***I'm running SO behind right now it's not even laughable, I'm hoping to get back on track soon, School sucks, lol***

~The Newest Threat!~

The mid-day's sun flared down on our young trainer's skin as they make their way to Olivine City.

"I can't believe it," Dustin smiled as he admired his newly earned Fog Badge, "Morty was tough...but I handled him!"

"Yeah," Jen giggled, "Your half-way there, now only four more gym badges and you've made it to the Leauge!"

"Where is the leauge being held this year anyways?" Shane asked Jen as he continued to read the map.

"The Golden Conference this year is held in...-uh" Jen looked down to the ground, "I totally forgot..."

"We'll worry about when we get there," Dustin tried to cheer Jen up. "Besides, we need to be enjoying our journy!"

"You've sure anxious," Shane replied as he continued to navigate the gang through the dirt trail they were walking down.

Jen giggled some more, "Yeah ---"

A racing motorcycle flew by the gang as Jen's sentence was cut short, with a quick stop Officer Jenny got and walked to Dustin.

"Are you trainers?" she sternly asked, her face stoic and strong.

"-Yes ma'am," Dustin gulped, "We're not in trouble are we?"

"Oh course not," her face evolved into a smile. "Not unless your members of Team Rocket...and you don't look like it."

"Team Rocket?" Dustin was confused then flashed back on previous battles with Ken and Kym, "You mean Team Alpha."

"NO she doesn't," Jen inserted, "Team Rocket was an older orginization...though I was sure they put to a stop."

"As it turns out," Jenny sighed, "Team Alpha was only a branch of Team Rocket, waiting and hiding until they could revise themself as Team Rocket...they've been hiding and now Team Rocket it back."

"So Team Alpha...branch...I'm confused!" Dustin scratched his head as Shane fell over anime style.

"Team Alpha was a part of Team Rocket but now Team Rocket has tooken over Team Alpha agian," Jen said.

"Right," Jenny nodded, "Team Alpha was converted and changed to Team Rocket...our guess is to enlarge their forces."

"So what does Team Rocket look like?!" Dustin continued to get lost in Jen and Officer Jenny's conversation.

"They dress similar to Team Alpha, though they dress with an R not an A," the offcier smirked, "But you look like you can handle yourselves."

"We can," Jen waved with glee.

"Be on the look out and good luck," Officer Jenny got on her motorcycle and drove ahead of the gang.

"Do you think Kym and Ken dress with an R now?" Dustin asked.

"Who knows," Shane was reading the map and wasn't concerned with the petty news of Team Rocket. "But I doubt it...they were losers."

"Yeah," Jen replied, "Anyways I'm glad we're updated with the crime news though..."

As the hour went by the gang stoped in a nice green opening to take a rest, the three we're sitting down on the pallet like blanket eating some fruit.

"How far are we from Olivine?" Jen asked as she finished chewing an orange.

"We still have a good ways to go," he replied as he read the map while eating an apple. "But it won't be that bad."

"Hey it's Pineapple!" Dustin picked out a piece of Pineapple from his bag, "Larvitar loves it," he grabbed his ultraball and gentle summoned Larvitar.

"Tar!" Larvitar chanted as Dustin handed it the pineapple. It chirped some more and elogangly ate the fruit.

"Your Larvitar's skin is shinny," Jen replied as she viewed the shimmering skin of Larvitar, "You know what that means."

"Nope..." Dustin quickly finished his piece of mango.

"It's going to evolve soon," she sighed, "Larvitar turns into a Puppitar when it eats enough dirt to reform it's body..."

Dustin patted Larvitar on the head, "My buddy rocks it out weither he's a Larvitar or Puppitar! Right?"

Larvitar gleely cried and laughed as it finished off it's small piece of ripe yellow fruit.

"We better get going," Shane interupted and finished Jen and Dustin's conversation, "If we want to get to Olivine soon."

