No one's POV:

By the exit of Viridian forest, near Pewter city, there was a truck with unknown origins, and even more mysterious plans. There were men wearing dark clothes, and they were moving all kinds of metal cages into the truck. Said cages were all different sizes and shapes, each containing various types of pokemon.

The truck was almost full by the time the sun began to rise over the horizon. But their job was far from over, they still have to transport their cargo to their headquarters. The only thing that seemed to slow their progress down, was the remaining cage, which has yet to be transferred into the truck.

"Hurry it up, will you?" A woman with red hair and dark clothes, just like the others, snapped. "We don't have all day! We need to get our catch back to our headquarters. You know the boss doesn't like to be kept waiting!"

The men were attempting to carry the last cage into the truck, but it seemed to be proving far more difficult than they originally planned. "We are trying ma'am! But this stupid rat won't stop slamming around in the cage." One of them said.

The woman laughed at their incompetence. "What's wrong, boys?" She mocked. "Is the rat proving to be too much for two grown man to handle it?"

"This one is nothing like the others, ma'am!" The other man said. "The boss will be happy with our catch! This rat far more powerful than any other of its species!"

Just as he said that, the cage suddenly lighted up with a bright yellow light. The men that were responsible for carrying it, started to scream in pain as the electric energy coming from inside the metal cage, began to shock them. They immediately let go of the grate, dropping it to the ground.

Upon impact, the cage suddenly opened up. The various lightning rays coming from within it, became even more agitated, as a small, yellow, rodent like pokemon suddenly run out from the cage in lightning speed, and tried to make its way into the forest.

"Warning, we've got a containment breach! All grunts direct your attention to fugitive target!" The woman snapped through her walkie-talkie. The warehouse turned alive with movement, as the grunts attempted to recapture the speedy pokemon.

"Zubat go!" One of the grunts shouted before tossing his poke ball in the air, and releasing a small bat like pokemon.

"Come on out Koffing!" Another grunt shouted, releasing a round purple pokemon.

"Zubat, use air cutter!" One grunt ordered. The Zubat began to flap its wings rapidly, creating powerful gusts of wind in the direction of the fleeing pokemon.

The opposing pokemon suddenly drifted to a stop, it turned around and faced them.

"Now use confuse ray!" The same grunt shouted.

"Koffing, use poison gas to subdue it!" The other shouted.

The Zubat produced a small glowing orb from its mouth and launched towards the opposing pokemon, while the Koffing started to produce a toxic gas.

Both moves were meant to stop the other pokemon from escaping, by confusing and poisoning it. But they underestimated its strength. The pokemon proved to be way too fast for them, as it dodged both their moves and electrocuted them. Ultimately winning the match, before dashing away into the forest.

"It's getting away!" One of the men pointed out.

"What are our orders?" Another asked.

"Leave it!" The woman said. "We can't waste our time by chasing it right now. The boss is waiting for our client's next shipment, and I intend for us to deliver it in time."

"But that pokemon is rare!" A man argued. "And it just proved itself to be extremely useful for our organization!"

"I said, leave it!" The woman snapped. "I gave you all an order, and as your superior, I expect you all to obey me. Have I made myself clear here?"

"Yes, admin Ariana." The men all said in unison.

"Good. I'm glad you finally understand." She said mockingly. As the men began to once again return to their duty of delivering their cargo. The woman, Ariana, stopped one of them from carrying on. "I have a job for you…"

Heather's POV:

I was woken up from my slumber by the bright rays of the sun that seeped without any problem through the trees. I groaned in annoyance. This is one of the many reasons why I hate camping. It only takes the sun's rise in order to awake you. Back home, i could sleep through the morning without any problem. Even despite the fact that the sun had already rised and it was afternoon.

I wanted to go back to sleep, but soon I began to feel an annoying poke at my side. I tried to shrug it off. But it was insistent. I opened up my eyes only to find Alejandro towering over me while holding a stick. I immediately scowled.

"You better have a very good reason for you to be poking my sides with a stick, Alejandro." I growled at him.

"I do. It's already morning." He answered. "We should get going, so by the time we reach Pewter city it will be lunch time already."

I rolled my eyes at his statement, but got up nonetheless. I shook away the dirt and dust that was stuck to my clothes. "What about breakfast?" I asked him.

Now it was his turn to roll his eyes, as he rummaged through his bag and pulled out a small amount of berries that were encased in a plastic bag. He tossed them over to me.

"When and where did you get this?" I asked him curiously while I opened the bag and pulled out a couple of berries.

