Pokémon RP Kanto Quest, the adventure begins.

[SaiKar]

"And now, our hourly weather update. Cerulean continues to be ravaged by a strange icy storm. It is commonly believed that the legendary bird Articuno is to blame, though there are no reports of any actual sightings. The coldest temperatures, where the birds is thought to be roosting, are centered around-"

"LAPRAS, WATER PULSE!"

Saiar gritted her teeth. The sounds of battle were beginning to piss her off. It sounded like that other group of Rockets had finally done something to cheese off the locals. It was none of her damn problem. Cerulean was nothing. None of this mattered. Find Articuno, capture Articuno, and then, and then...
Wait a minute, she thought. Did the trainer just yell out to command a Lapras? Lapras was a rare Pokemon - even in a city with a water-themed gym like Cerulean, it was a very uncommon catch. Team Rocket tended to snatch them if at all possible. The only Lapras Saiar knew of offhand was being trained by her own grunt Paige.
Saiar looked out her room's window onto the street below. A Rocket grunt was chasing a retreating trainer with a Lapras. A female grunt with red hair. If it wasn't Paige, it would have to have been her twin sister.

"What in the hell?" Saiar said, blinking. "Why are my grunts..."

Saiar dialed Holly's number on her poketech. "Yeah, sup?! I'm a bit busy!" came the reply through the sounds of battle.
"Holly," Saiar said. "What's going on? Why are you guys fighting?"
Her reply was barely distinguishable from the background clashes. "Some new Rocket guy came in, said we were taking over the town! Asked for our help! The other guys here are helping too! It's a pretty big fight!"
"Are we winning?"
"Uh... MAGNEMITE, Thunder Wave! Don't worry, he can't scratch your metal body. Now Supersonic! Yes, that's it! ... hey, sorry. I dunno. I'm winning, I think. Heh, this is really exciting! Team Rocket's takin' over the world!"
"Holly," Saiar said, trying to keep her voice even. "Try to find the others, and gather them around the Pokecenter. You'll do far better as a group. Don't forget the things I told you."
"Did that gloom just use poison powder on my magnemite? Wow, kinda stupid! Can't poison a steel Pokemon! ... hey, you say something? Something about a group?"
Saiar sighed. "Forget it. Good luck out there."
"Thanks!"
Saiar hung up. She shook her head. "Damn it Rockets, what are you doing? I didn't authorize this..."

Grabbing her gear (and making doubly sure she was properly clothed this time) and left the room. The center was in no less chaos than the streets below. Saiar got a good look at watching Kato lose both his pokemon to some nerd and...

Her heart stopped when she saw the other trainer downstairs. It had been years, but he hadn't changed much at all. Same breezed back hair, same cool demeanor. And, by the looks of it, he had gotten nothing but better. He and the nerd exchanged a few words and left the center, not having seen Saiar peeking from around the corner.

"Frank," she said, her voice thin and barely above a whisper. "Frank is here..."

[A Forgotten Legend]

----Back at Bill's House----

Before they could react the Muk sent out blood curdling screech that seemed to make both their pokémon vulnerable.
"Ace!  Double Team!"  Corey's Starly became hard to see and caused the Muk to be disoriented for a short time.
"Pineco, quick, Bug Bite!" The Pineco obeyed, dealt a good hit, however it was poisoned by the Muk's slime.  The Muk did not enjoy the last attack and retaliated with Sludge. "Pineco, Rapid Spin away from the sludge!"  It missed and almost hit Corey's Starly.
"Ace, quick attack!" It hit, but Ace also became poisoned.  This was not going to end well.  Both trainers could see their pokémon being weakened from the poison. "Ace, use Wing Attack!"  The attack hit and the Muk looked slightly weakened now.
"This is our chance!  Pineco get underneath the Muk!  I know its not a great place to be, be we might have a chance!"  The pokémon reluctantly obeyed his trainer.  The Muk quickly buried it underneath its slime.  Joseph's Pineco wouldn't last long like this.  "Pineco!  Now, use self-destruct!"  The large explosion from underneath the Muk tossed it back into the wall.  It wasn't fainted, but it was greatly weakened.
"Pineco, great job, return! Go, Totodile!"
"Dile!"
"Ace, use another Wing Attack!"  It hit, but the tiny bird couldn't handle anymore and fainted.  "Good work Ace, Come back. Go Spark!"
"What if Totodile soaks it with a Water Gun attack and you get it with a Spark attack?"
"Sounds like a good idea, go for it."  This could work.
"Totodile, soak him the best you can with your Water Gun attack!"
"Diiiiiiiiiile"  The Totodile gave a good soaking.  The Muk was not pleased.  It slowly began heading towards the two trainers and their pokémon.
"Spark, use spark attack, now!" It obeyed and the Muk got quite a shock.  The noise must've woke up the sleeping pokémon because they too began to shock the Muk.  With all thier strength, the Muk finally oozed out of the building, leaving its old domain.
"It worked!" Joseph said with glee.  He had never been known to have many good ideas, but this was one of them.  As they were celebrating, one of the Pichu walked over to Joseph and climbed on him playfully.
"Hi little guy!"
"Peeechu!"
As the said goodbye to the family, the Pichu from earlier became sad.  As they were leaving the little Pichu began to follow them until finally Joseph picked it up and sat him on his shoulder.  It seemed that Joseph didn't get to catch many pokémon as this is his second one that joined him willingly.  Joseph was happy though, he had gained a new partner and this time it was an electric type.

