Pokémon RP Kanto Quest, the adventure begins.

[Prpl_Mage]

-"That's so hot." Frank said and stared at the ball in Saiar's hand. He wanted to take it from her really badly. But he also knew that he wouldn't get far.
For a moment he wanted to congratulate her after the heated battle and the teamwork of all. But he remembered the fact that she wasn't who she used to be anymore. She was now the very thing he fought against - Team Rocket.
Frank didn't know how to feel. Team Rocket had just captured the legendary bird Articuno and not just any Rocket - Saiar Karat of all the admins.
-"Lucas, guys. We better be off." Frank said as he turned to them. He didn't know what Saiar could do these days. Finding her as an admin was odd enough as it were.
Frank knew that Cerulean would be crawling with rockets by now and saw no point in returning there. He didn't have any reason to fight that gym without anything to take on water and he didn't want to stirr up trouble when there was a captured Articuno nearby.

He started walking down the path back towards town and then turned around.
-"I'll head back towards Saffron, need to find something - anything stronger than what I have now. You got my number so call me when you need a hero of the day." He said and pointed in the kids' direction.
-"And miss Karat. I'll see you soon." Frank added and winked before walking away.

He wasn't sure what he was doing but he needed some time alone for now. It was almost night but he didn't mind, it would be easier to sneak into Saffron under the nightsky. He needed to train and catch a stronger team after all.

[ellie-is]

[Get ready for an enormous post]
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Vermilion City. The port of exquisite sunsets. Now, those sunsets were only a memory. Tall buildings all over the place prevented everyone from seeing the sunset without leaving the city.

Inside the city Gym there was no leader. Just dozens of Rocket Grunts and the admin in charge, Arnel. Suddenly, someone blasted through the door, surprising the Rockets that were doing their rocket duties.

The man was very skinny, and you could see most of his bones showing through his skin. Besides the two small patches of white hair above his ears, he was bald. He was wearing an U.S. Army uniform with all his medals on it, and you could tell from its size that he was once a very muscular man, but that was long ago. He had one pokéball on each of his hands.

"Boys, I am going to say this one time." The man's rough voice sounded as if everytime it spoke, it hurt his throat. Wasn't easy for him to talk. "Get two of your best trainers and go outside to face me in a double battle. I will be takin' my Gym back."

He went outside. Most grunts couldn't keep a straight face. The thought of that old man beating them was hilarious. A few passers-by stopped to watch. Arnel went out, followed by the rest of the rockets.

"Surge... What you don't seem to realize, is that we don't play by your rules. We are Team Rocket. We have our own rules. Do you really want to humiliate yourself like this?"

Surge didn't say a word. Instead, he sent out the two Pokémon. Raichu and Electrode. The Raichu had a lot of white patches on his fur, and the Electrode's surface was full of scratches. Both Pokémon had obviously went through a lot, but they still looked incredibly strong.

"Now." said Arnel, and looked at the grunts.

There was a giant flash of red lighting all over the place. All the grunts simultaneously let out all their Pokémon. Most of them weren't strong. Koffings, Grimers, Magnemites. Half a dozen grunts seemed to be better trainers and had Pokémon such as Scyther, Muk, Houndoom and one of them even had a Ursaring.

"Bastards... This isn't fair, and you know it." Liutenant Surge was furious, but not scared at all. He knew no one of those Rockets could take him on a fair fight. But that fight was as far from being a fair fight as it could be. Hundreds of Pokémon against a team of two. But he trusted his Pokémon. "THUNDERBOLT! Lets show show these rats what we are made of!"

It was impressive. Each of his Pokémon let out an enormous bolt of lighting, fainting numerous enemies and paralizing others. But then the Rockets striked. Each grunt ordered their Pokémon to use a move, and they did. Raichu and Electrode tried their hardest to fend off the enemies, but they just couldn't dodge so many attacks. But they were strong and resisted. The rockets kept telling their pokés to attack.

"Raichu! Thunder! Electrode, Giga Impact!"

Electrode dashed through the waves of enemies, sending them flying as he passed by. Raichu's Thunder knocked out a bunch of enemies, but there were still a lot standing. The grunt with the Ursaring ordered it to use Earthquake on the nearby Electrode.

