Chapter 5: Rocket's Go Boom!
In the studios room, me and Dark are going over the future chapters for the Pokemon Adventure's series.
Dark: Are you sure that's what we want to happen? I mean we could do this one...
Me: If we did that, then it would be pointless considering what the title is based on.
Dark: Then we'll change the title then!
Me: *Sighs* ... *Looks towards audience* Greetings to you all. Sorry about all that, we were just going over the future chapters that we are striving to work on.
Dark: Sometimes, even us writers get stuck on their stories...
Me: So that's why it's good to get much inspiration and ideas by looking over other people's stories, whether it be related...
Dark: Or not. So without any further notice...
Me: Let's get this chapter on the road. Disclaimer, if you please?
Disclaimer: KW does not own Pokemon, but if he did, he would perhaps change a majority of the recent seasons so far. However, he does own his OC characters.
Last time we seen our heroes, Kidan and Cealy have finally reached Viridian Forest after some close encounters in the past two days. Recently, Kidan had caught his newest Pokemon who was known as the Pokemon thief, Slice, or Scyther, on Route 22 that was just west of Viridian City. During that time, Cealy had been caught in a trap by a group of wild Pokemon and their to-be leader, Venomoth. Almost close to a near fatal experience, Kidan, along with his Pokemon, Char, or Charmander, and Slice, were able to beat the wild Pokemon and save Cealy. Shortly after, Kidan had caught the wild Venomoth, in which he had given to Cealy at the Viridian Pokemon Center.
On the second day, Kidan and Cealy had reached Virdian Forest where they met a young man named Sora, who was accompanied by his Pokemon partner, Squirtle. Aiding Sora on his quest to find and capture a wild Eevee that was presumed to be in the forest, they all encountered the criminal organization, Team Rocket, who seem to have taken an interest on the local Pokemon wildlife in the forest.
With that, our heroes are faced by agent Chelse and her Rocket team, right in the middle of the forest. Kidan, Cealy, Sora and their Pokemon partners stood in front of Chelse and her Team Rocket Grunts, along with their Rattata and Koffing at their sides, all glaring at the others.
"So... what's a group of kids like you doing here in Viridian Forest anyhow?" Chelse asked smugly crossing her arms
"We were gonna ask you the same thing." Kidan demanded. "What's Team Rocket doing here anyhow?"
"That is none of your concern." Chelse replied. "Team Rocket is on the verge of claiming the Kanto region and you kids are in our way. So run along now and leave while you still have the chance."
"Yeah, like we'll let you get away with this!" Sora said sarcastically.
"Stealing Pokemon is way out of line!" Cealy shouted.
"We're not stealing Pokemon, we're capturing them like everyone else. There's a difference." Chelse lied with a smirked.
"Capturing Pokemon from their own home and families from their own free will?" Kidan said angrily. "That's not capturing, that's pouching!"
"So what? These Pokemon are for the glory of our boss." She replied coldly. "They will soon come to obey their new ruler of Kanto when we, Team Rocket, control the entire region."
"We won't let you!" Kidan shouted tightning his fists. "I'll stop you like I did in Pallet Town!"
"Pallet Town?" Chelse curiously asked with a blink. After a moment or two to think, she remembered something. "Wait... you must be that kid that was reported back a few days ago. The one who stopped Darek and his team from completing their assignment."
"Wait what? You faced these guys before?" Cealy asked a bit shocked. It had already been two days since they left and he's already gotten' himself into trouble?
"Yeah. I went to get my starter when I found Darek and his goons in the lab trying to steal Oak's Pokemon from the storage." Kidan replied to her in a matter of speaking.
"Wow, talk about deja vu'." Sora said a bit suprisingly.
"Kidan, don't you realize you could've gotten hurt?!" Cealy shouted at him concerned and angrily. " What if something happened to you?!"
"Hey, I'm still alive and kicking, right?!" Kidan retorted back to her with a bit of annoyance.
Sora slaps his forehead from the drama between Kidan and Cealy. "Oh boy..."
"Enough!" Chelse shouted at them. "Darek must have been too weak if he couldn't beat the likes of you. So I guess I'll have to finish what HE started. Grunts, get them!"
"Rattata! Koffing! ATTACK TOGETHER!" The Rocket grunts commanded their Pokemon.
"I don't think so! Char, use Ember!" Kidan ordered.
