Chapter 6

The Arrival of the Twin Terrors

It was a beautiful afternoon and every trainer was happy to be at this festival. Officer Jenny was making sure that no laws were broken. She was especially on the look out for Team Rocket since she knew that the Red Gyarados would be a target. She kept on making sure everything was secure but she did have fun once in a while. Officer Jenny went up and played with the Seel. Despite that she like Growlithe, she did like water pokemon too and Seel was her favorite.

"Attention trainers, due to the incredible amount of trainers attending this festival, it shall be delayed for another hour or so." announced the president of the Water Festival Committee in a cheerful way on a microphone.

He put down the microphone and thought a bit. This had never had happened before. Sure, they had to delay the festival but not by an hour or more. It must be because of the Red Gyarados. Trainers seem to be attracted by this red shiny pokemon and no one had been able to catch it. Well, not this one. The original red Gyarados was caught back when the festival by Lance and he was awarded the trophy. Scientists found out that there was another red Gyarados. They raised it well and decided to continue on and see if trainers could catch this one but no trainer could successful catch it.

Meanwhile, somewhere near the lake, a Pidgeot jet landed on the soft grass. Trainers started to gasp at it. Most of them have never seen a metallic Pidgeot, even a giant, metallic Pidgeot. The door opened on the side and Officer Jenny knew actually what was going on. She got out her handcuffs.

Jessie walked out in the sunlight with a blanket and an umbrella. You could never know when these water pokemon could make a big splash. She was about to reach the lake when Officer Jenny stopped her.

"You are under arrest for disturbing the peace. I will let you off if you turn the monstrous thing around and never return back here." Officer Jenny yelled at Jessie while the other trainers watched.

Jessie chuckled at the officer. Officer Jenny actually thought they were going to cause trouble. Why would she think that? Jessie turned around and saw the gigantic Pidgeot Jet and sighed. Maybe that was the reason, but they weren't even going to steal pokemon. They were going to catch them.

"You silly law enforcer, we weren't going to steal pokemon, not even the rare Red Gyarados. We were going to catch them the old fashioned way … with pokeballs. Some of us would like to compete in this competition." Jessie explained to Officer Jenny without being too bold or modest.

The officer stared at Jessie back and looked in the doorway and saw the rest of the gang plus more. She couldn't believe what she heard. No trouble from Team Rocket, this was impossible. She put her hand on Jessie's forehead. No fever coming from Jessie so she put her hand on her forehead. No fever coming from her either. What was going on? She saw James walking out to see Jessie.

"Ummm, Jessie. I think you made her think that we is going crazy, shouldn't we …" James tried to explain what was going on but Jessie interrupted him.

"No mottos, this is one time Team Rocket is not going to be the cause of trouble this time." Jessie proudly said to James.

Little did Jessie know that there was a helicopter heading for a secret area of the Lake of Rage and it contained the opposite of what she was trying to achieve. The two mysterious rockets had a plan that involved stealing all of the pokemon in the lake, including the Red Gyarados. They also planned on stealing trainer's pokemon and there was nobody who could do a thing to stop them. It was because they were unstoppable, unbelievable and very powerful. These rockets had given the police force a run for the money. They had been known as the two greatest rockets in time and they were even on the top of the Most Wanted list.

Meanwhile at the entrance at the Lake of Rage, Ash, Misty and Brock stepped into the park. Ash was happy to finally get a rare pokemon. He was hyped up on catching more pokemon, especially water pokemon. Sure, he did have Kingler and Totodile but he needed something new and exciting. Plus he wanted to get the rare Red Gyarados before Gary got to it first. He wanted to show Gary that he could do something right. Ash ran to the desk where he could sign up to catch pokemon. Misty also went to the desk to sign up. She gave Ash the look that even Ash cringed when he saw that look.

"Don't think you are the only one competing in this festival. I will catch some glorious pokemon and maybe even the Red Gyarados." Misty chuckled as she signed the entry form.

