Disclaimer: Team Rocket has not found a way to steal the copyright for the Pokemon franchise or Pikachu. I own the story but don't intend on picking up on their thieving goals.

I wasn't planning on making this chapter, but after some reviews I decided to add it in. It gave me a chance to better explain some things I had skimmed on in previous chapters. Plus, it was an exciting prospect to write about Team Rocket. All of their antics are so amusing. The temptation was just too great to resist! I hope I stayed true to their original character.

Thanks to everyone who read and especially who reviewed the last chapter. A special thanks to Sardonicus, A 'Dis'Satified Reader Gfire, prettygirl17, seashall768, emiilyholder, and HappyLeifEricsonDay for reviewing more than once. This chapter is for you!

Chapter 6

James – 2:02 – 2:11am

"Ouch!"

"Get off me!"

"Hey dat was my tail!"

A sudden stinging sensation burst across my handsome face. After traveling with Jessie and Meowth so long it wasn't hard to figure out Meowth had just used Fury Swipes in revenge for his tail. I bellowed in retaliation but Jessie's scream rode over my angry protests.

"MY BEAUTIFUL FACE! YOU HAVE RUINED PERFECTION MEOWTH -"

It was pitch black in this small closet but I knew Jessie had briefly stopped her rampage to take out her mirror to try and examine the damage. This was my chance to pounce!

"Ouch!"

Well that didn't go as planned. However I seem to have managed to turn on the light switch while slamming into the wall. Good! Now I can see what I am doing – and so can Jessie.

"THERE YOU ARE YOU LITTLE -"


Several more bruises and brutal brawl later we all sat down in the small closet. It was baffling how we ended up in this situation. Then again, we always end up in some sticky situation – even when we try to do something good.

"It's kind of silly for us to be fighting each other."

Both of them glared at me with a dangerous glint in their eyes.

"What cha mean by dat Jimmy boy?" Meowth replied in a dangerous tone.

"I mean, it's the twerps we should be mad at for locking us in this closet. Especially since all we were trying to do was help the twerpette."

"You're right James," Jessie pitched in passionately. I took a second to relish the sentence and its rarity. "I can't believe we decided to help them!"

A part of me agreed with her anger. Another part of me couldn't forget why we decided to help. As far back as we could remember each of us were rebels, outsiders. We came together under a united dream and the banner of Team Rocket. The organization was our chance to do whatever we wanted with our lives and get rich, famous, and powerful along the way. We knew it required stealing and other lawless behavior, and that was okay with us.

However, murder was not in the job description.

Jessie is still screaming zealously about the injustice of it all. I hear these rants all the time so instead of listening I continued to just sit there and think.

The aches from bruises I have been accumulating today were starting to wane. It had all started after another long journey across the sea behind a ship in a small bucket that barely fit all of us inside. The whole way over we were thinking of a fail proof scheme to finally get that Pikachu. We finally decided on taking Pikachu when the two twerps united. Meowth said they would be too busy catching up to notice whatever we were doing. We would be gone with Pikachu in a shockproof container before they even noticed. At the time I had been hopeful we wouldn't end up with the bruises that come from getting outsmarted by the twerps and sent blasting off again.

That was before we ran into Cassidy and Bunch in Viridian City. We didn't think about going through the city much, because the twerp was just passing through rather quickly to get to Pewter. Then we spotted Burt – or at least I think that was his name - with what looked like the twerpette. Meowth wanted to just keep going, but I was curious and Jessie knew that wherever Bunt was Cassidy was not far away. The feud between those who was vicious and the chance to one-up her rival was too much. Meowth got ignored and the three of us end up spying on the unusual duo.

"It won't be much longer now Cassidy."

"Don't call me that! We can't afford slip-ups so close to the finish line!"

"What fool would be snooping out in the woods just to spy on people? The only people around here are trainers, and with your rep right now they would either run away or challenge you to a battle. They're not smart enough to listen in," he reasoned with her.

"Besides, they wouldn't know who you are anyway."

