Celadon was in chaos.



And it was all Abe's fault.



After he had woken up from his Rocket-induced blackout, he had been dragged back to the Pokemon Center and all his Pokeballs were gone.... except for one. It was a Pokeball he'd never seen before, purple on the top with a large M on it.



Of course, Abe wasn't thinking about the mysterious Pokeball with him. Abe needed to get back to the Battle Tent! So he grabbed the ball and ran to the spot the Tent... had been.



I say had been because there was no large sign out front anymore, and the door was clearly boarded up. It was as if the Battle Tent had never existed....



But Abe knew better, and Abe pulled at the boards until he finally gave up on it, “I'm never going to get these off alone. Okay, mystery Pokemon, let's see if you can!”



And out of the Pokeball came... two Charizards?



“Two? Can you even put two in a Pokeball” Abe asked, and not even the Voices could answer that. And that was when the Charizard lashed out at the boards as it was asked. But rather than leaving claw marks behind, it left a strange black and white scar on the boards. Which quickly.... melted away?



And then this Charizard tried to fly away, before Abe called it back to its Pokeball. But only the one Charizard was recalled, the other just stood there like a statue....



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Abe woke up at the Pokemon Center. All his Pokeballs were gone.... except for one. It was a Pokeball he swore he'd seen before, purple on the top with a large M on it.



But Abe didn't have time to consider this Pokeball, he needed to get back to the Battle Tent! And outside, there was a Charizard. Standing atop a mysterious black and white ground.



Abe paid it little heed and went inside. The Tent was empty, everything was cleared out except a few papers and the PC. Just to protect him from any potential ambush, Abe grabbed the mysterious Pokeball.



And out from it came.... two Charizards? Once again the one began to search the building, leaving the bizarre black and white pattern everywhere it attacked. And the other one just stood there. After certifying the place was empty, Abe recalled the active Charizard....



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Abe woke up at the Pokemon Center. All his Pokeballs were gone.... except for one. It was a Pokeball he remembered finding, purple on the top with a large M on it.



He had to go rescue his Pokemon! But where would Team Rocket take them? He'd heard a rumor that they gave away stolen Pokemon at the Game Corner, so naturally that was where he went first! As he looked about, he ran into a Rocket Grunt! “Hey you!” the Grunt yelled, but Abe responded on impulse and threw his mysterious Pokeball to reveal... two Charizards.



Of course, the first Charizard would rampage, destroying things and leaving mysterious black and white scars all around, the second would stand there. Until Abe recalled the Charizard and woke up at the Center again.



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Finally, Abe woke up with six Charizards. Five in the city, one with him....



And the City was in chaos.



All five Charizards were reampaging, destroying everything they came in contact with. Building, Pokemon, or Person.



“This is horrible,” Abe said as he looked around the city, “There has to be some way to stop this!”



Then, Abe remembered the mysterious Pokeball. Perhaps if the original Charizard was destroyed, all the others would go away too! But how to destroy a Pokeball?



Abe poured over his Town Map looking for anything that could have destroyed a Pokeball.... and then he found it, a volcano in the ocean near Cinnabar.



Running out of the City, Abe began to look around the grass for a Wild Pokemon that could help him. Eventually coming upon a sleeping Abra. Carefully walking up to it so as not to startle it or release Charizard, Abe put the ball in its sleeping lap.



“Okay little Abra, I need you to help me out here, okay? Just teleport this to the Cinnabar Volcano and toss it in there. Can you be a really big help for me and the City and do that?”



It was really all Abe had left at this point, begging a Wild Pokemon to help him. And he didn't even expect it to work... until, as he reached to take the ball back, the Abra vanished with it!



“Oh no, I hope this worked...” Abe said as he was watching the smoke from Celadon....



And eventually the smoke began to die down... and the sounds of explosions and screaming, too. As he wandered back into the city, there wasn't a Charizard in sight. Every step made Abe that much more confident, now he could get his Pokemon back!



And he headed right back to the Game Corner....