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"I can't believe that little pipsqeak beat me, putting all of my Pokemon to sleep indeed." Giovanni complains.
"I'm sure once you capture a fire type here, you should be able to try again. The lady Celesta seemed very gracious despite how rude you were to her daughter." Deliah says.
"It's a good thing that you're my girlfriend, otherwise you'd have to be punished for having such a smart mouth." he told her.
"You're the lucky one, that I put up with you." Deliah jokes.
Giovanni smiled. "Nice. Now you're getting the hang of things. Come on, let's head towards the mountain." he says.
"Madame Boss, we have followed the young man and his girlfriend into the Safari Zone. He failed to acquire the Rainbowbadge and is here to capture a Pokemon strong enough to beat her." the young worker whispered into a nearby telephone.
"Good work. I was told his adversary was there as well. Make sure the two of them meet again; I am anticapating another battle between them." Mai says.
"What about our men on the mountain? They say they think they are close to capturing the mysterious Moltres. We have already found it's nest; it must be close by." he told her.
"Excellent. You never fail to impress me with your good work. Yes, by all means, continue on with the Moltres project and tell the group that they are not allowed to return until Moltres is captured unless they wish to incur my wrath." Mai says.
"Yes, madame boss!!" he exclaims.
"Nine, nine!" Blaine's Ninetales cried, as it helped him start a fire in the middle of a rock pile he had made.
"Good job there, Ninetales. You are quite the torchbearer." Blaine says, petting him.
I pulled out a small package of marshmellows for the three of us to toast and looked over at Girarudan, who was studying his various Pokemon cards intently. I wasn't sure what to think of him.Even though it was unlikely we would even see Moltres, I didn't think his plan to capture him was such a good one. From what I knew of the legendary birds, there were very few of them in the world and some were extinct from what I've heard. I've only heard of a few sightings in my lifetime, and even those were skeptical. I admit I came to see Moltres too, but I would never dream of capturing him.
The three of us turned as we hears a muffled cry in the distance.
"What was that?" I ask.
"It sounds like an injuried Pokemon." Blaine says.
Girarudan stayed behind to watch the campsite as Blaine and I went to check out what the noise was. What we found was a larger than average Kingler looming over a Pokemon a quarter of it's size, that was roaring loudly at him.
"Samuel, I think that's a Charmeleon and I think it's injuried." Blaine says.
I stared at the large crab Pokemon that was attacking him, unaware that water types normally attacked land creatures unprovoked. There wasn't any water close by, so I couldn't imagine where it had come from. I soon had my answer as I heard a couple nearby bickering, obviously the owners of the Kingler.
"Leave him alone, Giovanni! It's not right for you to unleash Kingler on him." Delaih shouts.
Giovanni lashed out the arm Deliah has latched herself to, causing her to fall roughly to the ground.
"Don't interfere in my plans, Deliah. I grow weary of your interruptions!" he shouts at her.
"Giovanni, you leave that Charmeleon alone!" I shout.
Giovanni smirked. "Well, well, if it isn't my rival, Samuel Oak. Surely you don't believe that if you follow me around, that you'll get to share in my glory once I become a Pokemon master?" Giovanni laughs.
"The only thing that you'll ever achieve is being a failure as a human being." I tell him.
"You have a lot of nerve talking to me that way. Why don't we settle this with a Pokemon battle?" Giovanni says.
"That's fine with me." I say.
Before either of us could pull out our pokeballs, I looked over at Deliah, who was being approached by the injuried Charmeleon. She didn't seem frightened by it, but I wasn't about to take any chances. I pulled out one of the Ultra Balls I had recently bought and threw it at the creature. The Charmeleon looked at the ball and grunted as I made the capture. Returning to my hand, the ball shook violently before finally coming to rest.
"What a coward's way to get out of a battle!" Giovanni says.
"I never said I was backing out. I'm ready." I told him.
"What do we see made, but never see after it's made?" Blaine asks.
Deliah stood and walked over to Giovanni.
"A riddle?? Hmm, that's a good one...I have no idea." Deliah says.
"The answer is a noise. I heard another one. We need to hide." Blaine says.
Giovanni frowned, but recalled his Kingler as the four of us hid in some nearby bushes. Giovanni pulled out a pair of binoculars.
"It looks like that guy I bumped into in Celadon City. It seems there's quite a few of his friends here too." he says.
"You bumped into someone?" Delaih asks, not quite remembering.
"Yes. He said he was from Team Rocket. I was going to battle him, but he refused. I wonder what they're here for?" he asks.
"They're probably here to capture Moltres just as I am." Girarudan says, walking up to them.
