Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Pokemon: Elemental Legacies

Do I come in again sometime? Who was that dude at the end with that weird Pokemon and is taller than Shaq?!?!lol
 
Lakak said:
Do I come in again sometime? Who was that dude at the end with that weird Pokemon and is taller than Shaq?!?!lol
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Lakak - All of the gym leaders will prolly make returns.
You won't find out who the tall guy is until one of the last chapters.
 
Well, I have some bad news that some of you may already know.
My artist, Esepibe, has had something happen in real life (good, not bad, don't worry) that has severely limited his free time. Due to this, he will no longer be able to draw for this project.
I have a few remaining peices of art done by him a while ago that I have not released yet. Here they are.

And here, as promised, are the final Esepibe drawings. Remember, nine special drawings will be released with a later chapter.

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These will be the final drawings by Esepibe except for nine special drawings that will be released along with a later chapter. If anyone has artistic skills and is interested in being the new artist, submit an example of your work to me via PM.
 
I'm really liking this story. I started reading it sometime yesterday and just now finished reading what was posted so far. Definately ready for the next chapter.
 
Sorry that the chapter's late and a bit short. I've been absorbed with .hack//G.U. lately.
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Chapter 20​

"Who...are you?" Dan questioned, still in shock from what happened.
"My name is unimportant." The man replied. "What is important right now is that we win. Carname, Spindril, Tyzer, Elketric, help Umbrellad out!" The man threw four Pokeballs into the air, revealing three new Pokemon and a familiar one to assist the grey Pokemon with the umbrella. The first of the new Pokemon, Carname, was a small tyrannosaurus, proportioned like a child rather than a fully grown one, and had a very short, undeveloped tail. It was a bright yet deep red in color, and had a yellow circle on top of its head. It let out a roar, and the claws on its hands and feet began to glow as if on fire. The second Pokemon, Spindril, looked like a rather large brown spinning top. Two curved, scythelike silver blades stuck out on opposite sides of a shallow black crevice that went all around the circular shape of the Pokemon, and they whirred all around it as it spun. It had two angry black eyes above this crevice, and had no mouth. Third was Tyzer, a Pokemon that looked like a white tiger with jagged black stripes. Its red eyes glowed as it beared its long fangs, made of ice, much like its claws. It whipped its two tails around as four short spikes made of ice rose from its back. The man's five Pokemon lunged out in different directions, joining the fight and making short work of every enemy Pokemon they faced.
"Woah. He's good." Bobby noticed. While the group's Pokemon were able to take down their opponents in three or four attacks, the cloaked man's Pokemon appeared to be knocking out their opposition in one or two. With the help of this new ally, the group eventually won, leaving nothing but trainers and a room of fainted Pokemon facing them.
"No! We-we...We lost! How did we lose?!" Kyle asked in disbelief.
"This isn't good! The boss will have our heads for sure!" Aaron exclaimed.
"No! Not my head! My pretty hair is on my head!" Omar added.
"We have no choice! We must retreat once again!" Ryan informed the rest of the Team Rocket members. "But mark my words, staff holders, next time the staves will be ours!"
"In your dreams!" Elissa mocked as the Rockets returned their Pokemon and threw smoke bombs, disappearing.
"So. That just leaves you guys." Matt said, reffering to Paris and Brandon.
"Let's get out of here!" Paris shouted as he got up from the rubble of the collapsed balcony.
"You have been allowed to live too many times already." The cloaked man remarked, catching Paris' attention. "It's about time someone takes you out for good."
"What?!" Paris thought, turning his head slightly.
"Behold my strongest Pokemon! Duskarrion, kill that man!" The man reached into the hood of his cloak, presumeably reaching for a Pokeball worn on a necklace as many modern trainers wore. He threw the Pokeball into the air, revealing the large vulture Pokemon that Michael had had at the Power Plant. The vulture flew forward, extending its talons and clawing at Paris' skull. The Pokemon continued to attack, bringing its victim to the ground.
"Stop it!" Brandon exclaimed, trying to pull the bird off Paris himself, as his Pokemon had all been defeated.
"Dusk!" The Pokemon cawed, turning and digging a claw into Brandon's chest, on the side opposite the heart. Instead of continuing to attack like it had with Paris, it merely flew away, landing on the cloaked man's shoulder.
"You should probably get that treated at the Pokemon Center. Fast, if you want to live." The cloaked man said matter-of-factly. Brandon got up, clutching his chest, and ran out the door. "As for your friend...Carname!" The small tyrannosaurus Pokemon let loose a Flamethrower attack, completely incinerating Paris' body.
"You...how...why..." Dan said, incapable of even forming a question.
"No need to thank me." The man interrupted him. "The staves must be protected."
"Protecting the staves? Are you from this town?" Tess inquired. "I don't think I've seen your face...or, well, your cloak, before."
"No. I am not from this place." The man replied. "And I must be going now."
"Wait!" Bobby exclaimed. "Where did you get that Duskarrion? They're supposed to be extinct!"
"Endangered, not yet extinct." The man answered. "A few are still alive. This is one of them."
"We know that a few still live." Bobby told him. "One of our frien...no...enemies...has one. And we were told that they have the power to make their owner evil."
"Duskarrion and its younger forms merely have the power to manipulate negative human emotions." The man corrected Bobby. "If a trainer has no negative emotions, there is nothing to be manipulated."
"No negative emotions? You just killed a man!" Dan exclaimed.
"A man that was already dead many times." The cloaked man replied. "What I did, I did in for justice and the common good."
"Can't argue with him there." Matt agreed.
"Until our paths cross once again...farewell." The man said, returning all his Pokemon except Duskarrion to their Pokeballs. He walked out the door of the cathedral and boarded his Pokemon, flying away.
"So, uh...we should probably clean this mess up." One of the gym trainers suggested. The fight had left pews broken, carpets ripped, and columns crumbling, not to mention the fallen balcony.
"We'd be happy to help you out." Tatiana volunteered.
"Alright. Let's go get our Pokemon healed at the Pokemon Center so they can help us." Tess decided. "And on the way back, we can stop at my house and get that Pokemon egg I promised you. Which of you should I give it to?"
"What kind of Pokemon is in it?" Tatiana asked.
"Well, I think I'll give you a Togepi egg." Tess replied.
"A light type...I think Elissa should have it." Bobby suggested.
"Yeah, I agree." Matt agreed.
"Alright, Elissa it is!" Tess exclaimed. "And...Tatiana, was it? After we're done cleaning this place up, we can have our battle!"
"Sounds good!" Tatiana confirmed.
"Hey, look!" Dan pointed to the group's Pokemon, which they hadn't been paying attention to since the incident with the cloaked man. Shoink, Tricerower, Monkick, Newater, and Dewleaf had begun to glow with the light of evolution. Shoink grew larger and fatter, and became more like a large swine than a pig. Its tail grew larger and fell to the ground, heavier than before, just like the rest of its body. The glow faded, and several designs like lightningbolts wrapped around the Pokemon's body, with a dark thundercloud design on the top of its back. Electricity flowed between its lightningbolt shaped ears and around its feet, which also had lightningbolt shaped growths sticking out of their backs. Tricerower grew larger as well, and shrubs now sprouted out around its legs and tail. Several dark green streaks on its body were revealed as the glow faded, and its flowers had grown more mature as well. Monkick's hands and feet continued to grow, and its tail shrunk to a point where it was nearly nonexistant. It took on the features of a gorilla more than its previous monkey-esque form. The glow faded to reveal a red headband and two red armbands. Newater grew larger, stopping at a length of about three feet. Small white cannons sprouted out of the holes at the center of the dots on its back, and water shot out of these new growths. Dewleaf grew larger, and its body puffed up like a round bush or shrub. Its arms and legs became partially enveloped by this, so they appeared shorter. It's head became round and shrubby as well, and snow coated the top of its head and body.
"Shoink has evolved in Electwine!" Bobby's Pokedex informed.
"Tricerower has evolved into Tricerub!" Dan's Pokedex added.
"Monkick has evolved into Gortial!" Matt's Pokedex chimed in.
"Newater has evolved into Gunewt! Dewleaf has evolved into Snobush!" Tatiana's Pokedex told her.
"Awesome!" Bobby exclaimed.
"Congratulations to all of you." Tess congratulated. "Now, let's go heal our Pokemon."

