Hey all! Shadow’s a bit less sick but still struggling… and her network is being a real pain.

Disclaimer: See previous chapter

Notes: See previous chapter

Xaero – I see…

SS2 Megami-sama – but Brock n’ Misty aren’t even here…

Jarzard – yep, I hate being sick as well…

The Pokemon Reader – thank you!

Link Masters – well, I just felt like doing a magic ceremony. ^-^ And I don’t feel sorry for Drake at all…

Ranma – hehehe, you’re probably right

Tmp – Lance just has sort of a grudge against Drake… well, Ash just likes collecting badges?

Aragorn the Ranger – Mitchell… mm… don’t think so

Incomplete13 – yippee!

Mallory – The Final Judgment is at the end of this arc, about 20 episodes away. Mm… Geo-chan is really annoying, I like Pika-chan n’ Dragonair-chan!

Episode 137: Dragon Rage! Enter the Dragonite!

“Electabuzz, return! Go, Onix!”

“Aerodactyl, come back.” Lance said, withdrawing the dinosaur, although it looked offended. “I know you can keep fighting, but you have to save your energy.”

Lance drew out another poke ball. “Okay, Tempest, it’s your turn!”

The female light Dragonair came out.

“Onix, Bind!”

Lance sweatdropped. * Isn’t Dragonair a bit too big to bind? Oh well, his loss. He better not be trying to lose. *

Lance closed her eyes.

Tempest glowed blue, and she suddenly released a Surf attack.

“Oh no! Onix!” Drake said. “Return!”

“Three of Drake’s pokemon are down! Time to change the terrain!”

The arena shifted and changed into a sandy plateau.

Lance smiled. * This will be more challenging… *

“Gengar, go!” Drake said. “Night Shade Attack!”

Dragonair faltered, but retaliated with a Bubblebeam.

“Try Confuse Ray!”

Gengar’s eyes glowed and Dragonair suddenly started flying around in circles aimlessly.

“Return!” Lance said. * Hang in there, Dragonair. *

There was a bright flash of light as Dragonair was recalled.

“All right, Charmander, you’re up!”

Drake stared at Lance in disbelief. “Okay…”
“Gengar, use Night Shade again!”

“Charmander, use Bite!”

Charmander opened its mouth and bit hard at the Gengar. It twitched and tried to pull free, but it was no use.

“Great job, Charmander! Now use Flamethrower!”

The fires consumed the Gengar in a flash of burning air.

“Return!” Drake looked shaken. * It’s a Charmander! Get a grip! *

“All right, let’s try you!” Drake said. “Blastoise, go!”

Charmander looked extremely freaked out.

“Return.” Lance said, taking pity on the terrified Charmander. * I still have Gyrados, Aerodactyl, Tempest, and Articuno left, so… *

“Gyrados, go!”

“Gyrados, use Thunder!”

Gyrados nodded and charged up the electricity to throw at Blastoise.

“Quick! Use Dig!” Drake said. Blastoise quickly dived under the sand, negating the electric attack. “Now use Ice Beam!”

The attack froze Gyrados solid, and it dropped to the ground.

Lance recalled it.

“Okay, Aerodactyl, you’re up! Use Rock Slide!”

The attack crashed into Blastoise, nearly cracking its shell. However, Blastoise was still up, and retaliated with Surf.

Aerodactyl teetered in the air.

Lance narrowed her eyes a fraction, and Aerodactyl reared up and finished Blastoise off with a Hyper Beam.

“Incredible! Now that Blastoise is down, Drake is down to his last and final pokemon! Dragonite!”

“But don’t assume a win for Crystal.” The 2^nd announcer said. “Because Dragonite has blocked every challenger prior to Crystal!”

“Dragonite, you’re up!” Drake said. * Don’t know what Lance is trying to pull, but I’m not going to lose! His last pokemon is probably his Dragonite, so I’ll just finish off the rest of his pokemon first! *

Aerodactyl tried to power up for another Hyper Beam, but Dragonite hit it with a Thunder attack. Aerodactyl crashed into the sand.

“Aerodactyl, return!” Lance said. “Okay, let’s try – Charmander!”

