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The Rocket members, Mike and Nathan sneaked through the crowd, posing as quiet protestors, looking for the best spot to kill the Pokemon Master as he finished the press conference. Unfortunately, he went back into the League HQ, and they had to sneak in to keep up.

The 'protestors' trailed the Pokemon Master, but he was not without his Jedi abilities, though not many know of it. He countered the stalking by luring the two to one of the closed Pokemon fields that are used when the League Championship is in session.

Once the two were in there, he closed and locked the doors with his TK ability and then he turned around, smirking.

"I can tell that you are not really protesters, but Rocket members sent to kill me."

This unnerved the two, as if he pried the information from their minds. Nathan then collected his wits. "So what? That merely means that you'll be dead soon and we'll be the greatest in the underworld!"

"That may be harder than you think." The grin grew wider. "Shall we battle, then?"

Original R/B/Y Trainer Battle Music starts playing...

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"Raticate, get'm!" Nick yelled.

"Muk, after him!" Nathan ordered.

A large, plump rat and a what can only be described as a living blob of poison appeared and prepared to attack.

"Ninetails, after the Raticate; Gengar, get that Muk!" Alex ordered.

The fox and the ghost both appeared, and prepared to defend their trainer. Ninetails jumped out of the way of the rat's razor-sharp teeth and sent a Flamethrower, toasting the Raticate, while Gengar stood with impunity while Muk's poison and normal attacks did little or no damage. The ghost grinned, and let loose a powerful Shadowball that blasted the blob into a wall. The two enemy Pokemon were damaged, but a Quick Attack and a Nightshade from Alex's KOed them, and they were recalled.

Furious, the Rockets sent out their next Pokemon, a dangerous Gyarados and a ugly Feraligator.

Alex recalled his Pokemon and sent out...

"Raichu, GO!"

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Raichu wasted no time in sizing up his opponents, and used Agility to dodge the Hyperbeams and Hydro Pumps thrown at him. Once he confused them sufficiently, his cheeks surged with electrical power and he unleashed a Thunder attack that puts an ordinary lightning strike to shame. The lightning blasted down upon the two Water Pokemon and left a nasty 10-foot-diameter crater with the fainted Pokemon in it.

"Arrgh!" Nathan and Mike screamed in fury as they recalled their second Pokemon. Realizing that they will lose to the Pokemon Master, they pulled out Uzi blaster/submachine guns and began shooting at the Master and his Raichu.

To their horror, the bullets and energy bolts were vaporized or deflected away by a green lightsaber blade as Alex defended himself. Raichu also defended himself with a Light Screen, and the two partners then charged forward, Alex slicing Nathan's hand and Raichu using Quick Attack on Nick.

(music ends)

Alex picked up Nick by the collar, just as League authorities burst in to the commotion. "Why did you attempt to kill me?"

"The boss ordered us to. Team Rocket will rise again, baka, and even you will not survive the war to come!" Nick sneered.

"What is Giovanni planning?" Alex asked again.

"Heh. Like you'd want to know. All I know is that he's planning some kind of...takeover or something. More attacks, but only he knows where."

"How is he using the Pokemon? and where is his headquarters?"

"How should I know? Even if I did, I would die before I tell you."

Alex dropped the guy in disgust. "Take them away. I will interrogate them later."

"Right away." The authorities took the duo away and Detective Kudo went to Alex.

"Are you all right?" He asked.

"Yeah. I couldn't get much out of them. There must be some kind of block on their minds, put up just when I defeated them. Couldn't get through. Another clue, for now I know that whatever Giovanni is using to control Pokemon, for now I know he is controlling them, involves Psychic Pokemon in some way."

"Mmm. and they're some of the most powerful on the planet."

"Indeed. They fear only Dark and Ghosts, but with the right combination of attacks, even those types can be defeated with Psychics."

"The plot thickens..."

"Yup. So it does..."