"Magnetic Rise!", Surge shouted. His Pokémon got off the ground, and Ursaring's attack missed, hitting only some rocket's Pokémon. "Raichu, take him out with a Surf!"
"What... Raichu can't surf... This old man must be going senile! Haha!"

But then a gigantic wave came out of the ocean, and Raichu jumped on top of it, aiming it towards Ursaring. A single blow took it down, and also a lot of other Pokémon. Lt. Surge's team was impressive. No wonder he managed to keep his place as a gym leader for all those years.

But the Rockets kept attacking. It wasn't long until a well placed Flame Thrower took out Electrode, and Raichu fainted by recieving the tenth hit of a Fury Cutter from the Scyther, who had been attacking Pokés owned by the same trainer in order to build up its power.

"No... No! NO! This... This can't be... Rats! Thieves, bastards! You will pay for it, you hear me! You can't just do this... Steal my home... Beat my team... No... No..." Surge recalled his Pokémon to the pokéballs, and fell to the ground. He had never felt so angry and so humiliated on his life. "This isn't fair... They can't fight like that... Those bastards have... they have no honor..."

The rockets were laughing as the tears came down from Surge's eyes. "I told you this would happen. Nobody beats Team Rocket." Arnel winked at Surge and kept laughing. The people who were watching were angry at Team Rocket, but what could they do? They couldn't beat all those people... Not that easily... Too many grunts.

The Rockets made their way back to the gym. They soon went back to their affairs without wasting time thinking about the battle. They had duties that had to be finished.

Outside, the citzens of Vermilion went to check on Surge, who was laying on the ground.

"Ugh." he writhed in pain, and his hand was now on his chest. The old man was having a heart attack. "The lighting American... Thats how they would call me... But that was so long ago."

"Relax, don't try too hard. We will get you a doctor." Said an old man, almost as old as Surge himself.

"No... It's alright... I had a good life. I'm too old now... There's nothing that can be done for me." and after saying his last words, Surge sighed and closed his eyes. His heart stopped beating a few seconds later.

Everyone around him started crying. Surge had been around for as long as they could remember. He was already a Gym leader when most of them were born. This was a sad moment in Vermilion. The sun was setting, and the sky was red. A young bug catcher walked away from the crowd that had gathered around Surge.

"I can't... I can't let they do that and walk away. I'm going inside. I... I will beat them!" The boy was crying, but he didn't try to hide the tears. You could see from his face that he was also mad at the whole situation. He sent out a Butterfree.

"Kid... Hold on. You can't do it." Said the old man who was near Surge's body, now adjusting his Gentleman hat. "Not alone. I will go with you. Anyone else who wants to join us... Go ahead. I'm not going to let them walk away. Surge... Surge was one of the finest men I ever met, and..." He couldn't find the words. Too sad to think. He got out a couple Pokéballs from the inside of his jacket, and sent out a Fearow and a Rapidash, both seeming as old as Lt Surge's own Pokémon.

"Wait, Chairman. I will go." A man walked up to him and sent out his Pidgeot, who long ago would deliver mail to his old girlfriend in Saffron.

"Me too.", said an old lady who had a Farfetch'd by her side.

"Count me in.", said a teenager who had his deceased grandfather's Machamp with him.

Soon most people from the crowd were ready to go inside. The ones who weren't going inside stayed near Surge to take care of his body and decide what they would do with his Pokémon, since he didn't have any family.

All those people walked into the Gym. They knew that after the battle, the rockets suffered a large blow. They hadn't had time to heal their Pokémon, and Lt. Surge had fainted more than half of the grunt's pokés.

Arnel laughed. "What are you guys doing here? Couldn't stand your dear Leader getting his butt kicked? Get the hell out of here before you get the same as him!" The other Rockets laughed.

The crowd was furious. The Chairman walked forward. "Go ahead. We can't wait to teach you and your underlings how it feels like to be defeated. Please, go on."

Arnel started to get worried. He also knew that his grunts were weak, and most of their Pokémon were down. But he still told the grunts to attack.

They sent out their weakened Pokémon. The crowd replied by ordering attacks. Team Rocket didn't stand a chance. Some grunts proved harder to defeat, but even fifty grunts with weakened and fainted Pokémon couldn't beat two dozens of well trained, determined trainers.

