Pokémon RP Kanto Quest, the adventure begins.

[SaiKar]

It had been a tough battle for them all, but the plan had roughly held up. The other birds had been distracted and had fled to parts unknown. Articuno was still here. Her team was a mess. Taya was out cold - she had put up an admirable fight against Articuno, but had been hopelessly outclassed as far as defenses went. Rusty was frozen solid. That was unexpcted and bad. Kophy was holding his own, but it wouldn't last. Her battle items were with Paige, who had likely eaten a lot of them up to keep Moltres busy as long as the Rockets had. Well, that was what her task was, ever all. She'd done good.

"Looks like it's time for number four..." Saiar said, throwing a pokeball. Out came a gengar, its squat, devilish, gostly form grinning in the setting sun. "Eclipse, your moment is here. Shut this bird down! Confuse Ray and Hypnosis!"
Frank squawked, "You have a Gengar! Why the devil didn't you bring it out before now?"
"Cannot fight its way out of a wet paper bag..." she mumbled. "With all the pyrotechnics flying around, he would not have lasted. But now Articuno is alone and focused on Kophy so he can work his dark magic."
Eclipse the gengar got to work. His first confuse ray was wide, but the second seemed to hit home. He began to fire off hypnosis beams, but Articuno was resisting admirably. Still, it hadn't noticed the little ghost, and was still trading blows with Kophy, who was holding up to the onslaught far better than any weak, unevolved koffing had any right to.
"What's up with that shiny koffing?" Lucas dared ask.
Totally caught up in the battle, Saiar forgot her general disdain for the other trainers and answered, "Special Rocket project. They eased its power level up past the point where it should have evolved without actually changing its form. It took on that weird, blue shininess as a result. The thing is a wall. Dumb as a rock still, but what can ya do."
Still not put to sleep, Articuno seemed to grow tired of beating on Kophy, who had focused his moveset into rests and smokescreens. If lifted off to leave the battlefield.
"Oh no you do not!" Saiar yelled. "Eclipse, mean look! Kophy, toxic!"
Eclipses eyes flashed, and Articuno turned its attention to the ghost just in time to get blindsided by the deadly poison.
"Kophy! Buy me as much time as you can! Protect Gengar!" she yelled. Would that even work? Kophy didn't seem to know any protection-ish moves. Well, it was all the strategy she had left.
Its power will weaken quickly now, Saiar thought, but as soon as Eclipse goes down it will try to GTFO... better get to work!

She reached for her dusk balls, pokeballs that worked better at night. It was literally only dusk now, but she hoped it was close enough to count. Who knew how these things worked, anyway, or why they worked so much better at night. Whatever, they were her weapon of choice at this point. She whipped one at Articuno, but the bird smashed it to pieces almost at once. Another ball, another miserable failure.
"Geez, you're actually gunna try to catch it..." Frank yelled, eyes wide.
"Uh huh..." Saiar said, throwing balls three and four. No luck, not even close.
"How many of them do you got?"
"Ten," she answered as ball 5 broke to pieces. That one had managed to hold Articuno for a second, but not nearly long enough.
Gengar was taking a beating. Articuno was pretty messed up from the confusion and toxic poison, but was still able to clip an ice beam on the ghost. Eclipse was responding with shadow balls, his single actual attack move, with only moderate success.
She threw ball six. Damn damn damn!
Articuno blasted gengar with a mighty blizard attack, fainting the ghost and ending the mean look effect.
"Kophy! Above!! HOLD IT!" Saiar yelled as ball seven shattered.
Using levitate, Kophy attacked from above as Articuno tried to flee. Articuno swooped up to attack the koffing, finally KOing it, and shook off ball eight.
"Come on, COME ON!!!" Saiar yelled. Articuno was lifting off. She lobbed ball nine at it. It held it for a moment, longer than the others, but broke as well. The pieces fell down from above.
It was almost out of sight. It didn't matter that this was her last ball - it would have been her last chance anyway. "COME ON!!!!" Saiar gave a mighty lob that would have made a baseball pitcher proud and hurled the dusk ball into the inky blackness.