"Of course they would know who I am! I am infamous under the glorious name of Team Rocket!"

"Yeah, Team Rocket not Team Cassidy."

"You're one to talk, people can't even get your name right Bundy."

"It's Butch!"

"Yeah, whatever, let's just finish this mission. Once we do the real Misty will be dead. Since they blame for all the bad things we did people will lose faith of the people in the league weaken and our little secret will be buried with her. Then we'll strike the league headquarters itself. Then no one will be left to mess with Team Rocket's world domination!"

"The boss will reward us richly for this one."

"Yes, and I can rub it all Jessie's face when I get promoted and she has to do everything I tell her to!"

They laughed manically. There was a shuffle of bushes being cast aside showing a high tech vehicle. I couldn't get a good look at it though because I was too busy keeping Jessie from blowing a gasket – and out cover.

"You have to stay quiet Jess!"

"You heard what she called me! I am going to get her for this!"

Thankfully they had just turned on the engine, overriding Jessie's war cry as I literally restrained her from blowing our cover.

"We already have! We learned about their plans by spying on them and now we can stop them!" I replied in a harsh whisper.

"Does dat make us da spaying idiots?"

We all froze for a second. Meowth's questioned seemed to have diverted Jessie's rage.

THWACK!

"Ouch!"

"Hey what was dat for?"

Jessie spun back around from hitting us with her thick, hammer-like hair. In the background I could hear the squeal of tires as Cassidy and Bundy sped away.

"I'm not an idiot! You two are!"

"Hey," I replied. It was all I could manage because belittling my intelligence was one of her favorite ways of insulting me. It still hurt a little, but part of me was just too tired to care. There were more important things to fret around. Meowth, however, was more offended.

"Hey! I'm no dummy! I'm da brains of the whole operation!"

She countered quickly and bitingly, "I guess that explains why we haven't caught Pikachu yet!"

Before this conversation could devolve into another fight I decided to pitch in, "We need to figure out what we are going to do about these guys!"

"We are going to stop their plans and prove we're better!" Jessie replied.

"Wouldn't dat mean ruinin da boss's plan?"

This seemed to stop her again for a second as she seemed to think about which was more important to her – the boss and his objectives or revenge on her rival. I took the chance to voice my opinion.

"I want to help the girl," I said quietly. "Letting people die isn't what we are supposed to do."

My insides went cold again just like when I had first heard their conversation. Thankfully Meowth and Jessie agreed. I mean I still got some more bruises from the twerps, and was now stuck inside a small janitor's closet unsure of how to get out without get caught by the police, but if the twerpette was alive then that's what was important.

THWACK!

"Ow! What was that for Jessie?"

"YOU WEREN'T LISTENING!"

"I was just thinking that it was worth to save the twerpette."

"We didn't save her! We don't know if the twerp succeeded," I she yells furiously.

"I think they did," I responded calmly, "There is no way he would fail the twerpette. That means Cassidy and Buster failed. The Boss won't be happy with them and they can't even blame us since they don't even know it was us. Besides we did the right thing," I added thoughtfully, "It feels good."

Jessie and Meowth smiled.

"You know what, your right James. We did do something good today."

"Yeah, and dat feels pretty good!"

That made me feel really good in spite of all the injuries I received today. We would find a way out of here. We always find a way out of tricky situations. Most importantly we know we did something good for once. I looked up at the dimly lit ceiling feeling good about myself. A small glint caught my eye.

"Hey look Jess, somebody left their keys in here!"

WHAM!

"JAMES YOU IDIOT! COULDN'T YOU HAVE FOUND THOSE EARLIER?"

"We got no time for dat Jessie! Let's out of here," Meowth quipped while leaping up to grab the keys. He jumped over the door and unlocked it as if to prove a point.

"Looks like Team Rocket's dashing off again!"

I was worried this wasn't going to be long enough. Once I got into it though I am glad I did this chapter. It was a great way to bring in the information about who is parading as Misty and what Team Rocket wanted with her. I hope that answers your questions! I hope you enjoyed the chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it!