Murott Island

Sometime after obtaining Snorlax, Ash and the gang arrived to another island on Lapras.

"Hey Tracey." Ash said. "What island is this?"

"Ah, this Ash is Murcott Island." Tracey informed him. "This island is home to all sorts of bug type Pokemon."

Misty freaked out when she heard that.

"Did you say bug type Pokemon live here?" Misty stuttered.

"Yes I did. Why?" Tracey said, confused by Misty's actions.

"Misty's afraid of bug type Pokemon." Ash whispered to Tracey.

"Okay." Tracey sighed. "Well there is a Pokemon Center here. So we can take Misty there first, then explore the island."

So Ash and the gang went to find the Pokemon Center. Misty was whimpering the whole time; she was scared that bug type Pokemon would appear in front of her at any minute. Unfortunately for her, the gang did spot some bug type Pokemon. They spotted Caterpie, Weedle, Pinsir, Paras, Metapod, Venomoth and Beedrill. Misty screamed when she saw them. Ash, Tomo and Growlithe thought this was getting ridiculous and Tracey found it a bit hilarious.

Suddenly Tomo saw something. It was a Scyther that appeared to be injured as it was covered in cuts and bruises.

"That Scyther is in a lot of pain." Tomo said. The gang ran over to it.

"We need to get this Scyther to the Pokemon Center." Tracey said.

Tracey took a Potion out of his backpack; it would help Scyther a bit until they got to the Pokemon Center. Just at Tracey sprayed the potion on Scyther's wounds, Scyther jumped up in fright and assumed a fighting stance.

"The sting from the potion must have startled it." Misty said.

Tracey tried to talk to Scyther to get it to calm down, but it didn't work. So Tracey sent his Venonat out to use Sleep Powder and put Scyther to sleep, and that was successful. Next he pulled out a Poke Ball and tossed it at Scyther; Tracey had captured it.

"Scyther probably won't be happy with me." Tracey said. "But this was the only way."

Ash, Tomo and Misty nodded.

When the gang reached the Pokemon Center, Tracey handed Scyther to Nurse Joy. A few hours later, Nurse Joy came out of the treatment room.

"How's Scyther?" Tracey asked her.

"Well it's very exhausted and needs lots of rest." Nurse Joy said.

"I wonder what caused it to be injured like that." Ash said.

"I might know." Nurse Joy said. "I've dealt with something like this before. You see Pokemon travel in groups and in those groups there is always a leader to guide them. And when it comes to leaders the Pokemon would fight each other for leadership of the group."

"So I take it that means that this Scyther was the leader of it's swarm?" Tracey asked.

"From the looks of it yes." Nurse Joy said. "And this Scyther seems to be an old Scyther, so it's quite clear that it was beaten by a younger Scyther."

Meanwhile in the forest, trouble was brewing. Team Rocket was in the forest.

"So this is Murcott Island?" Jessie asked.

"Yep." James nodded. "And it's home to all sorts of bug type Pokemon."

"Imagine how much money we will get with all the bug type Pokemon." Meowth said.

"So which Pokemon should we go for first?" Jessie asked.

"Well in my opinion." James said. "Scyther is the rarest bug type Pokemon to find."

"Yeah and they're said to be the strongest." Meowth said.

"Okay then, Scyther it is." Jessie said.

They found the Scyther swarm in a clearing with lots of trees and a big pond. James brought out a large black card from his bag.

"What's this thing?" Jessie asked.

"This holds a very sticky net that catches bug type Pokemon." James said. "I took it from the Team Rocket headquarters."

"You sure know how to gather cool gadgets Jimmy." Meowth smiled.

At the time the Scyther were enjoying the sun and had no idea that they were in danger. James threw the big black card into the air over the Scyther. Suddenly a big black sticky net sprung from the card and caught all the Scyther. The Scyther looked like flies trapped in a spider web.

"We did it!" Meowth cheered.

"I'll say." Jessie said. "But won't they be able to slice their way through the net."

"Not really." James remarked. "These nets have very sticky glue on them and they're tough to cut through."

"So now these Scythers are our way to fortune." Meowth smirked.

Back at the Pokemon Center, Scyther was having it's bandages removed. Suddenly it jolted out of bed.

"What's wrong Scyther?" Nurse Joy asked, rather surprised. "You need to stay in bed."