"Use Vine Whip Bulb!" Cealy commanded her Pokemon.
"Help them out with your Water Gun attack, Squirtle!" Sora ordered.
The Koffing and Rattata charged right at Char, Bulb and Squirtle head on. All three of them dodge the charging Rattata and Koffing as Char attacks the Koffing with it's Ember attack, shooting out streams of small fireballs towards them. The Koffing suddenly explode due to the gases that were leaking out of their air holes outside their body. Meanwhile, Bulb takes a fighting stance at the Rattata using his Vine Whip attack as two long green vines fly out of it's back, wiping the Rattata simultaniously. Behind Bulb came Squirtle as he jumps into the air and shoots out his Water Gun attack at them, a stream of water that was spitting out of Squirtle's mouth was sent flying right at the Rattata and the weakened Koffing, all caught in the watter as they were all sent flying backwards to their trainers unconscious.
"Crap!" Shouted one of the grunts.
"Shoot! Our Pokemon!" The other grunt shouted fustrated.
"Blast! Curse you bloody kids! I'll show you not to mess with Team Rocket!" The sergeant said fustrated reaching for one of his Pokeballs. "Go... Voltorb!"
The sergeant throws his Pokeball into the air as the Pokeballs opens up producing a round ball-like Pokemon. It was small, perhaps the size of Char, Bulb and Squirtle. In similarity, it had the same significance of a Pokeball, due to half of it's body beign white on the bottom and red on the top. It had a angry look on it's face as it galred right at Char and the others.
"Wonder what Pokemon that is?" Kidan asked reaching for his National PokeDex.
He opnes up his small red encyclopedia as it displays a picture of Voltorb, along with it's information and attacks.
"Hm... that explain alot." Kidan said amusingly putting his PokeDex away. "Okay, so I guess Voltorb are the reasoning for Pokeballs existing. In some way, they have some connection to them."
"That's interesting..." Cealy said awkwardly. "Odd, but... interesting."
"Well, connection or not, it doesn't look too friendly." Sora pointed out.
Sora was right. The Voltorb looked vicious and angry at them. It was glaring right at Char, Bulb and Squirtle, trying to intimidate them all. in the most part, it was working.
"Haha, you kids are going down!" The sergant laughed. "Voltorb, use your Thundershock attack on them!"
Voltorb starts charging electricity around it's body, small electric currents flowing through and around it. In a matter of a couple seconds, Voltorb unleashes a strong Thundershock attack from it's body, firing it directly at Char, Bulb and Squirtle.
"Char, dodge it!" Kidan ordered.
"Move out of the way Bulb!" Cealy shouted.
"Quickly Squirtle!" Sora yelled.
Just barely, Char, Bulb and Squirtle just barely dodge the Thundershock attack from Voltorb, hitting the ground instead leaving a big black smoking spot in the ground where Char and the others stood.
"Now use Scratch attack!" Kidan commanded.
"Tackle it!" Cealy ordered.
"Help them out with Tackle bud!" Sora shouted.
All at once, Char, Bulb and Squirtle attack Voltorb at the same time. Char simultaniously attacks Voltorb directly in front of it using Scratch attack, hitting it with it's sharp claws. Bulb and Squirtle use Tackle on it, headbutting Voltorb on the sides at the same time, causing it alot of pain and annoyance. Voltorb shook off the pain and got more angry from the attacks.
"What?" Kidan said in shocked.
"The attacks didn't do a thing!" Cealy said astonished.
"This ain't gonna be good." Sora said a bit worried.
The sergeant laughs from their attacks. "Haha! Voltorb isn't like any other Voltorb! After countless Iron and Protein we gave it, it's attacks and defence are way higher than normal. You kids are out of your league! Voltorb, show them what we're talking about! Use Sonicboom!"
Voltorb suddenly leaps into the air, shooting out boomerang-like air slashes right at Char and the other two who were all caught in the attack. They were flung backwards landing irght next to their trainers. Slowly and painfully, they all struggle to stand up.
"Char, are you okay?" Kidan asked concerned.
'I'm fine... but that was some Sonicboom attack.' Char replied.
"Man, how in the world are we gonna beat that?" Sora asked.
"With all that Iron and Protein they gave it, it's attacks and defences are way higher than our Pokemon. All we're doing is making it angrier." Cealy replied.
