This is the twenty-second chapter in the Pokemon Heroes story. This chapter really focuses on Gary's point of view rather than Ash's group. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the songs.

(Opening song)

The weather was beginning to get colder all of a sudden. The group could now see the snow clouds in the distance. Because it got colder, everyone decided that they should just wear some coats, or else they would just freeze to death (wearing the exact same clothing that they wore in the Christmas special). Ash was shivering.

"We haven't even gotten to the coldest part yet," said Brendan, "How come you're cold?"

"My coat isn't thick enough to be in this type of weather," said Ash.

"Then why didn't you get a bigger jacket?" asked May, "We did tell you a lot that we were going to get into some extreme weather." When they kept on walking, they finally got by a cave. The cave would lead them towards the snowy part of the mountain.

"Do we really have to go in there?" asked Ash.

"Come on," said Brendan, "Of course we have to." The three went into the cave. Ash hesitated to move. Pikachu put its paw against Ash's cheek to make him move.

"Pika," said Pikachu.

"Fine," said Ash. Ash then walked into the cave, ready to get the greatest coldness experience of his life.

Gary and Team Rocket

It was a sunny day. The flying Pokemon were flying in the sky. Gary came out of a smoothie store, with a shake in his hand. He had sunglasses and he was sipping his shake through a straw. He was in Celadon City, far from where Ash was. He pulled the sunglasses out form his eyes and looked around.

"I could just rest here for a day, than I would keep going," said Gary, "Now where's a good place to sleep? I don't want to even get near the Pokemon Center. I bet Ash would be there." He put his sunglasses against his eyes once again and started to walk. While he was walking, he saw an old lady rocking on her chair while knitting something. When Gary walked by, the old lady called towards him.

"Excuse me young man," said the old lady (You may imagine what she looks like), "Have you seen my granddaughter anywhere."

"Sorry lady," said Gary, "But I don't know what you're talking about."

"But she was supposed to be here yesterday," said the lady, "You see, she's all grown up now. She hasn't come yet. She lives in Snowpoint City, where it is very cold, so I'm knitting her a sweater."

"I don't know where your granddaughter is," said Gary again, "I'm a stranger. How am I supposed to know her?"

"Everyone around these parts are supposed to know her," said the old lady, "You see, she's a—" But she didn't finish because Gary started to walk away.

"Fine then," said the old lady, "Tell me if you see her please." Gary just ignored her. He then found a Pokemon Center and decided that he was just going to sleep there for a while. He threw away his drink and ordered a room.

Ash's group has now made it further into the snowy part of the mountain. It was a blizzard, so the group had to stay close together. Ash was shivering even more, and he started to sneeze now and then.

"Are you serious?" said Dawn, "How the hell did you even get that sick so fast?"

"How come you were able to get up Mt. Coronet with that coat?" asked Brendan, "You came back in perfect health."

"I didn't notice the cold," said Ash, "I was too busy trying to find the staff that I didn't care."

"How about you don't care now?" asked May, "Think about the sun or something." Ash tried it, but instead of feeling warm, he just felt as if he wanted the sun to come out so bad. He chuckled and fell down, face first, into the snow. Everyone stopped and looked back. Brendan sighed.

"This may take a while," said Brendan.

On the Team Rocket ship, Giovanni was organizing and planning as to what to do when Team Rocket actually gets into Snowpoint City. He didn't want any distractions. He needed to get the gym leader out of the way first. He pressed a button on his intercom and it started to ring. In seconds, a grunt picked up.

"Yes sir?" asked the grunt.

"I want you to tell me where the gym leader in Snowpoint City, Candice, is right now," said Giovanni.

"Yes sir," said the grunt. There was silence while the grunt looked into the Team Rocket computers to get information on Candice.

"Sir, because of grunts undercover in Snowpoint City," said the grunt, "I can see that they have sent in that Candice has left Snowpoint City. She left about three days ago. It's all clear."

"Do they know where she headed?" asked Giovanni.

"She has headed towards Celadon City," said the grunt, "She was supposed to get there already. She must've disappeared or something."

