I'm having fun re-reading the first saga. This is where Ryan tries to battle Team Rocket, and... well, read it and find out! (Edited Sept. 26)
"Eh? Who's dat?" Meowth pointed toward a jet black haired teen that jumped out of the bushes.
"Huh?" Jessie and James turned their attention from the twerps to this new guy. He looked older than the twerps for sure...
"Hey, is that kid with them?" James asked Jessie. They turned to face each other, conversing about this new development.
"Guys, I think you better come look at dis!" An Eevee was charging at the balloon, no, the spot right below the balloon. A dark purple orb of energy started forming as Eevee opened his mouth. He aimed up, hoping the orb would last and shouted,
"Eevee!" (Shadow Ball!)
BOOM. The dark purple orb of energy hit the balloon and travelled from the bottom of the basket to the top of the actual balloon, popping it. Team Rocket was sent plummeting to the ground.
Ryan watched Eevee's heroics and nearly forgot why he needed a distraction.
"Oh, right!"
He ran over to the hole farthest away from the cages, looked down, and called,
"Hey! Grab on!"
Ash looked up from the bottom of the hole to see who called him. It wasn't anyone he knew. Ryan threw the rope he had down to Ash, who grabbed the rope and climbed it while Ryan held on to his end of the rope. He pulled himself up from the hole and got to his feet.
"Thanks!"
"No problem," Ryan looked at his childhood hero. He sure did look a little different- his clothes were different, even his trademark hat was too! But, he still had the z marked cheeks and messy hair...
"I gotta help Dawn!"
"Huh? Who's-" Before Ryan could finish asking, Ash turned to the other hole, peered down and yelled,
"Dawn! You okay down there?"
"Yeah, wait how'd you get out?" Ryan peered down the hole and saw a blunette girl with a white beanie, black sleeveless shirt with a black and pink skirt looking up at him and Ash. She didn't look familiar at all to Ryan, but, he could've sworn he saw her somewhere... Ash pointed his thumb at the teen next to him.
"He helped me out with his rope- we'll get'cha out!" Ryan gave the rope to Ash to let down to Dawn. She grabbed on and started climbing.
"Hey Ash, what happened to Team Rocket?" Dawn asked as she climbed.
Ryan's eyes widened- he completely forgot about them and... Eevee! He turned to look at the wrecked balloon and saw the Eevee and Squirtle standing in front of the cages holding Pikachu and that weird blue penguin. The trio of thieves was advancing on them!
"Mess with our plans, will you?" James pulled out a Pokeball and pressed the button, enlarging the ball. Jessie did the same, and they both threw their Pokeballs.
"Seviper, let's teach these twerp pokemon a lesson!"
"Carnivine, you too!"
The Pokeballs opened, and two white silhouettes emerged on the ground in front of the balls. The white silhouettes dissipated to reveal a black snake-like creature with long purple fangs, yellow hexagons on its skin, and a knife-like tail and a green Venus flytrap like creature with vines for arms and legs.
"Carnivine!"
"Seviper!"
"What can I say? Three more pokemon for the boss means three times the promotions for us!" Jessie laughed in triumph.
"I don't think so." The jet black haired teen ran up past the trio and in front of the Eevee and Squirtle.
"Spoken like a twerp." Jessie noted.
"Twerps like you couldn't stop us if you tried!" James said.
Ryan looked at the two pokemon Team Rocket sent out. Neither were familiar, so he had no idea what types they were or what attacks they could use.
"Vee eevee vee!" (Don't call him a twerp!) Eevee said as she stepped in front of Ryan, getting in a battle stance. Her brother looked at her- she never acted like this. He was shocked, but another thing occurred to him- she had never battled before!
"Ooh, looks like we've got ourselves a hero here!" Jessie remarked.
"Squirtle, squirt?" (Yeah, so what?) Squirtle also stepped up in front of Ryan and next to Eevee. Squirtle looked back at Ryan and said something.
"Squirtle squirt squirtle." (This doesn't change anything.) And then he looked back at Team Rocket. Meowth took note and said,
"Hey, Squirtle has beef with dat kid! He said that him standin' in front of the kid changes nothin'."
Ryan heard and rolled his eyes in amusement.
"Guess that's Squirtle..." He thought. Ryan looked back at the cages- he had to find some way of opening them. "Of course!" Turning to the Eevee behind him,
"Eevee, can you break the cages with that one move you used on the balloon?"
