C. Cowboy: sorry it's taken so long to get this out. Been distracted with other things, but now I've finally updated. We've set up the Hero of the story, now it's time to show you the elusive Hobgoblin, the most dangerous and evil of all the members of Team Rocket. R&R!
Chapter 5: Giovanni's Secret Weapon
Two and a half Weeks later…
A group of five rockets were sneaking into the Pokemon Center to take the rare Pokemon being taken care of there. "We have to be quiet and quick, the boss said he's been known to show up out of know where, so be very careful." One of the rockets said looking around the lobby of the center. "Don't worry man, that's why we have a look out!"
"Hey, guys!" A voice came from above them, "Your look out is a little tied up so I thought I'd drop in and say hi!"
"SPINARAK-MAN!" A rocket yelled backing up, only to meet Spinarak-Man's fist. Two more Rockets tried to rush him, but Spinarak-Man jumped into the air and kicked them both in the face. Then the other two tried to run out the revolving door. Spinarak-Man webbed the door, sticking them both in the middle of the door. "Oh…looks like you guys are stuck there for a little while, I'm sure Officer Jenny will let you guys out of there! So see you guys later!" Spinarak-man said zip lining through the open skylight.
"Spinarak-Man. Spinarak-Man! SPINARAK-MAN!" Giovanni yelled slamming his fists down on his desk. "Why does that…that freak always have to get in the way? Even that Ketchum kid isn't this much trouble!"
"Sir." His secretary's voice came on the intercom, "Agent Hobgoblin is here as ordered."
"Very good, send him in." Giovanni responded into the intercom.
"You wanted to see me, boss?" a scruffy demonic voice whispered from the shadows. Even Giovanni gasped at the most dangerous of Rockets. He was wearing a torn white Rocket uniform and had brownish colored tights under it, with his face hidden behind a smiling goblin mask.
"It's time you temporarily stop you spying on the Ketchum boy. You may continued your observation if you wish, but I want your top priority to be getting this…Spinarak-Man out of our way. He has proven himself to be a…small problem. Think you can take care of this, Hobgoblin?" Giovanni ordered.
"Yes Sir, consider your bug problem taken care of." Hobgoblin replied disappearing into the shadows.
Meanwhile across town, Spinarak-Man swung in through the open window of Professor Oak's apartment where Ash and Brock called their temporary home. Ash quickly changed out of his costume and shoved it into an old shoebox under his bed. He quickly put on his usual clothing and strolled out of his bedroom into the dinning room.
"Ash? Where did you come from? I thought you were gone." Brock asked moving his plate of sandwiches to the table where Melody and Misty were setting.
"Oh, I didn't leave, I was just in my room…taking a nap. That's all." Ash said innocently walking over to the table.
"Hey Tiger!" Melody exclaimed standing up and stealing a kiss from Ash.
"Hey yourself." Ash whispered back stealing a kiss back while Misty just watched them through narrowed eyes.
Ash then moved a chair from beside of Misty and set down in it beside Melody.
"Why you…" Misty growled toward Ash growing quieter and quieter.
Then the door flew open and Gary dashed in, "Sorry I'm late!" Gary said setting a bag of potato chips on the table.
Misty's eyes lit up and she bounced to her feet and wrapped her arms around Gary's neck and gave him a really deep kiss making his eyes widen in shock. "Oh Baby! I missed you!" Misty squealed still holding on to Gary.
Gary remained deathly still, as if a poisonous snake had wrapped around his neck. Melody couldn't contain her giggles and Ash just bit a chunk out of his sandwich pretending to ignore the two.
"Umm…ok…pass… the Ketchup?" Brock asked reaching for it only to see it disappear in a yellow blur, "Ok… I didn't need ketchup."
"So… what's everyone going to be doing this afternoon?" Brock asked biting into his own sandwich.
"Professor Elm is going to give a speech at the Gym this afternoon." Misty informed still attached to Gary's arm.
Ash then put his arm around Melody, "Yeah I know, Misty, me and Mel's going to be there on a date!" Ash stated proudly.
Misty gave a faint growl, "Then I guess I'll see you there. Bye Brock." She then drug Gary by the arm and stormed out.
"Glad to see you two are still getting along, Ash." Brock sighed full of sarcasm.
A short while later at Golden Rod Gym…
Ash and Melody stood in the crowd of people listening to Professor Elm's speech about a few newly discovered Pokemon.
