Japanese Title: Fire Bombs And Blaster Balls! Try To Change And Break Hearts!
Translation: Faia Bakudan To Burasuto Booru! Torai Tame Chenji To Bureiku Hatsu!
By: Pro_V
Medira held the side of her forehead and sat up with a slight moan. She groaned and rubbed her eyes, looking around through blurred vision. She had such a migraine. She regretted going to the bar now, as this hangover was going to last a while. Her eyes suddenly widened and she jumped to her feet, completely forgetting about her sprained ankle. She hissed between clenched teeth as she ran out the door to see the clock.
"Oh damn!" she burst and ran back in the bedroom, changing faster than anyone would have thought humanly possible, "I've only got ten minutes to get to the boat and it's a twenty minute walk! Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!"
She ran out the door, as best she could, slipping up now and then as she bolted down the boardwalk. She searched left and right, trying to see if she could find the nameless guy she'd met the night before, but had no such luck.
"Maybe I imagined him. I was pretty looped," she laughed to herself, "But I kissed him…" she choked, "What'd I do? Kiss air?"
She made it to the dock with about twenty-three seconds to spare and pushed herself up on the railing to wait. Eevy and Lance zipped right past her, not even glancing back, as they were being followed by just about everyone else on the boat. Guys were bolting after Eevy, nearly slipping on their own drool, and giggling girls flew after Lance, shrieking in delight. Needless to say, they just kept running. Luri, Will and Jason had done the smart thing and brought their hoods up before they even got on the boat. Sooney and Tracey walked down the ramp from the boat, discussing something, and Ash and Misty followed close behind. All four of them looked overly serious. Skiff was running after Yuu-Yuu as she stomped away from him and Rachel and Beth were both just slouching along behind. Morty kept his arms wrapped around Lisle's waist as he walked behind her and Eusine laid his arm over Mizu's shoulders and squeezed her as close as he could. Jason jammed his way past Will and Luri and threw his arms around Medira, picking her up and choking her in an overly affectionate hug.
"Jason! You're choking me!" she shrieked as he stood her straight, replacing her feet…Er…Foot on the ground.
"I can't help it! I missed you!" he kissed her left cheek as hard as he could.
"Geez! It's only been a day, JP!" she leaned away as he stepped back.
"What did you just call me?" his eyes narrowed slowly and he stood dead straight.
"S-Sorry," she swallowed, "It's just…With the hood and all…You know. I didn't mean it, Jason."
"You still think of me as JP, don't you?" his shoulders fell, "To you, I'm still the shadowed JP, even if you do know who I am."
"No! That's not true!" she jumped to stand as well as she could.
"Yeah, and the next thing you're going to tell me is that you weren't drinking last night and you don't have a hangover now," he crossed his arms and shook his head, "You know. You promised me you wouldn't."
"I'm sorry. I really am," she looked down and away, "I didn't mean it."
He dropped his arms to his sides and looked down, slowly shaking his head, "I know. It's just…The whole time we were there, all I did was worry about you."
"Aww, you don't need to worry about me!" she jumped and threw her arms around his waist, causing him to jump a bit, "I can take care of myself!"
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"I don't want to go home," Yuu-Yuu stuffed her face in the pillow at the top of her bed, "I want to stay here in the nice warm sun."
"Pichu-pi," her Pichu nodded as it sat beside her and grinned, "Pichu-chu pich."
"Yuu-Yuu. Could I talk to you?" Skiff poked his head in the door, "Please?"
"No!" she shouted with a growl, "Go back with your precious Hellen and do not come back!"
"Hellen isn't precious to me at all! Stop being stubborn!" he snapped and bent his eyebrows down in an evil scowl.
She stayed laid out on her bed, "Get out of my room," she puffed.
"First of all, it's not really your room. And secondly, I want to apologize to you. Can't you at least let me do that before you kick me out?"
"No. Go away!" she sat up and glared at him, "Get out!" he simply crossed his arms and stood up straight, "I don't know what your problem is, but you can just-"
"I'll tell you what my problem is! My problem is Alax Heinz!"
