Pokemon Peridot - Series Two

Episode One - The Road To Recovery!

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D.I. Smith was back to where he belonged. He was in his office, he had Sleuth, his loyal Luxio, sitting on his feet under the new mahogany desk, and more importantly, he had a new case to look in to.
According to the research that he had found, it involved Team Rocket, a notorious group of criminals renowned for their Pokemon thieving habits. Also, a young boy and girl, and two older teenagers. Apparently, their Flying-Pokemon had been intercepted by nasty Bug-Pokemon and their Team Rocket trainers.
He read through his research once more. He looked out of the huge window that covered the whole east wall and said to himself: 'That Flyy. He's always getting himself into trouble.'

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Fifteen Hours Earlier - About 21:30

'Target sighted! Shall we move in?' There was a pause before the Admin replied.
'Affirmative! All Grunts move in, I repeat, move in!'
The Flygon, the Fearow and the Spearow were like little black dots outlined only by the light of the full moon.
The Admin, Gavin, could see the Flygon rider's head turn. He had obviously heard the beat of two dozen sets of wings as the cloud of bugs swarmed in on him.
The three Pokemon all changed course instantly, and the army of bugs followed suit. They charged at the Flying-Pokemon, but Flygon was at the back, and he was the strongest. It's DragonBreath attacks were leaving huge gaps in the small swarm. Gavin and his Beedrill were almost knocked out of the air by one.
'Come on, squad!' He shouted over the screams and wing beats. 'Knock them down! We need Dean and Terry back!'

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Flyy Bazu was commanding his Electrike, Tick, to Thundershock any Rocket Grunts that came near him and Lola, who was piloting Flash the Fearow. His best friend Kim was piloting her Spearow and trying to stay in front of Flash. If she were to get hit, Peck the Spearow would definitely fall.
Back on the Flygon, Flyy's cousin and ace Sinnoh Detective Spook was commanding his dragon through telepathy.
'Come on, Flick! We need to shake these guys off!'
'I'm trying, Spook,' Flick replied, 'But I'm not used to carrying three passengers!'
Spook suddenly remembered the two Rockets behind him. They were laughing at him. Spook asked what was so funny.
'Can't you see, Spook?' Dean, the taller of the two said. 'They want us' and he started laughing again. Spook looked above them and saw another of his many rivals. His name was Gavin, and he was accompanied by his infamous Beedrill.
Gavin had masterminded many robberies before, but he had never expected him to be friends with Dean and Terry. He glared at Spook, then at Dean and Terry. 'Tackle!' he cried.
The Beedrill silently obeyed and charged at Flick. It was about. Two metres away when a sudden flash of yellow knocked it down. The Beedrill looped and rolled and hovered just above the dark tree tops.
Tick then jumped from the Fearow to the Flygon and began growling at the remaining members of the swarm. There was still a few left.
'Stepping Stone Technique, Tick!' Flyy shouted. He had used this technique against Colin in his first ever battle. Tick jumped of of Flick and landed on a Venomoth. He then pushed hard of off that and landed on a Butterfree. He did this on every Pokemon, until he came across a Ninjask. He tried to land on it, but the bee was to quick. Tick fell to the ground, but was caught by Gavin on his Beedrill. He snapped a black collar round Tick's neck, and pointed at Kim and Peck. Tick shot a Thundershock at them and they fell. Flyy gasped.
Gavin was somehow controlling Tick! Was it the collar he put on him? He shouted at Gavin, but he couldn't hear or he just ignored it.
Tick's Thundershock sent Kim hurtling towards the forest below. Lola saw this and changed direction to try and catch her, but she was zapped as well. Flyy leaped from Flash' s back and landed hanging off of Flick's neck. He heard Lola's screams as she fell.
Flyy hoisted himself up and told Spook to hold tight. He then swooped down to Gavin's level and jumped off of Flick. He landed on Beedrill and looked up to see Dean and Terry jumping down too, except they landed on another Pokemon and flew off.
Flyy cursed. He could feel the Beedrill losing altitude. Gavin tried pushing him off. Flyy told Tick to Bite him, but he shocked Flyy instead. He slipped off the Beedrill and began falling. After that he saw a flash of light green, then nothing.

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Fifteen Hours Later - About 13:00

