Redstreak Orphan Part 10: by Pitriboy              OT                          "Smashing"

"Bye, Mekanna," Willis, Lizzie, and I said to our new friend. Mekanna waved as she put her crutches in the back-seat of her brother's car and hopped in.
     Lizzie, Willis and I were on our way to Beige, where I competed for my Smash Badge. My third badge. 30% of my badges would be compete and that would mean 7 more badges before I could go to the Kalo Pokemon League.
     "What should we go, guys?" I asked, looking at my map. "Should we take the bus, or ride Lapras across the water?"
     "We haven't seen much of Lapras," Lizzie said. "I think we should ride Lapras across the water. Besides, we've taken the bus twice in the past day."
     "Lapras, come out!" I cried, throwing my Pokeball to the ground, about a foot away from the water. Lapras popped out of the ball, into the water. "Hey, Lapras. Can you take us over to the other side of the water, over there?"
     Lapras nodded and smiled. Pikachu and Marill climbed on first. Lizzie, Willis, and I next. Lapras waited until we had all of our stuff and then rode off. Lapras swam very swiftly.

Meanwhile, in a shack, Ray and Kio sat down on a bench. "God, these burns hurt," Ray said. He had a huge black burn on his back and Kio had several on his legs. He was in crutches. Julius had dozens of burns on his arm, from the Fire Spin by Entei.
     He was typing something on the computer. "Okay, we have to get back at my brother and his friends. Ray, Kio. You are now official Team Rocket members."
     Ray and Kio tried to slap each other high five's, but missed. They fell out of their seats. Julius didn't notice. "Listen guys, all we have are Grimer, Sneasel, Geodude, and Zubat. We need to evolve them and destroy them!" He slammed his fist down on the desk and turned around, facing Ray and Kio. "What are you two doing on the floor? Get up! Get up!"
     Ray and Kio slowly got to their feet. "Julius, what are you looking at on the computer?" Kio asked.
     Julius smiled, evilly. "The Rocket base, there are millions of missiles. I am going to news sites to find Entei, and destroy him for giving me these burns. And I'm gonna destroy him with the missiles."
     "But Julius, you bombed the HQ and gave us these burns! Don't you owe us an apology?"
     Julius grabbed Kio by the shirt and pushed him back. "It will be a cold day in Hell, when I ever apologize to one of you fools for anything. You got it?"
     Ray and Kio nodded, even though they thought they deserved an apology.

"Thanks, Lapras. Return," I said. Lapras was sucked back into the ball with a flash of red light. I put the Pokeball into my pocket and looked down the road. "Hey, look! There's the Beige Gym. I can go there to get my Smash Badge."
     Willis nodded. "The leader's name is Kira. She trains ground-type Pokemon and she'll probably give you a 2 on 2 match. I really don't know much more about her, but on Trainers.com" (that's not a real website, it's only for the story) "it has her bio."
     We went to the Pokemon Center. "Hi Nurse Joy," Lizzie said. "Can you heal our Pokemon? They haven't been healed in days."
     We put all of our Pokeballs into a sack. Nurse Joy put them on a tray and then on a healing machine. "You're Pokemon should be back to perfect health."
     "Thanks," I said. As we prepared to leave, a woman bumped into me.
     "Oh, sorry," she said.
     "It's okay," I replied. I looked up at the woman. She had short brown hair and huge muscles. She had on a tube top that had the words BEIGE printed across it. "Hey, are you the town gym leader?"
     "Yes, I am," she said. "Kira Roland. Nice to meet you. Will you be challenging me next?" 
     "You can bet I am," I said with a smirk. "This will be my third gym battle."
 
We went to Kira's house which was right next to the gym. "So, how long have you been training?" she asked us as she fixed some hot cocoa.
     "Lizzie and I have been training for about two months," I said.
     "I've been training for six years," Willis said. "Hah. Lizzie and Woody have more Pokemon than I do!"
     "So, this'll be your third badge? I train ground Pokemon, if it'll help you any. I won't tell you anymore. But you're battle will have to wait until tomorrow. I haven't slept in two days." Kira yawned and walked upstairs. "You guys are welcome to have some food. Or whatever."

