Ash groaned and opened his eyes. He was lying in barn house full of stables, a small amount of light shining through a slighting open door. He raised his head slowly and looked around him. The flames on his back were very low and he felt very tired.

But also, he felt full of anger. Is that how they treated all Ponyta and Rapidash? If they didn't listen they'd send their water Pokémon on them? This wasn't right. How many Pokémon may have died of injury before Ash had even arrived here?

The door of the barn opened and a Rocket entered. He had a whip in his hand and a Pokéball containing a Seadra on his belt. "All right Rapidash" He said as he approached Ash's stable and took out the whip. "Time for you to learn who's boss"

Now everyone knows that when a Pokémon is full of anger, the don't scream in a pillow to relieve stress like some people would do, what they do...is attack.

When the Rocket looked in he saw that the Rapidash had his eyes closed. "Hey, wake up" The Rapidash made no responce so the Rocket opened the stable door and walked in. "Didn't you hear me?" He said raising the whip. "I said-"

There was a sudden burst of flames from the Rapidash's back grew larger and larger. The Rapidash stood up, not seeming in the least bit weakened and opened his eyes, glaring at the terrified-looking Rocket.

The Rocket fumbled and took out the Pokéball. "Seadra, I choose-" Before he could finish, the Rapidash had left forward and knocked the Pokéball out of his hand, which didn't open. He stumbled back and swung the whip out, lashing the Rapidash in the face just under his left eye. The Rapidash cringed in pain but opened his eyes slowly and turned back to the Rocket.

Anger seemed to control Ash more than his mind, and before he new it he had charged at the Rocket and sent him flying into a pile of Pokémon manure. He snorted angrily and charge towards the barn door, head lowered. There was a loud crashing noise as he broke through the door and emerged into the blazing sun, blinding him for a second because of the sudden change from the dark barn. The flames from his mane had caused the barn door to catch fire and the black flames were slowly growing, but Ash paid little attention to the Rockets jumping out the windows. He shook his head and then relised that there were a few Rockets heading towards him. He angrily reared up and leapt forward, charging towards the nearest one. The Rocket panicked, but on the last second Ash jumped as high as he could, which was alot higher than he thought, and went right over the Rocket.

"Stop that Rapidash!" Someone called after him as he tore off, but he wasn't heading towards the exit.

After he had run for a few minutes, knocking away a few Rockets and dodging a few water gun attacks and ropes while he ran, the fenced area he had been at before came into view, as well the Ponyta and Rapidash from before. He charged harder and crashed right through the fence, startling the Ponyta and Rapidash. He finnally stopped, feeling surprisingly less tired than he expected. [Come on guys, lets get out of here!] He called to them. It was only then that he noticed he was the tallest of the Rapidash. He didn't understand why, but that wasn't important now. The Rapidash and Ponyta were nervous at first, but suddenly grouped together and followed Ash as he charged towards the closest way out.

The Ponyta that Ash had talked to earlier forced his way to the frount of the group and up near Ash. [You actually came back to help us]

Ash looked beside him and smiled at the small Ponyta. [Hey, I promised you'd get out of here didn't I?]

As the exit came into view, a gas poured out of a window of a building nearby, covering the area infront of the Rapidash and Ponyta group, causing them to stop. When it cleared, three figures stood there.

It was Jessie, James and Meowth!

Prepare for trouble,
Make it double,
To protect the world from devistation,
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.
Wobuffet!
Meowth, Thats Right!

Ash rolled his eyes and looked around him as they went through there whole motto, knowing they wouldn't give up until they were finished.

"The other Rockets are to busy trying to put out fires to stop you, but we're not letting any of you leave without a fight. Weezing go!" James ordered, tossing the Pokéball and relising his Pokémon.

"Arbok go!" Jessie said, releasing her snake-like Pokémon. Arbok hissed menacingly at the Ponyta and Rapidash, causing them all to cower back.

Or, nearly all of the them.

Ash didn't back away from the Arbok, or the Weezing. He stood confidently in front of the others, willing to do his best to protect them.

"So you want to stand up to us eh? Well then prepare yourself to battle" Jessie anounced as Arbok and Weezing readied themselves for battle.

Ash prepared himself to battle too. Ash would normally choose Pikachu to battle these Pokémon, but now, he was all alone against these Poison Pokémon and there Team Rocket trainers.