[Prpl_Mage]

Frank noticed the trainer from Pewter. He was about to ask how his clefairy was doing when the Clefable appeared.
There was just no point in talking when a battle was to be fought.
-"Well finish the punching bag already!" Frank shouted at his Primeape which set out for the Graveler. But before he was able to conect his fist - Lucas' damn chunk a' rock took the credit.
Primeape looked frustrated and set out against Mightyena with a series of kicks and punches.
Arcanine burned Lucas' poké pretty badly but it fell afterwards.
Primeape noticed the turn of events and quickly felled the Mightyena with a karate Chop.

-"No sweat." Frank said and watched as the grunt angrily walked away.
Grunts moved around and Frank greeted them all for a moment. Chris didn't seem to mind their earlier quarrel anymore and Frank was actually glad about it - there were far more important things to do right now.
Frank healed up Kabuto with some of the medicine from the pokécenter. Stupid nerd blew their endless supply of healing...
He scouted the area and noticed a few Grunts busy fighting local trainers. They could use a little extra hand here and there.
-"Guys, I'm going in." He started and gave the others a salute. "I bet I can beat more grunts that you guys" He said and started off into the chaos.

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He rounded some trainers and noticed a trainer with an Arbok. The arbok was about to finish off a Tangela when Murkrow's Night shade knocked it backwards.
-"There's a healing machine in the gym, retreat there." Frank told the trainer.
-"Oh crap, I'm screwed!" The grunt said which took Frank back a little.
-"The hell is your problem? I thought you team rockets would be ruthless..?" He said and eyed the trainer.
-"C'mon, one on one please. You beat one of mine and I walk away, no point in hurting my darlings is there?" The grunt said pleadingly.
-"Hell man, you seem to be in the wrong kind of business." The tangela trainer said as he made his way to the gym.
-"What do you say?" The grunt asked and looked at Frank.
-"Um, no? Not gonna happen, skip the act already."
-"W-what?"
-"If it isn't an act - it's simple experience for my team. Man up and let's see your pokémon!" Frank shouted and the expression of the grunt quickly changed.
-"Heh. Fine, it worked on some of the trainers." The grunt said and snorted.
He sent out a Paras to fight alongside his Arbok.
-"Murkrow deal with it." Frank said as he nowdays actually had a little, just a tiny bit of confidence in his bird.

Murkrow quickly dispatched Paras which was replaced with a Kakuna.
-"Don't even bother with that - take the snake!" Frank told his Murkrow, poison could be a B.
Murkrow went offensive as Arbok stood it's ground using Stockpile and Spit up.
But Murkrow's power was above that of the Arbok and it fell slowly.
Kakuna kept using the Hardcore-harden tactics and wondered if it even was worth it. Murkow did attack it twice and it buckled under.
-"They're too many!" The grunt said as he returned his kakuna and ran off.
-"Godamn wuz." Frank said and grinned.
He saw a Grunt with a houndour and Fearow. It was his next target but the difference between the trainers seemed to differ a lot. This one had obviously had better practice.

Frank healed up Murkrow and set out to defeat Dan.

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-"Captain?" Kinkerly called on a safe distance from the battles.
-"What is it?" Darren asked annoyed over the phone.
-"The target is out of the center, moving against your position - kinda."
-"Good news, did he beat you up or what?" Darren asked with a laugh as Tyranitar took out another pokémon with Stone edge.
-"Yeah, I even used the trick that Paige girl gave me, he didn't fall for it."
-"Good, sounded like a lame trick to me." Darren said and smiled at his victories, strong pokémon were rad.
-"Well you se-"
-"Kinkerly, no time to talk. Regroup with Albert, he needs some healing done." He said and hung up.

-"This is getting bloody amazing." Darren said and grinned, as his Tyranitar roared. It was a beast indeed and Frank would taste it.

[SaiKar]

"Admin! Admin!" Kato was calling.
"What." she replied flatly.
"Town is gone crazy! Other group of Rockets up appear, decide attack! Now locals fights any the Rockets! Fights big!" His English was deplorable, but the basic message came across clear enough.
"Yes, I know. Man up. This is what we trained for. You handled yourself pretty well in that battle."
Yeah... still, mareep lost, skarmory cuts minor." he was looking at the broken Pokecenter healing machine.
"Oh..." Saiar mumbled. She flung a few healing items at him. "Get them back in fighting shape. This is what you get for only having two pokemon on your team."
With pride, Kato said, "Johto pokes best! Hard find in Kanto, even steal okay!"
"Sure, sure..."

She stepped outside the center. The violence was worse than she had imagined. Many buildings showed damage from the fighting, and a few were even on fire despite the still raging snowstorm. The storm that reminded Saiar of her true purpose in Cerulean to begin with. Distrations...
"Rocket, you're going down!" a trainer yelled, with a kingler at his side.
With a glare of contempt, Saiar plucked a pokeball from her belt and released its beast. A gigantic rock worm 30 feet tall appeared before her. Similar in shape to the Onyx, but this one was covered in shiny metal. It gave a roar that sounded like a train wreck.
"Rusty," she said, with a glare at the kid, "kill."
The steelix seemed to interpret this command as free reign to do what it wanted. Before the terrified kid or his kinger could react, it swung it's massive heavy tail straight into the crab, delivering a powerful iron tail attack. The kinger was unconscious before it hit the ground. The kid fled at once.

