Yeah, I should learn to start these sooner, but what can I say? I'm a procrastinator by nature. I don't know what I'm going to do with this or get out of it, but it should be good. I don't know if I'm going to split it or if this will be the rest of the Rocket Base, but there's only one way to find out.

Red tried to pick himself up, but there were too many limbs tangled in the pile to get up. All four of the individuals did their best to sort out their limbs and figure out what happened. Finally, the two humans and two Pokémon got on their feet (well, technically Dratini didn't have any feet, but still) and Red immediately discovered what had slammed into them; "Green?!"

"Oh, there you are," Green groaned, rubbing her head as she picked herself up. "I knew I'd find you lost in that spinner tile maze eventually."

"I wasn't lost!" Red snapped back defensively, Pidgeot and Dratini nodding in his defense, "I know exactly how to get around in this awful place!"

"Then why were you all tangled up on the ground just a second ago?" Green returned with a smile.

"Because YOU slammed into me out of nowhere!"

Green gave a coy smile and looked away, "Oh, yeah. Makes sense when you put it that way…"

Red rolled his eyes. That was just his friend. He didn't even really mind her antics that much. At least it kept him on his toes. Red gave a sigh and got back on the topic at hand, "What are you doing down here, Green?"

"Same as you," she said confidently. "I found the secret passageway down here and I know the Rockets are behind this place. Well, below it, technically. They're the ones selling Pokémon! I knew it was fishy the minute I saw this place!"

"What about Blue?" Red asked, "Is he here too?"

Green scoffed at the mention of Blue's name. "No! He's not here! He just kept going on about how it wasn't his business and that he didn't want to be bothered! Ugh, I can't stand him sometimes!" Green noticed Red crack a little smile and she glared at him, "What's so funny?"

"You two bicker like an old married couple," Red said easily, recalling Pidgeot and starting on his way again.

"Married couple?!" Green roared, chasing after him as she tried to suppress the red rising in her cheeks. "Oh, please! I'm more like his keeper half the time!" She noticed Red give a little snicker at that and turned her glare toward him, "Yeah, yuck it up, mister. I'm your keeper too with all the trouble you get into."

Red chuckled again, but this time it was with a rueful smile. "Don't remind me," he mumbled.

Past the maze of spinner tiles was another staircase. The three individuals made their way down deeper into the hideout. Along the way, Green couldn't help but notice Dratini. "By the way, Red. I've been meaning to ask, what is that little snake thing behind you?"

Red glanced over at his shy new friend. "That's Dratini. One of the Rockets was attacking her and I protected her."

"Oh, you poor thing!" Green sighed sympathetically. She bent down to give her a gentle pat on the head, but she shrunk away from her and darted around Red's leg to hide (though with her size, she was still clearly visible). Green gave an understanding smile and pulled her hand away. "It's okay. I bet you're still really scared. But you wanted to stick around and help out all the other Pokémon being abused here, didn't you?" Dratini peeked out from behind Red and gave a little nod. "That's very brave of you. And with time, I bet you'll see that not all people are as mean as those awful Rocket goons. I mean, there's me after all!" Red rolled his eyes at that, but it seemed to calm Dratini down. It still wasn't exactly ready to cuddle with Green by any means, but it wasn't cowering anymore. "That's a sweet little Pokémon you've got there," Green noted.

Red nodded happily, "I'm fond of her."

To the surprise and elation, there were no more spinning tiles on the floor they found themselves on! Everyone let out a huge sigh of relief at the sight of a normal non-booby trapped floor to walk on. The floor only seemed to have one room of any importance in it; a large conference room. The room was empty save for a single Rocket in the back corner behind the conference table.

"H-hey! You're not supposed to be here!" the Rocket exclaimed, tossing a Pokéball. The ball opened to reveal a foul smelling purple creature of some kind. It kind of looked like a little, stinky, purple version of the moon with a big, dumb grin on its face. "There's no way you're getting the Lift Key from me!"

"Well, we weren't actually here for this 'Lift Key' thing," Green said with a cheeky smile, "But now that you mention it, I'd be happy to take it off your hands!" Red was about to step forward and send out one of his Pokémon, but Green stopped him. "Sorry Red, but you've had all the fun here so far. This one's mine."

"Are you kidding me?! I can handle a little girl!" the Rocket roared.

Green smiled at him, "Oh, you're gonna see I'm no ordinary little girl! Come out, Ninetales!" With the snap of her Pokéball, a beautiful tan fox with nine billowing tails appeared, immediately taking a regal position, sitting in front of the Rocket's disgusting gas bag.

"What is that?" Red asked enviously.

"This is Vulpix's evolved form," Green explained. "Turns out some Pokémon only evolve when they come in contact with special stones. The department store in the city sells these stones. Though I did get a few more if you're interested though…"

"I think I'd rather get them without your markup," Red returned.

"Aww, you're no fun."

"Hey!" the Rocket exclaimed angrily, "Don't just ignore me! Koffing! Use Poison Gas, now!"

Green grinned, "Ninetales, use Flamethrower." The fox Pokémon gave a nonchalant breath in the direction of the foe's Koffing and the wave of sickly gas it had belched out. After just a second, Ninetales's breath erupted into a jet of flame that dissipated the gas cloud and scorched the Koffing. The spherical Pokémon hit the ground with a light "donk!" and was out cold. "I don't know," Green said confidently, "I think you were doing better when I wasn't paying attention to you. Sure you can still handle this 'little girl'?" The Rocket flew into a panic, snatching up his Koffing in his arms and scrambling over the table to get past Green and her Ninetales. In the rush, something fell out of his pocket and onto the table. "Man, they're never any fun. They always run away right at the good part!"

Green walked over to the table where the Rocket had dropped his item. "It's the Lift Key, isn't it?" Red asked as Green picked it up.

She sighed as she turned it over in her hand. "Yup. Those guys are almost comically stupid sometimes."

"Only sometimes?" Red asked.

Green giggled at that, "Fair point. Now what's say we pay these idiots' boss a visit. I saw that the lift can take you straight to his office."

Red and Dratini nodded and they made their way to the lift. They were all grateful that they didn't have to deal with any of those insufferable spinners anymore. As Green had said, one of the options for the lift was to the "Boss's office". The lift opened on a single room and only one man sitting on a couch in the center.

"So! I must say, I'm impressed you got here." The man, a fairly nondescript individual save for his jet black suit and piercing eyes, immediately tossed a Pokéball, summoning a sort of stone rhinoceros.

Green had to call on Ninetales as the thing immediately charged. "Ninetales! Use-" Before she could finish, the foe slammed into Ninetales and smacked her into a wall. She got up, but just barely. Red looked over at the leader of the Rockets. This one was no ordinary trainer…

Don't really have time for a lengthy A/N, so see you next time!