Chapter 3: Enter Team Rocket

"I wish she would slow down a little!" I thought to myself. Ash and I finally made it to Viridian City, only to be stopped by Officer Jenny. She thought we might've stolen Pikachu since Ash was carrying him in his Arms instead in a pokéball . After we explained our situation and showed her our ID, she offered us a ride on her motorcycle. I didn't know how my pokédex had my name and picture until I heard this voice in my head "You're welcome." That was Mew's voice did she have something to do with it. I'll have to ask her later.

The sky had blacked and we see a huge dome-shaped building in the horizon.

"Hang on tight!" Officer Jenny shouted. You don't have to tell me twice. I was holding on to Officer Jenny by the way while Ash was in the sidecar with Pikachu.

For a moment I thought we were going to crash into the Pokémon Center but the glass doors opened up at the last moment and the bike stopped at the reception desk.

"We have a drive way you know". Nurse Joy said

"Sorry, but we have a Pokémon emergency."

Ash got out of the sidecar "Please help my Pikachu."

"We'll do whatever we can to help it. Chansey?"

Two Chansey came along, pushing a stretcher in front of them. Nurse Joy placed Pikachu on it and took him to the emergency room.

The two of us had been waiting for a long time and I fell asleep.

I opened my eyes and let out a small yawn. I turned my head and saw Ash talking on a videophone. He hung up and walked towards me.

"You're up already?"

"Yeah, sorry I dozed off. What were you doing there?"

"It's ok. It's late after all. I was just calling my mom to let her know we're ok…Huh, what's that?" I turned and saw stone tablets depicting legendary Pokémon Moltres, Zapdos, Articuno and Arcanine. Arcanine isn't a legendary Pokémon but it is called the Legendary Pokémon.

"Brian isn't that the Flying Pokémon we saw." He asks me, pointing to the picture of Articuno.

"It could be." Nope.

A videophone started ringing at the reception desk "RING RING RING RING RING RING PHONE CALL PHONE CALL RING RING RING RING RING RING PHONE CALL PHONE CALL." I have never…ever heard a ringtone that annoying.

I pressed the button with a telephone on it "Hello, this is Brian. Who is this?"

"It's Prof. Oak, Brian I'm right behind you." I turned my body to face the video screen right where the Arcanine tablet used to be.

"How did you know we were here Professor?" I asked

"Ash's mother gave me a call and told me you were both at the Pokémon Center in Viridian City. The other new Pokémon trainers made it there with no problem and I'm pleasantly surprised that you made there so soon. Honestly when you two left I had my doubts you could handle yourselves but when my grandson Gary said that neither of you would have a single new Pokémon by the time you got to Viridian City, I bet him a million poké that he'd be wrong."

"I managed to capture my first Pokémon professor. And I did it by myself." I told him.

"By yourself? That's pretty impressive for a beginner who didn't have a Pokémon. Let's see it then."

I took out my pokéball and sent out Pikachu.

"Pikachu." He said and he climbed up on my shoulder.

"Ah, so you caught a Pikachu too. What about you Ash, if Brian caught a Pokémon when he didn't have one, then you must've caught a whole bunch.

"W-Well..n-no Professor I haven't but we did see a Flying Pokémon like that one." Ash points to Articuno's tablet "it flew right over the rainbow."

"Don't be silly. You couldn't have seen this Pokémon. Pokémon trainers and researchers have searched their entire lives and never seen it."

"It sure looked like it to me."

"You must've been mistaken."

The doorbell rings "Ah, there's my pizza. It was very nice talking to you and good luck to you both." And with that he hangs up.

"Hey!"

Ash and I turned around to see Misty, holding her barbecued bike.

"I knew I'd find you two here."

"What happened to your bike?" Ash asks. Really…you don't know what happened.

"You happened to my bike!" Misty shouted. "This is what's left after you stole it to save your Pikachu… Misty's expression went from an angry one to a worried one.

Misty set her burnt bike on the ground "Your Pikachu, how is it?"

"It's not so good." Ash responds.

The door of the emergency room opens. Nurse joy and the Chansey appeared with Pikachu on the stretcher.

"Pikachu are you ok!"

"Pikachu's just fine. He just needs rest. It's a good thing you got him here so fast. Nurse Joy replied.

Just then the speakers on the ceiling went off. It was Officer Jenny warning everyone about Pokémon thieves. Oh, great…them.

Two pokéballs broke through the window in the ceiling. Both pokéballs opened, releasing Ekans and Koffing. Koffing used Smokescreen to flood the room with gas.

"Prepare for trouble!""

"And make it double!"

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite all peoples within our nation!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth! That's right!"

"W-What are you talking about?" Ash asked all confused.

"Don't you get it?" Jessie said.

"We're here to steal Pokémon." James said.

"You're not taking our Pikachu!" I said.

"Pikachu? We're not interested in your precious electric rats."

"We seek only rare and powerful Pokémon."

Then you're wasting your time here. This is a center for weak and injured Pokémon." Nurse Joy excalimed.

"That maybe so but I wouldn't be surprised if we found a few valuable Pokémon among the trash." Jessie said.

"You're really starting to bug me." Ash said.

"Hmph. The boy's bugged." James said.

"Meowth! Then let's squash em."

"Koffing, Tackle." James ordered.

"Ekans, Bite attack." Jessie commanded.

We fled to the back room while the two poison Pokémon were wrecking the reception area.

The back room was locked. This room had lots of pokéballs, must be a storage area.

The room suddenly went dark.

"They've must've cut the power but fortunately we have our own Pika-power source." Nurse Joy said. The lights came back on and in the middle of the room was a group of Pikachu on a machine using their electricity to power the lights.