"While you were fetching firewood yesterday, I finished setting up the camp and decided to look for food." He explained. "I found a berry bush and I was trying to harvest enough for the both of us. That was the case before a scream alarmed me that something horrible happened." He finished with a smirk.

"Oh will you shut up about that already?" I groaned.

After I finished eating (and giving some of the berries to NightFlame), I got up and picked up my bag.

"You ready to continue on then?" Alejandro asked me.

"Yeah." I simply answered before punching his arm.

"Ouch!" He yelped as he rubbed his arm. "What was that for?"

"You didn't give me a good enough reason." I replied casually with a smirk as I walked past him.

(Time skip)

"Are we there yet?" I asked, as we pushed on through more bushes.

"Close. But not yet." Alejandro replied.

I groaned in frustration and slumped down towards the ground. NightFlame was just as tired as I, it seems, as he copied my movements and sat down next to me.

"Are you kidding me right now?" I muttered. "We have been walking through this stupid forest forever now! How long until we get to Pewter city?"

"Well, perhaps if you stopped complaining and walked more." He began saying. "We would have reached the city by now."

"Whatever." I muttered while rolling my eyes. "You still haven't answered my question."

Alejandro sighed in exasperation. "If my assumption is correct, we are just a few meters away from reaching the city." He finally answered. "If we hurry up now, we can leave the forest at last!"

At this, I quickly got off the ground and up to my feet. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's get out of this stupid forest!" I said.

Just as we continued to make our way out of the forest, i noticed NightFlame stopped walking and was looking around in alarm.

"Come on NightFlame!" I urged him on. "We are almost out of here, so let's keep going!"

"Char?" He chirped while looking around, almost as if he was looking for something.

"Something wrong?" Alejandro asked once he noticed we stopped walking.

"I'm not sure." I responded. "What's wrong NightFlame?" I asked the pokemon. I would be lying if I said his behavior wasn't creeping me out. Deep down I was afraid that perhaps a horde of Beedrills were coming for us.

But instead of hearing the dreadful sound of flapping wings or the angry buzzing of the bug horde, I only heard the sound of grass being crunched under someone's… or something's footsteps, and bushes being rustled.

"Could it be… a wild pokemon?" I murmured quietly, only loud enough for Alejandro to hear. "I sure do hope it's not a bug type this time."

I held my breath in anticipation as the sound of rustling bushes grew louder and louder, before abruptly stopping. For a moment I thought that the mysterious pokemon ran off to a different direction. But I was proven wrong, when all of a sudden a small pokemon came dashing out of the bushes and towards us.

The pokemon slowed down when it first noticed us, and tried to side step in order not to crash against us. We took a step back in alarm, and the other pokemon stopped and looked up to us, almost as if it was analyzing us. I took the opportunity, and did the same.

The pokemon in question was small, has pointed ears, and its fur was entirely yellow, with the exception of its bright red cheeks.

"Wow, it's a Pikachu!" Alejandro exclaimed in astonishment. "I have never seen one face to face. They are usually very rare."

"Pikachu, huh?" I said as I take out my Pokedex.

"Pikachu, the mouse pokemon, It's an electric type." The pokedex stated. "It stores electricity in the electric sacs on its cheeks. When it releases pent-up energy in a burst, the electric power is equal to a lightning bolt."

"Finally, I found a pokemon that is not a bug type around here." I cheered. "Alright Pikachu, prepared to be captured by my own hand!" I challenged it.

The Pikachu seemed to glare at my statement, and spark of electricity began to appear from its cheeks.

"Are you sure you want to do this, Heather?" Alejandro asked while putting his hand on my shoulder. "I mean, we are still somewhat far from Pewter, and if NightFlame were to get seriously injured, he might not make the trip to the nearest pokemon center."

"I know what I am doing, Al!" I growled at him. "I am going to capture that Pikachu, no matter what!"

He was at first startled by my outburst, but then he seem to turn angry for some reason.

"Don't call me Al!" He warned with a glare.

"Geh, what's gotten into you?" I muttered. "Stand back and enjoy the show. This will be over in a minute."

As I turned and walked away from him, I heard him muttering curses under his breath, but I chose to ignore it.

"Are you up for this, NightFlame?" I questioned.

"Char!" He chirped in confirmation before standing between the Pikachu and myself.

"NightFlame, use ember!" I shouted.

NightFlame opened his mouth and let out the flames in the direction of the Pikachu. But the Pikachu managed to dodge the flames with incredible speed. I stared in shock.

"It's using quick attack to dodge the flames." Alejandro pointed out. "Very impressive for a wild pokemon."

Before I could process his words, I was brought back to the situation at hand by the painful cry of NightFlame, as he was slammed by the speedy Pikachu.

