Electric Company

Today the gang came to a green field. There was a gentle breeze in the area; a wind powered generator was nearby and there were lots of windmills that made electricity.

"I think this is a good place to relax." Brock said.

Ash, Tomo and Misty agreed with him.

"We've been through a lot lately." Misty said. "So we deserve a rest."

This was true; the gang had been through a lot on their way to Olivine City. But there was a surprise along the way; Brock's Golbat evolved into it's final form Crobat. Ash released all his Pokemon to relax and enjoy the fresh air. The six Pokemon he had with him aside from Lugia were Mareep, Chikorita, Togetic, Totodile and Houndour.

There would soon be trouble. Some punk teenagers were around the area. There were five of them and all of them had dark purple hair. Their leader was the tallest and his name was Spike, mainly due to his spiky hair. The second punk kid was shorter than Spike and his name was Scruff, mainly because of his scruffy hair. The third punk kid was short and fat and had no hair at all. His name was Spuds. There were two girls as well; one with long hair and one with short hair, and they were twin sisters. The long haired girl's name was Selina and the short haired girl's name was Camila. The punk kids were hanging out around the wind power generator and they came to a building.

"Why are we here Spike?" Spuds asked.

"Because electric type Pokemon live in this building Spuds." Spike answered. "And we are going to grab them for ourselves. Now get your Poke Balls ready everyone, because it's Pokemon nabbing time."

The building had an electric lock on it which would only open with a card.

"Leave this to me." Selina said.

She had a purse with her and she pulled out a card.

"What card is that?" Scruff asked.

"A card that I swiped from a employee here some time ago." Selina replied.

"Trust you to be able to do that sister." Camilla said. "After all you have always been good at swiping things."

Selina put the card through the electric lock and the door opened.

"Come on gang." Spike said. "Time to get the electric type Pokemon."

The punk kids went inside and they left the door open, so that they could easily leave once they were done.

Meanwhile the gang was about to set up lunch. Ash, Chikorita and Mareep went to look for firewood. Just then Ash saw the building with the door open.

"There must be people working in there." Ash said. "Better not go in there, otherwise we may run into trouble."

So he and his Pokemon resumed looking for firewood.

At the same time the punks ran into some of the electric type Pokemon in the building; some Magnemite. Scruff released a Charmeleon from a Poke Ball and ordered it to use Flamethrower on Magnemite. Since Magnemite was a electric/steel type Pokemon, Charmeleon's Flamethrower made all the Magnemite faint.

"That was easy." Scruff smirked.

"Spuds, you got the cages ready?" Spike asked.

"Sure do Spike, they're right here." Spuds answered.

He had some metal cages on some trolleys with him. The punk kids placed the unconscious Magnemites in the cages.

"Since Magnemite are here, my guess is Magneton may be in here." Camila said. "Whenever you see Magnemite, you would also see Magneton as well."

"There are supposed to be a bunch of different electric type Pokemon here." Spike said. "So there's no doubt that Magneton will be one of them. Now we keep on going."

Ash, Mareep and Chikorita were still looking for firewood when suddenly Mareep started to run back into the building.

"Hey Mareep, what's wrong?" Ash asked.

He and Chikorita ran after Mareep and into the building. Mareep ran straight into the building.

"Something must be going on inside the building." Ash said.

He and Chikorita entered the building to call out to Mareep. But then the door closed on them.

"The wind must have done that." Ash said.

The door was now locked and Ash and Chikorita couldn't get out easily.

"Oh no." He said. "I better call for help."

He started banging on the door to call out to Tomo, Brock and Misty.

"What's taking Ash so long?" Brock asked.

It had been a while since he, Mareep and Chikorita went to get firewood.

Then they heard his call for help and ran over to the building.

"Ash, are you in there?" Brock asked.

"Yeah." Ash replied.

He told them about Mareep running into the building.

"I fear trouble is brewing inside the building." Ash said. "Which is why I'm going to look for Mareep; she might be in trouble."

"Be careful Ash." Brock told him. "If there is trouble in this building, you may end up getting in trouble too."

"Okay, let's go find Mareep, Chikorita." Ash replied. Then he and Chikorita ran off to search for Mareep.

"We better call someone from the electric company to get the door open." Brock said.

"We better get the police too." Misty added. "Just in case trouble is in there."

"I hope big brother is okay in there." Tomo said, worried.

"Don't worry Tomo." Brock reassured him. "Ash will be fine."

Then he went to find a phone booth to call for help.

Meanwhile the punk kids had walked farther and farther into the building. They now had some Magneton in their cages, as well as Magnemite and right now they had run into some Voltorb and Electrode. Spuds sent out a Golem to battle them and Golem knocked the Voltorb and Electrode with a combination of Rollout and Tackle.

"Wow, we are hitting the jackpot here." Spuds said.

"Not yet we aren't." Spike said. "I've heard that an Electabuzz is in this building too. Once we get that Electabuzz, we'll really hit the jackpot."

"Got it Spike." Spuds said.

Mareep was still running around the building. She knew that something was going on there and she wanted to know exactly what. Just then Mareep saw some Elekid. Mareep spoke to them, saying that she felt there was trouble inside the building. The Elekid told Mareep that there were intruders in the building and they were placing the electric type Pokemon in the building in cages. Mareep thought that was awful and offered to help them. So both Mareep and the Elekid ran off together to fight the intruders.

