TEAM CH1-The First Battle "Hey, look down there. It's him!" Someone shouted from a Xatu. Tyler assumed it was Will. He was too greedy and selfish to share a ride, or even a Pokemon. The group landed their mostly-bird Pokemon and ran over to the man. He had already seen them coming and had his Nidoking and Nidoqueen out and ready. Many voices were heard as a small army of Pokemon formed. The TEAM members all shouted their commands at once. By the time a Pokemon had figured out what move it should use, it was already knocked out. Before the trainers realized what had happened, the man was gone. "Well, I hope you all learned from this mistake." Said Lance in a an annoyed voice. The others looked at the ground and some blushed. "I think we should form teams. This way, our Pokemon can understand us." Karen suggested. The others agreed and began forming teams. The mini-teams were: T1-Will, Erika, Pryce, and Lance. T2-Koga, Lorelei, Brock, and Karen. And T3-Misty, Agatha, Bruno, and Tyler. The groups talked together for a while, but then melded into one. "Well, we better get started. Anyone with a flying type, have them search for our target. The rest of us will wait here." Said Lance, taking leadership of TEAM. Everyone seemed OK with this, since he was a natural leader. Will and his two Xatu took off in one direction with Lance's whole team. Koga and his Venomoth and Crobat teamed up with Karen's Murkrow and went off another way. And Tyler lead another way with Agatha's Crobat. *** A few hours later, all the fliers returned but Will and Lance. One of Will's Xatu returned and lead everyone to where the man was camping. The group was lead through a thick, dark forest. There were Zubat, Golbat, and other poisonous Pokemon everywhere. Koga kept stopping to catch one, but Erika, who was behind him, kept pushing him on. When they finally reached the camp-site, Tyler sneaked up to the tent with Bruno and Karen. The three pulled open the tent and forced who else, but Mr. Ketchum out. Everyone was shocked! What was Mr. Ketchum, TEAM's founder and "commander" doing here. "Are you sure it's him?" Asked Brock, not believing what he saw. Just then, a Pikachu appeared behind the four, and shocked all the TEAM members. "What!" Cried Koga. "You don't have a Pikachu!" "Maybe not." Answered Mr. Ketchum. "But my son does." Ash jumped out of a bush with his Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Snorlax, and Espeon. "By the way," says Mr. Ketchum. "Call me, Nido!" He laughed hysterically as his Pokemon popped out, joined Ash's, and began attacking TEAM. "Forget the mini-teams. Just fight!" Lance said as everyone began sending out their Pokemon. Wild Nidoran, Nidorino, Nidorina, Nidoqueen, and Nidoking began joining Nido and Ash. Will's Xatu and Jynx easily defeated a Nidoking, but two more came at Xatu, and it fainted. Will let out his other Xatu and Exeggutor. Misty and Lorelei teamed their water and ice Pokemon up and warded off several 'Queens and 'Rinos, but Lorelei lost Dewgong and Lapras. Misty had her Starmie and Golduck use a Psychic and Lorelei had her Golduck do the same. Brock's Steelix and Golem rock slided a bunch of Nidoran. His two half-water types hydro pumped some 'Kings and 'Queens. Pryce and Agatha teamed up too (Oddly enough!). They held each other's hand as they called their attacks. Tyler had his full team out and attacking. He worried about how Nido knew everyone's techniques. Could they still win? Suddenly, he heard a scream. It was Misty! He ran over to her and saw that she was bleeding on her head. Venusaur laughed as he shot more leaves at her. Steelix suddenly appeared and protected the lovers. Tyler kissed his prize as she got up. "I'll be fine. You get back to your battles." She said sweetly to him. They parted ways and returned to their shouting and jumping around. *** Almost an hour later, TEAM had run out of energy. Their Pokemon were beaten up and tired. "Giving up already?" Said Nido laughingly. He laughed like an idiot as he flew off on Ash's Charizard. "Dammit!" Cried out Lance. "How could he have gotten away!?" He began to pace and the others watched. Erika spoke up. "Well, at least we know he has the wild Pokemon against us. And, we know who he is." The others nodded in agreement. That made them feel a bit better, but not much. They knew he was too powerful for them. "I move that we all go to Goldenrod. That's a big place, and plus we can do an announcement on the radio." Announced Misty. "I second that move. Great idea girl." Replied Tyler, of course. The others agreed, and once again they took off on their fliers and headed towards Johto... *** "I'm home, Mom." Announced Ash as he slammed the door. Several police officers, led by Officer Jenny, came up to him. "I'm sorry, your mom isn't here right now. But we would like to speak with your father." Nido and Ash pulled out a Pokeball. "If you wanna speak to him, you'll have to beat us." Jenny agreed and sent out two Arcanine. "Use your fire blast on that Nidoking. You, use your extremespeed on Blastoise." The Arcanine loyally obeyed, but weren't fast enough. One was hit with a horn drill, and the other with a hydro pump. "Hey you cheated." Cried Jenny. "Well, that's just too bad." Answered Nido. With that, the two ran off into the night, and Jenny kneeled down to her injured friends. *** "The Pokemon seem tired, we better land in Violet first." Said Will as he looked at his tired Xatu. He was persuaded to share when they left, and glared at the other Xatu's rider. "I agree, Crobat is pretty weak. I think we should heal 'em first." Agreed Agatha, who was riding with Pryce. Everyone else agreed, so they landed outside the Pokemon Center, and recalled the Pokemon. After the Pokemon were all healed, they went to the Sprout Tower before turning in for the night. Koga, the most "religious" of the group, kneeled and prayed in some odd language. He then placed a poison barb in the offering jar and joined the other's conversation. "I heard that Ash lost his Master's License." Said someone. "Well I heard that it was taken." Said another. They continued talking about Ash and the days battle before leaving. Some Zubat flew over them as the walked to the Pokemon center. Suddenly, Misty noticed a trainer running through the night with a Nidoking and Nidorino. She nudged Tyler and pointed. The couple sneaked after the unusual character. Eventually, he stopped. "Password." Said a robotic voice. "Poison." Answered the person. A door in the large tree slided open and a bright light revealed a young boy, about 15. He stepped in, and the door closed. "What do you think, hon?" Asked Misty. "I dunno. I'll stay here, you get the others." Replied Tyler. A few minutes later, the others appeared. "I told them what we saw on the way here." Said Misty. Tyler answered, "Great. Well, everyone ready? We're goin' in!"