Chapter 6- Giovanni’s Counterattack
~Team Rocket: one of the most powerful
criminal organizations on the face of the earth. Until now, we have never seen
what they were truly capable of. Their leader, Giovanni is among the most cold
and calculating men on earth, and he has an entire army at his disposal. In
recent times, they have been working harder than ever before, to grow in power,
to eliminate all other competition, and now… we have just discovered their
reasons for doing so. They have grown used to being the top, and now another
power is moving in, threatening their position… the Kaiser Cult. All the
efforts Team Rocket has gone through, everything they had accomplished in
preparing to fight the cult, we would now face their full power…
-Ash
Ketchum
(Location- Team Rocket HQ,
Within the Team Rocket headquarters, a huge
battle was raging. Hundreds of agents were flooding the room, and there were
hundreds more to come.
“BRING IT ON!” The Super Fiends roared as they
continued fighting against the flood of agents. They stood strong, even against
their overwhelming numbers
“S… so strong…!” one of the rocket grunts gasped
in disbelief… even with the hundreds of them, it seemed to make no difference
to this small band of rogues! “There’s no way… they can’t be human!”
“Stand strong men! We are soldiers of Team
Rocket! We cannot falter in the face of any enemies, even against the notorious
Super Fiends” shouted the sergeant who commanded the Safari-zone mission,
“EVERYONE! GET INTO FORMATION! ATTACK!”
Many of the pokémon unleashed their strongest
attacks, they went flying through the air towards the fiends… when suddenly a
green figure leapt out of nowhere, in the way of the attacks… “HAAA!” it
shouted, spinning around rapidly. All the pokémon attacks, whether solid rocks
or blazing fire, were all deflected. The spinning stopped, and there stood
Bonsai, wielding his twin War-fans. “Using pokémon, eh?” he smirked, reaching
to the side and grabbing several pokéballs, “I got them too. GO!!!” he shouted,
releasing several pokémon, all of them of the grass elements. Tropius,
Vileplume and Parasect, “STUN SPORES!” his pokémon shouted and released a cloud
of paralysing powder over the crowds of enemies. Many of them froze up, stunned
by the attack, and the rest of the fiends charged forward, smashing through
their numbers!
“Impressive… as expected from the Fiends!” Ebi
commented as Bonsai ran in his direction
“Ebi!” Bonsai finally reached him and handed the
heal sprout, “Here it is”
“Good” said Ebi as he safely stowed the plant in
his bag, “Getting the plant is step one, now all that’s left is to get it to
Misty! I’ll be on my way… AGH!” he gasped as an invisible blast of energy hit
him and knocked him to the ground!
“Take that!” a Butch yelled and looked to the
right, “Good work Drowzee!” he said
“Drowzee…” the psychic pokémon replied
“Ugh…” Ebi started to get up
“He’s moving again! Finish him off Ratticate!”
Cassidy ordered. The Rat pokémon bounded forwards to eliminate Ebi…
SMACK!
“Someone called for an exterminator?” Cleft
asked. He had smacked Ratticate right before it could bite Ebi, and he had it
pinned down with his hands. Ratticate tried to bite the Super Fiend, but he
couldn’t feel the bites through his heavy metal gloves. “Stop that, that’s
getting annoying!” Cleft looked down at Ratticate and bashed it on the head.
Looking up, he sprung forward, his fist smashed into Drowzee’s face, sending
the pokémon flying and crashing into Cassidy and Butch, “WHO ELSE WANTS SOME!?”
He shouted and went charging, his fists flying wildly
“HAAA!”
AntiArctic dashed through the crowds of enemies, striking fast and hard with
his fists, attacking their critical points. Before they could even move, every
rocket agent around him fell to the ground unconscious, “Never underestimate
the strength of a ninja.” He said calmly. As a Machoke lunged at him from
behind, without even looking he ducked and evaded its attacks. Turning around,
he opened his mouth and took a deep breath… “Hmm… KAH!” he exhaled hard,
unleashing a freezing wind. What came from him could only be called a blizzard,
and even Machoke and all the other agents were frozen completely! “Not bad…” he
commented, seeing the frozen statues he created…
“MORTAL REAPER!” Goth slashed them with his
scythe, banishing them to the void
“Hey!” AntiArctic exclaimed
“Sorry to get rid of your artwork, but they were
in the way” said Goth as he continued using his attack, eliminating more
soldiers along with sweeping away the fallen ones.
