From a distance it wasn't easy to say where it started but it was easy to tell the beginning. The players were all in place and like clockwork it began here with a large machine flying and landing somewhere in a small city named Pallet Town. The only witness to it would end up dead and the other was too young to know what happened. There were others around but none that witnessed the large machine shaped like a meowth crash into the ground fatally injuring a young red-haired woman that somewhat luckily put the stroller out of the gate while she herself was in the middle of walking to the house to get something. Her husband was still inside the house as it was a rare time that he returned from his journey to visit his young family.
"Where did we end up this time?" James asked as they all got out of the burning machine.
"How should I know, James?" Jessie asked.
"Well wherever we are we should probably get going, Jessie," Meowth answered before avoiding looking at Jessie as she glared at him.
"Hey, doesn't this place look familiar?" James asked as they left and saw a baby with black hair and brown eyes stare at them before starting to cry.
"Oh, I hate crying kids! Do something, James!" Jessie yelled.
"Oh, alright. James is telling you that everything is okay," James said as he rocked the baby in his arms and it began to calm down.
"Delia? Is that you? What was that sound? Are you okay?!" a man yelled and with James still carrying the baby the Team Rocket trio ran away into the wilderness.
"That was close- James! Why do you still have the baby?" Jessie yelled.
"He was coming out and I was too panicked to put the baby back and put on the straps!" James cowered as he rocked the baby back and forth.
"Well alright, I guess that's reasonable. Let's ditch the kid at the front of the city- they're sure to be looking for it," Jessie ordered as she began to walk expecting them to follow.
"Hey James- didn't that man call out the name Delia and I coulda sworn that we passed a 'Welcome to Pallet town' sign…" Meowth thought out loud.
"We did pass that sign and I heard Delia too." James looked thoughtful.
"So does that mean…" Jessie froze and turned around looking petrified.
"We must have been in Pallet town so where is the twerp?" James asked.
"I think he's in your arms, James,"Meowth stared at the quiet baby.
"Impossible! The twerp is a kid not a baby!" James yelled and startled the baby.
"Calm him down, right now, James! I think Meowth is right. The back of his clothing has the name 'Ash' on it. I think we just kidnapped the twerp and possibly killed his mom…" Jessie paled.
James did as Jessie ordered. The three of them sighed in considerable relief despite possibly committing murder and kidnapping the twerp. They obviously had to return the kid back to his father but it wasn't like they could walk back and leave him in the middle of the road anymore. For all they knew the town could be searching for him and have people and pokemon searching the town and route they were in. Then Jessie predictably upset the baby and James only managed to calm Ash down when Meowth heard something.
"Quiet guys, I hear something! I think it's a pokemon looking for the twerp. Hide- if we all get caught…" Meowth motioned them away and they hid.
"Have you seen a baby somewhere?" asked the espurr asked Meowth.
"I don't think so, Do you want help looking for it?" Meowth meowed back.
"I see. I thought I felt him here but if you say so then I was probably nothing. Thank you for your help," the espurr answered before moving on.
"Thank goodness. You can come down now, guys," Meowth called as Jessie climbed down and James down from the lowest branch.
"Give a little more warning next time Meowth. We should probably head to Viridian city and leave him at the pokemon center. We should discuss what to do after we drop the twerp off at the pokemon center." Jessie said before they began to walk to Viridian.
"Jessie- this is boring. Why can't we use our balloon?" James asked as Ash was holding his hair and tugging.
"Because we don't know where it is. Just hurry- the sooner we drop off that brat the sooner we can figure out our next move!" Jessie yelled and after reaching the city they two human members changed their hair style, eye color, and clothes while Meowth got on all fours.
"The plan is that we go to the pokemon center and Jame and Meowth cause a distraction. I leave the twerp there and we leave," Jessie half ordered as they walked into the city.
