To the Reviewers:
Thebenjamin-Don't feel bad about overlooking Sabrina, to be honest I'd almost forgotten about her. Had it not been for Cdfe88 leaving that review I would have surely forgotten about her. I'd planned something for her in the beginning but then I changed the plot and well she kind of got left out . I didn't tell you about the attack on all the Gyms because I felt that it would be too repetitive. So basically this is what happened at most of the Gyms. Team Rocket came in very unexpectedly and had pokemon with distinct type-advantages over the ones at each Gym. They also held the younger trainers and anyone else at the Gym hostage. Now when they came to Saffron Sabrina hadn't went back into her emotionless shell so she was susceptible to these tactics at first. As for now, well you see what's become of her.
Cdfe88-You are the 100th Reviewer! CONGRADULATIONS YOU'VE WON…absolutely nothing sorry . Although I do appreciate all your support and very many reviews that's about all I can really give you, well besides updates as quick as possible . If you read the above response you will see that it wasn't a coincidence at all this time and I really have to thank you for reminding me about her.
Kgmck-117 Yeah the people of Lavender should beware but there's someone else there that should be even more concerned…
Ri2-As I said before thanks for the correction. I don't know what to tell you about how Misty's little problem is going to be resolved. All I can say is that it will be painful for someone. I agree whole heartedly with you Gio is an evil, evil bastard! Whoever came up with all that stuff he's doing must have a very sick mind and should undergo immediate psychiatric treatment .
The Heir of Seth-So you like it. That's great, enthusiastic reviews like that make me like to write this story.
ShaQ1nJ-A 9.9! WOW! I'd only give it like a 7 maybe an 8 but if you think so I really appreciate it. Thanks for the review and I hope you leave another real soon.
Evil, To a Whole New Level
Jessie, James and Meowth floated over the ocean in their balloon. They'd been heading south for some time and still found no trace of Groudon. Although they weren't trying very hard to find him either. After their first encounter with the land maker they weren't too eager to be anywhere near him again. Unfortunately for the trio they didn't have much of a choice in the matter.
Meowth grabbed his head in pain as the being inhabiting his body took control. "You fools haven't found Groudon yet?" He asked amazed by their incompetence "Maybe you need a little more incentive…"
"No, no!" Screamed Jessie and James
"We just got lost that's all." Assured Jessie "If your omnipotence wouldn't mind showing us where to go again, I'm sure we'll find Groudon in no time."
"Do not lie to me human." Warned the possessed cat. "I inhabit this creatures mind, I see and hear all he sees and hears. I know that you were purposely ignoring all evidence of Groudon's whereabouts."
The two Rockets swallowed in fear. "You do?" Asked James quietly while cowering in the other corner of the basket.
"Yes I do." Said the being. "You both shall be punished for your insolence later. Right now head northeast and DO NOT deviate or your torture will be much slower and ten times more painful." With their imminent suffering promised the being released his hold on Meowth and the cat slumped to the floor of the balloon. "I hate it when he does dat." He sighed.
"Well at least things can't get any worse." Said James.
There was a flash from Jessie's direction and Meowth and James turned to see Wobbuffet come out of his pokeball. ("Did someone say my name?") Asked the blob.
"He said worse not curse." Said Jessie as she returned him to his ball.
("My life is shit.") He muttered as he was confined once more into the ball. The trio drifted northeast and eventually they came upon a chain of bare islands. It looked as if they'd just been brought to the surface of the ocean. They were barren and ash ridden and looked as if they couldn't sustain even the smallest amount of life. The chain of islands stretched out over a ten mile area seeming to span in all direction from a larger island in the center. Upon the center island was a very large and very active volcano. Sitting atop the mountain as if it were a throne was Groudon. He caused lava to spew out of the mountaintop and land on an empty patch of ocean where it would turn into smoking rock once it cooled. By repeating this process several times he created new islands and was slowly forming a whole new continent out of the molten lava.
