No good deed goes unpunished
Disclaimer: This fic is rated R for graphic violence, adult language, and other things that would make Sheila Broslofski say "What, What, WHAT?!?" (chuckles) But seriously, this is my first try at a chapter fic, so bear with me. While most Pokemon scripts are based on Ash and his friends, this fic is NOT! In fact, the star of this fic is.. Well, you'll see. Oh, and I don't own most of the characters in the fic. Nintendo does.
Recap: In the last chapter, Meowth is visited by three ghosts who. Hold on, wrong story! (sounds of papers being shuffled) Ok, here we go.
Real Recap: In the last chapter, Meowth runs into (or rather pounces into) a boy claiming that Meowth saved his life. Imagine Jessie and James's shock when Meowth says the boy's claims are true.
Meowth: It all happened like this..
The screen starts to get all wavy like a flashback. By the time the screen stops waving, the scene's changed to back to 1 day after Meowth was dumped by Meowsie and we see Meowth walking through a town with his possessions in a bag marked "To TRHQ"
Meowth (V.O.): It was only a day after Meowsie said she could never love me because I'd become a lowly freak Meowth and I was already starting to feel pretty low. With my dreams dashed like a cheap vase, I'd started my trek towards joining Team Rocket. What would happen on that day, would be something I'd never forget..
At this point, the V.O. fades as we see Meowth tearfully walking through the town
Meowth: (bitterly) So she thinks I'm nothing but a freak?! Well I'll show her! I'll become a star in Team Rocket. Then she'll be sorry!
As Meowth walks past an old run-down house, he hears the sound of a boy crying inside. Being a little curious, he runs to the house's side window and looks inside.
Meowth: (shocked) What the.
We see what he's seen through the window, a bare room only holding in it a younger Josh Taylor whose hands and feet are tied up and whose face is battered and bloody and sporting a nose that's smashed beyond repair
Meowth: Hey kid??
Josh, hearing a voice at the window, turns towards it with tears running down his cheek
Josh: (whimpering) W-w-who's there??
Meowth: It's just me, Meowth!
Josh: But that's impossible! Pokemon can't talk!
Meowth: (sighs) It's a long story, kid. But I see you're kinda tied up at the moment.
Josh: Help me.
Meowth: (startled) Wha..
Josh: Help me, please. I've been trapped here for 10 days! This sicko, Harris, has kept me stuck in here. He's already killed my parents, and I'm afraid he's gonna kill me too!
Meowth: Good god! Why?!?
Josh: Everytime I ask, he slashes me with that switchblade of his.
Meowth: Well he won't get the chance to keep you stuck here any longer.
Meowth jumps off the windowsill and into the room
Meowth: .cause I'm gonna get you outta here!
Josh smiles gratefully at Meowth as the cat-pokemon gets behind the kid and starts clawing at the ropes binding his hands. Suddenly, Josh and Meowth hear footsteps coming down the hall outside the room.
Josh: Shit! It's him! If he catches you here, we're both dead!
Meowth: Don't worry. I've got a plan!
Just as the door to the room starts to open, Meowth ducks down behind Josh
Josh: (out of the side of his mouth) That's your plan?!?
The door opens and we see a man with long black hair stagger into the room, carrying a bottle of vodka and a whip
Man: What's going on in here?!?
Josh: (nervous as hell and stuttering like Porky Pig) N-n-n-n-noth-h-h-ing Ha-a-rris,...
Harris: (leaning towards Josh) Don't sound like nothin'. Sounds like you got someone else in here!
Josh: I'm the only one in here, I swear!
As Josh is saying this, the scent of the liquor on Harris's breath reaches Meowth's nostrils and gags him
Harris: (hearing Meowth gagging behind Josh) YOU'RE LYING!!!
Josh: No, I swear I'm not!!!
Harris bashes the vodka bottle against Josh's face
Harris: GODDAMNIT YOU BETTER NOT BE LYING, OR I'LL KILL YOU LIKE I DID YOUR MOM AND DAD!!!
Harris leaves the room, slamming the door on his way out. After the door closes, a pale-faced Meowth comes out from behind the terrified boy with a look of utmost revolt and horror on his face.
Meowth: (softly) Holy shit! I've gotta get you outta here!
