Team Rocket Roleplay [In character ONLY]

Leone slowly walked from the training room with Lithe, his tired Growlithe at his side. It was hard to think that just that morning he had been welcomed into the organization, seen his new best friend paired off with an agent, and then left behind to train. He hoped that within the next few days he too would be paired with someone great, but his chances were looking slim now. He let out a sigh, patted Lithe's head, and forced a smile. “Ya' know, you did pretty damn good back dere. I might just try ta get you a treat.” He scoffed, remembering he didn't have much money on him. “Or maybe we can split a meal, now dat I dink about it.”
He continued walking until he reached the room for the grunts. He smiled and waved at the few who were also in there before heading to his locker. Inside he put his gear and grabbed his uniform. “We don wanna go around smellin like dis ere locker room.” He said to Lithe, who gave a happy bark. Despite being a fire type, Lithe loved taking baths. Then again, he was a sort of dog after all.

After a quick shower, that took a bit longer than expected because of Lithe, Leone changed into his Team Rocket grunt uniform and grabbed his gear from his locker. It wasn't until then that he noticed a blinking light on his phone, indicating a message. “Damn, I hope id's just from Rizz or Alex.” He muttered, quickly navigating to his messages.

'You have been assigned a partner, Executive Q. You will (likely) find him in his room. Executive Headquarters.'

“An Executive? You gotta be kidding meh?” He nearly yelled before jumping with joy. “You ear meh Lithe, we been partnered with an executive!” Kneeling down he hugged his Growlithe lightly, before grabbing the spare towel he had and drying him off as quickly as he could. “We gotta look our best.” Tossing the towel into his locker, he tried to straighten Lithe's wild mane and hair before grabbing the towel again, and drying his own. After a quick styling, which was nothing more than pushing it all back, he ran out of the room with Lithe following behind.

It didn't take long to find the hallway of executive's rooms. As ran down the hallway, he nearly bumped into too girls giggling. “Sorry, ma chere.” He said quickly in his thick accent and watched as the girl went from furious to a bit calmer expression. “It's fine.” she muttered and gave a small smile. “Any chance eider of you joli catins know where to find ex Q?” Again, one girl giggled, while the other simply pointed to a door a few feet away. “Danks” Leone said before moving to the door. “Dis is it, Lithe.” He pushed his long red bangs out of his face, took a deep breath, moved his shoulders back to stand at attention, and knocked on the door.

After he left that message with the two by the Lake of Rage, James thought he should check if anyone else was headed in the same direction. He checked the most recent logs from the area, and found out that two more members, Rizza and Sergei, were on their way to the lake. "Rizza...she must be new. James didn't remember her from before. Sergei Novick though, James had sent him on a few missions. He was a bit of a downer, but an effective soldier who could be trusted to get the job done. He does a good job at using his pokemon in a variety of situations, very fast attacks, fitting for a man on the smaller side," he thought.

At times like this, he'd prefer to be with his own direct subordinates, but they were on a mission given to them straight from Giovanni, and he was ordered to stay out of contact with them. They weren't even allowed to wear their distinctive WWGD (what would Giovanni do) bracelets this time. There was no telling when they'd be back, or what they were doing.

But as things stood, all there was left was to get a move on. Since he was already in his flat in Mahogany Town, it wouldn't be too long riding on Scolipede.

Commander Scarab's message rattled off inside her helmet, and the Queen pinged back her reply as soon as she received it. Her message did not contain an actual greeting, just simply the coordinates of where they seemed to be converging, as she could now see the other two approaching on the horizon. " Finley, The Agent and his Grunt are approaching. A Commander should be arriving soon as well. I expect you to be on your best behavior in his presence, or he may drown you with the Gyarados."

She turned smartly on her heel, returning Novick's salute with a sharp gesture of her own. " You took your time. I assume you have brought the stones?" she snipped, clipping the ends of her sentences in her annoyance at being kept waiting. She did hold an hand up to stop Novick from moving closer. " I do not want to hold them, as I do not want their aggressive aura corrupting our test subjects. Simply lay them out on the grass so I may observe them from a distance." Her hematite Turtwig whistled a hello, keeping close to the Queen's raised boot heels.

Drew turned his head to the side to address the Queen, for he didn't want to lose his stance while in the middle of fishing.
"I'll make sure to address him with the proper respect, Professor."
Before turning back to face the lake Drew noted that the two agents had arrived to deliver the stones. This time Drew faced Aqua, still trying her best to stay focused like her new trainer.
"Aqua, those stones are here, I think it's time you went back in your pokeball."
The Totodile turned and began jumping up and down in a frantic protest. 
"Come on Aqua, I just don't want to risk anything happening to you. You're still learning about the dangers that are outside the lab."

