Thugs - A Team Rocket RP (Started, accepting sheets)

[Kuroneko Aisha]

Mayu knew that they would go through with taking away both of her Pokemon, and then she started to think things through. She only had two actual pokemon, and one empty Pokeball, so there was only a one out of three chance that her Vulpix would get taken from her. If luck was on her side, she would just lose her Ratatta. She had started to get attached to it, but she also knew that she had to grow up and be a Rocket as well. She couldn't lose her Vulpix though! Gulping, she said. "I-I won't leave. I'll go through with this, and I'll become a Commander just like you. That seems to be the only way to make my Pokemon safe, so I'll work my hardest to go through the ranks!" Her eyes were filled with a fire to keep going.

 

[=y]

Max picked a ball from the grunt ahead of him. The man squirmed as if it was the one he was hoping would be spared. Max knew what he was going through but went ahead anyway, tossing the Pokeball down the shaft to the basement below. As the grunt moved over to the belt to get a newly issued Pokemon Max stood in front of the conveyor belt.

The girl seemed to wait, looking at each one. She picked the one in the middle and Max internally sighed with relief. So long Kakuna, I hated you anyway. The ball disappeared into the darkness of the shaft and he walked over to the conveyor belt. Picking up a new Pokeball, he clipped it to his belt and looked at the others.

"Let's keep this line moving. Come on, pick up the pace!" he said, looking at Leels who seemed to be hesitating.

Thank god. Nidorino we're going to take over this joint together, I just know it.

Just another exchange. Gotta get promoted before the next one. He surveyed the line of thugs, taking off his cap and fanning himself with it.

 

[MisterLillie]

Scott sat at the bar and finished off his third beer, He was buzzing pretty hard.
"Man they're taking a long time down there."
He ordered another and with beer in hand her walked over to the closest slot machine and began to play.

 

[Redryhno]

Leela took the first ball she saw at Mayu's belt and tossed it onto the conveyor belt. It didn't feel... right, in a way, giving her the idea that flitted through her mind.

Does she have more pokeballs than pokemon on her belt? No, that couldn't be it, it'd be silly to have unused balls on your belt. Must just be a newer model, it's been a few years since I looked up the new ones. I should probably get around to that sometime. When I get my next paycheck, I'll do that, if it isn't eaten up by rent, food, and Rocket wages, that is.

"Zane, whatever one you take, just tell me which and I'll show you how to open the pouches."

She pointed at one of them the four, only three showing the bulges of pokeballs.

"It's just an extra precaution to make sure I don't lose them in a river or something.They're waterproof and secured, so I don't want you groping around back there. And quit scowling kid, you think I'd swindle you? I'll let you watch if that's ok. And did I mention to ask you to lighten up? We aren't all about intimidation here you know, honey and flies and all that. It's kinda funny how people just overlook rotting corpses when they spout that line, don'cha think?"

 

[Kuroneko Aisha]

Mayu let out a sigh of relief when the ball that was taken from her was the empty one. She knew that it was unusual to be carrying around an empty Pokeball in addition to the others, but she liked the feeling of having all three Pokeballs. Going over to the conveyor belt, she took the Pokeball that came out and clipped it to her waist. Now she had three Pokemon! Giggling a little bit at her good fortune, she returned to her spot. She hoped that the Pokemon she had thrown in for Max wasn't one that he cared about. That would be the worst!

 

[zombiekiller1907]

Scott sat at the bar and finished off his third beer, He was buzzing pretty hard.
"Man they're taking a long time down there."
He ordered another and with beer in hand her walked over to the closest slot machine and began to play.

"Slot machines? They have slot machines here?" Asked Dylan
"yeah... It isn't called a game corner for nothing you know." Replied Scott, focusing on the slot machine.
Dylan put his face in his palm for a while, after which he started playing in one of the slot machines too.

 

[MisterLillie]

"I never win though..."

 

[zombiekiller1907]

"What did you say?"
Asked Dylan He wasn't able to hear scott through the sounds of the coins falling down.

 

[MisterLillie]

"Beginners luck!"

 

[zombiekiller1907]

"Call it whatever you want" Said Dylan, with a smirk on his face
"C'mon, try it!"

 

[MisterLillie]

"Try what? Sit here and pull the leaver? I was doing that for a good twenty minutes before you rolled out. I know how to lose my money at the slots kiddo."