"Moltres?! There's a legendary bird up here in the mountains?!" Giovanni shouts.
"I realize that we haven't been properly introduced, but you need to keep your voice down." Blaine told Giovanni.
"And who are you to order me around anyway?" Giovanni asks.
"What is the largest room in the world?" Blaine asks.
"Another riddle?!" Giovanni groans.
"The answer is room for improvement, and you, my friend, are surely in need of it." Blaine told him.
We all fell silent as we sensed the Rockets looming closer, armed with flashlights.
"I can't believe the boss won't let us come back until we capture that bird. There's no way we'll ever succeed." one guy says.
He was promptly and brutally slapped for this comment, reeling from the impact.
"You are not worthy of being a member of Team Rocket. It's no wonder the boss is looking to replace you. Now get moving." another says.
"Wow. They don't screw around." I whisper.
We all looked up as the sky grew even darker than it was already, the echo of some immense creature's cry piercing the landscape. I covered my ears and tried to shout out to whomever could hear me, the five of us trying desperately to stay put under the sudden wind that threatened to expose us to our enemy. Looking up, I realized what had caused it to get so dark.
"Moltres..." I whisper.
My mouth fell open as the great bird made it's appearance over all of us, making even the Rockets gasp in surprise at it's appearance. Overwhelmed by the sight of Moltres, the Rockets fumbled with their plans of capturing it for a second, before several of them knelt down with large cannons strapped to their backs.
"Fire!!" their leader shouted.
All of the sudden, the sky was filled with large nets aimed at capturing Moltres, which it prompted torched with it's fire attacks. Undaunted, another team of Rockets began to fire poison barbs at the fire type, hoping to weaken it. This plan was slightly more successful, as Moltres cried out from the pain they inflicted. Looking back at Girarudan, it looked as though he wanted to help the Rockets, but knew we were against him particapating. Deliah and Giovanni were only watching, afraid to do anything, but Blaine and I were too angry not to do something.
"Blaine, we need to help." I told him.
"Yes, but I think we're outnumbered." he told me.
"Not if Giovanni and Girarudan help too...I know you want to catch it too, but this...this is just wrong. Please help us." I ask them.
Deliah looked back and forth between her boyfriend and the collector, who reluctantly nodded. Giovanni, however, would not respond, so she decided to take matters into her own hands. She reached into Giovanni's pockets and pulled out his pokeballs.
"I'll help too." Deliah says.
Giovanni snorted. "You people are a lost cause." he says.
Ignoring him, we released all of our Pokemon into battle. We had many. I had Pidgeot, Arbok, Hypno, Polywhirl, Pinsir, Kangashkan and my new Charmeleon, who refused to return when I had released it by mistake. Deliah had Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Kingler, Graveler, and Machoke, Blaine had Ninetales and Girarudan had Sandslash, Electrode and Rhyhorn, sixteen in all.
It was at this time that the Rockets finally noticed us and released their Pokemon to battle us. They had an assortment of poison types, mostly Vileplumes, Weezings and evolved Nidorans. Our team of Pokemon were more than happy to battle theirs without us having to issue commands.
Girarudan, seeing how distracted Team Rocket was, decided he was going to capture Moltres himself. He and Giovanni had made their way to the highest point of the mountain and Girarudan was holding a electronic device in his hands that he said would allow him to catch Moltres.
What they hadn't expected to find as Girarudan began to fire up his device was my Charmeleon.
"Protecting Moltres, are you? I guess I'll have to try this out on you first." Girarudan says.
Girarudan didn't have a chance as Charmeleon grabbed the device and crushed in hi shands. Roaring in anger, they both gasped as Charmeleon was consumed by a bright white light, evolving into the much larger form of Charizard. She engulfed them both with her Ember attack, causing Girarudan to run away in fright and then she noticed Giovanni had fallen over the side of the cliff.
Having won our battle against the Rockets, who had retreated after much resistance, we ran over to the cliff where Giovanni was hanging on for dear life. He was silently groaning in his fear of falling, but was too proud to ask for help. My newly evolved Charizard wanted to help, but it was her wings that were injuried.
"Deliah, grab Girarudan's pokeballs, he's abandoned his Pokemon." he shouts to her.
"Why don't you ask for help?" I ask him, offering it anyway.
He slapped my hands away. "I'd rather die first!" he told me.
Deliah was crying now, and I felt sorry for her. He was such an insensitive bastard for not caring about her feelings. We all gasped as we saw his grip slipping.
"Giovanni, no!" Deliah shouts.
That was the last sound that all of us heard just before the sky darkened again with Moltres' presense, some kind of brillant light blinding us all and causing us to all lose consciousness...
