Songs: Sweet Dreams are made of These by The Eurythmics

~

It was a quiet night, though not everyone was sleeping peacefully.

(Dream world)

    Ash looked around. It was quite late at night time. He found himself in 
a dark forest, surrounded by bushes. He listened fiercely, hoping to hear 
signs of humanity. All he heard were the usual sounds of Noctowls and 
HootHoots chirping. Except for the sounds of pokemon, the forest was pretty 
quiet.

     All of a sudden, a bright flash of light lit the sky. Ash turned in 
that direction and saw what appeared to be a beam of psychic energy leading 
from the ground to the sky, yet he couldn't tell what was causing it.

     Ash then realized the forest had grown quiet. Deathly quiet. Even the 
owls had stopped. It was as if some dangerous creature or person had entered 
the forest, and the animals were aware of his presence. All of a sudden he 
heard fast approaching footsteps and a figure burst through the hedge to his 
right. The runner had a scared look on its face and ash recognized it as 
Misty.

     Ash was wondering to himself what Misty was doing there, when he saw 
what she didn't. Two figures, cloaked in black, were hiding behind a tree up 
ahead. He shouted a warning that she didn't or couldn't hear, and one of the 
figures hit her from behind, knocking her out.

    "Misty!"

    Ash's world was filled with darkness.

   ~

     (Real World: Elsewhere in Johto)

    Professor Elm was getting pretty tired. He had just put in 9 full hours 
on the computer, researching his evolution project. For awhile now he had 
been interested in the evolutions of Onix and Scyther, pokemon who had, for 
several decades, had only one form. He knew they evolved when exposed to the 
Metal Coat item, yet had no idea why. He knew Professor Oak was most likely 
researching something similar and was determined to beat him to this.

    He decided he had enough for the night and figured he'd check the news 
before turning in. He clicked on his account and brought up the news 
section. He was skimming past the comics, coupons, and an article on the 
mysteries of the Cerulean Cave, when something caught his eye.

<i> Details are not clear, but it is rumored that just last week a foreign 
company was attacked by Team Rocket. It is believed that some important data 
from something called the Cerveau Autorite' Branch was stolen. 50 people 
have been found dead. More on pg. 5 </i>

    The Professor turned white as chalk and shook his head. This was bad, 
this was very bad. Those fools were supposed to destroy the research and 
close that branch! They should have done it years ago! He fearfully looked 
over his shoulder, as if expecting someone to appear out of no-where, before 
quickly copying the article and sending it to Prof. Oak, Prof. Ivy, and 
Prof. Birch. He knew they hardly checked their e-mails, but he sincerely 
hoped they would get this in time.

    Just as he was shutting down his computer he heard a sound behind him 
and whipped around. He never saw the two figures. He never noticed the knife 
in the tall, blue-haired boy's hand. He never felt the knife cut him across 
the throat. He fell to the ground and knew no more.

    ~

(Dream World)

     Ash looked around. It was quite early in the evening. He found himself 
in a valley, with several humans around. Everywhere he looked people where 
fighting. Strange, powerful-looking people, brimming with colorful energy. 
With a gasp he realized he recognized several of these people. He saw 
Gizelle from tech-school, Tracy, Richie, Duplica, Casey, even Gary! They 
were all fighting what looked to be Team Rocket. Ash looked in the sky and 
gasped again. He saw two mews fighting Mewtwo; the psychic pokemon he met in 
johto. He also saw a massive green dragon, flying over the battlefield.

     As he continued to look around he noticed that the field was covered in 
blood. There were pokemon everywhere, attacking Rocket members. Though the 
pokemon were using a lot more power against the rockets then usual; they 
were really trying to hurt them! Several rocks fell from the sky, and ash 
turned to see what had caused them. To his shock he saw not a rock pokemon, 
but Brock! His friend, brimming with a strange, granite aura, was holding up 
his hand. More rocks appeared in the sky, and Brock directed them towards a 
group of approaching rocket members, who seemed to be shooting water from 
their palms! As Ash held his head in confusion, he wondered what was going 
on.

     Ash heard voices and turned around. There were three figures facing a 
fourth one. He saw Misty and Kye standing behind a third person. He had 
black, spiky hair, a pokemon league cap on his head, and a ... pikachu on 
his shoulder?! Ash realized he was looking at himself, except he was 
brimming with a golden energy that reminded ash of lightning. He looked at 
the figure they were talking too. It looked like a robot in an orange 
business suit. He had brown hair, mean eyes, and was smirking at the group.

    "You won't get away with this Giovanni!" Dream Ash shouted.

    Giovanni waved his hand and a long, metal spear appeared in it.

    "Don't you see?" he calmly chuckled. "I've already won!"

    With a quick flick of his wrist the spear went flying. Ash and Kye 
dodged it, but Misty wasn't so lucky. The spear went straight through her 
chest, into her rib cage, and through her heart, spraying blood everywhere. 
Misty clutched her chest and fell to her knees. She gasped and coughed up 
blood, before falling lifelessly to the ground.

"Misty!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Misty!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Ash's world went dark.

~
(Real World: Elsewhere in the Orange Archipaligo)

    Professor Ivy had been out all day shopping. Yet, not even shopping 
could make her happy. Not after the incident. How could she have been so 
stupid? How could she have made such a mistake? Now he was gone. The one man 
that had truly cared about her and her kids was gone. The one man that had 
offered her love was gone. While she had to return home to an empty bed, and 
cook for 3 charming, yet annoying girls.

    As she rounded the corner to her Lab/House the first thing she saw was 
smoke coming from the windows. The next thing she knew her children's voices 
rang out through the air, crying for help. Unable to see through the smoke, 
she haphazardly threw down her bags and ran into the house, not stopping 
when her foot tripped something.  Seconds later an explosion rang out 
through the forest, and the professor was sent flying through the air as her 
house blew up. She flew into a tree, felt something snap, and knew no more.
~

(Dream World)

    Ash looked around. His dream had once again changed locations. 
Everywhere he looked, he saw only a white void.

    "Where am I now?" he asked himself.

    "You're with me!"

    Ash whipped round and saw his dream-self. This time though, his clone 
was looking right at him, with an evil look on his face.

    "Who are you?" ash demanded of his twin.

    "Why I'm you." He said with a shrug. "More specifically, your evil side. 
I'm composed of everything you're not; every fear, dark secret, and desire 
you have. I'm here to stop you."

     "Stop me from doing what?!" ash asked.

    "Don't you remember what Sabrina said?" his double said, with a smirk.

     Ash looked down at his feet. In truth, he had tried to forget that; 
tried to shrug it off as superstitious nonsense. He hadn't been very 
successful. Even though he didn't want to believe it, his heart told him it 
was true.

    "It is true."

    Ash jerked back towards his copy. Had he just read his mind!?! His twin 
smiled down at him.

    "It's all true. Everything that Sabrina warned you about. Everything 
that you saw tonight. What happened to Misty-"

    "that was a nightmare!" ash yelled. "That was a stupid dream! It's not 
real! I would never let that happen to Misty," he screamed. "If that was 
real, then why would you want to stop me?! Why would you want that to 
happen?!"

     His twin frowned.

    "Because I hate you!" he stated simply. "I look forward to seeing you 
suffer! I enjoy watching your pain! I live for the day you lose everything!"

     A deep, golden aura appeared around him.

     "You had everything and deserved nothing! You're stupid! You're stupid 
for letting your pokemon go! You're stupid for using pikachu against a rock 
type! You're stupid for losing easy matches, and for losing at Indigo! 
You're stupid for never training your pokemon, until it's too late, and 
you're stupid for not realizing the love of your life was in front of you 
for four years!"

    Ash growled at his clone.

