A large, expensive helicopter flew into view. Mewtwo watched it without
blinking, a fierce expression on his face. It was enough to cause the
other clones to cringe. Although Celitwo didn't pay too much attention to
him. Her eyes were also looked on the helicopter. She recognized it as
the one that had chased her to the point of exhaustion hardly a week ago.
{What's going on?} asked Jiratwo, nervously. {Who are they? I don't like them..... They feel evil.} She didn't get a response, the other two were too focused on the enemy.
There was a low groan from the ground under the helicopter. About a dozen all-terrain vehicles bearing the Team Rocket insignia rolled into view. All carried large and dangerous looking weapons, which were promptly aimed at the clones. Mewtwo could feel dark energy radiating from them.
"This isn't good...." he thought.
The top hatch of the helicopter opened and a platform was raised. On it stood the contender for the title of 'Most Evil Man in the World.' When Celitwo saw him she cringed back. Jiratwo darted behind her. Mewtwo stepped forward, shielding them from his former partner.
"Celebitwo, we meet again," said Giovanni. "But this time you will not escape."
"At least they still have no memory of me...." thought Mewtwo. Although that wasn't much of a consolation.
"And your friends are quite interesting," continued Giovanni with his usual arrogance.
{Go away!} exclaimed Jiratwo. But when Giovanni turned his gaze on her, she cringed back even further.
"Boss," said Domino, reporting to his via a microphone. "We have just finish the analysis of the other two pokemon. Their bio-signs are almost identical to Celebitwo. They are also clones."
"Now that is interesting....." muttered Giovanni. He opened his mouth to address the pokemon again. But before he could another sound caught his attention.
It was the sound of another mass of vehicles rumbling over the earth, somewhere to the extreme right of Team Rocket. It then seemed like an echo, because similar sounds started coming from the left.
It was long before those behind the massive transports made their appearance. To the right emerge Team Magma, lead by Maxie. She sat on top of a large, tank-like machine. It had massive wheels that gripped the earth, grinding rocks into powder. Several weapon's barrels poked out of tiny slits of windows on it. (AN/ For those of you who know of Lunar, picture the Dragonship Destiny from Lunar 2.) Several jeeps roared around it, all bearing the Magma insignia.
Team Aqua was the other group. Archie stood on top of a small, three person plane, between the wings. Two other planes flow besides him. These planes were normally designed to handle the breezes off of the ocean. Below them came a large armored truck, flanked by dirt bikes. It reverberated with the same dark power that the other two gangs' machines did. The clones eyed each new enemy up slowly, realizing they were in a lot of trouble.
"Archie!" snapped Maxie, the instant she saw him. "What brings your scum here?"
"I could ask the same thing, you two-faced witch!" he snapped right back. They're eyes met in the middle, right on the clones.
"So, you're after Jirachitwo?" asked Maxie, her voice full of contempt. "Well, it won't happen, because Jirachitwo is going to serve Team Magma."
"Over my dead body!" retorted Archie. "You'll have to fight Team Aqua first!"
{What do they want with me?} asked Jiratwo, with a slight whimper in her mental voice. {I don't like them.....}
{They're evil," answered Celitwo. She focused on Mewtwo. {We need to get out of here.}
{I do not know if we can,} he replied, though it seemed difficult for him to admit that. {If we move, they attack. I do not know if I am strong enough to hold them all off.}
"So, this is the infamous Team Aqua and Team Magma," said Giovanni, having to get his two-cents in. "How pathetic."
"No one asked Team Rocket!" replied Maxie, disdainfully. "Go back to your own league, with your petty schemes."
"We have important business!" shouted Archie.
"It seems we are all here for the same reason," said Giovanni, calmly. He had all reason to be calm. Half of his weapons had just shifted over to the other two gangs. "One of those pokemon is mine. It escaped from me, and I am here to reclaim it."
{I was never yours!} Celitwo practically spat. Her anger caused her to find her voice.
"It is a pity only one of us will be victorious," said Archie, his weapons swinging around to met Team Rocket's and Team Magma's. "Glory to Team Aqua!"
{I hope they kill each other,} muttered Mewtwo.
"It is about time I erased your filth from the earth!" snapped Maxie, urging her weaponists to be prepared to attack the others as well.
The air grew thick with unseen tension. The weapons were all at full power, ready to turn the charred clearing into a place full of dangerous cross fire. The clones stood alert, their eyes never lingering in one place long.
{What are we going to do?} asked Celitwo.
Mewtwo didn't answer. He was too busy summoning his powers. He knew it would be getting very dangerous in a few minutes. He began to glow slightly with his blue aura. That wasn't very reassuring to Celitwo.
"So, it seems the victor of our battle will walk away with three prizes?" asked Giovanni. Maxie and Archie looked back at the clones, after having temporarily forgotten they were there. "Assuming they don't escape when we are trying to 'eliminate' each other."
"Shut-up!" snapped Archie and Maxie.
