Chapter-4: DANGER! High Volt-age! Part-2

Snowpoint City

"Finally! We made it back to Snowpoint City!" Ash said as he pumped his fists in the air.

The trio had finally returned to Snowpoint City as they went to the Pokémon Center. As always, Brock ran over to Nurse Joy and did one of his routines, before Croagunk jabbed him once again. Ash walked over to Nurse Joy just as Croagunk dragged Brock down the hall to parts unknown. As Ash handed his Pokémon to Nurse Joy to get them healed, he went over to a table and sat down. He looked outside and noticed that it was beginning to snow. He watched as some young kids played outside in the snow. Ash turned to his left to see Dawn talking to a trainer. As the trainer was talking to her, Dawn motioned Ash over to her. He complied and approached the two.

"Hey, Ash, listen to this!" Dawn said, "This trainer says that he saw lightning! Lightning in a snowstorm!"

"It's true! It happened just a few moments ago!" the trainer said, "It was like a purple colored bolt came down from the sky."

This got Ash's attention, "A purple lightning bolt?"

The trainer nodded, "That's what I said. I usually thought that lightning were mostly colored white. I never saw a purpled colored one before."

This got Ash puzzled. As he was thinking about this, Nurse Joy called him over. She told him that his Pokémon were fully healed. Pikachu hopped onto his shoulder as Ash petted his friend.

"How are you feeling, Pikachu?" The Pallet Town Native asked.

Pikachu smiled, ("I feel great!")

Ash smiled back, "I'm glad, Pikachu."

The two went back to Dawn and the trainer. Not long afterwards, Brock returned from wherever Croagunk dragged him to.

"Where did you see it?" Dawn asked the trainer.

The trainer pointed north towards the woods, "It was north of here, in that forest."

As the trainer turned around, he noticed that Ash was gone in a heartbeat. He noticed Brock and Dawn were already trying to catch up to their friend.

The trainer sighed, "They always want to see it for themselves."

Forest North of Snowpoint City

The mysterious Team Rocket Elite named Volt looked down at his three fallen opponents. He just recently took Jimmy and his Typhlosion out of commission with his Electivire and Rhyperior. Volt smirked as he looked at the three Johto Trainers.

"You all had some good skills," Volt said almost as if he was disappointed at them, "however; it was a futile effort on your part."

Volt looked down and noticed that Jimmy was looking at him...

...and smiled as he began to slowly rise up. His Typhlosion got back on its feet and growled at Volt.

"Why are you smiling?" Volt asked the fallen trainer, "You should not be smiling for the reason that I beat you and your friends."

Jimmy chuckled weakly, "You use your lightning tricks to take us down. Yet, you can't even defeat us in a real Pokémon Battle."

Now it was Volt's turn to smile, "Is that so? Well, I'm offended. I did not think that you knew about our special abilities."

Jimmy's eyes widen, "Special Abilities?"

Volt raised an eyebrow, "Does that surprise you? Well, I guess it doesn't really matter now."

To Jimmy's surprise, Volt recalled both his Rhyperior and Electivire back into their Poké Balls. Once he was done, Volt began to walk towards Jimmy. His smile never leaving his face.

Zoey approached the forest where the purple lightning was coming from. She looked around to see if any trees were struck. She smelled something in the air. She followed the trail to see a figure walking towards a boy in a yellow and black cap. Zoey could tell that something was not right. Just as she was about to go forward, she felt a hand placed on her left shoulder. She turned around to see a very familiar face.

"Hey, Zoey," the raven-haired trainer responded.

("Hi Zoey!") Pikachu greeted.

"Ash! Pikachu!" Zoey said happily, embracing Ash in a hug.

Ash wrapped his arms around her waist, "I'd promise I come see you before I left."

"I'm glad you did," Zoey said, then suddenly turned her attention to the two figures in front of them.

"What's going on here?" Ash wondered, looking at the chaos in front of him.

"I don't know, but there's a guy talking to a light gray haired boy," Zoey replied, "I think the boy's friends are hurt."

Ash turned his attention from Zoey to the light gray haired boy to his friends. His eyes widen as he recognize one of them.

"Vincent?" Ash said quietly.

"You know him?" Zoey asked, quizzically.