    "You take that back! I'm not stupid! I didn't know that much about 
pokemon then! It's not my fault Charizard wouldn't listen!"

   His clone sneered at him.

    "You are stupid ash. Stupid and pathetic! A real trainer would be able 
to control their pokemon no matter what. A real trainer would let their 
pokemon know whose boss, even if they had to beat them. Only fools let their 
pokemon walk all over them. Pokemon serve humans, not the other way around. 
Pokemon aren't friends, they're slaves. Pokemon don't understand emotions 
and feelings. They show no gratitude for the things humans do for them. 
They're mindless, spineless, inferiors!"

    "I would never think of hurting any of my pokemon! My Pokemon are some 
of my best friends! Pokemon have as much right to this planet as anyone!" 
ash stated. "Pokemon and humans live in harmony, and they do understand each 
other! They're anything but mindless, they're not slaves, and they're not 
inferior! A true trainer knows this! A true trainer wouldn't care rather a 
pokemon was weak or strong or disobedient! A true trainer sees what's inside 
a pokemon's soul and tries to bring out their power! True trainers care!"

    His twin smirked at him.

    "Is that a fact? Well if pokemon aren't truly care about humans, then 
why did your charizard attack you so often? It was fine when it was a 
charmander, right? So why did it change when it evolved? Why did pikachu 
attack you so often over the smallest things? If pokemon show gratitude, 
then why did Moltres and Zapdos attack you? After you worked so hard to free 
them too! They're smart, right? They surely must have remembered the kid, 
with a pikachu, who freed them from their cages. They attacked Team Rocket 
too, didn't they? They were just trying to help, like you. Was that part of 
the Prophecy, or did they attack you for no reason?"

    Ash opened his mouth to reply, but couldn't think of a single answer 
that made sense. His copy smiled and continued.

    "How about Entei? Didn't he kidnap your mother? He knew that she wasn't 
molly's mother, yet took her anyway. You even asked him for her back nicely, 
and what did he do? He attacked you! He tried to kill your charizard! 
Charizard never meant anything. He was just protecting you. The same with, 
pikachu. Yet, he tried to kill you all, didn't he? Did he apologize 
afterwards and say it was a misunderstanding? Or did he go about his 
business as if you didn't matter?"

    Ash found himself crying as memories of the past filled him. His 
alternate did have a point. Entei never did apologize or act like he was 
sorry. Maybe all pokemon hated him. His dream version chuckled and 
continued.

    "Remember Mewtwo? That psychic pokemon you met in Purity Canyon? You 
risked your life saving him from Team Rocket, and how did he repay you? By 
threatening to erase your memory! Is that gratitude? And, let's not forget 
about your friends!"

Ash snapped his head up.

    "What about my friends?"

His twin smirked again.

    "Do you really think they care for you? Are you sure they're your 
friends?"

    "Of course they do!" ash shouted. "They've been by my side sine the 
beginning! We'd do anything for each other!"

His double raised an eye-brow.

    "Think so?" he asked. "Then why is it that misty doesn't act very 
friendly? Doesn't she always hit you, for no reason? Doesn't she always call 
you names? Doesn't she always force you to buy things she doesn't need? 
Doesn't she always complain? Is that very friendly? Didn't she always say 
she was just following you for her bike money back?"

     Ash was once again at a loss for words. Misty did always say that. 
Misty did always hit him for the littlest things. Misty did always call him 
stupid.

    "What about Brock? He wasn't really following you because you were 
friends. He was just hoping to further his own dreams. He proved that 
several times, didn't he? Didn't he try to convince Suzie to take him as a 
student? Didn't he leave to go stay with Professor Ivy? Didn't he leave to 
go to back to his gym? All on such short notice too. Tracy was the same way. 
He was only using you to meet professor Oak. After that he dropped you like 
a hot potato. Like he was glad to get rid of you. He's only following you 
now to get some good sketches. He doesn't care."

    "You're wrong." Ash muttered head down as his twins words washed over 
him.

    "You know I'm right. Haven't you noticed how short everyone always is 
with you? How snappish they are? You did save the day several times. At the 
Orange islands, Greenville, Purity Canyon, Alto mare, Celebi's Forest, and 
countless cities. Couldn't they have cut you more slack? Couldn't they have 
eased up on the hitting and name-calling?"

     His eyes started glowing, taking on a strange, dark red color. He 
looked ash in the eye, and smiled when his eyes took on the same red.

    "Face it ash. You have no friends. They all hate you. The pokemon hate 
you. Even your mom hates you. That's why she didn't put up much of a fight 
when you left to become a master. She wanted you gone. The whole world hates 
you. Why don't you just give up?"

     Ash spoke in a possessed, monotone voice, tears falling freely.

    "Yes, my f-f-friends do hate me. My p-pokemon hate m-me. M-my 
M-m-mother-r-r ha-hates me. I should just give up."

     Dream Ash smirked and waved his hand. A long, shimmering, golden sword 
appeared in front of ash.

    "Do it."

Ash looked hesitantly at the sword.

    "Do it. What's the point of living if no one likes you? If no one loves 
you? There is only a life of darkness to look forward to, and only one way 
to end it. Do it."

     Ash grabbed the sword and held it out in front of his heart. His twin 
was right. If everyone hated him, then there was no reason to live. He 
thought he had friends, but his doubles words made him realize that he was 
wrong. No one liked him, they were just using him. Especially Misty. He 
thought about misty and several images flashed through his mind:

*FLASH!* Misty saving him from a river, and yelling since he almost drowned 
Pikachu.

*FLASH!* Misty shaking her wrecked bike at him, and accusing him of 
destroying it.

*FLASH!* Misty saying she would follow him until he paid her back.

*FLASH!* Misty criticizing his using a caterpie against a pidgeotto.

*FLASH!* Misty shunning his pokemon skills.

*FLASH!* Misty accusing him of losing togepi.

*FLASH!* Misty blaming him for getting them lost.

*FLASH!* Misty hitting him with her mallet.

*FLASH!* Misty calling him an idiot.

*FLASH!* Misty saving him from the water at Shamuti Islands.

*FLASH!* Misty saving him from going over the edge in the Unkown Castle.

*FLASH!* Misty's relief when he woke up in the Ghost Tower.

*FLASH!* Misty hugging him after they met Kye.

     Ash blinked. Those last few weren't bad at all. Something wasn't right 
here. If everybody hated him, then why would misty have saved him all those 
times? Why would misty be happy he was still alive. Why would misty care? 
Ash looked up at his twin, his eyes a strange, white shimmer. His twin 
recoiled at his glowing eyes.

    "You're wrong," ash said to his double.

    "About what?" he snarled.

    "You're wrong about Misty, Brock, Tracy, and the others. My friends do 
like me. See, I realized that my friends have done a lot of things for me. 
Things they would never do otherwise. They have helped me countless times, 
and would never have followed me on my journey if they didn't care."

    "You're wrong about my mother. My mom may not have put up much of a 
fight when I left, but that's only because she trusts me. She truly believes 
that I can take care of myself, but is always ready to help and never stops 
worrying. I'm her hero. She loves and trusts me, and I won't let her down."

    "You're wrong about pokemon. It's true that some attack for seemingly no 
reason, but they always have a reason. Some pokemon are territorial and 
attack anyone who trespasses on their forest, mountain, or even island. Some 
may be injured and are afraid of being hurt more. They may have psychical or 
mental pain, like being hurt by another pokemon, or betrayed by their 
trainers or clan. Like a certain charmander or scyther I used to know! Some, 
like pikachu, are simply reluctant to trust humans, and strike back in an 
effort to defend themselves. However, though trial and error, your worst 
enemy one day, can become your best friend another. Mewtwo and Entei didn't 
do what they did for themselves. They did it for the well-being of those 
they care about. They're not my enemies. You are."

