I'm sorry for the long pause between my last update and this one. I got a rush of ideas for my other fic, Mario Science Theater 3000. This chapter has the battle between Team Chaotix and Team Meanies. The battle is a lot of fun to read, so enjoy!

Chapter 7: Gang War

A few days after we first met Team Meanies, we rose up in rank from Normal to Bronze. A Delibird came to our office with the new badges, ad said, "Congratulations kids, you've earned enough rescue points to move onto the next rank. Now that you're a Bronze Rank team, more and more pokemon will recognize your skill and you'll have a lot more missions to work on. Do your best and be careful."

After the Delibird gave us our badges, we decided to throw a little party to celebrate our first rank up. We invited all our current members to our office. Slowly but surely, our team was growing to be quite large. We now had a total of fifteen members! There was me, Vector, Mighty, Espio, and Charmy who made the original five. Sparks, Knuckles, and the Nidoran couple made four more. Then we have our buddy Magnemite from the Mt. Steel mission, a Scyther even joined the team along with a powerful Vibrava.

The remaining three members were a Poochyena, and finally a Plusle and Minun. During the party, we heard a voice yell out, "SAM, VECTOR!!!!!!!!!" Hearing the possible cry for help, Vector, Charmy, Espio, Mighty, and I ran outside. Our other members went back to the party as they figured we had it all covered. When we got outside, we saw the same Caterpie from our first rescue when I first came to this land. I then said, "Hey, Caterpie good to see you! We were having a party to celebrate our new Bronze Rank! Wanna join the fun?" Caterpie then said, "I'm sorry, but I have a big problem!!!!!! I went to go and play with my friend Metapod in the woods, but we got seperated! I tried to find him, but I got too scared and came looking for you guys."

We were very concerned, and before we could answere we heard a familiar voice say, "Ah, that is a problem!" We turned to see Gengar and his team! They had a lot of nerve showing their faces here again! Gengar said, "We heard everything! We'll handle this no problem!" Vector then said, "Back off, ectoplasmic reject! Caterpie came to us for help, not you!" Gengar then said, "It doesn't matter who does it! Whoever does the job gets the reward!" Caterpie then said, "I don't have any money..."

Gengar then said, "Aww, that's ok. We can always ask your parents to pay us with intrest later! Oh, we'll even let you join our team! There's an offer you can't refuse!" Normally, Espio refrained from acting rash or violent, but when he heard that he was tempted to rip Gengar's tounge out, and strangle him with it. He then said, "You would poisen a child's mind with your ideals to get what you want!? That is unforgivible..."

Gengar then mocked Espio's speech, then said, "Forget these losers Caterpie, We'll get your buddy Metapod back, rest assured!" Team Meanies ran off in the direction of the Sinister Woods. Caterpie said, "Guys, please help. I don't wanna join their team..." At that moment, Knuckles came out with a glass of juice in his paw, then said, "What's going on?" I then said, "Those goons from Team Meanies are trying to show us up again!"

Knuckles became quite mad after hearing this. So mad in fact, he broke the glass in his hand! Luckelly, Sandshrew have pretty thick skin, so he wouldn't have to worry about getting cut. Kncuckles then said, "Ok, we're heading out! I'm gonna teach those guys not to mess with us!" Charmy then said to Caterpie, "Why don't you go inside and join the party? Perhaps that'll help keep your mind off things." Espio then said, "Charmy has a good idea. It wouldn't hurt to do as he says as it can help blow off whatever stress you may have endured just now."

Caterpie then said, "Thanks guys, see you all later!" Caterpie crawled into the office where he became aquainted with our other members. We then ran off to the Sinister Woods after Gengar's team and to find Metapod. We found the forest, and entered. Wild Sudowoodo lived in this forest, so we had to be careful not to get too close to them. There were also some Scyther who were outraged by the natural disasters, and weren't heasitant to attack us. But we pushed them back, and continued on our way.

Finally, we reached a clearing in the deepest part of the forest. Suddenly, Team Meanies ran up to uscutting us off from the rest of the clearing. I then said, "Ok, we told you not to mess with our business twice, and here you are again!!! This is your final warning, leave us alone or I'll let Knuckles here loose on you!" Knuckles smirked sadisticly in order to intimidate Gengar's team. Gengar then said, "Oh please... Do you honestly expect you can take us? We've been at work longer than you fools have!" Espio then said, "Exprience means nothing if all you do is talk. The weak talk, and the strong take action."

