Seymour the Scientist

All of the Pokémon lined up to watch the upcoming battle. Before them stood Amy on one side with her Poliwag. On the other side, Jet was going to send his Magikarp. This battle marked their final day of training, as the trainers had decided it was time to find their way to Cerulean.

Over the past eight days, Jet had increased the amount of training everybody did immensely. He had them focus on strength training in the mornings again, having them move large rocks to and fro. After that their battle techniques were being drilled into them for eight hours a day with very little reprieve.

The training proved to be successful, however, because everyone's performances have shown improvement. Boulder has already mastered Rock Tomb, while Thorn can melt large rocks in less than a minute! Jet was surprised when Sora evolved into a Pidgeotto at level eighteen.

No one had made more progress than Jet's Magikarp, however. Not only had she learned to dodge by splashing and rolling, she also has an impressive array of attacks for one of her kind. In eight days she had learned the offensive attacks Tackle, Pound, Slam, and to everyone's surprise, Flail. Her defensive skills included Tail Whip, Splash, and Harden. This last attack took a particularly long time for her to master, but she finally got it down thanks to Geodude's guidance. Jet also hinted that he had taught her a secret technique, but said she could only use it under certain conditions. One thing was for sure, Hydra was a lot stronger after her training with Jet.

Amy smiled at her opponent and said, "We'll finish packing after this quick match. Are you sure you just want to battle Poliwag and Magikarp?"

"Yeah," said Jet, "Hydra has had a lot of sparring practice, but I want her to get some experience in a serious battle. Everyone else can rest for now. They already have battle experience."

"Ok," Amy smirked, "We aren't going to take it easy on her!"

Jet laughed, "Hydra doesn't need you to, she can handle herself!"

"Then let's begin! Poliwag, use Double Slap!"

"Hydra, use Splash!"

Poliwag went in for his attack, but Magikarp shot high into the air. "Now use Pound!"

Magikarp came down from the air, turning her body to strike Poliwag with her tail. Poliwag rolled out the way just in time to dodge it. Amy said, "Use tackle!"

"Harden, Hydra!"

Poliwag's tackle hit, but it didn't do a lot of damage thanks to Magikarp's Harden. Jet smiled and said, "Show 'em a real Tackle attack!"

Magikarp shot at Poliwag and tackled him full on. Poliwag was knocked back, but recovered fully. Amy said, "Shoot it with Watergun!"

"Waterfall!"

Amy watched in amazement as Magikarp jumped straight into the watergun, and shot through it almost as easily as she would swim through a pool of water. The result was a hard physical attack dealt on Poliwag while he had no chance to defend himself. He was knocked back again, and Jet said, "Now use Slam!"

Amy cried, "Use Hypnosis!"

Magikarp hit first, knocking her opponent's face into the ground with a well-executed Slam attack. Jet grinned and said, "Tackle him, Hydra!"

Before Poliwag even got a chance to recover, it was hit yet again by Tackle. Things were not going well for him. Amy said, "Try hypnosis again!"

Poliwag's eyes began to glow, but Magikarp shot into the air and came down with another Slam attack. Poliwag attempted to stand up again, but fell. Amy looked at Magikarp in shock, "I can't believe it! How did your Magikarp beat my Poliwag? What the hell was that Waterfall attack?"

Jet's Pokémon cheered Hydra on and Jet said, "It's her secret technique. She doesn't have the power or ability to use a full power Waterfall attack on her own yet. But when your Pokémon used Watergun, she was able to use that attack as a basis for her own!"

Waterfall was a strong, physical water type attack in which the user surrounds themselves with a veil of water and charge at their opponent full force. Jet had been teaching Magikarp the basics of this attack by having her swim up the waterfall.

Amy's eyes widened, "So you taught her how the attack was done so when the conditions were right, she could learn it?"

Jet grinned and said, "Yup! One day she'll be able to do it on her own, but for now I'm very happy with her move set."

Amy shook her head, "Well you definitely made a believer out of me. I didn't think it was possible to train a Magikarp for battle, but you pulled it off. No wonder Grandpa always liked you so much."

Just then, Jet felt something pulling on his leg. He looked down and saw that something was Boulder. "What is it?"

