My forehead was soaked with sweat as Gary Picked his
Pokemon. I had just picked Charmander, and I was hoping
he'd pick Bulbasaur, a Grass Pokemon weak to fire. He
looked at the two remaining Poke' balls. He reached for
Squirtle. I shook my head, hoping he'd go for Bulbasaur.
As he reached for Bulbasaur, I nodded yes, grinning from
ear to ear, until he switched directions and picked
Squirtle. My heart sank.
"I choose Squirtle!" Gary announced triumphantly. It
was his turn to grin. I began to walk off, my heart heavy
at Gary's obvious advantage in any future battles when he
said, "He Ash, you wimp! Let's go! You vs. Me,
Charmander(he snickered as he said this)
vs.....my.....Squirtle! AAA hahahahahahah!!!!!!" He
almost fell over he was laughing so hard, almost sure of
his win. I'll show him!

"Charmander, I choose you!" I yelled.
"Go Squirtle!" yelled Gary. The two Pokemon looked
each other in their eyes. Gary's Squirtle had Gary's usual
creepy grin, the kind that makes you shiver.
"Char char!" my Charmander yelled.
"Squirtle, tackle, now!" shouted Gary. I responded
with scratch. Squirtle hit my Charmander and water steamed
off of his skin. Charmander winced in pain, but then
scratched Squirtle across the face, causing it to fall
over. I grinned at Gary, and he scowled at me.
"Charmander, Growl!" Charmander growled at Gary's
Squirtle, causing it's attack to go down, and he tried
tackle again. My Charmander dodged to the side.
"Charmander, get him!" I yelled. Charmander tackled
Squirtle from behind, and bit into its tail, causing its
health to almost deplete.
Then, all of a sudden, Gary yelled, "Squirtle, Water
Gun!" His Pokemon wheeled around, and shot water from its
shell at Charmander.
"Chaaaaaaarrrrrrrr!" Charmander screamed in pain, as
its health drained to one point! "Oh no, Charmander!"
"That's right, wimp, you're done for!" Gary mocked.
Standing there, looking at his ridiculing face made me
remember something. I smiled, and a grin spread across my
face, and I started laughing.
"What's so funny, Ash?" Gary questioned, thinking I
was crazy.
"You seem to have forgotten the one rule of Pokemon,
always be prepared for anything! Charmander, Potion!" I
shouted out, greatly enjoying the spreading look of dismay
coming over Gary as I used the Potion I had withdrawn from
my PC at home. He and I both knew, along with Professor
Oak, that the day was mine. "Charmander, Ember, now!"
"Char Char!
Chhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!" My Charmander growled as it built up its power until
releasing it in one huge blast of fire.
"Squirtle, Water Gun!" Gary commanded in a final
futile attempt to avoid the coming fire, but Squirtle was
Dazed. Charmander's fire hit it full force, blowing it
across the room into a wall with a loud SLAM!
"Charmander, finish it!" I yelled, raising my hand
into the air.
"Squirtle, NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!" Gary yelled as I
brought my hand down in a quick, chopping movement as
Charmander slammed into Squirtle, causing him to faint.
Gary ran over to Squirtle, calling it into his Poke' ball,
and turned to give me an icy stare. "Smell ya later, Wimp!
Smell yeah, Prof." He said arrogantly with just a twinge
of pain as he stormed out of the room to take his pokemon
to his home for care.
"Ash, that was a superb piece of fighting you did
there! I am quite impressed. I thought you would lose
after Gary used Water gun, but you came back and won!
Congratulations!" Professor Oak said, and I smiled.
"Char Char Char Char!" Charmander said eagerly! He
was jumping up and down in victory, and I picked him up and
gave him a hug. "Good job, Charmander! Let's go!" And
thus began my Great Pokemon Journey.

"Bul-ba-saur!" Bulbasaur growled as it was let out of
its Poke ball. Bulbasaur and I had felt a certain kind of
connection when I first got him, way back after I beat Gary
with Charmander. Charmander was like my friend Ash's
Pikachu, in as much as he refused to go into a Poke ball.
It seems all of the Pokemon trained by Professor Oak act
that way. Well, you know what they say, the Pokemon always
resemble the trainer! Anyway, I had just come across one
of Brock's pupil's who refused to let the gym go unmanaged.
It seems that this guy has a superiority complex because he
is all stuffed up about himself. I'm Alex, a pokemon
trainer, friend to Ash Ketchum. I am a few months younger
than him, so I started later on my journey.

