Pokémon RP Kanto Quest, the adventure begins.

[X_marks_the_ed]

Edwin had to help, but with only Clefable, he wouldn't be able to do much to that beast. "Eddy boy. Give me a few more minutes. Then, we can play." He really wanted to have another go at Bowser, but he couldn't just let this thing go on. "Claire, Follow Me!" Clefable ran up to the tin can from behind and lept up onto its head. "Lyle, attack while you can! It won't be able to fight back!" Bruce looked over at the angry trainer. "Fine then, we'll play now." He grabbed his only other Pokeball and released it.

Bowser looked as fierce as ever. It purple fur matted in all directions, it was experienced. Upon seeing Clefable, it lept at it. Clefable jumped off of Bronzong just as soon as the Granbull lept at her and ran, knowing that not only was her "playmate" chasing her, but the newly enraged Bronzong as well. Lyle saw the opportunity and shouted "Whiscash, Surf!" It (and the spinning Starmie)crashed a quick wave right into the three of them, against the wall, bouncing all five into the closest pool. Shortly after, the pool was filled with electricity. Edwin ran over to the pool and pulled Clefable out of the pool. She was fazed, but okay. Starmie vanished back into Lyle's Pokeball at the back. "Sally, you gotta help Ed. I'll take care of the tin can myself. Whiscash, volley!" Bronzong shot out of the pool and landed into the one across the walkway from it, Whiscash lept over, following it as well. Sally came running over to Ed with her two Pokemon.

"Is she alright?"

"Yeah, where's the dog?" As soon as he asked, the dog crawled out of the pool, and charged Clefable. Tackling her and it started rapidly striking her with punches that were too fast to even see. Ed could hear Bruce issue his commands in a relaxed tone. "Close combat, close combat, close combat." "Claire, fight back!" But it couldn't, the punches were too quick. Suddenly, it picked her up and threw her into the nearby wall. She was done, and returned to her ball almost immediately.

"There. Now sit in your little corner and watch like a good boy. You, girl, you going to fight or just watch? Bowser's not done yet, so keep him busy, will ya?" She just stared at it, shaking.

That was it. Same as it ever was. He looked at Bruce, who was turned back to his Bronzong. "Stop playing around and destroy it, Nickel." The whole time Whiscash was lobbing the hunk of metal from one pool to another. Suddenly, as it was landing, Whiscash was blasted by a bolt of silver from beneath the pool, launching it back onto the walkway. The Bronzong lept back out of the pool. It began charging another ball of silver energy. "Whiscash, stop it! One more hit and..." Nickel fired. Whiscash was down.

Bruce retrieved both of his Pokemon. "Done." He then turned and left the gym.

[Prpl_Mage]

Luxio - or Spark used the move with the same name against Kato's blasted Scarmory.
Frank had to use Murkrow for this battle and it did little good against Growlithe and Scarmory.
But there was just no point in using Kabuto or Primeape until the bird was gone.

-"Growlithe use Flamewheel!" Alec shouted as he were trying to take Luxio down.
The attack connected but Luxio still stood up.
-"Dammit Murkrow - it's your friggin job to take that blow!" Frank said upset and looked at his useless bird.
-"Spark again!" Corey shouted and the bird reacted to the hit. It was finally going to work.
The attack came suddenly but not unexpected, Murkow was finally slapped out of the sky and down on the ground by the steel wing of Scarmory. He wanted to defeat Frank's other two.
-"Dammit." Frank said as he returned Murkrow and loked at Corey.
-"Get it down now, please." He said annoyed and sent out Kabuto.

-"Growlithe use bite!" Alec called and Frank reacted.
-"Aqua jet, now!"
Kabuto dashed towards the Growlithe and stopped it before it reached Luxio which would've been the end of it.
-"Good." Frank said simply and nodded as the Growlithe buckled backwards.
The Scarmory moved in to use steel wing on Kabuto once more but Luxio stopped it an inch before it reached it. The spark struck the Scarmory hard and it seemed severely weakened now.
But even though it was weak - it struck kabuto which sacked completely and Frank returned it annoyed.
-"Primeape." He said with content in his voice.

Kato smiled at this and ordered his Scarmory to attack the Primeape as well but Corey was faster and Luxio took the Scarmory down with the last Spark. Unfortunately - growlithe also managed to strike Luxio at the same moment with Fire wheel which sent it backwards.
-"C'mon get up!" Corey exclaimed but Frank simply said:
-"Don't bother - get the next one."

