Once I got my new mission, I then went around the town in order to start assisting the other members of the city, my first job being to help out a woman to get back into her apartment, since she'd gotten a package that was too heavy for her to lift and it was blocking her door. I then went in and moved it with some help from a Makuhita, him managing to heft it and onto the side of the door, making sure to be gentle as the box said it was fragile.
"Thanks! This is definitely my new Gardevoir statue," she said, me tilting my head and for her to smirk. "Yes, I like Gardevoir, no not in that way, it's because I had a Gardevoir when I was a little girl and she was basically my second mother," she said, me smiling at her saying that.
"No judging, I'm just smiling," I smiled, me then helping her inside of her apartment with the large Gardevoir statue, requiring both of us to take into her apartment. And when we did, we gawked at how there was an uninvited guest in the place, it being someone that made the girl scared.
"E-EEK! What is this thing?! Catch it, please!" she shouted when she saw the large bug in Venonat, me then doing just that and, after doing so, I then released the Venonat and it then rushed out of the apartment where it came from, me then seeing that it actually went outside and towards the northeast of town and into a building, where the Venonat apparently was owned by a little boy. How did I see this? Windows.
"Whew... thanks... I'm scared of bug Pokemon," she admitted, me smiling at her.
"Understand bull," I smiled back as best I could, me then smacking my face at how I couldn't speak right still.
"I'm grateful for this, miss... um... name?" she asked, me smiling at her.
"Beth Woods. Yours?"
"Lisa. I'll be sure to put a good word in to the Ranger Base," she said, me smiling and nodding at her as Emolga and I then left her apartment along with the Makuhita being released shortly after. And when we left, we then were hailed down by a person.
"Oh! Excuse me, miss ranger?" she asked, me then going to her and her smiling at me. "May I ask for you to assist me? I've lost my lovely wittle Skitty troupe. There's 6 in total and all of them went missing after the Rhydon went crazy outside of town! Can I ask you to help find them?" she asked, that resulting in one of the little adorable muffins to run in and get next to her. "Ooh, my wovewy wittle Skitty! Each looks exactly like this one, save for one, who has a small mole on her cheek. Please help me," she said, me nodding at her.
"I'll help you find the wittle waggamuffins," I said with my headband, which I immediately regretted thinking the first thing that came to mind. "Uh, sorry, I didn't mean to..." I said before she smiled at me.
"It's okay, it just shows you wuv 'em just like me," she smirked, me nodding at that. "I'll wait for you and my wittle Skitty by the Ranger Base."
"Okay, and by the way, I agree. Skitty is the cutest kitty Pokemon of all time, no contest," I smirked widely as I then went out to find the Skitty family, me then finding the one of them near the back part of town in a house full of plush Pokemon, another one in an alcove to the top part of town by the clock tower, another inside of a trash can, and another in the middle of the fountain plaza. And each one I found, I didn't even need to catch them with the Styler! I just convinced them that I wanted to take them back to their mommy and they listened to me.
All aside from one, who hid behind a wooden fence that needed to be cut through by a Krabby's claws. And when I did, the Skitty ran towards the factory to the east, me following after and then seeing that she was hiding behind a tree and that a random man was being mad at a Machoke.
"GAGH! Useless Machoke! Why can't you do it right?!" the jerk asked, me knowing he was from the Go-Rock Squad by appearance, as, like before, it was a strict dress code.
"You do realize that the Machoke could crush your spine if he really wanted to, right?" I asked with the translator, the jerk then looking at me and growling at me.
"Who asked you?! And what's with the look? You do realize that Halloween is 3 months away, right?" he growled.
"Science accident involving Team Rocket and Mythical Pokemon. By the way, Machoke?" I asked, the guy looking at me with concern on its face. "You're strong enough to lift a truck. Why not try that out on the jerk?" I asked, the Machoke then speaking after.
"He has something on him... if I tried to attack, he'd make me go crazy. He already did so with a Rhydon, I saw it," the Machoke said, me then smiling at that.
"Okay then," I said as I then proceeded to take out my handcuffs that I'd been given as a part of my ranger uniform and then proceeded to cuff the scientist... despite his protests.
"HEY! What's with the cuffs?! Let me go, right now!" he said angrily, me then searching him and then finding the thing I wanted. It was a Styler that looked highly technical, but also looked like it was tampered with.
"I do believe that you are not a Ranger, so what are you doing with a Styler, punk?" I asked, him then gulping at that.
"U-Uh... I can explain?" he gulped.
