Chapter Two: Team Rocket's secret
Authors notes: Longest chapter so far but it explains a lot of things. Still a month before the prologue.
We won, we won. WE WON! Jesse repeated to herself in disbelief as they landed the balloon just outside Saffron City. She counted the money in her hand again just to make sure. In his anger the twerp had given them over £300! (Authors note: For Americans reading this I think it is $1.50 or a bit less to 1 of our £'s but I'm not sure). "What shall we do with our winnings Jess?" Meowth asked.
"Nothing yet" Jesse replied happily "I just want to gaze at it a while longer"
"Dat twerp is so dumb and da look on his face when we beat dat Pikachu. It was priceless!" Meowth continued to ramble on about their victory. "I could get a new charm" he said. "And a diamond collar"
"I could go on a shopping spree and get a manicure" Jesse said, she too caught up in the excitement.
"What do yous wanna do with da money Jimmy?" Meowth asked noting that his other human friend had been really quite since they got into the balloon. "HEY!" Meowth shouted, "He's asleep!" James was curled up in the bottom of the basket. "Let him sleep" Jesse grabbed Meowth round the neck and shook him roughly "Here" she counted out Meowth's share of the money. "Take this and buy the new charm or whatever"
Jesse put the rest of the cash back in her pocket. "How do I know yous ain't gonna keep da rest for yourself?" Meowth demanded
Jesse rolled her eyes "Because we owe James remember?"
"Ok" but Meowth didn't seem convinced and this annoyed Jesse further. Ok she had to admit she was selfish when it came to money but that was because she had grown up without vast amounts of it. But they were a team. They had all worked together on this plan to beat Ash Ketchum. Meowth saw the hurt look on Jesse's face because he relented. "I trust yous. See ya later" then he was gone. Jesse turned back to her sleeping partner. "James wake up?" she shook him gently.
"What?" James muttered opening his eyes.
"Get up" Jesse said handing him his share of the money. "You can't sleep here"
"Oh sorry Jess. I guess that battle tired me out"
"But you didn't do any thing" Jesse said before she could stop herself. "I mean…" she broke off praying he wasn't mad. James smiled slightly "The look on his face" he giggled "I thought he was going to explode with anger"
"Yeah" Jesse agreed. Then in a squeaky voice she added, "This is impossible. I'm twerpy Ash Ketchum. I always win! You must be cheating!"
Both of them collapsed in giggles at this. "Come on" Jesse said at last. "Meowth's already hit the shops. Shall we do the same?"
"You go" James replied. "I think I'm going to go to the base and have a sleep"
"Ok" Jesse said. "While I'm out I'll call the Boss. I'm sure he'll have some use for all those extra TM's we stole"
"Maybe he'll give us a bonus" James added.
Jesse hurried away down the road thinking of their next triumph. I'll suss out the Pokemon centre here while I'm shopping she thought. I could use the excuse that Arbok, Weezing and Victreebell are tired after the battle. Then I can tell James my plan and he'll see if it works. At this rate we'll be the Boss's favourite team again in no time at all.
James made his way down the road, after hiding the balloon, to the small Team Rocket base disguised as an old factory. As you entered the building it would seem to be deserted but a small trap door in the floor of the factory led down to the base. He and Jesse never came here that often as they were too busy after the twerp and his Pikachu for breaks but now they would be able to take vacations much more frequently and for longer. James climbed down the trap door and was met by Mondo. The assistant to them rarely joined them on missions and Giovanni had given him the job of guarding the base instead. Mondo had been so happy to be given an important job like this one. He had to make sure there were enough guards keeping look out and also make sure that the agents using the base signed and dated when they were using it. The base was really just a place for agents to rest up. Instead of like the HQ at Viridian City, the Saffron City base had one big room with beds to sleep in and a small cafeteria. The HQ in Viridian had rooms allocated for each team and they were all separated by which squad they were in. The black squad were in the north end of the HQ and the white squad in the south end. That way there was no fighting internally among teams. Giovanni didn't tolerate these squabbles and often stressed the point at team meetings that they had enough trouble fighting trainers and the law without fighting breaking loose between different teams. James was thankful of this because he was sure that there were a number of males in the black squad who would like nothing more than to beat him up. When they had been in training for Team Rocket that had often been the case too. James used to be terrified of using the smaller bases like the one in Saffron in case the bullies tried to beat him up there where there were no different sections and no proper guards to sort out fighting. But James didn't have to worry about that any more. He knew that there were only two of the white squad teams using the base as of the moment and Jesse was friends with both girls in the teams. "Hi James" Mondo greeted him cheerfully. "I thought you and Jesse were still in Johto?" Mondo blushed slightly as he said Jesse's name. It was well known that the 12-year-old assistant had a small crush on Jesse. Jesse, if she knew, didn't seem to care much. It just meant that Mondo would do any thing she asked him too.
