It never is a good idea to make an enemy of Team Rocket, now that Athena has no honor, do you think she will take revenge on Victoria? Will Giovanni send Victoria after the strange trainer that seems to be defending the people against Team Rocket, will Victoria lose again? Hope everyone is enjoying the story so far, if you are drop a review and tell me how I am doing! Alright, I will stop talking now..

Chapter 3

Last night I had regained my honor in Giovanni's eyes and just like he promised, my punishment was lighter and would end quicker. I watched as Leah had a blindfold on and waited until she heard the horn.

Without any hesitation as soon as she heard the horn, she nocked an arrow and shot every last target down in seconds. Her speed was blinding, and her skill was top notch, she could always beat me when it came to archery. I leaned over the balcony watching my friend, her legendary bow had blades on the tips of it just in case she ran out of arrows, who knew how many people have fallen to that bow.

Leah smirked as she took off her blindfold, all of her arrows had hit the bullseye, and the grunts that were practicing with her hadn't even aimed yet. I adjusted my cloth before walking down to meet my friend, she took a sip out of her metallic coffee cup filled with hardcore alcohol, and turned around to meet me.

"Aye Victoria, feeling sore after last night?" Leah said. I chuckled a little bit before crossing my arms and looking at her giant bow.

"Nah, Athena wasn't really a challenge," I said. Leah seemed to nod her head, even though we both knew we could take Athena on we could never really fight her. Officers and leaders weren't allowed to fight each other, it was forbidden, so no matter what beef you have with them, it could never be solved physically.

"I heard she will have a permanent scar on her face, and her boyfriend is mad as hell," Leah whispered. Axe was Athena's boyfriend, he was given his name because of his great skill in axes, even since birth he has never strayed far from his precious axe. Athena's boyfriend was also very skilled in pokémon battles, he mostly used steel types, and they usually had long blades attached to their bodies.

Axe and Athena have been dating for a few years now, but Axe was the biggest player out of everyone in Team Rocket. Leah and I were surprised when he decided to stick to one girl for once, it didn't seem like him to do so, and we were convinced for a few months that Athena had control over his brain, because who on earth would want to go out with Athena?

"Also did you purposely attack Athena in her abdomen, because I heard she can't have children now, destroying her dreams of building a family with Axe," Leah said. I bit my lip from under my balaclava, the piece of cloth covering my mouth and nose hid my look of remorse, I didn't exactly want to ruin her life forever.

"Yikes, I was actually just trying to find a place to stab her without ending her life, I didn't know that something like would happen," I said. Leah just laughed as she took another drink from her cup, she seemed pretty happy about what happened with Athena.

"I could care less about what happened to that skank, she deserved what happened to her, and soon Axe will dump her and he will be looking for another companion again," Leah said. I raised an eyebrow, I knew Leah could be a little harsh when it came to stealing other people's companions, but why on earth did she want Axe?

"So you are saying you want him now?"

"Oh God no, but flirting a little with him might make Athena mad."

"Don't you think she has suffered enough?"

"There is no mercy in Team Rocket."

I nodded my head, Leah was right, there was no mercy in Team Rocket, and we have killed enough people to have that rule burned into our memory. Giovanni seemed to like what I did to Athena, and he would not have weakness in his organization and those that show it would be punished. Even though Giovanni would never admit it, he did show mercy towards his favorites, but he was still harsh on them.

"You know Liam was pretty upset when you didn't show up for your little date with him," Leah giggled. My heart shattered, I totally forgot about Liam, he must of heard by now what happened, but he must still be feeling rejected since I didn't come find him and explain what happened myself.

"It wasn't a date Leah, you know very well I don't have relationships," I said. Leah shrugged before grinning evilly, I saw the spark of a mischievous flame in her eyes, and I knew she was hiding something.

"I may or may not have signed us up for some exotic dancing when I got drunk after celebrating over Athena's defeat," Leah giggled. My mouth dropped open, she dared to sign me up for something so humiliating? A lady of my status in Team Rocket will never stoop so low as to dance for the dirty grunts in Team Rocket.

