Chapter 11: Trouble at Mt. Moon

Roger and Kate are walking towards Mt. Moon to Cerulean City when they stumble upon two Pokémon. "Whoa!" Roger said. "The male and female Nidoran!" He scanned it with his Pokephone.

"Nidoran (male), the poison pin Pokémon. Nidoran males have ears that stiffen at any sign of danger. The barbs on their head release a powerful poison. Nidoran (female), the poison pin Pokémon. Nidoran doesn't like to fight, and doesn't need to either. One pinprick of its poisonous barbs can be fatal."

"Wow, cool!" Kate said. "I want the girl one!" She pulled out a pokeball.

"Good because I want the male one." Roger pulled out a pokeball.

"Go Jasper!" Kate threw a pokeball and Jasper appeared.

"Pikachu, let's go!" Roger threw a pokeball and Pikachu appeared.

"Ni ni!" The male Nidoran stepped up angrily.

"I will take care of this." Roger said. "Pikachu use thunderbolt!" The Nidoran was hit by thunderbolt.

The female Nidoran used double kick on Jasper. "Oh, no!" Kate said.

"Pikachu use thundershock on the female one!" Roger said. Pikachu tried but the male one hit him with peck. "Uh oh."

The male Nidoran used leer and the female Nidoran used growl on both of them. "That was a good combination." Kate said.

"I know." Roger said. "So we will just need a better one."

"Right, Jasper use thunder wave on both of them!" Kate said. The Nidoran were both paralyzed.

"Great." Roger said. "Now push the Nidoran next to each other." Roger said.

"Pika pi!" Pikachu pushed the male Nidoran next to the female one and walked next to Roger.

"Great now use volt tackle!" Roger commanded.

"Use quick attack!" Kate said. Both the Nidoran were slammed but still standing.

The male Nidoran went for peck and the female Nidoran used scratch.

"Dodge and use thunderbolt!" Kate and Roger said at the same time. Both Nidoran gave in. "Go pokeball!" Roger threw a pokeball at the male Nidoran and Kate threw a pokeball at the female Nidoran. Both pokeballs twitched three times and clicked. "We did it!"

"Pika pika!" Pikachu and Jasper cheered.

"Now we should go back to Pewter City so we can heal Pikachu and Jasper." Roger said.

"No you don't." Brock walked to them. "There is one right next to the entrance to Mt. Moon."

"Really?" Kate asked.

"Yeah, it's not too far from here." Brock said.

"Ok." Roger said. "But why are you here?"

"I'm also a Pokémon breeder." Brock explained. "I was just testing out some Pokémon food with some of the wild Pokémon. I also wanted to give you this." He handed Roger the TM rock slide.

"Wow I think Torchie can learn that move!" Kate said.

"Really?" Roger took the TM. "Torchie come out." He threw an orange pokeball and Torchie appeared.

"Torchic." Torchie jumped up onto Roger's shoulder.

"How about learning rock slide buddy?" Roger asked showing him the TM.

"Tor tor tor!" Torchie was excited to learn it.

"Great." Brock said. "Glad you like it. See you at the end of your journey." He left.

"Well, let's get going to Mt. Moon!" Kate said. They walked for about thirty minutes with Torchie, Pikachu, and Jasper and went to the Pokémon Center. Roger and Kate called back their Pokémon and gave Nurse Joy their pokeballs.

"Here you go." She gave them their pokeballs five minutes later. "Will you guys be staying overnight?"

"Nah." Roger said. "We will just travel through Mt. Moon."

"That is a very dangerous idea." Nurse Joy said. "Team Rocket is in there!"

"Really!" Kate said. "Why?"

"No one knows." Nurse Joy said. "But they told us that we are not allowed in until they are done working and it has been days."

"That's terrible." Roger said. "Go Torchie and Nidoran (male)!" He threw two pokeballs and Torchie and Nidoran (male) came out. "Guys today is a training day."

"Tor?" Torchie was surprised to see a Nidoran (male).

"Oh yeah." Roger said. "I forgot to show you our newest member that Pikachu helped me catch."

"Torchic tor!" Torchie greeted Nidoran (male).

"Ni ni!" Nidoran was happy with his new friend.

"You should come out too!" Kate threw her pokeball and Nidoran (female) appeared.

"Ni!" She ran to Nidoran.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Nurse Joy said.

"Well someone has to do it." Kate said. "See ya." They walked into the cave and saw Jason and Debra.

"Um what are you guys doing here?" Roger asked. "I thought you were in Team Shadow."

"Shh!" Jason said. "We are, but we are here to stop them."

"But why?" Kate asked.

"It was a mission." Debra said. "And they are trying to steal the Zubat here but I don't want them to. You see when I was a little girl I always came here and played with the Zubat. One day I found an injured one and decided to help her. She is the one I own and this was her home. Now you understand why I can't let Team Rocket hurt this place." She said tearing up.

"There, there Debra." Jason patted her back. "We are also doing this because we have a huge rivalry with Team Rocket."

"Well we want to help." Roger said.