 

[zombiekiller1907]

"fine fine fine... suit yourself."
Dylan looks at his wristwatch.
"GOD.... when will they come here?!?!?! This is taking too long..."

 

[dragonswarrior]

...so I don't want you groping around back there...

To his horror, Zane felt his face start to redden. He tried to cover it with a scowl...

...and did I mention to ask you to lighten up?...

Dammit. Flustered, Zane just pointed to the middle Pokeball.

"That one. Hardly matters which I pick does it?"

Leels had that infuriating smirk on her face, like she knew exactly what was going on in his mind and found it "cute". She unbuckled the Pokeball from her belt without hurry and handed it to him. He thought he caught a flash of sadness in her eyes...

Zane threw the Pokeball down the shoot. Another popped up in its place and Leels took it.

"Sorry. I hope it wasn't one you liked too much. And for the record? If you want to catch flies with honey that's fine. I prefer to kill mine."

 

[dragonswarrior]

Zane looked at the Grunt behind him. It was that Weiss guy, who hadn't said much since he had attacked Leels' hair. Trying very hard not to think about Mankey, Zane showed Weiss his Pokeballs...

Weiss casually picked up his Rattata and threw it down the shoot.

And just like that it was over. Zane picked up his new Pokemon and tried hard not to feel too relieved. Having Mankey still on his team would make proving himself a whole hell of a lot easier though, that was for sure. He and Mankey worked great together. And he hoped this new Pokemon was up to snuff...

He smirked as he thought of how it might be another Rattata. Wouldn't that be hilarious?

 

[Redryhno]

Goodbye Ekans, I hope this one compensates for it.

She clipped the pokeball and pouch to her belt again and began heading upstairs, following the rest of the grunts. Whatever higher-ups had planned had better be worth this.

Leela climbed the steps and arrived back on the casino floor, the machines spinning and grunts either staring angrily at them or forcibly hitting them and being dragged out by buff types with fighting types.

Imbeciles, funny how nobody notices that grunts lose so much more than they gain compared to everyone else, and that's saying something, people barely win anything substantial as it is.

 

[=y]

Spoiler: And there goes Weitz

When the grunt behind Weitz put his hand on a Pokeball, he freaked. Spinning around he landed a surprisingly powerful blow to the dimwitted grunt's face. The grunt attempted to retaliate but missed by a mile, falling over from another hit.

"What's the issue there?" said Max, stepping up.

"I've been allowed to keep this Pokemon since I joined. The recruiter told me-"

Alex looked at the thin young man. "It doesn't matter what the recruiter told you. This is the big leagues now and there is no room for weakness in our midst. Boris chose, you lose. Boo hoo!" he said, pretending to cry.

"Not my Vulpix!" shouted Weitz, walking backwards towards a wall. The grunt named Boris, Max and Alex walked step for step with him. They forced him to stop at the wall, glaring at him.

"What's so special about a Vulpix?"

"What's a Vulpix anyway?"

"I think this one needs to learn some manners."

The new recruit looked at the Rockets with a crazed gleam in his eye.

"What's so special about my Vulpix? ALLOW ME TO DEMONSTRATE!"

He tossed his three balls out, releasing his Ekans and Metapod to attack the two officers. The grunt who had tried to take away the ball was immediately assaulted by the desperate young man and his Vulpix. The hapless grunt shrieked with pain and anger as the smaller Weitz held him down and set his fox Pokemon to burn away at his face.

"Fucker!" shouted Alex, brandishing a Pokeball. He turned to Max who had set his Zubat on the weak Metapod and grinned.

"Nobody here move. I'll handle this."

Out from the ball emerged a Primeape, scowling and crying for blood. It grabbed the Ekans by the tail, held it up and punched it in its face repeatedly. The Pokemon fainted without so much as a hiss. With Max already finished with the Metapod, the Primeape began scratching at the Vulpix. Despite turning its rage to deal with the big monkey brawler, the small fox Pokemon's fires began to shrink rapidly.

"No, stop it!" shouted Weitz, ceasing his assault on the grunt's stomach. He tried jumping onto the Ape Pokemon but didn't see the bat coming...

*KRACK*

Alex hit the slender man right in the gut with a full swing. Weitz collapsed onto his knees wheezing, breathless after the attack. Alex ripped the balls from his belt, tossing two of them to Max.

"Get those useless creatures out of my sight."

