Chapter 2: Figuring The Robbery Mystery
On a beautiful Friday afternoon, it was always tradition in the Pokemon World at the Maestro City Pokemon Convention to hold a practice Pokemon battle.
The battle was a main event that all trainers look forward to once classes are over and the free weekend starts up. The Rocket Restaurant, ran by ex-members of Team Rocket, offered cheeseburger meals during the big battle at Maestro City Park.
On the sidelines are five girls dressed in blue and pink cheerleading outfits, the oldest wears blue and has a whistle around her neck while the others wear pink. This is the Pokemon Cheer Squad; the captain is ex-Pokemon Master Rosalind Machavelli, though organized by Jessica Morgan and Cassidy Reynolds.
"Come on, it's time to play, Pokemon battle is the game! P-O-K-E-M-O-N! Go, fight, win! That's right! Go, fight, win!" the cheerleaders chanted.
The trainers battling today were Ash Ketchum and Gary Oak. Since the last time they've battled at the Silver League Conference about five years ago, this one turned out very exciting as the last battle ended.
"Umbreon is out of the match!" called out Max White (1). He was a twelve year old boy with dark bluish-black hair wearing a pair of glasses and had a Poke-Nav by his side on his belt. "Pikachu is the winner!"
"Yeah, I won!" yelled eighteen year old Ash Ketchum. He had brown eyes, messy black hair underneath an official Pokemon League cap. "Whoo hoo!"
"Pi, Pikachu!" the electric mouse held up its paw for a victory pose.
"He's the winner, he's our Ash! Let's all have a victory bash! He's the winner, he's our man! No one wins like Ketchum can!" the cheerleaders jumped up and down happily, waving their pompoms or cartwheeling. (2)
There was a huge party to celebrate the battle, but there was an interruption by an emergency call from Pallet Town.
"Who would be calling us?" Rose asked, she and Emma walked inside the Rocket Restaurant toward the nearest video-phone.
Emma picked up the phone, "Hello, who's calling?"
The video-screen turned on, Professor Oak appeared looking very worried. "Thank goodness I reached you girls. Something bad happened and I thought since you're Pokemon Masters, you could help."
"What's wrong?" Emma asked.
"I've been robbed of three of my best Pokemon." Professor Oak informed. "This happened last night while I was asleep, someone broke in and got passed the security."
"Who could've actually done that?" Rose asked, disbelievingly only that much was stolen and not a whole bagful that usual thieves would take.
"Maybe if you watch the surveillance tape," the Professor suggested. The screen turned black, it was blurry and cracking. There were faint whispers and what looked like someone holding something that glowed an eerie green. Then, you could see two figures walk up to a shelf and snatch the Pokeballs.
The black screen was shut off and Professor Oak appeared, worried as ever. "Was that proof enough?"
"That wasn't Team Rocket." Emma said, partially freaked out. "Anything else happen? You know, with that weird glowing green thingy?"
"Oh yes," Professor Oak nodded. "Professor Elm was also robbed of his three best Pokemon. I think I saw this same green glowing on his surveillance video, but it could be the crackling and blurriness."
"Oh," Rose frowned in disappointment. "But then it could be our imagination."
Professor Oak agreed, smiling weakly. "Yes, it could be. Well, I better get back to my research. I'll let you girls know if anything comes up."
The video-screen shuts off.
Emma puts the phone back on the receiver, turning to her cousin. "That seems pointless, because I have no idea how we could help."
"Emma," Rose rolled her eyes. "We just keep an eye out for suspicious actions and who's up to what."
"Yeah, whatever." Emma sighed, walking out of the restaurant and toward a building that had dormatories for the traveling trainers.
Rose followed closely behind, though having the strangest feeling that she was being watched.
Far away from Maestro City, near Periwinkle Mountain of Periwinkle Island, was a huge three-story mansion. Actually, it was Drakken's new lair, a little something that the mad doctor bought over the Internet. You're wondering how Drakken and Shego got into the Pokemon World? They flew there in their airplane-like spacecraft (3). Anyway, they are now watching the Spycam. This was something installed to the computer-monitors that let's you watch someone without being caught.
Just now, they had been watching the two pre-adult women on the screen talk about the robberies at the Oak & Elm Laboratories.
Shego raised her eyebrow, curious and very suspicious. "So what now, Drakken? They might know it was us."
"Just because the girl saw your glowing claws doesn't mean anything," the mad doctor rose from his seat and walked to the counter where there was a small bag. He reached his hand inside and pulled out a round object that was half red and white with a button. "This is a Pokeball, Shego. It is used to capture pocket monsters of any type, supposedly there is a Pokemon in this devise."
"Well, duh." Shego replied, not bothering to look up as she filed her nails. "And how is that devise or Poke-whatever gonna help us with world domination?"
"You're missing the point!" Drakken yelled, annoyed that he was interrupted. "With these Pokeballs from those research laboratories, there will only be one way of world domination..."
"What's that?" Shego asked, her voice dripping in an uncaring tone.
"To kidnap the Pokemon Master! Don't you get it, Shego? If one of them is under our control, they'll hand over their Master Power of Pokemon and WE'LL RULE THE WORLD!"
Shego could not believe she was actually listening to her Boss rant about his plan for world domination. "Yeah, sure. Well, as long as Kim Possible doesn't get in the way."
"Oh don't worry," Drakken reassured, he cackled as he sat down and looked up at the Spycam screen. "This is one scheme she won't interfere."
The screen showed a dorm room that belongs to college students, even though it belonged to Emma Gotchem and Rosalind Machavelli. Emma was laying on her bed reading a Pokemon magazine and Rose was sitting on her bed Indian-style while she polished her Pokeballs. There was a baby electric-mouse Pokemon curled up on Rose's bed fast asleep, and a black dog-like Pokemon also asleep in a basket near Emma's bed. (4)
"Are we taking both of them?" Shego asked, also watching the screen, but in a bored manner.
"No, there's only one in particular that I want." Drakken folded his hands and smiled greedily, though evilly.
"So which..." Shego realized what her Boss said, her eyes widened as she turned to the screen. Drakken was referring to the red-head, for who knows what exactly, Shego did not want to know. "Oh... that one... her name's Rosalind, right? You know she's the ex-master?"
"I've known," Drakken nodded, a strange gleam in his eye that has not been there before as he watched the screen. "Four years, and no one hasn't challenged her cousin within that time period. Second in responsibility, but first to actually be a master seven years ago. She has the power we need for world domination... it's perfect!"
Shego rolled her eyes in mere annoyance. "When do we strike? Better be sometime this year."
"It will, Shego. Tomorrow, I know that is the beginning of the spring-break to their Pokemon Convention. We'll attack then, hopefully there won't be that many witnesses to my successful scheme!"
To Be Continued
(1) This boy is May's brother, from the Advanced Pokemon episodes in the Hoenn Region.
(2) The second cheerleading chant is from the Pokemon episode "Battle For The Badge", when Gary's cheerleaders cheer for Ash in his battle against Team Rocket.
(3) The airplane that villains used in the movie 'Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time'.
(4) These Pokemon are Houndoom and Pichu.