Ash looked around and spotted Misty on the same high balcony Prof. Elm was using as a stage.
She had her hair tied back and was wearing a extremely tight red kimono, one that showed Ash she was anything but the scrawny girl he grew up with.
Professor Elm's speech was about to come to a close when evil cackling cut it off.
"Prepare for trouble! And be glad it's not double!" came an evil voice from above.
Ash looked around rapidly, his danger sense was at an all time high.
Before Ash could spot the source, Missiles flew into the Gym, making the crowd scattered in terror. Ash looked and saw a couple standing under a large piece of falling rubble. Ash took a quick glance to make sure Melody wasn't looking his way, and then shot a pair of web lines from each hand pulling the couple away from the rubble at the last second.
"Come on, Ash! Don't just stand there!" Melody yelled grabbing Ash's arm and running in the crowd. Ash suddenly 'tripped' and Melody tried to get to him but was swept away from the river of frightened people.
Ash then ran into an ally way and pulled off his backpack and looked to make sure Melody didn't follow. "Sorry, Mel." Ash said as he pulled out the familiar green and yellow garment.
Meanwhile most of the people were evacuated, but Misty and Elm stood on the balcony, held hostage by the Hobgoblin standing on a zubat-shaped flying glider.
"What do you want from us?" Misty snapped at the masked Rocket.
"You?" Hobgoblin asked, "Oh nothing, I just want to catch a freak, and you can't have a trap without some bait!"
"Freak?" came a voice from atop the building, "You want a freak, take a look in the mirror!"
"Spinarak-Man, I presume?" Hobgoblin chuckled toward the web slinger sticking to the wall above him.
"That's my name, don't ware it out!" Spinarak-Man said jokingly as he flipped down between Misty and Elm, "You want me, you got me!"
Spinarak-Man dove at the Rocket but he just maneuvered the glider out of the way. Spinarak-Man shot a web line and swing around again toward Hobgoblin, but he merely shot up and grabbed the web line and slammed him into the wall of the Gym.
'Ok… the usual isn't working.' Spinarak-Man thought to himself as he flipped up the side of the wall dodging Hobgoblin's attempt at ramming into him, "What's wrong smiley? Too fast for you?" Spinarak-Man mocked as he covered Hobgoblin's face with webbing.
Spinarak-Man shot a web line and swung away to get some distance between the fight and Elm and Misty. Spinarak-Man started to swing around, when Hobgoblin's glider's razor sharp wing cut his web line making him fall hard on the pavement, tearing the shoulder of his costume. Spinarak-Man flipped up to dodge machinegun fire from the glider. He gripped his shoulder and when he pulled back his hand he saw he was bleeding.
"Ok, ugly, now you've got me mad." Spinarak-Man growled as he flipped into the air, kicking Hobgoblin in the face knocking him from his glider. The webslinger punched the goblin twice in the face, "You ready to blast off now?"
"Wrong Rocket, Web Brain!" Hobgoblin growled hitting Spinarak-Man in the chest then across the face. "You've gotten in our way for the last time, Bug." Hobgoblin growled roundhouse kicking him knocking him backwards. He then pressed some buttons on his wrist and the glider shot down beside of him, and he quickly leapt on top of it.
"Don't really need hostages now, now do I?" He asked looking down towards Spinarak-Man.
"What?" Spinarak-Man asked getting back to his feet.
Hobgoblin answered by firing a missile at the balcony where Misty and Prof. Elm were watching the fight.
"MISTY!!" Spinarak-Man gasped as the missile exploded breaking the balcony in half, Elm on one side and Misty hanging off the ledge of the other.
"Hang on! I'm coming!" Spinarak-Man yelled spinning a web line and swinging toward her.
"Oh no you don't, Web Head!" Hobgoblin mocked as he grabbed the hero and slammed him into the wall. He then tried to ram the wallcrawler, but Spinarak-Man quickly dodged and crawled up and stuck on the bottom of the glider. "What do you think you're doing??" Hobgoblins asked as he flew the glider around trying to shake him lose.
'Gotta make this fast, Ash." Spinarak-Man thought to himself as he heard Misty cry for help. Then he spotted a box with several wires running to it on the bottom of the glider, "Hey, Hobby? What does this thing do?" he asked peaking over the edge of the glider with the box in his hand.
"I HATE YOU, SPINARAK-MAN!" Hobgoblin yelled as smoke began to fly from the glider, "We'll meet again, Spinarak-Man!" He growled as Spinarak-Man dropped off and the two flew/swung in two different directions.