Max obeyed, returning the Metapod and the Ekans to their balls. He dumped them down the chute. Weitz rose shakily, trying to face Alex.

"You... you cannot appreciate it. The beauty of flame... Of burning... I'll burn you all!" he said. Alex brutally punched him in the face, breaking his jaw. Weitz lay motionless on the ground now, the fight literally knocked out of him.

"You see what we do with useless tools? We get rid of them. Nothing can get in the way of our Boss!"

Boris got up, grabbing one arm as another grunt took him downstairs. Screams of pain indicated that the slow witted Boris extracted his own revenge on the dissenter. Alex returned the fainted Vulpix to its ball, tossed it in the air and hit it into the chute using the bat.

He looked at the Grunts who had stuck around to watch the display.

"Get upstairs you lot, we're moving out. I want to cover a lot of ground before sunrise."

He rubbed his bat thoughtfully.

How convenient of him to defy me like that. A reminder of what I'm capable of is always welcomed! Haha!

Max shuffled up the stairs, returning his Zubat to its ball. He thought nothing of the incident, only of the new job. Orders would come soon enough.

 

[Kuroneko Aisha]

Mayu was surprised by how quickly the man, Weiss, had been beaten up and removed. He had been an adult as well! If she had tried the same thing as him, she would have definitely been hurt even worse. Letting out a small sigh of relief, she counted herself lucky and started for the stairs. She couldn't help but look at Max though. She knew that he was strong, and he was in charge of their group in a way, so he was the next step in her staircase which would ultimately allow her to keep her Vulpix. If luck remained by her side, she would definitely make it one of these days.

 

[dragonswarrior]

Zane watched Weiss get taken down with interest. He had put up a decent fight, but tactically he had failed miserably. If Zane had been in his place he would have had the Vulpix go strait for Alex at the start... And even then that might not be enough. Alex was clearly powerful and crazy, and his Pokemon seemed to share those traits. And Max hadn't even batted an eye at the whole thing, just made his Zubat take out Metapod like it was an actual sunny stroll in the park.

As he headed up the stairs, Zane was impressed and excited. Action like that was exactly why he had joined. If he could someday get to be as strong as Max and Alex...

As he walked into the lobby with the other grunts he saw two men waiting there who hadn't been, wearing the Rocket Yellow marks. "Late comers I guess." muttered Zane, sizing them up. One was a rather large man, easily taller and bigger than Zane with small scars covering his face and a repeatedly broken nose. The other was smaller, more Zane's build but just skinny where Zane had muscle. He wore glasses that made his face look absolutely ridiculous.

At first Zane was going to stay away from them, figuring they would be in trouble for being late. But when it became clear that Max and Alex were dithering downstairs Zane decided he needed allies, and Leels and Mayu weren't likely candidates in that department.

So he walked up to them and introduced himself: "Heya. Name's Zane. You guys look like you know what you're doing. Unlike these jokers." It was true, even the skinny one seemed to have a competent air about him.

 

[Redryhno]

Leela had already reached the top of the stairs when the commotion with Weiss began. She didn't really care enough to look back simply because that would require her to admit that she just lost a friend and that there was nothing she could do about it. Not now, at least.

She headed for the bar, ordered a glass of ice and began chewing. A few minutes later, she heard a familiar voice introducing himself to some other grunts a few yards away at the slot machines.

"Don't tell me you've begun stalking too, Zane. I know I'm perfect and all, but that's no reason to go traipsing after a girl you met an hour ago." She said this in an overly sarcastic voice, to make sure that she got her intentions across.

She continued to chew on her ice, just as expensive as everything else in this joint. When she finished, she figured it was now or never to introduce herself,"And don't tell me you include me in the same category as the jokers that don't know what they're doing. Name's Leels M-dammit, just Leels."

Spoiler: Dragonwarrior

I'm not trying to undercut Zane in any way, but you seemed the best choice to get the interaction thing going again. And, you know, screwing with Zane is fun for her.

 

[zombiekiller1907]

"The name's Dylan. Nice to meet you two. I heard shouting earlier... what the hell happened below?"
Said Dylan to Zane, but apparently, he was focused on the slot machine, since he didn't even took the time to look at Zane or Leela.
" Did they found out about my ditto? I hope not. That would be a mess."
He stands up from his chair and looks at the two. He saw them in the room earlier while he was using the spy cam.
" So how was Alex? Was he a bit of a douche?"