The Incredible Poke-Odyssey chapter 9
Electric Schemes
Back in the Rocketville palace, Jessie was lying on a nice soft table
dressed in a white towel. She was getting her back massaged by a
muscular Machoke. "Ah, this is the life", she sighed, "If only everyone
in the world could live like this. Too bad I'm just a monarch who
doesn't care about the needs of the common folk. HA HA HA!"
Just then, a Primeape came in rolling a table with a ringing vidphone
on it. "It always rings when I'm doing something important!" Sighed
Jessie as she got up and stretched her sexy arms. She picked up the
receiver and pushed the voice only button. "Queen Jessie speaking",
she said sweetly, "If you're calling to give me compliments, talk away.
If not, hang up before I spray mace through the receiver!"
"Greetings my most royal, smart, and superior majesty", said a pretty
Japanese accented voice.
"Reiko, is that you?" smiled Jessie delighted to hear from her favorite
intern. "How are things going with our rebel retrieving party? Good
I hope."
"Not exactly", sighed Reiko, "Like the lump that forms on your mattress
when you try to drift off into a peaceful night's sleep, we seem to
have a little dilemma right now."
"WHAT???!" shouted Jessie in a frightening voice causing Machoke and
Primeape to hold each other while shaking.
"You might want to turn on your vidphone screen so I can show you",
said Reiko. Jessie did and she found Reiko and Meowth staring at James
who was sitting on the ground in a trance. He was still under the
effects of Tangela's truth spore and was saying stuff like. "I always
felt like I was a woman trapped in a man's body. I was completely
devastated when I got turned down for the role of Cinderella in our
school play. I even had 12 inch glass slippers custom made just for
me!"
"What's he babbling about?" asked Jessie, "He seems more pathetic than
usual!"
"Those rebels did something to him to make him do nothing but tell the
truth", said Reiko, "And now he won't stop being truthful."
"There ain't nothing more useless than an honest villain!" cried Meowth.
"Say Meowth, did I ever tell you that Jessie and I are really dog
people?" asked James.
"NOOOOOO!!!!!" screamed Meowth as he fell into a cartoon pit of despair.
"How dare you spit out our little secret!!!" screamed Jessie as she
shook the vidphone up and down, "I don't want people to know I like
dirty, slobbery dogs!!!"
"Please your highness", pleaded Reiko, "You might break our connection.
I called you up so I can get some of your wisdom on what to do about
this problem."
Jessie calmly set the vidphone down. "Where are you now?" she asked.
"Behind the Vermilion City Gym", answered Reiko.
"Hold on, I'll be right there", said Jessie as she turned off the
vidphone. She looked over at the Machoke and Primeape who were still
shaking in fear. She smiled and sucked them both into their Pokeballs.
Jessie then went behind a screen and changed into her old Team Rocket
uniform and admired herself in the mirror. "Even in peasant garb, I
still got it!" Jessie smiled. She then went to a huge shelf filled
with Pokeballs and placed Machoke's ball into the M section and
Primeape's into the P section. Then she grabbed a Pokeball from the
K section.
"Go Kadabra!" shouted Jessie releasing a strange looking Pokemon with
pointy ears, a pointy snout with a mustache, and was holding a huge
spoon. "Kadabra", said Jessie, "I need you to teleport me to Vermilion
City right away."
"Kadabra!" said Kadabra as it suddenly disappeared out of sight taking
Jessie with it.
* * * * * *
Jessie and Kadabra found themselves in Vermilion City where Reiko and
Meowth were waiting for them while James was still in a trance. "Heya
Jess", smiled Meowth, "Long time no see!"
"Greetings your majesty", said Reiko while bowing, "I hope your journey
was blissful."
"I only left the palace a second ago", said Jessie, "But thanks for
your concern", and she patted Reiko's head while she rose proudly.
"Oh, hi Jessie", said James, "Did I ever tell you that your hair looks
like you've eaten a thousand pounds of spaghetti? And you do look like
you've put on a few pounds as well."
"WHAT?!!!!" screamed Jessie as she grabbed James by the ankles and spun
him around until he hit the wall of the Pokemon gym.