<i> Sweet dreams are made of these
Who am I to disagree?
I Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something

Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused </i>

     "They were never my enemies. It was always you."

<i> Sweet dreams are made of these
Who am I to disagree?
I Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something

Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused </i>

    "They're not the ones who hated me. It was you. You hate me. You want me 
dead. You want the world to be destroyed."

<i> I wanna use you and abuse you
I wanna know what's inside you

Hold your head up, movin' on
Keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on
Keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on
Keep your head up, movin' on
Movin' on! </i>

    "You want the prophecy to come true. That is something I won't allow!"

<i> Sweet dreams are made of these
Who am I to disagree?
I Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something

Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused

I'm gonna use you and abuse you
I'm gonna know what's inside
Gonna use you and abuse you
I'm gonna know what's inside you </i>

    Ash ran at his double, with the sword. He swiped at his stomach, and his 
twin leapt into the air and vanished. His voice rang out to ash.

    "The prophecy will come true, Ash. We will meet again someday. Till 
then, keep me close, in your dreams."

    Suddenly ash was on the ground, screaming in pain. The sword was 
shocking him, sending 10, 000 watt volts of electricity through his veins! 
He felt his hand burn and dropped the sword, still getting shocked. His body 
surged with white light, until he was blinded by brightness.

    "Ha ha ha ha! Die ash! Die ash! Die ash! Die ash! Die ash! Ash! Ash! 
Ash! Ash!!!-"

Suddenly, ash woke up.

~
     (Real World: Elsewhere in Hoenn)

    Professor Birch could be found outside of his lab. He was conducting 
research on pokemon mating habits. He was currently watching a pair of 
Poochyhena, gender unknown, doing something nasty with a stick, when his 
cell-phone rang, indicating a new e-mail message.

    At this time the two pokemon looked at something in the forest and 
bolted. The professor, busy looking for his cell phone, didn't notice 
however. Just as he found it something flew out of the woods, and hit him in 
the neck. He brought his hand to his throat and it came away bloody. He just 
had time to register a knife, floating back towards the woods, when he fell 
to his knees, closed his eyes, and knew no more.

~

(Real World)

    Ash woke with a start to find Brock hanging over him. Brock looked as 
though he had just gotten out of bed, and was looking at ash with a freaked 
out, worried expression.

    "Are you okay ash? It looked like you were having a bad dream!" Brock 
exclaimed.

    Ash shook himself awake and held his head in his hands.

    "I'm fine." He assured Brock. "A little nightmare, that's all. Maybe i 
should cut down on the High-Sugar Fudge-filled Chocolate Nut Brownies before 
bed, huh?"

    In actually, the dream had felt very real and his skin still tingled. He 
gave Brock a fake smile, so as not to worry him, and stood up and went 
outside. Looking around he saw that the fire had died down. Tracy was just 
climbing out of his tent, and pikachu was still snoring inside his. He 
looked at misty's tent, and with a start realized it was empty.

    "Where's misty?" he asked, trying to sound calm.

    "Beats me." Tracy shrugged. "Probably went to use the girl's room. 
Strange thing is, I'm pretty sure i saw her head somewhere last night, but 
she never came back. Hey, where are you going?!"

    But ash had already taken off, towards the forest. Brock looked after 
him, and then looked around the campsite.

    "That's odd." He said to himself. "Kye's missing too."

~

    Ash ran at the speed of light through the forest. He knew he was 
probably being paranoid and that misty was probably washing up. Right now, 
he didn't care though. He didn't care if he burst into a clearing, saw misty 
in all her glory, and got turned into a pancake by her hammer. He couldn't 
get over the feeling that something was terribly wrong. He couldn't shake 
the feeling that something had happened, to the one girl he cared about as 
much as his mom. He had a feeling that something was wrong.

    He was running so fast he wasn't watching where he was going. He turned 
around a tree, and ran head on into someone, knocking them both over.

    "Any par_tic_ular reason why you're running through the woods, like a 
rapidash high on some crazy shit, and running over innocent bystanders?

    Ash picked himself up, and turned towards the purple-clad figure known 
as Kye.

"Sorry." Ash apologized, not sounding sorry at all. "I was just looking for 
misty. Have you seen her anywhere?"

    Kye looked down and said, "Misty's gone."

    "What do you mean she's gone?!" ash shouted, in a shrill voice.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Brock & Tracy ran into the clearing.

    "There you guys are! What's going on? Where's misty?" Brock pondered.

    Kye snapped his fingers and mew flew down to ash, handing him a note. 
Ash took it and hurriedly it. His eyes narrowed with each word, and by the 
end of the letter he was livid with anger. He finished the message and gave 
it to Brock and Tracy, who read it aloud.

<i> Dear Twerps,

    As you know, for the past few years you have thwarted our plans, one by 
one. We've had enough! Times are changing in Team Rocket, and so are we. 
There are big changes coming for the world. A new age is coming. However, 
before we move up in the world and plan our future, we have to take care of 
the past. We've taken the red-haired twerp and are holding her in an 
abandoned shopping center in Goldenrod city. If you want her, come and get 
her, but any cops and she'll die! Let's end this once and for all!!

                                                                             
   Team Rocket <i/>

    Brock and Tracy shared a glare before looking at Kye, who was equally 
upset. They looked at ash, and were shocked by how scary he looked. They had 
seen him angry before, when he and misty had petty fights, but the 
expression on his face was beyond furious. His eyes shone with pure, 
unadulterated hatred. He looked up at them and uttered five words:

    "They won't blast off again."

~

    Ash, Kye, Brock, and Tracy flew off on various pokemon. Ash summoned 
charizard, Tracy summoned a scizor, and Brock flew with Kye on a dragonite. 
They headed towards Golden Rod City, and didn't look back. This was a shame, 
for if they had looked back they would've noticed a certain fleet-footed, 
unusually large Umbreon hiding nearby.

    The Umbreon dashed into the clearing, and picked up the discarded 
letter. He then hurried to a tree nearby, where a tall, brown-haired man was 
waiting. He gave the letter to the man, who thanked him before returning him 
to his pokeball. The man read the letter, frowned, and then called out 
another pokemon. There was a flash of light, and a large, winged, gray 
creature resembling a pterodactyl appeared. This was an aerodactyl, the same 
one in fact, that had nearly consumed an acquaintance of the man, during the 
Great Fossil Rush. He discovered the pokemon on a return trip to the 
canyons. He folded the letter, climbed aboard his partner, and flew off 
towards Goldenrod City.

~

    Ash and crew landed down on the abandoned store roof. The roof was 
barren and empty, and the only spot of interest was the large, glass floor 
they were standing on. Ash peered down through it, and could make out 
several sets of stairs along the perimeter. Other then that, the rest of the 
store and the ground, eight stories below, was shrouded in darkness. He 
looked along the glass, and saw that a pokemon battle arena had been painted 
on. Ash and his peeps, headed towards the center of the roof and waited.

~

    After awhile, a large balloon shaped like a meowth's head appeared. The 
balloon flew low over the roof and two figures jumped out. On the right was 
a tall, lean, muscular man with short, blue-violet hair. He had on a white 
shirt with a red R in the middle, long white pants, and short black boots. 
His gloved hands were currently clenched into tight fists, and his usually 
handsome face was a mask of fury.

    On the left was an equally tall, crimson haired woman. She wore bright 
green earrings, and her black t-shirt was just visible under her short, 
white tube-top, also adorned with a large red R. Her white mini-skirt showed 
off her shapely legs, which were incased in knee-high black boots. Her 
elbow-length gloved hands were also clenched into fists, and her usually 
pretty face was  adorned with anger that rivaled her comrades.

