A gargantuan mass of greasy hair lumbered towards the white-clad grunt; a Grimmsnarl that had turned vicious and hostile towards humans after years of captivity by them. "Ugh, how unsightly! Deal with it swiftly." Rico ordered his Persian, trying to sound cool and badass.

Grimmsnarl attempted to surprise Addie with a Sucker Punch, but it failed to connect. After hypnotizing the hairy troll with his soul-piercing eyes, the Classy Cat Pokémon fired a sparkling beam from the gem on his forehead that sent his sleepy opponent stumbling backwards, falling into a dumpster where all ugly things belonged.

"Hmph. Don't grow your hair out if you can't maintain it." Rico sassily flipped his glossy, azure hair, before walking away. The black market people could pick Grimmsnarl back in that state. He had more runaway Pokémon to search for.

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Soon, a grotesque lobster emerges from the shadows of the alleyway, extending its nasty pincers towards the duo. "There's another one! Let's rough him up, Addie!" The Rocket grunt exclaimed.

The Persian growled and sprinted towards the runaway Crawdaunt, dodging his extremely dangerous Guillotine attack thanks to his nimbleness and agility, before emitting a Hyper Voice at close range that blasted the star-crested crustacean into oblivion.

Stepping over the defeated Crawdaunt whose eyes had turned into swirls, Rico remained vigilant. If his intel was correct, there should be one last Pokémon out of those that had escaped, and it could be lurking just around the corner.

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One last threat reared its devil-horned head; drawn by the sounds of battle, a Houndoom emerged from the shadows, Leering at the duo with its menacing, red eyes. "Another one! Addie, give him a Hypnosis!" Rico ordered, but the fiery hellhound was too agitated to fall asleep.

With electricity crackling from its fangs, Houndoom bit into Rico's Persian. Thanks to his Limber physique, the Classy Cat avoided paralysis, but that didn't make the brutal assault hurt less. "How dare you hurt one of my babies! Addie, Hyper Voice!" The white-clad grunt yelled. With a booming, explosive roar courtesy of his Persian, Houndoom was blown away.

Rico warily approached the passed out dog, wanting to confirm that it was indeed unconscious. It suddenly woke up and lunged at him, causing the cowardly Rocket grunt to throw a Pokéball at it out of desperation, even though he wasn't supposed to catch those Pokémon for himself. But hey, if he got lucky with his capture attempt, the only witnesses were Addie and himself. The black market folk wouldn't need to know that one of their stock got stolen.

//attempting to catch houndoom

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