"Hmph," Saiar hmped. Steelix is not the best pokemon to use in a town full of water-type trainers, but its massive size aught keep away the riff raff.
"That Pokemon... Rusty once belong to leader team Jasmine Olivine. See contest as kid!" Kato said, shocked.
"That is right. This is the same Rusty."
"How get you?"
"Team Rocket takes what it wants."
Kato just blinked.
"Come on," Saiar said. "I think I know where Articuno is. We have to find the others. Who knows what trouble they will have gotten themselves into."

[X_marks_the_ed]

"Surprise, Eddy boy!" A blast of silver struck Barboach, sending it out of its whirlpool. The whirlpool, taking a life of its own, shot after the fallen fish. Edwin turned to see him. His short, spiked hair, the big rocket jacket, and his twisted grin. Beside the monster stood a large blue tin can with red eyes on its belly.

"Bruce!" "Not now!"

"Nickel, Gyro ball it again!" Before Edwin could retort, it fired another blast at Barboach. It was down. "Hey Ed, mind if I try out for a Cascadebadge?" Without response, he strolled into the gym. Edwin tried to follow him inside, but the two grunts he came with stopped him. "Just hold tight until he gets back. He wants that thing you have with you. But after he's done inside here...." The one looked over. "That's Admin Saiar!" The other looked in the direction he was pointing.

"What's she doing here?"

"I dunno. Hey, did you hear about what happened to her in Vermillion?"

"No. What?" The original Rocket started giggling as he spoke. "Apparently, she saw one of the birds and ran after it..."

Edwin had snuck into the gym by that point.

[drenrin2120]

Chris, Lucas and Ed were left in the pokecenter as Frank went out to wreak havoc on team rocket grunts. The three of them ran outside. Trainer battles were erupting all over Cerulean. "Should we split up?" Chris asked.

"I don't see why." Lucas said, "The gym is the only place with a pokehealer. And we have that under control. If we lose that, we lose Cerulean. If we can fight off Team Rocket long enough, they'll be forced to turn around."

Ed nodded, "So we defend the gym at all cost."

Before he could say more, they watched as an angry kid challenged a clear rocket Admin. Was the kid stupid?

"You're going down, Rocket!" He said confidently. The admin was less than enthusiastic. She sent out her pokemon. A massive Steelix. The Steelix took out the kid's Kingler with ease. The Admin walked away without saying another word, an awkward grunt following her in her tracks, the one with the Skarmory.

"Wow." Lucas muttered, "Was that? I swear I could recognize that pokemon from somewhere..."

The three of them took off for Cerulean Gym. There were trainers fighting Rockets outside the door. Chris sent out his geodude and engaged a rocket with a Beedrill.

"Dudley! Rock throw!"

"Geo!" It cried as a shower of rocks came down on the grunt's beedrill. The beedrill was knocked unconscious immediately. The rocket was infuriated, but wouldn't physically move out of the way of gym's entrance. He sent out another beedrill. A second grunt joined in, sending out a mankey.

Luke stepped in to send out his Lairion. "No, don't worry!" Chris said, "This is perfect!"

Chris sent out his Noctowl. "Kon keep mankey occupied. Dudley, make short work of this other Beedrill!"

Dudley let loose another rain of rocks upon the hapless bug pokemon. But this one was stronger, it was severely weakened but managed to survive. "Get that damn bird, Beedrill!" The grunt order. "Poison Sting!"

With lightning speed, the beedril lunged up at Kon, dealing light damage to him. However, Kon was now poisoned. "Kon, use your wing attack!" Kon did, knocking out the beedrill. However, this distraction had allowed the mankey to close in on Dudley.

"Karate Chop!" The other grunt ordered and the mankey obeyed. Dudley was well trained though, he quickly curled into a defense ball, blocking a lot of the damage.

"Damn..." Chris said, "Kon, help your buddy out!" Out of the sky, the Noctowl came screeching. "Wing Attack!" Kon obeyed, dealing a lethal blow to the otherwise, poorly trained mankey.

"Ha! Piece of cake!" Chris was satisfied. But the action wasn't over, Geodude was glowing. After the shimmering light died down, a Graveler stood in its place. Chris ran over to it. "Hey! Look at you Dudley!" Dudley let a cry out proudly. Chris was feeling great about this turn of events. He called both his pokemon back and the two grunts fled.

[Prpl_Mage]

The battle raged on in the also raging storm.
-"You sure you wanna do this?" Frank asked Dan mockingly, it wasn't the first insult. Dan had been annoyed by his very presence even before he spoke.
-"Team rocket takes all, and I'm no stupid grunt. You say another word and I'll let you have it." Dan said and pointed an accusing finger at Frank.
-"Word." Frank said calmly and watched Dan's ferocious response.

The fearow entered the field almost instantly and Frank responded with his Kabuto.
-"Get it from this range." Frank told his Kabuto as the Fearow rose into the sky.
Kabuto drew rocks together and aimed them at Fearow. Fearow took the blow and Frank was almost certain that it was over already.
But the fearow continued its' flight.
-"Whoa. That's strong..." Frank mumbled as he watched the Fearow go on and land a drill peck on his Kabuto.
-"Charge up fearow! Sky attack!" Dan shouted from the opposite side.
-"Sky attack?" Frank asked unsure what to do about it.
Kabuto sent out more rocks against the Fearow which took the hit but still flew.
-"This is bad..." Frank thought and was seriously thinking about looking for an alternative solution. As soon as the bird would get the opportunity - it would dive down on Kabuto and seeing the power of it. It would probably be enough.
-"Aqua jet!" Frank shouted and Kabuto quickly cloaked itself in water and crashed into Fearow in the air. Kabuto fell, and luckily landed on its' feet.  Before it could defend itself correctly Fearow began to glow and dived with an incredible speed and struck Kabuto from above. The shellfish was sent sliding towards Frank who stopped it with his foot.