"Oh. So that's what's wrong," she shook her head, "You're jealous."
"I am not jealous!" he turned beat red and clenched his fists at his sides, "…All right! I am! I'm jealous! Jealous and thoroughly ticked off!"
She rolled her eyes and shook her head, "Whatever," she flicked a fuzz ball from the sheet.
"What do you mean 'whatever'? What in the world is that supposed to tell me?" he looked at her blankly.
She didn't really answer his question, "You don't have to be jealous," she watched him slouch and tip his head, "You know…He tried to kiss me. All the time. But," she glanced up at his confused expression, "I told him I didn't want to. Because I want my first boyfriend/girlfriend kiss to be from…you."
His jaw dropped and his eye twitched nervously, "Oh. Well…Hellen was expecting a lot more of me than she got. She implied the whole 'kiss-me' bit all the time, but I always ignored it. She asked if I could ask if she could go back to Gertan Rin with us. I told her I did, though I didn't, and told her Eevy refused, though it was really me who said no."
Yuu-Yuu smirked and shook her head, turning around to talk to Pichu, "Hey, Pichu. Could we be alone for-" she suddenly choked, "Pichu? Pichu, where are you? Pichu, where'd you go? Pichu!"
"What? Where'd your Pichu go?" Skiff looked frantically side to side.
"I don't know! He was here just a minute ago!" Yuu-Yuu shrieked, "Pichu!"
"Look there!" Skiff pointed to the sliding glass door and the note stuck in the bottom, "What's it say, Yuu-Yuu?"
"One little Pichu in a bag is worth two-hundred big-ones in our hands," Yuu-Yuu flipped the letter over, seeing a bold red R, "Team Rocket stole my Pichu!"
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"Pika-chu! Pika!" Pikachu wondered around the perimeter of Lorelei's beach house, calling out for Yuu-Yuu's Pichu, "Pika-chu! Pika!"
"Pichu! Where are you, Pichu?" Ash walked in the opposite direction, "Pichu!"
"If you can hear us, Pichu, say something!" Misty walked down the beach, "Pichu!"
"Togi-togi-pii! Togi-togi-pii!" no one could tell if Togepi was just shouting to hear itself shout or if it was really trying to help, "Togi-tog togi-togi!"
"This is really weird, Misty," Ash stopped next to her and put his hands on his hips, "Team Rocket's never been this good at stealing Pokemon before."
"I know. It's really strange. It's like they've suddenly gone professional or something," Misty crossed her arms.
"The only thing Jessie and James are professionals at is screwing up," he only meant that as a partial joke, as it was totally true, "But that definitely still doesn't explain how they were able to steal Pichu without Skiff or Yuu-Yuu noticing. They were both in the room and Pichu just up and fizzled out of existence."
Pikachu hopped up the porch steps, bouncing over to the table. He sprang onto the chair and up onto the tabletop. Togepi had been sitting right there.
"Pi-ka!" Pikachu gasped at the paper sitting under the citronella candle in the center of the table, and the R on the back, "Chu pikachu! Pi-pi-pi!" he moved the candle, picked the letter up in his mouth, and dashed down the sand, "Pika chu!" he called with his mouth full.
"What's up, Pikachu? What's that?" Ash bent and took the paper from his Pokemon's mouth, "Oh man. The red R.quot;
"What?!" Misty quickly snatched it from his hands, "What usually goes up but now has gone down? Your luck, little twerp-os! We've got Togepi now!" Misty shot up straight as a board, her hands stiffening and the paper fluttering down onto the sand, "Oh my God. Togepi!" her eyes rolled back in her head and she collapsed into Ash's arms.
"Misty! Misty, wake up!" Ash shook her shoulders.
"Pikachu-pi!" Pikachu pulled her arm, "Pikachu-pi, pika cha!"
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"My Togepi. My Togepi. My Togepi," Misty clutched a pillow against her chest and sat with her eyes wide open, staring at nothing, "My poor, defenseless, baby Togepi."