I didn't wait anytime the next day. I ran into the gym. Kira smiled. "Wow, you're fast. Shall we begin our battle right away?"
     "Yeah!" I said. Willis and Lizzie sat in chairs at the end of the room.
     "Three Pokemon each," the ref said. "First one to knock out all three of the other person's Pokemon is the winner. The trainer may switch his or her Pokemon at anytime and the leader may only switch when one of their Pokemon has fainted. No time limit. The challenger receives the Smash Badge if he or her wins. Ready? Begin!"
     "I choose you, Sandshrew!" Kira cried. A brown shrew-like mouse Pokemon popped out of her pokeball. I knew my choice. "Go, Noctowl," I called.
     The owl and the shrew faced off. "Sandshrew, use your Rollout attack!" Kira cried. Sandshrew rolled around the floor and hopped up, slamming Noctowl down to the ground. Noctowl rolled over as Sandshrew hit another Rollout and Noctowl bounced into the wall.
     "Sandshrew, use Sand Attack," Kira commanded. Sandshrew used a sand attack by twirling around.
     "Great! Noctowl, reverse the attack with your most powerful Gust," I said. Noctowl flapped his wings hard and the sand engulfed Sandshrew. Sandshrew was coughing as Noctowl tackled it.
     "Come on Sandshrew, you can do it," Kira encouraged her Pokemon. Sandshrew climbed to his feet and used Fury Swipes. Noctowl chirped loudly as it was being slashed over and over again by the Sandshrew. Noctowl then flew high into the air and swooped down on Sandshrew. Sandshrew and Noctowl were in the air, twisting and turning. Noctowl flew up, as high as the roof of the gym which was about 25 feet high. It seemed unusually taller on the inside.
     "Noctowl, Seismic Toss Sandshrew!" I ordered.
     Noctowl flew to the roof and twisted around. Sandshrew held on though. "Sandshrew, use Lock On!" Kira ordered.
     Sandshrew glowed blue. Noctowl tried to toss Sandshrew off, but Sandshrew still held onto Noctowl and they both went crashing to the ground!
     "Noctowl!" I cried. "Noctowl, are you okay? Can you still go on?"
     Noctowl slowly climbed to his feet, as did Sandshrew. Lizzie and Willis smiled from the stands. "Both Pokemon are really tough. They took a 25 foot fall and they're still willing to fight."
     "Sandshrew, Headbutt!" Kira ordered. Sandshrew bashed his head into Noctowl's midsection. It seemed to take a lot out of both Pokemon.
     "Gust," I said. Noctowl used Gust on Sandshrew and Sandshrew rolled over many times before sticking his claws into the ground and jumping high into the air. It was about to come crashing down on Noctowl, but Noctowl used Psybeam. Sandshrew was slowed down, but it still came down on Noctowl with Rollout. Both Pokemon were on the ground again. This time, neither one of them got up.
     "This round is a draw," the ref said. I got on my knees and patted Noctowl on the head,
     "You did a good job, buddy. Return."
     Noctowl was sucked back into the ball. Kira nodded to me. "Now for my next Pokemon, Slugma!"
     "Hey, Woody!" Willis called. I turned to him. "Slugma is both a fire and a ground type Pokemon, so use a water or another ground Pokemon!"
     I didn't have any ground Pokemon, but I had a water type. I had Lapras.

Meanwhile, Ray, Kio and Julius were at Rocket HQ. "Heh Heh. Next we strike the town that they call, Beige. My stupid half brother, Woody and his little friends are there in the gym. I know my brother, and he's a competitor. So we won't prevent him from winning."
     "But, boss. Aren't we supposed to be the bad guys?" Ray asked.
     "Shut up, meldewel," Julius said slapping him in the head.
     Ray held the side of his head where he was hit. "That hurt."
     Ignoring him, Julius went on. "So, I have the ultimate plan. Sneasel, Zubat, and Geodude are our backups, ahead of time. Kio, are you finished with the polishing of the missiles?"
     Kio came out from behind a curtain, with a bottle of wax and a rag in hand. "You know, if we're going to launch the missiles and blow up the hole town, I don't see why we have to polish--"
     Julius pushed him out of the way and went into the room where 8 shiny missiles were on a platform. "Ah, perfect. You see, this is what a missile should look like. Kio, I'm giving you a raise."
     "But you never pay us," Ray said.
     Julius thought about it. "Good point. Kio, I'll start paying you about $20."
     Ray looked angry. "What about me?"      
     Julius took a pack of gum, a paperclip, and a coupon for bleach out of his pocket. "Here is your pay."
     Ray snatched it from Julius, angrily. "Thanks," he muttered with sarcasm.

