Unexpected Changes Chap. 5

By Ryouga's best friend

Disclaimer! Pokemon belongs to whoever owns it please don't sue me!

"Previously in Unexpected Changes," begins the loud booming announcer. "Pikachu has been transformed into a human by the twisted TR scientist Dr. Splicer and is currently hospitalized in Zebbic town. Ash, Misty and Brock have been informed that they have only two weeks to 'cure' the now human Pikachu for her mental trauma or she'll be shipped out to an asylum."

"Before starting their challenge they seek council with the Pokemon expert Prof. Oak. They heard about the rouge scientist Hillary Willow, who might have some connection to Dr. Splicer. He also offers the shocking advice. The best way to help Pikachu is with the talking Meowth who works for team rocket, the cause of the whole problem in the first place. By some stroke of luck, good or bad has yet to be decided, They run into Jesse and James shortly after. They claim not to have known of Pikachu's kidnapping and change, not believing it is even possible. Against Ash's wishes Brock asks them to see for themselves."

"Meowth confirms the story identifying Pikachu as a Pokemon. Jesse and James go to check with their boss just to be sure. Meowth stays and teaches the Neo-human how to speak the language. With a lot of hard work Meowth, Ash, Misty, and Brock teach her the fine art of acting human. This has spread a wide rumor among the staff of the hospital that Ash is Pikachu's girlfriend. The teaching succeeded and Pikachu (know by the human name Amara) was free and adopted 'officially' by Prof. Oak. Well they celebrated Jesse and James came to TR HQ only to find it empty, every member lay in a strange coma, all with purple eyes. Now they Search the base unsure whether the attackers are still about or not…

"Unexpected Changes: The Escape from the New age of Science" The title is read by Jesse and James.

Jesse and James Made there way through the large expanse of the TR base, desperately looking for anyone. "There has to be someone left to tell us what happened." Jesse's was a little panicky but she did her best to hide it. "We'll check the whole complex." What they found only continued to lower their moral. It was one unconscious agent after another strune about like used toys, a few they knew, and somehow the one's responsible had all but cleared out the pokemon vault leaving little of any quality to be found. It seemed to be a lost hope.

"I guess the best thing we can do is gather as much salvageable equipment into one of the vans and meet with the Twerps…" James stated with a sigh to his partner who nodded with great reluctance. They made their way to, which save a couple of comatose agents, was relatively untouched. Apparently they were much more interested in pokemon then gadgets.. James opened one of the large lockers and was surprised to find it occupied. Off balance the person fell to the floor and was quickly caught up in James's Net gun. It was a young boy dressed in a gray uniform with a black TR. He had dirty blond hair but it was hard to see much else as he had curled up in a ball.

"Hey it's a young recruit!" Jesse pointed out. Happy that they'd found someone, even if he'd scared them half to death. They disentangled the net from the shaking boy and did their best to calm him some. James looked over the boy thoughtfully as he reloaded his weapon. The Boy looked to be 13ish but it was hard to tell as he was pretty snort. His eyes, thankfully not purple, were bright brown, though reddened from a fit of crying.

"You know Jess… I think I know this kid…" he said finally.

"Really?"

"Yeah, His names Billy Kidd. He was in my mentor group last year," he said thinking back. Jesse snorted.

"No wonder he's so good at hiding." she quipped, he nodded but realized after a moment what she had said.

"Hey!" before any argument could start Billy finally came to his senses and noticed he was with two senior members, he was safe.

"Oh thank god…I thought I was the only one left." he said rubbing his eyes. The partners stalled their fight and turned their attention to Billy.

"It's okay kid, We just got back from a mission. What happened here?" Jesse asked with her gruff front back up. Billy paled a bit but took a calming breath.

"Two people, an older woman dress like a scientist and a boy about my age…"

"Two people did all this?!" Billy nodded shakily.

"It's was mostly the boy, he had some strange power, he never had to touch any of them. He'd just wave his hand and they'd go flying…but he seemed to be under the control of the woman. Splicer she called herself…even in the locker I could hear her ranting." He shuddered. "She was after the pokemon, she said she had some use for them…" he clasp his only poke ball tightly "I was lucky they didn't take Jack."

"Splicer…didn't the twerps mention something about her?" James looked to Jesse who nodded.

"Supposedly she's the one who experimented on Pikachu."

"Experimented?" Billy asked confused, Jesse and James shared a look.

"This really isn't the time to talk about it, we should be getting out of here." the red head said firmly. "Lets gather what we can and head to the garage."

"Y-You not gonna leave me are you?" Billy stuttered.