Meowth groaned in pain again as his body was taken over by his new master. "Excellent." He drawled "Perhaps you humans aren't as useless as I thought. I shall make your torture half as painful as it was going to be." He snapped his fingers and Jessie and James bent over in pain. Visions of themselves being stabbed, burned and violated in ways not fit to describe raced through their heads. As each image went through their minds their bodies could feel what was being done. The possessed pokemon snapped his fingers again and the images stopped.
"That was horrible." Sniveled James once again cowering in the corner of the balloon.
"What did we do to deserve this?" Asked Jessie who was also cowering beside James.
"If you really need to know…" Said the being. He snapped his fingers again and this time images of the Rockets doing all their dastardly deeds flashed through their minds. There were the countless pokemon the stole and the countless ones they tried to steal after meeting Ash. There were the times when they'd gotten so frustrated with Ash that they tried to kill him and last but not least there was the time they both scorned Meowth and abandoned him. With another finger snap the images stopped once more and the being turned his attention to more important matters. "Now We need to get close to him." He said pointing to Groudon. "Move this heap of junk as close as you can and release all your pokemon."
Not wanting to be tortured again the Rockets quickly did as they were told. The balloon slowly made its way toward Groudon miraculously dodging the incoming lava. Groudon finally noticed that he had visitors and looked up at the Rockets. He watched as they released almost all their pokemon. Jessie opted to keep Wobbuffet in his ball. The possessed cat used his powers to enhance the released pokemon. He gave Jessie's Seviper a pair of wings so it wouldn't fall into the lava. He also made it bigger so that it could carry Cacnea and Polliwhirl. He simply enhanced the attack power of Dustox, Polliwhirl and Cacnea since they all had attacks that were damaging to Groudon.
("You pathetic humans think you can defeat me!") He asked incredulously ("What fools.") He shot lava straight at the balloon only for the possessed Meowth to jump onto the basket's edge and deflect the lava with a psychic blast. The pokemon wasted no time in commencing their attack. Seviper swooped low giving all the pokemon on his back a chance to get a good aim. Meanwhile Dustox flew low as well and headed straight for Groudon. The bug slammed into the continent pokemon and began using Giga Drain immediately upon contact. Before Groudon could shake the bug off He was hit with a Poison Sting, Hydro Pump and Pin Missile.
"Since when can our pokemon fight like that?" Asked Jessie astonished.
"If they fought like this all the time we'd have gotten Pikachu a long time ago." Commented James
"This is one of the many benefits you can gain by serving me." Said the being "I can do much more once I have gained more power." What he didn't tell them was that once he had Groudon he was going to abandon them and probably test out his new powers on them and their enhanced pokemon. He also didn't tell them that the pokemon were fighting so well because he was giving them direct commands telepathically.
Groudon was getting very annoyed by the constant attacks. He wasn't going to put up with it any longer. Gathering energy in both of his hands and breathing in deeply he unleashed a devastating Overheat combined with a double Solarbeam. The Solarbeams hit Seviper and Poliwhirl while the Overheat severely hurt Dustox and Cacnea as well as singing the other two pokemon very badly.
So he wants to flaunt his power does he… Thought the being Well two can play at that game. He stretched out both hands and floated into the air. He had been restraining himself because Meowth's form couldn't handle using the full extent of his power. In fact only his true body could handle that and it was impossible for him to get it back at the current time. He flew out and stopped right in front of Groudon. The continent pokemon looked at him amused until he noticed the look in the cat's eyes.
"Hello Groudon." Said possessed cat. "I'm sure you remember me."
("Y-You're Dead!") He stammered
"In a since I was." He said "My soul was separated from the physical plain and my body was basically destroyed. However I now live again."