"I can't believe that little pipsqeak beat me, putting all of my Pokemon to sleep indeed." Giovanni complains.
"I'm sure once you capture a fire type here, you should be able to try again. The lady Celesta seemed very gracious despite how rude you were to her daughter." Deliah says.
"It's a good thing that you're my girlfriend, otherwise you'd have to be punished for having such a smart mouth." he told her.
"You're the lucky one, that I put up with you." Deliah jokes.
Giovanni smiled. "Nice. Now you're getting the hang of things. Come on, let's head towards the mountain." he says.
"Madame Boss, we have followed the young man and his girlfriend into the Safari Zone. He failed to acquire the Rainbowbadge and is here to capture a Pokemon strong enough to beat her." the young worker whispered into a nearby telephone.
"Good work. I was told his adversary was there as well. Make sure the two of them meet again; I am anticapating another battle between them." Mai says.
"What about our men on the mountain? They say they think they are close to capturing the mysterious Moltres. We have already found it's nest; it must be close by." he told her.
"Excellent. You never fail to impress me with your good work. Yes, by all means, continue on with the Moltres project and tell the group that they are not allowed to return until Moltres is captured unless they wish to incur my wrath." Mai says.
"Yes, madame boss!!" he exclaims.
"Nine, nine!" Blaine's Ninetales cried, as it helped him start a fire in the middle of a rock pile he had made.
"Good job there, Ninetales. You are quite the torchbearer." Blaine says, petting him.
I pulled out a small package of marshmellows for the three of us to toast and looked over at Girarudan, who was studying his various Pokemon cards intently. I wasn't sure what to think of him.Even though it was unlikely we would even see Moltres, I didn't think his plan to capture him was such a good one. From what I knew of the legendary birds, there were very few of them in the world and some were extinct from what I've heard. I've only heard of a few sightings in my lifetime, and even those were skeptical. I admit I came to see Moltres too, but I would never dream of capturing him.
The three of us turned as we hears a muffled cry in the distance.
"What was that?" I ask.
"It sounds like an injuried Pokemon." Blaine says.
Girarudan stayed behind to watch the campsite as Blaine and I went to check out what the noise was. What we found was a larger than average Kingler looming over a Pokemon a quarter of it's size, that was roaring loudly at him.
"Samuel, I think that's a Charmeleon and I think it's injuried." Blaine says.
I stared at the large crab Pokemon that was attacking him, unaware that water types normally attacked land creatures unprovoked. There wasn't any water close by, so I couldn't imagine where it had come from. I soon had my answer as I heard a couple nearby bickering, obviously the owners of the Kingler.
"Leave him alone, Giovanni! It's not right for you to unleash Kingler on him." Delaih shouts.
Giovanni lashed out the arm Deliah has latched herself to, causing her to fall roughly to the ground.
"Don't interfere in my plans, Deliah. I grow weary of your interruptions!" he shouts at her.
"Giovanni, you leave that Charmeleon alone!" I shout.
Giovanni smirked. "Well, well, if it isn't my rival, Samuel Oak. Surely you don't believe that if you follow me around, that you'll get to share in my glory once I become a Pokemon master?" Giovanni laughs.
"The only thing that you'll ever achieve is being a failure as a human being." I tell him.
"You have a lot of nerve talking to me that way. Why don't we settle this with a Pokemon battle?" Giovanni says.
"That's fine with me." I say.
Before either of us could pull out our pokeballs, I looked over at Deliah, who was being approached by the injuried Charmeleon. She didn't seem frightened by it, but I wasn't about to take any chances. I pulled out one of the Ultra Balls I had recently bought and threw it at the creature. The Charmeleon looked at the ball and grunted as I made the capture. Returning to my hand, the ball shook violently before finally coming to rest.
"What a coward's way to get out of a battle!" Giovanni says.
"I never said I was backing out. I'm ready." I told him.
"What do we see made, but never see after it's made?" Blaine asks.
Deliah stood and walked over to Giovanni.
"A riddle?? Hmm, that's a good one...I have no idea." Deliah says.
"The answer is a noise. I heard another one. We need to hide." Blaine says.
Giovanni frowned, but recalled his Kingler as the four of us hid in some nearby bushes. Giovanni pulled out a pair of binoculars.
"It looks like that guy I bumped into in Celadon City. It seems there's quite a few of his friends here too." he says.
"You bumped into someone?" Delaih asks, not quite remembering.
"Yes. He said he was from Team Rocket. I was going to battle him, but he refused. I wonder what they're here for?" he asks.
"They're probably here to capture Moltres just as I am." Girarudan says, walking up to them.