-"Get in there and finish that bird you lousy rock!" Frank said and kicked it back into the fray. There was energy left in Kabuto but not that much. But he'd be damned to lose a battle against a weak type.
Kabuto drew upon rockslide once more and scored a great hit this time. Fearow fell for a moment and finally landed on the ground.
-"Get on it!" Frank yelled at his Kabuto which quickly leaped on top of Fearows back and used his absorbing.
-"You're getting weak Fearow, use roost!" The grunt exclaimed and the bird relaxed.
-"I know this is the nerd's job... But all resistances of being in the air is lost when you land like this." Frank said and watched how Kabuto's efforts gave more than before.
-"No! Wake up fearow you lousy bird!" Dan exclaimed realizing his mistake.
-"Finish it Kabuto." Frank said calmly as Kabuto had regained his strength.

Kabuto drew power, Fearow was starting to rise into the air but was still weak. The rocks smashed into it and it fell down again and struggled to get up.
-"Again." Frank said and watched how another barrage of rocks rained down in Fearow.
It was done.
-"Dammit. Get back!" Dan said and looked at Frank.
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Next up was Abra. It came out and Frank sent out Murkrow. He expected it to teleport away as in the wild but this one was a little more of a challenge.
-"Protect yourself from damage!" Dan shouted and Abroa created a barrier around itself. Murkrow tried to breach it with Pursuit over and over again.
When he felt like he was in danger - Abra blinked to another position. But at first he didn't even seem to fight back.
-"Just embrace defeat if you're gonna be like this." Frank shouted at Dan who looked back at him angrily.
-"Go Houndour!" He yelled and Houndour entered the field as well.
-"That's more like it." Frank said and was happy that he could speed things up.
-"Get him." Frank said and released Primeape.

"Now!" Dan shouted and Abra let out a Psywave against Primeape. Primeape was pushed backwards but got back on his feet.
-"What the hell?! It's a psychic move - it should've knocked him out!" Dan shouted and seemed really angry now.
Frank knew better than to spoil the secret behind the move like Lucas did.

Houndour tried to take down Murkow with fire and bites while Abro continued to launch Psywaves at Primeape.
Murkrow lured Houndour away from Abra for just a second so that Primeape could finally get a clean hit. And once it did, it was a critical as well. The hound rolled across the ground but got back on its' feet slowly.
-"Blast them!" Dan shouted and Houndour gathered a lot of power before releasing the wide Flamethrower against Frank's party.
-"Murkrow finish that damn nancy!" Frank shouted as Abro his Primeape once more with the Psywave.
Murkrow dived against Abra which reacted by teleporting away. But Murkrow had forseen it and abused Pursuit against it. The attack struck and pierced the barrier. Abra fell and it was both Murkrow and Primeape against Houndour.

-"Godamn it!" Dan exclaimed as he started to look for a potion or something.
-"Finish it quick." Frank said and scouted the area around him for the next trainer to fight.
Murkrow drew back, pulled it's wings together and unleashed Night Shade against Houndour. the attack struck and Houdnour was flung into the air weakened. Primeape quickly grabbed it mid air and performed a Seismic toss. It hit the ground hard and didn't get up.

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-"Great job." Frank said and called them back without even looking at Dan.
-"What the hell went wrong? Why didn't Psywave finish that fighting poké?" Dan questioned no one.
-"Learn your moves before you even fight. There's no use using the same move unless you actually know what it does. Learn from your mistakes and don't be such a miserable prick." Frank said and was ready to walk away.
-"That's what Admin Saiar always says but I guess that I a little to learn. But when I do, I'll find you and you'll pay for today!" Dan said before hurrying away.
Frank was stunned. He didn't move. Lucky him that the grunt didn't see his face because it was shocked.
-"Saiar? An admin?" Frank mumbled before looking around hastily.
-"If she's that guy's admin... Then she must be here as well." He though and stared up into the snowy sky.

[drenrin2120]

"Hey, you!" Chris was about to enter the gym when a voice caught his attention. He turned around to face a Rocket kid, "You aren't getting away that easily!" Chris stepped away from the door and firmly grabbed his raging balls.

"Come on! Fight me!" The kid barked.

Chris had only two pokemon, he didn't want to be the first person to throw a pokemon out. "You're the challenger, let's go then!" The incentive didn't seem to work on the kid. He merely grinned, waiting for Chris to send out a pokemon first. The two stared at each other for a while longer.

"What are you afraid of?" The rocket taunted.

"Fine then!" Chris said with a grin and threw a ball on the field. As soon as he made this movement, the Rocket sent his pokemon out. A grimer oozed out of the ball into the battle. The ball Chris threw opened up and fizzled. There was no pokemon in it. It was Sandy's old pokeball.

"Hey, what the hell kind of trick is this?" The rocket demanded.

Chris didn't say a word, instead he sent out Dudley. Chris couldn't help but marvel at how well that worked. Now he had the type advantage. Chris's powerful graveler rumbled onto the battlefield. The rocket gritted his teeth, "Think you're smart? I'll wipe that grin off your face! Grimer, Minimize!" The grimer curled itself into a tighter and tighter ball.

Chris recognize the problem right away. Grimer had made himself harder to hit. "No amount of strategic defenses can protect you from Dudley's magnitude!"

