It took me the entire day, running in Pokemon World, to finally arrive at the mapped location of Laramie Ranch. However, all I found upon arrival were the remnants of a building, burning wildly.
The building itself looked as if it were once an enormous mansion or more likely a community building. However, it's current appearance was as though it were hit repeatedly on one side, by something akin to a giant wrecking ball. Wreckage from the building was strewn out for a large distance on the opposite side of where the building once stood.
In the surroundings were various fencings which lacked any of the Pokemon which were meant to be within them.
'Damn it, can't anything ever go right for me.'
I took Machop with me and we searched through the remnants of the building for any survivors.
I used my mental energy to smother the flames in the areas we passed through, and we yelled out to see if we could get any responses.
For the most part, all we found were ashes and bodies, strewn about.
However, I checked on each of the bodies we found just in case, and found two who happened to still be breathing, albeit unconscious, in bad shape. It was an old Uncle and a young girl.
Using water and some of the cloth and wreckage I roughly cleaned their wounds and bandaged what I could, with some help from Machop.
The older man had a more serious injury on his arm, which began to bleed significantly after removing him from the wreckage. I hastily tied off the arm to cut off circulation with an improvised tourniquet, but that is a dangerous method to use in itself, I would have to get him to some real professionals or he would eventually have to lose the arm.
Considering the precarious situation they were in, and that there were no phones around, all I could do was carry them somewhere safer and try to get help.
I pulled the man's good arm over my shoulder and lifted him up in a carry, having Machop carry out the other survivor. I headed back towards the road, hoping to find someone to call for an ambulance, but the man woke up shortly after I carried him out of the wreckage site.
"Stop! Put me down! Stay off the road!"
The man yelling in my ear startled me, but I set him down just after he asked it.
The man steadied himself on his feet after I let him down, but his face was still very pale due to his blood loss and injuries.
"This was not an attack anyone was meant to survive, their intent was to exterminate anyone related to our Ranches, there will be Agents waiting on the roads, I remember, they said, no survivors... We need to get out of here now."
I explained his situation to him though, urging him we needed to go to the hospital. His face blanched a little, and he acquiesced that maybe they should head there instead.
"Okay, but I know another way, through the forest, to a nearby Hospital. If you wouldn't mind, could you help us a bit more and come along."
I nodded in understanding.
"Of course, however I can help. Please tell me about the situation as we move though. I need to know what we are dealing with here."
"Of course"
I urged him to be in more of a hurry because of the turinquet, and quickly affixed his injured arm to his chest with an improvised cast, and we moved through the forest towards the hospital.
As we moved he told me what had happened.
Team Rocket had came for revenge.
Giovanni himself appeared, together with Mewtwo. Giovanni and an Army of Team Rocket Agents and Grunts appeared in the middle of the day, out of nowhere, announcing their arrival and reason for their appearance.
Four Grunts had been killed on a Bus to their Ranches, someone had to be held accountable.
He directly told them that they all must die, and that Laramie Ranch as well as the other surrounding Ranches must be destroyed. All of their Pokemon would also belong to Team Rocket, hence forth.
Immediately after his speech, and before any rallying cry could even be issued, Mewtwo flew up into the air and cast out three shadow balls. As those three balls curved through the air they grew at a rapid pace until they eclipsed even the building itself in height.
They smashed through the building with immense force, killing everyone in contact with it. Most all within the building died in that instant, and many were also pierced or crushed to death from the rubble and shrapnel from the impact.
Only a few trainers and their pokemon managed to escape the building, and they were then besieged by the Army of Rocket Agents and their Pokemon. Who killed all those remaining. Then, a few of their pokemon set fire to what little remained, and they left.
This was what it meant to be held responsible for the Death of Team Rocket members, that was the message Giovanni wished to spread.
Aside from the Ranches, the only person involved in any other factions would be me, and I was counted as a part of the police-force and state, likely presumed dead. Since they did not have the strength to overthrow the current government of the region just yet, Giovanni directed the anger of his subordinates towards the Ranches.
The savage and decisive nature of The Team Rocket of this world was shocking. They would slaughter a large community of the Kanto Region, just to send a message. This would definitely invite outrage and a call to action when it came out.
