My Pov
I finally made it back to Saffron City. I managed to catch a few more Pokémon and battle some Trainers on the way here. I first went to the Pokémon Center to get everyone healed up. Then I stopped at the Poké Mart to stock up. As I made my way out of the mart, I heard shouting. I looked to see two Team Rocket Grunts throwing a woman out of a building.
"You can't keep our president hostage!" the woman cried.
"What are you going to do?" one of the grunts snapped. Well, I guess the Gym was going to have to wait. I needed to help the people of Silph Co. out first. I marched up to the two Grunts.
"Hey!" I yelled. They and the woman turned to me. "What's your problem?" The grunts started laughing.
"Little girl, do you know who we are?" one asked. Each of them had a PokéBall at the ready. I reached into my pocket and grabbed Zippy's PokéBall.
"Yeah. Bullies and loudmouths." I said. They then threw their PokéBalls and I threw Zippy's. They had a Zubat and Raticate. "Zippy, Thunderbolt."
"Rai... chu!" Zippy exclaimed, zapping both the Grunts and their Pokémon, knocking them out. I then went over to the woman.
"Are you okay, ma'am?" I asked.
"Yes, but our president and many others are still being held hostage in the building." she said.
"I took care of Team Rocket in Celadon, I can do the same here." I said. I didn't wait for her to say anything. I went inside the building and began the descent into Silph Co. The whole time, I was sending all of my team out at once. Each of them taking out the any Grunt or Scientists we ran into. After taking out the last Grunt, he pulled out a radio.
"Giovanni, sir! There's an intruder here!" he said. Lovie used Swift and destroyed the radio.
"Man, here I'm hoping to get the drop on him. Thanks." I said, walking pass the Grunt. I hit the button on the elevator and got in. As the elevator went up, I thought about the Pokémon Giovanni would have. I think he'd still have Rhyhorn, but I don't know what else. I knew it was Ground-types, so Dot and Tad were going to be my best bet. The elevator stopped and the doors opened. I stepped out and headed to where Giovanni and the president were. I turned the corner and found the president sitting on a sofa and Giovanni standing next to him.
"I heard there was an intruder, but I didn't think it'd be the same one who exposed our hideout in Celadon City." Giovanni said, a angry expression forming on his face.
"And I didn't think you'd be here even after I kicked your butt in Celadon." I said.
"You won't be as lucky as before." Giovanni said, taking out a PokéBall. "Go, Nidorino." I pointed my Pokédex at Nidorino.
"Nidorino, the Poison Pin Pokémon and the evolved form of a male Nidoran. An aggressive Pokémon that is quick to attack. The horn on its head secretes a powerful venom." the Pokédex said. It was still a pure Poison-type so I needed to be careful of who I used. Then I remembered that Tad had learned Psychic. I decided he would be my best shot.
"Tad, your turn!" I said. My Poliwrath appeared.
"Fury Attack." Giovanni said. Nidorino charged toward Tad.
"Psychic." I said. Tad put both his hands out in front of him. They glowed bright blue and Nidorino suddenly froze. He became outlined in blue as Tad lifted his hands, raising Nidorino up in the air. That's when Tad thrusted his hands forward and Nidorino became zapped by psychic energy. He fell back to the ground and had fainted. Giovanni returned him and sent out his Rhyhorn. Tad made quick work of it with Bubble Beam. Giovanni then sent out his Persian. I swapped Tad out for Primo and Primo was able to take out Persian with a combination of Screech and Low Kick. I could see Giovanni getting irritated.
"You seemed to have strengthen your Pokémon since we last met." he said.
"Obviously I haven't been twiddling my thumbs all this time." I said. He took out his last Pokémon.
"Go Nidoqueen." he said, throwing the ball. It opened to reveal the final form of the female Nidoran. I pointed my Pokédex at her.
"Nidoqueen, the Drill Pokémon and the evolved form of Nidorina. Its hard scales provide strong protection. It uses its hefty bulk to execute powerful moves." the Pokédex said. Since she now had the Ground-typing Tad would be able to handle her no problem, but her was exhausted. I thought for a minute and decided to keep using Primo to weaken her.
"Primo, use Screech!" I said. Primo let out a loud scream, causing Nidoqueen to cover her ears.
"Nidoqueen, Scratch." Giovanni said. Nidoqueen lunged forward and started scratching Primo repeatedly. "Poison Sting." Nidoqueen then shot a barrage of poison needles from her mouth at Primo. Primo staggered, having been Poisoned by Nidoqueen's attack.
"Primo, return!" I said, holding up his PokéBall. Tad was the only one who had the advantage against Nidoqueen, but he was exhausted from his battles against Nidorino and Rhyhorn. I had no choice.
"Go Tad!" I said, throwing Tad's ball. It opened and revealed my tired Poliwrath.
"Your Poliwrath seems ready to drop. Nidoqueen, Poison Sting." Giovanni said. Nidoqueen shot a barrage of poisonous needles toward Tad.
"Stop them with Psychic." I said. Tad held out his hands and stopped the needles. They then fell to the floor. Nidoqueen suddenly lunged forward and grabbed Tad's arm. She pulled him and threw him to the ground.
"Finish it with Body Slam." Giovanni said. She reared up and went to slam her weight onto Tad.
"Knock her back with a Bubble Beam!" I exclaimed. Tad turned and hit Nidoqueen dead in the chest with a Bubble Beam. This caused Nidoqueen to fall back in pain. Tad staggered to his feet. "Send her flying with Psychic!" Just like with Nidorino, Tad lifted Nidoqueen up using Psychic energy and hit her with the a powerful shock, knocking her out. As Nidoqueen fell back toward the ground, Tad collapsed. I ran to him as Giovanni returned Nidoqueen and scoffed.
"To be defeated by the same child twice..." he said. He glared at me while a tended to my exhausted Pokémon. He used another smoke bomb to disappear, leaving me with the President. The President walked over to me.
"Child, are you and your Pokémon all right?" he asked.
"I'm fine, but all my Pokémon are exhausted. My Poliwrath especially." I answered. I returned Tad to his ball. "I should send him to Professor Oak. He deserves a break." The President showed me a transporter that was stationed in a corner. I called Professor Oak, explained the situation and sent him Tad. "I'm glad I could help you sir. I'll be on my way."
"Wait, please." the President said. I stopped just at the elevator. The President held out a PokéBall. "Please take this as thanks for your help." I took the ball and looked at it. "Inside is the Pokémon Lapras. We were doing research of this Pokémon and I feared Team Rocket would get their hands on it. Please take it with you." Lapras?! He was giving me a Lapras?
"Thank you, sir! I'll take go care of it." I said. I quickly looked up Lapras's data.
"Lapras, the Transport Pokémon. A gentle soul that can read the minds of people. It can ferry people across the sea on its back." the Pokédex said. I hurried to the building's exit just as the employees who had all left began to come back in. I healed my Pokémon at the Pokémon Center and started forming a plan to take on Sabrina. She wasn't going to be as ruthless as she was since Ash had helped her, but she was still going to be strong.
The reason I summarized Rhyhorn and Persian's battles is because I had battled them before and decided to just include the battles with the two Nido Pokémon.
