This chapter involves on what is going back home. The Twin Terrors are mentioned just because they are my favorite new villains that I have come up with. Team Aqua and Team Magma are mentioned but just a bit. Well, read and review.

Chapter 5

Rockets plus Terror equals Trouble

Ash's mom was still crying. It had been three days since her son had disappeared. She knew Professor Oak was going through the same grief. He had lost his grandson Gary. Police were questioning about the device that Team Rocket used. Delia described the machine to very last detail. She even described what happened when Gary and Ash's Pokemon tried to attack the machine. She just wanted her son back. The doorbell rang as she watched Ash's Johto League Tournament. She opened and saw Tracey.

"Hello Tracey!!! It is good to see a familiar face!!!" Delia sighed.

"What's wrong, Delia?" Tracey asked, "by the way, where is Ash? I want to him the new pokemon I caught and drew."

Delia cried and looked at Tracey. Apparently, no one had told him that Ash had disappeared a couple days ago but was it right for her to be the one to tell Tracey? She invited him in and had Mr. Mime make some tea. She cried some more. Tracey could tell that something was wrong. She either was sad about Ash going on another journey or something terrible had happened.

"Tracey, Ash is gone." Delia cried.

"What???" Tracey exclaimed.

Delia explained what happened three days ago just as she did with the police. Tracey jumped up in shock. He knew Team Rocket caused trouble but they did nothing to this grand. What was their purpose with that machine? Was it supposed to cause three holes in space? Giovanni was supposed to be a mysterious man so no one knew what he was going to do or where he was going to do it. Tracey just hoped that Ash and the others were okay. Suddenly, the phone rang. Delia hoped that it wasn't another police report.

"Delia, turn on the TV. You might want to see what is happening in the news!!!" Professor Oak exclaimed.

Delia ran to the TV and turned it on. Maybe it was a scientific report about ways to find her son but she was wrong. She gasped. Tracey ran into the room and wondered what was going on. He turned to Delia and looked at the TV. Both of them looked at the TV screen and kept on watching.

"This is Officer Jenny from Goldenrod. Team Rocket has taken over the city. I am reporting from an undercover station. It seems like Team Rocket has taken over Goldenrod City. Reports of riots and looting are already in the mist of this chaotic city. This is a sad day for citizens of Johto. Right now, we have a citizen who witnessed this tragedy."

The camera showed the radio director of Goldenrod City. His clothes were worn and bruised. It looked like he had got in a fight with the Rockets. Both Tracey and Delia focused their attention on the radio director. They both wondered what could have happened to him. He was handed the microphone. Then make-up and design artists came into fix him up. Figures, he didn't get in a fight.

"Citizens of the Pokemon World ... Team Rocket are growing more and more powerful. I barely escaped the takeover of Radio Tower. Goldenrod City is now belongs to Team Rocket. I urge trainers to come and help stop Team Rocket before things get worse." The director said.

Delia knew Ash could stop Team Rocket if he were here. Was this part of Giovanni's plan? Was getting rid of one of the most talented trainers part of his scheme? If you wanted to get ahead in this world, you would have to eliminate the top competitors or obstacles. So getting rid of Ash was Giovanni's way of getting ahead in life. Delia wished that she knew where Giovanni sent her precious son.

"Don't worry. Ash will be okay. He has been through worse situations like this before." Tracey explained.

"That is true. Remember how he saved the world from Lawrence the III? I mean that was tough for Ash." Delia said.

"Well, there was also the time Ash faced against the powerhouse Mewtwo."

They turned to see Professor Oak standing in the doorway. He was still teary-eyed from all the crying. Even Professor Oak was in distraught. He missed his grandson Gary. Delia came up to Samuel and hugged him. Both of them were going through the same thing. They both cried a bit. Mr. Mime brought in tea and both of them sat down.

"So what about this Mewtwo thing?" Delia asked.