"Vee!" (Yeah!) He ran off to the cages to break them open.
"Ah-ah-ah, not today-" Jessie pointed and commanded, "Seviper, Poison Tail!"
"Carnivine, Vine Whip!" James followed. The attacks flew towards Eevee and Squirtle.
Ash helped Dawn get up from the edge of the hole. She got to her feet and patted her skirt down.
"Thanks Ash!"
"No problem. We'd better get Pikachu and Piplup outta those cages!" Ash and Dawn turned to where the cages were and saw Team Rocket advancing upon Ryan, Eevee and Squirtle.
"We gotta help 'em!" Ash said. He reached for a Pokeball, enlarged it and threw it.
"Staraptor, I choose you!" The Pokeball landed on the ground and rolled.
"Ash, we left all of our pokemon with Brock, remember?" Dawn reminded him. Ash sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.
"Yikes, I forgot..." Ash looked at the pokemon being approached by Team Rocket. Thinking they were trained by Ryan, he yelled to him,
"Quick! Tell them to dodge! Seviper's and Carnivine's attacks are gonna hit 'em!"
"I hope they listen..." Ryan thought as he heard the advice.
"Okay guys, dodge those attacks... huh?" Squirtle had already moved out of the way, while Eevee waited for Ryan's command to do the same. The attacks missed their targets!
"Well, at least someone's listening."
Seviper's tail needed time to recoil and launch again- it was the perfect opportunity for a counterattack!
"Okay Eevee, can you use..." Ryan paused. "Wait, what attacks can you do?"
SCANNING EEVEE FOR ATTACKS.
A sound from Ryan's pocket prompted him to grab his Pokedex out and open it.
SCAN COMPLETE. ATTACKS AVAILABLE ARE- TACKLE, SAND-ATTACK, AND BITE.
Ryan nodded with this new information.
"Okay Eevee, use Tack-" Seviper had already pulled its tail back to striking position.
"Seviper, Poison Tail!" Jessie commanded. Seviper's tail started to glow a purplish color as it swung at Eevee.
"Eevee, dodge, quick!" Ryan quickly reacted. The Poison Tail slammed down onto the ground as Eevee moved to the side. Seviper was now vulnerable for a few seconds!
"Use Tackle!" Ryan pointed at Seviper.
Eevee rammed into Seviper, knocking it back a little.
"Okay, now what about the other-" Ryan stopped his thought. James and his pokemon had vanished from their previous spot.
"Okay, I can do this..." Eevee thought as he tried forming his Shadow Ball attack again. He was in front of Pikachu's cage, ready to break it down.
Eevee took a deep breath- his sister was buying him time and he needed to do this quickly, but... the Shadow Ball wouldn't stay formed! Dark bits of energy were coming together, merging into one orb of energy.
"Come on... no!" The orb dissipated as quickly as it had formed. Pikachu cheered Eevee on as he tried once more to use Shadow Ball. More bits of energy were coming together when Pikachu noticed something in the background.
"Carnivine, use Bullet Seed on Eevee!" James commanded.
Carnivine opened its mouth, firing little yellow seed like pellets straight at Eevee.
"Hey, look out!" Pikachu quickly warned. The focused Shadow Ball dissipated as Eevee jumped up to dodge the Bullet Seed. Eevee landed on his paws next to Pikachu's cage.
"Darn... I can't form Shadow Ball anymore..." Eevee thought as he stood in a defensive battle stance, facing Jame's Carnivine.
"Carnivine, use Bullet Seed again!" As Carnivine opened its mouth, Eevee realized how he could get Pikachu's cage open. He ran in front of the cage as Carnivine aimed at him. The little yellow pellets shot towards Eevee, who just stood there.
"Okay..." The Bullet Seed was about to hit Eevee. "Now!" Eevee rolled to the side, successfully dodging Bullet Seed, and as an added bonus...
"Hey, the bars are bent!" Pikachu noticed. He decided it was time the bars broke. Pikachu repeatedly rammed the weakened cage bars, trying to finish what the Bullet Seed had started.
"If only there was enough room in here... I could use Iron Tail and be out of here in a flash!" Pikachu thought as he kept ramming.
Eevee looked at the cage bars. Bullet Seed wasn't enough...
"I gotta try Shadow Ball again!" He thought.
Eevee faced the cage and charged the dark bits of energy again.
