Amends (Part B) by Michael Keens/ Exodus  

Cody Capture, and Larry and Lorraine of Junior Rocket got off the barrels 
bobbing along the water’s surface and ran out deeper into the park.  
The two Water Squad Rockets came bobbing out soon after, and spat out a lot of 
water, “There they go.  Let’s get ‘em!...”  
Cody and the group noticed, and fled up a winding hill that led to some upper 
attractions, but once up there, they were blocked by the Water Squad (still 
dripping wet from just before) and now the Fighting Squad.  
The two Rockets on that team were dressed like a Machop and Mankey, and their 
Pokémon were a Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee.  
“Give it up kiddies, you’re going back home.” one sniggered.  
“You’ve got nowhere to run.” added the other.  
“I beg to differ.” spoke Cody, before grabbing the two Juniors and leaping off 
the edge of the hill and disappearing.  
As the four Rockets looked over the edge, Cody, Larry and Lorraine rose 
upwards, now sitting on top of one of the carts of a ferris wheel, shaped like 
Pokéballs.  
Cody grinned confidently at the bad guys while Lorraine was feeling brave 
enough to mock them by waving goodbye to them.  
“Get down there!” shouted the man in the Psyduck costume, “Stop that ride and 
bring it back down.”  
With that, the Water Squad leapt forward and barely got hold of the next cart 
rising up, and had to drastically pull themselves up or take a fall.  
“They’re still after us.” complained Larry.  
“And the Fighting Squad are probably on their way to stop this ride before we 
can get down safely.”  
Cody crawled forward and peered down at the hill, the Fighting Squad were 
indeed running down towards the control booth to halt the ferris wheel.  
“Looks like its time to break out the Pokémon.” said Cody.  
“We can’t fight them up here, its too dangerous!” warned Lorraine.  
“Not for some, and I don’t plan on fighting.” he explained.  
With that, a Spearow was unleashed, and dived down into the control booth, 
scaring the man there and making him fall back in surprise, it then latched 
onto the control stick with its claws, and pulled it up.  
The Blastoise and Slowbro were now out, barely balancing on the cart and 
preparing to fire, but it was then that the ride started to shake and move 
faster.  
“Bail out!” shouted Cody, “Jump now!”  
“You are crazy.” said Lorraine.  
“Trust me!” he shouted.  
With that he grabbed them again, and dived off the ferris wheel, while the 
Rockets remained there, not willing to follow.  
It might had been best if they did, as the ferris wheel started to rotate very 
fast, causing screams from inside, but worse still for the Rockets holding on 
for their lives.  
The water built up in the two Pokémon fired, but their direction and speed 
causing the water to rain down on some unsuspecting tourists with a small 
shower.  
By now the controller had come to his senses and dived back inside to stop the 
ride immediately.  
But doing so, the sudden halt catapulted the Rockets and their Pokémon off, and 
they unfortunately landed in a restaurant on top of several machines, some of 
which broke and electrocuted the two Water Pokémon into submission.  

During this, Cody and the Juniors had landed on a large tent, and slid down to 
land on a bouncy castle.  
“I haven’t been on one of these for years.” mentioned Cody, trying to bring a 
little light to the situation.  
“Well enjoy it cos it’ll be your last.” said the Mankey guy darkly, as the 
Fighting Pokémon climbed onto the ride.  
“Hey! No Pokémon allowed! And you! No shoes allowed!” complained the man in 
charge, but the Rockets pushed him away.  
Cody and the others ran forward and used the surface to bounce over the Pokémon 
and the Rockets, and dashed into the nearest attraction, even if it was for 
kids.  
The two Pokémon chased them into the fun house, full of obstacles, mazes, and 
pretty much full of rubbery walls, ceiling, floor and parts sticking out of 
it.  
The Hitmonlee leapt forward, albeit slightly off course due to the unstable 
ground.  
“Duck!” shouted Cody, and the Hitmonlee flew over them and bounced off the 
rubbery wall and was rebounded into its partner, the Hitmonchan aiming a 
punch.  
It slammed into it and hurt it accidentally with its foot, it received a fierce 
punch that disorientated it, and then its springy legs tangled around the 
Hitmonchan.  
Both were in a mess as Cody and the others made their way through the 
attraction, and the Fighting Pokémon continued to bounce off the walls, ceiling 
and ground...  
The two stepped out the exit having navigated all of the mazes, “I suppose that 
was planned for as well?” questioned Larry.  
“No, but it was convenient.” grinned Cody.  
They didn’t have time to savour their small victory, as psychic spheres came 
flying by and exploded soon after.  
The Psychic Squad dressed like a Mr Mime and Abra were slowly advancing on them 
with an Alakazam and Hypno.  
“Where now fearless leader?” asked Larry sarcastically.  
“The ghost house.” he answered.  