"We were" James replied before telling Mondo that they beat the twerp.
"I thought you said he was impossible to beat?" Mondo asked wide-eyed.
James shrugged "Must have been dumb luck. Of course Jesse was the one who battled him" Jesse, James and Meowth had agreed to keep their secret a secret even from Mondo. It wasn't they didn't trust the boy it was just that they knew how much he worshipped them. If he knew what they did then he might think less of them. "So where's the Pikachu?" Mondo asked next
"We didn't want it" James explained "We just wanted to see the look of the twerps face when we beat him"
"But it was you're goal?"
"We want to bring the Boss some thing better than an electric rat"
"Like what?"
James grinned "Like the box full of TM's we stole from Goldenrod City"
"A box full of TM's?" Mondo repeated. "A whole box full?"
"Yes" James said. He was beginning to feel sleepy again. "Mondo all that stealing has made me tired. Do you mind if I just go and sleep for a bit?"
"No of course not" Mondo said hardly containing the grin that was forming across his face. He was so happy for them. Maybe now Giovanni would stop giving them such a hard time. "Just sign the book and go ahead"
James scribbled his signature in and hurried off. Mondo closed the book and sighed happily. Maybe Jesse would turn up later too.
James lay down in a bed in the corner of the normally busy main bedroom. He was so tired and desperately wanted to sleep but the excitement of the week's success was still fresh in his mind. What made it even better was that it was all down to him. Sure Jesse and Meowth had done a lot too but without him the whole plan would have failed. James himself didn't even understand it now. It was so sudden. It had happened one morning a week ago…
James had woke up to find Jesse's sleeping bag empty. They had been camping out in the woods outside Goldenrod City waiting for the twerp to come along and fall into the pitfall trap they had dug last night. James was still feeling a bit stupid about the encounter with Cassidy and Butch the day before. He had totally humiliated himself and Jesse in front of the twerps as well as their own team mates. He should have known the fortune books were a fake but ever since he was little James had wanted to be some one special and prove every one, including his own parents wrong about him.
James had got a little carried away on a few dumb coincidences. Jesse had been really nice about it afterwards but James still felt as if he had let her and Meowth down in some way. Finding her sleeping bag empty immediately concerned him. Meowth was still snoring so James got up and went in search of Jesse. They normally slept in their uniforms because it saved time and plus they usually carried spares as every day the twerp wrecked them with Pikachu's thundershock or some other Pokemon attack. It didn't take James long to find Jesse. She was sitting under one of the big oak trees by the river they had got water from the day before. James was about to make his presence known when Meowth came out of the bushes and sat down beside her. James frowned hadn't Meowth been back at the camp a few minutes ago? "Are yous ok?" the cat Pokemon asked her.
"Yeah" Jesse replied. "I know it's not his fault but every time Meowth."
"I don't tink he means it Jess. Jimmy can't help being stupid."
That hurt…he wasn't stupid was he? James knew that he wasn't as clever as Jesse or as devious as Meowth but he thought Meowth was teasing all those times when he called him thick. Jesse didn't think that did she? "He's just a bit slow" Jesse replied. "But I see you're point. Every time we plan a mission James messes it up"
A bit slow? James didn't know whether to be angry or crushed. Jesse thought of him as slow? That stung. Meowth had only been his friend for three years but Jesse had been his best friend for at least 9 now. Any way Jesse and Meowth messed up too. It wasn't just James was it? He didn't want to hear any more of this conversation. James careful made his way back to the campsite. He sat down on his sleeping bag and tried to control the anger inside him. It wasn't fair it just wasn't. He thought back to them both at the river. Laughing about him behind his back. What sort of friends were they? James could feel a sort of buzzing pain in his head. Great he had a headache coming on. That was all he needed. He lay back down on his sleeping bag and closed his eyes.
"They're over here Officer" Ash said loudly. "They're sleeping out in these woods"
"Thank you Ash. We have been after those three for months ever since they escaped us back in the Orange Islands" Officer Jenny replied.
Officer Jenny was here? James bolted up and looked around.