Boulder pointed in the direction of the Pokémon eggs, which had just hatched. Jet's face fell, "Holy shit! Amy, can you grab the berries? I have to clean them!"

The Pokémon all gathered around to see the new babies born into this world. Jet cleaned them while Amy fed them some berries. She smiled and said, "Oh my god these little guys are so fucking cute!"

Jet grinned and checked their genders. "Both females," he informed everyone, "Ok then. This one is Star," he pointed to Cleffa, "and this one is Bubbles."

Amy asked, "How do you keep track of all of their names?"

Jet shrugged, "I'll wait until their asleep before I put them in their Pokeballs. When I get to the next Pokémon Center I'll send them to my house for my brother and sister to look after them."

"Ohh!" Amy said, "You were planning on making them pets for your siblings all along!"

"For now," said Jet, "I'll let them take care of these two until they're older. See if they're ready for their own Pokémon. I'm still keeping them in my name, in case I ever want to recall them."

Amy and Jet fed the babies and put them to sleep. After that Jet recalled them and deposited them to his PC via Pokedex. Once they were done with that, Jet and Amy recalled all of their Pokémon and got started packing up their camp.

"That's the last of it," Jet said while putting away his capsules, "Now we just have to figure out how to get off this Mountain."

Suddenly, Jet and Amy heard screams in the distance; human screams. Amy pointed to the cave and exclaimed, "It's coming from in there!"

Just after her exclamation, a man wearing glasses, hiking clothes, and a fanny pack ran out of the cave, followed by five Zubat. Jet sent out his Pichu and said, "Spark, use Thundershock!"

It was a testament to Spark's hard work during training that he was able to knock out five Zubat in a single attack. Deciding it would be a waste if he didn't, Jet pulled out an empty Pokeball and threw it at one of the unconscious Zubat. Once he did, Amy did the same. Both Zubat were caught, and Pichu was recalled after being showered with praise for his amazing attack.

The trainers collected their bounty and Amy asked, "Are you ok?"

The man who was attacked said, "Oh, thank you so much for your assistance! I thought I was done for! I'm Seymour, Seymour the Scientist!"

Jet looked at Amy, who giggled. He then put out his hand and said, "Jethro the Trainer. This is my associate, Amelia the Bemused."

Seymour, who didn't seem to catch the sarcasm, shook Jet's hand with great enthusiasm, "Nice to meet you, Jethro and Amelia!"

Amy giggled again and said, "Amy's fine. So, how did you get attacked anyway?"

Seymour shrugged and said, "The Zubat in this cave have been very upset since someone put up all of the lights three days ago."

"Lights?" Jet asked. Seymour nodded and said, "I was in this cave looking for Clefairy for my studies, and I noticed that a lot of the caverns have lights that have recently been put up. I plan on reporting this directly to the authorities! Do you know what those lights are doing to those Pokémon? It's disturbing their natural habitat!"

Seymour went on about the dangers of having lights up in the cave. While Jet listened, he also went to register his Zubat in his Pokedex. It was a female at level eleven. Jet named her Mina, and placed her on his belt.

"Now the Zubat can't tell when day is night and night is day!"

"I think you worded that a little weird," Jet said, "but I get your point. Hey, do you know which way Cerulean is?"

Seymour looked flabbergasted, "Haven't you listened to a word I just said?"

Jet nodded and said, "Yeah, but you just told me you were calling the police. Besides, can't you just break the lights if they're causing that much trouble?"

Seymour gasped and said, "I can't do that, it's defacing private property!"

Jet shrugged, "Last time I checked you need a permit to do any excavating in this place, and since you just said in your little speech that you're the only one with a permit to do so, I'd say that makes them trespassers, right?"

Seymour thought about what Jet said, "Umm, I guess you're right. But defacing private property!"

"Look, do you know how to get to Cerulean or not?"

Seymour sighed and said, "Yes, there is a shortcut through the cave. I can show you, since you saved me. Just let me make a phone call to the police first."

Seymour pulled a cell phone from his fanny pack and dialed the numbers. Jet looked at Amy and said, "How do they keep finding me?"

