Boss Battle

Red and Blue both simultaneously released their starters. Red also heard the sound of a Pokeball snapping open behind him, signifying that Emily has begun her battle against Ariana.

The grunts thrust their pokeballs into the hard floor. Out appeared a dopey Koffing and two blind Zubats fluttering about it. The typical Pokemon that Team Rocket are known to have.

Proton was the last to release his Pokemon which was a new one to Red. A large, purple bat that had two great wings but two smaller one in the lace where its legs should

"This is going to be piece of cake," Blue cockily said.

-"I agree on your trainer on this one,"- Charmeleon told his turtle friend. He eyed the Team Rocket uniform and then looked up to Proton.

-"It's not always good to get overconfident," Wartortle warned getting into battle stance. "Trust me. I have an overconfident trainer and a few times have lead to his downfall." Charmeleon nodded back.

Team Rocket being a group that like to take advantage on anything they can decided to make the first move.

"Zubat, attack with Wing Attack," both of the grunts cried.

"Swat that blind bat away with a Water Gun," Blue ordered.

"Charmeleon, Flamethrower the Zubat," Red calmly said.

The Zubat flapped their wings to dash towards the two starters. They were quickly pushed aside by both Pallet Town Trainers' Pokemon by their signature moves. One Zubat was pushed away by a strong, cool jet of water while the latter was struck with a hot, burning stream of fire. The annoying bats slammed into walls opposite of each other, already knocked out cold before they hit the wall.

Having taken care of the weakest ones, Charmeleon faced the large ball of gas. He saw its goofy face and felt a little bad that he won't stand a chance against him.

"Koffing shroud them in Smokescreen," the final grunt urgently ordered.

-"Ohhkayyy,"- the Poison Pokemon dumbly said. He released smoke form his pores that spread faster than Red anticipated.

Before he knew it, all that Red saw was black in front of him. He coughed a little to relieve his lungs of some of the pollution that go into his them. "Charmeleon, stay alert!" He cried.

"Wartotle attack anything that you see move," Blue said his vague command.

Both Pokemon heard the sound of two Pokeballs opening.

-"Be on your guard,"- Wartortle warned his partner. –"There are more of them coming."- The turtle coughed.

-"Don't worry I got this,"- Charmeleon smirked imagining Wartortle's confused face.

"We have them now boys," the middle grunt announced. "Their Pokemon may not be able to see in the smoke but our Zubats don't need to see to know where their foes are. They use echolocation to find their prey."

"Damn, I didn't you grunts would have thought of something this strategic," Red cursed.

"Haha, we are not like ordinary grunts," the Rocket Member laughed.

"What now, Red?" Blue turned towards him.

"Let me think," Red said biting his lip. "We need to think of a way to blow away the smoke somehow. Anything that can create enough force to blow this smoke."

Blue smirked. "Then leave it to me. Wartortle, try to drive away the smoke by using Rapid Spin as fast as you can."

"Think it's going to work?" Red asked.

"Trust me, Red. If this doesn't work then I don't know what will." Red took his word but wasn't entirely convinced since his rival is known to become overconfident sometimes.

-"I got this,"- Wartortle said, retreating to his shell.

-"Don't worry I got your back,"- Charmeleon said. One of the Zubats located the two and headed towards the fire-type.

-Hehe, you think you're so clever using the cover of smoke to hide your next move.- Charmeleon thought to himself. The Zubat's opened its mouth to prepare itself to bite its foe.

-"That would have worked,"- he began as he slashed in front of him with a glowing claw. The claw hit managed to hit the incoming Zubat. –"If my senses weren't completely useless in this smoke!"-

-My sight doesn't diminish in this smoke, - Charmeleon smugly thought, turning his head to face his new foe.

The second Zubat was slightly shocked by an opponent that could see were their positions were in this thick smoke. He stopped in midair as it tried to think of a new strategy. It then sensed the smoke beginning to get caught in a current of air. This made him think that the best strategy right now was to fly away.

-"Oh no you don't,"- Charmeleon said, firing a Flamethrower that landed a direct hit on the flying bat leaving the score four to zero.

"The smoke is being lifted," Red said seeing the black cloud being pushed blown away until he saw the spinning turtle in the middle of the lifting smoke.

Wartortle was spinning on the midpoint of its shell to at an incredible speed. Its speed was more than enough to create a draft of air to blow away the light smoke. With the potion now gone, it revealed the two knocked bats which shocked the grunts.

"How in the hell did that newt managed to take out our Zubats?" a grunt asked.

Red intensely looked at his Pokemon until he figured out how he managed to take them on.

"Of course, my Charmeleon is also able to produce smoke which must grant him some immunity to the smoke and has great eyesight as well. Even in thick smoke, his eyes can see for they were designed for dark caves," Red said.

The two grunts cursed since those were their last Pokemon. They stepped back to allow Proton and the remaining grunt to handle things from there on.