"Lapras, Bubblebeam!" I ordered. Lapras shot a stream of rock-hard bubbles at Slugma. The snail Pokemon was able to block it by hiding in its shell, however. So far, Lapras was winning the match.
     "Slugma, use Mud Slap," Kira ordered. Slugma's Mud slap hit Lapras hard. Lapras cried out and then Slugma used Flamethrower. Lapras was quick though. She whipped her head around incredibly fast and with a sudden burst of pure energy and power, she used Ice beam. The attacks went by each other. Lapras was knocked out instantly, and so was Slugma. The two Pokemon fell down right next to each other.
     "The second round is also a draw," the ref said. "The third round will decide the match. If the match is a draw, the gym leader will be declared the winner."
     I took a deep breath. I had to think of this next Pokemon carefully. I couldn't use Pikachu because he was weak against ground types. It was either Scyther or Quilava. "I'm waiting," Kira said, tapping her foot. She had already sent out Sandslash. I looked from Quilava's Pokeball, to Scyther's. And back again, repeating the process. Beads of sweat ran down my cheek as I just closed my eyes and switched the balls around in my hands. Then I chose a random Pokeball, not knowing what it was at all. I waited to see who came out as a flash of white light came out of the ball. Scyther came out of the ball. I smiled. Scyther or Quilava -- either one would come through.
     "Sandslash, Rock Smash!" Kira ordered. Sandslash used its signature move early on Scyther. Scyther also used Slash. Both Pokemon held their cheeks since they were scratched. Scyther bent over and used Poison Sting. The Poison Sting attack nailed Sandslash.

Julius walked over to a laptop. "Okay, Ray and Kio! Open the doors and untie the missiles. The 'Town They Call Beige' is about to be renamed to 'The Town They Call Burned To a Freakin' Crisp'! Ha ha!"
     "Full of himself isn't he?" Ray whispered to Kio. Kio laughed.
     They untied the missiles and the missiles lay loosely on the platforms. The huge door rose up and opened. "Ready boss," Kio said. They ducked down as Julius typed some things on his laptop. "Ray, push that purple button on the wall!"
     Ray pushed the button. The 3 of them smiled as the missiles started to shake and rattle. Finally Julius motioned for them to back up as the missiles burst with flames at the end of them. The first 7 when out perfectly, but Ray's shoestring was caught on one!
     Ray was smiling until the missile shot off. Ray screamed as he was sent flying through the air, attached to the missile. Kio was tossing a baseball up in the air, but he was so shocked, his baseball actually turned square.
G More like a freakin' rectangle.
     Kio and Julius looked up as their companion soared through the air. Julius, not taking his eyes off the sky told Kio to get the motorcycles.