"Why on earth would you even consider doing something like that?"

"Hey I was drunk give me a break Victoria!"

"You choose to drink every day, that excuse is invalid."

"Don't act like you aren't a little happy about it, you know Liam goes with his buddies, you totally want to do it."

"N-No!"

I was blushing furiously as Leah poked me in the stomach, I was aware that Liam went to the club every once in a while to hang out with his friends. Leah wasn't letting me out of this one, I bit my lip as she squinted at me trying to read my facial expressions.

"Come on loosen up a little, it always builds up my confidence when men go crazy over me," Leah said. I shook my head, I just wasn't that kind of girl, and I took my reputation extremely serious. Leah was a party girl and very confident over her body, I wasn't, I wouldn't say I was shy, but I wasn't talkative.

"No I am not doing it, you can't make me," I said. I crossed my arms and stood my ground, Leah's frown turned into a smile as she shook her finger in my face.

"Yes you do I am using the favor you owe me, remember three years ago Giovanni made you participate in an archery competition, and I dressed up like you and won the entire thing for you?"

I swallowed hard, I really had hoped she had forgotten about that, but Leah wasn't one to forget things.

Everything happened in a blur, Leah dragged me to the club after I had agreed to participate and soon enough I had an extremely revealing outfit on. I missed my constricting Team Rocket uniform, I missed how I didn't feel the chilly air touching my skin, and I really missed the fact that my body was covered when I wore it.

I looked through the curtains and my heart started to pound, I saw several officers in the crowd, and there in the center of everyone was Liam. His blond hair was messy in a cute kind of way, he was wearing a casual tight gray shirt and black pants with a chain hanging from the pocket.

I couldn't do this it was too embarrassing, I am a proud leader of Team Rocket damn it! I refused to stoop to the desperate levels these female grunts were on to get attention from Team Rocket. Why did the base have a club in it anyways? Whose stupid idea was it to create a club in a crime organization?

"Did I forget to mention that there will be a pole involved," Leah said. My drunken friend was hiccupping as she held a bottle full of alcohol, Leah stumbled over to me wearing an extremely revealing outfit, leaving little to the imagination.

"Leah I can't do this, what if Giovanni sees me?" I said. Leah laughed and slapped me on the back, making me choke on my own spit.

"He won't he is busy ordering other leaders of Team Rocket to go on a mission, I don't think he needs you," Leah said. I couldn't believe I was doing this, I would never ask Leah for a favor ever again, I took a deep breath as Leah threw her bottle at the grunts backstage, ordering them to reveal us to the audience.

My face grew pale as the curtains started to move and several grunts wearing outfits stood behind us. Leah grinned as the audience yelled in approval, I hid my face with my hands as Leah dragged me towards the center of the stage. Stupid thirsty grunts, did they truly need to watch this to feel good about themselves?

"Wait is that Victoria?"

The entire room went silent, my heart froze, crap they noticed me. I swallowed hard as everyone's eyes were glued on me, I felt awful. Leah seemed to like all the attention on me, as she grabbed my hands and ripped them from my face. The entire room gasped, it was a rare sight for Team Rocket to see my entire face and body.

"Not that I'm complaining, but why is Victoria here?"

"I never would have thought Victoria would be down here."

"Isn't she like really high up in Team Rocket?"

If the awkwardness now wasn't bad enough, the doors opened revealing leaders of Team Rocket and Giovanni standing behind them. My face was blushing, as Giovanni forced everyone to move as the room cleared. I tried to hide my face but Giovanni already made eye contact with me.

"I expect to see Leah here, but Victoria, I never would have guessed you would throw away your dignity like this," Giovanni said. I wanted to cry, this was the most humiliating day of my life, and I couldn't explain why I was doing this, without revealing that I cheated through the archery contest three years ago.

My eyes wandered to Liam, I had refused to look at him this entire time, but I couldn't help myself. His mouth was open, and he had a slight blush on his face, his friends were also opened mouthed as they stared at me.