-"I'm out." Alec said as he returned his Growlithe. He'd lost it all to these trainers. Although a healing break between these battles would've done wonders - too bad he didn't bring any medicine before leaving the room.
-"Go Mankey!" Corey said and sent out the Mankey. Frank liked mankeys.
-"Get 'em Mareep!" Kato said and sent out his remaining pokémon.

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The battle ended not that long afterwards. Mankey was downed since all attacks were focused on it but Primeape managed to deal the finishing blow before the sheep had the chance to zap Starly down.
Frank was amazed that the sheep hadn't evolved already since it seemed obviously strong.

-"Not again!" Kato said and looked at Alec.
-"We'll see you guys around." Alec said and lifted his cap a little.
-"I hope so, could use the sparringpractice." Frank said and grinned as the two walked off.

He'd returned some self-esteem but hoped that the battle would've gone better.
-"Great job Corey." Frank said as they left.
-"Really?" Corey said surprised - it was not the kind of thing he'd expect Frank to say.
-"Well... Y'know." Frank said and handed over some of the stolen Medicine to Corey. Both his Luxio and Mankey were downed in that battle. But Frank noticed a 4'th ball. He wondered what was in it since Corey decided to use Starly.
-"Maybe he just knew the battle would be over soon." Frank said and was about to use his pokédex to scan the ball when he heard roars and commotion nearby.

[coreystranick]

"Thanks for the medicine Frank. Sorry I was late getting back, Joesph and I had a run in with a wild muk, or so it seemed it was pretty strong, and a familly of Pichu and Pikachu."

"Where is Joe now?"

"Last I saw I left him to battle the guy on the bridge, the one that was at the end of the five fighters."

"Oh...him hmph."

"You had a run in with him too."

"Yeah. Now let's go see what the commotion was."

[drenrin2120]

"Hey! Don't just leave me here. I'm coming with you guys!" Chris had gotten up and was running to catch up with corey and frank. It was better than being alone with rockets around every corner waiting to snatch your pokes.

[SaiKar]

Edited: added Chris to the group. Sorry Dren.

Chris, Corey, Frank, and Lucas exited the gym straight into a battlefield. Saiar, surrounded by five grunts, was commanding a steelix against a weakened tyranitar.

"No, damnit. I said earthquake! Why thrash again?!" Darren was yelling pathetically.
"As I suspected," said Saiar. "Rusty, enough of this. Finish it off with a giga impact!"
"Normal attack against a rock pokemon?" Darren said, sneering, but his face fell as his tyranitar did as well.
"That was just for show, of course. Your tyranitar had no strength left. A gust could have knocked it over."
"Bitch," Darren spat as he recalled the fallen Pokemon. "You cheated somehow. This stupid thing wouldn't obey me at all."
Saiar grinned. "Having issues with disobedient pokemon? You know, I hear gym badges can help with things like that. Maybe you had better pretend to be a 12-year old boy and go on your first real pokemon adventure and take the gym tour."
"I hate you with every fiber of my being."
"I do not care," Saiar said. "Okay, enough games. Get out of here. If you do not, well, I am not entirely sure what a steelix eats, but I feel confident that eating a rattata like you will not upset its stomach one bit."
"I'm telling the Saffron admin all about this! He's gunna call the boss, and you'll be out of Team Rocket before tomorrow! Just you wait!" He sent out a Duduo and hopped on board, using Fly to soar into the sky.
"Kay!" Saiar called after him. "Be sure to explain how you launched an unauthorized attack on an unimportant town somewhere in that rant too! There is a good boy!"

Corey said, "Geez, even the Rockets are fighting amongst themselves now."
"With any luck, maybe the tough trainers will take eachother out," said Chris
Lucas said, "Infighting is not uncommon within Team Rocket. They are a morally corrupt organization, after all. Several months ago, there was a big story about-"
"Shut it." Frank snapped. "Anyway, I'm glad someone beat that ***hole, even if it really should have been me."

