TEAM
CH3-Great Discoveries

"Calm down ya'll.  There's gotta be an explanation.  Maybe they woke
up earlier than us and went for a walk."  Suggested Karen calmly.  No
one was too panicky.  They knew that if the couple had been
kidnapped, they could take care of themselves.  "All I wonder is why
them.  They aren't the best trainers here, that is, if they were
kidnapped."  Said Brock.  "Well, let's not jump to conclusions here."
Said lance in his leader voice.  "If they did leave, then they would have
signed out."  So everyone went down several flights of stairs, and went
up to the front desk.

"Can I help you all?"  Asked a tired and grumpy woman.  "Yes, we
would like to know if our friends, Agatha Ghool and Pryce Freaze have
checked out lately."  Said Lance.  The lady answered no, but said that
a man in black had left with an elderly couple early that morning.
"Thanks."  Said Lance in a hurried voice as the others edged towards
the door.  Finally, they left the hotel and returned to the streets of
Goldenrod.

They walked around for a while, but only one person had seen the trio.
So they split up and would meet back at the Radio Tower in a couple
hours.  When they met back, they learned that the trio had been seen
at a house near the big flower shop.  They all ran over to the shop.
Tyler dawdled inside and bought Misty a bouquet of roses.  Of course,
she loved them and gave him a quick peck.

Finally, they found the house.  Lance knocked on the door.  A grumpy
young man answered the door.  Gary attempted to storm into the
house, but Will stopped him.  "We can't tell him who we're looking for.
WE have to find them secretly."  He said as he began a psychic scan.
"They're in the basement."  He finally announced.  TEAM pushed past
the guard and ran to the cellar door.

It was locked, so Bruno sent out his Machamp and they blasted down
the door.  Machamp was Bruno's best Pokemon.  They had a special
bond, that none of Bruno's other Pokemon had.  The other's had this
same bond with their best, which was usually their favorite.  Misty had
Starmie, Will had Xatu, Brock had Golem, Lance had Dragonite (One
of them), Karen had Houndoom, Agatha had Gengar, Koga had
Crobat, Erika had Sunflora, Pryce had Piloswine, Lorelei had Lapras,
and Tyler had Feraligatr.  These Pokemon and their trainers all had
special friendships, which could never be broken.

After Machamp and Bruno had broken down the door, TEAM rushed
down the stairs, Pokeballs ready.  At the bottom, they were shocked to
see Agatha and Pryce in Black and White robes.  They were talking
with Nido!

"Ah, so you found us."  Said Pryce in an evil tone.  A bunch of Rockets
jumped out and Gary rushed to Nido's side.  "Traitor!"  Shouted Karen,
who had felt somewhat attracted to the boy.  Ash jumped out from
behind a shelf.  "Surprise!  We knew you'd fall for the trap.  Now you'll
have to face all of us!"  He called out, and the battle began.  As
everyone threw their Pokeballs, the whole building began to sink.  It
was an elevator.  By the time all the Pokemon were out, the elevator
had stopped and one wall opened up to reveal a huge cave.  It was an
obvious ground type booster.  It didn't look good for TEAM, since none
of them had ground types except for Tyler's Steelix.

They all stepped out and began battling.  Karen dodged a rock slide
from someone's Golem.  Her Houndoom jumped in front of her and bit
into a Muk.  Pryce's ice types all headed for Erika's Sunflora,
Bellossom, and Venusaur, but Tyler and Arcanine jumped in front of
her.  Brock teamed up with Bruno and used their big Pokemon to
"stomp" several Nidorino and Nidorina.  While all were battling, Tyler
noticed Pryce and Agatha sneaking away.  He rushed over to them
and called his Pokemon over.

"So, you figured out we were in charge of this, huh?"  Said Agatha as
Pryce prepared a Pokeball.