Groudon wasted no more time on useless conversation. He knew that his adversary was very powerful and could most certainly defeat him if he didn't act quickly. Charging energy within his mouth once more and gathering sunlight into his hands he unleashed A horrifying Solar/Hyper Beam combo. The combined attack shot straight toward the possessed Meowth and it seemed as though he would surely be incinerated. Unfortunately for Groudon, this was not the case. As the beam got close to the being he simply raised one hand and not particularly caring about the fate of the body he now possessed focused a great deal of his power into sending the attack right back at Groudon. The attack slammed into the continent pokemon and there was a blinding flash of light which covered the whole area.
"What's happening?" Screamed Jessie as the balloon was buffeted by the strong wind produced by the impact of the attack.
"We're not going to make it this time!" Cried James totally frightened out of his mind.
When the light dimmed there was nothing but a cloud of smoke hanging over the barren islands. The wind slowly calmed and all the Rockets could do was wait.
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Lavender Town, the city of ghosts and the capital of mediums. A low fog hung in the air over the city, which was normal for the town. A few children played outside of a quaint school building and a few wild pokemon frolicked in the fields surrounding the town. All the denizens of the town were blissfully unaware of the fate which was about to befall them.
Giovoni stood on the top of a hill overlooking the town. He held a single Master Ball in his hand and a pair of binoculars around his neck. After the recent failure in the Dragon's Holy Land, he was leaving nothing to chance and that was why he was overseeing this mission personally. He brought the binoculars to his eyes and spotted the fairly large contingent of Rockets waiting for his signal. He tossed the Master Ball into the air and Lugia coalesced into existence.
"Lugia," He said addressing the massive bird. "Destroy." The simple command given the bird took flight and headed down to the unsuspecting town below.
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Peace. He had finally found what he'd been looking for. There were no more worries, no more problems and most importantly no more pain. In this state he could still function and yet he had to impose hardly any will in order to do the simplest task. His mind worked like a well oiled machine. He understood things now that he'd never dreamed of understanding and he could see things now that he'd been oblivious to before. The feeling was truly amazing. Unfortunately it had him so preoccupied with other things that he wasn't paying attention to his immediate surroundings. He'd told the ghosts not to bother him and they hadn't. Since that was the only way into the tower he figured that it was safe enough to let his senses drift elsewhere. He was surprised when he suddenly felt an aura of panic rise from the peaceful town around him. He wondered what could be so bad as to incite such fear into the people. His answer came in the form of an Aero Blast which demolished the entire top floor of the tower and sent him flying through the air. Since he'd already achieved enlightenment, his state of Nirvana was not broken. However now was the time to test his newly aquired abilities. Now was the chance to see how he functioned in a real battle.
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Giovoni watched with amusement as Lugia demolished the buildings of the town. Half of it was already destroyed and he'd received the distress calls from his office about dispatching a team to get rid of the rampaging Lugia. He smirked at the thought of a completed mission after the colossal failure of the last operation. This time there would be nothing he wasn't prepared for. He pulled a small flare gun out of his pocket and pointed it into the sky releasing a small but very noticeable spark. That was the signal and he saw the mass of black move into the city with their pokeballs drawn. They knew that causing any serious damage to Lugia was out of the question and Giovoni had the means to insure Lugia's complete cooperation with the whole façade. Nothing would go wrong with this mission, of that he was absolutely sure. He had no idea how wrong he was.
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The contingent of Rockets moved into the city. A team was assigned to search for any survivors and get them to safety. Another group was assigned to take on the rampaging Lugia. The bird would not be an easy foe to take down. Giovoni had put Lugia through extensive training and had risen the monstrous bird almost to the maximum level. Not even Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres had been given as much training put together as Lugia had received. Each Rocket assigned to take on the bird was armed with dark, electric or rock-type pokemon. The plan was simple lure the rampaging bird out of the city, then bring it down with overwhelming force. After that Lugia was to be restrained and Giovoni would give the bird orders to remain docile. Team Rocket would be hailed as national heroes and their past activities in the region would be all but forgotten for their bravery and courage in saving the small, but sentimentally important community.
