If you didn't just come from Chapter 4, I recommend you go back to it. (That's 'Complications', by the way). I updated the content, including new lines for various characters.
Anyway, more of that nasty 'plot' seeps into this chapter. And alot of things happen. This is the longest chapter since the secound one. Enjoy!
"Catch you on the flip side!" Team Rocket shouted as the Weezing Mecha disappeared over the horizon.
"No…" Ash cried weakly as Team Rocket flew away.
"Flygon, let's go!" Drew tossed a ball into the air. The ball snapped open and a Dragon Type appeared. His body was green, with red lenses over his eyes. He stood confidently with its green diamond shaped wings, outlined in red. At the end of his long tail, three small diamond shaped scales snapped at the ground.
Drew leapt on to his back and turned and called to Ash, "C'mon are you coming"
"What?" Ash said, pointing at himself, "you want me to come along with you?"
"Yeah, so come on!" Drew shouted again. "Or I'll go save May, Roselia and your rat by myself," he added, knowing it would push Ash's buttons.
The buttons were pressed. Ash hopped on Flygon's back with Drew and wrapped his arms around his midsection for support, similar to what he and Max had done during their adventure with Jirachi. With a flap of his wings, Flygon took off and started heading out to where the Weezing Mecha had disappeared.
The Weezing Mecha had a higher flight speed than the Meowth Balloon, that was certain. But it couldn't hide its huge purple self as well as the balloon could. Ash and Drew saw the mecha flying in the distance. Drew tapped Flygon on the head and pointed in the direction of the mecha. He nodded and began flying toward the large purple airship. It was quite a ways away, but Flygon was making headway.
After a moment of flying, Ash worked up the courage to ask Drew something. "Hey Drew, why'd you want me to come along?"
Drew looked back at him with an answer he had been working on since he asked him to come along. "I figured I'd need help to chase down Team Rocket, and you seem like you have a lot of experience with them."
"I'm not sure if that's an insult or a complement," Ash laughed.
Also," Drew continued, "I want the one May has chosen to be there. If it's me, then just me coming would have been better." After he said that, he paused and looked at the purple figure in the distance. Ash wasn't sure if he was looking at May's captors, or taking a moment to gather his thoughts. He looked up and continued talking. "But if she chooses you, I want you to be there for her. Because I want May to be happy, Ash. I know you do, too."
Ash put a puzzled look on his face. "Drew, are you alright?" Ash asked him.
Drew looked back into his eyes, "I want us to promise each other something, Ash. We both love May very much. But when she's forced to choose someone, one of us is gonna get hurt. I want us to promise that we won't harbor hard feelings toward each other after this."
Ash smiled and nodded, feeling good to put this small rivalry behind them. "After all," Ash said, "we're both May's friends, so we should be happy for her whatever path she chooses!" Ash extended his hand in friendship to May's rival.
Drew smiled at him and shook his hand. "Thanks, Ash." He smiled, "Now let's find May!"
Meanwhile, as the Weezing Mecha puttered along, a girl was tied to a bar in the storage area with a small, white Pokémon standing watch over her. It was a rather small room, all of the walls, the roof and the floor all made of metal. The girl flicked her brown hair about wildly as she attempted to shake from the rope that bound her to the support pillar of the room. The Pokémon grinned and the charm on his head shone very faintly.
"If you don't untie me this instant, Meowth," May shouted at him, "I'll really let you have it when my friends come to save me!"
"And what are you gonna do about it, twerp-girl!" Meowth taunted her. He held up her yellow fanny pack just out of the reach of her kicking legs. "All yer Pokémon are locked inside da balls, so dey can't come to save ya!" Meowth laughed.
As he laughed, May thought for a moment. He's right. My Pokémon won't come out unless I toss the balls. Wait… not all of them follow that rule!
May took in a deep breath, and then shouted at the top of her lungs, "Munchlax! Lunch time!"
