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Chapter 2

Team Rocket's First Strike

Previously, Jason had received a Squirtle from Oak and has started to go to Viridian City. He didn't realize two eyes watching him from the bushes.

"Squirtle, use tackle attack!" Squirtle ran toward the Pidgey and slammed into it, knocking it out. "Score!" Jason was on his way to Viridian City, battling all of the weak Pokemon on the way. He knew it would help get his Squirtle stronger to battle all of the other trainers, which surprisingly, there were none. "Squirtle return." Jason recalled his Pokemon.

"Well, I hope it's not far to Viridian, because I am getting kind of bored," he said to himself. If he only knew what was in store for him later.

In the bushes, a member of Team Rocket, Rachel, was waiting to ambush him. Team Rocket was an underground organization that stole from other Pokemon trainers to benefit themselves. Rachel had seen how Jason's Squirtle battled and wanted it for herself.

She had followed Jason quite awhile, waiting for him and his Squirtle to get tired. Finally, she knew it was time to strike. She jumped out of the bushes, right in front of Jason.

"Give me your Squirtle," she shouted. She had her hand by her Poke Ball, just in case he refused. Rachel had on black clothes with a shirt with a R on it.

"No way," Jason yelled back. He made a run for it, but he didn't get very far because something wrapped around his leg and tripped. He turned to see what it was and found out that it was an Ekans using a wrap attack.

Ekans was a long purple, snake Pokemon. Jason had always hated snakes, so Ekans was one of his worst nightmares. "Go, Squirtle, use tackle," he shouted. His Squirtle came out of it's Poke Ball and tackled the Ekans so that it unwrapped itself from Jason's leg.

"Ekans, attack Squirtle using Poison Sting!" Rachel yelled. Ekans opened it's mouth, and little, blue stingers came out of it, directed at Squirtle.

"Try to dodge it," Jason said. But it was too late, Squirtle was bombarded with the stingers. Luckily, Squirtle wasn't poisoned and was able to get right back up. "Now use a tackle attack!" Squirtle ran right at Ekans and slammed into it. It seemed to do more damage than the Poison Sting attack did.

"Now use Wrap," Rachel commanded her Squirtle. Ekans used it's body to wrap around Squirtle, squeezing it harder every second.

"Squirtle, get out of it," Jason said. He was really stressed, he had never been in this situation before. Squirtle had nothing to do, it strained it self to get out of the hold. All of a sudden, a giant bubble came out of it's mouth and surrounded Ekans. When it popped, Ekans was forced back, releasing it's grip on Squirtle.

"Squirtle, you learned the bubble attack," Jason said happily. "Now let's finish this girl off. Use bubble and then tackle it!" Squirtle used bubble again and then ran forward to attack one final time.

"NO!" Rachel screamed. She was helpless, Ekans couldn't use Wrap on Squirtle now. Squirtle slammed into Ekans, sending it flying. Suprisingly, Ekans got up!

"Heh, Heh," Rachel laughed. "My Ekans can still fight. Now Wrap that snot nosed kid!" Ekans flew at Jason, with only a few hit points remaining. It wrapped him up so that he couldn't move or give Squirtle a command. Jason was totally helpless.

"I'll just take your Squirtle now," Rachel said. She threw an empty Poke Ball at Squirtle. The Poke Ball flew at it, she was about to catch Squirtle when Jason got a new found strength.

He fought off Ekans single-handedly, it was just enough to make it faint. Jason reached into his bag and pulled out the potion he got from his computer. He threw it at the Poke Ball, deflecting it so that it went up a tree. I knew that potion would come in handy, Jason thought.

"Grrrrrrr," Rachel growled. " I guess a potion is better than nothing." She grabbed the potion recalled her Ekans, and ran. "This won't be the last time you see me or Team Rocket," she called as she ran off.

"Squirtle, you did an awesome job today," Jason said as he recalled it. "Look, Viridian City is just over the hill!" Jason ran the whole way to the city, he really needed a rest at the Pokemon Center. That Team Rocket is going to be trouble, he said as he walked into the Pokemon Center.

Jason's Pokemon:

Squirtle- bubble, tackle, tail whip

Author's Note: I'm sorry if this chapter was short, but it was hard to come up with a lengthy one on one battle. Also, Rachel won't be like Jesse from the TV series, she won't keep on trying to steal Squirtle or keep losing all of the time. Please Review if your reading this!