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- prepare for trouble -
- and make it double -
- to infect the world with devastation -
- to blight all people in every nation -
- to denounce the goodness of truth and love -
- to extend our wrath to the stars above -
- Cassidy -
- Butch -
- we're Team Rocket, circling earth day and night -
- surrender to us now or you'll surely lose the fight -
- that's right -
Ash couldn't believe his eyes as the Meowth balloon landed on top of the cotton candy both.
He couldn't believe his ears either.
All the times he had heard Jesse and James do their speech, one would think he would know it by heart. Now he was hearing different words and who the hell were Butch and Cassidy?
/Are Jesse and James under cover again?/ ran through his brain.
"HA, HA, HA...I betcha never thought you'd see us again Ashy-boy," one of the shadows said and tossed a smoke bomb to the ground. Everyone who hadn't cleared out already, ran away as fast as they could.
Ash started coughing and collapsed into the arms of a very familiar and curvaceous figure. It started to drag him out of the smoke when another familiar figure came and grabbed his feet. Ash was very grateful when they were out of the smoke cloud.
"Ash, are you okay? We ran over as soon as we heard," Brock stopped to catch his breath. Ash looked at Misty's expression and knew that they were truly worried about him.
"I'm cough, cough, cough, HACK...cough..." Ash said, starting another round of coughing. "...daijobu." Brock and Misty exchanged a pitiful glance before they got ready to fight.
"So, who are we up against?"
The trio turned around and saw a sparkle of red and a dash of blue before the speaker was revealed.
"Yeah, Jess brings up a good point," James said, stepping out of the shadows. Brock and Misty started to giggle and Ash stared at James in disbelief.
"James?" Jesse said as she came out of the shadows and leaned against his back. "You're still in your bathrobe." James looked down and blushed. Sure enough, there was his blue bathrobe with the embroidered "J" below the shoulder.
"And what about you?" he said sarcastically, trying to take the attention off of him.
"Heh heh heh...ja..." Jesse started, tightening the belt to her red robe. "...well at least I'm wearing underwear." James' eyes bugged out and his face suddenly matched the color of her robe.
"Come on guys," Ash complained. "We have a crisis on our hands. We've already dawdled for to long and whoever came in that balloon has gotten away. Let's stop being ridiculous and...and malapropism! Let the...onomatopoeia do it's own...jargon and...alliteration will...ah...anapest in no time." Ash nodded and trodded off to examine the balloon. Everyone else stood in shock.
He had never used so many big words in his entire life.
While they snickered and giggled, Misty went over to help him search through the balloon.
"Ash," she started slowly as if unsure where to go from there. "Do you have any idea what you said back there?"
"I have no clue, but didn't it make me sound smart...I mean all those big words..." he beamed. Misty just shook her head and sighed.
"Brock - oi! Guys...get over here," she yelled, deliberately changing the subject. "Come on, we could use the help."
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"Awwwww! That stings you bastard!"
"Cassidy, how else is it going to heal. You've gotta go through the bad to get to the good. Now hush and let me clean it out," Butch soothed. He continued to clean her cuts causing her to grit her teeth and looked away.
"Now you're okay, for the time being. Let me help you up."
Cassidy shrugged and put her hands in his. He helped her up slowly so he wouldn't put more pressure on her ankle. He thought about how it all happened.
How her ankle got caught in the rope as she threw the smoke bomb to the ground. How he warned her to watch out, and how she scoffed at him, then how she jumped over the side of the basket anyway. How she ended up twisting her ankle and how she landed face first in that thorn bush.
And then there was their trip into the woods!
How she insisted that her ankle was fine and that she knew exactly where she was going. How they ended up here: under a big oak tree - right where she landed after she fell down the hill. He couldn't help but smile as he thought about it.
"What are you smirking at?" Cassidy asked, limping over to him with great difficulty. He just shook his head and started to paw through her pack, before he realized that she had what he was looking for.
"Is everything ready?"
"It should be. If it isn't I'll kick them so hard -"
"Before or after you fix your ankle?"
Cassidy crossed her arms, stuck out her tongue and quickly turned her back on him. Butch smiled and took the field tracer from her.
"Yep, everything's ready. Cassidy? Cass? Konnichi wa?!" Butch yelled as he looked around for her.
She was nowhere in sight.
He moved the field tracer to the other hand, picked up her pack and left to find her.
"She can't be far," Butch said, thinking out loud. Cassidy growled when she heard this.
He was always joking about her not being as good as he was. She hated the fact that he was a natural. She had worked so hard for so long and there he was, three years her junior, outranking her within five days. It had taken her five years to get that rank and he got it in five days. He was really getting on her nerves. She grinned as she thought about her control over him.
Unfortunately, her thoughts were interrupted when he found her hiding place. She jumped when Butch touched her shoulder.
"Come on. I'll carry you back to the balloon. We've gotta find it before anyone finds us," Butch said, putting the pack on the ground. Cassidy hopped on his back with much difficulty. He handed her the pack and the field tracer. She slung the pack over her shoulder and he started up the hill with a grunt.
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tbc...
