Darktyranitar:

I know those lines that Nidoking spoke!
I don’t know what you’re talking about *coughtlionkingcough*

Yea, Black Jack still retain his slightly-evil characteristic. I can't believe it at what he tried to do at Ash, although it was Ash who started it.
Have you heard of a phrase called ‘Don’t cross the boss?’ I think there should be a phrase called ‘Don’t cross a guy who’s twice as big as you’. lol

And for some weird reason, I was laughing at the grunt when he was splashed with the hot coffee XD. Yeah, call me sick; I just remembered something funny when I read the lines "My eyes!"
I was laughing at that part too so…

So yeah, keep up the good work!
I will and you’ll be reading! In fact, the new chapter’s here now!


Chapter 4

Mid afternoon.

It was some time after Ash and Black Jack left the village. They were now in a forest near a beach, not far from the village. Ash had Pikachu holding onto his shoulder and Totodile being held onto his chest. They were all hiding behind the bushes.

“You sure this is the place?” a woman asked, walking up to them from behind. She was wearing a blue denim jacket with a small, tight purple t-shirt underneath and a white miniskirt. Her name was Rui, one of members of the Orre Pack.

Alongside her was a man was fellow Orre Pack member Wes, who had silver, spiky hair and wearing a long blue jacket over his t-shirt, black jeans and boots and a white stripe painted on his face; and Detective Stevens, donning a red and white jacket over his white t-shirt, blue jeans and trainers.

Two days ago, they travelled from the Orre Region after hearing the news about the burning village and were hired to investigate the cause of fire. Along with Black Jack and Ash, they had suspicions between two criminal organisations Team Ocean and Team Molten. They figured that they may not find the guilty party here but least they may find some clue.

“If it isn’t, then those punks will have me to answer to,” Ash said answering Rui’s question.

“We’re gonna have to flip a coin for that,” Black Jack commented. He looked down at Ash’s Totodile. “Ready for a little spy game, pal?”

“(You bet’cha)!” Totodile growled enthusiastically.

Ash had a worried look on his face as he placed him on the ground. “Are you sure you’re okay with this?” he asked. “I don’t want to put you at risk.”

Despite Black Jack’s plan to use Ash’s Totodile as a spy and rescuer, as much as Ash wanted to save Misty, he was reluctant to release him for this cause. He wanted to do this himself but Black Jack convinced him that he would easily get caught by Team Ocean because he had one of the most recognisable faces.

Totodile let out a small giggle. “(Aw, c’mon Ash)!” he croaked enthusiastically. “(We’ve been on rescue missions before. Remember that baby Lugia and mother Lugia Team Rocket captured? We knocked their brains out and saved the Lugias)!”

Ash let out a small sigh. “I guess Team Ocean capturing Misty got me all panicky,” he said in a down tone. “I don’t want you captured too.”

“You can’t get panicky right now, Ash,” Stevens said. “Cos if you do you’ll lose focus.”

“You’re right, Stevens,” Ash said. “I wouldn’t want Misty to see me like this.”
“If there’s any problem, get out of there or find another route,” Black Jack said towards Totodile.

“(This won’t be a problem, Ash),” Totodile growled as he ran towards the sea. “(This one’s for the team)!”

“(Good luck, Totodile),” Ash said quietly, hoping that his crocodile friend would get back to them.

He dived into the sea and started to search for the Team Ocean base underwater. It didn’t take him long to find it; it was at the bottom of the sea. The colour of the gigantic base was ocean blue and dome-shaped. He swam around the base to find a way in but to no avail. Suddenly the base began to rise, much to Totodile’s surprise.

He swam up to the bottom of the base to see if there was an entranceway. As a large circular hatch opened, he saw his chance to enter while a blue submarine came out of the entrance.

Meanwhile, on the beach, Black Jack and the others waited patiently for Totodile’s return. They soon spotted Team Ocean’s submarine and quickly hid behind the trees. They took a peek to see what was going on as the submarine came on to the shore. Its hatch opened and released a blue Ferrari.

“The Team Ocean leader must be inside that car,” Ash whispered angrily. “Let’s take ‘em.”

“Not yet, Ash. I’ll have High Flyer and Twister to spy on them,” Stevens said as he took out two of his pokeballs out. “Go!” he cried as he threw them up into the air.

The pokeballs opened, releasing two bird-like pokemon. One had most of its feathers black on its back and wings while it had white feathers on the front while the other had red wings, black feathered neck and a brown head with a pink beak.

“A Tailow and a Spearow,” Black Jack said noticeably.