"I can't be too careful," said Giovanni, "I want you to send my children and their Meowth towards Celadon City and tell them to wait for Candice to get there. Once she gets there, kill her right away. Tell them that they can bring as many grunts as they like, and also any machine. Gym leaders are very high leveled trainers."

"Yes sir," said the grunt. Giovanni then shut the intercom off and stared out through the large glass window and looked at the sky.

"Good," said Giovanni, "Next: Ash Ketchum."

After about three hours, Gary woke up from his nap and went outside of the Pokemon Center. It was still early, so he decided that maybe he could just get out of the city now. He started to walk so that he could find the exit of the city. It was really hard for him to find the exit of every single city that he went to. He asked people, and they pointed him towards the direction, only that he figured that he still got lost. He looked around. He started to walk again, but he saw the same old lady that he met before. Looks like she was buying some fruit at a fruit stand. Gary didn't want to be bothered by her, so he started to walk away, but he was too late.

"It's you again," said the old lady, "Seems like you haven't gotten out of town yet. Good for you. Have you seen my granddaughter yet?" Gary just ignored her and started to walk away, but the old lady stared to still follow him. He thought that maybe he could sidetrack her to get her off his back. He went towards a man (The man looks white, somewhere in his thirties, and has a wavy haircut. He was holding a suitcase and was wearing a suit. He was wearing black shoes and black pants. He was wearing a black vest, with a white buttoned shirt under it and a white tie that had black dots all over it). Gary tapped the man on the shoulder.

"What do you want kid?" asked the man.

"Excuse me," said Gary, "but I think this old lady over here is talking to you."

"No I'm not," said the old lady, "I am talking to you young man." The man groaned.

"I have somewhere to be kid," said the man, "Get out of my way." The man then walked past Gary. Gary touched the bottom part of his sword on his back, as if he was about to pull it out, but he changed his mind and just let it go. He started to walk away once again.

"Young man," said the old lady "I have to know where she is. What if something happened to her?" Gary started to get annoyed and started to speed walk, but the old lady just still kept up. He then broke into a run. Surprisingly, the old lady stared to run as well. Now Gary was freaked out.

"What the hell's wrong with this woman?" thought Gary.

In a helicopter, that had the initials TR on the side of it, were the Team Rocket trio. They had a mission to get into Celadon City and make sure that Candice doesn't make it there. They didn't want her to see them coming, so they landed the helicopter on the outskirts of the city.

"Let's get this over with," said James, "I want to be there when Team Rocket gets into Snowpoint City."

"Well forget about it," said Meowth, "This is orders from the boss."

"But why did we have to go?" whined Jesse, "Fine, let's get this shit over with. Do you have the robot that we could use?"

"Of course," said Meowth as he pulled out a small box from his hand.

"Let's go," ordered Jesse to the other grunts. They all then put on disguises and walked towards the city. When they got into the city entrance, James stopped them all.

"Remember," ordered James, "If you see Candice, don't engage in combat. Contact the others. Just keep watching over her until the others get there."

"Yes sir," said all of the grunts, and they all then walked into the city, not knowing that Gary was already in there.

Ash's group was all still walking in the snowstorm. Ash was on Brendan's back, and Pikachu was on top of Brendan's head. It got colder. Ash seemed as though he must've passed out. Sometimes, he just blurted something random out.

"How long are we going to get there?" asked Dawn as she and May were holding on to each other, "I think that I'm beginning to get chills now."

"Me too," said May. Unlike the others, Brendan was acting normal. He wasn't shivering at all.

"How come you're not cold?" asked Dawn, "May wears a thicker coat than you, and even she's cold." Brendan's thought bubble burst of Dawn and him at the beach together. He turned back towards the girls and now he looked as though he was cold.

"I'm doing what May told Ash before," said Brendan, "I'm just thinking about stuff."

"That works?" asked May.

"I like to eat food," blurted Ash, "I hate it when food isn't cooked all the way through. Did I mention that I love to eat food?"