"Now Carnivine, Vine Whip!" Eevee was so busy focusing the Shadow Ball that he had forgotten about James and Carnivine for a second. Consequently, he had no time to dodge, but he couldn't give up on the Shadow Ball he was forming- it was taxing Eevee to the limit! This Shadow Ball would be the last one he could form for awhile...
The Vine Whip tightly wrapped around Eevee, turning him towards James and Carnivine. Enduring the squeeze, Eevee kept charging Shadow Ball.
"Ha-ha-ha! Gonna hit us with that Shadow Ball?" James said.
He then pointed in the opposite direction.
"I'm a step ahead of you! Carnivine, turn Eevee that way!"
Carnivine followed its master's orders and faced Eevee in the direction he pointed. Nothing was in the direction except for a few trees, bushes, helpless twerps watching, and the cages holding Pikachu and Piplup.
"Hey, thanks!" Eevee smirked. James had given him a free shot at Pikachu's cage. He fired, with the last of his strength,
"Shadow Ball!" The perfectly round black and dark purple orb of energy shot like a bullet towards Pikachu's cage. James saw the attack flying through the air and knew exactly what the evolutionary pokemon tried to do. The Shadow Ball landed with an explosion of power near Pikachu's cage, breaking it open with ease, and then some.
"Eevee!" Ryan couldn't do anything but watch poor Eevee, who was wrapped up by Seviper. She tried wiggling her way out, but the snake's hold was too strong.
"Squirt, squirtle!" (Hold on, I'm coming!) Squirtle said as he flew, headfirst, slamming into Seviper. Seviper loosened its hold on Eevee, giving her a chance to escape. She leapt out and landed gracefully on the ground.
"Eevee!" (Thanks!)
"Squirtle, squirtle squirtle." (Yeah, but let me take care of this.) Squirtle stood in front of Eevee, blocking her from battling anymore.
"Vee..." (But...)
Before Squirtle could reply,
"Seviper, use Haze!" Jessie called out. A black stream of haze travelled out of Seviper's mouth. Haze made it impossible for Squirtle, Eevee, and Ryan to see.
"Dang, I can't see a thing!" Ryan thought out loud. Breathing also became a problem, as the three of them started coughing.
"Guys, are you alright?" Ryan coughed out as he covered his nose to try filtering the Haze.
"Vee..." (Yeah...) A weak reply came from Eevee.
"Squirtle squirtle..." (Let me take care of this...) Squirtle retreated into his shell and started slowly spinning. The slow spinning grew fast instantly! As a result, the Haze gathered around Squirtle's spinning shell, giving Eevee and Ryan fresh air. Squirtle popped out of his shell, making the Haze dissipate.
"Seviper!" (I have you now!)
Seviper had used the Haze as a distraction! It leapt through with an intent to land a Poison Tail...
"Now, use Poison Tail!" Jessie commanded.
Squirtle was still dazed from his Rapid Spin and didn't have a second to react.
"Squirtle! Look out!"
The tiny turtle pokemon closed his eyes and braced for impact. Wham! Seviper's Poison Tail slammed into Squirtle's chest, sending the turtle flying into a tree trunk.
"Eevee!" (Squirtle!) Eevee sprinted to where Squirtle landed. She looked upon the sight of her friend. Squirtle laid face down, unconscious, covered in dirt, scratches, and a small light purple scratch on his left arm.
Ryan ran a second after Eevee had and couldn't believe it. How could this have happened? How could he have let one of his favorite pokemon get hurt like that?
"So twerp, what's it going to be?" Ryan turned around to see a triumphant Jessie and her Seviper laying in front of her, waiting for another command.
"Are you going to give us the Eevee and Squirtle? Or are you going to let them get hurt?"
Ryan turned and looked into Eevee's eyes, desperate for advice. If only he could understand pokemon...
"I wish I knew what to do... I don't wanna give up, but I don't want you guys to get hurt either..."
"Vee eevee!"
Ryan shook his head. Was it his imagination, or did he hear a female voice talk to him as Eevee opened its mouth?
"Don't give up?" Eevee nodded.
After a small silence, Ryan couldn't help but smirk, earning confusion from Jessie.
"Huh? What's so funny twerp?"
With more conviction in his voice, Ryan faced Jessie and replied,
"Nothing, just the fact I was ready to give up a minute ago."