"Misty, it's OK. We'll find your Togepi and Yuu-Yuu's Pichu too," Rachel looked helplessly at Misty as her eyes started watering, "Please don't cry, Misty. You'll get me all misty."
"Why is that?" Misty glanced over at her, eyes and complexion turning red.
"It really gets me down…to see my friends hurting," one wet mark made its way down her face, but she vigorously rubbed it away, "So, just don't cry, OK? We'll find your Togepi."
"What about my Pichu?" Yuu-Yuu peeked around the doorframe.
"We'll find her Togepi and your Pichu too. After all, if Team Rocket stole both of them, they'll have them both. Probably together, knowing them," Rachel nodded slowly and stood up, "I think I'll go for a walk. I'll keep my eyes and ears open for any sign of them. See you later guys," Rachel waited until she was on the boardwalk to start sniffing and tearing up.
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Skiff kicked up a huge wash of sand, "Why did it have to be Yuu-Yuu's Pichu? Why couldn't it have been someone else's? Someone with more experience as a trainer, someone a little older, someone who could handle this better, someone-"
"Someone who isn't this close to you and someone you don't care about as much?" Ash walked along beside him, his arms folded behind his back.
"If you're trying to make a joke, it isn't working," Skiff hissed a bit.
"Sorry," Ash apologized nervously.
"Pika," Pikachu nodded from his shoulder.
"It's fine," Skiff shook his head and looked down while walking.
"Far-fetch'd far!" his Farfetch'd trotted along beside him.
"You know something?" Skiff stopped to laugh, "You were actually right!"
Ash started laughing crazily, causing Pikachu to jump down to avoid getting laughed off. He stood right beside his leg, not taking any chances. Farfetch'd spotted a careless baby Goldeen, deciding it looked good, even without a side of Weedle or Caterpie. He sauntered down to the water and smacked the Goldeen over the head with his leek. Pikachu felt sorry for the poor little Water- type and had to look away. He heard the oddest of noises, quickly looking back and seeing no Farfetch'd.
"Pikachu! Pika-cha! Pika-pi!" Pikachu shrieked and bit down on Ash's ankle.
"Yeow!" Ash swatted him back, "Why'd you bite me, Pikachu?!"
"Pika! Pika-pika-chu!" he pointed off to the side and at the water, "Pika chu!" he bent his ears to look like the feathers on Farfetch'd's head and pulled out his nose to make a beak, "Pika-chi pikachu! Pi-pi-pikachu!"
"Farfetch'd!" Skiff sprang into the air, "No! Not Farfetch'd!"
"Pikachu!" Pikachu ran to the water's edge, plucking a bottle from the sand, "Pika-pi! Pi-pika cha!"
"Let me see that!" Skiff yanked it from Pikachu's paws and stared at the red R's circling the outside of the bottle, "Oh no! Oh no, oh no, oh no!" he pried it open and pulled out a note with the red R on it, "To you this may sound a bit farfetched, but truth be told, we've stolen Farfetch'd!" Skiff fell over flat on his face, hacking into the sand.
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"This is very strange," Mizu pondered the Pokemon kidnappings, "Team Rocket has never, ever been able to get anything done right before."
"That's what I told Misty right before they got her Togepi," Ash moaned.
"What are we going to do?!" Misty bawled, "I won't leave this island without my Togepi! I can't!"
"What about my baby Pichu?!" Yuu-Yuu wailed, "I can't just leave him with that wretched Team Rocket!"
"My poor Farfetch'd!" Skiff cried, "They're gonna boil him up and eat him! I just know it!"
"Eev ee," Vovo looked over them sadly.
Eevy walked silently to the bar at the edge of the cliffs, looking down at the water, "Don't worry you three. We'll get your Pokemon back before we leave today. I promise."
"You should be promising something," Peter grumbled to himself while looking through the periscope in Team Rocket's Remoraid sub, "Promising to die quick and easy."
"How much longer are we going to sit here?" Jaz coughed, "It's getting cramped and stuffy."