While NightFlame was slammed into the ground, the Pikachu decided to evade anymore conflict, because it darted right past us and into the bushes.

"Hey! Come back here!" I shouted after it. "The battle is not done yet!"

"Yes it is." Alejandro suddenly spoke.

I turned around to ask what he meant, when I see him crouched holding NightFlame in his arms.

"NightFlame suffered a heavy blow from that quick attack." Alejandro explained. "That Pikachu is obviously too much for him. We should go to Pewter city now."

"No! I want that Pikachu!" I protested. "It's a rare and powerful pokemon, I won't lose this chance on capturing it!"

"What? Are you serious?" Alejandro exclaimed in alarm. "Are you really willing to risk the wellbeing of your pokemon just so you can catch a rare one? Leave it!"

"No! I won't leave it! It couldn't have gotten far, we can still follow it!" I argued. "Besides NightFlame doesn't seem that badly injured. He can totally take another try in capturing it."

"You don't know that for sure." Alejandro retorted.

"Yeah I do. He's my pokemon after all, not yours." I pointed out. "So what do you say NightFlame? Do you think you can handle another go?"

NightFlame slowly got off of Alejandro's grasp and onto his feet. "Char!" He chirped in determination while looking up at me expectantly.

"See? He is totally up to it!" I said. "Now let's go after that Pikachu before we lose it!"

Just as I was about to head into the direction the Pikachu ran off to, Alejandro stopped me by putting his hand on my shoulder.

"Haven't you learn anything about going after pokemon in the middle of the woods?" Alejandro questioned. "You may fancy searching for a single pokemon all over the forest, but I have a better idea."

Before I could ask what he meant by that, Alejandro takes a poke ball out of his pocket and tossed it in the air.

"Come on out, Ace!" He called. The poke ball opened and a flash of light appeared, once it cleared away, a Pidgeotto stood in front of us. I recall being the same Pidgeotto that Alejandro used to track me down after leaving his house the day before.

"Ace, track down the Pikachu." He ordered. "Small, yellow pokemon, can't miss. Then come back to us."

"Pidge!" He chirped in understanding before taking to the skies.

"Now all we've got to do is follow him." Alejandro spoke. "Way more practical then stumbling through the woods."

"Whatever." I scoffed and rolled my eyes unimpressed, before going off to the direction Ace just went to.

We chased the Pikachu down, careful not to trip on any branches while looking up to the sky for Ace.

"Heather, I understand your determination in catching this Pikachu." Alejandro began saying. "But I think you should go easier on NightFlame. If you make him fight battles that he's not strong enough to face, he'll overwork himself out."

"He's fine." I dismissed his argument. "I just asked him if he was okay to carry on, and he agreed with me."

"There is a difference between in being okay to carry on, and forcing yourself to carry on just to please the one you look up to." He said rather grimly.

"What are saying?" I looked back at him with a confused expression.

"I can see his expression whenever he looks at you, Heather. I'm surprised you haven't noticed yet." He continued. "NightFlame adores you, and I fear the only reason he agreed in facing that Pikachu again, was so he could make you happy."

"Well, if he wants to prove himself, who am I to deny his wishes?" I muttered.

"Maybe you should give NightFlame a break. At least for now." Alejandro reasoned. "Perhaps this is the perfect time for you to give a chance to some of your other pokemon."

"Oh sure, and risk losing that Pikachu for a second time today, or worst, forever. Yeah, no thank you." I muttered.

"Well, sooner or later you'll have to realize that you can't depend all of your battles onto only one of your pokemon." He said.

I rolled my eyes at his puny attempts in reasoning with me, and tried to ignore him. Suddenly the sky seemed to light up with a streak of bright yellow light.

"That's an electric attack, Thundershock!" Alejandro suddenly exclaimed. "The Pikachu is near."

He was then interrupted by the sound of a cry in distress. We look up to the sky once again only to find Ace expertly dodging the electric attacks, but still in distress.

"Hold on, Ace!" Alejandro shouted in reassurance to his pokemon.

"Let's go!" I commanded. We then proceeded to run in the direction of where all that lightning was coming from. We ended up reaching an open clearing, where the Pikachu was shooting Thundershocks from its body, trying to hit Ace in midair.

"Good job Ace!" Alejandro called. "Now return!" He pulled out his poke ball and called Ace back. The Pikachu then finally noticed us at the edge of the clearing.

"Alright Pikachu, there is no escape for you this time!" I shouted in determination. "You're up NightFlame!"

"Char!" He chirped in confirmation and went to stand in front of me.

The Pikachu suddenly bolted towards us in lightning speed. It was using quick attack.