“RHAAA!!” G.I. Jolt charged forward, smashing
through their numbers. Whether human or pokémon, he was far stronger. “I don’t
even need my weapons to fight the likes of you, I can do this with my bare
hands!”
“You got that right! Heck, I don’t even NEED to
use my hands! “TWIN DREAM!” Twin Dreamer fired large spiralling beams that
decimated the troops, “All too easy!”
“GROUND ZERO!” A gigantic shockwave created by
Cleft sent his enemies packing.
“This battle is practically won, Team Rocket’s
army may be in the thousands, but the fiends have the power far surpassing
theirs.” Ebi looked around, and saw the Rockets were beginning to scatter,
their morale broken and replaced with fear. “And Ash and the others are
fighting Giovanni. Everyone’s doing their parts… now it’s my turn” taking the
plant, he ran… to help Misty…
(Meanwhile)
“CLOYSTER!” Giovanni’s Cloyster attacked
“NIDOOOO!!!!!”
“MEGA PUNCH!”
“Cloyster, use clamp!” Giovanni quickly commanded
SNAP!
“No! Nidoqueen!”
“EVERYONE! HELP HER!” Ash suddenly shouted, as
the other pokémon rushed forward to help Nidoqueen, as Cloyster continued
crushing her arm…
“Spike Cannon!” Giovanni shouted. Suddenly, the
spikes on Cloyster’s body began flying everywhere, keeping them at bay! “Face
it, you’re out of your league. I’ve been battling for years in all kinds of
situations. As you can see, I’m also accustomed to handling numerous opponents
at a time.” Giovanni spoke, putting his hands in his pockets, “My strategies
are flawless, you children can’t hope to beat me”
“Maybe children can’t beat you…” said
CRASH!
The attacks hit Cloyster at full force, but they
barely damaged the pokémon! “Out of all the pokémon that roam this earth,
Cloyster has the highest defence, and this one in particular has been fortified
with many defence-raising items, making him a living impenetrable fortress!
“Cloy!” Cloyster opened his shell to launch the
attack
“Got ya!” Ash smirked. He aimed the QuickSilver
on his arm forwards and fired a nitro ball towards the pokémon.
“What?!” Giovanni exclaimed, “Withdraw!” he
ordered quickly, but it was too late. The nitro ball had made contact with
Cloyster’s face as soon as the shell closed shut. There was a muffled explosion
that shook the shell, and smoke started to seep through the gaps. Cloyster’s
shell toppled over… the pokémon was defeated…
“Don’t think I’m gonna play by the rules for a
criminal like you! Your mistake was expecting the attacks to only come from the
pokémon, when the real threat here is me!” Ash pointed at himself with his
thumb, “It doesn’t matter how hard Cloyster’s shell is, it can’t fight without
opening up, and if it does open it’s vulnerable to attacks!”
“(sigh)” Giovanni sighed, “I must say, I am
actually impressed. You have beaten three of my pokémon so far… now it’s time I
actually get serious.”
“What do you mean?” asked
“Persian, Beedrill, Cloyster, all of them are
pokémon outside my specialty, and I only use them in the gym battles to make
sure the fights aren’t going to be overkill. Let me show you my true
speciality…” Giovanni spun around and threw several pokéballs, releasing five
ground pokémon: Rhydon, Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Dugtrio and Golem, “These ground
pokémon are each ten times stronger than the ones you have beaten, and will be
the ones to defeat you” he smiled unpleasantly, “ATTACK!”
What happened next, the flow of battle had
completely changed. Each one of Giovanni’s Level 100 pokémon fought fiercely
against the team’s pokémon, taking some of them out while forcing the rest to a
standstill!
