I don't own Pokemon.
"Well that was odd." Meowth spoke up and stopped cleaning himself. "Just a minute ago, she was sore an' relaxin' and now she runs outta the room sprintin'?"
"Jessie's…different. I know I wouldn't be able to run out like that without falling on the floor after today." James responded.
"Tell me about it." Meowth rolled his eyes. "At least I got her bed to myself for awhile!" He then curled up into a little ball and went to sleep. However, James was still confused and concerned about Jessie's behavior. Something must have been up and he'd get it out of her in the morning. He decided to take a little nap and then go down to the cafeteria to get dinner.
Jessie ran through the halls of Team Rocket HQ. Since it was around seven, people would be downstairs eating dinner. So, she decided to go check out the cafeteria and find the person she was looking for. She eventually reached her destination. She was a bit out of breath and her legs hurt a lot and her muscles were screaming at her to sit down, but what was going on was much too important.
She scanned the cafeteria. It was filled with Rocket agents of every status. Since she had a short temper, she became irritated that she couldn't immediately find the person she was looking for. "Where the hell is she?" She said under her breath.
"Oh well, if it isn't Jessie." She turned around and became angry when she saw it was Wendy.
"Look, I'm not in the mood, okay?" Jessie said and began to ignore her. Wendy gave an exaggerated sigh and stomped off because she hated the fact she was being ignored but she didn't want to cause a scene. Jessie began walking through the cafeteria in hopes of finding who she was looking for.
"Miss Jessie!" Cried an over excited teenage boy.
"Oh, hey Mondo." Jessie said. She was about to ignored the brown haired boy until she thought he could be useful to her. "Maybe you can help me."
"Oh, I will try my best! What do you need?" The boy was too eager.
"I was wondering if you knew where Cassidy is." Jessie said.
"Cassidy? She just left the cafeteria but I don't know where she went. Sorry." Mondo paused. "But why do you want to talk to her anyway? Don't you hate her?"
"It's…" Jessie searched for the right word. "Personal."
"Well, okay. I'll see you later!" Mondo shouted after Jessie ran out of the cafeteria. He noticed her wave back at him so he smiled.
Jessie was becoming exhausted. However, she kept her pace and ran. She happened to collide into Cassidy in the hallway. The two girls fell on the floor and rubbed their backs. "Jessie, what the fuck is your problem?" She yelled.
"Thank…god…I…found you." Jessie said in between breaths.
"Since when do you thank god?" Cassidy snickered.
"Never mind about that. But I have something extremely important to tell you and-"
"Don't tell me you're talking to Jessie, Cassidy." Butch said as he came around the corner. He smelled of cigarette smoke. Jessie wasn't used to being around it so she coughed a bit because of it.
"I'm not. She just bumped into me in the hall." Cassidy said and turned and began to walk away.
"Wait, Cassidy!" Jessie said desperately and couldn't get up on her feet because she had finally pushed her muscles too far. She heard Cassidy chuckle and follow Butch into the room that they shared. Jessie gave a frustrated scream and began to walk slowly through the hallway back to her room, defeated.
The next morning, Jessie woke up in her bed to the smell of bacon, eggs, and toast. "Good morning sleepy head." James said as she opened her eyes. "You overslept, so I brought you breakfast. We have to be in the weight lifting rooms in an hour. You can shower if you want, but I figure it's pointless considering we'll just get all gross and sweaty again."
"Alright. Just give me some of the eggs and orange juice." Jessie said and James obeyed by handing her a tray of food. "Where's Meowth?" She asked as she began eating. She just realized that she had gone to bed without any dinner.
"His Pokemon training starts two hours early today, so he already left." James said and Jessie nodded. "And I'm sorry about last night…you know…" He blushed.
"Don't worry about it. I think you're old enough to handle a naked woman." Jessie joked as he turned an even darker shade of red.
"Just be quiet." He said playfully.
Once Jessie got dressed and ready, the two headed downstairs to the gym of the headquarters. Today was just a day for them to work out. However, they would be watched closely so they couldn't slack off. Jessie's legs were killing her after yesterday so she decided to run on the treadmill last.
Finally, Jessie was able to go in the locker room and take a well deserved shower. She did just as she had done the day before. The shower began to get cold so she just simply got out and sighed because she wouldn't be getting a hot shower until she went upstairs in her room. And stairs were making her legs feel like jelly that day.
"I have an announcement to make!" Domino shouted in her bra and underwear.
"Great." Jessie said under her breath and stopped to see what Domino was talking about.
"Okay, so since I've got your attention, I have news. It's pretty fucked up news, too. So here's what it is. There's a chick with a dick in Team Rocket!"
"You mean a girl here is really a guy?" A female asked as she dried her hair.
"Exactly. And now, I don't know who it is, but whoever it is better fess up or else!" Domino shouted. With all of the commotion going on, Jessie was lucky enough to see Cassidy leaving the locker room unnoticed by the rest. "And since everyone isn't here right now, tomorrow you all have to prove to me that you're biologically girls! So if you are a girl, I suggest you trim up if you don't already!" Jessie then rolled her eyes and left the locker room, unnoticed, to go catch up with Cassidy. Jessie was relieved to see that Cassidy was sitting on a bench in a secluded corner of the gym. She saw a tear run down the girl's face.
"Cassidy…" She said to herself and found the courage to go sit next to her. "You alright?" She asked.
"I-I don't know what you're talking about." Cassidy sniffed and tried to keep the tears from falling.
"Yes you do." Jessie said. "Come on, let's go talk so no one can hear us." Jessie said and stood up but Cassidy didn't even budge. "What are you waiting for?"
"I'm not going with you."
