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Inside a small cave, Alex woke up with the grace of a zombie rising from the grave.
His back sounded like a bag of marbles being shaken.
Pop.... Crack....Snap....
"Ow fuck," he croaked. He tried to stretch, but his legs were tangled in the survival tarp. "Majestic.....Truly the apex predator of the region."
He sat up and looked around his kingdom of dirt. Nidorino was asleep near the entrance, twitching occasionally as it dreamed of murdering things. His Duskull was gone or rather, it was doing its job, invisible inside the long shadow cast by a rock and then there was the new guy.
Skorupi was awake, It was currently pacing in circles around a small, innocent beetle, clicking its pincers menacingly. It looked like a hyperactive puppy, if puppies were purple, armored, and venomous.
"Hey," Alex whispered. "Don't kill the local wildlife unless we're eating it."
Skorupi froze, Its head snapped toward him. Its tail arched, the stingers dripping.
Hiss...
"Yeah, yeah, you're tough," Alex groaned, rubbing his face. "You're a terrifying monster. Now, are you hungry, or are you just being a jerk?"
He reached into his bag, he had one Sitrus Berry left.....Just one.
"We have a problem," Alex muttered. "I have many mouths to feed, and my inventory looks like a college student's fridge the day before payday."
He cut a slice of the berry and tossed it to the Skorupi. The bug snatched it out of the air with terrifying speed, devoured it in one bite, and then looked at Alex expectantly.
"That's it," Alex said, showing his empty hands. "That was the appetizer, the main course is whatever unlucky Pidgey flies by later."
He stood up, kicking Nidorino gently awake.
"Up and at 'em, big guy. We need to move before a Drapion files a missing persons report."
Nidorino snorted, shaking off the sleep and glared at the Skorupi and his Skorupi glared back, clicking its claws.
"Play nice," Alex warned. "Or I put you both in timeout and by timeout, I mean the balls."
They moved out an hour later.
Alex checked his watch to see if there is any luck ...the map screen was a comforting void of black pixels.
[ Sector ??: No Data Available ]
"Thanks, Rocket tech," Alex muttered, tapping the screen uselessly.
"Billions of dollars in funding, giant robots, cloning experiments.....but Google Maps is too hard."
He was navigating by Vibes and Sun Position, which was a fancy way of saying he was guessing.
He steered Nidorino toward a ridge line to get a vantage point. The jungle here was dense, ancient, and annoying. Vines hung like nooses, and every third plant seemed to have thorns the size of daggers.
"Left," Alex directed, ducking under a branch covered in moss that smelled like shit.
They broke through the tree line onto a rocky bluff.
The view was spectacular, in a prehistoric, Jurassic Park sort of way. A vast valley stretched out below, filled with mist and the distant cries of things that definitely weren't Rattatas.
But Alex wasn't looking at the nature, he was looking at the anomaly.
About five miles to the east, jutting out of the green canopy like a broken tooth, was a structure.
It wasn't a mountain....It was grey stone, squared off at the edges...Pillars.
"Ruins," Alex said.
It didn't look like the golden temples of the games. It looked like a fortress that had been smashed by a giant fist a thousand years ago.
"Well," Alex sighed. "It's either a dungeon filled with ancient treasure, or a dungeon filled with angry ghosts that want to wear my skin."
He patted Nidorino's neck.
"Let's go find out..... 50/50 odds."
The trek down into the valley was miserable.
Nidorino was built for power, not stealth. Every step was a heavy thud, and Alex spent half the time swatting away giant insects that looked at him like he was a walking buffet.
"Skorupi, take point," Alex ordered.
He released the bug from its ball.
Flash...
The Skorupi materialized and It immediately tried to sting a fern.
"No," Alex pointed forward. "Scout.... If you see something bigger than you, run back. If you see something smaller, kill it."
Skorupi chittered, It liked those rules. It scuttled ahead, moving effortlessly through the undergrowth, its purple carapace blending into the shadows.
"See?" Alex told Nidorino. "It's useful, It's a murder-roomba."
Ten minutes later, his murder-roomba found something.
Alex heard a commotion ahead. A screech, followed by the distinct sound of Pin Missile. Thwip-thwip-thwip.....
"Contact," Alex whispered.
He urged Nidorino forward.
They burst into a small clearing where Skorupi was circling a Yanma...a large, red dragonfly Pokémon.
The Yanma was fast, buzzing around the Skorupi's head, using Sonic Boom to send shockwaves that knocked the little bug back.
"Skorupi!" Alex barked. "Stop chasing it! You have Sniper....Wait for the opening!"
Skorupi ignored him. It was frantic, snapping its claws at the air, missing wildly. It was like watching a drunk guy try to punch a fly.
"Great," Alex rubbed his temples.
"It has no discipline....just instinct."
"Nidorino, cut it off...Don't attack, just block the exit."
