Last time, Hayla and Trent rescued Hitmonlee and some other Pokemon with some help from Hayla's sister. Now the group is back in Lavender town.

The Pokemon of the Lavender Patch

"Wait," Trent exclaimed, "I've heard that Vulpix live over there. It's called the Lavender patch, and I've always wanted a Vulpix." "Okay." Hayla agreed. No sooner had they arrived, than Hayla spotted a Meowth. "I've got to catch it!" Hayla exclaimed. "I'm gonna look for a Vulpix." Said Trent as he wandered off. "Flowerta, explosion now!" Hayla commanded. Meowth was defenseless on the ground. "Woah!!!!!!!!!!!" cried Trent as he came racing through the woods. "Oh!" he exclaimed as he tripped. Two items flew out of his backpack. Hayla prepared to throw her pokeball when the first item hit Meowth. It was a fire stone. The second was a pokeball. Meowth shimmered and evolved as Trent's pokeball hit it. Trent caught the Meowth. "Trent, what happened?" Hayla asked, studying a thoroughly burned Trent. "The Vulpix attacked me instead of Zubat." Groaned Trent. Trent walked over to his pokeball with the mystery Pokemon inside. When he opened the ball, a red Meowth popped out. "Flame. Flameowth." It purred. Hayla pulled out her pokedex. "Flameowth," Dexter chirped, "The fire cat Pokemon. One out of every 50,000 Meowths will evolve when exposed to a fire stone. Flameowth's current attacks are fire punch, fire spin, flamethrower, and flame pay day. These attacks cannot be forgotten or replaced." Flameowth looked like a regular Meowth. However, its gold charm was replaced by a tiny flame, its paws were on fire, it was bright red, and it had a flame on the end of its tail. "Sweeeeet!" exclaimed Trent "No fair!" cried Hayla "Monlee!" shouted Hitmonlee "Missssstbraaaaa." A quiet voice droned. An Abra-like creature stepped out. "Mistbra, a psy/water Pokemon. One out of every 70,000,000 Abras evolve into Mistbra when exposed to a water stone. Its current attacks are Psybubblebeam, Metronome, Hypnosis, and psywater skull bash." Chirped Hayla's Pokedex. "Hitmonlee, Rolling kick!" Hayla commanded. The attack did minimal damage. A psychic beam surrounded by water shot out of Mistbra's forehead. Hitmonlee retailed with a Mega Kick and defeated Mistbra. "Greatball, go!" shouted Hayla. The pokeball snagged Mistbra and was sent to the P.C. Then, another voice cut across. "Lectro.Wurm." it squeeked. "Electroworm, an uncommon bug Pokemon. Its current attacks are poison sting and thunder wave. When it evolves into Freezepod, it looses its electric attack, which is replaced by harden. When it evolves into Maximantis, swords dance, machete slice, fly, and pin missile replace its current attacks and cannot be forgotten." Dexter informed them. "I'm sending Dratini to the P.C. I've gotta check this out." Exclaimed Hayla. She pressed a few buttons on the Pokedex, and Dratini's pokeball vanished. She immediately captured the bug, and evolved it into Maximantis with some of Trent's rare candy. They walked to the Pokemon center where they healed their Pokemon and exchanged Pokemon in the P.C. "I'll get Mistbra, Maximantis, Hitmonlee, Charmander, Flowerta, and Bulbasaur." Hayla decided. "Monlee." Hitmonlee confirmed. "I'll take Metapod, Charmander, Zubat, and Flameowth." Said Trent. "Wanna battle 3 on 3?" Hayla asked. "Sure." Trent replied. "Mistbra, go!" Hayla shouted. "Zubat go!" Trent yelled. "Mistbra, psybubblebeam!" exclaimed Hayla. A blast of water combined with a psychic beam shot out of Mistbra's forehead, nearly causing Zubat to faint. "Zubat, supersonic!" Trent commanded. Supersonic confused Mistbra, but it retallied with Metronome. The metronome used Solarbeam which fried Zubat. "Zubat return. Go Charmander!" Trent shouted. "Flowerta, attack!" Hayla shouted. "Flowwww!" it cried. "Flowerta, explosion!" Hayla yelled. Flowerta exploded but didn't do enough damage to Charmander. "Maximantis, go!" Hayla shouted. "Flameowth, go!" Trent commanded, "Flameowth, Flame Pay Day!" Fiery coins flew through the air burning Maximantis. "Maximantis, power up with Swords Dance and use Pin Missile!" Hayla yelled. Virtual swords swished around Maximantis. Then spikes shot out of the giant bug Pokemon. Flameowth flinched, and Maximantis finished it off with Machete slice. Maximantis and Hitmonlee did a victory dance. Hayla and Trent healed their Pokemon. "Let's go back to the Lavender patch." Hayla suggested, "I want to catch a Flameowth." "And I still want a Vulpix." Trent added They walked back to the Lavender patch. Hayla franticly searched for Flameowths. Trent looked for a Vulpix. All they saw was a Raticate balloon hovering over them. "Prepare for trouble!" "Make it double!" "To protect the world from devastation." "To unite all peopled within our nation." "Ringo." "Star." "Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!" "Surrender now or prepare to fight!" "That's right!" Shouted Raticate shouted. Trent, Hayla, and Hitmonlee sweatdropped. Ringo threw a net over Hitmonlee and began to pull it into the balloon. "Monlee!" Hitmonlee cried. "Maximantis, use machete slice to pop the balloon!" Hayla shouted. Star used Graveler who attacked Maximantis. Maximantis fainted. One of Trent's Pokeballs opened. Metapod came out. "Metapod?" gasped Trent. Metapod hardened and launched itself at the balloon. Again and again it hit the balloon until the balloon finally popped and Hitmonlee's net fell. Hitmonlee tried to catch Hitmonlee, but just ended up breaking his fall. "Ouch." Muttered Hayla. The balloon spun out of control. "You idiot!" Star yelled as she hit Ringo with a paper fan, "You lost to a Metapod!" "But you battled it." Raticate reminded. "Shut up!" Star yelled as she hit Raticate with the fan. "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" Team Rocket yelled as they disappeared in a twinkle of light. "Metapod!" Trent exclaimed. Metapod was glowing. Suddenly it cracked opened and evolved into Butterfree. "Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet!" Trent laughed. "Free, free!" said Butterfree. "Butterfree, return." Said Trent grinning. "Let's go back to the Pokemon center. It's nearly dark." Hayla suggested. "And tomorrow, we'll check out that tower." Trent added. With that they returned to the Pokemon center eager to visit the Ghost tower in the morning.