"Alright, are you ready?" Tess asked Tatiana as the group walked back into the gym. Cleanup had taken quite a while, and it was already dark outside.
"Yeah! Let's do this!" Tatiana agreed.
"Just like the rest of the trainers in this gym, this will be a double battle." Tess informed Tatiana. "I'll start with Umbreon and Shineon!"
"Bouldiurn, Cruscat, I choose you!" Tatiana responded.
"Umbreon, Faint Attack!" Tess ordered. "Shineon, Illuminated Headbutt!" Both Pokemon ran forward, and Shineon began to glow as Umbreon disappeared. Umbreon reappeared behind Bouldiurn, striking it with a dark attack, while Shineon slammed into Cruscat with a light attack.
"Cruscat, Magnitude!" Tatiana commanded. "Bouldiurn, Rock Throw!" Cruscat slammed the ground, sending shockwaves out that hit Umbreon. Meanwhile, Bouldiurn hurled a large rock at the dark Pokemon telepathically, damaging it further.
"So, you're teaming up on one of my Pokemon, huh?" Tess noticed. "Well I can do that too! Umbreon, Faint Attack! Shineon, Illuminated Headbutt!" Both Pokemon dashed forward, hitting Bouldiurn with their respective attacks.
"Just keep attacking Umbreon!" Tatiana exclaimed. Her two Pokemon attacked again, weakening Umbreon severely.
"Let's finish it off with a Faint Attack!" Tess ordered. "And Shineon, you can hit the Cruscat with Illuminated Tackle!" The two Eevee evolutions ran forward for a third time, attacking again. Umbreon's faint attack managed to knock out Bouldiurn, while Shineon's attack weakened Cruscat further.
"Cruscat, finish Umbreon off with a Take Down!" Tatiana commanded. "Glorca, let's go! Hit Shineon with an Aurora Beam!" Cruscat rammed into Umbreon, knocking it across the field and rendering it unconscious as it hit the wall. Glorca emerged from the Pokeball, launching a rainbow beam at Shineon and hitting it with the ice type attack.
"Umbreon, return! Disastruct, come on!" Tess exclaimed. "Shineon, use Light Beam! Disastruct, Slash!"
"Glorca, counter the Light Beam with an Aurora Beam!" Tatiana immediately responded. Shineon shot a beam of light out at Glorca, which was countered in midair by an Aurora Beam. The two blasts hit eachother and caused a small explosion, doing no damage to either Pokemon. Meanwhile, Disastruct ran forward, but was caught off guard by the explosion and was sent flying off course.
"This is your chance, Cruscat! Hit it with a Slam!" Cruscat ran forward, slamming into the Pokemon that was already flying across the room, changing its course and sending it into the back wall.
"Disastruct, get back up and use Razor Wind!" Tess ordered. "Shineon, protect Disastruct while it prepares to attack!"
"We've got to stop it from attacking!" Tatiana informed her Pokemon. "Glorca, attack Shineon with an Aurora Beam! Cruscat, run in around Shineon and hit Disastruct with a Slam!" Glorca shot out a rainbow beam again, causing Shineon to instinctively counter with a Light Beam. Meanwhile, Cruscat ran around the concentrating Shineon, knocking Disastruct into the air once again.
"Disastruct, launch the Razor Wind! Shineon, hit Glorca with an Illuminated Tackle!" Tess commanded. Disastruct did a flip in midair, launching the Razor Wind attack as it landed back on the ground, on its feet. The attack hit Cruscat, dealing massive damage and knocking it out. Shineon ran forward, slamming into Glorca with a light type attack.
"Glorca, finish Shineon off with Aqua Tail!" Tatiana exclaimed. "Snobush, come on out and use Razor Leaf!" Glorca slammed its tail down, taking out the nearby Shineon in one swoop. Snobush appeared from its ball, launching a wave of leaves that sliced at Disastruct.
"Alright, Shineon, you did good! Return!" Tess shouted. "Go, Blissey! Use Egg Bomb! Disastruct, use Slash!" Blissey pulled an egg from its pouch, hurling it at Glorca. The egg exploded, doing quite a bit of damage. Disastruct sped forward, slashing at Snobush.
"Glorca, Aqua Tail!" Tatiana commanded. "Snobush, Powder Snow!" Glorca slammed its tail down once again, dealing severe damage to Disastruct. Snobush began shaking, causing snow to fly out and damage Disastruct.
"Blissey, use Egg Bomb! Disastruct, use Slash!" Tess ordered. Both Pokemon attacked Glorca, leaving it with very low health.
"Glorca, finish Disastruct off with Aqua Tail!" Tatiana exclaimed. "Snobush, hit Blissey with a Razor Leaf!" Glorca slammed its tail down once again, knocking out the dark Pokemon. Snobush launched out razor sharp leaves again, hitting Blissey.
"Blissey, Egg Bomb!" Tess commanded as she returned Disastruct to its Pokeball. Blissey threw an egg at Glorca again, knocking it out.
"Glorca, return!" Tatiana exclaimed. "Munchy, let's go! Use Super Fang! Then use Razor Leaf, Snobush!" Munchy dashed forward, biting Blissey and cutting its HP in half. Snobush followed up by launching a wave of leaves, damaging Blissey further.
"Blissey, use Softboiled!" Tess ordered. Blissey broke one of its eggs, causing a light to flow out and heal it.
"We have to take it out before it can heal itself!" Tatiana explained. "Munchy, use Crunch! Snobush, use Razor Leaf!" The two Pokemon attacked, leaving Blissey close to being knocked out but not quite defeated yet.
"Use Softboiled again!" Tess commanded. Blissey healed itself again, but it was obvious that if the two Pokemon continued to attack, it would be defeated.
"Just keep it up! You'll get it eventually!" Tatiana encouraged. Sure enough, Snobush and Munchy continued to attack, eventually knocking Blissey out.
"Blissey, return!" Tess shouted. She walked over to Tatiana, opening her hand to reveal a small badge shaped like a Yin Yang. "Here. The Yin Yang Badge." She explained. "And here. This Technical Machine teaches Yin Yang Blast. And this Hidden Machine teaches Surf."
"Thanks." Tatiana thanked her, accepting the gifts.
"You guys should go. I'm sure that if you stay here, Team Rocket will come back again."
"Yeah. And we've got to keep looking for Michael." Matt added.
"Michael?" Tess inquired.
"Yeah. He's got the grey staff." Bobby replied. "He left us a while ago, and he's been up to no good."
"Then you must find him!" Tess exclaimed. "If someone with one of the staves turns to evil...it could mean chaos for the entire world. You must go!"
"We will. Thanks again for your help in the cathedral." Bobby thanked her. "Let's go, guys!"