"Victoria I need you for a mission quit playing around and suit up, Leah will be accompanying you on this mission," Giovanni said. Leah seemed shocked, Giovanni didn't seem to notice that she was half drunk, but he had a scowl on his face and she didn't want to argue with him.

"I-I am so sorry Giovanni, this won't happen again," I said. I was sincere, Leah would never talk me into doing something this stupid ever again. I hid my face as I ran off the stage, Leah rolled her eyes as she followed me, she seemed to not be embarrassed at all.

I was having an anxiety attack, I can't believe Giovanni caught me being an idiot, I would never ask a favor from Leah ever again. The drunken girl caught up to me, as a grunt handed her freshly cleaned clothes.

"Excuse me leader Victoria, I have your uniform and twin blades," a delivery grunt said. She bowed as I took my clothes from her hands, my mouth dropped open as Leah stripped right in front of everyone.

"L-Leah quit being weird and change somewhere private," I screamed. Leah shrugged as she threw off her sexy outfit and slipped on her uniform. The female grunts backstage seemed mortified at her actions, but Leah didn't care, she never was one to care about other people's opinions.

"You really need to be more confident in your body, if you aren't confident you will never get Liam to like you," Leah said. My mouth dropped open, was that the reason Leah made me do this ridiculous show? I was glad Giovanni stopped it before Leah made me dance on a pole like a crazy person.

"I don't want Liam, I don't want anyone, my only purpose in life is to serve Giovanni," I said. Leah rolled her eyes as she put on a mask hiding her eyes, she was named Death Blade, because her shots never missed and they were always deadly when they landed.

Her bow was red and black, along with the feathers on her arrows. Her quiver was strapped to her back, and hundreds of arrows could be seen poking out of it. She had on black shorts with a red outline around the bottom of them, her skin was bare until it reached her knee where black high socks covered the rest of her legs. A red ribbon was wrapped around her high socks, along with thick black boots that covered her feet.

She had on a black hood with a red outline around the outside of it, she also had a cloth covering her nose and mouth it was both red and black. She had long gloves on, that were also red and black, and a giant vest with a hoodie attached to it that was covering her head. The vest had a giant red R on it, and it was tight showing off her lean form and her cleavage.

Leah's long black hair poked out from inside the hood, making her look mysterious and well hidden. She had her uniform specially made just for her, even her legendary bow was made just for her. I decided to get changed in the changing room, my uniform was pretty bland compared to hers, and I wanted mine completely black.

I slipped my cloth over my face, as I put my gloves on, they were heavy because they mad metal infused in them, so my punches were heavier. Once I was dressed I could see my partner leaned against the wall, she was holding a bottle on her left hand while her bow was in her right hand.

"Victoria I am so wasted right now," She said. I rolled my eyes at my partner, could she even shoot straight? Leah wobbled over to me and put her arm around my shoulder, she was stumbling as we made our way to the helicopter awaiting us outside.

We hopped in the helicopter and soon we were ascending up into the air. The person in the helicopter informed us that Giovanni wanted us to take out some trainers in Celadon City, apparently they were causing a fuss after Giovanni ordered some officers and leaders to gather information on someone. I chucked, whenever the trainers and police spotted Team Rocket they always got so defensive, no one would die if they just allowed us to get what we needed and leave.

Wind whipped through my black hair as the helicopter started to land, we were on top of a building, and fire and destruction was everywhere. Buildings have collapsed, and Team Rocket were fighting what seemed to be a war, police sent out their pokémon, and trainers joined the battle refusing to lose. I wondered why Giovanni had caused such a fuss in the city, what kind of information was he trying to get?

I unsheathed my twin swords as Leah aimed her bow, I led the way as Leah watched my back. Team Rocket seemed to be losing, their pokémon were dropping like flies, no wonder Giovanni sent us. Our enemies seemed to be fighting a little hard for defending a city, perhaps they were hiding something?

Leah decided to send out her decidueye, the giant bird was a great archer just like his master. Decidueye nocked an arrow, using his wing as his bow, as the battle below us raged on. Hydreigon seemed to sense the impending battle, and he nudged himself out of his ball.

