Officer Jenny, top police officer was currently surveying the area for suspicious people. She knew that she would find the Pokémon thieves that she was looking for sooner or later. After all she was the best police officer around. She looked at the poster again, the one showing a man with blue hair and a lilac rose and a woman with big red hair wearing uniforms with R's written on them.
She hadn't seen anyone who matched that description. 'They must have disguised themselves' she thought now realising that she had to be suspicious of everybody. That's when she saw the ten year old boy with black hair running holding a poke ball. 'Amazing they must have somehow made themselves appear shorter' she thought reaching out and grabbing him, yanking hard resulting in his falling roughly to the ground. "Hold it, just where of you think you're going with that Pokémon young man?" she questioned looking at the child noticing that he showed clear signs of a battle, even more reason to be suspicious.
"Ow, why did you do that? We were attacked I need to get Magikarp to a Pokémon centre right away" he yelled climbing to his feat a little shakily. She now noticed the blood that stained his black shirt, a lot of it had been washed away by the rain but it was still clearly there.
"Oh, I thought you might be steeling it. Just show me you're ID and you can go" she said in a softer voice leaning over to be at his level so that she could try to get a better look at him. He was clearly beat up, he had several holes in his cloths and many cuts were visible because of it.
Now Ash was panicking, no one ever mentioned an ID. He was too young to have a driver's license and he doubted she was talking about that, so what was he meant to show her? He then felt her taking something out of his pocket.
"I'm Dexter, a Pokédex programmed by Professor Oak for Pokémon Trainer Ash Ketchum of the town of Pallet. My function is to provide Ash with information and advice regarding Pokémon and their training. If lost or stolen, I cannot be replaced." The Pokédex said when she was done pushing buttons inside.
"Well that'll do I guess" she looked him up and down still a little suspicious, his condition meant he had either been attacked or he was the one doing the attacking, she couldn't be sure "I'll take you, it'll be faster" she justified as she pushed towards her motorbike. "You know, you're the fourth trainer I've seen from Pallet town today"
'Forth, I thought that there was only three Pokémon since one had gotten stolen' before he could ask any follow up questions though she had thrown him into a motorcycle and took off at ridiculous speeds-well past the limit- without either of them wearing a helmet.
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After a short journey they arrived at the centre, but she didn't slow down. "This is tricky, so hold on" she yelled as the bike flew into the air just avoiding smashing the automatic doors and grinding to a halt right in front of nurse Joy.
"We have a drive way y-"
"It's a Pokémon emergency" Jenny yelled snatching the ball from Ash and handing it to nurse Joy.
"Looks like a Magikarp; we need a stretcher for a small water type Pokémon. Stat" she yelled and instantly some Chansey appeared pushing a stretcher with a tank of water on top of it into the room. "It'll be ok" she said in a soothing voice before turning to the Chansey next to her "Rush this Pokémon to the critical care unit!" she whispered harshly undercutting her previous statement making Ash severely worried.
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A little later after Magikarp had been taken away, Fearow also being taken to get some care, Jenny had left and Joy was in the treatment room leaving Ash all alone in the waiting room. He waited for what seemed like forever. He was unable to think of anything but Magikarp and Fearow who were potentially in danger.
It was horrible.
A small green Pidgey came out of the clock signalling another hour had passed and he still hadn't received any updates on what was going on. This worried him, he had been worried the whole time up till now and yet they still hadn't sent word. Did that mean something really was wrong?
He looked around, hoping to find something he could do that would be useful. He needed something to distract him otherwise he would go crazy from the anxiety. Finally his eyes settled on the computer phone. "I should call Professor Oak, he will want to know what happened" he spoke to himself as he approached the computer. "Hello Professor"
"Ah hello Ash, have you made it Viridian city yet?" Oak greeted as soon as he picked up.
"Yes I have" Ash started Oak immediately beginning to talk again.