"Angrier?" Kidan said to himself holding his chin thinking. "... That's it! Cealy, Sora, have Bulb and Squirtle attack Voltorb again, but have them get in close range!"
"What?" Cealy asked him suprisingly. "But what good would that do? If they get too close, they will either get hit by Voltorb's Thundershock or Sonicboom?!"
"You'll have to trust me on this!" Kidan replied confidently.
"... Bulb, get close enough to Voltorb and attack with Vine Whip!" Cealy commanded, feeling a bit worried.
"You too Squirtle! Hit it with Water Gun up close!" Sora commanded who had a bad feeling about Kidan's idea.
Confused, Bulb and Squirtle both complied with a nod and moved in close enough to Voltorb hitting it with Vine Whip and Water Gun attacks. The more more they kept htting Voltorb with their attacks, the more Voltorb became angry.
"I don't know what your planning, but it ain't gonna work!" The sergeant evily grinned. "Voltorb, hit them with Thundershock!"
"Don't even try it! Char, hit Voltorb with Ember!" Kidan commanded.
"That same ol' trick again?" The sergeant smirked confidently. "Ha! Why don't you learn a new trick or two kid! Cancel that last attack and hit that Charmander with Sonicboom!"
Just snapping itself out of it's pain and annoyance from the last attacks, Voltorb unleashes another wave of a Sonicboom, slicing through the air and towards Char who was charging right at it. Just a second or so before the attack hit, Char dodges the attack and jumps into the air, producing a wave of Embers at Voltorb, which caused Voltorb to burn quickly.
"Curse you kid!" The sergeant angrily shouted. "Voltorb, don't let that distract you! Shake off the burn!"
"Voltorb!... Vol?" Voltorb replied before feeling funny.
Suddenly, Voltorb began to glow brighter and brighter, leaving nothing but a bright white ball in the middle of the battlefield. In a matter of seconds, Voltorb suddenly blows up, causing a major explosion around the area that it stood, engulfing everything in it's path. Char, Bulb and Squirtle got out of the way in time as Kidan, Cealy and Sora covered their eyes from the blinding explosion. On the other side of the battlefield, Chelse, the sergeant and grunts all covered their eyes too. A few seconds later, everyone opened their eyes to see exacty what happened to Voltorb. In the center of the battlefield, all covered in black smoke and ash, was Voltorb himself, unconscious from it's own attack.
"Wha-?! Voltorb?!" The sergeant shouted shockingly.
"Uh... what... just happened?" Sora asked astonished.
"Simple Sora." Kidan started to explain. "Voltorb got so angry from our Pokemon's attacks, it caused it to lose it's tempter and patience, enabling it to automatically create a large explosion, which in the end caused itself to faint since Explosion is a one time move. Almost like a gamble move."
"How did you know that?" Cealy asked quite surpised.
"Well, being coped in my house for the past three years and watching lots of Pokemon battles on PokeTV..." Kidan started to explain once more. "I remembered seeing a Voltorb on tv use Explosion after being hit by countless attacks from a Onix, in which making it so angry that it caused the Voltorb to explode without warning."
"Wow, I didn't know you knew that much." Sora said a bit shocked from Kidan's research.
"Suprisingly, I'm a bit shocked myself." Kidan chuckled feeling embarrassed as he rubbed the back of his head.
Annoyed and fustrated, the sergeant returns his fallen Voltorb after the total embarrassment and humiliating defeat from Kidan and the others.
"Blast it! We're out of Pokemon to use ma'am!" The sergeant annoyanly said.
Before Chelse could take out a Pokeball form her belt, a beeping sound started to beep form her radio.
"...Yes." Chelse replied through the radio annoyed and coldly.
"Ma'am, we got what we came for. We have enough Pokemon here for the boss to send back." Replied one of the grunts through the radio.
"Excellent. What about the one Pokemon?" Chelse asked.
"... We couldn't find it ma'am. It seeems that it fled the forest a long time ago." The grunt replied bringing it up as a failure.
"Very well, we'll have to look for it another time." Chelse said grudginly. "Have all members fall back to HQ immediately. We're done here anyhow."
"Copy that ma'am!" The grunt replied and turns off the radio.
Chelse puts the radio away as she narrows her eyes at Kidan, Cealy and Sora.
