When Giovanni and Brock arrived back at the Viridian Gym entrance, Ash came out to greet them with his usual high levels of unabashed enthusiasm. Brock did not respond in kind. His head slumped, and he barely acknowledged his friend’s presense at all. “Listen, I should probably get back to the training room,” he said, … Continue reading →

The water hybrid didn’t last the night. Fi knew it was coming. This one had been ill even before they’d stolen him away from Giovanni. But that didn’t make losing him any easier. Pierce had been with her when it happened, stoic as usual. Mostly Fi had dragged him along to monitor the instrument readings … Continue reading →

The novelty of not drowning wore off pretty fast. Grimsley experimentally flicked his tail, impressed at the amount of force it could generate for relatively little effort. He moved through the water–not exactly gracefully–but with enough control that he didn’t smack himself into any rocks. Or angry water Pokémon. He was alive, but the big … Continue reading →

That brat Agent Fiora had certainly left a mess in her wake. That was Lexi’s first thought when she’d been promoted three months ago. No longer was her study limited to Team Rocket’s grass-type laboratory. Instead she was to take over the entire hybrid clinic. This would have been a very exciting step in her … Continue reading →

Giovanni was pleased to hear Brock had agreed to the mission without an argument this time. It was getting more and more annoying to twist the former gym leader’s arm without Ash taking notice. Time was of the essence. He summoned Brock to Viridian’s outdoor training facility that afternoon. Even though, by his current plans, … Continue reading →

Rapp and Zipp both lost to their boss in short order. No surprises there. It was a bit of a relief to Fi, though. The sooner she got on with this fight, the sooner she could get back to camp so Pierce didn’t come looking for her. Guzma grinned and cracked his knuckles before motioning … Continue reading →

Grimsley, dark-type expert and esteemed member of the Unova Elite Four, was drowning. Not in the metaphorical sense as he usually was with mountains of debt and mere molehills of capital to pay it all off. No, he was drowning in the quite literal sense of the word–shoved off a boat in the middle of … Continue reading →

Plumeria sucked at being pregnant. That was Guzma’s thought, anyway. Oh, she did great at carrying the baby around and eating healthy and all that garbage. Guzma hadn’t had a Tapu Cocoa milkshake in six months. He’d been thinking of sending the grunts to smuggle one in. But the part where pregnant ladies were supposed … Continue reading →

a/n: Hi, everyone! Rowan and I are excited to finally start posting the sequel to Mergers. The awesome artwork of Aquafeles is by Mahalia. (She’s often open to commissions, so be sure to check out her other work!) We’ll post the larger version when we get a little farther into the story–otherwise it’d be a … Continue reading →