Saiar recognized that voice. Turning around, she saw Frank and two other trainers just outside the gym doors. Emotions and memory flooded into her mind at his apperance, but she quickly forced her face back into her usual expression of cold indifference.
"Frank," she said.
"Saiar," he replied, equally chill.
"How you been?"
"Oh, you know. Pretty much like usual. You?"
"Good, good..."
Awkward silence.
"Who's this?" whispered Lucas to Frank.
"I will tear your goddamn head off if you say one more word in the next five minutes," Frank barely whispered back.
Lucas took the suggestion to heart.
Saiar asked, "What are you doing here?"
Frank shrugged. "Kicking ***, taking names. Actually not taking names really."
"Well," Saiar said, giving her best tough-gal voice, "as an Admin of Team Rocket, I seem to take objection to that."
"Hey, yeah, what the hell is up with that? I thought you hated Team Rocket."
She shook her head. "No. How could I, being who I am? It was the Pokemon League that destroyed my career and forced me to abandon my dreams of the gym. I never had a chance of being one of the good guys."
Frank scoffed. "Yeah, the big bad league. It's sure not the Rockets that are destroying the world. Looks like the gal I knew has succumbed to her own propaganda. Pity. She was a pretty rad chick, way long ago."
Saiar now had no trouble maintaining her stony glare. She said, "Shikam. Enough. I do not care about the town. This attack was unauthorized. Beat off the grunts, I care little. But your little crusade against Team Rocket ends today. By tomorrow, I want you gone and never want to hear about you messing with Team Rocket again."
"You gunna make me?"
"You know I can," she said, plucking a Pokeball off her waist. "Unless you think you can take Kophy?"
Frank hesitated, aggitated. He knew he couldn't, not with his current team, and a beat up team from a day's worth of combat at that. He had to try to stall for another way out.

He said, "If you don't care about the town, then why are you even here at all? What do you even care what happens?"
Saiar paused, but evidentially saw no harm in telling him. "I hunt the legendary bird."
"Ah, Zapdos. You always did think big."
That threw Saiar off her game. "Wait, what? Zapdos? No, Articuno. It roosts to the east."
"Articuno is here too?"
"What do you mean, too?!?"

A massive bolt of lighting crashed down onto a nearby house, setting it ablaze. The flash lit up the darkened sky and all could see the form of a massive yellow bird flying overhead. Its wings were made of sharp angles, as if the sky itself had been cut to pieces and rearranged in avian form. Electricity seemed to arc across its massive wings as they beat, sending it soaring directly overhead, flying to the east.
"Hey, nerd," Frank said. "Weren't you rambling about the birds back in Pewter or something? What happens when they meet?"
Lucas was uncharacteristically silent.
"Hey, listen up man! This is serious!"
"I do believe," Corey said helpfully, "that you ordered him to be quiet under the pain of a horrible death."
"FOR FUCK'S SAKE! I don't-"
"Destruction," Lucas said quietly. "Absolute destruction. It is said that the confrontation between the legendary bird trio has the power to devistate the world, unless their master Lugia intervenes."

Saiar and Frank locked eyes for a brief moment before they started off at a full out sprint to the east.
"GRUNTS, we move! Our hour has come!" Saiar barked to her team.
"Dudes, keep up!" Frank yelled to Lucas, Corey, and Chris.
Saiar glared over her shoulder at Frank as they ran, saying, "Why the hell are you coming?!"
"Cuz this is gunna be awesome. Just like old times," Frank said, grinning.
"I am going to beat you-"
"No, you're not," Frank yelled, cutting her off. "You don't have time. Stop to mess me up a bit and those two will meet up for sure. And if there's any bit of who I knew left in you, I don't think you want that to happen."
Saiar was silent for a moment. Then, she said, "If you get in my way at all, AT ALL, I will strike you down without a second thought to our past. Your only warning."
Frank's smile deepened. "Yep. Just like old times."