Again, the Rocket Pokémon entered the attraction, but not on the cars provided, 
they walked through just as Cody and the others had.  
Something came at them and the Psychic Pokémon reacted and blew it up, but it 
was only a fake Gengar floating about.  
The Rockets and the Pokémon backed to the side as some people came through on a 
railcar, and then the action truly started.  
Since the car had gone through, the ride was activated, and lots of images of 
Ghost Pokémon and the regular sort of ghosts went flying around.  
The Psychics panicked and didn’t scan the area with their minds, they just 
blasted everything that flew at them, so much that they soon exhausted their 
strength.  
That was when Cody attacked, and his Jolteon appeared and spiked the Pokémon a 
lot with a concentrated Pin Missile attack.  
The Pokémon fell back onto the tracks and their trainers saw to them, just as a 
railcar entered the ride.  

Cody and the ex-Rockets jumped out of the exit and ran, while the Psychic Squad 
were left dazed, pinned to the front of an exiting railcar.  
“I don’t believe it...” exclaimed Larry, “We’ve already taken out half the 
Pokémon Squads, maybe you can save us after all...”  
“Is that a compliment I hear?” inquired Cody.  
“Not really.” grumbled Larry.  
“Oh come on, we’re nearly out of danger, the least you can do is cut me some 
slack and act a little nicer around me.” requested Cody.  
“So now you must absolutely believe that we’re true to our word, that we want 
to leave Team Rocket.” said Lorraine to him.  
“Of course I do, or else I probably wouldn’t have got you this far.” he 
replied.  
“Well you are in as much trouble as we are, but thanks.” sighed Larry.  
“That’s okay, I-”  
“That’s far enough.” said a man in a Vileplume outfit, his buddy wore a strange 
Exeggutor outfit and their Pokémon were an Ivysaur and a Victreebel.  
“What now?” questioned Lorraine.  
“Run.” said Cody simply.  
They quickly pushed through the crowds, while the Rockets were tired of playing 
nice, and scared away children and adults with their Pokémon to cut a path 
open.  

Cody and the others were forced to stop, as they’d reached a part of the park 
that overlooked a pit used for exhibitions.  
Today’s were a group of people who had a talent for calmly walking over hot 
coals on their bare feet.  
“Sorry guys, but I’ve got another crazy idea.”  
Slightly to the right of them was a small tower, with a wire leading out of it, 
hanging over the pit, and leading to another tower, this was probably used for 
exhibitions that included guys travelling across the wire with the pulleys 
stacked in a cardboard box.  

Soon enough, Cody, Larry and Lorraine hooked the said pulleys onto the wire, 
and hung on with one hand, and travelled down the slightly downward cord, but 
they followed by the Rockets, and even their Pokémon, the Victreebel and 
Ivysaur hung on by use of their vines.  
As they descended, a roar of wonder went through the crowd, and the people 
walking across the coals looked up, some questioned if that was part of their 
act, others were annoyed that the attention wasn’t on them.  
The three reached the other tower, and Cody started ordering, “Get out a 
Pokémon that can cut this wire!”  
“Landslide, Slash attack.” said Lorraine, and her Sandslash appeared, leapt up, 
and cleaved the wire in one swipe.  
The rest dropped down as did the Grass Squad, the Rockets landed on the 
backsides, on the hot coal, while the Pokémon slammed down into cans of fire 
and were set alight, they wouldn’t be able to come after the Juniors any time 
soon.  

As for the Electric Squad (dressed like a Pikachu and Electrode with an 
Electabuzz and Magneton), their costumes made it hard to get by without 
children’s attention, they followed Cody to a cave exhibit (with many models of 
Ground Pokémon on show, not that Cody and the others had time to notice them), 
and with his Geodude, an earthquake was started, and buried the Electric 
Pokémon in rocks, and then came the Rock Squad, led by Rockets dressed as an 
Omastar and Kabutops using a Rhydon and Golem.  
They’d played it smart and separated, then came at the three from different 
sides, effectively trapping them just around the log flume ride.  
The two Pokémon stepped forward slowly, and Cody had another idea.  
“Distract those Rockets, fight among yourselves or something.”  
The siblings shrugged their shoulders, and tried:  
“Look what you’ve gotten us into now Sister.”  
“Its your fault Brother.”  
The two Pokémon continued to step forward, with no new orders from their 
trainers.  
“This isn’t convincing enough.” said Larry, and turned to Cody “Its this 
idiot’s fault! We should never have gone against the Pokémon Squads, but you 
had to play the hero!”  
“You what?!” exclaimed Cody, “You’re lucky I’m even helping you criminals, I’m 
still ticked at you for breaking Pokémon Battle rules!”  
The two Rockets extended a hand and motioned for the Pokémon to wait.  
“I don’t see what difference it made, you’re a lame excuse for a trainer!”  
“And you two should be in prison! Even if you are immature babies!”  
“You’re a joke.”  
“And you’re a convict.”  
“Loser.”  
“Psycho.”  
With that, an Arbok-shaped boat with four people holding their arms up inside 
came hurling down the slope nearby, and upon hitting the bottom, a wave of water 
rose up and came down on Cody, the Juniors, and the Rock Pokémon.  
“Swirl!”  
“Flounder!”  
“Water Gun!” Cody and Lorraine finished together.  
The Rock Pokémon were drenched, weakened, and slipping around, the Water Gun 
launched by the Poliwhirl and Seaking shot them into the trainers, knocking 
them out with the weight while the Pokémon were too weakened to chase the 
three...  