Charmander popped out.

“Use Rage now!”

Charmander’s eyes turned red as it absorbed all the anger from its surroundings, before charging at Dragonite, slashing it fiercely.

The Dragonite looked amused and sprayed out a Hydro Pump.

Charmander staggered, and managed to get in another Slash, before its tail flame flickered.

It collapsed.

“Return!” Lance said. “Okay, Gyrados, you’re up next!”

Gyrados quickly spat out a Dragon Rage attack. However, Dragonite countered with a Dragon Rage of its own.

The attacks crashed into each other and exploded.

Lance crossed her index fingers and winked. Gyrados nodded and toppled to the ground.

“Return.”
“Tempest, you’re up!”

By now, Drake was feeling a lot more confident. “Just do another Dragon Rage!”

Tempest reared up and spat out a Blizzard attack, enveloping Dragonite. Drake stared open-mouthed in shock as his pokemon fell over, frozen solid.

Lance grinned.

“Yay!” Ash, Pika-chan, and Luna cheered.

Drake handed Lance the trophy. “All right, what’s up? Why did you show up and challenge me? And that disguise is really convincing…”

Lance tossed her hair. “Okay, first things first. One, I challenged you, to prove that I could beat you, because at the last gym leader’s convention you referred to me as, and I quote, ‘ a stuck-up dragon trainer who couldn’t beat anyone with a structured team,’ unquote. Two, yes, I know the outfit is cool.”

“And?” Drake prompted.

“You majorly pissed me off.” Lance said simply.

“Oh…” Drake said, thinking back to their confrontation. He grimaced. * Bad thought… *

“I guess that’s it!”

Drake sighed. He would have said more, but…

“Prepare for Trouble!”

“We are Team Rocket! So hand over your pokemon now!”

A machine appeared, and began sucking away all the poke balls. Ash didn’t recognize them, but that wasn’t the point.

“Go!” Lance said, releasing all six of her pokemon. She quickly used the Viridian Power to heal them back to full health. “All right! Dragon Rage!”

The five dragons used Dragon Rage, while Articuno let off a Blizzard attack. The machine began to hiss and splutter.

“Darn it!” One of the grunts said. He pulled out a gun. “I guess I’ll have to do this the hard way!”

“Pidgey, use Mirror Wave!” Ash said. Pidgey nodded and generated the mirror wave defense, reflecting the bullets back.

The rockets yelped and began trying to dodge them.

Drake stared.

“All right, Tempest, Darkstar, call up a storm!”

The two dragons nodded and summoned up a furious thunderstorm. The resulting blast of weather blew the agents and their machine out the window, where they crashed into the ocean below.

“LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET’S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!”

*Ping*

“One down…” Ash muttered.

Lance turned to stare at the trainer. “What do you mean?”
As if in reply, a few grunts jumped out of the crowd and released Scyther, Raticate, Golbat, and Hypno respectively.

Ash sighed. “See?” He pulled out a poke ball. “Okay, Sunny, hit them with a Thunderbolt!”

Sunny nodded and sent a huge ball of electricity at the rockets.

*ZAP*

“Articuno, try Powder Snow!”
The pokemon nodded and breathed out enough ice to freeze a year’s worth of ice cream, not to mention some Team Rocket members.

The frozen Team Rocket members were sent flying via Pidgey’s Gust.

The two trainers sighed.

< Do you think they’re following me now? > Lance asked.

< I’m afraid so. > Pika-chan said. < If they can’t find Ash… >

< When I get my hands on Giselle, I’ll… > Ash made several grasping motions with his hands.

< Now, now, Ash… >
< Grrr. >

< I mean it? What can we do? >
Drake looked from one to the other, seeing the unspoken comments between them. * I never knew Lance was telepathic… *

Lance closed her eyes. < Well, there’s only one thing left to do… >
< We run. >

< But where? > Ash asked.

< Johto… >

End Episode 137! Ha! Cliffhanger! *Smirks* Review or I won’t post the next chapter!

Flames will be used to forge a Tasuki card. ^_~

So, who wanted me to go to Johto because the orange islands were boring? *Wink*