{I want to leave.....} whispered Jiratwo.
{I think we are trapped,} muttered Celitwo. {What is going to happen to us?}
{Is they have their way.....it will not be good,} answered Mewtwo. His eyes seemed to focus on Giovanni more than the other two. Hatred like that is hard to forget.
"This is the day we put an end to Team Aqua," said Maxie, her eyes burning, not letting Archie out of her sight.
"It is you who will meet your end today," replied Archie, coldly. He gave an invisible command to his weaponists, and they positioned themselves to attack.
{Be ready,} said Mewtwo, his body glowing slightly still. {When they attack each other, we run.} Jiratwo nodded.
"I am sure we would all love to see the others fall," said Giovanni. "But the stakes are much higher."
"We don't care what Team Rocket has to say!" snapped Archie.
"But it is in your best interest," replied Giovanni. "I have a proposition. First, we deal with the pokemon, which is why all we came here. Between our three organizations' power, they won't stand a chance. Once they are subdued, we can split them among ourselves. Since there are three, it should work out nicely. After that we can carry out any threats made here today."
Mewtwo could not have shown a look with more venom in it. Celitwo just looked horrified, and Jiratwo was terrified.
{Is he always like that?} asked Jiratwo, with a shudder.
{I do not like this.....} said Mewtwo, drawing more of his own power out.
{The way he talks?} asked Jiratwo.
{Not that..... I do not think we can withstand attacks from all of them,} he answered.
{I'm not going back!} exclaimed Celitwo.
{Do you think they'd really split us up?} asked Jiratwo.
{I do not doubt it,} said Mewtwo. {They will all attack us. But once we are unconscious, they will betray each other. They are plotting it now.}
{What does that mean for us?} asked Celitwo.
{Absolutely nothing good,} said Mewtwo.
"I agree," said Maxie, after much consideration. "But all threats to my people must be held off until we have decided the fate of our clone."
"I agree too," added Archie, somewhat resentfully. "But when we are through with them, I am finishing Team Magma."
"Fair enough," said Giovanni with a smile that was simply sickening.
As if on an invisible command, all of the artillery turned away from the gangs and pointed at the clones.
"I should have killed you long ago," thought Mewtwo.
{Now what?} asked Jiratwo, her eyes wide.
{We are going to have to fight,} replied Mewtwo. Although the thought of those two fighting without any training made him cringe.
{I'm not going back....} moaned Celitwo, her eyes darting around more frantically than ever.
The gang leaders gave commands to their grunts. A moment later there was the unmistakable sound of weapons being readied. Another second later a wave of dark light shot at the clones, coming from all sides.
{What's going on?} asked Jiratwo, nervously. {Who are they? I don't like them..... They feel evil.} She didn't get a response, the other two were too focused on the enemy.
There was a low groan from the ground under the helicopter. About a dozen all-terrain vehicles bearing the Team Rocket insignia rolled into view. All carried large and dangerous looking weapons, which were promptly aimed at the clones. Mewtwo could feel dark energy radiating from them.
"This isn't good...." he thought.
The top hatch of the helicopter opened and a platform was raised. On it stood the contender for the title of 'Most Evil Man in the World.' When Celitwo saw him she cringed back. Jiratwo darted behind her. Mewtwo stepped forward, shielding them from his former partner.
"Celebitwo, we meet again," said Giovanni. "But this time you will not escape."
"At least they still have no memory of me...." thought Mewtwo. Although that wasn't much of a consolation.
"And your friends are quite interesting," continued Giovanni with his usual arrogance.
{Go away!} exclaimed Jiratwo. But when Giovanni turned his gaze on her, she cringed back even further.
"Boss," said Domino, reporting to his via a microphone. "We have just finish the analysis of the other two pokemon. Their bio-signs are almost identical to Celebitwo. They are also clones."
"Now that is interesting....." muttered Giovanni. He opened his mouth to address the pokemon again. But before he could another sound caught his attention.
It was the sound of another mass of vehicles rumbling over the earth, somewhere to the extreme right of Team Rocket. It then seemed like an echo, because similar sounds started coming from the left.
It was long before those behind the massive transports made their appearance. To the right emerge Team Magma, lead by Maxie. She sat on top of a large, tank-like machine. It had massive wheels that gripped the earth, grinding rocks into powder. Several weapon's barrels poked out of tiny slits of windows on it. (AN/ For those of you who know of Lunar, picture the Dragonship Destiny from Lunar 2.) Several jeeps roared around it, all bearing the Magma insignia.
Team Aqua was the other group. Archie stood on top of a small, three person plane, between the wings. Two other planes flow besides him. These planes were normally designed to handle the breezes off of the ocean. Below them came a large armored truck, flanked by dirt bikes. It reverberated with the same dark power that the other two gangs' machines did. The clones eyed each new enemy up slowly, realizing they were in a lot of trouble.
"Archie!" snapped Maxie, the instant she saw him. "What brings your scum here?"