"I guess its time I step into this battle," Proton said fixing beret ready to progress the battle. "Crobat, begin with a long range move. Sludge Bomb them!"

"Wartortle, intercept with Water Gun!"

The purple bat made a weird face before spitting out a large, purple glob of filth. The poisonous blob was stopped by clean, clear water fired by Wartortle. The Sludge Bomb did the next thing that its name implied, that was explode like a bomb. A large explosion that sent purple globs everywhere with trails of poisonous gas.

The last grunt decided to make good use of the distraction. He formulated a plan to attack the trainers.

"Koffing, released your Smog on the fire Pokemon," the man softly ordered.

-"Hehe, here ...I goo,"- the Poison Pokemon floated towards the commotion. From his mouth it released a stream of violet gas that had a more direct path.

Proton took noticed of his partner's line of attack. He paid more attention to where the gas was heading towards and immediately saw what he was doing was very in the wrong.

"No You Fool!" the commander shouted at the grunt.

The Team Rocket member jumped in fear. "Wh-what did I-I do wrong?" he asked scared.

Charmeleon saw the pollution head towards his way. He could already smell what the smog contained with bits of other elements that made him crack a smile. He didn't even hesitate to do what he did next which was to fire three small fire balls towards the smog.

-"You should be more cautious with what you throw at your opponent,"- Charmeleon sneered, his eyes growing wide when he saw the smoke quickly caught on fire by the fireballs.

Koffing face went from a dopey looking one to a horrified expression as he watched the flames consume his Smog and use it as fuel to sustain it. It followed the fuel which led right to the poor Koffing who met his end by being swallowed up by the flames. He would have blown up if the fire reached his combustible insides but he closed the pores to his body before that could happen. The spherical Pokemon collapsed on the ground unable to continue.

Proton pointed a finger at the knocked out Koffing. "Because its gases have methanol in it. You know a liquid that is extremely flammable." Proton scolded the grunt.

"I'm sorry sir. I didn't know honest," He answered.

"Just bring out your next Pokemon," Proton strictly said.

The grunt fiddled with his fingers. "Umm..the thing is sir is that I don't have anymore."

The commander looked like he was about to yell at him but just decided to let it go. "Ahh, I'll deal with you fool later," Proton grunted. His underling stepped behind him to join his failed comrades.

"Crobat confuse the turtle with Confuse Ray and attack the other with Air Slash."

"Water Gun!"

"Flamethrower!"

Crobat was quick to act. He already fired a white light in the form of a small sphere. The dot floated towards Wartortle whose eyes were drawn to it. He became confused once the light encircled his body and vanished.

Charmeleon tried to attack the purple bat but he missed his fire attack and received a large slash across his chest. Crobat had a glowing wing which he used to slash the air effectively cutting the gas and sending a blade of air towards Charmeleon.

-"Ughhh!"- Charmeleon held his chest after being slashed. He cringed at the pain and failed to hear Red's next order.

Proton smiled at the Pokemon's pain. "Keep it up Crobat. Super Fang attack!"

Red saw Proton's Pokemon enlarge the two top front teeth. He rushed his head to think of a plan. It was speedy Pokemon so Red went with a different approach this time.

"Charmeleon, try to catch him while using Metal Claws," Red said.

Before Charmeleon could analyze his trainer's order, Crobat lunged at him. Fangs reared at him, Charmeleon extended his metallic claws. Strong wings entered his grip and he instantly clenched his glowing claws.

-"Let go off me you fool!"- Crobat yelled trying to take a bite out of his foe. He tried to flap his large wings but only made Charmeleon tightened his grip.

"Burn him to crisps," Red immediately ordered.

Proton couldn't react fast enough to give an order before Charmeleon blasted a strong fire. Engulfed in the burning inferno, Crobat batted his wings in frenzy. Pain fueled his desire to escape and increased his strength. Enough power to push away Charmeleon and escape the flames.

Blue felt frustrated that he was useless in this battle. He then thought of something that might help get rid of the confusion.

"Wartortle, this may sound crazy but use Rapid Spin. It might help your confusion. Rapid Spin!" he yelled that last part to get through his confused Pokemon.

-"What – did he say Rapid Spin…argh whatever,"- Wartortle held his throbbing head. He barely heard what he said besides Rapid Spin. Trying to subdue the pain he withdrawal into his shell and just began to spin. He picked up speed and was going so fast that he seemed like a brown blur.

What is he up to, Proton wondered. He just thought the boy was desperate and in a futile order to try to do something. He diverted his back to what he thought was the real threat.

"Crobat, fire a Sludge Bomb at your fiery foe."

Crobat was still recovering from the burns but somehow managed to still accomplish his duty. From his large mouth, a large blob of purple filth escaped. It went straight up and came back down heading straight towards Charmeleon. The Sludge Bomb was about to explode but it was washed away by a powerful jet of water. The Water Gun drove the filthy gunk straight into the ceiling where it detonated creating a large mess that harmlessly dropped onto the ground as well as leaving nasty stains on the building's ceiling.