"We do?" Kate asked.

"Why not?" Roger said. "We can save Zubat's old home and we can clear the path for every to go through Mt. Moon."

"Fine." Kate sighed. "We will help."

"It means a lot." Debra said. "We will call it truths for now."

"Hey! What are you doing here?" A Team Rocket Grunt ran to them. "Go Sandshrew!" Roger scanned it with his pokedex.

"I will handle this." Jason held out his pokeball. "Let's show them Bellsprout!"

"Use slash!" The grunt said.

"Use vine whip." Jason said calmly and the Sandshrew fainted. "Now use wrap on the grunt."

"Agh!" The Grunt struggled and passed out.

"Why did you do that?" Kate got mad. "You hurt him!"

"We can't have him running off telling people about us being here." Jason said digging through his pockets and taking empty pokeballs, some money, and some extra supplies.

"Now what are you doing?" Kate said.

"What? We are still criminals." Jason took the supplies.

"Whatever." Kate said. "Just call back your Bellsprout. If you don't want anyone knowing we are here I will use Bulbasaur, he knows sleep powder and won't hurt anyone while he is at it." Kate threw a pokeball and Bulbasaur appeared.

"Bellsprout knows it too." Jason said.

"We can't trust that thing!" Roger said. "Just look at his devilish face." Roger pointed at Bellsprout. His eyes were red and he was twitching insanely ready to maul everything that he is told to.

"Fine." Jason called back his Bellsprout. "We will use your Bulbasaur." They kept walking until another member showed up.

"Hey how did you get here?" The Grunt asked. "I will just stop you myself. Go Ekans!" Roger scanned the Pokémon with his Pokephone,

"Let's do this Nidoran (female)." Kate said.

"Use wrap!" The Grunt said.

"Dodge and use tail whip!" "Kate ordered. Ekans was slapped by Nidoran's tail lowering down his defense. "Now use double kick!" Nidoran repeatedly kicked Ekans and he gave in. "Now use sleep powder Bulbasaur!"

"No!" The Grunt was forced to sleep.

"See, isn't that better?" Kate said. "Now let's keep going." Then they hear the cry of a Pokémon.

"Ekans grip him tighter!" A grunt said. "So hear is the deal. You are gonna lead me to all the moon stones in this cave. If you do, you will be put in a pokeball instead of Ekans' cold hard tail. However if you don't we can find more ways to torture you." He chuckled.

"Moon stones?" Roger whispered. "He must be talking to a cleffa! Wait those don't live in Kanto, he is talking to a clefairy."

"We have to help it!" Kate whispered back. "There seems to be only one grunt there so we should be ok. Bulbasaur sweep her with vine whip!" Bulbasaur swept her off her feet and she fell down.

"How dare you!" The grunt said. "Ekans use poison sting!"

"Bulbasaur dodge and use tackle!" Kate said. Bulbasaur dodged them and tackled Ekans causing him to throw Clefairy into the air. "I will save you!" Kate caught Clefairy.

"We aren't done yet!" The Grunt said. "Use poison sting."

"Now use rock slide buddy!" Roger said. Rocks started pouring on Ekans and he gave in. "Wow that was cool!"

"Torchic tor!" Torchie was happy he nailed the move.

"Thanks Roger." Kate said. "Use sleep powder Bulbasaur." Bulbasaur spread powder on her forcing the grunt to fall asleep.

"Clefairy!" The Clefairy rubbed his on Kate's stomach as a thank you.

"No problem." She placed the Pokémon down. "You're free to go."

"Fairy!" The Pokémon walked away and came back with two moon stones. He handed one to Roger and one to Kate.

"No way!" Roger said. "Is that a moon stone?"

"I think so." Kate examined it. "It is, thank you Clefairy!"

"Hey, why didn't we get one?" Jason complained.

"Because maybe if you helped Clefairy he would give you one." Kate said.

"Another missed opportunity." He sighed.

"Don't worry, I have some at headquarters." Debra said. "I used to find some with my Zubat."

"Clefairy!" Clefairy wanted to help beat Team Rocket and followed Kate and Roger.

"Yeah sure you can come." Kate said. They were walking for twenty minutes and found another grunt.

"Leave, now or else you will face my Ratatta." The grunt said.

"It's your turn Nidoran (male)." Roger said.

"Ratatta use bite." The Grunt commanded.

"Dodge and use focus energy." Roger ordered. Nidoran jumped over Rattata and focused his energy. "Great now use tackle." Nidoran tackled Rattata and landed a critical hit. Rattata fainted.

"Just wait until I call back up!" He said.

"Not so fast." Kate said. "Bulbasaur use sleep powder." Bulbasaur sprayed powder at the grunt and he fell asleep.

While they were walking they found about fifty zubat trapped in cages. There was a man facing laughing. "Sooner or later you will be part of Team Rocket." He said.

"Look kids that is Commander Archer." Jason said. "He can be pretty dangerous so watch out." They approached the Commander.

"Hey what are you doing here, get lost!" The Commander said. "Wait a minute are you Team Shadow?"

