Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, I only own Violet Hawke as my OC.

Summary: Violet Hawke wanted nothing more than to be a Bug Pokemon Trainer, but with how people viewed those types all she got was ridicule until the day she bumped into the local Professor. Now on a journey, she tries to make her goal a reality, but with an Organization coming out of the shadows she has to decide just how much she's willing to risk to realize her goal.

Chapter 07: Aftermath of Mt. Moon

Violet wasn't sure what to think when consciousness returned to her, her whole body aching along with her throat feeling like sandpaper.

Slowly she opened eyes, grimacing from the bright light only to find herself staring at a white ceiling.

Where was she? Why was she here?

She couldn't remember anything but feeling fear and horror.

Just like that, the memories rushed back to her.

Team Rocket. The Executive's Arbok. The Grimer.

Suffocation.

Eyes widening, Violet shot up to a sitting position, not even caring if the heart beat monitor was going a bit haywire from how scared she was. That turned out to be a mistake as a feeling of nausea rushed over her making her gag before she saw a bucket.

Reaching for it, Violet barely brought it to her before she puked.

The door opened as Violet barely finished to show Nurse Joy much to her confusion.

Wasn't she a Pokemon doctor?

That didn't seem to deter the Nurse who gave a calm smile. "Good Afternoon Violet, how are you feeling?" She asked checking some of the readings on the machine.

Violet glanced at the bucket as if that should be enough to answer her, but she didn't want to be rude. "T-Tired." She managed to get out in a raspy voice. "W-Where am I?"

"The Cerulean City Hospital, normally a doctor would be overseeing your condition but considering how yours was caused by a Grimer's poison, I was called in," Nurse Joy answered before reaching to a table and holding up a bottle of water. "Here, take some slow sips, you'll make yourself sick if you rush it."

Listening to her, Violet's shoulders sagged in relief when the water gave her throat some moisture and she wanted to drink more, but the Nurse was very adamant about not doing that.

"Do you remember what happened?" Nurse Joy asked with a concerned look.

Flashes of her near death went through her mind. "Y-Yes." Violet whispered hating how scared she sounded.

But she pushed that down and glanced at the Nurse, ignoring the look of pity she had.

"W-Where are my Pokemon?"

"Your Beedrill, Butterfree and Paras are currently in Stasis after you were brought in yesterday," Nurse Joy answered remembering how frantic the first two were while the last one was very confused at what was going on. "You'll be free to leave tomorrow once we're sure the poison is out of your system since you don't have any other injuries except for mild bruising, but I must stress that you take it easy for awhile, do I make myself clear?"

Violet gave a nod, agreeing to that as she laid back down in thought. "Y-You said I was brought here?"

"Yes by Brock, the Pewter City Gym Leader," Nurse Joy answered, not surprised that Violet didn't remember that much from what she was told. "He's currently talking to the Cerulean Gym Leader about the situation but he said he'll stop by to visit. You'll have to give a statement of what happened I'm afraid."

Hearing that made Violet grimace, but she knew why she had to do that. The League has been trying to get rid of Team Rocket for awhile according to Professor Oak, so any information no matter how small could be useful.

Even then, Violet wasn't sure what she would be able to tell them, she had no idea what they were after in Mt. Moon, all she was trying to do was get through there so she could get the police.

Reaching up to mess with her hat, Violet tensed when she didn't feel it.

"My hat, where's my hat?!" Violet asked a bit hysterical given its meaning to her.

The Nurse looked taken aback by her reaction and was considering sedating her before saying in a calm tone. "Your Beedrill had it with him and wouldn't let anyone touch it before we had to put him in stasis, right now it's with your Pokemon." She said seeing her calm down.

"R-Right." Violet looked very relieved.

It was two hours before Brock walked into the room as Violet was looking through her Pokedex, being given her bag before putting it up with the Gym Leader idly wondering what that device was, but decided that it wasn't important.

"How are you feeling?" Brock asked, taking a seat next to the bed she was in.

Taking some time to answer, Violet spoke. "A little nauseous, but a lot better than when I woke up," She glanced at him before looking back at her own hands that she clasped, feeling oddly nervous. "N-Nurse Joy said that you brought me here?"

