A/N: (^w^) Well, just give it time.  They've been having it pretty easy thus far, so let's add some more Slayers mixtures! ^_^

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or Slayers.

Rocket Jam

            Amelia furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.  Stubbornly, she responded, "No he isn't.  I saw him yesterday.  Rezo-san was perfectly fine."

            Zel clenched his shaking fists under the table.  He looked down as he softly spoke.  "I-it can't be true.  I was there…I saw him get caught in the lab explosion.  There's no way he could have survived." With a resolute growl, Zel hastily asked, "Where is this Rezo that you speak of?  I have to see for myself."

            Amelia put a finger to her lower lip in thought.  "Um…I dunno where he lives or anything, but Daddy's holding a gala or something like that tomorrow night.  He invited Rezo-san and Eris-san too.  I think if you want to see them that would be the place for you."

            Zel hesitated.  "Really?  Alright."  He turned to Lina.  "You don't mind, do you?"

            Lina jumped a little.  "Huh?  Oh, no.  Go right ahead.  Hey Amelia, you wouldn't happen to have any pokemon would you?"

            Amelia shook her head solemnly.  "I don't.  I'm too young.  I'll be getting one next year though!"

            Lina raised an eyebrow and said, "Really?  Eh….you like pokemon?"

            "Of course!  They're loving defenders of justice!"

            There was a collective sweatdrop at that.  "Erm…okay…What's your favorite pokemon?"

            "Starmie!  It's just so pretty!"

            Lina sweatdropped again.  "Are any pokemon on the property?"

            "Yes!  My Daddy is taking care of some while his friend is away.  Wanna see?"

            Lina grinned at Zel.  "You don't mind, do you?"

            He half-heartedly grinned back.  "Go right ahead."

            Amelia jumped up to lead them out back.  Along the way, the travelers received a glimpse of the huge mansion that was Amelia's home.  The floor was a beautiful swirled jade marble, and the long pearly stairway had a smooth curve to it.  In the vast backyard, a large variety of flowers and sweet smelling herbs covered the ground in a blanket of detailed flora.

            Amelia walked around calling out various pokemon nicknames, and looked around for the pokemon.  After a few minutes of no results, she began to get worried.  Quickly, she sought out the gardener and asked where the pokemon were.  The gardener spoke in a different language, supposedly Spanish, and angrily said that he had no idea and the mongrels were better left unfound.  Luckily, no one there could understand him, so his impertinence would not be the cause of his sudden lack of a career, at least not today.

            With an impatient sigh, Amelia ran off to find someone who /could/ tell her where the pokemon were.  She was becoming more worried by the minute.  Finally, after several tries, they finally found someone with reliable knowledge.  The pokemon feeder, Jean Paul (It's French ^o^) related what he knew.  "It vas horribler!  Zee agents in ze black suits arrived not to longs ago.  Zey ties me up and steals all ze pokemon.  I is very sorry, mademoiselle Amelia."

            Amelia consoled the old worker.  "Don't be too hard on yourself, Jean Paul.  It wasn't your fault."  Amelia sighed.  Absently she wondered, "What will we tell Mr. Lucas, though?  He trusted us with his pokemon…"

            Lina leaned forward innocently, and suggested, "If you're so worried, why don't you just go and find them?"

            Amelia stopped and thought about this.  Worriedly, she looked up at Lina and asked, "Will you come with me?  I'm too scared to go alone (think 9 peoples!  She's nine!)."

            Lina nervously smiled.  "Sure, why not?  I don't have anything better to do."

            Amelia cheered.  Confidence restored, she pointed up diagonally and proclaimed, "Then let's begin our search!"

            Lina sighed and sweatdropped again.  Lina looked to Zel and Gourry.  "Want to come?  I have no idea how long this is going to take."

            Zel and Gourry glanced at each other.  They both shrugged.  Lina gave them a discouraging wave of her hand.  She started to walk towards the door.  In a swift turn, she declared, "Bah.  I'll do this myself.  Amelia, just make a list of the pokemon that are missing, and I'll find them.  If they have names, put that down too.  You two," Lina directed her attention to her two friends, "Just sit tight and eat or whatever.  Just remember that I want my share of food when I come back."

            With that, Lina left the barn like building.  The three looked at each other.  Gourry wondered, "How much does she mean by 'my share'?"

            With sparkles in her eyes, Amelia announced, "It doesn't matter.  Lina-san's a great upholder of justice!  When she comes back, we'll have a banquet in her honor!"