There was a mighty flash of light, and Articuno screamed out in what seemed like anguish. Moments later, a single dusk ball fell to the ground, its locking mechanism still glowing as they sealed. Saiar picked it up. She held it in her hand, saying nothing, her face blank in total disbelief.

[X_marks_the_ed]

Their pace slowed down a bit. Eevee was tired, but not ready to go back inside the ball. Especially after being cramped inside one for so long. Ed kept his eyes open for any more strange birds. After a bit of walking, once again finding the land barren of other Pokemon species, he spotted the group of kids in the distance along with some Rockets. Assuming the worst, he charged over to them.

"Oh hey, it's Ed." Lucas said as he approached. "You're a little late to the show, there." Frank said in usual matter-of-fact tone.

"What?"

"We just possibly saved all of Kanto. The 3 legendary birds were here. If they were to fight each other, it might've been disasterous. But, we stopped them."

"So, that's why you all left Cerulean so quickly."

"Yeah, but we'll probably have to head back to the center for a bit, I think we're done here."

"Alright. I'll come with you guys." Edwin and Lucas shook hands.

[Prpl_Mage]

-"That's so hot." Frank said and stared at the ball in Saiar's hand. He wanted to take it from her really badly. But he also knew that he wouldn't get far.
For a moment he wanted to congratulate her after the heated battle and the teamwork of all. But he remembered the fact that she wasn't who she used to be anymore. She was now the very thing he fought against - Team Rocket.
Frank didn't know how to feel. Team Rocket had just captured the legendary bird Articuno and not just any Rocket - Saiar Karat of all the admins.
-"Lucas, guys. We better be off." Frank said as he turned to them. He didn't know what Saiar could do these days. Finding her as an admin was odd enough as it were.
Frank knew that Cerulean would be crawling with rockets by now and saw no point in returning there. He didn't have any reason to fight that gym without anything to take on water and he didn't want to stirr up trouble when there was a captured Articuno nearby.

He started walking down the path back towards town and then turned around.
-"I'll head back towards Saffron, need to find something - anything stronger than what I have now. You got my number so call me when you need a hero of the day." He said and pointed in the kids' direction.
-"And miss Karat. I'll see you soon." Frank added and winked before walking away.

He wasn't sure what he was doing but he needed some time alone for now. It was almost night but he didn't mind, it would be easier to sneak into Saffron under the nightsky. He needed to train and catch a stronger team after all.

[Prpl_Mage]

Frank walked up to the gates of Saffron but barely had the moment to step inside before they were shut.
-"What's going on?" Frank asked the grunt who closed the gate.
-"Some stupid trainers are brewing trouble. We decided to lock this place up till later." The grunt said and walked back to his post.
-"Terrific..." Frank said as he looked through the bars.
-"So there's no way for me to leave town for a while?" Frank finally asked and got a shaken head in response.

Frank walked into town and wondered what would happen to the other kids now when he wouldn't be able to protect them for a while. Also, what would happen to him if that blasted Rocket Agent noticed him in town? He had been infamous around the rockets in less than a day and someone thought it was a good idea to assault him with his old strength.  
He needed a plan - either to infiltrate team rocket or to escape town.
He thought that the others could have some use in knowing that Saffron had been locked up and called Chris.

-"Sup? Are ya' missing me already guys?" He started and walked down one of the streets.
-"Just thought you should know that Saffron has been sealed off for some time. Apparently some trainers stirred up trouble. No idea if that's us - ME or someone else, but rockets seem to be getting here from the South at least. So yeah, it's pretty thick here and the gates are closed. I'll let you know when the situation changes." Frank finished and hung up.

As the phone was folded and stashed in his pocket he set sight for the Silph corp building and the current storage of stolen pokémon.

[X_marks_the_ed]

While some of the others went back to Cerulean to heal, Edwin was busy training Eevee and Clefable. He watched as the two took down what little they could find hiding under the melting snow. Eevee didn't show any more signs of pain, but he decided to see if the Pokedex had any information on it. Instead, it acted as though Eevee was a different Pokemon each time he used it.

