Sorry about no update yesterday. I'm putting up a chapter today to make up for it. There will still be a chapter tomorrow.
Disclaimer: Pokémon, along with any people, places or things from it are not mine, nor do I claim it to be. The only thing I do own is myself and the dream this all started from.
My watch beamed out the glass panel as I prepared to take on the head of Team Rocket. I hoped that he'd be more of a challenge than his lackeys, but I knew that losing to this man could mean more trouble than before, since he could now capture Mew. Losing to this man meant my death.
"Go Venusaur," I yelled as I threw out the Pokéball containing my evolved starter. It only seemed natural to let my first Pokémon, my most trusted partner out to deal with such a threat, though I knew my other two Pokémon would be just as capable of fighting.
Giovanni sent out a level 25 Onix. Considering it was ten levels lower than my lowest levelled Pokémon I actively used and four times weak to Venusaur it seemed like a joke. How could this man, leader of an evil organization, prepared to torture and kill anyone who got in the way, have such weak Pokémon?
A Razor Leaf from Venusaur easily took down the large pile of boulders in just one hit. It seemed much too easy. This couldn't be the true power of this man.
His next Pokémon was even more of a joke. A level 24 Rhyhorn stood out in front of my Venusaur. Not only was this Pokémon a lower level than his last, but it was also four times weak to Venusaur.
Giovanni sent out his last Pokémon, which was, at least, a bit more of a challenge than his other two. A Kangaskhan, level 29 was the last thing that Venusaur faced. This was by far Giovanni's strongest Pokémon and not weak to Venusaur's attack types.
I knew I couldn't take Kangaskhan out in one hit, and she could also pack quite a punch when she attacked, so I laid down a Leech Seed. Kangaskhan used Tail Whip to cause Venusaur's defence fall, which would cause her attacks to do more damage.
While Kangaskhan could be intimidating I decided not to use Poisonpowder, but to use Razor Leaf on my next turn to try and weaken the kangaroo-dinosaur looking Pokémon.
Kangaskhan countered with a Bite, which did next to nothing to Venusaur. The Leech Seed healed Venusaur back up to full health and dropped Kangaskhan's health down to half.
Another Razor Leaf left Kangaskhan with only a sliver of health left, which after another Bite, was sapped by Leech Seed. Kangaskhan was defeated.
"What?" Giovanni exclaimed, "This can't be!"
I smiled at him, trying to replicate the smile he gave to me earlier, "It is though. You underestimate me, just like your lackeys. I was chosen by Mew to defeat you. There was no doubt in my mind that I could do it."
The boss of Team Rocket composed himself, "I see that you raise Pokémon with utmost care. A child like you would never understand what I hope to achieve."
"I may not know exactly what you're doing," I responded, mimicking his cold, intense tone, "But I do understand it has something to do with all of the legendary Pokémon, not just Mew, and not just the legendaries of Kanto. I've heard you've expanded your Team to other regions. I have no idea what you're planning, but I'm here to stop it."
Giovanni chuckled, "I shall step aside this time, but remember, you are only a child, and you are facing an entire team of dangerous members."
"That's what I thought too," I replied, "I was tortured for information, so I had expected you to have a multitude of strong trainers here to face me. I was wrong though, all I found were weak grunts."
Giovanni nodded, "I do need to put more thought into who I assign where. Maybe better security in this base would have been a good idea. I took the illusion of weakness in Team Rocket too far. Believe me when I say you've come nowhere near facing our strongest forces."
"I'm glad I'll have a challenge ahead of me then," I said, keeping my tone even, showing no fear.
Giovanni chuckled, "You're brave for a child, and have managed to cause me much more grief than people twice your age. You provide me with a great challenge. I hope we meet again..."
As Giovanni's voice trailed off the lights shut off, leaving me in complete darkness as there was no other source of light. The lights soon came back on though, revealing that Giovanni was no longer where he had been a moment before. There was an item sitting on the ground beside me though, which hadn't been there before. I picked this item up and discovered it was an item called the Silph Scope, which I knew was used to see ghosts in the Pokémon tower. There were a number of these Scopes sitting in the palm of my hand, in fact, enough for all of my friends.
"Jenn!" I heard a voice exclaim by the door of the room. I turned around to see all of my friends standing in the doorway.
I was taken aback by my friends' appearances, "Why are you all in here? And why didn't you go through here yourself?"
"We all went to challenge the Gym leader while you were in here the first time," Samantha explained, "That night we went back to the Pokémon Center, and you weren't back yet.
"They suggested that we all go in after you," Dana continued, picking up the story, "I explained to Samantha and Paula that Mew had chosen you, and that your job was to defeat Team Rocket. So we waited for you, and did some more sightseeing here. We eventually got worried..."
"So we came after you," Ashley finished the story happily.
"What took you so long?" Alicia fumed unhappily, "I wanted to go to the Seafoam Islands to catch Articuno, but Ashley dragged me along back here."
"I was just captured for about a day and a half," I replied, "But Mew and I handled it. And Alicia, you have to get to Fuchsia City to get to the Seafoam Islands. It's impossible to do that."
"Captured?" Paula asked, ignoring my comment to Alicia, "How did that happen. It seems that these grunts are pretty useless."
"I have no clue," I admitted, "One second I was picking up a hidden PP Up and the next I was in a cell with a nasty bump on my head."
"Well, since we know you're okay," Samantha said, "we should continue on."
"I'm going back to Lavender Town," I told them, holding up the Silph Scopes, "Now that I have these."
My friends all grabbed one of the scopes from my hand, leaving only one left in my palm.
"I guess we are too," Alicia sighed, grabbing Ashley's arm, ready to pull her away, in true Alicia fashion, "If it'll get us to Articuno."
Ashley called a goodbye as Alicia dragged her out of the room and into the elevator in the next room.
"We're off there too," Samantha said for both her and Paula before leaving the room.
Dana followed the two of them, calling a goodbye.
I sighed, and it occurred to me just how tired I still was. I decided, though it was only just after 5:00 I would go to bed. I headed back to the Pokémon Center, claimed a bed, and fell asleep.