"I won't fall for your tricks."  Shouted Tyler.  "Feraligatr, Ice beam!
Stop Pryce."  Feraligatr loyaly obeyed.  By now most of the Rockets
and wild Pokemon were defeated, so the others rushed over to help
Tyler.

"An all out war is not the way to solve this."  Said Lance as he stepped
up to Tyler's side.  "We will have a tag team battle to settle this.  Pryce
and Agatha against Tyler and me.  Is that OK, or are you too weak?"
Pryce and Agatha agreed and chose their Pokemon as Lance and
Tyler did the same.  With that, the battle began.

"We choose, Piloswine and Gengar!"  The evil couple called together
as they sent out the to large Pokemon.  "And we'll use Feraligatr and
Dragonite."  Lance and Tyler said as they're Pokemon appeared.
"Ferly, hydro pump the Piloswine!"  called Ty.  "Piloswine, you know
what to do…"  Said Pryce calmly.  The large alligator-like creature shot
a strong, thick blast of water towards the pig, but the Piloswine jumped
out of the way, and used a blizzard, freezing the Feraligatr.  "No!"
Tyler yelled, but it was too late.  Lance would have to fight this one
himself.

Dragonite had taken care of the Gengar with a thunder and outrage,
but Piloswine couldn't be electrified.  He would have to use full power.
"Dragonite, hyper beam!"  "Piloswine, ice beam."  The two trainers
called out.  The two Pokemon created the balls of glowing energy, one
blue, and the other red.  The two beams hit each other at full force.
Surprisingly, there was no explosion.  The hyper beam easily overtook
the freezing beam, and shot it at Piloswine, KOing it quickly.  "Ha!"
Cried a happy Lance.  "Level once again overtakes power!"  Lance
and Tyler high-five, while Pryce returns his injured friend.  "You may
have won this time, but next time you won't be so lucky!"  Called out
Gary, as Team Rocket, Nido, Ash, Pryce, Agatha, and himself
disappeared.

"Well, I guess they escaped again."  Said Lance sadly.

"Yes, but at least we beat them."  Replied Erika, who was quite
optimistic.  Sirens blared as Officer Jenny and the police crew arrived
at the sunken house.  It rose to ground level, and TEAM exited.  They
tried to be happy, but with two friends gone, they all felt as if a part of
them was gone too…

***

It was a beautiful day in Goldenrod City.  All the TEAM members woke
up late.  After the big battle, they had returned to the hotel at midnight.
They had spent the entire previous day looking for their missing
friends and fight them.  They were all exhausted, and had fallen
asleep immediately.  But still, waking up any earlier than nine was out
of the question, and they ended awaking at 10:30.

It was late enough that they were able to get breakfast with no wait
and eat it without any interruptions.  Finally, they were ready to leave
the city.  Lance checked them out of the hotel, and they flew off.
Karen and Koga, who had become quite attracted to each other,
planned on visiting some good friends of theirs in Ecruteak.  So TEAM
planned to stop there on the way to Mahogany.  They chose to search
Mahogany first because it was Pryce's hometown and it had been his
gym home and TR's base several years ago.

They let out there flying Pokemon, and took off.

***

The group had Ecruteak yesterday evening.  They had stopped at the
National Park on the way so Koga could see the poison/bug types.
Karen and Koga had introduced them to Mary and John Cautitt.  They
had a eight-year-old son, Chris, and a twelve-year-old daughter,
Krystal.  Krystal, or Kris, was a Pokemon trainer.  She had started out
two years ago with a Cleffa.  She currently had Clefable, Wigglytuff,
Togetic, Miltank, and Kangaskhan.  She was training to become a
member of the elite four.

The Cautitts and TEAM had talked all day.  The Cautitt's home was
quite large, so TEAM had been invited to stay there.  Lance and the
others graciously accepted.  After a hearty breakfast, Misty and Tyler
decided to do some training, while the others went on a tour of the two
legendary towers.  Little did the couple know, they would do much
more than train that day…