Here is chapter 7. This was much more difficult to write as this was not planned... I think I need to write a plan for a chapter before writing it... Hope you enjoy it! Please review honestly!
Chapter 7 – Rocket to the Mt. Moon
After a restful night at the Pokémon centre, the purchasing of multiple Poké balls and potions and calling my mother to tell her about getting the Boulderbadge I stood outside the Poké mart waiting for Green to stop ogling at the Poké dolls.
"So, how did your battle go?" asked Blue who leaning against the wall. Charmeleon stretched and Beedrill yawned as we took in the morning air.
"It was highly enjoyable, actually," I replied. "My Kakuna evolved during the battle with the gym trainer and Charmeleon became Charmeleon in the battle against Forrest."
"Wow! My Squirtle evolved and learned a new move. What moves do your Pokémon now have?" asked Blue as Green came out of the Poké mart, thankfully empty handed.
"Well, Charmeleon has now got Ember, Fire Fang, Metal Claw and Smokescreen. Beedrill has Bug Bite, Fury Attack, Poison Sting and Harden. Pikachu has Thundershock, Extremespeed and Tail Whip," I listed.
"It sounds like Pikachu needs a bit of training," Blue replied. Pikachu turned his nose up at this comment and shot off a ball of electricity from his tail towards a random rock.
"OK, so Pikachu has Electro Ball too. What moves to your Pokémon have then?"
"Oh, so that's what we're talking about!" realised Green, suddenly intrigued.
"Yes. Wartortle has Water Gun, Bite, Tackle and Withdraw. Pidgey has… Gust, Tackle, Sand-Attack and Aerial Ace. Eevee has Tackle, Helping Hand, Quick Attack and Growl," said Blue.
"Well, nobody asked me yet but my pok-"
"Sorry, we we're going to ask you, honestly," interrupted Blue.
"OK, seriously, you need to stop interrupting everybody. Anyway, my Bulbasaur has Vine Whip, Tackle, Growl and Leech Seed, my Butterfree has Confusion, Poisonpowder, Stun Spore and Sleep Powder. My Spearow has Peck, Leer, Fury Attack and Pursuit," said Green, sounding proud of her Pokémon.
"Your Bulbasaur hasn't evolved yet? Meh. Cerulean City is place of the next gym. It'll mean we'll be going through Mt. Moon. Are we ready to go?" asked Blue. Both me and Green nodded and collected our Pokémon. Pikachu settled back on my shoulder and Beedrill sat on my other shoulder, leaving Charmeleon to walk alongside me.
After a few wild Pokémon battles (and of course Blue catching a Jigglypuff and a male Nidoran) we arrived at the entrance to the mountain. We healed our tiring Pokémon in the centre and headed into the dark cave.
"Hey, Green, I've heard many Clefairy live here. Are you going to try and find one?" I asked. Green turned to me with wide eyes and nodded so hard I was surprised her head stayed on! She rushed off to the distance to try and find one, leaving me with Blue to wander through the lit cave.
"She can move well, can't she?" asked Blue rhetorically, watching Green as she scoured the area.
"Well. Do you want to go off and find any Pokémon you can catch?" I asked politely, expecting a scenario similar to Viridian Forest. I was surprised to see Blue shake his head.
"I don't want to catch a Pokémon that you had battled again. Besides, that Machop looks like it wants to battle one of us," stated Blue, pointing towards a heavily dented rock and a small humanoid figure with protruding ribs and a ripped physique.
"I'll give it a go!" I announced. "Go Pikachu!"
"Are you NUTS!" shouted Blue, scaring off a few Zubat in the process. "Pikachu's the least trained of your Pokémon. It'll faint too easily!"
"No, this Pikachu's resourceful. Use Thundershock!" I ordered. Pikachu sent out a small spark but Machop dashed surprisingly quickly out of its reach. It then smashed its hand on Pikachu's back and jumped back over to the rock, taking back its battle stance.
