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Lance stood at the head of an army of League Sanction Ace Trainers and stared at the walled city before them.
The Fortress of Celadon...
Once it had been a beautiful place, green and full of life and flowers. Then Team Rocket had appeared. After that the city had become toxic in multiple senses of the word. It had grown corrupt and polluted, a place for thugs and gambling. The only solace had been Erica and the League's minor hold over the city.
He thought they had finally been rid of them when Red had handled Rocket so long ago, but he had been wrong. They came again, from Arceus knows where, and took the city back. This time though, they had proved harder to remove. They had barricaded themselves in without anyone even noticing. By the time they could react, it was too late. They lost the city, Rocket somehow became heroes, and Erica had been run out while those despicable bastards took over her gym.
It was long past time to do something about it. He turned to those gathered behind him and spoke from atop his Dragonite.
"Friends and members of the League! Today we are gathered to finally being to purge our region of the corruption that has so long plagued it! Today we finally get to give Team Rocket their final ultimatum! After all of our suffering at their hands and all of the hardships the regions have gone through at their hands, we can finally tell them to leave! Now come! They have one week left, and we get to give them the good news!"
With that he turned back around and pointed the dragon forward, grinning at the chance to finally begin cleaning up Kanto. With this the region would become safe again, and he would do all that he must to make sure it happened.
