Ah Episode 91. The climax of the Vermillion story arcs. Finally I can get this show on the road. Anyway, Alpha's team launches an assault on Team Rocket's base, only to find that they were expected and an opponent that they cannot defeat waiting for them.
Episode Ninety-One: The Final Attack
I woke up to find myself looking at an identical, minus the scar, looking Charmander who was staring right back at me.
"Ack!" I yelled, rolling to the side and strait off of the bed, "Scarlet! Don't do that!"
"Why must you ruin my fun?" Came the reply as she lept down beside me.
I was about to pull myself up when she sat on top of me, preventing my escape.
"Now, are you going to tell me where you vanished for the best part of yesterday?" She asked me, will I was pinned.
"Get off of me," I grumbled, trying to throw her off and failing.
"I'll let you up when I get answers."
"I was fighting, alright!" I yelled, digging my claws into the floor and trying to haul myself up.
Scralt got off suddenly and shoved me against the bed, pinning me there instead.
"Who?" She growled.
"Who do you think?" I replied, "the Rebellion."
She let go, dropping me to the ground.
"So they know you are with us," she muttered as she turned away, "then we don't have a secreat weapon anymore."
"They may still be alive but the sight of me caused some mental damage, they will make mistakes," I muttered, finally managing to stand.
"They outnumbered me but I escaped," I decided to tell her.
"What if they followed you here?" She burst out, spinning around to face me.
"They can't have. I led them across all of the city before losing them and heading here," I lied, so I wouldn't have to mention Mew, "the only way to find us is to search every single building by hand, and they don't have the numbers to do that."
"You have a point," Scarlet said with a smirk, "and if they do find us, they will get beaten into the next century."
"Yeah," I agreed, faking a smile. I wasn't sure if I wanted them to find us, I wasn't sure what I wanted at all.
"Which reminds me, we got a little suprise for you."
Scarlet grabbed my arm and dragged me out of the room, down the corridoor and towards the large warehouse that was used as a training ground and barriered the main entrance. All I could to was try to stay upright and hold on for the ride.
When we got there, I had to pop my arm back into place. Scarlet had nearly torn it off in her rushing.
"Okay, so what have you got for me?" I asked, watching as Ethan stepped up with a box in hand. I knew he would understand because I had that collar thing on that translated my words into Human. He dumped the box on the floor and took out what looked like a steel version of Cubone's helmet.
'What the hell have I gotten into now?'
"Well?" Ethan asked me once I had gotten everything on.
"It's fairly heavy," I replied as I peeked out through the eye holes in the helmet. I'd somehow allowed myself to put on a chest plate and what was essentially steel shin pads and bracers. They'd even armoured up my tail. The armour on my tail and arms also had small spikes on, for reasons I didn't want to know.
"I doubt even that assassin Scyther will be able to take you down now," Scarlet laughed, before throwing her fist at my face. I hadn't expected it and didn't have time to get out of the way. Her fist bounced off the steel plating, not even denting the reinforced metal.
"That Raichu won't be able to blast you with lightning either," Ethan laughed, "there is a small layer of rubber between those steel sheets so you can't get electricuted."
"Handy," I said, scratching my chin.
"You're a knight in shining armour, minus the code of honour," Scarlet's buddy, the Squirtle that I had tricked her into blasting when we had fought, laughed. He called himself Ash, because fires had a nasty habit of exploding in his face.
"Shut up before I headbutt you," I threatened, making everyone laugh, "hey! I was serious."
Two hours later, I was still wearing the 'Charmander Armour' because I hadn't been told how to take the damn thing off. It was itchy as hell and the helmet was a little uncomfortable. I was called up into Ethan's office, which was on the second floor and overlooked the warehouse floor.
"You wanted too see me?" I said as I walked in, without knocking. Ethan nearly fell of his chair, thanks to my sneaking in like I did. Which was suprising, the damn armour made it hard for me to move quietly.
"Haven't you ever heard of knocking?" He asked as he turned to look at me. I was smiling underneath the helmet.
"I've heard of it. That's about it."
Ethan sighed but didn't continue his pointless argument and told me why I had been sent for.
"The Rebellion has been seen around the area," he told me, staring. I guessed that he was trying to watch my reactions, he'd have a hard time thanks to the helmet that he had made me try on.
"So, what does that have to do with me?" I asked, turning around to look as Scarlet and Ash walked in.
"The lower levels have been evacuated and the grunts are preparing to move to our back up base," Scarlet reported, glancing at me.
"Good. Now, the Rebellion is homing in on this building, so we are going to lay a little trap. I'll have my Dragonair waiting on the ground while we watch from up here, ready to leave should worst come to worst," Ethan said, everyone looked at me and I slowly nodded, "seems like a good plan."
So we waited, looking through the window down upon the warehouse. There was dead silence, broken occasionally by me scratching an itch. Soon enough, the door blew open and Alpha's crew dashed in. I could see Squirtle, Blacky and Scyther following along behind the group, not looking too happy.
They all came to a halt and looked around at the seemingly deserted warehouse, unable to see into Ethan's office through the strange one way glass. Alpha spotted the lone Pokéball that lay directly in the center of the floor and started to trot towards it. Ethan smirked as he pressed a button on a small remote and the Pokéball activated itself, releasing the Dragonair that rested inside.
Small microphones that had been placed in the warehouse picked up the yells as the Rebellion spotted the Dragonair.
"Oh shit!" Came Cubone's voice, followed by Alpha's yelling orders, "attack one at a time, don't give it anytime to strike back."
Of course, Dragonair wasn't going to let them follow that plan and launched a blue beam from its mouth. Where ever the beam struck, a solid piece of ice formed. The others all took cover behind crates and whatnot in order to prevent being frozen. Alpha was using his strange blue flames that he called 'Will-o-wisps' to try and distract the Dragon, who just sweeped them away with his tail. One of them was flung towards us and smashed through the window, colliding with Ethan's face.
We all winced as he collapsed to the floor, the smell of burning filled the room. I glanced out of the window while Scarlet and Ash helped Ethan back up. Dragonair was using its tail to attack now, its sheer size was crushing crates and sending debris flying. I spotted Squirtle duck under one such attack, getting knocked down by the shockwave that went with it.
"Scarlet, take Ethan and get out of here," I said, not looking back, "Most of the Rebellion is here but Raichu, Scout and Pika are not. They'll probably sneak in and take Dragonair down from behind, I'll slow them down."
"Okay Flame," Scarlet said, "guess you can try out that armour."
"Yeah," I sighed, grabbing one of the pipelines that ran all the way from the warehouse ceiling to the floor and slid down.
I watched the unfolding battle as I went down, Blacky had appeared and had latched onto the Dragonair's tail with his teeth. The Dragonair flailed around untill its tail collided with one of the walls, leaving Blacky to let go and lay in a crumpled heap.
Everyone else was too busy trying to stay alive to notice Blacky's fall, or my arrival. I dashed across the warehouse floor, having to leap over patches of ice and bits of debis as I headed over. I skidded to a halt beside the falled Umbreon and crouched down, sighing with relief at the sound of breatheing.
Blacky's black eyes opened and focused on my face.
"Who are you?" He coughed, unable to recognize me because of the steel helmet.
"Your uncle," I replied, "Flame. The rebellion member."
I got too my feet and looked towards the Dragonair, who had pinned down Alpha and Scyther with its Ice Beam.
"Nobody tries to kill Blacky and lives to get away with it," I muttered as I charged, leaping onto its back and slamming the blades on my tail and arm armoured plates strait into the back of its head.