"Please your highness", pleaded Reiko, "Like the volcano on Cinnabar
Island that could destroy its neighbors with one little irritation, you
must try to control your temper or else there will be no Team Rocket
left for you to boss around."
"Oh very well", sighed Jessie as she stared at the beaten James,
"Kadabra, teleport James back to the palace and have the royal doctors
treat him."
"Hey Jessie", said James who was trying to stand up with no luck at
all, "I think the whole world should know about your secret desires
like how you're a big fan of Jar Jar Bi...."
"Get him out of here NOW!!" shouted Jessie. A nervous Kadabra complied
and quickly teleported away taking James with it. "Whew, that was
close", said Jessie as she wiped her forehead with a handkerchief. "I
hope he didn't blab about anything else, did he?"
"Well, he did tell those rebels about our old boss and about the nerve
wrecking adventure we had when we last saw him", said Meowth, "Now they
plan on going over to him to find out what he did with that brat Ash."
"Giovanni?!" gasped Jessie, "Well why are you both hanging around
Vermilion City for? His headquarters are in Celadon City! We've got
to stop them before Giovanni finds out what we've done!"
"We've heard the rebels were on their way here to get help from Lt.
Surge", explained Reiko calmly, "We figured that we should wait here
and capture them before they meet up with Surge."
"Pretty good idea", smiled Jessie, "But I've got something better.
Let's take over this gym and let them walk right into our cute little
clutches!"
"Are you crazy?!" said Meowth, "That place is packed with heavily
armed war veterans with electric Pokemon! I still haven't recovered
from all those Pikachu shocks!"
"Relax you fraidy Meowth", sighed Jessie as she took out a suitcase and
pulled out some rubber suits. Two human sized and one cat sized. "With
these rubber PJs, we'll be invulnerable to anything those brain fried
soldiers dish out!"
"You're always so wise my queen", smiled Reiko as she started putting
on the suit.
Meowth was wondering what Jessie's boots tasted like for Reiko always
seemed to be kissing them. "So how did you know we'd be needing these
rubber suits Jess?"
"Simple my dear Meowth", smiled Jessie, "You were in Vermilion City,
the electric capitol of the world. So I figured that rubber suits
would come in handy. And besides, it gives me an excuse to show off
my lovely figure!" and she started posing in her purple covered suit
and veil.
After they were all suited, Reiko found an open window on top of the
gym. Jessie used her 11 foot Arbok to push them up to the window
causing them to fall into a vat of Pokeballs.
"Wow, we hit the jackpot!" smiled Meowth.
"I can't wait to see what kind of Pokemon are in these balls!" smiled
Jessie as she tried to open up a ball but it just wouldn't open.
"I do not think they are Pokeballs my queen", said Reiko nervously.
"Well, what are they then?" asked Jessie. She turned the ball around
and discovered two angry eyes looking at her saying, "Voltorb!" All the
other balls in the vat had the same eyes and were sparking like crazy.
"VOLTORBS!!!" they all screamed at once. They managed to leap out of
the vat just as all the Voltorbs exploded.
"Hey, what's going on in there?!" called out a girl's voice. Jessie,
Reiko, and Meowth were on the floor looking up at two tough looking
faces. A girl dressed in a red tank top with army pants and a guy
wearing a black leather jacket also with army pants.
"Now who do you suppose these jokers are Shocker?" asked the girl.
"I don't know Electra", said Shocker, "But it looks like they've walked
right into trouble!"
"TROUBLE?!!" asked Jessie and Reiko nervously as they got up.
"Look", laughed Electra, "You've got them so shook up, they might start
crying for their mammas!"
"Believe me, it's not what you think", sighed Meowth knowing what the
two Rocket ladies would do whenever they hear the word trouble.
Jessie: "Prepare for trouble!"
Reiko: "And make it double!"
Jessie: "To protect the world from devastation!"
Reiko: "To unite all peoples within our nation!"
Jessie: "To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
Reiko: "To extend our reach to the stars above!"
Jessie: "Queen Jessie!"
Reiko: "And for King James too!"
Jessie: "Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"
Reiko: "Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Royal Meowth, that's right!" finished Meowth.
