From: Jedah, AKA real life Hayama Akito (TeamRocket@Jedah.force9.nospam.net) Subject: [PW!] Winging it... (Akito) Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2000/04/09 Nobody objected to Akito's credentials (i.e. his Aero), so here you go. ----------------- "When I fly, I feel a surge of power. I am soaring, something man has always dreamed of doing. The feelings I get are not because of the height, not the giddiness it installs in my cerebellum, no. It is simply because I am above everyone else. As I should be." ----------------- Turn back the hands of time... "It is time my friends!" Professor Sagami was almost ecstatic. "After months of carefully extracting the DNA from the rich Amber, our flower is almost ready to bloom!" "Yes, yes professor! You'll be the most famous researcher of all time!" "Even better than Greenwood's resurrection of a Kabuto!" "I can't believe how well it has come along! Congratulations professor!" All of the apprentices and helpers chimed in in turn telling the man how great he was. Blah blah. One worker though stayed silent. He had no idea about the scientific ratifications of unearthing this fossil - he just wanted it. Within the genetic tank, tiny clawed hands could be seen moving in the fluid. The wings they were attached to had an impressive span. Its eyes remained closed, as did it's long jaw, but nonetheless, they knew it was alive. And then, an eye twitched. And it opened. Jaws dropped. "L...ladies and gentlemen, I give you, the first known resurrected AERODACTYL!" Cue thunderous applause from the gathering. Behind them though, a scientist breathed heavily. This was going to be his toughest job yet - but he would pull it off, damn it. One flick of his wrist and a dart appeared in his grasp. A precision shot and the dart had impaled one of the cables connecting the genetics tank to the security monitors. BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP! "Warning! Security risk! Possible biohazard! Evacuate the area immediately! Initiating Lockdown." The emergency procedures began. Perfect. "You - who are you?" demanded Sagami. "Hmmm-hmmmm. Congratulations on resurrecting Aerodactyl, old man," the scientist threw off his disguise to reveal none other than Akito, a purple haired young man in a Rocket outfit, "But Team Rocket now claim possession." "Team Rocket! We were infiltrated! I don't believe it!" "Believe it. But we're not all bad. Here," he said, throwing the wig he had been wearing at Sagami, "cover up that pate, baldy." The doors behind them were closing, meaning nobody could get out - but more importantly, no security could get it. "You can't take this specimen! Not now! Not ever! We'll fight you to the last!" The assembled scientists all drew their Pokéballs. "Go!" White energy struck the ground, forming into the scientist's chosen monsters. "Mag-ne-ton!" "Electrode!" "Daaiiii-chu!" * (Raichu) "Arubululululu!" * (Electabuzz) Akito was unfaltering. "Predictable that scientists would train mostly inorganic and Electric type Pokémon. Good thing I brought this with me. Golem, GO." The Pokéball struck the ground and the light formed into a hulking megaton Pokémon. "Golemmm!!" Arcing streaks of electricity erupted from the assembled electric Pokémon, striking the Golem for no effect. "Golem, put them down with an Earthquake." The Golem rolled forward, curling up into a ball, and struck the ground with a precise impact. Shockwaves rolled out in every direction, knocking scientist and Pokémon alike on the ground. The Magneton seemed to fall apart on contact with the ground, screws and sparks flying. The Electrode rolled into a nearby console and stopped moving. Struggling, the other Pokémon managed to get to their feet. The Golem grinned. "Raichu, get in close and try to use your Submission on it!" "Electabuzz, wait for an opening and try and use Psychic to put it down!" Akito allowed himself to grin a little. The fight was only a distraction. Hopefully the next move would work effortlessly. "Jolteon, time to go to work!" With an energetic bound, Jolteon burst from it's Pokéball. It LOVED its work. Thousand of tiny pins fired from it's body into the computer terminals, which created a domino effect of explosions. "No, not the terminals! The containment tank won't hold!" Sagami's attention was wrenched back to the battle as Golem used a Seismic Toss to hurl Raichu into Electabuzz. Both Pokémon were down for the count. "You won't get away with this." The professor threw out another Pokéball and a Wartortle sprung forth. A powerful jet of water flew from it's mouth, dropping the Golem in one hit. "Damn." Akito had not prepared for a water type.... but then again, his primary Pokémon WAS a Jolteon... "Jolteon, Thunder Wave. It cannot interfere." Jolteon arched it's back and a wave of electrical force flung itself around the Wartortle, immobilising it for a moment. Behind the combat, cracks began to run up the containment tank that held the newly-born Aerodactyl. Moments later, the pressure from the fluid caused the glass to shatter. The premature extinct Pokémon flopped onto the ground, taking it's first breaths. "It's too soon for the specimen to be out of it's containment!" "Have a heart, Doc. Stop calling it a specimen. I prefer to call it - MINE." With that, Akito tossed a Pokéball into the somewhat soft hide of the Aerodactyl, who was caught up inside the ball. "Stop! You don't know what you are doing!! The specimen can't survive in conditions like that! It's too weak!" "Shut up." The security doors were smashed open as a Rhydon stampeded forward, closely followed by several police officers and assorted Growlithe. "Time to depart. Fearow! Carry us out of here." He called back Jolteon and threw out a fourth ball, producing a sleek Fearow. Fearow made a swoop around and Akito leaped onto it's back. "Golem, it's been good. You know what you have to do. Thank you, my friend." The Golem, struggling to stand up, nodded and grinned, and the Rocket punched fists with it in friendship before leaving. "Goooooo-LEMMMMMMM!" White light surrounded the Golem, and it's armored body began to crack open, as the Explosion engulfed the laboratory. Akito soared into the air, Fearow's Hyper Beam slicing a hole through the roof, and away from the island, but not before Officer Jenny spotted him outside. Her Growlithe fired a thin but powerful blast of flame upwards, striking Fearow in the wing. "Nyyeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhh!!!" The Fearow spun out of control and plummeted into the sea. Knowing he could do nothing whilst mounted, Akito leaped off and tried to call back the Fearow. In his fall he missed, and they both hit the sea. The impact was enough to knock Akito out. ----------------- Akito often remembered that Fearow, and regretted being unable to save it. As a Spearow, it had been one of his first captures in Team Rocket. But he didn't dwell on it a lot. Despite the tragedy of that day (he had cared for Golem and Fearow a lot; Golem had agreed to the Kamikaze attack, but Fearow was an unexpected casualty) he had made an important acquisition. It had proven a worthy successor. So long as Jolteon was still with him, and his later captures, he felt secure. His hair spilling into his face like a purple waterfall, Akito grimaced. But then again, he always had a perpetual frown. The wind that slammed against him whistled through his uniform, but he was not perturbed. Arms folded, he was a statement of defiance, fighting the skies as they tried to push him down. He stood. His eyes scanned the ground below, and then stopped. A boy was running along. He looked like one of the typical Pallet or maybe Viridian Pokémon Trainers. This would be.... amusing. "Down, my pet. It is Showtime." Akito's mount descended. ----------------- "What is that sound?" The young trainer looked up towards the Sun, and froze in fear. "AEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" TBC...