Well, I think the fic itself will answer your question.
Now, here's the next chapter. Oh, and try to guess the mysterious figures this time.
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Chapter 17
A mysterious figure turns away from the screen it was watching. He then looks up at a young lady who is cuffed to a wall. He grins evilly at the brown haired girl. "So, lovely May, are you overwhelmed by the fact that your friends have made it to my hideout?" He asked.
"You creep! You'll never get away with this!" The girl who was called May said.
"Oh, I believe I will. Who would've guessed that you were the key to making all the things I desire come true?"
"I can't believe that you just captured me to use me as a way to get a pokemon that I thought couldn't come back again!"
"Well believe it! I do whatever it takes to achieve my goals of world domination!"
"You're sick!"
"Maybe I am, but I have gotten everything I wanted, the ability to control the world when I wish, all my lost memories returned, and a powerful pokemon to lead me through everything!" He then pushes a button on the wall and looks at the star shaped figure in the shadows. "Yes, thanks to you, I have achieved everything I wanted to achieve."
"If I no longer have a purpose here, then release me right now!"
"What?" He said with laughter in his voice. "And risk you going to the police, them finding out about this place and my entire Team Rocket organization getting shut down? I don't think so!"
"What is it that you plan to do to my friends?"
"Why, destroy them of course." He said with a laugh.
May was shocked, she couldn't believe that this was the shadowy figure's plan all along.
"Of course, I believe that the next ones they face will do that for me." The shadowy figure said with an evil grin. "And once they're gone, your life is next, and my biggest threats to my plans will be gone forever. Besides, there's only one who can defeat the next opponent, and even if he did come, it would take a miracle for them to win."
He then walked out of the room.
"I can't believe he used me like that!" She shouted to the star shaped being in the shadows. "I feel so stupid for falling into this!"
"It's not your fault, May. He just knew about my power and how to make me come forth when it seemed impossible." A small tear ran down the star shaped figure's cheek. "And now because of what he's done, I am duty bond to serve him until the day he dies. If I object to him, I will die myself."
"Your life..." May started to say, being a bit shocked by what she had heard. "It's a curse! How did you end up with this kind of life?"
The shadowy figure let out a sniff. "Let's just say that I was a very bad pokemon, and because of what I did, the great Ho-oh banished me to the life I am currently living... forever."
"Is there any way to free you from the curse?" She asked the pokemon.
"Only one, but it must be done by one who truly loves me greater than anyone else, and I don't know if the one who I want to save us even loves me that much."
"Of course he loves you that much. How else can you explain the bond you two had, despite the small time you were around?"
"Well, I at least hope he does come and saves us from this place, and that the human that captured us will get the death penalty, and that I can at least return to the life I had before he released me like that. However, I would rather die, then to return to that life I once lived, but I would rather return to that life, then to be locked up and tortured like this."
"Don't worry, Max will save us!"
"Max..." The pokemon thought to itself. "If you can hear me, no matter what it takes, please, help me!"
Ash and Co continue down the hallway, they soon come to another door. It was made of metal and was pretty ordinary. Misty thought that Team Rocket probably didn't have much taste in design. Butch and Cassidy then stopped in front of the door.
"This is the last door for you to pass through." Cassidy said to them. "Once you pass through this door, you will be outside."
Ash and Co were relieved. They couldn't wait to get out of the tunnels. The doors opened, and just as Cassidy promised, they were outside.
The gang let in a long awaited breath of fresh air. Though the air was fresh, something seemed amiss. They suddenly looked around and saw that they were in a roof opened stadium. There were many bleachers surrounding them. There were also headlights ready for any night activities that might take place. When they got a good look around, they could tell it was just at sunset, and it was getting dark.
"Hey! What's going on here?" Misty asked.
They then heard a laugh.
"You've been greatly tricked, prepare for trouble!" A female voice said.
"We've done the greatest scheme, so you'd better make it double!" A male voice said.
Ash and Co looked up, and were shocked when they saw a very familiar robot appear.
"To protect the world from devastation." Jessie said.
"To unite all peoples in every nation." James rhymed.
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Jessie."
"James."
"Team Rocket! Blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth, Dat's right!" Meowth said.
"Wobbuffett!" Wobbuffett said.
"Team Rocket!" Ash and Co yelled.
"Give me back my Pikachu right now, or you will pay!" Ash said angrily.
"Oh sure! All you have to do is destroy our powerful robot once again." Jessie said.
"But dis time it won't be so easy!" Meowth said.
The mid-section of the robot opened up to show Pikachu, who was currently unconscious, and was strapped to a metal wall by some braces.
"Pikachu!" Ash said with tears in his eyes. "What have you done to him?" Ash asked them angrily.
Team Rocket lets out an evil laugh. "We have drained all of Pikachu's power!" James said.
"This powerful robot now runs on all the power that Pikachu holds!" Jessie said.
"And in case we do run outta Pikachu's power, we have a back up supply of power!" Meowth said.
The entire group gasped, they couldn't believe that Team Rocket would go that far just to have one pokemon. The midsection of the robot then closed.
"The boss has ordered us to take care of you, permanently!" Jessie said.
"He is completely fed up with you twerps always messing up our plans!" James said.
"And what da boss says, goes!" Meowth said.
"And this time, we'll make sure you don't win." Jessie said.
She then pushed a button on a remote control that she was holding. Three very familiar machines then appeared from the ground. The first was a sub that looked like a fish of some kind. Ash and Co knew this to be their old Magikarp sub. The second was also a sub, but it looked like Misty's Gyarados. The last one was an all too familiar black helicopter. Ash and Co knew these machines as the ones that Team Rocket used with their schemes to capture pokemon.
"Now watch, as we show everyone the greatest power of this powerful machine!" Jessie said excitedly.
"Da boss spared no expense on dis one!" Meowth said as he slammed his fist onto a stripped button.
End Chapter 17
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Now, can you guess the two figures? You already know one very well, but who is the other? Trust me, you mightbe surprised when the answer comes.
Oh, and just wait, you'll soon see why it will take a miracle to win this battle.
Anyways, please review.