Finally, Cody and the Juniors arrived in the town square, and took a moment to 
rest.  
“That was some great acting boys.” congratulated Lorraine.  
“Acting?” questioned Cody and Larry, “Oh right, acting...” they added 
unconvincingly.  
“Well that’s it, all eight squads are out of it.” cheered Cody.  
With that, a Lickitung pounced on Cody, and pinned him down, while a Tauros ran 
at the Juniors but missed as they fell to the sides.  
“Actually only seven squads were defeated.” said Ben, alongside Becky and two 
final squad members dressed like a Chansey and Snorlax.  
“Well excuse me for losing count during all those life threatening 
encounters...” groaned Cody.  
The Rockets had forgotten one thing, and there were plenty of openings for the 
two ex-Rockets to run and get to the exit of the park.  
“Lorraine...” sighed Larry.  
“I know we could run, but...” she added.  
“Yeah yeah, I know, we can’t leave him, he’s gotten us this far out of the 
kindness of his heart, and after everything we did to him, I say with his help 
we can take these Pokémon out and get those failures to stop chasing us ever 
again.”  
With that, Larry stepped up and unleashed his Wigglytuff.  
“Wiggly!” it growled, jumping forward, and all the Rockets could do was laugh.  
“Those Juniors are more babyish than we thought!” laughed one of the Normal 
Squad members.  
Larry growled, Bedtime was his first Pokémon, and he’d been teased many times 
about having a Pokémon usually owned by girls, but he let it go this time 
instead of losing it as he had done as a Rocket.  
“This coming from a guy in a Chansey costume? Bedtime, Sing.”  
“Oh no!” shouted Becky, as she and Ben quickly covered their ears as did the 
Pokémon and Cody and Lorraine, the two controllers of the Normal Pokémon 
flopped to the floor and snoozed away, leaving their Pokémon slightly confused 
as to what to do.  
“Tuff!!!” Bedtime squealed, ramming the Lickitung so hard it rolled off Cody 
and fell to the floor, but the enemy Pokémon were smart enough to help each 
other out, and the Tauros slammed into her, pushing her towards the Lickitung 
who swept its tongue across her and paralysed her, making it easy for the 
Tauros to ram it with all its strength.  
“Return Bedtime.” said Larry, recalling it and drawing his newest Pokémon, as 
did Lorraine, and Cody stepped back and drew two of his own.  
“Those Pokémon don’t need those fools, they’re also trained to listen to us.” 
explained Ben.  
“And these Pokémon are the toughest in the squad.” grinned Becky darkly.  
“And that’s why we’ll double the amount of Pokémon to fight this battle.” added 
Cody, “Go Muscles, Go Flower!”  
“Maaaa-Champ!”  
“Vile...”  
“Go Core!”  
“Magmar!”  
“Go Black Widow!”  
“Jynx!”  
The Junior Pokémon went for an opponent each, joined by one of Cody’s.  
Larry’s Magmar and Cody’s Vileplume went for the Lickitung, who once again did 
as most Lickitungs did and swung its tongue round at them, the Magmar hastily 
sent out a Fire Blast attack and the Lickitung decided to back down before its 
tongue was burnt.  
It backed away, and then let out a horrible shrieking sound, which distracted 
both its enemies, next it leapt forward, and came down on the Magmar with its 
weight and left foot.  
Cody’s Vileplume scattered Poison Powder forward, and the Lickitung attempted 
to get up and evade it, but in getting up, the Magmar was free, and swung a 
fierce Mega Kick that lifted up the Lickitung high into the air, but also 
scattering Ember cinders to burn up the powder now aimed for it.  
During all this, the Vileplume had been using the attack it had once missed out 
on learning, solar energy was drawn in slowly, and when the Lickitung reached 
its highest point, the beam fired and launched it into a statue sitting in the 
centre of the square.  
The Magmar looked smug, but the Lickitung burst out the rubble and tried to 
land on it, but the two Pokémon rolled back, out of the way.  
The tongue came out again and the Vileplume was too far to help, so the Magmar 
took things into its own hands, literally.  
Its eyes glowed white and the Lickitung rose up, trying to fight the fear, 
that’s when flames suddenly lighted the left hand of the Magmar, and a punch 
was performed, the Lickitung flung back, and landed in a whirlwind of sharp 
leaves generated by the Vileplume.  