[A Forgotten Legend]

What have I got myself into?
"Tentacruel, make this quick."
A Tentacruel?!  What do I have that can even challenge that thing?
"I'm waiting, kid!"
"Uh, I choose you, Pineco!" What can Pineco do?!  This is going to be tough..
"Tentacruel!  Use supersonic!"
"My ears!  Pineco!" Pineco was disoriented and hurt itself in its confusion. "Pineco!  Use protect!"
"Tentacruel use Acid!" Pineco had protected itself!
"This is not good, Pineco, use Rapid Spin!" Pineco tried, but it hurt itself again.  Pineco couldn't take much more of this.
"Tentacruel, get him while he's down!"  With that the Tentacruel used Constrict on the bug pokémon.  It was just too much.  Joseph recalled his Pineco. How can I get out of this?!
"Go, Pidgey! Use gust!"
"Pih!" It was a valiant effort, but the Pidgey was hit by the Tentacruel's tentacle and was weakened by its poison.
"This is a piece of cake." He looked at Joseph struggling to find a way to beat him.  It was amusing.  Joseph was losing focus and couldn't handle a battle at this level with the pokémon he had.  They just weren't strong enough.
"Pidgey!  Come back!" Pidgey had fallen from the sky.  This is not what I had in mind for a pokémon battle today... "Arrrrgh!" Joseph screamed in frustration.

[X_marks_the_ed]

Bruce heard the whole thing. He only a few feet away. "What?" He ran up to Darren, whom was in the middle of storming off. "We can't retreat now! The gym is down! I had to do it without any help, and you're gonna leave just because she told you to?" Darren ignored him. Suddenly, a coat smacked him in the back of the head. It was Bruce's. Darren watched as he too, stormed off in his own direction. "Who was that?


Edwin finished using up Lyle's machine. The place was quiet until Lyle finally spoke up. "What now? We were decimated with a single Pokemon." Edwin had to glance at Sally, whom sat in the corner alone. Both of her Pokes were back in their balls. Suddenly, one of the fishermen shouted back at that group, as he stood next to the window. "Hey guys! He left! The rocket left!" Everyone looked at him. "He threw his coat at one of the admins and left." It didn't make anyone feel better. If Bruce wanted, the gym would've been his. "Does this mean that the other Rockets are gonna leave?" "Dunno."

With all of his Pokemon healed, Edwin headed out of the gym. "Hey, where're you going?" He turned back to Lyle. "I'm gonna get stronger. I'll defeat him someday, but I won't get any better here." After a while, Lyle nodded in agreement. He spoke again. "Besides, you have someone else who could be your third man, or girl." He closed the gym behind him.

Outside was pretty quiet. Almost as if everyone left the area shortly after the Rocket Admin did. He decided to head up the bridge to check out the rest of the town.

[Prpl_Mage]

Frank followed Saiar and her goons. Behind him were the other kids.
He really didn't have the time to cheer everyone up for the upcoming battle - he shouldn't have to in a moment like this. Legendary birds were up ahead after all.
The storm raged even more now, the rain and wind proved to be very annoying but he was also glad to loose all that snow - even for only some time.
He watched Zapdos for a moment before looking down ahead. Unfortunately he couldn't keep his eyes off a certain something and raised his gaze towards the bird again.

One part of him wanted to catch the bird - but there was no way. One part wanted to see Saiar catch the bird but for what reason would that be? The third part of him wanted to stop her for catching the bird. She wouldn't be able to concentrate as well even if they were just riff raff.
But the very last part of him just wanted to beat the bird. No capture or something, just beat it to prove his strength.
But he wouldn't know 'till they reached it.
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-"Hey Nigel!" Bob shouted from a distance as he walked up to the bridge and the man in charge.
-"Bad time, doing battle." Nigel answered and watched Joseph in frustration.
-"Darren said that all threats been taken care off. And most trainers have left town by now." Bob said and looked at the tentacruel.
-"Okay, okay. Just a little more, pretty please?" Nigel said and looked at Bob.
-"I'm just a grunt." Bob said as to show that he wasn't in charge - no responsibility on his shoulders.

[X_marks_the_ed]

The kids that used to line up on the bridge were gone, meaning a smooth walk into the northern half of Cerulean. The snow was all powder up here. In maybe an hour or two, it would all be gone. "There have to be SOME Pokemon up here to train on." He sent out Clefable anyway. It had been killing him to get some information on the new Claire, but he was so busy with the Rockets, he nearly forgot.

"Clefable, the fairy Pokemon. Evolution of Clefairy via Moon Stone..."

According to the Pokedex, she was definitely stronger. And if that were the case, Bowser would've beaten her before even faster. She definitely needed more training. The two walked as they scoured for any sign of life. If anyone was out here, they must've still been in hiding from the Rockets. Suddenly, Ed heard a noise. "Finally!" He ran towards the source of the noise and came across a small house. If anyone was inside, he might as well let them know that the Rockets fled town.