"Well, Ash told me, after he got his memories back, that he faced against Mewtwo. Giovanni had ordered his scientists to make him the most powerful pokemon on earth. Of course Mewtwo realized that he was only a pawn in Giovanni's game. He destroyed Giovanni's base just like he destroyed the lab." Oak said.

"So how did my Ashy boy get caught up in this?" Delia asked.

"Yeah, I would like to know too. Maybe I can sketch a picture of this Mewtwo." Tracey said.

"I doubt it, Tracey. Mewtwo hides out from city to city. I was lucky that I ran into him to get the whole story. Anyways Delia, Mewtwo was holding a tournament and he invited your son and his friends to New Island. Mewtwo's real plan was to clone all the pokemon and wipe out all pokemon and human kind. Then he wanted to restart the population with the cloned pokemon. Ash and company learned of this plan and wanted to stop them. Ash stopped a battle between Mewtwo and Mew. That's when he turned to stone." Samuel Oak explained.

"Ash!!! How could something happen to my son?" Delia cried.

"Don't worry. Ash was revived thanks to the tears of the Pokemon. Ash ran into Mewtwo and saved him from Giovanni. Giovanni seems to cause trouble whenever likes it." Samuel Oak explained.

"Sigh!!! Well, that's better. Well, if we are going to continue on the subject of close encounters ... then what about Ash and Celebi? Ash had to stop Celebi from causing trouble no thanks to that Rocket Hunter." Delia explained.

"Ash is quite a person. I think he will make a good master one-day. Do you think if he ever gets back, he will be able to beat the Hoenn league??" Samuel asked.

"Knowing Ash, he will probably get a lot of adventure from it. Though I am concerned that he will run across Team Aqua and Team Magma." Delia said in a nervous way.

"Team Magma and Team Aqua? I have heard of them, but they are nothing to worry about. Team Rocket is the main problem. Those two Hoenn gangs are nothing but pushovers." Tracey replied.

"Tracey is right. Giovanni's Team Rocket is much more powerful than Team Magma and Team Aqua combined, Delia." Samuel Oak assured.

"That's a relief. Speaking of Team Rocket, what do you think Giovanni's up to? Do you think that strange object was part of this plan?" Delia asked.

"Well, it was until Ash and Gary interfered. I have a theory that device was supposed to send to dark and terrible worlds. Now we don't where they went. But I doubt Giovanni cares. As long as Ash and Gary are out of his hair, he has time to celebrate. Maybe he has time to take over all of the Pokemon World." Samuel said.

Delia looked at her teacup. This was bad. Her Ashy boy was somewhere she couldn't reach out and call him. She needed her Ashy boy right now. She just wanted to know what Giovanni was up to. What was he planning? Was Ash part of his master scheme or was it something bigger? She just hoped that everything would turn out okay.

Meanwhile in a secret base in the valleys of Johto, Giovanni was laughing. The impossible had been accomplished. Sure the method getting rid of Ash and Gary plus the idiotic rocket trio was not the way he wanted it, but it was better than nothing at all. Now his Rockets were terrorizing the world. They had already taken over Goldenrod City. Now it was time to take Saffron City. That would definitely help in his plan to rule the Pokemon world. Just then a grunt came in. Right behind the first grunt was another grunt.

"Sir, Domino has good news. She is in the Orange Islands. She is already taken over Pummelo Island." The Grunt said.

"Better news Giovanni. Cassidy and Butch have just sent in their good news. They are in Hoenn. They have just captured the rare legendary Rayquaza. It is supposed to be stronger than Mewtwo." The second grunt said.

"Excellent. Send my congratulations to both of them." Giovanni said.

"I will get on it sir." Both grunt said.

The grunts left the room. Giovanni has happy. Everything was going to plan. Nothing could stop him now. Not even the Elite Four could stop him. With Ash and Gary, the Pokemon world and the rest of the world would be his in a matter of days or weeks. Now he had to expand his conquest. Suddenly, several screens popped down. Many different Grunts appeared on the TV screen. All of them were his best Grunts/Agents. They hadn't failed him like Jessie and James had.