"Ha! No one has EVER beaten me! Not even that WIMP
Gary could do it!" he said.

"It's no surprise that Gary couldn't beat you, he
couldn't train his way out of a paper bag!"

"Good one! I guess you're right. Geodude, go!" the
trainer shouted.

"Bulbasaur, this is TOO easy! Vine whip, now!" I
yelled.

"I wonder what he thinks he's doing?" he muttered.
"Geodude, tackle!" My Bulbasaur had already caught his
Pokemon in its grasp.

"Bulbasaur, leech spore!"

"Bulbasaur!" my Pokemon cried, unleashing from it's
back a stream of seeds. They hit Geodude and quickly dug
in.

"Oh, CRUD! Bulbasaur is grass! I gotta get this
thing fixed!" my enemy yelled, hitting his Pokedex. Before
he could give another command, my Bulbasaur's spores split
a large chunk of his Geodude off, causing it to faint. "Oh
no! Geodude, return!"

"Yes!" I yelled. "We got a Boulder Badge! As soon
as he gives it to us, that is."

"Fat chance, bud! You cheated!"

"What do you mean, I cheated!? I used my Pokemon
intelligently!"

"Grass against Rock is HARDLY fair!"

"Fine then, I'll use my Charmander against you!"

"Alright! This one's for real!"

"Bulbasaur return! Charmander, go!" I yelled as my
Poke ball shot its laser out and my Charmander popped out.
"Charmander, flame-thrower!"

"WHAT? You couldn't control a Charmander at high
enough level to be able to use flame-thrower! That's
impossible!"

"Whatever. Do it, Charmander!"

"Char-char! ChhAAAAARRRRRRRR!!!!!!" Charmander
yelled. He clenched his fists and teeth as he built up
power. He released his fire and blasted Geodude away!

"Way to go, Charmander! Charmander, return!" I
turned to walk away, not realizing that my opponent was
pulling out a Poke ball.

"Onix, go!" he yelled.

"What?

He was grinning, reminding me of Gary. "Onix,
bind!" His Onix lunged forward, attempting to wrap itself
around me!

"BUL-BA-SAUR!!" My bulbasaur had intercepted the
attack, and gotten trapper instead! "Bulba!!!!!" My
bulbasaur shot two long vines from within Onix's bind,
hitting Onix, breaking open and shooting smaller roots into
him and quickly starting to tear him apart! "Yes!"

"No! Onix, retur....!" He yelled, but then realized
that, while he could send OUT another Pokemon, he couldn't
bring it back!

"Caught in your own trap, eh? Bulbasaur, finish it!"

"BULBASAUR!"

"NO! STOP! I'll give you anything, just DON'T KILL
ONIX!" I smiled.

"Alright. Give me your Boulder Badge and some
information."

"Anything, anything, just get him OFF!"

"Bulbasaur, retreat! Alright, first, give me your
badge." He handed over his badge to me, and I put it onto
my jacket. "Now, tell me about Gary. What was his
Squirtle at? And how did it fare?"

"I have no idea. His Squirtle beat my Pokemon in one
hit each, but it seemed weak. It acted like he did, and
gloated over his victory, but he fainted when my pokemon
twitched and hit him. He cursed and said something about
Cerulean city, then picked Squirtle up and left."

"Great! Thanks. I'm off! Let's go, bulbasaur! Am
I glad you didn't return!"

"Bul-ba-saurrrr!!!!!" My bulbasaur jumped up into my
arms and licked me.

"Thanks, Bulbasaur! Cerulean City, here we come!"

"What do you MEAN, you can't let me pass!" I yelled at the
officer at the guard house.

"I'm sorry, but we have our reasons. You can't pass without
authorization."

"Isn't there ANYWAY I can get there?"

"Well, I suppose if you have a press pass, you could go."

"Press pass, huh?" I began thinking. I had seen a group of
reporters on the road earlier, and decided to go over and
check it out. I walked down the road, Charmander strolling
along aside, until I found them. "Um, excuse me? Could I
borrow one of your press passes to get to the route to Mt.
Moon?"

"Nope, sorry," a chorus of voices answered.

"Thanks anyway...." I began walking away dejectedly.
"C'mon, Charmander."

"Char char!" he responded. As I was walking away, I didn't
notice the last reporter trying to get my attention, but as
usual, Charmander didn't. "Charman, der!" He exclaimed,
pulling at my jacket.