            Gourry and Zel looked at each other uneasily.  Suddenly, Jean Paul appeared and offered Amelia a piece of paper with writing on it.  Amelia looked at it, looked at Jean Paul, thanked him, and ran off with the paper after Lina.  They could only guess that it was the pokemon list that Lina had asked for.

            Lina sighed.  She said she'd find them, but it was harder than she first thought.  As it turns out, about one or two dozen pokemon were taken, but their captor left no real tracks.  Lina was currently on the outskirts of town.  She had her Pyro at her side to attack at a moment's notice.  Lina had a determined will when she put her mind to it.  She realized it was too dark to see anything that night, so Lina went back and said that she'd look in the morning.  Well, now it was late into the afternoon the next day, and she had been searching since dawn to no avail.

Lina slumped down a nearby tree trunk to rest.  Turning to Pyro, she asked, "Where do you think they are Pyro?  And why can't I seem to find them?"

            Pyro made an unsure sound.  "(I don't know.  Use a bird pokemon to look from the sky.)"

            Lina snapped her fingers.  "Good idea!  Why didn't I think of that?  Who should I use?  I know!  Spade, go!"

            Lina released her Spearow into the air.  She told it to look around and see if it found anything out of place, and report back to them.  It squawked its understanding and flew off.  Lina watched it go over the treetops, out of sight.  Lina shrugged and put her hands behind her head.  Turning to Pyro, she said, "Come on Pyro, let's take a walk.  Maybe, by chance, we'll find out where they are.  I could be all wrong on my approach though.  The captors could be long gone by now.  Oh well.  Let's hope not, right?"

            "Char!"

            Less than a quarter of an hour passed before Spade returned.  Apparently, according to Pyro, it had found a large Team Rocket base not too far away.  Lina put two and two together.  Team Rocket was a foundation known for stealing pokemon, among other things.  Most workers wore black suits, with a large, red "R" on their shirts.  It had to be them!  Lina ran to follow Spade back to the base.  She sincerely hoped that the pokemon were still there.

            Before long, they reached the edge of a clearing.  Lina hid behind a tree to take in the scenario before deciding her plan of action.  Stretching for at least 50 yards around the inside of the clearing was a tall, metal, barbed-wire fence.  In the center was a huge block-like building that was gray in color.  Above a steel door garage, there was a very large red "R".  Sentries were posted at all entrances, and several more checked Team Rocket members going into the garages in trucks.  The trucks were all unmarked gray vehicles, but with her overly sensitive ears, Lina overheard the contents of the trucks from one of the guards.  Sneaking back behind the tree, Lina devised her plan, with the help of her top pokemon.

            At Lina's command, Pyro executed a perfectly good, and large fireball and sent it directly into the middle of the clear grass area.  Like Lina planned, it made a nice, big explosion, as the sentries were sent into disarray.  Deciding for the head-on approach, Lina made her grand entrance by stepping out from the fire that her pokemon had made.  Pyro was at her side as she haughtily confronted her current enemy.  Unfortunately, they didn't have quite the reaction she expected.

            One of the closer guards said aloud, much too loud for Lina's liking, "What the- it's just some pint-sized little kid and her pet lizard!  What should we do, boss?"

            A slightly larger, more authoritative figure gruffly walked forward from inside the garage.  With a dismissive shrug, the male commanded, "Capture her and take her pokemon.  We'll deal with her later."

            Stressmarks appeared on the back of Lina's head.  How dare they dismiss her, Lina Inverse, like that?!  They're gonna pay…

            Rolling up her sleeves for emphasis, Lina took an angry step forward.  "Let's go Pyro!  It's all you!"

            The guards started to surround her.  One guard leaped towards her with a net.  As Lina easily jumped out of the way, it only served to annoy her more.  Eyeing the crowd's position, she immediately decided which attack to use.  "Pyro, let's finish this in one blow!  Fire Geyser now!"

            With that command, Pyro repeated the attack he used in the Saffron City Gym.  The end result was several charred circles on the ground, and no standing sentries.  Luckily for him, the higher up boss had already left.  Returning the exhausted Pyro to its pokeball, Lina ran into the nearest entrance.  Surprisingly, since the boss hadn't considered her a threat, and the guards were all burnt to a crisp, the halls were completely clear.  Lina had no problem with that.  On the spur of the moment, she decided that she could use Team Rocket to level up her pokemon.  Lina called forth her Pikachu.

            Lina skidded to a halt when she passed by a map.  Upon going back to look at it, Lina saw that it was an outline of the base.  It wasn't that hard to figure out where to go from there: three large rooms in a row were labeled "POKEMON VAULT #1", "POKEMON VAULT #2", and "POKEMON VAULT #3".  As she made her way towards the vaults, she figured that while she was at it, she might as well free all the other pokemon too.  For every guard she came across, she let Pikachu give them a crisp thunderbolt.  Unfortunately, by the time she reached the vaults, the alarm had been raised.

