"Hah Ha Hah."
Panting, Kota looked towards the Grunts who were walking forward while cracking their knuckles.
"Damn brat! Now see what I do!"
"Idiot! Use the taser gun!"
The other Grunt scolded the former one as he took out his taser gun from the waist.
'Ahge!'
I grinded my teeth and slowly got up. Ferry was still trying to escape the two Grunts.
"Sir, I have scanned the area and found that the police will take a minute approx to arrive here."
Kota took a deep breath and nodded his head. If so as Ariya says, he might have a chance.
"Ariya, turn the lights off in the Hall."
Kota ordered and the lights in the Hall turned off. All the Grunts as well as Brutal were surprised.
"What the?"
"Who turned the lights off?"
"I can't see anything!"
Brutal was very enraged by the sudden situation as he ordered one Grunt to get the lights back.
"Ahh! My eyes!"
Then, a scream echoed in the Hall. A Grunt had his eyeball pierced by a glass fragment.
"Don't panic! It's the brat! Stick together!"
Brutal shouted as he looked at the stage and saw Arcanine almost getting beaten by Scizor.
'How did this happen!'
Thought Brutal, he was distracted only a second or so and the outcome was starting to change?
"Arcanine! How can you lose to a bug! Use Fire Blast and burn the whole place!"
Hearing him, Arcanine retreated and then from his open mouth shot a blast of flames.
"Scizor!"
Immediately dashing from the stage, Scizor avoided being roasted alive.
But due to the Fire Blast, the stage was on fire now and the Grunts could see.
"Where did the brats go!"
"Fuck! I will kill you!"
They roared in anger. But all in vain as Kota and Ferry came backstage and dealt with the Grunt who came to turn the lights on.
"What do we do? The fire is getting bigger. We won't be able to take it out later."
Ferry anxiously asked. He was injured on his right forearm because of the struggle with the two Grunts.
"We don't need to. They have arrived."
Said Kota, Ferry was confused but he then heard the police sirens from outside.
"Scizor!"
Kota shouted on top of his lungs while bringing Ferry outside the Big Hall.
Not long after, Scizor came out with Electabuzz in his arms completely fainted.
* * *
Pokemon Association Kanto___
Inside a very spacious room. Many high ranking officially were seated on their chairs.
"Chairman, this is serious. Not only in Kanto, but Jhoto, Hoenn and Sinnoh. This unknown group kidnapped high celebrities and government workers."
A man with purple hair holding some important documents in his hands, said.
"I heard that a trainer has his ways to locate their current position or even the base. Is it true?"
Asked the man sitting at the back of the room with a big table in front.
"Yes, his name is Kota. Recently, he is getting known for his pokemons being monstrously strong."
Informed the purple haired man. The room was silent for a while as none talked.
They were waiting for the Chairman of the Pokemon Association of Kanto to speak.
"What's he doing now?"
The man looked at his assistant and asked while massaging his beard.
"He should be in the Police Headquarters helping them to find the hostages."
Answered the assistant while pushing his glasses and looking around the room.
"Call Lance and get him to provide support to the police. And also help me meet this trainer Kota. He seems strong enough to take over the position of an Elite Four."
The room was then filled with surprise and whispers. Many were stunned by the chairman's words.
"What do you mean, Chairman?"
One such official couldn't contain his puzzlement and asked out.
"Here is his data. Trainer Kota seems strong if I take this data to compare with the other Elite Four."
Said the Chairman, he stood up from his seat and slowly walked forward.
"Don't you think our Kanto Region needs a Champion? What do you all think of Lance?"
The Chairman's words caused the room to be chaotic.
"Let's all take a vote and decide whether Lance is worthy of the Title of the Champion in your view. We will inform him later."
And soon, the votes for the future Champion were started out by the Chairman.
* * *
Police Headquarters___
Command room, Kota stared at the multiple huge monitors and his lips curled up.
'A perfect chance to let Ariya breach the police data without them knowing it.'
Kota then looked at officer Jenny who was using his pen drive to track Gengar.
While making sure nobody was seeing or observing him, he took out a small spider-like device from his pocket.
Throwing it at one side of the monitor, Kota relaxed as one of his important missions was already over.
"Ariya, copy and transfer the files to our main CPU."
Muttered Kota, he then went by the side of officer Jenny and helped her.
"Hello, it's from the headquarters. The kidnappers of the celebrities are heading towards the direction of the port! Don't let them leave! Intercept them! We are giving you their current path!"
Officer Jenny held the mic connected with the controls and informed the small police stations.
"Officer Jenny! It's Lance. He is here to help us catch the kidnappers!"
A police officer came rushing in the command room and shouted while panting.
"Lance?"
Officer Jenny was a little surprised because Lance was one of the Elite Four and he should be under the Pokemon Association.
Why would he help us? The Police Headquarters was more than enough for now.
"Officer Jenny, I was asked by the Chairman to provide support to this case."
Walking in, it was a man with red hair and a handsome face with tall height.
Lance, a Dragon-type Trainer, a member of the Indigo Elite Four.
He is also secretly a member of the Pokemon G-Men detective organization.
"Chairman from the Pokemon Association? Looks like even he, is concerned with this new group."
Said officer Jenny, she nodded at Lance and continued to give orders to the police.
"And you should be Kota. Nice to meet you. I heard many big topics about you and your powerful pokemons."
Lance came forward and extended his right hand at Kota with a smile on his face.
"Nice to meet you too."
Kota shook hands with Lance and then turned to face the monitors.
"Any clues about why they are doing all this?"
Asked Lance, officer Jenny looked at Lance and shook her head.
"Everything is unknown about them. It's like they came from the shadows."
Officer Jenny was very upset and anxious right now. But she didn't show it to her colleagues.
'Unknown origin. Different regions at the same time.'
Nobody knew what Kota was thinking but he seem to feel something familiar with it.
'Could I know about it?'
Thought Kota, but then shook that thought off from his mind and concentrated on the current situation.
"Kota, let's head there ourselves and give some help to the police."
Lance learned about the path that the kidnappers would take and said.
"Hmm."
Nodding his head, Kota left the command room with Lance as they headed outside.
"Come on!"
Lance called out his Dragonite and climbed on its back while turning towards Kota.
Similarly, Kota pulled out a pokeball from his waist belt and white light flashed out.
"Chaa!"
Standing beside Charizard, Dragonite was actually looking smaller in size.
"Let's go!"