"What is it, Charmander?" He breathed a puff of flame in
the direction of the reporter and pointed. "Oh!"

"Hey, kid! I can get you a press pass!"

"You can! Great! ......But, what'll it cost me..."

"Nothing! But don't think you're not gonna have to do
anything! By those Pokeballs, I see you are a trainer!
Well, there's been a rogue group of trainers not unlike
team rocket ravaging this area, trying to become an
official gym by scaring away another. But since they can't
seem to do it, they've decided to attack everything and
anything! Not only is it possible that they might be the
problem, but if you stop them, I'll get a scoop!"

"Alright, that sounds good! I'll do it!"

"Great! Uh, by the way, you're not planning on using that
Charmander against them, are you?"

"Uh, yeah. Why?"

"Well, they specialize in water pokemon and will extinguish
you're Charmander before you can take a single swipe at
them!"

"Uh, thanks. I got my own special weapon!" I left and
followed his directions to the area where they were last
sited. My Charmander seemed to be getting nervous, and I
decided to pull him back. "Charmander, return! You need
some rest anyway. Hmm, which pokemon should I use?" I
thought out loud. "I know! I'll use Pikachu!"

"Pi-ka-chu!" My pikachu said. My Pikachu was interesting in
that he didn't seem to be as slow as Ash's. His Thunder was
supercharged, but he couldn't use it as often without
tuning it down. Right now he was kind of hyper, I guess it
was from the Chocolate Shake I gave him last night, heheh.

"Alright Pikachu! You're gonna help me beat some water
pokemon!"

"Pika, chu! Pika pi, ka! Pikachu!" He said
enthusiastically. He jumped up onto my hat and kept sharp
lookout. As I was meandering down the road, admiring the
scenery, I thought I heard a rather familiar voice.

"What do you MEAN, you won't let me past you! Do you know
who I AM?"

"Of course I know who you are, Gary of Pallet! YOU SUCK!
I've beaten you EVERY TIME I've come up against you!" It
was Gary, my old friend Ash's rival, and now that Ash has
moved on, my chief rival.

"Oh no, not YOU again! I'll show you a thing or two!"

"Cocky and arrogant as usual. Do your worst!"

"Alright I will! Machoke, Go!"

"Ooh, a Machoke. I'm so scared! Pikachu, thunderbolt, now!"

"Pika chu!" he cried as he clenched his fists and shot out
a huge bolt of lightning straight for his Machoke! "Pika!"

"Ha! That lightning bolt didn't even phase it! Machoke,
Seismic Toss!"

"Whatever Gary. Pikachu, quick attack!" Our Pokemon
collided in mid-attack, but because of Pikachu's great
speed at that point, Machoke's throw ended up throwing him
straight for Gary!

"Not at me, you stupid Pokemon! No! Stop! Look OUUUUUTTTT!"

"WHAM!" Machoke and Gary met violently, and Gary sat up,
punched his Machoke(now out cold), called it back, and ran
off. "We'll meet again, Alex! I promise you that!"

"Humph. STILL can't train his way out of a paper sack.
Let's go, Pikachu!"

"Pika pi! Chu!" We kept walking but then all of a sudden, 6
trainer dressed all in blue jumped out in front of us and
began reciting a familiar oath.

"To protect the world from devastation! To unite all
peoples within our nation! To denounce the ee....." They
were cut out in mid sentence as a voice from the sky cried
out.

"Hey, that's copyrighted, you thieving
cheateeerrrrrrrrrrrrssss!" I looked up and saw Jessie and
James, along with Meowth, flying across the sky.

"Looks like Ash is at it again!" I said. "Alright then,
let's get down to business. You want my Pokemon, and my
license, right?

"Um, right. Hey! That's OUR line! Give it back!"

"Uh huh, sure, ok, whatever. Well, I ain't giving to you,
got it! So let's fight!"

"Alright!" the head one said. "I choose Squirtle! This will
decide the match!" A particularly morose-looking Squirtle
came out, and looked dolefully at his trainer. "HOW MANY
TIMES MUST I TELL YOU, NO YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF FIGHTING!"
his trainer yelled. The Squirtle sighed, looked down, and
stood up. It looked sadly at me, then looked at Pikachu and
grimaced, obviously scared of its imminent fate.

"Squir-tle..." he sighed, and walked forward.

"Pikachu," I whispered. "Don't hurt it much. It looks like
it has enough problems to deal with."

