Pre-chapter Conversation

"You know what? I just realized something." I said as I reached for something.

"What?" Izzy asked.

::WHAM!::

"Because we combined this dimension with Pokémon's, I can use animé actions and smilies!" I cheered as I threw away my mallet.

"®.® Cool…" Izzy fainted.

"Anyway, this chapter is a parody of Pokémon's second episode, in which Ash meets the dastardly trio of villains that will pop up in every episode from that day forward. As such, Sam will be very surprised when he meets the dastardly trio of villains that will show up for the duration of the fic. Enjoy!"

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Rocketmon Ch. 3: Let's meet the Villains!

(A/N: I'm skipping descriptions of pokémon for the rest of the story. Hopefully, you guys know what they all look like.)

It was dark when Sam made it to the center. Lucky for him, the center was open much longer than the Shore Shack normally is. He explained the situation to Ray & Tito, who put Pikachu on a stretcher. They wheeled the pokémon into the nearby operation room. Unfortunately, Sam couldn't go inside to watch. He looked at the pay phones.

"I'll call Mom." He said and he skated towards them (yeah, he's still wearing his blades).

Elsewhere…

A hot air balloon was flying in the night sky. The balloon was in the shape of a meowth's head. It was holding three people inside a green basket.

"This city has so many treasures and pokémon. I can't wait to steal them all." A boy said. He had a familiar set of red dreadlocks.

"o.O;;; I had no idea you could be so poetic." A girl said. She also had familiar hair. Purple hair, to be exact.

"Or weird." The third person said. A familiar bit of orange hair can be seen in the moonlight. "Do we really have to wear these costumes? Mine itches!"

"You're the one who volunteered for the part, dude." The first boy said.

"Besides, we gotta wear these costumes, however weird they are, so that the cops won't know it's us." The girl said.

"-.- Whatever. This costume still itches. And how come you guys get pokémon while I don't!?" The second boy yelled.

"Because…" The red haired boy started.

"We wanted you to be our team planner since Sammy was no where to be found." The girl finished quickly.

"Are you sure you want him to be our planner?" The red haired boy whispered to the girl.

"Chill. He'll probably leave it to us." The girl replied.

"Wow. You guys really trust me to be the planner?" The orange haired boy got teary eyed. "I'm so happy!" He hugged his teammates. The other two sweatdropped. He then separated.

"For our first night as criminals, I say we rob the pokémon center!"

"Dude! The pokémon center!? Da—err I mean—the boss is working there undercover!" The first boy yelled.

"Chill out." The girl said. "It's a good plan. We'll make it look like we're robbing the place, but the boss will just hand us the pokémon to take for safe keeping. Right?" She turned to the orange haired boy.

"Uhhh… Right. I was gonna say that." He said.

"Yeah…" The other two said, turning away.

"Seriously! I was!"

"Whatever!"

Back at the pokémon center…

"What kinda phone is this?" Sam asked. The phone he was sitting in front of was green. A TV screen was in the middle. The receiver was on the side of the phone. The buttons were next to the screen. There also seemed to be a camera on top of the screen. Sam picked up the receiver and dialed the number to his house.

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"Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Phone call! Phone call!" The phone rang.

"I'm coming!" Paula yelled. She ran over to the phone and picked it up. The phone was identical to the one in the pokémon center. The screen displayed a sign that read "Audio Only."

"Hello?"

"Hello. Mom?" Sam asked. Paula quickly turned on the visual and saw Sam's face.

"Sammy! Where have you been?!" She asked angrily.

"Uhhh… I got my first pokémon, remember?" Sam replied with a nervous smile.

'So that's why it looks so weird.' He thought. 'This is a video phone. Cool!'

"Ohhh! You got it!? What is it? Can I see?" Paula asked. Sam looked away.

"Mom. My first pokémon is a pikachu. It got attacked by a flock of spearows." Paula gasped.