After it was over, the Chairman of the Pokémon Fanclub walked up to Arnel.
"We beat you. We showed you that Rockets do not belong in our town. Please leave before things get more uncomfortable for you."

Arnel was pissed, but there was nothing he could do at that point. His grunts looked at him. "Lets go". They left the gym, and the grunts asked him what the hell they would do now.

"We can't let them do that! We are Team Rocket! We should go there an-"

"Oh yeah? What will you do? Throw your Koffing on their heads until they faint? We lost. Admit it. We now go to Saffron and report to our superiors. Dear lord... They are going to be MAD. I'm so screwed. But... Something has to be done. If people start revolting like this all over the country... no, don't even think about it. They will fix it. They will send admins to clean up this town. I... I hope."

[Prpl_Mage]

Frank walked up to the gates of Saffron but barely had the moment to step inside before they were shut.
-"What's going on?" Frank asked the grunt who closed the gate.
-"Some stupid trainers are brewing trouble. We decided to lock this place up till later." The grunt said and walked back to his post.
-"Terrific..." Frank said as he looked through the bars.
-"So there's no way for me to leave town for a while?" Frank finally asked and got a shaken head in response.

Frank walked into town and wondered what would happen to the other kids now when he wouldn't be able to protect them for a while. Also, what would happen to him if that blasted Rocket Agent noticed him in town? He had been infamous around the rockets in less than a day and someone thought it was a good idea to assault him with his old strength.  
He needed a plan - either to infiltrate team rocket or to escape town.
He thought that the others could have some use in knowing that Saffron had been locked up and called Chris.

-"Sup? Are ya' missing me already guys?" He started and walked down one of the streets.
-"Just thought you should know that Saffron has been sealed off for some time. Apparently some trainers stirred up trouble. No idea if that's us - ME or someone else, but rockets seem to be getting here from the South at least. So yeah, it's pretty thick here and the gates are closed. I'll let you know when the situation changes." Frank finished and hung up.

As the phone was folded and stashed in his pocket he set sight for the Silph corp building and the current storage of stolen pokémon.

[X_marks_the_ed]

While some of the others went back to Cerulean to heal, Edwin was busy training Eevee and Clefable. He watched as the two took down what little they could find hiding under the melting snow. Eevee didn't show any more signs of pain, but he decided to see if the Pokedex had any information on it. Instead, it acted as though Eevee was a different Pokemon each time he used it.

"Eev.....eon, the Fresh Evolution Pokemon.... species error." He hoped the nurse could help him when we he would head back and meet with the others. In his journey eastward, he eventually came to a small shoreline. Nearby was a Pokecenter, but it was abandoned. Just like the one by Mt. Moon. He decided to head inside and see if the machine inside still worked. Inside were plenty of different Pokemon. "They must have hid in here when those birds came and started that storm." Though they were mostly all bug types, he couldn't pass up the chance. "Eevee, Quick Attack! Clefable, Psychic!"

The tiny building was surrounded with the sounds of battle. Now that she was much stronger, Claire kept the bigger Beedrills away with Psychic, while Eevee struck anything that got too close. One by one, the foes fell. Some were sneaky enough to get a few hits in, knocking Eevee down. Edwin pulled out her Pokeball and tried to recall her, but it didn't work. Clefable was starting to give way. "Go, Barboach!" Out came the whirlpool, pushing the foes away for a bit, and then the fish. "Barboach, water gun!" As the group of foes came closer, Barboach got scared and instead fired a large blast of water from its whirlpool into the crowd of bugs, riding it across them. Ed laughed. "Lyle, you and your Surf." With Barboach taking down the majority of them, the foes eventually either fell or fled until the commotion died down. Ed recalled both of his Pokemon.

He looked at Eevee. The ball, once again, didn't work. The dex wasn't any help either, giving its usual garbage. Ed leaned over, picked Eevee up and left the center. As soon as he left the center, he heard a loud screech. Above him was one of the birds from the center. "Not now! It was flying right towards him. Before Ed could turn and get back into the center, the bird swooped down, barely missing, sending a heap of snow onto Ed and Eevee. She began to glow again. "No! Stop!" He quickly placed her on the ground and shielded her like before, but this time, she wouldn't stop. He looked up at the bird. It was turning to swoop down again. Ed reached for Zubat's ball when Rachel shot out from underneath him, only she looked very different. She watched as the bird started another assault. Ed quickly pulled out his Pokedex.

