Pokémon Special Conquest

RBG Arc Ch.46: The Strongest General pt.2

 

Inside of Giovanni’s Dojo Red stands opposite his former mentor with his Poliwrath laying on the ground barely staying conscious. Giovanni stands confidently alongside his Rhyhorn staring down at Red as he grins happily. Giovanni gives a signal and Rhyhorn charges ahead rushing towards Red.

            “Grimer!” Red tosses down his Poke’ball with Grimer popping out taking Rhyhorn’s charge and blocking the attack. “Now Mudball!”

Grimer gathers up mud in its hands into a large ball, shooting it out towards Rhyhorn. Rhyhorn barely dodges taking the attack, but showing no signs of damage. It takes a position glaring at Grimer as it readies its next attack.

            “Go Rhyhorn, Bulldoze!” Rhyhorn charges in at an intense speed breaking up parts of the floor with its speed and power.

            “Grimer, dodge it!” Grimer attempts to slither out of the way only to take Rhyhorn’s attack full force, flying back and crashing into the wall falling into a pile of mush. “Grimer!”

Suddenly Grimer’s body begins to glow with a bright light. Its mass becomes larger as more ooze seems to come out of its body; all at once it lifts up revealing a larger mouth and a larger pair of hands.

            “So it evolved into Muk, quite advantageous. But that will not save you, Rhyhorn Take Down!”

            “Muk…” Red looks towards Muk as it gives him a sly grin. “Do whatever you have on your mind.”

Muk cries out loudly gathering a large ball of purple energy in its hands. It shoots out the ball as Rhyhorn comes closer hitting it point blank before it takes Rhyhorn’s attack with both Pokémon falling over unconscious.

            “Gunk Shot, a mighty powerful move. Red you should be proud of your Pokémon.”

            “You said you don’t want a war with Johto so what exactly do you want?” Red asks cautiously as he readies another Poke’ball.

            “I want what everyone else wants, a peaceful world where everyone can be happy.”

            “What!?” Red yells out confused.

            “Yes, that is my ultimate goal no matter what.”

            “Then why cause all this chaos? Why destroy Pallet Town? Everyone was much happier back then and….”

            “Not everyone Red, think onto your journey what was a common issue that the Generals and others had?” Giovanni gives Red a stern look as he pulls out a Poke’ball. “Erasing that, that has been my true goal, and erasing it will give true peace and happiness to all.”

A large Nidoqueen pops out of Giovanni’s Poke’ball as it towers over Red roaring out loudly. Red tosses out his ball with Pikachu popping out and glaring up at the Nidoqueen.

            “Oh, do you have a plan here Red? Because if you’re trying to make yourself lose then it’s defiantly working.”

            “No way, I can’t ever give up and I can’t ever forgive you!” Red yells out as he glares up at Nidoqueen. “Pikachu, Thunderbolt.”

Pikachu unleashes a blast of electricity at Nidoqueen who shrugs off the attack and glares down at Pikachu. Nidoqueen moves around trying to stomp on Pikachu as it moves around continuing to shoot electricity out at it.

            “Red, I’d hoped you wouldn’t be….” Giovanni looks on past Red as a figure begins moving. “Nidoqueen, Dodge!”

Suddenly a blast of water comes out hitting Nidoqueen and knocking it back into the opposite wall. Looking towards the source Red’s Poliwhirl stands around holding out its hand and breathing heavily from its damage from the previous battle.

            “You tricked me.”

            “Yeah, just to make sure I got it,” Red says seriously looking towards Giovanni. “Weren’t you the one who told me to never underestimate misdirection?”

            “So it seems that my lessons did take heart, but you should pay closer attention yourself.” Suddenly a Dugtrio pops out of the floor hitting Poliwrath and knocking it out before quickly retreating. It quickly emerges from under Pikachu knocking it into the air with its body bouncing against the ceiling.

            “Pikachu, Brick Break!” Pikachu twists its body in the air readying its tail as it comes down to the ground.

            “Dugtrio, Tri Attack.”

Dugtrio gathers energy around itself shooting it up into the air out at Pikachu. Pikachu slams down on the energy with its tail causing a large explosion and creating a smokescreen, but Pikachu comes out of the smokescreen hitting Dugtrio with its tail. Both Pokémon fall over unconscious as they’re quickly returned to their Poke’balls.