"Yes, you will. Machoke, Skitty? How about we go to the Ranger base together? We need the eye witness to the Rhydon situation and you, little Skitty, need to go back to momma," I said, the little kitty then smiling widely.
"Yay! I wanna see mommy again!" she smirked, me then leading the trio through the streets and back to the Ranger Base, the Skitty family having been completely reunited in the process.
"One, two, three, four, five, six! Yes! You found all my wittle Skitty family! I thank you so much, miss Ranger!" she smiled happily.
"Beth, nice meet you," I smiled with my mouth.
"Okay, wuvwies, single file, now, let's go home," she smirked, the Skitty troupe then going into single-file and then going down the road to the top part of town, me smirking at that. I then went into the Ranger Base and, when Joel saw me with a Machoke and the scientist, he looked at me in confusion.
"Oh? May I ask what you're doing here so soon, Beth?" Joel asked, me nodding as I then handed him the Styler that I'd found on the scientist, him being shocked at that.
"This scine-tist had custom Styler on hand. This Machoke witness to Rhydon ramp-aysh. It new version of Super Styler without doubt," I said, Joel then looking at the Go-Rock Squad members we'd already captured and them nodding.
"She's right on that much, that's all we're gonna say," Tio admitted.
"Well, that is quite impressive that you managed to figure it out so quickly. Now we know we have to keep an eye out for any funny business involving these Go Rock Squad members," Joel said, me nodding as I then went out back to work and, when I exited the base, I saw that there was a scientist that was on our side, her looking at me with a smile.
"Ah! You're Beth, right? The one that's in charge of patrolling Fall City?" she asked, me nodding at her.
"Yes, I am," I smirked with my mouth. It was one of very few phrases I could say with perfect diction.
"I'm a researcher working for Professor Hastings. He requested that I try to find some important documents in the lab's basement, but the lights aren't working. I wanted to know if you could help fix it up?" she asked, me nodding at that.
"Part technology, let me at it," I had Magearna say, her then smirking widely. "Yes! Perfect dicson!" she smirked happily. We then went to the area in question, Emolga then speaking after.
"I wonder what kind of things we have to find in there? I can read human, so I can help find it," Emolga said.
"Really? Then we'll help find it," I smiled at her, Emolga smirking after.
"What are you talking to your Emolga about?" the researcher asked.
"She can read human, same with me. We can help find what you need," I said.
"I'd highly appreciate it," she smirked, me then going into the basement with her and, when I did, I then looked around before finding the circuit breaker, me then letting the robot bunny in control and her to then use her enhanced vision and mechanics to look at the breaker and then, she got to work. She proceeded to connect our cannon arm to a nearby wall socket as well as using the gear mechanisms in our ears in order to mess with the breakers to make sure all of them worked. And after working for long enough, she came to a simple conclusion.
"Bulbs burnt out, all at same time. Need replace," she said, us then finding the spare bulbs and, using our jet feet, we then went to the ceiling and proceeded to replace all the bulbs with new ones. And after about 5 minutes of doing this, the bulbs were all replaced and, after that, we then flipped the breaker and the lights all came on, me then getting the researcher down and for her to smile after.
"Wow! Now it's perfect! Thanks, Beth and Magearna! Now, we need to find a paper about the Super Styler and its figurations. That, combined with the Styler you found on that scientist, should help find out what the Go-Rock Squad plans to do with it," she said, us then looking around before Emolga found it on the top shelf of the back-right corner, her showing it to us and for me to smile at it.
"Good job, Emolga! Here, have a treat," I smirked as I got into my personal bag and gave Emolga an electric-type macaron, which she then smiled at happily and ate it, her trilling at the taste.
"Mm! It's so good! Thankies!" she smirked.
"Thank you for helping me find the research papers, miss Beth. I'll go ahead and get these to Joel and Hastings so we can formulate a plan," she said, me nodding and following her out of the place and to the Ranger Base, where I saw the Ranger in Alita to exit it and for her to look at me with a posh demeanor.
"Oh, you're the one that failed to protect Hastings and the Super Styler, aren't you?" she asked, me frowning at her.
"And also caught four members of the squad that wanted to steal the Super Styler and procured what seemed to be a replica from one of them, yes," I said with my translator, her frowning at me.
"Damage control, or lies?" she asked, me frowning at her.
"Truth. And I already don't like your attitude," I frowned at her.
"Hah! Last I checked, you're a rookie. I'm Rank 7, what are you?"
"2, and I also was jumped by the Go-Rock Squad along with Hastings, as they outnumbered us 20 to three. And they tried to crush us with boulders in the tunnels, so there's that too," I frowned.
