Jorrin carefully supplied a special potion for burns to Valantime's charred skin. They were beginning to heal but Jorrin knew he would be here for several more hours to make sure that there was no scarring that might impede Valantime's combat effectiveness. Right now Valantime was locked in a deep sleep powder induced sleep. "We can bring in a Drowzee in to make sure she doesn't dream if you like." Said one of the orderlies, generally that was common practice but he had never had a trainer insist on working with the pokemon themselves. "Why? The sleep a Butterfree creates has no dreams." The medic was one of those Rockets who had been watching the fight between Jorrin and Hornet in the arena so he was slightly in awe of this calm teenager working on his pokemon. "Ummm… How do you know that?" Jorrin glanced up from his work. "You don't want to know." He returned to his work carefully making sure that there were absolutely no burns on Valantime's body. "How often have you done this?" "One does not survive a visit to Cinnabar Island without at least a basic knowledge of burns." "You seem to have a slightly more than basic knowledge." The medic was impressed this trainer was calmly going threw and finding the lesser areas where the hyper beam had hit "and besides this was a hyper beam not an average burn." "They're basically the same thing." Several hours of annoying small talk and careful work later Valantime was safe in her pokeball and Jorrin was walking towards the command tent. "Come in." Said Captain Hornet's voice before he could call out, He stepped threw the entrance. Captain Hornet was sitting at her desk. Jorrin saluted. "At ease." Said Captain Hornet calmly returning his salute, "Did your Wartortle recover alright?" She asked. "She's fine. What about your Scyther?" "Scythe will recover soon enough he's with the medics right now." "So sit down." Jorrin obeyed taking the chair in front of her desk. "You have been approved as a full fledged member of team rocket." "What rank?" "You are going to start out as a corporal it is the highest rank that can grant a 'raw' recruit. The brass is going to be watching you closely and I suggest you do everything possible to hold their interest and you aren't much use to me at your current rank so I'm going to give you a job." Hornet's eyes flashed and she smiled, "This job shouldn't present much of an issue for someone of your talents but I need someone loyal and not too high ranked to do it for me." "What is it?" Asked Jorrin calmly, "Well one of my sergeants has requested aid in the robbery of the Pewter city museum, His targets are pretty basic old world gems, ruins and whatnot but his plan is ingenious so I have decided not to waste this opportunity. There are several Fossils on exhibit there." She paused "I know I checked them out just before I had fought Brock." Jorrin said, "You wanted to join the pokemon league?" She asked perplexed "That's not why he was fighting me. Suffice to say I had to leave town shortly afterwards." "Well I want you to take the Fossils and bring them to the lab on Cinnabar island ask for a man named Professor Youngblood when he arrives ask him how his sister is doing. He will lead you into his office and you can then give the 'package' to him. Thenwait around the island until he sends someone for you. They will give you a package and then your job is to bring it straight to me. I don't care what you do around the island until then but keep yourself out of trouble you already have quite a record with the-" She paused and pushed a few keys on her computer "Cerulean, Viridian, Celadon and Pallet town police forces." Jorrin smiled "Don't worry I know exactly what I'll be doing." "What?" "It's not important. But I promise it's not illegal." "Good now understand that you'll be taking the fossils as your cut of the profits but in return for doing this service you will also be granted a good sum of money or another item that will be revealed to you soon." Jorrin nodded. "What security measures will I be looking at in the museum?" "Report to Sergeant Crawford for the plan you will be working under him, with two other corporals and twelve grunts." Jorrin nodded "I will make my preparations and be ready to leave in the morning. But tell me ma'am will it be necessary to bring weapons on this mission?" Captain Hornet nodded "Yes but don't use them unless it is absolutely necessary. One death or assault that can be linked to team rocket will drive the media into a frenzy and give people like Officer Jenny more money and resources to go after us with. By the way will your problem with Brock cause you any trouble?" "No not as long as I stay away from his sister for the rest of eternity." Captain Hornet paused for a second "That must be on hell of a story." She said. Jorrin nodded "It is but a long one that I don't enjoy telling." He said. "Very well you may leave." Jorrin saluted and getting out of his chair he turned and walked out of the tent. "That man has an… interesting past." Said a voice quite clearly in her head" True." She responded without speaking. "I assume you want me to tail him?" "Not now wait until he leaves then follow from a safe distance." "You haven't been this interested in a recruit since-" The voice started "We don't need to mention that here." "Very well but remember be careful not to sting this one." Said the voice then it disappeared. "Very funny," Captain Hornet started filling out the necessary arrangements for Cinnabar city all the while wondering what the hell had happened in Pewter city.
