Pokemon Peridot - Series Two

Episode Two - Rocket Age Begins!

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Last Time

Flyy, Kim and the others have wound up in different places in the Eastern Forest. What will become of them? Can they stop Team Rocket with their new member, Falkner...?

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Flyy and Lola rejoined Kim and Spook at the Azalea Pokemon Centre around forty-five minutes later. Kim and Spook were sitting at a table in the cafeteria area when they entered.
'Where have you been?' Kim asked quickly when they were all settled and warm with a cup of coffee each. Tick, Daffodil and Peck were munching into some Pokemon food. Flyy had released Blaze and he was curled up on his lap.
'We went for a picnic!' Flyy replied sarcastically. 'Did you not feel the whole 'getting shot out of the sky from one hundred feet up' experience, or were you asleep?'
'Sorry!' Kim said angrily. 'Listen, Falkner phoned me...' Kim and Spook told Flyy and Lola about the phone call, and then Falkner managing to skip across half of Johto in half a minute.
'That's bad, right, Spook?' Lola asked.
Spook was silent for a moment. 'Hello?' Flyy said, waving a hand in front of his face.
'I've foreseen this...'
'That would have been helpful earlier!' Kim shouted. Nurse Joy looked over at her. 'Sorry...' she whispered. Other trainers and their Pokemon were sleeping on the couches or in their sleeping bags.
'It is known as the Rocket Age, so Auntie Sabrina told me...' His voice carried on trailing off.
'Was there an end?'
'I didn't see... All I remember is hearing a voice... It said of an ally... Of treachery... Of pain...'
'Oh crap...' Flyy muttered.
Blaze couldn't understand English, but he understood emotions, and something was up. He stood up and stared lovingly at Flyy.
'I can't believe I have another stolen Pokemon!' Flyy called out.

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Colin had been released from jail earlier that day. He had to spend one whole night in there. It wasn't a pleasurable experience. They had taken Onix and Tauros away and had left him with nothing. It was all Flyy's fault. He swore revenge on fly for putting him in there in the first place.
Right now, he was at his house. It had been trashed when Flyy had somehow managed to escape from Colin's back garden. His pictures of him and his Pokemon and his dead girlfriend were smashed and scattered around the floor and his table was overturned.
He bent down and picked up a picture of his girlfriend. He started to cry tears of guilt. It was his fault she had been crushed. If he hadn't have been messing around with Onix, his tail wouldn't have driven her into the mud. Since then, all of his Pokemon had been tools to rebuild his life and fix what he had destroyed, to rewrite what he had erased.
To start with, he had to seek revenge on Flyy. That was the solution.
However, where was Flyy? And how would Colin get there? It wasn't the right time yet anyway. He would one day get him back, one day...

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The group had a good sleep on the soft fabric of the pink couches in the Pokemon Center. Flyy had hugged Blaze all night, who was very warm and kept Flyy comfortable in his sleep.
Kim was the first to awake. She stood up, stretched her arms and yawned. Her pink scarf had fallen off in the night. She knelt on the floor to search for it and found that Daffodil had pinched it and slept on it.
Kim's brown hair was tied in a ponytail as usual. It was what Daffodil seemed to like because she played with her hair when walking around. She was wearing her black skinny jeans and bright blue top that had the number seventy-seven written in black.
Spook woke up next and then Lola did. They played with the Pokemon for a while whilst Blaze and Flyy slept. Tick was sitting next to the couch, waiting intently for Flyy to wake up.
'Come play with us, Tick.' Kim said nicely. 'He's a fourteen year old boy, he won't wake for at least another hour.'
Everyone laughed. Tick, however, didn't move a muscle.
'It's fine,' Spook said to Kim. 'He's just grown attached to him over the past couple of days. Soon he won't mind if he isn't there.'
Flyy did awake an hour later. He returned Blaze to his Poke Ball and Tick bounced around his feet. 'Morning, Tick' he chuckled. Tick sent a little jolt of electricity up Flyy's leg to show his excitement. It didn't please Flyy, but he laughed anyway. 'So, all, where to today?'
'I think we should lie low today, Flyy. Maybe for a few days' Spook said. 'Team Rocket will be scoping the area and we can't run the risk of them taking back Blaze. That would be most annoying.'
'Talking of annoying,' Flyy mused aloud. 'When I met Blaze, he created a massive dome of cold fire. You're psychic and stuff, think you could ask him and find out what it meant?'
'Interesting. Release him and I'll find out.' Flyy released Blaze, who sat down straight away, as it knew that there wouldn't be a battle. 'Right,' said Spook. 'Blaze might start screaming or something, but don't calm him down. It is all part of the process of getting inside his head.' Everyone nodded.
Spook squinted and put his forefingers to his temples. He rubbed the skin around in a circle, until Blaze started shifting around uncomfortably. 'I'm inside its head.'
'Why does my head hurt?' Blaze asked.
Spook was talking aloud. 'I'm inside your head, Blaze. That is your name. This way we can talk, understand?'
'I think so. What do you want to talk about? Can Flyy hear me?' He turned to Flyy. 'Flyy! Hello! It's me!' Flyy laughed.
'He's wondering if you can hear him' Spook said, laughing too.
'All I hear is you chirping, buddy. Sorry.'
'I wanted to talk to him...
'I'm sure you can talk one day. Anyway, down to business.'
'Business?'
'Yes. Flyy tells me that when he met you, you created an odd dome of fire. Care to elaborate?'
‘I don't know what elaborate means, but I can explain why I did it.'
Spook told everyone what he said and they all laughed. 'Aw, bless' said Lola.
'I panicked when I saw another human. I thought they were all like the Nightmen...'
'Nightmen?' Spook queried.
'I don't know who they were, but they operated at night and wore black clothes.'
'Team Rocket?'
'I don't know... But, about the fire. I panicked and created the fire. It wasn't harmful, because I don't like hurting. The trees I destroyed will grow back in a matter of days. I liked Flyy from when I first met him, I was never going to hurt him.'
Spook, again, repeated the Torchic's words.
'That's really sweet, Blaze. I liked you too!' Flyy said.
'Thank you, Blaze. I will come out of your head. You may pass out, but Flyy will return you to your Poke Ball where you can relax.'
Blaze did pass out, and Flyy returned him.
'So it was accidental?' Kim asked.
'Yes. He never wanted to hurt anyone.'
'Thank goodness for that. Now we just have to avoid Team Rocket.' Flyy said.
'Say, Spook, didn't we used to have a friend by the name of Bugsy that lived here in Azalea?' Lola said.
'Bugsy? The Gym Leader?' Flyy's mouth dropped. 'I can battle him!'
Spook calmed him down. 'Remember what I said about laying low? That applies now.'
'Can I at least show him my Pokemon?'
Spook sighed. 'OK.'

