"All right, now we've got the plans for the radio," said Duncan. "Now let's get out of here. I'll look at these papers." Lance, Duncan, and Crystal then ran back to the entrance, up the stairs, and out of the cabin.
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Gideon came running in as the automated door opened.
"Gideon!" exclaimed Conner. "What's the rush?"
"Kantoan governor Lance Envimorph has infiltrated the place! We must take action against him!"
"I saw on the surveillance system," agreed Sandy. "There were two kids with him as well."
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Sandy walked through the hall until she came to a certain door. That particular door happened to be Door 98. She knocked on the door, and spoke in a disguised voice, "Housekeeping."
Although the inn was seedy and ramshackle, the rooms weren't bad at all – they looked middle class. Crystal was in Lance's room, while Duncan, in the bedroom, was trying to figure out the plans. He gasped in shock, as he jumped off of the bed, plans in hand, rushed over to the bathroom, and shut the door. There had to be some way to fool the supposed "Housekeeping".
Sandy looked around the bedroom. There was no one in sight, but she heard the shower running. She then decided to look in there, just to see if she could talk with the showering person.
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Duncan pulled out the tape recorder, placed it on the counter, and turned it on. It played Chuck singing "Cool Jerk".
"We know a guy who can really do the cool jerk! We know a guy who can really do the cool jerk! Well! This cat they're talking about, I wonder who could it be!"
Sandy opened the door a tad, and looked inside. She could notice a silhouette of a person behind the shower curtain, but couldn't see any details.
"Cause they know, I'm, the heaviest cat, the heaviest cat you ever did see. Women see me walkin' down the street; none of the fellows want to speak."
Behind the shower curtain was Tyrogue, which, strangely, had evolved into Hitmonchan. Apparently, when he was in the storage system, either Red, Green, or Blue had withdrawn him, and trained him to evolution. It made sense, as the Caliduct family shared a single storage. The Hitmonchan flailed his arms, dancing to the song.
"Oh hey hey, on their faces, they wear a silly smirk, 'cause they know I'm the king of the coooool jerrrrrk!" The punching Pokémon then turned to the curtain, and shook out his fist. "Get outta here, you nosy pervert, or I'll punch you crazy!" Sandy gasped, and slammed the door behind her, running quickly out of the room.
"Great, man! You fooled her," praised Duncan. "And we still got the plans!" Then Duncan realized something – Tyrogue is the pre-evolution of Hitmonchan! But he read in Pokémon Pal that it was the pre-evolution of Hitmonlee - or was it Hitmontop? "Maybe I'll ask Karl or Hadley about your evolution."
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At the Drayan house, Kamon and Axel searched through a box of collectibles. Kamon found his old blanket. He knew it was his immediately; his chew marks were on it. And he also found a sheet with his yearbook photos, from kindergarten to 10th grade. Axel also discovered a photograph of himself as a Meowth kitten.
They looked out the window after that. The sky was black, and they saw many, many stars. But what interested Kamon was how some of them were formed to be the constellation of a flying legendary Pokémon. He knew a few candidates of the constellation. Articuno? Was it Moltres? Zapdos? Ho-Oh? Lugia? "Maybe that's the constellation of Lugia," said Kamon, astonished. Then he said sadly, "Good night, Dad, wherever you are."
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At HQ, Sandy told the surveillance staff, "If they come back, we'll be ready." They had put touch sensitivity pads on the floor pads leading to the power supply. Then she told Becky, Tabitha, and Courtney, "Once that alarm rings, head on over there, and we'll figure out what to do with them."
"You got it!" Becky told her mother.
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Duncan, Crystal, and Lance noticed a sign reading, "Power Supply".
"That must be where the radio's getting its power," said Duncan.
"Good observation, Gold," said Lance.
Crystal had a very bad feeling about this as she stepped forth and pressed the button, opening the door. As they stepped in, a loud alarm blared, awaking Spike. "Shoot! We're busted!" yelled Crystal.
"Quick, Ember, Smokescreen!" With smoke, no Rockets would be able to see them escape. Duncan called out the Quilava, but instead, out comes a... "Alabama? Wait, this is Hadley's! But, how..."