"What the hell!?" Both Proton and his Crobat in their respective tongue shouted.

Proton traced the water back to find put the one who fired it was no other than Wartortle. He was free of his confusion and was ready to fight.

"How did he manage to get rid of the confusion so fast?" Proton asked.

"Hehe, simple. When you have a headache, the easiest way to get rid of it is to shake your head!" Blue grinned thinking he was genius.

Can't tell if this kid is a genius or just plain stupid, Proton thought. He realized this battle was turning against him.

"Let's finish him, Blue," Red said receiving nod from him.

"Charmeleon, Flamethrower!"

"Wartortle, Water Gun!"

"Eeek!" Crobat screeched as he tried to avoid both moves. He moved to left to the dodge the Water Gun but had to go up to avoid being turned to crisps. He wasn't done since both opposing Pokemon moved their moves to the foe's new location.

Proton couldn't utter a word for he didn't know what to do in a situation like this beside have Crobat keep dodging the assault. He cursed himself for being so helpless in this. He waited for an opening for him and his Pokemon but that moment never came.

Crobat tried to barrel roll out of Wartortle's high pressure water but his right wing was caught in Charmeleon's line of fire. The bat lost its balance and his yells of pain were drowned in Wartortle's Water Gun. After a long time of dodging and exhausting energy, Crobat felt the cold feeling of going out of conscious.

Crobat flopped on the floor limbless. Proton gritted his teeth in frustration. He hastily returned Crobat back into his Pokeball and faced the two boys with anger in his blue eyes. He pressed his gaze on Red more than on Blue for this was the second time he has humiliated him.

"All out of Pokemon, Proton," Red smirked, placing a finger on his cap.

"Huh?" Proton didn't catch what he heard for his was to focus on him than the reality of things.

"If you don't have anymore pokemon than let us pass by or sent it out," Red said sternly.

Proton tightly clenched the tip of his beret with two fingers, trying to keep his cool together. "Grr, shut up, boy," he tried to calmly said but it came out more like a shy whisper. "I'm not letting you get past me at all costs!" He outstretched his arms to show he was willing to stand there.

"Boss cut it out and send out your next Pokemon," Proton's underling said.

"The thing is…I only managed to bring only one Pokemon," Proton admitted.

"And he called me a fool for only bringing one," the grunt whispered to his companions. He jumped at his leader's voice.

"I only had enough time to get one Pokemon healed for my others are still being treated," Proton said. "There back at the lab being treated…and enhanced by our scientists' experiments."

"What?! You left your other Pokemon to be tested!" Red exclaimed.

"Haha, of course I did! And they will be much better than they were before," Proton said with a twisted smile.

Red made a fist in anguish at the man's inhumane decision. "Get out of my or prepare to get burn by my Charmeleon."

-"Wait, I'm not going to severely injure this man,"- Charmeleon protested but went unheard.

"Ahh let's get the hell out of here. This kid is psycho," one Team Rocket Grunt said. He and the others ran away ditching their commander.

"Hehe, you don't have the guts to do it kid," Proton mocked.

"Grrr…"

Is he worth it? Red thought to himself. Take away a life just to serve justice? …Of course its not. Its not like me to think of killing a person to feel justice has been done. If I do, I won't be any better than they are. Red lowered his gaze to show that he wasn't going to do it.

"Ha I knew it! You're too much of a wimp to even hurt me!" Proton laughed.

"Take this you asshole!" Emily shouted from behind Red. A small, orange canine dashed from between Red's feet towards Proton. The furry creature jumped onto Proton who looked quite startled. His knees buckled and collapse on his with the canine on top of him.

Red saw that it was a Vulpix that attacked him and was now licking its paw. Red turned around to see Emily was already done with her match. Ariana was returning her Arbok which was covered in burn marks.

"I have failed but I won't be staying like that fool," the female commander said, getting up. "My boss would most likely take care of you." She left without another word.

"Did you kill him?" Blue asked Emily.

"Oh no, I just put him to sleep with Vulpix's Hypnosis," she explained allowing Red to breathe a sigh of relief.

Red thought to forget everything he thought about killing Proton and moved on to the next thing.

"The only good thing about this ambush is that we found a new way to get to the top," Red said looking at the opened elevator.

"Top floor, right" Blue said.

"Yupp, let's hurry," Emily urgently said first in the elevator.


The elevator worked completely fine and took the teens up in an awkward silence. The door opened at the last floor to reveal an empty hallway. The group was extremely cautious but didn't have to for there wasn't a single soul in the place. The only direction was right which sharply turned to the left. A single wooden door was at the end of the hallway.

As Red got closer, he managed to see the words "President" on the gold plate nailed into the door.