- prepare for trouble -
- and make it double -
- to infect the world with devastation -
- to blight all people in every nation -
- to denounce the goodness of truth and love -
- to extend our wrath to the stars above -
- Cassidy -
- Butch -
- we're Team Rocket, circling earth day and night -
- surrender to us now or you'll surely lose the fight -
- that's right -
Ash couldn't believe his eyes as the Meowth balloon landed on top of the cotton candy both.
He couldn't believe his ears either.
All the times he had heard Jesse and James do their speech, one would think he would know it by heart. Now he was hearing different words and who the hell were Butch and Cassidy?
/Are Jesse and James under cover again?/ ran through his brain.
"HA, HA, HA...I betcha never thought you'd see us again Ashy-boy," one of the shadows said and tossed a smoke bomb to the ground. Everyone who hadn't cleared out already, ran away as fast as they could.
Ash started coughing and collapsed into the arms of a very familiar and curvaceous figure. It started to drag him out of the smoke when another familiar figure came and grabbed his feet. Ash was very grateful when they were out of the smoke cloud.
"Ash, are you okay? We ran over as soon as we heard," Brock stopped to catch his breath. Ash looked at Misty's expression and knew that they were truly worried about him.
"I'm cough, cough, cough, HACK...cough..." Ash said, starting another round of coughing. "...daijobu." Brock and Misty exchanged a pitiful glance before they got ready to fight.
"So, who are we up against?"
The trio turned around and saw a sparkle of red and a dash of blue before the speaker was revealed.
"Yeah, Jess brings up a good point," James said, stepping out of the shadows. Brock and Misty started to giggle and Ash stared at James in disbelief.
"James?" Jesse said as she came out of the shadows and leaned against his back. "You're still in your bathrobe." James looked down and blushed. Sure enough, there was his blue bathrobe with the embroidered "J" below the shoulder.
"And what about you?" he said sarcastically, trying to take the attention off of him.
"Heh heh heh...ja..." Jesse started, tightening the belt to her red robe. "...well at least I'm wearing underwear." James' eyes bugged out and his face suddenly matched the color of her robe.
"Come on guys," Ash complained. "We have a crisis on our hands. We've already dawdled for to long and whoever came in that balloon has gotten away. Let's stop being ridiculous and...and malapropism! Let the...onomatopoeia do it's own...jargon and...alliteration will...ah...anapest in no time." Ash nodded and trodded off to examine the balloon. Everyone else stood in shock.
He had never used so many big words in his entire life.
While they snickered and giggled, Misty went over to help him search through the balloon.
"Ash," she started slowly as if unsure where to go from there. "Do you have any idea what you said back there?"
"I have no clue, but didn't it make me sound smart...I mean all those big words..." he beamed. Misty just shook her head and sighed.
"Brock - oi! Guys...get over here," she yelled, deliberately changing the subject. "Come on, we could use the help."
****
"Awwwww! That stings you bastard!"
"Cassidy, how else is it going to heal. You've gotta go through the bad to get to the good. Now hush and let me clean it out," Butch soothed. He continued to clean her cuts causing her to grit her teeth and looked away.
"Now you're okay, for the time being. Let me help you up."
Cassidy shrugged and put her hands in his. He helped her up slowly so he wouldn't put more pressure on her ankle. He thought about how it all happened.
How her ankle got caught in the rope as she threw the smoke bomb to the ground. How he warned her to watch out, and how she scoffed at him, then how she jumped over the side of the basket anyway. How she ended up twisting her ankle and how she landed face first in that thorn bush.
And then there was their trip into the woods!
How she insisted that her ankle was fine and that she knew exactly where she was going. How they ended up here: under a big oak tree - right where she landed after she fell down the hill. He couldn't help but smile as he thought about it.
"What are you smirking at?" Cassidy asked, limping over to him with great difficulty. He just shook his head and started to paw through her pack, before he realized that she had what he was looking for.
"Is everything ready?"
"It should be. If it isn't I'll kick them so hard -"
"Before or after you fix your ankle?"
Cassidy crossed her arms, stuck out her tongue and quickly turned her back on him. Butch smiled and took the field tracer from her.
"Yep, everything's ready. Cassidy? Cass? Konnichi wa?!" Butch yelled as he looked around for her.
She was nowhere in sight.
He moved the field tracer to the other hand, picked up her pack and left to find her.
"She can't be far," Butch said, thinking out loud. Cassidy growled when she heard this.
He was always joking about her not being as good as he was. She hated the fact that he was a natural. She had worked so hard for so long and there he was, three years her junior, outranking her within five days. It had taken her five years to get that rank and he got it in five days. He was really getting on her nerves. She grinned as she thought about her control over him.
Unfortunately, her thoughts were interrupted when he found her hiding place. She jumped when Butch touched her shoulder.
"Come on. I'll carry you back to the balloon. We've gotta find it before anyone finds us," Butch said, putting the pack on the ground. Cassidy hopped on his back with much difficulty. He handed her the pack and the field tracer. She slung the pack over her shoulder and he started up the hill with a grunt.
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tbc...