Tail Of A Grunt

Hey guys, I wasn't going to post this for a while because I wasn't too happy with it, but I figured I'd let others critique it before I get too over zealous. I honestly don't care if you think it sucks ass, any and all thoughts are very welcome.

Here is Chapter 1, Enjoy! (If that's even possible)

Sorry if the format sucks

Tail of a Grunt

Chapter 1 (Beta)
KEEP CALM AND BLAST OFF

"Next" said the drone scientist, I was up next, I had been waiting for this day my whole life, the day this lowly grunt finally received a Pokémon. I have been working for this

organization for a year now, my name, or my number I should say is 2555. Team Rocket had adopted a new style of naming convention over the past few years, since the

organization had come back to life 10 years ago they decided to call us grunts all by numbers, as if we weren't treated poorly already. I was in 2,555th person to sign up

since the revival; they've become a big organization to say the least. "Well, are you going to take it?" asked the mindless drone, "Oh, yes, thank you" I said as I slyly waltzed

my way out of the room. I left the room before I revealed the contents, and so I could let a tear or two out in private, this was an emotional moment for me. "Group M, which

as you all know stands for morons, meet in the conference room in 15!!" yelled my prick supervisor from the room I was just in, his name was Ken, not only did he get to

treat us like crap, he also gets to use his real name. I ran in to an empty break room, yeah we're actually aloud to take breaks, now for the moment of truth, "Go Pokémon!"

I passionately yelled. I stood there in shock, which soon turned in to extreme disappointment... "Slooooooow" it said as I started to cry, not because I was happy, but

because this damn organization with all its money and power, gave me a god damn Slowpoke. It stood there and stared at me, not moving an inch, "Um, hey, I'm your new

trainer, nice to meet you..." I said, as enthusiastically as possible. It didn't do anything, it just stood there, like a tree or a corpse, this was depressing. I reached for its ball

and sighed, "return" I said as I returned it back to its Pokéball, "ITS BEEN 15, ALL OF YOU REPORT HERE NOW!!" screamed my supervisor, how I heard him from in here

was unbelievable. I ran to our room, the patterns on the gray walls ran past me in my furious sprint to our conference room. "2555! YOU'RE LATE!" "yes sir, I apologize" I

said in my wimpiest voice, "Hah! That's not gonna work on me, I have a nice punishment for you!! Ohohohoh!!!" he smugly said, this was painful. Listen up, I have some

missions for all of you, you have to use your newly acquired Pokémon to achieve these, you all have until tomorrow morning at 10am sharp, any failures will receive level 3

punishments, do not disappoint me!! IS THAT UNDERSTOOD!?" "Yes sir!" we all yelled in approval. "Good, come to my desk to receive your mission" I got in line behind

everyone, all of these lifeless robots just did what they were told, I had no friends here, my new companion, as dopey and stupid as he seemed, was my first friend, I felt so

out of place here. The line quickly cleared, I approached Ken, "sir may I have my mission?" I asked, he looked up at me, "hah, yeah here you go, good luck, this mission is

usually supposed to take two days but because you we're late you have to do it in the same amount of time as everyone else, hahah!" I swallowed my pride and accepted

the envelope holding my impending doom. I made my way outside of the building, which was known as "Rocket HQ 3", it was located on Route 8, it was in the middle of a

giant group of forest, near that damn Lavender town, this was the 3[sup]rd [/sup]building out of 10 located around Kanto, Johto and the Orre region. I took out the envelope and

started to read the contents inside, "The following mission is a two person mission, failure to complete this will result in a punishment." I knew there was something fishy,

there was no way he was just short handing me on time, I continued to read. "You and your partner will travel to both Pallet town and New Bark Town of Johto to visit their

respective laboratories. There are 3 Pokémon at each lab, these 6 Pokémon are going to be given out tomorrow to 6 different trainers, our goal is to steal these Pokémon.

All of the trainers that have foiled our plans in the past have used these Pokémon, not only will we be lowering our chances of once again disbanding, we increase our

chances of survival by using these Pokémon ourselves, do not disappoint us." This was not good, not only did I not have a way to get around; I had to do this by tomorrow

morning. "Go Slowpoke" I said as I released my Pokémon, he just gave me a blank stare, "I know you're half psychic Slowpoke, teleport me to Pallet Town... please" I said

desperately, what else could I do? He of course did nothing; "Alright Slowpoke, we better start walking, maybe some exercise will wake your brain up." We started our trek, I

figured I could sneak on the magnet train in Saffron and head to Viridian from there; thankfully they expanded the lines for the train, it used only to go to Goldenrod when it

was made. I walked towards the edge of the small forest surrounding us, it was about noon, which gave us less than 24 hours to complete this, my hope was fading fast.