“Rhydon! Horn drill!” Giovanni commanded
“RHY!” Rhydon charged forwards, its horn spinning
like a drill. The pokémon were careful to get away from it, for a direct hit
from that attacked meant instant doom
“Nidking, Nidoqueen, attack” Giovanni said calmly
“NIDROO!” While the pokémon were distracted by
the Rhydon, the two Nido pokémon attacked
“Wa!” Ash exclaimed as he watched this battle. He
knew Giovanni was good, but he didn’t expect him to be THIS good!
“Back at your age, I was already considered a
pokémon master. Handling this many pokémon at once is a breeze for me” said
Giovanni,
SMACK!
This battle was literally a replay of the fight
against the original 001 with Tyranitar. The only difference was that this was
like fighting five Tyranitar because each the pokémon were very high level and
given items to make them stronger, not to mention their trainer was extremely
skilled.
“Holy!”
“The elite four spend their time battling easy
opponents. True, I was never really this powerful, but since my gym collapsed,
I had spent my time sharpening my skills and strengthening my pokémon, as well
as my organization!” Said Giovanni, “The Team Rocket Society was little more
than a joke, but I have changed that! Once I get you out of the way, Team
Rocket shall become the most powerful organization in history! People will fear
its name!” he laughed, “My pokémon are all powerful. have made sure to prepare
them for anything! I have taught them to counter every single attack known to
mankind, and there is nothing you can do! ATTACK!” He shouted
Giovanni’s pokémon made a fierce charge, driving
back our heroes pokémon. Despite being heavily outnumbered, these five pokémon
functioned perfectly as a team, covering for each other when attacked and
retaliating with incredible force! The team and their pokémon suddenly found
themselves cornered by these pokémon!
“Now Rhydon… use Horn Drill!” Giovanni shouted,
pointing forward…
“RHYYY!” the horn began spinning rapidly, as it
lunged forward…
SMACK!!!
“WHAT!?” Giovanni’s eyes opened wide, Ash
suddenly leapt forward and swung his leg, kicking Rhydon at the side of the
head and knocked him back
“OW…!” Ash clenched his teeth, fighting back
tears as he clutched his leg… maybe kicking the rock pokémon wasn’t such a good
idea. “GRR…” he slowly stood up straight, “If you wanna hurt my pokémon, you’ll
have to go through me first! I don’t care how good your tactics are… anyone who
threatens my friends will have to deal with me!” he growled, clenching his
fists and grabbing his pokéballs… “Guys?” Ash glanced at the rest of his friends,
“Call back your pokémon and leave immediately. I’ll face him alone.”
“You’re sure about this?” asked Brock
“More than anything.” Ash spoke, “You guys go
help the Super Fiends clean up the rest of the agents. I will stay here and
fight Giovanni” he turned around, facing the leader of Team Rocket, and by far
the strongest man in the organization
“Ugh… and I wanted a piece of this guy for
myself. Oh well… as long as I’m in this group, you’re the boss”
“So tell me why you’re sending your companions
away?” asked Giovanni, as Ash’s friends ran off, leaving the labs. He could
have ordered his pokémon to attack them, but he was more interested in hearing
Ash’s reasons
“Because you’re a strong opponent, and a skilled
pokémon trainer” Ash answered as he called out several more of his own pokémon,
“This is between you and me. We fight as pokémon trainers… and I will put an
end to Team Rocket.”
“Hmm… I was mildly surprised you were able to
repel my pokémon with a simple kick… but do you think words alone could stop
us?” asked Giovanni
“No… but this can! HYDROTHUNDER!” Ash shouted, as
Squirtle and Totodile both fired powerful jets of water, and Pikachu
electrified it. Giovanni’s pokémon all screamed out, as the water damaged them,
while electricity surged through them!