"Eev.....eon, the Fresh Evolution Pokemon.... species error." He hoped the nurse could help him when we he would head back and meet with the others. In his journey eastward, he eventually came to a small shoreline. Nearby was a Pokecenter, but it was abandoned. Just like the one by Mt. Moon. He decided to head inside and see if the machine inside still worked. Inside were plenty of different Pokemon. "They must have hid in here when those birds came and started that storm." Though they were mostly all bug types, he couldn't pass up the chance. "Eevee, Quick Attack! Clefable, Psychic!"

The tiny building was surrounded with the sounds of battle. Now that she was much stronger, Claire kept the bigger Beedrills away with Psychic, while Eevee struck anything that got too close. One by one, the foes fell. Some were sneaky enough to get a few hits in, knocking Eevee down. Edwin pulled out her Pokeball and tried to recall her, but it didn't work. Clefable was starting to give way. "Go, Barboach!" Out came the whirlpool, pushing the foes away for a bit, and then the fish. "Barboach, water gun!" As the group of foes came closer, Barboach got scared and instead fired a large blast of water from its whirlpool into the crowd of bugs, riding it across them. Ed laughed. "Lyle, you and your Surf." With Barboach taking down the majority of them, the foes eventually either fell or fled until the commotion died down. Ed recalled both of his Pokemon.

He looked at Eevee. The ball, once again, didn't work. The dex wasn't any help either, giving its usual garbage. Ed leaned over, picked Eevee up and left the center. As soon as he left the center, he heard a loud screech. Above him was one of the birds from the center. "Not now! It was flying right towards him. Before Ed could turn and get back into the center, the bird swooped down, barely missing, sending a heap of snow onto Ed and Eevee. She began to glow again. "No! Stop!" He quickly placed her on the ground and shielded her like before, but this time, she wouldn't stop. He looked up at the bird. It was turning to swoop down again. Ed reached for Zubat's ball when Rachel shot out from underneath him, only she looked very different. She watched as the bird started another assault. Ed quickly pulled out his Pokedex.

"Pidgeotto, Bird Pokemon."

"Not that one!" He shouted at the device.

[drenrin2120]

Chris returned to the fringe of Cerulean city. His pokemon were still in need of healing. He didn't want to use up all his revives just yet, but he knew he may have to if he was challenged to a battle. After watching the epic battle between the birds and Saiar, Chris was still in a bit of shock. His phone vibrated. It was Frank sending a mass message. "Saffron locked up. No one allowed in or out. Troublesome trainers. Rocket on the move again."

"Damn, Frank, you're quick," Chris thought. The kid never stopped.

Chris pondered this for a while. There were a ton of Rockets swarming around Cerulean. Some were shoveling mountains of snow to clear walkways. "What a bunch o' good Samaritans..." Chris thought sarcastically.

He crossed Nugget Bridge, hugging the northern boundaries of Cerulean city. Chris took out his bag in front of him, digging to the bottom for what he hoped was there. "Aha!" Chris pulled out an old, worn map. On it were the cities of Kanto and all the routes. Chris knew the routes, but he was wondering about the pokecenter. Not all pokecenters were located in town. To the east of Cerulean there was another Pokecenter, placed strategically before Rock Tunnel, which lead to Lavender.

"Lavender..." Chris thought. He'd never been there. And he could heal his pokemon before venturing into the cave. That's when Lucas came from behind him.

"Ah! You startled the crap out of me! Where'd you come from?" said Chris

"Sorry! Didn't mean to! Hey, what are you looking at?"

Chris showed Lucas the lone pokecenter to the east. "If we can get there, I'm sure there's no rockets. There's no need for any rockets to be there."

Lucas examined the map for a moment. "There might be. Do you know if the rockets have taken the Power plant?" Chris wasn't sure.

"Why?"

"Well, that pokecenter's a junction for Route 9, Rock Tunnel, and Route 10, which leads to the Power Plant. But it is a fairly quiet area in Kanto."

"Well, I'm heading there. If you want to tag along, I wouldn't mind the company, especially through Rock Tunnel."

Lucas thought about it for a while, then...

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Whatcha gonna do Lucas?

[Prpl_Mage]

-"Check out this golden Rattata!" A voice said from an alley as a Rocket Grunt passed.
-"Whoa, really?" The rocket replied and foolishly walked into the alley.

