"What the heck?!" Ash screamed, struggleing against the robotic hand that held him in the air
"Hahaha, we caught it" he heard a familiar female voice
"Grrrr" he growled "Team Rocket."
"Hahaha! Now THIS Pikachu is gonna impress da boss a lot more than the twerp's" Meowth laughed
"Wobbufet" Wobbufet screamed, popping out of it's poke-ball
"Ash!" Nubtup yelled "Huh? Pikachu, you okay?" she asked, looking at him, short answer, he wasn't. Long answer, Pikachu was extremely mad
"Trying to steal me is one thing" he muttured under his breath "But taking Ash is going TOO FAR!" he screamed, relasing a rage fueled Thunder attack on the robotic arm
"Let... Ash... GO!" he screamed at the top of his lungs, causing the attack to become even more powerful, then the arm gave and collapsed due to an over ecsese of energy, falling to pieces.
"Thanks, Pikachu!" Ash yelled as he broke free of the now powerless hand, "Pikachu? What's wrong?" Ash asked looking at him, Pikachu had collapsed, he was still consious, but he was laying down on the floor breathing heavly
"Ash" he wheezed "Look out"
"Look out? for wha" he asked before he cut short "Ackk" he tried to speak, but he was being choked from behind
"Thhhhought you could get away that eassssy, little moussssse?" asked a voice from behind him
"Se..Viper" he managed to say despite the snake's coils around his torso.
"Ssssssmart one, aren't you" Seviper asked mockingly "Your lucky my trainer wantsssssss you alive"
"Seviper, start to bring it up here" Jessie told her pokemon
"Cacnea" James wimpered "Let go off me and give Seviper some cover." meanwhile, Nubtup was running toward the snake pokemon, the top of her petals glowing purple, suddenly she was hit by glowing spikes, falling to the ground
"Oww" she moaned
"Nu...btup" he croaked, slowly loosing consiousness due to Seviper sqeezing the air out of him
"Goodnight, little moussssse" Seviper cooed, Ash loosing the strength to keep his eyes open.
"Must... Keep... Eyes... Open.." Ash muttered, starting to pass out from lack of air
"Nighty Night, mousssssy" Seviper cooed once more, starting to laugh at Ash's weakness
"Now, all your friendsssss are gonna be Team Rocket'ssssss pokemon"
"Ne..ver" Ash croaked, trying to keep awake, when he heard a familiar voice behind the trees
"Marshtomp, use Mud-Shot!"
"Augggggg!" Seviper wailed in pain as he was hit in the back by the ground move, Ash fell to his knees and put his paw to his chest and wheezed
"Uhh uhhh" he groaned "Where's my hat?" the sound of coughing and choking answered his questions, Seviper was choking on it
"*Cough* Get... Hackk... thissssss out off...*cough* my throat!" Seviper croaked, Cacnea rushing to help
"PUUUAHHH!" Seviper coughed, spitting out a half digested hat
"Aww man, my hat!"
"Ash!" he heard someone scream
"Max!" Ash yelled in joy
"Huff, the twerps" Meowth sighted "Ready for the motto?"
"Yeah" both Jessie and James nodded
"Prepare for trouble"
"And make it double to protect the world from devastation"
"To unite the people within our nation"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love"
"To extend our reach to the stars above"
"Jessie"
"James"
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light"
"Surrender now or prepear to fight"
"MEOWTH, that's right!"
"Wobbu wobbufet"
"Mimmme mime"
"You three again" May grumbeled, holding Eevee in her arms
"Ash, Pikachu. You guys okay?"
"Pika pika chuka" Ash said
"I'll take that as a yes" said May, taking out one her poke-balls "Combusken, I choose you!" she said as the poke-ball popped opened reaveling the fire-fighting type
"Combusken use fire spin!" Combusken nodded, opening it's beak and realising a typhon of flames, setting Team Rockets baloon ablaze
"Oh" Meowth started
"No" Jessie finished, as she recalled Seviper and James recalled Cacnea
KABOOM!
"We're blasting off again!"
"Wobbufet!"
Ping
"Ash, you okay?" Max asked, picking up Ash, who nodded and pointed at Nubtup
"Pikakachupi" he said
"Umm, Ash I can't understand"Max said, Ash slapped his forehead
"Forget that little detail, did ya?" Ashchu asked in his head
"About time you said something" Ash though Ash "Where were you when I was being strangeled by a Seviper"
"Well.. I ...I...don't...well"
"Well what!" Ash said out loud, catching strange looks from Pikachu
"Thing is, I... have a phobia of snake pokemon" Ashchu whimpered
"Uhh. Why?" Ash though
"Instincts" Ashchu answered
"Oh.. Okay" Ash said out loud
"Ash, whats wrong?" Pikachu asked Ash, worried
"Oh n. " Ash stuttered nervously, Pikachu scratched his chin worried.