"So you're the famous Team that took over Pallet Town!" grumbled
Electra, "I've been wanting to battle you for years!"
"Yeah", said Shocker, "Let's show these bad babes what military power's
all about! Go Pikachu!" shouted Shocker as he released a cute little
Pikachu. "Pika, pi!" it went.
"A Pikachu?!" cried Meowth as he ran behind the two ladies' legs. "Oh
no! Don't let it zap me girls! Protect me!"
"Like the Omanytes that died out many years ago", sighed Reiko, "So did
chivalry!"
"Pikachu, paralyze them with thunder wave now!" commanded Shocker.
Pikachu let loose a wave of electricity but it didn't effect Team
Rocket one bit.
"What happened?!" asked Meowth who just felt no pain, except for the
fan that Jessie whacked him with.
"Haven't you forgotten about our protective rubber suits you flea
brain?" shouted Jessie. "There's no way this wac and this wacko can
stop us from taking over this gym!"
"Is that so?" smiled Electra, "Go Magneton!" and she released what
looked like a bunch of magnets stuck together floating around.
"Go ahead and try shocking us", cackled Jessie, "We're indestructible
to your type of power!"
"Oh, we're gonna shock you all right", smiled Electra, "Like this!
Magneton, magnet power now!" Jessie, Reiko, and Meowth suddenly found
themselves being pulled up into the air by a magnetic force. Meowth's
metal charm on his head, Reiko's sword and metal throwing stars she
kept hidden in her outfit, and all of Jessie's royal jewelry really
attracted them to Magneton's power. They found themselves stuck all
over Magneton.
"Talk about a sticky situation!" cried Meowth as he tried to pull his
forehead off from Magneton, but with no luck.
"Magneton, blow them away with sonicboom!" smiled Electra. Magneton
floated up to the open window that Team Rocket came through and blasted
them right through it.
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" shouted all three of
them together. "Ah, I haven't said that line in a long while!" Sighed
Jessie as they all flew off into the horizon.
* * * * * *
"What do suppose they are?" asked Misty as she pointed out the van
window to the three flying figures in the sky.
"They're probably just three shooting stars", said Stella.
"Or maybe it's more Pokemon who've left the moon and are coming here to
live on Earth!" said Seymour excitedly.
"Do you actually think all Pokemon came from the moon?" asked Bill the
Rattata. "I kind of doubt that. I never felt any connection to the
moon while inside this Rattata's body. Except when I get cravings for
green cheese."
"Well I know you're wrong about the moon being made of cheese", said
Seymour, "I know for a fact that the moon is made of pistachio ice
cream. Who'd want to live on a gooey drippy place like that? That's
why all those poor Pokemon decided to come and live here!"
"Yeah, whatever", said Bill wanting to end this conversation fast.
"Well, here it is, the Vermilion City gym", said Jenny as she stopped
the van and everyone stepped out of it.
"I really hope Lt. Surge will be able to join our cavalry", said Misty.
"His jaw alone could scare all those Rockets out of Pallet Town."
"I also hope I can win a ThunderBadge from him", said Cameron.
"Are you sure you want to take on Lt. Surge?" asked Brock, "I remember
the last time we were here, the Pokemon center was packed with injured
Pokemon that were beaten badly by Surge's Raichu."
"Even Ash and Pikachu were a little scared to come to his gym", said
Misty, "I sure hope Ash is brave wherever he is now", she thought to
herself.
"Don't worry", smiled Cameron, "Because I got Sandy here with me. And
everyone knows that electric attacks don't effect ground Pokemon.
Right Sandy?"
"Shrew, shrew!" said Sandy who was practicing boxing with his shadow.
"I wouldn't be so sure", said Brock who remembered the time Ash's
little Pikachu shocked his big Geodude black as coal.
"I guess we should all go inside and continue our quest", said Jenny.
"You're coming with us?" asked Stella, "Don't you have an identical
relative here you need to visit?"
"No", said Jenny sadly, "My second cousin who works here was one of the
unfortunate Jennies that got trapped in Pallet Town. Oh, how I miss
our yearly barbecues!" and small tears formed in her eyes.
