Chapter 14: Team Rocket's Blunders Part 2

Once they were dressed up for tonight, Ash, Pikachu and Serena were walking down the street, on their way to Fifi's home. Ash was wearing his best tuxedo, which was black with a red necktie. Pikachu was wearing a collar and a blue bow tie. Serena was wearing a simple pink dress along with pink lipstick. Serena was carrying a bag with Fifi's new dress. "You think Fifi will like the new dress?" asked Pikachu. "She will once she sees it. And it'll look better than her old one considering it was imported from the city of Canterlot," said Serena.

Jessie and James were spying on our heroes from an alleyway. "This new plan had better work, James. Ever since we got here, we've been getting nothing but bad luck," said Jessie. "It will work. Trust me," said James. "Trust me? I've heard that one before," said Jessie sarcastically. James took out a dynamite stick attached to a telescoping device. "This'll help us annihilate the twerps from afar," said James. He lit the dynamite stick and snickered. He pushed the trigger. But instead of launching the dynamite at our heroes, it sent James flying backwards. He crashed into Jessie and the two dumb thieves crashed into a wall, leaving a Team Rocket shaped hole in the wall. James retracted the dynamite, which was a bad mistake on their part. KA-BOOM! The dynamite stick exploded, blowing a big hole in the building. Jessie and James were once again black as soot from getting fried.

Meowth decided to do a pitfall trap in the middle of the sidewalk to try to trap Fifi. After digging the pit, he covered it well. Meowth waited until he heard something fall in. "I got her!" said Jessie. Meowth jumped into the pit to try to attack Fifi. But when he got into the pit, he screamed as he was attacked by something that wasn't Fifi. Whatever Meowth caught roared angrily as it attacked him. He ran out, white with fright. The thing that attacked Meowth climbed out. It was really a Burmese Tiger (Surprisibus surprisibus).

Later, Jessie and James built a lengthy steep ramp around an abandoned building. James got out a bomb. "Once the twerps come by, we'll light this bomb, roll it down the chute and it'll blow the twerps, stunning them long enough for us to steal Pikachu," said James. He snickered. Jessie was looking through a telescope. "Here they come. Light the bomb now, James," said Jessie. "Right," said James. James took out a match and lit it. He put the lit match near the bomb's fuse. BOOM! The bomb exploded too soon, frying Jessie and James. Once again, they were black from the gunpowder.

Just then, Little Beeper snuck up behind Jessie and James and let out a loud "Beep beep!" The two Pokémon thieves got startled and jumped. They fell onto the chute and began to roll down the chute, yelling nonsense profanity. Little Beeper watched as the two dumb thieves rolled down. Ash and his friends passed by the abandoned building. Jessie and James then landed on the road with a THUD! The two groaned as they struggled to get back up. They heard a loud honking. Jessie and James turned around and saw they were face to face with a delivery truck. CRASH! The truck ran over Jessie and James. The two Pokémon thieves were flat as pancakes and had tire marks on their bodies. Little Beeper was amused at what he had seen and giggled. He let out some beeping that sounded like, "nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah". And the young roadrunner ran off. At that moment, both Wile E. Coyote and Calamity Coyote were walking by when they saw the flat Jessie and James. "What are you looking at?" groaned Jessie. Wile E. held out a sign that read, "We feel your pain". And they walked away.

After his surprise encounter with the tiger, Meowth decided to take a new approach to try to kill Fifi. He decided to hide in another alleyway and use an old fashioned cannon to try to blast Fifi to smithereens. Meowth loaded the cannonball into the cannon. He then went behind the cannon and lit the fuse as Fifi was walking past the alleyway. "Now I got you," said Meowth. He held his ears as the fuse was nearly out. But when the fuse was burnt out, the cannon didn't fire for some reason. Meowth's eyes widened in surprise. "Huh? What the?!" asked Meowth. He walked in front of the cannon. "What's wrong with this thing?" asked Meowth. Without warning, the cannon finally fired the cannonball, right at Meowth. Meowth was stuck to the cannonball as it was shot forward. He screamed as he was in for a trip. The cannonball struck a nearby boulder, reducing it to rubble in a fiery explosion. When the smoke cleared, once again, Meowth was black as soot. Suddenly, a piece of rubble fell on top of him, crushing him.

For their next idiotic plan, Jessie and James ordered a couple of products from the ACME Corporation. They were at the Acme Acres Park with an ACME giant rubber band tied between two large rocks. They were going to use the giant rubber to launch a large rock at Ash & co. once they arrive. "Jessie, the twerps are coming this way," said James. "Come on. Help me with this rubber band," said Jessie. "Right," said James. Jessie and James began to pull the giant rubber band.