"Alright, so, at the end of Route K is the Neverending Chasm." Dan explained, reading the guidebook. "There are two ways to get past this long canyon. You can take the Chasm Guide's private jet, which runs once a day, or you can go through the series of caves that run through the mountains that surround the canyon."
"Well, we should probably take the jet, if we can." Matt pointed out, even though it was obvious.
"Yeah." Bobby agreed. "But we'll deal with that when we get there. We've still got a ways to go in Route K." The group continued to walk through the route as it became increasingly mountainous. Suddenly, a Pokemon dashed into the group's path, eager to fight. It appeared to be a blue and white wolf, and upon further examination, its flaring fur appeared to be fire. This firey fur flared all over its body, including its legs, its forehead, and its tail. It beared its fangs, snarling at the group.
"Wolflame. The White-Hot Pokemon." Bobby's Pokedex informed. "Wolflame's fur burns with an intensely hot flame of over ten thousand degrees farenheight. It attacks by flaring up its fur and burning everything around it.
"I'm going to catch it!" Bobby claimed. "Electwine, let's go!" He threw the electric swine's Pokeball into the air. "Just don't touch it! Use attacks that aren't physical, like Discharge!" Electwine took this as a cue, using a Discharge attack that hit Wolflame. The wild Pokemon responded by running forward, biting at Electwine with a Fire Fang attack. Electwine launched a Discharge once again, this time paralyzing its foe. Wolflame attempted to attack again, but was held back by its paralysis.
"Finish it off, Electwine! Use Thunderbolt!" Bobby ordered. Electwine shot a bolt of lightning from its head, shocking the Wolflame and taking it down. Bobby immediately threw a Pokeball, capturing the defeated Pokemon.
"Good job!" Elissa congratulated.
"Alright! Let's keep going!" Bobby exclaimed.

"He already left? Aww, man!" Tatiana said, disappointed. The group had arrived at the Chasm Guide's hangar, but a sign on the door said that he had already left for the day and would be back tomorrow.
"I guess we can wait here, there's a Pokemon Center right nextdoor." Matt suggested.
"No. We don't have time to lose." Bobby replied. "We've got to find Michael, so we've got to go through the caves."
"Bobby's right." Dan agreed.
"Alright...let's like, get going then, I guess..." Tatiana suggested, leaning on Dan's shoulder.
"Okay, everybody, don't let your guard down." Bobby informed the group as they walked toward the cave entrance, which was very close to the hangar. "This looks like exactly the kind of place where Team Rocket might ambush us."
"Yeah, but we'll beat them again anyways!" Elissa exclaimed confidently. "So let's go!"
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Note: Even though I've had Pokemon use it several times before, I never really mentioned, Light Beam is, of course, a move made up for this story. So is Yin Yang Blast.
Note: Aqua Tail is a D/P move, name is an approximate Serebii translation, yada yada yada. Same with Fire Fang.
 
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so is a soccer ball. they dont evolve into pumpkins =P
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But soccer balls aren't plants!
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Chapter 21​

"Excuse me! I need to see the Gym Leader immediately!" Mr. Catalano exclaimed as he slammed open the door to the Treemor Town gym.
"What is it?" Spencer asked, walking over to where Mr. Catalano stood.
"I'm being followed by Team Rocket!" Mr. Catalano replied. "There are a whole bunch of grunts and they were being ordered around by some lady! They said they wanted these!" He indicated the staves.
"Hey, those look kinda like the things that those kids were carrying." A gym trainer pointed out.
"Kids?" Mr. Catalano inquired.
"Yeah...six kids came by here to challenge me to a battle...it was a few weeks ago." Spencer explained. "They all had things like those, but they were different colors."
"Those must be the kids Pine was telling me about..." Mr. Catalano thought. "Do you know where they are now?"
"Well, if they're as strong as they seemed when they battled me, I'd say they're probably making their way to Mizaqua City right now." Spencer guessed. "My brother's the Gym Leader in the next town, and his flying Pokemon can probably take you there.
"Thanks a lot." Mr. Catalano thanked Spencer. Suddenly, the door to the gym burst open as the Team Rocket lady and several grunts entered.
"That kid didn't even stand a chance!" The grunt that had fought the kid in Advachi Town remarked. "You'll have to do a lot better than that!"
"You should get going!" Spencer told Mr. Catalano. "We'll take care of these goons! Flyrant, Scabattle, Sawmite, Pinsir, Flamant, Widdowail!" He threw six Pokeballs into the air, revealing the four familiar Pokemon and two other Pokemon. One looked like a two foot long and proportionally tall red ant, with small fires on the tips of its antennae. Its black legs appeared to be made of charcoal, and sparks flew as it clicked its jaws together. The other looked like a large round spider, suspended high above the ground on eight long legs. The red hourglass mark of the black widow was upon its back, and its many eyes glared at the Rocket members.
"You think you can stop us with your little bugs?" The woman mocked. "I'll squash you all! Seviper, Zangoose, I choose you!" The two shiny Pokemon emerged from their Pokeballs, ready to take on all the Pokemon in the gym by themselves.
"What are those? I've never seen those Pokemon before!" Spencer exclaimed.
"They're from a different continent." Mr. Catalano explained. "Team Rocket exists in many different countries, not just Olemenun. These Pokemon are from the region of Hoenn."
"Hoenn? I've never heard of that." Spencer said.
"I don't have time to explain. Just hold them off, please!" Mr. Catalano replied.
"Yeah! Leave through the back door and run to Hanaero Town!" Spencer agreed. "We'll hold these guys off!" With that, Mr. Catalano ran out the door, and the two shiny Pokemon lunged forward, eager to start the battle.