We made our way quickly through the forest, following directions from the Uncle. He was clearly very experienced moving within these woods, and led us through the unbeaten brush with practiced ease. However, as we moved, one could see smoke rising in the distance, off in many directions.
Presumably the other Ranches, or at least their Main Buildings.
The man proclaimed that the Hospital was not far, and at the very least no smoke appeared to be coming from that direction. We could only hope it was still safe, but if Team Rocket is careful, they may still have people posted there.
Or at least, so I thought.
However, we arrived without any bad encounters.
A Nurse appeared (Unfortunately, not Nurse Joy) and took the Uncle into the ER at the first moment we arrived. Then another Nurse came and brought the little girl into a room to check her wounds and get her into a bed.
There were a large numbered of injured patients within the Hospital already and the Doctors and Nurses were hurriedly moving about, prioritizing the more seriously injured.
A few minutes after I arrived, the local Officer Jenny appeared and I approached her.
"Hello Officer Jenny"
"Hello there! Do you know what is going on!? I saw the smoke while on patrol and when I got there, I found there was nothing left! I visited three different locations to check for survivors before I came here to see if anyone made it out!"
"Yes, a number of people seemed to have made it out from some of the nearby buildings and made their way here. This was an attack by Team Rocket. They are simply going around, killing anyone in the area.
Even their leader, Giovanni, is here."
"Giovanni!! A Pokemon Master is here!?! We need to evacuate these people now then! If he shows up here, we will stand no chance against him!"
"I've already talked to the Nurses, many of these people simply cannot be moved. None of the survivors were Pokemon Trainers, the more seriously injured are unlikely to survive if we tried moving them to a hospital outside of this danger zone."
Looking at this Officer Jenny, she was visibly shaking in fear.
"Shape up Officer Jenny, we can still evacuate those who are able to be evacuated. Take a look at those Doctors and Nurses, they know just as well as you do the danger they are in, and they have not stopped doing their job for a moment."
She nodded her head, but her fear clearly didn't abate, she was merely trying harder not to show it. I sighed, this woman would likely be useless if a combat situation arose.
"Right, so Officer Jenny, how about you start with evacuating those with worse injuries that aren't critical. I'll ask one of the Nurses to help pick them out, and you can drive the Ambulance, that way more can fit in with you."
Her mouth still closed taught, she nodded again and followed me over to the Nurse and I worked out the plan with them on who would be sent out.
"Thank you for all the help, I called for back-up a while ago and told them to come here when they arrive. Unfortunately, because a Pokemon Master is involved, there won't be any back-up until one of the Pokemon League Masters arrive.
They don't want to uselessly throw away Police lives.. without a Master you cannot fight a Master. I'm sorry, but if they come here, please try to help whoever you can to escape from here."
"At least, there will be back-up, right? That's Great! If some Team Rocket Punks show up in the mean time, or even if its Giovanni himself, I'll make sure to hit them once or twice. Show them not to mess with me, or to show him bullying the common people isn't so easy."
She sighed, and said with a worried tone in her voice, "I mean it, if you encounter them, run! You won't be able to deal with a group this powerful!"
She looked away for a moment, wiping away the tears appearing in her eyes, she stopped for a moment, shaking.
"Sorry, sorry, I've seen too many people die today. People I know well. People I saw every day, but now I won't, I won't see them smile, never again.
I just, I don't want to see anyone else die today.. you seem like a good guy, it's such a bad situation but your so calm, everyone else is so calm too. I'm supposed to be the strong one here, I'm a policewoman, but I'm not!
Who are you, to be so calm in a situation like this!?!"
"My name is Grey, I'm an officer-in-training I guess, so we could be considered as colleagues. I am calm because this isn't a hopeless situation, there is still a very good chance for everyone here to survive. So long as we work together, there is no need for panic. What is your name?"
"I.. I'm Officer Jenny?"
"Your first name."
"Oh" she blushed, "I'm Kirsten."
"Okay Kirsten, let's talk again after all this, okay?"