Right now the punk kids had found the control room. Once they opened the door, they found Electabuzz. Electabuzz started to charge it's electricity to force them to leave.

"So we've finally found it." Spike smiled.

He took out a Poke Ball and released a Nidoking. Electabuzz charged at Nidoking.

"Use Dynamic Punch Nidoking." Spike said.

Nidoking's fist glowed white and then Nidoking punched Electabuzz.

"Now use Megahorn." Nidoking's horn glowed white and then Nidoking stabbed Electabuzz with his horn. Electabuzz fainted.

Scruff and Spuds placed the Electabuzz in a cage. Spike looked at their capture of Magnemite, Magneton, Voltorb, Electrode and Electabuzz.

"I think this is enough." He said. "It's time we left now."

"Got it Spike." The rest of the gang said at the same time.

While that was going on, Ash and Chikorita were still searching for Mareep.

"Oh boy." Ash sighed. "This place has so many twists and turns, it's like a labyrinth in here. It's going to be tricky trying to find Mareep."

Just then he and Chikorita found Mareep with the Elekid in a corridor.

"We finally found you Mareep." Mareep was happy to see her trainer and ran up to him.

"What's going on here Mareep?" Mareep spoke to Ash.

"I see intruders have invaded this buildings and are taking the electric type Pokemon that work here." Ash said. "Well they aren't getting away with it. Come on Mareep, Chikorita, we're going after these crooks and freeing the electric type Pokemon. Elekid show us the way to the invaders."

The Elekid did just that.

Meanwhile Tomo, Misty and Brock were waiting for someone from the electric company to show up and open the door.

"I wish they'd hurry up and get here." Tomo said. "I'm worried about big brother."

Just then a car drove up and a woman stepped out.

"I'm the head of security and I'm sorry I took so long." The woman said.

"Oh don't worry." Misty replied. "We're just glad you're finally here."

The gang told the woman what had happened.

"Hmm, I understand." The woman said. "And I think I might know what trouble is brewing in the building. There have been reports of punk kids around the area lately and they cause problems all the time."

"Oh no." Misty said, worried. "I hope they haven't done anything to Ash."

"I called the police and they should be arriving soon." Brock said.

The woman pulled out a card and unlocked the door.

"Come on, let's go." She said and then she and the others went inside.

Right now the punk kids were getting ready to leave the building. The cages with the electric type Pokemon were on trolleys and all of the punk kids were pushing them. Spike was pushing the cage with Electabuzz. Scruff was pushing the trolley with Voltorb. Spuds was pushing the cage with Electrode. Selina was pushing the cage with Magnemite. Camila was pushing the cage with Magneton.

"Where will we be heading next Spike?" Spuds asked.

He looked thoughtful.

"We will take these Pokemon to our hideout first." He said. "Then we will decide to where to strike next."

They were just about to head back to the door they came through, when suddenly they were stopped by a bolt of electricity.

"What was that?!" Spike demanded.

Ash, Mareep, Chikorita and Elekid appeared in front of them.

"You aren't taking those electric type Pokemon anywhere!" Ash shouted.

"Beat it kid." Scruff said. "We don't have time to deal with you."

"Forget it." Ash snapped. "I'm not leaving until you release those electric type Pokemon."

"Very well kid." Spike said. "Everyone release the Pokemon."

The punk kids released their Pokemon from their Poke Balls. Scruff had a Primeape and Camila had an Arbok.

"Attack that kid and those puny Pokemon." Spike said.

Nidoking, Primeape, Golem, Charmeleon and Arbok started to charge at Ash and the Pokemon.

"Okay then Mareep, Chikorita and Elekid attack those Pokemon together." Ash said.

Chikoria used Razor Leaf on Golem, Mareep used Thunderbolt on Arbok. The Elekid used various attacks on Nidoking, Primeape and Charmeleon. But the Pokemon were not beaten yet.

"Okay guys, let's finish these punk kids off now." Ash said.

Chikorita and Mareep agreed with him.

Suddenly Chikorita and Mareep started to glow.

"They're evolving." Ash gasped.

Chikorita evolved into Bayleef and Mareep evolved into Flaffy.

"Oh wow." Ash said. "Okay Bayleef, use Razor Leaf on the cages."

When Bayleef flung her leaves at the cages, the cages broke and the electric type Pokemon were released.

"No!" Spike shouted. "Grr you will pay for that brat!"

Suddenly the woman, Tomo, Misty and Brock arrived on the scene.

"Ash, are you okay?" Misty asked.

"I'm fine." Ash said.

Tomo, Brock and Misty saw Bayleef and Flaffy and they were surprised by the evolutions. The woman saw the punk kids.

"You kids are now in big trouble." She said.

She and Ash attacked the kid's Pokemon again with Bayleef, Flaffy and Electabuzz. The kid's Pokemon fainted immediately. Then the woman told Magneton to use Thunder Wave on the kids. That way they would be paralyzed and unable to escape.

"Now these punk kids won't be causing any more trouble." The woman said.

Soon Officer Jenny and a few police officers arrived on the scene. The punk kids were handcuffed and placed into the police cars in addition to their Pokemon being confiscated.

"Thanks for helping us catch Spike and his gang." Officer Jenny said. "My cousins and I have been pursuing them for the last few months and now they're in for a very long timeout."

"Serves them right." Ash scoffed. "I don't feel any pity for them."

"Neither do I." Misty remarked.

With the punk kids taken care of, the gang now continued heading towards Olivine City.