"Now, finish Sandslash off with a Slash!" I commanded to my Scyther. Scyther prepared to finish off Sandslash, but Sandslash rolled out of the way and used a huge punch on Scyther. This literally knocked Scyther silly. Scyther collapsed to the ground.
    The ref checked Scyther. I knew what was coming. "Scyther is unable to battle. The winner of the bout is--"
     He was interrupted when the side of the gym exploded. Kira and Lizzie screamed. The ref gasped and ran clear out of the gym. Willis almost tripped over his own feet. More missiles hit the gym and there was a huge mass of carnage!
     Kira returned Sandslash. I returned Scyther. Pikachu jumped onto my shoulder as we ran for the door. We were stopped when two more missiles landed in front of us. About 3 more missiles flew through the roof and exploded before the missiles stopped. Willis and I backed up, in front of Lizzie and Kira. The gym exploded. The energy was so incredible that we went flying all in different directions. I went flying high into the air, right through the roof! I crashed down onto a tree branch -- hard. The gym was totaled, as well as many houses around us. I covered my head as there were more explosions. I felt bricks and pieces of plaster hit me. What I think was a tree branch landed on my foot and I fell down onto another branch. I covered my head for about 30 seconds, and the explosions were over. I felt a trickle of blood roll down my cheek. I swung my legs out from under the branch and landed about 6 feet onto the ground. Looking up, I saw that Lizzie was lying about 15 feet away from me, and Pikachu was right next to the tree.
     "Ow, my arm hurts like crap," I muttered. I climbed to my feet and turned around to Lizzie. "You okay?"
     Lizzie pulled a piece of plaster from her hair and struggled to her feet. There was blood gushing from her arm. "Hey, look who it is," she said with a smirk. She nodded towards the destruction of what USED to be the gym. Now it was nothing but wood, bricks, glass, plaster, and steel. Just a pile of it, surrounded by tiny flames. When I looked at who it was, I saw it was Ray from Team Rocket.
     Lizzie and I pulled him up to his feet. He was knocked out. Lizzie hauled off and slapped him!
     That woke Ray up! He stumbled backwards and landed right on his butt. "Ow," he muttered. He rubbed his cheek. "What happened?"
     "You and your stupid butthole friends blew up the gym and like, half the houses on the street!" Lizzie said.
     Ray smiled. "Whoah. Awesome."
     "Not awesome!" Lizzie cried. "You hurt a lot of people. Willis and Kira are trapped under this mess somewhere."
     Ray shrugged. "Not my problem."
     I punched him in the face and we got into a fight. "No! Stop it!" Lizzie cried as ray and I rolled around, aiming punches at each other. "Stop, you're both already hurt."
     I didn't even listen to Lizzie. I picked up a long slab of wood and nailed Ray in the head with it. Ray fell to his knees and raised his hand, pleading me to stop. He tried to get back to his feet, but I kicked him in the face and started choking him. I saw Lizzie was starting to cry. I sighed and let go of Ray. "Let's get Willis and Kira out of here," I muttered.
     We walked over to the mess and started pulling stuff away. After about 10 minutes, Ray started to help.
     Lizzie and I were shocked. Ray was actually doing something good.
     Lizzie smiled. After a while, I saw a hand reaching out of the carnage. I pulled the hand and out of a lot of dust and gravel, popped out Willis. Pikachu got out of the tree and started pulling away little bits and pieces of the carnage.
     Willis coughed. I saw that his face was a bloody mess. Lizzie hugged Willis. "Where's Kira?"
     Willis couldn't speak. He was just coughing up smoke. He pointed to a spot in the mess and Lizzie began digging. Eventually, we saw someone lying in the dust and stuff. I helped Lizzie pull Kira out. I gasped when I saw Kira's gruesome appearance. Willis took out his cel phone and handed it to Lizzie. Lizzie knew what do to. She called the police.
     Kira's face was covered in blood. It was gross. Her leg was bent the wrong way and a piece of metal was sticking straight through her chest. Lizzie got off the phone and then she screamed when she saw Kira. She cried and put her head on my shirt. Julius and Kio had rode up on their motorbikes. "Sweet!" Kio said. He laughed when he saw Kira.
     Ray turned to them. "You think that this is funny? You guys, look what you did. I knew I didn't want to do this. You seriously hurt someone! You may have even killed Kira! How can you be happy with yourself?"
     Julius told Ray to shut up. "Ray, I see you've forgotten your place."
     "No!" Ray snapped. "YOU have! You had no right to do this. Willis and Kira seriously need a hospital!"
     "Shut up!" Julius said again. He aimed a punch at Ray, but Ray ducked. I knew it was time for me to step in.
     "Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" I ordered. Pikachu shocked Kio and Julius. They shook as they were surged by the Thunderbolt and the motorbikes exploded. Kio and Julius flew about 10 feet into the air and landed on their backs. They were almost run over as an ambulance swerved right by them. However, they weren't so lucky when Kio was hit by two police motorcycles. Kio flipped into the air and landed on Julius.
     "What happened?" Officer Jenny asked. Another officer-- a man -- was behind her. He had a pen and a notebook. He was ready to take notes. The ambulance loaded in Willis and Kira. Kio was strapped into handcuffs, but Julius was already on the run.
     "We'll catch him," Lizzie said, grabbing my wrist. We jumped onto Kio's cycle.
     "Okay, but be careful," Officer Jenny said. She handed us a walkie-talkie. "If you get him, just call us and we'll be right there. In the meantime, we'll question your friend here."
     We nodded as Ray sat down on a bench which had been broken in half. He answered the questions.