"Is it alright? Where are you?" She asked. Sam turned back to the screen.

"I'm at the pokémon center and Pikachu's in the operating room."

"Oh… Well, I'm sure it'll be alright. I'll have some dinner prepared for you and your pokémon when you get back. Bye."

"Bye Mom." Sam said as he hung up. He sighed. About thirty minutes later, the door to the operating room opened and a stretcher came out. Sam skated up to the stretcher. Pikachu was resting peacefully. There was an IV in its right arm. It was connected to a battery.

"A battery?" He asked with an eyebrow raised.

"The operation was tough, but it was a complete success." Ray said. "Your pikachu is recovering nicely." He turned to Tito, who was still wearing the chansey costume. "Take Pikachu to the recovery room."

"Chansey." Tito said and he started to wheel the stretcher. Just then, an alarm sounded.

"What's that!?" Sam asked.

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"Citizens of Ocean Shores, our radars have detected a balloon belonging to a gang of pokémon thieves." Officer Shirley's voice was heard all through the town. "If you have any pokémon with you, exercise extreme caution."

"Hmph. It looks like we woke up these kooks." The red haired boy said. The balloon was above the pokémon center.

"We'll show them to respect us." The girl said. "They will honor our names!"

"¬.¬ Now who's being poetic? Besides, I thought they already honored us, or at least me."

"-.-'' Shut up."

"And don't forget, I'm the planner!" The orange haired boy yelled.

"We know, we know." The other two said, producing a couple of poké balls. "Ekans, Koffing! Attack!" They tossed the balls towards the center's skylight.

They broke through and landed in front of Sam and the others. The balls opened and in two flashes of light, the two poison types appeared. Koffing used a Smokescreen attack right off the bat. Nobody was able to see anything in the green fog that appeared.

"What the—Who are they?!" Sam asked. Just then, three silhouettes appeared in the smoke, laughing evilly.

"Allow us to introduce ourselves." Two familiar voices said.

"To protect the world from shoobies!" The girl started.

"To unite all surfers within our nation!" The boy said.

"To denounce the evils of major beefs!"

"To get huge air in the stars above!" The smoke then cleared, revealing—

"Reggie!"

"Otto!"

"Team Rocket grinds rails at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to face us in Hockey!"

"Twister! That's right!" The boy with orange hair said, striking a pose. Sam was having the hardest time holding in his laughter.

Otto was wearing a white shirt with a red R on it over a black shirt, black gloves, white shorts, and black boots. Reggie was wearing the same shirts Otto was except they were so short, you were able to see her midriff. She was also wearing black gloves, a white skirt, and black knee high boots. Needless to say, Sam was drooling at the sight.

"That is way too revealing." Ray said to Tito, who nodded.

"Hey! What about me?!" Twister yelled.

Oops! Ok. Twister was wearing a meowth costume, complete with gold charm on the forehead. You can see some of his hair sticking out of where his face was. He was wearing his hat over the costume.

(A/N: I would sooo love to see someone draw some fan art of them like this! I would probably laugh for hours!)

"Y-You…" Sam said. He couldn't keep it in much longer. "Could you excuse me a sec?"

"Sure dude." Otto said. Sam stepped out behind a wall.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" He laughed. Everybody sweatdropped. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Otto! He—HAHAHAHAHA!!! Playing as—HAHAHAHAHA!!!!" He came back out and took one look at the trio again. He quickly ran out of view.

"And Twister! He—HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I can't stand it! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" Sam stopped and walked out again. He looked at them and tried to move, but he couldn't.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" He fell and he started to bang the floor. "Reggie! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" Team Rocket fell over.

"Enough!" Reggie yelled. Sam laughed for a few more minutes before he regained his composure.

"You guys really made my night!" He yelled, getting some last chuckles out. He took a deep breath.

"Enough of this, whatever your name is!" Otto yelled. "We're here for this center's pokémon!" Sam immediately got up and got a sullen look on his face.

