CHAPTER SIX

Scepter ran as fast as he could away from the human, his dad told him about Trainers in all black with a red R in the middle, they were not Trainers, but evolved forms, as he called it, they were Rockets, Trainers who abuse theirs and other Trainer's Pokemon for nothing but the fun of it. Some even go so far as to torture them to the brink of death with their crazy experiments. Evina tried to get away, but she was exhausted by the Wrap attack and she along with Emmy met in the bag he was storing any released Pokemon in. The Rocket Grunt did not even notice him.

"Evina!" he whispered. He had to rescue his sister and new friend, but how? As soon as the two humans were gone, he was about to make a run to find them, when he noticed something, or nothing on the shelves. The Pokeballs were gone! Every single one on the shelves were taken by those thieves! He was horrified to wonder why they wanted Evina.

Out of nowhere he felt an extremely strong wind, he grabbed the nearest metal pole and hung for his life. He slowly peeked at what was causing that wind, and witnessed the Rockets jumping out of an emergency exit. Scepter knew he had to follow them, but it was so far down…

"For my sister…" he whispered. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and released his grip from the metal pole, allowing the emergency exit to push him out of the airplane and drop him from thousands and thousands of feet. He refused to open his eyes but made himself calm down. A few moments later, he expected to be close to the ground by now, he gathered enough courage to open an eye. Big mistake. He saw that the ground still looked teeny-tiny from down below, and that caused him to freak out.

"AAAAAAAAAAGH! WHY AM I DOING THIS? SWEET ARCEUS IM SUCH A STUPID POKEMON! GAAAAH!"

He clawed at the air, flapped his arms in an attempt to fly, and wished as hard as he could that his evolution would be a Flying-type. Suddenly he felt a pair of stubby paws and a long tail wrap around him, he looked up to see Spark above him, holding Scepter as if he was protecting him.

"What…why…why are you doing this?" he asked, still scared that he was till falling.

"Those Rockets stole my trainer's Pokemon," Spark answered, yelling through the wind rushing upon the two of them, "my family…and I need to rescue them as much as you! Now brace for impact, we're almost at the ground!"

Scepter shut his eyes as tight as he could. It felt like someone punched him in the back, but he was still conscious. He opened his eyes and staggered to his feet, but ended up falling back down, he tried again, but the same thing happened. It took a few tries, but he eventually mustered all the strength he could to walk. He saw an Oran Bush and plucked the ripest one out. He was about to eat it until he saw Spark lying on the ground, looking a lot more hurt than he did. He looked at the berry, then at Spark, then nodded. He staggered over to the Raichu and put the berry down on the ground. Spark opened his eyes and slowly ate the berry, getting a little better, but not by much.

"Why did you do that for me?" Scepter asked after Spark finished eating.

The Raichu slowly sat up, "Well…besides the fact I'm 40 levels higher than you and more capable of withstanding such a far fall, with the Seismic Toss attack and all…I wanted to help you reunite with Evina. She needs to find herself, and you are the only one that can help her, Scepter. You're her brother."

"…"

"I understand, as a brother of five, that you usually want to rescue her from trouble just because she gets into them. She doesn't mean to, Scepter. She is not a stupid kid," Spark stood up, "I'd tell you more, but if we don't hurry up, you may not have a sister anymore."

"Right," Scepter said, "lets go!"

Evina sat in the far corner of her dusty, dirty cage. It smelled horrible, and she refused to look and explore any further inside, for the first thing she saw when a Rocket Grunt threw her into the cage was red stains all over the walls and some of the bars. Her ears were soon assaulted by the horrible screeching of a Pokemon in pain. She covered her ears and felt tears form in her eyes. She rarely ever showed her emotions let alone cried, and she felt weak when the tears spilled out from her eyes and dropped onto the cold floor.

"Brother…" she whimpered, "help me…help Emmy…wherever you are…"

She felt something touch her head, looking up she saw that it was a vine that lead to the cage across from her. She followed it and saw the owner of the vine: an old Venusaur, who looked tired and fragile. She used the vine to wipe away Evina's tears and then put them away.

"Dear child," the Venusaur whispered, "did those Rockets hurt you? You look dirty and you're red all over."

"I'm scared…" she said, her voice trembling, "I don't know where I am nor do I know where my friend Emmy is…"

"Awww, little one…what is your name?"

"Evina," she answered.

"Evina…what a pretty name for a little Pokemon like you. How did you get into this mess?"

"I…I just wanted to find my family…" Evina cried, "I was born far away from my home, and…and…I don't want to die!"

"You won't die, Evina. You're a new Pokemon to the Rockets. Most likely, they'll study you, what Pokemon you are, and then put you on experiments. Their main boss would NOT want to see a priceless Pokemon like you get hurt."

"What about Emmy?"

"Emmy, too."

