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Dan groaned inwardly as the sounds of a large group of people began to reach his ears. Luckily, Metang levitated, Aerodactyl was skilled in stealth flight, and Peter... well, Peter was a Growlithe still, so at least he didn't have to deal with a big orange pokemon. The further they went, the louder the sounds became. Dan looked through some bushes when it got to the point where he knew they were in a clearing on the other side. It was Team Rocket. Using stylers too. In fact, now that he looked at it.... "They're using stylers to make pokemon docile while they catch them." He whispered.

Anger filled Dan, who had never heard of such a violation of league rules in his life. But he knew he wouldn't be able to shut this down by himself without taking extreme care. Luckily, the Rockets already had huge piles of pokeballs and most of the pokemon left were small and weak. He turned to Aerodactyl. "Hyper Beam the pokeball piles. It'll break the pokeballs and set the pokemon free. Utter chaos." He ordered. Aerodactyl flew over the Rockets and let loose a Hyper Beam that strafed over all the pokeball piles. Pokemon of all shapes and sizes burst out and began to stampede. Rocket members ran for their lives. But Dan wasn't done yet. As the Rockets all ran to some helicopters and a large metal box, Dan had Metang use Confusion on the helicopters. They were hurled into eachother and one of them was hurled into the box. Now the Rockets had no escape. As they cowered by the wreckage of the helicopters, Dan walked out of the bush with Peter and Metang behind him. Aerodactyl landed next to them.

"Using stylers on a pokemon to make it get caught by a pokeball more easily is against the law." He said loud enough for them to all understand him. "I would arrest you all, but I don't think an Arcanine, a Metang, an Aerodactyl, and a Dragonite could carry all of you. So I guess I'll just have to go with the other option." He added. He took out the Fire Stone he had recieved from Aerodactyl earlier and used it on Peter. Soon, an Arcanine stood next to him. "Peter, use Overheat on the Rockets." He said. The large flamethrower that came from Peter's mouth blasted the Rockets into the sky. Amongst the screams of agony, he distinctly heard someone shout "Team Rocket's blasting off again!" He smirked and set off a red flare.

"They were using stylers to make pokemon docile while they caught them with pokeballs. I managed to set all the pokemon free, but I have no idea how the got all the pokemon here in the first place." Dan said as Peter nodded to Aaron. "But who do you think it is?" He asked.

"Well, I guess that means we'll have to deal with them. But right now, we need to figure out how they got all the pokemon here." Dan said as he began to walk around the place. He gave the remaining Rocket a kick just for good measure and began to look at the metal thing he had destroyed. It looked like complex machinery. And it had a smell to it. A good smell. A smell that he was starting to not want to leave. As realization dawned on him, he suddenly ran away from it so as not to get caught by the smell. "That metal thing, it gives off a smell. I think it may be an imitation of Sweet Scent or something, because I had to use a lot of willpower to get away from it."

"No one would ever leave HQ unless we made the machine smell worse. I swear, it's addiciting." He said, purposely trying to stay upwind of the machine. Peter followed him, while Metang simply stared at the thing. Apparently Metangs couldn't smell or something.

"Well, Peter. Think you could take me back, or do I have to ride Aerodactyl and have you and Metang run?" He asked Peter. The Arcanine stared at him, then picked Dan up and put him on his back. Not even a second later, Peter was off and running, Metang gripping onto Aerodactyl's tail as Aerodactyl followed.

"I did. I have no idea why they're following me." He said, even showing Aaron that the styler wasn't being used on anything.

Dan nodded and glanced back. Metang was no longer on Aerodactyl's tail, and Aerodactyl was flying off in some other direction. "Well, I think Aerodactyl was just giving Metang a ride for a while before going back to fix its home. There was a cave collapse or something and that's how I found Aerodactyl. Well, actually I happened to walk up to the collapse about half an hour after it happened and Aerodactyl attacked me. But still, I pity it."

"I guess...." Dan said as they reached HQ again.