Jorrin woke up the next morning in tent 15 he hadn't bothered to unpack so he simply picked up his bag and pulled out some marshmallows. "Go Vulcan!" "Growlithe!" A Growlith appeared. "Follow me." Vulcan followed him. Jorrin walked into the woods for a few minutes then he started collecting sticks within seconds he had a small pile. "Light em'." He ordered. Vulcan turned and fire shot from its mouth igniting the wood. Jorrin drew another pokeball "Hermes!" With a cooing noise Hermes appeared "Help collect fire wood." After awhile he and his pokemon had managed to build a reasonable woodpile "Relax." He said. Hermes shot away no doubt off to hunt some unfortunate Rattata. Vulcan however walked right up to the fire curled up and went to sleep. "Sarge, Valantime, Trac go." His pokemon appeared "Go occupy yourselves come back soon. Valantime nodded and wandered off Sarge fluttered off into the distance but Trac snuffled and shook its head "What?" It walked over and gently pushed his hand with its snout. "What?" The Sandslash curled itself into a little ball and fell asleep. Jorrin shook his head and pulling out a knife he began to sharpen a piece of wood. Within about a half minute he appeared to be satisfied and he placed a marshmallow on the end of the stick and started to slowly roast it.
Meanwhile
In the pokemon tower just outside of Lavender town seven Channeler s stood backs facing each other in a circle of white magic, "You're sure these wards protect us?" Asked one of them he wore the same white robes and cloak that the others wore they all wore different masks however and his was in the shape of a Charmander. "I think so it worked for brother Ekans." Said another one he wore the mask of a Mankee. A single robed figure stood in the center of the light and she wore no mask she appeared to be chanting. "Let us hope that sister Abra knows what she's doing." Said brother Charmander, "Your wards begin to fail human," Said a voice that seemed to rise up from all the graves "Back spirit you will not harm us." Said Sister Abra her voice filled with the power of the magic she was wielding "You begin to weaken and you know it daughter of Joy." The spirit seemed amused "This is a sacred place to honor the dead you defile with your mere presence." Said Sister Abra the power at the edges of her shield were obviously beginning to waver ""Help me brothers." She ordered. The other Channeler s began to chant "Others have tried and failed and now they walk among us can you bear to see them?" Suddenly the Channeler s could here movement and from one of the higher floors figures dressed in torn robes with pale skin and glowing eyes came they wielded pokeballs. "Brothers!" "Yes… Why don't you join them? It would be so easy you wouldn't have to think any more you wouldn't have to fight anymore, you wouldn't even have to think." The voice laughed the wards around the white magic was wavering." "Gardevior!" Agent Abra screamed as if in excruciating pain "Yes call for her… The one you lost. Wouldn't it be nice to see her again?" "You defile her memory with your mere existence!"
Jorrin pulled his nice roasted marshmallow off of its stick and placed it on a graham cracker. The food here was terrible and he would have to find other sources until he could convince the cook to let him cook his own meals. Oh well.
"Your magic is failing human what will you do?" "I will fight!" The shield dropped and all of them drew pokeballs. "I'm sure." Suddenly from all the graves a deep moan started and a horde of Gastleys appeared and shot towards the Channeler s "Your kind will pay for its crimes." Agent Abra sank to her knees as she felt the spirit overwhelm her "Gardevior." She murmured and for a second she thought she felt Gardevior's presence then she was shoved into darkness and her mind went blank.
It was getting close to wake up for the rest of the unit. Jorrin knew so he got up and called in all of his pokemon and walked back threw the forest nodding at the gate guard on his way in. He walked and took his scheduled place in the line up. Captain Hornet walked out of her command tent to survey her bleary eyed troops. "Is this the best you could do?" She asked the drill sergeant a short balding man with hardly any neck. "Not a shave among them." She gestured at the crowd the sergeant shook his head sadly "I know ma'am and I'm sorry to have so many incompetent morons under my command but they are mostly new." "Good point I guess I'll let them off lightly." Said Hornet, Then she spun around "Surprise clean up! I want every surface of this camp cleaned I don't want to see a speck of dust anywhere inside the tents! Everyone who came out without thinking to shave will have to participate!" The entire company saluted.
"The rest of you go about your duties!" "Yes ma'am!" Said whatever small part of the company that had thought to wake up half an hour early,
Jorrin grinned and walked past the hurrying half awake people to the sergeant whom he had been told was in charge of the operation he had been told he was a part of. He appeared to be relaxing and watching several grunts scrubbing the floor of one of the tents. "Dumb asses," He said when he noticed Jorrin standing behind him. "I see your very clean shaven today." Jorrin nodded he had shaved with the mirror he carried out in the woods. "I hope your tent's clean." Said the Sergeant gesturing to a fold out chair next to his "I haven't done anything to dirty it," Said Jorrin calmly taking the seat, the sergeant laughed. "Well then you're the corporal they sent aye?" Jorrin nodded. "Good. So your goanna be working to immobilize the guards but we'll get more into that when these idiots" He gestured at the men scrubbing the floors "are done." Jorrin smiled and nodded.