"Are you OK?" I asked. Pikachu got up and dusted itself off. She then gave me thumbs up and turned back to Machop. "Good. Let's use Electro Ball!"
"MAAAAA!" yelled Machop as a sudden explosion from the ceiling engulfed it in dislodged stalactites and other general rubble. Pikachu discharged its Electro Ball and all of us hurried over to free it from the rocks.
"There's no point. Pokémon are just tools and as such are expendable and replaceable," said a voice form above. We looked up and saw a woman hovering down from above with long purple hair. She turned off the switch to the jet pack and landed with a soft thump on the floor. She sneered at us as she stood there with her hair falling to her knees. She wore a loose black suit with a red R stamped into the middle of the jacket.
"Who are you?" I coldly asked whilst I pushed rocks to the side of the pile.
"I told you, there's no point in trying to help it. My name is… no. My executive name is Europa. Since you can't stop us, I'll tell you why I'm here. I'm here as the… most gorgeous representative of Team Rocket to find the fossils of Pokémon from years ago. Do you know what they might be?" She asked, pedantically.
"Of course we do, they're Omanyte and Kabuto," responded Blue.
"Ah, ah, ah. You forgot about Aerodactyl. We plan to find the fossils and take over the world using their powers."
"That's despicable!" I shouted.
"I know!" sang Europa. "There's nothing you can do about it!"
"I can! You are all disgusting! Use Thundershock on them, Pikachu!" I shouted. Pikachu shot off a small spark to Europa. She simply shrugged it off, laughing at how weak the attack was.
"I don't think I'll end up doing what two other members of our team used to do. Your Pikachu's too weak to chase!" she scoffed. Pikachu got really angry at this and she shot off a bolt of electricity at Europa. She fell down, slightly blackened and annoyed.
"It's still too weak to stop me. Let's go!" she coldly announced. Her grunts followed her through the hole in the ceiling and they walked deeper into the cave.
As the last of the rubble was removed, Machop was uncovered and I picked it up. I grabbed a super potion from my bag and sprayed it on Machop. Machop's eyes opened slowly as it took in what had happened. It looked up, saw me and smiled.
"Hello! Are you feeling alright?" I asked it. Machop suddenly hugged me and started to cry. I let it cry and hugged it back as we took in the moment. Machop stopped crying and sat back down on my lap, sobbing every now and then. Machop then pointed towards the Poké balls on my belt.
"I think Machop wants to come with us, or more specifically… you!" said Blue. Machop nodded and I got out a Poké ball from my backpack. I tapped Machop on the forearm and it got sucked into the capsule. I started to wobble… 1… 2… 3… Ping! I released Machop from his ball and he stood up on the ground. Pikachu, Charmeleon and Beedrill all happily rushed over and welcomed him to the team.
"Now, we stop team Rocket," said Blue to cheers from me and my team.
We travelled further into the cave to find any sign of Team Rocket and found nothing. We headed to the last main chamber and saw Europa at the end of it, talking to another executive who looked strangely familiar… We headed through the chamber, defeating the grunts along the way in uneventful and unchallenging battles. We got to Europa and the other executive who was with her disappeared quickly. However, she remained next to a quivering schoolboy. He held in his hands some rocks and his head was seemingly being crushed by Europa's hand.
"Silly little boy. He doesn't realise how brilliant our plan is. Are you going to save him too?" she asked, again treating us like babies.
"Your plan is not brilliant, your plan is horrible and your plan is going to FAIL! GO MACHOP!" I shouted, my voice getting louder as the speech went on.
"You think you can just battle me fairly? No. Go Venomoth and Gloom!" she said, sending out two Poké balls at the same time.
"Fine, if you can, we can. Go Wartortle!" replied Blue.
"Fine. Both of you use Sludge Bomb," Europa ordered. Venomoth and Gloom charged up their poison.
"Dodge to the left and use Ice Punch on Gloom," I said to Machop.
