BZRich64
The Mustachioed Machamp
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- Gresham, Oregon, U.S.A.
- Seen Jun 8, 2021
Chapter 19
Spoiler:
Jessie and James stood nervously at one end of the training battle field while Butch and Cassidy stood at the other end. Between the Team Rocket Agents stood their Pokémon, all awaiting their orders.
As soon as Archer called for the battle to begin, Cassidy and Butch had their Raticate and Primeape charge at Jessie's Arbok and James' Weezing with a Double-Edge and Close Combat, respectively. Both attacks hit before Arbok and Weezing could react. After a moment of stunned pause, Arbok Wrapped itself around Raticate while Weezing launched a Sludge attack at Primeape. Primeape tried to hit Arbok with a Cross Chop to rescue its companion but Arbok twisted around so that the attack hit Raticate instead. Raticate was knocked unconscious by the powerful Fighting-type move.
Cassidy recalled Raticate and sent out her second Pokémon, Wobbuffet. Weezing released a Smokescreen to cover the field in a dark cloud while Arbok launched itself at Wobbuffet to Crunch the Psychic-type in its powerful maw. As soon as the attack hit, Wobbuffet used Counter to hit Arbok and knocked it out in the process, while Primeape managed to land a Cross Chop on Weezing, knocking it out as well.
Jessie and James sent out their new Lickitung and Victreebel at the same time. Victreebel struck Primeape with Leaf Storm, knocking it out and forcing Butch to call out his Poliwrath. Lickitung used Rollout, crashing into Wobbuffet and knocking the Pokémon out, but Wobbuffet's Shadow Tag ability caused Lickitung to faint at the same time.
The two teams were now down to their last Pokémon. But that did not last for long. Victreebel used Leaf Storm again and Poliwrath was defeated instantly.
"Very good." Archer commented as the battle ended. "For J Squad, anyway." He turned to Jessie and James. "You've proven far better than I ever expected from you. I've noticed that your strategies rely too much on luck, but that luck pays off far more than it should, so I'll allow that flaw. Outlaw Squad on the other hand…" He then turned to Butch and Cassidy on the other side of the room. "You rushed in without any thought and payed no attention to your opponents Pokémon."
Archer gestured for all of the Agents to come to him. "Thunder Squad, Thief Squad, J Squad; you've all passed your training. You can report back to Giovanni for whatever new missions he will assign you. Outlaw Squad; you require far more training."
* * *
Red, Yellow and Bill all sat in Bill's living room.
"My grandfather was the old lighthouse keeper here," Bill began his story, "but when he retired he passed it on to me. After moving over here from Goldenrod in Johto, I've spent most of my time researching Pokémon. I quickly noticed the call of a mysterious Pokémon that passes through the area during its migration. I tried to call the Pokémon here so that I could study it. Any guesses as to what that Pokémon was?" Bill pulled out an audio recorder and played a ghostly wail.
Red and Yellow both thought for a while.
"I don't recognize that call at all." Red finally said.
"Dragonite." Red and Bill both stared at Yellow in amazement.
"How do you know that?" Red asked her.
Yellow just shrugged her shoulders, and didn't say anything more, so Bill moved on.
"That's right. But it wasn't just any Dragonite. This specific Dragonite was far larger than normal. Studies show that the average Dragonite is only a little taller than 7', but this one was even larger than the lighthouse itself. Unfortunately, when I called it, the giant Dragonite damaged the lighthouse, which is why it's closed right now. Although the repairs are coming along nicely, so it should be running again within a few days at most."
"Do you have any idea how it managed to get that big?" Red asked Bill.
"I'm afraid I don't. But reports of Pokémon that are different sizes or colors than normal come from all over the world. One of the most well-known would be the Cianwood Tyranitar."
"What's that?"
"In the Johto region there are legends of a massive black Tyranitar that terrorized the area in ancient times before being sealed away in the area that is now the city of Cianwood by the combined forces of Ho-Oh, Lugia and Celebi. It's the only time all three of Johto's Legendary Pokémon were known to work together. Most just assumed that the Cianwood Tyranitar was nothing more than myth until 12 years ago, during construction of the Cliff Edge Gate near Cianwood City, when the Tyranitar was reawakened and began to wreak havoc again. It was only stopped by the two strongest trainers in Johto working together against it."
Red and Yellow both stared at Bill in amazement.
"I haven't heard of that." Red commented.
"I've heard the two trainers later moved to Pallet Town a while back." Bill continued. "I think their names were Graham Ketchum and Carmine Noir. Something like that."
Red let out a sigh. "You had me going there."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm from Pallet Town. Mr. Ketchum disappeared when I was young, so never really got to know him, but I have met Mr. Noir. There's no way a lazy, unmotivated guy like him would be able to do something like that."
"You… what?" Bill was astonished by this revelation, but quickly recomposed himself. "I'm not making this up. I should still have an old news recording from when it happened."
