I have decided to move it to the Crossover Section for the moment. I don't know where to put it. Since it does crossover with Buffy for six chapters, I thought that would be a good idea. Hopefully it is still a good idea!!!

This chapter shows a different side to Domino. We do know that she does use Rose or Tulip Weapons (watch Mewtwo Returns if you don't know what I am talking about.) but I want to make her tougher by giving her powerful pokemon. There is some destruction at the end but nothing that is chaotic. Well, sit back, read and review, review, review!!!!

Chapter 11

Traps, Grudges, Battles and Explosions (Part Two)

I stood there in shock. I knew that there was some hidden message in Gesper's warning. Note to self: remind self to study Gesper's cryptic messages. I don't know where Zephyr disappeared of to but now I wished he was here. As a secret agent or spy, he must have dealt with situations like this before. I tried not to look scared since I wanted to look brave but how can one look brave in a situation like this?

"Do you need your siblings to rescue you or how about some gym leaders?" Domino said as she laughed.

"You are mocking me and I don't need help from anybody. I can take care of myself." I sneered at Domino.

"Really? Then why don't your brothers let Giovanni take you and let this all be done?" Domino asked.

"Do you think I am that stupid? Maybe I can't fully defend myself but I need all the help I can get." I growled.

"The only help you have now is that pathetic agent Zephyr. Bakura Muto! Joseph Kaiba! Those are the worst names I have ever heard of. I bet his pokemon are just as a pathetic." Domino laughed.

"You should never judge a person by his or her ideas, Domino. I bet Zephyr is one of the greatest trainers on this planet." I said as I defended Zephyr.

"I wouldn't say I was one of the greatest but I am skillful when it comes to pokemon."

We both turned around and saw Zephyr. He was smiling like he knew all of this would happen. Did he willfully accept the bait? And for what reasons? Did he have some sort of grudge against Domino? Or was there more to this confusing puzzle? I stood there watching the two glare at each other. I knew that something was going on and I was out-of-the-loop.

"So Zephyr, we meet again. Did you have fun destroying our last operation?" Domino sneered.

"Yes, I did. Of course, the operation was below Team Rocket standards. So I had fun but there was a bit of dullsville there also." Zephyr grinned.

"Well, you fell for my trap. And you brought Lawrence also. I have two rewards for Giovanni." Domino laughed.

"Who said I fell for your trap? Maybe Lawrence did but I knew that you were trying to lure me? I just wanted more of a challenge from you." Zephyr explained.

"More of a challenge? Are you saying that I am ... "Domino argued but she never got to finish her argument.

"Am I to assume that you and Domino have a rivalry?" I asked Zephyr.

"Yes, that is true. Before Domino joined Team Rocket, she was in the same spy school as I was in but she turned to Dark Side." Zephyr explained.

"Oh, I understand. But WHAT I don't UNDERSTAND is WHY you DRAGGED me INTO your FIGHT!" I yelled.

"Time has been wasted. Lawrence, I am going to take you down." Domino said as she pulled out a pokeball.

"Funny, I thought the great Domino never used pokemon. I thought she relied on her rose weapons." I said.

"Well, that is true ... wait a minute, you are trying to distract me. Pokeball go!" She shouted.

The pokeball was thrown from her hands and hit the ground. It opened up to reveal Tyranitar. This was going to be a tough battle. The only pokemon I have that might do well against Tyranitar is Scyther and I am not sure that Scyther was powerful enough to defeat Tyranitar. I took out Scyther's Pokeball while I saw Zephyr take out two Pokeballs. I wondered why pokemon he had. We both throw our pokeballs. Out of my pokeball popped out Scyther in it wonderful glory and then the two pokemon I didn't expect to come out of Zephyr's pokeballs appeared. His pokemon were Swampert and Grovyle. This is great. Swampert was a Water type and Grovyle was a Grass Type.

"So you do have pokemon that might put up a challenge but my Tyranitar is strong." Domino shouted.

"Scyther, use False Swipe." I shouted

"Swampert, Grovyle! Use Hydro Pump and Leaf Blade." Zephyr order.