    The two Team Rocket members, Jesse and James, stepped to the center of 
the arena and said but three words. :

    "Let's end this!"

~

"Pikachu! Charizard! Let's do this!"

"Onix! Forretress! Let's go!"

"Scizor! Venonat! I choose you!"

"Espeon! Tyranitar! Go!"

"Arbok! Seviper! Wobbuffet! Dustox! Get in there!"

"Wheezing! Cacnea! Chimecho! Victrebell! Destroy them!"

    The 16 pokemon were called from their pokeballs and summoned to the 
field. Victrebell jumped at James, to try to eat him, but backed off when he 
saw the fury in his eyes. Instead, he issued a challenge to Forretress. 
Seviper slithered up to Espeon and hissed. Charizard flew low over 
Wobbuffet. Pikachu leapt in front of Arbok. Cacnea jumped in front of 
Tyranitar. Dustox hovered tauntingly over Venonat. Chimecho shimmered and 
appeared in front of Scizor. Onix roared menacingly at Wheezing.

~
A small crack in the glass appeared under Onix.
~

    Victrebell shot a vine out at Forretress. Forretress withdrew, so the 
vine hit his steel side, and launched into a Rapid Spin. The spinning 
pokemon hit the flytrap head-on, causing him to shriek in pain. The yellow 
and green plant ducked another assault, and threw razor-sharp leaves at the 
steel insect, which bounced off harmlessly. The poison/grass hybrid screamed 
in rage.

    The plant shot a stream of acid at the insect. The Acid did no damage, 
yet covered forretress's eyes, causing the steel type to miss his tackle 
attack. In the confusion, victrebell grabbed him with Vine Whip, and slammed 
him into the ground. Forretress spun around and shot several steel Spikes on 
the ground, preventing the plant from coming near him. He flew into another 
Rapid Spin attack, twirling like a top.

    Victrebell jumped out of the way, onto a spike, and yelled in pain. The 
plant threw more Razor Leaves at forretress, who quickly dodged them. 
Victrebell shrieked and its body began glowing. Forretress also glowed 
before exploding, sending a wave of energy at the flytrap. Victrebell fired 
a Solar Beam, holding off the energy wave which exploded, filling the air 
with smoke. Brock returned Forretress to his Heavy Ball.

~
A large crack in the glass appeared where forretress used Self-Destruct.
~

    Espeon fired a Psybeam at the long, purple viper, who quickly dodged to 
the side. The poison snake swept his glowing tail at the psychic kitty, who 
nimbly dodged the Poison Tail attack. Espeon used his Agility/Double team 
combo to confuse Seviper, before hitting him with a Quick Attack. The move 
stunned the snake long enough for Espeon to hit him with a Psywave. The 
snake hissed in pain, before launching a Poison Sting attack.

    The attack bounced harmlessly off the spot where Espeon had been a 
second ago. Espeon teleported behind seviper and used another Psybeam. 
Seviper quickly dodged and fired another Poison Sting, hitting Espeon. 
Espeon staggered, turned a dark purple, and started to use Morning Sun. 
Seviper flew at him and wrapped around the poisoned cat, binding him with 
his coils. Espeon tried to Teleport from the great snake, but found himself 
immobilized by it's Glare. Seviper hissed and sank it's fangs deep into its 
neck, feeling hot, pulsing  blood fill his mouth.

~
A small crack appeared in the glass from the poison sting.
~

    Charizard flew at wobbuffet and launched a Flamethrower at it. Wobbuffet 
quickly used Mirror Coat, and the flames passed by harmlessly. Charizard 
snarled in rage, before glowing a deep orange. A large, swirling fireball 
appeared in its jaw, and it launched it at the psychic pokemon. Wobbuffet 
turned a deep purple before the Dragon Rage hit it. The fireball surrounded 
the pokemon, yet he didn't seem hurt at all. Instead it laughed as the 
attack was sent back at charizard. The fire dragon dodged to the right, but 
was partially hit by his dragon attack. He fell back; chest burned, and 
considered his next move.

    Charizard decided to try psychical attacks on his opponent. He roared 
again, and swooped at Wobbuffet. His opponent, expecting another special 
attack, used Mirror Coat. His body slowly covered itself with a protective 
purple aura, but Charizard cut right through it. He hit the Psychic pokemon 
head-on with his wings. The Wing Attack sent Wobbuffet flying, and Charizard 
roared his victory and swooped back around for another go.

"Use L.H. Counter!" Jessie called out.

     Wobbuffet was suddenly surrounded with a purple-orange aura. Charizard 
hit the pokemon, but was sent back holding his head in pain; roaring in 
agony.

"Charizard, no!" ash screamed, worried for his pokemon.

Jessie laughed and told him of Wobbuffet's new technique.

-Living Hell Counter: Psychic/Fire- When attacked, wobbuffet attacks
the opponent's mind, simultaneously, with fire and psychic.

    Charizard roared, and flapped his wings in anger. His eyes turned a pure 
white blaze. His wings straightened out and turned an odd silver hue.

Ash pulled out his pokedex and saw that charizard had learned Steel Wing.

    Charizard looked down at his prey, still glowing an odd purple/orange 
and got an idea. He powered up and shot a spinning, golden-orange, fire ball 
at Wobbuffet. The psychic saw the Dragon Spin coming at him and quickly used 
Mirror Coat, hoping to catch the attack. He once again turned purple as the 
attack hit him, swirling around him in a rainbow of colors. At the same time 
Charizard quickly flapped his wings, creating a whirlwind in front of him, 
and sent it at Wobbuffet.

     The Razor Wind cut through Wobbuffets shield, causing him to lose focus 
and be hit by Dragon Spin. Charizard swooped down unnoticed, wings stiff, 
and sent Wobbuffet flying with Steel Wing. Catching the pokemon he swooped 
around in several dizzying circles, before hurling his prey to the ground in 
a Seismic Toss. The Demon of the Sky flew down, stood over his fallen prey, 
and roared his victory to the sky.

~
A small crack in the glass appeared from the Seismic Toss.
~

    Onix thumped his tail on the glass, before sending several rocks at 
Arbok and Wheezing. Next to him, Pikachu a.k.a. the electric mouse shot a 
wave of paralyzing energy at the duo. The pokemon managed to dodge both, and 
quickly retaliated. The poison snake shot several thin needles at pikachu, 
who dodged too slowly. Suddenly, a large, rocky tail appeared in front of 
pikachu, blocking the needles. Pikachu thanked the rock-snake, before 
launching a thunderbolt at the gaseous pokemon hovering in the air.

    Wheezing dodged the lightning attack and shot a wave of Sludge at his 
tormentor. Pikachu jumped over the attack and used Thunder Shock. The attack 
knocked Wheezing back, before Pikachu found himself yanked out of the air 
and wrapped in the tight coils  of Arbok. The snake looked down at his 
frightened prey, hissed, and flew at his neck. Once again pikachu was saved 
by Onix, who knocked Arbok away from his partner.

    Onix swept his tail again, aiming at Wheezing, who ducked and shot a 
glob of poison at his opponent. The Sludge Bomb hit Onix between the eyes, 
who roared in pain, turning a deep purple. Pikachu ran up his back and 
started clearing his friend's eyes, but was hit in the back by a poison 
sting. He fell to the ground and quickly turned to face his opponents, when 
Wheezing used smoke screen.

    Dark smoke billowed through the air. Pikachu looked frantically around 
for his targets, but couldn't see well through his watering eyes. A sudden 
movement and pikachu found himself flying through the air, courtesy of 
Arboks Head-butt. He was hit again by Wheezing and knocked into Onix, who 
was still blinded by the Sludge Bomb.  Pikachu  jumped to the ground, his 
whole body glowing yellow. A shield grew around him and he pushed it towards 
his attackers. The Shock Wave pushed right through the blinding smoke and 
hit his opponents, who howled in pain before collapsing.  There was a 
movement behind pikachu and Brock ran up to Onix. He gave him an antidote 
before recalling him.