Ash looked at her strangely and started to sign the form too. As he did that, he chuckled as he said to Misty, "You know what Misty? I don't care. I am trying to prove to Gary that I can catch even a rare pokemon…"

"But you have one. What about that Noctowl that you caught in that forest back with that crazy professor? That was rare and it was hard. What's the difference between that colored Noctowl and this colored Gyarados?" Misty asked Ash why he was going through trying to catch the rare Red Gyarados.

"I'll answer that, missy. The Red Gyarados is well known to most of all the trainers who pass by here and those who want to catch it. Trust me, anybody will have trouble catching it, except for Lance. That leader of the Elite Four caught it, not easily but…" the announcer explained but he stopped when he said something that he shouldn't have said.

Ash and Misty were looking at him like he was revealing a deep dark secret. They couldn't believe someone had already caught it. Then why were trainers coming from all corners of the Earth to catch something that has already been caught? Was this Red Gyarados a decoy?

"… I probably shouldn't have said anything, but back at the beginning of the festival, Lance caught the original Red Gyarados but it bred with another and surprisingly had a baby. When a Red Gyarados mates with a normal Gyarados… Well, basically we found another Red Gyarados and we raised it and we kept the festival going. There could be another Red Gyarados out there in the lake. Who knows?" explained the announcer about why trainers were still trying to catch the rare Red Gyarados.

Both of them were amazed but still continued onto to the lake. Misty gave Ash a rod as she took out a rod of her own. Ash asked why did she give him a rod. Misty hit on the head with a mallet but calmed down. Then she explained that it was a gift from her and that rods here cost some money. The good rods cost a lot and hers was a lot better.

"Well, if it is the twerps and Pikachu, how are you doing?" said a familiar voice.

Ash and Misty turned around and saw Jessie at the registration table. Both of them could see James, Meowth, Cassidy, Butch and Domino in the stands next to Brock. Why were they here? Was it a scheme to get more pokemon? Rockets never played fair, and it showed it during the Hot Air Balloon race.

"What are you two doing here?" Ash shouted as he raised his rod as a weapon to protect the water pokemon and of course, Pikachu.

Misty calmed him down by backing him off but then turned to Jessie to ask, "Yeah, what scheme are you trying to pull off this time?"

Jessie was shocked, but of course she knew why. Team Rocket always had arrived at the moment that seemed suspicious. It was naturally for those twerps to blame them for doing something, but not this time. This time, there were going to follow by the rules. The rules said that you could barter for the pokemon and even the Red Gyarados. They had caught some pokemon the right way just in cause they needed to barter. The whole group pitched in. They wanted to get the Red Gyarados for the boss and not mess up.

"Well for your information, we are following by the rules. No tricks, no motto, Team Rocket is going clean for this festival only. After that, you can expect us to be after that Pikachu. If you don't believe us, ask Officer Jenny. I explained the whole situation to her." Jessie explained to Ash and Misty why they were at the festival.

Officer Jenny walked up to Ash and Misty where Jessie was. Brock noticed Officer Jenny right away. He closely crept to the area where Officer Jenny was. He wanted to catch her by surprised and not get hauled away by Misty. Why did Misty have to interrupt his romantic talks with beautiful women?

"Unfortunately, there are telling the truth. They explained the whole reason for them being here and none of it violates the law. Of course, that jet is ugly…"

"Ugly, how dare you call that thing ugly? It is a piece of art. It took a lot of time to construct that piece of work and you call it ugly!" yelled Jessie when Officer Joy called the Pidgeot jet ugly.

"You call that art? I call that a piece of junk, but since I don't want to make you angry; I will try to block it out of my view. Oh, where was I? Oh, yes, there is no law that Team Rocket has broken or will…" Officer Jenny tried to calm Jessie down so that Jessie would cause a riot but Brock interrupted her.

"Oh, Officer Jenny, I agree with you, that is a piece of junk. Now let's discuss some art over a romantic candlelight on the lake's waters."

The sound of Misty's rod hit Brock as she hauled him away. She knew that Brock was only making thing worse. He always made things worse with his romanticism. Especially during the Butterfree mating season, when he saw that beautiful girl and wanted Ash's Butterfree to mate with the other Butterfree, so he could date the Butterfree's owner.