"Shut up," said Brendan, "Maybe if we all just talk about something else, it'll get our mind off of the cold."

"Okay," said Dawn, "What are we even going to talk about?"

"I hate Gary," blurted Ash out again.

"Shut the fuck up or else I'll drop you and leave you out here to die in the cold," said Brendan.

"I know this guy," said Ash, "He has white hair and his name's Brendan. Sometimes, he's just a total bitch."

"That's it!" said Brendan. He dropped Ash towards the ground and was about to attack him, but Dawn and May were able to hold him back. Pikachu just sighed and went by the dazed Ash's head.

"I think May's hot," said Ash in a very low voice, so that no one could hear him, except Pikachu.

Back in Celadon City, Gary was finally able to outrun the old lady. He breathed heavily and continued to look for the exit of the city. After a while, he finally found it.

"Finally!" said Gary, "I can get out of this shitty city." Before he got out, he saw someone walking down the street, but Gary couldn't see his face, since he was a wearing a long brown coat that covered his whole body and mouth. He was wearing a big hat, so Gary didn't see what kind of hair he had on. The man looked suspicious, but Gary didn't care. He just wanted to get the hell out of the city. Suddenly, an old man (You may imagine what he looks like) bumped into the suspicious man and dropped all of the grocery bags that he had in his hands. The suspicious man grabbed the old man by the collar and started to yell in the old man's face. He looked as though he was about to hurt the old man. Gary just sighed. He wanted to leave, but he didn't want to see an old man get hurt. He took out his sword from its sheath and walked over to the two.

"Put the old man down," said Gary and he pointed the blade towards the man. The man let go of the old man and the old man fell towards the ground. The suspicious man then walked up to Gary, looking down on him.

"Did you just tell me what to do kid?" said the man, "Looks like you want to—" But he didn't finish because Gary jumped up and side-kicked the man in the face. The man flew towards the ground, and his coat and hat came off. It was a Team Rocket grunt. The kick knocked him out. Gary saw the initials TR on his shirt.

"Team Rocket?" said Gary, "Why the hell are they even doing here?" The old man stood up and grabbed all of his groceries.

"Thank you," said the old man and he started to run away. Gary continued to look at the initials.

"I've heard of Team Rocket," thought Gary "But why the hell are they even doing here? Are there more of them? I can't be too careful and risked every single person in this town into getting hurt." Gary put his sword back into its sheath and ran back into the city, looking for more Team Rocket members.

Jesse, James, and Meowth were all walking together, looking for Candice. Meowth was holding some sort of tracker in his hand that makes him know whether Candice made it into town and one of the grunts actually fights with her. It had dots all over the screen, showing where the grunts are. When they disappeared, that means that their knocked out. A dot disappeared from Meowth's screen.

"What?" said a surprised Meowth.

"What is it?" asked Jesse as James and she looked at the screen also, and they all saw dots disappearing one by one.

"What the fuck!" said James, "Does that mean Candice is here? I thought I told those grunts not to engage in fighting!"

"Maybe," said Meowth, "At least one of them could've listened. The dots just keep on disappearing. That could mean Candice is here, or Ketchum is in town."

"Ketchum?" said James, "That boy always gets in our way. Whatever it is, they must be killed. Tell the remaining grunts to stop disguising and attack." Jesse pulled up her sleeve and there was a small intercom on her wrist.

"Attention all Team Rocket members," said Jesse, "Destroy the city. The gym leader or Ketchum is in town. Kill whichever is it on sight." Suddenly, all around the city, the grunts took off their disguises and took out their Pokemon and their guns. The grunts started to rampage all over the city. The trio also took off their own disguises and Jesse released Arbok and James released Cacturne from their Pokeballs. They also started to look for the source of the beating of the other Team Rocket members. They also caused havoc, and Meowth continued to look at the small device in his hand. Once again, the dots started to disappear. The screaming of the civilians started to calm down. After a few minutes, all of the dots were gone.

"What!" yelled Meowth, "Who the hell is doing this!" Suddenly, they felt as though someone was watching them. They felt it from behind them. When they looked back, they saw Gary staring at them. He had his sword in his hand. Right next to him was Electibuzz and Nidoking.