"Pikaaaa," Pikachu said. "Pika pi! Chaau!!!!!" My Pikachu
looked at the Squirtle, and sighed.

"Alright Squirtle, Skull Bash, now!"

"Pikachu, dodge and counter!" His Squirtle launched itself
at pikachu, who then dodged to the side and rammed it from
behind.

"Squirtle....." the pokemon moaned in pain.

"SQUIRTLE! Get back in there and FIGHT! Use your Water
Gun!"

"Pikachu, Thundershock, now!"

"Pikaaa, CHUUUUUU!" My Pikachu's electricity contacted his
Squirtle's water, and quickly traveled up it and hit his
Squirtle hard. It fell over, but stood up, obviously in
pain.

I gazed in awe, and ordered another Thundershock. Once
again the Squirtle was hit, but remained standing. It
slowly began to move forward as it bravely forged through
Pikachu's Lightning, until, halfway there, it collapsed
from exhaustion. "Ahh! Pikachu, halt attack!"

"Surrendering already? I had though you'd do better."
"No, I'd never do that. You're Squirtle is obviously in
pain and badly hurt. It is incredibly brave, and I wouldn't
think you'd like to lost it. I suggest you take it back."
The Squirtle had now awakened, and was struggling to
maintain consciousness.

"Nonsense! Squirtle, bite, now!" But the Squirtle just lay
there. "SQUIRTLE! I GAVE YOU AN ORDER! Now carry it out, or
there will be hell to pay later!"

"Hey, Damien, you having trouble over there?" His
companions had returned from their outing, which I had not
known that had taken.

"Naw, I'm fine. But this stupid Squirtle won't listen to
me!" He glared down and kicked his squirtle HARD, knocking
it down again. I could see tears running down its cheek,
and dribbling down the road. This site pushed me over the
edge.

"HOW CAN YOU MISTREAT YOUR POKEMON SO! It has fought better
than any I have faced yet! I can't BELIEVE you'd do such a
thing to it! Now either you take it back, or I'll MAKE you
take it back!"

"HA! It's MY pokemon, I can do with it as I wish!"

"You're right, but remember; the pokemon is only loyal as
long as it is happy with its trainer. I withdraw my
challenge for this Squirtle does not deserve this
punishment." The Squirtle kept looking at me, and back at
its trainer.

"Suit yourself. Squirtle, return!" but his Squirtle dodged
the return beam! "Wha..? Squirtle, I ORDER you to return!"

"Squirtle-squirt! Squirtaaaaaallll!" His Squirtle had
gotten up and, although visibly weak, was standing up
against its trainer! "Squirt......le." It was obviously
exhausted, but it somehow managed to retain its
consciousness!

"What's this!?! HOW DARE you disobey me! Take this!" He
began viscously kicking and throwing rocks at his Pokemon!
It was at this point I could not take any more.

"Pikachu, THUNDER, NOW!"

"PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKAAAAAAAAAAAAAA,
CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!" My Pikachu let loose an INCREDIBLE bolt of energy,
striking Damien straight in his chest!

"THAT'S AGAINS THE LEAGUE RULES!" Damien said, on his knees
in pain, clutching his chest.

"So is mistreating Pokemon!" a voice from the shadows said.

"Ash! I'm glad you got here!"

"Hey Alex. Damien, and the rest of the so-called Neptune's
Gym! You are all in violation of the Pokemon league rules!
You will surrender all your badges, pokeballs, and
pokedexes and return with me to Indigo Plateau to await a
hearing." He said. Ash was now the Pokemon league champion,
but was allowing the Elite 4 to maintain their status while
he monitored trainers everywhere.

"I suggest you listen to him."

"Fat chance!" They all responded.

"I warned you....."

"Very well. You have sealed your fate. Mewtwo, GO!" From
out of nowhere, a 6 foot tall white Pokemon with a long
tail appeared, and looked at the trainers. He glanced at
Ash, who nodded to him, and then he looked back at the
trainers. His eyes began to glow with a purplish light, and
all of the trainers were lifted into the air, and
disappeared. I was so fixated on this amazing site, that I
did not notice, along with Ash, that Damien was escaping,
silently vowing to see to my defeat.

"Alex, under league rules you have the right to choose one
of their Pokemon as your prize, with its permission."

"Wow, really! How about it, Squirtle? You wanna come with
us?"