* * *
"I am going to go with you." Bulbasaur, Charmander were both shocked by Squirtle's statement.
"What?"
"You have defeated me in battle and proven that I am not worthy of leading the Squirtle Squad."
The moment the words left Squirtle's mouth, the members of the Squad instantly started trying to convince him that he was wrong and that they would follow him no matter what, but he raised a hand to silence them.
"I know you will. But I cannot face myself and consider myself worthy of being your leader knowing I am not the best. It is for that reason that I shall travel with my superior until I can defeat him in a rematch. If that is alright with you." He turned back to Bulbasaur, who nodded. Squirtle put his hand on the shoulder of one of his followers. "I will leave you in charge until I return. And make no mistake, I will return and I will be stronger than ever!"
* * *
"This is Mary reporting in from the Gold N. Rod Corporation's annual beach fundraiser here at the Olivine Beach. Things are going great here and…"
The reporter stopped talking when everyone in the crowd behind her started screaming and running away. She turned around to see what was going on as the camera focused on a large, dark object in the background. The object crashed into the opposite end of the beach and stood up tall. The mighty black Tyranitar, standing at roughly 26 feet tall, gave a mighty roar and fired powerful Hyper Beam into the air. The massive energy beam seemed pure black, with a dark blue-purple corona.
"Oh, Arceus." Mary whispered before turning back to the camera while listening to a voice in her earbud telling her what was going on and she started talking, her voice reflecting the pure terror she felt at that moment. "This just in: a massive black Tyranitar is attacking the Olivine coast. Reports say that the Pokémon first appeared in the area around Cianwood and it… it jumped across the ocean to get here. An evacuation of Olivine City has already begun."
The Tyranitar let out another Hyper Beam, this one aimed along the beach. The attack hit miles away from Mary and the cameraman, but they were still knocked back several yards by the force of the blow. As they stood back up to run away, twin blasts of fire and water struck the Tyranitar and two teenagers ran up, accompanied by a Typhlosion and a Feraligatr.
"Are we on TV?" Asked one of the teenagers, who had black hair and gray eyes, who looked like an older Ash. "Hi, mom!"
"Graham, be serious." The other said. He had shoulder length red hair and brown eyes.
"Oh, come on, Carmine. How often do we get to be on TV?"
"Don't 'come on' me. We need to stop that thing."
The two ran off towards the Typhlosion, leaving Mary looking blankly at them before turning back to the camera.
"It would appear that two Pokémon Trainers are attempting to subdue the beast in a battle. Will they be able too-"
The newsfeed cut off as the Tyranitar deflected a blow straight towards the camera.
As soon as Archer called for the battle to begin, Cassidy and Butch had their Raticate and Primeape charge at Jessie's Arbok and James' Weezing with a Double-Edge and Close Combat, respectively. Both attacks hit before Arbok and Weezing could react. After a moment of stunned pause, Arbok Wrapped itself around Raticate while Weezing launched a Sludge attack at Primeape. Primeape tried to hit Arbok with a Cross Chop to rescue its companion but Arbok twisted around so that the attack hit Raticate instead. Raticate was knocked unconscious by the powerful Fighting-type move.
Cassidy recalled Raticate and sent out her second Pokémon, Wobbuffet. Weezing released a Smokescreen to cover the field in a dark cloud while Arbok launched itself at Wobbuffet to Crunch the Psychic-type in its powerful maw. As soon as the attack hit, Wobbuffet used Counter to hit Arbok and knocked it out in the process, while Primeape managed to land a Cross Chop on Weezing, knocking it out as well.
Jessie and James sent out their new Lickitung and Victreebel at the same time. Victreebel struck Primeape with Leaf Storm, knocking it out and forcing Butch to call out his Poliwrath. Lickitung used Rollout, crashing into Wobbuffet and knocking the Pokémon out, but Wobbuffet's Shadow Tag ability caused Lickitung to faint at the same time.
The two teams were now down to their last Pokémon. But that did not last for long. Victreebel used Leaf Storm again and Poliwrath was defeated instantly.
"Very good." Archer commented as the battle ended. "For J Squad, anyway." He turned to Jessie and James. "You've proven far better than I ever expected from you. I've noticed that your strategies rely too much on luck, but that luck pays off far more than it should, so I'll allow that flaw. Outlaw Squad on the other hand…" He then turned to Butch and Cassidy on the other side of the room. "You rushed in without any thought and payed no attention to your opponents Pokémon."
Archer gestured for all of the Agents to come to him. "Thunder Squad, Thief Squad, J Squad; you've all passed your training. You can report back to Giovanni for whatever new missions he will assign you. Outlaw Squad; you require far more training."
* * *
Red, Yellow and Bill all sat in Bill's living room.