Brock face showed some surprise before realization showed. "Makes sense that you don't remember, the fever from the Grimer's Poison set in rather quickly."

Hearing that, Violet gave a nod. "T-T-Thanks." She managed to stammer out a bit red.

"I should be thanking you."

That sentence confused Violet as she glanced at him.

"I only had my Rhydon and Golem with me because I had my other Pokemon looking through Mt. Moon to make sure Team Rocket didn't attack any other trainers, they found the Rockets you incapacitated before they could wake up," Brock revealed with Violet being visibly surprised by this information. "They're currently in League Custody as we speak."

"I-." Violet had no words.

She was just trying to slip by them, she didn't realize that her tactics would have a hand in their arrest.

"That being said, I would advise against making a habit of it," Brock's gratitude shifted to a stern look. "I don't think you need me to say how dangerous they are."

Violet stayed quiet at that, agreeing with him.

"Now that's out of the way, I need you to give a statement, are you up for it?" Brock asked softly, not wanting to force her to recount it if she wasn't comfortable.

Slowly Violet recounted what happened from her first encounter with that Grunt in the cave after catching Parasite up to when the Executive tried to suffocate her, that being the last thing she remembered.

Brock said nothing, just listening to both her reason for keep going along with her plan of attack in slipping by them.

"I know that backtracking would've been difficult, but if you're ever in a situation like that in the future I think it would be better to do that." Brock said gently with Violet looking away. "Yes it might've risked someone else falling victim but it would've guaranteed you ensuring the authorities would've been notified."

Violet nodded to show that she understood.

Brock then hesitated before deciding to share something. "They were after the Fossils in Mt. Moon," He revealed earning Violet's undivided attention as a shocked expression crossed her face. "It's not common knowledge that they could be found there, but by getting them Team Rocket could sell them for a lot of money that would fund their operations."

While that part was worrying, Violet tilted her head. "But it's not illegal to do that." She pointed out with Brock nodding in agreement with her.

"You're right, in fact they didn't have to be there as Team Rocket, they could've gone there without uniforms to mine the fossils with no one batting an eye," Brock's sentence made Violet wonder why they didn't just do that. "However going in Uniform would terrify anyone who happened upon them. Which is how they recruit others."

"Like how he tried to do with me." Violet muttered that without thinking, making Brock whip his head towards her.

"He tried to recruit you?" Brock asked not expecting that while Violet shifted with unease.

"I told him no."

Brock didn't say anything, just looking at Violet before giving a nod. "I see, it's a good thing you didn't."

But it also meant that they might consider Violet a threat to their plans given how she did cause quite a bit of damage to their operation, including being the one responsible for a few members to be arrested.

The League would have to keep an eye on her to make sure they didn't do anything to her in revenge.

"But we do have Mt. Moon under surveillance right now and I have the two fossils they found." Brock said pulling them out of the bag for her to see. "They're the Dome and Helix Fossils, pure fossils for Pokemon like Omanyte and Kabuto unlike the ones in the Museum which were fragments."

The pure fossils were enough for the Lab in Cinnabar to actually bring back to life, something they were currently keeping quiet from the Public for now. Lance already had an Aerodactyl he was training up to add to his team, preparing to reveal it when the Indigo League starts up.

They were hoping to take Team Rocket out before that happens though.

A part of Brock wanted to give Violet one of the fossils to reward her for her actions, but the more rational side told him that doing so would make her an even bigger target if Team Rocket ever found out about it.

So he was keeping these to keep them focused on him.

"Whoa," Violet looked at the fossils in awe, actually seeing a pure one was very rare. "C-Can I-?"

She cut herself off a bit shy, but Brock smiled and held one out for her to feel for herself.

It seemed that she was taking to seeing one as a reward in itself.

Violet took a deep breath as she exited the Hospital early the next day, happy to be out of there.

Especially with both her hat that was back on her head and her Pokemon who were currently on her belt, still in Stasis.

Something she planned to undo once she was away from the Hospital.