Evina smiled, this Venusaur was making her feel comfortable in what most Pokemon would call a torture chamber. Suddenly she heard footsteps, and she shrunk right back into her little corner. They opened her cage and grabbed her by the tail, then threw her like someone would throw away a used up doll into the Venusaur's cage. Since most Venusars were territorial, the Rockets thought that she would rip the little Tsutarja to shreds, when actually, when they left, she embraced her, comforting her under her vines. Evina sniffled, more hurt because of her tail and the way they threw her than her fright. She cuddled up to the Venusaur, feeling very comfortable with her, maybe it was because she was a Grass-type like her, maybe it was because of her Sweet Scent she was using to calm Evina down even more, but she just felt safe and happy in this hole.

"This should be the place," Spark said after he and Scepter did an hour of walking, "I've been to these places before, the Pokemon cages are usually up all the way up there."

Scepter looked up and groaned when he saw how tall it was. Not even a Gyarados could peek in there! He might as well give it a shot, though. He backed away a little and ran as fast as he could, then he jumped and gripped onto the walls, but the walls were so smooth that the hooks on his hands and feet just slid right off of them. He tried again, but it was in vain. He did it again, and he failed yet again.

"This is so frustrating…" Scepter moaned, "We're never going to get up there. We can't use the main entrance or we'll get caught for sure."

"We can't give up now!" Spark said, "Your sister…"

"I know, I know," Scepter interrupted. He looked up at the window hopelessly, there was no way he could get to her now, the building was too slippery, even for a Treeko like him! He looked at the tree in front of the building and saw that one of the branches was directly below the window; it was like it was made just for a Pokemon with good jumping skills to use.

Suddenly he had an idea.

Scepter slowly backed away as far as he could without losing sight of the building, once he got to the spot he wanted, he started focusing, once in full focus, he ran as fast as he could, but as he did, he felt the strangest feeling…like he was growing.

"For my sister!"

The slight growing pains got a little stronger. He noticed he was running faster, the bushes that used to be taller than him were steadily shrinking, and Spark looked at him in amazement, was his determination really that awesome to him? Or was it something else…

Once he reached the building, he jumped as far as he could. The height of the jump caught him off-guard, he never went this high before! He aimed for the tree, jumped, and then crashed into the glass window. He made it, though he was at the Boiler Room rather than the prison. He looked down at Spark and heard him say:

"I'll try to rescue any Pokemon on the other side of this place! You concentrate on rescuing you sister, Scepter! Good luck with your new body!"

Wait, good luck with your new body? What did he mean by that? He turned to face a small machine shiny enough for him to see his reflection and he gasped in shock.

He was a Grovyle.

He had no time to get used to this new form; he had a sister to rescue! He walked as quietly as he could until he reached the door where the cages were held, and then he got in there fast, for the heat was becoming too much for him. What he saw was far beyond the word "unbearable", he saw an Ursaring mutter something about her baby, a male Nidoran who was "de-horned", Pikachu, among other Electric-types, completely out of electricity; they used it all up to try to weaken the metal bars, a Roselia with her rose petals falling off, and a Blastoise with his cannons all clogged to prevent him from using them. That was only a few of what he saw, but he wished to never see it again.

"Evina?" he said out loud, "Evina, are you in here?" he kept on walking, ignoring the hurt, sometimes dead, Pokemon in the other cages. He soon reached the old Venusaur, still cuddling the little snake in her vines.

"Evina!" he cried, "How did you…"

"The Rockets threw her in here, thinking I would have her as a treat," she said, "she is fortunately safe and sound."

Evina opened her eyes and turned to see the Grovyle. She slowly got out of the Venusaur's vines and very cautiously went to the metal bars, her eyes on Scepter the whole time.

"S…Scepter?"

The Grovyle nodded and put a hand on the bars, Evina, with her short arms, could not reach, so she went closer and put her little hand where Scepter's hand was.

"My brother…you've really grown."

"I'll get you out of here if it's the last thing I do, Evina. In fact…" he turned to the other cages, "we need to free them all. It's not right to have a Pokemon trapped like this, not right at all."

"What are we waiting for? You should know Leaf Blade, right?" Evina asked.

"Let's find out," and with that, he focused on that one attack, and soon the leaves on his wrists glow a bright green and formed into a curved blade, and he then struck the lock, shattering it instantly and freeing the Grass Pokemon.

"Come on! We still need a few more trips to go!" he yelled out as he was about to do the same thing to the other cages, but was stopped by the trio that got them captured in the first place.

"You three ain't goin' nowhere," the Zangoose said harshly, "not unless you get past me."

"That can be arranged!" the Venusaur said as shot out her vines and smacked the Zangoose hard enough for him to slam onto the bars and knock himself out. The Crobat flew to the Venusaur to use Poison Fang on her, but it failed when Evina jumped up on her head and performed a Razor Leaf to catch him off guard, then the Venusaur used Stun Spore to paralyze him. All that was left was the Arbok, who sprayed a thick, purple acid on Evina, which burned her enough to lose her focus, and then he used his long tail to whack her against the bars just like the Zangoose. She struggled to get up, and the Arbok was just about to spray his acid again until Scepter slashed him with his Leaf Blade, knocking him out with a comical shocked look on his face.