"Ready," Emily whispered. She grabbed the door knob and waited for her partners. On the signal of both boys' head nod, Emily twisted the handle and quickly pushed opened the door. The trio dashed into the room taking out a Pokeball ready to face any danger present.

A large office decorated with expensive furniture, crystal clean tiles, valuable paintings greeted the group. Red alerted his attention to the only person in the room. A man standing tall was dressed in a black slacks and black dress jacket. He turned around to meet the group.

Smooth flat hair layered his head as a small grin was plastered on his face that had a light tan color on his skin. His dark black dots for eyes scanned through the group.

"As the leader of Team Rocket, I Giovanni demand to know who you children are?" Giovanni boldly asked the group.

The Team Rocket Boss smugly smiled at the rescue group. His smile made the trio feel uneasy. Nervousness that could be seen in their eyes and body language. Giovanni stepped away from the elderly man that sat at the lavish couch in the middle of the rather large room.

"It seems a couple of meddling kids are in your building, Mr. President," the Team Rocket boss said to the guy sitting in the couch also the head of the Silph Company.

The old mad was dressed in a very expensive looking suit of light shade of grey. His gray mustache quivered on his upper lip in nervousness most likely due to the powerful man that lay before him. He didn't say anything when he saw the group of kids but his eyes showed all of his emotion. They jumped from joy of a rescue group or shock. Red couldn't figure it out for Giovanni stepped in front of the wealthy man.

He shifted his hands into the pockets of his black slacks. An unnerving smirk on his face he took a step further to the trio.

"What a bunch of talented kids you must group must be to managed to make it this far," he said. "Or probably my underlings were stupid enough to let you pass right under their noses."

Blue was the first to speak up against him. "Don't you dare underestimate us," he proclaimed. "We defeated your weak underlings and even my rival here Red managed to defeat your highest rank dude three times." Red gave him an annoyed look.

"Hmm," Giovanni turned to the trainer clad in red. "I see…so you're the kid that has been messing with my plans. You know it's not smart to interfere with Team Rocket's plans."

Red gained to courage to talk back. "I do it because what you guys do is totally morally wrong. I stand up against you guys because I was the only one there able to put a stop to your vile plans."

"Is that so," he said. "And I guess you're here to stop me as well. A mere child thinking of taking down the leader of the notorious organization, Team Rocket." Red nodded to reply.

"We'll see about of that. Fight me here and now," he directed a finger at Red. "Only you and no help from your comrades."

Red gritted his teeth. Can I do it? Can I actually beat this guy? He began to doubt himself but he remembered how he could the Rocket Executives. He then remembered about the people in the whole city that were the hostages of Team Rocket.

I have too, Red thought himself. I cannot fail now.

"Let's go," he replied.

"Red, are you sure?" Emily tried to make Red think this over again.

"Yeah, Emily. Just believe in me that I can," he flashed a smile towards her.

Emily was going to talk back but paused when she saw his smile. "Just don't over do it," she simply said.

"Remember we are here to help." Red grinned at her and nodded.

Giovanni took out a Pokeball from his pocket. "Let's make this a double battle," he said taking a second pokeball from his pocket.

"A double battle," Red muttered to himself. He never had one but he thought it mean to use two Pokemon at the same time. "Umm sure…no harm in doing so."

"Hehe, yeah no harm in doing so," he chuckled making Red feel a little nervous but he pushed those feelings aside.

Red chose his first two Pokemon and released them at the same time as his opponent.

"Standby for battle, Nidorino and Gible," he said.

What the hell is that? Gary said, seeing Red's Dragon type appear. I haven't seen that Pokemon anywhere in Kanto.

Giovanni wordlessly released his Pokemon. He had a pink Nidorino that had a mean look in its eye and its female counterpart, a light blue Nidorina. She had a smug look on her face and giggled when she saw Red's Nidorino looked at her in shock.

-She's beautiful, - Nidorino gawked at the female pokemon. –Is this fate that has brought us together?-

-"Hey buddy!"- Giovanni's own Nidorino shouted to get Nidorino's attention and succeeded. -"If I were you, I'll pay more attention to me than her. Stare at her one more time and I'll make sure you'll be living the rest of your life breathing through a straw."

Red's Poison type cringed in fear but quickly regained his posture. –Grr, I can't look weak right now when there's a lady in the room,- Nidorino thought forcing his face to twist into the most intimating face he could muster. In the end he made a face looked his he just ate a sourest Agauv Berry.

His silly face made both of Giovanni's Pokemon chuckled. Red's Nidorino felt hurt by their rude laughs and crouched down as to hide his shame.

"Nidorino don't pay attention to them," Red said to him.

-"Yeah he's right. I'll show them my strength in battle,"- He got up and got into battle stance.

"I'll let you have the first move," he boldly said. "And make sure to use your first move wisely."

Red knew he was being mocked by having the first attack. He was going to make sure the he will regret that decision. He switched his mind to analyze the current situation.