"I think I'm turning claustrophobic," James whined, shivering in the back corner.
"How 'bout claw-stroke-phobic?" Meowth dragged his claws across James' face, "Stop ya' whinin'! We'll all get cha' broiled if ya' don't shut 'ep!"
"Would you please…for the love of flames…and your own bodies…stop with the fighting!" Peter growled as he turned around.
"Yes, sir," Meowth nodded over and over again.
"No problem!" James agreed quickly.
"Thank you," Peter nodded while turning back around and staring up, "No Medira. This is perfect timing. Ready your Rocket Rockets," he stepped back, "And wait for my signal."
"Far-fetch'd far!" Farfetch'd squirmed around in the bag he'd been stuffed into, "Far-farfetch'd!"
"Pichu-pi! Pi-chu-chu-pi!" Pichu let out a bit of a Thundershock into the jar he was in, "Pi-chu-pi!"
"Togi-togi-pii!" no one could tell if Togepi even knew she was kidnapped, "Togi-tog-togi-togi togi-piii!"
Will crossed his arms and legs as he sat on the bench, suddenly sitting up straight, "Will. Hey, Will!" Luri waved her hand in front of his face, "Oh. I get it now," it clicked after a second, "A premonition."
Will came-to a few seconds later, shaking himself straight and blinking hard, "Eevy," he looked slowly to his right and at Eevy, "Eevy! Get away from the edge!" he sprang to his feet and started running.
"Hey! Hey! Hey, wait for me!" Luri jumped up behind him.
"Hmm?" Eevy turned around to tilt an eyebrow at Will, "What's your problem?" she leaned backwards against the bar.
"Get away from the edge!" he tripped up and she just shook it off.
"Fire at will," Peter paused, "As in the inclination, not William."
"No problem!" Cassidy laughed wildly, "Rocket Rockets deploy!"
Eevy paused at the explosion from behind her, turning just in time to see the ground she was standing on disappear from beneath her feet. The chain holding her Poke'Balls flew off, snagging on a rock below her. She snatched a jagged stone, holding tight and shivering. She took a deep breath, sighing.
"Eevy!" Lance flailed to the edge, "My God! Are you all right?!"
"Eevee-eev, eevee!" Vovo wailed helplessly down to her.
"I'm fine!" she called up, gripping the edge harder, "Thanks for the warning, Will. Too bad I didn't take it…"
"Damn. I missed," Cassidy snickered, "Oh well. I'll get 'em with the next shot."
"There's another one coming!" Luri called, "Get out of there!"
"And where, exactly, am I supposed to go?!" Eevy shrieked as the next shot hit the cliff to her right.
"Your aim bites!" Jen snapped from behind Cassidy, "Are you aiming for the cliff or the girl?!"
"Shut up!" Cassidy slapped her back, "You're screwing up my concentration!"
"What concentration?" Domino puffed from behind.
"All right!" Lance thundered, "Who's shooting what and why?!"
"You'd all just better prepare for trouble!"
"And while you're at it, you should make it double!"
"We're shooting rockets to infect the world with devastation!"
"We're shooting to blight all people in every nation!"
"Oh, come on," Eusine slapped his own forehead.
"Do you guys ever quit it with the motto?" Mizu crossed her arms.
"No! Now…To denounce the goodness of truth and love!"
"To extend our wrath to the stars above!"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Butch!"
"Cassidy!"
"Jen!"
"Jaz!"
"Mondo!"
"Domino!"
"Domino?" Morty whispered.
"Jaz?" Lisle also questioned.
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight, fight, fight, fight!"
"Meowth!"
"Persian!"
"Rat-I-cate!"
"Mur krow murk!"
"How disgustingly pathetic," Peter moaned from behind them.
"You!" Eevy spat after hearing his voice, "You've got gall interrupting my vacation!"
"Boohoo for you," Peter laughed and grinned, "Rockets, please step aside. I've got some unfinished business to attend to," he stepped up between them and pushed Jaz to a certain spot, "I need your shadow. Be still," he melted into Jaz's shaking silhouette and ran across the water and up the cliff.
