Team Rocket sailed back to Celadon City.
"You know, Sandy," Conner said. "I guess this story's over. We win here!"
"That's odd," Becky replied. "I didn't think villains could succeed in their plans."
"Guess that means no sequel," Sandy said in disappointment.
"What are you talking about?" questioned Darkao. "This is real life. Not some fictional story."
"Never mind." Conner didn't seem to think that anyone else was aware of the fourth wall.
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After Karl caught Lappy, he pulled his cellphone out and called Daisy. "Hello? Daisy, you there?"
"...H-hello?"
"Daisy, it's Red!"
"Oh, I'm so glad you're alive! What about Blue and Green?"
"They're all right as well!"
"Okay, I was worried. Red, I've been taken captive again. Team Rocket took Chansey."
"Hey, someone littered the sea." Hadley noticed a clear bottle submerged halfway. She reached forward to take it out.
Kevin saw a piece of paper in the bottle. "There's a note in there."
Suddenly thunder began to boom.
"We gotta find shelter soon. It's starting to rain. I'll try to call you later."
"I-I hope so..." Daisy was too afraid to talk any longer. "I gotta go..."
Rain began to descend from the gray clouds.
"Well, look who's got an umbrella!" Kevin pulled out a purple umbrella and opened it.
The storm intensified as they traveled the long road to Fuchsia City. Strangely, the farther they went, the colder it became. How could this be?
The three had reached a power plant. It had been inactive for years since a newer one was built at Pallet Town. That plant was hydro-powered, however.
Lightning struck down to the ground and hit Karl. He screamed with electricity coursing through his body as he fell to the ground... He had felt severely burned as well.
"Red, get in here!" Hadley and Kevin had almost entered the plant.
"Come on! What are the chances of getting hit by lightning again?"
Another flash of light struck Karl, causing him even more pain.
"You've got to be the world's most unlucky person!" exclaimed Kevin. "That's so stupid. Now come on in here before you die."
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Karl, Hadley, and Kevin entered the plant. Hadley noticed signs in the dim light indicating that the plant was stocked with radioactive waste. "This is a nuclear plant," she said. "We'd better be careful around here. There are dangerous chemicals."
Karl was burned from the electric shocks, but at least he survived the shocks. "Ow... I think I'd better not touch anything. Come on, Blowtorch; let's see what's around here."
The three called out their starter Pokemon.
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As they searched the power plant and stepped aside puddles of slime, they found a yellow glowing rat with a thunderbolt-shaped tail. Its red cheeks buzzed with electricity. It looked ready to strike.
"Quick, make sure it doesn't shock us!" the three cried out in unison.
Koopa considered skidding toward Pikachu with its shell, but realized that he may fall into a puddle of deadly radioactive slime. Pikachu had already struck the Squirtle with lightning, badly injuring him.
Flora took a close look at Pikachu. It was glowing green in the darkness. It had been irradiated. "Don't touch it, guys!"
Hadley saw this quote on the Pokedex. "We'd better not touch Pikachu... it might pass on the radiation."
Meanwhile, Karl was in a room with many aerosol cans. He noticed that these cans held a chemical that sprayed off radiation. He took two and returned to the others.
"We've got this!" Karl sprayed the chemical on Pikachu, causing it to lose its glow. "Now we can catch it!"
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In another part of the power plant, various people in radiation suits stockpiled barrels of radioactive waste, and loaded them into a radiation-safe truck. These had to be specially prepared and stored. Nuclear waste was deadly, and could cause severe illness if ingested.
Karl, Hadley, and Kevin, having caught the Pikachu, whom they appropriately named "Sparks", looked down through a window.
"Why are those guys dressed in funny clothes?" asked Kevin.
"They're in radiation suits," replied Hadley. "Radioactive waste can kill you. That's why they need those suits to protect themselves.
"Why are they putting those metal barrels into that truck?" asked Karl.
"I don't know, but it doesn't seem to make sense. Maybe they're just cleaning the place up. Or not..."
"Or not? Like what else?" Karl thought that people occupying an old power plant was odd.
"I think they're Team Rocket, or contractors of them. If that's the case, we'd better stay out of their sight."
On the other side, a middle-aged man with spiked black hair saw what the Color Triad saw. "If they're doing this for Team Rocket, then obviously they're trying to genetically enhance Pokemon."
Upon noticing the three on the other side, he dashed out towards the other side.
"Kids, this isn't a safe place for you, because those guys in radiation suits are suspected to work with Team Rocket," the man explained. "And don't try to stop them. Nuclear waste is unhealthy!"
"Hey, you're Koga!" Karl had become face-to-face with the ninja Gym Leader.
"That's exactly what I told them," Hadley insisted. "But they're too stupid."
Kevin sighed, and sat down on the control panels. "Whoops!" He had messed up the controls.
"Warning! Nuclear meltdown is imminent! Five minutes until self-destruction!" a voice boomed out.
"Who messed with the controls?" questioned one of the staff members.
"We'd better dash out of here!" Koga exclaimed.
As a scientist entered the control panel room, the four had already escaped. "The person must have gotten away."
---
Karl, Hadley, Kevin, and Koga had managed to escape via a window. Night had begun to fall, and the storm had intensified even more. The rain began to turn into ice crystals, and Koga had already sped away. But one of the scientists managed to get the license plate code – SOLBGE.
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A few minutes after Koga sped away, in the distance Karl could see the power plant explode into nuclear ruins. "If we'd been at that power plant when it blew up... dead."
"Exactly, Red," Koga agreed. "We'd better get to Fuchsia City soon."