~
A small crack appeared in the glass where Onix was.
~

    Espeon felt himself getting weaker. He felt his blood flowing out of his 
neck. He felt those venomous fangs in him and knew he didn't have much time. 
He focused all his remaining energy on one move. A strange purple/black aura 
surrounded him. With a last burst of energy he launched a Midnight Wave at 
the serpent, knocking him out immediately, and sending him crashing to the 
glass a few feet away.

    With one final cry Espeon collapsed. He never saw Mew fly down. He never 
saw Mew heal his wound with his powers. He never felt himself recalled to 
his Luxury Ball.

~
A crack in the glass appeared where Seviper landed.
~

    Cacnea shot long, sharp pins at the strange dinosaur-like creature 
before him. There was a flash of red, and Scizor appeared in front of 
Tyranitar; needles bouncing harmlessly off his armor.  A wave of psychic 
energy flew at the crimson, armored mantis. The attack hit him in the chest 
and knocked him back, before he recovered and flew at the chime pokemon, 
claws raised.

    The small, crowned cactus launched another Pin Missile at the dark/rock 
hybrid. The bug attack hit him in the chest, causing him to roar in agony. 
Tyranitar shook it off and launched a beam of white energy at the dark/grass 
hybrid. Cacnea dodged the Hyper Beam and fired another Pin Missile at 
Tyranitar, who blocked it with his tail before shooting a wave of intense 
heat at them.

    Cacnea was engulfed by the flamethrower and screeched in pain. Chimeco, 
however, turned a bright, white as the flames bounced of it towards Scizor. 
Scizor spun around like a top and the flames veered away from him. Stopping 
Swords Dance, he flew at Chimeco and hit him with False Swipe. He hit him 
hard with his claw, in the midsection, and Chimeco staggered before glaring 
at him.

    Cacnea meanwhile, had shaken off the Flamethrower and was shooting a 
combo of Leech Seeds and Pin Missiles at the rock warrior. Tyranitar quickly 
dodged out of the way, seeds and needles flying over his head and between 
his legs. Finally a seed hit the tired pokemon on his tail, and he fell to 
his knees as he felt energy leaving his body.

~
A small crack appeared where Tyranitar had fallen.
~

    Victreebell shot a sludge bomb at charizard, who quickly flew up and 
dodged. The fire dragon roared at shot a flamethrower at the plant. 
Victreebell dodged but was immediately met with a fire spin. The towering 
spiral of flames flew at victreebell, who just barely dodged in time. All of 
a sudden he found himself flying threw the air, trapped in his enemy's 
grasp. Charizard flew in the air with his prey, to deliver another seismic 
toss, but found his air supply cut off as Victreebell's vine wrapped around 
his neck in a tight constrict. As the dragon choked, trying to draw in air, 
the vile plant used the distraction to swing up, onto Charizard's back, and 
spray him with his Sleep Powder. The unconscious dragon fell through the sky 
and hit the roof with a crash.

~
A large crack appeared where Charizard fell.
~

    Scizor found himself being pressed back. He dodged a pin missile and 
confusion, before swiping back with metal claw. The two pokemon dodged the 
assault, before pressing the attack again. Cacnea's paw started to glow and 
he flew at Scizor to smash him with Needle Arm. A rock fell from the sky, 
crashing down in front of him, and he ran into it. At the same time three 
more rocks fell, one behind and one on both sides of him. A fifth rock fell 
in the center, hitting Cacnea in the head and knocking it out.

    Chimeco turned to see who had used Rock Tomb, only to be knocked out by 
several falling rocks, as if from nowhere. Tyranitar, having been drained of 
over half of it's health by Leech Seed, and having successfully expended its 
last amount of energy using Rock Slide, fell slowly to his knees and 
collapsed.

~
Large cracks appeared where the rocks and Tyranitar fell.
~

    Scizor flew at Victreebell, hitting him with False Swipe. Victrebell 
flew back, before grabbing Scizor with Vine Whip and throwing him at 
pikachu, knocking them both out.

    Now the only pokemon still fighting were Tracy's Venonat and Team 
Rocket's Dustox & Victreebell. Dustox blew a wave of purple particles at 
Venonat. Venonat dodged the Toxic attack and jumped at Dustox, hitting him 
in the stomach. Victrebell shot razor sharp leaves at the small, poisonous 
gnat, which nimbly dodged them before shooting a stun spore at the large 
plant. Victrebell jumped out of the way, before shooting a stream of Acid at 
him. At the same time Dustox shot a Gust of wind from his wings. Venonat 
dodged the Acid, but was blasted back by gust. Venonat countered with his 
own Gust, and shot a wave of Silver Wind at Dustox, who shielded himself 
with Protect.

    A rainbow light appeared in Venonat's eyes and fired at the poison moth. 
The green-purple pokemon returned fire and the two Psybeams canceled each 
other out. Venonat nimbly ducked under another volley of leaves, but was hit 
from behind by another psybeam, knocking him down, and out, into the glass.

~
A small crack appeared where Venonat fell.
~

    Jessie and James stepped towards the down-trodden gang.

"This match is over. Now give us-"

    Before Jessie could finish her sentence a bright light appeared around 
Venonat. His fallen features were illuminated, and everyone could see his 
body changing. In a few seconds, where a small purple bug had stood, there 
was a large, shimmering moth.

    "Venomoth!"

    Dustox flew up in the air and rained down dark, yellow shards on the 
newly evolved pokemon. Venomoth fluttered out of the Stun Spore's way, and 
sent a beam of psychic energy at the flytrap, which was shooting leaves at 
it. Victreebel found itself surrounded and unable to move. Venomoth whipped 
around, ducking a psybeam, and flew head-on at dustox. Its eyes turned a 
deep, purple glow and he fired a huge wave of purple energy at Dustox, 
hitting him in the chest and knocking him out. He turned and launched 
another Psychic at Victreebel, hitting him in the chest. The mighty plant 
levitated off of the ground, body glowing with energy, before slamming down 
on the glass one final time.

~
A large crack appeared where Victreebel fell.
~

    Ash, Kye, and the gang approached The Crest-Fallen Team Rocket, who had 
already recalled their pokemon. Jessie and James were shaking, yet it was 
hard to tell rather it was in anger or fear.

    Ash stepped forward and shot: "do you surrender?"

    Jessie looked up at him. Her hands were shaking, as though they longed 
to reach out and strangle him. Her eyes were red, angry slits, and her 
breath was short. She opened her mouth and said 4 words.

    "This isn't over, yet!"

    The lithe red-headed member of Team Rocket pulled a remote out of her 
pocket, and pushed a button on it. There was a loud rumbling on the side of 
the building, where the Meowth-head balloon was still floating in the air. 
The rumbling stopped something appeared over the side of the building. The 
large purple/pink object flew towards them, and stopped over Team Rocket, 
who jumped up and into its mouth. As our hero's looked at the large, flying, 
Mew-shaped robot, only one thought stuck in their heads.

    'This was far from over.'

~

(Elsewhere in Kanto)

    Professor Oak stood up from his chair and stretched. He had just spent 5 
hours researching the evolutions of Scyther and Onix. He had a shrewd 
suspicion that Prof. Elm was researching something similar, but was 
determined to prove he still had it. He was just about to turn off the 
computer and go feed the pokemon, as he knew ash's Kingler got krabby when 
he was late, when an instant message popped up.