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Frank walked out of the alley wearing the uniform of a simple Rocket Grunt. With all the people "immigrating" from Vermillion it wouldn't be hard to be accepted as a Rocket Grunt now. The people from Saffron would assume that he was new in town and the people from Vermillion would assume that he was a Saffron grunt.
Gotta love distractions.

Frank began his stride but remembered to adapt his posture to his new role - rocket grunt. No real power, just confident in the power behind him. Some of the higher ranked rockets looked his way as he passed but luckily made him out to be a newcomer as planned.
He reached the doors of the Silph Co and entered while greeting the two grunts standing guard.
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Inside was a huge lobby, he passed a couple of grunts and had to pass an ID check where he used the grunt's card key. He was happy that all it took was a Card Key and not some kind of code for it. The card key opened most doors within the right level.
He walked into the wrong room from time to time and greeted the rockets that passed him while taking in the latest gossip.
-"... Trainers beating us in Vermillion 'cuz of that old fool."
-"What was Arnel up to all this time?"
-"We beat the crap out of Cerulean but lost Vermillion?"
-"I heard ol' Darren got his butt beat by Saiar."

Beside gossip he also learned about this new ball called Obedience ball and it was actually thanks to it that Frank even found out where the main storage was.
He walked through the corridors and saw some nasty experiments, he also made sure to avoid all contact with higher ranked people who perhaps could demand some sort of proof that he was indeed a rocket.
Once at the storage door he realized that he needed a password to get in.
He sighed and set out to the break rooms and such to snap up various clues to what to type.
He first learned that one part of the password was "Slow" after getting a scientist a coffee. Frank claimed to have forgotten about it and just needed some of it to remember the rest.
Another part was won after a game of cards were the loser should be named the last part of the password - "Tail".
And the last part he needed was "Poke" which he had to do some bad things to get.
But with all three parts of the password he went back to the storage and entered the code "Slowpoke tail". It worked and the door beeped and opened.
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The building was quiet now since it was evening or night (he couldn't tell because of the lack of windows) but he walked into the storage and came upon a large mass of organized stacks of pokéballs in all kind of shapes and colours.
In front of him was the main computer that he accessed with the card key.
He started a search for his own name and a machine up ahead started spinning and there was movement among the lines of pokéballs. A tray of pokéballs was placed in the glass above him and the display showed the contents of it.
Frank grinned widely as he saw the result of his past lives. The Sneasel, Gengar and many more were still there waiting to be extracted.
He didn't waste any time and ordered the pokémons to be withdrawn.
But the very moment he picked to take out Sneasel the machine showed the error "Unauthorized withdrawal! This pokémon is not authorized to be used by Grunt R3".
Frank gave the machine a slap and realized that it probably was some kind of protection against Grunts getting their hands on too strong pokémon.

He sighed and thought things through. Should he go back out and find the Card Key of a higher ranked rocket? Or maybe even an admin... Yeah that seemed okay.
But before he even had the chance to put his plan into action the lights were turned on and 3 people entered the room.
Frank turned around and saw Darren with Alfred and Albert on his sides.
-"I was told someone was accessing Frank's database and thought to catch Admin Saiar in action breaking the rules. But aren't I surprised to find the very person with his label on that box eh Frank?" Darren said and ordered Alfred to close the doors.
-"You again." Frank simply said and pulled off the Rocket cap. No need to pretend otherwise.
-"Yeah me again, you remember what happened in Cerulean? Well, I won't use Tyranitar this time but I promise that I took some of your other precious pokémon - and thank you very much - I actually checked them out before agreeing on taking them this time." Darren said mockingly and sent out a Tauros.
-"I remember that one." Frank said and stared at the brutal poké in front of him.
-"Well then, let's see your weaklings again shall we Frank?" Darren said whereon Alfred and Albert laughed.
-"I was thinking..." Frank started to buy more time, he'd put the machine to withdraw all the pokés in the box and just waited for the balls to be delivered.
-"I don't even know your name yet." Frank said and raised the ball of his Murkrow and sent it out. Although hopeless it would be able to avoid some of the attacks.
-"Where's my manners?" Darren said shocked and nodded at Albert.
-"Captain Darren, destroyer of trainers and Rocket Agent." Albert said and saluted.
-"What he said. I'm Darren and you should remember my name, 'cuz my name will be synonymously with 'defeat' for you." He said and ordered the tauros to attack.
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As the tauros attacked and all their eyes were focused on Murkrow Frank opened the hatch of the machine and grabbed 4 of the balls inside. He hadn't been able to get any more than those. But four was better than nothing.
He scanned the first one and sent out Electrode behind the trio of grunts.
They all turned around shocked as Frank shouted at it to use Explosion.
-"Run away!" Alfred shouted as they dived for cover.
The pokémon exploded and the blast pushed the rockets away from the door and even made a hole in the door itself.