"Wonderful, the other trainers made it without any trouble too meaning you're the last one. I'm pleasantly surprised that you were able to do it, after all a Magikarp isn't the best starting Pokémon. But when Gary said you wouldn't have a single new Pokémon when you arrived at Viridian city I bet him a million dollars that you would" Oak said with a laugh making Ash smirk.
"That's great, since I already caught a Fearow" Ash said proudly reaching to where the poke ball had been only to find nothing reminding him it was still in treatment too. He frowned at the thought of both his Pokémon needing treatment, Fearow wasn't in as much trouble as Magikarp but it was still upsetting.
"Ha-ha looks like I win then; may I ask how you caught something so powerful though? Magikarp is well trained but it shouldn't be able to beat a Fearow."
"Well it wasn't easy, I only went for it because it attacked us" Ash paused trying to figure out exactly what Magikarp had done "He used a weird move, like he shot fire-or maybe some kind of energy- out of its mouth" he tried not being able to explain it very well, he thought back on it but really it wasn't very clear. He just remembered the sudden light followed by an explosion then it was over. It all happened ridiculously fast.
"HN…that's, very unusual. What did the Pokédex say about it?" he asked making Ash scratch his neck sheepishly.
"I didn't think to ask" he then reached into his pocket pulling the Pokédex out to see what it said.
"Dragon rage, this powerful move is often used by Gyarados and is believed to be one of its strongest attacks" it explained confusing Ash further, he turned to Oak for guidance only to find him just as confused.
"Yes, this is very strange indeed" he said before pausing to think for a second before continuing slowly "I honestly can't think of any reason Magikarp would be able to use such a powerful attack. Clearly it's a very special specimen; I would like you to continue raising it and report back to me if anything else happens"
Ash nodded looking up slightly as he wondered what else Magikarp could be capable of, it was kind of exciting to think of it. "Ok Professor Oak, oh yeah I almost forgot I saw this strange Pokémon" he turned pointing to the carving he saw of the legendary bird earlier "It's the one in the top right"
The professor responded immediately "Don't talk nonsense; you couldn't have seen this Pokémon. Trainers have searched their whole lives and never caught a glimpse of it. You must have been mistaken, anyway my dinner should be ready now so I'll be leaving you, good luck on your journey" and with that he hung up before Ash had a chance to say anything more. Ash supposed it didn't matter anyway, it's not like he would be able to convince the professor he saw it without any proof.
"Now I've got you!" a high pitch irritating voice yelled from behind him. When he turned towards the source he saw the red-head from earlier carrying a burnt bike that was nearly destroyed panting for breath in the door way. "I knew I'd find you here"
"Well yeah, because you're the one who told me to come here" he stated the obvious looking at her destroyed bike some more.
"Shut up you loser, I'm here to because you ruined my bike you idiot" she yelled at him slowly advancing forward with fury burning in her eyes. "Your goanna pay for my bike" under normal circumstances Ash would have argued, but this girl was anything but normal. There was no way he would risk a confrontation with her.
"Ok, how much does it cost?" he asked not really caring, he didn't have a lot of money but he wasn't poor either.
"Well it was a custom made bike, so here" she handed him the piece of paper which had the amount he owed her on as well as a description of the bike.
"Ah, it can't have cost this much. It wasn't even fast" he yelled knowing that she must have been trying to trick him. The 'custom features' seemed made up at least.
"Listen here you loser, you're going to pay me back for that bike in full. I'm not going to let you weasel your way out of this one" she yelled dropping the bike gently-something that seemed odd considering it was already destroyed beyond repair-and moving even closer to him with a face that would make grown men shudder.
Beep the door to the procedure room opened and out came Nurse Joy with the newly healed Magikarp that lay unconscious-hopefully sleeping- in the water. "The procedure was a success, he'll still need some time to rest but after that he should be as strong as ever. I'll be taking it to the recovery room, you should go in with it Ash" she advised preparing to take the Pokémon away. "Oh and your Fearow has been completely healed" she added happily handing him the poke ball.
"Thank you very much Nurse Joy" Ash said putting it on his belt as he stood to follow her.