Alright, he has two Poison Types so my Gible is going to be key in this battle, Red thought. I'll pit my Nidorino against his own Nidorino while my Gible takes on the Nidorina.

It wasn't the best strategy but he couldn't help but feel under pressure by having Giovanni's eyes bore into him. He felt that the longer he would taken to think of an approach, the more of a chance that Giovanni would surprise him with his own attack. He just didn't seem like a man that Red could trust and with his background as being known as the head boss of Team Rocket a criminal organization.

"Nidorino, go for Nidorino with a Horn Attack and Gible can fight Nidorino by first firing a Sand Tomb," Red said his orders.

-Damn, I have to attack him, Nidorino thought. –Well, I would rather fight him than a girl who would surely stop me by her beauty.-

-"Let's go!"- Gible exclaimed. He jumped forward and spat out a patch of dry sand. It flew straight towards his target with no interruption due to being in a room with not single breeze of air.

-"Such an ugly creature,"- Nidorina couldn't help but say it out loud when she saw Gible. This caused her to fail at trying to escape the wrath of the swirling sand.

-"Ughh what is this?"- she cried feeling the sand trap her and began to slowly chip at her with its vicious speed.

Nidorino hasn't moved inch for his mind was emerged into Nidorina's gorgeousness. He snapped back out when he saw her being attack by Gible's move. His ears picked up the sound of Red's voice shouting at him to snap out of it and also the sounds of small, footsteps. His male foe was already heading towards him with his head lowered, horn protruding towards him and an evil glint in his blue eyes.

He reacted without thinking and charged at him as well with his head down. They both quickly closed the gap as the two rabbits ran towards each other. Red's own Pokemon closed his eyes at the last second before the collision to brace for the impact.

That impact never came for Giovanni's own Pokemon jumped over him in one tremendous leap. He perfectly landed behind and quickly turned around to see how his foe would respond to this.

Nidorino opened is eyes to find out why he didn't collide with his opponent. He realized that the other Nidorino was nowhere to be seen and was heading towards his rival's master instead. He yelped trying to stop. He forgot that he was on tiled floor which caused him since he didn't dug in his claws and just slipped on his own feet.

Red couldn't help but feel embarrassed by his Pokemon earlier failure."Nidorino, get back up and charged at your opponent one more time."

-"Err,"- Nidorino picked himself up from the floor and turned towards his snickering foe. He felt part of his pride crumble away but that didn't stop him from lowering his head and sprint.

-"Nidorino, this time attack him head on,"- Giovanni blankly ordered. -"And as for you Nidorina. Since your stuck, stay where you are and attack with Ice Beam."

Red alerted his attention to the immediate danger Nidorina now posed. She had a move that was four times super effective against Gible.

"Gible, avoid the Ice Beam at all costs!" He shouted. "Wear her down with your Dragon Rage from a distance."

-"Okey Dokey!"- Gible merrily replied. He saw his Nidorina lower her head and formed a bright, blue sphere on the tip of her horn. Gible couldn't help but admire the pretty light which them fired a light blue beam towards.

Gible soon remembered he had to dodge the attack. He did so by jumping to his right and nearly lost his footing on his landing. He looked back to where he stood before and saw it was now frozen in crystal clear ice.

Gible gave his foe a gleeful look and began to clap his tiny hands. -"Bravo, bravo! Pretty lights makes pretty ice!"- he said.

Nidorina was very surprised by his reaction. As weird as it was, Nidorino couldn't help but feel flattered.

-"Well thank you! You cute, little shark guy,"- she said flattered.

Gible nodded. -"Now my turn! Blahh!"- He didn't give Nidorino a moment to rest for he opened his big mouth and hastily breathed out his draconic power.

-"Ahh!"- Nidorino screamed as she was engulfed by the shockwave. In order to escape she had to break her master's orders and go through the troublesome Sand Tomb. The sand scratched at her skin as she ran out of the flames.

-"You little ass will pay!"- She roared beginning to fire another Ice Beam only for her foe to dodge.

Red saw that Gible had things under control he shifted his gaze towards his second teammate. His Pokemon had already charged Nidorino with some anger and interlocked horns with each other. It was now a struggle to see who would be the one to be able to knock their foe back.

-"Hehe, you don't stand a chance against me,"- The Team Rocket Pokemon growled taking a strong step forward pushing back his foe a few inches.

-"Grrr, I can't lose to someone like you,"- Nidorino snarled trying to regain some ground.

Nidorino huffed at the Trainer's Pokemon. -"Don't make me laugh. A weak Nidorino like you can't beat me. Especially one so weak that he doesn't even have a mate."-

That was the last straw. He couldn't take any more of his mean remarks. -"Then let's see if you'll be laughing after this!"- He mustered all of his strength in his body to push back. The pressure on his skull increased as he pushed back the mean Nidorino a few inches. He saw the confusion in his foe's eyes. Surprised that he had this much strength within him.