"Brock, why can't you keep your mouth shut when it should stay shut?" Misty said angrily as she dragged him off by his ear back towards the stands.

She ran back to the lake as Jessie, Ash and she were waiting for the signal to fish. The announcer lifted up the signal flag and flipped it down, which was the signal for all trainers to fish. Ash, Misty and Jessie all cast their rods into the lake.

"I am going to catch the Red Gyarados before you, Misty." Ash gloated as he felt a large tug on his rod, hoping that it wasn't a Magikarp.

"No way, Ashie boy. I am going to catch it before you."

They saw Gary next to him with one of the store bought rods. Misty was anger that he settled for something that probably didn't work. Her rods were better and even homemade rods were better. Jessie was holding a homemade rod.

"Trying your luck with a rotten rod? All that you will catch with rod is termites, Gary." Misty gloated to Gary.

Misty was still hyper from the match and wanted to still make fun of him. Misty never was like this so both Jessie and Ash were concerned but kept on fishing. Gary was about to say something when a blanket of white smoke covered the whole area. Ash though it was a trick by Meowth or James but he could see through parts of the fog that even James, Meowth, Butch, Cassidy and Domino were confused as he was.

Suddenly, two dark cloaked figures stepped out of the shadow. Everyone looked over at the figures. Ash sneered at this type of trouble. He knew it had something to do with another faction of Team Rocket. First it was Jessie and James. Then it was Cassidy and Butch and finally it was this group. He knew that Team Rocket might be coming here, but never thought of them sending another group other than the ones he knew.

"Who are you and what are you planning to do?" Ash shouted at the mysterious figures.

The figures chuckled and turned to Ash. He had no idea what he was up against, they thought. Those bumbling rockets were just the toppings on a sundae, but there were the hard delicious hot sauce that everyone tried to stay away from.

"Don't underestimate our powers, so prepare yourself for trouble."

"When we both attack, we shall make the damage done double."

Ash knew that was a rocket motto, but this one seemed different. Very different than the ones he had come across of. This had a little more pizzazz than Jessie and James's Rocket Motto.

"To destroy the world with devastation."

"To unite all evil within this nation."

"To bring forth the evils and destroy all love."

"To extend our terror to the heavens above."

"Trevor Venema"

The first cloaked rocket removed his cloak to reveal his true form. Ash gasped at what he was. This Rocket was part Dragonite; in fact he was more like a pokemon/human hybrid. He wondered about the other rocket. Was the other rocket a hybrid too?

"Max Venema"

Jessie was surprised by first rocket's strange form but disgusted by the second rocket's clothing. He was wearing different shades of black and purple. Why would a guy do this? She also was surprised that not only that this was male-male duo; she was also surprised that there were brothers.

"Team Rocket Twin Terrors sends in victims screaming off through the night."

"I'd suggest that you surrender right now because against us, you won't be able to win this fight."

A Dragonite and a Arbok popped out to perform the Meowth pose of saying "That's right." Meowth was a little upset that other pokemon were taking his place in the motto. He didn't mind the motto. It was better than theirs. They must have made it spectacular with the dramatics.

"So who dares to challenge the almighty Twin Terrors?" shouted Trevor Venema in his powerful voice as he scanned the ground for any challengers.

Ash walked towards the strange new Rocket members calling themselves the Twin Terrors. Gary also headed towards the strange group. In mind, they agreed to get rid of this rockets and continue on with the festival.

"We except your challenge." shouted both Ash and Gary as they glared at the new rockets.

"Good, get ready, you two because this is going to a challenge that not even you can beat." chuckled Max Venema.

Both Ash and Gary got ready for a battle up against two powerful rockets with several tricks to go against these two. Ash and Gary had no idea what they were going up against, but they had to. They knew that these rockets were after the water pokemon, including the Red Gyarados. Gary gripped a pokeball as Ash looked at Pikachu. Their determination would be key to winning but these rockets had something that might make them lose this battle. As the two sides starred at each other, they both waited for this incredible battle to begin. A battle that would not be easy for Ash and Gary to win, a battle that would destroy their spirit, their determination and maybe even their pokemon.