Chapter 3: Hostage Catastrophe
Two days later, students from the Maestro City Pokemon Convention packed their belongings from their dorm rooms and left for their homes around the world. Emma and Rose hung out with their friends, Ash Ketchum and Tracey Sketchit, at the Rocket Restaurant on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.
"So, what's being planned for the dance party next month?" Ash asked, savoring his sundae.
"Don't know yet, we're suppose to organize what songs are being played," Emma replied, turning to her cousin. "Right Rose? Hello?"
Rose was not paying attention, she was watching two little kids playing nearby. A girl with curly lilac hair and blue eyes was chasing a boy with messy turquoise hair and purple eyes (1). This reminded the young adult of her childhood days living on Periwinkle Island with her family.
"Rose, you okay?" Tracey nudged her back to reality.
"Oh... yeah, sorry," Rose blushed, embarrassed. "What are we talking about?"
Emma rolled her eyes, typical for her cousin to be spacing out. "The dance party that's held the last week of the ending year of the Pokemon Trainer Convention."
"Pika?" the electric Pokemon squeaked, it's ears twitched in warning. "Kachu-Pika-chu! Pikachu!" (Huh? Something's wrong, I know it!)
Even Houndoom was growling for some reason, Pichu had a split expression of upset and worry. Just then, Max ran in the restaurant from outside, startling the little kids.
"You guys!" Max exclaimed, catching his breath. "We're being attacked!"
"Attacked?" Emma asked, confused. "Who would attack us?"
"There's only one way to find out." Rose said determinedly, grabbing her backpack and walking toward the door. "Come on!" The others agreed and followed out.
Nearby, the little kids were watching the older teenagers. The lilac-haired girl turned to the turquoise-haired boy. "You hear that, Bradley? Maybe it's a Pokemon battle!"
"We'll get to see one live instead of on television!" nodded the boy. "Let's go watch, Jayd!"
"Oh no you don't!" a woman with magenta hair and sapphire-blue eyes, wearing a waitress outfit, grabbed hold of the kids. "You kids stay here, this is something that the Pokemon Masters have to deal with."
Outside the restaurant, the girls watched in shock as a few trainers were battling against some Pokemon being controlled under these black collars around different parts of their bodies.
"What are those things around the Pokemon?" Emma pointed into the battle.
"Black spirals." Rose replied, darkly. "A devise for Pokemon to turn them evil and do bad things."
"Did Team Rocket cause this?" Ash asked.
"Worse than that, Ash." Tracey told him. "Take a look at that!"
Everyone saw a black aircraft/plane flying toward their direction, it stopped and a rope ladder fell down and a hatch from the plane opened up. A woman was seen climbing down the rope ladder and jump onto the ground, standing in battle position. She had long black hair and crystal green eyes, and she wore a green and black jumpsuit.
"Who are you?" Emma yelled, her Houndoom growling. "What do you want from us?!"
The black-haired woman smirked, she was about to reply when she was interrupted by a loud scream, and the ground shook slightly. Her eyes widened and she turned to her left, seeing a blue-skinned man with black hair and wearing a blue scientists' suit laying on the ground half unconscious.
"You didn't see the step ladder, Drakken?" the woman sighed at the patheticness of her Boss.
"Shut up, Shego." The blue-skinned man groaned, he got to his feet and saw the trainers. "Ah perfect, just exactly what I want."
"Who are you?" Emma repeated her unanswered question.
"I am Dr. Drakken!" the man announced loudly. The trainers were clueless, looking at him strangely.
"Probably a dentist," Rose whispered to her cousin, nodding in agreement.
"Evil mastermind... on the brink of world conquest..." Drakken suggested, if they had known of him. "Ring a bell?" (2)
"Uh... nothing that we could think of." Ash said, scratching his head in confusion.
"Oh nevermind," Drakken gave up completely. "Get'em Shego!"
"You're up, Pikachu!" Ash commanded.
"Go, Houndoom!" Emma yelled.
"Let's go, Marill!" Tracey threw out his Pokeball.
Shego jumped into action, she dodged the electric mouse from its Quick Attack and tumbled from the fire-dog that almost bit her leg. She wasn't that fast when the water mouse sprayed her with a blast of water, then electrocuted by a powerful Thunderbolt Attack from the electric mouse.
"Shego!" Drakken cried out, recalling the Pokemon to their Pokeballs and ran over to aid his assistant. "You okay?"
"Never better, Doc." Shego got up slowly, a dangerous gleam in her eye. Her hands now glowed greener with more power.
"Uh-oh, not good!" Emma backed away, even more freaked-out.
"Emma, you see that green glowing?" Rose pointed out. "You don't think..."
Emma's eyes widened and her mouth opened in shock. "Her and that doctor stole Pokemon from the Laboratories? It is them!"
Shego dodged Houndoom's Fire Blast and power-punched Marill unconscious. "Who's next?" she smirked, her hands blazing with energy power. "I can take'em!"
"Pikachu, Thunder!" Ash commanded.
The electric mouse cried out as the ground began to crumble and lift, electricity struck Shego enough to daze her vision.
"Come on, Houndoom!" Emma yelled. "Smokescreen!"
Houndoom released a blast of smoke that surrounded the area, to the point that no one could see where the other was at.
"Emma! Ash! Tracey!" Rose cried, shielding her face from the smoke. "Where are you guys?" She heard this deep evil laughing from behind her. "Who's there?"
"Not your friends, of course." The voice snickered, grabbing hold of Rose. "You're mine now."
"Aaaah, let me go!" Rose struggled to get free, she pulled her arm away from her face to beat the stranger. The purple-smoke disappeared but another gaseous-smoke in pink appeared. Rose forgot to cover her face, inhaling the smoke and became very dizzy. Her vision was blurry and was knocked out unconscious.
"Go Swellow, blow away this smoke!" Ash threw out a Pokeball.
A large black and blue bird-like Pokemon appeared and flapped its wings, the smoke disappeared. Everyone was okay and still standing, but something was very wrong...
"Oh no! Where's Rose?" Emma panicked, noticing that her cousin was missing.
"Look! They're getting away!" Ash yelled.
They saw that Rose was unconscious and taken hostage by Drakken and Shego, climbing up the rope-ladder and into the aircraft/plane.
As the plane took off into the sky and disappeared out of distance, Emma and friends feared that Rose was in danger. Though no one didn't know that Emma knew someone that would have to deal with the mad doctor and his assistant, and rescue her cousin.
§To Be Continued§
(1) These two children: Jayd is the daughter of Jessie and James, and Bradley is the son of Cassidy and Butch. Both sets of parents were members of Team Rocket.
(2) Drakken's quotes are from the Kim Possible episode 'Partners'