"Moltres?! There's a legendary bird up here in the mountains?!" Giovanni shouts.
"I realize that we haven't been properly introduced, but you need to keep your voice down." Blaine told Giovanni.
"And who are you to order me around anyway?" Giovanni asks.
"What is the largest room in the world?" Blaine asks.
"Another riddle?!" Giovanni groans.
"The answer is room for improvement, and you, my friend, are surely in need of it." Blaine told him.
We all fell silent as we sensed the Rockets looming closer, armed with flashlights.
"I can't believe the boss won't let us come back until we capture that bird. There's no way we'll ever succeed." one guy says.
He was promptly and brutally slapped for this comment, reeling from the impact.
"You are not worthy of being a member of Team Rocket. It's no wonder the boss is looking to replace you. Now get moving." another says.
"Wow. They don't screw around." I whisper.
We all looked up as the sky grew even darker than it was already, the echo of some immense creature's cry piercing the landscape. I covered my ears and tried to shout out to whomever could hear me, the five of us trying desperately to stay put under the sudden wind that threatened to expose us to our enemy. Looking up, I realized what had caused it to get so dark.
"Moltres..." I whisper.
My mouth fell open as the great bird made it's appearance over all of us, making even the Rockets gasp in surprise at it's appearance. Overwhelmed by the sight of Moltres, the Rockets fumbled with their plans of capturing it for a second, before several of them knelt down with large cannons strapped to their backs.
"Fire!!" their leader shouted.
All of the sudden, the sky was filled with large nets aimed at capturing Moltres, which it prompted torched with it's fire attacks. Undaunted, another team of Rockets began to fire poison barbs at the fire type, hoping to weaken it. This plan was slightly more successful, as Moltres cried out from the pain they inflicted. Looking back at Girarudan, it looked as though he wanted to help the Rockets, but knew we were against him particapating. Deliah and Giovanni were only watching, afraid to do anything, but Blaine and I were too angry not to do something.
"Blaine, we need to help." I told him.
"Yes, but I think we're outnumbered." he told me.
"Not if Giovanni and Girarudan help too...I know you want to catch it too, but this...this is just wrong. Please help us." I ask them.
Deliah looked back and forth between her boyfriend and the collector, who reluctantly nodded. Giovanni, however, would not respond, so she decided to take matters into her own hands. She reached into Giovanni's pockets and pulled out his pokeballs.
"I'll help too." Deliah says.
Giovanni snorted. "You people are a lost cause." he says.
Ignoring him, we released all of our Pokemon into battle. We had many. I had Pidgeot, Arbok, Hypno, Polywhirl, Pinsir, Kangashkan and my new Charmeleon, who refused to return when I had released it by mistake. Deliah had Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Kingler, Graveler, and Machoke, Blaine had Ninetales and Girarudan had Sandslash, Electrode and Rhyhorn, sixteen in all.
It was at this time that the Rockets finally noticed us and released their Pokemon to battle us. They had an assortment of poison types, mostly Vileplumes, Weezings and evolved Nidorans. Our team of Pokemon were more than happy to battle theirs without us having to issue commands.
Girarudan, seeing how distracted Team Rocket was, decided he was going to capture Moltres himself. He and Giovanni had made their way to the highest point of the mountain and Girarudan was holding a electronic device in his hands that he said would allow him to catch Moltres.
What they hadn't expected to find as Girarudan began to fire up his device was my Charmeleon.
"Protecting Moltres, are you? I guess I'll have to try this out on you first." Girarudan says.
Girarudan didn't have a chance as Charmeleon grabbed the device and crushed in hi shands. Roaring in anger, they both gasped as Charmeleon was consumed by a bright white light, evolving into the much larger form of Charizard. She engulfed them both with her Ember attack, causing Girarudan to run away in fright and then she noticed Giovanni had fallen over the side of the cliff.
Having won our battle against the Rockets, who had retreated after much resistance, we ran over to the cliff where Giovanni was hanging on for dear life. He was silently groaning in his fear of falling, but was too proud to ask for help. My newly evolved Charizard wanted to help, but it was her wings that were injuried.
"Deliah, grab Girarudan's pokeballs, he's abandoned his Pokemon." he shouts to her.
"Why don't you ask for help?" I ask him, offering it anyway.
He slapped my hands away. "I'd rather die first!" he told me.
Deliah was crying now, and I felt sorry for her. He was such an insensitive bastard for not caring about her feelings. We all gasped as we saw his grip slipping.
"Giovanni, no!" Deliah shouts.
That was the last sound that all of us heard just before the sky darkened again with Moltres' presense, some kind of brillant light blinding us all and causing us to all lose consciousness...