Scyther flew towards Tyranitar to attack by using False Swipe but Tyranitar dodged it. Domino's Tyranitar did the same thing with Swampert and Grovyle's attacks. This Tyranitar was tough. And single attack would help. Each Pokemon had to work together. I mentioned to Zephyr to come over.

"What is it, Lawrence?" Zephyr asked.

"Our pokemon need to function as a whole to beat Domino's Tyranitar." I suggested.

"I was thinking the same thing. If we can get Tyranitar to get confused, we can win."

"Okay, Scyther use Double Team on Tyranitar."

Scyther flew to Scyther and started up to use Double Team. Tyranitar looked at Scyther and couldn't tell which was the Scyther. My Scyther's Double Team was so powerful that it seemed like there were 10 to 100 Scythers. I couldn't even tell which one was the real Scyther if I was in the same situation. I chuckled but kept focused since I knew that Domino might have a plan.

"Tyranitar, use Hyper Beam to take out every Scyther." Domino shouted.

Bad mistake, I thought. My Scyther was fast enough to dodge even Hyper Beam. We Venemas are powerful trainers that shouldn't be messed with. I bet Giovanni had set this trap up to get me. Giovanni and Domino made their ultimate mistake because when play with Venema fire, you will get burned. I nodded towards Zephyr. It was time to finish this match.

"Tyranitar, keep up the Hyper Beam Attacks. His Scyther can't last that long. It isn't powerful as Scizor." Domino shouted.

"Sure, it might not be but it is just as strong. Your days of terror are over, Domino." I shouted.

"Swampert and Grovyle, attack together!" Zephyr ordered.

The two pokemon fired off their most powerful attacks. Tyranitar turned around to see both Hydro Pump and Solar Beam coming at it. Tyranitar almost got away if my Scyther hadn't used Glare to paralyze it. The wave of energy caused a big explosion knocking Tyranitar out. Both Zephyr and I looked at each other. We turned to Domino who was not happy. Zephyr and I made quite a team. Maybe he would join me on my journey to greatness. He probably was a talented trainer.

"You two will pay for that. Neither of you will leave. I won't rest until Lawrence Venema joins Team Rocket." Domino yelled as she withdrew Tyranitar.

That was our cue to run. Domino pulled out her rose weapon and started firing. We both ran faster than Scyther or Scizor. Both of our pokemon were following behind trying to reflect the attacks. Note to self; never ever make Domino angry. Zephyr pointed towards a door. It was unmarked so we entered. Domino probably didn't expect it or did she? We entered the room. It was very dark. I wondered why this room was unmarked.

"So Zephyr, why hasn't Grovyle evolved? I am sure that isn't its final form." I asked.

"I really don't like to have Grovyle evolve yet and it doesn't want to evolve also. Sure a full-evolved pokemon is awesome but a half evolved pokemon is a surprise to other trainers. Just because it hasn't reached its evolutionary level doesn't mean that it is weak." Zephyr replied.

"Well well, you two are hiding in the dark. I guess Spies and Venemas are two creatures of darkness." Domino said.

We turned around and saw Domino with a rose that looked like a ray gun. She aimed it towards us. Zephyr must have brought us here on purpose but why? Something made me think that this was more of a plan than a trap. Did Zephyr know something that I didn't? Were both Domino and I both in the dark? Whatever was going to happen was going to happen soon?

"Game over, boys. I will win and you two will lose. Get used to Rocket life, Venema." Domino laughed as she fired up the ray gun.

The blast from the rose ray gun fired at us but Zephyr pushed me to dodge the energy blast. He also dodged out the way also. I kind of heard a smash into the blast and heard some sparkling of energy. Domino turned a light on and saw what she had hit. There was an energy reactor that powering the whole place. Now I knew why Zephyr had come here. He knew that if he could destroy the reactor and cause a chain reaction, it would destroy the base.

"Guess I didn't have to do my dirty work this time. Thanks Domino for destroying the base for me." Zephyr chuckled.

"I will get you Zephyr and your pathetic little friend, too." Domino said as she ran out of the room.

"Let me guess. We have to get out this base before it explodes, right?" I asked.