"Pidgeotto, Bird Pokemon."

"Not that one!" He shouted at the device.

[drenrin2120]

Chris returned to the fringe of Cerulean city. His pokemon were still in need of healing. He didn't want to use up all his revives just yet, but he knew he may have to if he was challenged to a battle. After watching the epic battle between the birds and Saiar, Chris was still in a bit of shock. His phone vibrated. It was Frank sending a mass message. "Saffron locked up. No one allowed in or out. Troublesome trainers. Rocket on the move again."

"Damn, Frank, you're quick," Chris thought. The kid never stopped.

Chris pondered this for a while. There were a ton of Rockets swarming around Cerulean. Some were shoveling mountains of snow to clear walkways. "What a bunch o' good Samaritans..." Chris thought sarcastically.

He crossed Nugget Bridge, hugging the northern boundaries of Cerulean city. Chris took out his bag in front of him, digging to the bottom for what he hoped was there. "Aha!" Chris pulled out an old, worn map. On it were the cities of Kanto and all the routes. Chris knew the routes, but he was wondering about the pokecenter. Not all pokecenters were located in town. To the east of Cerulean there was another Pokecenter, placed strategically before Rock Tunnel, which lead to Lavender.

"Lavender..." Chris thought. He'd never been there. And he could heal his pokemon before venturing into the cave. That's when Lucas came from behind him.

"Ah! You startled the crap out of me! Where'd you come from?" said Chris

"Sorry! Didn't mean to! Hey, what are you looking at?"

Chris showed Lucas the lone pokecenter to the east. "If we can get there, I'm sure there's no rockets. There's no need for any rockets to be there."

Lucas examined the map for a moment. "There might be. Do you know if the rockets have taken the Power plant?" Chris wasn't sure.

"Why?"

"Well, that pokecenter's a junction for Route 9, Rock Tunnel, and Route 10, which leads to the Power Plant. But it is a fairly quiet area in Kanto."

"Well, I'm heading there. If you want to tag along, I wouldn't mind the company, especially through Rock Tunnel."

Lucas thought about it for a while, then...

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Whatcha gonna do Lucas?

[ellie-is]

"Sure... Sounds like fun."
"Well, alright then!"
"Maybe we should ask the others as well. Ed said he wanted to travel with us... Lets go find him!"

[Prpl_Mage]

-"Check out this golden Rattata!" A voice said from an alley as a Rocket Grunt passed.
-"Whoa, really?" The rocket replied and foolishly walked into the alley.

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Frank walked out of the alley wearing the uniform of a simple Rocket Grunt. With all the people "immigrating" from Vermillion it wouldn't be hard to be accepted as a Rocket Grunt now. The people from Saffron would assume that he was new in town and the people from Vermillion would assume that he was a Saffron grunt.
Gotta love distractions.

Frank began his stride but remembered to adapt his posture to his new role - rocket grunt. No real power, just confident in the power behind him. Some of the higher ranked rockets looked his way as he passed but luckily made him out to be a newcomer as planned.
He reached the doors of the Silph Co and entered while greeting the two grunts standing guard.
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Inside was a huge lobby, he passed a couple of grunts and had to pass an ID check where he used the grunt's card key. He was happy that all it took was a Card Key and not some kind of code for it. The card key opened most doors within the right level.
He walked into the wrong room from time to time and greeted the rockets that passed him while taking in the latest gossip.
-"... Trainers beating us in Vermillion 'cuz of that old fool."
-"What was Arnel up to all this time?"
-"We beat the crap out of Cerulean but lost Vermillion?"
-"I heard ol' Darren got his butt beat by Saiar."

