To Protect the World from Devastation
Part one of Two
Part one of Two
“Electabuzz, thunder punch!”
Electabuzz’s punch looked like just a tap but Nidoking went down hard, and stayed down.
“Nidoking is unable to continue. The winner is, Electabuzz!”
“No way,” said Garry, “Nidoking is a Stage Two Pokemon and is resistant to lightning! There’s no way Electabuzz can take it out with one punch!”
“Care to try again?” Said Dr. Nanba, “Electabuzz needs a good test and, frankly, I expected a little more of a battle from Professor Oak’s grandson. Now I see why you gave up battling and decided to go the Professor route yourself.”
Gary was enraged. “Flygon, I choose you!”
Flygon took to the air.
“Flygon, Rainbow Burn!” Flygon’s attack lashed down towards Electabuzz. To Garry’s surprise Dr. Nanba didn’t order Electabuzz to block or even dodge the attack. The Rainbow Burn hit Electabuzz solid and the stadium was filled with a bright flash of multi colored light.
As the light faded Electabuzz stood still looking up at Flygon. Garry expected Electabuzz to fall over but Electabuzz didn’t even appear to be hurt by the attack.
“Electabuzz, Thunder Shock.”
Before he could even think to dodge the lightning bolt flashed skyward and knocked Flygon to the ground. Flygon made no move to get up and lay still, its eyes closed.
“Flygon is unable to continue. The winner is, Electabuzz!”
Gary said nothing but returned Flygon to his Pokeball and left the stadium.
Two members of Team Magma approached Dr. Nanba.
“Tune the microphone Meowth,” Jesse snapped, “I can’t make out what they're saying!”
From their hiding place in the bushes across from the stadium Jesse, James, and Meowth had watched the battle. Meowth made an adjustment on the microphone pointed towards Dr. Nanba and his voice blasted in their earphones.
“…imbued five times so, of course, he is five times stronger than any natural Pokemon. And he is showing no ill effects from the imbuement processes.”
The Team Magma members nodded in agreement as Jesse, James, and Meowth ripped the earphones from their ears.
“Meowth!” Said James, “Why don’t you warn us before you turn up the volume like that! I think you damaged my eardrum.”
“We can buy you a bionic ear if we can steal that Electabuzz and give it to the Boss.” Said Jesse. She was already daydreaming of all the things she could buy with the money that the Boss would surely shower on them for brining him such a strong Pokemon.
“Imbued,” said Meowth, “He says it was imbued five times so it was five times stronger. I wonder what that means.”
Dr. Nanba and the Team Magma members were leaving the stadium. Team Rocket followed, sneaking along behind.
“I want to try another imbuement tonight.” Said Dr. Nanba.
“But we don’t have any more Pokemon.” The Team Magma captain answered.
“Then go out and get some more! What do I pay you for?”
Later that night Team Rocket watched through a skylight as Dr. Nanba worked in his lab. A Vileplume was strapped into a harness with wires and tubes coming off at different angles. Next to the Vileplume was the Electabuzz they saw battling with Gary earlier.
“I’m going to imbue you with the essence of a Stage Two Pokemon this time Electabuzz.” Dr. Nanba said fixing the restraints on both Pokemon.
Team Rocket leaned in to get a closer look and the skylight gave way. They fell to the floor with a loud crash in a pile of dust and broken safety glass from the skylight.
“What are you doing here?” Dr. Nanba shouted. “Did Team Aqua send you? Who are you anyway?”
Jesse and James dusted themselves off and got up.
“Who are we? Ha ha ha ha!”
“Prepare for trouble!” “Make it double!”
“To protect the world from devastation!” “To unite all peoples within our nation!”
“To denounce the evils of truth and love!” “To extend our reach to the stars above!”
“Jessie!” “James!”
“Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!” “Surrender now, or prepare to fight!”
“Meowth! That's right!”
“Ah, so you’re Team Rocket. I’ve heard of you. So Giovanni didn’t want to make a bid for my secrets and he sent you bumblers to steal it instead?” Dr. Nanba pressed a switch and a large steel cage fell from the ceiling trapping Team Rocket. “I’ll deal with you three later.”
Team Rocket watched as Dr. Nanba turned back to the Pokemon strapped down on the table.
“What are you doing to those Pokemon?” Jesse asked.
“I might as well tell you.” Said Dr. Nanba. “You see, I’ve created a process to imbue Pokemon. Each imbuement makes them one magnitude stronger than they were before. This Electabuzz has been imbued five times already, now I am going to try imbuing him with a Stage Two Pokemon. If he survives it, I hope to double his already incredible strength!”
“Imbue him with what?” Asked James.
“This machine lets me take the essence of one Pokemon and add it to another.”
“What happens to the Pokemon you takes it from?” Asked Meowth.
“Watch and see.” Said Dr. Nanba as he pressed a large red button and the machine began to whine.
The Vileplume struggled violently against its restraints and then lay still. Its eyes closed tight, a painful grimace across its face. The Electabuzz jerked twice then raised its arm breaking the restraint.
“Incredible!” Said Dr. Nanba, “It seems to have quadrupled its strength!”
“What about the Vileplume?” Asked Meowth.
“It’s finished.” Said Dr. Nanba. He unlatched the restraints and tossed Vileplume into a large metal container. As the lid slid shut Team Rocket could see the still shapes of many more Pokemon inside.
“Electabuzz, keep an eye on these three trouble makers. I’ll be back to deal with them later. Maybe we can use the Meowth to imbue another Pokemon.” Dr. Nanba left the lab.
Team Rocket huddled in the center of the cage.
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