unusual
character. Eventually, he stopped.

"Password." Said a robotic voice. "Poison." Answered the person. A
door in the large tree slided open and a bright light revealed a young
boy, about 15. He stepped in, and the door closed. "What do you
think, hon?" Asked Misty. "I dunno. I'll stay here, you get the others."
Replied Tyler. A few minutes later, the others appeared. "I told them
what we saw on the way here." Said Misty. Tyler answered, "Great.
Well, everyone ready? We're goin' in!"