Beside gossip he also learned about this new ball called Obedience ball and it was actually thanks to it that Frank even found out where the main storage was.
He walked through the corridors and saw some nasty experiments, he also made sure to avoid all contact with higher ranked people who perhaps could demand some sort of proof that he was indeed a rocket.
Once at the storage door he realized that he needed a password to get in.
He sighed and set out to the break rooms and such to snap up various clues to what to type.
He first learned that one part of the password was "Slow" after getting a scientist a coffee. Frank claimed to have forgotten about it and just needed some of it to remember the rest.
Another part was won after a game of cards were the loser should be named the last part of the password - "Tail".
And the last part he needed was "Poke" which he had to do some bad things to get.
But with all three parts of the password he went back to the storage and entered the code "Slowpoke tail". It worked and the door beeped and opened.
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The building was quiet now since it was evening or night (he couldn't tell because of the lack of windows) but he walked into the storage and came upon a large mass of organized stacks of pokéballs in all kind of shapes and colours.
In front of him was the main computer that he accessed with the card key.
He started a search for his own name and a machine up ahead started spinning and there was movement among the lines of pokéballs. A tray of pokéballs was placed in the glass above him and the display showed the contents of it.
Frank grinned widely as he saw the result of his past lives. The Sneasel, Gengar and many more were still there waiting to be extracted.
He didn't waste any time and ordered the pokémons to be withdrawn.
But the very moment he picked to take out Sneasel the machine showed the error "Unauthorized withdrawal! This pokémon is not authorized to be used by Grunt R3".
Frank gave the machine a slap and realized that it probably was some kind of protection against Grunts getting their hands on too strong pokémon.

He sighed and thought things through. Should he go back out and find the Card Key of a higher ranked rocket? Or maybe even an admin... Yeah that seemed okay.
But before he even had the chance to put his plan into action the lights were turned on and 3 people entered the room.
Frank turned around and saw Darren with Alfred and Albert on his sides.
-"I was told someone was accessing Frank's database and thought to catch Admin Saiar in action breaking the rules. But aren't I surprised to find the very person with his label on that box eh Frank?" Darren said and ordered Alfred to close the doors.
-"You again." Frank simply said and pulled off the Rocket cap. No need to pretend otherwise.
-"Yeah me again, you remember what happened in Cerulean? Well, I won't use Tyranitar this time but I promise that I took some of your other precious pokémon - and thank you very much - I actually checked them out before agreeing on taking them this time." Darren said mockingly and sent out a Tauros.
-"I remember that one." Frank said and stared at the brutal poké in front of him.
-"Well then, let's see your weaklings again shall we Frank?" Darren said whereon Alfred and Albert laughed.
-"I was thinking..." Frank started to buy more time, he'd put the machine to withdraw all the pokés in the box and just waited for the balls to be delivered.
-"I don't even know your name yet." Frank said and raised the ball of his Murkrow and sent it out. Although hopeless it would be able to avoid some of the attacks.
-"Where's my manners?" Darren said shocked and nodded at Albert.
-"Captain Darren, destroyer of trainers and Rocket Agent." Albert said and saluted.
-"What he said. I'm Darren and you should remember my name, 'cuz my name will be synonymously with 'defeat' for you." He said and ordered the tauros to attack.
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As the tauros attacked and all their eyes were focused on Murkrow Frank opened the hatch of the machine and grabbed 4 of the balls inside. He hadn't been able to get any more than those. But four was better than nothing.
He scanned the first one and sent out Electrode behind the trio of grunts.
They all turned around shocked as Frank shouted at it to use Explosion.
-"Run away!" Alfred shouted as they dived for cover.
The pokémon exploded and the blast pushed the rockets away from the door and even made a hole in the door itself.

Frank didn't waste time and put on his hat and leaped against the exit. He turned around and withdrew Murkrow and turned around when Tauros charged him.
The large pokémon pushed him out of the room and into the wall on the opposite side. His body ached but he noticed that the explosion drew attention, a grunt stared at Frank as he covered his chest and eyed the Tauros stuck in the door.
-"What's going on!" The grunt exclaimed and looked at Frank.
-"Some trainer in there who's trying to steal our profits!" Frank answered and got up and began to move away from the door.
-"Where are you going?" Another agent asked as he passed him.
-"That crazy trainer beat all my pokémon and now he's cleaning out the storage." Frank lied and continued to move out.
As soon as he passed the corner he fixed his posture despite the damages and ordered the closest group of grunts.
-"Hey! You better get to the storage, some trainers broke in!" He said and they all rushed there bored of their sleepily duties in the Silph Co.
With people's attention set on the storage and whatever was inside behind that Tauros Frank managed to get out safely and quickly dumped the rocket outfit.