"Look," Jessie started and bent down to make proper eye contact. "Besides your family, I'm practically the only one who knows and you need someone right now." She then stood up and held out her hand. "Come on before someone sees us so you won't have to be seen with me." Cassidy looked at Jessie's hand and accepted it. She led the poor girl into an abandoned storage room and locked it so no one could get in.
It was old and had wooden chairs, desks, and tables. It looked as if it had once been a classroom or something. The room hadn't been used for a long time, probably not since Madame Boss was in charge. "I just…I don't know what to do… Domino will make me take my clothes off in front of everyone and I-I'll have to go along with it because…"
"Because why? You don't have to do it, you know." Jessie said and sat down next to Cassidy on the table.
"You know just as well as I do that I'll be the only one to refuse and then everyone will know. Remember third grade? You remember what happened at recess?"
"Yeah I do." Jessie said as she recalled that day.
Jessie and Cassidy were both eight and nine, respectively and in the third grade. They were at recess and having a good time playing on the field and just running around. They were pretending to be Pokemon. Jessie didn't remember what Pokemon they were being, but that wasn't important. Two boys had approached them and were laughing at something, but then they immediately stopped when they stood in front of them. Cassidy took a step forward. She recognized these bullies. These were the two that would usually pick on Jessie all of the time because she never had any lunch money, or money for that matter.
"Be careful, Cassie." Jessie whispered to her friend. She had told Cassidy that she heard people talking about her when Jessie was in the bathroom the other day. Somehow, kids were finding out about Cassidy's secret.
"Don't worry about me." Cassidy said and faced the bullies.
"So, Cassidy. Do you mind if we play with you?" One of them asked.
"Umm…I don't know…"
"Come on, we haven't really been mean to you two and we're really bored." The other said.
"Well, alright then…" Cassidy said. "But no funny stuff, got it?"
"Got it." The two boys said and proceeded to pretend to be Pokemon with them.
"Hey, let's pretend to have a Pokemon battle, but we're the Pokemon! What do you say?" One of the boys asked Cassidy.
"I say…alright!" Cassidy said, eager to show boys girls can fight too.
"Begin!" Shouted the other boy and Cassidy and the other one began to fight. Once he has shouted begin, the one fighting Cassidy kicked her between the legs as hard as he could. Cassidy collapsed onto the ground with her hands between her legs.
"Cassie!" Jessie shouted her name and tried to get over to her. However, one of the boys stopped her and kicked her between the legs. It hurt, but not too bad. Jessie pushed the boy away and went to Cassidy's side. Her friend was bawling and hunched over in a ball. The boys kicked her repeatedly, shouting things like "freak" and "weirdo." Jessie had had enough and stood up and began to fight the bullies herself. She punched them, bit them, and kicked them both between the legs so that they were doubled over in pain.
"That teaches you to never mess with us!" Jessie said and felt proud of herself until other boys and some girls came over to restrain her. Jessie tried kicking and biting again, but she was small for her age due to the fact she was malnourished for part of her life. The other kids overpowered her.
"Take down her pants!" Shouted a brown haired girl in the crowd. A couple of people did and Cassidy was completely ashamed. How had word gotten out? Jessie couldn't have because she had no one to tell. And she was great at keeping secrets due to the fact Jessie had multiple secrets of her own that she never shared with Cassidy herself.
"Stop it!" Jessie cried as she saw Cassidy crying harder and harder as the kids jeered at her. Suddenly, Jessie began to get angry. She was able to squirm out of a boy's grip and get over to the boy who had humiliated Cassidy for the last time. She began to punch him and pushed him onto the ground and continually punched him in the face. "Fuck you, you piece of shit!" Jessie swore. Some kids knew what she was saying, but others didn't. But the ones who did knew how bad those words were. The other kids were even afraid to stick around, so they all walked away as Jessie continued to beat the crap out of the kid who gave her troubles and now completely humiliated Cassidy. One of the children must have called a teacher over because Jessie felt someone lift her up off the ground. Not thinking about her actions, she began to squirm and kick at the teacher who lifted her up.
"Jessica! Stop this at once!" It was her teacher, Miss Johnson. She immediately stopped and was put down. "What were you doing, Jessica?"
"He deserved it! He hurt Cassie!" Jessie said, pointing to her friend who was still sitting on the ground. She had managed to put her jeans back on while Jessie scared everyone away.
"How did he hurt her?" Miss Johnson asked because Cassidy was crying too hard to even say a word.
"Billy," She said using the boy's name, "was being a jerk. He came over and kicked Cassidy and made her fall down. Then, he took her pants off and that was bad because-" Jessie paused and didn't know what to say. She could never give away Cassidy's secret even if her own life was on the line.
"I understand." The teacher said. "I know exactly what was going on." Miss Johnson said and took Billy by the hand and brought him into the school. Jessie was shocked that she didn't get punished for what she had done. Except she couldn't think about that now. She had to go help her best friend.
"That was one of the times you actually came through." Cassidy said.
"What do you mean only times? There were others too and you know it like the time you almost com-"
"Okay, okay. I get it." Cassidy said. She began to cry again because the idea of something like that happening again really worried her to the point where she couldn't be strong anymore.
"Cassidy, I really wish I could do something to help." Jessie sympathized.
"Just go away. Just get out of here and leave me alone. I'll deal with this myself. I have to."
"You don't need to be alone." Jessie said.
"Get out." Cassidy said.
"Fine. But when you need help tomorrow, don't come crawling back to me because I don't give a fuck anymore. I'm trying to be nice to you even though we hate each other. Now I know why we aren't friends." Jessie snapped and left the room, leaving a sobbing Cassidy behind.
