Ambush!

One day, while we were having a picnic, she said, "I have never felt so
close to anyone before."  I just said, "Yeah, I like you a lot."  All of
the sudden the air around us was shrouded in smog.  You guessed it. Team
Rocket.  They are the evil gang who bully people and Pokemon alike.
They were surrounding us.  I grabbed Mary's hand as she reach for mine.
She and I were so scared.  Well, they did the stupid "prepare for
trouble" speech, then we fainted, hands together.  When I woke up, I was
groggy, and all I wanted was my darling Mary.  But, like always, I
didn't get the girl.  All I got was robbed blind.  As I lay tied down, I
found out that Mary had been brainwashed and instructed in the ways of
the Rockets.  She had also been code-named Sweet Rose, and had been
turned into an executive.  Darn!  I couldn't save her.  She was gone -
maybe for good.  And it was my entire fault...or so I thought at the
time.  When I became truly awake, I was blindfolded and still tied up.
They pushed me out the door and I stumbled around for a bit and then
gave up after I had been about an hour.  I lay there taking in what had
happened.  Mary was gone, my backpack was gone, I was lost in the woods
and might never be found, and I missed home.  Was that it?  No way!  I
was thinking plenty of other things too, but I kept telling myself to
think of my best friend and girlfriend, Mary.  She was gone to Team
Rocket.  As for me, well a blonde girl and a brown-haired boy were
arguing about something, and they found me.

As the girl untied me, the boy took off my blindfold.  They seemed to
know what they were doing, and they gave me some pizza and a big bottle
of water.  I thanked them and they said their names were Amy and Mike.
Mike called the Pokemon Center on his cell phone, while Amy looked at
her map.  She asked, "What happened to you?"  So when I told her she
said, "Well I guess you should thank Mike, because he got us here."  I
nodded.  I said "thanks" to Mike and I was rushed to the hospital.  On
the way there, Mike said, "We are glad you are not too hurt, because we
need help with a problem."  "Mike!" Amy said, "Don't ask that NOW!"  I
just said, "Well I'd be happy to help.  What is wrong?"  Mike said, "We
need help finding the Gym Leader, Brock."  Amy said, "We want to battle
him sir."  Mike asked, "Do you know him sir?"  It had just occurred to
me that I hadn't said who I was yet.  "You want to battle Brock?"  I
asked.  They nodded.  "Well I am sorry, but I don't know him."  I said.
They looked disappointed.  "I don't know him because I am Brock."  They
were stunned.  Then Amy asked, "So will you battle?"  "Yes, I will."

The face off is on!