Frank didn't waste time and put on his hat and leaped against the exit. He turned around and withdrew Murkrow and turned around when Tauros charged him.
The large pokémon pushed him out of the room and into the wall on the opposite side. His body ached but he noticed that the explosion drew attention, a grunt stared at Frank as he covered his chest and eyed the Tauros stuck in the door.
-"What's going on!" The grunt exclaimed and looked at Frank.
-"Some trainer in there who's trying to steal our profits!" Frank answered and got up and began to move away from the door.
-"Where are you going?" Another agent asked as he passed him.
-"That crazy trainer beat all my pokémon and now he's cleaning out the storage." Frank lied and continued to move out.
As soon as he passed the corner he fixed his posture despite the damages and ordered the closest group of grunts.
-"Hey! You better get to the storage, some trainers broke in!" He said and they all rushed there bored of their sleepily duties in the Silph Co.
With people's attention set on the storage and whatever was inside behind that Tauros Frank managed to get out safely and quickly dumped the rocket outfit.

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He knew that it was just a matter of time before they would start searching for him. And they would probably find him. He had to get out. He was looking for a way out when his phone ringed.
He picked it up and took the call from his fan - Maya.
She started to ramble about stuff when Frank asked her were she was. She said that she just got to Cerulean and saw the results of what happened.
-"Could you get down to Saffron's north gate?" Frank asked her.
-"Sure thing, but isn't it closed?" She asked back.
-"That's why I need your help." He said and hung up.

With all that planing done he was glad that he made it out okay and that he got some pokés with him.
And that's when he remembered that he didn't know what he managed to withdraw. He pulled out his pokédex and scanned the balls.
-"Sentret" The android voice called from inside the pokédex and Frank cursed that he even caught one.
-"Rhyhorn" It continued and Frank sighed and realized that it would be doable.
-"Dunsparce" It said afterwards and Frank slapped his face just as an impulsive reaction. It was not a bug but more useless than one.
-"At least I got Electrode out." Frank stated but at the same time realized that he only carried 6 balls.
-"Aw crap.... Must've dropped it" He mumbled but knew right away. Back at the rocket storage when the tauros charged him.

He didn't need time to think. He just put his safety in line to break in and all he could get was a Rhyhorn and two silly and totally worthless pokémon. He'd just dump those two with the other kids 'cuz he had no use for them whatsoever.

[X_marks_the_ed]

"Glaceon, the Fresh Snow Pokemon..."

She stood proudly over the fallen bird. Ed was just relieved that the Pokedex was finally giving him answers. But if evolution was that painful, did Clefable go through the same thing while he was sleeping in the gym? He tried the Pokeball again, and fortunately, it worked. He decided to head back to Cerulean to ask the nurse about the incident. She probably didn't know anything, but if anyone did, it would have to be a nurse.

As he walked through the winding fields, he came across Lucas and Chris. "Hey Ed, where are you headed?" Lucas asked.

"Back to Cerulean. I got a few questions for the nurse there." Almost as if he had insulted him, Lucas was taken aback. "I'm sure if you've got questions, I can answer them just as well as any nurse." He almost seemed proud of that fact. He seemed to leer at Ed as though it were a challenge. Hesitating, Ed sent out his new Pokemon. Immediately, Lucas spoke. "That's a Glaceon. But, they're really rare here. Where did you get it?"

"I found it in that house to the North of Cerulean. But it was in a broken Pokeball." Chris seemed surprised at this. "You mean Bill's house?"