    He quickly scanned the message, growing more worried when every line. 
When he was done reading he knew he had to act quickly. He flew at once to 
the door, only to find that it wouldn't open. Putting his ear to the door he 
listened. First he heard two pairs of footprints walking away. Next he heard 
a soft, ticking sound like that of a clock. Realizing what it was he 
frantically tried to force the door open. Failing that, he quickly ducked 
under his table, regretting his rash decision to not have windows installed. 
There was no way to escape. An explosion rang out and a mighty force pushed 
him into the wall, where he knew no more.

    About a mile from Prof. Oak's lab, two figures paused and listened. 
Seconds later a loud explosion, and a column of smoke filled the air. 
Smirking, the two figures summoned a psychic pokemon with a long snout, and 
disappeared.
~

    Team Rocket in their Mecha-Mew started cackling.

    "Ha Ha Ha! You nasty, little twerps! Now you'll pay!"

    Ash shouted back at them: "who's nasty, you lousy crooks?!"

    "Silence!"

    The Mecha-Mews tail swept up, and crashed down towards Ash, who just 
jumped out of the way in time. A large crack appeared in the glass. A now 
conscious Pikachu ran up, jumped on Ash's shoulder, and shot a Thunderbolt 
at the Mechanical Menace. A large, purple shield went up around the machine, 
and the electric attack flew harmlessly around it. The tail swept back and 
knocked Pikachu off of Ash's shoulder. Pikachu hurtled through the air, 
before somersaulting back to earth.

    Everyone recalled their fallen pokemon, and summoned new ones. Soon, a 
Golem, a Ludicolo, a Blaziken, a Snorunt, and a Grovyle. A large green 
lizard, covered in leaves, appeared in front of Ash. The Grovyle took a suck 
on his twig, (A.N: proof that pokemon are on drugs, and whoever made this 
show was smoking something. Where else would you find elemental creatures 
smoking weed; Digimon? Am I the only one curious about where he was keeping 
it?) and leapt in the air, aiming a kick at the machine. At the same time 
the small yellow/black triangle, known as Snorunt, shot a flurry of sharp, 
ice particles at the metal cat. Ludicolo, a large yellow/green lilypad 
creature, launched a stream of water at the flying, metal cat. The attacks 
were all deflected, however, by Mecha-Mews shield.

    The Mecha-Mew once again swung its tail, causing everyone to duck or 
jump out of the way. The Mecha-Mew lowered its shield, before bringing its 
palms together. A large sphere of bright, white energy appeared between its 
paws, turning into a full-fledged Hyper Beam aimed at Ash. Ash was frozen to 
the spot as the deadly attack headed right for him, when suddenly he found 
himself next to Kye. The beam flew harmlessly into the glass, bouncing off 
and creating a large crack. Ash looked around trying to figure out how he 
got there, and realized Mew must have Teleported him. Not noticing Kye's 
glowing eyes, he ordered Pikachu to use Thunder. Pikachu shot a beam of 
golden energy into the sky, mimicked by Mew, and watched it come crashing 
down on the Mecha-Mew, only to frown in disappointment as it raised its 
shield and destroyed the attack.

    Mecca-Mew once again lowered its shields. It raised both its paws and a 
purplish-black energy surrounded them. The Mecca-Mew waved its paws and sent 
a wave of pure energy at Brock!

    "How did they learn Midnight Wave?!" Kye asked, shocked beyond reason.

    Ludicolo jumped in front of the attack, and was blasted across the roof. 
It hit the glass and didn't get back up. Blaziken shot a Flamethrower at the 
Mecca-Mew, but it was deflected by their shields. It shot a stream of water 
at Blaziken, who dodged with Aerial Ace.

    Blaziken did a mid-air flip, and quickly used Sky Uppercut, hitting the 
Mecca-Mew before it could defend itself. A piece of metal fell off the 
machine's chest, hitting the ceiling, and causing another crack to appear. 
Pikachu aimed another Thunderbolt at the machine, and Snorunt shot another 
flurry of ice. The attacks hit the Mew in the chest, and it started smoking. 
Grovyle and Blaziken attacked again, but before their moves could hit the 
Mecca-Mew disappeared, and reappeared, behind them, raising its shields.

    The Mecca-Mew lowered its shield and aimed a paw at Kye. A large purple 
beam flew at Kye, who quickly leapt to the side. The tail swept around and 
grabbed Kye in a tight Constrict, threatening to crush his ribs. At this 
time a series of burning boulders flew out of nowhere, hitting the Mecha-Mew 
in the chest, and forcing him to release Kye. Another fiery Rockslide, 
courtesy of Golem and Blaziken, flew at the Mecha-Mew, but was dissipated by 
the raised shields.

    Brock, Tracy, and Ash ran over to Kye and asked if he was alright.

    "I'm fine." Kye replied, rubbing his ribs. "But I'm not sure how to beat 
this Thing. One things for certain though. We can't do anything to them when 
it's using its shield. We have to either overpower their shield, or attack 
it when they let the shield down."

    A tongue of fire flew at Kye, causing him to duck. He stood back up as 
Blaziken retaliated with Fire Blast.

    "How can we though?" Brock inquired. "They only let their shields down 
when they attack."

    Brock quickly jumped to the side as beam of pulsing, freezing ice blew 
past. A Thunderbolt passed by Tracy's head so closely it singed his hair. 
Tracy ducked as the Mecca-Mew shot another blast of crackling, sizzling 
electricity at him. Grovyle sent another flurry of razor-sharp leaves at the 
machine, who shielded itself.

    Tracy agreed.

    "That is tricky, but we have to figure something out."

    They all dodged as a wave of water surged towards them. Snorunt replied 
by sending another wave of icy particles towards the flying menace.

    "Let's do it!" Ash shouted.

    Suddenly, a vine shot of the Mecca-Mew's arm, wrapping around Ash and 
lifting him in the air. Ash screamed as the Mechanical vine slammed him 
towards the ground, but he disappeared in a flash of psychic energy, 
reappearing in front of Kye. Mew flew down and hovered next to Kye, who 
whispered something in his ear. Mew nodded and flew off towards the other 
pokemon.

    The Mecca-Mew sent another Hyper Beam towards Ash. Suddenly Mew appeared 
in front of the blast, and used Psybeam. The two beams hit each other and 
stopped, neither being able to stop the other. The Mecca-Mew spread its arms 
and increased the power, pushing Mew's beam back. Mew, sweating with the 
effort, increased his power and sent another burst of Psychic energy at the 
Mecca-Mew, forcing the Hyper Beam back. Both the Mecca-Mew and Mew, 
shimmering with energy, increased the power of their beams, neither giving 
nor gaining much more than the other. As Mew slowly started to feel the 
effects of using too much power, he surprised Ash, Brock, and Tracy by 
calling out to the other pokemon.

  <i> "Do it!" <i/>

    All at once, the other pokemon sent their strongest attacks at the 
oversized, robotic pokemon. A surge of electrical energy; an aura of 
gleaming, silver light, surrounded Pikachu's small, frail body, illuminating 
him like the golden sun. Went a battle cry that would launch fear into the 
hearts of even the bravest pokemon, he sent his energy into the sky. For a 
few seconds nothing happened; then a gigantic, glowing, silver thing 
resembling a horrible serpent, raced out of the sky towards the hole in the 
Mecca-Mews chest.

    Grovyle's eyes turned a deep green. An aura of emerald energy surrounded 
him, and he raised his arms. Two, twin, towering twisters, (A.N: try saying 
that four times fast!) of glowing, green leaves appeared on either side of 
him. He pointed a paw at the Mecca-Mew and the twisters flew towards it at 
the speed of sound. A white, shimmering energy appeared around Snorunt, and 
a wave of pure ice and Sheer Cold flew at the metal mew. Blaziken, eyes 
glowing an intense red, shot a smoldering circle of fire after it. The rock, 
megaton pokemon, Golem, raised glowing claws towards the metal feline, and a 
shower of rocks fell towards it from the sky.