Especially since she had at least two days before she was to meet Green at Nugget Bridge. While it wasn't enough time to get Parasite up to snuff with Stinger and Silk, it should give him enough training for him to at least put up a bit of a fight against the boy.

A part of Violet wondered if she should still be focusing on that battle after what happened but she shook that part away.

She couldn't not show up, Green will never let her live it down.

Slowly she headed out of Cerulean to Route 04, making a plan in her head.

Unless Green changed up his teams he should still have an Eevee, Pidgey and Rattata. Though he most likely evolved the Pidgey and Rattata into a Pidgeotto and a Raticate.

The biggest threat would be the Pidgeotto and his other two Pokemon won't be slouches either given their levels during the Kangaskhan incident and Violet had no clue if he added any other Pokemon to his team like how she did with Parasite.

With a deep breath, Violet pulled out Stinger and Silk's Pokeballs before letting them out.

Due to them being in stasis they were unaware of the world around them for quite a bit. It's usually used if a Pokemon received a very serious injury to keep them alive until they made it to a Pokemon Center, but it's also to keep them from popping out in bad situations.

Both bugs once they regained their senses looked around before spotting Violet who smiled at them only to be unprepared when they looked away, shame in their body language no doubt remembering how quickly they went down and at how they failed in protecting their trainer.

Seeing them like that reminded Violet of how she always acted before getting Stinger and she gained a determined look, walking towards them, kneeling a bit since they were on the ground. "It's alright," She said smiling at them, placing a hand on both of their heads in a comforting manner. "We made it out alive."

Seeing them look so guilty made her stomach churn as she was their trainer. They shouldn't have been in that situation in the first place.

None of them should've.

Instead of focusing on that, she did pull out Parasite's Pokeball. "There's nothing to do but get stronger so that won't happen again and we have a new teammate to welcome to the team," She said making them perk up, no doubt wanting to do whatever they could to avoid that situation from happening again. "Be sure to be welcoming to Parasite, I doubt that she knows what's going on."

Stinger paused at hearing that the teammate was another girl and held back a groan at still being the only guy of this team while Silk looked rather excited to get to know their new friend.

The Butterfree was hoping that she'll get along better with this Paras as opposed to Beedrill.

With that said, Violet let Parasite out as the Paras blinked and looked around, tensing a bit at seeing she was surrounded by Violet and the two Bug Types.

So Violet tried to make herself look small considering the size of this Pokemon. "Hey there Parasite, how are you doing?" She asked only for Paras to blink at the name. "Uh right I guess I gave you a Nickname without consulting you, do you want a different one?"

Slowly Parasite shook her head, not wanting to anger this person as she eyed them all a bit timidly.

The Beedrill didn't help matters as he tried to make himself look intimidating before the Butterfree just slapped his back with her wing to make that plan go down the drain, chastening him.

Ignoring the spectacle, Violet spoke to Parasite. "I'm on a journey to become the world's greatest Bug Pokemon Trainer out there," She began to the Pokemon. "It's to prove that Bug Types can be just as strong as the others. That's Stinger the Beedrill and Silk the Butterfree, they're pretty strong and I want to train you up to stand among them."

Parasite glanced at the two, her eyes lingering on the Butterfree, no doubt remembering how she kept the Paras in place quite easily with the Confusion Attack.

And she could tell that the two were pretty strong compared to the usual Pokemon that were found in the Mountain.

So she looked back at Violet who was still giving a friendly smile before the Paras held out a claw as if offering a hand.

She'll give this trainer a chance, besides she hated the idea of being weak. So this sounded like a great deal to her.

Violet's smile got wider as she accepted the 'handshake' being careful not to pierce her hand by mistake. "Welcome to the team. Now we're going to be training for two reasons, first off is the second Gym who uses water Pokemon, Parasite I want to use you in that battle as their water attacks won't affect you that much," She said with the Paras perking up at that before she continued. "Secondly we'll be battling Green in two days."

Both Stinger and Silk tensed, remembering that cold trainer who looked down on Violet and both of them were rather eager to make him eat his words while Parasite looked very lost, but she matched their eagerness.

Violet smiled as they got to work.

