Chapter 21
"Alright," Meowth said with a smirk on his face, "Da twerps are on their way in." Team Rocket was by themselves in an elevator, heading towards Giovanni's office on the top floor. They saw it as the perfect opportunity to get some quiet time to privately phone the twerps and tell them to proceed with their portion of the plan. Jessie, James, and Meowth politely greeted the receptionist as they exited the elevator, and walked quickly into Giovanni's huge private section of the penthouse floor. Giovanni turned in his chair to greet his 'best agents'.
"Perfect timing, you three…" the boss said menacingly to the trio, "now we can proceed with taking over the world," he grinned evilly. Giovanni directed Jessie, James, and Meowth to a room labeled 'Top Secret'; which only had one entrance, and that was through the boss' office. The trio looked inside this room, and they were stunned. The generator room was filled with a vast assortment of gadgets and machinery. In one corner of the room, there was a large generator with an empty power gauge directly in the center. The generator was attached to a bed surrounded by an indestructible glass enclosure, with Pikachu hooked up inside. Giovanni and his three most important agents approached Pikachu.
"This Pokemon is impeccably more powerful when he's angry," Giovanni mentioned, "and your job is to upset him and get that power gauge moving." From hearing the chatter beside him, Pikachu instantly woke up and glanced around. The first thing within his view was Jessie, James, and Meowth; the three villains he hated the most. Pikachu began shooting off livid, electric attacks, and his energy was drained from the hand, foot, and ear cuffs he was wearing. This caused the power gauge on the generator to slowly inch upward. The boss laughed a hearty laugh, "Hah! At this rate, we should have enough power in no time!" Giovanni turned on his heel and left the generator room, back into his office.
Meowth quickly gave Rhia the OK over walkie-talkie to enter headquarters as well, "Ight Pokemon Masta', it's your time to shine."
"Hmm," Rhia thought to herself as her and Beauty confidently walked down the hill to the entrance of the corporate building, "I'll just tell Giovanni that I'm back after all this time to show him the success he helped me achieve! He'll notice that the seed he planted turned into a flowing field of roses," she smirked evilly as she perfected the details of her lie.
Ash, Misty, and Brock, disguised as grunts, of course, made their way to the large front desk on the first floor of Team Rocket HQ. They looked directly above them and saw a huge map of the entire building, then they quickly located where Giovanni's office was.
"Hey, look over there," Misty pointed to a larger-sized air vent near the floor, slightly hidden from the view of the public. The heroes tiptoed over to that corner, and swiftly climbed into the air ventilation system. They remembered the directions to where Jessie, James, and Meowth were, and went on their way through the steel maze.