I really should be doing my Statistics HW instead… I’m writing fanfic!
Disclaimer: I wish I owned pokemon. Then I’d be filthy rich. Alas, I only own this fanfic…
Chapter 13 – Go with what you trust
The melding with Poliwrath was much easier than that with Butterfree, probably because he knew Poliwrath much better…
He spent another week getting used to his new form. It was slightly different, the Emerald feathers were now blue-green not pure green…
Well, with a water pokemon, blue as Poliwrath was, it made sense.
Snow. He could grow to hate it. Why was it snowing?
Was it winter already?
How could that much time have passed without his notice? But… three months had gone by…
Impossible…
Something was very wrong here.
“Lance!”
“What is it now?” Lance looked up from where he was busy grooming his Umbreon.
“Something’s wrong!”
“What?” Lance looked confused. “What do you mean? You can’t be allergic to my power can you? I didn’t think that could happen-.”
“Allergic?”
“What are you trying to say?”
“How did time pass so quickly! It’s only been 3 days but it says it’s been 3 months!” Red was starting to panic.
“What?”
Lance’s eyes widened. It couldn’t be-!
“Shimatta! Could it be-?”
Red did not have time to wonder what Lance was saying before Lance pushed him down onto the ground. Four razors leaves embedded themselves in the wall.
No… they
weren’t leaves… those were-!
Poison needles!
“So you noticed! More reason I should re-capture you now!”
“Giovanni!”
Giovanni’s eyes were glowing green, and on his back were a pair of clearish green wings.
“You used the Viridian Power to fuse with Serebii!” Lance gasped.
“Perceptive but it won’t save you.”
Lance grabbed Red and teleported out of the way as Giovanni attacked again…
“Run, run, run, but you can’t hide.” The gym leader taunted. “All of time is mine now, don’t you see? And now, I think…”
Lance gave a strangled cry as he vanished.
“What did you do to him?” Red demanded.
“Oh? I just erased him from time. Nothing important. Now, Red, come willingly with me or I shall be forced to capture you again.”
“Never!”
“Be my guest and take it the hard way…”
Red panicked as the Master Ball came nearer, before he realized something important! He wasn’t melded yet, so…
He simply kicked the Master ball out of the way and then released his Charizard. Green hopefully meant a grass type…
“Charizard, Fire Blast!”
Giovanni dodged faster than eye’s speed and in a second Charizard was writhing on the ground in pain, result of a psychic attack.
“Eevee, go! Use Thunderwave!” That would at least slow down the pokemon, hopefully….
Yes, it worked! Giovanni’s speed dropped by ¼. Red sighed in relief, then swapped for his Ninetales and Arcanine. Eevee quickly took Flareon form, and all three of them breathed out Flamethrower attacks.
Giovanni was hit!
Red was about to relax when Giovanni used Recover… followed by Heal Bell to cure paralysis. That wasn’t fair!
His three fire-types went flying as well.
“Fine! I choose you, Golbat! Toxic!”
Giovanni used Heal bell again, shaking his head as a Psychic attack slammed into the Golbat, sending it into defeat.
This was such a waste of pokemon…
Red was stubborn, though…
“Sandshrew, Diglett, Earthquake!”
Nothing happened…
“I’m flying, do you think ground attacks will hit me?” The two moles were quickly dispatched… fallen…
Giovanni laughed triumphantly.
“Ready to give up, boy?”
“Not yet!” Red said. “Poliwrath, go! Ice Beam! Aerodactyl, Gyarados, Hyper Beam! Venus, Sweet Scent!”
The attacks all bounced off the Reflect/Light Screen combination shield Giovanni erected around himself.
Red cursed under his breath, before ordering the same attacks.
Giovanni shook his head, pityingly. “I’m afraid that I am now much stronger than you are, Red. You might as well give up now…”
Suddenly, the Master Ball went flying and sucked Giovanni inside.
Red smiled at Porygon, who smiled back.
Thank goodness! His distractory tactics had worked, while Porygon accessed the Master Ball network and reprogrammed it to capture Giovanni.
With a smile, he picked up the Master ball. Now… what to do? Even if Giovanni were caught he probably wouldn’t obey…
He looked around warily, in case Giovanni had brought backup. He hadn’t.
Red recalled all his pokemon and went to the Ecruteak Center to heal them. Well, Giovanni was as gone as he would ever be…
What would happen now?
No matter what, he’d be able to deal with it. Amazing how the prophecy became so convoluted. It was nothing like what he had anticipated.
But the Team Rocket menace was gone, now.
Still…
A faint feeling of guilt gnawed at his soul, but he ignored it. He couldn’t bring Lance back anyhow, he didn’t even know what Giovanni had done.
Claire would probably kill him when she found out, but for now… he was at peace, and unafraid.
Let the future come what may.
End Chapter
Completed 2/15/05, started 2/14/05
COMPLETE
Well, no romance in this series, I suppose you could pass it off as championshipping shonen-ai if you squint…
Phantomness: *falls over in a dead faint*
Lance: *smiles* Peace at last!