Chapter 11
Executive Order
In the Silph Company building's top floor, the boss of Team Rocket, Giovanni, was having a meeting with his executives.
"I could never have dreamed that we would be as powerful as we are, but thanks to you four executives, Team Rocket is poised to take over the Pokémon world," Giovanni said, stroking his Persian. "The Master Ball project has been a huge success, and it's only going to get better as we begin to use the Master Balls more often. I can't thank you four enough for what you've done over the past year."
The four executives were none other than four Kanto gym leaders- Lieutenant Surge, Koga, Blaine, and Sabrina. Each of them had his or her own role in Team Rocket's success. Lt. Surge was in charge of stealing Pokémon and shipping them away to other Team Rocket hideouts by using the S.S. Anne. Koga was in charge of Team Rocket's deceptive ways; because he was very skilled in creating disguises, he found ways of sneaking Team Rocket members all over Kanto and Johto, as well as making sure the public did not find out about Silph Company's operation. Blaine was a scientist; it was he who figured out how to create Master Balls that could steal other trainers' Pokémon and give full control of the Pokémon to the one who would use the Master Ball. He not only was teaching all sorts of Team Rocket members how to do this work, but he was also hard at work cloning powerful Pokémon, which Team Rocket planned to use against any sort of police forces or trainers who opposed them. Sabrina, however, had perhaps the most important job of all, one that remained secret even from her fellow executives. Only Giovanni knew of what she was capable of, and he made sure no one found out about it.
The executives would spend some time at their gyms, as they did not want trainers to start to have suspicions about them. But their gyms were merely places for them to make their Pokémon more powerful for when they would really need them- such as what Sabrina had used her Alakazam for against Gary, Melody, Joe, and Giselle. They were currently working at Saffron City on the Master Ball project, what Giovanni viewed as the most important part of Team Rocket's plans.
A year ago, Giovanni had sent Team Rocket members in disguise as normal trainers to these gym leaders' gyms. Before the battles, they offered large sums of money and promises of new Pokémon to the gym leaders' collections if they were to help them in their cause. All four reluctantly accepted, but after meeting Giovanni and seeing the type of power they could obtain, they began working very hard on Team Rocket's plans. Giovanni made them his executives, knowing their skills with battling Pokémon, and he paid them large sums of money. With their help, Team Rocket became more powerful than ever before.
However, not even the satisfaction of doing their job well along with large salaries and important positions in Team Rocket could keep these executives satisfied. They wanted more power, and it was Sabrina who wanted it more than the rest combined.
"I am glad to see that you are pleased with our work, boss," Sabrina said. "However, I have a request."
"I'm so happy with you four, I am willing to offer any sort of pay raise you wish up to 25," Giovanni said. "Is that what you want?"
"Boss, my fellow executives and I can tell you that our dreams are of being powerful Pokémon trainers, as we are already," Sabrina said. "But it is of no use if we are only secretly known as great trainers."
"What are you saying?" Giovanni asked, starting to get a little annoyed.
"Boss, we wish to become the new Elite Four," Sabrina said.
"What!" an angry Giovanni said. "You want to quit Team Rocket, join that Pokémon League, and ruin everything you've worked for!"
"You will love my idea, boss," Sabrina said. "You know very well we can destroy the Elite Four by stealing their Pokémon. We can go to Indigo Plateau, steal all of their Pokémon, capture the Elite Four members, and set up Team Rocket headquarters at Indigo Plateau. The Pokémon League will be run by Team Rocket. The Elite Four will be us, the executives of Team Rocket. And the champion of the Elite Four will be… you."
Giovanni gave Sabrina a curious look, then started to laugh. Lt. Surge and Koga looked a little worried for a moment, but Sabrina remained calm.
"You are something else," Giovanni said to Sabrina. "I thought you were brilliant before, but now I know how much of a genius you really are. This plan is better than any I could have ever imagined. I will follow through with your plan, because it is the future of Team Rocket! I can't believe I didn't come up with that myself… you are a brilliant executive! All four of you will receive pay raises!"
Sabrina smiled evilly, while the other three executives happily thanked Giovanni and Sabrina, the one who came up with this plan, convincing the other executives of its worth first. The three male executives left Giovanni's office to continue working on Team Rocket's orders. Sabrina, meanwhile, had a personal issue to take care of, one that she felt needed to be dealt with in order for her to continue to have success with Team Rocket. She stayed in Giovanni's office to tell him about this issue.