Silph Co. is a company headquartered at the building in Saffron City. It is the tallest structure in the entire Kanto region, consisting of over eleventh floors. During the night, the employees will turn off the light, excluding only a specific number of offices so that it would form into a big letter S. On some occasions like this night, when the moon is nowhere to be seen, the letter S will outshine everything else so much that you can see it from distances.

"Look at that Nidoking. That's all where my tax money went."

"Nido."

"Cu?"

"Not you, Cubone. You're way too young to be paying taxes."

"Cu!" Cubone points his bone club toward my pocket.

"Oh, you want a cigar?" I pull out a pack of cigarettes and toss it toward Cubone. "Here you go."

"Cu!" Cubone catches and pulls out a stick from the pack before using Ember to light it up. Sometimes I wonder if it was the right idea for me to give Cubone a cigarette.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention. Cubone here learned Ember a while ago. Don't know how he did it because Proton is as lost as me. Petrel actually speculated that it's probably because due to his addiction to smoking. I really hope that wasn't the case.

*BEEP BEEP* *BEEP BEEP* The radio attached to my belt gives out a signal, meaning that the clock has finally hit midnight. "Alright guys, let's move to our position."

"Nidoking!"

"Cubone!"

Inside Silph Co. building, the receptionist is quietly reading her books when suddenly, a mass of purple gas fills the room. "What the?"

Immediately, a quick chop lands on the back of the receptionist's neck, knocking her unconscious. "Sorry, about that. Team Rocket will be taking over this building now." Petrel states calmly with Weezing by his side.

Eventually, the gas dissipates and 4 members of Team Rocket walk into the building. "Nice work, Petrel." Archer praises. "Guard the elevator, we'll take it from here." Walking toward the elevator, we begin our operation by securing each floor, one by one.

"Alright, here's the plan. Gade and Proton, both of you will take care of the bottom floors while I and Ariana will take care of the top floors. This way, we can make sure no one escapes. Got it?" Archer reconfirms, to which everyone nods.

*DING* At the sound the of elevator's bell chime when it reaches the second floor, Proton and I swiftly make a quick work of the security guards while Archer and Ariana go up the elevator to the top floors.

Slow but steady enough, we eventually take hostage of the entire building, and completely subjugate Silph Co. Headquarters. "Well, that was easy. Kind of anticlimactic though." I express my disappointment.

"That's what happened when you have Archer lead the operation. That man doesn't know the meaning of relaxing." Proton responds. "By the way, how's your relationship with Cubone?"

"Good. Although he's a really heavy smoker." As I finish my sentence, I spot Cubone walking toward me. "And speak of the devil."

"Cu!" Cubone shows me an empty pack of cigarettes. "Cu! Cubone!"

"What is he holding?" Proton asks.

"It's an empty pack of cigarette. Apparently, he just finished his last stick." I tell him.

"Wait- All of them?!" Proton looks shocked, clearly unaware of Cubone's addiction.

"Welcome to my world." I shrug. Then I shift my attention toward Cubone. "We had a talk about this, Cubone. One pack of cigarettes per day. No more than that."

"Cu!" Cubone starts to get aggressive with me, swinging his bone club wildly.

"See? This is why I'm not giving you any more. You're clearly addicted to it!" I raise my voice, making Cubone stops his aggression and shrink back to his previous state.

"Cu...bone..." Cubone apologizes, looking down at the ground beneath him.

"I know... just don't do it again." I then lift up Cubone and place him on my shoulder while Proton looks like he's trying to hold back his laughter. "...what."

"Nothing. It's just that you look like a dad who had a fight with his son." Proton comments as he tries to hide his smile.

"I'm not a dad and I don't intend to be one." I deny his claim.

"Right, you don't swing that way." Proton taunts.

"Hey! I'm not gay!" I yell back at him.

"I never claim you to be." Proton smugs.

"Argh! Whatever, I'm gonna go look around the place." I stomp my way to the elevator.

"Kay, love you~" Proton blows me a fake kiss.

I shove him a middle finger before leaving his sight.

Reaching the fourth floor, I look around to find a place called the storage unit. "Nidoking?" Nidoking asks.

"We're looking for a place called the storage unit, Nidoking," I answer. "If my guess is correct, then Silph Co. should have the TMs stored around here somewhere."

"Nido. Nidoking" Nidoking suggests.

"You're right. We should probably split up to cover more ground and- ...hey, where's Cubone?" Nidoking turns his head around to look for Cubone but he's nowhere in sight.

"Ugh, forget it. He's probably still somewhere in the building. Let's just focus on getting you a TMs first and then-"

"Looking for something, Gade?" A familiar voice calls me out, making me jump.

"ARCEUS!" I exclaim. "You guys need to STOP doing that!" I tell Archer.

"Sorry. Force of habit." Archer apologizes. "Anyway, you haven't answered my question yet."

"Right, we're looking for TMs. Think you could give us a hand?" I ask for help.

"That depends. What kind of TMs are you looking for?" Archer inquires.

"Well, I'm looking for Earth Power, Sludge Bomb, Flamethrower, and Thunderbolt." I list it out.

"That won't be necessary. Excluding Earth Power, we have all those said TMs back at our base. I'll get it for you by tomorrow morning." Archer finishes.

"Thanks, Archer. You did me a big favor."

"Don't sweat it. It's what the boss want. His order is to give you a hand every time you need it." Archer states.

"Wait, the boss gives you that order? Why?" I question.

"Who knows?" Archer shrugs. "As I said before, he has his eyes on you." Before he walks away, leaving me and Nidoking to my own thoughts.

Taking the elevator back to where Proton was, I eventually reach the floor as the elevator door opens, revealing Proton sitting against the wall with a bag of contents in his hand, smoking something alongside... Cubone?

"Proton? What are you doing?" I approach him and ask.

"Heyyyyy Gadeee! My buddyyyy! My great great boyyyyy" Proton responds in a drunken tone.

Yep. He's high.

Looking at Cubone, I can see him staring into the distance, still unaware of my presence. My eyes then return back to the green substances inside the bag that Proton's holding. "Wait... did you give Cubone a fucking weed?!"

"Whaaat? Nawwww. He just takeeee it. By the wayyyy, did you know that stealing pokeeemon is bad?!"

"Yes. We've been doing that from the start. Now give me that shit." I quickly snatch the bag away from Proton before he could whine about it.

"Nooooooooo! Gade! You cruel monstaaaaaaaa!"

Taking out my pokeball, I recall Cubone back to his pokeball until the marijuana wears off. "I'll be confiscating this. Until then, get your shit together." After that I walk away, ignoring all the stuff that Proton is yelling at me.

Man, tonight is wild. I wonder what will tomorrow prepare for me.

Nidoking (Male)

Nature: Rash

Type: Poison/Ground

Ability: Sheer Force

Item: N/A

Move set

- Chip Away

- Sand-Attack

- Horn Attack

- Thrash

Cubone (Male)

Nature: ?

Type: Ground

Ability: ?

Item: Thick Club

Move set

- Ember

- ?

- ?

- ?