Danny's Journal, Part 12- Rockets in the Underground

After that quick break at the center, I gathered my team to head into the underground to search for the radio tower's director. Turns out that the door that one of the keys I stole from Proton was for a door at the south end of the underground. Only when I got there, I found another one of those kimono ladies blocking the way.

I tried to sound suave when I said hi to her, but it probably came across awkward as usual, because she giggled at me. After a short conversation, she mentioned something about a legendary Pokemon, and left abruptly. I think Thorne caught me staring at her butt as she was leaving, because he smacked me over the head with his wing. Hey, a guy can dream, can't he?

Anyway, I unlocked the door for the underground's basement (an underground for the underground, that's a bit redundant) and headed downstairs. I didn't get far before I was stopped by Silver yet again. I've stopped being surprised when he randomly shows up, although he did surprise me by openly admitting to stalking me. Apparently he has some thing against Lance, because he was tailing me to see if Lance showed up so he could battle him. He was pissed that he didn't find him, so he challenged me to a battle instead.

Big mistake on his part. Well, not so big, I did have some trouble with his Sneasel and newly-evolved Feraligatr. But I did defeat his team with everyone's help in the end. After I beat him, he asked me if having love and trust towards his Pokemon was really what he lacked. I answered honestly and told him that it wouldn't hurt to try, and he thanked me before he ran off. I wonder if he's starting to have a change of heart? I sure hope so. I'm getting kind of annoyed with him stalking me.

Gah, enough distractions. Let's get back on track here. Well, the basement turned out to be a system of sliding doors that opened differently when you pushed a different combination of buttons on a control panel in the center room. After some time (mostly spent defeating some thieves and Rocket grunts that were down there) and some help from Thorne, I managed to get the correct combination that allowed me to move on.

The second part of the basement was filled with huge packing crates and cardboard boxes, which I kept tripping over and attracting the unfortunate attention of the Rockets who were down there. I managed to drive them off, and after navigating through the maze of boxes, I found the director handcuffed and tied to one of the crates in a small room.

I untied him, and he thanked me before asking what was going on outside. After I informed him of the situation in the radio tower, he agreed to help me, and gave me a card key that apparently gives me access to another part of the tower. He begged me to help drive the Rockets away from the tower, because they could possibly use the tower to broadcast signals to hurt or control Pokemon nationwide. I told him I would help, and he seemed relieved. Honestly, I just can't stand the thought of Team Rocket controlling Pokemon at all, and that was my main drive in taking this mission in the first place.

The director and I found a shortcut to get out of the underground (which lead to the basement of the department store in Goldenrod, go figure), and we parted ways as I went to heal my team up quickly before taking on the tower again. My team is getting anxious while we're waiting in the center; Vesuvius and Scheme are twitchy, and Imani seems a lot more nervous than she usually is. It's never a good sign when she's nervous. That usually means that something bad is going to happen, or she's going to start tackling others for food. I don't know which is worse, to be honest.

Current Team:
Typhlosion 'Vesuvius' Female, Lv.40
Fearow 'Thorne' Male, Lv.40
Arbok 'Indiana' Male, Lv.39
Haunter 'Scheme' Male, Lv.39
Shiny Yanmega 'Ao Tonbo' Male, Lv.39
Espeon 'Imani' Female, Lv.39