Chapter 45: Rock down to Electrode Avenue

Me and Eusine stood outside the shop. I had Quilava and he had Hypno. "Here we go" Eusine said. Quilava used Flame Wheel on the door and it flung of its hinges.

The two of us ran in to already see a battle going on, it was the challenger that caught our attention.

"Lance? The Champion of the Indigo Plateau?" Eusine said, as the red haired man commanded his Pokémon.

Dragonite

243

Dragon/Flying Type

7'03" (2.2 m)

463 lbs (210 kg)

It is said that this Pokemon constantly flies over the immense seas and rescues drowning people.

Evolved from Dragonair at Lv 55 which in turn evolved from Dratini at Lv 30.

"Dragonite! Hyper Beam!" he commanded on the Shop Owner's Meowth, knocking it out. "What is this place?" Lance asked.

Me and Eusine caught up with him. "Eusine. This is a surprise. Aren't you chasing Suicune?" Eusine shook his head. "That's on hold until we find this places secret." Lance went over to a shelf and pushed it. "Already found it. It's a trap door."

The old man looked at us. "Go down there at your own risk" he said. He ripped off his disguise to reveal a Team Rocket Grunt. "I'll catch up, get a move on" Lance insisted. We went down the trap door.

At the bottom of the trap door was a giant basement. "To think a criminal organisation was headquartered underground Mahogany of all places" Eusine noted. "Let's split up. I'll defeat Team Rocket Grunts to buy you some time to find the generator." We both went off.

I wandered around the HQ. There were no signs pointing to anywhere except fire exits and toilets. It was almost intimidating.

I passed a Persian statue and it started beeping. "Intruder alert. Intruder alert."

At that point, a Team Rocket Grunt charged at me. "Personnel only" he just said.

The Grunt used a Grimer. That purple blob made my nose wrinkle up.

Grimer

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Poison Type

Sludge Pokémon

2'11" (0.9 m)

66.1 lbs (30 kg)

Wherever Grimer has passed, so many germs are left behind that no plants will ever grow again.

Venomoth was sent out. Venomoth used Confusion on Grimer, which did a fair bit. Grimer came back with Pound. That didn't do very much and Venomoth finished it off with one more Confusion.

I came across a tiled path. I didn't know what this did, so I walked onto it. A Pokémon suddenly appeared.

Voltorb

120

Electric Type

Ball Pokémon

1'08" (0.5 m)

22.9 lbs (10.4 kg)

It rolls to move. If the ground is uneven, a sudden jolt from hitting a bump can cause it to explode.

That's what it did. Voltorb blew up.

I did not want to be hurt, so I needed to do something. I sent out Graveler and had it use Magnitude 8 on the floor. All the Pokémon fainted and I continued on.

"Hold it!" I looked to see a large man in a purple business suit. "You are the one who has been interfering with our schemes then?" he asked. "Have at you!"

He sent out Zubat. I used Ampharos which used Thunderpunch on it. This knocked it out.

Next was Koffing. I kept out Ampharos and had it used Thunderpunch again. This also knocked it out.

Finally, Raticate. Raticate used Hyper Fang, flinching Ampharos. It then used it again, but Ampharos gave it a dose of Thunderpunch to, defeating the Executive.

After defeating some more Grunts, I got to the Main Office. I remember hearing some passwords, so I thought they would work on the office. Slowpoke Tail and Raticate Tail were the passwords.

The Executive was waiting. "So. You are the one who has been defeating us." She turned round. "We are trying to evolve the Pokemon at Lake Of Rage with the signals so that we can grow ever stronger. Stay out of this!"

The Executive's first Pokemon was Arbok.

Arbok

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Poison Type

Cobra Pokémon

11'06" (3.5 m)

143.3 lbs (65 kg)

With a very vengeful nature, it won't give up the chase no matter how far, once it targets its prey.

Evolved from Ekans at Lv 22.

Venomoth was sent out against it. Venomoth used Confusion on Arbok. It dealt some damage to say the least. Arbok came back with Bite which hit Venomoth. Venomoth took down Arbok with one more Confusion.