The door was slightly open, so he wandered inside. "Hello?" The only response was some rustling. The house looked abandoned. Amongst the set of computers, he noticed something moving behind a desk. "Claire, get ready." It came out and walked up to Clefable. It was only half of her size.

"Pichu, the Tiny Mouse Pokemon..."

Clefable picked up the tiny creature, and both seemed pretty pleased. Since the inhabitants were harmless, he decided to have a look around the building. In the center of the room were two giant vessels, one of which seemed to have been forced open, showing signs of damage on the door, the floor of the vessel was covered in some purple gunk that Edwin didn't want to even look at.

After some scrounging, he found something unusual. It was a Pokeball, only broken. The top, red lid slightly off from the white half, leaving gaps half the size of his thumb on each side. It looked like the ball was thrown, and not just dropped. When he went to check if it was empty, the Pokedex freaked out. "Unknown error has occurred." He decided to pocket the strange Pokeball. Maybe he could find someone who could fix it. It's not like he could hope to buy any more with his lack of funds. As he finished up his exploration, he called Claire back. She (probably) said her farewells to the three Pichus with her and both left the house, on their way back towards Cerulean.

[coreystranick]

Corey had no words for the situation. It was eerie that there was no chaos, and the three birds just sitting staring. Yet at the same time it was peaceful.

Corey hardly noticed Saiar throw the pokeball. All he wanted to do was look at the birds. He yearned for one but knew he could never control it.

[SaiKar]

Saiar stared with disbelief, fascination, and horror. They were witnessing a legendary event, possibly something that would not be repeated in their lifetimes, or maybe a thousand years, if ever. A meeting of the three legendary birds. Were they here to protect the world, or to destroy it? It seemed like kind of a gamble to hope solely on the former. She gritted her teeth. If I had a whole group of competent rockets, we would be three legendary birds richer in an hour, and the Pokemon League would be in flames by tomorrow... But she forced the thought from her mind. Had to make do with what she had available. As always, it didn't feel like nearly enough.

"Just what the hell is the plan here?!" Frank yelled above the roaring winds.
Saiar yelled back. "Catch Articuno. Possiby prevent apocalypse. In that order."
"Mmm hmm. That's not really a plan, you know. Kind of a goal. Or maybe a prayer."

Saiar responded by throwing a pokeball. Out came Rusty.
"Sup Rusty." Frank said, grinning. Rusty responded with a metalic cry. "Moltres is gunny melt him pretty bad though."
"He's not going to be fighting Moltres. You're going to use him to hold off Zapdos."
"ME?!" Frank yelled, shocked.
"Yeah. I can't command three battles at once. You're probably the best trainer here. And I'm keeping hold of the Pokeball, so if you do somethign stupid like try to run, I'll just recall Rusty."
"I can feel the love. You think I have a shot at catching Zapdos?"
"I dunno," Saiar said, shrugging. "But I do know we have no chance if we allow them to fight together."
"What about Moltres?"
Saiar sighed. "Yeah..."

She turned to the rest of the group, still staring wide-eyed at the birds. "Hey, listen up!" she snapped. "If any of you kids wanna prove those gym badges you're toting around mean a damn thing, you will help me against Moltres. I know you probably do not have strong enough teams to actually catch it, but keep it busy as long as you can. The fate of the world is in the balance here. Paige, you have the water team, and you are basically unscratched. You have command of the Rockets. Here are my battle items. Use as many as you need to stay in the fight."
She took off her pack of items and tossed it to Paige. Even so, the chorus of complaints began almost immediately.
"Are you freaking CRAZY?!"
"I don't think I can..."
"Um, my team is not exactly optomized for taking fire attacks here."
"I'm tired."
"Isn't attacking a legendary bird some sort of sin?"
"Hey, got anything to eat here?"
"She's gotta be freaking crazy. I'm tellin' ya."
"Look, what do you want out of me here?!" Saiar cried, exasperated. "I can't coordinate a battle against three legendary birds all by myself!" She pointed at Lucas. "You said that that the birds would fight, and it would destroy a lot of the world. Well, we gotta assume that is just moments away. Look, see?!"
The birds, having lost interest in the trainers, started eying eachother. Zapdos squacked at Articuno, letting a bit of electricity fly its way, and Articuno responded by flapping up some snow.
"Reporting for duty, admin." said Holly with a gesture that may have been some sort of salute. She sent out her koffing and pidgey - wait, no, it was a pidgeotto now - and stepped forward to join Saiar. Saiar couldn't help but smile. The girl had nerves of steel, that much was sure.
The others didn't look so confident. Addresing the rest of the trainers, she said. "Run if you must. Fight if you can. This is the day destiny promised. How tomorrow will look depends on what we do here. I am going in with both eyes open."