The dragon greeted the bird, and Decidueye nodded his head acknowledging his friend's greeting. Suddenly Leah shot her arrow, and a body came crashing down from another building, I jumped when I saw the man fall from his post, he had a gun and Leah had spotted him without even trying.

My partner quickly got another arrow, as Decidueye and Hydreigon followed closely behind. I kicked open the door on the roof, revealing a staircase that would get us to the ground, Leah and I ran down the staircase careful not to draw too much attention.

Soon enough we climbed down several flights of stairs, my legs were burning, but Leah seemed like she didn't mind the strain. We were now on the first floor, I shielded my face as the windows exploded, a magmortar shot boiling hot fireballs at his opponents, but the pokémon defending knocked them to the side.

"Hydreigon cover me," I commanded. The dragon obeyed, as I charged into the battle field. A ninetales leapt upon me, its teeth were covered in blood from biting at the enemy pokémon belonging to Team Rocket, it wasn't a battle anymore, these pokémon were fighting for their lives.

Hydreigon tackled the ninetales, sinking his fangs into the neck of the creature, the ninetales growled as it spat fire. Decidueye shot an arrow into the ninetales chest, as Hydreigon blasted it with a powerful dragon pulse. The ninetales screamed before kicking its feet and then painfully taking its last breath.

Decidueye ripped the arrow from its chest, before aiming the bloody arrow towards more opponents. Hydreigon was immediately challenged by a machamp, but the dragon easily overpowered him, the machamp tried to block his outrage, but the dragon was too powerful.

I saw the machamp's trainer, I spun my swords in my hands before charging at him. I was careless, the trainer spotted me and pulled out a pistol, I heard a gunshot, but that came after a whizz of an arrow. The trainer fell on his knees as an arrow poked out of his chest, the bullet had missed me thankfully, I gave a thankful look towards my partner before we parted ways.

The machamp roared as it turned away from Hydreigon and held his trainer in his four arms. Hydreigon took this opportunity to sink his fangs into the machamp's body, Hydreigon then threw the machamp into a fighting onix, before blasting the both of them with dragon pulse. The beam of energy ripped through machamp's body, leaving a bloody hole as his body fell over, along with Onix's body crumbling to dust.

Suddenly a shadow flew over me, I had no time to react as something grabbed me and started flying away from the ground. The claws of the beast were digging into my shoulder, it started to hurt, and I could feel blood dripping down my skin. I looked up to see a charizard carrying me past the battle, I could see Leah aiming her arrow at the charizard, while I drifted farther and farther away from the ground.

Suddenly she released, and the arrow dug itself right into the charizard's shoulder, it roared as it released me, I rolled on the ground to prevent myself from hurting myself. The fall was pretty severe, but I had trained for a long time to think through these situations. I landed on a building that was pretty high up from the ground, the charizard crashed on the building I was on, as a large arrow stuck out of his shoulder.

I took cover as the arrow exploded, wounding the charizard even more. Once the smoke cleared I saw that two figures were standing in front of charizard defensively, they must have been riding the beast. I squinted, I noticed the one on the right, red clothing, black shaggy hair, and red eyes.

"YOU," I said. The teenager in red clothing had a stone cold look, the people in the city were defending him, it all made sense now. I felt a presence behind me as Leah was dropped by Hydreigon, Lean rolled on the ground before releasing an arrow that was aimed right for the black haired teenager's chest.

The teenager in red clothing stopped the arrow as it lingered inches from his chest. Leah was dumbfounded, I couldn't believe that he had actually CAUGHT her arrow. Leah quickly pressed a button and blades came out of her bow, I aimed my swords as we charged at each other.

I quickly slashed at my target as Leah took the other unknown figure, I was determined to end my target's life. The teenager caught my hand, I flinched as he twisted my sword out of my hand. He kicked me back, but I recovered quickly, Leah swung her bow as the blades swished by the figure's head.

I looked towards my opponent, he picked up my sword and threw it aside. That was fine, I could fight with one sword and be okay. I ran towards him and jumped, the teenager dodged and rolled to the side, I quickly connected my foot to his face, making him fall to the ground.