It was late by the time Violet got back to the Pokemon Center looking rather dead on her feet as she stayed out there for hours, ignoring the small voice in the back of her head that reminded her of Nurse Joy's warning to take it easy.

That probably explained the stern expression that Nurse Joy was giving her right now.

Even if the Nurse said nothing, Violet got the message, but she smiled tiredly. "Worth it."

That seemed to be the wrong thing to say, but Nurse Joy rolled her eyes. "All of you young trainers think you're invincible." She muttered holding out her hands to check on her Pokemon.

Violet chuckled rather sheepishly as she handed them over.

While Stinger and Silk didn't really gain too much experience with the exception of Stinger learning Twineedle giving him a very good move to use in a fight, Parasite grew in leaps and bounds to try and catch up as she sparred with the two, only they held back considering the difference in strength between them.

It was enough for the Paras to learn Stun Spore which Silk helped her out with increasing its effectiveness.

In terms of levels, Stinger was 20, Silk was 22 and Parasite made it to 15.

Much faster than it took for Stinger and Silk to get to, but considering how they fought each other to train up, it made sense despite the amount of times Parasite was knocked down during the training.

She planned to let them rest the next day so they would be at full strength to take Green on.

While Violet rested however, across the Kanto Region six people were having a meeting of their own using various Video Phones.

"Team Rocket is certainly getting bolder." Brock the Gym Leader of Pewter City commented, his arms crossed. "To do what they did at Mt. Moon, it either means they're getting desperate or they're getting stronger."

"I'm not sure which is worse," A young female trainer said with orange hair styled in a ponytail said, a frown crossing her face. "Either way they would be dangerous, how's that kid you saved?"

"She's fine, scared but I think anyone would've been in her position." Brock said before grinning. "She's going to be challenging you soon Misty, think you're up for it?"

In response the Cerulean Gym Leader smirked. "Bring it on."

A loud boisterous laugh brought their attention to Lieutenant Surge who was one of the few surviving war veterans with his spiky yellow hair as he grinned. "This kid sounds like a fighter, I can't wait for her to get to my Gym," He said with some excitement. "It's not too often you get a kid with the balls to say no to Team Rocket of all people to their face."

"Surge she could've died." Another female voice chided him with Erika the Celadon City Gym Leader giving him a stern look, her black hair held in place by an elegant hairband. "Goodness you need to learn some tact."

"I just tell it how it is." Surge said not that all bothered by being reprimanded.

"That aside, from what you've said she's shown to play to her Pokemon's strength," A fifth voice said with Koga the Poison Gym Leader cupping his chin sharp grey eyes narrowed in thought while his spiky black hair rustled with his movement. "If she can get this far with only two Bug Pokemon she has a mind for strategy."

Brock gave a nod. "Yeah she does." He confirmed remembering how she strung him along in their battle setting up for Onix.

Misty gave a bit of a shiver at the mention of bugs, but didn't say anything to that.

"Still there's something bothering me," Brock commented, a frown marring his face. "That Rocket Executive."

"What about him?" Surge asked with a quirked brow.

"When we spoke before he forced the Grimer to evolve, I felt a sense of familiarity," Brock confessed not getting it. "It was like I knew him."

"Maybe he was a former challenger?" Erika considered with Brock being silent, unsure of this.

"Regardless, the fact that he forced a Pokemon to evolve is more of a concern." A deep baritone voice spoke up as another figure, this one in shadows spoke up while he was petting a Persian that was visible.

"Giovanni do you ever get tired of those theatrics?" Misty asked as the Viridian Gym Leader always did that. "I swear you look like the stereotype of a classic spy villain, the Persian just adds to it for crying out loud."

They swore they heard an amused snort from Giovanni. "I have to have my fun somehow," He said with a hint of a smile showing before he got serious. "This serum that Executive used, I think there was an incident in Viridian Forest where it was used."

"That's concerning." Erika held a worried look. "Is Blaine researching that right now?"

It would explain why he wasn't on the phone conference, though that left the question of what Sabrina was doing as well.

"He is, unlike the Muk as Brock eviscerated it, we have the body of a baby Kangaskhan that's fully grown."