I shook her hand as I said this, and shut the door to the Ambulance as the last of the evacuees got in.
Her face went red, "O- of course! You can count on me to get them to safety! Hahahah."
She waved goodbye as she got into the drivers seat as they started up the engine to leave.
However, as she began to drive out of the lot, a figure appeared and four hands stretched out. The figure grabbed the Ambulance and held it in place as the wheels spun helplessly against the ground.
However, the figure smirked and held firm with ease with all four arms despite the wheels sending dirt flying, digging into the ground as it desperately tried to move. Kirsten's face was pale as she desperately continued to press the gas as hard as she could, but the Ambulance refused to move, and wheels stopped moving altogether after sinking into the ground too far. Officer Jenny's face was filled with Despair.
Two more figures appeared from out of the woods in a relaxed manner, one puffing a lit cigarette in a casual manner as he approached with his female companion. They both wore white get-ups with Red R's on them.
The man took a long puff from his cigarette and then blew out a large cloud of smoke.
"Heya Kiddos, having fun with my Machamp? Tsk, tsk, helping the innocent bystanders escape? How heroic! Right Andrea?"
"Yeah, very Heroic. Makes me want to puke, Jeriah."
I agree entirely! Wow, I hate heroism though, you know? So annoying! Ah~ Machamp doesn't like heroes much either.
Besides, we were waiting for all the survivors to gather here before killing them. It kinda ruins the point if we let some of them leave, so..."
"Well, you will all get to die at the hands of two Official Agents of Team Rocket. It's a greater honor than your status deserves, so receive it gratefully."
The Machamp who held the Ambulance in place laughed and then tossed it into the air, as it landed upside down, one could hear the sound of crunching metal and screams.
"No!"
Grey ran towards the Ambulance at a break neck speed. But before he could close the distance a cloud of dust rose up where the Machamp had once stood, and he recieved a heavy impact on the right side of his body.
Boom
The air broke apart as his body flew through the air. It stopped only just as he hit a large tree, the bark crackled and splintered as his body impacted the tree, which nearly toppled from the intense impact. Countless branches on the tree broke as it bent and knocked into those around it, and branches and leaves fell down, covering his body.
"Hahah, damn Hero, dying a bit too fast don't you think?"
Grey's machop immediately stepped forward and made an attack on Machamp's neck, using a knife hand.
Machamp relaxedly grabbed Machop's knife hand at the wrist, stopping him and pulling his arm off to the side, knocking him off balance as he was mid-air. Then grabbed Machop's neck as it fell forward due to it's initial momentum.
Machamp lifted another arm into the air, balling that hand into fist.
But at that instant, Grey emerged out from beneath the pile of green, rushing out towards him.
Machamp caught sight of him from the corner of its eye. A hint of confusion flashed through it's eyes, apparently he wasn't dead yet. But it thought little of it.
"Machamp, use Dynamic Punch! Knock him back into the trees, and then deal with that Machop first."
Grey ran at Machamp at top speed, the Machamp held a lofty attitude as he just kept Machop aloft by his neck with one hand and ran out to meet Grey with a smile.
As Machamp moved towards Grey his body appeared to resonate with his surroundings and his body which was already unnaturally swift began to defy reality and achieve even greater momentum, which increased by the moment as he launched his two right fists towards Grey.
But Grey was ready to meet his opponent, and the weakness of knowing your opponents move was readily apparent. His enemy needed to announce his attack, but he had no need to. Anticipating the shift in momentum Grey tried his best to guess the path the blows would follow.
At the moment the two fists approached in an arrogant fashion, Grey used his energy to quickly plant his feet and rotate his body, forming two knife-hands covered in blades of energy and shifting them into the direction of Machamps overwhelming dynamic fists.
The result was crippling on both sides.
Grey's arms more or less had every bone up to the shoulders annihilated, they hung uselessly down at his sides.
Machamp's hands on the otherhand blend profusely. A gaping wound could be seen extending laterally from just above his wrists to halfway down his forearm. Machamp dropped Machop and groaned in pain, gripping his forearms with each of his other arms while hoping to stop the bleeding.