"Domino, reporting in. I have Drake captured. The residents are resisting but the island is secure. I have my plans for hitting the islands where the rest of Orange Crew are on." She said.

"Domino, you surprise me sometimes. Continue but remember to be cautious. One mistake can end your conquest.' Giovanni said.

"Yes, sir." She said.

The TV turned off and it went back into the ceiling. Domino was Giovanni's best and mysterious agent. No one truly knew her real name. Even Giovanni didn't know her name. I guess some things are best left unknown. I turned to my other two agents. Sure they had failed in the efforts of the Pokemon Daycare scheme, the Pokemon Horoscope scheme and the Lugia scheme ... but that had to deal with Ash and those bumbling Rockets.

"So Cassidy and Butch, how is it that you were able to catch this Rayqwerty thing?" Giovanni asked.

"It is Rayquaza, boss ... and it wasn't that hard. Apparently, Team Rocket isn't that known in Hoenn. So he didn't expect us. When we passed through, everyone waved at us. Why don't we have a base in Hoenn?" Cassidy asked.

"Good question. Well the answer has to deal with two rival gangs called Magma and Aqua. They are each are planning a scheme against each other. Team Magma thinks the world should be all land and Team Aqua thinks the world should be all water. So they are trying to find the right Legendaries to do it. I don't want to get in the middle of this conflict so I am staying out of this mess. That's why Team Rocket isn't in Hoenn." Giovanni explained.

"That makes sense, Boss. So what city should we take over?" Butch asked.

"Mossdeep City is the home of Steven, who is the leader of Hoenn's Elite Four. I think you should pay him a visit and show him Team Rocket is powerful enough to take over Hoenn." Giovanni suggested.

"All right, Boss. Mossdeep City will be taken over before you can say 'We're blasting off again!!!' Alright?" Cassidy and Butch said.

"Yes, go ahead with your plans. I just want to see the look of Steven's face when he learn that Team Rocket is invading his own hometown." Giovanni laughed.

"All right, we'll get right on it. Over and out." Both Cassidy and Butch said.

Then the screen turned blank and went up into the ceiling. Perfect, he thought. He already had parts of Johto, and the Orange Islands under Team Rocket Control. Soon Kanto and Hoenn would feel Team Rocket's wrath. Giovanni turned to the final screen. These Rockets were his extra special Agents. They wouldn't fail him one bit. He smiled and picked up a remote control. He pressed it and the door locked. He pressed another button and every door or window was covered in steel. Then he turned back to the monitor.

"Ah, The Twin Terrors. So is everything ready for the invasion of Saffron City?" Giovanni asked.

"Yes, sir. Sabrina won't know what hit her." Trevor said.

"Trevor, take off that cloak. It is just you and I and your brother." Giovanni said.

Trevor took off his hood and cloak. Trevor Venema was a Dragonite Hybrid. Giovanni decided to mess with Hybrid Technology to create an army of powerful Pokemon/Human Hybrids. Very few joined up but Trevor was anxious to go. Trevor was one of his loyal Rockets. Then there was Max. Giovanni could see Max in the background. Giovanni didn't know very much about Max but he knew that Max's Poison was powerful. There was a lot more to Max, according to the reports, but Giovanni ignored all details.

"Saffron City will be under control of Team Rocket. Soon you will have access to Silph Company. Then your most wildest dreams can come true." Max said.

"Excellent. The world will soon feel Team Rocket's wrath." Giovanni chuckled.

"We shall not fail you, Giovanni." The Twin Terrors said.

The final screen turned off and went back into the ceiling. This was great. All the cards were in his hand. He had all his pieces set down. He had every plan laid out. Nothing could stop him. After Hoenn, Johto, Kanto and the Orange Islands were his, he would take over the rest of the world. He would target the major cities of the major countries. Giovanni's time has come. He laughed as chaos ensued. This truly was the Pokemon World's Darkest Hour.