Lizzie sat on the back of the motorcycle as we sped off. The sun was setting.
     "I can't believe what happened to Kira," Lizzie said. "She HAS to live!"
     "You just hafta believe that she will," I said. Eventually, I saw that Julius was not that far ahead of us. Pikachu jumped on my head, ready to attack Julius. He unleashed a Thundershock. It zapped the back of Julius's motorcycle tire wheel. Julius started to swerve. He turned his head and he saw us. He then sped up. I did the same. Lizzie struggled to hold onto my waist as I leaned forward. "Hold on, Liz. We're speeding up!"
     I was going so fast, Pikachu almost fell off the handlebars. "Pikaaa!" he cried.
     I was only about 7 feet behind Julius. I jumped onto the handlebars. Lizzie scooted up and took control of the motorcycle. Pikachu clutched onto Lizzie's shoulder. I leaped off the motorcycle and gored my shoulder into Julius. He flew off of his motorcycle. I was with him. We went flying over a bridge!
     I was falling hundreds of feet. I could have cared less about Julius, but he was clutching my leg so hard, I had no choice. I sent out Noctowl. "Noctowl, use Confusion and lift us up!" I cried.
     Noctowl shot a purple beam of light at us. Julius and I stopped flying and we were slowly lifted back up. Julius took a gun out of his pocket. "Good-bye Woody." He aimed the gun at my face, but I punched him in the face. The gun fell down to the ground and clattered against a bunch of rocks. Julius and I were dumped onto the bridge. Noctowl had saved us. We all turned to Julius. Noctowl used Quick Attack on Julius. Julius fell flat on his back. I called Officer Jenny.

Julius and Kio were arrested later that night. Ray was not arrested, but he was put on probation. That means that he would hafta be watched by police at night to make sure he didn't do anything really bad.
     The nurse came out of the hospital room with her head down. She looked sad. "I'm sorry. Kira couldn't be saved."
     Lizzie and I both gasped. A tear rolled down her cheek. "She was really nice," I muttered.
     "You think so?" the nurse asked. Lizzie and I looked up at her. "Well according to Kira's record, she was in Team Rocket. She stole all of the Pokemon she has. She has been arrested 4 times in 3 different states for theft."
     "I can't believe this," Lizzie said.
     "I can," someone else said. We turned and saw Ray walking towards us. "She was my partner. We stole Pokemon together-- and she turned on me when she shot me in the leg. That's why I limp all the time. I never got surgery. And it's infected."
     The nurse pulled up Ray's pants leg. There was no bullet in there. It must have been taken out. But there was a huge black scorch and veins were literally sticking out. Tha was the reason Ray limped. That was the reason Ray always looked like he was uncomftorable. That was why Ray always wore baggy jeans. I had never really noticed it.
     "I can scedule an appointment for next week," the nurse said.
     "So, you mean that Kira was a theif and a cruel TR member?" Lizzie asked quietly.
     Ray nodded.
     I sighed. "I knew there was something really strange about her. And the really bad part is that now I'll never get my badge."
     "Wrong again," the nurse said. "It just so happens that Kira made out a will in her last moments of life. It'll be legal tomorrow."
     "What does that mean?" I asked. "What does the will say about me?"
     "She said that if she died, she wanted you to have the Smash Badge." 
     "Is there a catch?" I asked.
     "Not from what I'm reading," the nurse said. "She simply wanted you to have the badge."
     Lizzie and I shrugged. I know I lost the match, but I still earned Kira's respect. I got my badge. I was handed a badge that looked like a rock with cracks in it. "Thanks," I said. I took the badge.

Willis turned out to be okay. I got a new cast for my arm and Lizzie had her arm stitched up. Willis had to wear a brace on his ankle. I gues you could say that we were pretty much beat up. Hah!
     Pikachu jumpe onto my head. I smiled. "Pikachu, you're a good friend." I patted him on the head. Willis, Lizzie, Pikachu, and I walked down the road after stocking up on plenty of items from the Poke`Mart. This was probably are most contreversial journey. We walked down the road, looking forward towards our next adventure.





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