Last time, Hayla, Trent, and Hitmonlee trekked through the perilous Rock Tunnel. Hitmonlee was badly injured, and Team Rocket broke into the Lavender Town Pokemon Center and stole him.
"Zubat, where's Hitmonlee?" Hayla shouted.
Trent pushed the Pokemon Center door open and stumbled out yawning.
"Hayla, you just woke the entire center." Trent mumbled.
"Sorry." Hayla muttered, "Zubat, what town is Hitmonlee in?"
"Celedon." A voice called. A girl stepped out of the bushes,
"Surprise!" she said.
"Coral? How are you? I haven't seen you in years!" Hayla exclaimed.
"I'm fine." Coral answered.
"Umm…Hayla?" said Trent as he poked her.
"Oh, right. Coral, this is Trent. He's my friend and we're traveling on a Pokemon journey together." Giggled Hayla as she introduced Trent.
"Well, I wouldn't date him. But I guess you two do make a cute couple, and…OW!" Coral exclaimed as Hayla smacked her with a paper fan. Trent blushed.
"And Trent, this is Coral, my sister."
"Oh!" said Trent still blushing.
"So Coral, are you still into the Smashing Seels?"
"Nah, I like the Psyducky Boys now. I'm even sort of with the band."
"What instrument do you play?" Trent asked as he stopped blushing.
"Oh, I don't play. I own one of the band members." Coral replied, holding up a Pokeball, "Come on out Mark."
A Psyduck came out holding a microphone. Hayla and Trent sweatdropped.
"How good could a Psyduck sing?" Trent whispered to Hayla.
"Well, let's teleport to Celedon city." Said Hayla.
They all joined hands and in a green flash, they were in Celedon. Soon they found themselves outside a small building in Celedon City.
"They bring one shipment of Pokemon each week. Go inside. Capture the Pokemon. They are cruelly sold as prizes. I'll stand guard outside." Coral informed them.
Trent and Hayla crept inside. There were six cages. The first one held Hitmonlee.
"Monlee!" it moaned.
"Go Abra, use your psychic power to open the cage."
Abra did so, and Hitmonlee leapt out of the cage. Trent, Hayla, and Hitmonlee rejoiced. Then they claimed the other Pokemon. Hayla only had Abra with her, and soon a Dratini and a Pinsir joined the Pokeballs in Hayla's bag. Trent grabbed the Porygon and Scyther who were in two other cages.
"What's that?" asked Hayla as she pointed to the last cage. Inside there was a Pokemon that looked like a sprout. It had two small eyes and a mouth on its bulb, which Hayla assumed, was its head. Hayla grabbed her Pokedex.
"Sproutlet, " Dexter chirped, "a Pokemon of the grass element. It evolves into a stronger Pokemon called Flowerta at level twenty. It then evolves into a ghost/plant by use of a leaf stone only. Its current attacks are Acid and Leech Seed. Its current level is nineteen."
As soon as Hayla captured it, two voices cut across the room.
"Prepare for Trouble."
"Make it double."
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all people's within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Ringo."
"Star."
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light."
"Surrender now or prepare to fight."
"That's right!" exclaimed Raticate.
"Those were our Pokemon!" Ringo exclaimed.
"Pokemon battle time!" Star shouted.
After about five minutes of battling, nearly all of Trent and Hayla's Pokemon had fainted.
"Use this, I caught it in Rock Tunnel." Trent said, pushing the Pokeball into Hayla's hand.
Machop came out. Hayla thanked Trent, and sent Machop into battle. Machop fainted.
"Oh, I forgot. Sproutlet, it's all up to you now." Hayla said.
"Sprouuu!" it exclaimed as its powerful acid attacks caused Graveler and Weepinbell to faint.
Ringo and Star chased Hayla out of the building. Officer Jenny was talking to Coral. Ringo, Star, and Raticate hid behind a tree.
"Mark, Confusion now. Use your hypnotic power to crumble that building." Coral said as her Psyduck demolished the building.
"I've notified every town. This will never happen again." Jenny promised.
"Sprouuuut!" exclaimed Sproutlet. It shimmered and evolved into a Flowerta. It also learned explosion. Suddenly, it spotted Team Rocket behind the tree. It exploded and sent Team Rocket flying.
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" they shouted as they disappeared in a twinkle of light.
"Come on Trent, let's go back to Lavender town and catch some cool Pokemon." Hayla suggested.
"Mark and the other Psyducky Boys have a concert tonight. I'd love it if you could come hear him sing!" exclaimed Splash.
"Love to but gotta go!" exclaimed Hayla quickly, "Bye!" she exclaimed as she grabbed Trent and Hitmonlee's hands, whisked Flowerta into its Pokeball, and they disappeared in a flash of green light.