Red's Nidorino intended to use his confusion to his advantage. A sharp movement of his stout neck, Nidorino's horn, which was under his foe's horn, lifted up his foe to the point that his rear legs were touching the ground.

The helpless Poison Pokemon began to panic. He struggle to escape the grapple but his horn was stuck between his opponent's big horn and a smaller spike above it.

-"It's my turn to show dominance here,"- the Nidorino on the ground dangerously said. He swung his head and his entire body to the side along his victim. He flung across the room with such force that the whole wall shook went he slammed right into it.

Giovanni's Nidorino let out a soft shout in pain and cringed at the sound of portraits falling from the wall and shattering on the hard floor. Eyes clenched, the hurt Pokemon quivered as he tried to get back up.

Red looked towards Giovanni with a smug smile. His facial expression infuriated the boss even more than seeing his own Pokemon failed him.

I won't be beaten by a mere kid! Giovanni thought. He watch his Nidorino limped towards his way while his Nidorina dodged a Dragon Rage right after the Sand Tomb died down. He had no choice but to go with his last resort.

"Nidorino and Nidorina regroup back towards your starting positions," Giovanni ordered. His Pokemon did exactly as they were told.

What is he up to? Red asked himself. He also told his Pokemon to do the same. Both did so with a confident smile.

"Its sad to say that I have to resort to this," Giovanni spoke. Red watched him reach into the pocket of his coat. From his pockets he took out what seemed as two green crystal rocks. They glinted in the light as he held one each hand.

"What are the rocks for?" Red couldn't help but ask.

Giovanni let out an unsettling chuckle. "You'll have watch and wait." He tossed one at each of his active Pokemon. Without being told what to do, both Poison Pokemon jumped in the air simultaneously.

Giovanni's Pokemon caught the glowing stone with their jaws and landed back on the tiles floor. Both battered up Pokemon flinched in pain as they felt there knees succumb to the recoil of their hard landing. Not a second later, the stones in their mouths began to glow a bright light green color. The two Pokemon also began to glow but in bright white.

There glowing...like if they were evolving...! Red realized that they were evolving. He gawked as they began to grow. They just didn't grow just by a few inches but by a couple of feet. Their forelimbs formed into their arms as their hind legs now supported all of their weight. Their tail extended to the length of Red's entire arm and three times as thick. They stopped glowing once they reached the size of Red and reverted to their natural form.

Now stood two fierce some creatures. They bared their sharp teeth at Red and pounded their new claws together. Their eyes lusted for blood as they stretched their new powerful forms.

-"Let's see how you will do against me now, kiddie,"- the evolved Nidorino laughed.

Niodrino ear's lowered in fear. Gible's mouth fell opened as he tries to process what he just saw.

-"You...you...You Ate Shiny Rock!"- Gible wailed.

-"I got this annoying little kid,"- the only female Pokemon said rolling her eyes.

Red was lost for words. "How-how did you-managed to evolve them?" Red asked.

"Simple. I used a Moon Stone to help them reach their final form," Giovanni said like if it was common knowledge. "These two Pokemon only evolve when they come in contact with a Moon Stone. They can only be found at Mt. Moon in this region," he furthered explained.

"Only at Mt. Moon..." Red muttered.

Wait! Don't I have one then! Red thought as remembered a Clefairy giving him a strange stone. He pulled of his bookbag of his shoulders and unzipped the smallest pocket. There it was a stone similar to what Giovanni used for his Pokemon.

Red knew this was his only hope. "Nidorino catch!" Giovanni gritted his teeth as he watched Red throw a Moon Stone at Nidorino.

-"Huh? Is that the legendary Moon Stone my trainer threw at me?!"- Nidorino happily accepted the rock and caught it with his jaws. He also began to glow and evolved into the same large Pokemon as Giovanni's did.

Red quickly took out his Pokedex to learn more about his new Pokemon.

"Nidoking: the Drill Pokemon. A Nidoking's thick tail packs enormously destructive power capable of toppling a metal transmission tower. Once it goes on a rampage, there is no stopping it."

Awe by his new Pokemon's destructive power, Red pointed the red device to the female counterpart.

"Nidoqueen: the Drill Pokemon. Nidoqueen's body is encased in extremely hard scales. It is adept at sending foes flying with harsh tackles. This Pokémon is at its strongest when it is defending its young."

Red next checked if Nidoking learned any new moves.

"Hmm Ice Beam and Thrash." Red knew what Ice Beam was but not a single clue to what Thrash does.

"So, you do have a few tricks up your sleeve," Giovanni said. "Let's see if you can still keep up with me now."

Red said his orders first. "Nidoking, Ice Beam your male rival and Gible, keep on Dragon Raging-"

Red was interrupted by the sound of a phone ringing. Everyone fell quiet even the Pokemon shut upped. The man who is the leader of Team Rocket was the only one to move. The ringing increased when the man took out a sleek phone out of his pocket. He flicked the top with his thumb to flip it opened and silenced the device.