"Please don't feel sad Jenny", said Seymour who was trying to find a
handkerchief in his labcoat but had none in his pockets.
"Here us this", said Bill as he handed Seymour a small yellow
handkerchief with holes.
"Thanks Bill", said Seymour as he handed it to Jenny who used it to
blow her nose.
"Thank you Seymour", said Jenny, "This is a very interesting
handkerchief. Not only does it look like swiss cheese, it smells like
it too." Seymour smiled as he looked at Jenny and then looked down at
Bill and frowned.
"What else is a rodent supposed to carry?" whispered Bill sheepishly.
* * * * * *
When they all stepped inside the gym, Shocker and Electra were standing
right in front of them. "Halt!" shouted Shocker, "What brings you
civilians into our gym?"
"If you're here to challenge our Lieutenant to a Pokemon match, come
back later", said Electra, "He's busy having his breakfast of two dozen
raw eggs and gruelshakes. He can get pretty steamed if he's
interrupted."
"Never mind sergeant, I'm done already", said a gruff sounding voice.
"SIR, YES SIR!" shouted Shocker and Electra as they stood at attention
while saluting. Out of the shadows stepped Lt. Surge. He was extremely
large, extremely muscled, and extremely intimidating with his mean
looking stare, blonde buzzcut, and a piece of raw egg on his huge jaw.
Cameron didn't feel nervous when he saw him in the cartoon, but meeting
him live was another story.
"Well, well, what babies do we have here today?" asked Lt. Surge as he
looked at Misty. "Have you come here to get your pretty little baby
face pulverized by yours truly?"
"Uh, no sir", said Misty nervously, "Don't you remember us Lt. Surge?
I'm Misty and this is Brock. We visited your gym six years ago."
"Hmmmm", said Surge, "I've had many trainers come here and leave crying
for their mammas for many years. So why should I recognize you babies?
Are any of you here for a Pokemon match or do I have to court marshal
you all out of here?"
"No Lt. Surge", said Jenny, "I'm Officer Jenny from Pallet Town and
we've come a long way to ask you for help."
"Now hold on there a minute Officer", said Shocker, "If you want to ask
any favors or even speak to our Lieutenant, you have to challenge him
to a Pokemon match. If not, Sgt. Electra and I will get to work our
electric magic on you."
"That's no way to talk to an officer of the law!" said Jenny angrily as
she grabbed Shocker by his leather jacket.
"No he's right", smirked Surge while tossing a coin in the air and then
crushing it to powder with his bare hand. "And besides, a Lieutenant
like me ranks higher than a lowly officer like yourself girly."
"Not to mention another kind of rank", thought Stella while holding her
nose.
Jenny was about to use her rage attack on Surge until Cameron stopped
her. "Please let me challenge him", said Cameron, "That way we can
continue this quest without any trouble.
"Oh all right", grumbled Jenny while looking dagger eyed at Surge.
* * * * * *
A minute later, Cameron and Lt. Surge were standing in opposite corners
over a huge metal floor. "You know baby", said Surge, "That hat you're
wearing reminds me of a kid who actually beat me a few years back.
It's gonna be a pleasure knocking you and your Pokemon off of this
planet!" Cameron just stood there nervously hoping his Sandshrew was
tough enough for Surge's Raichu.
"We'll each use two Pokemon, no time limit", said Surge. "Go ahead and
release your first puny Pokemon!"
"All right, I will", said Cameron trying to show no fear. "Sandy, I
choose you", and he released Sandy on the steel floor ready for action.
"Aw, ain't that cute?" laughed Surge, "The baby thinks he can defeat my
electricity with a ground Pokemon. I've got just the Pokemon for those
types. Go Electrode!" and he released what looked like a Voltorb,
except it was a lot bigger and scarier looking.
"An Electrode!" thought Cameron, "Those things can explode in just one
second! Sandy, dig underground quick!" shouted Cameron. Sandy
complied but his claws couldn't tear through the tough steel floor.