There was police all over near the pokemon center. The pair were stopped nearby by officer Jenny. She looked at the couple, a handsome red-haired man and a dainty purple-haired woman who was cooing to her son, with their meowth that was rubbing against the man. Her instinct told her that something was off but as the baby began to cry and the woman soothed the child as they got fussy she smiled. It looked like they were new parents on a walk with their pet and child in tow. They didn't look familiar but she was new to the city as the previous officer Jenny had decided to retire.
"Excuse me, ma'am, sir. Have you seen a little baby around here? There's been a kidnapping of a little boy in the town over." Jenny said as she watched the couple grow pale and then panicked.
"Oh dear- that's awful. We couldn't bear to part with our dear Micheal. We'll be sure to let you know if we see a stranded baby. I'm afraid that our meowth has been feeling under the weather lately- do you happen to know where the nearest open pokemon center is?" Jessie asked relieved that their disguises worked.
"If you need to have your pet checked out- you should go to the pokemon center near Viridian forest since the main in town got wrecked by an angry charizard and gyarados fighting. Did you move here recently or are you traveling?" Officer Jenny asked.
"Oh, we are traveling around Kanto on foot until we reach Fuchsia city. We should really get going to that pokemon center so that we can continue on our way," James and Jessie began to walk away quickly but not quickly enough.
"Wait! It'll be dangerous one it gets dark. I'll escort you to the pokemon center- it's a bit busy so you will have to wait until tomorrow or later to get your meowth checked out but I'll get you two a room to stay in so that you don't have to go through the forest in the dark," the friendly Jenny walked beside the couple and she began to make friendly chatter while they walked.
"You look rather good for someone who had to give birth. How old is he and how long have you two been together?" Jenny asked smiling.
"It seems like Micheal has been a part of our lives forever- he's trouble but we love him to bits. I've known my husband for years- friends first, after all, then we sort of started to date and well, here we are," James ad libbed hoping officer Jenny bought it.
"Oh, that's sweet! Me and my husband met on the job- he is a forensic specialist and one of the best around here. He is working to get certified to go on the field because he wants to protect me-which is funny because it was my growlithe that saved him when a thief stole from him while he was heading to work. He's a good man but clumsy, forgetful, and all thumbs. No offense to you, sir, since you seem rather dependable and strong but a lot of men can be like children and it's us women that have to be strong, right?" Jenny spoke cheerfully not noticing Jessie nod and James look down blushing.
"I agree- a lot of my male friends can be… unreliable. You can try to make them tougher but in truth they can be rather fragile," Jessie agreed.
"I'm not fragile!" James protested in a pitched tone.
"Of course you aren't, dear. You're very tough for a well-born lady," Jessie soothed James while Meowth enjoyed the show barely resisting laughing at the free entertainment.
They fell silent for a while before beginning to go onto safer topics that the pair successfully controlled the conversation topics and learned more about this officer Jenny that either would care to know. She explained that she was the talkative Jenny of her many cousins and that she just recently graduated and took a posting in Viridian city. Apparently she lived in New Bark town but in her family it was traditional to go to a new reigon so she went to the Kanto police academy. The twenty minutes passed with Jessie and James only talking to encourage the young officer to talk to avoid awkward questions.
"Here we are, I'll go inside and you two wait here. Ray! Make sure these two are unharmed," officer Jenny said to a uniformed police man that was approaching the pokemon center.
"Of course, ma'am. When you're done the police chief told me that you're to meet him for your review," the officer said as Jenny walked in.
It only took ten minutes but were resigned by this point to spend the night at the pokemon center with their baby. Baby Ash made a mess of dinner with Meowth miraculously resisting complaining as he got pokemon food- it was good pokemon food- but it was still pokemon food. Jessie and James relished the heavenly pokemon center food but as nurse Joy promised she watched over the new couple so they ate slow, and only asked for seconds after Jessie's stomach began to grumble. They were all eagerly waiting to drop Ash somewhere but life rarely works out the way people want.
Author's note: I would appreciate any constructive criticisms over my writing though I don't promise I could use it immediately or would.