"Squirtle! Squirtle squirtle squirtle! SQUIRTLE!" It
exclaimed happily, and leaped into my arms, with the first
expression of happiness on its face I had ever seen it
have.

"Squirtle, glad to have you aboard! Isn't that right,
guys?"

"Pikachu!"

"Pidgaaaawwwww!"

"Kadabra!"

"Freeeeee!"

"Char! Charman! Charmander!"

"Squirtle!" As my pokemon introduced themselves, we walked
off to find the Reporter and get my pass!

1 Hour Later.......

"Alright sir, you can pass. But now the pass is no longer
needed. The problem has been fixed."

"Thank goodness! What was it, anyway?"

"You'll see. If you still don't know, ask the guard at the
other end of this route by the Pokemon center." I walked
along the path, but when I had reached the end, all I had
seen was a newly filled pothole! When I reached the guard
house, I inquired the guard about this.

"What the heck was wrong with this road, and why couldn't I
pass before! The only thing there was a stupid little
pothole on the side of the road!"

"Why, sir, the problem WAS the pothole!" I fell over and
groaned loudly, and slapped myself in the face.

"Oh well, at least THAT'S over." I went into the center and
checked in my Pokemon for healing, and inquired Nurse
Joy(the sister to the cousin of the 2nd Cousin of the
Sister in law of the Older Sister to the Joy in Viridian)
about the next route.

"Well, I don't recommend following the outside path."

"Why?"

"Well, because it's closed!"

"AAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Caterpie Crossing

Since it seemed they were taking their own sweet time
opening up the road to Mt. Moon, I decided I was going to
head back to Viridian Forest. After all, I hadn't caught
some of the Pokemon there! I needed a Caterpie. So, I
searched the forest.

"Man, Charmander, I don't think we're EVER going to
find a WHOAAAHHH!!!!!!" I yelled as I fell off a cliff! "I
don't remember THAT being there!"

"Char Char!" Charmander cried worriedly, looking over
the edge at me.

"I'm OK Charmander, be right up there."

"Ya gotta watch out when you trek through forests," a
voice said from nowhere.

"Who are you? I can't see...." A figure jumped
down, followed by a round shape.

"Name's AJ. Who're you?"

"I'm Alex. A trainer from Pallet."

"Pallet town? I've had some good experiences with
trainers from there. Let's see how good you are."

"Alright, let's go! Just.....let me get up from here
first." I pulled myself up and Charmander jumped down.
"Charmander, you're not good for this fight. Stand back."

"Char char......" He said sadly.

"Sorry about that Charmander. Squirtle, go!"

"Squirtle, huh? Well then," he said, stretching his
whip. "Sandshrew, go!" With a crack of his whip, his
Sandshrew jumped out from behind him and charged.

"Squirtle, water gun!"

"Squirtle squirt! Squirrrrrrt!!!!" Squirtle shot a
high-pressure stream of water out from his mouth, blasting
Sandshrew back!

"Way to go, Squirtle!"

"Heheheh. You're squirtle's got a powerful water
gun." He cracked his whip, and his Sandshrew rolled into a
ball and rolled off the water!

"What have you done to your Sandshrew!"

"You're looking at the only Sandshrew powerful enough
to withstand water! Sandshrew, slash, now!"

"Shrew!" His sandshrew dove at my squirtle, claws
out!

"Squirtle, return!" I said. "I can't use my
charmander, he doesn't stand a chance!" I thought.
"Kadabra, go!"

"Kadabra!"

"Kadabra, Psybeam!" Kadabra's eyes flashed, freezing
Sandshrew in his place, and then, and a beam shot from his
forehead, smacking Sandshrew head on! "Kadabra, toss him
around a while." Kadabra nodded, and looked at Sandshrew.
All of a sudden, it rose into the air, and flew across the
forest! It smacked into several trees until, finally, AJ
gave in.

"Alright, enough! I give!"

"Kadabra, return! Alright AJ, you fought well. That
Sandshrew is powerful! If you had been prepared for my
Kadabra, then I wouldn't have stood a chance!"

"Thanks. Well, I better be off on my way." AJ began
walking off.

"Hey, AJ, you want to come with me?"

"I don't know."

"Look me up if you ever want to."

"I will."

"Good. I'm off to find a Caterpie. See you!"

"Yeah." I walked off, looking for a Caterpie. The
forest was strangely quiet today for some reason. There
didn't seem to be any pokemon around. Then I came across
one. And not just one, but a thousand and one! There were
millions!