"What?" Amy asked, "I think he's kind of cute. In an eccentric frightened kind of way, but cute!"

Jet laughed and said, "I didn't know you were into fanny packs!"

Amy smirked, "Do I detect the hint of jealousy, Jet? You had Nat, why can't I have my own little fling?"

Jet's smile immediately faded and Amy said, "I'm sorry, Jet, I didn't mean to bring her up."

Jet shrugged, "It's fine."

Amy bit her lip, "Has she called you at all?"

Jet shook his head. Amy said, "Sorry."

"It's fine."

"Ok!" Seymour exclaimed, "There is a Park Ranger that will be here in a half hour to check out the caves! With any luck they'll find out who put up the lights and have them take them down!"

Jet put on a fake smile, "That's great, Seymour."

Seymour smiled wider and said, "Let me escort you through the cave!" He picked up an industrial flashlight that he dropped when the Zubat attacked and said, "Follow me!"

They walked into the cave. Seymour began telling them how he was trying to prove that Clefairy did in fact come from space. Amy glanced at Jet to see if he'd correct Seymour, but his thoughts were on Natalie. As they walked deeper in the cave, Seymour pointed at the lights hanging up, "See, they're all through the caverns! Those poor, poor Pokémon!"

Amy whispered to Jet, "How are Zubat able to see the lights if they're blind?"

Jet whispered back, "They can't, nor would the heat from the lamps bother them. If the Pokémon really had that much of a problem with the lights, they would take them down their selves. Just don't tell that to Seymour the Scientist."

Amy giggled. They arrived in the section of the cave where Amy caught Paras. There was a group of people dressed in black all congregated with boxes of excavation tools. In front of the group, were two people who stood out from the rest. They weren't dressed for manual labor like everyone else; they wore business suits that looked completely out of place in a cave.

There was a male and a female. The man had dark hair that hung down to his shoulders. He also looked very feminine; Jet was sure he had on mascara. The female had red hair that was tied in a tight bun. She was very well endowed and had a very pretty face. She also had a superior look upon said face that seemed to take away from her beauty.

"Why does the boss want us to dig for moon stones anyway? He knows it's a loss cause! This place was cleaned out years ago!" The speaker was one of the men dressed in black.

"Because," said the man in the suit impatiently, "The organization is running low on moonstones ever since that raid last month in Goldenrod, we've all got to do our part."

"Just dig," said the female in a bored voice, "if we don't find anything don't worry about it. We're taking the big one from its display tomorrow anyway."

Seymour suddenly yelled, "Thieves!"

Jet let out a sigh, was this guy serious? They wore outnumbered three to one, and a couple of those crates were marked with explosives. Safe to say it was not a good idea to make their presence known.

"Oh look Jessie," said the man in the suit, "interlopers."

Jessie smiled and said, "You're right, James, not very smart, are they?"

The guys dressed in black all laughed. One of them said, "Shame, we can't just let you walk away now, can we?" They all pulled out Pokeballs. Seymour stammered, "W-wait! The authorities are already on their way! If you use a Pokémon against a human, that's considered murder!"

The woman named Jesse said, "Yeah… that's pretty much the general idea. Kill them!"

The seven guys in black all sent out their Pokémon at once. Seven Sandshrew appeared before them. Jet understood; they were all given Sandshrew to help dig for moonstones. Jet and Amy wasted no time and sent out all of their Pokémon, "Let's go, Thorn, Sora, Boulder, Spark, Hydra, Mina!"

"Go, Ivysaur, Zubat, Hoot-hoot, Poliwag, Paras, Clefable!"

Jesse and James entered the fray, "Go, Koffing!" and "Kill them, Ekans!"

There was a brief moment in which the nine Pokémon on one side stood and glared at the twelve Pokémon on the other. The stalemate was broken, however, when all at once every one shouted, "Attack!"

Author's Notes:

Not exactly team rocket as you remember them, huh? I don't know if I made this clear, but you will not see any uniforms for the villains in this story.

Team Rocket in my story is more of a vicious criminal organization that specializes in the trafficking of Pokémon in the black market. There is a lot more to it, but You'll read about that later.

Anyway's, Please Review!