"Sorry little mousie", laughed Surge, "But there ain't no runnin' from
a Pokemon match. Electrode, explosion now!" Everyone in the room
quickly covered their ears for when a Pokemon blows itself up, it's
quite a painful noise. Electrode made a huge BOOM and smoke filled the
room. Cameron nervously waited for the smoke to clear wondering how
injured Sandy would become. When he finally saw Sandy, Cameron was
relieved that Sandy was rolled up in his protective ball.
"All right Sandy!" shouted Cameron happily, "What a great strategy!
Protecting yourself and letting your opponent finish itself off."
"Sandshrew!" said Sandy doing a double back flip in triumph.
"Ha!" scoffed Surge, "Your Sandshrew may be smart, but let's see it
protect itself from my toughest private! Go Raichu!" and he released
a larger version of Pikachu with bigger ears and a longer electric tail.
"Don't worry Sandy", whispered Cameron, "Raichu's electric attacks
won't harm a ground Pokemon like you. You've got this battle won
already!"
"Shrew!" Sandy shouted at the smirking Raichu.
"Chu!" replied Raichu in an overconfident voice.
"All right Raichu", said Surge, "Give it your thunderbolt attack!"
Raichu let loose a huge bolt of lightning at Sandy completely shocking
it like crazy. "SSSHHHRRREEEWWW!" screamed Sandy who had never
experienced an electric shock before in his life.
"Sandy!" cried Cameron as he saw his poor Pokemon on the ground all
fried to a crisp. "That's impossible! I thought ground Pokemon were
invulnerable to electricity!"
"You've made the mistake every little baby makes thinking their
groundies can defeat my Raichu", laughed Surge. "Pokemon types don't
matter here in this gym, strength is the only thing that counts and
I'll show you! Raichu, finish it off with mega-kick!"
"Raichu!" shouted the mouse as it launched its huge foot at the
weakened Sandy. But Sandy managed to dodge out of the way causing
Raichu to fly out of the ring, ramming into Shocker's stomach.
"Oh thank God!" said Cameron as he pulled out Sandy's Pokeball getting
ready to pull Sandy back in. But Sandy just leapt out of the way of
the Pokeball's beam. "You don't seriously want to keep on battling in
your condition?!" asked Cameron. "I'll just send out another Pokemon so
you can..."
"Sandshrew, shrew, shrew, shrew!" explained Sandy for he knew there was
no other choice. Zubat and Slowpoke would be totally weak against
Raichu's electricity for they were flying and water Pokemon and if
Cameron sent out Gloom, he'd be sneezing all over the place while all
those mean human soldiers would just laugh at him.
"Raichu, get back in there and use your swift attack!" commanded Surge.
"CHU, RAI, CHU!" shouted Raichu which meant sir yes sir in Raichuese.
It jumped off of the dazed Shocker's stomach and got back into the ring
with Sandy. Raichu started throwing little swift stars at Sandy with
no star missing his poor battered body.
"Sandy, you have to get back in your ball now!" cried Cameron.
"Shrew!" shouted Sandy shaking his head no. Then he started throwing
his own swift stars at the stars Raichu was throwing. Everyone ducked
in cover as little glowing stars started flying all over the place.
One of them almost cut off Misty's pigtail.
"Which one of you two threw that star!!!" she shouted hysterically
while Brock and Stella tried to calm her down.
"All right Sandy, blind it with your sand attack!" commanded Cameron
who now had his confidence in Sandy back.
"Shrew", replied Sandy as it blew sand into Raichu's eyes causing it to
rub them like crazy.
"No private!" shouted Surge, "Don't rub your eyes like a big crybaby!
Get that walking sandbox with your thunder! That way you'll be sure to
strike it wherever it's standing!"
"Raichu", cried Raichu as it concentrated hard. The entire room went
black and about ten lightning bolts shot down on the floor making the
room all bright and blinding.
"Oh no, Sandy's done for!" thought Cameron as he covered his eyes. "Why
did you have to be so stubborn?!" Just then he felt something tug on
his pants leg and saying a soft "Shrew." Cameron uncovered his eyes and
found Sandy a little burned and crispy but still alive and smiling. He
looked at the battleground and found Raichu all blackened and charred
for it got hit by one of its own lightning bolts while Sandy was able
to dodge them all.