Dudley brought its fists down to the ground, shaking the earth. The rocket and Chris had to brace themselves as the ground shook and snow flew up in the air. Unfortunately, Dudley's attack narrowly missed the Grimer. The rocket grinned, feeling more confident, "Grimer! Hit him with your Mud Bomb!"

Chris nearly facepalmed. For some reason or another, it didn't occur to him that grimer would learn a move like that. "Goddamn pokemon knowing goddamn different type moves..." He grumbled to himself as Graveler took the hit. It was super effective.

Alec grinned as he reached for a second ball and tossed it out. Chris barely had time to react before Alec shouted, "Sleep powder!"

The grimer looked back dumbly at its trainer, unaware that its trainer was not talking to it. The gloom that came out of Alec's pokeball, however, had heard the command. Before the red gleam of the pokeball faded away, a cloud of white powder rocketed out of gloom's flowery head. The powder gently mixed with the snow in the air, seemingly disappearing. Alec became concerned unsure if it hit.

Chris was furious, "Damn dirty of you." Then his Graveler began to rock back and forth. Finally, it pitched forward and fell on its face, asleep. Chris's eyes went wide as Alec made his next command.

"Gloom! Absorb!" Alec's grin grew maniacal as its gloom began to suck the life energy out of Dudley. Chris grabbed his last ball and flung it onto the battlefield. "Kon! Hypnotize that Gloom!"

"Grimer! Mud Bomb!" As Chris's Noctowl moved into a range for a Hypnosis attack, a ball of mud and icy debris flew into the air. The addiction of ice on the ball of mud made the impact that much harder. Feathers scattered as Kon shrieked and took the hit. He plummeted to the ground, flapping its wings wildly. The Grimer moved in to inflict it's foe with a poisonous touch.

"Kon! Get up! Confusion!" Kon couldn't recover fast enough from his fall from the sky. The grimer moved in close and began to encompass the noctowl with its slime. Finally, Kon was able to focus enough to use its confusion attack. Kon's eyes glowed a wild yellow as psychic waves emitted from its body and penetrated the grimer. Grimer immediately tried to flee, taking severe damage. It couldn't get away.

The noctowl's confusion attacked didn't cause it to faint, it did however manage to drive it seemingly insane. "Grimer! Ah, ****!" Alec facepalmed knowingly. The grimer ignored any order given by Alec, it was confused. It launched a mud bomb straight into the air. "Grimer! What the hell are you doing!" The grimer merely watched as the ball of mud reached its zenith then began its descent back down to earth. "Grimer!" Alec screamed in vain. Just as the mud bomb was about to collide with the grimer, Alec called it back, huffing agitatedly. The Mud Bomb exploded in the direct spot where grimer had been.

While this was happening, the Gloom had managed to weaken Graveler to the point of fainting. Chris called back his graveler, agitated it had not yet woken up. "You'll be hurtin' when you do." He whispered to the ball. "Kon, come here!"

Kon retreated back to Chris. Kon was suffering from the poison grimer had inflicted on it. Chris hurriedly pulled a full heal out of his bag and used it on Kon. Kon looked better but was still beat up. "You have the advantage of the air, finish him off, Kon!" Chris wasn't sure, but was almost positive Alec didn't have anymore pokemon on him.

The gloom was healthy, Kon was not. "Kon! Prepare a barrier!" Kon obeyed.

"Gloom! Use your Stun Spore and stop him in his tracks!" Gloom obeyed. A mist of yellow spores flew into the air. Kon's only advantage had just been taken away from him.

"Kon! Avoid that stuff like the plague!" Kon avoided area where the spores had been sprayed. In the wind and the snow, the spores didn't last long. They'd been in the air for a little while, then they be carried away by the wind or taken to the ground and buried by the snow. For a few minutes gloom would shoot spores at its target. When the spores settled, Kon would move in and peck his foe. Kon couldn't get in close enough to use Confusion without risking being afflicted with spores and other nasty powders.

Gloom was growing weak. Every time he'd use his stun spore, Kon would be just out of reach. Then Kon would swoop in and deliver a single peck before Gloom could built up enough spores for another attack. Alec was agitated, Chris was feeling confident again.

"Damn it! Don't just stand there, Gloom!" But Gloom was too weak by this point. Alec called him back in disgust. "All you had to do with stun him!"

Chris jumped with excitement, "Yes! Way to go, Kon!" The noctowl landed next to Chris, tired, but triumphant.

Alec grinned. Chris's Noctowl was weak. This would be an easy battle for his growlithe. "What are you so excited about? This ain't over yet! Go, Growlithe!"

Chris was shocked. He really didn't think Alec had any more pokemon. How did he miss that. Quickly, Chris took a potion out of his bag and used it on Kon. Kon was greatful but it only did so much. "Hopefully that's the edge you need." Chris smiled at Kon as the Alec's growlithe approached.

Kon's barrier had faded. "Kon, rebuild your barrier!" Kon obeyed.

Alec grinned. "Don't even waste your time! Flame Wheel!"

The growlithe braced itself against the ground and opened it maw wide. A powerful wave of fire shot out of its mouth, heading straight for Noctowl. "Kon's barrier won't have any affect..." Chris whispered to himself.

The snow growlithe was standing on melted as its body began to heat up to extreme temperatures. There was nothing Chris could do, it happened too quickly. The rotating blast of fire collided with Kon.

Kon barely made a squawk. Growlithe closed its mouth, ending the attack. Out of the smoke, Kon dropped to the ground. The battle was over.

"Hah!" Alec cried triumphantly, "I save my best for the last."