Evina shook off her wounds as much as she could. She sighed before regaining herself, then said, "Come on, we have Pokemon to free."

Scepter nodded and used his Leaf Blade to destroy any locks on any cage he could find. The Pokemon he thought were dead got up, they just did not have enough strength nor will to get out before. The Grovyle soon heard a familiar voice:

"Ey, look who's all growed up, huh?" Jaws said as he ran with the rest of his team, including Spark, to help them, "Let's get all dese Pokemon outta here!"

So they did, and any Rocket that tried to stop them were easily defeated by any high-level Pokemon that was closest to them, and any Rocket Pokemon cowered at the increasing mob that was forming. All of the Pokemon were more than happy to see the exit, which the Fighting-types, with Gale leading, smashed open. Scepter, who was the last one out, turned to see an Electrode just standing there. Before he could even ask, the Electrode grew brighter and brighter, Scepter yelped and ran for it, he soon heard the Pokemon yell out, "ALL TOGETHER, BROTHERS!" and all of the sections of the hideout exploded into rubble and ash. Scepter did not have to assume that the Electrode had others in other rooms to use the Explosion technique on, but he feared that the Pokemon may not have made it…

…and yet they did, they rolled out of the rubble, a little damaged, but other than that, they were in one piece. Scepter smiled and motioned for them to follow him where they went deep into a forest.

"Why didn't we think of that sooner?" the Roselia said happily as she enjoyed the cool water in one of the puddles.

"I think it was because we were all afraid of the Rocket Trainers and their big guns and their hats…it had to be the hats," a Persian answered, "it was definitely the hats."

Scepter was happy and very proud of himself and his sister that they made it out alive with all the Pokemon with them. He saw some running off, maybe to look for their trainers, and others who were reunited with their loved ones, like the Ursaring with her baby Teddiursa, who she hugged like it was her lifeline, sobbing in happiness that they were together again. Then it dawned on him…where was Emmy? She was captured with Evina, right? Well, he got his answer when he soon heard:

"EMOOOOONNNGA!"

Then was tackled onto the ground, he laughed along with her.

"I'm so glad! Spark told me of your evolution and I was so excited to see your new form once I got out of there!" Emmy smiled, her little buck-tooth showing, "You would make your mother proud."

Mother…that was right! They had to get to Isshu to find Evina's real parents! He looked around to find the Tsutarja and saw her being motioned by the old Venusaur to come closer.

"My dear…you have a lot of fighting spirit in you, and you seem well off enough for me to teach you a certain move that was passed down to my family for generations on. My granddaughter knows this move, and I think you should learn it, too."

"Why not Scepter?" Evina asked, "He's a Grovyle."

"That is so, and because of that, he is too late to learn this, and must be a Sceptile to learn it now," she smiled, "trust me, it is a very easy technique to learn, but it takes so much power to use. Now hold still…" she then pressed a glowing vine on Evina's forehead, the aura soon transferred to Evina's body, where she saw a memory of using the attack. She opened her eyes when told to, and she felt confident that she was able to use it.

"Now remember to only use this attack when you truly need it," the Venusaur said, "promise?"

"I do," Evina said, "I promise."

"Good, then I'm off," she said as she slowly walked away, "farewell, my little Tsutarja, may your journey guide you home."

Evina smiled as she saw her walk away, she barely noticed Scepter and Emmy walk up to her.

"Uh, Evina, what did she just do to you?" Scepter asked, very confused.

"She taught me a new attack…I don't know what it is, though. I hope to find out soon," she answered.

Spark poked Scepter on the shoulder, "We have to leave, you three. We gotta find our trainer; the guy must be worried out of his mind," Spark turned around, "thank you so much, you guys. I hope we see each other again!" he then ran off with his group to find their own home.

"We need to go," Evina said and then flicked her tongue, "I smell salt water…We must be near the sea somewhere. Maybe we can ride a boat or ask a Pokemon who knows how to get to Isshu to take us there. Come on!" she then slithered away, her tongue flicking to keep up with the smell. Scepter and Emmy were not too far behind. Isshu was just getting closer and closer.

"You said this was the airport, right?" Leena said as she looked at the large plane, ignoring all the stares, knowing why the Trainers were looking at them, I mean, it was two Sceptiles and a Seviper near an airport, it was really strange to them.

"Y-You know, maybe we should take a boat…" Treaver said nervously as his eyes were locked onto the airplane.

"That is a good idea…they accept us Pokemon more when we are on boats, and I saw one taking off for Isshu not too long ago," Vipera said, more interested in how sharp her blade on her tail was than the airport.

"Then it's settled, come on!" Leena ordered as the two followed, Gex and Seva not too far behind them.

"Don't worry, Scepter and Evina…you'll be home soon," Leena whispered.

Since school has already started for me, expect new chapters to be uploaded a little slower than the normal pace. Hey, I need the good grades. :D

Also...don't ask what kind of accent Jaws has...I don't know, I really don't.

Remember to read and-...bla, bla, bla, you know the whole shebang.

-Espira

P.S: I also realized: This is the longest chapter in the fanfiction so far! :D