"More excuses? Why tell me all this stuff?" she frowned at me.
"Because I know that the Go-Rock Squad's whole plan is to use the Super Styler to give Pokemon Rangers a bad name. The three we captured of the 20 said as much, and I also found the Styler on the fourth member as he was abusing a Machoke. Terrible idea by the way, I don't recommend doing that," I frowned.
"Hmph, fine. Then how about you-" she was about to say before I heard a shriek from nearby.
"HELP!" shouted a little girl, me then rushing in that direction and gawking at what I saw. A Go-Rock Squad member was overwatching from nearby as a group of Snubbull were surrounding a little girl and looked pissed off! I then rushed in and proceeded to capture the lot of them without thinking, all of them then, as soon as I caught them, were automatically released, the girl looking scared as I saw that she was a bit hurt from what looked like a couple bites from the Snubbull. I then looked at the Go-Rock Squad member and she looked at me with concern.
"Uh... I do believe I've got to be going now... toodles!" she was about to say before Emolga then used Volt Switch on the member, which was definitely enough for the jerk to get electrified and become unable to move.
"HEY! What's your Emolga doing?! Why is it attacking a-" Alita was about to shout before she saw that something was on the ground by the member, her then picking it up and gawking at it. "Oh... I see now why she did that," she frowned as she then placed the cuffs on the member and then escorted her to the Ranger Base, me then looking at the little girl with concern.
"Are you okay? Or do you need to get to the doctor?" I asked, her sniffing at me before then hugging me tightly.
"It was so scary... they didn't break the skin, but one almost got my neck... thanks for saving me..." she said, me smiling at her.
"Just so you know, if it weren't for that guy with the coconut head, then the Snubbull wouldn't have attacked you," I said, her sniffling at that.
"I... I don't know..." she said, Emolga then going to her and, though she winced at first from being close to the Emolga, she then acted cutesy and snuggled next to the girl, her then crying happily before giving a small hug to the Emolga.
"See? Pokemon are friendly, right?" I smiled.
"Yes... thank you," she smiled, me then escorting the girl back to her house, it being in the apartment with the Venonat girl and, when we did, she was on the second floor. "Thank you again, miss Ranger... I'll never forget this day," she smirked.
"My name is Beth," I said in English, her smiling at me.
"I'm Lola... nice to meet you," she said, me then letting her go inside before then heading back to the base, me seeing that Joel looked at me with a smile, as Alita was there and had managed to get some more information from the member that I'd helped her detain.
"From what Alita has told me, not only did you help rescue a little girl from some rampaging Snubbull, but we also have deduced some more information from the Super Styler robbery from this member, here, Jill. She claims that the Super Styler is being tweaked with in a secret location and being mass-produced in secret, which they refuse to acknowledge the location of," Joel frowned.
"Not only that, but from what I've seen from the times I've encountered the Pokemon caught by these Super Styler fakes, they end up making the Pokemon go into an angered rampage. And if you catch them in that state with a REAL Styler, then they are immediately released and then the Super Styler copy that was used ends up becoming broken," he said, me nodding at that.
"All true, and all danger," I said.
"Because of this discovery, capturing the most Go-Rock Squad members of any of the Rangers, and for helping out the citizens of Fall City, I'm promoting you to Ranger Rank 3, and with it, you'll now be able to employ the assistance of 5 captured Pokemon at once," Joel said, me smiling at that as I did my pose and Alita smiled at me.
"Well done, that's all I'll say. I need to head out and find out more information about the Go-Rock Squad... where there's a sewer, there are Ratata," she frowned before then heading out.
"She's going to be wasting her time down there," said the one that I'd helped capture with Alita, me frowning at her and speaking to her.
"You nearly hurt a kid, a little girl. You aren't in my good graces right now. So tell us straight. Are there any members working in the sewers?" I asked, her frowning at me.
"Only two, and they plan on making a big stink down there," she said... and right after that, a member of the sewer team came in through the front doors and looked concerned.
"Joel! We have a big problem in the sewers! Grimer are EVERYWHERE! If they infect the water supply, it'll be a plague of disgusting, poisoned water!" the worker said, me nodding at that.
"Then it looks like you'll need to join Alita in the sewers, Beth. Your mission there is twofold. One, find and capture all the Grimer in the sewers. And second, try to find these two members of the Go-Rock Squad in the sewers. Once you catch a Grimer, I'll send in a spare Fall City ranger to collect them and remove them from the sewers properly," he said, me nodding at that.
"Good thing I can't smell... otherwise, I'd probably die," I admitted.