"Use Water Gun on Venomoth," said Blue to Wartortle. Machop stepped to the left and sped towards Gloom with his fist glowing a light blue. Wartortle shot off a quick blast of water and collided with Venomoth's sludge. Gloom shot its sludge to Wartortle and hit him in the stomach, causing him to bend over and clutch his abdomen. Machop punched Gloom in the face and froze it on the spot.
"No! You are so USELESS!" shouted Europa. "Ugh! Use Giga Drain Wartortle, Gloom. You use Silver Wind on Machop."
"Focus Energy, Machop," I said. Machop tightened its focus and aimed at the opponents' weak spots.
"Use Water Gun again, but aim to the left of Venomoth," advised Blue. The Silver Wind blew to our right hand side and Wartortle shot another blast of water. It hit Venomoth squarely in the face and it flew backwards into the wall.
"You two are both so useless," said Europa. "I wonder why I keep you both sometimes… Use Sunny Day, Venomoth. Gloom, you use Solarbeam."
"Machop, Ice Punch on Gloom," I ordered. Machop started to charge up the ice on his hand.
"Bite Venomoth, Wartortle," said Blue. Wartortle ran over to Venomoth. Machop smashed his hand against Gloom's weak spot at the same time as Wartortle bit Venomoth on the wing. Venomoth fell to the ground and Wartortle stepped back, looking at Venomoth's swirly eyes. Machop walked back over to my side of the battlefield and Gloom stood there with swirly eyes, balanced upright by the ice caused by Ice Punch.
"NO! You… you must have cheated. You two are going to feel my wrath sometime," stuttered Europa. "Ugh… I'll be back to take you down."
"Yes, and we will have trained by then so expect the same result. Bye!" Blue kindly said. Europa and the grunts all ran for the exit. The boy with the rocks stood up and dusted himself off. He picked up the rocks from the floor and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Th-thank you. Here, ha-have one of these," he said, offering us one of the rocks he was holding on to. "It's one of the fossils needed on Cinnabar Island. If you take it there, you can restore it to its former glory."
"I'm sorry, what do you mean?" asked Blue.
"Oh, sorry. If revived, it can be used as a Pokémon. This is a Kabuto fossil," he said, showing us a rock with an outline of a domed shell and claw. He then showed us a rock with an outline of a spiral shell.
"I'm guessing this is Omanyte?" I asked. The boy nodded and held out the two fossils and asked us again which one we wanted.
"You were the one who did most of the work, you get to choose which one you want," offered Blue. I was stunned by his courteousness but accepted nonetheless. I pointed at the Kabuto fossil and he placed it into my hands. I looked at it for a second, thanked the boy and put the fossil into my bag.
"I wonder if Green has made it to the other side of the tunnel yet?" pondered Blue.
"Nope, but I'm right here!" said Green cheerfully. "Look at my new teammate! Say hello, Clefairy!"
"Clefairy!" said a little pink Pokémon with two small wings. It danced around on the floor and happily waved to Charmeleon, Pikachu and Machop. It then jumped up and smiled at Beedrill with a wide smile. They all waved and smiled back.
"He appeared to me next to a huge Moon Stone. Did you know there was a sign there? It says 'Ash was here, Gary is a loser'."
"Well, let's go to the Pokémon centre to heal up and rest," I said. "You never know, we might meet Ash or Gary someday." And with that, we headed to the exit of Mt. Moon and as such we were also headed to Cerulean City.
"Hey, there's a sign here. It says 'Gary was here, Ash is a loser'. I guess they were rivals then!"
Well there you have it. An evil team introduced (though it was expected really) and a new Pokemon for both Red and Green. I have an opportunity for an OC (in the fossil boy) and will accept any offers for: name, personality, hometown (optional), and party (team has to have one gen 2 pokemon and the rest gen 1)
Also don't forget to vote on the poll and take part in the forum. See you next time! Bye!