"Quick, Psycho, Teleport," ordered Lance. The psychic Pokémon then emitted beams of light, which hit Duncan and Lance, but almost hit Crystal, who looked around in dismay to see that Duncan, Lance, and Psycho had vanished!
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"HELP ME!" Crystal cried out in fright, eyes wide. The alarm had faded away. "Team Rocket's going to get me!" Spike trembled in fear. "Spike, stay in your ball, because I don't want them to hold you!" She then recalled Spike in his PokéBall. Crystal ran out of the room. Tabitha, Courtney, and Becky were running toward her.
"Hi there, pal!" Becky said to Crystal. Crystal gasped in shock. That was the Rocket Elite from Slowpoke Well, National Park, and Cianwood City!
She screamed loudly as she ran away from them and tried to find an exit. The Elites gave chase. Crystal then suddenly began to feel weightless... she stepped on a teleport pad, and disappeared.
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Crystal reappeared in the entrance to HQ, and ran up the stairs, and out the door. Crystal panted, exhausted. "It's all right, Spike. You can come out now." She called out the living spike ball, and attempted to rush back to Mahogany Town. But who would be expecting her but the three Elites? "Nooo!" wailed Crystal.
"We got you!" Becky walked toward Crystal, ranting, "The tables have turned! We can't have a brat like you ruining our plans." Becky grabbed Crystal on the collar.
"A-a-and... w-w-why... n-n-not!" Crystal stammered, sweating profusely.
"It's harmful to our goals. And no matter how strong you may be, you're not taking all three of us at the same time. Now come with us, or we'll have to force you, and we'll even attack if we've got to!"
Crystal screamed as she tried to escape, but Becky held an iron grip, grabbed Crystal's wrists and handcuffed her, as Tabitha seized Spike. They all headed back to HQ. Crystal feared for her life, as well as Kamon's. Where was he? And Spike's fate... what are they going to do to him? Steal Pokémon for profit! Exploit Pokémon for profit! All Pokémon exist for the glory of Team Rocket! That was the Team Rocket Oath. Crystal felt slightly sick, and her stomach twisted around. Those creatures are living things, not tools of war that one can abuse to win every battle.
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Duncan looked out the window, and saw Crystal with the Rockets. "Shoot! Crystal's been kidnapped! I'd better go rescue her..." Duncan then sneaked out of his room, through the hallway, down the stairs, until he saw many Rocket Grunts scattered all over the lobby. "That's not a safe place to go." He then quickly scurried back upstairs. There had to be some sort of emergency exit somewhere. But before he could search for one, a cobra-like Pokémon with ferocious marks on its belly struck, causing him to fall to the floor in shock, and become coiled. There was no way he could get Ember (or any other Pokémon, for that matter) when he was all wrapped up.
"Good job, Arbok! You got him!" A feminine middle-aged voice cried out. Arbok vanished into a beam of light, and the Rocket Admins pulled Duncan from the floor.
"We spent eight months in jail thinking we were the world's unluckiest people. But we were wrong, we were very lucky!" ranted Sandy.
"We were released for good behavior and we've been doing fine since. We'll be doing even better, since we're not stealing from trainers anymore, now we're taking over large cities!" ranted Conner.
"And two days from now, we're heading to Goldenrod City, and taking over the radio tower... wait, I'm giving too much info. I'd better stop," said Sandy.
Duncan angrily yelled, "There's no way you can do this!" There had to be some way to get Red, Green, and Blue's aid. The Radio Tower... they're in danger! This job will need more power than what he had. Time to get the Color Triad, and disband Team Rocket for good!
"Excuse me!" said a heroic voice. Duncan and the Team Rocket Admins turned around. It was Lance! But who was that blue-haired young woman with him?
"You're Lance Envimorph! You're under arrest for stealing top secret information!" ordered Sandy.
"And I'm Lance's cousin, Clair Envimorph! And you'd better let that kid go, or we'll attack you!"
Conner then warned the Envimorphs, "As the interim bosses of Team Rocket, Conner and Sandy Drayan, we'll teach you a consequence in pain for meddling with Team Rocket!"