"Excuse me! Excuse me, are you Ash Ketchum?" said Ephaura, on her first mission to capture Ash's pikachu. Ephaura looked like a normal trainer. She had a salmon pink bag, with a grappling hook inside. The bag was made of rubber, which doesn't conduct electricity, as you may already know.
"Yeah...I'm Ash. Why? Who are you?"
"My name's Claire. I'm a trainer. I heard from Professor Oak that you're a pretty good trainer. Want to battle?" challenged Ephaura, under her alias name, Claire.
"Sure. Hold on, guys, this should only take a minute," said Ash, directed towards Misty and Brock.
"Seviper!"
"Bulbasaur, I choose you!"
"Seviper, Bite!" said 'Claire', Seviper immediately biting bulbasaur, making Bulbasaur faint instantly.
"Whoa. You're good. Bulbasaur, return! Pikachu, I choose you!"
"Seviper, grab!" commanded Claire, using her imaginary move.
"Grab? There's no move named 'grab'!" noticed Ash.
Seviper quickly constricted itself around Pikachu and dragged it over to Claire. Claire grabbed pikachu and shoved it into her bag, quick enough not to get shocked. Claire grabbed her grappling hook and shot it into the air, grabbing the top of a nearby tree.
Ash reached for a pokéball on his belt, but immediately noticed his pokéballs were missing!
"Looking for these?" taunted Claire, returning Seviper to its pokéball.
"Who are you? What do you want with my Pikachu?" demanded Ash.
Claire tore off her disguise to reveal her Team Rocket uniform.
"I am Ephaura, of Team Rocket! Those two morons Jessie and James kept failing to catch your Pikachu, so they sent me. I don't know how they've failed so many repeated times. This was so easy! And I didn't just get your pikachu, I've got your entire team!" laughed Ephaura.
Suddenly a black and red Team Rocket helicopter appeared from the clouds. They hovered above the tree and lowered a stepladder. Ephaura climbed up onto the ladder and into the helicopter.
"So long, losers!" Ephaura cackled, the helicopter flying off towards the Team Rocket base.