"I guess so. I took the broken Pokeball to the nurse and she put her in one of my Pokeballs. But she said that the Pokemon may be 'mutated', as she put it." Lucas' expression didn't change. "I believe there was a similar case in which someone's Machoke went rampant on its owner after its Pokeball broke. It's probably like sustaining a head injury. It messes with you in bad ways."

"Well, these two bird flew over us, and she started glowing and was in pain. It happened again when a Pidgeotto, I think its called, threw snow onto it. Then it became this."

"I'm guessing the damage it took messed with its sensitivity to the elements, as Eevee can evolve with many different elements, I'm guessing it just because extra sensitive to the elements."

"Is there anything I can do?"

"Well, I don't think you'll have any more problems. Glaceon can't evolve, so she should be fine."

"Thanks." Ed struggled to let that sentence slip, as Lucas seemed to have a superior look on his face, as if he had just battled a wild Tauros with his bare hands and won. Chris chimed in. "Where to, then?"

"Well, I have to go back to cerulean. My Pokes get a pretty bad beating in the Pokecenter down there."

"What? What were they doing a center?"

"It was abandoned, apparently. But I didn't get a chance to look around. Maybe the nurse just fled." Chris' expression lightened up a bit. "Well, let's go see. Maybe it still has a working machine." "Why not? I pretty much cleared it out anyway." Ed agreed and the three went on their way towards the Pokecenter.

[coreystranick]

Corey saw three members of the group heading towards the east.

"Guess it won't hurt to follow."

Corey gathered his things ang began trailing the three, hoping to eventually catch up.

[A Forgotten Legend]

Somehow, the birds had scared off the Rocket battling Joseph.

"Whew" Joseph recalled his pokémon.  It was close call.  As he walked back into town he looked through the rubble.  He saw Frank as he was leaving town.  He tried to catch up, but by the time he came close he had gone into the entrance to Saffron.

"Hey!  My friend just went in there!  Why can't I?"  It was too late, the gate was shut and there was no way getting in.  "Darn it!"  Joseph sat there trying to figure out what to do. During the battle Joseph's phone had dropped on the bridge and was lost.  All by himself he released his new Pichu.
"Pih?"
"You're a brave little guy aren't you?"
"Pih!"  Joseph let the little pokémon play for a while.  It was getting late, and decided that he should just camp here tonight.  He gathered some sticks and Pichu used an electric attack to give a spark.  Luckily, the wood here was dry.  After the fire was built Joseph sent out all his pokémon and enjoyed a few pokéblocks he had left while he made due with a cereal bar he found in one of the pockets of his bag.
I wonder where everyone else went off to?

[Prpl_Mage]

Frank waited at the gate next to the fence, it was dark outside and only rockets walked the streets. He sighed and noticed a campfire on the other side of the gate. Apparently people waited to get into town.
-"Frankie!" A voice called from the other side of the fence and Frank turned his head there.
-"Heya. Glad you showed up." He said and watched Maya his trustful fan on the other side.
-"Great battle in pewter, too bad that silly bird interrupted you kicking the old leader's butt." She started and Frank interrupted her before things got worse.
-"Hate to say it, but I'll need your assistance." Frank said, 'help' was such a strong word.
-"Sure thing, anything for my prince." She answered happily.
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-"OH MY! Look at this blissful Togepi!" Maya said really loud a couple of meters from the gate.
The rocket heard this and got up.
-"Girl, don't even bother with that. It's the worst thing you can get. Bastard won't evolve for Muk and even when it does - it's useless." he said in true rocket fashion.
-"Oh okay.... Umm... What's this?" She paused and thought really hard.
-"A Dratini?" Maya exclaimed and the rocket stared out into the darkness.
-"What, where?" He said and lit his flashlight.
-"What's going on?" Another rocket said and stepped up next to him as he scouted the darkness.
-"Some girl saw a Dratini outside... But I can't see-"
-"Out of the way, that's mine I'll get promoted from this boring gate duty!" The other rocket said while unlocking the gate and running out.
-"Oh hell no, I saw it first!" The gatekeeping rocket said and ran out after him.
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The two rockets returned through the gate and looked disappointed.
-"How the hell can you mistake an Ekans for Dratini?" The first grunt said annoyed and punched his buddy on the shoulder.
-"Don't blame me man, you were the one who rushed out before I actually spotted it.