"Dodge it!" I shouted.

NightFlame narrowly dodged the attack by side stepping in the last moment. But the Pikachu continuously attempted to land a hit, and NightFlame's fatigue became more evident by each attempt.

"Use ember!" I shouted.

NightFlame then spewed flames out of his mouth, and the Pikachu got off guard as the flames made contact with it.

"Yes! Now is our chance!" I cheered. "Use scratch!"

NightFlame then rushed towards the Pikachu and scratched it on its side. The Pikachu let out a whimper of pain.

"No!" Alejandro shouted in alarm. "Do you realize what you just did?"

"What? What's wrong?" I asked in confusion.

Alejandro pointed towards the NightFlame, I looked to see what he meant when I see sparks of electricity running through NightFlame's body.

"What's happening?" I questioned in alarm.

"Don't you know that if you use a physical attack on a Pikachu." He explained. "There is a 30% of chance that the pokemon will get paralyzed!"

I proceeded his words and realized what it meant. "How was I supposed to know that?" I questioned him angrily.

Alejandro face palmed in response. "I should have known." He simply muttered.

I was then brought back to the battle, as the Pikachu used quick attack on NightFlame and slammed him to the ground.

"NightFlame use Ember again!" I shouted.

NightFlame twitched and attempted to let out the flames from his mouth, but the paralysis made him unable to move. The Pikachu then started to charge up electricity in its body, it was going to use Thundershock!

"Dodge it NightFlame!" I urged him, but it was too late. The Pikachu then let out the electricity run free from its body, and aimed it straight towards NightFlame. I could only watch as NightFlame received the full capacity, and he cried out in pain.

When the Pikachu was done, NightFlame kneeled in pain. He hasn't fainted yet, but he was so badly injured and with the paralysis to add insult to injury, it just made things worse for him.

I then recalled what Alejandro told me before, and could finally see the true meaning to his words.

"Maybe you should give NightFlame a break. At least for now." Alejandro reasoned. "Perhaps this is the perfect time for you to give a chance to some of your other pokemon."

With a heavy sigh I let go of my pride momentarily. "NightFlame return!" I called him back.

"Char?" He chirped questionly while looking back at me.

"That's enough from you now, you did a good job." I explained. "You deserve some rest."

NightFlame slowly made his way back to me, where he just laid down. I then took out two poke balls from my pocket, both containing pokemon whom I believe to be worthless. But now I am giving them the perfect opportunity to prove otherwise.

"Come on out!" I shouted while tossing both poke balls to the air. The opened and released Weedle and Caterpie, both chirped in excitement.

"You're using both of them?" Alejandro asked while he was applying a potion over NightFlame.

"With a pokemon so powerful, I'll need all the help I can get at this point." I pointed out.

The Pikachu then jumped in the air and prepared another Thundershock.

"Dodge it!" I commanded them.

They were able to crawl out of the way in time, as the Thundershock hit the ground instead, leaving behind a burned spot.

"Now use string shot!" I shouted.

Both pokemon chirped before shooting out a silk tread from their mouths, enveloping the Pikachu in it. The Pikachu attempted to break the silk away by using Thundershock again, but it stayed on. The Pikachu then started to rush towards Weedle by using quick attack.

"Dodge it Weedle!" I shouted.

As the Pikachu approached at full speed, Weedle was able to move to the side effortlessly.

"I see what you did. You used string shot from both of your pokemon to slow it down." Alejandro commented. "Very impressive."

"Yeah, I guess I am just full of surprises." I said. "Now Weedle, use poison sting!"

Weedle then rushed towards Pikachu with his head aimed straight at him. But the Pikachu took me by surprise when it leaned a bit to the side, not enough to dodge the attack, but when Weedle landed the blow, it accidently ripped out the silk tread from the string shot. Making Pikachu return to its full speed.

"No!" I shouted in anger and disbelief.

The Pikachu seemed to be almost smirking at my incompetence as a pokemon trainer. When I began to prepare for the rest of my pokemon to receive a beating just as bad as NightFlame's, the Pikachu suddenly seemed rather ill.

"The poison sting!" Alejandro exclaimed. "Pikachu may have been able to use Weedle's attack to its advantage and free itself from string shot. But it got poisoned in the process as well."

"Alright then Caterpie, lets finish it off with a tackle!" I shouted.

Caterpie then rushed towards Pikachu and slammed it to the ground. The Pikachu was so weak by the previous blows it received and now by the poison, that it didn't even have enough strength to dodge.