"Not if you help." she replied simply which was enough to set the boy into action. They scoured the room for anything of use and each left with a bag full of equipment heading north toward the garage exit. It took a few minutes but they arrived in good time and head straight for the nearest vehicle.

"Come on guys, the psycho might still be lurking around," James said opening the back on the van.

"Psycho you say?" a voice echoed through the space catching the three TR's attention. Billy went white as a sheet.

"It's her…" he squeaked and dived in the van, Jesse and James turned to face the Scientist. At her side was the boy like Billy said, a spoon in each of his hands.

"So a few rats remain…" Splicer said with mild amusement.

"Dr. Splicer I presume…" Jesse said in a neutral tone. Splicer gave a small bow. "You think you can just waltz in here and destroy our base?" she growled. The scientist Laughed and placed a hand a top the boys head who gave not reaction.

"Yes, I think I already did. Your organization has outlived it's usefulness, besides you have such a diverse selection of pokemon…I couldn't help it." she said calmly with a sly grin a Jesse smoldered. Jesse reached to her belt.

"Lets just leave Jesse, no need to get ii over our hea-"

"Shut up! I'm gonna shut her mouth for good. Go Arbok!" she shouted throwing the ball, after hitting the pavement the giant snake materialized.

"Chaarrrbok!"

"How Droll. Ala, take care of this pest." Splicer said in a bored tone. The boy nodded and stepped forward.

"Fine I'll take care of you little boy. Arbok Poison needle!" The snake reared back.

"Charr!" it's mouth opened firing thousands of needles toward the boy. Ala, as he was called, crossed the arms and vanished letting the needles strike the ground harmlessly.

"What?" Jesse managed before Ala reappeared above arbok and aimed both spoons down. The snake glowed purple and was lifted from the ground. The boy spun his spoons in an intricate pattern sending the hapless pokemon bouncing of all the walls and ceiling. Jesse was in shock, the boy was using Pokemon attacks. With a final thud arbok landed on the ground Koed. Jesse regretfully called it back glaring at Splicer who began to cackle madly.

"See your silly pokemon was no match for Ala. He's state of the art, the perfect soldier. Let his dominance be the last thing you think in that pretty head of yours. Ala do your stuff!" she snapped her fingers and Ala landed softly in front of her, eyes glowing brightly. He pointed a spoon toward Jesse and she found her self lifted upwards.

"Jesse!" James shouted firing his ever ready net gun toward the pair only to have it stop in mid air and shoot right back and tie him up. He too found himself airborne, helpless as Ala prepared to invade their minds…

"No!" Billy shouted kicking the door open holding, of all things, an oversized rocket launcher. The instrument of destruction aim firmly toward Ala and the Doctor.

"He couldn't be stupid enough to fire that underground…" she told herself nervously. There was a resounding 'Froosh' as a rocket launched from the tube, the backlash sending the small boy hurtling to the front of the van. "He is that stupid! Ala, forget the rats, Barrier Now!" she screamed as the rocket twisted it's way toward them. Ala shifted his attention like instructed dropping Jesse and James and surrounding both himself and Splicer in a glowing barrier. The explosive stuck the barrier with a mighty blast but did not penetrate, the ground and ceiling were not so lucky taking a large portion of the impact, severely hampering the underground base's structural integrity. Jesse and James scrambled into the Van and started it up as the ceiling gave an audible creak.

"Let's get out of here!" Jesse said stepping on the gas, peeling out of the garage as fast as possible. Ala looked to Splicer who was doing her best to regain composure.

"Just let them go….we got what we came for. Those three won't be of any worry." she said adjusting her glasses. "We have a more important prey…Here we come Pikachu…" she said with a cackle as Ala transported both of them away.

Back in the van they were just coming out of the tunnel, a frazzled Jesse, half-entangled James and quite dazed Billy. They had escaped with there lives…but where could they go. Not to the police, they were wanted already and their base was destroyed…hmm, a message from Meowth…

To be Continued…yet again…

A/N- I managed another part in a spontaneous writing session. This was mostly a side story to Pikachu's journey to show more of TR and hint at Splicer's plans. Billy Kidd…well I needed someone to be around to tell Jesse and James what happened so I stuck with the outlaw name theme and came up with the cowardly newbie Billy. He has one pokemon named Jack, but of the type is unknown. What part will this young TR play in the plot? Ala is Splicer minion, little was given other then that he uses pokemon attacks. Is he the Phase Two Spilcer mention earlier or just another sick experiment by the doctor? Will Pikachu be able to escape Ala in her now Human form? Can Prof. Oak unravel the mystery of her condition? Will TR even make it to the oak estate? Will there be Cake? Some questions will be answered in the next installment of Unexpected Changes!