"Correct, but we had to get my robot first. I can't let that thing go down in flames." Zephyr replied as we ran out.

I could hear the reactor starting to go haywire. Alarms start to go off and chaos started to ensue. I could see Rocket Grunts running around. I couldn't believe it. I struck back at Giovanni for trying to capture me. And I bet Domino was his secret weapon to capture me. I proved to Giovanni that you don't mess with a Venema when he is willing to take down even his best agents and secret bases.

"Looks like we caused a major disruption in Giovanni's system." I said while running.

"Yes, and we showed Giovanni that when you leave your guard down, bad things will happen." Zephyr replied.

We slapped hands and kept on running. We came to the storage bay. In front of the doors were Rocket Grunts. Domino must have told that they were intruders. I took out Xatu's pokeball and released it. Xatu appeared in its wonderful glory. I told Xatu to use Teleport to get rid of the Rocket Grunts. The Grunts disappeared and the second problem came up. The door was locked but I had a solution to that too. I had Scyther, who was still behind me along with Zephyr's two other pokemon, to break the lock.

"You are a good trainer. I bet you would make an excellent spy too." Zephyr replied.

"Nah, I'd rather skip the spy stuff anyways." I replied back while trying not to insult him.

"I understand. Now let's blow this Popsicle joint." Zephyr said while he smiled.

We rushed to the Zangoose Robot as we recalled all of our pokemon except Xatu. I felt that I needed him for an emergency. We climbed into the cockpit and blasted our way out. The door shattered into a million pieces. Zephyr guided the robot outside. That's when my plan went into action. I had Xatu teleport us far away from the base. I saw Xatu glow in its yellowish glow. Then the machine, along with the both of us, started to glow. Our surrounding changed to a forest beside a Pokemon center.

"So when is the explosion supposed to happen?" I asked.

"Any second now. I plan all of my explosions or disasters." Zephyr replied.

Zephyr handed me some binoculars and I looked for any sign of a Rocket base or an explosion. That's when it happened. A big explosion shook the surrounding area and I saw it all happen. I saw a mushroom shape cloud erupt from a building. It was fascinating that both Zephyr and I were able to do that. We slapped hands and climbed out the machine with Xatu following behind. We headed towards the backdoor of the Pokemon center to go to our rooms. We departed our ways so we could rest up. I changed into my normal clothes and took a little nap. I woke up in the afternoon to find a silver tray with a silver lid. I found a note from my dad.

Dear Lawrence,

Zephyr and you did an excellent job taking down one of Giovanni's bases. Giovanni had some powerful weapons hidden there. Maybe Zephyr knew that. Zephyr seems like a good friend. You probably already know where I am getting this info. Your brother is one excellent psychic. Well, this is a victory dinner that your mother cooked for you. She is very proud of you. I hope you can accomplish many things with your new friend Zephyr.

Signed,

Desler Venema.

I was so happy that my parents weren't questioning my actions. In fact there were quiet happy. I knew that Gesper knew about Zephyr's plans. He really does know anything that will happen. Well, sometimes he keeps certain things a secret because there are some things that should never be revealed. I opened the lid to reveal Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, Roast Beef covered in Gravy, her best four-cheese biscuits, an assortment of corn and peas, plus a Blueberry Milkshake. That's when Zephyr entered the room.

"Hey Lawrence ... "

"Hey Zephyr ... "

"... I was wondering ... "

"... I was wondering ... "

"... if I could join you on your journey. It would help to have a good friend and not to mention you are a powerful and skillful Venema"

"... if you could join me on my journey. It would help to have a good friend and not mention you are a powerful and skillful trainer."

We both started to laugh. I guess we were almost thinking the same thing at the same time. We both agreed that tomorrow would the beginning of our new journey together. I tried to call Vipera to check up on her but I got her answering machine. So I left a message and turned the Pokegear. I started to eat the dinner while thinking of what would happen in the next few months or years. I finished my dinner and got ready for bed. I got in bed and thought what new adventures would happen with Zephyr by my side. Well tomorrow is another wonderful pokemon day, I thought. Then I went to sleep.