Now this is my chance! I take out a poke ball from my bag and tossed it towards the Pikachu. It bounced harmlessly off its head before enveloping in light and capturing it. The ball started to shake… One shake… two shakes… three shakes… Click! The confirmation sound appeared.

"Yes! I did it! I finally did it!" I jumped in happiness. "I caught myself a Pikachu!"

I was then interrupted by the sound of clapping, and I turned around to see Alejandro clapping while approaching me.

"Well done Heather! You really outdone yourself today." He praised. "You were able to use your wits and everything you've learned to this point in order to outsmart it. That's why you were victorious."

"Yeah, well no thanks to you." I scoffed.

"You are a fast learner, Heather." He pointed out, ignoring my previous rude comment. "And I am sure you'll be a great trainer if you keep up like this."

I was rather surprised by his comment and I felt myself blush slightly. "Yeah, yeah whatever." I brushed that comment off. "How is NightFlame?" I said changing the subject.

"He was badly injured, but thankfully with the supplies I had in my bag I was able to cure him back to full health." He responded.

My attention was then averted to NightFlame who came up to me. "Char! Char!" He chirped in excitement. I let a small smile at this.

"So, are yo planning to nick name it?" Alejandro snapped me out of my thoughts. I looked over to the poke ball in my hand, which now holds the troublesome electric pokemon.

"Yeah, I guess so." I answered. "I think I'll name it Jolt."

I then turned around to look at my other pokemon, who were looking up at me expectantly.

"I think you guys did more than prove yourselves. You guys did great." I praised them. "I think you guys deserve nick names too."

I first look over Weedle and analyzed his appearance. Brown body, short stubby little legs, a big round nose and two poison barbs, one on the head and the other on the tail.

"You'll be named Jab. For jabbing opponents with poison." I said. The Weedle, now named Jab, chirped happily in response. I then look over Caterpie. Green and yellow body, pinkish red crest, and specially the beady yellow eyes that are both creepy and somewhat cute… hm.

"And you'll be named Beady, due to your big yellow eyes." I said. Beady began to tear up in happiness and chirped wildly.

"So the mean girl does in fact have a heart." Alejandro commented with a smirk.

"Well don't get used to it." I muttered while pulling out the poke balls and calling both Jab and Beady back. "It was just this once, and I thought they deserved it."

"Well, I think it was about time we made our way out of this forest and get to Pewter city, don't you?" Alejandro pointed out playfully.

"One thing is for certain, I am sick and tired of this forest and can't wait to finally get to Pewter." I exclaimed.

"Then I guess we should carry on." He concluded.

"You got that right." I agreed. "Well? What are you waiting for? Lead the way!"

Unknown POV:

As I watched them leave from behind the tree, I turned on my communicator.

"Admin Ariana, this is agent 37# reporting in status of the mission." I called.

"Agent 37# report!" Ariana answered. "What's your status? Have you completed the mission I set out especially for you?"

"Am afraid I have bad news to report, admin." I began saying. "I was able to track down the Pikachu deep into the Viridian forest. But before I could secure its capture, someone else was able to beat me to it."

"Who? Tell me agent!" Ariana urged. "Who dares steal a rightful belonging from team rocket?"

"I watched them the whole time. Thankfully I was able to eavesdrop on them." I went on. "Their names are Heather and Alejandro, it would seem."

"Do they pose any threat to us?" She asked.

"Not as far as I can tell." I answered. "One of them is more experienced than the other, and they don't seem to have any gym badges."

"Then team rocket has no quarrel with them." She said at last. "Return to headquarters this instant."

"Wait admin, I haven't told you about the best part yet." I interrupted her. "The girl has a shiny Charmander in her possession."

"A shiny Charmander you say?" She asked. That got her interest, alright. "This can be a rare opportunity to obtain something of value for our organization. Does it show any potential in battle?"

"As far I've seen, it's not very impressive." I bluntly told her. She hummed as in deep in thought.

"Still, it could show some potential." She concluded. "Follow them, keep watching and report anything remotely useful for us."

"Yes, ma'am!" I saluted.

"I hope you won't disappoint us with the mission this time." She warned. "You know what the boss does to those who fail him, don't you Duncan?"

"I am well aware of the consequences ma'am." I told her. "And I assure you, I have no intention of failing the boss." I told her with a smirk.

Hey guys this is Flower1815 here, how are you guys all doing? As you can see from this chapter, from now on all chapters will be longer, so they can all have more content and when you guys have to wait for a long time for the next chapter, at least you had a big chapter to satiate your hunger for more. Or guys probably read this just because there is nothing else better to do, and pity my miserable existence. Oh well, either way expect more from now on. So yeah, I hope you guys all enjoy it, and see you guys later!