Here is the next chapter! sorry about the long wait.

Viridian Forest

Out of all the figure's pokemon to react the pikachu was the first: shooting a thunderbolt at its master's attacker, however the bolt merely glanced off his armour plating. Second to react was the Infernape, shooting a flamethrower at the charging Samurai, but he kept the sword straight as he charged towards his opponent.

Ash was hardly able to believe what was happening. Surely Samurai recognized him! 'Or perhaps not' he mused as the sword came streaking towards him 'After all, its been nearly four years since I was last here and there's the fact that it's dark.'

Whatever the reason may have been Samurai kept up the charging, before stopping the charge, the katana's blade mere inches from Ash's face. For a moment the Armored attacker's eyes seemed to widen behind his helmet.

"Ash, is that you?" he asked.

It was at that exact moment that Infernape's flamethrower hit him full in the face.

Viridian Gym/Rocket base

"How is the testing going?" Giovanni asked Namba as he entered the study.

"Perfectly, sir." Namba replied happily "The Stalker Stryke is functioning perfectly, it can even use its attacks from its previous life."

"Very good, Professor Nana." Giovanni said. "But before you go, could you please shoot the spy listening at the door?"

Shrike looked questioningly at the caped once-born as he swiftly repaired him. Who could this once-born be?

Giovanni's expression turned to one of pure terror as he realised who the dead corpse had been.

"Sound the alarm you imbeciles!" He screeched. "The pokemon G-men have found us!"

Lance groaned as the the alarm sounded throughout the building " Damn!" he said "We've been discovered!"

He turned back to the stalker, his mind racing. How would he escape this? Suddenly an idea came to him, the pure genius that had got him recommended for the G-men. That and his title as pokemon champion.

A few minutes later two Team Rocket Grunts rushed into the room, only to find it empty.

Giovanni stepped over the dead man's body, his expression causing several Rocket grunts to sprint away, gibbering in fear.

"Did they get anything else?" Giovanni asked, his voice almost as dark as his expression.

"No, sir." One of the grunts who had been foolhardy enough to stay informed him. "Only Mr. Shrike, though from the tracer we planted on him it appears he is in Viridian Forest, whether or not he is still with the G-men agent is unknown."

"Send Stryke in to deal with this" The crime boss told his minions. "We shall see how good this new stalker really is!"

Lance sighed in relief as they escaped the base, even if Agent Looker hadn't been so fortunate. Turning round to face the rebuilt stalker he realised that this wasn't an ordinary tin robot created by Team Rocket, no. it was something more important than that. And if it were a Team Rocket device, why had it not killed him as soon as he had rebuilt it? No, the best thing to do at this moment in time would be to find his way back to indigo plateau, turning to what he hoped was the right direction, he started walking, passing two signs as he went.

One said:

Catch Pokémon and expand your collection! The more you have, the easier it is to fight!

While the other said:

Welcome to Viridian Forest, please travel with care

The Plot thickens. And yes, one of the signs was a trainer tip from the generation 1 pokemon games