"S-Sir Viper..."
"The two of you... You understand the consequences of failure, correct?"
"S-Sir, it wasn--"
"Don't you know enough about me by now to understand that excuses don't work with me? Well, no matter. I'll deal with you later. For now..."
Viper shifted his gaze towards Officer Jenny. She was clearly the biggest threat here.
"Are you a Team Rocket Officer?"
"Senior Officer."
"Doesn't matter. Now that you are here, I will be arresting you. It would be best for you if you surrendered without resistance."
Officer Jenny stood up and walked towards Viper, surrounded by all her Pokémon.
"Brax, Lax, I leave it to you two to restrain these two grunts."
""Yes ma'am""
Viper didn't bother speaking, as he threw five Poké Balls in the air.
Skarmory, Magneton, Bronzong, Aggron, Steelix, Scizor.
Looking at this team, one could clearly tell that Viper was a steel-type expert.
The pressure on both sides was roughly the same, indicating both Jenny and Viper were on a similar level.
Jenny knew she didn't have any leeway to worry about anything else, so she focused fully on Viper, confidant that her two subordinates could detain the two grunts.
She engaged VIper in a full 6-on-6 battle. The ground shook as 12 advanced-level Pokémon clashed.
In the meantime, Brax and Lax put handcuffs on the two grunts and detained them.
VIper noticed this.
"I almost forgot--"
He said as he took out another Poké Ball. From it, an advanced-level Gliscor emerged.
"Go and rescue those fools. Don't bother fighting and escape straight ahead with them."
Gliscor nodded and shot towards the grunts like a missile.
"Alakazam, stop it!"
"Scizor, intercept."
Scizor shot towards Alakazam like a silver bullet, leaving it no choice but to defend.
Tch, damn it!" Jenny's command was sharp. "You two, back off! Don't engage!"
"But ma'am—!"
"That thing is advanced-level! You can't take it! MOVE!"
Brax and Lax dove aside just as Gliscor landed between them.
It ignored them and instead created a wind blade to cut the handcuffs binding the two grunts.
"A-Am I dreaming? Is Instructor Viper actually rescuing us? I thought for sure he would be the one to kill us first."
"Gliis!"
Gliscor looked at them irritably. Why did he have to carry such baggage?
"Let's run."
The two hurried off to the exit. Since Office Jenny was fighting ahead, they could only head back to where they were and use a different route to escape the mountain.
"So long, suckers!"
"I'll get you back for this one day, you damn bitch!"
Officer Jenny was peeved that she was letting them escape, but her opponent was truly strong. If she let her guard down. Things could get out of hand.
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"This path was longer than expected," Kai commented.
"Ya, but look." Eric pointed.
In the distance, two figures in black uniforms came sprinting toward them. Behind them, hovering with irritation on its face, was a large purple creature with claws like scythes.
Gliscor: Lvl 40 (Blue)
:"It's at the advanced level."
"Ya. This won't be easy."
Rapidash stopped as both of them got off. They released all of their Pokémon and prepared for the upcoming battle. This would be Eric's first time taking on an Advanced Level Pokémon.
Haunter, Fearow and Poliwhirl looked intensely at the incoming Gliscor, who also noticed them.
On Kai's side were Machoke, Growlithe and Rapidash.
"WHAT THE-- THERE ARE MORE OF YOU?!"
Gliscor didn't care for conversation. It screeched—a piercing, metallic sound that vibrated through the tunnel walls.
"Not good! JUMP, EVERYONE!"
Kai, who had just gotten down, climbed right back up on top of Rapidash, as he ordered all of his Pokémon to jump.
Eric rode Fearow, and told Poliwhirl to jump.
They managed to get into the air in time, narrowly dodging the massive shockwave that was coming at them.
"Haunter, Twin Ghost Balls! Poliwhirl, Water Gun!"
"Growlithe, flame wheel! Machoke, Knock off!"
Gliscor glided through the air, dodging all the projectiles coming at it.
Dark-type energy appeared on its fangs as it used Night Slash on the flaming wheel coming at it.
"Rapidash, flamethrower!"
A stream of fire approached Gliscor, but it didn't move to dodge.
Instead, it tanked the hit and continued its attack, slamming Growlithe into the ground.
Machoke then appeared beside him, hand coated in dark energy. He used Knock off aimed straight at Gliscor's skull,
Gliscor moved to dodge even that, or at least, it tried to.
It did not understand how. It was sure that it dodged the hand coming at it. Yet, it was still hit by the Knock off, sending it flying.
'There is something off about that Machoke.'
Eric thought as he ordered Haunter to take advantage of this opportunity.
Haunter launched two Ghost Balls at it, making Gliscor crash into the ground.
"Poliwhirl, Haunter, keep firing. Don't let it rest."
"Growlithe, Machoke, take the vangaurd."
Eric and Kai worked well together, but taking down an advanced-level Pokémon wasn't so simple.
Gliscor screeched furiously as it got up and shot towards Machoke. Its arms glowed pink as it dodged all the incoming attacks and appeared beside Machoke.
"Cross Poison!"
Gliscor felt that it didn't connect properly, so it followed up with a Night Slash, knocking Machoke to the ground.
As the smoke cleared, Eric finally understood why he felt something off with Machoke.
It was because that was not Machoke at all.
On the ground lay a black-and-red Pokémon.
It was a Zoroark in disguise!
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Pokémon: Zoroark
Gender: Male
Level: 37
Type: Dark
Ability: Illusion
Held Item: None
Potential: Purple
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No wonder his movements were so weird until now.
"Well, the cat's out of the bag. Zoroark, Foul Play!"
Zoroark shot up from his lying position, catching Gliscor off guard as he struck it with foul play.
Eric wasn't going to miss this chance, despite his shock.
"Haunter, Shadow Ball! Poliwhirl, Bubble Beam!"
"Growlithe, Flame Wheel!"
Despite being at the advanced level, Gliscor couldn't do much against such an assault.
It had only recently broken through this tier, and without a trainer to guide it, it simply couldn't withstand so many attacks and was knocked out.
The two grunts watched, stunned, as their last hope was defeated.
"What the hell?!"
After taking care of Gliscor, Eric and Kai then turned their attention towards the two grunts.
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