Right, forth chapter. This is an important one as it kick-starts the main plot of this story. The villains are revealed, and we get an insight into their evil intentions. It's also a bit of a long one, and will come in two parts. When you finish reading you will find a few things are unanswered, and the ending is slightly abrupt, but all this will be resolved it the next Chapter.

The Legend Of Blaze - Chapter four – Twisted Ideals

I awoke in a dim room, hooked up to some machine. I didn't care what it was for, but it hurt, so I ripped the tubes out and sat up. I was in the recovery part of the Pokémon centre. Just then it hit me. I had been beaten by that Torchic! I punched the bed I was perched on in frustration. John was going to think I was a no good useless Pokémon, just like my previous trainer. I then wondered what had become of Bulb. My questions were answered when John walked it, with Bulb following behind. He was a little hurt, but not as bad as me. But then, he was tough. I was a runt. John stopped next to me and lifted his hand. I braced myself for a beating, but it never came. He just ruffled the fur on my head a little and congratulated me.

"You did good out there. For a first proper battle, you were great. You wiped the floor with Slowpoke." He winked. "Come on, let's go to the front of the centre. You can go in the poke ball if you're too hurt."

I shook my head and slid down the pole at the side of the bed, landing next to Bulb.

"So how exactly did you win?" I asked, bewildered.

"Well, that Torchic was fast, but lacked any strong fire attacks, so I was able to fight without worrying. I used leech seed to help me recover, and she was weakened thanks to you, so a few tackles later and I had won!"

I was impressed by Bulb, he was confident and strong, but not an arse about it. By now we had reached the front room. John sat down next to Hannah and me and Bulb climbed up to the sofa opposite. Luckily, Hannah's Pokémon were nowhere to be seen. There were ether in there poke balls or in the recovery centre.

"When are we setting out for Pewter?" I asked Bulb.

"Later today I think." replied the green Pokémon.

I sat back and thought back to the incident in the recovery room. John had actually congratulated me. I felt better about it now. He believed in me, so I was going to do everything I can to become strong. My thought then shifted to Hannah. I didn't really like her, she never seemed happy. She had not even made an effort with me or Bulb ether.

"Hey, wanna go and train a little?" asked Bulb. "Just light training, nothing to hardcore." he laughed.

I nodded and we went into the Pokémon centres garden. It was a lush green, with trees dotted about place and thick brushes to the sides. It was at the back of the centre, and there was a small viewing window next to the back door. After a few hours training, we were tired out. I had mainly been dodging vines from Bulb, to work on my speed and agility, so I was tired out. As we got back into the centre, things were strangely deserted. Then we got closer to the front room, and we heard shouting.

"Everyone, on the ground! Hand over your Pokémon or Charmeleon here will give you a quick lesson in pain!"

Bulb and I exchanged a panicked glance and crept up to the door. It was slightly open, so we were able to survey the scene. Guys in black uniforms with big red 'R's on them were commanding people to hand over their Pokémon. There were some people tied up on the floor, and other people trying to resist capture. They were not fairing to well. Lots of the tied up people were unconscious, suggesting they had been clobbered over the head by the rockets when they tried to resist.

"Great, Team Rocket." Bulb muttered.

"Who is Team Rocket?" I asked, confused.

"Guys in black." He replied in a deadpan tone. "They take Pokémon from people for some stupid reason or another. There are other teams like this in the more far away regions."

I could tell by Bulbs tone that they meant business.

"Try to find John." Bulb whispered.

I looked around, but he was nowhere to be seen from our restricted angle. Just then, a dark voice sounded from behind us.

"Hiding, are we? Don't be shy now!" the Pokémon laughed, pushing us out into the open.

We tumbled into the centre of the scene and quickly got to our feet. I looked around for John. He was with a bunch of other trainers who were strong enough to fight for themselves, but they were pinned into a corner by the stronger rockets. The Pokémon that had pushed us was a Beedrill, and it hovered in back to its master.

"Oh, what do we have here? Two Pokémon who think they can escape?" the ringleader laughed. I then froze. The ringleader... was Hannah.

I turned and blasted fire in rage at the traitor, but it was blocked by that slowpoke's force felid.

"Take them down and put them with the others!" commanded Hannah.

"No!" cried John. He ran from his crowd, tackled the rocket in his way down and stood in front of us.

"I won't let you Hannah." He said.

She laughed at him. "Oh John. If only you knew the true meaning of this operation."

"So what is the meaning then, you bitch?"

"Well, us rockets have a grand plan to take out. Something big. Alas, it cannot be done alone. We need to unite. We will bring team Magma, Aqua and Galactic to our cause, and together, carry out our master plan!"

"That's as corny as shit." John muttered, getting a few laughs from the trainers tied up.

"Shut up before we gag you!" yelled a rocket.

"Anyway" continued Hannah, dismissing the insult, "these teams will not unite for free, so we decided to collect them a little bribe."

John looked down to us.

"Let's bust these trainers out of here, guys. I have a little extra help for us."

He discreetly pulled a poke ball out from his pocket.

"Go, Eevee!" an Eevee bust free from the ball and landed beside us.

Then we burst into action. John ran forward and slugged the rocket holding a sack of stolen poke balls. The sack dropped and the balls rolled out across the floor. Bulb got to work using razor leaf to cut the bonds of the captives, and me and the new Eevee companion defended him, attacking rocket Pokémon left , right and centre. There were lots of them, but they were poorly trained Pokémon, so were going down quite fast. Bulb had soon freed the captives and joined us in the fight. As the fight raged on, the freed trainers were finding there Pokémon and allowing them to join the fray.

"We're starting to outnumber them!" yelled Bulb as he smashed a Zubat into the ground.

I used crush claw on an attacking Rattatta, sending it sprawling across the floor. The amount of fainted rocket Pokémon was building up, but we were losing people too. I turned to see Eevee pinned by a familiar face. The Torchic.

"Time for round 2!" I mentally growled.