“What?!” Giovanni exclaimed
“Ground types may be immune to electricity, but
when covered in water, even the hardest of them all can’t stand up to Pikachu!”
said Ash, “You may be good at reacting to regular moves, but you’ve got no
knowledge on combination attacks! Now here’s another one!” Ash smirked, pulling
out several ice attack balls (since they had no ice pokémon) “ICE BULLETS!” The
water pokémon fired tons and tons of bubbles using whatever bubble attack they
had, and Ash threw an ice attack ball. The cold mist released froze all the
bubbles that flew through it into rock hard projectiles. Before it could react,
Dugtrio took numerous head shots (seeing how he’s all head) and was knocked
unconscious. One of them was down! “ICE PILLAR!” Ash shouted. The water pokémon
now stopped firing water guns and Hydro Pumps and Ash had to throw several ice
attack balls, freezing the water into a gigantic pillar.
CRASH!!!!!
“RHY…!!!!” Rhydon gasped, eyes wide open as the
pillar sent it flying. It was still conscious… but that attack was so powerful…
“GRR! STOP HIM!” Giovanni exclaimed, motioning
with his hands for his pokémon to attack… “IGNORE THE POKÉMON! CRUSH HIM!” they
all charged at Ash….
“HA!” Ash suddenly snatched his pokémon into his
arms and kicked off the ground, jumping high into the air, right over their
heads, and landed behind Giovanni, “If you’re commanding your pokémon to attack
me directly then you must be getting desperate. And if you’re getting desperate
that mean’s you’re losing…”
SMACK!
“AGH…!” Giovanni exclaimed and dropped to his
knees, when Ash struck the back of his neck. Somehow he was still conscious…
“GRRR…”
“Too bad for you Giovanni. You put up a good
fight, but in the end you’re just no match” Ash crossed his arms, “It’s over
for you… and your Team Rocket…”
(Location- Team Rocket HQ)
“This is getting boring!” Jolt said as he picked
an agent over his head and tossed him into the pile, “I mean, I’m glad we were
able to have a big battle, but if these guys aren’t gonna put up a good fight
then I’d might as well go home!”
“Tell me about it!!”
“This is getting old!” said Twin Dreamer, “But if
you want, we’ll end it in one shot!”
“You have it!” Jolt, AntiArctic, Cleft and Bonsai
confirmed
“Hey… wait… you’re not gonna use…!” All of Ash’s
friends backed off nervously…
“No worries, we won’t target you!” Twin Dreamer
flew into the air and fired a huge spiralling beam of energy down at Goth, who
was lifting his scythe, “TWIN DREAM!”
“Power of Darkness! Join with the power of Dreams
and amplify your power!” he said as he spun the scythe, causing the two
energies to meet and join, “Target all foes except for those worth fighting!
SOUL HARVEST!!!!” He spun, swinging his scythe through the air. The giant wave
of dark energy swept through the room, and all the Rockets and their pokémon
were sent to the void by the attack. “And don’t come back!” Goth closed it
“Hey, you’re not really banishing them
permanently, are you?” asked Tracey
“Nah. Me and TeeDee have complete control over
the void…” Goth started talking
“Don’t call me that!” Twin Dreamer hit Goth over
the head
“Ahem… as I was saying, we designed that
dimension with our powers so it feels like time moves faster there, a minute
here feels like an hour. It’s all in the mind however, as your metabolism still
moves at the speed of this world, so it’s unlikely that anyone will starve or
die of thirst. I can open the void any time I feel like, but it will also open
unintentionally if I’m defeated. Right now, I have no such intention of letting
them go. Let them stew in there for a while, scare them a bit before I let them
out, maybe in a week or so…” said Goth, “Let’s move”
“Not so fast!” A voice spoke up.
“What now?” asked AntiArctic. Looking up, there
were still one group remaining…
“You may have decimated the troops, but you won’t
be beating us!” the one in charge, the former 002 spoke. Around him were the
other team Rocket Elites, as well as a number of special opts. “We are the
finest agents in all of Team Rocket! We alone already have the power to match
the troops! Prepare yourselves!”
Ash’s team and the Super Fiends smirked. “When
the Soul Harvest came, Goth told it not to target those worth fighting… meaning
that these guys may prove a challenge…” Gary, Brock, Tracey, Bonsai, Cleft,
AntiArctic, G.I. Jolt, Twin Dreamer and Goth… the nine of them against the
remaining 00 Elites and all of the Special opts, “Everyone, pick a partner and
LET’S DANCE!”