With a determined look on his face, Meowth is able to free Josh from the ropes surrounding his hands and feet
Meowth: There we go!
Josh: (getting up) Thanks, Meowth! (giving him a huge hug) I owe you one.
All of a sudden, the door is flung open and we see Harris standing in the doorway with a shotgun
Harris: I knew it! You had someone in here all along! NOW YOU BOTH DIE!!!
Meowth: Not if I can help it!
Meowth leaps onto Harris and claws fiercely at his eyes, blinding him
Harris: Agggghhhh! Get off of me you mangy hairball!!!
Josh runs over to Harris and pries Meowth off
Harris: (screaming in pain) My eyes! My eyes!
Josh: What now, Meowth?
Meowth: We run!
Josh and Meowth climb out the window and run off as we see Harris lay on the floor clutching his bloody face
Meowth: (V.O. resumes) Me and the kid ran to a nearby police station and let them know what happened. Harris was arrested for the murder of the kid's parents and I was called a hero.
The screen gets wavy again as the scene changes from Harris writhing on the floor to Team Rocket and Josh in the forest
Meowth: And that's what happened.
Jessie and James are both spell-bound by this tale. Up until now, the Meowth they'd always known had never risked his life like that to save another human.
Josh: Shortly afterwards, I had to get what was left of my nose removed because of all the damage that Harris had done to it. But that was nothing compared to having to deal with my parents being murdered!
James: Wow. that's just. wow.
Jessie: I guess Meowth really did save your life.
Josh: Soon it may be my turn to save his, and possibly yours as well.
Jessie: How so?
Meowth: Yeah, Harris got locked up in a maximum-security prison!
Josh: Well it apparently wasn't secure enough.
Meowth: What are you saying.
What Josh says next catches the 3 off-guard in a big way
Josh: I'm saying. Harris escaped last night.
James: (gasps in horror)
Josh: And he's out for Meowth's blood.
Meowth faints into James's arms while Jessie looks positively stunned
A/N: Ok, so now the plot's been worked out a little bit. Hope the next few chapters are good. NO FLAMES PLEASE. I will allow constructive criticism though.
Disclaimer: This fic is rated R for graphic violence, adult language, and other things that would make Sheila Broslofski say "What, What, WHAT?!?" (chuckles) But seriously, this is my first try at a chapter fic, so bear with me. While most Pokemon scripts are based on Ash and his friends, this fic is NOT! In fact, the star of this fic is.. Well, you'll see. Oh, and I don't own most of the characters in the fic. Nintendo does.
Recap: In the last chapter, Meowth is visited by three ghosts who. Hold on, wrong story! (sounds of papers being shuffled) Ok, here we go.
Real Recap: In the last chapter, Meowth runs into (or rather pounces into) a boy claiming that Meowth saved his life. Imagine Jessie and James's shock when Meowth says the boy's claims are true.
Meowth: It all happened like this..
The screen starts to get all wavy like a flashback. By the time the screen stops waving, the scene's changed to back to 1 day after Meowth was dumped by Meowsie and we see Meowth walking through a town with his possessions in a bag marked "To TRHQ"
Meowth (V.O.): It was only a day after Meowsie said she could never love me because I'd become a lowly freak Meowth and I was already starting to feel pretty low. With my dreams dashed like a cheap vase, I'd started my trek towards joining Team Rocket. What would happen on that day, would be something I'd never forget..
At this point, the V.O. fades as we see Meowth tearfully walking through the town
Meowth: (bitterly) So she thinks I'm nothing but a freak?! Well I'll show her! I'll become a star in Team Rocket. Then she'll be sorry!
As Meowth walks past an old run-down house, he hears the sound of a boy crying inside. Being a little curious, he runs to the house's side window and looks inside.
Meowth: (shocked) What the.
We see what he's seen through the window, a bare room only holding in it a younger Josh Taylor whose hands and feet are tied up and whose face is battered and bloody and sporting a nose that's smashed beyond repair
Meowth: Hey kid??
Josh, hearing a voice at the window, turns towards it with tears running down his cheek
Josh: (whimpering) W-w-who's there??
Meowth: It's just me, Meowth!
Josh: But that's impossible! Pokemon can't talk!