"Well, it seems we didn't get what we were really after, but we got enough Pokemon to subdue the boss for now." Chelse said smirking. "I would love to stay and battle you kids so I can teach you all a lesson, but it seems we have... 'other' business to attend to. We'll be seeing you kids. Until next time, that is."
With that, Chelse and her team throw down smoke pellets to the ground producing balck smoke in front of them. Kidan and the others tried to see what was happening with Chelse and her goons, but when the smoke cleared, they were already gone.
About a few hours later, with the sun starting to set, Kidan, Cealy and Sora all stood in front of the exit building that would lead them out of Viridian Forest to the next route.
"So Team Rocket huh?" Sora asked. "I never thought there were people like them out in the world."
"Yeah, all they seem to care about are stealing and conquering." Kidan replied. "They look at Pokemon as only tools and nothing more."
"If we ever run into them again, I'm gonna teach them a lesson they won't forget." Cealy said with determination with a bit of anger.
"And we'll be there when you do." Kidan said smiling. "By the way Sora, sorry we couldn't find that Eevee you were going after earlier. It's pretty much my fault that it got away."
"Hey don't worry about it." Sora said waving his hand back and forth. "It's my fault that I couldn't catch it in the first place. Perhaps another time I'll get that chance."
"So what are you gonna do now?" Cealy asked.
"Well, there's nothing much to do except face Brock, the Pewter City Gym Leader. With or without Eevee, I think I can manage. Though it will be tough with just Squirtle." Sora replied to her.
"So are you coming with us then?" Kidan asked.
"Sure looks like it. Besides, it'll be great to travel around in a group. It can be a pain just travelling on your own." Sora said to him.
"Great! Then let's get to Pewter City before it get's too dark." Kidan said enthusiastically.
Kidan, Cealy, Sora and their Pokemon started to walk out of Viridian Forest when a small figure walks up to them. As they get a closer look, they identified it as they Pokemon they were looking for earlier, Eevee itself.
"Eevee? What's it doing here?" Cealy asked curiously.
"Wee eev weev." Eevee said looking at Sora smiling and happily.
"Uh, do you guys know what Eevee said?" Sora asked. Even thought he was able to understand his Pokemon partner, Squirtle, he didn't have the ability to talk to Pokemon like Kidan and Cealy could.
"It said it saw the whole thing earlier. With us and Team Rocket in the forest battling." Kidan replied to him.
"It must've stayed hidden watching us battle Team Rocket with our Pokemon while we were trying to protect the wild Pokemon." Cealy pointed out.
"So what's Eevee doing out here then? Shouldn't be somewhere else by now?" Sora questioned.
"Eev weev wee wee." Eevee replied walking up to Sora rubbing it's head on Sora's left leg.
"I believe that Eevee wants to come with you Sora." Kidan said smirking.
"Really?" Sora asked suprisingly. He looks down at Eevee who was looking up at him. "It that true, Eevee? Do you want to come with me?"
"Weev!" Eevee shouted excitedly nodding it's head excitedly.
WIthout a moments haste, Sora pulls out an empty Pokeball from his belt and kneels down to Eevee who touched the button on the Pokeball with it's head. The Pokeball sealed Eevee inside as the ball began to wobble in Sora's right hand a few times. After a few seconds, the ball makes a beep sound, signaling that the capture was complete.
"Alright! I got myself an Eevee!" Sora cheered.
'Finally! It's been too long!' Squirtle said in relief.
"Congrats Sora. You finally caught Eevee." Kidan to him with a smile.
"It seems that your efforts payed off." Cealy said to Sora.
"Thanks guys. I'm just glad that Eevee accepted me after countless tries and attempts." Sora said staring at Eevee's Pokeball. He placed Eevee's Pokeball onto his belt and faced Kidan and Cealy. "Well, enough of that. You gus ready to move?"
"Yep!" Cealy said smiling.
"Onwards... to the Pewter City Gym!" Kidan replied pointing his finger in the air towards Pewter City.
Cealy just giggled at his actions as Sora just shook his head at him with a smirk. With that, Kidan, Cealy, Sora and their Pokemon partners walk towards to Pewter City where they will have to face the Pewter City Gym Leader, Brock, which will guarantee them all in competing against all the gym leaders in the Kanto region. However, many challenges will await them for here on out, as their journey continues through the Kanto region.
TO BE CONTINUED...