"Eevy!" Misty cried, "He's coming for you! Look out!"
"And, again, where am I supposed to go?!" Eevy dug her boots into the cliff as his shadow made its way towards her, "My Poke'Balls!" she looked down at her Poke'Ball chain, swinging in the rush of the sea breeze.
"Now then," Peter's shadow stopped on the cliffs beside her, not becoming solid, "You don't want to hang on, do you?"
"What?!" she snapped, "Come on! Go 3D and face me like a real man and not the shadow of a coward you are!"
"Now, now, now. Let's not be hasty. Just hear me out," he started traveling in circles around her, "Think, Evangelina. Think of the good you'll do your friends by letting go."
"Are you stoned?" she cracked, reaching for her Poke'Balls, but they were way too far away.
"Listen! Think of the mistakes you've made, Evangelina," he seemed to have her attention now, absorbing the white from her eyes with black, "You wasted a week of your could-have-been relationship with Lance fighting over it. Your Espeon broke his leg because you wanted through the woods. Your Pokemon bare cuts from battles to earn you your current placement."
"That's…true," Eevy's head tilted to the side.
"Don't listen to him!" Lance shouted down, "I'm not angry in any fashion about that! You know it! I've told you that before! Don't let him play his mind games with you!"
"Don't fall for it, Eevy!" Tracey shouted down.
"Your Pokemon fight for you, not just because you order them to!" Ash looked desperately over the edge.
"Ignore them," Peter was warping her just like he had Medira, "You gave up your Ditto and broke your Eevee's heart, as well as your own if I'm correct. You nearly let your Eevee drown in the Gladiola River. You've broken the promises for Minor Master and Mistress positions you made to your friends. Why not let go? You'll never have to make up for the mistakes you've made and Lance can find a new girl; someone who won't slap him for trying to protect her. Let go, angel-girl."
Peter slipped away and Eevy blinked, clearing her vision, "If I let go, I won't have to worry about fixing what I've messed up."
"Don't say that!" Morty called down, "Don't let go!"
"I can make their lives easier…" she closed her eyes.
"Eevee! Eevee-eev!" Vovo's eyes started spilling over and Ash's Poke'Dex activated, "Don't leave me! Eevy!"
Eevy swallowed and looked up, "I can fix things. And only by letting go!"
"No! Don't let go!" Ash sprang to the edge, "Hang on, Eevy!"
Eevy took in a deep breath, pulled her boots from the cliff, and let go, pushing off as she fell, "Damn you, Evangelina!" Lance shouted, watching her fall, "No!"
"I don't believe it," Sooney started hyperventilating and shaking, "We've lost her."
"She actually let go," Morty fell to his knees, "My sister."
"Eevy's gone. She killed herself," Eusine fell flat on his face.
"No," Lance fell backwards, sitting down stunned, "No. This just can't happen," he shook his head, eyes wide open, "No! After everything I went through, she went and did that! Didn't she care about herself enough not to do that?" he leaned forward, covering his eyes in his hands and put his elbows on his propped-up knees.
"I don't believe she did that," Mizu quaked.
"She actually listened to Peter," Lisle swallowed hard.
"Before she would even listen to us," Yuu-Yuu sniffed.
"At least, she achieved her dream before she-" Skiff started coughing and turned away.
"Eevy!" Vovo started bawling, "Why'd you leave me? Why did you leave me behind?"
"I thought I knew her better," Luri looked down and away.
"I never picked up any such intentions from her before now," Will swallowed and sat down, "I didn't save her."
"After all the things we did to save her, she did that," Ash pulled his cap down.
"Rubeus stole my Pokemon and the life of my friend," Misty sniffed.
"I just don't believe it," Brock gaped, "It's just…No."
"I got her! I got her! I got her! I got her! I got her!" Peter cheered as he stood on top of the Remoraid sub, "I got her!"
"Eevy," Lance broke down and just sat there, "Why did you listen to Rubeus? After what you said to Medira. Why?"