Meowth looked up in surprise as the pack lit up and a white ray shot out. A figure about his height, slightly taller, had appeared before him. His two tall dark blueish-green ears sat atop his large yellow mouth, with his round eyes sitting on the round blueish-green ball that seemed to connect them together. The dark color of his fur was evident in all places except for his belly, which shared colors with his mouth. Two fangs shot up from out of the mouth, and he licked his lips in anticipation of the promised meal.
"Munch!" the newly appeared Pokémon smiled at May, but then began to look around at its surroundings.
"Munchlax, get back my pack and the other Pokémon, and I'll feed you plenty when we get back to Brock!" May bribed her glutinous Pokémon. Unable to resist the promise of food, Munchlax's gaze focused on the bag Meowth was holding, determined to retrieve it and earn his promised reward.
"Alright, Fatso, if you want this…" Meowth extended his claws, "come an' get it!"
"Munchlax, Focus Punch!" May commanded.
Munchlax's hand began to glow with an intense aura as it leapt at Meowth and swung its fist. Meowth jumped over him and scratched Munchlax's face.
"Munch!" he cried as the claws raked his face.
"Do you like that?" Meowth laughed. At that moment Munchlax, stood and began to wiggle his fingers back and forth. The extended fingers began to glow. "What're you doin'?" Meowth stood there puzzled, "Is that Metronome?"
C'mon Munchlax, May silently hoped, pull me a winner…
It stopped wiggling his fingers and let out a loud 'pop' when the move had been completed. Everyone stood silent for a moment.
"What'd you do?" Meowth asked Munchlax.
Before he could get an answer, Munchlax opened his mouth and let fly a flurry of tiny red embers. The embers caught Meowth's tail on fire, so he quickly tossed the pack into the air, and proceeded to put out his tail. Munchlax leapt up and grabbed May's pack and began to unzip it.
"Great job, Munchlax, now open the other Pokéballs for some back up!" May cheered for him. She saw that Munchlax had gone for her Pokéblock case and was about to gorge himself on 'May's Pink Surprise'. "No! Not now!" May squirmed, "Rescue now, food later!" While he was pulling out the case, a Pokéball popped out and opened on the ground. A larger Pokémon came out. She had three orange feathers on her head. The rest of her head was yellow, with her red eyes showing her confusion. She had sharp claws on each of her arms, and powerful orange legs. The sharp talons on her feet were brown, giving this Pokémon a chicken like appearance.
"Combusken!" May gave a sigh of relief, "c'mon over here and untie me!"
"Combusk!" she cheerfully replied. She ran behind May and used her sharp claws to cut the ropes restraining May.
May stood up and stretched. She ran over to Munchlax and pulled his ball out of her pack and recalled him, hoping to save what Pokéblock she had left. She reached down and picked up Combusken's Pokéball, and slid it into the bag. "Now, let's turn the tables on Meowth…" she sneered in his direction, while he coddled his tail. This caused him to look up.
When May began to approach him, Meowth leapt up and ran out the automated door into the hall, screaming "Help! Jessie! James! Prison break!"
May followed him out the door, but he had disappeared into one of the other two rooms in the air-mecha. She pulled out her Pokédex and brought up Weezing's picture. She saw the three orbs on it and, given the size of the room she was in, came to the conclusion that she was in the smallest one. She took a guess and thought that the control room would be the largest, and also guessed that that was were Jessie, James, and Meowth would be. She walked up to one of the other doors, not knowing which would lead her to Team Rocket. The door opened to her and Combusken's presence there.
Meanwhile, outside, Ash, Drew and Flygon had caught up with the Weezing air-mecha and had landed on the middle-sized orb. They looked into the eyes from above to see the Rockets piloting the mecha from the inside of the larger head. They went over to the second one with eyes to try to get a surprise attack on them after breaking in. Looking into the smaller window, they saw two small orbs containing their Pokémon.
"Pikachu!" Ash cried.
"Roselia!" Drew cried out as well.
The two Pokémon couldn't hear them, so they kept looking sadly at the door.
"It's no good," Ash grunted, "they can't hear us…"
"Flygon, try Flamethrower on the window!" Drew ordered his Dragon-Type.
Flygon took in a deep breath, and blew flames out of his mouth. The fire hit the window, but after it cleared, the window looked no worse for the wear.