Moments before, but occurring during the said fight, Lorraine’s Jynx and Cody’s 
Machamp were battling it out against the Tauros.  
It charged past the Jynx, who spun away without damage and blew a Lovely Kiss 
to send it to sleep, but it missed the stampeding Pokémon, she threw a Psychic-
type attack forward and lifted up the Tauros, but it pounded so much against 
the invisible force, it shattered, and the Tauros struck the floor with Fissure 
strike, cracking it and throwing up a lot of rubble.  
The Jynx floated over it with psychic abilities, and the Machamp flipped over 
it.  
The Tauros dragged its feet back and charged at the large Machamp, but it 
grabbed its horns, grounded its feet and slowly forced the Tauros to stop, but 
the Tauros wasn’t a quitter and pushed with all its might.  
At least until the Jynx leapt forward and froze the Tauros’s feet in ice so 
that the Machamp could lift it up and use Seismic Toss.  

The two Pokémon flew into each other and collided hard, they screamed out, 
dropped to the floor, and fainted.  
“I can’t believe it, all eight of our squads, defeated by three kids!” screamed 
Becky.  
“Correction:  Three kids with great Pokémon.” smiled Cody.  
“And quick wits.” added Larry, standing alongside Cody as if they were 
partners.  
“That’s right.” added Lorraine with a grin, “We’re much smarter than any of you 
clowns, smart enough to see how worthless it was to once be one of you.”  
“Let’s get out of here!” shouted the failures, recalling the Pokémon, and then 
grabbing a fallen member.  
They ran far away, tripped due to the costumes, picked themselves up, and ran 
again, chased by hoards of children.  
“We should leave too, we’ve virtually been on enough rides and this place might 
have many more Rockets on call.” explained Larry to Cody, but not in the usual 
rude tone.  
“You’re right.” agreed Cody...  

Soon Cody and the ex-Rockets were outside the entrance to the park.  
“Cody, I’m sorry for everything.” apologised Larry.  
“What you did was in the past, let’s leave it there.” said Cody pleasantly.  
“No, I mean my attitude.  I’ve been hassling you all day, and look at what you 
did, you beat eight Rocket Squads despite their strength.”  
“But you guys helped out a lot, you proved yourselves by far to be great 
Pokémon Trainers, and that you’re true to your word.”  
“Us?...  Great Pokémon Trainers?...  No one’s ever called us that before.” 
exclaimed Lorraine happily.  
“Then let me be the first.” smiled Cody.  
“Cody.” came a new voice, but a friendly one.  
“Tom, how did it go with Nat’?”  
“It didn’t, I couldn’t go through with it, she was so excited about dragging me 
to all the rides that I didn’t get the opportunity.  But don’t worry, I’ll wait 
until the right time to ask, and in the meantime I can drop hints until then.” 
he explained.  
“Hey, those guys are familiar...” mused Nat’, “Hey, they’re Junior Rocket!”  
“Keep it down, Larry and Lorraine have reformed, I promise.  And I was 
thinking, I’d like for them to tag along for now.” requested Cody.  
“You what?” questioned Tom.  
“These two really need a friend, they’re innocent, and I want to make sure they 
get treated as such.” Cody explained.  
“Well, if you’re sure, Cody.” replied Nat.  
“I’ve never been more sure, thanks for understanding.”  
“Well then, I’m Natasha, but please, call me Nat’.” she said, offered her hand 
to the two.  
“And I’m Tom.” he added, also reaching out to shake hands.  
The two ex-Rockets were a little bewildered, they hadn’t had so many 
friendships all at once for quite some time.  
“I’d also very much like these two to compete in the League, I know its too 
late for Gyms and all, but they could take that Pokémon League Admissions Exam 
thing, its not that far away from here.”  
“You’re the boss Cody.” smiled Tom.  
“And for good reason.” added Lorraine.  
Cody grinned, and stepped forward, his team now extended to accommodate the 
former Rockets, and now, his newest friends...  

End of Part B  

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