He then threw one of the spikes from his left glove at Gengar, but Gengar used Psychic to deflect it. Gengar then said, "So that's how you wanna play it huh? Ok, let's get 'em!" Vector then said, "Knuckles, Sam, you guys give me cover! I'm goin' in!" I used Quick Attack, and rammed Medicham in the gut. I said to her, "I apologize. My mother always told me to never hit a lady, but a lady is kind and polite. You lack those qualities!"

Medicham knocked me away, then angrily shouted, "Ok you little brat, take this!" She tried to unleashe a High Jump Kick on me, but I used Double Team to avoid the hit. Medicham's knee slammed hard into the ground, and the pain resulting from it left her open to a strong Pound attack to her head, thus knocking her out. I then said, "Again, I'm sorry. Next time, do as we ask and stay out of our business."

I looked over to Knuckles who was dealing with Ekans. Ekans tried to combine his Poison Sting attack with his Bite attack, but Knuckles used Defense Curl to absorb the hit with little harm done to himself. Ekans thought that Knuckles was being foolish and proceeded to try and devour him, but once Ekans had a firm grip on Knuckle's body, Knuckles began spinning quickly by using Rollout. With Ekans' holding Knuckles firmly with his mouth, he also wound up spinning, and he kept getting rolled over and over as Kncukles kept spinning faster and faster. Finally, Ekans let go, then slammed into a nearby boulder, knocking him out. Knuckles then shouted, "You mess with the best, you end up like the rest! If you want your ass kicked, go ahead and pick a fight: Be my guest!" I gave Knuckles a thumbs up for his little poem, then we turned our attention to Vector.

Vector and Gengar were throwing punches at each other like mad. Gengar lashing out with Shadow Punch, while Vector struck with Ice Punch. The broke off the fist fighting, and Gengar tried Night Shade. The move was narrowly avoided by Vector, who had aimed a Water Gun into the ground to shoot into the air. He then brought down his fists on top of Gengar, knocking him to the ground. Gengar tried to use his Lick attack, but Vector countered by delivering a nasty Bite to Gengar's tounge. It was a risky move, since there was the chance Vector could become paralyzed. But we knew somehow that he what he was doing.

He let go, and miraculously he wasn't paralyzed. Gengar threw a Shadow Ball, and Vector shot back with Water Gun. The Water Gun forced the Shadow Ball back to Gengar, who was then hit by his own attack. It was powerful enough to bring him down too, fortunately for us. Medicham and Ekans got up to see their leader was down for the count. Knuckles stormed up and said, "Now, I'm giving you to the count of ten to clear out! One! Two! Three!"

Ekans then said, "You don't scare me!"

Knuckles was getting irritated, and said, "NINE!!!!!!!!"

Medicham then said, "HEY! You skipped six numbers!"

Kncukles then said, "TIMES UP!" He then charged up a Mega Punch and sent Team Meanies flying!

I then said to myself, "Damn, he's exactly like his namesake. Better not make him mad." We then heard a voice say, "Excuse me? Are you guys the Chaotix?" We then saw a Metapod hopping towards us. Since it was the only Metapod we've seen in the forest, he must've been who we were looking for!

Vector then said, "Ah, you myust be Caterpie's friend, right?" Metapod tilted forward, as if he were trying to nod. He then said, "I'm glad to hear he's safe. I gotta get home, my mom's likely worried too." A few hours later we got home, and Caterpie was very happy, and so was Metapod. Caterpie then said, "I wish I had something to give you guys..." Vector then said, "No worries, getting to beat the tar outta Gengar's team is payment enough!" Caterpie was even happier to know he was friends with people this generous. He then said, "I wanna join this team when I'm older!" Metapod then said, "Same here!"

Espio then said, "You're welcome to join at any time. Just be sure to practice your tecniques first." Caterpie then said, "We will Espio! Come on Metapod, let's get back home!" Caterpie ran off, but Metapod was left behind. He said, "Caterpie, wait up! I don't have any legs!!!!!!" He hopped away as fast as he could. We then decided to call off the party. Our members returned to their homes, so we could relax for the night. The next day, we'd clean up the mess.

To be continued...

Nt much to say other to never EVER make Knuckles mad. No matter if he's the Echidna from the Sonic series, or the Sandshrew I made him into for this story lol. R&R please!