“Yep, these boys never let me down,” Stevens replied to Black Jack, and then he turned his attention back to his birds. “Boys, we need you to follow that car. High Flyer will need to stay with them while Twister will have to tell us where they’re staying.”

The two bird-pokemon cooed obediently as they turned around, flying away in the other direction. All the others could to do until they return was wait.

The two birds followed the car while airborne. It wasn’t long until they saw the car stopping next to an old cabin-like tavern. It had a red sign on the high part of the building marked ‘The Rough Side’. The two birds landed on top of the roof while two suspicious characters out of the car from each side, unaware that they were being spied upon. They were both wearing long light brown trench coats with bowler hats. “C’mon, let’s go inside,” one of them said.

“(Twister),” High Flyer the Tailow cooed towards his spying partner. “(I’ll stick here and listen to their plan. You fly back to the others and guide them here).”

“(Hush. Hang on a second),” Twister the Spearow squawked, pressing the side of his head on the roof, attempting to listen to the noise from within the tavern.

His partner let out a small sigh. “(Bah. Anything to get away from flying back),” he cooed as he started to fly back to the group.


Meanwhile, at the Team Ocean base, Totodile broke into it as he knocked down the ventilator hatch after crawling though small tunnels. He began walking through a number of corridors, which were all metallic, looking for the prisoners the captured Team Ocean grunts confessed. He peeked around one of the doorways and saw a number of monitors, with a large control box underneath, showing different pictures.

“(A security room),” he croaked to himself looking around for the grunts in the room. There were two of them sitting in their seats and he slowly walked up to them, trying not to make a noise. When he reached up to them, he looked up and saw that they were sleeping.

Taking the advantage, he looked at one of the screens and saw the face he recognised the most... Misty. She was locked up in a prison cell, wearing her yellow sleeveless t-shirt, blue denim shorts, white short sock and brown shoes. After checking what section she was in ‘63DG’, he quickly made his way to her prison cell after sneakily taking a card from the security guard’s pocket, which should help open doors. He knew what he had to do at this moment; find Misty and the other captured trainers and help them escape.


Meanwhile, back at the tavern, the two characters dressed in light brown trench coats were sitting at the same table with other two characters dressed in dark brown trench coats and bowler hats. Apart from them, a barman and a few drunken people, there weren’t a lot of people. The place was dark and slightly messy.

Then, a man walked in wearing a long black trench coat and a bowler hat that shaded his face. He walked over to the counter and took out a small book. “Can I get you anything, sir?” the barman said in a Brooklyn-like accent. He was a bald, fat man with a small beard. He was wearing a tie bow, a white buttoned shirt and black trousers.

The man in black opened his book and read it. “I… would like… a shot of… martini,” he said in a Spanish accent. “Thank you please.”

“Not bad,” the barman replied as he served him the drink. “That’ll be two dollars.”

The man in black handed over the money. “Thank you,” he said as the barman took it as he went back cleaning the glasses.

“So,” one of the men in dark brown trench coats said. “How are you guys doing?”

One of the men in the light brown trench coats let out a small sigh. “Three of our men didn’t come back last night,” he said quietly. “It’s either they’re trapped or they’re being beaten up by Black Jack. I feel sorry for those guys, but I’m glad that that he’s not on a hunt for me.”

“But if you captured one of his relatives, maybe he’ll surrender.”

“No way! Remember when Team Missile captured his family? Black Jack battered their brains out and caused an explosion to one of their bases. Anyway, we’ve already captured Misty Waterflower.”

“Yeah, we’ve read about it,” the other man in a dark brown trench coat said. “That oughta crack that Ash Ketchum guy up, being her boyfriend and all.”

The four mysterious characters chuckled after that remark while the man in black took a sip of his martini. “Almost forgot,” one of the men in a light brown trench coat said. “When are the bosses coming?”

“About nine tonight, it’s a good thing we’re teaming up for once, huh?” the other said as he looked at his watch. “We better get going. Our break’s over.”

“Our break’s over too,” the other man said. “See you later.”

After the four men left, the man in the black trench coat took one last gulp of his drink before placing a few coins down a jar with a sign marked ‘tip jar’ and leaving the tavern.

Once he got outside, he saw the same blue Ferrari and a red jeep leaving the scene. He walked deep into the forest and found Black Jack standing next to his bike; he took his bowler hat off his head revealing his true identity, Wes. He held his thumb up, showing that he got some good information from the unsuspecting agents. “So far, so good,” Wes said.


