This part was written by me (Utah).  Part 12: Glory of Battle and Reunion

Giovanni smirked as Geneva brought out a Koffing to face his
Nidoking. This will be easy, he thought confidently.
"Nidoking, use your Leer." he ordered the Drill Pokémon.
Nidoking obeyed, and narrowed his glowing eyes at the Koffing, the other 
poisonous Pokémon sweatdropping and backing up a little. "Don't back down, 
Koffing! Um, use your
Tackle!" Geneva reassured the Pokémon.

Koffing hurled his small body at the Nidoking and slammed into his chest. 
Koffing looked up to see Nidoking glaring
down at him in annoyance, but waiting for the order to attack. Giovanni gave him 
such: "Nidoking, Horn attack!"
Nidoking lowered his horn and dove at Koffing. "Koffing, watch out!" Geneva 
cried, but her Pokémon was much slower
than her father's, and Nidoking's horn connected with the
Koffing, and quickly threw his head back, sending Koffing
flying into a wall behind him. Koffing weakly said his name,
puffed out a small amount of smoke, then promptly fainted.

The guards at the sidelines yelled, "Koffing has fainted!
Round one goes to Nidoking."

Nidoking reared back and roared in triumph as Geneva dejectedly recalled 
Koffing. Giovanni seemed impressed at
how she handled her Koffing, especially since this was her
first battle ever.

Geneva grabbed the Pokéball containing Grimer and threw it.
The Sludge Pokémn came out and looked back at her expectantly. Giovanni recalled 
Nidoking. "Go, Golem." he called, and the Megaton Pokémon emerged with a 
guttural roar. Geneva was feeling panicked. Poison doesn't really
effect Ground or Rock, and Golem was both.

Giovanni could tell Geneva was trying to stall, and was growing impatient. 
"Golem, Tackle attack." he ordered. Golem
complied and withdrew into his bedrock shell, and rolled
towards the Grimer like a bowling ball rolling towards pins.
The Grimer ended up flattened, but popped right back up
since he was made of sludge. Golem unfurled and stood up with more grace than 
one would've expected him to.

"Grimer, use your Sludge attack!" Geneva shouted. The Grimer
nodded and spat disgusting sludge at the Golem's face,
blinding him. Golem roared and clawed at his face, trying to
clear his eyes. Giovanni nodded. "Very good," he complimented. "Golem is unable 
to battle. Round two goes to
Grimer." the guards announced. Giovanni recalled his temporarily blinded Golem 
as Geneva recalled her Grimer.
They both paused before releasing their final Pokémon.

"Go, Nyura!" Geneva exclaimed as she released the Dark/Ice
cat. The Nyura crossed her claws in front of her and assumed
a fighting stance. Giovanni nodded and pulled another Pokéball from his jacket's 
inner pocket. "I choose you...
Houndoom!"

~*~*~

Jessie grumbled to herself as she say in the cafeteria with
Meowth, waiting for Brock to get their meals. "Just how many
times are we gonna switch partners?" Jessie asked Meowth bitterly. "At this 
rate, I'll-we'll never see James again."
Jessie added, catching herself on that last one. Meowth heard the misstep, but 
decided not to pursue it for fear of
Jessie's infamous mallet. "Now we's hafta d'vise a plan ta
steal da arrogant brat's Pokémon." Meowth said. Jessie didn't look too thrilled 
about this mission; she was too
wrapped up in wondering why she couldn't stay with James.
She glanced over at Meowth. "What Pokémon does he have?"
she asked in a bored tone. Meowth brought a notepad out of
nowhere. "Let's see, he's gots an Umbreon, a Nidoking, a Nidoqueen, an Arcanine, 
a Gyarados, a Pidgeot, an Alakazam,
a Rhydon, and a Venusaur." Meowth put the notepad back to 
wherever it came from. They were about to go over more of
the mission when Brock returned with the food: Fried rice and chicken for 
Meowth, a salad for Jessie, and soup for
Brock. "We'll discuss the mission after lunch." Jessie mumbled out and began to 
eat.

~*~*~

The Houndoom emerged with a bone-chilling howl. The only
ones not frightened by by the howl were Giovanni and Nyura.

James looked uncertain. He wasn't sure if the Nyura would be
able to take on the Houndoom, since Fire is super-effective
against Ice.

Geneva knew this, too. No wonder he looks so confident still. Geneva thought as 
she gazed at her father.

