"What is your name? " Captain Hornet was seating at a small table in the officer's mess with both Barnubus and the new recruit. "The name is Jorrin." "Got a last name?" "No." She glanced at Barnubus who shrugged "Convincing people that your signature is legit has to be fun then." "Yep, Do I need a last name?" Jorrin asked. "Well it makes rank a lot easier." "Well then… My last name is Smith." He said calmly. "Well then Mr.… Smith what could you provide Team Rocket with?" "I have experiences in advanced robberies, I have a number of years as a pokemon trainer under my belt, and I have trained most of my life and now have several pokemon of… Higher then average quality to prove it and I am apparently more efficient then an entire strike team of you grunts." She nodded "Where did you receive your training in this 'advanced robbery'? "That is unimportant." "Very well are you willing to prove your claimed 'higher then average pokemon?" He grinned "Of course." "Hmmm… What pokemon do you currently posses?" "With me or with that senile bastard in Pallet town?" "Both." "Well then I have with me: A Butterfree, A Wartortle, A Pidgeotto, A Sandslash and a Growlith. With Oak I have: A Raticate, A Graveler, A Beedrilll, A Parasect, A Fearow, a Nidorino, a Goldeen and a …" Jorrin paused looking embarrassed. "And a what?" "A Jigglypuff," Barnubus seemed to be trying not to grin but Hornet ignored it "That seems to be a fairly formidable team. Now what is your trainer Id?" "Why?" "I'd be willing to bet they've by this point put traces on every single on of you pokemon I'm going to have some of our computer guys try their hands at getting you your pokemon back safely." She stood up abruptly "Report to the training arena once you've finished." "Yes ma'am." Several minutes later Jorrin walked (With Barnubus's directions) to the training ground. It was a large flat space surrounded by a short wooden fence. The gate was already open so he stepped threw. There were several people sparring either with poke'mon or directly against each other. Captain Hornet was standing in the middle of the stadium she was apparently sparring with three grunts at once her Vileplume seemed to be decimating the other Rocket's Ekans and Koffing. He stood there and watched as one by one the grunt's poke'mon were hit by a variety of attacks and brought down. When they were done Hornet drew a pokeball and called back the Vileplume. Then she glanced up and noticed him she beckoned and he walking carefully around the various duels that were going on walked over to her. "Ok Mr. Smith I have reports of what you and your poke'mon are capable of but it is vital that I know your limits so you will be sparring with me." Jorrin shrugged "What are the parameters of this bout?" He asked calmly.

"No poisons, No over powerful fire based attacks and above all no deaths if a poke'mon looks like it's had enough let it be." Jorrin nodded "Seems fair." "Very well," She turned "Ten hut!" Everyone snapped to attention "Your daily exercises are over I want you to return to your various duties while I test the meddle of this new recruit." "Yes ma'am!" "Now out!" The team rocket members all carefully walked out of the stadium. "Go Scythe!" Hornet drew a pokeball and out from it formed a Syther its blades gleaming in the sunlight. "Come on out Valantime." "Wartortle!" energy formed and Jorrin's Wartortle appeared. "Scythe cut him!" Scyther hovered quickly forward blades flashing. "Withdraw!" Jorrin commanded Wartortle shot into his shell. Scyther began to fruitlessly try to break the shell with its blades and made the unfortunate mistake of stepping in front of Valantime's shell. Without command Wartortle's head shot out and it clamped its jaws on Scythe's foot. "Well done! Now bubble it!" Multiple circles of blue energy blasted the already bitten foot and shot Valantime back spinning. "Move out of range!" Hornet commanded.

The Scyther shot back but its foot was bleeding slightly and looking bruised. Hornet noted that Jorrin hadn't ordered his Wartortle's attack and had encouraged it. "Don't hold back Scythe!" "Scyther!" Scythe shot forward at blinding speed but once again his blades bounced off of Valantime's shell. "Wartortle!" Suddenly Wartortle blasted out of its shell and blasted Scyther a point blank range with a torrent of water "Double team!" Hornet ordered. Scyther began to move and blur and then Wartortle stood in a circle of twelve Scythers. "Wartortle return to your shell and accelerate it to bash the Scyther you think is most likely to attack." "Wartortle!" Valantime withdrew to its shell and began spinning before it shot at one of the Scythers. "Hyper beam!" Commanded Hornet, Brown crackling energy formed in one of the Scythe's mouths and blasted out leaving Wartortle blackened and unconscious. "Return," Jorrin said softly then his eyes flashed as he drew another pokeball. "Hermes." Hermes shot out of its pokeball and immediately shot towards Scyther a metallic surface forming on its wings Scyther raised its blades and managed to block the enraged Pidgeotto's attack. "Blow it out of the air." Jorrin's voice was calm and icy. Pidgeotto looped around and flew a good ways away from the Scyther who was still recovering from the hyper beam. It began to flap its wing and wind formed around it becoming a rapidly strengthening torrent. Scyther shot towards Hermes but even with its speed it didn't make it before a full out torrent of incredibly strong winds flattened it. "Make sure it doesn't get up." Hermes squawked and steel formed around its wings it shot down and neatly slashed Scyther's exoskeleton. "Enough! Scythe return!" Hornet ordered then she drew another pokeball "Well done not many trainers can take on Scythe." She said grinning "But alas I don't have time for a prolonged battle treat your Wartortle's wounds at the medical tent then report to the command tent I'll brief you there." Jorrin nodded and began to make his way towards the medical tent.

Hornet turned and walked back to the command tent.

"He could sense me." Said the figure appearing its eyes glowed slightly. "I know." "It could mean-" "We have had others who could feel your presence before it might be nothing." "He knew where I was he looked at me." "I'm sorry but even if he is he is not nearly strong enough." "I doubt that. He has something few humans seem to have." "And what's that?" "Inner discipline, I think that's why you're attracted to him." "I'm attracted to a lot of people it doesn't mean anything." "Are you going to-?" "Possibly we'll see how far he gets." "You remember what happened last time." "That was a mistake on all sides it could have gone anywhere." "Yet it ended with you ordering me to drive the poor bastard over the brink of madness into the peaceful and luscious valleys beyond." "I may have been slightly… Emotional," "Then you had your men leave him hanging from a tree naked thirty feet in the air in front of the psyche ward in celadon city." "Your point?" "This one could be useful. I care not what you do physically but remember this one is valuable alive." With that the figure faded and its presence left the tent "Hmmm…" She turned on her computer and found Jorrin's criminal record. Grinning to herself she emailed the rank form to team rocket command. Along with a simple message "I have found a perfect agent here cancel the interviews."