Chris got that sinking feeling. The same feeling he got when he was beaten back in pewter and closed up the gym. Tunnel vision set in. Sounds became unnatural to him as the rocket flaunted his victory.

[coreystranick]

Corey and Joseph started to head towards town. They could hear the sound of battle.

Something was going on and they were missing it.

"Joseph let's hurry!"

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This is all I can do gotta go to work now.

[Prpl_Mage]

Frank noticed that more grunts had joined the fight.
And from the way they were fighting - at least three different parties of Rocket.
The admins in control of the grunts had a great effect on them. And if Saiar was one of the Rocket admins - things could get horribly hard in the future.

His Primeape returned to his side as he punished Alfred's Growlithe and Rattata.
-"Nice try." Frank said and grinned widely at Alfred as he sighed and returned his pokés.
-"Yeah I got him captain." Alfred said in his phone and Frank looked at him alarmed.
-"Sure thing captain." He said afterwards and looked up at Frank.
-"Captain wants to see you. He's over there." Alfred said and smirked.
Frank spun around and noticed a woman in the distance, he'd knew that hair anywhere. The next second a large pokémon blocked his sight.

-"Long time no see!" Darren said and walked up to greet Frank. Frank showed no signs of recognition.
-"What? Who the hell are you? Some youngster I beat a couple of years back or what?"
-"As if! Not me. Him." Darren said and pointed at the Tyranitar.
-"What?" Frank said and looked at the mighty beast in front of him.
-"This is your old Tyranitar, did you give it a cute nickname or something that I should call it by?" Darren asked and grinned.
-"The hell, my old Tyranitar... Is this a trick, how did they even know? Oh right, they did take my trainer ID and passport of course they'd know me." Frank thought as he stared at Darren.
-"Nicknames are for sissies." Frank said and stayed adamant.
-"No tears? No hugs? You must've missed this cute darling." Darren said and didn't get the reaction he expected. He wanted a devastated trainer begging to have it back.
-"It's an unstoppable force." Frank said and came to a realization.
-"If this is indeed my Tyranitar, then I'm in a lot of trouble...." He mumbled and wondered what the best thing to do was.

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-"Allright, fine. We'll start of easy then. With some other of your pokémon. How 'bout facing your Graveller and Butterfree 2 on 2. And hey, I haven't even had to use them yet thanks to this guy." Darren said and pointed at the Tyranitar before taking it back.
-"He's overconfident, I like that." Frank thought and knew something about those two that this guy obviously didn't. But then again, with his Tyranitar he'd be bound to be overconfident.
-"Allright, it pains me inside to do this. I'm sorry Graveler and Butterfree." Frank acted and sent out Primeape and Kabuto.
-"Let's get this party started you pathetic cur!" Darren shouted and pointed his pokémon to attack.

Graveller moved close to Kabuto and used Strength. He pushed with all his might but the attack barely left a scratch. Next up was Butterfree which used gust against Primeape - neither this did anything good at all.
-"What the hell is wrong with you guys?" Darren asked and looked at them with disgust.
-"Take 'em." Frank said calmly and watched Primeape bolt of and striking out Graveler with a single blow.
-"Use psychic then or something?" Darren shouted at the Butterfree which simply looked confused before getting smashed under the power of Rock Slide.
-"What the crap?" Darren exclaimed and obviously lost his focus.

-"There was a reason those two were collecting dust in the PC." Frank said and watched the rocket feeling clearly humiliated.
-"What the crap were you doing with them?" Darren asked disgusted at the sudden weakness.
-"Graveler was used to climb Mt.Mortar and the Icy path. Butterfree.... Well, Butterfree just plainly sucks.
-"The hell did I even get those. Oh I'll punish the boss for this." Darren noticed Frank looking rather amused and keeping a silly grin.
-"What's the matter? Can't fight on your own? Do you have to rely on the work of others?"
-"Screw you man. We're here with a suggestion and you'd be wise to take it." Darren calmed down and closed his eyes for a second.
-"Again? I already turned you down once." Frank said and crossed his arms.
-"If you join us, we'll let you have your pokémon back. You'll be a part of Team rocket and can even become an ambassador in Jotho." Darren said and stretched out a welcoming hand.
Frank thought for a moment. His old strength, his Tyranitar, bitter medicine, protein, power, money, excitement, battles and perhaps even his old flame.
-"I can see it in your eyes. You want this power back, you're sick of being the lousy underdog. You want to be able to simply wave your hand and have your pokémon run over all competition." Darren said and grinned hoping to swap Frank's side.

Frank remained silent and stared at Darren. And he was getting uncomfortable, this wasn't the plan. Time to get back on track.
-"Too bad, too late!" Darren said and Frank snapped out of his thoughts as Tyranitar emerged from the ball.
-"There are people who want you." Darren said and grinned.
-"But I'm not one of them. I rather not hand over this awesome power just like that. I'll beat you and prove that you're just another failure."

Frank knew the danger he was in. Tyranitar poses a great threat without doubt.
-"Primeape beat it up quickly!" Frank shouted and watched the Tyranitar bowing it's head.
Primape leaped but was flung backwards as a sandstorm was whipped up.
-"You gotta be kidding me..." Frank thought and watched how the weather basically was tearing nature apart.
-"Hey kid! You think a snowstorm, thunderstorm and sandstorm is the best goddamn combination?" Frank shouted through the whizzling storm.
-"Hell do I care, I'll win." Darren said and Tyranitar gathered power in his jaw and struck Primeape with Ice fang.
Primeape fell and crumbled instantly

-"Kabuto charge it!" Frank yelled and Kabuto let out Aqua Jet against the beast. It barely flinched and curled together a little.
-"You're screwed." Frank said to his Kabuto before the Earthquake struck and his Kabtuo helplessly were crushed.
-"No, man. You're screwed!" Darren shouted from the other side and laughed.
-"How does it feel to be at the other end of the food chain huh?"
Frank gritted teeth as he knew that he was right. Murkrow would fall as quickly as it got out of its' ball.

