"Let's Save Her!"
Back at the Plateau, the Elite Four were trying to confirm exactly which hideout Rosella had been taken to. They thought it seemed hopeless since none of them were coming up with any brilliant ideas, but then Agatha thought of something. Soon after, a thought dawned on her, and she rushed to tell the others her idea.
When she found them she exclaimed, "I believe I know which hideout Team Rocket took Rosella to!"
Lance asked, "Really, which one?"
Agatha replied, "They've taken her to their hideout near Viridian."
Now Bruno asked, "How do you know that?"
Agatha replied, "We've known for a while that their Viridian hideout is their main one, so it would make sense that they took her there."
"Agatha's right." Lorelei said.
"She sure is, so let's go rescue her." Lance said.
After that conversation, the Elite Four and ran of the League Headquarters and headed toward Team Rocket's hideout to rescue Rosella. When they arrived at the hideout, they went around to the back of the building to avoid being noticed, and found a small open window that was just about big enough for everyone to climb through, except Bruno. So they decided that it would be best if he stayed outside and made sure the rockets didn't close the window and trap the other members inside.
Once inside the rocket hideout, the Elite decided that the best way for them to find Rosella was if they split up to search the hideout. The Elite all agreed and said that they would meet back up at the window entrance in an hour, then they split up and went separate ways. I decided to test my theory about the rockets holding Rosella in a jail cell. So he figured that the detention block must be on one of the lower levels. I found a set of old, creaky stairs that were stable and led to the detention block. I entered the block and looked around. It was very gloomy there were rows of jail cells ranging from Cell A to Cell Z, and across from the cells there was a large key ring that held the keys to the cells. I couldn't do much right off, because I saw five grunts guarding the key rings. I knew that I was going to need the keys, so I walked out into the open and as soon as they saw me five battles ensued. The grunts were too easy to defeat and they all ran off after these battles. With the grunts out of the way, I turned back to the task at hand. I walked over and examined the keys hoping for a clue to which cell Rosella was in. I was about to give up when I noticed that two of the keys on the ring weren't as dusty as the others. These two keys looked like they had been used recently, so I reached up and took them off the key ring. Now that I had the keys, I examined them and noticed that there was a letter K engraved into both of them.
I figured that my best bet would be to find Cell K because I thought, "That might very well be the cell she's being held in."
I finally found it and peered through the bars and saw a figure lying on a small, makeshift bed. I wanted to find out who this person was, so I inserted the large key in the lock and turned it. To my surprise, I heard a click, as the door slowly swung open. When the door was open I walked into the cell and the moment that I did that, I recognized the person immediately. It was Rosella I had found her at long last! I went over to the bed and I saw the chain that was mounted into the wall and the wrist chain that was fastened around her right wrist. No doubt about it, these rockets had made extra sure that Rosella couldn't escape them. I decided that I should unlock the chain that was around her wrist, since her wrist was probably getting pretty sore, and the chain didn't look at all comfortable. So I took the second key and placed it in the lock on the chain and was about to turn it, when Rosella stirred and woke up.
She was about to ask me a question, so I shushed her gently and whispered "Rosella, I'm going to get you out of here."
After I told her that, I went back to the lock on the chain and this time I turned the key and removed the chain from around her wrist. I noticed that her wrist was incredibly swollen, and it probably hurt too. Now that she was free of that wretched chain, I figured it was time to get her out of this gloomy place. So I gathered her things and slung her backpack over my shoulder. I noticed that she still had all of her Pokemon, and that was a piece of good luck. Next I scooped her up in my arms and carried her out of the dungeon. I managed to get her out of the hideout using the same route my friends and I had used to get into the place. As soon as I emerged from the hideout, Bruno ran over and seeing that I had Rosella nodded his head in approval of a wonderful rescue operation Lance had pulled off. Not long after Lance had taken me to safety, the other Elite members followed suit and exited the building in the same way I had with Rosella. Now that everyone was outside, it was decided that it was best to leave the vicinity of the Rocket HQ. As soon as everyone was a good distance away from the building, it happened. Just as Lance and Rosella were passing a tree, an alarm sounded.