"Why did my Mistress leave me?" Vovo curled up in a tight little ball and shook, "Why did she do that? Why has she forgotten me?"
Everyone but Peter started sniffling. Even Team Rocket started blubbering a bit. Peter tilted his eyebrow at that, not realizing the Rockets actually cared about anyone or anything but themselves.
"That's just so sad!" James wailed and ran to the other end of the sub.
"Why'd you fire so close?!" Jen cracked Cassidy in the back of the head.
"You're the one that wasn't trying to stop me!" Cassidy barked back.
Butch leaned against the fin of the Remoraid and blinked hard, "I feel…horrible."
"Did we really…" Jaz stumbled backwards, "…really kill her?"
"I think I'm gonna faint," Domino choked up and fell over face-first.
"That poor girl," Jessie sat and pulled her knees to her chin, "She hand looks and everything."
"I'm Mondo all right. Mondo cruel," Mondo sniffed from behind the Remoraid fin.
"Why'd we have ta' go 'n fire on 'em?" Meowth's eyes bubbled over.
"Even if they could be considered our enemies in a way…it was still cruel," Persian sniffled.
"Rat I cate…" Raticate nodded.
"Mur krow-krow murk," Murkrow looked down.
Lance saw black boots stop in front of him. Medira. He thought about looking up and hissing at her that her precious Peter had just killed his Evangelina, but decided against it. That was definitely not what the Champion Mistress would have wanted. A hand took his chin and pushed his face up. He blinked quickly, choking.
"Do not mourn for me, if I have not truly died."
Peter stopped dead in the middle of his cheering. Heads shot up and gasps went out. Team Rocket twitched nervously. Everyone stared as if they were seeing a ghost.
"But you just-" Lance cut himself off, "You let go."
"No I didn't," Eevy crossed her arms behind her back, "Well…I did, but I had to get my Poke'Balls some how. I let go of my handhold and caught the chain my Poke'Balls were on," she whipped it around beside her, "Silly people! You didn't really think I'd kill myself," she threw her Sun Ball into the air, "Did you?"
"I-I…" Lance put his hands through her hair, staring into her eyes, "Thank you," he threw his arms around her waist, "Thank you for not leaving me."
She let her head rest on his shoulder, "I won't leave you, or anyone. I want to make up for the mistakes I've made; to make everything right again. I'll keep my promises," she pulled away, "But only after Peter Rubeus has eaten dirt!"
"Oh really? And just what are you going to do without hurting Farfetch'd, Togepi and Pichu too?" Peter spit out his tongue, "I dare you to attack!"
"My Pichu!" Yuu-Yuu sprang into the air, "Don't hurt it Eevy!"
"Don't worry. I won't," Eevy enlarged a Poke'Ball.
Lance reached into his inside coat pocket, "You picked my pocket!" he burst, "That's-!"
"Go, Rage Ball! Draco, I choose you!" Eevy cut him off as the sides of his mouth fell down in utter surprise and aggravation, "Draco. Go down there and take back Farfetch'd, Pichu and Togepi."
"Berru! Berru!" Draco flapped his wings heavily and lifted into the air, zipping down towards Team Rocket.
"Oh my geez!" Jen shrieked as Draco zipped overhead, "He's got Farfetch'd!"
"Farfetch'd! Yeah!" Skiff jumped.
"That's great, Draco! Let Farfetch'd out and go get the other two!" Eevy watched Lance twitch as she commanded his Pokemon.
"Farfetch'd! My buddy!" Skiff's Pokemon flew to him and tossed his wings around his trainer, "All right!"
"He's coming back!" Jaz ducked and covered as he whipped on over, "No! Pichu!"
"Yay! Pichu!" Yuu-Yuu cried as her Pikachu Pre-Evolution fell from Draco's grasp and into hers, "Pichu!"
"Go get Togepi, Draco!" Eevy called, "Then Team Rocket's gonna blast off…"
"My Togepi!" Mondo pulled the bottle Togepi was in out of Draco's line of flight, "You're not getting it!"
