Chapter 62 - Enemy Lines!

Gan identified the Pokemon that were on shore, there were exactly five Pokemon laying there unconscious. There was a Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Seaking, Goldeen, and Krabby knocked out on the beach.

"Oh, you're finally back?" Royce was chewing on a straw when he opened his eyes to see Gan approaching.

"Yeah, it was rough out there, but it was nothing that Charizard couldn't handle." Gan made sure to once again thank Royce for lending him a helping hand. He wouldn't have had the audacity to go into this Zone without getting his help.

"No problem. I don't see any Scyther around here, but these Pokemon were drawn to the shore by your Pokemon." Royce gazed over at the Pokemon on the shore for a brief moment.

Gan could also see that Kingler and Gyarados didn't go back into the depths to hunt anymore Pokemon. Without further ado, Gan tossed some Pokeballs at the group of Pokemon laying faint on the shore.

They were beaten pretty badly, it would take some time for them to regain their consciousness and recover. This made the capture of these Pokemon easy pickings for him.

"Yes, whatever it takes to fill up my Pokedex." Gan secretly celebrated with each new addition he added to his Dex.

It had been hours, it was 3:56 as of now, so the sun was high.

Gan pulled out his large cauldron pot and had Kadabra move it towards the water to be cleaned. He wanted to cook up something in the meantime, he had thrown up quite a bit while being here and he was starving now.

"What?" Royce widened his eyes in shock for a moment. Afterward, he relaxed, believing that Gan must have had the latest technology, a storage mini-bag or device of some sort.

Kadabra proceeded to use its telekinetic power to rinse the cauldron from inside out with water. It was excited because it knew what was to come.

"Oh, you're about to cook something up? Let me help you with that, I'll get the fire ready. I even know a few recipes, what do you have on you right now?" Royce suddenly walked over, showing great interest.

"I have these berries and some meat. I would like to try something new if you really can whip up something good." Gan had already laid out the table and everything. He put the ingredients he was going to use on it.

"Haha, leave it to me, I got you!" Royce went over towards the lake to rinse his hands.

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-Vermillion City.

In a house within Vermillion City, there were some secret chambers hidden behind miscellaneous equipment. Inside, there were stairways that led into many directions here. This place was filled with strange computers flickering and glowing from time to time.

Behind this scientist was a man wearing a golden mask, with a red high collared short jacket. If anyone from Gan's world were to see him, they would recognize him as the [Vicious Iron Masked Maurader].

"Incredible! The results are amazing! To turn a Pokemon into a vicious battling machine with ease, with the use of this new invention! I don't have words to describe how amazing this is, the possibilities are limitless!"

"Of course, my Dark balls can bring out the full power of a Pokemon. It can also be used on the already owned Pokemon from trainers, and capture them!" Iron Mask laughed coldly, he already had a plan for these Balls.

"Good, Good! However, Giovanni is already searching for your trail; things will not be good if we're discovered." The Scientist's tone was filled with worry. Team Rocket was the gang that ruled over Kanto and Johto from the shadows.

"Giovanni? Ha! What about him? Even he and Team Rocket will have to bend a knee once this hidden Organization has caught that legendary Pokemon. We can't act yet, but we're going to continue shipping out more Dark balls."

"Legendary Pokemon? Do you mean those two Pokemon on those Posters over there?" The Scientist looked and pointed to those posters to confirm.

"Yeah, but one of them isn't considered Legendary, it has a better title than that." Iron masked grinned.

"Do you mean...it's a...Mythical Pokemon!?" The Scientist's eyes were glued on the green Pokemon that was considered as such.

"Indeed, don't talk too much about, or you might go missing. I suggest you keep that information to yourself, between me and you." Iron Mask warned.

"Good. In 2 weeks, there will be a ship arriving near the docks. I'll need to convert these Pokeballs into Dark balls, it's much easier than building them from scratch. This is why I need you to create a machine that can just produce the Dark balls. We'll make millions selling these Balls. I believe there are a few potential buyers overseas as well."

Iron Mask ranted on about his plans.

"Of course, me and other Scientists are working on this as we speak. Soon, we'll be able to produce these Dark balls at a rapid rate." The Scientist was certain that this machine was close to completion.

"Like music to my ears. Our main base is stationed in Johto, that place isn't so packed with Team Rocket members yet. Despite being few in numbers, they still hold great power over there." Iron masked rubbed his chin and said.

"What do we do about it?" The Scientist asked in wonder.