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-"Thank's a bunch." Frank said as he meet up with Maya on the other side.
-"No problem. But you owe me one now." She said and winked at him.
-"Yeah... Well I'll repay you later." He said and headed for the campfire.
-"You can do better than that Frankie, just don't be so shy and show some appreciation."
Frank sighed.
-"Fine, how 'bout dinner at a campfire under a starlit nightsky?" He said slowly and instantly regretted it.
-"That's so romantic!" She said dreamily and walked really close to him, which he really didn't like.
Frank mentally facepalmed but noticed Joe sitting at the campfire. Frank thanked his deity for his luck.
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-"Hey Joseph." Frank said and crashed down around the fire.
-"Frank?" He said surprised.
-"Yeah, just got out of Saffron, beautiful place. He said and thought about his two worthless pokés.
-"Wow, that's great. I was... Just camping here."
-"Seems like it, great that you're letting us stay here.
-"Well -"
-"I have a gift for you Joseph, It's a really powerful pokémon that will blow your mind." Frank said and tossed him the Dunsparce ball.
-"What is it?" He said confused.
-"It's a secret."
-"Okay..."

Maya simply sat there and eyed Joe who apparently got in the way at the campfire for whatever she expected.
-"So, where are the other guys? And where are we going?" Frank asked and took stared into the fire to avoid Maya's seeking gaze.
-"No clue."
-"Then we better make up a plan, eh Joe?" Frank said and laid back on the ground.

Great success. One worthless pokémon disposed of, one to go. He just had to find someone to give it to. Maybe that Lucas kid, the nerd seemed to like a lot of weird pokémon so maybe he would be able to find at least one use of a Sentret.

[drenrin2120]

"Do you mind if I... check it out?" Chris asked Ed, implying to his Glaceon. Ed nodded it was okay. Chris waved his pokedex in front of Ed's ball.

"Glaceon, Ice type pokemon." a picture of the Glaceon pooped up on screen. Chris couldn't help but admire it. "Wow, that's a really awesome looking pokemon!"

"Thanks." Ed said flatly.

The three had been walking down the road, east towards Rock Tunnel. The artificial snowdrifts caused by Articuno gave way to dry, warm grass. The farther they walked, the rockier and more mountainous the trail became. A winding path through a seemingly deserted route.

"huh, not a lot going on this side of Kanto." Lucas commented.

Just then, the sound of an engine gently purring was heard in the distance. As it got closer, the gentle purr became a rumbling roar of an old, diesel engine. The party turned to find an industrial looking truck bearing down on them, and fast. It had a large flatbed, covered by a high canopy that was flapping wildly as the truck sped along. There was a man wearing all black driving it.

"Oh, ****!" Ed shouted as the truck showed no signs of slowing down. The three ran hastily to the side of the path as the truck flew by them. Looking up the road at the truck, the three noticed the back of the truck was full of Rockets.

"Where the hell are they going now?" Ed wondered.

"The pokecenter, maybe? I did destroy the machines back at Cerulean." Lucas offered a solution.

"Hm... That was a heavy duty truck." Chris said.

"Yeah? and?" Ed said.

"Well, the power plant uses trucks just like that. And I think I saw the symbol for the Committee of Kanto Energy on the side."

Lucas was thinking again, "Well, the rockets seem to have their hands all over everything. If they're running silphCo., the most powerful industry in Kanto, it makes sense that they may have extended their power to controlling the power plant... what for though?"

"Well, let's get on our way to the pokecenter, it's getting dark. I don't want to be out on this mountain path at night." Ed said.

Making their way the rest of the route, they ended up in front of the lonely pokecenter just before sunset. The three entered and had their pokemon healed. There was no one else inside. The nurse seemed excited to have visitors.

"Oh! Hello!" She said, "You're the first visitors I've had all day!" She smiled at the three of them.

Chris never got over how similar they all looked. They all looked like Anne from Pewter. It was creepy.

"Will you be staying the night? It'll be getting late soon." She asked.

Chris had made up his mind, he had no interest being in Rock Tunnel at night. "I think we'll be staying here until the morning!.