Nidorino leaped over a bush, landing behind the Yanma with a heavy thud, cutting off its retreat.Yanma hesitated, hovering in place, trapped between his tank and the assassin.
"Skorupi," Alex said, his voice calm but firm. "Acupressure.....On yourself."
Skorupi paused. It looked at Alex, confused. Why buff when it could bite?
"Do it," Alex commanded. "Sharpen your focus."
Skorupi chittered nervously. It tapped its own pressure points with its claws and a faint orange glow surrounded it.
[ Acupressure: Critical Hit Ratio Rose! ]
"Now," Alex pointed. "Pin Missile but aim where it's going, not where it is."
Yanma darted left and Skorupi fired. It led the target.
Thwip-thwip.......
Two white needles caught the Yanma in the wing.The Sniper ability was triggered and the damage wasn't just double; it was massive. Yanma's wing crumpled like wet paper. It spiraled down, crashing into the dirt.
Skorupi pounced on it instantly with Bite.
It was over in seconds.
[ Enemy Defeated ]
Skorupi stood over the kill, clicking its claws triumphantly. It looked back at Alex, puffing its chest out.
"Yeah, yeah, you're the king of the world," Alex said, sliding off Nidorino. "Good shot."
He walked over, he didn't capture the Yanma....he needed food.
"Yanma wings are inedible," Alex muttered, kneeling down with his knife. "But the thorax muscle is basically lobster."
He harvested the meat quickly, trying not to think about the fact that he was butchering a dragonfly the size of a dog.
"Lunch," Alex announced, tossing a chunk to Skorupi and another to Nidorino, well duskull didn't need it...may be something to think later.
He kept a piece for himself that he'd roast it later. Raw bug meat was a line he wasn't ready to cross yet.
"Alright, team," Alex wiped his knife on the grass. "We are fed now. Let's get to those ruins before it gets dark. I really don't want to meet the night shift out here."
The ruins loomed out of the jungle like a tombstone.
Up close, they were even more impressive and depressing. Giant blocks of granite, covered in moss, lay scattered around a central courtyard. Pillars that had once held up a roof now stood like broken ribs against the sky.
There was no sound here, no birds..no bugs.
"Duskull," Alex whispered. "Front and center." His ghost pokemon emerged from his shadow, floating silently. It seemed right at home here and drifted toward the entrance of what looked like a main temple, bobbing up and down.
"It likes it," Alex noted. "That's definitely a bad omen. Ghosts only like places where people died."
He dismounted as he couldn't ride Nidorino in there; the rubble was too dense.
"Stay close," Alex told his team. "Nidorino, guard the rear. Skorupi, stay on the ceiling if you can. I don't want to get ambushed from above."
He stepped over a fallen stone, the interior was dim, lit only by shafts of light piercing the cracked ceiling and the walls were covered in carvings.
Alex shone his flashlight on them.
"Unown script," Alex recognized the symbols immediately. "But..... I don't know shit about it."
He walked deeper and the air grew cold.
In the center of the hall, there was a pedestal. It was empty, of course. Whatever had been there was looted centuries ago.
But behind the pedestal, something was..... wrong with the wall.
It wasn't stone, it was a metal plate, rusted and welded over an ancient doorway.
Alex approached it, touching the cold metal.
[ TEAM ROCKET - SEALING PROTOCOL 44 ]
[ DANGER: BIOLOGICAL HAZARD ]
[ DO NOT OPEN ]
Alex stared at the sign...It was old, maybe ten years old when they first came here.
"They didn't completey gave up this place," Alex realized, a cold smile forming. "They found it, they saw what was inside and they noped the hell out."
He stepped back.
A normal person would see a "Danger: Biohazard" sign welded by a Evil criminal organization and walk away.
Alex Hales, a pharmacy graduate with a death wish and 0 points in his bank account, tapped his chin.....
"Biohazard usually means Poison," he mused. "Or Disease...Or...an experiment."
He looked at his Nidorino and the Poison Barb on its collar glinted.
"We like Poison don't we buddy," Alex said.
"Nidorino," Alex pointed at the rusted hinges of the welded plate. "Do you think you can Poison Jab that rust until it melts?"
Nidorino looked at the metal. It looked at Alex and gave a snort that clearly said, 'You're going to get us killed, aren't you?'
"Probably," Alex agreed cheerfully. "But think of the loot... Hehehehe..... we love loots"
"Hit it."
Alex was wearing his MP3 player on ....
Bitch I'm on top now, where your funds at?
Click click pow, where your guns at?
Show y'all really how to do it, bitch, bump that
I'm the queen of this shit, bitch, fuck that
Bitch I'm on top now, where your funds at?
Click click pow, where your guns at?
:- Quay Dash
Authors Note:-
Well hope you guys enjoyed it.
It's indiana jones time.
So guys, I will finish the Team rocket island arc in like at the between 50 th chapter and 60 th.
So I which region should we go, in most of these rocket fics, it's hoenn.....
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