But the two thieves were pulling on the rubber band so hard that it caused the rocks to become dislodged from the ground. This in turn caused the rocks to tumble backwards. As the rocks were rolling, the rubber band tied to them began to pull Jessie and James with them. They screamed as they were in for the ride. The rocks then got wedged onto two rock walls. Jessie and James went through the opening and saw a tree in front of them. They latched themselves onto the tree. The two thieves held onto it tight to prevent themselves from being catapulted by the rubber band. Unfortunately, this caused the two boulders to get pulled toward them. They hit Jessie and James, taking the two with them along with the section of the tree they were clinging onto. The rubber band latched onto what remained of the tree and pulled it with it. As the rocks, the tree, the rubber band and and Jessie and James were tumbling, they managed to get free and ran from the tumbling stuff. But they weren't looking where they were going and crashed into a rock wall. The boulders, rubber band and tree slammed into Jessie and James. The two emerged from the boulders, dazed. Suddenly, the rubber band pulled the rest of tree and they were crushed between the boulders and the tree.

For his next plan to kill Fifi La Fume, Meowth was going to use tightrope across two buildings. He planned to drop an anvil on Fifi once she was below the tightrope. Meowth snickered as he picked the anvil and began to walk on the tightrope. "Not even you can't escape this anvil, Fifi," snickered Meowth. Unfortunately for him, Elmyra had overheard what Meowth was planning. She was on the other side of the street on the building that the other part of the tightrope was attached to. "Hey, kitty! Check this out!" said Elmyra. "Huh?" asked Meowth. Elmyra then took out a pair of scissors. Meowth's eyes widened when he saw the scissors. "No! Don't!" cried Meowth. But it was too late. Elmyra cut the tightrope and Meowth began to fall along with the anvil screaming. He landed on the ground first. After that, the anvil fell on him, flattening him into a pancake. Elmyra laughed at the flattened Meowth. "Serves you right for trying to hurt pretty kitty!" laughed Elmyra. Meowth groaned in pain.

After recovering from their latest, literal crushing failure, Jessie and James decided to use an old fashion lasso to snag Pikachu. They saw Ash and co. coming. "Now we got them," said James. Unfortunately, he wasn't paying attention and the spinning lasso got snagged onto a nearby fire escape. When James through the lasso forward, it was actually strong enough to rip the fire escape off the building. The fire escape fell on top of Jessie and James, crushing them. Ash and his friends heard the crash. "Did you hear something?" asked Ash. "I don't know," said Serena. "Pika?" asked Pikachu.

(Insert "I've Been Working on the Railroad")

Jessie and James ordered some more ACME products for their next scheme. They consisted of some railroad tracks and a set of railroad crossing gates. Jessie was wiring up the crossing gates. James laid the tracks in between the crossing gates. At that moment, Meowth arrived to where Jessie and James were. He was holding an ice pack to a goose egg on his head due to his incident with the anvil. "There you are, Meowth," said Jessie, looking annoyed. "Have you finally got rid of that skunk? We need you to help with this next scheme," said James. "I would've killed her if it weren't for the interference I've been getting," groaned Meowth. "What interference?" asked James. "Two of my plans were foiled cause apparently there is this human girl who wants to make Fifi her pet. And the second time she interfered caused an anvil to drop on me, leaving me with this Godzilla-sized headache," complained Meowth. "Whatever," said both Jessie & James. James began to play a record of railroad sound effects. Meowth pressed a button that activated the lights and lowered the crossing gate.

(End Music)

Ash and his friends were walking down the alleyway when they saw the fake crossing. "I do not remember a railroad crossing here," said Serena.

(Insert "Team Rocket Motto, Kanto-Johto Version" from Pokémon)

Team Rocket jumped onto the fake tracks and began to say their motto. "Prepare for trouble!" said Jessie. "Make it . . . ," BAM!

(Record Scratch)

James was interrupted when a runaway goods train appeared out of nowhere and rammed him and his two partners. It consisted of several open wagons, box vans, oil tankers, empty cattle trucks and hoppers. Team Rocket were stuck to the brake van. All the trucks (minus the brake van) had faces and they were infamously known as Troublesome Trucks for causing mischief on Sir Topham Hatt's railway. Team Rocket were dazed from getting hit. "Pardon me boys, is this the Acme Acres choo choo?" sang Meowth. "Choo, choo, choo," sang Jessie & James. The trucks laughed due to what happened to Team Rocket. "On, on, on! Faster, faster, faster!" giggled the trucks in their silly way. Ash and his friends were surprised at what they had seen. "Those three can never catch a break," said Serena. "Nope," said Ash. Pikachu giggled.

Just then, a sentient BR Standard Class 9F steam engine appeared. He was painted dull orange with green and red lining. He had smoke deflectors, on which he wore red nameplates with his name, which was Murdoch, in gold. He was larger and stronger than Gordon. "Excuse me. Have you kids seen a runaway goods train run past by here?" asked Murdoch. Ash & co. pointed in the direction the trucks went. "Thanks," said Murdoch. And he puffed away.


Team Rocket just can't catch a break, can they? Another cameo from Thomas characters, this time, from the Troublesome Trucks and Murdoch that is. Which gag in this chapter was your favorite? Next chapter, Pikachu and Fifi will go on their date and you'll be introduced to a relative of Fifi . . .