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Ike: *Was starting to suspect this as well. There they had Drake, the toughtest of the elite four. Why couldn't he just take out the group of five goons by himself?*

Drake: *Feeling awkward from the lack of help from the Aqua members, he loads the cage up himself and starts to push it over to the tugboat*

*The buff goon walked over to Drake, angry*
Man: Where you going with that?
Drake: ...The boat. Where else, mate?
Man: *Sighs out of annoyance* You know dam well that aint our boat.
Ike: *This catches his attention*
Man: Infact- *Turns to Ike and Maddy* Shouldn't you two be on that Kyogre Jet of yours? *turns to his fellow lacky and points to the tugboat* Get that piece of crap out of here so the Jet can surface.
Ike: What the-... *They know who we are!?*

*As the lacky goes aboard the tugboat and starts to move it out to sea, the burly man walked over to Ike and Maddy*
Man: Isaac, right? Look pal, I know your lot is new to this business, but the Gang doesn't wait for nobody! *Flashes Ike and Maddy a tattoo of what looked like grafitii. This was no doubtingly the LB Gang's symbol.* Got me?
Ike: *His mind couldn't keep up with anything. None of this was making sense.*
Drake: *Looks back at Ike and Maddy and starts to think he's been betrayed. Aqua was working with the LB Gang the whole time, huh?*
Ike: *Starts to think... The Kyogre Jet was safely back at HQ in the Hanger... it couldn't be here....and Isaac....he was a member of Team Clone... in fact he was Ike's clone.... Ike looked at the burly goon.*
Man: Well? What you waiting for?
Ike: ...The right moment to act! NOW AQUA! *Reaches for Quilava's Pokeball out of the spur of the moment and calls him out, ready to battle*
Man: It's a set up! Get'em, guys! *reaches for his pokeballs*

Ike: *Yells over to everyone* Looks like they have 3 pokemon each. Gang members use Electric and Dark types, so look out!

*Ike looked over to the water, where a Kyogre Jet was indeed surfacing. He kept his focus on the goon he was soon going to defeat*

"Aight!" Ginji smiled as he knew the best time to act. He tossed out Lairon's Pokeball into the battlefield. He promptly roars as the thug he was facing threw out an Absol. Not the smartest match-up for the other guy, but it was all fair game now that the battle had started.

Lairon started things off with its Quick Claw activating as he rushed at Absol and landed a Double-Edge that flung Absol into a nearby crate that housed a Seedot. Absol nimbly got back onto its feet and spewed a massive burst of Fire Blast from its mouth to attempt to take down Lairon, but to no avail. After the last move, Absol attempted a Hyper Beam attack, but Lairon protected itself at the last minute by using Protect. Again, Lairon's Quick Claw activated and he rammed Absol using Iron Tail to finally take down the Disaster Pokémon. Both trainers returned their Pokemon and sent out a fresh pair to keep the battle interesting.

Squirtle appeared in a flash of bright white light on Ginji's side, as a Houndour appeared on the Thug's side. These thugs didn't really know anything about type match-ups apparently... Anyways, Houndour started the match off by using a Crunch attack on Squirtle's hard shell. Squirtle retaliated by using a Water Pulse to distort the senses of Houndour. Confused and annoyed, Houndour ran into the same cage that Absol got thrown into, freeing the Seedot within, who began attacking the Houndour further. The Thug didn't quite like that, as he yelled at the Seedot until it finally ran away to hide behind another set of boxes. It didn't matter though, Squirtle had the upper hand, and an opening to attack with Muddy Water to knock out Houndour.

This time the Thug sent out an electrical type to try and deal with Squirtle. Unfortunately, the only Pokemon that Ginji really wanted to use was Seedot. This type advantage barely effected game-play as the Thug sent out his Pachirisu. The cute Pokemon lunged at Seedot and bite hard using Super Fang. Seedot used Secret Power on the landing to attempt to cause Paralysis. No luck this turn, but it did do significant damage to the opponent's Pokemon. Pachirisu kind of let loose a chirping sound as it rushed Seedot again with what looked like a Discharge attack, after the smoke cleared from the massive amount of energy unleashed by the attack, Seedot had hung on using a Focus Band to hold on to life. Seedot was glowing a strange red color as it spontaneously exploded, taking Pachirisu with it. Ginji recalled his fainted Pokemon as the Thug ran away from the battle. He turned to Ty and mouthed the words, "I hope you got that."