    The Rock Slide, Blast Burn, Sheer Cold, Leaf Storm, and Zeus's 
Lightning, flew at the Mecca-Mew before it could raise its shield. The 
powerful attacks struck the monstrosity, pouring through its damaged chest, 
and tearing out the other side! The Mecca-Mew shuddered and smoked. It 
groaned, shone an eerie pink light, and then exploded, sending flaming 
shrapnel's down onto the rooftop, cracking the glass!

~

    Two figures went screaming through the air, at the speed of light, 
blinking out in the distance. Five seconds later the battered, smoking forms 
of Jessie and James came crashing back down to earth, landing on the rooftop 
with two sickening cracks. As the gang approached them, they sat up and cast 
down-trodden faces on them before staring down at the ground, beaten. Tracy 
asked them if they surrendered and Jessie spoke first.

    "please, do what you want with us, but let him go," she said in a 
pleading voice. "We surrender all right?! I don't know why you're so angry 
at us, but we're sorry! we'll leave you alone from now on. we won't ever 
bother you anymore. just let him go."

    James said forcefully, "you got what you want so let him go. He didn't 
do anything. He doesn't deserve this."

    Ash and the other's were fairly stunned. Team Rocket was speaking to 
them with emotion in their voice, but they had no earthly idea what they 
were talking about. Ash recovered first.

    "what the heck are you talking about?! let who go?! where's misty?! we 
won the stupid match, and we didn't bring any police, so let her go!"

    Jessie and James blinked. Ash was shouting at them with emotion in his 
voice. An emotion they had never seen before. They knew he liked the 
red-haired wench. He would have to in order to put up with her violent mood 
swings for all these years, but he made it sound like something more. 
However, they had no earthly idea what he was talking about.

    "The red-headed twerp," James inquired? "Why on earth would we have 
her?"

    "You have her because you kidnapped her!" Brock hissed.

    "We did no such thing!" Jessie shouted. "We may try to steal your 
Pokemon all the time, but we've never attacked your pathetic friends! Why 
would we! We may be members of Team Rocket, but we're not heartless! We 
wouldn't hurt innocent people, unlike you! Now give us back Meowth!" she 
finished.

    "What are you talking about!" Ash roared. "We don't have your stupid, 
talking pokemon! why the hell would we! we've never taken any of your 
pokemon hostage! WE'RE not criminals; and we know you have Misty, because 
you sent us that letter!"

    "What letter?!", James spat.

    "This morning when we woke up, Misty was gone," Ash said, trying to 
control his temper. "we looked around for her, but she was nowhere to be 
seen, and on the ground was a letter. A letter addressed 'Dear Twerps' and 
signed 'Team Rocket."

    A strange, horror-stricken expression washed over Jessie's face.

    "Y-Y-You got a l-l-letter, a-a-addressed from us! That said we kidnapped 
your f-f-friend? We got a letter addressed from you, saying you had Meowth!"

    "What?!!", Kye said, thunderstruck. "Let me see this letter!"

    James reached into his pants pocket, and pulled out a folded, crumpled 
piece of paper. He tossed it to Kye who caught it, opened it so the others 
could see, and read:

    <i> Dear Team Rocket,

               As you know, you pathetic loser's have always tried to catch 
Pikachu, and frankly we're sick of it. Don't you realize that we'll always 
be stronger, smarter, and better then you are? No matter what pokemon you 
catch or what robot you build, we'll always beat you! Apparently this fact 
still hasn't sunk in yet, so we'll fix that. We've taken your annoying, 
talking cat to an abandoned shopping center in Goldenrod city, and we'll 
make him shut up unless you come get him. Let's end this.

                                                       The Twerps. <i/>

    Kye and the other's were shocked that anyone could write such hateful 
words. Kye looked over at Jessie and James.

    "We didn't send you this letter, and we don't have your friend."

    "Well we don't anything about what happened to your red-haired friend," 
James stated.

    Ash wondered, "If we don't have Meowth, and you don't have Misty, then 
who does?"

    All of a sudden, Tracy whipped his head around, ears straining. He 
quickly shushed the others.

     "Quiet! do you guys hear that?"

    The others shut up. They strained their ears, turning their heads this 
way and that, trying to locate the source of Tracy's fear. Then they heard 
it; a slow, almost silent cracking. A dull, echoing roar, coming from 
somewhere on the rooftop. All of a sudden they realized what it was, and 
realized their fatal mistake.

    "Nobody move," Kye ordered. "The whole time we were up here battling, we 
failed to realize one thing. This is a glass rooftop. All the various 
pokemon attacks have been slowly cracking and weakening the glass. Now it's 
falling apart from our weight."

    "what do we do?" Ash hissed. "We can't stand here forever! it's a 
ten-story drop, there's no way we'd survive! Most of our flying pokemon are 
knocked out, so that's out too!"

    "I know that ash," kye snapped. "I'm trying not to panic though. We're 
in the middle of the roof, so there's no time to run to the edges. I think 
Mew may be able to teleport us to safety, but after that battle he can only 
do one at a time. It may be our best bet."

    Kye thought to himself. 'I could get us out of this. only i can't reveal 
my secret. i can't let them know that i'm a-' He was broken out of his 
thoughts by James.

    "Do any of you get the feeling, that maybe whoever sent us those 
letter's, was hoping this would happen? That they were hoping our pokemon's 
attacks would shatter the glass, and cause us to fall to our deaths?"

    Kye slowly nodded. "I feel you may be right James, and that we our the 
victims of some horrible trick. Hopefully that last part won't come to pass. 
Mew, use Teleport!"

    A weary Mew flew down towards Ash and began coating him with a purple 
aura, when there was a loud cracking sound, and the glass shattered beneath 
their feet. For one horrible second, a second that stretched to eternity, 
they felt a horrible fear. a chill ran up their spines, as they looked 
certain death in the face. Then time sped up, their stomaches dropped into 
their throats, and they fell, screaming, through the air through a black 
abyss, towards the unknown.

    ~
<b> Somewhere in the building </b>

    An emerald-haired boy, looked towards his blond, female partner and 
smirked.

    "It looks like our plan worked like a charm! Those fools fell for it 
hook, line, and sinker!"

    The girl looked at her partner and shared a smirk.

    "I'll kind of miss them though. after all their constant screw-ups with 
those kids, always made us look better. But, so be it. The instant their 
bodies hit the ground our job will be over, and we'll have a nice, fat bonus 
this summer."

    Their cold, cruel, maniacal laughter echoed throughout the building.
~

    The strange, mislead group of people from the roof, fell swiftly through 
the air. As they hurtled through the unrelenting darkness, they each had 
very different thoughts on their minds. One regretted never getting a 
girlfriend. Another regretted never becoming the famous professor he had 
always hoped to be. one regretted having never had the courage to admit his 
feelings for a certain someone, and never getting to see his furry friend 
again. A fourth had similar thoughts for a certain boy, who will not the 
brightest or bravest, had always been there for here. a fifth regretted 
never getting a chance with his missing friend, and in fact never getting to 
see her again. As he failed he vainly recalled the prophecy and wondered 
what would happen to the world, if the chosen one vanished without a trace. 
The last one regretted revealing his secret, if it was necessary to save his 
new friends, the chosen one, and the world. His eyes turned a deep, glowing 
purple....

    So focused were they on the swiftly approaching ground, that they failed 
to notice the facial changes of the newest to their ranks. They did, 
however, notice the purple glow that their bodies took, and how they seemed 
to slow down as they approached the ground.
As the ground raced towards them, they found themselves falling slower and 
slower, until they were almost floating. Finally, flipping in the air, they 
touched down to the floor, gently on their feet.