Dean and Terry were really pleased with themselves. They had managed to get their Pokemon to cut them free, then they just jumped off and hoped for the best. It was a risk, and they did get lucky, but anyway, they were back at the HQ now, where Dean would get his promotion and Terry would get his food.
The light blue double doors slid open with a hissing sound and a young woman in a black suit and skirt stepped through.
'Giovanni will see you now,' she said, then she giggled and walked out.
'Promotion, here I come!' Dean cheered happily.
The duo stepped into Giovanni's office. It was big, with three walls covered by a massive window. The walls were white and a portrait of himself and his Persian hung above the wall.
'Hello, boys. Please, have a seat,' he said in a low but kind voice. He had his back to them in his swivel chair, but they knew that he could see them. He chuckled. 'How was your flight?'
'With all due respect, sir,' Terry said. 'Surely you could have sent a Bird-Pokemon a little bigger than a Pidgeotto?'
'Well, that wasn't my fault, Terry. For that you can thank our newest member of Team Rocket. You may have heard of him, he is quite well-known in Johto.' Giovanni pressed a button on the arm of his chair and the double doors opened again with a hiss.
'Good afternoon, sir. You wanted to see me?' the boy said as he marched into the office.
'Yes, Mr. Clarkson.' He turned around to face Dean and Terry. 'Now, you two, this is young Master Clarkson-'
'Actually, sir, excuse my rudeness, but I'm twenty-two,' Clarkson interrupted.
'Well, son, when you've been around for as long as me, even people slightly older than you like these two are known as "young"' Giovanni said, chuckling slightly. 'Anyway, where was I, oh yes. This is Mr. Clarkson, but if you would like to be on first name terms, Falkner. Until yesterday, he was the Violet City Gym Leader. Now he works for us. He says he was impressed with our efficiency.'
Dean and Terry raised an eyebrow each. 'And, uh, why do we need to know this, sir?' Dean asked.
'Because, Falkner, here, joined because of our efficiency, so when you two cock up an operation like this, it rubs off badly on the new recruits!' He shouted in reply. 'You let a Pokemon go and you didn't even look for it! Are you aware of the power that Pokemon showed after the events?'
'But, sir!' Terry cried. 'It opened the hatch and-'
'I don't care if it danced the can-can in a tutu whilst smoking a pipe! The fact is, that that Torchic created a fire that had no heat! It covered half of the bloody forest! Do you think that is a Pokemon worth ignoring? And what's more! That D.I. Spook,' he spat Spook's name. 'He caught you! Him!' Giovanni's phone began ringing. He picked it up. 'What? I'm very busy right no-!' He paused. 'Wha-' He paused again. 'OK, I'll tell them the good news. Thank you, bye.'
Dean nudged Terry and smiled. It was the promotions!
'Dean, Terry, you'll be pleased to know that you have a new mission. Get that Torchic, and get it quick. Falkner will accompany you.'
Dean and Terry's jaw dropped. Dean was welled up with rage.
'I shall have to phone my sister, Kim.' Falkner said. 'She will have to be the new Gym Leader...'

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'Flyy?' A distant voice. Not close enough to touch, but close enough to hear. 'Flyy? It's Lola. Can you hear me?' Flyy stirred. He felt a wet thing licking his hand. He giggled. 'Oh thank God! I thought you were out!' Flyy opened his eyes.
'Where are we?'
'In the middle of the forest. You fell pretty far. It was a good job Flash landed OK or he wouldn't have caught you!'
'Where's Kim?' Flyy panicked. 'And Spook?'
'I don't know, my PokeGear gets no signal out here. I think we should go on to Azalea, they might meet us there.' Flyy nodded. He looked down. Tick was there. The black collar from the night before was lying in tatters on the floor. Tick's fur around the neck was black.
'Jeez, Tick. Did you do that to yourself?'
'He did.' Lola said. 'He wouldn't let me help. He was bent on getting it off. He needs medical attention, we better get going.'
Flyy nodded again.

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Spook had already started walking with Kim and Slash, his Scizor. They were headed to Azalea.
'So, your Kim?'
'Yes,' Kim replied. She was uncomfortable being with someone she hadn't met before. 'Is it fun? Being a Policeman, I mean.'
'It has its ups and downs, like any job I suppose.' Spook looked down at her. 'Are you interested in becoming one?'
'No, no, I was just asking...'
Kim's phone then rang. It broke the silence, which both trainers were pleased about. 'Hello?' Kim paused. 'Yeah, sure. What? Leaving? Falkner, I'm on my way to Azalea...'
'Are you OK?' Spook asked.
'Hang on, Falkner.' She directed her attention to Spook. 'Not really,' she put her palm over the receiver. 'My brother is leaving, I have to become the Violet City Gym Leader!'
'Is that a bad thing?'
'I won't be able to travel, or see Flyy- I mean, see the world again.' She coughed. Kim talked back into the phone. 'Falkner, I would love to, but I can't... No we aren't together, we became separated... No, I'm fine... No, Team Rocket.... Yeah, but there's a Policeman here, he's Flyy's cousin...! No, he has a girlfriend so I'm not alone. Flyy's with her somewhere in the woods. What...?' Spook nudged her. He could see the lights of Azalea Town through an archway of twigs and leaves. 'Falkner! If your leaving, just close the Gym...! I'm not doing it...! I can see the lights from here... What...? OK, see you later!' and she hung up.
'Is everything OK?' Spook asked. Slash stopped suddenly. He looked up. Above them was a huge brown bird. Flash?
A figure jumped down from the bird and plummeted about twenty feet, until he landed in a tree and slid of the branch. He was dressed in Team Rocket's uniform, a black long-sleeved shirt with a huge red "R" emblazoned across it. The boy had blue hair and was staring up at Spook.
'Falkner!' Kim shouted. 'Are you a Rocket?' He nodded solemnly. 'How could you?'
'I saw how they worked, and heard what they worked for. They just want to have a world where everyone battles! Imagine the money the Gym would get if everyone became a trainer!'
Spook spoke next 'So you betrayed your family and friend for money?'
'I haven't betrayed anyone yet, PC Plod. I'm on my first mission, I have to recover a stolen Pokemon... that Team Rocket stole first,' Falkner said. 'It was wild!' he added quickly.
'But you stole it from its natural habitat!' Kim shouted again.
'What was the Pokemon?' Spook queried.
'A Torchic, I think. My two partners, Dean and Terry, they got it!'
Spook gasped. 'Dean and Terry? They are wanted in every town and city in Sinnoh and Johto!'
'Oh snap!' Falkner said. He put two fingers in his mouth and whistled. The brown bird they had seen before, a Pidgeot, swooped past Kim and Spook, and Falkner vanished in a split second.
'Your brother had trodden the wrong path, Kim.'
'I was just thinking the same thing...'

Episode Two Coming Soon...

Author - Bazu Azurill

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