Placing it into his hear he answered, "What is it now?"

No one moved in the room as they tried to pry in on his conversation but no one could hear the person on his phone. However, whoever it was on the phone wasn't telling Giovanni good news for his expression changed to a simple frown and to a serious face.

"Well, try to contain him at all costs," Giovanni said and shortly cut off the call. He pressed another button to immediately call a new person. Still no one has moved except for Red who slightly shifted his leg but stopped when he saw Giovanni's Nidoking give him a serious eye.

"Yes, I'm at the Silph Co. building, top floor. Just create an opening if you can," he quickly demanded. He sourly placed his phone back into his pocket.

"It seems that I will have to cut my plan short," he informed the group and turned towards the president. "This is it old man. I'm letting you free and everyone in this city. It seems my time here was greatly wasted for the exception of a few treats but I must be off for some urgent issues."

"Wait, you can't just leave our battle!" Red yelled seeing Giovanni return his two Pokemon back into their Pokeballs.

Red never got a response for the wall in the far back spontaneously exploded. Red and his group instinctively ducked down with their arms in front. The bang rang through Red's ears feeling wind from the blast hit his face. Feeling the explosion calm down, Red opened hi eyes to find that a large hole exposing the room to the outside has been created by some sort of explosion.

The sound of helicopter hovering filled the room and pretty sure a black helicopter appeared. Being piloted by a man in the Team Rocket Grunt uniform, the aircraft turned for it to directly face the hole, the large, Red 'R' painted above the windshield. The man nodded at his boss and hovered higher out of sight. The rope ladder was deployed in hung at the newly made entrance.

"Excuse me but it seems my ride is here ,"Giovanni said as he placed a foot on the rubble. "But before I go." The man slowly put his right hand into the pockets of his slacks and then quickly pulled out to reveal a gun in his bare hand. He spun around to raise his firearm. He took a few seconds to take aim.

Red just stood there in shock. His brain told his legs to move but his whole body was paralyzed with fear. His wide eyes stared at the device that was created for the only purpose to take away life from living things.

Giovanni had a serious face when he pulled the trigger on the weapon, feeling a slight recoiled from it. From the time he pulled out the firearm, everything went slow for Red but time sped up to fast for Red to comprehend when he saw the boss's index finger move.

He heard the sound of something loudly clicking followed by a loud bang. Two hands of a person grabbed his arm and pushed him to the side. His locked legs ended up causing him to topple down as well as feeling a body collapse on him. Everything was blurry in Red's vision and he felt a bit light headed.

Before long Red regained his senses and could comprehend his surroundings. The first thing the disoriented teen notice was that Emily was on top of him. He couldn't see her face but bits of her orange hair has fallen front of his eyes and the body was too lightweight to be a boy. He felt her hot breathe blow into his left ear as her head rested on his own.

His sight came next to what he comprehended. His head was slightly moved to his right towards the room. A large, gray boulder obscured most of his vision but with the bit of sight not blocked he saw Giovanni across the room pocketing his gun. He had grimace look on his face giving Red a mean look in his eye. He reached out towards the hole in the wall that opened up to the outside world. A rope ladder appeared which the man grabbed on and left the building by jumping onto it. He climbed up the ladder which most likely lead to the helicopter that Red remembered he saw earlier.

Red felt a floor shake as a pair of feet ran towards his way. He looked up and saw his rival Blue towering over him, blocking the light that came from the ceiling lights. He first lifted up Emily, Red finally letting out a breath of air that he was holding since he fell. Both teens grabbed on of his arms and lifted him back onto to his feet.

They leaned him against the boulder which Red soon found out it wasn't a random boulder in the middle of an elegant office but Blue's Rhydon.

"I thought he was going to take some kind of weapon out so I had my Rhydon just in case he did and I was right. Released him right in front of you to block the bullet," Blue explained patting his Rock-Type. "His hide is so tough that not even metal bullets can penetrate its skin."

-"Which is why I was used as a shield for this kid,"- Rhydon muttered under his breath. –"That bullet shouldn't have left a dent in my hide,"- he furthered said.

"He really must think of you as a threat to him if he went to as far as trying to kill you," Emily remarked. "I would be more careful if I were you when dealing with Team Rocket."

"But I had no another choice then interfere since Team Rocket were doing things that I see as morally wrong," Red retaliated, getting up from his support.

"Well, all that matters is that you're okay," she said, examining Red from head to toe for any wound. She then turned towards the old man that was laying on the couch with a pillow above his head as if it was going to protect him from any weapon that was thrown at him. Emily walked up to the terrified man and shook his shoulder.

"Please don't kill me, I beg of y-" the elderly boss cried but stopped when he saw it was just Emily. His mood changed entirely into one that Red didn't expect.