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He knew that it was just a matter of time before they would start searching for him. And they would probably find him. He had to get out. He was looking for a way out when his phone ringed.
He picked it up and took the call from his fan - Maya.
She started to ramble about stuff when Frank asked her were she was. She said that she just got to Cerulean and saw the results of what happened.
-"Could you get down to Saffron's north gate?" Frank asked her.
-"Sure thing, but isn't it closed?" She asked back.
-"That's why I need your help." He said and hung up.

With all that planing done he was glad that he made it out okay and that he got some pokés with him.
And that's when he remembered that he didn't know what he managed to withdraw. He pulled out his pokédex and scanned the balls.
-"Sentret" The android voice called from inside the pokédex and Frank cursed that he even caught one.
-"Rhyhorn" It continued and Frank sighed and realized that it would be doable.
-"Dunsparce" It said afterwards and Frank slapped his face just as an impulsive reaction. It was not a bug but more useless than one.
-"At least I got Electrode out." Frank stated but at the same time realized that he only carried 6 balls.
-"Aw crap.... Must've dropped it" He mumbled but knew right away. Back at the rocket storage when the tauros charged him.

He didn't need time to think. He just put his safety in line to break in and all he could get was a Rhyhorn and two silly and totally worthless pokémon. He'd just dump those two with the other kids 'cuz he had no use for them whatsoever.

[X_marks_the_ed]

"Glaceon, the Fresh Snow Pokemon..."

She stood proudly over the fallen bird. Ed was just relieved that the Pokedex was finally giving him answers. But if evolution was that painful, did Clefable go through the same thing while he was sleeping in the gym? He tried the Pokeball again, and fortunately, it worked. He decided to head back to Cerulean to ask the nurse about the incident. She probably didn't know anything, but if anyone did, it would have to be a nurse.

As he walked through the winding fields, he came across Lucas and Chris. "Hey Ed, where are you headed?" Lucas asked.

"Back to Cerulean. I got a few questions for the nurse there." Almost as if he had insulted him, Lucas was taken aback. "I'm sure if you've got questions, I can answer them just as well as any nurse." He almost seemed proud of that fact. He seemed to leer at Ed as though it were a challenge. Hesitating, Ed sent out his new Pokemon. Immediately, Lucas spoke. "That's a Glaceon. But, they're really rare here. Where did you get it?"

"I found it in that house to the North of Cerulean. But it was in a broken Pokeball." Chris seemed surprised at this. "You mean Bill's house?"

"I guess so. I took the broken Pokeball to the nurse and she put her in one of my Pokeballs. But she said that the Pokemon may be 'mutated', as she put it." Lucas' expression didn't change. "I believe there was a similar case in which someone's Machoke went rampant on its owner after its Pokeball broke. It's probably like sustaining a head injury. It messes with you in bad ways."

"Well, these two bird flew over us, and she started glowing and was in pain. It happened again when a Pidgeotto, I think its called, threw snow onto it. Then it became this."

"I'm guessing the damage it took messed with its sensitivity to the elements, as Eevee can evolve with many different elements, I'm guessing it just because extra sensitive to the elements."

"Is there anything I can do?"

"Well, I don't think you'll have any more problems. Glaceon can't evolve, so she should be fine."

"Thanks." Ed struggled to let that sentence slip, as Lucas seemed to have a superior look on his face, as if he had just battled a wild Tauros with his bare hands and won. Chris chimed in. "Where to, then?"

"Well, I have to go back to cerulean. My Pokes get a pretty bad beating in the Pokecenter down there."

"What? What were they doing a center?"

"It was abandoned, apparently. But I didn't get a chance to look around. Maybe the nurse just fled." Chris' expression lightened up a bit. "Well, let's go see. Maybe it still has a working machine." "Why not? I pretty much cleared it out anyway." Ed agreed and the three went on their way towards the Pokecenter.

[coreystranick]

Corey saw three members of the group heading towards the east.

"Guess it won't hurt to follow."

Corey gathered his things ang began trailing the three, hoping to eventually catch up.

[A Forgotten Legend]

Somehow, the birds had scared off the Rocket battling Joseph.

"Whew" Joseph recalled his pokémon.  It was close call.  As he walked back into town he looked through the rubble.  He saw Frank as he was leaving town.  He tried to catch up, but by the time he came close he had gone into the entrance to Saffron.