"This place is really big." Elissa pointed out. The group was being led by her and her Systripe, who was using Flash to illuminate the dark caverns.
"You know, I've heard rumors that there are some rare fossils buried in the walls of this place." Ron informed the group. "We should be on the lookout for those." The group continued to walk through the cave until they eventually came to a dead end.
"Looks like we went the wrong way." Bobby noticed. "Let's turn around and look for another..."
"Wait." Ron interrupted him. "Elissa, can you shine Systripe's light on this wall?"
"Sure." Elissa replied. Systripe walked over to the wall, revealing four glimmering objects sticking out of the rock. Ron carefully removed them from their places, one by one, brushing dust off of them. They all appeared to be fossils, each with a different design on them. One looked like a shell, resembling a fishlike head. Another looked like a buglike thorax or body. The third looked like a small horn. The final fossil was larger than the others, and looked like a long tusk.
"This last one's stuck." Ron commented, trying to remove the long tusk fossil from the wall. As he pulled, the rock began to crack around the fossil.
"Hey, uh, you might want to be careful..." Matt began, but it was too late. Ron yanked the fossil from the cave wall, not noticing that the wall was beginning to crack and weaken more and more.
"That wall's going to collapse!" Bobby exclaimed, pointing to the weakening structure. "And who knows how much of the ceiling it'll take down with it! We've gotta get out of here!" The group turned and ran from the collapsing wall, trying to remember which direction they had come from, confused by the multitude of paths leading from the corridor they were in.
"Wait...if the ceiling fell, we'd probably all be caved in right now..." Elissa realized as the group ran. "Guys, wait up!"
"Like, what is it?" Tatiana inquired.
"Look." Elissa pointed back to the wall. It had indeed collapsed, but the ceiling hadn't gone down with it. There, behind where it stood, was a dark new path. "It wasn't a real wall at all."
"Let's check it out!" Matt suggested. The group walked back over to where the wall, and signs that it was indeed a hidden passageway were obvious. As they entered this new path, they noticed that it looked much more carved out. It almost looked like something large had tunneled through the rock, creating this path as it went. The group continued down this path until they came to a large room, so large that the other side wasn't visible.
"What is this place?" Bobby asked rhetorically as the group admired the room. It was large and round, as if whatever had made the path had just coiled around in circles, rising as it went, until it made a circular room with a dome top.
"I take it you've figured out that this place wasn't created naturally." Came a familiar voice from the center of the room, where it was too dark to see. The snapping of fingers was heard, and suddenly, lights positioned all around the ceiling of the room turned on, completely illuminating the place. There, in the center of the room, was Michael, standing atop the Pokemon that had created the manmade path and room. The Pokemon was a large white worm, coiled up. Its body, including its head, appeared to be one long flexible segment. It had no eyes, but had a large gaping mouth full of razor sharp teeth. Uncoiled, the Pokemon would definitely be well over thirty feet long. Michael was standing atop the Pokemons head, staff in one hand, Pokeball in the other.
"Michael!" Dan shouted. "It's time for me to get revenge for the Power Plant! You almost killed Tatiana!"
"As much as I'd love to kill you and your girlfriend right here and now, corpses are of no use to me." Michael replied. "And besides, you're not who I'm interested in this time." He threw the Pokeball into the air, revealing his faithful Duskarrion. He hopped on the bird Pokemon's back and flew a few feet above the worm Pokemon. He waved his staff, ordering the large Pokemon to attack. The worm lunged forward, drilling into the ground and barely missing the group, causing the ground they were standing under to rumble.
"Woah!" Tatiana exclaimed.
"Let's get this started, shall we?" Michael taunted, taking the other four Pokeballs from his staff and throwing them into the air. They opened up to reveal Obsidark, Umbreon, Ninetales, and Hazough, the evolution of Hazoud that Paris had had.
"Let's do it then! Six on six!" Bobby accepted, sending out Ignalion. The other four staff holders sent out their starter Pokemon as well, and Ron sent out Freezeon. "Everbody stay together!"
"Yeah...together's just not going to work." Michael responded. "Seperate them." Obsidark began hurling boulders at the trainers, causing them to scatter slightly. Ninetales and Umbreon dashed forward, attempting to attack the trainers with the staves. Ignalion and Freezeon got in their way, engaging their fellow quadrupeds in battle. Mosstatue began throwing rocks of its own, countering Obsidark's boulders. Psychoir began launching psychic attacks at Hazough, who responded with poison gas attacks. Glorca fired Aurora Beam attacks at Duskarrion, who gracefully dodged them all. Meanwhile, Lotushade searched the ground, trying to figure out where the worm Pokemon would resurface.
"Alright, they've seperated enough." Michael noticed. "Tunnelurm, now!" The ground below Elissa began to rumble, and a hole broke open in the ground. She fell into the hole, alone without any Pokemon.
"Obsidark!" Michael shouted. He dove into the hole while riding Duskarrion, and Obsidark covered the hole up with boulders afterward.
"Elissa!" Bobby exclaimed. "Why would he take her?!"
"He wants her staff to activate." Dan replied. "That's why he fought me and Tati at the Power Plant. He must need all the staves to activate, for some reason..."
"That means he's going to like, try to kill her, or something!" Tatiana realized. "We've got to save her! Glorca, get rid of those rocks!" Glorca attempted to attack the rocks, but Obsidark countered by slamming the whale with a large boulder.
"Alright...if we've got to get through his Pokemon first, so be it." Bobby decided. "But we have to rescue Elissa!"

