On their way to finding the Battle Pyramid, the gang had made it to Pewter City. They had decided to visit Brock's home first before heading over to the Battle Pyramid.
"It will be nice seeing my family again." Brock said.
"I can't wait to see your gym Brock and all of your Pokémon, Brock!" Max beamed.
"Hey Brock, is it all right for us to visit your parents?" Ashlyn asked.
Ashlyn remembered Brock telling them about his parents being unwell.
"Don't you worry Ashlyn," Brock assured her, "I phoned my parents, and they said it's fine, and my mum's health has improved ever since I last saw them."
The others felt relieved to hear that.
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When they arrived at the Pewter Gym, they saw the gym had been decorated but in a disgusting sort of way. Instead of being the normal grey and brown colored gym, it was now purple, green, blue, white and orange with a big rose on top. It looked like a dancing club instead of a Pokémon gym.
"WHAT HAPPENED?!" Brock exclaimed angrily.
Ashlyn easily figured out that Brock didn't like this one bit.
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The gang went into Brock's house, where his brothers and sisters greeted him at once. Brock was also greeted by the Pokémon he had caught on his previous journeys. May and Max were impressed by Brock's big family. Brock asked his little siblings about what happened to the gym at once. The siblings explained that their parents decided to decorate a gym a bit more; just to give it a bit greyer with grey boulders because of the other rock Pokémon Brock had caught.
But when the gym remodelers came, they did it all wrong; they kept on giving it weird coats of paint, which was something their parents didn't want.
"Please put the gym back to normal." Forrest (one of Brock's brothers) pleaded.
"Don't worry, I will." Brock promised, "Wait, where are mom and dad?"
"In the hospital." Cindy replied.
"The hospital?!" Brock and the others gasped in shock.
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Apparently, Flint and Lola were in the hospital; Lola had collapsed and needed to stay in the hospital again. Brock phoned his dad at the hospital and told him what he heard from his siblings.
"Your mother and I were horrified with what the remodelers did to the gym especially since they did nothing we wanted," Flint explained, "I want to deal with those remodelers again, but I can't leave your mother's side yet."
"You leave it to me dad," Brock assured him, "You just concentrate of taking care of mum."
"Thank you, Brock." Flint thanked him and finished the phone call.
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Forrest showed the gang what the inside of the gym looked like; it was like an art museum for crazy people. Splashes of paints were everywhere, and it looked very unattractive. The gang didn't like this one bit, especially Brock. Brock's Steelix and Graveler, and Flint's Tyranitar and Golem were guarding the gym and they hated it too.
"So how about we clean this place up?" Ashlyn offered.
"We would appreciate that great, Ashlyn." Brock accepted.
So the gang helped take off the colorful paints in the gym.
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Halfway through the cleanup, Brock decided that they should take a break. So he cooked a meal for everyone, and his siblings were happy to have Brock's cooking again.
"By the way, what are those gym remodelers like?" Brock asked.
"There were three people for starters." Salvadore replied.
"There's a man." Yolanda added.
"And a woman." Tommy added.
"And the third one is kind of..." Cindy trailed off.
"The third one had a goofy way of talking." Suzie placed her finger on her cheek.
"Totally weird." Billy added.
Ashlyn immediately knew that it was Team Rocket who did the horrible gym makeover.
"I'll have a talk with those suspicious gym remodelers, and we'll get the gym back to normal." Brock decided, clenching his fist angrily.
"Thank you, big brother Brock. We knew that we could count on you." Brock's siblings said in unison.
"I think I already who those three are." Ashlyn declared.
"You do, Ashlyn?" Brock asked.
"A certain trio comes to mind." Ashlyn replied.
Brock groaned, "Oh yeah. This is something that they would do." He admitted.
"They're at the front door." Ashlyn announced.
Then the doorbell rang, Brock and his siblings answered the door. When Brock's siblings saw them, they told Brock at once they were the ones who remodeled the gym.
"I was about to contact you," Brock said, "I want you to put the gym back to normal. You made our gym look revolting."