Ryan got in front of Eevee and the unconscious Squirtle, with his arms out, shielding the pokemon.
"Get past me first. Then deal with them." An air of confidence had replaced the one full of doubt. At least, that's what it felt like to Eevee, who couldn't figure out what was up with the human- it was like he transformed into another person or something...
"Eevee, can you drag Squirtle out of here?" Ryan said to Eevee. Eevee looked up at the human's face- something was different alright. A hard confident look was etched into the human's face.
"You gotta hurry..." Ryan then turned his head to Eevee. "Go!"
Eevee turned and ran to move Squirtle.
"Ah-ah, Seviper, after them!" Jessie pointed at Eevee and Squirtle. Seviper charged toward the pokemon. Ryan stood his ground in front of the pokemon. Jessie was a bit amazed- this was definitely a twerp alright. He was stupid enough to stand in the middle of danger for pokemon.
"Alright, use Wrap on all three of them!"
Seviper was five feet away and was lifting its tail...
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu jumped into the air from behind Ryan and shot a yellow bolt at Seviper, shocking the snake and stopping it's attack. As Pikachu landed on all fours in front of him, Ryan sighed with relief. He turned to see Ash and the girl named Dawn, who had the blue penguin standing next to her and was holding an unconscious Eevee in her arms. Jessie growled at the sight of the cavalry. Another plan gone to waste! James ran up to Jessie and said,
"Let's get out of here!"
"Fine! Where's Meowth?" As Jessie asked, another hot air balloon dropped next to them, with Meowth in it.
"Need a lift?"
Jessie pulled her Pokeball out, enlarged it, and pressed the button, which shot a red beam at Seviper.
"Seviper, return." The snake disappeared as the red beam retracted into the Pokeball. Jessie and James leapt into the spare balloon as it lifted up into the air.
"Not so fast, Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Ash pointed at Team Rocket.
"And Piplup, you use Bubblebeam!" Dawn told Piplup. Pikachu shot another yellow bolt, while Piplup opened his beak and shot a steady stream of bubbles.
The attacks landed their mark, shocking Team Rocket and causing an explosion within the balloon. Three figures shot from the explosion towards the night sky, shouting,
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" The figures faded to a twinkle in the sky.
Ryan wasted no time checking the fallen tiny turtle. He turned and kneeled down to pick Squirtle up. As Ryan cradled Squirtle in his arms, Ash, Dawn, Pikachu and Piplup ran over to him. Eevee climbed up onto Ryan's right shoulder as he stood up.
"Is your Squirtle alright?" Ash asked.
"Squirtle took a nasty hit from that Poison Tail earlier..." Ryan explained, looking at the two kids in front of him. They were a bit shorter than he was, up to his shoulders in height. He noticed Eevee asleep in Dawn's arms.
"Hey, is Eevee okay?" Ryan asked Dawn.
"Your Eevee used Shadow Ball to break Pikachu free, and it collapsed afterwards." Dawn explained. Ryan's face wore a concerned look, which Dawn noticed.
"I'm sure Eevee's just tired, that's all!" Dawn added.
"I hope..." The teen looked at Eevee who was perched on his shoulders. Her ears drooped down, expressing sadness. He gave her a generic smile and looked down at Squirtle. The tiny turtle was slowly breathing.
"Hey, what's that?" Ryan noticed the small purple scratch on Squirtle's arm. The scratch was glowing in a light purplish color.
"Squirtle must have been poisoned!" Dawn said in realization.
"We gotta get back to Brock, quick!" Ash said. Ryan's ear twitched a bit. So he was here too...
"But where's Brock?" Dawn pointed out. Ash realized- they ended up lost too! Brock was somewhere in the forest, and they needed to get back to him quick!
"Staraptor!" (There you are!) A bird with a weird haircut flew towards Ash and landed in front of him. The bird was nearly as tall as Ash! He asked the pokemon,
"Staraptor! Did Brock send you?" Staraptor nodded.
"Great! Can you lead us back to him? Squirtle's been poisoned!" Ash pointed to Ryan, with Squirtle in his arms.
"Star!" Staraptor nodded and flew up into the air again.
"Let's go guys!" Ash led the way with Pikachu on his shoulder and Piplup in his arms since Dawn was carrying Eevee. Ryan had the sister on his
shoulder and Squirtle in his arms. He noticed Squirtle's labored breathing- the poison was taking its toll.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine... I promise." Ryan thought.