Charmed
by Jillypuff
Rating:PG13
Part 2
"We got 'em!" Meowth
yowled cheerfully.
"Of course we did!" Jessie
smiled. "Don't we always when Team Twerp's not around?"
"Yep!" James agreed
cheerfully, then cocked his head. "Except when we don't."
Jessie whacked him over the head.
"Shut up, James!"
Team Rocket had just returned from a
successful mission to Celadon to steal books from a respected Pokémon library.
The trio were now relaxing in their cabin, enjoying the long absent feeling of
victory.
"So...what books did we get, Jess?" James asked.
Jessie shrugged. "Dunno. Let's
see." She began to peruse the books. "Hmmm... Elemental Types... didn't we read that at PT, James?"
"We were supposed to," he
offered. "Maybe that's why we flunked."
"Maybe. What else?... To Be a Master...we should give this to
the twerp!... Pokémon Crossbreeding...
eeewwwwwww!... 101 Pokémon Recipes...
I'll look through this one later... Pokemon
Master... ooh, I love this book!(Jillypuff:
Me too!)...
hey, what's this?" The Rocketeer picked up a thick red book about the size
of a dictionary. The words Pokélegends was
inscribed in gold on the cover.
"I think it's a book,"
Meowth said helpfully.
He was whacked over the head with
the book by Jessie. "I know it's
a book, furball!"
Scratch marks appeared on Jessie's
face. "Don't call me that!"
"Hey, quit it, you two!"
James said. He took the book and started to flip through it. "Hmmmm...it
seems to talk about Pokémon legends."
"As I could gather from the
title," Jessie said dryly. "What kind of legends?"
"Oh, lots of diiferent ones.
There's a section on the Legendary Birds, one on Mew, one on the Clefairies,
one on more common Pokémon...Hey! Let's see if our Pokémon are in here,
Jessie!"
His partner grinned and snatched the
book from him, both ignoring the nervous look on Meowth's face.
"Arbok...Arbok...here we are! 'Arboks shed their skin every year. Their
castoff scales supposedly bring good luck.' Ha! I still have all of Arbok's
skins since he was an Ekans, and they didn't bring us any good luck!" She
tossed the book to James. "This book is crap."
James shrugged and continued to look
through the book. It can't hurt to keep
looking anyway, he reasoned.
How wrong he was.
* * *
A few hours later, Jessie was trying
to take a nap while James continued to read through the book. Meowth had left
with the other Pokémon, claiming they was going to get some dinner.
Suddenly James paused and looked up.
"Jessie!" he yelled. "Come look at this!"
Jessie muttered something
unprintable and walked over. "What is it now, James?"
"Read this," he said,
holding out the book.
Jessie sighed. Best just to humor him. "Sure," she said wearily, and
took the book from his hands. As she read the section, her eyes grew wider and
wider. She put the book down. "James, do you know what this means?"
"We'll be rich!" he
grinned. Then his face darkened. "But where is..."
"They went to get dinner,"
she answered.
"But wasn't that a few hours
ago?"
Jessie swore under her breath.
"They should have been back by now. We better go find them." She
grabbed their jackets and tossed James his. "Let's go."
The two ran, leaving the book
forgotten on the floor. It sa there for a few minutes, undistubed. Then a lone
Rattata ran over and sniffed it. Satisfied, it scurried over the book, leaving
a dirty footprint over one line that read "...has the ability to grant
three wishes..."
To be continued...