"Hey, we don't take that kind of insults of our work!" Jessie shouted.
"Yeah, and if you want us to put it right you will have to pay us good!" Meowth added.
"I'm afraid Brock won't be paying you a cent, Team Rocket!" Ashlyn shouted, "I recognize your voice easily Meowth! Fuji, Flamethrower!" She released her Spitfire Pokémon.
Fuji used Flamethrower and the flames burnt away Team Rocket's disguises.
Jessie growled. "Now you are going to get it!" she shouted. She and James quickly backed away from the house and let out a Charizard and an Aggron.
"We'll see about that!" Ashlyn shouted.
Brock sent out his Steelix to battle and Ashlyn sent out Neptune (Blastoise) to battle.
"Charizard, use Flamethrower!" Jessie ordered.
"Aggron, Hyper Beam!" James ordered.
"Steelix/Neptune, Protect!" Brock and Ashlyn countered.
Charizard and Aggron launched their attacks towards Steelix and Neptune. Steelix and Neptune both projected a green barrier in front of themselves. So Charizard and Aggron's attacks did no harm to them.
"Neptune, use Hydro Pump on Charizard!" Ashlyn ordered
"Steelix, use Flash Cannon on Aggron!" Brock added.
Charizard and Aggron got hit by the Hydro Pump and Flash Cannon attack.
"Now Steelix, use Iron Tail!" Brock commanded.
"Use Water Pulse!" Ashlyn added.
Steelix struck Aggron hard with Iron Tail, and Neptune launched a powerful Water Pulse at Charizard. Both Aggron and Charizard fainted in a second.
Suddenly they saw Meowth running towards Jessie and James, carrying a sack on his back.
"The balls are out of the bag now!" Meowth exclaimed while running up to James and Jessie.
"Stop that Meowth!" Max called out from behind Meowth.
"Geodude, use Tackle!" Forrest released his rock type Pokémon.
Then Geodude appeared and slammed Meowth into a boulder, causing him to drop the bag which revealed a bunch of Pokéballs. Meowth gasped at the reveal.
Ashlyn's eyes glowed blue and the Pokéballs were outlined blue. They were lifted into the air and teleported next to May and Brock's siblings who were relieved.
"Great job, Forrest." Brock complimented his little brother.
"Thanks." Forrest smiled.
Brock turned to the Team Rocket trio, "And you, you come to my parents posing as gym remodelers, but your real intention was to steal the gym's Pokémon."
"Prepare for trouble, you stumble upon-" Jessie started.
"You're all a disgrace!" Brock snapped at Team Rocket, interrupting Jessie.
"Stop interrupting me!" Jessie yelled out angrily.
"The nerve of you guys! Trying to steal Pokémon from our gym! Unforgivable!" Forrest exclaimed angrily.
"Whoa." Brock, Ashlyn and Alain said in awe.
"I'll take it from here," Forrest declared, "As the future gym leader of Pewter Gym, I cannot forgive for what Team Rocket had done to our gym! Go Onix!" He took out a Pokéball and sent out an Onix.
Onix roared as he appeared.
"You have your own Onix huh, Forrest?" Brock asked.
"Yep, dad gave it to me a few months ago." Forrest replied, "Okay Onix, use Sandstorm!"
Onix summoned up a sandstorm and Team Rocket got blown away and into the sky.
"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" Team Rocket screamed before they disappeared across the sky.
"WOBBUFFET!" Wobbuffet added.
DING!
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After Team Rocket's defeat, Brock called some real gym remodelers to return the gym to its former glory. Flint returned from the hospital that evening; Lola had to stay overnight at the hospital. Brock explained to his dad about Team Rocket being the ones who ruined the gym. Flint thanked his son and his friends for their help. The gang stayed at Brock's place for the night, and next day they said goodbye to Brock's family, and they left for the Battle Pyramid.
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Pokémon Caught: Shiny Arcanine (Sonia)(F), Magmar (Fuji)(M), Hisuian Zorua (Yuki)(F), Sprigatito (Fleur)(F)