He did it anyway, he had a plan.
-"Murkrow use thief!" Frank shouted hoping that noone had went through his old pokémon with care.
Tyranitar stood its' ground when Murkrow swooped down and took of with a prize.
-"Blackglasses." Frank said calmed and ordered Murkrow to keep it.
Darren told his Tyranitar to hold as if just enjoying the moment of Frank being completely at his mercy.
-"Murkrow use night shade, no point in attacking it dead on." Frank shouted.
Night shade struck Tyranitar but it didn't even flinch.
-"Stone edge!" Darren called and a powerful stalagmite struck Murkrow from below. It fell and didn't get up.

-"This is no time to be useless!" Frank yelled at his bird and sighed.
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-"Not so cocky now are you?" Darren said and let Tyranitar stand there as a momentum of Frank's weakness.
-"You're nothing without power Frank. You'll never be. You're just a lousy underdog hoping to achieve the impossible. But guess what? You won't defeat us. We're just to strong for a nobody like you!" Darren laughed a malicious laughter and made his Tyranitar stomp the ground which pushed Frank back into the dirt.
-"That's we're you belong." Darren said and walked up to him.
-"Tyranitar and this whole town  - is mine now." Darren said and grabbed his phone.
Frank got up from the dirt and watched his Tyranitar, there was no way in hell he could've defeated it. Team rocket was just too strong for that.
He started walking backwards and then ran. Ashamed of what had happened and filled with an strange desire for power. There was no use in these new pokémon, they just couldn't match the power of a real trainer, and real competition.
He made his way back to the Gym and noticed the grunts outside. He stayed there in that exact spot filled with a strange mix of feelings of failure and hate. And he would make sure he'd never had to feel the same way again.

[coreystranick]

Corey and Joseph came upon the bridge.
They were stopped by the man that gave them a nugget and let them pass.

Nigel- "Sorry but you are not allowed in town."

Joesph- "Why not?"

"We Rockets have taken over and do not need any interference from little twerps like yourselves."

"Then we will have to just fight!"

Corey looked to Joseph."If you wish to fight him go ahead, I will try to head in town and help the guys."

Joesph stood like a rock."Go I will do my part here."

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Corey snuck past them as they were battling, he went over the side of the bridge and ran on the route underneath it.

He arrived in town, it was  in ruin there were people fighting everywhere. He spotted Frank and decided to head his way.

[SaiKar]

"Admin! Admin!" Their cries could barely be heard above the swirling winds. Saiar had to brush her long hair from her eyes to make out the frames of Holly and Dan were running up to her, looking upset. "Not a moment's notice..." she mumbled.
"Admin! I got beat by this guy!"
"Me too!"
"Kept lecturing me about stuff!"
"Man, he was this total prick..."
"Kind of cute, though..."
"Why do I even have an abra! Totally useless!"
"SHUT UP! Shut the hell up!" Saiar snapped. "Remember your fights. Analyze them, fret over them, learn from them. But later! This is a damn war zone!"
The grunts had their mouths hanging open, shocked into silence.
"Where is Paige? Alec? Either of you know?"
They shook their heads.
"I'm here." Paige called, running up to meet with them, her Lapras trailing behind on some sort of weird floating cushion of water.
"Were you defeated too?" Saiar asked.
"Nope. Actually I did pretty good. Why? These goons get their faces smashed?" Paige asked, grinning.
Saiar shook her head. "Never mind. No sign of Alec? No? Okay. Kato, your team is in good shape. Go find Alec. Get him out of whatever hole he's dug for himself. Meet us east of town, on route 9. The rest of you, with me."
Kato nodded and ran off.
"Where to?" Holly asked. "Gunna help the Rockets secure the town?"
"F that," said Saiar. "What are we going to do, sit around in this dump and protect a Rocket flag? No thank you. No, we are after Articuno, of course, because that is our task! I have been analyzing the weather patterns and am almost certain it is roosting to the east, somewhere on route 9 or 10. But before leaving town, I need to find someone I know."
"Someone you know?" asked Holly. She stopped, thinking about it. Now that she considered it, none of them really knew anything about Saiar's past.
"Yes," Saiar said. "Someone from a life long in the past that I never expected to see again. Well, one can not run from their ghosts forever. It is time to see how Frank is doing for himself."

[X_marks_the_ed]

Edwin could not believe what he was seeing. The entire gym was prepared for a fight. Lyle seemed the most prepared, as his Starmie was already spinning around Whiscash, whom was visible above ground for once, resting on its giant whirlpool. In the pools closer to the door where three Goldeens, a Seaking, and a Seadra. Looking out of place were a Nidoqueen and a Victreebel. Their owner sat in the back with Lyle. But Bruce looked as confident as ever. Lyle shouted at the top of his lungs. "Attack, now!"