Brock was assigned to help people escape the city. He was thankful for this as it would spare him from putting anymore strain on his already overtaxed conscience. He saw a burning building and was immediately reminded of the night in Pallet Town. He wouldn't allow anyone else to die as long as he could so something about it. Nothing could bring back the people he'd help murder the night of Pallet's destruction but at least he could save a few here.
It was just Brock's luck that the building he ran into was a pokemon center. His Lombre and Mudkip had been returned to him, albeit in less than perfect condition. In exchange for his unwavering loyalty to Team Rocket. Since he'd already proven himself as a loyal member there was little question of his intentions and he liked it that way. He ran into the center and released his two water pokemon and ordered them to put out the flames. He saw a red-haired woman lying down behind the counter and immediately recognized her as the city's Nurse Joy. Brock hadn't experienced his usual urges in a long time and was fighting hard to keep them suppressed as he lifted the woman up and carried her out of the building.
Joy opened her eyes up and saw a dark-haired fairly handsome young man with squinty eyes standing over her. She looked back at the burning building. "The pokemon." She pleaded "You have to save them."
Hearing Nurse Joy's desperate pleas combined with his general concern for the well-being of all pokemon Brock rushed back into the still burning center. He had forgotten Lombre and Mudkip momentarily and was a little surprised to see them still fighting the fire from within the building. "Guys there are some injured pokemon in here!" He shouted "We can't let Joy down!" The pokemon were reenergized by the change in Brock's demeanor. He usually gave them orders in a monotone since he'd been inducted into Team Rocket. Now he seemed like the old Brock who's only goal was to please the first pretty woman he saw and make her all madly in love with him. The pokemon ran around the center frantically searching for the distressed pokemon. Brock kicked open a door and found a room full of injured and sick pokemon. Most were small and Brock found some Chansey in the room tending to the confused pokemon. Joy hadn't gotten a chance to give the Chansey any orders before the explosion which caused the fire in the center knocked her out.
"We need to get these pokemon out of here!" Yelled Brock. There was no fire in the room thankfully but smoke was steadily pouring into the room. The Chansey now saw the urgency of the situation and quickly took action. Soon all the injured pokemon were on their way out of the center.
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The sensational sisters were also given the same task as Brock. They opted to use their pokemon to like fire hoses and put out the various fires around the city. Since there were three of them all with a variety of water-types the task wasn't a difficult one.
"You know what girls?" Asked Lilly "We could get away now if we wanted to."
"What do you mean?" Asked Violet
"We've got all out pokemon and they even gave us Misty's Seadra and Seaking." Said Lilly "If we ran now they wouldn't have any leverage to force us to come back."
"There's like only one problem with that idea sis." Said Daisy "If we ran now we'd be fugitives and probably end up dead like Misty."
"You really think she didn't make it?" Asked Violet sadly. They all gave Misty a hard time but deep down they did care about her.
"They haven't found her yet have they?" Asked Daisy "If she was alive she probably would have been found by now."
"Maybe not." Said Lilly "She's not stupid. If she managed to get away without getting caught then she probably is hiding somewhere or she disguised herself somehow."
"Maybe, but we still can't risk making a run for it." Said Daisy "As much as I want to it's probably a lot better with Team Rocket right now than on your own against them."
With the idea of running gone the three young women continued fighting the raging fires around the city.
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Surge and Blaine were assigned to help take on Lugia. Both having pokemon that were better at starting fires than putting them out it made since that they'd be on the force assigned to stop the rampaging avian. Surge called out his faithful Raichu while Blaine called out a vicious looking Magcargo. With them were Creig and Butch who both called out their pokemon. Butch called out his Sableye and Creig called out Aerodactyl. Around them several other rockets sent out Sneasles and Golems. Some had Electrodes and Magnaton and all were called to aid in the fight against Lugia.
