This little ditty is a great emotional chapter, but in a good way. Flame really begins to show some character development and I am finally able to move onto the next Story Arc.

Episode Fourty-Seven: A New Horizon

In order to distract myself from the rising urge to shove Scout off of the branch he was standing on, I took a quick glance around. Or, at least, I would have if something else hadn't attracted my attention.

"Food! Precious food!"

I reached up above my head and plucked a nice plump apple and started tucking in. I hadn't had an apple since I'd been captured, and I remembered what I'd missed. The thought stole my hunger and I stared down at the apple. I missed home.

"Scout?" I asked, throwing the apple away and focusing on the horizon.

"Yes Flame?" Scout asked, concern evident in his voice.

"You ever miss your old home back in the forest?"

"Sometimes. But I was missing a lot back there," he laughed.

"What do you mean?"

"Back there I was a loner, fighting to keep my small patch of forest. Now I have friends, teamates, and don't have that burden to keep."

I could see his point, battling for a clearing did seem kind of pointless but back then it was what you did without question.

"And," he started again, "Look at the friends I've made. You and the Ratata's clan. And there'll be many more to come. Yes, the journey is going to be difficult at times but the result is going to be much better than if I had stayed in the forest."

"I see your point," I said, remembering the people I wouldn't have met without Moron. Scout, Alpha, Squirtle, Scyther and I'd have kept my fear of snakes if I hadn't met Ekans.

"I might settle down somewhere, someday. But, untill then, lets just enjoy the adventures."

"You're coming with us?" I asked, puzzled.

"I let the Joanne girl capture me. After all, they needed my help in tracking Team Rocket down," the bird laughed, "besides, you could use the help."

I couldn't help but join in and laugh.

"Thanks Scout," I said, smiling.

"No problem, anything for a ally," Scout chuckled.

"Sorry to interrupt," Alpha sighed, "but the Pikachu is climbing up the tree."

I peeked down and saw her leaping from the lower branches, strait up towards me.

"Time to go!" I yelled, leaping off of the branch and plummeting strait towards the, very solid, ground.

The tree I lept from was much bigger than the last one I had jumped off of but there was no way that I was going to let Pika corner me again.

I heard Scout screeching as he shot off after me, but he wasn't fast enough. The ground was shooting towards me and there was nothing any of my Pokémon friends could do.

'Not my brightest ideas,' I thought to myself as I prepared for the pain that would occur when my head hit the floor.

Amazingly, I was saved at the last second by Moron diving out of no where and catching me with both arms. He skidded along the ground on his stomach before finally coming to a halt. He slowly climbed to his feet and looked down at me.

"Used to be a goalie, never knew I'd have to save someone's life like that though," he laughed, placing me on the ground.

"You obviously got yourself out just fine," he sighed as he turned away and waved at another human, "Sorry, Officer Jenny. Looks like they got themselves out of trouble."

"Officer Jenny?" Porygon said, with what I guessed was shock. Moron shoot round, looking suprised.

"Ack! It speaks english."

"I can also speak fixty-seven other languages, which would you prefer?" Porygon told him.

"English works, I was just suprised."

The Human called Officer Jenny stepped fowards and looked down at the Porygon, "You were one of the Rocket's captives. I'm amazed they could keep you locked up."

"They used a triple-matrix locking device, I needed a catalyst to unlock the doors. Flame here managed to find me one and we unlocked all of the cages in one go. Simple, really."

"So you managed to engineer an escape attempt and literally destroyed their operation in the process?" The Human asked.

"Actually the cave-in was an accident. And the idea wasn't my own, that honour belongs to the Ninetails in the tree behind you."

"And mine." I piped up.

"Oh yes, Flame did come up with a fair chunk of it too. I presume that you have managed to capture many of the Rocket members as they fled?"

"A fair few, about a hundred in total. It took the Police force of both Pewter and Cerulean cities to keep up with them all."

"So there must be approximatly fifty of them still around," Porygon said in the closest thing to a sigh that the emotionless thing could possibly do.

Alpha lept down from the tree with no problem, his longer legs absorbing the impact easily.

"We, The Pokémon Rebellion, would be honoured to help you take them down," he said, while Porygon translated it into Human.

"We, The Police, would be honoured for your assistance," Officer Jenny laughed, "assuming the rest of you wish to stay."

Bulbasaur and Hitmonchan didn't hesitate, "We're staying. This place is worth fighting for."

Porygon agreed to remain behind too. Alpha turned to me and Scyther.

"Well? You want to help us out?" he asked.

"I'll pass," I said, "my place is on the road with Moron and the others."

"Scyther will go with Flame," came the reply from the ninja Pokémon.

After Porygon translated all of our desicions, Moron smiled at me.

"I figured you'd had gone off with the others but you're going to come with us instead."

"Thank Scout for that," I replied, Porygon still translating.

"Scout? Oh you mean the Pidgey friend of yours. That reminds me, this belongs to you," Moron said as he pulled out the Nidoran's horn that I'd been given out of his pocket, "it fell off when Team Rocket snagged you."

He leant down and gave it back to me, watching me take it back.

"Thanks. You're not as dumb as I thought you were, Moron." I said, Porygon translating it word for word. The look on Moron's face was priceless but he got over it fast and laughed, "I'll take that as a compliment. Now lets get going, Cerulean's Gym isn't going to wait for itself."

"As long as an Onix isn't involved."