"Whoah! Do you see all of those, Charmander! There
are hundreds!"

"Char!"

"I'm gonna catch one! Wait.........Where'd they all
go?

"Char? Char char."

"Good point, maybe we scared them off." I said. I
looked around for some more pokemon. The caterpies were
gone! They just, disappeared. No trace was left. I
walked a little further looking for them, but they were
nowhere to be found. Then I came upon a small area. There
were caterpie crossing all over this area! They seemed to
be all over, going in to directions, like a Caterpie
highway!

"Now, lessee, which one to choose..." I pondered over
the caterpie, trying to pick out one that looked good. All
of a sudden, one just popped up right in front of me! It
crawled all over and around me and Charmander, inspecting
us like it was trying to figure out what we were. "What do
you think, Charmander?"

"Char char!" Charmander said, nodding. I pulled out
a pokeball, and threw it.

"Cataaa!" It cried, and the pokeball caught it. It
rocked once, twice, and then it busted out! The pokeball
bounced back to me, and the caterpie looked around,
angrily.

"Whoah! That should have caught it! This one's
strong! Charmander, give it a tail whip!"

"Chaarrrr!" Charmander cried as it knocked the
caterpie across the forest against a tree! "Now it should
take! Poke ball, go!" This time, it rocked once, twice,
three times!

"Yes! We caught Caterpie! Alright Charmander!
Woohoo! Come on out, caterpie!"

"Cataaa!" Caterpie came out, and looked around
quizzically, as if seeing its surroundings for the first
time. Then all of a sudden, 2 familiar voices were heard.

"To protect the world from devastation," one said.

"To unite all people within our nation," another
said.

"Not again...."

"To denounce the evils of truth and love, to extend
our reach to the stars above!" the two voices said in
unison.

"Jessie,"

"James,"

"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth! That's right!" It was Team Rocket, again.

"We've turned our sights to lower, more achievable
goals. We're now going for quantity, rather than quality."
Jessie said.

"Yeah, that way, we can get a few bucks for every one
of a million pokemon, rather than a million bucks for a few
pokemon!" Meowth said.

"Look, I've beaten you guys before, so just get outta
the way and let me go."

"Oh no, you'll disturb the net of toxins we've put
around here! We put all the caterpie to sleep! They won't
wake up until we've caught them!" Sure enough, my caterpie
had fallen asleep! "And since you won't listen to us,
we'll have to do something about this. Wheezing,
smokescreen!" James yelled, and the clearing filled with
smoke. By the time I got my pidgeotto out to clear it,
they had taken my caterpie!

"Pidgeotto, search the area from the sky. Kadabra,
look around for any sign of a trail. Let's go, guys!"
After 3 hours of searching, we finally came across
something. Wheezing had left a trail of sludge behind him,
and we followed it until we found Team Rocket, inspecting
their prizes.

"Wow, Jessie, we really cleaned up!"

"Yes, James, and with so little effort! We should
have been doing this all along!"

"Well, keep a lookout, they might have been able to
follow us!" Meowth said, looking around nervously.

"All right, guys! The jig is up! Now let those
Caterpies go now!"

"You'll have to make us! Arbok, go!"

"Wheezing, go!"

"This is a piece of cake! Kadabra, psychic!"

"Kadabra!" The air around Arbok and Wheezing began
to shimmer, and then Arbok and Wheezing were blown away,
yet again, right into Jessie and James!

"Kadabra, throw them all the way to Fuschia!"
Kadabra nodded, and they flew right out of the forest, and
over the mountains!

"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off agaaiin!" As
they vanished over the horizon, we released the caterpie,
and began looking for mine. But when all the caterpie had
left, he still hadn't shown up!

"Well, looks like we can't force them to come back.
But I wish he had." Charmander, Kadabra and I walked off
dejectedly, and almost missed AJ as he came running up!

"Alex! Hey, Alex! Huff, puff...Alex! Wait up!"

"What is it, AJ?"

"I thought it over. I've decided to join up with
you. It's safer that way, not that I need protection, but
I'd like some company sometimes."

"Well, glad to have you aboard, AJ!"

"Oh, by the way, I think this belongs to you."

"What does.. Caterpie!"

"Cata! Cataaaa!" He jumped into my arms and began
nuzzling my cheek.

"It's good to see you, too, caterpie! Let's go,
guys!"

"Char char! Char!"

"I wonder if the road is open yet?"