            “Quite impressive Red, that Pikachu was so unruly before but now you’ve got it trained quite well.”

            “Stop acting like this is some friendly sparring session.” Red holds up a Poke’ball with Charizard popping out and standing next to Red. “I’m here to wipe out the Rocket Kingdom and all of its members especially you!”

            “That I cannot allow, because if I the leader of the Rocket Kingdom were to face prison, my plans would disappear.”

            “What plans!? You claim you don’t want to war with Johto and you claim to want to make a peaceful world! What exactly is this plan of yours!?”

            “To become, the very symbol of hatred and lightning rod so to speak,” Giovanni says seriously. “I gathered forces, and amassed power all for an ideal an ideal that I want to pass onto you Red.”

            “What ideal?”

            “You’ve seen it, the fates of Warriors in this age of peace?”

Red thinks, the thoughts of the other Generals, and the Pokémon in the Safari Zone. “I have, but there is no place in this peaceful world for Warriors so it’s to be expected.”

            “Yes but why? Why should the world shun the weapons that it itself created to defend it? Does having power make you think of what that power will be used for?” Giovanni grips are fist and stares at Red. “During the war Millions gave their lives, and when the thousands that survived returned home to find themselves being shunned and loathed by the citizens they risked their lives to save.”

            “Yes, but that is to be expected. It sucks, but there’s no other way.”

            “Yes but people are quick to forget who helped them and who saved them during peace, they saw the Warriors as War Mongers and so ostracized them alongside Pokémon causing more issues.” Giovanni holds out his Poke’ball with a Nidoking popping out. “Nidoking, Poison Jab.”

Nidoking charges in towards Charizard punching at it repeatedly. Charizard flies back unable to avoid the attack as it falls over from the damage from the attack.

            “Then why do all of this, why start another war if….”

            “To give Warriors and Pokémon a place again, but war is not the objective.” Giovanni walks towards Red holding out his hand. “My goal is to become force enough so that no nation in this world can ignore to become the terror to world peace that prevents people from abandoning their weapons and warriors.” Giovanni stands directly over Red looking down at him with cold eyes. “What I needed to finish this was one more thing, I needed you.”

            “What?”

            “You went across this land, attempting to restore the faith of the Generals and assisting whoever asked for your aid alongside your Pokémon. You showed off your strength and faith in your partners, and spread that feeling around.”

            “So you want to make me another symbol?”

            “Yes, I will become the symbol to represent the evils the one the world would hate, and you will become the symbol of hope giving everyone faith in Pokémon again and create a space for Pokémon and Warriors.”

            “I will never, I will never go along with your plans!”

            “But you already have, after this battle everything will become known. I will become known as the King of the Rocket Kingdom and you will become known as the savior who thwarted our plans.”

            “Damn it.” Red forces himself up off of the ground as Charizard begins to follow suit. “I will never, we will never! We will never work for you or go along with our plans!’

            “Then come Red, come and show your power!”

An orb in Red’s pocket begins to glow brightly as Charizard begins to glow. “What is this?” Giovanni asks confused.

Charizard’s body glows brightly as its skin turns black and it’s underbelly turns blue, a pair of horns extends from its shoulders, as its claws become larger and its flames turn blue. This odd Charizard roars out shaking the area around it as Red looks on before turning his attention towards Giovanni.

            “This is….”

            “Charizard Flare Blitz!”

            “Nidoking, Dragon Tail!”

Charizard charges in turning into an intense ball of flames as Nidoking readies an attack. Charizard charges through Nidoking knocking it out and causing a massive explosion that creates a thick smoke across the entire room. Red falls unconscious from all of this and falls to the ground with Charizard reverting to its previous form.

 

            “Hey, are you okay?” A voice says reaching down to Red.

Red opens his eyes to find a cop holding him up as a number of them start looking around the room. “What? What’s going on?”

            “We’ve come to arrest the leader of the terrorist group, the Rocket Kingdom.”

The cops had gone across the entire town arresting any member of the Rocket Kingdom they could find. However Giovanni was nowhere in sight and any trace of him was seemingly erased, and the illustrious King of the Rocket Kingdom disappeared without a trace.