I suppose I ought to explain the whole situation before I found myself with these Team Rocket guys. That ship I was on, was a cruise ship headed to Vermilion City. My plan was to arrive there, and buy tickets to cruise on the SS Anne II ship. It's known as SS Anne II because the original SS Anne was sunk about a year ago. I come from Verdanturf Town all the way in the Hoenn region, so obviously I was on that ship for a long time.
Many Pokémon trainers, including myself, were on board that ship, called the SS Regional. It was given its name for its ability to travel from region to region.
I was eating lunch in the main foyer, when suddenly a fight broke out, and then a Weezing engulfed the entire room in toxic fumes, causing everyone to suffer, and you know the rest from there.

It had been a really long time, I don't know how long for sure, a few hours perhaps? All I know was that the sun was setting and the sky was a distinct orange. We were all sitting in the basket, the Team Rocket trio kept trying to come up with plans to capture this Pikachu they were talking about earlier. The one that James had apparently dropped. I asked them about it, and they explained to me that the Pikachu belonged to some 'twerp' and that it was very rare. I didn't tell them off, because I know that Team Rocket are villains, and that's just what they do.
"So... how much further to land?" I asked. We were still flying over the sea, even after all this time. No one answered me. I rolled my eyes and reached into my pocket, pulling out a small packet of biscuits, I was hungry. I caught their attention as soon as I opened the packet.
"Where did you get those?!" James questioned, crawling to me.
"Um.. from the ship.." I answered.
"Dammit!" James sulked. "We should have stole food while we were at it! I'm so hungry!"
"Do you ever think about anything other than food, James!?" Jessie hissed. "Try thinking with your brain from now on, not your stomach!"
"But Jess! Aren't you hungry too?"
The two started arguing about food, until Meowth scratched them both in the face using Fury Swipes, which lead into a three-way wrestle, which started rocking the balloon.
"G-Guys.." I stuttered. "Stop it. I'll share! Just stop fighting!" To be honest, I never thought Team Rocket were such douches. Suddenly the tree of them were towering over me, holding our their hands, demanding.
I pulled out some biscuits, and gave them two each, and saved the rest for myself. They ate them before I even managed to pull my own biscuit out, and I thought I was bad with eating fast.
Suddenly, Meowth snatched the packet from me.
"Hey!" I hissed, reaching for it. However, James stole it from Meowth, then Jessie stole it from James. All the fighting over it, and James accidentally threw it off the balloon, and the packet fell into the ocean. We all stared at James.
"You idiot!" I growled, before tackling him. "You wasted my food! No one wastes my food and gets away with it!"
James covered his face with his arms and sulked.
"Yeah Jim! That was the last of da food we had!" Meowth hissed, joining in on the brawl.
Azura became frightened, and tried to bounce away from it, but bounced too high and fell over the side of the basket. I gasped.
"Azura!" I stood up and ran to the side of the basket, looking down as Azura fell all that way. "No!" Without thinking, I jumped over the side of the basket, reaching for her.
"Is she mad!?" Meowth questioned.
"She's going to die from a height like this!" James exclaimed.
I grabbed Azura and held her close. "You scared me! Don't do that again!"
"A-Azu! Azu!" She seemed really panicked. I looked down, the water was getting closer and closer. I screamed.
"We're gonna die!" I screamed. Suddenly a Pokémon appeared below me, and I landed on it.
"Weezing wee."
"A-A Weezing?" I looked at my saviour. The Weezing floated back up to the balloon.
"Nice one, Jimmy!" Meowth said. I jumped off Weezing and back into the basket.
"I thought I was gonna die.." I whined.
"Hahahaha!" James laughed. Meowth seemed to get a smug expression.
"You saved me! Thank you!" I held myself back from clinging to James. My mother taught me about strangers, and how I shouldn't hug just anyone.
"Yeah! Jimmy saved you! Now you owe him your lifes!" Meowth snickered.
"Meowth? What're you planning?" Jessie murmured to him. The trio suddenly huddled in and whispered something.
Suddenly, James turned me, laughing. "You owe me, so you must do everything I say!"
"I, um, what?"
"And that means handing over all your Pokémon!"