(Meanwhile in Team Rocket Labs)
“Give it up… you know you lost” Ash crossed his
arms, looking down at the leader of Team Rocket, “You have nothing left, it’s
all over”
“No… it’s not over yet…!” Giovanni growled,
suddenly getting up. “GRAAA!”
SMACK!
“AGH!” Ash gasped, recoiling from the pain when
he felt Giovanni’s fist strike his face! “What?!” he gasped, stumbling back, as
Giovanni stood up…
“GRR!” Giovanni turned to the side and grabbed a
huge metal table that had to weigh at least several hundred pounds and was
bolted to the ground… “RAAA!!” with all his strength, he lifted it up… the
bolts snapped as he picked it off the ground and held it over his head!
“HAAA!!!” he shouted, throwing it at Ash!
“WA!” Ash gasped, diving to the side to avoid the
table, as it crashed into the wall. “AH!” he suddenly gasped as Giovanni
quickly lunged down at him, swinging his fist…
THUD!
“Whoa…!” Ash gasped, seeing the floor dented
where Giovanni had punched. “Now way…” he gasped… he couldn’t believe it! Was
Giovanni really this strong!?
“You seem rather surprised…” a smirk crossed
Giovanni’s face, as he clenched his fists. “The power I have here… it is all
thanks to this special gear I am wearing…” grabbing his suit, he tore it off,
revealing some strange body-armour below… “This power-augmenting device that
can be worn like clothing is the prototype, and just one of the technologies
developed in our labs to combat the Kaiser Cult!” he punched the metal wall,
creating a deep dent. “Right now… my strength, speed and reflexes have been
increased to superhuman levels! A mere child and your pokémon won’t stand a
chance against me!”
“Again with the Kaiser Cult… just what are they?”
Ash wondered, seeing that even Giovanni seemed to know a lot more about them
than he did… “But you think that lame getup of yours is enough to beat me?”
“Why don’t we see? HMM!” Giovanni suddenly darted
forward. Ash raised his guard, but Giovanni was faster, his fist slipping right
past it! Ash gasped and fell back, but Giovanni quickly grabbed him and pulled
him close, raising his fist again…
“HA!” Before Giovanni could do anything, Ash
pulled out a light blue coloured ice-attack ball, shoving it into Giovanni’s
face! Giovanni screamed as the thin layer of ice appeared, and dropped Ash as
he clutched his face… “SILVER BULLET!!!”
THUNK!
Giovanni fell to the ground clutching his
stomach, with ice still covering his face. Ash clenched his fist tight… ready
to attack again… “AGH!!!” He suddenly exclaimed when Giovanni’s Nidoqueen
suddenly tackled him and knocked him back! “Ow…” slowly Ash got up, his pokémon
quickly joining him, while Giovanni managed to take off the ice on his face,
also joined by his four remaining pokémon.
“Don’t think cheap tricks will save you” Giovanni
growled
“I was about to say the same thing…” Ash crossed
his arms, staring at Giovanni’s power suit. “I wonder… when your scientists
made that thing, did they build it fireproof?” he asked with a smirk… and
Giovanni’s eyes opened wide… “CHARIZARD! CYNDAQUIL! FLAMETHROWER”
“AH!” Giovanni exclaimed, quickly diving to the
side and narrowly evading the fire.
“Oh, did I strike a nerve? FIRE SPIN!” Ash
shouted
“DEFENCE CURL!” Giovanni shouted, as Golem
quickly appeared in front of him and curled up, while blocking him from the
flames! “ROLLOUT!”
“MOVE!” Ash exclaimed, as his pokémon quickly
evaded the attack… but in doing so he let his guard down… and Giovanni suddenly
darted forward…
SMACK!
“AGH…!” Ash’s eyes opened wide, his mouth dropped
open, when he felt Giovanni’s fist hit his stomach… Giovanni kicked him again,
knocking him to the ground!