"Bastard! How dare a weakling harm my Machamp! Machamp is level 32! Weaklings like you are no match for him! How is this possible?!? Gahhhh! Machamp, return!"
A red energy flew out and connected with the Machamp, the Machamp turned into more red energy and flowed back into his pokeball.
The Agent Jeriah shrunk Machamp's pokeball and took out another pokeball, casting it out.
"Since your fighting two on one, I should even the playing field."
Agent Andrea threw out a pokemon as well.
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Two lights flashed and two new pokemon appeared before me.
'If only I had other Pokemon with me..'
But there was no time to go back to get Meditite and Drowzee now. The moment I went back to the other world, the people around me would likely be slaughtered.
Before me appeared two fighting pokemon, a Hitmonlee and a Hitmonchan.
"Machop, go and help those people stuck under the Ambulance, I will take care of this."
Machop nodded and ran over to the Ambulance, this time, the enemy did not try to stop him.
The two came at me at a brisk pace.
"Hitmonlee!"
"Hitmonchan!!"
""Use Close Combat!!!""
Fists and kicks flew at me in a flurry, my arms were slowly repairing themselves, but not fast enough. My body began to shrink more as the energy which composed was consumed in repairs.
It took my all to dodge any significant blows coming my way under the barrage of the two formidable foes. Even then though, I was inevitably still taking a lot of damage.
A minute passed, two, three. I could hold on just barely against my two opponents, but now I had consumed enough energy to where the point it had become obvious.
After five minutes had passed, my arms had fully recovered and I began to fight back. However, by the time this had happened, I had already lost almost one fourth of my body mass.
For every three exchanges of blows, I managed to hit them back once. However, unlike them each of my blows was akin to stabbing with a knife. It would consume a bit of my energy to do so, but they were certainly taking a lot of damage as the fight went on as well.
Eight minutes into the fight, I had lost nearly a third of my original body mass. However, both of my opponents were also covered in wounds. Unfortunately, my opponents were wary of me after the first fight. I hadn't managed to land any fatal or crippling blows, only glancing wounds, but by means of endurance I could manage to inflict so many glancing wounds that their movements had become almost as if they'd been crippled.
As this fight had gone on, Machop had managed to rescue those people stuck in the ambulance with Officer Jenny. Bringing them back into the hospital for safety.
Seeing their pokemon too battered to continue fighting they grimaced and brought back their pokemon again.
Agent Jeriah sneered,
"Hmph, fucking psychic, how many of your people can actually stand up in a fight against a pokemon? Your fighting abilities are actually this strong, yet your pokemon is actually that weak. If that isn't pathetic, I don't know what is, fuck, I don't even want to know where you picked up trash like that Machop."
'Considering people in this world keep most of their pride in their Pokemon, I think that would actually be a pretty solid burn in this world. Well, I can trash talk too.'
"Ah, but you really don't want to know? What a shame, because actually, I stole this Machop from one of the Team Rocket Grunts I killed on my way over here~ Machop, like many before him, managed to recognize that Team Rocket is only full of useless people, he by far prefers working for me instead."
Jeriah's face turned from red to green to purple to pale, his expressions and color changed like a circus act.
"You!! Your!! I'm gonna kill you!!!"
Jeriah threw out another pokeball,
"Go Cubone!"
From what I could see, he still had more pokemon on his belt, it seemed this fight could still go on for quite a while. At the very least, it seemed he was only a basic level Pokemon Trainer, only able to use one Pokemon in battle at a time, and the girl was the same.
But at this time, a Huge 'Dai' symbol made of flame flew up into the air from behind him.
Jeriah's face turned pale again as he turned around. "What do you think your doing Andrea!"
Agent Andrea wore a smug smile,
"What? This is taking too long. We have a bunch of people in the area, with a little help we can finish faster. There is no telling when a Master of the Pokemon League will arrive, if he comes sooner what do you think the Boss will do to us for our failures?"
"Gah, maybe your right. But we should still try our best to finish this before they get here, or we will look bad in front of the Grunts!"
At that moment many cars seemed to be coming down the road.
'That was too fast!!'