"Y-You don't remember me? But we were talking this morning."

"Sam…" Reggie started. Otto put a hand on her shoulder and shook his head. She put on a scowl. "Enough of this sentimental rubbish! Give us all the pokémon here or else!"

"Yeah!" Twister yelled. He turned to his teammates. "Or else what?" They fell over.

"Or else we'll trash the place!" Otto said with an evil grin. "Koffing! Get them!"

"You too, Ekans!" Reggie ordered. Their pokémon went after Sam and the others.

"Run for it!" Ray yelled.

Everybody ran away (Sam skated), pushing the stretcher. They ducked as they passed the front desk. Ekans and Koffing crashed into the computers there, causing them to explode and shoot electricity. The two pokémon didn't seem to mind though. Sam and the other two got into a room before the pokémon can get them. Ekans and Koffing went past the room.

"Whew…" Everybody sighed with relief. Just then, the lights went out. The emergency power quickly turned on. Everybody turned to a case in the room. About ten pikachus were shooting electricity at a steel ball, providing an alternate power source.

"What was that all about?" Sam asked. "Why are Otto, Reggie, and Twister doing all this!?"

"They're members of Team Rocket, a group of international pokémon thieves." Tito answered.

"I don't know why they'd be attacking our pokémon center for." Ray said. "There are only sick and injured pokémon here. I hope Otto and the others don't come to the center."

"o.O;;;; Uhhhh… Just a test. Otto's your son, right?" Sam asked.

"Yeah." Ray replied.

"And he's a member of Team Rocket."

"No."

"®.®;;;; So, let me get this straight. Those three out there are supposed to be completely different people and not the three shredders we know?" Sam asked.

"You got it." Ray said. Sam fell over.

'Heh. What a fool.' Ray thought with a smirk. 'Now the kids can grab the pokémon here and take them somewhere, I hope.'

'This whole town has gone crazy!' Sam thought as he got up. 'I know those are my friends out there, but what's going on with them!?'

"There's gotta be a way to stop them." He said as he looked at the walls.

"Nope. It's hopeless. They'll steal all the pokémon in the center." Ray said with an uncaring tone.

"Wait a minute. That's it! The pokémon in the center! We can use them to battle!"

"Are you kidding? The pokémon are stored elsewhere."

"Uhhh… I think you betta look again, bruddah Ray." Tito said. Ray looked up and gasped. Shelves with poké balls in them lined the walls. He slapped his forehead. His eyes then widened in realization.

"If all the pokémon in the center are here, th-that means—!"

::BOOOOOM!!!::

"Heeeeeere's Otto!" The redhead yelled. The smoke from the mini explosion cleared, revealing the evil trio.

"Jackpot!" Twister yelled as he gave Reggie a high five.

"Now we'll just take the pokémon and we'll be on our way." Reggie said as she made a grab for one of the balls.

"Oh no ya don't!" Sam yelled as he snatched a poké ball from the shelf. "Poké ball! Go!" He tossed it. The ball landed on the ground and opened, revealing—

"Nothing!" Team Rocket laughed. Sam gave a glance at Ray & Tito.

"Well, some of them ARE empty." Ray said. Sam sweatdropped and sighed. He grabbed another one.

"Fine. This one will do the job. Poké ball! Go!" He tossed the ball. It opened in a flash, revealing a rattata, who looked ready to battle. Team Rocket scoffed.

"Pathetic." Otto said.

"Yeah." Twister agreed. He and Otto snickered.

"What a waste of my time." Reggie said, snapping her fingers.

"Ekanssssssss!!!" The snake hissed as it lunged at the rat, making it run away. Sam slapped his head as Team Rocket laughed. He grabbed another ball.

"Go!" He said as he tossed it. A pidgey came out of this one. Koffing charged at the tiny bird, making it run away as well. Team Rocket laughed again, causing Sam to get mad. He suddenly snapped.