"Hey!  My friend just went in there!  Why can't I?"  It was too late, the gate was shut and there was no way getting in.  "Darn it!"  Joseph sat there trying to figure out what to do. During the battle Joseph's phone had dropped on the bridge and was lost.  All by himself he released his new Pichu.
"Pih?"
"You're a brave little guy aren't you?"
"Pih!"  Joseph let the little pokémon play for a while.  It was getting late, and decided that he should just camp here tonight.  He gathered some sticks and Pichu used an electric attack to give a spark.  Luckily, the wood here was dry.  After the fire was built Joseph sent out all his pokémon and enjoyed a few pokéblocks he had left while he made due with a cereal bar he found in one of the pockets of his bag.
I wonder where everyone else went off to?

[Prpl_Mage]

Frank waited at the gate next to the fence, it was dark outside and only rockets walked the streets. He sighed and noticed a campfire on the other side of the gate. Apparently people waited to get into town.
-"Frankie!" A voice called from the other side of the fence and Frank turned his head there.
-"Heya. Glad you showed up." He said and watched Maya his trustful fan on the other side.
-"Great battle in pewter, too bad that silly bird interrupted you kicking the old leader's butt." She started and Frank interrupted her before things got worse.
-"Hate to say it, but I'll need your assistance." Frank said, 'help' was such a strong word.
-"Sure thing, anything for my prince." She answered happily.
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-"OH MY! Look at this blissful Togepi!" Maya said really loud a couple of meters from the gate.
The rocket heard this and got up.
-"Girl, don't even bother with that. It's the worst thing you can get. Bastard won't evolve for Muk and even when it does - it's useless." he said in true rocket fashion.
-"Oh okay.... Umm... What's this?" She paused and thought really hard.
-"A Dratini?" Maya exclaimed and the rocket stared out into the darkness.
-"What, where?" He said and lit his flashlight.
-"What's going on?" Another rocket said and stepped up next to him as he scouted the darkness.
-"Some girl saw a Dratini outside... But I can't see-"
-"Out of the way, that's mine I'll get promoted from this boring gate duty!" The other rocket said while unlocking the gate and running out.
-"Oh hell no, I saw it first!" The gatekeeping rocket said and ran out after him.
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The two rockets returned through the gate and looked disappointed.
-"How the hell can you mistake an Ekans for Dratini?" The first grunt said annoyed and punched his buddy on the shoulder.
-"Don't blame me man, you were the one who rushed out before I actually spotted it.

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-"Thank's a bunch." Frank said as he meet up with Maya on the other side.
-"No problem. But you owe me one now." She said and winked at him.
-"Yeah... Well I'll repay you later." He said and headed for the campfire.
-"You can do better than that Frankie, just don't be so shy and show some appreciation."
Frank sighed.
-"Fine, how 'bout dinner at a campfire under a starlit nightsky?" He said slowly and instantly regretted it.
-"That's so romantic!" She said dreamily and walked really close to him, which he really didn't like.
Frank mentally facepalmed but noticed Joe sitting at the campfire. Frank thanked his deity for his luck.
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-"Hey Joseph." Frank said and crashed down around the fire.
-"Frank?" He said surprised.
-"Yeah, just got out of Saffron, beautiful place. He said and thought about his two worthless pokés.
-"Wow, that's great. I was... Just camping here."
-"Seems like it, great that you're letting us stay here.
-"Well -"
-"I have a gift for you Joseph, It's a really powerful pokémon that will blow your mind." Frank said and tossed him the Dunsparce ball.
-"What is it?" He said confused.
-"It's a secret."
-"Okay..."

Maya simply sat there and eyed Joe who apparently got in the way at the campfire for whatever she expected.
-"So, where are the other guys? And where are we going?" Frank asked and took stared into the fire to avoid Maya's seeking gaze.
-"No clue."
-"Then we better make up a plan, eh Joe?" Frank said and laid back on the ground.

Great success. One worthless pokémon disposed of, one to go. He just had to find someone to give it to. Maybe that Lucas kid, the nerd seemed to like a lot of weird pokémon so maybe he would be able to find at least one use of a Sentret.

[drenrin2120]

"Do you mind if I... check it out?" Chris asked Ed, implying to his Glaceon. Ed nodded it was okay. Chris waved his pokedex in front of Ed's ball.