"You have a Fearow?" the red-head asked invading his personal space making him take a step back.
"Yeah, I caught him after Magikarp defeated him with dragon rage" Ash said casually not thinking about how unusual his Magikarp was.
"You shouldn't lie about things like this! There's no way your Magikarp could be a Fearow, especially in the condition it was in!" Misty screeched in his ear so loud it was left ringing for a few seconds afterwards. This girl sure did like yelling.
"Then how did I catch it?" he countered, Misty opened her mouth preparing to yell again. Then she realised he had a point, it would be nearly impossible to catch a Fearow with full health and since she was pretty sure he had no other Pokémon…
"I know your lying…you probably already had a Fearow and that one that attacked you was a different one, everyone knows Magikarp can't use dragon rage" she seethed since if he was telling the truth that meant that the Magikarp she had raised when she was young were worse than his, and that was just impossible. She was a future water Pokémon master, which meant that her water Pokémon would be the strongest!
"Your attention please, our radar system have detected an aircraft belonging to a group of Pokémon thieves" a siren went off during the announcement bringing everyone's attention to the voice.
Crash the window in the roof broke, two poke balls falling though it and into the centre of the room releasing Pokémon. The first was a purple ball with spikes on it, a Koffing; the other was a purple snake with a yellow tip to its take, Ekans.
"Koffing"the Koffing flew around the room releasing thick black smoke making it hard to breathe and see. Ash covered his mouth with his sleeve trying to look despite the pain it caused his eyes soon seeing some figures though the smoke.
"Allow use to introduce ourselves" a voice said a silhouette of a man being visible though the smoke for Ash to see.
"To protect the world from devastation" a second female silhouette yelled as it too came into view.
"To unite all peoples within our nation" the smoke cleared revealing the male figure to be a man with long blue hair holding a rose next to his emerald green eyes.
"To denounce the evils of truth and love" the smoke cleared further revealing the woman with sapphire blue eyes, red lips, and green earrings and hair is long and curved.
"To extent our reach to the stars above" the man stood perfectly still as if building up to something.
"Jessie" the woman yelled striking a strange pose.
"James" the man said in a voice that made it sound almost like he was being smug about his own name.
"Team rocket blast off at the speed of light" Jessie yelled the motto still not ending.
"Surrender now or prepare to fight" then a Meowth jumped in from the ceiling.
"Meowth, that's right" the Meowth spoke, shocking everyone with this ability.
"What are you talking about?" Ash didn't get any useful information from that little speech at all.
"We're here to steal all the Pokémon" Jessie said proudly striking another pose.
"You're not getting Magikarp" they both burst out laughing when he said this.
"Kid we're not interested in your little fish, we only want rare and valuable Pokémon" James boasted proudly his Koffing still floating next to him.
"You're wasting your time, this is a centre for weak and injured Pokémon" Nurse Joy pointed out a little surprised they hadn't thought of that. She knew about Team Rocket's reputation, they were known for only wanting strong Pokémon and ignoring the weak.
"That may be, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if we found some gems along with all the junk. Which is why we're going to attack, Ekans go!" she commanded James commanding his Koffing as well.
Koffing shot forward, releasing more thick smoke as it floated around the room. Ash, Misty and Nurse Joy instantly made a break for it, running frantically to try to get Magikarp out the room. Ekans charged but missed instead hitting a computer breaking it apart. They soon made it to the next room, the sound of the destruction being caused by Team Rocket filling their ears.
They didn't stop there though, knowing that they would be pursued they continued running down the hall until they reached the poke ball storage room. The room had large high shelves; all packed fully with poke balls. There was a fizzling sound as the lights flickered before dying. "The lights"
"They must have cut the power, but don't worry, we've got our own Pika power source" Various Pikachu who were running on a circular treadmill releasing electricity into a generator and reactivating the lights.
"Wow their so cute" Misty cooed looking at them as they repeatedly shouted their own name continuing to run in circles.