Lugia wasn't impressed by the masses of pokemon before him. He'd beaten all of these same pokemon on an individual or small group basis while in his training and fighting them all together would be no different. The bird had been ordered to destroy and that's what he intended to do. Opening his mouth wide he gathered in air and charged it with his own energy. The air started to glow a white-red color and soon there was a massive beam in Lugia's maw. He wasted no time in releasing the awesome Aero Blast and immediately followed it up with a display of Ancient Power. The rocks around the city floated into the air and surrounded Lugia. He drew power from his surroundings increasing all of his attributes and with a mighty roar hurled the rocks down like meteors and bombarded the pokemon and their trainers with them. Lugia suddenly heard a voice in his left ear and recognized it as his master's.
"Lugia do not kill any of the Rockets or their pokemon." Warned Giovoni through the earpiece he'd installed in Lugia's ear. "Don't damage the town any further and concentrate on defending yourself. This is now a training exercise for you and I expect to see at least half, if not all, of the pokemon down there fainted in the next five minutes. Attack!"
Lugia soared high into the air and obediently obeyed his master's orders. He saw that the Rockets were steadily backing away from the town and decided to follow after them. He didn't get far though because a purple tail snaked around his neck and violently through him toward the ground. Mewtwo had finally joined the battle and he was not happy.
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Giovoni was dumbstruck at what he saw. In the sky above the plummeting Lugia stood his creation, Mewtwo. Of all the places for the clone to show up he never dreamed it would be during a mission like this. Luckily though Giovoni was one to prepare for almost any situation and he'd had the foresight to carry around the means to subdue the clone. All he needed now was a little distraction for his newest prey.
"Creig." Said Giovoni into his headset.
"Yes sir?" Came the voice of Creig over the communicator.
"Do you see that cat-like creature who just attacked Lugia?" Asked Giovoni
"Yes sir, but I have no idea what it is." He said uneasily
"All you need to know is that it is an EXTREMELY strong psychic-type and that you must keep it occupied at all costs. Forget the plan and keep attacking that pokemon."
"Yes sir!" Said Creig
"Lugia." Said Giovoni now changing the frequency to match that of the bird's receiver. "Ignore all other pokemon except the one that just attacked you. Annihilate it at all costs."
He watched as Lugia began to fly back up into the air while using Recover. He knew that the bird didn't have a chance at defeating Mewtwo but that wasn't the point. He only needed the clone distracted long enough to carry out his plan.
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Mewtwo dodged the incoming Shadow Balls and fired back some of his own. His reflexes were superb and he had no trouble in telegraphing the attacks before they were even executed. He knew that several of the electric pokemon were getting ready to charge up Thunder attacks so he moved toward Lugia who had rejoined the fight. The clone pokemon shot a Shadow Ball right at the Sea Guardian's head. Lugia moved to the side and fired back with a Dragonbreath. Mewtwo dodged the attack easily and quickly moved to float directly over Lugia. Thinking that the clone was trying a sneak attack, Lugia quickly fired a Shadow Ball of his own at Mewtwo. The clone moved so swiftly it seemed as if he'd teleported. As soon as he was gone from his position above Lugia a dozen Thunder attacks slammed into the bird and he grunted in pain. The attacks had been meant for Mewtwo, but since he'd moved at the last second they hit Lugia instead.
Mewtwo suddenly realized that the pokemon were all around one area and that with one good attack he could most likely take them all out if he aimed correctly he concentrated on the earth directly underneath and around the clustered pokemon. He waved his hands around quickly and a whirlwind bagan to form around the pokemon. He focused harder on the ground beneath them and it suddenly began to crumble. Once this happened the wind picked up the newly created shale and pebbles and morphed into a vicious sandstorm. Mewtwo wasted no time in continuing his assault as he fired a well aimed Blizzard attack right at the heart of the storm. Now there was a massive spire of wind, dirt and snow which sucked up all the trainers and pokemon in the area. Mewtwo sensed something behind him and quickly moved out of the way. Lugia was expecting this however and instead of releasing his charged Aero Blast he kept gathering energy and rushed straight for the clone. Since Lugia was also a strong psychic Mewtwo had difficulty reading his mind and had no idea what the bird was planning. Even though Lugia was now a brainwashed slave of Team Rocket, his centuries of fighting experience weren't going to waste. He spread his wings wide and enfolded Mewtwo in a tight aerial bear hug. The clone pushed against Lugia with all his might but his efforts were in vain. Lugia released the Aero Blast at point blank range and sent himself and Mewtwo crashing into the ground at an incredible speed.
