Chapter 31 War Rocket:
Well just 8 more chapters to go if I stick to my outline. There won't be any Ash and May in this chapter but they will be the focus of next chapter and things will really get going for them.
Giovanni grinned at his new ultimate weapon. The Battle Rocket, a giant black rocket with red on the wings and at the top. The signature red R was visible as well in the middle. It was lined with rotating surfaces inside and several windows where Pokemon on board could launch their attacks as well. It also had built in lasers and machine guns of its own operate by Rocket men.
"Excellent work Professor Namba," Giovanni said.
"Thank you, sir," Namba said.
He grinned. At his side stood Double O-Nine (Domino) who gave a small but wicked smile.
"Its time we crush any opposition to our goals," Giovanni said.
They boarded the new Battle Rocket which fired its engines and rose into the sky. It didn't go into space, it soared quickly through the sky, faster then a jet plane could. Soon the battle ship was joined by Team Rocket combat unit consisting of several choppers all with machine guns of their own. They soared through the skies of Kanto and toward Saffron City where Giovanni had had Ash and his friends attack. Now he would finish the job.
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"Pika?" Sparky, the Pikachu that belonged to Ritchie, perked up his ears from on his trainer's shoulder.
"You hear that?" Duplica asked as they looked up from where she and Ritchie were standing in the streets.
Ritchie listened, it sounded like an engine… or… a lot of engines. Copters maybe? But there was something else. Something louder that it made it hard to hear the choppers. Then he looked into the night sky and saw many dark shapes, with lights on them that unmistakably marked them as aircraft. But there so many of them all at once and… a much bigger one that was unmistakably a rocket ship.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Ritchie said.
"Pika," Sparky agreed, his ears drooping in fear.
His bad feeling was soon confirmed as the aircraft began shooting, their machine guns letting out volleys of bullets, and from the rocket ship, powerful attacks like flame throwers, hyper and solar beams, hydro-pump, thunder, and others emerged. Voltorb, Electrode, Weezing and other pokemon fell then exploded! Pokemon must have been on that rocket launching attacks from afar! Buildings began to crumble, burn, electrify and explode!
If the damage caused by Ash and his friends while they were possessed had been bad, this was horrific. It all happened so far Ritchie had no time to react to mount a defense to help.
"Run!" He yelled at Duplica. "Zippo come on out!"
He threw his pokeball and out came his fully evolved Charizard that he'd nicknamed Zippo.
"Ditto transform into that Charizard!" Duplica said as she released her main transforming pokemon.
The little purple gel like pokemon emerged and immediately turned into a Charizard matching Zippo. Both Ritchie and Duplica got on their mounts and flew off. But the destruction had already spread far across the city.
"What do we do?" Duplica asked.
"Try to stop them!" Richie said. "Come on Zippo!"
The Charizard flew at the large rocket ship, that had be the lead one. If they could take that out…
As soon as they got close enough though, a group of Golbat and Zubat were seen. They shot Air Slasher and Supersonic at the two flying trainers on their steeds. To make matters worse, there were also Magnemite and Magneton levitating above as well, sparkling electricity. They shot thunderbolts at the Charizard who struggled to avoid the supereffective attacks.
Ritchie clutched his teeth, "Retreat!"
He and Duplica flew back toward the pokemon center where many of the trainers had gathered. But to their horror, they saw a chopper directly above the center and a red and white pokemon plummet toward it. The Electrode exploded as it hit the medical center, reducing it to a pile of rubble.
"No!" Ritchie screamed.
Many trainers had been in there, some had come out to help fight but who knows who many were still in there with sick pokemon. They could be hurt or worse.
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The rest of Saffron burned as Giovanni watched with an evil grin in his command deck.
"Establish the radio connection," he ordered.
Namba typed a few buttons. "Ready, all Kanto should hear it."
Giovanni cleared his throat. "Attention all citizens and pokemon! Saffron is finished, and all those who resist will suffer the same fate! Surrender, pledge loyalty to Team Rocket, or be destroyed."
Many who heard that announcement chilled. They were truly up against a dangerous enemy.
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In a faraway land, a bipedal purple Pokemon wearing a cloak watched the city below from atop a building. His eyes were narrowed near constantly and he wore a deep frown. He had only three short fingers on his hand. The most powerful Pokemon in the world, Mewtwo. With his psychic powers he could sense the destruction even from far away.
"It seems the balance of this world is shifting," the cloned Pokemon said. "My enemy is rising in power, and those that I can call friends are in danger. This is a human conflict, but it concerns Pokemon as well. Perhaps not cloned pokemon as long as we remain in hiding."
"Pika! Pika!"
A Pikachu with more blackened ears spoke up. Pikachutwo, a clone of Ash Ketchum's own Pikachu. By his side was his best friend, Meowthtwo, the clone of the former Team Rocket trio's Meowth.
"You wish to help?" Mewtwo asked.
"Pika!" Pikachutwo said with a nod.
"Yah!" Meowthtwo agreed.
"We consider it with the others below," Mewtwo said. "They must have a say in this."
They teleported into the building they stood on where Mewtwo had gathered his cloned pokemon to be safe from humans. Now was the time to decide if the clone Pokemon would partake in this conflict.
Well I had long intended to bring Manaphy as well as Mewtwo into the picture, finally got around to it. What role will both legendary pokemon have in the conflict to come? Wait and find out, soon Ash, May and all their friends will face Giovanni in a final battle, but what of those that were in the pokemon center when Team Rocket blew it up? Were some of the trainers hurt or worse? We'll see.