Next was Gloom. I withdrew Venomoth for Quilava. Quilava used Flame Wheel on Gloom, which was taken down in one.

Finally, was Murkrow.

Murkrow

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208

Dark/Flying Type

Darkness Pokémon

1'08" (0.5 m)

4.6 lbs (2.1 kg)

Feared and loathed by many, it is believed to bring misfortune to all those who see it at night.

I sent out Ampharos. Ampharos used Thunder Punch which almost knocked out Murkrow. Murkrow came back with Pursuit but the writing was on the wall. Ampharos finished off Murkrow with one more Thunder Punch.

The Executive ran off shouting "you don't know the password to the Generator Room anyway!"

At that moment, I noticed one of her Pokeballs on the desk. I opened it to reveal her wounded Murkrow. I gave it a Revive which healed it. Murkrow seemed thankful so it told me the password. "Hail Giovanni." I thanked it, but Murkrow seemed said. "Stolen" it said. I felt bad for it.

"Ethan!" It was Lance. "Eusine found the Generator. It needs a password though." Murkrow flew onto my shoulder. "Oh, we have it. "Lance gave a grin. "I'll search for stolen Pokémon. You sort out the frequencies".

I walked to the Generator Room, when Silver ran into me. "That Lance. I can't stand him!" I asked him what he meant by that. "Apparently I don't train my Pokémon right. I don't love them. I just keep battling with them and that's terrible." I told him I agree with Lance. Silver got angry. "You weak little-!" He stomped off.

I got to the Generator Room and input "Hail Giovanni" into the computer beside the door, which opened revealing multiple Electrode.

"Those poor things" Eusine mentioned. "Okay. We need to defeat them. You get one side, I get the other" he told me.

I did just that. I took on one of the Electrode. I sent out Quilava. Quilava used Flame Wheel on Electrode which was a Critical Hit. Electrode came back with Sonic Boom. I threw a Great Ball.

One shake.

Two shakes.

Three shakes.

I caught it!

I took down the other two Electrode. "Great job" said Eusine. "Hopefully the Pokemon will be alright now." He then eyed Quilava, who was glowing. "Well I guess it's a good thing we battled Team Rocket".

Quilava glowed brighter and brighter. It had evolved into its final form.

Typhlosion

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Fire Type

Volcano Pokémon

5'07" (1.7 m)

175.3 lbs (79.5 kg)

If its rage peaks, it becomes so hot that anything that touches it will instantly go up in flames.

Evolved from Quilava at Lv 36 which in turn evolves from Cyndaquil at Lv 14.

We all came out with the lights of police cars surrounding us with a crowd behind. Among the crowd was Mum, who ran out to hug me. "That was silly" she said, both anger and relief in her voice. "I've had enough of this. We're going home."

I was shocked at this. "Miss Scheider. What is this about?" Eusine asked. Mum went over to him. "You encouraged this didn't you! You scold me son for getting in the way of some legendary chase when he doesen't mean to and now you have him to up with you to take down the mafia?" She seemed to be going insane. "No. I've had enough. I've known my son for 11 years. My husband left me when he was 4 and I have had to do all the work myself. I was hoping he would just do this journey for Gym Badges, but no. Team Rocket has to come back. What else does he do? Oh, lets see. He crossed the sea in a storm and tries to calm down a Gyarados. What? So he can be like that fool Red?"

That got me. I broke down in tears and ran off behind a tree. Multiple Pokémon came to see what the matter with me was, which made me feel a little better.

After out half an hour, Mum came up to me in tears herself. "That was just me being a Mum" she said. "I want you to continue your journey. I just worry about you". We gave each other a hug. Lance and Eusine came over. "Listen. Why don't you not do anything to extreme tomorrow?" Eusine said. "How about tomorrow, you take on the Mahogany Town Gym? It focuses on Ice Types. I think Typhlosion will melt through them all."

That sounded like a plan.