She turned her back on the group. The birds were lifting off. Battle between the three seemed only seconds away. Yeah, we will see about that...
"Kophy, Taya! Our target is Articuno! Open fire!"
Articuno swooped towards Zapdos but was struck in mid-dive by a wave of psychic energy and a gunky ball of sludge. It squawked in indignation.
"That got its attention!" Saiar said with a wicked grin. "Hello, you stupid thing! Remember me? I'm ready for you this time!"
Saiar had no idea if she could bluff a legend. She certainly wasn't ready. But it was do or die time. With all of her efforts focused on fighting Articuno, she could only hope the others would distract and delay Zapdos and Moltres long enough...

[X_marks_the_ed]

The door was locked. Edwin looked inside. The nurse was there, reading a magazine. He tapped on the glass, and she came over and unlocked the door. "Sorry about that, I forgot to open back up."

"No problem. Would you mind having a look at this?" He showed her the broken Pokeball. "I figure there has to be something here for this sort of thing. I don't even know if there's a Pokemon in there." She picked up the ball and analyzed it. "There must be." She pointed a name on the ball that Ed hadn't noticed. "Rachel". "Is that the owner or the Pokemon's name?" She shrugged and lead Ed over to the main desk. She walked behind it and pulled out a small machine from under it. "You have any empty Pokeballs?" He handed her one of his Pokeballs. "Hopefully, the machine will accept it in this condition." She placed the broken ball on one end, and the empty ball on the other. She then keyed in a few things and the machine started whirring.

After a while, it dinged. "The machine says that the Pokemon inside was also damaged and that it attempted to 'repair' it."

"Repair it?"

"Some memories lost, or.....something becomes deformed."

"What happens in that case?" She shrugged again. He picked up the Pokeball that used to be empty. "The machine said it transferred safely, so I'm assuming this one is empty." She picked up both of the balls and handed them to Ed."

"I'll keep it just in case." He picked up the new ball and sent whatever was in it out. It was a success, at least he thought it was. He held his Pokedex to the Pokemon.

"Eevee, the Evolution Pokemon..."

The nurse seemed very excited that it actually worked. Clefable walked over and observed the strange Pokemon. Ed reached down and patted it. No signs of hostility, so he picked it up. "Rachel?" It looked up. "That's your name, I guess." He turned to the nurse. "Thanks, miss."

"You're welcome."

Edwin left the center with his new Pokemon in hand. The trio began heading east. Once outside Cerulean, he decided to let Rachel run around on its own, so he could make sure it was alright.

[coreystranick]

Corey couldn't decide what to do. HE stared in amazement as he watched the group fight each bird. He saw as Lucas's Paras put Moltres to sleep.

"Well, I guess it is time for everyone to see 'all' of my Pokemon."

Chris stared,"Wait your actually gonna use whatever you have? I forgot all about it."

"Well, yeah. It seems that I should all my others are sorta weak."

He grabbed the Pokeball and threw it.

Once the light left the area everyone just stared.

"THAT is what was inside the pokeball,"Chris couldn't believe that Corey had just thrown out a Gyarados.

"Why? Is it good? I had told you guys I didn't know what it was."

"How did you get it?"

"Remember when I went back in to get my money back? Well I was so pissed that I just beat the crap out of the fat man. I told him I would send out Spark to shock him until I got it back. He stopped me said sorry and just handed me the ball. Saying 'If you would have just waited this is what you would get. Things are never as they seem'. And I left."

"Wow...I don't know if that is a good story or it sucks. Either way we can use him in this battle."

"Ohh, well I'm willing to help out any way I can. Lucas what could I do with him?"

Lucas hadn't said a word but his mind kept racing trying to find a plan.
Corey waited to be told what to do. He looked back.
"You guys gonna help too?
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I'll leave it here gonna take my daughter trick or treating.