"Woohoo! Look at all those guys, they must have just finished burning down the nearby ranch, hahaha! What luck! I guess we'll have to share now."
The many cars flooded into the parking lot in an intimidating fashion. Slamming on their breaks as they skidded to a stop in front of their battle ground.
The lead car in particular skidded and drifted about in a circle before coming to a complete circle, tearing up the ground in the process, before coming to a stop.
A gasp escaped from many of the people behind him, watching from the Hospital.
A woman with blue-gray hair stepped out of the vehicle in a domineering fashion.
"Aunt Collie!!" A voice yelled from behind him.
'Aunt Collie?' He thought. 'Wait, doesn't this lady look just like a well-aged Officer Jenny?'
Aunt Collie looked over to see Kirsten Jenny, her serious injuries clearly visible to the light of day. Her eyes seemed to burn with an unextinguishable flame of pure anger, the eyes of a mama bear who has seen her cub injured.
"You Rocket Bastards DARE to hurt my fucking niece!"
As Aunt Collie yelled out, the other Officer Jennies got out of their cars as well, their looks all seemed peculiar.
Some wore casual wear, some wore uniforms with no caps, all of their markings were torn off. These Officer Jennies bore a savage aura, like a pack of lionesses preparing to pounce on their enemies. Instead of the gun and tasers a police officer should have, these Jennies all hefted bars, baseball bats, and even segments of piping, holding them over their shoulders with cute but domineering smiles as though they were the female Yakuza.
"Cheeaaahhh!!" One Jenny yelled out, "You dare to fuck with our people!?! The fucking police commissioner told us it was too dangerous to come, he said he would fire us if we did, so we quit! We can't even arrest you anymore, but we had to come anyway because we knew what you were doing!"
"Damn these bastards, because of you all, we lost our jobs! How can I afford my weekly Poke-manga now! Shit! Obediently get your ass over here, receive my ass-whooping."
"Fuck! Fuck!! Fuck!!! These bastards! these cunts!! These yellow-bellied cock-gobbling jizz-bunglers!!! They fucking dare to hurt my little cousin!!!!!"
"Cheeaaahhh!! We'll teach you not to fuck with the Jenny Clan!!"
"Fuck, it's so nice to swear! I could never say bad words as a Police Woman! Oh, yes. Cough, fuck you Team Rocket!"
The Jennies, cursing in their sweet voices, swarmed the two Agents like a swarm of locusts. The two Rocket Agents knees nearly collapsed in fear as the endless Jennies came towards them like a flood. The Jennies beat them black, blue, and every other color, and they even beat their Pokemon together with them.
They tied them up firmly and then set them aside.
"Come on everyone! We have more than enough vehicles! We can help to get everyone out of here!"
"There are some patients that are still in critical condition, but they are relatively stabilized. If Team Rocket is closing in on this place, and we have vehicles, we can try to bring them out of here."
"Get the patients into the vehicles, quickly! Quickly!!"
I felt like I was forgotten about in the midst of the confusion.
'Was I not just fighting for everyone's lives? Did I not just fight two on one against pokemon with my own body? How was I forgotten about so easily?'
But it was a dire situation, and we did need to resolve the situation quickly. I understood it wasn't a situation where there was a luxury to talk things over. So I put it in the back of my mind and helped out as best I could.
'How could I possibly compete for attention with a group of beautiful ladies anyways. It is simply impossible. And even trying would only invite hate anyways.'
Still, he maybe wanted a little attention for trying his hardest. Just a little.
But the moment waits for no-one.
Me and everyone able helped out in the attempt to put together a convoy to evacuate. However, before we could get the last person out, Rocket Grunts walked out from the forests en mass.
One Agent stood out from the small army from Team Rocket.
The Jennies guarding the perimeter mashed their teeth in anger, ready to throw down.
"Aiya~ why couldn't you ladies just do your jobs and stay home like good girls. My, my, we need to clean this mess up before Boss notices we let you all gather together. Or he~ won't~ be~ happy!"
Auntie Collie stood out from the group and laughed.
"Yeah? You won't be happy either when I shove this pole up your ass. Come on ladies... and gentleman. Let's show these fools what's what."
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