"My little girl you're fine!" he yelled in joy

Emily looked quite embarrassed by the old man who was now hugging her to death. She tried to pull out of his grip but was futile for he had a tight grip of her.

"Yeah, I'm okay grandpa," she said, patting his back. She also returned the hug back.

"Wait a minute," Red interjected the family reunion. "You're the granddaughter of the head boss of one of the biggest corporations in Kanto?"

"Welll…yes," she answered finally managing to escape her grandfather's grasp.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Red objected.

Emily turned away from Red's accusing gaze. "Because….Because I don't like telling people my last name. They always associate it with Silph Co. and people all start to treat me differently," she softly said. "I want to be treated evenly so I never really give away my last name…I hope you understand why."

Red bit his lip. "Well, I guess I can understand but it shouldn't something you should be afraid off as well," Red said.

"I'm not afraid," Emily retaliated.

"Now Emily, don't start an argument with your new friends without introducing them to me first," the old man interrupted.

"Oh sorry, Grandpa," she replied. "First this guy is Red Ketchum and that guy is Blue." She pointed to each one. Red replied with a "hello,' while Blue just shrugged and returned his Pokemon.

"Well, I really have to thank you guys for coming to my rescue," he said. "I don't know how I can ever repay you."

"It's okay it was nothi-."

"Wait, I know how!" the President exclaimed. He soon stuck an arm into the very couch he was sitting on. Red sweat dropped when he learned that his reward was in under the cushions of some old guy's sofa.

"Grandpa," Emily said in embarrassment.

"Eureka!" he yelled as he pulled out to large spheres. They looked just like Pokeballs with the only exception of the purple top and the letter 'M' on it.

"Quickly take one each of you young men," he said.

"Umm don't mind me asking but what are so special about these pokeballs?" Red said, picking up the slightly larger than normal Pokeball.

"Well, my boy, this is the prototype I like to call the Master Ball," he said as Blue grabbed his own. "This was the main reason to why that nasty man was here!"

Red rolled the device in his hands, examining it carefully. "What is so special about this particular Pokeball?"

"That young lad is a Pokeball that my scientists created that have the capability to capture any Pokemon in the entire world! Whether if it's weakened or not, strong or weak, awake or asleep, this Master Ball will definitely work!" he replied as if he was a street vendor trying to sell it to him.

"Anything you say, right."

"Of course it can!"

If they were after something this powerful, what was Team Rocket planning on capturing? Red pondered. He pressed the button and it shrunk to its small size, able to fit in his pocket now.

"And why give this expensive piece of technology to us?" Blue questioned him.

"Let's just say that I find it safer to give these Pokeballs to you two lads rather than handing it over to Team Rocket," he replied. "Who knows what they want with something this powerful."

"Is that all they came for?" Red further questioned.

"Well, they also wanted me to give them some supplies but I kept these hidden from them. That Team Rocket boss is horrible. He said that if I didn't do as he said he would hurt the people of this city," he said shuddering as remembered the cold man.

"That is such a cheap move," Emily scowled. "Don't worry Grandpa. I'm going to make that Giovanni guy pay for stealing from you and threatened this large city!"

"Emily dear, please don't do anything rash," Emily's Grandfather said. "I don't want you to get in the mist of their vile plans."

"But Grandpa, what they have done is clearly unforgivable!" Emily proclaimed.

"Don't let anger get the best of you my grandchild," the old man said with a more harsh tone, making Emily jump. "Revenge is never the answer to problems. It only makes matters worst by creating a new set of problems." Emily fell back and decided to keep calm.

"Look the only thing that matters is that you're okay as well as Saffron City. Also, Team Rocket didn't get what their true goal was," Red stated. "I say that from now on Saffron can now go back to its normal state."

"Burgundy is right!" Silph's Co boss chirped. "Life will restore back to normal"

"It's ugh Red," the trainer corrected.

"Oh my apologies," he replied.

"I am also glad for your help Red and Blue," Emily spoke up. "I don't think I would have been able to take on all of Team Rocket by myself, so I owe it all to you guys for helping me save my Grandfather."

"No problem punk rock chick," Blue obnoxiously said ruining the sappy mood.

A vein pooped in Emily's forehead. "Just because you helped doesn't mean I won't hit you!" She gave Blue a new bump on his head with her right fist.

"OWW!"

Red just laughed at his friend's misfortune. He remembered his Pokemon where still released in the room. His newly evolved Nidoking was stretching out his new limbs while Gible was busy chewing on the wood of a chair.

"Gible stop that and get back here," Red said, returning Gible back into his Pokeball as well as Nidoking.

"I am sorry for the damage that we have caused to your office and the rest of Silph Co." Red apologized.

"Its fine, I can always fix it later," he chuckled.

Well, when you have as much money as him, fixing up his office will seem to cost him no more than a candy bar, Red thought. And of course today I managed to take on Team Rocket's leader, Giovanni. It would have been a close match if he hadn't left for that emergency…I wonder what that was all about.