"He-hello?" Elissa asked as she looked around the area. It was dark, and she had no Pokemon to illuminate the cavern. The only light was the little bit seeping through the cracks between the boulders, and that wasn't even enough to see past her own feet. "I'll just use Systripe's Flash attack...no, wait, he's still up there with the others...maybe Psytage can..." She reached for Psytage's Pokeball, but found nothing on her staff.
"I've taken your Pokeballs." Michael's voice informed her from an undetectable location. "You're going to have to fight. Alone."
"But I can't-" Elissa began.
"Oh, but you can!" Michael interrupted. "If you couldn't, you wouldn't be of any use to me. Now, Tunnelurm, attack!" The large white Pokemon's front end appeared seemingly out of nowhere, crashing into the ground near Elissa.
"Ah!" Elissa exclaimed, jumping out of the way.
"Duskarrion! Your turn!" Michael ordered. The vulture Pokemon followed by swooping forward, clawing at Elissa but barely missing her.
"Wait...wasn't he riding it before?" Elissa noticed.
"Quite the astute observation!" Michael replied. "So I'm sure you know what's coming next!" Suddenly, the glow of lightning illuminated Michael, who was standing about fifteen yards away from Elissa. His staff was charging a bolt of stored energy, which he released by swinging the staff out in Elissa's direction. The ball of energy flew forward quickly, and Elissa's attempt to sidestep was blocked by the tunneling worm Pokemon.
"Only one option!" Michael informed Elissa as the attack drew closer.
"No! I don't know..." Elissa began. Suddenly, in a flash, the white worm was in front of her, taking the attack. As soon as she realized what had happened, she looked to her hand to discover that her staff was glowing with an eerie purple light. A mostly transparent purple hand reached from the tip of her staff to Tunnelurm, and the Pokemon's entire body glowed with the power of the mind control.
"I trust you remember the legend?" Michael asked rhetorically. "Your staff has the power to control minds...temporarily, of course. You'd best make use of your new ally before it turns on you again!" Almost as if this was a cue, Duskarrion swooped down behind Elissa, aiming a powerful gust of wind at her.
"Block it!" Elissa commanded. The mind controlled Pokemon agilely moved around to the other side of Elissa, blocking the hit.
"Shall we try two at once?" Michael taunted. He launched another bolt of electricity, while Duskarrion flapped its wings, delivering another gust. Tunnelurm formed a circle, completely surrounding Elissa and absorbing both of the blows.
"I don't know...shall we?" Elissa replied, remembering just how powerful the legend foretold the staves to be. She concentrated on the staff, and another hand extended from its top, grabbing ahold of the bird Pokemon.
"Wha-what?! No!" Michael exclaimed, realizing that both his Pokemon had now turned against him.
"Time for me to go on the offensive." Elissa decided. She waved her staff forward, ordering both Pokemon to attack. Tunnelurm lunged and Duskarrion swooped, both aiming for their former master.
"Ungrateful fools." Michael said, as if completely unfazed. He held his staff above his head, gathering a large amount of power within it. As the Pokemon grew near, he discharged the power, causing severe damage and knocking them back past Elissa.
"But I thought you..." Elissa began.
"You thought I was actually afraid that you might win? Please." Michael responded. "You've just begun to realize the true power of the staves, while I've been using it for weeks!"
"Fine...if I can't beat you with your Pokemon..." Elissa realized, "I'll make you kill yourself!" The two hands controlling the Pokemon retracted and combined into one large hand, which flew forward at Michael.
"You know, relinquishing control on those Pokemon was a bad move." Michael taunted, remaining critical even as the hand drew close. "They're not quite dead yet. Always make sure an enemy is dead before you take your eyes off them." Duskarrion emerged from the darkness behind Elissa, grabbing her staff with its claws and pulling it from her grasp. The hand reaching toward Michael evaporated as the vulture Pokemon flew the staff back to its owner.
"No!" Elissa shouted, reaching out in vain as Tunnelurm whizzed past her, joining Michael and Duskarrion.
"Don't worry, foolish one. Your staff will be returned to you." Michael informed her. "If I was able to use any staff but my own, I would have stolen them all as soon as I discovered their power. Unfortunately, once you all received your staves, they became bound to you."
"Then why did you want the staff to activate? You just said you can't use it!" Elissa questioned.
"All will be revealed in time." Michael answered without answering. "In the mean time, I'm through with you." He threw the staff back, and it landed a few yards in front of her. "I advise you not to pick that up until I'm gone, or I'll be forced to actually hurt you." He boarded his flying Pokemon and flew out behind Tunnelurm, who was digging open a new hole in the ground leading back to the chamber where the other trainers were.

"Hey! There he is!" Dan shouted, pointing as Michael resurfaced from the ground alongside his digging Pokemon.
"Where's Elissa? What did you do to her?!" Tatiana questioned.
"Hey now, let's not make me sound like that sleaze of a Gym Leader." Michael responded. "I did not harm her. In fact, all I did was add a new power to her arsenal! You should be thanking me!"
"What are you talking about?" Ron asked, somewhat confused.
"Oh, I see you managed to beat my other Pokemon." Michael noticed, changing the subject. "Congratulations." He pressed the buttons on his Pokeballs, returning Tunnelurm, Obsidark, Umbreon, Ninetales, and Hazough to their Pokeballs. "Farewell...next time we meet, you shall be my target, Bobby." Duskarrion flew up, exiting through a hole in the ceiling that the group had not previously noticed.
"Elissa!" Tatiana yelled down the hole Michael had emerged from. "Can you hear me?"
"I'm right down here!" Elissa replied.
"Tornoulder, bring her back up!" Dan ordered, releasing the half-flying type Pokemon from its Pokeball. Tornoulder hovered down the hole, returning shortly after with Elissa sitting atop one of its large rocks. The Pokemon gently set Elissa on the ground, and Dan returned it to its ball.
"Where are my Pokemon?" Elissa asked. "Michael took all my Pokeballs!"
"Psych!" Psychoir alerted her, as it hovered over, holding five Pokeballs and an egg in its arms.
"Thank you." Elissa thanked her Pokemon, returning it and Systripe to their own Pokeballs, which were among the five.
"Michael dropped them as he was flying out that hole." Matt explained. "Lotushade and Psychoir caught them...but I think the egg cracked a little from the force of it."
"Huh?" Elissa wondered, examining the egg after she put the Pokeballs back on her staff. Sure enough, there was a crack, but it appeared to be growing larger by the second.
"I don't think it cracked from the fall..." Elissa guessed. "I think it's hatching!" She held the egg out in front of her as the crack went all around the shell in a circle, finally opening to reveal a small head. Tiny arms and legs poked out as well, revealing a Togepi.
"Toge! Toge!" The Pokemon chirped, waving its arms around.
"Awesome!" Elissa exclaimed, hugging her new Pokemon.
"We should get out of here, before anything else happens." Bobby suggested.
"Yeah. Let's go." Dan agreed.
"Look! I think I see a light at the end of that path!" Matt noticed, pointing to a tunnel on the other side of the room. The group returned their Pokemon and walked through the tunnel, eventually reaching the exit.

