Janet awoke to a startling scene. Where were Jessie and James? Where was the feline she had come to like so much? She felt a bit lonely. She was used to their company now, after a year.
She jumped when she heard a knock on the door. "Gio?" she asked, opening the door. She was one of Giovanni's favorites; she didn't need to address him as "Boss".
"Yup, it's me, Janet. I have some news for you," Giovanni informed her, stepping in the small shack. "Those morons I paired you up with- Jessie and James A.K.A. Kayana and Ankoku have quit." (Author's note: GASP!! He knows their identities! But... how?)
"Meowth -otherwise known as Mynyasi- too?" Janet asked, saddened. (ZOMG!!! SHE KNOWS TOO. 8O)
Giovanni nodded, looking around. "Why, my girl, you deserved so much better anyway. How did you cope with a small house like this?" he asked, observing the small shack with only a few rooms.
"They had cookies," Janet explained, motioning over to the fridge. (I told you, they have a lack of pantry.) "Sugary sweets."
"And yet you still keep that curved frame..." Giovanni chucked under his breath. "...even when you're only eleven years old. Funny..." Giovanni paused as he felt fur against his leg. "...And who is this?"
Picking up the female Meowth in her arms, she replied: "That's Luminia. Jessie found her when James was getting in touch with his... true self."
"Ah," Giovanni said, not being able to think of anything else to say in reply. "So, Janet, you may be wondering why I am here in your base and you not in my office?"
"It's a bit odd, yes," Janet admitted, brushing her scarlet hair out of her eyes.
"I have hired some... people," Giovanni smiled evilly. "Special, seasoned people. You know them very well, I'm sure."
"Who? Simon and Alaina?" Janet asked. "The scrawny runt who used to be James' partner (read Pokemon Journals: Just an Innocent Victim! to fully understand) and the flattie?"
Giovanni chucked. "'Flattie'. That's a good one."
"Thanks."
"No, not them," Giovanni answered her question. "Someone else that you know... and Jessie and James know them VERY well too. All TOO well, in fact..." Giovanni drifted off into his own dark, bloody fantasy world full of death, hatred and a freakishly strong Pikachu.
"...Sir? Giovanni? GIO," Janet shouted.
Giovanni was immediately jolted out of his thoughts by the child before him. "Sorry... got a bit daydreamy... or dayMAREy I shoud say..."
"That was a lame joke."
"No joke."
Giovanni said those two words in a way that made a shiver shoot up Janet's spine like an cold lightning bolt. "...What do you mean by that?" Janet asked in a hushed whisper although there was no-one around for miles. "What do you mean by 'no joke'?"
Giovanni looked at Janet carefully, his beady black gaze cutting through her like an onyx knife. "Are you afraid of me?" he asked, squinting.
Janet opened her mouth to protest when she realized she was shaking and holding Luminia to her chest tightly. This has to be the first time ever since I was five... she thought, going back to when she first met Giovanni. ...The first time I've been scared of him in five- no, SIX years. And I'm not just scared, I'm terrified! Is he really thinking of... she didn't want the next word to enter her mind, but it was too late.
...Assasination?
Giovanni raised his voice a bit. "Are you?"
Janet nodded slowly, looking down. "Are you going to kill them?" she whispered, a tear hanging on her long eyelashes.
"Yes."
"But... but... you can't!" Janet shouted, losing control. "He is the Dark King! The true king! You can't kill him!" she took a step backwards, and felt her back hit the wall. "He will bring us all to total power!"
Giovanni's eyes were now nothing but angry black slits. His thoughts were written all over his face. His face read: Dare you challenge me? Dare you defy me? Do you, Janet Kagimi Simal, dare to disagree and risk all you have?
Janet realized that she had made a terrible mistake. Well... there's no going back now, she thought grimly. "YES!! I dare to defy! James- Ankoku- whatever you call him- will not die! You can slaugter me, you can take my life, but Ankoku will live!"
Giovanni's hand grasped something metal in his belt. "Then I'll do just that," he whispered, and slit the child's throat before she had a chance to scream.
...
Sheshe tapped her foot on the grassy ground. "When is Jaja showing up? She said she'd be here an hour ago!" she murmered. The irritation in her voice could not be missed. "Let's go see her at the 'Base' or whatever she calls it."
Mimi nodded. "Truly, she is running late."
Sheshe rolled her eyes. "Truly, you will die..."
...
"SHESHE!!" Mimi wailed, brusting in the door. "Look!" she pointed to Janet's limp, bloody figure on the hard floor of the cabin.
Sheshe raced over, then gasped. "Jaja..." she whispered, touching the locket that Janet wore. It was a silver tiger with ruby eyes and black stripes.
A small grey figure that resembled a cat came over. She had black eyes and ruffled grey fur. "I saw the whole thing. She died a noble death at the hands of a traitor." She closed her eyes. "Her father would have been proud." (OK. Lady Bat, despite the name, is actually a guy. He's her dad.)
Mimi's head snapped up, her red eyes watering. "A traitor...?"
"Innav killed her."
"INNAV?!" Sheshe asked in disbelief. "No! Not him!" she shrieked. "Innav couldn't have..." but she knew better. She knew that the smokey cat-like thing was telling the truth. "Moonshadow?" she asked, looking at the grey thing.
"Yes?"
"I think we should give her a proper... burial," she proprosed, a tear running down her cheek.
"I approve."
"But where?" Mimi asked.
"First we should bury her with her locket. There will never be another Jaja," Sheshe whispered sadly. "We should bury her by the waterfall... she always loved those things," she looked up, obviously recalling past memories.
Mimi nodded, and picked up the body. "Innav..." she whispered.
Moonshadow nodded. "She died for Ankoku, Mimi. She died for the one she loved."
