Episode 48:
Revenge Lasts Forever

After spending the night at the pokécenter, Icy and Sara went for a walk around town. Sara stayed very close to Icy for there were many trainers gathering in Viridian lately.

“It’s so crowded...” Sara pointed out.

“Must be new trainers from Prof. Oak or something.” They continued on their way.

Meanwhile, on an opposite corner, two men dressed in black observed the two pikachu. “You think he senses us?” one whispered to the other. His partner shook his head.

“Not while we have these handy anti-psychic boxes with us. He won’t be able to pull any tricks on us.” He glanced again at Icy and Sara. “We’ll pursue them as they go down that alley.”

Icy had sensed their presence. For some odd reason, the signal from the anti-psychic box was being distorted by the waves coming from Icy’s translator. “Hide behind those boxes. I need to deal with some agents real quick.” Icy got in position while Sara hid.

The two agents entered the alley. “Well, well, well. A stray pikachu. Must be my lucky day. Hehehe...” The agent reached into his pocket and pulled out a black pokéball with a red ‘R’ on it. “You can’t escape us this time.” He threw the ball at Icy.

“Nice try losers,” Icy shouted as he teleported in back of them. He realized his mistake too late however as three agents all threw pokéballs at him. “CRAP!” he screamed as one of the pokéballs hit him in the head. “Noooooooo!” Icy was sucked into the pokéball. He banged on the inside walls but something was stealing all his energy. His last images before he fainted were the metallic insides on the pokéball.

“Ha! Good job.” One of the agents picked up the pokéball containing Icy. Another agent rushed back from the alley. In his hand was the black pokéball he had originally thrown. “Giovanni will be most pleased. Take them both to the gym. He is waiting to see them personally.” They all went off around town while the one agent took the two pokéballs to Giovanni.

Giovanni stroked Persian’s white fur. It purred fiendishly as the agent entered the office. “I trust everything went according to plan.” The agent nodded and handed him the two pokéballs.

“He fell for it just the way you said he would.”

“Of course he did. I have an eye for the future. Literally!” Giovanni stood up and handed a large briefcase to a person standing in the shadows of the room. “He is your payment as promised. Count it here if you must.”

The person opened the briefcase. It was filled with thousands of pokebucks. “Remember, no killing them. You may get whatever it is you want from them, but I cannot proceed with our plan if they are dead.”

“Do not worry. They won’t be harmed, much. Be sure to have everything ready in time for the launch. Oh, and one more thing.” He handed the person some computer microchips. “Install these in your new...”

“I know what they are for. Now, I must be going or I’ll arouse suspicion.” Giovanni walked back to his desk and picked up Icy’s pokéball.

“Now I can have my revenge and make sure you don’t meddle with my plans any further.”

The person Giovanni had paid off left the gym. After checking to see if any agents were following him, he headed for the police station.

“So, did you get it?” Jenny asked. The man nodded and placed all but one of the chips on a table. “Great. Now our labs can analyze these and find out what Giovanni is really up to. I’d suggest you head back to your lab as soon as possible.” The man nodded. “Professor, you have been a great asset to this operation. Please don’t do anything heroic, ok?”

“Giovanni’s got Icy and Sara.”

“That’s not good.” The man nodded. “Well, my people will take care of that. You just get back to your lab.” The man left the station and hailed a taxi.

“Pallet Town, please.” The cabby gave a small nod and drove off.

Elsewhere. “Have the events occurred as planned?”

“Yes my lord. Everything is going just as you said. We are close to a 100% match.”

“Perfect.”

Meanwhile, back at the police station. “Does he suspect anything?”

“No sir. He got in your cab just as you said.” The officer removed the Jenny outfit and revealed her true self. “I won’t be needing this stuff anymore. What are your orders, sir?”

“Return to base. But remember to destroy all the evidence. Leave nothing.”

“Understood.” She took out three charges and placed them around the station. “This will tie up the loose end.” As she casually walked out of the building, the charges detonated. She didn’t look back or change her speed as the station exploded. Nothing was left when the smoke cleared.

“Now I will have my total revenge. Starting with you Icy!” He opened the pokéball and Icy appeared on his desk hardly able to move. “You are such a pathetic worm.” He picked Icy up and threw him across his office. “You will never be able to stop me!” He kicked Icy into a corner. “I am going to enjoy destroying you once and for all.” Icy attempted to locate his pokéballs. He detected them being still on Giovanni’s desk. “Now I will finally end you pitiful life.” He moved closer. Icy summoned his last bit of energy to move Hocus’ pokéball to him.

“Hocus... heeeeellllppppp meeeeeee....” Icy dropped the ball as he fainted. Hocus appeared in front of him.

“Master?!?” Hocus used his telekinesis to gather all of Icy’s things. “Do not fear master. I will get us out of here.” Giovanni was furious now.

“Come back here. I must have my revenge!” He chased the Kadabra down the main hallway. “There is no escape from me.”

“Maybe, then again. Take this!” Hocus fired a psybeam at Giovanni throwing him back almost 50 feet.

“Aghh! No! I’ll kill you for this Icy! I swear it. I will kill you! You can’t escape from the Doomsday Weapon!” He laughed as he blacked out from the effects of the psybeam.

Hocus ran past the guards at the doors and enter the streets of Viridian. People everywhere stopped what they were doing to see what was going on. “Uhhh... Good day, nice, humans... Ahhh... sooo... how ‘bout that weather we’ve been having.” Suddenly, Hocus found himself the target of several dozen pokéballs. “This isn’t good...” He teleported just in time. “Shew... That was close. Now to heal you master.” He took Icy to the pokécenter where Nurse Joy fixed him up. They stayed there for the remainder of the day.

Meanwhile, Oak was still riding in the cab. “I think you missed my turn.” The driver ignored him. Oak took out a pistol he had stashed away in his lab coat. He repeated, “I believe you missed my turn.” He pointed the gun at the driver’s head.

“Ok, ok, just no shoot. I make big mess if fire.” Oak motioned for him to exit the vehicle.

“Now, return Loki.” The driver, a ditto named Loki, beamed back into a pokéball Oak had in his hand. “Nice work. Mission complete. Now, I hope Icy somehow managed to survive.” He removed the tracer bugs on him and placed them inside of the car. Then, he let the cab drive into the lake and sink. “Time to take this chip back to the lab to be analyzed.”

“Where are we now?”

“Very close to 100% sir. His dialog was missing the colorful metaphors you said it would have.”

“That’s acceptable. Everything is just as I foresaw. Proceed with the plan.”