"Hey you" said a voice, It sounded like it came from behind me, I swiftly looked behind me only to see the path I was just walking on, "I hear you need some help" said the

voice again, this time it came from the left, I noticed a bush move slightly, "Slowpoke, use... never mind, I have no idea what you can do" I shamefully said, "Slow?" the damn

thing said. I made my way over to the bush, "Ah ha!" I yelled as I stomped right through it, no one was there. "Up here!" said the voice, I looked up and thankfully he didn't

disappear, "I hear you've met with some misfortune, well it's your lucky day!" he jumped down from the tree as Slowpoke and I just stared in shock. "Nice to meet ya kid, the

names Leumas" he extended his hand; I just continued to stare at him, let me explain. This guy was the weirdest person I had ever seen in my life, he looked to be about

60, had wavy shoulder length orange, yes orange, hair. To go along with that hair he had a matching handlebar mustache, yellow tinted sunglasses, dark blue overalls, a

t-shirt that said "My other boat is a Lapras" and a worn baseball cap. I extended my hand without taking an eye of his ridiculous attire; "Um, yeah" I said slowly, I shook his

hand. "You said you could help me right?" I said as I started to remember what he said while he was in that tree, "Yes I did! Let me explain, I am also in Team Rocket, I was

the first grunt to sign up when Team Rocket was brought back to life, they were in good moods that day so I got to keep my name! and because of my age and experience

they never really treated me as a grunt, hence why I am in my casual clothes today enjoying a nice day off." I nodded and just kept listening, I still wasn't over that insane

look, "I saw the "M" on your uniform and figured that since it was assignment day for you guys, Ken would be handing out assignments, I'm also well aware that he's a prick."

"Hah! You got that right" I said, "So, what did he hand out to you today?" asked Leumas, "Well, take a look" I said with a depressed tone. "I was late to the meeting so I got

this mission and I only have a day to complete it" I explained, "A day?! To do all of this?! Jesus, we've got some work to do! Go Alakazam, get us home!" he released his

amazing psychic Pokémon from its Pokéball; I was speechless and so jealous at the same time. His Alakazam nodded, I started to see white and then within seconds we

were out in front of a house. "Thanks a lot Alakazam, you beastly beast you." He returned it back to its ball, "Welcome to my home!" he exclaimed, his expression changed

in to confusion as he started to look over my shoulder, "Is that your Slowpoke?" he asked, "Oh, yeah it is, I got it today" I said as I tried to hold back tears of disappointment.

"Oh, I thought it was just following you or something, well in that case" he starting walking over towards Slowpoke, "Hello you beautiful creature, welcome to my home, I love

you." He kissed it on the forehead, put it down back on the ground and Slowpoke's expression didn't change once; he started to walk towards his house "come on in guys!"

he shouted. I stood there with the most puzzled look on my face, who on earth was this guy, he was truly the most insane person I've ever met. I shrugged my shoulders and

started to walk towards the house, "lets role you dope", he looked up slowly and followed me, at least he could understand english. "Have a seat you two" he said pointing

to a couch in what I imagine was his living room. It was a nice place; his living room had a tall ceiling, white walls, a big tv on a stand across from me and sliding doors to my

left that went out in to a backyard. "Not too be a pest but I really have to get this mission done" I said, he took a seat on a lounge chair next to me, "relax, I'll get Alakazam to

teleport us to the labs and we'll be done in a heartbeat. I invited you in because I want to get to know you, tell me, what is your name?" "Uh, well ok, I'm known as 2555 back

at the base, I'm from Celedon City where I lived with my parents until about last year. As a kid, I really wanted to become a Pokémon trainer, it was my dream and my one

goal in life, unfortunately that never happened. My parents, they started to become heavily involved in alcohol and gambling, at the New Rocket Game Corner mind you,

and so I knew they couldn't afford to keep me. Once I realized there was no use for me being at home I ditched and joined up with Team Rocket. To be honest, I'm not sure

why I joined Team Rocket, I kind of hate them, they ruined my life really, yet my first instinct was to join. My first year was spent doing easy stuff, a lot of training basically,

then after all that training I got a Pokémon today, as much as I think it's a complete failure, I couldn't be happier to finally get a Pokémon, even if it is under these

circumstances." Leumas gave me a approving look, "Is the dream still alive?" he asked, "Haha, as much as I wish it could be, my future is looking quite black and red, I'm not

a 10 year old kid anymore either, it's there but it's dim." He pondered in thought for a second before saying anything. "You're a very genuine person 2555, I will help you

with your mission now" he grabbed a Pokéball and brought out his Alakazam. I looked over at Slowpoke who was just lying there motionless, "Ready bud?" I asked him, he

looked up at me and nodded slowly, his expression did not change once. "Alakazam, take us to Pallet Town, we've got work to do!" his Alakazam gave him a cheery look and

with that we were teleported on to a hill on looking down at a small town. It was actually really nice, everything just felt so alive and well, the lawns were perfect, the trees

were full and huge, people were waving and smiling at each other, and at the top of another hill that overlooked the town, there was a building with a windmill. "Isn't this

place incredible?" said Leumas, "I love coming here, reminds me of home. We should roll on forward though, we've got work to do" I nodded, returned Slowpoke to his ball,

and we we're off, it wasn't an adventure that I imagined I would be doing in Pallet Town, but, it was an adventure no less...