It got quiet before Misty spoke up. "Did you say a Baby Kangaskhan?" She asked with venom in her tone at the thought of a baby Pokemon going through that type of torture, remembering how Brock described the Muk to look after it was injected.

"Those bastards." Surprisingly that was Erika who had the same amount of hatred in her voice, surprising everyone as they rarely heard her curse.

"Damn Erika, didn't think you had it in you." Surge said with a chuckle.

"How are you so calm?" Erika asked, turning to look at him only for him to grin, but his eyes held none of the warmth his grin did.

"I've seen worse in the war, trust me this is tame." His hollow tone made Erika grimace, feeling bad at bringing up bad memories.

"I've heard the situation from Professor Oak was resolved by two rookie trainers who barely survived being ambushed by the Kangaskhan, one of them his own Grandson." Giovanni continued as if he was never interrupted.

"You mean Green?" Brock asked remembering that kid.

He was a bit cold and cocky, but Brock did see some warmth when he was with his Pokemon.

"I know him, he just got the Cascade Badge early this morning." Misty spoke up in surprise.

"Damn we have two rookies making strides." Surge really sounded pumped up.

Koga however stilled in thought. "Who was the second trainer?"

"A young girl with a straw hat and two bug Pokemon." Giovanni answered already making the connection.

Brock gave a surprised start, not expecting that.

"That means she got in Team Rocket's way twice, even if they weren't visible in the Forest." Erika realized, looking concerned. "Do you think Team Rocket will target her?"

"I thought on it but I don't think so, Lance has an Ace Trainer watching her right now from afar in case they try anything," Giovanni voiced, easing her concerns. "They might be criminals but they rarely target kids and as long as she doesn't seek them out actively she'll be safe."

"We're counting on the fact that they're thinking like that." Brock pointed out the flaw in that, but he did feel better that an Ace Trainer was keeping an eye on her.

"Right, while this was fun I need to go, I have a large list of challengers tomorrow." Surge said a grin on his face. "Which means a lot of these babies are being sent to extensive care."

"Surge!" Erika reprimanded only for the man to laugh.

"Relax I don't do permanent damage, just enough to crush their dreams."

Misty rolled her eyes and glanced at Brock. "I'll call after Violet battles me, you have any trouble making it back to Pewter?"

"None, thanks for letting me use your Starmie's Teleport to get back." Brock said happy to have saved time from traveling back.

As he hung up, Erika spoke. "Misty are we still on for tea next week?"

"Definitely, I'll see you there." Misty promised with those two hanging up, leaving Giovanni, Surge and Koga by themselves.

After a few seconds, Giovanni activated a program to prevent anyone from getting back into this call before showing his face, a dark look on it as he wore a dark business suit, his brown hair neatly groomed. "You grew too careless Koga." He said in a sharp tone to the Fuchsia Gym Leader. "It's a miracle Brock didn't recognize you in Mt. Moon."

"Apologies, I wasn't expecting for him to show up, I was more worried about taking care of someone who was interfering with out plans." Koga's eyes narrowed in annoyance. "We lost some Grunts because of this operation."

"If those Grunts got taken surprised by a kid then we don't need them." Surge said off-handedly.

"We're already low on manpower," Giovanni didn't take kindly to Surge acting like it wasn't a total loss. "Sabrina was in contact with our spy and they say that we have two years at most."

Surge grew serious at hearing that. "So it's true?"

"Yes and they're researching for ways to power up their Pokemon just as we are doing the same," Giovanni clenched a fist at thinking of 'them'. "By any means necessary."

"Should we have our spy in the League take care of the girl?" Koga asked as the Ace Trainer watching Violet was actually one of theirs.

To their surprise, Giovanni shook his head. "No, if we do that then the League will know we have spies among them and we can't let that happen." He said not willing to risk it to take care of a single child who is an annoyance at best. "Surge I want you to keep your operation in Vermillion going and I want one of the Admins to be overseeing Celadon's Operation. Koga I need for you to keep searching for signs of the Birds."

"We might have an idea on where Moltres could be." Koga brought up with Giovanni giving a nod.