"It must be protected from attacks on the outside," Drew hypothesized. "If we could get an attack to hit it from the inside…"
Just then the door opened and a bewildered May stepped in.
"May!" both of the boys shouted simultaneously. They began to bang on the glass.
May looked up and saw both of their mouths flapping, but couldn't hear them at all.
"Ash! Drew!" she shouted as she ran to the window. Pikachu and Roselia's gaze followed her and they saw their trainers on the outside.
"It's no good," Drew thought out loud, "She can't hear us…"
May turned around and helped Pikachu and Roselia out of their confinement. Pikachu shook for a bit, stretched, and was ready to go. Roselia looked forlornly at the window and enjoyed the sunlight. Ash knew that he could communicate with Pikachu without having to be heard, and began to mouth an unhearable command to Pikachu, who saw him and read his lips.
"Pipikachu, pika pika Pikachu pika!" he said to Combusken, pointing at the window.
"Combusken!" she agreed, turning to the window. Her arm began to glow and she ran to the window, leapt at it and broke through it with an uppercut. Ash and Drew caught Combusken to prevent it from flying off.
"Thank you, Combusken," Ash whispered to her. A small blush appeared on her face.
Ash and Drew lowered themselves and Combusken down into the room with May. Drew ordered Flygon to wait outside, incase they needed to make a quick escape. With that, Flygon began to fly alongside the mecha.
"Glad to see you again, buddy," Ash cuddled Pikachu in his arms. "Thank you, May. I don't know what we'd do if you didn't show up in there."
"You should thank Munchlax and Combusken. They're the ones who got me away from Meowth," May presented Combusken to Ash. Ash and Combusken smiled at each other. Drew had recalled Roselia into his ball for rest after he made sure his Pokémon was okay.
"Now we gotta stop this thing from stealing any more Pokémon." Ash announced to the group. They agreed, but as they were turning around, Team Rocket ran into the door.
"Team Rocket!" the three trainers shouted.
"Pipikachu!" the Pokémon added.
"It's a twerp triple team!" The members of Team Rocket shouted.
"How did you two get in?' Jessie asked them.
"With a little help from yours truly!" May winked.
"Com-busken!" the Fire-type added!
"Well, your little Prince Charmings aren't going to get the best of us this day!" James taunted them.
"I wish my Prince Charming would realize what he has…" Jessie muttered to herself.
"What was that?" James turned to her, almost shouting.
Jessie blushed a little. "Nothing…" she lied.
"That's a lie!" James retorted, "I can tell!"
"Well, I can wish for love, too, if I want! Look at the twerps over there!" Jessie shouted back.
"I don't know who this guy is, but get a grip, woman! We need to catch Pikachu!" James yelled back.
"And again you miss the hint…" Jessie said smugly.
"What are you babbling about?" James was getting angry.
"Will you two stop arguin'?" Meowth shouted at them, "We need to get Pikachu back, at least!"
"You guys argue like an old married couple," May said, giggling. Both Jessie and James got a light blush on their cheeks.
"Alright, let's get this battle started!" Jessie turned to the children.
"Right," James obeyed.
"Go, Seviper!" Jessie threw her Pokéball.
"Go, Cacnea!" James tossed his.
"Go, Absol!" Drew flung one of his Pokéballs into the air.
"Sceptile, I choose you!" Ash lobbed his Pokéball into the air.
Team Rocket's Pokéballs unleashed a highly stylized black and gold serpent and a small, round cactus-like Pokémon. The serpent Pokémon had large, red eyes and patches of purple on his face. Long red fangs and a red blade on the end of his tail gives this Pokémon an intimidating appearance. His partner has a small yellow flower on her head and needles along her arms. She was short compared to even Corphish. The green Pokémon turned around and leapt into James' face, causing him to scream in pain and pull the cactus Pokémon off.
"Seviper!" The serpent trilled.
"Cacnea!" the cactus Pokémon gleefully added.