"A crisis has arisen, initiating emergency poke ball transfer sequence" an automated voice stated the computer coming to life. Metal claws reached out, grabbing poke balls one at a time and putting them into a strange machines funnel that then moved then into a claw shape device. They glowed white as they were hit by electricity then disappeared as Nurse Joy operated the machine sending the Pokémon to somewhere safe.
It was for the best, it may be inconvenient tracking them all down since they were being sent off to anywhere that could receive them but it was definitely far better than letting Team Rocket get any of them.
Smoke seeped in through the doors, the doors shook slightly from someone trying to open them before Koffing smashed through them effortlessly breaking the lock. Seeing this Ash threw out what was currently his only Pokémon "I chose you, Fearow" the bird appeared large and powerful looming over the small snake, Ekans. "Use Fury attack" he wasn't going to give them a chance to surprise him.
The large bird instantly complied, hitting the snake Pokémon with its beak over and over again. "Ekans, counter with poison sting" the snake did as it was told, the small darts of poison shooting out from its mouth and hitting Fearow at point black range making it let out a screech of pain jumping back to avoid further damage.
"Starmie, come on out and use water gun on Ekans" the purple star shaped Pokémon appeared in a flash of light, but before it could do anything it was hit by a strong tackle from Koffing, his trainer cheering happily at his success.
"Ekans, use wrap" Jessie commanded the snake, it soon began wrapping itself around the proud bird "Hah, try and attack now"
Ash smirked; he knew that wrap could restrict a Pokémon's movements preventing them from attacking. But he also knew that in some cases that didn't work out. "Ok, Fearow use peck" Fearow did as it was told, its long neck allowing it to attack effectively despite Ekans position, soon knocking the Pokémon off it with swirls in its eyes.
"Oh, you're useless. Ekans return. James hurry up and end this!" she commanded what she viewed as her underling moving back so that she wouldn't be hit by any stray attacks by accident.
James's features filed with terror at this command, Jessie had already lost and now he was expected to beat them both. But then he smirked realising something, he was James the newly appointed member of Team Rocket. There was no way these little twerps could beat him "Right, Koffing use…" he paused trying to think of an attack that could defeat both there enemy's "…use smog" he tried the Koffing quickly spewing out thick black smoke from the holes in the side of its body hiding it from view. This lasted for very little time.
"Fearow, flap your wings to blow it away" Ash commanded the powerful wings of the bird Pokémon easily dispersing the gas blowing it into Jessie instead. She breathed in instantly regretting it as she went into a coughing fit; it felt like her lungs were on fire!
"How Starmie use water gun" Misty cried pointing at the opponent, her Starmie pointing one star at it before releasing a powerful torrent of water smashing it into the wall. It fell shortly after with swirls in its eyes signifying its defeat.
"Koffing return, well you're up Meowth" he said gently pushing the talking cat forward.
"Right, you should all be prepared for my F-" he was cut off by a powerful water gun from Starmie throwing him into a wall hard "Ow, that hurt" he whined slowly making his way to his feat only to come face to face with Fearow "Nice birdie, you wouldn't hurt a defenceless Meowth would you"
"Coward" Jessie scolded angrily disgusted by his behaviour, they were Team Rocket and yet he was acting scared because of a Fearow. It was pathetic.
"I would like to see how you fight this thing" he yelled before Fearow smacked him with its wing into Jessie and James leaving them all in a heap. Ash smiled at this walking forward towards the door pleased at having defeated them. It was his first Pokémon battle so he was definitely happy that it ended in victory.
"Nice work you two" Nurse Joy congratulated them before the door flew open smashing into Ash hard.
"No need to panic, I'm here now" officer Jenny yelled as she ran into the room. "Oh my goodness, those people knocked out this child" she commented checking over the unconscious Ash who was sprawled out on the ground from the recent blow.
"Actually that was you Officer Jenny"
A/N
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Ash's current Pokédex status
Pokémon captured: 2
Data obtained: 2
This is actually more so I can keep track than anything else, Pokémon captured included Pokémon of same type, data obtained included when a Pokémon evolved just for clarity.
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