"Hand it over, you little brat!" Misty hissed, now thoroughly enraged, "Give back my Togepi, right this minute!"
"Draco! Max speed! Get back Misty's Togepi!" Eevy snorted, "Knock them flying if you have to!"
"Berruuu!" Draco sped up, snatching Mondo and pulling him into the air before prying Togepi from him and dropping him back to the sub.
"All right, Draco!" Misty clapped as the Dragon carefully handed the Egg Pokemon to her, "You saved my Togepi!"
"Ash, I'm going to need your Pikachu," Eevy fumed and stared down at Peter.
"Why?" Ash cocked his head.
"Pikachu pika," Pikachu put one ear up and one ear down.
"Just do it!" Eevy ordered.
"All right! Geez," Ash picked Pikachu up, "You do whatever Eevy tells you and be careful."
"Pi-pikachu!" Pikachu saluted and hopped onto Eevy's shoulder.
"OK, Pikachu! Here we go!" Eevy balanced on the edge and tossed Pikachu into the air, "Hit me with your best Thunder attack, now, Pikachu!"
"Are you insane?!" Ash flipped out from behind her.
"PikaCHU!" Pikachu let out a roar of thunder.
Thunder started rumbling, wind started blowing, and lighting struck around the group. No one could tell if this was Pikachu or one of Eevy's psychic storms. Some lightning that hit the ground merely crackled, causing no damage. Others left huge holes and crevasses. The center whip, coming straight down from Pikachu, lit straight into Eevy. She simply stood, and took the shot dead on.
"She's nuts!" Mizu shrieked, "She's gonna be crispy when she comes out of there!"
"No!" Will shouted over the sudden explosion that came, "She's using Pikachu's electrical force to power her psychic storms! If anything, she'll come out feeling like a million bucks!"
The electricity started sparking even more than it already was, twisting and whirling in as Eevy absorbed every bit she could. Arms outstretched, eyes closed and head leaned back, she stood flowing with electric power. Pikachu flopped to the ground behind her as the sky darkened. She dropped her hands to her sides and put her head up. She slowly opened her eyes, showing a bright white.
"You want my position, Rubeus?" she questioned calmly, putting her arm above her head, "Then come and take it from me."
She brought her arm straight down and out, letting lose a funnel of electricity. As Team Rocket well knew by that time, water conducts electricity. And, too bad for them, they were still standing on their Remoraid sub in the middle of the water; as was Peter. The thunder hit, exploding on contact. With all the flames and the sudden hit, the Rocket Rockets were set off as well, blowing Team Rocket sky-high. Peter had managed to slip to shadow form and get away just in time, traveling off to the side and onto the beach, where he ducked into the palm tree forest. Team Rocket had no time to comment, simply screaming…
"Team Rocket's been blasted off again!"
Eevy's arm sunk back to her side and she slipped to her knees, propping herself up with her arms, "What a wicked feeling," she muttered and looked down at her right hand as the sparking slowly stopped.
"Are you all right?!" Lance slid to a stop beside her, "You didn't hurt yourself, did you?"
"I'm perfectly fine," she flipped to sit right, "I'm sorry I scared you guys. I really didn't mean it. I thought you saw me snag the chain."
"Don't scare me like that ever again," Lance wrapped his arms around her shoulders from her right, "I thought you went and left me."
"Let me in there!" Vovo slammed him out of the way, "Eevy!"
"Vovo!" Eevy squeezed him as he knocked her over and licked her face.
"I thought you'd forgotten all about me!" he rubbed his head on her chin.
"I could never forget you, Vovo! You're my one of my very best friends!" she heard slight growls, "…My best Pokemon friends."
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"Are you sad to leave?" Medira stepped up beside Eevy.
"Partially. But I'll be happy to see home again too," Eevy smiled back at her.
"I'm sorry…a-about Peter before."
"You had no control over it, Medira. It's not your fault."
"Sometimes I wonder," she crossed her arms and watched Mandarin Island getting smaller and smaller in the distance.
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