THE RETURN OF TEAM ROCKET

Part 1

Author's note: This is a sequel to my fic THE END OF
TEAM ROCKET. Read that fic first, this will make more
sense if you do.

Ages: Ash--13, Misty--16, Brock--19, Jessie &
James--20

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon

Cassidy ran. She didn't care where she was going, she
just ran. She'd been out on work detail with a group
of women from the prison where she had been serving
time for attempting to kill Ash Ketchum and his
friends three years ago. One of the other women had
hurt herself and Cassidy saw her chance while the
guards were distracted. She made a break for the
trees beside the road.

"Hey! Come back here!" one of the guards called after
her. Cassidy ignored the guards and kept going. She
managed to elude the guards. Finally she saw a small
cave. She ducked inside. The guards didn't see her.

"About time you stopped!" said a voice near her.
Cassidy jumped up, ready to run again. She turned
around. It was her cell mate, Della.

"Della! What are you doing here?" Cassidy asked.

"I thought you could use some help." Della grinned.
"Besides, I want to know more about this Team Rocket
you're always talking about."

"All right!" Cassidy smiled. "Let's go! First we'll
get my partner Butch and then we'll get our boss
Giovanni."

++++++

Finding out what jail Butch was in was easy. All they
did was look up newspaper reports from their arrest
three years ago. A phone call confirmed that Butch
was still there.

"Now we just need the necessary papers," Cassidy said
as they discussed plans to break Butch out of prison.
"And I know just where to get them. . . ."

++++++

"On your feet! Prisoner transfer!" the guard said as
he unlocked the door to Butch's cell.

"Transfer?" Butch asked curiously as he stood.

"Yes," Cassidy said, stepping forward. Butch grinned
slightly as he recognized her. Fortunately the guard
didn't see. At a warning look from Cassidy, Butch
looked serious again. The guard put chains on Butch
and escorted him and Cassidy off the cell block. A
woman dressed as a prison guard waited at the entrance
to the cell block. Butch's guard glanced at Cassidy's
papers and signed them, then opened the door to let
them off the cell block. The woman took Butch by the
arm and led him out, followed by Cassidy. They got
into a van and were allowed to leave the prison.

"Great job, Della! We did it!" Cassidy cried
excitedly as they headed down the road.

"All right, Cassidy, what's going on? Get these
chains off me!" Butch said.

"Ooh, you're right, Cass," Della said. "He does have
a voice like a frog." She was laughing.

"What's so funny?" Butch growled as Cassidy unlocked
the chains.

"Never mind," Cassidy said. "We're free, partner!
Meet Della, my friend from prison."

"Hi," Della said, still laughing.

"Hi," Butch said.

"Now that we're free, we can go get Giovanni," Cassidy
said. "Team Rocket is back, Butch! We're back!"

End Part 1

To Be Continued