*The burly gang member, which was called simply IceBox by a fellow Gang member as Aqua ambushed them, clenched his fists and called out Richu.*
IceBox: I knew it! You Team Clone guys only wanted to steal our catch!
Ike: *Puts his bandanna back on* We aren't Team Clone, pal. The name's Ike! Quilava, Flamethrower!
Quilava: *Takes in a deep breath and blows out fire at Richu, flames coming out of it's back. The attack hit well as Richu was engulfed in flames. It came out of it damaged moderately.*
IceBox: Richu, Agility!
Richu: Ri! *Starts sprinting circles around Quilava, increasing its speed*
Ike: Stay sharp, Quil!
Quilava: *Was doing it's best to keep his eyes caught up with Richu, but the Richu was moving very fast.*
Icebox: Richu, Volt Tackle!
Richu: *Goes out of it's sprinting and leaps into the air. It then goes into a rolling ball and crashes into Quilava with electricity escaping from it's body. Quilava was crushed into the cement floor, but stood back up. It was a pretty hard hit.*
Ike: Quilava, we have to take it's advantage away! Smokescreen!
Quilava: *Emits a ton of smoke into the air. Richu couldn't see a thing.*
Icebox: Thunder, Richu!
Richu: Ri-CHU! *Summons a group of storm clouds inside the warehouse and starts to shoot lightning bolts from up above, shooting randomly into the cloud.*
Ike: Quilava, Lava Plume!
Quilava: *Sends molten rocks flying into the cloud. One hit the Richu on the stomach and burned it. The Richu couldn't see where they were coming from. It was stuck by another rock... and another. It finally gave up and fell down to the ground, fainted.*
Icebox: *Recalls Richu as the smoke clears. He then calls out a Luxio and begins his assult without wasting time* Bite, Luxio!
Luxio: *Targets Quilava and leaps toward it, biting Quil on the neck.*
Ike: Quil! Shoot the flames out of your back harder!
Quilava: *While being bit, does what Ike says and the Luxio lets go after feeling the intense heat.*
Ike: Now, use Dig, Quilava!
Quilava: *Looks back at Ike, confused* I can't dig in cement...
Ike: Huh? Oh, yeah, my bad...heh.
Icebox: Luxio, Thunder Fang!
Luxio: *Goes in once again for a bite, this time packing an electrical charge in it. It makes contact with Quilava and Quil faints from the strong electrical bite.*
Ike: *Returns Quilava and sends out Swampert*
Icebox: HA! A Water type!
Ike: No... Swampert, Mud Sport!
Swampert: *Shoots mud all around the battle ground, weakening electric-type moves.*
Icebox: Luxio, use Spark!
Ike: ...*Leans to one side and watches the failure*
Luxio: Rams into Swampert with the electrical tackle, but Swampert is only moved by the tackle part, being immune to electric attacks.
Icebox: What?
Ike: Stupid. Swampert, Mud shot!
Swampert: *Gets right in Luxio's face and fires mud from his mouth, sending Luxio flying into a crate and KOing it*
Icebox: Gah! *Returns Luxio and calls out Poochyena*
Ike: One more Swampert! Go for a Hydro Pump!
Swampert: *Takes in a deep breath and fires out a stream of water comperable to a fire-hose. The attack met the Poochyena and sent it flying into the water.*
Icebox: *Run over and returns the Poochyena, knowing when to quit*

Ike: *Runs over to some crates of captured pokemon and start rattling the doors, trying to get them out*

Maddy turned to face her opponent, a shady-looking girl. Maddy threw a Pokeball out in front of her. There was a burst of light and Blaziken was revealed. Maddy's opponent sent out Electivire.
"Blaziken! Use Sky Uppercut!" With a swift slash of his claws, Blaziken dashed in for the first strike, sending Electivire flying through the air. The pokemon hit the ground with a loud thud, but was up on its feet in mere seconds. It suddenly pounded the ground hard, causing an earthquake that hit Blaziken for critical damage. Blaziken barely managed to shake off the blow.
Maddy smirked. "Blaziken! Give Electivire a taste of its own medicine! Use Earthquake!" The attack did critical damage to Electivire and it fell to the floor, fainted.
Maddy's opponent recalled Electivire and sent out Umbreon, who immediately dashed at Blaziken with Take Down. Blaziken shook off this attack too, but it didn't have much fight left.
"Blaziken! Use Slash!" Blaziken took a swipe at Umbreon, hitting it hard with his claws. Umbreon countered with Psychic, causing Blaziken to faint. Recalling Blaziken, Maddy sent out Primeape in his place.
"Primeape, use Cross Chop!" The attack hit Umbreon for major damage, Maddy was surprised it could still move. Growling slightly, Umbreon hit Primeape with a powerful Psychic as well, doing a critical hit. Primeape's nostrils flared as its anger rose, and without waiting for Maddy's order, it rushed in with Dynamicpunch, and to Maddy's surprise, it hit. Umbreon was sent flying, KOed.
The next Pokemon sent out was a Shinx. Maddy just blinked. Clearly her opponent was hoping she wouldn't have to use this one. With a laugh, Maddy recalled Primeape, who was still enraged, and sent out Gible.
"Time for a little exercise, Gible! Use Body Slam!" Gible threw itself at Shinx, doing decent damage. Shinx retaliated with Thunder Fang. Gible flinched horribly, and Shinx went in for another attack, a powerful Thunder. Gible shook off the attack.
"Gible! Use Rock Slide!" Gible's attack hit Shinx for great damage, knocking it out. With a triumphant look on her face because of her victory, Maddy recalled Gible.
"Good job, everyone!"

Maddy turned towards Ike and Ginji and watched them struggle to open the cages for a few minutes. Then, she took a small explosive out of her pocket, and throwing it at the lock of one of the cages, there was a small explosion and the cage fell apart, setting free the unharmed Pokemon. "Told you we'd need these."

"I guess that's all we can do here." Ginji sighed as he and his two Ivysaurs finished freeing the rest of the Pokemon from their cages. They were very happy to finally be free from captivity.

*As Ike walks over to Ginji and Maddy, he watches the mysterious Kyogre Jet fly over the horizon and into the night sky. That was NOT Team Aqua's Kyogre Jet. That was for sure*
Drake: *Walks over to the Aqua Members* Well, thanks for your help in this. Those arrested will be put to questioning and the League might be able to put this whole poaching ring to an end. *extends his hand out for handshakes from everyone* Don't worry guys. You have friends in the League.
Ike: Thanks Drake. Hopefully we can get things to go back to normal now. Being cooped up in the HQ isn't very fun, you know?
Drake: Eh, I bet. Stay strong, Aqua. *Walks over to Jenny and assists the police in gathering up the wild pokemon so they may return them to the wild.

Ike: *Turns to Maddy and Ginji* Well... I guess that's that. Lets meet back at the HQ and I'll give you guys a reward. If ya need a ride, fallow me. *Exits the warehouse to the back and calls out Lugia, making sure none of the police or Drake can see.*