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// New Friends and New Idols 
// Story: Spike's Destiny in the Pokémon World 
// by Darth Severus 
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As Spike woke up, he felt as if he had another vague dream, but didn't worry about it. He headed out of his house to meet with Scar and Suzie, "So, we're heading to Pokémon Square to meet with Wigglytuff, right?"

Scar nodded, "Yeah, his shop is right next to Persian's bank. He should have opened up by now."

As the team headed into Pokémon Square, they headed past Felicity Bank and talked to Wigglytuff, who said, "Welcome friendly friends! Friends are my treasure, Wigglytuff's Circle of Friends! Oh? You're new, you must have just formed a Rescue Team! Well, in that case, as a gift, I'll give you two Friend Areas, free of charge!" Wigglytuff spun around in a circle singing, "Let's be friends, let's be friends, YOOM-TAH!" before stopping, "Now you can befriend Pokémon from the Wild Plains and Mist-Rise Forest. When you're in a dungeon, you may find Pokémon who gain your respect and want to join your team. A team can have a maximum of 8 team members at one time. If you recruit new members when you have too many members, you'll have to send a member back home."

Suddenly, the two Magnemite from the other day came over, and one said, "If you're giving away Friend Areas, can you give my friends the Power Plant Friend Area?" It looked over to Team Go-Getters and said, "I'm sorry I rejected your offer the other day, but after mulling it over, I couldn't help but decide to join. I hope you'll still accept me."

Spike smiled, "Of course! After all, we asked you to join us!"

Wigglytuff nodded before doing the same little dance and saying, "That's all the giveaways for now, if you want more Friend Areas, you'll need to buy them from me. Have a nice day Team Go-Getters!"

As they decided on what to do next, Magnemite, who introduced itself as Magnus, noticed something going on in the square and called over, "Hey, come see this you guys!"

Spike, Suzie, and Scar walked over and saw a Jumpluff begging a Shiftry for help. The Shiftry said, "Forget it, we're not going to work for that."

Spike asked a Lombre, "Hey, what's going on?"

Lombre looked to Spike and said, "Jumpluff's friend got stuck between some rocks, and she needs a gust of wind to get out. She's asking Shiftry for help, but Shiftry's team is greedy and lazy, they don't work unless they're paid royally. I feel bad for Jumpluff. I may not be a rescuer, but if it were me, I'd help Jumpluff simply to help."

Spike glared at Shiftry, but before he could do anything else, a voice said, "Hey, rather cold-hearted aren't you?" before everyone's attention turned to an Alakazam who was accompanied by a Charizard and Tyranitar. The Alakazam said, "To help Jumpluff's friend, a strong wind is needed. Your leafy fans can whip up powerful winds. Help that Pokémon out."

Shiftry looked around, not wanting to make a scene, he said, "Tch! Fine, we'll do it!" before running off with his team.

Scar asked Lombre, "Hey, who are those guys?"

Lombre was shocked by the question, "You don't know? That's Team A.C.T! They're famous for being Gold Rank, not a lot of Teams have that rank around here. Alakazam has an IQ of over 5,000, he's memorized everything that's happened in the world. Charizard's Flamethrower is hot enough to melt mountains. And Tyranitar prides himself on his strong armor plating."

As Alakazam passed by Team Go-Getters, he stopped for a moment before looking back at Spike. Charizard asked, "What's wrong Alakazam?"

Alakazam stayed silent for a moment before saying, "Nothing, let's go." before the team headed north to the Union HQ.

Spike's eyes were gleaming with awe, "Come on you guys, if we put our minds to it, we can be as great as Team A.C.T!"

Meanwhile, Gengar was watching them from afar and grumbled, "Those babies think they can be as great as Team A.C.T? Yeah right!" before meeting up with Medicham and Ekans to talk about their next scheme.

The Next Morning...

Spike woke up early in the morning to see if there was any mail, which there was, there were two missions and the daily paper, which had a coupon for a new service at Makuhita's Dojo.

When Scar and Suzie arrived, Spike showed them the coupon and Scar said, "I heard about that new service, something called the Room of Spirit and Time. I don't know much else about it though."

Spike looked at the coupon and asked, "Should we go after we go see if Sabrina needs anything from us?"

Suzie nodded, "I agree, let's go check out the mission board at the HQ, we could use some new missions, and maybe training at this so called Room of Spirit and Time could help us get stronger. I bet all sorts of Teams would train there if they want to keep strong."

As they walked towards the Union HQ, Spike wondered about what happened yesterday when Alakazam seemed to be studying him. He thought to himself, "Does Alakazam know something about me? I'd ask, but... he's kind of intimidating to be honest."

And so, with their newest member Magnus on the team, Team Go-Getters can start recruiting new members. They've also met Team A.C.T, and aspire to be a strong team like them. But with Gengar's meddling annoying them at every turn, will they be able to?