[Prpl_Mage]

Frank liked to control a strong pokémon once more. It could take blows and it dealt damage. Just a shame that of all things - it was fighting the electric type. He'd preferred to smash Articuno with Iron tail.

-"Rusty use Rock slide!" Frank shouted, it was important to shout at those pokémon who didn't recognize as their trainer. That's why he loved to train his own team. They learned tactics and when to utilize what after tons of battle experience.
But strength - strength is good.

The rocks rained down upon Zapdos which looped to avoid more damage. After it did - it let out Extrasensory but it did little against the massive Steelix.
The battle raged on and Frank had to throw Rusty a potion or two during the fight as he watched how Lucas put Moltres to sleep and the grunts cheering.
-"We need to clam them down" Was the words of the nerd. But what did he know about the legendary birds? He'd just read legends, these were not legends but very well and alive birds with awesome powers. He wouldn't lose this chance because of a hunch.

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-"Do it again Rusty!" Frank shouted and grinned as the Zapdos looked weak, Rock slide did a great job but it took a while for it to wear the great bird down.
The rocks struck and the solid facial expression of the steel snake matched Franks. A grin of supremacy. He'd just bested the Electric bird of Kanto with the very thing it could not defeat. It was like fighting a midget and holding him an arms length away.
-"Might as well give it a try..." Frank mumbled and grabbed one of his pokéballs.
He threw it against the bird which were sucked into the ball. But it barely took a second before the ball broke and the bird erupted again.
-"Oh well, Rusty... We're taking it down." Frank said and pointed his arm against the bird as if objecting.

Rusty pulled force, raised rocks into the air and sent them flying against the awesome bird. It was strong, it was great but it had taken too much damage by now.
The rocks struck and the bird fell down. It crashed to the ground and breather heavily.
Frank knew that it was done and walked up to it. Series of Rock slides and a lengthy battle such as this. Poor bastard didn't stand a chance with the pride or honour it felt towards fighting only the enemy before him.

-"It's your weakness." Frank started as he were just a couple of meters away from the bird. The air was heavy but there were no static.
-"You obey the rules and fight with righteousness. But what you fought was a loosing battle. You met an enemy you couldn't bring down with the powers you grasp and kept fighting instead of turning your attention towards a different opponent. That's your weakness." Frank said and realized that the same applied to him. The bird looked at him sleepily.
-"We lose with honour. But who'll remember the honourable sucker who rushed alone into the enemy's army for doing the right thing?" He reached out his hand towards the bird but felt the static returning. He quickly leaped back and watched as a bright light erupted from the bird. It looked furious but rose into the sky with a single flap of its' wings. Frank covered his face as dust and dirt swished past him. Behind his arms he grinned, the bird wasn't done.

-"So, you still have some fight in you left? Let's take you down this time as well then!" Frank yelled at the bird.
But Zapdos simply locked his eyes on Frank and let out a Discharge.
Everyone was taken back. Everyone was damaged.
Even Moltres who awoke from its' slumber.
-"Dammit!" Frank exclaimed as he watched the others. But by the time he looked back at Zapdos - it was flying away from the battlefield at high speed.
-"Godamn birds fleeing..." Frank mumbled and watched as it disappeared. For now. Frank would get the blasted bird one day. He grinned and looked forward to the battle but realized that Steelix wasn't his. He sighed and remembered that his own team was ages away from that fight and ran up to Saiar.
-"Honey I'm home!" He said and stopped a few feet behind her. She gave him a quick glare before he informed her.
-"Zapdoz left the battlefield. Where he went is unknown. Can't tell where is where in this blasted weather."

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He could see them in the distance. Two giant birds. A spiky yellow one and one on fire, they were both flying in his direction. He quickly pulled out his Pokedex.

"Zapdos, the Electric Poke..."

Before it could finish, he pointed it the other one.

"Moltres, the Flame Pokemon..." He would check them out later. All of a sudden, he heard a loud whine. He looked down and saw  his Eevee glowing and morphing shape, but it looked like it was in pain. This was nothing like Clefable's evolution. Ed ran up to it and shielded it. The glowing stopped and Eevee panted a bit. He watched as the bird passed him by. When he was sure that they were out of range, he took a look at his Eevee underneath him. It seemed unharmed, but it was very exhausted. He looked at Clefable, who was unaffected by the appearance of the birds. This must have been what the nurse said about mutations.