"Well, whatever you decide, I can pull some cots and blankets out for you guys. Just let me know!" Anne... err, her twin, smiled at the group.

[coreystranick]

Corey was nearly hit by a truck that was speeding down the road.

"Jesus what was that?"

He had been hoofing it trying to catch up with the others. HE was very tired by the time he saw a Pokecenter.
He walked inside and saw the group sitting there.

"Thank god I finally caught up with you guys."

"Why didn't you call? You have my number,"Chris said.

"Oh, yeah heh. My bad. How is everyone?

All said good in one way or another.

"Your Ed right?" Corey said pointing towards the vaguely familiar person.

"Yeah, I believe we have met before."

"We may have but can't remember with all that craziness we went through."

Lucas looked up,"So how are your Pokemon doing? That Gyarados doing well?"

"Tell you the truth I haven't messed with him too much, no real battles yet. Not even sure I can handle him."

"Well, we will see in the morning when we go through the tunnel."

"I've heard it was dark in there my Shinx should be of some help, he can make his body glow, normally used for self defense but he should be able to do it and light up where we are walking."

[drenrin2120]

"Sweet deal!" Chris said, "I only have one flashlight. Going through tunnel with a single flashlight would have been a bummer."

All four of them stayed up talking for a bit. Eventually, it got pretty late. The nurse had pulled out the cots she'd promised. The blankets were thin, but the pokecenter itself was warm. Everyone snuggled up in their cots and prepared to get some rest. Before hitting the hay, Chris couldn't help but ask the nurse her name.

"Anne-Marie!" She said. Always so happy.

Chris just smiled, "Any relation to Anne from Pewter?"

Anne-Marie looked a little confused, "No..." Was all she said.

The group fell asleep around 10 PM. Early night in for an early day out.

[Prpl_Mage]

-"Darren..." The boss of Saffron said in his ordinary stern fashion.

-"What is it now?"

-"You let an intruder escape from the storage with pokémon belonging to Team rocket..." He said after reading the report.

-"Yeah, so what? At least I noticed it." He said and made a face.

-"...But you failed to stop him even with the party you were given."

-"As if! The guy aimed a pokémon at us trainer, no fighting by the book y'know."

-"Neither do we, we're team goddamn rocket. Act like it, we invented every false swipe there is - you better learn how to act Darren."

-"Hmmph."

-"Also... There had been a complain from upstairs..." The boss said and attempted a caring smile.

-"What about?" Darren asked excited.

-"Saiar."

-"What about that B?"

-"Well, we got reports that she attacked you right?"

-"Yeah, she did do that."

-"And I believe you... But the people upstairs rather turn the story bizaro-style and make it be you attacking her since she caught
Articuno."

-"I can't believe this!" Darren exclaimed and rose to his feet.

-"I know... We all want her out of the way, but right now she's in favour of everyone not in Kanto." The boss said and sighed.

-"So what will happen to me?"

-"We'll have to confiscate the pokémon belonging to that trainer. That includes the Tyranitar." The boss said and made a finger
gesture of him to hand over his balls.

-"Fine!" Darren shouted and tossed the belt on the desk.

-"You will still be considered an agent, so you're new team will not be down on Grunt standar again at least."

-"Whatever..."

-"But I do have a mission for you."

-"I'm all friggin ears."

-"That rocket stationed in Cerulean reported that some trainers were heading towards that cave that leads to Lavender."

-"Rock tunnel? What about it?"

-"Apparently they are from the resistance in Cerulean. And we don't want any funny thoughts reaching Lavender with the radio tower
and all."

-"Just seal it off then."

-"I don't pull those ropes Darren..."

-"So what then?"

-"You and your team will go to Lavender and meet up with Lynn, she's coming up from Fuschia just for this."

-"The crazy Gyarados lady that pulled of the Palett operation?"

-"Yeah. She'll inform you on the situation and your team will enter the cave from that end."

-"Sounds fine."

-"And Darren, use any means. We are team rocket after all."

-"Whatever. Things would be cake if I had that Tyranitar..."

-"You better get used to it..."

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I'm gonna assume that your night in the pokémon center is the same as my and Joe's night at the campfire.