"Fresh air at last!" Matt exclaimed, taking in a deep breath and stretching his arms.
"Well, it looks like the next stretch of our journey is going to be a water route." Bobby noted.
"What makes you say that?" Matt asked, his eyes closed while he yawned. He wasn't being sarcastic, he just hadn't seen the vast expanse of water laid out in front of them. "Oh. That's why." He realized as he opened his eyes.
"Like, leave the transportation to me!" Tatiana exclaimed, throwing a Pokeball into the air. Glorca appeared in the water, and all six people got on its back. It began to swim across the sea route, and the trip was uninterrupted for a while.
"Well, it's about time we see a Pokemon." Matt said as the group approached a small blue Pokemon in the water. It looked remarkably like a Plesiowave, but was considerably smaller and not as evil-looking. The other main difference was that it only had two flippers, as opposed to Plesiowave's eight.
"It's so cute!" Tatiana exclaimed as she pulled out her Pokedex.
"Plesquirt. The Tiny Wave Pokemon." The Pokedex explained. "Unlike their evolved forms; Plesplash and Plesiowave, Plesquirt are completely docile and timid. They usually travel in packs to help fight off predators, but are usually tragically devoured by their own kindred, as Plesiowave will eat anything in its territory, including former friends.
"That's horrible!" Elissa remarked.
"You do realize that's the pre-evolution of the thing that almost killed us all when we first got here, don't you?" Bobby asked Tatiana.
"I don't care! I'm going to catch it!" She replied. "Bouldiurn, I choose you! Use Psywave!" Bouldiurn emerged, hovering in the air as it hit the wild Pokemon with a psychic blast. Plesquirt countered with a Water Gun, but it didn't appear to do much to the stronger Pokemon.
"Hit it with another Psywave!" Tatiana commanded. Bouldiurn sent forth Psychic waves once again, which were countered this time by a Water Pulse. The two Pokemon continued to attack until Plesquirt became tired and weak. Tatiana threw a Pokeball at the weakened Pokemon, successfully capturing it.
"Good job, Tati!" Dan exclaimed, hugging her. Tatiana returned Bouldiurn to its Pokeball, and Glorca continued forward. A short while later, the group came upon yet another new wild Pokemon floating above the water. Its body looked like a large water droplet, about two feet tall, surrounded by a transparent mistlike substance. It had a snickering expression on its face, and had two hands that looked like white gloves floating near its body.
"Condrop. The Water Droplet Pokemon." Elissa's Pokedex explained. "Condrop are thought to be responsible for many out-of-body experiences occuring in areas where they are found. Victims describe feeling as if there mind has been literally seperated from their body for a split second. Fortunately, Condrop are very slow, and victims of these attacks are usually able to get out of range after the first shock."
"Wow." Elissa thought. "I'm going to try and catch it! Psytage, I choose you!" Psytage appeared from its Pokeball, spinning around, ready to fight. "Hit it with a Thunderbolt!" Psytage launched a Thunderbolt attack, striking the water type Pokemon and damaging it significantly.
"Con!" The wild Condrop responded, retaliating with a Confusion attack that didn't do much damage to the psychic type Psytage.
"It must be a half Psychic type too...hit it with another Thunderbolt!" Elissa ordered. Psytage emited a bolt of lightning once again, leaving its target considerably weakened. The Pokemon made another attempt at a Confusion attack, but didn't inflict much damage at all.
"Now you're mine!" Elissa exclaimed, throwing a Pokeball at the weakened Pokemon. The attempt was successful, and Elissa returned Psytage to its Pokeball. "Alright! I caught another new Pokemon!" She exclaimed happily.
"And look! We're almost to Mizaqua City!" Matt informed the group, pointing to buildings that weren't very far away. As the group drew closer, it became apparent that this city was actually built on the water rather than on an island of land. Rather than being built on floating logs like Hoenn's Pacifidlog Town, these buildings appeared to be floating on large chunks of ice, connected by smoothed out frozen paths. At one edge of the town, there was a large mountain that looked to be made completely out of ice, with a large cave entrance carved into it.
"Wow, this place is beautiful!" Elissa exclaimed, admiring the buildings, which were almost as shiny as the ice. The group dismounted Glorca on a small island of snow at the edge of the city, and Tatiana returned the surfing Pokemon to its Pokeball.
"Excuse me, would you kids happen to know a man by the name of Matt Catalano?" A woman in a blue dress asked as she approached the group.
"Yeah, we met him back in Advachi Town..." Dan recalled.
"Please, could you come with me to the Pokemon Center? It's quite urgent." The woman replied.
"Sure thing." Bobby agreed. The woman began walking across one of the icy paths as if it wasn't slippery at all, and the group followed, discovering that it actually wasn't.
"I wonder what Mr. Catalano wants?" Tatiana wondered aloud.
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Note: Yeah, you've got to wonder where the Pokeballs magically come from when you hatch a Pokemon egg. Since I don't want to reveal Gamefreak's conspiracy secret that explains this absurd phenomenon, I took the easy way out and said it doesn't have a Pokeball. Note that the last sentence was mostly sarcasm, there is no big secret. Gamefreak probably can't explain it either.
 
Hey, how'd my battle go!?...oh that's right...I most likely got pwned :frown: .

P.S. That was a pretty long chapter....
 
Alright, now we're back on schedule.
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Chapter 22​

