Finding My Voice

Attack Team Zero.

Smoke was pouring from the Celadon Department Store, and Team Rocket Grunts were surging out. They were battling against some of the trainers in the area. I could tell that the grunts outnumbered the trainers.

Daisy sent out Venonat. "We just dealt with a ton of these guys! How are there more of them?"

"Look again, this is a different division," Erika said. I got a closer look and saw the uniforms were silver. The white accents remained, but the black parts of their uniform had been replaced with silver. The R on their chests were bright blue.

"Why do they look different?" Daisy wondered.

"These grunts are specially trained. They're more powerful than regular grunts and much more skilled in battle," Erika answered, most of the grunts were using Golem, Ninetales, Fearow, and other fully evolved Pokémon. They appeared to be winning most of the battles they were in. 

Golem was a large lizard Pokémon, most of its body was inside a bolder. Ninetales was a white fox with nine tails. Fearow was a giant bird Pokémon with a long beak and brown feathers.

"Well, we have to do something! Come on Red, let's battle!" Daisy shouted and ran into the chaos with her Venonat tailing her.

Erika looked down at her Poké Balls. "She is correct. I ask that both of you help save our city. My strongest Pokémon are unconscious, so I will join you shortly." Erika hurried back into the gym, and we ran to the city.

I sent out Bulbasaur and we ran to the center square. I looked around at a few of the battles, and then ahead at the Department Store. That was the source of this attack.

A grunt noticed me and immediately called out his Pokémon, a Graveller. Graveller was a gray rock with four arms, legs, and a face. "Graveler use Rollout!" Graveler tucked in his arms and legs and rolled towards Bulbasaur, who leaped over him with Vine Whip's assistance.

Bulbasaur use Razor Leaf! Bulbasaur fired a series of leaves from under his bulb. They smacked into Graveller and blew him back, knocking him unconscious.

The grunt clenched his fists and took out a radio. "Team Zero Member Sixteen reporting in, some kid beat me. Close in on him."

"Venonat use Psybeam!" I heard Daisy shout in the distance and ran to where I heard her. She was outside the Game Corner, and her Venonat had just defeated a Fearow in battle. Venonat was covered in scratches and seemed to have been worn down.

"This is chaotic, but their strategies are all falling short," Daisy noted. We need to get to where they're coming from. There has to be someone leading an attack like this... maybe one of those admins.

I turned to the Celadon department store. There weren't any more grunts coming from the entrance now. Most of them were attacking the city and engaged in battles. I signed to Daisy that we needed to head in to stop the attack.

"There might also be people inside who need help!" Daisy realized. We ran into the store, throwing open the doors.

Inside the department store, people were frantically running around and trying to escape the rocket grunts that were there. A lone trainer was fighting off three grunts. Something about him was familiar... and then it hit me. It's the trainer from Saffron!

"Clefairy use moon blast!" He shouted and his Clefairy launched a pink sphere at a Fearow, the bird Pokémon was hit in the face and fell to the ground.

A golden fox moved over a shelf. "Ninetales use Flamethrower!" A grunt yelled. The Fire-Type blasted flames at Clefairy, who dodged to the side.

The boy turned his attention to this new Pokémon. "Clefairy use Body Slam!" The pink Pokémon threw itself at Ninetales and they crashed into a shelf.