Be Steel My Heart

By RocketFAN

Warning: Contains some violence, Thar be warned

Chapter five: Saved by the ball

Attila and Hun were off on the hunt of a backstabbing high-ranking Team Rocket officer. The minor mission was given to them the day before by their boss, Giovanni.

"Apparently, our culprit has been staying in this small cabin near Viridian forest. It seems like he's hiding out," Hun told Attila as she peered through her binoculars at the small cabin in view. They had followed Giovanni's instructions on the location of the cabin.

"Yeah, I would be hiding out to if I betrayed Team Rocket and the boss found out," Attila laughed as he prepared to charge the place.

"Of course, but we can't just depend on sheer brute strength to get him. He could have accomplices," Hun pointed out, as she knew how Attila liked to use his strength rather than his brain. The two crept closer to the cabin and noticed a figure standing in front of the window.

"Get down!" Attila told Hun while taking cover.

"He saw us," Hun said while crouching down next to him. Suddenly, several men came out of the cabin sporting black uniforms and surrounded the pair.

"Oh, what have we hear?" One of the men said while grabbing Hun's arm and forcing her up.

"Hey, let her go!" Attila said while getting up and raising his hand to him. But before he could strike, the man holding Hun's arm pulled out a gun and held it against her neck.

"I wouldn't do that, big guy. Unless you want this one's blood to spill," he said calmly as the man they were after emerged from the cabin.

"Ah! Don't hurt her!" Attila said as he was jabbed in the back with the tip of a gun.

"Well, well, well, it appears Giovanni has caught onto me. I always knew he was a little slow," the man said evilly as he saw the two taken prisoners. "No wonder he sent class "A" members after me. Smart man in doing so, there are too many of you nowadays. He's just too kind," he continued as he walked passed Hun, who was forced onto her knees by her capture. "What's the matter, man, don't want your little girlfriend to go first?" He asked Attila while looking back in Hun's direction.

"Why do you want to kill us?" Attila asked him to distract him while he reached for his Pokeball.

"Oh, isn't it obvious? You two have come to take me out. So I am simply returning the favor, only I will succeed," he said with a small smile.

"Go, Steelix!" Attila said suddenly as a huge, snakelike Pokemon emerged from the tiny Pokeball. The Pokemon's tail struck the man holding Hun and threw him clearly across the area. Consequently, Hun was knocked down as well.

"Uh!" She yelled as the very tip of Steelix's tail scratched her face as she crawled to get out of the way. Attila was too busy freeing himself to notice.

"Steelix, rock throw attack!" He commanded the Pokemon as the accomplices scrambled to get to their feet. The large rocks swept up by the Pokemon's powerful tail came crashing down on the men, including the one they were after.

"Well, it looks like we were the one's who succeeded this time, man!" Attila said as he called Steelix back to its Pokeball. "Good work, Steelix!" He said to the Pokeball before clipping it back on his belt as he noticed his partner sitting on the ground with a stream of blood running down her face. "Hun!" He said as he ran over to her. "Oh, my god! What happened?" He asked her as he tilted her face up and saw the deep scratch.

"Uh . . . I got hit with the tip of Steelix's tail," she said weakly while wiping the blood from her face with her hand.

"God, I'm so sorry!" Attila said while helping her up and studying her wound. "Oh, that's deep," he said softly.

"Well, at least we got our man," Hun said while holding her hand against her injured face and observing the damage caused by Steelilx's rock throw. "Are you okay?" She asked Attila while noticing a tear in the side of his uniform.

"Am I okay? Your standing there with blood gushing from your face and you ask if I'm okay?! You're something else, kid," he replied with a small chuckle as he pulled her into a gentle hug.

"Let's get out of here," Hun said while dusting herself off and followed Attila to their waiting escape vehicle.