"I could ask the same thing, you two-faced witch!" he snapped right back. They're eyes met in the middle, right on the clones.
"So, you're after Jirachitwo?" asked Maxie, her voice full of contempt. "Well, it won't happen, because Jirachitwo is going to serve Team Magma."
"Over my dead body!" retorted Archie. "You'll have to fight Team Aqua first!"
{What do they want with me?} asked Jiratwo, with a slight whimper in her mental voice. {I don't like them.....}
{They're evil," answered Celitwo. She focused on Mewtwo. {We need to get out of here.}
{I do not know if we can,} he replied, though it seemed difficult for him to admit that. {If we move, they attack. I do not know if I am strong enough to hold them all off.}
"So, this is the infamous Team Aqua and Team Magma," said Giovanni, having to get his two-cents in. "How pathetic."
"No one asked Team Rocket!" replied Maxie, disdainfully. "Go back to your own league, with your petty schemes."
"We have important business!" shouted Archie.
"It seems we are all here for the same reason," said Giovanni, calmly. He had all reason to be calm. Half of his weapons had just shifted over to the other two gangs. "One of those pokemon is mine. It escaped from me, and I am here to reclaim it."
{I was never yours!} Celitwo practically spat. Her anger caused her to find her voice.
"It is a pity only one of us will be victorious," said Archie, his weapons swinging around to met Team Rocket's and Team Magma's. "Glory to Team Aqua!"
{I hope they kill each other,} muttered Mewtwo.
"It is about time I erased your filth from the earth!" snapped Maxie, urging her weaponists to be prepared to attack the others as well.
The air grew thick with unseen tension. The weapons were all at full power, ready to turn the charred clearing into a place full of dangerous cross fire. The clones stood alert, their eyes never lingering in one place long.
{What are we going to do?} asked Celitwo.
Mewtwo didn't answer. He was too busy summoning his powers. He knew it would be getting very dangerous in a few minutes. He began to glow slightly with his blue aura. That wasn't very reassuring to Celitwo.
"So, it seems the victor of our battle will walk away with three prizes?" asked Giovanni. Maxie and Archie looked back at the clones, after having temporarily forgotten they were there. "Assuming they don't escape when we are trying to 'eliminate' each other."
"Shut-up!" snapped Archie and Maxie.
{I want to leave.....} whispered Jiratwo.
{I think we are trapped,} muttered Celitwo. {What is going to happen to us?}
{Is they have their way.....it will not be good,} answered Mewtwo. His eyes seemed to focus on Giovanni more than the other two. Hatred like that is hard to forget.
"This is the day we put an end to Team Aqua," said Maxie, her eyes burning, not letting Archie out of her sight.
"It is you who will meet your end today," replied Archie, coldly. He gave an invisible command to his weaponists, and they positioned themselves to attack.
{Be ready,} said Mewtwo, his body glowing slightly still. {When they attack each other, we run.} Jiratwo nodded.
"I am sure we would all love to see the others fall," said Giovanni. "But the stakes are much higher."
"We don't care what Team Rocket has to say!" snapped Archie.
"But it is in your best interest," replied Giovanni. "I have a proposition. First, we deal with the pokemon, which is why all we came here. Between our three organizations' power, they won't stand a chance. Once they are subdued, we can split them among ourselves. Since there are three, it should work out nicely. After that we can carry out any threats made here today."
Mewtwo could not have shown a look with more venom in it. Celitwo just looked horrified, and Jiratwo was terrified.
{Is he always like that?} asked Jiratwo, with a shudder.
{I do not like this.....} said Mewtwo, drawing more of his own power out.
{The way he talks?} asked Jiratwo.
{Not that..... I do not think we can withstand attacks from all of them,} he answered.
{I'm not going back!} exclaimed Celitwo.
{Do you think they'd really split us up?} asked Jiratwo.
{I do not doubt it,} said Mewtwo. {They will all attack us. But once we are unconscious, they will betray each other. They are plotting it now.}
{What does that mean for us?} asked Celitwo.
{Absolutely nothing good,} said Mewtwo.
"I agree," said Maxie, after much consideration. "But all threats to my people must be held off until we have decided the fate of our clone."
"I agree too," added Archie, somewhat resentfully. "But when we are through with them, I am finishing Team Magma."
"Fair enough," said Giovanni with a smile that was simply sickening.
As if on an invisible command, all of the artillery turned away from the gangs and pointed at the clones.
"I should have killed you long ago," thought Mewtwo.
{Now what?} asked Jiratwo, her eyes wide.
{We are going to have to fight,} replied Mewtwo. Although the thought of those two fighting without any training made him cringe.
{I'm not going back....} moaned Celitwo, her eyes darting around more frantically than ever.
The gang leaders gave commands to their grunts. A moment later there was the unmistakable sound of weapons being readied. Another second later a wave of dark light shot at the clones, coming from all sides.