"Glaceon, Ice type pokemon." a picture of the Glaceon pooped up on screen. Chris couldn't help but admire it. "Wow, that's a really awesome looking pokemon!"

"Thanks." Ed said flatly.

The three had been walking down the road, east towards Rock Tunnel. The artificial snowdrifts caused by Articuno gave way to dry, warm grass. The farther they walked, the rockier and more mountainous the trail became. A winding path through a seemingly deserted route.

"huh, not a lot going on this side of Kanto." Lucas commented.

Just then, the sound of an engine gently purring was heard in the distance. As it got closer, the gentle purr became a rumbling roar of an old, diesel engine. The party turned to find an industrial looking truck bearing down on them, and fast. It had a large flatbed, covered by a high canopy that was flapping wildly as the truck sped along. There was a man wearing all black driving it.

"Oh, ****!" Ed shouted as the truck showed no signs of slowing down. The three ran hastily to the side of the path as the truck flew by them. Looking up the road at the truck, the three noticed the back of the truck was full of Rockets.

"Where the hell are they going now?" Ed wondered.

"The pokecenter, maybe? I did destroy the machines back at Cerulean." Lucas offered a solution.

"Hm... That was a heavy duty truck." Chris said.

"Yeah? and?" Ed said.

"Well, the power plant uses trucks just like that. And I think I saw the symbol for the Committee of Kanto Energy on the side."

Lucas was thinking again, "Well, the rockets seem to have their hands all over everything. If they're running silphCo., the most powerful industry in Kanto, it makes sense that they may have extended their power to controlling the power plant... what for though?"

"Well, let's get on our way to the pokecenter, it's getting dark. I don't want to be out on this mountain path at night." Ed said.

Making their way the rest of the route, they ended up in front of the lonely pokecenter just before sunset. The three entered and had their pokemon healed. There was no one else inside. The nurse seemed excited to have visitors.

"Oh! Hello!" She said, "You're the first visitors I've had all day!" She smiled at the three of them.

Chris never got over how similar they all looked. They all looked like Anne from Pewter. It was creepy.

"Will you be staying the night? It'll be getting late soon." She asked.

Chris had made up his mind, he had no interest being in Rock Tunnel at night. "I think we'll be staying here until the morning!.

"Well, whatever you decide, I can pull some cots and blankets out for you guys. Just let me know!" Anne... err, her twin, smiled at the group.

[ellie-is]

"Wow... I guess that it must be a requirement for Poké Center nurses all over the world... Red hair, same friggin haircut, same height..." Lucas thought to himself.

[coreystranick]

Corey was nearly hit by a truck that was speeding down the road.

"Jesus what was that?"

He had been hoofing it trying to catch up with the others. HE was very tired by the time he saw a Pokecenter.
He walked inside and saw the group sitting there.

"Thank god I finally caught up with you guys."

"Why didn't you call? You have my number,"Chris said.

"Oh, yeah heh. My bad. How is everyone?

All said good in one way or another.

"Your Ed right?" Corey said pointing towards the vaguely familiar person.

"Yeah, I believe we have met before."

"We may have but can't remember with all that craziness we went through."

Lucas looked up,"So how are your Pokemon doing? That Gyarados doing well?"

"Tell you the truth I haven't messed with him too much, no real battles yet. Not even sure I can handle him."

"Well, we will see in the morning when we go through the tunnel."

"I've heard it was dark in there my Shinx should be of some help, he can make his body glow, normally used for self defense but he should be able to do it and light up where we are walking."

[drenrin2120]

"Sweet deal!" Chris said, "I only have one flashlight. Going through tunnel with a single flashlight would have been a bummer."

All four of them stayed up talking for a bit. Eventually, it got pretty late. The nurse had pulled out the cots she'd promised. The blankets were thin, but the pokecenter itself was warm. Everyone snuggled up in their cots and prepared to get some rest. Before hitting the hay, Chris couldn't help but ask the nurse her name.

"Anne-Marie!" She said. Always so happy.

Chris just smiled, "Any relation to Anne from Pewter?"

Anne-Marie looked a little confused, "No..." Was all she said.

The group fell asleep around 10 PM. Early night in for an early day out.