TEAM
CH2-Adventures is Goldenrod

The groups sneaked quietly towards the tree. At each twig snap they
jumped. Misty squeezed Tyler's hand as the machine asked for the
password. "Poison." Said Tyler. The door creaked open. There was a
staircase. It was filled with Spinarak and Ariados. TEAM continued
down the stairs. At the bottom there was another door. Lance, the
leader, pushed it open. They were all surprised to see GARY sitting at
a desk!

"What are you doing here?" Questioned Tyler. "You mean what are
you doing here." Answered Gary. Lance stepped in front of Tyler. "We
are TEAM. A 'team' of elite Pokemon trainers. We are sort of a super-
hero team. We have been tracking who we thought was you, a force
that destroyed Team Rocket. We were surprised to discover that it
was our boss, Mr. Nido Ketchum!" "I knew who he was. But I couldn't
confront the police, without being arrested that is." Gary explained.

They talked for a while and discovered that Gary was the only member
of TR member still alive. He had set up a temporary base in the tree
until he could create a new team to destroy Nido. "I don't only use the
nido family. I can't believe you thought that it was me!" Said and
angry, but still calm, Gary.

After an hour or so of discussing and apologizing, Gary agreed to help
TEAM stop Nido. They left the tree-base and returned to the Pokemon
Center. After a goodnight's sleep, the group left for Goldenrod...

***

When the group finally got to Goldenrod, it was around six a.m. After a
quick rest at the Pokemon Center, TEAM split up and went on their
ways.

Tyler and Misty went with Lorelei and Lance went on a double-date at
the Miltank Café. Pryce and Agatha went to visit some friends. Will
went to a short Psychic convention. The others went on tours, to
restaurants, and Brock made the radio announcement. The TEAM
members went everywhere. This may have been a fun and relaxing
day, but they all knew that it would be their only break for a while.

But they didn't let that spoil their fun. They laughed as they spent half
their money on coins, then lost them all. They battled other trainers,
went shopping, and did everything they could in a 12 hour period.
They even had battles with each other.

Koga and Karen were especially bored, so they had a two on two.
Karen started with Umbreon, and Koga with Muk. "Muk, use minimize,
then sludge bomb it!" "Umbreon, faint attack it all you can!" The
Pokemon continued like this until they both fainted. "Alrighty then.
Let's do it, Houndoom. Crunch and then flamethrower." Koga sent out
his Crobat. "Crobat, us double team, then fly." Crobat was faster, so
Houndoom's crunch missed, but Crobat flew in too soon, and fainted
from the direct flamethrower. "Yeah, we win Houndoom!" Shouted
Karen in celebration. "Good job Karen, but I am used to more
Pokemon being used. You shall not defeat me next time." Answered
Koga in a spooky voice. It gave Karen the chills, which was odd for
her.

In the evening, The dates returned to the hotel first. Then, slowly, the
others returned. Agatha and Pryce came back last. They went into
there room, and weren't seen again that day. Tyler and Misty went to
another restaurant while the others ate at the hotel's bar/diner. After a
few hours of fun and conversation, TEAM settled down to sleep. They
had a big day ahead of them…

***

Tyler couldn't fall asleep. He kept thinking about the dinner-date with
Misty. They had talked while they waited for the food. The food was
good, some of the best he'd ever had, but that wasn't the highlight.

After the date, Misty had dragged Tyler to a Park. There was a big
pond in it. They had sat on a park bench and watch the Magikarp and
Goldeen jump. They both loved water types, so this was most
enjoyable. A big, blue, glowing, Pokemon stood at the pond and took
a drink.

"Look Tyler, it's Suicune." Said Misty as she had pulled her lover's
arm. They both watched silently until it shot across the water into the
darkness. After a long kiss, they walked back to the hotel, holding
hands and talking quietly.

Tyler thought about the wonderful date, but still couldn't fall asleep. He
heard out his open window, some boys calling together some Bat
Club. A Zubat flew past his window as he remembered how he had
come to be a member of TEAM…

"And the challenger is Tyler!" The ref called out as he signaled the
opening of the battle. Tyler had made it through the Elite Four and was
about to battle the champion, Lance. "Go, Dragonite! Start with a
hyper beam, and then thunder." Tyler sent out his Jolteon for the first
of his three choices. "Jolteon, use flash, then thunderbolt it!" Dragonite
built up the bright orange energy as Jolteon made several bright
flashes of electricity. Dragonite could barely see because of the light,
and "missed by a mile." The two Pokemon then shot blasts of
electricity at each other, but Dragonite still couldn't see. He missed,
and was defeated.

"Damn!" Shouted Lance in rage. He had just lost one of his best
Dragonite. "I guess I'll have to go with strategy then. Aerodactyl, rock
slide." Aerodactyl shot dozens of rocks at Jolteon. It shouldn't of, but it
KO'd Jolteon. "Impossible!" Called out Tyler, as he pulled out a
Pokeball and returned the injured Jolteon. "Fine, I'll use Bellossom
then. Belly, put it to sleep with sleep powder and use giga drain!"
Lance's Aerodactyl seemed to know what to do. It got ready to blow
away the powder with its wings, but none came. Bellossom started
with giga drain instead, which knocked out the prehistoric Pokemon.

Yeah, two down, one to go!" Shouted Tyler as Lance sent out another
Dragonite. "This time, you won't be so lucky." Said Lance with an
angry tone. It was his best dragon, and it wouldn't lose! Or so he
thought. Tyler threw a ball, and out popped his best too, Feraligatr!
"Feraligatr slash it away, then use a crunch." "Dragonite, thunder it
then outrage." The Pokemon battled it on. When a hyper beam hit a
hydro pump, it exploded. The two trainers swore and yelled until the
smoke cleared. Both Pokemon had fainted.

"Tyler is the winner with one Pokemon left." Called out the ref as the
crowd screamed and clapped. As Lance walked away, a man came
out of nowhere. He walked Lance over to Tyler and told them both to
go immediately to the main office at Indigo Plateau.

When Lance and Ty arrived, they sat down next to all the elite trainers
and a few gym leaders. A man walked into the room and began to
speak.

"I am Mr. Ketchum. You probably all know my son, Ash. Anyways, I
have called you all here for an opportunity. I have been ordered by my
commanders to create a team of trainers. You will be called TEAM.
TEAM's job is to stop any evil forces, and keep the world of balance of
Pokemon and humans in balance. If any of you don't want to be a part
of this. I understand." No one spoke. "All right. Then, if you would,
please follow me to the Main Hall to begin your training."

Tyler would never forget that battle, or when he first met Misty, or the
hard training or, any of this TEAM stuff. But the event he would most
remember, was yet to come…

***

Tyler finally fell asleep. He may have been a late owl, but he still woke
up first. After a while, everyone had gotten up except Agatha and
Pryce. "Well, I guess they had some fun last night." Said someone
from the group. Lance and a few others shook their heads, and a few
laughed. "I guess we better check on them." Said Lance in an
annoyed voice. The group got up from their seats and walked to the
room. They opened the door, and gasped. Pryce and Agatha were
gone!