Bruce's Bronzong was struck with sprays of water of varying sizes. It was completely covered to the point where it could barely be seen. After the spraying stopped, the Bronzong remained unmoved. "Again!" The front two pools again sprayed it with everything they had. "Clowns." Was all Bruce said. "Nickel, Charge Beam the pools." Amongst the spraying water, the beast began creating a large ball of electricity. "Retreat now!" Lyle commanded. The fishermen held up their Pokeballs and called them back just as the electricty was split in two and fired into the pools. One of the goldeens was a little too slow and took a hit, but it managed to return with the rest.

"Whiscash, Earthquake!" The Whiscash slammed itself through the whirlpool into the ground, shaking it violently. Edwin could feel it much more now. Bruce adjusted himself, but never took his eyes off of Whiscash. As the fishermen prepared to sent their Pokes back out, Bruce finally acted. "The fish."  He pointed at Whiscash, and the Bronzong pointed itself towards it.
"Block." Bronzong complied and fired a beam at the giant fish. It didn't flinch but now it was covered in a red aura. "I had no intention of retreating against you, Whiscash Surf!" The Whiscash shot towards Bronzong as a flood of water surrounded the ground beneath him. Starmie was still spinning around it, thought faster to keep up.

The Fisherman sent their Pokemon out into the front pools at last. "Assist him, all of you." Just as the wave and the jet hit Bronzong, Bruce simply stated "Charge Beam." As it charged the beam, the jolts covered the oncoming wave, right into the front pools containing the Goldeens and such. Whiscash remained unaffected as well as Starmie. The fishermen were all out. All that remained were Whiscash, Starmie, Nidoqueen, and Victreebel.

[Prpl_Mage]

Frank arrived at the gym and saw how Chris were on the ground with a Rocket flaunting his victory.
-"He lost as well." Frank mumbled and recognized the look and posture of Chris.
-"Frank!" Corey shouted and came up to him. Frank straightened up and greeted him.
-"What's going?" Corey asked and Frank raised an eyebrow.
-"Isn't it pretty obvious? Rockets in town." Frank said but wouldn't bother grinning. He didn't feel like it all.
-"Is that Chris?" Corey asked and watched Chris in the distance.
-"Yeah. Want to take care of some Rocket trouble?" Frank said and tried to sound as enthusiastic as possible
-"We gotta get Chris." Corey said and nodded.
They both set out and Frank quickly grabbed his medicine to restore his pokés.
-"Godamn nerd ruining the healing machine..." Frank mumbled as he and Corey walked up to Alec.

-"Hey!" Frank shouted and got the grunts attention. He saw the two trainers getting close and realized that he was in a bad spot.
-"You okay Chris?" Corey asked as the got up to them at the gym.
-"Alec! The boss wa-" Kato started before stopping mid-sentence when seeing Frank.
-"I remember you. You fight me in center!" Kato said and stepped up to Alec's side.
-"Mareep and Scarmory." Frank informed Corey as they got ready for battle.
Pokémon left their balls and the fight had begun.

-"Zap that damn bird down or my weaklings will get annihilated." Frank told Corey just as the battle began.
They were all healed but he knew that all of them beside Murkrow would fall to Scarmory without much effort. And he refused to lose again. Never that he would lose against team rocket. If they fought unfair then he would return the favour in the future.

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Leaving this open for either Corey or Sai.

[SaiKar]

The gym seemed to be where the resistance was headquartered. Trainers and rockets alike were swarming around the area; trainers with tears in their eyes and rockets with smug, somewhat stupid grins. Is Team Rocket winning? Saiar wondered. At what price victory? We do not even WANT Cerulean... I never asked for...

A fancily-dressed Rocket was standing outside the gym's door. He said, "Ahh, you must be Admin Saiar. A pleasure. Your grunts have fought in your name admirably, if their results were a bit sadly laking. Ah, but I am being rude! I am Agent Darren. I have been sent here to accompany you as well as take the city for Team Rocket. It will be a pleasure working with you."
Ignoring his introduction completely, Saiar said, "I do not need company. I am looking for a certain trainer. Purple coat, wind-blown hair, cocky demeanor. Have you seen him?"
"Ahh, old Frankie boy? Had a run in with him earlier. Think he's cowering in the gym now."
Saiar glared. "You fought Frank?"
"I seem to remember doing something like that," Darren said, grinning. "You can thank me later. He was a high-priority Rocket target and his team is in pretty bad shape now."
"Frank is mine, you hear me. MINE! Mine to deal with! Not yours!"
"What the hell? He an ex-boyfriend or something?" Darren joked. Saiar's glare deepened, but she said nothing, and Darren gasped and said, "Wow, I didn't really think... though, now that you mention it, you do have a bit of the same vibe going on. Well, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, I suppose, and you are certainly full of fury."
"Say something like that again and they will be the last words that come out of your fat mouth. Now move it. I am going in."
"I would appreciate it," Darren said, with a big of a smug sniffle, "if you would show me a bit more respect than your average grunt. I will have you know that I am an Agent directly under the Saffron home office."
"I do not give a zubat's dropping what your title is. You are in my way, therefore you are nothing."
"Bitch!" Darren yelled, finally losing his temper. "Now I see why they sent me here to keep tabs on you. You're a loose zap cannon if there ever was one."
"You will move," Saiar said sternly.
"I don't take orders from spoiled brat bigwig daughters that get promoted because of their family!" Darren yelled, throwing down a pokeball and releasing his tyranitar.
"You bastard!" Sair raged. "That tyranitar! That is HIS tyranitar! Rusty, iron tail with everything you have! We are taking this thing down!"
"Tyranitar, destroy this worthless snake!"

As the battle began, the citizens, trainers, and rockets watched in horror and fascination. Some mumbled, "Wait, now they're fighting eachother?!"