"My grandfather was the old lighthouse keeper here," Bill began his story, "but when he retired he passed it on to me. After moving over here from Goldenrod in Johto, I've spent most of my time researching Pokémon. I quickly noticed the call of a mysterious Pokémon that passes through the area during its migration. I tried to call the Pokémon here so that I could study it. Any guesses as to what that Pokémon was?" Bill pulled out an audio recorder and played a ghostly wail.
Red and Yellow both thought for a while.
"I don't recognize that call at all." Red finally said.
"Dragonite." Red and Bill both stared at Yellow in amazement.
"How do you know that?" Red asked her.
Yellow just shrugged her shoulders, and didn't say anything more, so Bill moved on.
"That's right. But it wasn't just any Dragonite. This specific Dragonite was far larger than normal. Studies show that the average Dragonite is only a little taller than 7', but this one was even larger than the lighthouse itself. Unfortunately, when I called it, the giant Dragonite damaged the lighthouse, which is why it's closed right now. Although the repairs are coming along nicely, so it should be running again within a few days at most."
"Do you have any idea how it managed to get that big?" Red asked Bill.
"I'm afraid I don't. But reports of Pokémon that are different sizes or colors than normal come from all over the world. One of the most well-known would be the Cianwood Tyranitar."
"What's that?"
"In the Johto region there are legends of a massive black Tyranitar that terrorized the area in ancient times before being sealed away in the area that is now the city of Cianwood by the combined forces of Ho-Oh, Lugia and Celebi. It's the only time all three of Johto's Legendary Pokémon were known to work together. Most just assumed that the Cianwood Tyranitar was nothing more than myth until 12 years ago, during construction of the Cliff Edge Gate near Cianwood City, when the Tyranitar was reawakened and began to wreak havoc again. It was only stopped by the two strongest trainers in Johto working together against it."
Red and Yellow both stared at Bill in amazement.
"I haven't heard of that." Red commented.
"I've heard the two trainers later moved to Pallet Town a while back." Bill continued. "I think their names were Graham Ketchum and Carmine Noir. Something like that."
Red let out a sigh. "You had me going there."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm from Pallet Town. Mr. Ketchum disappeared when I was young, so never really got to know him, but I have met Mr. Noir. There's no way a lazy, unmotivated guy like him would be able to do something like that."
"You… what?" Bill was astonished by this revelation, but quickly recomposed himself. "I'm not making this up. I should still have an old news recording from when it happened."
* * *
"I am going to go with you." Bulbasaur, Charmander were both shocked by Squirtle's statement.
"What?"
"You have defeated me in battle and proven that I am not worthy of leading the Squirtle Squad."
The moment the words left Squirtle's mouth, the members of the Squad instantly started trying to convince him that he was wrong and that they would follow him no matter what, but he raised a hand to silence them.
"I know you will. But I cannot face myself and consider myself worthy of being your leader knowing I am not the best. It is for that reason that I shall travel with my superior until I can defeat him in a rematch. If that is alright with you." He turned back to Bulbasaur, who nodded. Squirtle put his hand on the shoulder of one of his followers. "I will leave you in charge until I return. And make no mistake, I will return and I will be stronger than ever!"
* * *
"This is Mary reporting in from the Gold N. Rod Corporation's annual beach fundraiser here at the Olivine Beach. Things are going great here and…"
The reporter stopped talking when everyone in the crowd behind her started screaming and running away. She turned around to see what was going on as the camera focused on a large, dark object in the background. The object crashed into the opposite end of the beach and stood up tall. The mighty black Tyranitar, standing at roughly 26 feet tall, gave a mighty roar and fired powerful Hyper Beam into the air. The massive energy beam seemed pure black, with a dark blue-purple corona.
"Oh, Arceus." Mary whispered before turning back to the camera while listening to a voice in her earbud telling her what was going on and she started talking, her voice reflecting the pure terror she felt at that moment. "This just in: a massive black Tyranitar is attacking the Olivine coast. Reports say that the Pokémon first appeared in the area around Cianwood and it… it jumped across the ocean to get here. An evacuation of Olivine City has already begun."
The Tyranitar let out another Hyper Beam, this one aimed along the beach. The attack hit miles away from Mary and the cameraman, but they were still knocked back several yards by the force of the blow. As they stood back up to run away, twin blasts of fire and water struck the Tyranitar and two teenagers ran up, accompanied by a Typhlosion and a Feraligatr.
"Are we on TV?" Asked one of the teenagers, who had black hair and gray eyes, who looked like an older Ash. "Hi, mom!"
"Graham, be serious." The other said. He had shoulder length red hair and brown eyes.
"Oh, come on, Carmine. How often do we get to be on TV?"
"Don't 'come on' me. We need to stop that thing."
The two ran off towards the Typhlosion, leaving Mary looking blankly at them before turning back to the camera.
"It would appear that two Pokémon Trainers are attempting to subdue the beast in a battle. Will they be able too-"
The newsfeed cut off as the Tyranitar deflected a blow straight towards the camera.