Nurse joy approached a computer and started using a transportation device to send pokéballs to other Pokémon Centers. I still couldn't believe how advanced this world is. They have teleportation devices. I wonder I else they have. I'm also wondering if Pokémon Centers have that Pokémon healing machine that has catchy tune. Anyone who has played the Pokémon games know what I'm talking about.

While Nurse Joy is transporting pokéballs, I took out my pokédex to scan Team Rocket's Pokemon. Why? They were never scanned this early in the story so I might as well do it now.

"Ekans, the Snake Pokémon. Ekans curls itself up in a spiral while it rests. Assuming this position allows it to quickly respond to a threat from any direction with a glare from its upraised head."

"Koffing, the Poison Gas Pokémon. If Koffing becomes agitated, it raises the toxicity of its internal gases and then jets them out from all over its body. This Pokémon may overinflate its round body, then explode."

"Meowth, the Scratch Cat Pokémon. Meowth withdraw their sharp claws into their paws to silently sneak about. For some reason, this Pokémon loves shiny coins that glitter with light."

There was a loud bang at the door and Koffing comes crashing in, knocking down some pokéballs that were on the self.

"Get those pokéballs!" Nurse Joy shouted.

Ash picked up a pokéball.

We need to fight. Don't just hold 'em, throw 'em. Misty said.

"Right, pokéball go!" Ash threw the Pokéball releasing a Pidgey but it was scared off by Ekans. He threw another but it was empty. He threw a third one releasing a Rattata but it was also scared off by Ekans.

"I guess I'm going to have to take this into my own hands. You two take your Pokémon and get out of here. I'll take care of these three clowns" Misty says. "Pokéball go!" she throws her own pokéball, sending out her Goldeen but it's just flopping on the floor. Team Rocket looks unimpressed.

"Goldeen, return." She returns it to the Pokéball. Goldeen…Seriously she sent out Goldeen, is Misty even trying. Wouldn't Staryu or Starmie have been a better choice? Sigh. I have to do everything around here.

"It's our turn now, Pikachu!"

"Pika Pika!" Pikachu hops from my shoulder to the ground ready to fight.

"What's a rodent like that gonna do?" Jessie taunts us.

"I'll show you. Pikachu, use Thundershock!"

"Pika-chuuu!" Pikachu unleashed a blast of electricity at Team Rocket and their Pokémon and sent them crashing to the reception area.

Pikachu and I followed them.

"This isn't over. Koffing, use Sludge attack!"

Koffing shot sludge from its mouth aiming at Pikachu but the sludge was blasted by another electric attack.

I turned to see Ash with his Pikachu.

"Ash can your Pikachu fight?" I asked him.

"Sure he can, right buddy."

"Pika Pi." His Pikachu nodded.

"It doesn't matter if you have two or two hundred Pikachu. You twerps can't beat us." Meowth says.

"Is that so? Hey Ash, how about we combine our Pikachu's attacks?" I suggested. That'll really put a shock to their system.

"Good idea." Ash said, moving his hat backwards.

"Use Thundershock!" Ash and I said in unison.

"Pika-chuuuu!" The pair of Pikachu also said in unison. They fired a Powerful electric attack at Team Rocket. The attack was so strong it caused Koffing to emit some poisonous gas from its body that reacted with the electricity causing a huge explosion that blew up almost half the Pokémon Center and sent them blasting off.

Misty and Nurse Joy came out of the storage room and gasped at what they saw. Nearly half of the reception area as well as the Pokémon Center was gone.

"I think we overdid it." I said, laughing nervously.

Suddenly Officer Jenny came through what was left of the entrance.

She gasped 'What happened here?"

"It was his idea." Ash said, pointing at me. Gee, thanks pal.

"We got rid of the bad guys but there was some...collateral damage…Am I going to jail?" I ask.

"Of course not, you took care of the bad guys. That's good enough for me."

"Oh, good because I've heard about prison."

"And." Ash asks me.

"It ain't fun." I reply.

"You three should stay for the night. It's pretty late." Nurse Joy asks.

"Sure." I said.

Nurse Joy took Ash, Misty and I to our bedroom. Luckily the bedrooms were untouched by the explosion thanks to yours truly. Our bedroom was pretty cozy it had a desk in the corner and two bunk beds. And the best part is that it's free. I don't know if that's just for Pokémon trainers but I'm not questioning it. Before we went to sleep however Ash and I properly introduced ourselves to Misty and she did the same.

We spent the night at the Pokémon center or what was left of it and we headed out in the morning.

Nurse Joy was nice enough to give us a map. I examined it and there was one place I wanted to go before going to the Viridian Forest.

"Ash, before we go to the Viridian Forest, let's stop by Route 22."

Ash raised an eyebrow "Why? The next town is through the Viridian Forest."

"I know but I heard there are some Pokémon there that you can't find in the Viridian Forest. I'd like to catch some."

"Ok, maybe I'll be able to catch some new Pokémon too."

"Pi." Ash's Pikachu heard someone following us " Pika Pika." He nudged Ash's shoulder and pointed to Misty following us.

"Why are you following us Misty?" Ash asked.

"This just so happens to be the same way I was going and besides I'm going to follow you until you've paid me back for my bike."

"I told you we would make good on your bike someday! But fine, if you're going to follow us just try to keep up."

"Hmph." Misty scowled.

To Be Continued…

Pokémon Captured

Brian:

Ash:

Misty:

Another chapter done. For those of you wondering I am not going to do every single episode as a chapter. That would be crazy. I'm only doing Chapters that involve catching Pokémon, gym battles and other important events that follow the plot. Sure I'll put a few filler chapters now and again but only good ones. Next chapter will be up soon.