"Get out of our way kid," said James, "You don't want to get hurt, do you?"

"I won't move until you basterds stops torturing this city," said Gary as he pointed the sword towards the three, "I have already stopped all of your teammates. Looks like you guys are the last ones I need to finish off."

"You're the one that beat the others?" said a surprised Jesse, "You're just a kid! Wait. Are you with Ketchum and his group of twerps?"

"Ketchum?" said Gary, "You mean Ash? What does Ash have to do with you guys? I don't really need to ask that since I know that Ash always gets into trouble."

"Once again, get out of our way," said James, "We're just going to have to kill you if you don't move! Don't you dare try to act like Ketchum!" Gary seemed to be offended by that and stared at the trio more fiercely.

"Don't you ever, ever compare me to Ash Ketchum ever again," said Gary coldly and he took out two more Pokeballs and released Eevee and Arcanine.

"Bring it!" said Jesse as Arbok came by her side, and Cacturne came by James's side.

"Eevee, take care of that Meowth," said Gary, "Everyone else, make sure that you stay by me."

"Eevee," said Eevee excitedly.

"You think that you can just put me with a weak Pokemon like that!" yelled Meowth and he extended his claws, "Well you got another thing coming kid!" Meowth then tried to use scratch on Eevee, but Eevee just dodged every single hit. When Meowth was open Eevee opened its mouth and use shadow ball close ranged towards Meowth. It blew him away. When he stood up, he saw Eevee heading towards him again. This time, Eevee started using scratch. It scratched Meowth multiple times. When it stopped, Meowth was scratched all over. Meowth looked like it was going to fall towards the ground, but struggled to stand up. He was all woozy and is body wavered back and forth. Eevee than just blew and Meowth fell down. Gary then returned Eevee back to its Pokeball.

"One down," said Gary, "Two to go."

"Fuck you!" said James, "Cacturne, use Pin needle!" Cacturne used pin needle and shot a bunch of needles towards Gary, but Nidoking went in front of them all and blocked all of the hits.

"That's it?" said Gary, "I thought Team Rocket was supposed to be feared. Nidoking, use Hyper Fang!" Nidoking then turned back and used hyper fang on Cacturne and was able to slam Cacturne on the ground. It then put its foot on it so that it couldn't move.

"Use Hyper Beam!" ordered Gary. Nidoking then opened its mouth and launched a hyper beam on Cacturne straight on. Cacturne fainted. Nidoking put its foot off of Cacturne and kicked it towards James. It slammed against James and he fell down. He was able to return Cacturne to its Pokeball. Gary returned Nidoking to its Pokeball as well.

"Shit," said James.

"Damn you kid," said Jesse, "Arbok, use Sludge Bomb!" Arbok shot a gooey sludge towards Gary.

"Electibuzz, use Thunderpunch on that thing," ordered Gary. Electibuzz charged up electricity in its hands and it just broke through the sludge bomb, destroying it, leaving Jesse surprised.

"Electibuzz, use Thunder and Arcanine, use Flamethrower on that Arbok!" ordered Gary. Both Pokemon used their own respective attacks at Arbok. Both attacks launched it towards the sky.

"Electibuzz, finish it off with Thunderpunch!" ordered Gary. Electibuzz jumped towards the sky and hit Arbok multiple times with thunderpunches. It then slammed Arbok back towards the ground right by Jesse. Jesse then returned Arbok to its Pokeball.

"How the hell are we even going to beat someone like this?" said Jesse. She then felt a tugging down at her shoes. She looked down and saw Meowth trying to get her attention. Meowth showed her a box.

"Jesse," said Meowth weakly, "This." Jesse took the box and smiled.

"Time to die kid," said Jesse. She then threw the box towards the ground and it popped open. Smoke appeared. When the smoke finally cleared up, Gary saw that the trio had somehow went inside of a big robot that was so big and it looked like a Bulbasaur.

"What the fuck?" said Gary.