"Children! I'm glad to see that you're okay!" Mr. Catalano exclaimed as the group walked in the door of the Pokemon Center.
"Why wouldn't we be?" Dan asked, assuming that Mr. Catalano didn't know what was going on with Michael.
"Well, I was afraid that maybe Team Rocket had come after you, too." Mr. Catalano replied.
"Team Rocket came after you?" Bobby questioned, surprised. "Was it the Elemental Six?"
"The who now?" Mr. Catalano responded. "No...there weren't six. It was one woman, commanding a legion of grunts. She must be an administrator..."
"A woman? What Pokemon did she use?" Bobby asked, rather suspicious.
"Let's see...I think she used a pair of shining Pokemon. Seviper and Zangoose, Pokemon from the Hoenn region..." Mr. Catalano explained.
"You don't think that's..." Matt began to wonder.
"I'd say it is." Bobby replied. "It must be the woman from the plane."
"The plane?" Mr. Catalano inquired.
"When we first arrived in Olemenun." Bobby explained. "A woman with a shining Zangoose and Seviper, and a lot of snake Pokemon. She hijacked the plane and sent it crashing into the sea."
"Has she come after you since then?" Mr. Catalano asked.
"No. But six other administrators have." Dan answered. "They're after the staves that we're carrying." He was about to explain the significance of the staves to the best of his knowledge, but Mr. Catalano interrupted him.
"Same reason that the woman was after me." Mr. Catalano informed. He moved to the side a little, revealing the black and white staves.
"Those are...the other two staves!" Tatiana exclaimed.
"Yes. Professor Pine entrusted them to me many years ago." Mr. Catalano explained. "He knew that Team Rocket would eventually come looking for the staves, and knew that keeping them all in one place would be much too dangerous. It'd be too easy for Team Rocket to get them all."
"So then...you guys have known more than us all along." Bobby concluded.
"Yeah. We didn't to reveal too much to you children until we had to." Mr. Catalano responded. "Me, Eric, Professor Pine, and the Balankou City Gym Leader's family...before you kids came along, we were the only ones that knew about the staves...except Team Rocket, of course."
"So then...are you able to use the power of your staves?" Elissa questioned.
"No. Though I carry the staves now, they have already bound their powers to another." Mr. Catalano replied.
"Who?" Tatiana wondered.
"Team Rocket's leader." Mr. Catalano answered with dismay. "Sir Jacob XII."
"But...if Team Rocket's leader had the staves at one point, how do you have them now?" Bobby asked. "I would think he would have gone through a lot to protect them..."
"Oh, he did." Mr. Catalano responded. "The black and white staves were the only staves kept guarded by Giovanni I's family. His administrators' bloodlines eventually led to folk who would do anything, even sell the staves, in order to make a quick buck. And those six staves were eventually collected by the Professor."
"But if his administrators' staves were bound to them too, why were we able to use them?" Dan wondered.
"Well, the staves remained bound to those administrators and their families for quite some time." Mr. Catalano answered. "But eventually, each of their bloodlines ended, and the staves' powers became dormant once again. Giovanni I's bloodline never ran dry, so the black and white staves remain bound to his family, even to this day."
"And what about the black and white staves? How did you like, get those?" Tatiana inquired, interested in this story.
"You see, your father, Daniel's father, the Balankou Gym Leader's parents, and myself...we were quite skilled trainers back in the day. In fact, we were the founders of the organization known as the Elite Trainers Union." Mr. Catalano explained.
"The Elite Trainers Union?" Dan questioned.
"Yes. Its members are scattered throughout the regions in teams of five..." Mr. Catalano began, "..and you know each of those teams as the Elite Four and the Champion."
"No way! My dad was one of the like, founders of the Elite Four?" Tatiana asked in disbelief.
"Yeah." Mr. Catalano replied. "In fact...he was the first ever Champion, right here in Olemenun."
"Why didn't he ever like, tell me about this?" Tatiana wondered.
"We try to keep it a secret." Mr. Catalano answered. "Now that we've retired from our Pokemon Trainer careers, we don't want too much publicity."
"And yet Professor Pine became a Professor." Dan interjected.
"Well, he always did like the spotlight." Mr. Catalano responded, "But even he decided that if he was going to get attention, it wouldn't be because of his position in the Elite Trainers Union. So, once we recruited new members, the five of us quit."
"So...what does this have to do with Team Rocket?" Bobby asked.
"Well, like I said, we were very skilled trainers." Mr. Catalano replied. "When Gregory and Martha - the Gym Leader's parents - told us the legend of the staves and how we couldn't let them fall back into the hands of Team Rocket, we knew that we were the only trainers strong enough to get the staves out of evil's hands. Apparently, one of the high ranking Team Rocket officials was also a member of their family, the Balance Clan, and had informed Jacob XI, the current leader's father, of the staves' power. Naturally, Jacob XI was after the staves that had been lost, and we had to stop him. We went to Team Rocket's headquarters, where we fought six trainers, each using a different type of Pokemon..."
"The Elemental Six?" Matt guessed.
"Probably not the same ones that have been chasing you." Mr. Catalano responded. "Their parents, perhaps. Anyways, despite it being five against six, we defeated them, and entered Jacob XI's chamber. Unfortunately, he knew we were coming...and had prepared."

"Finally..." The young Eric, in his early twenties, sighed, relieved that the battle was finally over. The five trainers stood on one side of the room, all thirty of their Pokemon lying unconscious or severely weakened in front of them. On the other side of the room, the six Team Rocket administrators had returned their Pokemon and ran back through the door on the other side of the room, to their leader's chamber. "Randy, Matthew, are you guys okay?"
"We're fine." Professor Pine, also in his twenties, replied. All of his Pokemon except Psytage had fainted, and he was returning them to their Pokeballs.
"What about you guys?" The teenage Mr. Catalano asked, turning to Greg and Martha.
"Not good." Greg replied. "I think one of those attacks might have hit Martha...she's bleeding pretty badly." A small gash was ripped in the woman's shirt, over the side of her stomach. Her skin was also cut there, and blood was flowing out.
"Bliss...ey..." Martha managed to mutter.
"Blissey?" Greg wondered. "What do you..."
"Of course!" Randy exclaimed. "One of those Team Rocket members...he had a Blissey! If we can go in there and threaten him until he helps us, his Pokemon will be able to heal her!"
"Alright. We don't have much time. Let's go." Eric said. Everyone returned their fainted Pokemon to their Pokeballs, leaving nothing but Randy's Psytage, Eric's Vineon, Matthew's Steelix, Martha's Togekiss, and Greg's Disastruct.
"Toge! Togekiss!" Togekiss chirped, flapping its wings.
"I know you want to help." Greg responded to Togekiss. "But you don't know any healing moves...and you know you can't use Metronome in hopes that it will heal someone. It's just way too risky."
"Kiss..." Togekiss replied with a frown.
"We're wasting time." Eric interrupted. "If we want any hope of saving her, we have to go."
"You're right. Let's go!" Greg agreed. He hunched Martha over his shoulder and carried her as the group of trainers and Pokemon walked to the door and opened it, entering the leader's chamber.

"Well, what do you know." Jacob XI, who was about the same age as the other trainers, said. "You've walked right into my trap."
"Trap?" Randy asked. The group looked around the room, only to see that the six administrators had healed their Pokemon, and had the good trainers surrounded.
"Well, crap...this isn't good." Matthew noticed.
"Please!" Gregory shouted to the administrator with a Blissey. "Please, have your Blissey heal my wife!"
"Why would I do that?" The administrator, a spanish woman with long black hair, wondered. "You're our enemies! Besides, I'm too busy keeping my hair pretty." She pulled a hairspray can out of nowhere and began to spray her hair, no longer paying any attention to the man with the bleeding wife.
"Now then. Shall we get down to business?" Jacob XI asked. "I know you have the other six staves. Give them to me, and we'll heal her."
"What?!" Randy exclaimed, surprised.
"The choice is yours. I mean, you're outnumbered, so if you say no, we'll just beat you and your remaining Pokemon up and take the staves anyways." Jacob XI informed them. "So, if you think about it, there really isn't much of a choice here at all."
"Yes...there is." Gregory replied. "Togekiss...it's up to you."
"Toge." Togekiss agreed. It began to wave its wings in a circular motion, and they began to glow with a white light. Suddenly, intense blasts of energy began shooting out from Togekiss in every direction, knocking out all the Pokemon in the room, friend and foe alike.
"Sir, there's a blast heading right for you!" One of the administrators alerted their leader.
"Black and white staves! Combine your power!" Jacob XI exclaimed, crossing the staves in front of himself, one in each hand. The blast appeared to hit him, but when the light cleared, it became apparent that it had hit something else. There, in front of Jacob XI, was a shield of blood, which was being continuously drained out of the cut in Martha's body.
"No!" Gregory shouted in a mixture of concern and disbelief.
"Was that really necessary?!" One of the administrators themselves asked Jacob XI, for even these executives of Team Rocket couldn't help but be disgusted by the grotesque display of power that their leader had performed. Without saying a word, Jacob XI returned the staves to his sides as they stopped glowing, and the blood splashed onto the floor.
"Martha!" Gregory yelled, running over to his wife, who had lost at least a gallon of blood.
"Kiss!" Togekiss chirped, alarmed, as it ran over to its master.
"She's lost way too much blood. There's nothing that even a Blissey could do now." Randy commented.
"If you're quite finished squabbling over the loss of your comrade," Jacob XI interrupted, "Allow me to remind you that your attempt at winning was futile. So, since you've shown absolutely no cooperation, or care for the well-being of your friend, we'll just do this the hard way." He raised the black staff above his head, preparing to attack.
"No...I won't forgive you for this..." Gregory muttered. "Disastruct...attack!" He held a max revive above his head, returning his fallen Pokemon to consciousness. The dark type immediately dashed forward, slashing Jacob XI directly in the stomach. Unprepared for the attack, Team Rocket's leader fell back off the platform where he stood, the black and white staves dropping from his hands.
"Sir Jacob!" One of the administrators exclaimed, rushing to his side.
"Togekiss, now!" Gregory commanded. Togekiss flew forward, grabbing the black and white staves before the administrators had a chance to. Meanwhile, Disastruct continued to slash at Jacob XI unmercilessly, not stopping until it was sure its enemy was dead. Gregory finally returned his Pokemon to its pokeball as the group ran out the door, carrying the staves and Martha's dying body with them.