"I met him at the Silver Conference six years ago. He was my opponent in the finals of the preliminaries," Ash replied, "despite the fact the battle ended in a draw, I had enough points to move on to the finals."

Zoey smiled, "You never thought you two would see each other again, right?"

"Yeah, but not in this way," Ash growled, looking at Vincent's unconscious body.

Ash noticed the girl lying next to Vincent, "Hey, Zoey? Didn't we see her before?"

Zoey looked at where Ash was pointing at, her eyes now widen, "We sure did! That's Marina!"

"Marina?" Ash asked.

"Yeah, she became a Coordinator about three years ago. If I remember correctly, she made it all the way to the Grand Festival Finals in Johto," Zoey replied.

"Did she become the Top Coordinator like you?" Ash wondered.

Zoey shook her head, "No, but she came close. She lost by one point."

"I wonder if she's here to compete in the Contests here." The Pallet Town native asked.

"Or she could be training for the Sinnoh League," Zoey said.

"Or both."

Suddenly a third voice asked, "May I cut in?"

Ash, Pikachu and Zoey turned around to their surprise to see Volt standing next to them. The two trainers turned to the light haired boy, who looked surprised to see Volt standing next to them.

"I couldn't help but notice that you two know these three trainers?" The Team Rocket Elite asked, pointing at Jimmy, Vincent and Marina.

"What did you do to Vincent and Marina?" Ash asked angrily.

"They both 'blew a fuse,'" Volt replied in a sick joke.

Ash glared at Volt angrily. Zoey looked at Volt and noticed his Lightning covered Team Rocket uniform.

"Ash! He's part of Team Rocket!" Zoey shouted.

"Team Rocket!" Ash yelled in shock.

Volt raised an eyebrow, "Ash? Are you the Ash Ketchum and is this your girlfriend, Zoey?"

Ash looked at Volt, surprised to know whom he and Zoey were, "That's right. How do you know about us?"

"Get out of here you two!" Ash and Zoey turned to see Jimmy yell at them, "He calls himself an Elite Member of Team Rocket!"

"Elite Member?" Ash asked, and then remembered something, "Ivan said that he himself was an Elite Member as well."

"I was right!" Volt shouted in delight, "You ARE Ash and Zoey! I never thought this day would come!"

Zoey and Ash got their Poké Balls out, ready to go. Pikachu glared at Volt, sparks coming out of its cheeks. Suddenly, Volt did something that shocks all those in attendance.

He did an about-face and slowly walked away.

"Hey! Where are you going?" Ash yelled.

"Unfortunately, I was not ordered to pursue you two," Volt replied.

"Then, who is after us?" Zoey demanded.

Volt turned around and smiled, "You'll find out who they are soon enough. Maybe, if I were you, I keep an eye out for Gecko Moria(1)."

"Gecko Moria?" Ash wondered, "Why should we be on the lookout for him?"

Volt did not respond, he kept walking away from the two lovebirds.

Ash began to chase after him, "Come back here!"

Just as Ash was closing in, a purple lightning bolt struck Volt, and sending Ash back towards Zoey. The two looked at where Volt was...but he was gone.

"Where did he go?" Ash asked.

"He couldn't have disappeared that fast, did he?" Zoey wondered.

"No, that's his Special Ability."

Ash and Zoey turned around to see Jimmy and his Typhlosion walking towards them.

"Special Ability?" Ash wondered what Jimmy meant.

Jimmy sighed, "I'll tell you what that Volt guy told me," he turned to his friends on the ground, "right now, my friends need help. He used his powers to strike them down."

Ash looked at Jimmy and smiled, "Don't worry, we'll help them."

Jimmy smiled back as they lifted Jimmy's friends up and began to walk back towards Snowpoint City. Ash, on the other hand, had a look of concern on his face. Volt had told him that there were other Team Rocket Elites after him and this Gecko Moria guy. As he was helping with Jimmy's friends, had he paid any attention to the trees nearby, one of those trees had a pair of eyes staring down at the unsuspecting trainers.

"Ki shi shi! Look at them, all ripe for the picking. Koal and Tia should be arriving in Snowpoint tonight! I'll have front row seats to witness the carnage that is soon to come!" the tall figure said before disappearing into the shadows.

Chapter-4: END

(1) Gecko Moria is from One Piece. If you thought Lt. Surge was huge according to Brock...wait until you here his reaction to Moria.