"Houndoom, start off with an Ember attack." Houndoom nodded
and spat out burning brimstone. "Nyura, Agility!" Geneva
countered, and the demon cat easily dodged the brimstone.
Giovanni nodded in approval at the move. "Houndoom, turn up
the heat with a Flamethrower." he told the demon dog Pokémon. Fire erupted from 
Houndoom's muzzle in a stream,
tearing at Nyura. The Nyura dodged it, but just barely: she'd been scorched on 
the left side, which slowed her down
considerably.

Geneva looked very nervous to James. He wondered if she could get herself out of 
this; she'd done so well before.

Geneva's mind raced as she watched her Nyura attempting to
escape Houndoom's blistering flames, when an idea, a lame
one but still an idea, came to her. "Nyura! Blizzard!" she
yelled. Nyura backed away from Houndoom as far as she could,
inhaled deeply, froze the air and water molecules in her ice
lung, then blasted it out at the Houndoom, immediatly freezing him over. The 
frozen Houndoom fell over, a look of
horror and surprise on his canine face. "Houndoom is unable
to battle! Geneva wins the match!" the guards announce yet
again.

Geneva leapt for joy, excited that she won the first match
she was ever in. Giovanni recalled Houndoom and grinned.
Just as strong as her brother and I, he thought proudly. "Winning these 
battles...It's in our blood." he murmered, then stood up. "Good match, Geneva," 
he congratulated. "Well done, especially since it was your first
battle."

Geneva looked up at him and smiled. "Thank you...Father."
Wow...This day...He's the first person to ever let
me battle, she thought.

James grinned. "This should be a very interesting partnership," he predicted to 
himself, then stepped out from
where he was watching. He walked up to Geneva, who was happily hugging her 
Nyura. "Great match, Geneva! You're one
of the few people, which includes your twerpy brother-" He
got an "Ahem" and a glare from Giovanni for that last part.
"-er, brother, that can actually hold their own in a
Pokémon battle with the Boss." he finished quickly, sneaking
a nervous glance in Giovanni's direction.

Giovanni thoughtfully stroked Persian. This will aide me
greatly in the takeover...And now that both Ash and Geneva
are with me, Delia will come running back..And when she does, she will be mine 
again, my Queen. He liked this
thought. Persian purred.

~*~*~

Delia slammed her fist into the steering wheel of her car.
NO! she screamed in her mind. He has them BOTH! That couldn't be...But alas, it 
was. She had managed
to drag along Prof. Oak and Tracey, who both sat stiffly in
their seats, afraid to draw Delia's attention.

Just how was she gonna get them back? Oh no...She'd have to
face Giovanni if she wanted to get them back. She turned around to face her 
frightened passengers as soon as she stopped at a rest stop just on the 
outskirts of Viridian.
"Do either of you have a plan? An idea?" Oak and Tracey 
exchanged nervous glances. "We could go to the police..."
Tracey started, but stopped abruptly when Delia promptly
put the car in reverse and backed the thing our of it's space, shifted gears, 
then sped out. "I'm desperate enough
to try anything," she told them. "I can see..." Oak muttered
under his breath. Luckily for him, Delia didn't hear that.

~*~*~

The Rocket Jenny smirked as she saw Delia burst through the
door of the Viridian City Police Department, followed by
the professor and his assistant.

Jenny stood up when Delia approached the counter. "What seems to be the problem, 
ma'am?" Jenny pretended to think hard when she paused. "Oh, I recognize you now. 
You're the one claiming your son was kidnapped by his father. I can assure you, 
we're working on it-" "Nothing seems to be turning our way, is it?" Delia cut 
her off. "Because now my
daughter, Ash's twin sister, Geneva, is missing, too." 
A nice turn of events, Jenny thought to herself. Might as well bring them now.

Jenny picked up a notepad and flipped through it. "Actually,
we do have a lead in this case." she said, watching
Delia slyly. "If you'll come with me." Jenny walked out the 
back door. Delia followed, Oak and Tracey hurrying to catch
up.

Jenny lead them into the woods, explaining the whole way.
"You see, we actually know where they are..." She snapped her fingers and Rocket 
grunts leaped into view around them.
"I knew where they were all the time." Jenny smiled evilly
as the three were dragged away to HQ.

Delia was close to tears. She didn't want to see her husband
again, and part of her didn't want to see what had become
of her children and the others. How will I get out of this?