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Chapter 3: Team Magma's Pay Back!

The gang decided to set up camp for the night because the sun was starting to go down.

Brock made something while the others were busy setting up for dinner and bed.

They ate their dinner before heading to bed after a long day.

(With Team Rocket)

They had watched where the gang was located from a distance to make sure that they didn't notice them trailing them.

Meowth typed in their coordinates before watching the gang as they slept and noticing the raven-haired boy have a rough night's sleep because of the pill inside him.

"This is gonna be good. Let's watch and see what happens with the twerp group when Team Magma finds them." said Jessie, smiling from thinking of the plan.

They laughed quietly from knowing what might happen tomorrow.

(In The Morning)

The gang was waking up and noticed how tired their raven-haired friend was.

"Not a good night?" asked Max curiously.

"Nope. Could've been much better." replied Ash, yawning from the deep sleep he missed.

"Maybe my cooking will make you feel better." said Brock, serving them breakfast.

Ash nodded before digging in with the others and once they got done and packed their stuff away, they were getting ready to leave when they were surrounded by Team Magma grunts.

"What's going on?!" said the gang in unison, backed up against one another.

"We're just here for a little revenge on one of you." replied Maxie, walking in between two grunts.

"For what?! We did nothing to you!" said Ash, getting angry.

"For ruining my conquest with Groudon. Henchmen, attack!" said Maxie, walking over to Ash before telling his men to attack.

The gang couldn't bring their pokemon out fast enough before the grunts were already punching them and kicking them, but the others weren't getting as pummeled as their raven-haired friend.

Maxie smiled as he saw Ash being kicked and punched endlessly before picking up a phone and calling someone.

"Looks like the pill takes a little more…force…to make the it activate inside him. We'll send Archie and his team to see if they can destroy the boy. Maxie, out." said Maxie, getting off the phone before motioning to the henchmen to stop their attack and leave.

They soon left the gang alone and the others were surprised at how banged up and bruised Ash was from all of the hits.

"Are you ok, Ash?" asked Brock, looking him over.

"Yeah. I'll be fine. I'll just be sore today and tomorrow." replied Ash, sitting on the ground and trying to get his breath back.

"So I guess the pill doesn't work, huh?" asked Max, looking down at his friend.

"It just hasn't kicked in yet. It'll take some time for something that strong to make me stronger and faster." said Ash, resting his head on his arms on his knees as he tried to relax from everything.

The others thought that they should just stay here so that they could rest up from the attack, but the raven-haired boy insisted that they move to the next town to make sure that Team Magma doesn't come back for another attack on them.

They agreed and continued on their way to the next town for coverage from Team Magma.

Hope you enjoyed Chapter 3! Sorry about the long time span, but I thought I uploaded this and then realized that I didn't. -_-' I will probably have the next chapter up just before I head back to college because I'm on vacation this coming week. So I'll be intermittent with my replies, but please bear with me. I will reply to your messages and reviews when I have reception. R&R! See ya later!

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