Chapter 12: Lance
After delivering the medicine to Jasmine, our two heroes headed towards the Pokemon Center to get ready for the battle.
"Which Pokemon do you think I should use?" Aaron asked his older friend.
"Well, she uses steel types and they are weak against fire. Your best bet would be to go with Quilava."
"Alright. Quilava! Go!" Aaron said opening Quilava's Pokeball.
"Quilava" (Hi)
"Are you ready to go defeat Jasmine?"
"Lava!" (Yeah)
"Pikachu pi" (Here they go again.)
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After defeating Jasmine's two Magnimites and Steelix in a very close battle, the two boys left Olivine and headed towards Mahagony.
"Hey Andy?"
"What Aaron?"
"Have you noticed Pearl and Heart haven't been bothering us as much lately?"
"Yeah. I wonder where those guys went."
Pearl and Heart from the TR attack in Azalea had been bothering the boys for a while. However, since all it takes is a Thunderbolt from Static, there had been no real need to mention them.
"Maybe they were fired." Aaron suggested.
"I wouldn't get my hopes up. They could be planning a sneak attack."
"Or maybe they were needed somewhere far away."
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When the boys got to Mahogany, a very familiar sight greeted them.
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"I should expect this by now." Aaron sighed.
"I wonder what's wrong now."
"I'm not sure."
"Oh well. The Lake of Rage is just north of here, do you want to go check it out?"
"Alright."
"Great."
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At the Lake of Rage, the place was crawling with men in black uniforms. So they wouldn't get caught, Aaron and Andy hid behind a bush.
"Well, we found out what happened to Team Rocket." Aaron said.
"What are you two boys doing here?" a voice said from behind the boys.
They turned around and saw a man with bright red hair wearing a cape.
"Oh. My. Gosh. Do you know who you are?" Andy asked the man.
"I should hope so." The man said with a smile.
"Aaron. I'm not sure if you know this, but this is…"
"Lance. Of the Elite Four. I know. Marina's a Lance fanatic." Aaron told him.
"Lance? What's going on?" Andy asked the top trainer of the Elite Four.
"Team Rocket is trying to set up a base so they can do experiments. I have to find a way to stop them."
"We'll help." Andy volunteered.
"Yeah. Tell us what to do." Aaron agreed.
"I'm not so sure…"
"Please." The two boys begged
"Alright." Lance caved.
"I'm Andy." Andy introduced. "This is my friend Aaron and his Pikachu, Static."
"Pika" (Hi)
"Alright. Andy, I need you to find some way to distract them and destroy the base they already have built. Aaron. I need you to come with me."
"Ok."
With that, the group split up.
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Andy crawled around and analyzed the situation.
"Ok. I need to destroy and distract. Fire ought to do it. Growlithe. Go."
"Growl" (What do you need?)
"Growlithe. I need you to burn down that building."
"Growl" (Ok)
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"So what all do we need to do?" Aaron asked Lance.
"We need to find out where they have their temporary headquarters. Once there, we need to defeat any Rockets we come across and cut off the power to the lake."
"Alright."
When they got to the shop, they found a secret passage.
"Let's split up. We can cover more ground that way."
"Alright Lance."
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After a few minutes of wondering around,
"Prepare for trouble,"
"And make it double!"
"To keep the world from desolation,"
"To bond all peoples in every nation,"
"To condemn the evils of truth and love,"
"To extend our reach to the sky above!"
"Pearl,"
"Heart,"
"Team Rocket, blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender or prepare to fight."
"Mankey"
"I knew it was too good to be true. Static."
"Not this time Brat." Pearl said.
"Yeah. These suits are rubber." Heart added.
"Took you long enough." Aaron told them. "Quilava! Go!"
"Quil!" (What do you need?)
"I need you to use "Cut"
"Lava!" (Alright!)
After Quilava destroyed the outfits leaving TR in, well, lets just say they weren't properly dressed, and Static made them blast off again, Aaron set out to do his job.
"I wonder if Pearl and Heart will learn their lesson."
"Pikachu" (Doubt it)
"Hey Aaron!" a voice called to him
"Lance! Did you find anything?"
"Yes. There is a room over there." He said pointing to a door. "There are a bunch of Electrodes. I can take one side of the room if you can take another."
"Alright. Have you heard anything about Andy?"
"I think so. The base Team Rocket was building caught on fire."
"That's Andy. He trains fire pokemon."
"No wonder he looks up to me. My Charizard is one of the strongest."
"Really?"
"Yes. We can talk about that later."
"Right."
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After Aaron and Lance stopped the Electrodes, they sent Officer Jenny to the Lake to arrest the Rockets. While they waited, Lance and Aaron talked. It was then that Aaron learned something about Marina's idol.
"So how is Dan?" Lance asked.
"He's fine. Wait. You know my dad?"
"I should. He did marry my older sister."
"Your sister? You mean my mom is your sister?"
"Yes. Didn't Dan tell you?"
Aaron shook his head "no"
"It's true."
"My uncle is Lance of the Elite Four." Aaron said to himself as he digested the news.
"I'm not sure if Dan meant to tell you, but let's just keep it between us."
"Ok. Have you seen Mom recently?"
"I'm sorry, but being the head of the Elite Four has kept me busy. Last I heard though she was doing alright."
"That's good. At least she's still out there."
"Right."
"Come on Officer Jenny. Just one date." Andy called to the police woman as they returned.
"No. I have important things to do." Jenny told him
"I better go get Andy before he gets arrested."
"Smart idea."
"I guess I'll see you around."
"It was great to see you again Aaron. You have really grown up since I last saw you."
"Thanks. Uncle Lance." Aaron said before turning to save his friend from Jenny's handcuffs.
TBC