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Colin was waiting behind a plant in Bugsy's Gym. As soon as Bugsy stepped into the training room, he would jump out and take him hostage. He had a knife and rope, and Tauros, Onix and his new Pokemon.
As planned, Bugsy walked into the training room, accompanied by his Scyther. Colin spring out and grabbed Bugsy from behind. He unsheathed his knife and put it to Bugsy's throat. Before Scyther had realized what was happening, Onix had popped out of his Poke Ball and had Slammed Scyther into a wall, taking plants and trees with him. Scyther was unconscious.
'Who the hell are you?'
'I'm Shadow. People tell me that you have knowledge. I need knowledge.'
'Let me go, I'll tell you all that you need.' Colin had come up with the name "Shadow" to hide his identity.
'Tell me where I can get the Loogle Flower!'
'There is only a preserved amount of those flowers in the whole of Johto! What do you need them for?'
'Oh, let's just say, the biggest lightshow this side of the world is going to take place, courtesy of Team Rocket!' Colin had teamed up with Rocket just after he left his house. They had provided him with his balaclava and sweatshirt with the big, red "R" emblazoned across the chest.
Colin stopped dead. He turned around quickly, the knife still pressed to Bugsy's throat.
'Someone will stop you. The Loogle Flowers are to be protected, not used in SOLAR!'
'You know of SOLAR?' SOLAR was the satellite project Team Rocket had been working on for a few years.
'I worked on it for a few months a while back. I realized how insane the project was and quit. I became a Gym Leader and have remained here ever since.'
Colin stopped again. He swore he heard it that time. 'Who's here?' Colin roared at Bugsy.
'I don't know!' Bugsy said in return.
Colin pushed the knife closer to Bugsy's windpipe. 'Who's here?' he roared even louder.'
'Just me, Colin. Remember me?' Colin recognised the voice. He had heard it once before. His eyes narrowed.
'Hello again, Flyy with two "ys"' Colin whipped around and threw the knife straight at Flyy as he did. Bugsy fell to the floor and breathed heavily.
The blade was inches away from Flyy's face. A red blur dashed out in front of him and deflected the knife away. It was Slash, Spook's Scizor!
'I'll kill you for what you did, you bastard!' Colin screamed as he charged towards Flyy.
'I didn't do anything. All I did was beat you, you tried to kill me!' Flyy said as he dived out of Colin's way. Colin carried on running and Spook rugby tackled him to the floor as he passed him.
'Onix! Eliminate them all!' Colin shouted.
'Not so fast!' Lola shouted. She was accompanied by a Delcatty, Glamour.
'Flyy! Watch out!' Kim screamed. She was with Daffodil. Flyy whipped around and ducked just in time as Onix's tail swung round to hit him.
'Tick!' A green flash flew through the air. Tick had jumped down from the beams at the top of the Gym. He landed on Onix's horn and used Thunder Fang. Onix roared in pain and shook the Electrike off. Tick fell to the floor.
Flyy turned to see Glamour charging at Onix with a big black ball of energy in her mouth. She jumped and threw the Shadow Ball at Onix, who took it to the face. Onix fell down.
'Colin!' Flyy called, running over to the wrestling pair of Spook and Colin. 'Let's settle this thee old-fashioned way! Let's battle...!'

Episode Three Coming Soon...

Author - Bazu Azurill

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