Ash woke up in the morning, discovering him and Misty were still snuggled up close. But where did Sasha go? He looked around, then saw her staring at something on the other side of a bush. He got up, stretched, then walked over to see what Sasha was looking at.
"Daddy, come here!" She called. Ash was still a bit uncomfortable with being called "daddy" by an Eevee, but he decided that he might as well try and get used to it. When he arrived where Sasha was sitting, he gave small gasp. There was another road on the other side of the bushes, he could see clearly, and a Meowth was walking along the road singing to himself happily, carrying an arm full of Pokéballs, with a Togepi following behind him.
"That's the Meowth from Team Rocket!" Ash yelled. "And Togepi!! And… Those are my Pokémon!" Without thinking any further, Ash dashed across to the other road at full speed toward Meowth.
Sasha backed away, sadly. She gave a small sniff, and then turned to look at Misty, who was just waking up.
"What's wrong?" Misty immediately said, looking at Sasha's eyes, which were filled with sorrow. "And where's Ash?"
"Daddy went after a Meowth. He… he wants his Pokémon back." She looked up at Misty sadly. "He wants his body back. And you do too. And… I think I know how." She whispered. Misty looked at her, amazed. How on earth did Sasha know the truth? She must be very smart, to figure that out. But she was right, they did want their bodies back very badly.
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"Take these two Pokémon to the testing room. I would like to see how powerful they really are." Giovanni handed a Team Rocket member the two Pokéballs. He gave a small grin.
"Sure thing, boss!" He then turned, and disappeared into a larger room. It was sort of like a gym, only it was filled with obstacles such as huge rocks, or small pools of water. He threw both Pokéballs to the ground, and an Espeon and Umbreon shook free. He had no clue they could be Jesse and James.
"Jim! Get the toughies out!" The Team Rocket member called to another in a room. He nodded and sent out 5 Pokémon. Nidoking, Machamp, Kingler, Electabuzz, and Typlosion. All of them were huge, and looked very well trained. The minute Jesse and James noticed them, they were terrified.
"I wanan get out of here right now!" James yelled, dashing across the room.
"Come back here!!!" Jesse yelled at him. "We're Pokémon now, remember? And strong ones at that! We can beat these big… well trained… strong… ferocious… evil… scary…" James stopped and stared at Jesse, who now looked more terrified then he did.
"Alright, let's start with you, Nidoking! Attack!" The TR memberes ordered. One second later, Nidoking was charging strait toward Jesse.