Misty's grip finally gave out and the she feel toward the hard concrete screaming for help. She closed her eyes tight, but then felt an arm slide around her and felt her self rising, "Going up?" Spinarak-Man asked as Misty smiled and latched on to him.
Spinarak-Man swung with Misty in his arms to a near by garden on the top of a medium size building. "Don't mind us, folks," Spinarak-Man said waving to the people running back inside from surprise, "She just needs to you use a elevator." The hero then turned to the girl, "you alright?"
"Ahuh…" Misty replied dreamily.
"Good," Spinarak-Man nodded and turned to go, "Well, catch ya later, Misty."
"Wait." She said grabbing his arm, "How did you know my name?"
"I…uh…" Spinarak-Man stuttered, "I get around a little, ya know."
"Oh." Misty said accepting that, "so don't I get to thank you for saving my life?"
"No need for that, I…" Spinarak-Man's response was cut off as she pulled his mask up, uncovering his lower face, and pressing her lips to his.
"I…uhh…" Spinarak-Man stuttered stepping back from Misty, "I'm going to have to save you more often…" he then pulled his mask back down over his mouth and back flipped away. Misty smiled as she watched him swing off into the distance.
A short while later, Misty and Melody were gathered at Ash and Brock's apartment filling Brock in on what happened and starting to worry about where Ash disappeared. The door flew open, and Gary shot in, "Misty, are you ok? I just heard what happened?" he asked as he hugged his girlfriend.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She said pulling back from him suddenly, "Thanks to Spinarak-Man."
"I hope Ash is ok…" Melody whispered worriedly looking at the door.
"I'm sure he's fine." Brock said bringing a large turkey to the table, "He's been through a lot. I'm sure he made it out of that mob just fine."
As if on que Ash came walked sorely through the door, "Hey guys."
"Tiger!" Melody exclaimed as she ran up and hugged him.
"I'm glad you're alright, Mel." He said as he gently kissed her.
'I'm glad you're alright too." She said holding him tight, "I was worried about you."
"I'm fine." He reassured as he looked up at the turkey, "hey! Food!" Ash yelled happily as he took his place at the table.
"Ash? You're hurt!" Melody gasped looking at the blood coming through Ash's shirt.
"It's just a scratch." Ash said blushing a little.
"What happened?" Misty asked with concern in her voice.
"Yes, Ash." Brock growled, "What happened?" he asked with Gary behind him narrowing his eyes at how close Misty was getting to him.
"I…I was trampled a little when I tripped when the psycho on the flying thing attack.
"Is that a fact?" Brock asked narrowing his eyes farther, "If you excuse me guys, I've got something to do."
"Brock?" Misty asked looking up as her and Melody bandaged Ash's shoulder.
Later that evening…
Ash escorted Melody back to the bottom floor of her apartment building.
"I can make it the rest of the way," Melody said smiling sweetly at him, "Thank you for walking me home."
"No problem, Mel." Ash said blushing lightly.
"Thanks anyway, Tiger." Melody said leaning up against him, "Goodnight, Ash." She whispered as she kissed Ash on the lips.
Ash hugged and kissed her back, "Goodnight, Mel." Ash whispered hugging her one more time, "Talk to you tomorrow."
"Ok." Melody said walking into the building, "night, Tiger."
"Night, Mel." Ash said walking away.
Melody walked up the stairs to her apartment and opened the door, shut it behind her, and leaned against it with a smile on her face. She always enjoyed Ash's kisses. She went to hit the light switch and blinked when it didn't work.
"What's wrong?" She asked hitting it again.
"Gotta love power outages." Came a chuckling voice inside her living room.
"Melody froze dead still, "Who…who's there?" she asked frightened.
"Ohhh no one important." The voice said with a chuckle.
She heard the person stand up and begin to walk toward her, and she begin to rapidly try to unlock her door when a gloved hand slammed the door back shut, "Where do you think you're going?" he asked her.
She slowly turned around to see the smiling demonic mask, "You…you're…the guy from earlier…" she gasped panicking, "W-What do you want with me???"
"Nothing really." Hobgoblin chuckled, "I just need you to bring your boyfriend out of hiding. If he cooperates…then you won't die."
Melody's eyes went wide, and she tried to get away, but Hobgoblin grabbed her, and her screams could be heard all through the building.
To Be Continued…