Just starting off... (Pokèmon Fanfic)

Chapter Ten

Arriving in Viridian brought back some major memories for me and Axle. We walked the town just to get a feel of the city again. We wanted to relive the times that we had in Viridian. We wanted to smell the old air of the city.

But, something was off. We walked around town, but it was different than it was. The air was not the same as I had remembered it. This city had changed.

"Yo Ryv," Axle said. "Does this place seem ... different?"

"Good," I reply. "I'm not the only one who realized it."

Just then, a Team Rocket person came out of a house. He looked at us and walked over. "Hey kids," he yelled, rudely. "What are you doing out this late?"

"We were just going to challenge the gym," Sean said.

"Who are you boys?" The grunt asked.

"I'm Sean, and this is Axle, and this is..." Sean said before I cut him off.

"Fred," I said. "My name's Fred." I shook the grunt's hand.

"Well, get home and challenge the gym in the morning," he said.

"Sir," I said, as the grunt turned back. "Not to be a smartalic, but it is morning. Six hours into it actually." The grunt grumbled as he walked away.

As soon as he was gone, I took a deep breath of 'fresh' air. "Why did you tell him your name was Fred?!" Axle asked me in a high whisper.

"Did I not explain my dream enough?" I responded. "They want something, something that I have and only I have. This something can capture Mewtwo cause it has no fail rate. The problem is that I don't know what it is I have that can do so."

"A master ball?" Axle asks.

"No, because, first, it has a fail rate and, second, I am not the only one who has one; Giovanni also has one." I say. "But I am not going to worry about it right now. We have a gym to beat."

We go to the gym and enter. I yell, "Hello, anyone here?"

I hear a girlish voice that I knew all too well. "Welcome to my father's gym."  I look up at the black haired girl as she stands on a platform high above us.  She was smirking as she twirled her hair around her finger.  She is looking at me in particular and it feels like she is looking for an answer.

"So who are you three," She said.

Sean was about to say something, but I cut in.  "Why do you care?" I asked.

"Because I have been given specific orders to beat someone," she said.

"So your his guinea pig?" I continued.

"No, just obidient."

"Was Silver used like you are?"

"I...I am not being used," she studdered. She was irritated right now. "I am not like that traitor Silver."

"No, in fact, you are exactly the opposite.  You don't see what he is doing.  He is using you just like his pokèmon, as tools.  This is what you and every grunt don't see.  He is using all of you to gain power!"

She stopped at me saying this. "But, hey," I say, calming down. "I might be wrong about him. Maybe he isn't using you, but let me ask you one question.  Has Giovanni  shown you any love in the past few years?"