Aqua was not happy with that. She stopped jumping and turned her head toward the Professor and the two agents. Within a few seconds, Aqua took off running toward the group.
"Aqua what are you doing?" Drew asked confused.
He had turned almost completely around to chase after his pokemon when he felt a tug on his fishing rod. A single tug that brought him down to the sandy ground near the lake's edge.
However, Drew was still focused on Aqua when the second tug hit to barely register it. Regaining his sight on the mischievous Totodile, he saw her scoop up the bag of stones that had been lain on the ground.

"Aqua, put..those stones...down," Drew said in a calm and level tone. A third tug on the fishing pole brought his arm hard and flat to the ground. Drew felt a quick muscle twitch and winced in pain from the shock. 
Aqua must have noticed him in pain because he could hear the  a rustling of hard materials come closer to him. The Totodile laid the bag next to Drew, on his side closest to the water, and then nudged him to get up, visibly worried that Drew had actually hurt himself more than he was showing. 

"I'm okay Aqua, thank you," Drew said standing up with Aqua's help. He turned to look down at his pokemon. "Want to help me reel this fish in Aqua?"
The Totodile nodded her head, this time she was able to keep the seriousness in her eyes. She was ready for a battle.
Aqua grabbed hold of Drew's right leg to help him stay grounded as he reeled in his catch.

Drew felt a hand on left shoulder.
"Want some help there, son?"
Drew turned to see that the old fisherman had gotten out of his chair across the beach. Nodding in return, Drew let the old man grab partial hold of the fishing pole.

The pokemon in the water kept tugging hard and even with the help of the expert fisherman and Aqua, Drew edged closer to the water.
How close though he didn't realize until his left foot knocked the bag of stones into the murky water.
Small glimmers of light descended into the darkness of the lake, the dangerous stones were now in the water with very large, and overall, angry pokemon.

The tugging on the fishing pole stopped almost simultaneously with the disappearance of the stones into the depths.
Drew then noticed the lake become very quiet until rain began to fall out of dark clouds that had seemingly come from nowhere.
"Drop the fishing rod, boy. We need to get away from the lake!"
Drew did as the old fisherman said and then scooped Aqua up with his arms and began to ran away from the watery edge of the lake. 

The pair had ran a short distance when Aqua slipped out of Drew's hands.
"Aqua!"
Drew turned to see the Totodile plant her feet firmly on the ground, faced toward the lake which now emanated an ominous power.
Rain began to pelt the lakefront area under a thick blanket of water. 
Drew looked at his new pokemon and realized just how much she was like Char, eager for battle, driven to succeed, and motivated to protect others. The rain pelted his face with cold drops, the water running down his face and making him remember traveling to the deep, dark underground area of the Dragon Den near Blackthorn City. Master Claire's Kingdra had used Rain Dance to weaken Char's fire attacks against her team in battle. Drew had then of course lost the battle, but since then he and Char had continued to train at every possible chance they got. At that point he decided that he wouldn't run away. All his training had prepared him for the worst, and that in situations such as this, a bond with one's pokemon is what would lead to triumph. He understood that as he walked next to Aqua to assume his own battle stance.

"Aqua we will need all the help we can get," Drew said while putting his hand on two pokeballs attached to his belt, the rain beating down on him and Aqua.
The Totodile nodded her head, she understood her limitations.
Pulling the two pokeballs out of his belt he hoped that the old fisherman would get the other agents out of the area and to safety, there was most definitely a Gyarados causing the downpour.

As if the lake had read Drew's mind, a large dark shadow shot up from the lake at an incredible speed, charging straight toward the shoreline and stopping where the deep portion of the lake began.
 

The professor cried out when his Totodile seized the stones. " ... FINLEY! Control your pokemon!" Aaaand they were gone. She stared in horror, the samples sinking beyond sight.

When the weather suddenly changed into a downpour, The Queen quickly stepped in front of her Turtwig to shield it from the oncoming shadows in the water. She rolled a pokeball from inside her large gauntlet into her hand, standing with her shoulders rolled forwards. She looked more like a Nidoqueen ready for battle than before. "I assure you, that I have no idea what this is about, but knowing that the lake itself is named The Lake of Rage and knowing the denizens that are known to emerge... I believe we may be in for some trouble."

A red light flashed from the ball in her hand, and coalesced into a small pokemon by her heels. Mawile shook its tiny head, as if just waking up. The pokemon's secondary jaws stretched in a vicious yawn, showing all of its steely teeth. Mawile studied the large Turtwig for a moment, dismissed it, and jumped onto her master's shoulders with a little squeak. " Mawile, prepare yourself. Finley, I will allow you to take the first, but do NOT jeopardize your experiment."