I looked down at Azura, she was scared. "But.. you can't have my Pokémon." I said, looking back up at James.
"No buts!"
"Azura is the only Pokémon I have now! All my other Pokémon are back on that ship! As well as all my stuff!"
James took Azura from me, then held her up out of my reach. "Hey!"
"Ahahah! Our newest addition to Team Rocket!"
"Just wait till we hand it to da boss!" Meowth snickered.
"I'm sure he'll be pleased!" Jessie chimed.
"What on Earth could Team Rocket's boss want with my little Azura?" I asked.
"You see, if da boss was out on da desert on vacation, he could use dis little fella to keep himself cool!" Meowth explained.
"That is the dumbest idea I've ever heard." I said.
"Shuuuut up human!" Meowth scratched my face with Fury Swipes. I screamed and cowered, holding my face, which was now stinging, worse than a Beedrill's stinger!
Azura squirmed helplessly. I decided not to panic too much about it though, its not like they could run anywhere from here..
Jessie started to laugh. "I feel like we're stealing a Pokémon from the twerps! It makes me itch to sing our motto!"
"You're right Jessie!"
"Motto..?"
"Prepare for trouble!"
"Make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peo-"
My phone started to ring inside my pocket. "Oh!" I pulled it out and answered it. "Hello?"
"How dare you interrupt the theme song you little twerp!" The three of them shouted, holding angry fists up.
"Mum! Hi! … Um, yeah.. about that.. … … no no, mum listen, I'm in a hot air balloon... yes! That's right! A-"
Suddenly, James snatched my phone. "I demand to know who's more important than us stealing Pokémon from you!" He shouted into the phone. "... This is Team Rocket! And- .. an- … a-... WOULD YOU SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO ME!" Suddenly a voice roared from the other end of the phone, deafening James. The voice was heard loud and clear.
"YOU TOUCH MY DAUGHTER AND I'LL PERSONALLY FIND YOU, AND I'LL SNAP YOUR NECKS AND CRUSH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR BONES, YOU GOT THAT?! HUH!?"
"Y-Yes ma'am!" James quickly dropped the phone, and I snatched it.
"Mum! OW!" She continued shouting through the phone, which hurt my ear. "MUM! Listen! … Look I made a mistake! I got on their balloon by accident! They haven't hurt me.. yet." I looked up at James, and narrowed my eyes into a glare until he put Azura down. She quickly bounced to me again. "I'm safe, yes... yes Azura too.. … … no.. they're kind of.. left on the ship.. b-but I'll get them back! I promise! Okay I'll get them back now! Okay! Love you! Bye!" I quickly hung up before she said anything else. I sighed of relief as I put my phone away.
"That woman is psycho!" James huffed.
"That woman is my mother.. AND YOU JUST GOT ME IN TROUBLE!"
"YOU WERE THE ONE WHO GOT ON THIS BALLOON BY ACCIDENT! ITS YOUR FAULT!"
"I WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS BALLOON IF MEOWTH HADN'T OF DRAGGED ME ONTO IT!"
"I WOULDN'TA DRAGGED YOU OUT IF YOU HADDA GOTTEN OUTTA OUR WAY!"
"MAYBE I WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN IN YOUR WAY IF YOU DIDN'T GAS THE BOAT WITH POISONOUS FUMES!"
"ITS YOUR FAULT FOR BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME!"
"NO ITS YOUR FAULT FOR ATTACKING THE SHIP! AND INNOCENT PEOPLE!"
"WE'RE TEAM ROCKET! ITS WHAT WE DO!"
"I HATE TEAM ROCKET!"
"WE HATE YOU!"
"FINE!"
"FINE!"
Everyone turned away from each other with a huge huff, and arms folded. We stayed silent for a short while, before we realised... the balloon was descending.
"The fire went out!" Meowth panicked.
"We're losing ground, fast!" James added. I quickly looked over the edge of the basket.
"What are our chances of landing on that very small island!?" I questioned. They all quickly looked, the island was tiny.
"I'd say.. one in a hundred!" Meowth squawked. That made us panic even more.
"James! Fix it!" Jessie demanded.
James tried to ignite the fire again, but it was no good! We all held each other, screaming as the balloon was picking up speed!