From: Josh (diane@magicnet.net) Subject: Re: [PW!]Alliance Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2000-08-31 20:55:27 PST Sorry about taking so long to post. For some reason, it wasn't showing up on my screen. -Alliance, Part II-Episode 12 A crowd began to draw itself to the battle. They saw two men, one who was on the ground with a Charmeleon in front of him, while the other stood by Charmeleon with a grin on his face. Among the crowd of people was Blade, who was on his way to Vermilion City to challenge the Gym Leader. Upon seeing this battle, Blade ran to the battle to see what was going on. "Hey!" Blade said as Tarn's Charmeleon was getting ready attack Caleb. He ran up to Caleb and stood behind him. "Who are you and what are you doing to this man?" Blade asked as he took out one of his pokeballs. "This doesn't concern you," Tarn said as he readied his gun. "It does now," Blade said upon seeing the gun, "If it's a battle you want, I 'll be more than happy to fight." Blade through the Pokeball that was grasped in his hand and the bright red light that was released from it revealed a.Charmeleon. "What!" Tarn said, as he was surprised to see another Charmeleon. The two Charmeleon stared each other down for a few seconds, and then the battle began. Tarn's Charmeleon was no longer paying any attention Caleb, who was still sitting on the ground in front of Charmeleon. The two Charmeleon's exchanged fire attacks, but neither one hurt the other. As Blade helped Caleb up and back into his wheelchair, Tarn decided to help his Charmeleon out. He raised his gun and fired two bullets straight into the air. The sudden shots surprised all, except Tarn's Charmeleon. Charmeleon took this opportunity to attack Blade's Charmeleon while it was distracted by the gunshots. The sudden Tackle attack by Tarn's Charmeleon surprised Blade's Charmeleon, causing him to be hit right into the side of a wall, knocking him out. "Hahaha," Tarn laughed as he saw his cowardly victory, "Come on Charmeleon, we better get out of here for now. See you later, Caleb," Tarn and Charmeleon then ran past the crowd and back into the darkness. Blade recalled Charmeleon and pushed Caleb's wheelchair through the alley. "Thanks for the help," Caleb said as he put his gun away. "Sure, but what did that man want with you?" Blade asked. "His name was Tarn," Caleb explained, "He's a part of Anti-Team Rocket. We' ve had some encounters in the past. By helping me, you'll most likely be targeted as well." "Don't worry about me. I can handle myself," Blade said as he sees a young woman walking towards them, "She with you?" Blade asks. "Yeah, she's a friend of mine, her name's Ilanna," Caleb says as she walks closer to them. Caleb explains what happened and what they need to do now. "We need to go find Tarn," Caleb said as he thought about their recent battle, "I have to settle the score." A sudden silence filled the air as each person thought about the present situation. "I'll go with you," Blade said as he released his injured Charmeleon and gave him a Potion, "Something doesn't feel right about all this. Plus I need to get even with him for hurting my Charmeleon." Ilanna looked at Blade and saw an indescribable look in his eyes. It was one which she had never seen before. "By the way.my name's Blade," he said as he put his pokeball away. The three of them agreed on what had to be done and they began to walk the path in which Tarn fled. Blade walked a few steps behind Caleb and Ilanna because he had much to think about. The betrayal and death of his friend Stephon was still on his mind and the whereabouts of his "father" were still unknown. Blade suddenly stopped walking and looked into the sky. "Do you hear that?" Blade asked. Caleb and Ilanna both stop and look into the sky. "I don't hear anyth.," "I hear it," Caleb said as he interrupted Ilanna. It was the sound of a helicopter which now filled the sky. It took only moments for the helicopter to seen. It quickly landed and out came a man who was wearing a lot of armor. Even Blade was impressed by what this man was wearing. "Hello Caleb, I see you've made a friend," he said as he looked at Blade, "I believe you want this, Caleb," the man said as he quickly redirected his attention away from Blade and back to Caleb. He took a suitcase out from the helicopter and held it in his hand. "The suitcase!" Caleb said surprisingly. "Oh, I see you do want this," the man said as he began to laugh, "Well you can have it!" He opened the suitcase and out came a Metal Raichu. It immediately attacked Blade, Caleb, and Ilanna. They stood no chance of defeating it, so their only option was to flee. Ilanna pushed Caleb's wheelchair as Blade followed behind. They eventually arrived at a big boat. They got on board, but were followed by the Metal Raichu and the mysterious man. "This is the end of the line for you three," he says as he orders the Metal Raichu to once again attack. Blade unsheathes his swords and attacks the Metal Raichu. Blade put up quite a good fight with his swords, but they weren't enough. The Metal Raichu quickly kicked Blade in the stomach, which once again reopened the stitches in his stomach. Blade fell to his knees as blood began to drip down and seep through his torn shirt. The Metal Raichu was just about to finish Blade off, but was hit by a barrage of bullets, which were shot by Caleb. This only stunned the Metal Raichu, it didn't destroy it. "Caleb.there's only one chance.to beat this thing," Blade said weakly, "You have to shoot.the gas tank which powers.the boat. It may kill us.but it will get rid of them too." Caleb knew that this was the right thing to do and didn't hesitate to use his last bullet to do it. With one quick shot, there was a huge explosion. The explosion threw Blade, Caleb, and Ilanna off the boat and on to the shore, while the explosion killed the mysterious man and the Metal Raichu. All three of the survivors were unconscious except for Caleb, who crawled to the edge of the tall shore and jumped into the cold ocean.