Posted On: 6-28-17; At: 10:20 AM (US-CST; GMT: -06:00)
A/N:
Things mentioned in this chapter coincide with chapters # 11 & #12 Of the fic: Temperance #2. And mention things discussed in chapters # 14 & #15, of that same fic, by me.
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Chapter #3: Mother
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This chapter I mixed things around a bit. Changing some of the events in Kalos to fit this story. And including some non-anime info about Jessie's mother from the manga & radio program (I think that was what it was, anyway).
I also included how long Jessie and James have been working go together.
The days passed. Jessie watched the reconstruction of Luminous, from the balcony of her room, which was above the lab. She watched the twerps come, and go. She, James and Meowth were forbidden from leaving their rooms, when Ash and his friends were there, or were likely to be there.
Looker also stuck to the rules. He thought that it would create more questions than he cared to answer, if Ash and Pikachu saw him here.
However, they weren't forbidden from looking out, or going out onto the balcony. Jessie took notice of Serena's plan to cheer the towns' people, up. It was over a week after she woke up.
But, she wanted to help, as well, despite the injury that was still healing.
"I'm going to perform, as well!"
She said, watching the preparations in the distance.
"No. You will not."
She turned and glanced at Looker.
"I forgot about you. Why don't you go away. Shoo, shoo!"
She said making a shooing motion with her hands.
"Very funny. I was TRYING to have a talk with the 3 of you."
He said, voice tight from annoyance. As he looked at James, when Jessie just flipped him off and went back to leaning over the balcony, watching everything. James glanced at Jessie, then sighed. He looked back to the police man, with a slight shrug.
"Look, Jessie. If you promise to just sit down, and LISTEN to me, then I will let you 3 go out to the show, to WATCH ."
Jessie, still watching the preparations, smirked.
"We can go to the performance?"
She asked, confirming.
"Yes, it's a promise!"
He said exasperated. James, having noticed the tone in her voice, winced.
He was about to tell Looker to be more precise about the agreement, any agreement, with Jessie. But, she had limped over and had taken her seat.
'How does she still have that regal air, even when she should still be in seriously bad pain!?'
James thought, watching how she sat down.
"I'm listening, proceed,"
She said, staring at the man. Looker was starting to get the idea that, perhaps he was a bit hasty in his wording. But, he wasn't going to change the wording. She'd hold it against him.
"As I said before. I want the two of you to work for us. As double agents. Once we have both of the bosses of Team Rocket and the other underlings in custody, you will all be pardoned. You will be free to live your lives as you like."
"We just have to betray the people who we were working for, for-"
She pushed, rolling her eyes skyward, and appeared to start counting.
"7 years. A company who did so much for us, they-"
"Jessica, what have they REALLY done for us?"
James said softly, with a weary sigh. She faltered. They had gone this route over and over. And were going in circles as many times.
She could never answer that question. It was Frustrating! This time, though, she actually felt the sting of tears behind her eyes. Before any of them knew what was happening, though... She was suddenly crying. Meowth, who had been uncharacteristically quiet, as he sat in James' lap frowned.
He opened his mouth to say something, but was suddenly sent flying, as James jumped to his feet, he was on his knees in front of Jessie, in the blink of an eye. He held her hands in one of his, as his other hand went to her cheek.
"Jessie? Are you in pain? What's wrong? Why are you cr-?"
"I'm crying, because, I am so FRUSTRATED!"
She said angrily, but closed her eyes and leaned into his hand.
"And-"
She went on sadly.
"- I am frustrated, because you are all... Correct. But, I have tried so... SO VERY hard to be a good agent."
"Why...?"
Looker asked. James looked at the man, over his shoulder, and Jessie opened her eyes, as Meowth grumbled in the background.
"Why?"
She asked softly. Looker nodded, as James looked back to Jessie. He knew. But, he was the only one.
"My mother use to be one of their top agents. But, she had a mission. She abandoned me and went on the mission... She died on that mission.
I was alone for so LONG, after that. Then, Isabella Giovanni found me. She took me in, and had me trained. I wasn't bounced from orphanage to homeless to orphanage any more.
I had a somewhat stable home. A place I could feel safe, without worrying about being mugged or abused. I owed EVERYTHING to that woman.
I was top of my class in the training academy, as well. I was unmatched. I was fine with being by myself. Partners just held me back. Then they told me I would fail without a partner. I was forced to accept one. That's when I met James again.
Years before, he and I had been on a bike gang, if sorts. We weren't even teens, yet, though, when we were in that gang.
Then, 7.5 years later, here we were, both members of Team rocket. And they were partnering us. I had expectations to meet, though so I refused to accept him for a time. Anyway, the organization, itself, has done nothing for us.
Isabella's son, Antonio Giovanni, he even tried to have us all killed a few times, for our failures. But, she always interceded! She wouldn't let him harm us. She took care of Mr, when I had no one and no where!"
Jessie said, crying harder now, she pulled away from James gently, and, hugging herself, she got up and started to pace.
Just then the door opened, after a quick knock, and Sophie, Alain's mother, let herself into the room.
She had several Pokémon with her who were often used to heal people and other Pokemon.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Looker. But, could I please have you, and Jessie's partners leave the room?
She needs her rest, and its time for another treatment, to her injury."
She said, fixing the glasses higher on her face, as they slid down her nose a bit. The men (including Meowth) left soon after that. Sophie had Jessie strip down up her bra and panties, and lay on her stomach. She and the Pokémon had better access yo the area they were interested in, that way.