Scyther ignored Nurse Joy and weakly flew through the window, breaking it. The gang saw what was happening and ran out of the Pokemon Center.

"What's going on?" Ash asked. "Scyther hasn't fully recovered."

"Something must be happening in the forest." Tracey said. "And Scyther is going back there to find out what. We better follow it."

Ash, Tomo and Misty agreed and they all followed Scyther.

Meanwhile the Scyther's were struggling like crazy in the sticky net.

"Okay now to catch them with Poke Balls and send them to the boss." Jessie said.

"Yes. Good thing we always take Poke Balls with us just in case." James said.

James was about to throw one at the Scyther, when the elder Scyther turned up and stopped them.

"Scyther, Scyther." Scyther said.

"It's telling us to leave them alone." Meowth translated.

"And he's not the only one." Ash said.

"Oh no, the twerps are here." Jessie said.

The gang saw the Scythers in the sticky net.

"That must be why Scyther wanted to come back here." Misty said.

"Scyther, Scyther, Scyther, Scyther, Scyther, Scyther." Scyther said.

"It says that it may not be the leader of the Scyther swarm anymore." Meowth said. "But it won't let us get away with what we've done."

"Okay then it's time to fight." Jessie said.

Jessie released her Arbok, Lickitung and her new Pokemon Shellder. James released his Weezing and his two new Pokemon Victreebel and Oddish.

"I'm glad we have these new Pokemon with us." Jessie smiled.

(Flashback)

Back in Kanto, James had been thinking.

"You know Jess." James said. "I think we need some new Pokemon for ourselves."

"But we've been trying to do that for ages and we never get any new ones from the boss." Jessie said.

"That's why I think we should catch some wild Pokemon for ourselves." James said. "I mean there's no Team Rocket rule that says we aren't allowed to catch wild Pokemon for ourselves."

"Hmm I like that idea." Jessie said. "Besides it would help us steal more."

So Jessie and James agreed to catch more Pokemon. At that time they were near a beach.

"Let's split up." James said. "Then we'll cover more ground."

Jessie looked for wild Pokemon on the beach and James decided to check out the woods near the beach. James looked along the trees to find good Pokemon when he spotted a Weepinbell and Oddish.

"Those two will be perfect." James said. He had Weezing battle them.

After Weezing tackled the Pokemon a few times, James easily captured Weepinbell and Oddish. Meanwhile Jessie was looking by the ocean and sand to see if any water type Pokemon were kicking around. At that point she spotted a Shellder.

"Perfect." Jessie said, using Arbok to capture it.

Jessie and James met back up afterwards and exchanged stories.

"With more Pokemon we will be unstoppable." Jessie said.

"I agree." James replied.

Sometime after capturing Weepinbell, James borrowed a Leaf Stone from someone to evolve his Weepinbell into Victreebel.

(End flashback)

"Now to use our new Pokemon's real power." Jessie said. "Arbok Poison Sting, Lickitung Lick and Shellder Ice Beam."

"Weezing Sludge, Victreebel Razor Leaf and Oddish Petal Dance." James said.

Scyther used Double Team and Agility to dodge the attacks. But then, since it was still very weak, began to collapse from exhaustion.

"Let's help Scyther." Tracey released his Venonat. Ash sent out Pikachu, Tomo Growlithe and Misty sent out Gloom. She had swapped her Goldeen out for Gloom back at the Cerulean Gym sometime ago. Venonat used Psybeam, Pikachu used Thunderbolt, Growlithe used Flamethrower and Gloom used Petal Dance to attack Team Rocket together and save Scyther. In no time at all the attacks sent Team Rocket and their Pokemon flying.

After the battle with Team Rocket Misty had Gloom cut the sticky net with a combination of Razor Leaf and Petal Dance. Then the Scythers went into the pond to wash the glue off themselves. The new leader of the Scyther swarm thanked the elder Scyther and flew off with the swarm.

"There they go." Tracey said. "What about you Scyther? Do you want to fly off too?"

Scyther shook it's head and stepped towards Tracey.

"It seems like Scyther wants to stay with you Tracey." Ash said. Tracey smiled.

"I agree with that."

Then he returned Scyther to it's Poke Ball. Tracey was happy to have caught a new Pokemon.

"Now with that over, can we go back to the Pokemon Center?" Misty asked.

She didn't want to run into anymore bug type Pokemon. The gang headed back to the Pokemon Center for the night, wondering what they would come across next.