"Team Rocket killed my mother." Came Tess' voice from the Pokemon Center door. She walked in, taking a seat at a table next to the one the group was sitting at.
"Tess!" Elissa exclaimed, surprised by the Gym Leader's appearance. "What are you doing here?"
"Mr. Catalano called me." Tess answered. "He said that it was finally time to discuss with you how grave a danger you are in." Shortly after she said this, Jefferson came down the escalator from the top floor of the center.
"I just got off the phone with Spencer." Jefferson informed Mr. Catalano in a solemn tone. "Team Rocket completely destroyed his gym. They tied up all the other trainers and stole their Pokemon, but he managed to escape on his Flyrant. He's in town now, and he's just buying some things at the PokeMart before he heads over here."
"...if only I hadn't retired, I could've stopped Team Rocket by myself!" Mr. Catalano replied. "Your brother wouldn't be in this mess..."
"It's not your fault." Jefferson interrupted him. "Don't be so hard on yourself." Spencer walked in the door, taking a seat next to his brother.
"I got here as fast as I could. Sorry if I'm late." Sean preemtively apologized as he walked in the door, not long after Spencer.
"No, you're not late at all." Mr. Catalano responded.
"Wait, why is he here?" Bobby questioned. "He doesn't know about the staves too, does he?"
"No." Mr. Catalano answered. "But we figured that if you're going up against Team Rocket's highest ranking members, you'll need all the help you can get. Randy, Eric, and Eric's younger son are also on their way here."
"Hey Dan, what's up?" Dave asked as he walked in the front door, followed by his father and Professor Pine.
"Hey Dave." Dan replied as his brother sat down next to him at the table.
"Dad!" Tatiana exclaimed, running over and hugging her father.
"See? Tatiana gives her father a hug when she sees him. Why aren't you more like her?" Eric joked, emphasizing his unseriousness with a chuckle as he walked over to where his sons were sitting.
"Excuse us for our lateness. Miss Megan was trying to decide what to wear." Came the voice of the woman who the group had met when they arrived in town. She walked into the Pokemon Center alongside a young girl, roughly Tess' age, who was wearing a blue dress similar to the one the older lady was wearing.
"This is Megan, the Gym Leader of Mizaqua Town." Professor Pine introduced the young girl.
"Wow, the two final Gym Leaders here are little girls." Matt remarked, provoking a sharp look from Megan and Tess. "Who would've guessed."
"Now then, we're all here." Mr. Catalano explained. "As I'm sure you're all aware, Gym Leaders Paris and Brandon will not be joining us today."
"Why not?" Dave wondered, as he had not heard the news of what had happened.
"When we were in Balankou Town, in the church, Team Rocket, Paris, and Brandon all ambushed us." Dan informed his brother. "Some really tall dude in a black robe came in and killed Paris and hurt Brandon."
"Well now, that's probably not one of the best descriptions of myself I've ever heard." A deep, familiar voice said from the corner of the room. Everyone turned to see the cloaked man leaning against the wall, tossing a Pokeball into the air and catching it repeatedly.
"You!" Dan exclaimed. "Where did you...? When...?"
"How I got here is unimportant." The man answered Dan's half-formed questions. "What's important is the same thing that was important the last time we met. That we defeat Team Rocket."
"Excuse me, who are you?" Professor Pine questioned the man.
"That's the guy that saved us in Balankou Town!" Elissa responded to Professor Pine's question. "His Pokemon were really strong!"
"Then it would definitely be good to have his help in our battle against Team Rocket." Eric concluded.
"Hey, how do you guys even know that Team Rocket is going to attack us here?" Bobby asked.
"Because I told them to." Spencer replied. "The woman with the shining Pokemon fell right into our trap. I told her where we were all going, but made it sound like it was because I was afraid she'd hurt me if I didn't. What I was really doing was leading her to our ambush."
"Let's just hope she took the bait, and was smart enough to bring the Elemental Six with her." Mr. Catalano added. "If we can back all of Team Rocket's top administrators into a corner at once, their leader will have no choice but to face us."
"When will we know if they like, decided to come or not?" Tatiana wondered.
"Right now." Professor Pine answered, pointing to the front door. The woman and the Elemental Six walked through the door, quickly noticing the large group of people.
"Well, what do you know? The little kid wasn't lying!" The woman exclaimed.
"This time we're going to take you down for good!" Matt taunted.
"I don't think so." Ryan replied.
"We'll be waiting on the roof of our headquarters." The woman informed. "It's that really tall, locked, 'abandoned' building in town. Honestly, you'd think somebody would've been smart enough to search a building like that."
"Later, losers!" Aaron exclaimed as the Team Rocket administrators walked back out the door they had come from.
"Alright." Bobby said, "It's time to finally stop Team Rocket, once and for all."

Note: I realize that most of the characters so far have had the names of real people, but nobody seemed to know Tess's mom's name, so I made one up. XD. Also, I realize the relative ages of the younger versions of the adults are probably off...but eh. It's a story, it's a miracle that it's as close to reality as it is.
Note: Togekiss is the evolution of Togetic. It's in Diamond/Pearl. There's a sprite on Serebii.
Note: The human body contains roughly 6 quarts, or 1.5 gallons, of blood. So, by losing a gallon, Martha lost about 2/3 of the total blood in her body.
Note: When Tess says "Team Rocket killed my mother", there was originally a word starting with B and ending with D in that sentence, but it was omitted to make the story more appropriate for all ages. When Mr. Catalano says "...if only I hadn't retired", there was originally a word beginning with D before the elipses, which was omitted for the same reason. Just thought people might want to know.
 
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