Jessie James and Meowth had just had what they considered the worst experience of their lives. The boss had been furious that they had let Lizzie go, and was more furious still that they hadn't caught the twerp.
"The boss must really want the twerp on Team Rocket."James said sadly. "Are we that bad at being bad?"
Jessie hung her head.
"Well, we're just going to have to try harder, aren't we?"
Meowth sat beside them.
"Hey, isn't that the twerps mother?"asked Meowth, pointing to a woman who was about to enter the boss's headquarters.
Jessie and James looked up.
"You're right."
"What would the twerp's mother want here?"
Jessie gasped and stood up.
"Maybe she wants the twerp to join Team Rocket after all!"she said.
James and Meowth stood up after her.
"But, Jessie, you don't think-"
"We can't chance it! We have to stop that twerp from taking our places on the team."
Meowth and James nodded. They ran after the twerp's mother, and in through a window, following her. Delia had too much on her mind, to notice that she was being followed. She walked into the boss's office, and shut the door.
"Pardon me, Jessie, but how're we supposed to know just what the twerp's mother is saying to the boss when the door is shut?"asked James.
"Luckily for us, while exploring that shop, I found several useful little gadgets."said Meowth pulling out what looked like a small tape recorder. "The twerp's aunt kept these in her office. Cleo said she sometimes liked to amuse herself making little googas. It's perfect for eavesdropping."he laughed.
He put the small gadget next to the door, and they all listened in.
"Just what do you want with my Ash, Giovanni? Do you think you will get to him by kidnapping and hurting my sister?"asked the twerp's mother.
"He wants him to replace us, that's what!"muttered Jessie, angrily.
"You know Ash wouldn't stay still knowing that you have people he cares about, don't you?"
"But I thought the twerp didn't care about his aunt."James began.
"Shhh. Quiet."
"I never wanted to kidnap your sister. The idiots whom are in charge of it, simply kidnapped the wrong person, and that's just why I need to have them succeed in this one thing if in nothing else."
"They will not succeed!"the twerp's mother insisted. "Why don't you just forget about Ash! He's no good to you!"
"He'll be very useful to me."
"I will not let you near him. You will never find him! And even if you did, I know he'll see right through you."
Jessie James and Meowth listened carefully, intent on not missing anything that might help them convince the boss that the twerp wasn't Team Rocket material. They simply hoped that no one arrived to question them as to what they were doing in front of the boss's door. Ten minutes later, Meowth turned off the gadget.
"No way!"he said in a low voice.
"Could it be?"
"Do you think it's really true?"
They stared at each other, as though daring each other to yell out April Fool. None of them did.
"So…do you suppose that's why the boss wanted the twerp?"asked Jessie.
"The boss is actually the twerp's father?"asked Meowth in an awed voice.