"Never mess with Team Rocket kid," said Jesse. The robotic Bulbasaur then suddenly lashed a vine whip towards Gary. Gary jumped towards the side and dodged it with his two Pokemon.

"Electibuzz, use Thunder and Arcanine, use Flamethrower," said Gary. Both Pokemon attacked, but it seemed like it did no damage towards the robot. It lashed out another vine whip, and this time, it hit. When the dust cleared, Gary was still standing, but his other two Pokemon were now fainted. He returned them both.

"How do you like me now?" mocked Jesse, and the robot lashed out another vine whip. It attacked Gary again. Gary was now on the ground, badly beaten. The robot was about to attack with another vine whip, but the old lady that Gary met before suddenly showed up.

"Why the hell are you doing here?" said Gary, "Get out."

"I don't like seeing people get hurt," said the old lady and she looked towards Team Rocket, "How dare you even think about hurting poor innocent lives! What have we ever done to you?" Jesse groaned with annoyance.

"I'm tired of distractions," said Jesse, "Just die!" A vine whip was lashed out again. The old lady still stood right in front of Gary, standing her ground. Gary was too weak to stand up and get the old lady out of the way. Before the vine whip hit, something from the sky came out of nowhere and slammed on top of the vine whip, breaking it in half. When the dust cleared, Candice, the Snowpoint City gym leader, was there. She was on top of an Abomasnow. She looked really pissed.

"Who the fuck has been messing with my second favorite city?" said Candice. When she looked back, she saw Jesse, James, and Meowth.

"Team Rocket?" said Candice, "I should've known."

"You're Candice!" said James, "We have orders to kill you on sight! Surrender now or die!"

"I would've been able to get here earlier," said Candice, "If not I was attacked by a group of Abomasnows. I was able to fend them off, and I also got one as well." She looked back towards the fallen Gary, who still tried to get up.

"Don't worry," said Candice, "I can take it from here. Abomasnow, use Ice Beam on that big thing!" Abomasnow then faced the huge robotic Bulbasaur and launched a powerful ice beam and it was able to push the robot back. It froze the bottom of it, so the robot couldn't move.

"How dare you!" yelled Meowth, "Looks like you want a piece of this!" He pressed a button, and a huge cannon appeared from the bulb that was behind the robot's back. It opened up and it started to gain sun power. In seconds, it shot out a solarbeam towards the three.

"Abomasnow," said Candice, "Use a powerful Ice Beam again!" Abomasnow shot out another ice beam and it collided with the solarbeam. Suddenly, the solarbeam froze, and it just broke into pieces.

"Shit," said James.

"Now finish it off with Shear Cold!" said Candice. The Abomasnow then surrounded itself with frost and snow, and then it shot out a huge blast of frost towards the robot (I think that's how that move goes).

BOOM!

After the smoke cleared up, Jesse, James, and Meowth were able to get out of the rubble that was once their robot.

"I can't believe this," said Jesse, "We lost that quickly." The trio looked towards Candice, and they saw that she was staring angrily at them, giving them chills down their spines.

"Now get," said Candice, "Don't even think about coming here ever again!" The trio then pulled out a small box, which they opened, and out popped a jetpack. They put it on and flew towards the sky.

"Too late," said James, "Even if we didn't beat you, Team Rocket is still going towards Snowpoint City. After we get what we need, we'll destroy the city and finally get the final piece we need to make us more powerful. If you go now, you'll be too late."

"Shut up James!" said Meowth, "We weren't supposed to tell them that."

"Adios suckers," said Jesse. They then flew away. Gary finally was able to stand up. He heard what they said. He looked towards Candice.

"Finally," said Candice.

"Thank Arceus that you made it here Candice," said the old lady as she took Candice and pinched her cheeks, "You still look as beautiful as ever."

"Grandma, stop," said a flattered Candice as she got away from her grandma's pinches and blushed. Gary just looked at them, blushing with embarrassment.

"What the hell," thought Gary, "Did she even here what Team Rocket said? She is that city's gym leader. Her family must be made out of crazy people."

