Chapter 6: The Future
Antiech: Bored again, TTE?
Yep, there's nothing else to do. I almost miss school now.
Platypous: And you don't own Pokémon or, if you haven't guessed yet what the secret was last chapter, Back to the Future.
Princess Aquaech: Well, let's get on with the story!
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The clear day above the great city of Azalea was interrupted by three large blasts like before, and a Pidgeot flew out of a time portal from the past.
"Look out!" the trainer called to the doctor, "You almost crashed into that Pokémon!"
"Never mind that now, kid." the Doc replied, "Anyway, do you notice anything strange around you?"
"We're still just outside Azalea town, aren't we?" the boy said in disbelief.
"Yep. Amazing, isn't it?"
"So, anyway, Dr. Brown, why did you bring me to this time?" the trainer asked.
"Team Rocket has returned to the Johto Region, kid!" the scientist said, "My Pokémon weren't strong enough to stop them, and they took all of them but Celebi and Growlithe."
"So what do we do, Doc?"
"I have a plan." he replied, handing the trainer a Poké Ball. "Take this Pikachu and these clothes. I'll land in that alley over there and drop you off."
Doc took the boy over to an alleyway between two stores and landed his Pidgeot. He gave the boy the blue jeans and blue vest and hoped that his opponents wouldn't notice his differently colored shirt. "All right," he said, getting back on his Pidgeot, "The Team Rocket base is just under that Pokémon Center over there. Take this fake pass I made, use it, but do not, under all circumstances, attract too much attention."
"How am I not going to attract attention when I'm dressed like Ash?"
"That's the best part of it! Most of the Rocket grunts today that end up guarding their hideouts haven't even heard of him." Doc said, "Besides, all we want to do is get their boss scared that Ash has returned so he'll take Team Rocket and leave our fair cities in peace."
Doc told Pidgeot to fly away with Celebi and him to go get other work done, such as talking to the real Ash about what he'd see on the news that night if everything went to plan. After all, he didn't want Ash to call the reporters and tell them that they were wrong and that he never stopped them, well, at least in the last ten years.
"The future..." the trainer said walking out into the street beyond the alley, "Amazing." He looked at the tall skyscrapers around him and was dismayed to see that Kurt's house didn't remain among them. "A lot's changed in ten years, hasn't it?" The boy saw a Rocket grunt standing behind him, startling him almost into the fountain in the middle of the circle intersection. "Yeah, it has. I remember when I was just 6 and came here." the boy lied. "Listen, I was wondering, where exactly is the Team Rocket recruiting station?"
"Uh, it's uh... the third building on the left of the department store."
"Thanks, um, what's your name, anyway?"
"Lester." the Rocket member said, "Well, maybe we'll get paired up as a team like the boss's predecessors were."
"Right. Loser." the trainer said under his breath while Lester walked away. The trainer ran over to the Pokémon center and ran into its basement.
"Ketchum, Ash." a feminine robotic voice said when the boy scanned the card by the door, "Welcome to Team Rocket."
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Ech: Hey, hey, the big C. How's it hangin', cliff?
Roo: Cliffhangers, jeez, you could be more original, TTE.
It keeps it interesting, Roo. Well, well, well, what'll happen next? Will the Pseudo-Ash beat Team Rocket of the future? Where did Doc go? Why am I asking you? Find out next chapter.
Platypous: And the one who reviews with the right guess before the next chapter gets a picture of us.
Everyone: Platypous!
All right, I will, but only if I can get my scanner working. Well, goodnight!
Antiech: Bored again, TTE?
Yep, there's nothing else to do. I almost miss school now.
Platypous: And you don't own Pokémon or, if you haven't guessed yet what the secret was last chapter, Back to the Future.
Princess Aquaech: Well, let's get on with the story!
________________________________________________________________________
The clear day above the great city of Azalea was interrupted by three large blasts like before, and a Pidgeot flew out of a time portal from the past.
"Look out!" the trainer called to the doctor, "You almost crashed into that Pokémon!"
"Never mind that now, kid." the Doc replied, "Anyway, do you notice anything strange around you?"
"We're still just outside Azalea town, aren't we?" the boy said in disbelief.
"Yep. Amazing, isn't it?"
"So, anyway, Dr. Brown, why did you bring me to this time?" the trainer asked.
"Team Rocket has returned to the Johto Region, kid!" the scientist said, "My Pokémon weren't strong enough to stop them, and they took all of them but Celebi and Growlithe."
"So what do we do, Doc?"
"I have a plan." he replied, handing the trainer a Poké Ball. "Take this Pikachu and these clothes. I'll land in that alley over there and drop you off."
Doc took the boy over to an alleyway between two stores and landed his Pidgeot. He gave the boy the blue jeans and blue vest and hoped that his opponents wouldn't notice his differently colored shirt. "All right," he said, getting back on his Pidgeot, "The Team Rocket base is just under that Pokémon Center over there. Take this fake pass I made, use it, but do not, under all circumstances, attract too much attention."
"How am I not going to attract attention when I'm dressed like Ash?"
"That's the best part of it! Most of the Rocket grunts today that end up guarding their hideouts haven't even heard of him." Doc said, "Besides, all we want to do is get their boss scared that Ash has returned so he'll take Team Rocket and leave our fair cities in peace."
Doc told Pidgeot to fly away with Celebi and him to go get other work done, such as talking to the real Ash about what he'd see on the news that night if everything went to plan. After all, he didn't want Ash to call the reporters and tell them that they were wrong and that he never stopped them, well, at least in the last ten years.
"The future..." the trainer said walking out into the street beyond the alley, "Amazing." He looked at the tall skyscrapers around him and was dismayed to see that Kurt's house didn't remain among them. "A lot's changed in ten years, hasn't it?" The boy saw a Rocket grunt standing behind him, startling him almost into the fountain in the middle of the circle intersection. "Yeah, it has. I remember when I was just 6 and came here." the boy lied. "Listen, I was wondering, where exactly is the Team Rocket recruiting station?"
"Uh, it's uh... the third building on the left of the department store."
"Thanks, um, what's your name, anyway?"
"Lester." the Rocket member said, "Well, maybe we'll get paired up as a team like the boss's predecessors were."
"Right. Loser." the trainer said under his breath while Lester walked away. The trainer ran over to the Pokémon center and ran into its basement.
"Ketchum, Ash." a feminine robotic voice said when the boy scanned the card by the door, "Welcome to Team Rocket."
________________________________________________________________________
Ech: Hey, hey, the big C. How's it hangin', cliff?
Roo: Cliffhangers, jeez, you could be more original, TTE.
It keeps it interesting, Roo. Well, well, well, what'll happen next? Will the Pseudo-Ash beat Team Rocket of the future? Where did Doc go? Why am I asking you? Find out next chapter.
Platypous: And the one who reviews with the right guess before the next chapter gets a picture of us.
Everyone: Platypous!
All right, I will, but only if I can get my scanner working. Well, goodnight!