“PIKACHU!!!” Pikachu suddenly sprung upward,
spiralling through the air with skull bash towards Giovanni. The team Rocket
leader quickly moved to evade… but Ash, still on the ground, kicked the back of
his foot, causing him to fall over!
“While he’s down! FIRE SPIN!” Ash shouted, and
his two fire pokémon attacked…
“AAAAAARGH!!” Giovanni screamed as flames
enveloped him… quickly he ran out from flames and started rolling desperately
on the ground, trying to extinguish the fire! If his suit was destroyed, he
would lose this battle! “GOLEM! EXPLOSION!” he shouted, as the rock pokémon
unleashed its most destructive attacks. The explosion was powerful, and sent
Ash and his pokémon flying and crashing into the wall. “RHYDON! NIDOKING!
MEGAHORN! NIDOQUEEN! USE CRUNCH!” he roared, as his three remaining pokémon
charged through the smoke left by the explosion, to finish off his opponents!
However… he had the feeling that these attacks weren’t gonna do the job, he had
to take matters into his own hands. “Grrr!” reaching to a railing on the side,
he grabbed and pulled it hard, breaking it right off and clutching it in his
hand. He had a weapon now! “HAA!” He charged through the smoke…
“CHROAR!” Charizard fired the blast of flames and
flew back, avoiding Rhydon’s powerful horn… but gasped when he saw Giovanni
jump at him from the side… and slammed Charizard on the side of the head!
Charizard hit the ground… giving a weak groan before blacking out… and before
Cyndaquil could do anything, he kicked him too, knocking him out! “Ha-ha…!”
Giovanni laughed triumphantly, he had taken out both fire pokémon! There was
nothing to fear…!
“WHY YOU!!!” Ash roared, enraged. His pokémon
were still fighting Rhydon, Nidoking and Nidoqueen, and Ash darted forward
towards Giovanni…! Giovanni swung the bar at him, and Ash raised the
QuickSilver in defence just in time…! “AGH!” He exclaimed, sent flying back by
a punch from Giovanni’s left fist. Ash
growled, getting up. He could not lose… this fight was to end Team Rocket… and
for Misty’s sake! “RHAAA!!!” he roared, swinging his fist. Giovanni gasped,
when Ash had scored a critical hit, and a strong one that knocked the breath
out of his lungs. Giovanni dropped to his knees, and Ash kicked his wrist,
sending the metal bar flying out of his hands. “SILVER BULLET!” Ash shouted,
swinging his right arm…
SMASH!!
“AAAAH!” Giovanni screamed when Ash’s fist right
fist slammed across his unprotected face, sending him flying back and hitting
the ground…
“(Pant… pant…)” Ash was sweating, his mouth hung
open, gasping for air. Giovanni’s pokémon were all defeated, while his pokémon
were tired from this battle. “You… just don’t know… when to… give up…” Ash
panted, “(Now I know how all my opponents feel when fighting me… man, I never
thought I was this irritating…)” he smiled at the irony…
“This fight… is far from over…” Giovanni panted
as he got up, grabbing the iron bar in his hands once again. His cheek was
swollen, it was a miracle he was still conscious. That hit should have knocked
him out… but his will was incredible. “I won’t allow… my organization to
crumble… even if this fight lasts forever!” slowly he began to walk towards
Ash, stumbling… lifting the bar over his head…
“Very admirable, but unfortunately we don’t have
that long” A voice spoke up, and a new figure stepped in between Giovanni and
Ash. Ash’s eyes opened wide with shock
when he saw the newcomer… “Back off Giovanni”
“And just who are you?” Giovanni growled
“Me?” the young man crossed his arms, “I’m Sky
Render”
“GRRR! GET OUT OF MY WAY!” Giovanni swung the
metal bar as Sky Render, but the Super Fiend casually moved to the side,
avoiding the attack. Giovanni kept swinging at him, and Sky Render calmly,
almost lazily dodged each swing “GRHAA!” Giovanni roared in frustration, he
couldn’t hit the fiend! With all his strength he swung it down at Sky Render…
“WHAT!?” he exclaimed, when the Super fiend stopped the bar, catching it with
his bare hands!