"Way to go Sandy!" smiled Cameron as he picked up his Sandshrew while
all his friends cheered for both of them.
Lt. Surge just sucked Raichu back into his Pokeball and approached
Cameron. His big scary frown turned into a huge smile.
"Congratulations kid", he said, "Your Sandshrew may be undisciplined
but you've trained it well in combat. Here you go. The ThunderBadge
is yours." And he handed Cameron a badge that looked like a red ruby
surrounded by little lightning points. Cameron smiled as he gazed at
the pretty badge while Surge and his soldiers saluted him. Cameron
saluted back to them while holding Sandy in his other arm who was also
saluting back.
"Well now that we've had our little Pokemon match", said Jenny, "Maybe
we can start discussing the thing I wanted to talk to you about."
"Fire away officer", said Surge. And Jenny did explaining how they
needed Surge's soldiers and powerful Pokemon to join their cavalry so
they could free Pallet Town from Team Rocket. Electra almost jumped
when she heard the words Pallet Town.
"Sorry, no can do", said Surge.
"But why not?" asked Jenny, "You are a famous war hero aren't you?"
"But of course", smiled Surge beating his chest. "It's just that me and
my Pokemon had experienced harrowing torments and hardships during
PokeWar II and I promised them that they'd never have to fight in
another war again. Just engage in tiny Pokemon battles."
"But couldn't we make a small exception just this once?" asked Electra.
"Did I give you permission to speak soldier?!" bellowed Surge.
"SIR, NO SIR!!!" shouted Electra standing at attention.
"Maybe you don't want to fight because you're just a cowardly chicken
who hates getting his spiffy uniform dirty", called out Misty hoping
that would motivate Surge into coming with them.
Surge just giggled at Misty's cute peer pressure and pushed a button on
a remote. A door opened from the ceiling and a pile of Voltorbs and
Electrodes fell onto the floor just waiting to explode. "Let's see
who're the chickens now!" laughed Surge. "These balls will go off in
about ten seconds if you feel like you're brave enough to hang around
here. One, two, three...." Counted Surge.
Our heroes sped out of the gym as fast as they could just as Surge
shouted out "TEN!" Then all the Voltorbs and Electrodes popped open
revealing candy in each one.
"The old fake Voltorbs and Electrodes filled with candy strategy",
laughed Shocker as he scooped out a handful, "You sure are smart sir."
"And don't you forget it!" smiled Surge as he chomped down on 50
jawbreakers at once. Electra just stood there thinking.
* * * * * *
An hour later, Cameron and his friends were having lunch at the Pokemon
center's café. Sandy, who had just been healed by Nurse Joy, was
enjoying a huge deluxe plate of corn chips. "You deserve it champ",
smiled Cameron as he was admiring his third badge.
"That Lt. Surge sure was tough", said Seymour.
"I sure am glad he was on our side during the war", said Brock.
"We really could've used him in our cavalry", said Jenny.
"I don't know if I could stand his beefy machoism every step of the way
though", said Misty who was a little thankful that Surge wasn't coming
with them.
"I don't know if I can stand seeing a Rattata on a public fast food
place", thought Stella who was watching Bill sitting on the table next
to Sandy enjoying a plate of nachos with all varieties of cheese dip.
"Care for a bite?" Bill asked Stella holding a half-nibbled nacho up to
her.
"Uh, no thanks Bill." Said Stella trying to prevent herself from turning
green.
"I'm going to the restroom for a minute", said Cameron, "Maybe an idea
will come to me while I'm in there." And he walked off to the men's
room.
Cameron had locked the door to the men's room and did his business in
the nearby wall toilet. When he was done, he suddenly heard a small
knock on the closed bathroom stall door nearby. Cameron curiously
opened the door and was shocked to find Electra standing there. "What
are you doing in the men's rmmmmph!" said Cameron just as Electra
covered his mouth.
"Keep your voice down kid", whispered Electra, "I snuck in here because
I don't want Lt. Surge or Shocker finding me here with you."
"But why do you want to see me?" asked Cameron.