Back at the Team Ocean base, Totodile, as discreet as he could, hurried towards Misty’s prison cell while carrying a card he took from the sleeping guard. After walking along several corridors and meeting several dead ends, he spotted the following letters and numbers ‘63DG’ marked on the door, meaning that Misty’s prison cell was behind that door. He also spotted a card slot next to the door, and jumped towards while sliding down the card. A green light switched on and a beep was sounded signalling that the pass was granted.

The door opened revealing Misty in her prison cell. She was still unconscious as she laid there. Totodile walked to the bars and croaked quietly, loud enough to wake her up. She woke up, slowly opening up her eyes seeing Totodile as the first pokemon after being captured.

“Totodile?” she murmured sleepily.

The little blue crocodile skipped happily carelessly from left to right, happy to see his friend and importantly help her escape. He looked around the room for the security camera and spotted it in a top corner of the room. It was quite high but Totodile was able to reach it as he leapt a great height and grabbed the camera.

“Totodile,” Misty whispered. “I see a wire there. See if you can disconnect it.”

Totodile also spotted the wire and carefully tried to disconnect it. Suddenly, the camera broke from the ceiling and crashed to the floor, much to Totodile’s and Misty’s shock. “Hey! What’s going on in there?” yelled a man’s voice.

“That’s torn it,” Misty said. “Totodile, get yourself out of here.”

“Toto!” the little blue crocodile croaked disapprovingly as he didn’t want to leave his friend, his trainer’s love, behind.

“Totodile, don’t worry about me!” Misty cried back. “Team Ocean may have caught me but they won’t hurt me because they need me! Now get going! Ash will understand!”

Totodile was still hesitant to leave but soon heard some loud footsteps and saw some of the Team Ocean agents charging towards them. He quickly turned towards Misty and saw an assuring and determined look in her eyes. He, too, became determined as he began running towards the grunts.

The grunts did their best to catch but because of his small size and speed, he managed to run underneath all of them. Despite getting pass all of them, the grunts still gave chase. He ran back into the corridors he previously walked passed. As he ran to another corner, getting the grunts to lose sight of him, he found the ventilator hatch he broke down, he quickly picked it up and placed it back while getting inside to make his escape. The grunts ran around the same corner but found the blue crocodile no longer there and decided to search the entire base.


Back at Ash’s location, they blue Ferrari was making its way back. The submarine raised to the surface of the sea and its hatched opened, allowing the car to enter it. Once the vehicle entered, the hatch of the submarine closed and went back into the sea.

Soon, Black Jack’s bike came into the scene, with Black Jack and Wes riding the vehicle. After Black jack stopped the vehicle, Wes got out of the sidecar and Rui ran and gave him a huge hug. “Oh, Wes,” she cried. “I’m glad you’re okay!”

“Yeah, but you don’t have to choke me to prove it,” Wes replied, feeling the air being squeezed out of him.

“So, what’s the scoop?” Stevens asked, who had his bird pokemon on his shoulders.

“Well, we got a bit of bad news,” Wes said after Rui released him. “Unfortunately there was no Team Ocean leader and apparently, they have joined forces.”

“I wouldn’t consider that bad news,” Black Jack said with a smirk.

“Do you have any good news?” Ash asked.

Before anyone could answer, they heard a small splash and saw Totodile walking slowly towards them with his head hung low in shame. Ash had a feeling of fear that Misty might’ve gotten hurt during the rescue mission.

When slowly reached up to them, Ash kneeled down towards. “Misty, is she...?” he said worriedly.

“(I couldn’t get her out, Ash),” Totodile croaked apologetically. “(I’m sorry. She said to not worry because they won’t hurt her).”

Ash looked down on the floor, rather speechless of the news Totodile just delivered. Pikachu leapt off his shoulder and looked up to him and tried comforting him. Ash’s fists with anger and emotion, physically threatening to lash out at anyone at any moment. Everyone moved away from apart from his pokemon and Black Jack, who stepped towards his rival. “As we were saying,” Black Jack continued. “We got some good news... the leaders of both teams are going to meet up at that tavern tonight at nine.”

Ash’s fists stopped shaking as he calmed himself down. He placed his hand on Totodile’s head, much to his surprise. “It’s okay, Totodile,” he murmured while putting on a forced smile. “You tried.”

Totodile and Pikachu towards their trainer and friend and hugged him in return, thanking him for his forgiveness while he hugged him back.

“[I sensed something burning inside you just now, Ketchum],” Black Jack thought to himself while showing a smirk. “[Tonight, we can pour some gasoline on it].”
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