"Ok, ok! You guys wanna play rough?!" He grinned insanely as he grabbed as many poké balls he could carry. Despite his small size, Sam was actually able to grab a large amount of balls. The villains got a shocked look on them.

"You wouldn't dare." Otto challenged with a glare.

"I wouldn't, huh?" Sam said with a smirk. "I don't know you guys, remember? Therefore, I got no reason to hold back."

"He's got you there, man." Twister said. Reggie slapped him upside the head.

"Poké balls! Go!" Sam tossed the balls. They all opened. Most of them were empty, but plenty of them released pidgeys, rattatas, and even a raticate & pidgeotto. "Attack!!!"

"O.O;;;;; This won't end well." Reggie said as the many pokémon charged. Sounds of fighting were heard as a cartoonish dust cloud appeared where the villains were standing. Taking the opportunity to flee, Sam pushed the stretcher into the front room. He got as far as the desk when he tripped over his skates.

"There you are!" Sam turned to face Team Rocket, who entered the room as well. They were looking bruised, battered, and extremely angry. Pikachu started to stir.

"Pika, pika!" It said as it opened its eyes. Just then, the ten pikachus from earlier jumped out and dog piled on Sam's. They used an electric attack to revive Sam's pikachu. It stood on top of the pile.

"Pikachu, you're alright!" Sam said as he stood up.

"Pika!" It cheered. Sam turned to his friends turned bad. He gave a glance at Pikachu.

"Pikachu! Use Thunder Shock!" He pointed at the trio.

"Piiiiikaaaachuuuuu!!!!!!" Pikachu shot an impressive electric attack at Team Rocket. It struck them hard.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" They screamed as the electricity went through them. Pikachu didn't stop its attack. Team Rocket kept getting shocked and Koffing was getting furious.

"Kofffffffiiiiiiiiinnnnnnng!!!!!!" It released some of its poison gas, which (unfortunately for our villains) is a flammable substance.

::BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!::

The pokémon center exploded, sending everyone flying.

"That pikachu's rare!" Otto yelled.

"We gotta get it for the boss!" Twister replied.

"Perhaps we will!" Reggie said. "But until then…"

"Team Rocket's grinding off again!!!" They yelled as they became a star in the night sky.

Back on the ground, Sam, Pikachu, Ray, and Tito landed on the beach. They groaned as they stood up. A police car approached them.

"Are you guys alright!?" Officer Shirley asked as she got out of the car. She ran up to the group.

"Yeah. Thanks, Shirley." Ray replied.

"Ray, it's Officer Shirley when I'm on duty." She then noticed the fire at the pier. "What happened there!?"

"Team Rocket happened." Sam said with a distant tone.

"Team Rocket! Those crooks! What'd they steal?!" Shirley asked.

"Nothing." Tito said. "Sam here stopped them."

"And the pokémon weren't harmed." Ray started. "We were able to transport them to Ocean Bluffs' pokémon center before the explosion."

"That's good. Do you boys need a ride home?" Shirley asked.

"Nah. I think we'll manage." Ray replied. "Thanks anyway."

"If you really don't think so, I guess I'll be on my way. See ya later, Big Ray. ;-)" Officer Shirley then got in her car and drove off to investigate the crime scene. The group turned to each other.

"I guess I'll be going home. See ya around." Sam said as he scooped Pikachu in his arms. He skated off to his house. Ray and Tito looked at the fleeting boy with evil smirks.

"Do you think he suspects anything?" Tito asked.

"Nah. Come on. We gotta find the kids." Ray said. They left the beach as well.

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Post-chapter Conversation

"You made them play as Jessie, James, and Meowth!?" Izzy yelled, glaring at me. I was unaffected by the stare down as I nodded.

"Cool, huh?"

"Oy…" Izzy slapped his forehead.

"Anyway, what's the deal with Ray & Tito? For that matter, what's the deal with Otto, Reggie, and Twister? Find out next time!"