My friends yelled to me, "Go on ahead Lance, we'll buy you some time."
I ran with Rosella and practically crashed into one of the league servants.
I exclaimed, "Antonio, what on earth are you doing here?"
Antonio looked up saw Lance, and almost fainted from shock before he answered, "I was just running an errand for Agatha."
"I see." Lance said.
Then Lance said "Antonio, do me a favor and take Rosella back to the league, and when you get there please put an ice pack on her wrist to stop the swelling."
Antonio replied, "I'll do that."
I looked down at the precious bundle I was carrying, "Rosella, go with him," I said as I set her down. Antonio then took her left hand being mindful of her swollen right wrist. Now that I had placed Rosella under Antonio's care, I ran back to help my friends. When my friends saw me they ran over and asked, "Where's Rosella?"
I replied, "I ran into Antonio, so I sent her with him since I figured we'd be up to our neck in rocket agents anyway."
"Good idea, Lance! You were taking steps to protect her from being captured again and that was a good move." Bruno said.
As soon as I finished talking to Bruno we were attacked, by the same three agents that had attacked us in the Ilex Forest. Agatha decided to sit this one out, since she felt a little tired. After-all Agatha was the eldest of the Elite Four. The other members agreed on that, on the condition that she kept an eye out for more rockets.
The Executives were the first to make a move, and when they did it resulted in a battle. Executive 1 yelled, "Go, Muk!"
Next Executive 2 yelled, "Go, Weezing!"
Then last but certainly not least Executive 3 yelled, "Go, Arbok!"
Bruno paired up against the executive with the Weezing, while Lorelei, was paired against the Arbok, and Lance well he got paired against the Muk. Just his luck!
Bruno yelled, "Go, Hitmonchan!"
Next Lorelei yelled, "Go, Jynx!"
Then last but certainly not least, Lance yelled "Go Dragonite!"
The Executives saw these different kinds of Pokemon and they became very nervous.
Shakily Executive 1 yelled, "Muk, use sludge bomb attack!"
Lance countered this attack and yelled, "Dragonite, double-team and then use outrage!"
As it did in the Ilex Forest, it knocked the Muk senseless and fainted it with one stroke.
Next it was Bruno's turn to battle, he yelled "Hitmonchan, thunder punch attack!"
He caught the Executive off-guard and before he could issue an order, his Pokemon was down and out for the count.
Finally Lorelei was up against the last and final executive, she wanted to make it three for three so she said, "Jynx, use your Ice Beam attack!"
Ice Beam hit Arbok and knocked it out with one hit.
After the battle, the Executives ran back to their headquarters to heal their Pokemon.
Now that the executives were taken care of it was time to head back to the league and meet back up with Rosella.
When we all arrived at the league headquarters, we went inside and located Rosella.
We found Rosella sitting on a chair with an ice pack on her wrist.
The other members saw her wrist and they gasped in disbelief.
They couldn't believe Team Rocket had done that to her.
The swelling had gone down, but her wrist would still be sore for several days.
Antonio then came in and wrapped a thin layer of gauze around her wrist a couple of times to protect it so that it could heal.
Now that I had Rosella back in my company once again, I turned to my friends and said, "Well, thanks for your help everyone. I wish we could stay longer, but Rosella probably wants to hit the trails soon. So when Rosella leaves here I'm going with her, and hopefully team rocket won't go after her again."
Bruno then said, "Well, it was nice seeing you again Lance."
Then Lance said, "Goodbye everyone, we'll stop back by near the end of our journey, or possibly sooner if something comes up."
We left the building and I called out Aerodactyl and I took a place on its back, and then I pulled Rosella into my lap. I held her with one arm and onto Aerodactyl with the other. I told Aerodactyl to take us to Goldenrod City. Aerodactyl took us there, and we landed in front of the Pokemon Center. Now that we had landed we climbed off Aerodactyl's back, and I recalled him so as not to attract too much unwanted attention to myself.