"Yeah." Debra said. "Now let the Zubat go!"

"No!" He said. "Grimer destroy them!" He threw a pokeball and a grimer appeared.

"A grimer huh?" Roger scanned it with a Pokephone.

"Diglett go!" Jason threw a pokeball and a Diglett appeared. "Use dig!" Diglett underground.

"Use disable!" The Commander said. Diglett was forced out of the ground and was unable to use dig.

"Use slash! Diglett slashed at Grimer and he fainted. "Good job." He called back Diglett.

"Go Koffing!" The commander threw another Pokémon and a Koffing appeared.

"I should scan that one too." Roger scanned the Koffing with his Pokephone.

"You should give it a try Clefairy." Kate said. "Don't worry I'll help you."

"Clefairy!" Clefairy jumped up ready to battle.

"Use double slap." Kate said. Clefairy started to slap Koffing.

"Use tackle!" The Commander said. The Koffing tackled Clefairy but Kate caught her.

"Are you ok?" Kate asked.

"Clefairy!" Clefairy got up and moved her finger side to side.

"No way!" Roger said. "I know that move!"

"Yeah me too." Kate said. "Clefairy use metronome!" A ball of darkness appeared in Clefairy's hands.

"That's shadow ball!" Roger said. "Perfect against a poison type!"

"Clefairy use shadow ball!" Kate said. Clefairy threw the ball of darkness at Koffing and he gave in.

"Ok then." The Commander called back Koffing. "Take care of the Voltorb." He threw a pokeball and a Voltorb appeared. "Have fun beating this one."

"That's it!" Debra screamed. "I will destroy you and that Voltorb for the Zubat!" She threw a pokeball and her zubat appeared.

"Hah!" The Commander laughed. "Let's finish them. Use tackle!" Zubat was hit with tackle. "Now use thunder!" Voltorb shot Zubat with a powerful bolt of electricity.

"Come Zubat do if for your friends!" Debra cried.

"Bat?" Zubat noticed that his old friends were trapped in cages. "Zubat!" Zubat got angry and started to glow.

"No way." Jason said. "It's evolving." When the process was complete Zubat evolved into Golbat.

"Zubat?" Debra was surprised to see her Pokémon evolve. "Alright use bite!" Golbat lunged at Voltorb but his teeth turned purple and bit Voltorb.

"That's poison fang!" Kate said.

"Great." Debra said. "Now bite harder." Golbat bit harder and poisoned Voltorb and he gave in.

"No!" The Commander said.

Jason called out his Bellsprout. "Use sleep powder on Commander Archer!"

"What!" He tried to run but fell asleep.

Jason walked up to him with handcuffs. "We completed the mission." He cuffed the commander.

"Good." Debra said. "Now let's get everyone else and leave." As she was about to leave with Jason she turned around and looked at Roger and Kate. "Thank you for your help, but next time we see each other it won't be a good thing."

"Yeah." Roger said. "But can I scan Golbat before you leave?"

"Sure." She said. "Golbat smile."

Roger scanned Golbat with his Pokephone. "Thanks." He left with Kate and their Pokémon.

"Ok." Jason said. "We have all the Team Rocket members captive."

"Good." Debra said. "But what are we gonna do with the Zubat?"

"I have an idea." Jason said. "Let's let them join Team Shadow. That way Golbat can see the Zubat every day and we can get a raise!"

"Good idea." Debra said. "What do you think Zubat?"

"Bat bat!" The Zubat nodded.

"Then let's go!" She said. They left Mt. Moon with the Team Rocket captives and Zubat flying with them.

"Ok." Kate said. "Time for you to go." She said to Clefairy.

"Yeah, thanks for everything." Roger said. "But we have to get going to Cerulean City. Bye!"

"Clefairy!" Clefairy followed Kate.

"Huh?" Kate noticed Clefairy following her. "I don't get it. We made it out of Mt. Moon what now?"

"Fairy." Clefairy started rubbing his head on Kate's leg.

"Kate, I think Clefairy wants to come with us. I mean we did save her life." Roger said.

"You think so?" Kate asked. "Do you want to come with us?"

"Clefairy clefairy!" He nodded his head.

"Well come on!" She placed a pokeball down next to Clefairy.

"Clefairy!" He touched the pokeball and got in. The ball twitched three times and clicked.

"Yes I got a Clefairy!" She held up Clefairy's pokeball.

"Cool." Roger said. "Two Pokémon in one day." He scanned Clefairy's pokeball with his Pokephone.

"Clefairy, the fairy Pokémon. This is one of the most difficult Pokémon to find. It flies mostly at night, collecting moonlight on its wings." The Pokephone informed. Then it showed Clefairy's current moves and his ability, cute charm.

"Cool." Kate said.

"Yeah, we better hurry." Roger said. "Cerulean City is a couple of miles ahead. If we don't want to camp we should start running."

"Good idea." Kate said. They ran as fast as they could to Cerulean City, which is also the place where Roger will have his next gym battle.