Pokemon Heroes: Sinnoh Saga [Book 1]

Chapter 16: Return to Jubilife, Team Galactic Attacks

"As I said before, never get involved with so called 'evil teams', or they will drag into all of their business until the end of time. We never did end up keeping that promise to Professor Rowan, at least not after they attacked him personally. If we hadn't broken our promises to him and our families, I'm not sure how different the world might be today—but I can say, there is a strong possibility there wouldn't be a world today. Perhaps a little bit of meddling isn't so bad after all then..."

Sam paused outside of the entrance to Jubilife City and smiled.

He had loved the big city, ever since he had first arrived. It showed promise of a brand-new adventure, and unlike Twinleaf Town, every day was different, and something new always happened to him. Sam loved Twinleaf Town, sure, and the simple routine of life was enough to keep him contented, but there was nothing like the allure of a large city to keep Sam wanting to travel more.

"Tonight, we're staying in the Sinnoh National Hotel," explained Sam as they started to walk through the bustling streets, "I told you we'd be staying somewhere nice once and a while, and now we're celebrating."

"Celebrating what?" asked Alyssandra.

"My badge!" explained Sam with excitement, "The dinner that night, that wasn't the celebration, this is the celebration."

"Well so long as it's expensive and on you, I'm okay with it," said Niya with a smile, "I do need to relax anyway."

"I think we all do," joked Jeremy, "Team Galactic, ancient Pokémon, and all this travelling; I think we've earned it!"

"I agree," said Sam, "That's why I arranged this. We can spend a few days here just relaxing and enjoying life."

"How dare you, leave me alone!" cried a deeper, and familiar voice as the group rounded the corner.

Sam looked around and noticed that in the alley across the street stood Professor Rowan, and nearby were two Team Galactic grunts, trying to get his briefcase from him.

"Guys, look! It's Professor Rowan!" exclaimed Sam as he pointed to the professor, "He's in trouble, let's go help him!"

The group dashed across the street, pushing through people and crowds to try and get there on time. When they finally reached the alley, they dashed between Team Galactic and Professor Rowan.

"Leave him alone," said Sam, his hand on his Poké Balls, "Or we'll deal with you like we dealt with your accomplices at the Pokétch Company."

"You're the children who brought down our Jubilife operations?" asked one of the grunts.

"That's right," said Alyssandra, "And we'll screw this operation up too if you don't leave right now—and don't even think about fighting, we've beaten your kind before, and believe us, you're not that hard."

The two grunts looked at each other, then back at the group of teenagers who were defending Professor Rowan.

"Pull back," said one of the grunts, "It's not worth it—we'll take care of them later. But hear our words, children, don't mess in our affairs again!"

The grunts ran off down the alley, and the group turned their attention to Professor Rowan.

"We're sorry about not being able keep the promise we made you," said Alyssandra apologetically, "But we needed to stop them—"

"It's all right, Alyssandra," said Professor Rowan gently, "This was one of those times you're allowed to get involved with these punks. You did the right thing."