Meowth: (sighs) It's a long story, kid. But I see you're kinda tied up at the moment.
Josh: Help me.
Meowth: (startled) Wha..
Josh: Help me, please. I've been trapped here for 10 days! This sicko, Harris, has kept me stuck in here. He's already killed my parents, and I'm afraid he's gonna kill me too!
Meowth: Good god! Why?!?
Josh: Everytime I ask, he slashes me with that switchblade of his.
Meowth: Well he won't get the chance to keep you stuck here any longer.
Meowth jumps off the windowsill and into the room
Meowth: .cause I'm gonna get you outta here!
Josh smiles gratefully at Meowth as the cat-pokemon gets behind the kid and starts clawing at the ropes binding his hands. Suddenly, Josh and Meowth hear footsteps coming down the hall outside the room.
Josh: Shit! It's him! If he catches you here, we're both dead!
Meowth: Don't worry. I've got a plan!
Just as the door to the room starts to open, Meowth ducks down behind Josh
Josh: (out of the side of his mouth) That's your plan?!?
The door opens and we see a man with long black hair stagger into the room, carrying a bottle of vodka and a whip
Man: What's going on in here?!?
Josh: (nervous as hell and stuttering like Porky Pig) N-n-n-n-noth-h-h-ing Ha-a-rris,...
Harris: (leaning towards Josh) Don't sound like nothin'. Sounds like you got someone else in here!
Josh: I'm the only one in here, I swear!
As Josh is saying this, the scent of the liquor on Harris's breath reaches Meowth's nostrils and gags him
Harris: (hearing Meowth gagging behind Josh) YOU'RE LYING!!!
Josh: No, I swear I'm not!!!
Harris bashes the vodka bottle against Josh's face
Harris: GODDAMNIT YOU BETTER NOT BE LYING, OR I'LL KILL YOU LIKE I DID YOUR MOM AND DAD!!!
Harris leaves the room, slamming the door on his way out. After the door closes, a pale-faced Meowth comes out from behind the terrified boy with a look of utmost revolt and horror on his face.
Meowth: (softly) Holy shit! I've gotta get you outta here!
With a determined look on his face, Meowth is able to free Josh from the ropes surrounding his hands and feet
Meowth: There we go!
Josh: (getting up) Thanks, Meowth! (giving him a huge hug) I owe you one.
All of a sudden, the door is flung open and we see Harris standing in the doorway with a shotgun
Harris: I knew it! You had someone in here all along! NOW YOU BOTH DIE!!!
Meowth: Not if I can help it!
Meowth leaps onto Harris and claws fiercely at his eyes, blinding him
Harris: Agggghhhh! Get off of me you mangy hairball!!!
Josh runs over to Harris and pries Meowth off
Harris: (screaming in pain) My eyes! My eyes!
Josh: What now, Meowth?
Meowth: We run!
Josh and Meowth climb out the window and run off as we see Harris lay on the floor clutching his bloody face
Meowth: (V.O. resumes) Me and the kid ran to a nearby police station and let them know what happened. Harris was arrested for the murder of the kid's parents and I was called a hero.
The screen gets wavy again as the scene changes from Harris writhing on the floor to Team Rocket and Josh in the forest
Meowth: And that's what happened.
Jessie and James are both spell-bound by this tale. Up until now, the Meowth they'd always known had never risked his life like that to save another human.
Josh: Shortly afterwards, I had to get what was left of my nose removed because of all the damage that Harris had done to it. But that was nothing compared to having to deal with my parents being murdered!
James: Wow. that's just. wow.
Jessie: I guess Meowth really did save your life.
Josh: Soon it may be my turn to save his, and possibly yours as well.
Jessie: How so?
Meowth: Yeah, Harris got locked up in a maximum-security prison!
Josh: Well it apparently wasn't secure enough.
Meowth: What are you saying.
What Josh says next catches the 3 off-guard in a big way
Josh: I'm saying. Harris escaped last night.
James: (gasps in horror)
Josh: And he's out for Meowth's blood.
Meowth faints into James's arms while Jessie looks positively stunned
A/N: Ok, so now the plot's been worked out a little bit. Hope the next few chapters are good. NO FLAMES PLEASE. I will allow constructive criticism though.