He recovered and charged at me throwing a punch, I dodged, before punching him in the stomach, and then upper cutting him the jaw. He stumbled back and rubbed his jaw, but he eventually shook the pain away and came at me again. I jabbed my sword in his direction, but he smacked my hand making my last sword fly out of my hands.

Now I could only do hand to hand combat, that was fine, the swords were only holding me back anyway. I ran towards the teenager, he tried to kick me, but I slid under his legs, he quickly recovered and turned around but I was already one step ahead of him.

I slammed my foot into his chest and then flipped off of him catching his chin in the process. I landed gracefully as the teenager stumbled back, I didn't let him recover as I quickly ran behind him and out him in a tight head lock. He was choking as I put my entire force on his neck, preventing him from breathing.

The person struggled in my grip, I made sure he couldn't sucker punch me, as I implied more force on his neck. His partner that was with him on his charizard saw that he was in trouble and came to aid him, but that left him open, and Leah shot an arrow right through his chest.

"Blue!" The teenager yelled. So that was his partner's name, Blue fell to the ground clutching his chest. Blue was down, but Leah purposely didn't kill him, perhaps she was hoping he could give us some information in the future.

I was distracted by Blue's defeat, and my grip loosened giving my target an opportunity to break free. I grunted when he rammed his elbow into my chest, forcing me to break the head lock.

Leah quickly loaded an arrow, and then shot, the teenager dodged, before Leah and I ganged up on him.

"Red, get out of here, you have to leave me so you can live to fight another day," Blue said. I looked towards the teenager in front of me, so his name was finally revealed, too bad I wouldn't care enough to learn it.

Red seemed to protest, but inside his heart he knew his partner was right, there was no way he could take on both of us and live. Leah loaded another arrow before shooting it, catching Red in the arm.

"Shoot I missed," Leah said as she loaded another arrow. Red fled while hopping on his injured charizard, the beast quickly roared before lifting off into the air, Leah aimed carefully as the charizard started to disappear.

"Don't let him get away," I yelled. Leah closed one eye as she shot, but the charizard was swallowed by the smoke and we couldn't see if her arrow hit or not. We heard a roar of pain, but that was about it, Leah lowered her bow as we turned to look at Red's partner.

His chest was bleeding, and he was knocked out from the pain. Hydreigon appeared a few minutes later, his mouth was covered in blood and his eyes were full of bloodlust. Hydreigon must have been keeping pokémon away from us as we fought Red and Blue.

Hydreigon sniffed at Blue's body, as Leah picked him up and slung him over her shoulder. Something started coming out from the smoke hovering in the air, it was sleek and black and I soon recognized it as a friendly aircraft.

"Hey look its Giovanni," Leah said. Soon enough I saw my boss hanging out from the helicopter and watching the war going on below him. The helicopter landed on the roof of where I was, and Giovanni and some of his men came out of it.

"Please give me good news Victoria, I really need it right now," Giovanni said. I smiled from under my cloth, I had some good news for him.

"Well we identified the pesky trainer as Red, and we have his comrade right here," I said. Leah dropped Blue's body, as Giovanni looked him over and grinned at the both of us.

"Good work, we will take him in for questioning, then after we get our answers, he will be publicly executed to show the rebelling trainers what happens when they cross Team Rocket," Giovanni said. I nodded my head, poor Blue no matter what happened he was destined to die.

Giovanni's officers picked up Blue and gave us a ride back to headquarters, Hydreigon and Decidueye were returned to their balls, and we were treated for any injuries we had. Once we landed back at headquarters, Blue was shoved in a van and taken for questioning, Giovanni rewarded Leah and I greatly for our work by sending us to a very expensive restaurant and we could invite one person to go with us.

Life seemed good, but I couldn't help but wonder what happened to Red, I knew that arrow had hit its target, but was his charizard okay? Also Blue said he would sacrifice himself so that Red could live and fight another day, but I couldn't help but wonder, what exactly were they fighting for?