When Drew's Pokéball opened, a creature coated in long, course fur appeared. He had a blue face, and atop that face was a blue scythe. The Pokémon stood on four legs and had sharp, piercing eyes. Next to him appeared Ash's tall Grass-type. He had a reptilian appearance, with large yellow seeds lining his back. His tail was like the trunk of a palm tree and sharp leaves grew out along his forearm, behind his claws.
"Absol!" it announced his presence.
"Tile!" the gruff Pokémon challenged Team Rocket, placing at twig into his mouth.
"Seviper, start with a Poison Tail on Absol!" Jessie commanded.
"Use Pin Missile on Sceptile, Cacnea!" James followed up.
"Sceptile, Quick attack!" Ash told his Grass-Type.
"Absol, use Razor Wind!" Drew commanded.
Sceptile lunged at Cacnea, knocking her off-balance. The cactus Pokémon's Pin Missile misfired at the ceiling. Meanwhile Seviper's glowing purple tail smashed into Absol, who was gathering energy for Razor Wind. The impact knocked the disaster Pokémon into the air, but Absol turned around and launched a blade of wind at Seviper while in midair. The blade knocked Seviper back into Team Rocket, slamming them through the wall into the control room of the Mecha.
Meanwhile, Cacnea and Sceptile continued their duel. Cacnea began spinning her arms at Sceptile, but his forearms leaves became green, glowing blades. The clashed their arms together, but Sceptile easily over-powered the smaller Pokémon. She bounced back into the control room and stood to face the attacker.
Team Rocket began to stand up after the impact. Seviper turned to Absol and hissed. He lunged at Absol and bit at his side. Absol shook him off and launched a wave of water from the ground at Seviper. The snake Pokémon jumped out of the way of the wave, only for it to come into contact with the control panel.
"Oh, no!" Meowth cried, "The system may be electric-proof, but it ain't water proof!"
At those words, the control panel began to short-out. Sparks of electricity shot out around the various buttons and levers on the control panel.
Sceptile saw this and thought of a plan to take advantage of it. He opened his mouth and shot some glowing seeds at Cacnea. The enraged Grass-type fell into Sceptile's trap and began to fire Pin Missiles at him. The evolved Pokémon leapt out of the way and the pins shot holes in the control panel. Parts of the panel began to go up in small explosions. The entire mecha began to shake.
"We've gotta get out of here!" Drew exclaimed. He turned to the outside and called for Flygon. The Dragon-Ground type showed up and Drew, Ash (with Pikachu on his shoulder) and May all got on his back. Flygon took off and flew outside of the Mecha.
After getting a certain distance away, Flygon turned and watched the Mecha suffer a massive explosion, destroying the hull and sending Team Rocket flying. "How did a malfunctioning panel blow up the entire mecha?" Jessie shouted as she, James, Meowth, Seviper and Cacnea where hurtled through the air.
"I thought that if everything was interconnected, dat da system would hold up betta…" Meowth said sadly.
"If it wasn't for those lover boys, we'd have gotten away with it!" James cursed his luck.
"I hope some day the love of my life comes to my rescue!" Jessie sighed.
"Well, I think we can all agree that love stinks!" Meowth screamed.
"Wooobuffet!" he agreed.
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" the group cried. They disappeared in the bright blue sky.
Flygon began to turn and fly away, after the trainers had a chance to see Team Rocket tossed away like so much trash. Drew had noticed that his Pokémon wasn't flying as fast as it could. He saw sweat pouring out of Flygon's forehead. "Crud…" Drew said behind clenched teeth, "Flygon isn't used to carrying this much weight!" He turned to his friends. "We have to find a place to land. Flygon can't carry all three of us!"
But before they could even began to look, Flygon began to falter. May's grip slipped and she began to slide off Flygon.
"May, try to hold on!" Ash turned and saw her falling. Her hands couldn't grip Flygon's hide, and she began to slide on the thin part of his tail. Flygon let out a screech and flicked his tail skyward, sending May flying above the heads of Ash and Drew.
Out of one mess and into another. May just can't seem to stay out of trouble. Is she suffering form Damsel in Distress syndrome? Perhaps.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed it. Feel free to Review/Comment/Question/Etc, like in the previous chapters.