Episode 3: John and Wayne! Enter Team Rocket!
Last time, Yoshio had captured an injured Raticate on the way to Viridian City. After taking it to the Pokémon Center, she and Friendly were about to eat in the cafeteria, when they heard the sound of shattering glass. What's going on? We're about to find out.
Yoshio and Friendly notice two men in black uniforms with a pink R on the front at the reception desk threatening Nurse Joy. "Give us every Pokémon you have here or we'll take them!", the first man said. "No! These Pokémon are injured, and I'd die before I give them to Team Rocket!", she said. "Well, we can easily have that arranged, can't we?", the second man replied. "That's Team Rocket? Let's call Officer Jenny right now.", Friendly said.
"There's no time. We've got to stop them before they get their hands on any Pokémon here.", Yoshio said. The two look back from behind a nearby wall to see one of the men tie up and gag Nurse Joy, while the other goes to see what Pokémon they can grab. While in the E.R., he notices Yoshio's Raticate. "So, you managed to survive. You won't be as lucky this time.", he said. Yoshio heads into the E.R., concerned about her Raticate as well as the other Pokémon in the center.
"Hey! Leave my Raticate alone!", she called out. The man turns around and sees Yoshio blocking the exit. "So, you caught my former Raticate huh?", he replied. "Former? You abandoned it?" "This thing couldn't help us on a really important job, so I had my Machop take it out. I hoped that it would die on Route 1, but I see that you saved it." "Well it's mine now, plus I can treat it a lot better than you EVER could!"
"Hey John, we got a troublemaker here.", he called to his partner. "How'd a kid get in here? Well missy, you're in a world of pain now.", John said. "Oh really? We'll see who's really in a world of pain.", Yoshio challenged. "Wayne, let's teach this little girl a lesson she'll never forget. But first, the Team Rocket motto.", he said. "Prepare for trouble, you know what we mean." "And make it double, 'cause Team Rocket's on the scene.", Wayne continued.
Yoshio starts to snicker. "Hey! Team Rocket isn't a joke. Ahem. To rid the world of truth and laws." "To only catch Pokémon without any flaws." "To announce the evils from our leader, Giovanni." "To take our place in the world's history." "John!" "Wayne!" "Team Rocket, that's our name." "And catching rare Pokémon is our claim to fame." "Well, if you two are done, let's do this!", Yoshio said. "So, the little girl wants to take on Team Rocket? So be it. Let's go, Abra!", John called out. "Teach this girl a lesson, Machop!", Wayne said. The two Rockets each threw a Pokéball.
"So, you want to fight two on one, that's just fine. You're just a couple of cowards. Let's take these guys out, Indigo!", Yoshio called out, and threw her Pokéball. Meanwhile at the reception desk, Friendly had untied Nurse Joy. "Thank you. But your friend's in trouble. There is another entrance to the E.R. You can help her out.", she said. He called out Squirtle, and headed for the other door.
"You think a pathetic Lapras like that can defeat us? Machop, use Karate Chop!", Wayne called out. "Abra, use Psychic to take out that thing!", John said. "Indigo, use your Water Gun on them!" Indigo fired a blast of water at Abra, but Machop managed to hit him before the attack hit. Friendly found the door, and arrived to see Indigo take the hit from Machop. "Squirtle, use Tackle on Machop." John and Wayne turned around to see Friendly in the other doorway. "Abra, use Psychic on that Squirtle!", John called out. Abra caught Squirtle before it could land the Tackle, and flung it against Friendly.
"Friendly, no!", Yoshio cried out. "That does it! You two are going down! Indigo, use Ice Beam on those two!" Indigo looked at her and wondered what she was talking about. "Oh, so you don't know Ice Beam yet. I guess we'll have to use Water Gun for now." She then realized that in Pokémon breeding, it's the father that passes on attacks to the offspring, and it appears that Happy Ness bred with a Pokémon that didn't know Ice Beam.
"That old trick again? Abra, use Psychic on that Lapras now!", John called out. Abra lifted up Indigo, and flung him towards Yoshio. Luckily he went belly first before he hit and accidentally knocked his trainer unconscious. "So much for these two. Now, where were we?" Wayne called out. He was about to grab one of the injured Pokémon, but Raticate, who was now awake, used Tackle on him. "So, you are somewhat tough. What do you say? All you have to do is finish off these two kids and you're back on the team." He pointed to Yoshio and Friendly.
Raticate noticed Yoshio lying unconscious on the ground. Would it really finish off the girl who saved its life? Or would it obey its former trainer who abandoned it and left it to die? Raticate growled at Wayne, which would most likely translate into "You don't care about me. Only a real trainer would help out a Pokémon in trouble, even if it weren't their own to begin with." It stood near Yoshio and got ready to fight for its new trainer.
"So, you want to stay with her. So be it. Machop, use Cross Chop on my former Raticate!", Wayne called out. However, Raticate managed to avoid the attack by hitting it with Quick Attack, which somehow knocked out Machop. "John, take this thing out!" "Abra, use Psychic on Wayne's former Raticate!", John called out. However, just like before, Raticate managed to take out Abra, this time with a Shadow Ball. As soon as the Pokémon belonging to the Rockets were gone, Raticate used another Quick Attack to knock them out of the Center.
"I'm going to get that thing if it's the last thing I do!", Wayne called out. "We'll get it, and
those two if they ever mess with Team Rocket again." Nurse Joy entered the E.R. and found Yoshio and Friendly unconscious, but alive. She called the local hospital, and soon the paramedics arrived. Thanks to his quick thinking, Indigo managed to prevent any serious injury to Yoshio by not hitting her with his shell. As for Friendly, he was perfectly fine except for a bump to the head from Squirtle hitting him due to Abra's Psychic.
Raticate waited by its trainer's bedside, waiting for her to wake up. It lay there on her lap,
when she woke up to find herself in the hospital. "So, are you alright?", the doctor asked.
"Where am I?", Yoshio asked. "You're in the hospital. After that fight with Team Rocket, Nurse Joy found you unconscious and brought you here." "What happened? Did they get any Pokémon?" Nurse Joy entered the room and explained everything. "They didn't get anything, except a serious defeat. And the one who beat them is lying in your lap right now."
Yoshio looked down at Raticate. She can't believe how one Pokémon on its own managed to take out two Team Rocket members. Maybe it was just getting a little revenge for being abandoned, or it realized she really cared about it enough to save its life. Either way, she was happy she had a Pokémon as strong and as nice as Raticate. A few days later, Yoshio was able to leave, and along with Friendly, who spent his time at the Pokémon Center helping out Nurse Joy and training Squirtle, registered for the Kanto League and headed for the Viridian Forest on the way to Pewter City, the home of the first gym, since the Viridian Gym is currently closed. Will they catch any more Pokémon? Find out next time.