"We won't worry about it for now, we'll see what happens. Just keep working on that machine, we don't want to alert Surge about what's going on underneath his nose." It wouldn't be good if this guy was to find out. Lt. Surge was a secret member of Team Rocket, which very few were unaware of.

"You can rest ȧssured that no one will find out about this." The Scientist bowed slightly and proceeded to scan the list on his clipboard.

Iron Mask didn't say anything before grabbing a large Basket of Pokeballs and leaving to convert them. However, no one noticed that a Scientist was hidden and listening to their whole conversation.

This was an undercover Team Rocket member who could change his appearance pretty well. He smirked when heard the information before vanishing into other shadows.

-Back in Viridian Forest, the North Sector.

Royce could be seen stirring a hot pot of miscellaneous ingredients. Infernape was playing catch with Machoke near the reservoir.

Gan had his eyes closed and it seemed like he was meditating, but he was actually looking through his storage. He wanted to use some of his spy gear to scout the area, or just to practice with it. However, with the presence of Royce, this was obviously impossible due to the logo on the spy gear—and the fact that he was using such gear in the first place.

'It looks like I'll have to hold out on using this gear until I separate from Royce' Gan could only practice with the spy gear in the woods near Pallet Town, this wasn't a bad idea. He thought.

Gan then turned his attention to the Pokeballs within his storage that housed captured Pokemon. He recently added Poliwhirl and Seaking to his Pokedex.

The Seaking was at level 33 with a 1-star rating, so it had poor potential. Poliwhirl was no different, it also had poor potential but Gan figured he would buy some Stones from the Celadon Department store to evolve some Pokemon.

"Oh, man, that smells good!" Gan turned towards the hot pot and said.

"Just wait and see how it tastes, you're gonna be blown away, haha!" Royce laughed and went over to sit at the table that Gan had set up.

Royce had released a few of his Pokemon, well, he had a total of 4 of them out. Camerupt, Charizard, Rapidash, and Infernape. His last 2 Pokemon were a mystery, but Gan had an idea what his last two might be.

And sure enough, it did!

Gan gazed towards the forest thicket and could see multiple Pokemon looking in their direction. They watched from trees, the forest itself, and the bushes; some tried to avoid being spotted while others didn't care.

Gan spotted a Pokemon he needed to catch, and that was a Pikachu.

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|Name: Pikachu

|Type: Electric

|Level: 26

|Gender: Female

|Ability: Static

|Nature: Timid

|Moves: Tail Whip| Thunder Shock| Growl| Play Nice| Quick Attack| Electro Ball| Thunder Wave| Feint| Double Team| Spark|

...

'Whaoo!' This Pickachu was quite good, its nature was the best for it to boot.

However, before Gan could say anything; Royce's Pokemon all turned their heads in the direction of the mountain in the distance. Rapidash gave a cry, alerting Royce and everyone about something.

Gan could see small black dots in the distance, coming from the mountain. Infernape also looked across the lake and could see a group of Pokemon flying over.

"We got company!" Royce stood up quickly and switched his head back and forth at each of the groups of Pokemon approaching from both sides.

"Dang, what is it this time?" Gan looked and saw that the group of Pokemon flying over the lake was being led by a Pinsir. They all paused over the lake before staring at Gan's group near the shore.

They actually didn't look at them for long, as their attention was quickly diverted towards the approaching third party.

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|Name: Pinsir

|Type: Bug

|Level: 36

|Gender: Male

|Ability: Moxie (Hidden Ability)

|Potential: ★★★★

|Nature: Naughty

|Moves: Vice Grip| Focus Energy| Bind| Seismic Toss| Harden| Vital Throw| Revenge| Double Hit| Brick Break| X-Scissor| Strom Throw| Submission| (SP)Throat Chop| (SP)Close Combat|

...

Gan's eyes twitched when he saw its status, this Pokemon wasn't to be trifled with. It had two other Pinsir at its side, while the rest of its subordinates were Beedrill.

Gan turned and looked in the direction of the other approaching group. When he saw the Pokemon leading this group, he was almost jumped in excitement. However, his current situation wasn't anything to be happy about.

The Pokemon in the lead was a Scyther, with three other Scyther following behind it. It also had Beedrill as its main force, but there was quite a bit of Butterfree mixed within its party.

Gan's eyes widen again because this Scyther also had that all but too familiar tent around its body!

'Another 4-star!' Gan was laughing wildly to himself, he had to catch this Pokemon no matter what! But it looked like a battle was about to occur here, was this place going to be turned into a battlefield?

Gan's eyes locked onto the Scyther to see what it was capable of.