Lugia was exhausted and had no more strength left to even use Recover on himself. The same could not be said for Mewtwo however. He started healing himself and turned to see the crater where Lugia had landed. Standing on the other side of the large hole was a man Mewtwo loathed with every fiber of his being. "You!" He hissed venomously
"Hello Mewtwo." Said Giovoni as if he were greeting an old acquaintance "It's been a while."
"Not long enough human." He said venomously
"Now is that any way to talk to your mentor?" Asked Giovoni mockingly. He flipped a switch on the side of his headset cutting off all outside sound. "Perish Song." He said simply.
Mewtwo heard an eerie melody coming from behind him. He turned around to see an Absol. This one didn't look like any ordinary Absol though. Its fur held a red tinge and where it should have been pure white and where its fur would have been black there was a crimson red. Mewtwo clutched his ears in pain. The song penetrating every fiber of his being. All he wanted to do was lie down, just for a moment. He was so distracted with trying to fight the affects of the song that he lost his concentration on the maelstrom holding the trainers and their pokemon. He was also too disoriented to notice that Giovoni had gotten out a silver and gold colored pokeball.
"Activation code, Gamma, Sigma, Epsilon, 23580, Pokeball Go!" The ball started to glow once Giovoni uttered the activation code given to him by Professor Oak. He threw the ball and it struck the weakening clone in the back of the head. There was a flash of silver light and in an instant Mewtwo was captured inside the ball. The GS ball started to shake violently as Mewtwo tried with all his might to escape the hold of the world's most powerful pokeball. The process was much longer than that of a normal capture but soon enough a resounding chime was heard signifying a successful capture.
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The smoke slowly cleared away to reveal Groudon floating in the air completely unharmed! He held the limp form of Meowth in one hand and Seviper, now normal sized, coiled around it's former passengers and Dustox in the other. He flung the pokemon back at the balloon where they landed neatly in the basket in a dog pile. Groudon laughed heartily at the looks on the Rocket's faces.
"That fool didn't even know what hit him." He said.
"Jess?" Whispered James "Since when can he speak English?"
"I don't know James." Said Jessie thinking back to weather she'd ever heard Groudon talk normally.
"You three have served your purpose." Said Groudon "I no longer require anything from you, so be gone!" He waved his hand at them and in one swift motion a blast of psychic energy ripped open the balloon and sent it swerving toward the horizon.
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off agaaaaiin!" They cried as the balloon sailed out of sight.
"Those fools were pathetic." Said Groudon "To think I had to put up with them just to get into a more suitable body." He stretched his newly acquired limbs and focused some of his new body's natural energies. Suddenly the gaps between the islands became non existent as the sea floor underneath them erupted to the surface in one fluid motion. Within seconds a whole new continent was formed stretching hundreds of miles in either direction. "That should get kyogre's attention." He mused
He floated into the air using his psychic energies. Now that he had control of a much stronger body he could make much better use of his power. He still couldn't use it to its full extent but it was much better than being inside of Meowth's body. He headed further north now able to sense exactly where his next target was. Soon the entire world would know and fear him at the mention of his very name, Deoxys.
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A/N: Okay, so I think I just made things a lot more catastrophic with this chapter. We've got Mewtwo captured by the last person who needs a super powerful legendary pokemon. On the other hand we've got a completely different evil force which came from outer space some time ago and is now bent on inflicting his revenge upon the world. I know most of you knew it was Deoxys so I felt it was useless to try and hide it any longer. Well leave all comments and concerns or just your opinions in a review and I'll be sure to respond to them in the next chapter.
Until Next Time…