"Return," Dustin stood up and withdrew his Larvitar in his ultraball, shrinking it down and placing it on his belt.

The three picked up their mess and started to leave the area when two shady forms flashed in front of them, quickly and knocked Jen off her feet.

"Hey!" she angrily got up. "Who are you?!"

"Ha," one of them, a fat and short male with purple hair laughed, dressing in black with an 'R' on the shirt.

"Trainers!" the other one turned around, dressed like the fat one, a male that was skinny and tall with light brown hair.

"That R," Dustin thought for a moment, "What does that mean agian..."

"Team Rocket," Jen sighed as Shane fell over anime style.

"With our new arise stealing pokemon from little punks like you will climb us up on the latter!" the fat one replied and enlarged a pokeball, "Go Ekans!"

The pokeball hit the ground and brought forth a purple snake, with a hiss it curled up in a defensive mode.

"Go Noctowl!" Shane got up and unleashed his wise owl.

The skinny member smirked and enlarged another pokeball, "Go Muk!"

A purple slime appeared from a pokeball, smelling horrible.

"Ew..." Jen and Dustin gloged their nose.

"Gust Noctowl!"

"Owl!" Noctowl flew up a couple of feet and flaped it's wings rapidly, unleashing a strong gale and blowing Ekans back but not Muk, which layed their unphased.

Jen slowly got back up on her feet, "These guys aren't as easy as Kym and Ken."

The two Rocket members laughed.

"Why are you laughing?" Dustin scratched the top of his head.

"Those fools were kicked off our team," the fat once chuckled. "Ekans use an Acid attack now!"

Ekans hissed and spat out an dark ozzy acid slush. Noctowl was hit in the face and fell to the ground, lying on it's stomache.

"Noctowl return," Shane recollected his owl.

"Here comes help," Jen enlarged a pokeball, "I choose Mareep!"

"Right," Dustin threw a pokeball, "Go Phanpy!"

Mareep appeared and ba'd as Phanpy snorted.

"Muk use Sludge Bomb!"

"Defense Curl then Rapid Spin!"

Muk grunted and slung some of it's body at Phanpy. The elephant snorted and curled up, reflecting the sludge.

"Thunder Shock Mareep!" Jen directed her dormant sheep.

"Wrap around it Ekans!"

Ekans hissed agian and quickly came slithering near the sheep. Mareep ba'd in fear and sent a bolt of lightning at Ekans, with a quick move Ekans dodged it and tied up the sheep with it's body.

"No Mareep!" Jen said nervously and tried returning it, but it missed.

"Tighter Ekans!" the Rocket member smirked.

Ekans gripped Mareep hard. Then the unthinkable happened, Mareep started to glow white. When the glow faded a pinkish sheep standing on two legs appeared.

"Flaaffy!" Jen smiled, "You evolved!"

"Flaa!" the new pokemon ba'd as it's body started to unleash static bolts, shocking Ekans and knocking it a few feet back.

"All right!" Dustin smiled, "Phanpy use Earthquake!"

"Phan!" Phanpy jumped in the air and upon hitting the ground made a strong shake, knocking out Muk.

"Uha?!" the Rocket returned his injured Muk.

"Flaaffy finish them off with Thunder Bolt!" Jen directed her newest member.

With a loud ba' Flaaffy sent around ten thousand jolts of eletricity, blasting Ekans and the two Rockets in the air and out of sight.

"Congratultions," Shane and Dustin said to Jen as she withdrew her Flaaffy.

"Thanks," Jen smiled.

"That was wierd," Dustin replied, "I don't think that was the last of them though."

"Oh no," Shane sighed, "We've only seen the first of Team Rocket!"

The gang quickly recovered and started to travel to Olivine agian.

"I hope we can handle them," Shane responded.

"We can," Dustin smiled as the three traveled on their way.

***Sorry it was short...I'm really busy but don't worry Ch41 will be good, a reunion with one of Jen's old school friends!***