    Looking around in confusion, they saw nothing out of the ordinary, 
except for a purple-clad figure with intense, glowing, purple eyes. On a 
second look however, they saw Kye guard leaning against the wall, looking 
drained of all energy, with normal eyes.
Before they had time to ponder this mystery further, a voice rang out.

    "How did you do that?" a stunned, males voice asked.

    "That's what i'd like to know?" an equally stunned, woman's voice 
agreed.

    Ash called out, "who are you? show yourselves."

    A spotlight flickered on, and in the beam of the bright light stood two 
figures, dressed in shining, black team rocket garbs. Jessie and James took 
one look at the figures and growled in unison.

    "Cassidy and Botch! We should have known it was you."

    The two Alpha-Omega agents growled at their goofy rivals. The male 
member, Butch, made a move towards them, but was stopped by Cassidy. She 
addressed Jessie as Mew flew down and joined the others.

    "That's right; us. Not only that, but since we've been so productive and 
useful to Team Rocket's cause, we've been promoted to Team Assistant 
leaders, Alpha-Omega. You know what that means right?", she asked, smirking 
at their looks of horror.

    "Wait, what does that mean?", ash demanded. It was Jessie who answered.

    "it means that not only are they one level below the boss, in rank, they 
also have command over the Gamma Force. An elite group of Team Rocket 
Executives, trained to kill. They've handled all of the boss's dirty work, 
with zero flaws and zero witnesses."

    "What i don't understand is what any of that has to do with us," brock 
inquired. "why would you two try to kill us off?"

    "Well squinty, it's like this," Cassidy started. "The boss is putting 
together an elaborate scheme to take over the world. He gave us a list of 
people he wanted us to kill; a list of people who have caused the most 
trouble and who could interfere the most, and you three," she stated 
pointing at brock, tracy, and ash, "were near the top of the list."

    Butch chuckled and addressed Jessie and James.

    "You two, were at the very first names on the list. Surprised? after all 
those times you failed to get one mission accomplished or bring him one 
useful pokemon, he decided he didn't want you messing up this plan. He also 
had us kill a few other people, including Prof. Elm, Prof, Birch, Prof. Ivy, 
and Prof. Oak."

    "What's his problem?", cassidy asked, pointing at a stoic, frozen brock.

    "Ivy! don't mention that name!", a shuddering, Brock mumbled.

    Ash and Tracy were concerned with other matters, however.

    "You killed them?", he asked, thunderstruck. "You killed Elm, Birch, and 
Ivy?!"

    "Ivy! don't mention that name!", a shuddering, Brock mumbled.

    He and Tracy cried, "you killed Professor Oak?!"

     Butch & Cassidy laughed at their anger and heartache.

    "Oh, we killed them alright. It was ridiculously easy too. The old bats 
hardly put up a fight," Butch stated.

    "I feel like we're forgetting something," Cassidy pondered. "Oh yeah, 
these two were on the list!"

~

Outside of the building

    At this time a certain brown-haired young man, could be found sneaking 
around the building. He had checked out the roof, but decided that whoever 
had kidnapped misty would notice if he swooped in through the ceiling. 
Deciding the element of surprise was best, he had returned his rock/flying 
pokemon and searched the outside. After trying several, rusted metal doors, 
and failing to gain entry, he instead turned his eyes to the windows. 
Picking a particular grimy looking one, he pushed on it, and it surprisingly 
opened. swinging a leg over the sill, he slowly climbed through the window, 
until his body disappeared.
~

    She pointed dramatically behind her, towards another wall. Another 
spotlight came on, illuminating two, bloodied figures. one was a small, 
furry-white, scratch-cat. There was a long gash on his cheek, covered in dry 
blood. One of his ears was torn, and there was a dark, purple bruise on his 
mouth, as if he'd been punched in it. His eyed were swollen, nearly shut, 
but he squinted in the light and his eyes came to rest on his two comrades, 
who were staring at his twisted features in horror.

    The other was a once pretty, red-haired girl. now there were similar 
bloody streaks along her face, which looked like they were caused by a 
knife. A large, red hand-print was on one side of her face, indicating she 
had been slapped at least once. Worse though was her chest. The front of her 
shirt had been ripped open, baring her chest. Her bare breasts were covered 
in bruises and there were bloody, bite marks around her red-swollen nipples. 
Twin hand-prints on her tainted flesh, indicated what had transpired, and 
Ash felt his face turn red, out of both embarrassment and anger for her. She 
slowly opened her eyes, and gazed at her friend and secret crush with her 
beautiful blue orbs. her silent plea struck a nerve in him, and he once 
again felt an unprecedented, unadulterated hatred rise up in his heart. He 
turned angry eyes towards Butch, who had begun to speak again.

    "Like what we did to your friend? she didn't seem to enjoy it that much, 
and here i was thinking i was good! We were about to go to the next step 
when you all showed up. That rooftop battle was supposed to send you 
plummeting to your doom, yet here you are. It's obvious you were saved by 
that Mew of yours, but even it isn't strong enough to save you from this!"

    With a flash of light, the sound of pokemon releasing could be heard by 
all present. Two creatures appeared from the pokeballs held in the rocket 
members hands. They each closely resembled a dragonite, yet there were 
obvious differences. For one, instead of the usual orange, they were both 
different shades of green. One was a light lime-green and the other was a 
dark-emerald. The legs were a lot bigger and bulkier, resembling that of a 
Nidoking or a Nidoqueen. In reference to that the darker one had a long, 
pointy horn, while the lighter one had a shorter horn, that was no less than 
dangerous. Their large, scaly wings furled and unfurled. They each had a 
mouth full of sharp, razor-like teeth, and their eyes were a pupil-less 
white.

    "Meet Dragex and Dragen, the king and queen of all dragons. You will be 
the first to feel their power. Prepare to die! Dragen! Dragex! Serpent 
Beam!"

    A pulsing, green light shone from the mouth of the dragons. With a 
mighty roar, they opened their mouths and sent a shimmering beam of green 
energy, right at our hero's.

Zeus's Lightning: Electric/Dragon- Silver lightning from the deepest pits of 
the soul, is used to summon the spirit of the dragon from the heavens. 
One-Hit K.O.

Leaf Storm: Combo attack- the caster combines the powers of Magical Leaf 
with Twister, for an attack that never misses and may cause flinching.

A.N.: Where there you have it. what you've all been waiting for. Once again 
i apologize
for sending this in so late. i'm afraid i can't say for sure when i will be 
sending the next  chapter in, for i also have to work on my Harry Potter 
story. I have several other ideas cooking in the old noodle, including more 
pokemon and one or two Love Hina Stories! They will not be out, however, for 
a good while. Just know that the next chapter will be ready sooner then this 
one was. who knows? with enough reviews it could be in even sooner! we'll 
peace out fans! tell them trace!

Tracy: If you want some more, you must review!

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Reviewer Response:

Tigger56bounce: as long as you review, expect to get mentioned. If you 
thought i was evil before, read on. Hahahahahahahahahah!

ness345: Glad you like! This chapter is very emotional. Hope you enjoy!

Spiral Breeze: Glad you like! I took your complaint to heart, and i think 
you'll find this chapter easier to read. On the sex, you see some of that 
next chapter, and it's probably not who you'd expect! The beastality, 
however, will not be until nearer the end of this part.

Chaos Owl: You're lucky! i had a mew in silver, but it accidentley got 
deleted! however, if mew is your cup of tea, then this chapter should 
deliver!

Note: This fic is published at Pokemon Tower, FF.net, AFF.net, and Med.org, 
and i address fans from all sites.