Prologue

	Shinpei Takagi (The Ugly)
       
       Shinpei waited on the first floor of a hotel in the middle of nowhere. 
He knew the bounty hunters were drawing close. Being a former member of Team 
Rocket, he had trained himself to know when his enemies were close. 
       It would be so easy to run. His Kawasaki was sitting right outside 
with the keys in the ignition. Shinpei perished the thought of running like a 
coward. 
       His Mightyena lie crooning at his feet. Then the dog pokemon’s ears 
perked up at a sound. They had finally caught up.
       Suddenly, without the command of his master, the Mightyena jumped to 
his feet, and used Hyper Beam. Shinpei turned and looked out of the hole in 
the front wall of the hotel. Outside were three men lying on the ground 
howling in pain. They hadn’t even a chance to grab their pokeballs. 
       Shinpei saw this as an opportunity to eliminate the threat to himself, 
but before Mightyena could administer the finishing move, one of the hotel 
patrons picked up the phone and called the police.
       Shinpei returned his Mightyena, turned and ran to his bike and started 
it. The engine roared, and Shinpei was gone.
       
       “Blondie” (The Good)
       
       An un-named 18 year-old male sat waiting behind a rock in the 
mountains for about ten minutes. He adjusted his brown cowboy hat, and ran 
his fingers through his blonde hair. Then he pulled a piece of gum out of his 
pocket, and put it in his mouth. He was a bounty hunter. The boy trailed 
three men all the way from Cerulean City to a road in the mountains, near Mt. 
Moon. 
       The three men had found the road they desired and waited. One was 
crouched behind a tree, listening to a police scanner. “He’s comin’!” He 
yelled to his two friends.
       They stretched a rope across the road, and then hid. A motorcycle 
could be heard in the distance, gunning its engines. When the motorcycle 
neared, they pulled the rope tight, and watched as the rider was clothes-
lined to the ground. 
       The blonde bounty hunter shifted his weight, and moved silently down 
the hill, while pulling out his Pichu’s pokeball. He released Pichu, and 
waited. His plan was to take the other bounty hunters out, and take the prize 
for himself.
       Shinpei Takagi staggered to his feet. 
       “Hey, do you know that you’re beautiful enough to be worth 200,000 
dollars?” One shouted to him.
       The blonde’s cold words stopped Shinpei from answering. “Yeah, and you 
don’t look man enough to collect.” His ice blue eyes pierced right through 
the man who spoke.
       “And you are? You’re a boy!” One of the three mocked.
       “Don’t get any funny ideas.” The blonde spoke softly, but the words 
had an edge to them.
       The men made a move for their pokeballs but the blonde’s Pichu was on 
the offensive. It screeched a loud battle cry as it dropped all three of them 
with one electrical attack.
       “Thanks a lot ‘Blondie’” Shinpei said with a grin. He bent over and 
tried to pick up his bike, but a boot came down on it, forcing it back to the 
ground.
       “How much are you worth now?” The blonde said menacingly.
       “200,000 dollars. Weren’t you listening?” Shinpei said impatiently.
       “That’s right; 200,000 dollars.” The blonde said with a wicked look in 
his eyes.
       
       Rafael “Angel Eyes” Calvara (The Bad)
       
       Officer Rafael Calvara sat in his car, staring down the street. He was 
a detective for the Pewter City Police, but more than that he was a major 
figurehead in the criminal underworld. His fellow officers knew he was 
corrupt, but the “Code of Silence” (which was practiced by all police 
officers,) prevented them from bringing him to justice.
       In the criminal underworld he was known simply as “Angel Eyes.”
       “Uh Sarge, we got a report of Shinpei Takagi, who has been sighted 
near the base of Mt. Moon.” A voice said to him over the radio in his car.
       “Roger that, I’ll check it out.” He said to the radio. He started the 
car and drove to the foot of Mt. Moon, where he found a young blonde, and his 
Kadabra and Pichu, transporting Shinpei, to Pewter City.
       “Hi there, sunny. Looks like you made quite a catch.” Angel Eyes 
commented but the blonde didn’t say a word.
       “When I get my hands on you, I’ll tear you limb from limb!” Shinpei 
screamed, as he struggled against Kadabra’s telepathic grip. “You’ll burn in 
hell for this!” 
       The Kadabra lowered Shinpei to eye-level so the blonde could 
intimidate him. The blonde hissed something in Shinpei’s ear, but Angel Eyes 
couldn’t hear what he had said.
       “Up yours!” Shinpei shouted, and then started struggling again. 
       
       Pewter City Police Station
       
       They had gotten Shinpei into a cell and tranquilized him because he 
simply refused to shut his mouth.
       
       The next day Angel Eyes over saw the loading of Shinpei into a truck 
for immediate transport to a medium security prison, in the mountains. 
       “Well Sarge, I’m glad we’re finally gonna put ‘em away.” The driver 
said to Angel Eyes as they drove down a road in the forest. 
       “Not all condemned men get what they deserve.” He said with an uneasy 
feeling. 
       “What makes you say that sir?” The driver asked. 
       Angel Eyes jerked his thumb to the back of the truck, and said, “Even 
a filthy beggar like him, has a guardian angel out there somewhere.” As soon 
as the words left his mouth, a thousand Pin Missiles came out of the bushes 
and punctured every tire on the truck.
       “What the hell was that?!?” The driver yelled in disbelief. He lost 
control, and wrapped the front end of the truck around a tree.
       The blonde who had brought him to Pewter City, stepped out onto the 
road, right in front of them, followed by a Jolteon.
       “A golden-haired angel watches over this man.” Angel Eyes said to the 
driver just before falling into unconsciousness.