Once they were done, and Jessie was sleepily getting dressed. Sophie sent the Pokémon away, and started yo leave, as well. But, she stopped. She looked at Jessie, over her shoulder.
"Miss Jessica?"
She said, Jessie blinked.
"Just call me Jessie, please."
Sophie nodded. She turned to fully face Jessie.
"I... I over heard your conversation. I'm sorry."
She said, and Jessie sighed.
"Its alright."
"- I... I have something to tell you. If your willing to listen."
Jessie blinked at her and got settled in her bed.
"Sure, it'll keep that ass of a detective from pestering me."
She said, and motioned for Sophie to sir on the side of the bed. The raven haired woman did.
"So, what is it?"
Jessie asked, settling back against her pillows. These treatments always left her sleepy.
"I... I was in team rocket. And... I knew your mother..."
Jessie's nearly lavender, blue eyes widened, she sat up shortly and-
"You WHAT!?"
"Please!"
Sophie said, looking at the door to the hallway nervously.
"Not so loud, the only one here who knows, is my lover."
"Lover?"
Sophie blushed.
"The professor."
She said and Jessie sighed.
"Whatever... You... You were really in Team Rocket st the time?"
Sophie nodded.
"I was lovers with Giovanni, for about a year. He was married, but, it didn't seem to stop him. When his wife found out, she tried to have me, and our son, Alain, killed. He divorced her. But, I was upset, I hadn't known he was married.
If I had... Well, I love my son. But, I would have never slept with Antonio Giovanni all of those months, if I had known. Anyway, he took another lover when Alain was a little over 1.
She became pregnant, and found out, just before she realized she was carrying a child, that he had two other children. My Alain, and the slightly older Silver. Delia was heart-broken that he had-"
"Wait... Delia?"
Sophie nodded.
"Delia, Ketchum...?"
Another nod. Jessie suddenly looked ill.
'We've been after the Pikachu, belonging to the boss's SON, all of this time!?'
"Sorry, go on."
Jessie finally said. Sophie thought to ask what was wrong, but she let it go.
"Uh...anyway. Delia stopped seeing him. We were team mates on missions. Delia, and I were both fairly low in the pecking order. So, we weren't close to a top agent, like your mother.
But, we knew her. Just not well. Anyway, around the time that Delia was about 3 months along, team rocket suddenly kidnapped a very LARGE number of scientists. One of them was Professor Oak.
And, another was Professor Sycamore. He was just an assistant professor at that time. But, he and I grew up together. I had moved to Kanto, though when I was 15, and had gotten involved with Team Rocket shortly after."
Jessie looked bored. Sophie smiled and continued.
"The professors were to work on some sort of genetic project. If they refused. They were to be killed, by order if Isabella Giovanni."
At that, Jessie's eyes widened again. Sophie pressed on.
"Sycamore, his mentor, professor Mimosa, a man named Professor Juniper and one named Professor Rowan, as well as professor Oak and a number of others, refused. But, professor Mimosa, was so outspoken against it all, that she was killed. Right in front of the other professors, Delia and I. And, they had used a Pokémon to kill her. It was not a quick and easy death.
Delia and I were shocked. I knew that they were sometimes violent. But, Delia, was still somewhat in love with Giovanni. And she was younger than I was by a few years... She was still somewhat Naïve. She was so upset that she had a massive panic attack and fainted.
Afterwards. About half of the ones refusing, changed their minds. Isabella ordered the underlings to PERSUADE the professors who were still refusing. That meant beatings, threats and other methods. Augustine... He-"
"Augustine?"
Jessie asked.
"Its Professor Sycamore's first name."
"Ah... OK, gotcha."
Jessie said.
"Anyway. Augustine, he had been very close to the Professor, he went almost catatonic, from shock. This continued like this, until finally, Delia had an idea: we had to leave Team Rocket.
And we had to save the professors who wanted to be free. Meanwhile, your mother had been sent out on her mission, just before they had kidnapped the professors. By the time Delia and I finally freed the professors, she had been found dead."
"Do you know how she died?"
"An avalanche. She was after Mew. And she was buried alive..."
"I see. Thank you."
Sophie nodded.
"Jessie, I was going to tell you something, the info I just gave you, was a lead-up to this: your mother DID not abandon you.
She left you considerable amounts of money, which never made it's way into your hands. She also loved you a great deal. She left you in that first orphanage, because she wanted to actually keep you OUT of Team Rocket."
"What?"
"Jessie, she-"
"Out. Now."
"But, she-"
"I SAID, GET OUT, DAMNIT!"
Sophie got to her feet with a sigh. She told Jessie when her next treatment would be. Then she left. Jessie sighed, and rolled on her side, to look out the balcony Windsow, again. Her Eyes met James'.
"How long?"
She asked softly. He walked in further as he shrugged.
"Most of it. I had heard your voice raised... So, I-"
"You jumped from one balcony to the other?"
He nodded.
"I see..."
She said softly. He sighed.
"Can I do anyth-?"
"Hol-d... H-ho..."
She stuttered... Blushing. James waited patiently.
"Can you please, just, hold me?"
He blinked, then nodded. He slid into the bed with her and pulled her against his chest, gently. That's when she let herself cry harder. Her hands fisting in his shirt as she cried and cried. Until she finally fell asleep.
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To Be Continued.
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