Green slowly opened her eyes and took in her surroundings. The bright light made her squint, but as her eyes adjusted, she realized she was in a large open space that resembled a football stadium. There were about 80 or so people scattered around, some standing and some lying down. As she tried to gather her thoughts, she saw Austin on the ground, his eyes closed.

"Austin?" she called out, but there was no response. She walked over to him and noticed that he was touching the ground with his eyes closed.

"Are you okay?" she asked, worriedly.

"I'm fine," he replied, his eyes still closed. "Aura is with me."

Green didn't understand what he meant but decided not to press further. Instead, she looked around and realized that they were not in the main Team Rocket base. She let out a sigh of relief, but her relief was short-lived as she realized that the place looked exactly like the Masked Man's trials.

"This looks exactly like that bastard's place," she whispered to herself.

Austin heard her but didn't say anything. He knew what she was referring to, and he didn't want to trigger any memories that would bring her pain.

As they waited, Green tried to get in touch with the other recruits to gather some information, but she found that everyone was being guarded and not saying much.

About ten minutes later, members of Team Rocket wearing black uniforms with giant R symbols on the front emerged from the gate. They rudely expelled people on the edge of the room and then arranged the recruits in a very orderly manner. A few seconds later, a beautiful blonde woman in a Team Rocket Admin uniform stepped out of the entrance.

"Welcome, everyone. My name is Lisa. I am the instructor of your group of recruits. I hope you can all listen to me. I will never say it a second time. Bring me the Pokémon," Lisa said in a loud voice.

As soon as she finished speaking, several Team Rocket members brought out a few large suitcases and placed them in the open space in front of the podium. A large number of red and white Pokéballs were neatly arranged, a total of 150.

Green was surprised to see so many Pokémon. "There are only about 100 of us here. Why are there so many more Pokémon than people?" she asked Austin.

"Probably so that everyone can choose their optimal Pokémon without pressure. The test is pretty fair so far," Austin replied.

Green nodded in agreement, but she couldn't shake off the feeling that something was off. She watched as the recruits started choosing their Pokémon, and Lisa began explaining the rules of the test. As the test progressed, Green began to feel uneasy. She didn't like the way Lisa was looking at the recruits, almost as if she was sizing them up for something.

Austin noticed her unease and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I don't know. It just feels like something's not right. Lisa's eyes, the way she's looking at us. It's almost like she's waiting for something," Green replied.

Austin looked at Lisa, and he couldn't shake off the feeling that she was up to something. "We need to be careful," he said. "This test might not be as fair as we think."

"I won't talk any more nonsense," Lisa declared, her voice firm and authoritative. "As you have seen it, this is the initial benefit that our Team Rocket gives you Rookies."

She gestured towards the table in the center of the clearing, upon which sat a collection of spherical objects. Each one was adorned with a distinctive red and white design, emblazoned with the iconic "R" emblem of Team Rocket.

"Go, choose one Pokéball out of them," Lisa instructed. "But remember, you cannot release the Pokémon inside. And once you choose, you can't replace it."

The recruits murmured among themselves, their eyes fixated on the colorful orbs before them. Austin and Green, two of the last to step forward, hesitated as they surveyed the dwindling selection of Pokémon.

With a deep breath, Austin approached the table, his eyes scanning the name tags attached to each Pokéball. Rattata, Spearow, Zubat, Koffing, and Ekans.

" Hurry up, you two!" One of the team rockets shouted at Green and Austin who immediately grabbed onto a PokeBall.

Green picked up the PokeBall of a Zubat meanwhile Austin picked up the PokeBall of an Ekans.

"Well, since you all have selected Pokémon, you can release them now and try to conquer them. You have 7 days for this, and the first 10 people to do this will get generous rewards. The faster you are, the better the rewards you will get." said Lisa with a playful expression.

When Lisa was talking, Austin and Green, who was in the crowd, noticed the members of Team Rocket who surrounded them. The faces of these people were humorous, watching the rookies with interest.

Narrowing their eyes, Austin and Green felt something was wrong.

"Rattata, use Tackle."

"Ekans, listen to me. I'm your trainer now."

"Spearow, we'll be friends from now on.

Ok?"

"Koffing, use Tackle."

After hearing the words of Instructor Lisa and the rewards, most of the Team Rocket rookies' faces showed ecstasy.

These people thought that they are smart enough or charismatic enough to impress the Pokémon.

Lisa's words poured oil into the fire.

Feeling a dangerous aura coming from the PokeBall, Austin immediately clasped Green's hand and ran from the sight of the Team Rocket members who released their Pokémon.

Many rookies trusting their gut ran from the Team Rocket roomies.

These Pokémons that came out of the rookie's Pokéball first looked around. The orders from the rookies were ignored by them.

For a time, the scene was pretty embarrassing. Facing this situation, the faces of those rookies who were formerly full of confidence couldn't help but show an expression of embarrassment or surprise.

Austin could feel from their aura that these Pokemon were not normal. If anything he would point out that these Pokemon's aura seemed broken like they had lost their will to live. They weren't living things rather they were machines.

Looking at the crowd of rookies and remembering Lisa's words it clicked in Austin's mind.

The people from their clothing, behavior, and demeanor showed that they were either druggies, homeless or desperate people.

Team rocket recruit such people and gave them abused pokemon so these people could learn how to control weapons. They didn't want people who would love pokemon rather they wanted people who could wield the weapons given to them.

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[ Austin's Pokemon ]

[ Ivysaur - Chlorophyll ]

[ Item - Miracle Seed ]

[ Moves: Growl, Leech Seed, Tackle, Vine Whip, Poison powder, sleep powder, Takedown, razor leaf, sweet scent, double edge, solar beam, grassy terrain, leaf storm, magical leaf, nature powder, petal dance, sludge, seed bomb, toxic, venoshock, hidden power, light screen, protect, safeguard, sludge Bomb, power whip, facade, rest, energy ball, Sword's dance, Grass knot, substitute, sleep talk, swagger, bullet seed, mega drain, ingrain ]

[ Combo Moves :

Boost ( Eating Energy Ball )

Chemical Warfare ( Poison powder, sleep powder )

Bullet Bombs ( Bullet Seed + Seed Bomb )

Bullet Canon ( Large Seed Bomb + Bullet Seed )

God's Shield ( Protect + Light screen + Safeguard )

Double Down ( Boost + Take Down + Double Edge )

Leech Drain ( Leech Seed + Mega Drain )

[ Ultimate Moves :

Solar Canon ( Swords Dance × 20 + Solar Beam )

Prep time: 20 minutes.

Can cause damage to bulb ]