“You expect to wage war on the Kaiser Cult with
this level of strength?” Sky Render asked him in a mock tone, and pushed him
back. “HM!” quicker than he could react, Sky Render ducked and kicked
Giovanni’s legs, causing him to fall and hit the ground. Giovanni sprung back
up and charged at him, while Sky simply stepped to the side and tripped him over,
making him fall face first into the iron wall!
“GRAAAARGH!” Giovanni roared, his fury reaching
the point of madness. This fiend was toying with him… he was teasing him!
Absolutely unforgivable!
“Hmph… you really don’t give up.” Sky Render said
passively as Giovanni continued lunging at him while he kept moving around,
keeping Giovanni from touching him. Sky Render spun around, pulling out his
wooden sword and swinging it to Giovanni’s feet, making him fall and hit the
ground again “Are we done yet?” asked Sky Render
“RAAAAARRRGH!!!!!” Giovanni charged forwards.
“It doesn’t look like you’re gonna give up, so
I’ll end this quick” Sky Render sighed and drew his real sword… feeling rather
annoyed that he was gonna use this on such a weak opponent… “BLADE STORM!” Sky
Render attacked with amazing speed, as the sword became was less than a blur,
flying all over Giovanni’s body and freezing him in place. When the attack
ended, Giovanni stood there, shocked. The metal bar fell to the ground, cut
into twenty even pieces. His suit fell to the ground in shreds, leaving him
with only his boxers. “Without your power suit, you lost. It’s over” he said
turning around and sheathing the Katana.
“Why… why you!” Giovanni raised his fists, ready
to attack from behind…
TWACK!
“I said it’s over!” Sky Render shouted, clutching
the wooden sword, while Giovanni fell to the ground, unconcious
“Ah…” Ash was in a state of shock as Sky had so
easily defeated this enemy! He knew Sky Render was supposed to be strong than
him, but not THIS strong!
“You did a good job fighting him Ash, but you’ve
still got to improve” said Sky Render, “Sorry for stepping in the middle of
your fight, but if I didn’t interfere, it’d probably go on forever”
“I guess…” Ash sighed, crossing his arms. He was
rather annoyed with Sky butting into his fight like that… along with being the
one who finished off Team Rocket…
“You should head back to the bunker right now…
there’s someone waiting for you, and I believe you’re also eager to see her
again” Sky Render said, turning around. He didn’t say anything else and jumped
into the darkness, vanishing completely.
(Location- Outside Team Rocket HQ)
“So Sky just came and beat up Giovanni, just like
that?” asked
“Yeah… I still say I could’ve beaten Giovanni
myself!” said Ash, “Hey, where’s Ebi?”
“He left earlier. Went back to the bunker to heal
Misty” said Twin Dreamer
“That’s great!” Ash cheered, “I can’t wait to see
Misty! It’s been too long since I’ve seen her!” He closed his eyes and grinned,
“After all this time apart, I think the two of us deserve a little ‘alone
time’… heh-heh-heh…” he then blinked when he noticed everyone staring at him,
“Mind your own business!” he snapped at them, “And if any of you start peeping
on us I SWEAR there’ll be hell to pay…” suddenly… they all felt a rumbling in
the ground… it was coming from the direction of the Team Rocket HQ!
“WHAT!?” They all turned and looked at the Team
Rocket HQ.
The building was moving! The sides opened up and
what looked like giant metallic arms stuck out! The HQ started to rise out of
the ground, on top of a pair of giant legs! They could see it clearly now, the
HQ wasn’t a building now, it was a giant Robot! Tall as a skyscraper, and
bearing the Team Rocket ‘R’ Inside the giant robot, Giovanni (dressed in a new
suit) sat inside, controlling it, “With this great titan of steel… I SHALL HAVE
MY REVENGE!”
Giovanni has unleashed his final and most
destructive weapon… the mechanical monster so massive it could only be
considered a titan… he seeks to put an end to our heroes in one fell swoop! How
will the battle with Team Rocket end? Find out what happens next time on
Pokémon: Shadow of the Deceiver!
► TO BE CONTINUED