"Good, find the other two and then we'll make a plan for containment, if we have the Legendaries on our side they won't stand a chance." Giovanni ordered him. "And keep the rare Pokemon from the Safari coming to the Game Corner, our funds are running a bit low."

With that said and done he hung up, needing to focus on more important matters, such as the file that Blaine sent to him regardings Project Mew as they've had a few failures already.

If they could just capture the elusive Mew they should be able to continue as planned.

To Be Continued…

Party Data

Starter

Name: Stinger

Species: Beedrill

Type: Poison/Bug

Gender: Male

Nature: Naughty (Up Attack/Down Sp. Defense)

Characteristics: Capable of taking hits. (Up Defense)

Lv. 20

Caught at Lv. 3

Ability: Sniper

Moves: Poison Sting, String Shot, Harden, Fury Attack, Focus Energy and Twineedle.

2nd Pokemon

Name: Silk

Species: Butterfree

Type: Bug/Flying

Gender: Female

Nature: Bold (Up Defense/Down Attack)

Characteristics: Thoroughly Cunning (Up Sp. Attack)

Lv. 22

Caught at Lv. 5

Ability: Compound Eyes

Moves: Tackle, String Shot, Harden, Confusion, Poison Powder, Stun Spore, Sleep Powder and Supersonic.

3rd Pokemon

Name: Parasite

Species: Paras

Type: Grass/Bug

Gender: Female

Nature: Naive (Up Speed/Down Sp. Defense)

Characteristics: Hates to Lose (Up Sp. Defense)

Lv. 15

Caught at Lv. 7

Ability: Dry Skin

Moves: Scratch and Stun Spore.

Haha alright who guessed that I was going with the Manga path of the Rocket Executives? I'm pretty sure a lot of people already figured out who they were from the hint's I've given before this chapter. Plus it was a lot of fun typing the conversation between at least six of the Gym Leaders before doing the reveal and then hints at their plans, hopefully I've kept their characters good.

Plus unlike the games I'm giving their actions a reason which will be revealed later, though it's not that hard to guess what it is from the hints I've been leaving, after all they have to have a reason for five of the eight Gym Leaders to be a part of Team Rocket, though it still doesn't excuse their actions I plan to make it grey territory rather than black and white with their motives. I think it'll make it more interesting.

Besides that the first half showed Violet both recovering from last chapter as well as training up her team to get Parasite up to par, but just because she seems fine in this chapter doesn't mean she isn't as I'll show it later on.

Oh and I managed to draw out how Violet looks and posted it on DeviantArt, though sadly I didn't add either Stinger, Silk or Parasite as I've had a hard enough time trying to have Violet which took freaking forever to get it down good enough to post. Here's the link. www. deviantart encryption5461/art/Trials-of-a-Bug-Catcher-Violet-Hawke-824347599

Alright let's get to the Reviews and Happy New Year to everyone on this site!

Rmarcano321: I guess Muk is, but Ash's Muk is pretty adorable in how he acts so I have a bit of a soft spot for that Pokemon. Honestly I think Team Rocket's flaw is the fact that they only use common Pokemon when you know they have more rare Pokemon due to the Game Corner. How come none of them use Pokemon like the Dratini or Abra they give away? Once they evolved they would've been a force to be reckoned with. On that note, any idea why your review isn't showing up on this site? I've been getting them on my E-Mail instead, it's kind of bothering me now.

Pokemonking0924: Yup, Team Rocket are always joy killers no matter what form of media they're from. Any of the status-inducing powders have so much potential outside of the game but it was really unlucky that Violet ran into the Executive, haha yeah the Shuriken Pokeball was cool and I plan to implement even more versions into this story. It's great that even if it was a glimpse, his team's true power was still shown like how I intended and yes if Brock wasn't there Violet would've died then and there, it's a good thing the game hints at him going to Mt. Moon to mine for fossils. Oh yes Dry Skin has its advantages for Parasite but also its weaknesses, especially with fire types involved. Dig and Mega Drain are a must for the future I can promise that, Violet needs to win more battles to build up her income for when she gets to Celadon to get those TM's. Hm you have a good point for the Pinsir instead of Scyther, I might do that.