Ash's group was still trying to be able to get through the snowstorm that they still were in. Ash gained consciousness and was able to walk by himself now, but he was still shivering. Brendan was looking at the map.

"Are we there yet?" asked Ash.

"I don't know," said Brendan.

"What!" said Dawn, "Then why are you even holding that map?"

"This map doesn't show a route through here," said Brendan, "It just tells you that we have to go through here. I'm just distracting myself by looking at the places we have to go to."

"So we're just wandering until we find a way out?" said May.

"Yep," said Brendan.

"Arceus, help me," pleaded Ash in his mind.

After talking to her grandma for a few minutes, Candice finally put on a serious face.

"Sorry Grandma," said Candice, "But I have to go. Team Rocket said that they're going to destroy my city. My city! I'm going over there to kick their butts. I'll visit as soon as I'm done."

"Now you noticed," thought Gary. Candice then took out a Pokeball and returned Abomasnow. She pulled out another one and released Dodorio. She hopped on it. She then looked towards Gary.

"You coming?" asked Candice.

"Why?" said Gary, "This thing is not my problem. I have my own journey I have to go to lady."

"Okay," said Candice, "But you could come. You tried to protect this city from Team Rocket, maybe you could help me stop Team Rocket in Snowpoint City. Think about it. Dodorio, Fly!" Dodorio then flew up in the sky and headed towards the direction of Snowpoint City. Gary watched her go, and turned to walk away, but the old lady was there.

"Thank you for saving my city," said the old lady, "Please go with my granddaughter. There will be people's lives at stake." She then took out a blue sweater from her bag and gave it to Gary.

"If you're planning on going, please take this," said the old lady, "I forgot to give it to my granddaughter, but you look like you need it more." Gary took it. He now felt guilty for not going.

"Damn you guilt," thought Gary. Within seconds, he released Skarmory from its Pokemon and he flew away towards Candice's direction. The old lady watched him go.

"Good luck," said the old lady, "May Arceus bless us all."

Ash's group has made it into a cave, where they thought that they should rest for a few hours.

"Finally," said Ash, "Warmth." They continued to walk deeper in the cave, and it began to get less cold than it was outside. Suddenly, they saw light. When they went further, they came out of the cave, but they were not in the snowstorm. They were in Snowpoint City.

"That was convenient," said Brendan.

"We made it," said Ash, "I'm going to the Pokemon Center now!" Ash then broke into a run towards the Pokemon Center, with his other friends trying really hard to catch up.

Giovanni sat on his chair and waited for news about Candice. The doors slid open, and James, Jesse, and Meowth came in. Giovanni turned his chair to face them.

"What happened to Candice?" asked Giovanni.

"We're sorry father," said James, "but we failed. A boy around Ketchum's age and Candice stopped us."

"But we were able to stall them long enough for them not to make it to Snowpoint City in time," said Jesse, "By the time Candice gets there, the city will already be destroyed." Giovanni then turned his chair back towards the window.

"You're right," said Giovanni, "There will be no more distractions." Suddenly, his intercom rang, and he picked it up.

"What is it?" said Giovanni.

"Sir, we've made it into Snowpoint City," said the grunt. Suddenly, the ship broke through the clouds, and they saw Snowpoint City. Giovanni smiled.

"It's time," said Giovanni as he took out Mewtwo's Master Ball and threw it up and down in his hand, "Team Rocket will now rule the world. And no one will get in our way."

(Ending song)

Next time on Pokemon Heroes: Team Rocket has made an all-out attack on Snowpoint City so that they'll be able to release Regigigas so that they'll get more powerful, but Ash and his friends are going to stop them. They're going to have to give it all that they got in order to stop Team Rocket once and for all, leading up to the final fight between Ash and Giovanni. Will they save Snowpoint City, or will Team Rocket have their way? Next time: The Final Fight Part 1

That was that chapter. Next chapter will finally start the final fight with Team Rocket. I might make a poll or something, just for the fun of it, but I don't know what question I should be asking. Next chapter will be up next week, since I'm still busy. See you next week!

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