            Lina peeked into the first door after knocking out the guards.  She gaped at what she saw.  The walls and room was lined with dozens of columns and rows of pokemon, all in cages.  Lina wondered where they got them all without it being on the news or whatever.  Shaking her head, Lina went into the room and locked it behind her.  Lina quickly walked up and down all of the aisles, and compared the pokemon to the list.  Not a single one matched.  However, she stopped at every single cage, picked the lock, and confided in the pokemon that she was here to help them.  As she went, Lina couldn't help but count the cages.  When she finished freeing all the pokemon in the first vault, she counted a total of 48 pokemon, with several duplicates.  Rounding them all up in the front of the room, Lina addressed them all.

            She informed them that she was on a mission to find the Lucas' pokemon, but if they cooperated, she would rescue them too.  All the pokemon cheered at this.  Seeking out the only Magmar, Lina directed it to burn a large opening into the wall that she pointed to.  While he was at work, Lina continued.  She told the rest of the pokemon to stay together in a pack, and follow her Spearow back to the mansion.  If anyone were to attempt to grab them along the way, Lina instructed the pokemon to use their powers to fend them off, and work together when necessary.

By the time Lina finished talking and the pokemon all agreed on her plan, Magmar had finished burning through the hole.  Lina praised him quickly, and released Spearow.  Lina told them to go quickly, and for them to trust her judgment.  Like a stampede of Tauros, the various pokemon marched out of the vault into the neighboring forest area.  Meanwhile, Lina released her Pyro, healed it with a quick potion, and swiftly made her way to vault #2.  Taking care of the guards, Lina repeated her actions in this vault.  This time, she had her Pyro make the hole, and her Pikachu led them.

Lina repeated the procession one last time, and finally found Lucas' pokemon there.  After freeing the rest of the pokemon, Lina counted up the pokemon she was in charge of.  All accounted for, Lina followed the pokemon out into the forest by the way of Pyro's impromptu exit.  She headed directly to the other pokemon groups, but stopped when she heard the sounds of pursuit.  Lina quickly called for Lucas' pokemon to join up with the others, as she and her pokemon would deal with Team Rocket.  Making a quick plan, Lina dove into action.

For her first action, she released Sandshrew.  Lina ordered it to make a deep trench to separate the fleeing pokemon and Team Rocket.  Next, Lina called forth her Zubat to track down where all of the Team Rocket members.  Once she found out from Pyro that most were either at the base or headed towards her, Lina went on to her next choice of action.  She hesitated only a second before deciding to try out one of her perhaps strongest pokemon out for the first time.  Taking a deep breath, she took out her occupied master ball.  At the sight of the first clump of Team Rocket members, she released her pokemon.  Even she was amazed at what came out of it.  Towering over everything else by a good twenty or thirty feet, was Lina's Dragonite.  Quickly, Lina checked its stats before doing anything else.

Name: Dragu

Race: Pokemon

Species: Dragonite

Type: Dragon/Flying

Height: 21' 9"

Weight: 1389 lbs.

Area: Viridian City

Level: 62

Attacks:

-Dragon Rage

-Slam

-Wing Attack

-Outrage

Levels to Evolution: None

Status: Caught (Master Ball)

Overall Grade: A+

            After getting over her initial shock, Lina smirked with confidence.  This would easily be her strongest pokemon, but her sister had always taught her to always appreciate things when she had them, and to not abuse things that had a mind of its own.

            "Alright, Dragu!  Let's test our bond by using Dragon Rage on them!"

            The large Dragonite swiftly turned to face Lina.  Lina knew that if she backed down now, the pokemon would never listen to her, so she stood strong.  After a moment's glare, the Dragonite turned back to face its foes.  With a loud snuff, the Dragonite unleashed its fury.  From its mouth, a golden beam struck a straight line through the Rocket defenses.  Though Dragu aimed in a line, the aftereffect explosion was large enough in magnitude to completely demolish everything from the far end of the base to five feet in front of Dragonite.  In one effortless attack, Dragu had defeated scores of adversaries.  The lasting end result was a huge crater surrounded by forest on the outskirts of Saffron City.  Lina cheered.  Before facing any possible rebellion, Lina returned Dragonite to its pokeball.

            Lina looked over Dragonite's handywork.  Seeing the bottom of the crater littered with bodies, Lina decided to skid down and see if they were alive.  They were, but barely and very charred.  Not worrying about anyone hearing her or not, Lina proclaimed over the crater, "That should teach you a lesson!  Never underestimate the skill of Lina Inverse and the power of her pokemon!"