"Because I want to free Pallet Town as well", said Electra.
"But why?" asked Cameron.
"Because Pallet Town's my birthplace", said Electra, "I'll do anything
for my glorious homeland, even going against Lt. Surge's orders. I
want to give you something that might be good against the Rockets'
electric wall." She reached into her pants pocket, pulled out a
Pokeball and threw it to Cameron. He opened it up and out popped a
short creature with huge muscles, yellow fur with black stripes, small
antennas on its head, and a long cat's tail.
"BUZZZZZ!" said the creature while little sparks were forming on its
antennas. Cameron took out his Pokedex and aimed it at the Pokemon.
"ELECTABUZZ, the electric Pokemon", said Dexeena, "Normally found near
power plants, they can wander away and cause major blackouts in cities."
"Private Buzz here has saved our butts countless times during the war",
said Electra, "And I think he'd be a perfect addition to your team."
"Are you sure you want me to have him?" asked Cameron, "Didn't Lt.
Surge promise all his Pokemon that they'd never have to fight in
another war again?"
"Yes, but Buzz here is different", smiled Electra, "He really misses
being in combat and I'd do anything to make him happy again. So please
make us both happy and recruit him."
"You got it!" smiled Cameron as he stuck out his hand to the Electabuzz,
"Welcome to my team Buzz." Buzz just frowned at the funny looking kid
with glasses. He just stuck his finger at Cameron and gave him a small
thundershock. "I don't think it wants to go with me", said Cameron
whose hair was now sticking up like Bart Simpson.
"Don't worry, I'll straighten him out", said Electra, "ATTENTION!" she
shouted in a tough drill sergeant's voice. Buzz stood at attention
while saluting and let out a "BUZZ, EL, BUZZ!"
"Now you listen and you listen good Private Buzz!" shouted Electra,
"Like it or not, I'm transferring you to Cameron's unit. Now you will
obey your new commanding officer or I'll have you peeling and frying
potatoes till you're nothing but a worn out old sparkplug! Got that!"
"BUZZ, EL, BUZZ!!!" shouted Buzz.
"Now get down on your fat fuzzy belly and give me fifty!" shouted
Electra.
"BUZZ, EL, BUZZ!" shouted Buzz as he plopped onto the white tiled floor
and started doing push-ups with only one hand. Cameron was shocked at
the way Electra handled that smug Pokemon.
"There you go Cameron", smiled Electra, "I bet you won't have any
problems with good ol' Buzz now. Right Private?" she asked Buzz while
looking at him with tanks forming in her eyes.
"I just don't know how I can ever thank you for this", said Cameron
looking at his new Pokemon.
"Just keep him in his Pokeball until you're far, far away from Vermilion
City", said Electra, "If Lt. Surge found out I gave Buzz to you, he'd
have me scrubbing his personal toilet till I'm old and gray."
"But won't Lt. Surge find out that his Electabuzz is missing one day?"
asked Cameron.
"Don't worry about it", smiled Electra, "I've replaced Buzz with a
stuffed toy Electabuzz. Believe me, Surgie won't know the difference!"
Then she climbed onto the sink and pushed open the window above. "Safe
journey to both of you", smiled Electra as she gave Cameron and Buzz a
victory sign with her fingers. Cameron smiled and did the same as he
watched the pretty soldier climb through the bathroom window and was
gone.
* * * * * *
Meanwhile at the Vermilion City power plant, three figures were outside
the plant surrounding a huge wooden box. A long cord was sticking out
of the box and it seemed to be sucking all the power out of a nearby
generator. "Perfect!" smiled Jessie, "Thank badness there's no solar
energy here!"
"Yeah", said Meowth, "Are those saps gonna get a charge out of our
latest scheme!" laughed Meowth like a mad maniac.
"Like the ground that plays executioner to a poor rooted tree during a
thunderstorm, our clever little rebels will be in for quite a shock as
well!" laughed Reiko but much more maturely though.
TO BE CONTINUED
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Well so far Cameron now has three badges and five Pokemon, but will
Team Rocket's mystery box stop Cameron from getting more? We'll soon
find out in chapter 10! ;)
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