            With that, Lina ran off to follow the other pokemon.

            Later that night, Lina faced a banquet of food in her honor.  Ever since the pokemon had arrived, people had been coming to claim the pokemon.  It was a very long ordeal, since Lina wanted to verify with the pokemon their claims.  It wasn't as hard or taxing as the actual rescue, but it was tiring and time-consuming all the same.  Lina knew that she deserved this feast, so she ate to her hearts content.  Having been tired out from battling so much, Lina ate more than usual to make up for it.  In preparation for this, Gourry and Zel had already eaten beforehand, so they helped the staff feed all 159 pokemon still left.  By the time Lina finished eating her fill, the pokemon had too.  As it was very late now, the travelers went to bed.  That night, extra guards were put around and inside the pokemon stables.

            The next morning, Lina woke up bright and early.  She hadn't really wanted to, but the sun directly shined on her face from outside her window.  With decisive resolve, Lina went to visit the pokemon.  Upon announcing herself, the guard let her go in.  Most of the pokemon were still asleep, but Lina's pokemon that she had planted in various places in the barn awoke to her calling.  Her Charmeleon, Pikachu, Sandslash, Raticate, and Spearow all made their way to her with deft dodging skills.  Lina quietly asked Pyro if anything much happened last night.  He answered with a negative.  However, Pyro continued to say that after talking with quite a few pokemon during feeding time, he discovered that almost half of the pokemon were wild.  Her other pokemon made sounds of agreement.  Lina raised an eyebrow at this.  A small smile tugged at her lips.

            Lina sat back and waited patiently for the rest to wake up naturally.  While waiting, she groomed and fed all of her pokemon.  At around dawn, a Pidgeotto imitated a rooster and crowed its natural alarm.  Lina bit back a laugh as she watched all the pokemon wake up with a jolt, and some flying up into the air in surprise.  Nevertheless, she stood up and sent Spearow to quiet the rowdy rooster-like Pigeotto.  Lina went to stand up on a wooden crate.  When everything was quiet again, she began her speech.

            "Pokemon of all species, shapes, and sizes, I have something to pass onto you – a patch of information.  All I ask for now is for you to listen.  You may or may not already know me well, but my name is Lina Inverse.  I'm a pokemon trainer aspiring to, like most, be a pokemon master.  However, I can't do that alone.  I need the help and support of strong, faithful, obedient pokemon.  I know many of you probably have trainers to go back to, but for those of you with no past allegiances, I hope you can find the courage inside yourselves to join my team.  If you do, I can guarantee that together, we will walk the path to greatness.  So what do you say?"

            All of the pokemon erupted in cheers.  After a few moments, Lina nodded and gestured for them to hold silence once more.  "Good.  Just so I'm sure, could all of the pokemon that don't want to come with me, please come forward?  The rest of you back up a little."

            The pokemon did as they were told.  Only about twenty of the pokemon came forward.  Lina approached each of them, and as she scanned them with her statidex, she stamped a green symbol for 'taken' on their foreheads.  After finishing, Lina nodded her approval and looked to the rest of the pokemon.  To make absolute certain, Lina asked, "So am I to understand that everyone that doesn't have a green stamp will allow me to capture you?"

            The stable erupted in another loud cheer that Lina could only take for 'Yes!'  Lina smirked, as she began to produce Pokeball after pokeball from her cape, and went on a catching spree.  For what she examined to be the better pokemon, she used special pokeballs that would not be transferred immediately.  By the time breakfast was over, every single willing pokemon was in a pokeball.  Looking at the ten pokeballs that she had captured the best pokemon with, she smirked as she wondered what Prof. Oak would think with the sudden new wave of pokemon so early in the morning.

A/N: YAY!! FINISHED! Okay, let me just say a few things real quick.  First, if you think Lina is acting way to polite and proper, just think about it.  Luna could only be strict, bossy, polite, and proper, right?  So, even if Lina hate Luna before she started her travels, the discipline would still follow Lina until she broke it, right?  ^_^  Just remember that in this, Lina's only 10.  Also, in Slayers, you don't know what Lina was like when she /first/ started 'killing bandits' right?  ^_^ All well and good.  I'll stop my rambling now so you can review!

P.S. In case you haven't noticed, Dragu's Dragon Rage represents Lina's Dragon Slave, Team Rocket represents bandits, and the pokemon can be considered the loot that Lina steals from them.  Oh, BTW, MERRY CHRISTMAS!  (I'll be gone for the next two weeks, so don't expect any updates anytime soon!  Ciao!