"Morning" Jesse said smiling at James. She was sitting on her sleeping bag brushing her hair. "Morning" he replied frowning in confusion had he dreamt it all?
"I woke up before and you were both gone" James said quietly.
"Yeah we went to da river for a bit" Meowth said.
So that hadn't been a dream. But what about Officer Jenny coming to arrest them?
"I think we should leave" James said at last. He recalled having a headache and lying down. Maybe he had been asleep? "Why?" Meowth demanded
James felt foolish telling them the truth but they already thought he was a fool. "Officer Jenny's coming this way. The twerps going to turn us in"
"James that's stupid" Jesse said. "Officer Jenny isn't any where near here"
As she said that they heard voices. "They're over here Officer. They're sleeping out in these woods"
"Thank you Ash. We have been after those three for months ever since they escaped us back in the Orange Islands"
Jesse gasped and Meowth muttered a swear word. "What do we do?" Jesse asked in panic.
"We won't get caught" James replied not knowing why he said that. "They'll get attacked by a Nidorina and the twerp will be forced to battle it. We'll have time to flee"
"How do you know that?" Jesse asked. James didn't reply. How did he know that? In short he didn't. It just came into his head. Suddenly they heard a roar. "It's a Nidorina!" Ash cried.
"Wow how did ya know dat Jimmy?" Meowth asked.
James shrugged helplessly. "I don't know"
"Come on" Jesse started to gather up their things. "We have to get away"
James found he was right again. They were safely away by the time Ash had beaten the Nidorina. Jesse set the balloon down north from Goldenrod City and demanded to know what was going on.
"I don't know" James said fear taking hold now. He related to them what had happened leaving out the part about him hearing their conversation down by the river. "So what you're saying is yous can predict stuff like dem flakes in a circus?" Meowth asked folding his paws across his chest.
"I suppose so" James said unhappily.
"Well I tink yous are lying to us" the cat said.
"I am not" James shouted, "And if it weren't for me you'd be in a Pokemon jail by now cat!"
Meowth looked ready to fury swipe James to pieces but luckily Jesse stopped him. "There is one way to tell if he's lying" Jesse said.
That hurt worse than this morning. Jesse didn't believe him. "Fine" James snapped feeling confidant now that he could see whatever she wanted him too. "The password show is one tonight. Tell me what the password is and we'll listen tonight on the radio and see"
"Ok then" James shouted. Now he was at a loss. How had he seen it before? He had just closed his eyes. Maybe he had to do that again? James did so but after a few minutes had passed nothing happened. No buzzing in his head like before.
"I told yous" Meowth said "He saw Jenny coming and went back ta bed forgetting to warn us!"
"Meowth that is stupid" Jesse said.
James wondered if he should think about tonight and the password show first. He could hear Jesse and Meowth fighting again. James blocked their voices from his head and just concentrated. This is hopeless he thought Meowth was right… Persian was the password. He could just hear the announcer saying it. James opened his eyes. "The password will be Persian" he said firmly.
Meowth's eyes widened and he leapt up and clawed James' face "Yous know I hate Persians!"
The rest of the day crawled by. They went out to try and capture Pikachu but ended up getting blasted off again. Then to kill time Jesse suggested they went back there and Ash had to beat them a record of 5 more times in one day. At last it was 6 O'clock and the password show came on. James didn't feel very nervous when the announcer started going on. "Today's password let me think…it's…"
She paused and Jesse rolled her eyes "If she can't even remember it then what hope is there for the people actually participating?"
"Persian. That's it"
"No way!" Meowth screeched "Yous can't have got it. It must have been a fluke!"
James smiled at Meowth "I guess I can see into the future. I always knew I was special" James couldn't contain his excitement any longer. "I knew it all along"
"Don't get carried away James" Meowth warned. "Remember da Moltres?"
"This is different. This is my own gift not some stupid little fortune book"
"Yous didn't tink it was stupid at the time" Meowth said.
"Ok then" James said. "We'll plan a raid of…" he looked around "That TM store over there. Then I'll look into the future and see how the raid goes and tell us what we do wrong. Then we can fix it when we do the raid"
"James that's brilliant" Jesse cried. "Then when the Boss hears about our success we'll be his favourites!"
"We can't tell any one" James said suddenly. He didn't know why but he felt they had to keep his gift a secret from every one. "Of course not" Jesse agreed. She seemed to have the same thoughts as James did. "No one else would believe yous" Meowth added. "Dey would just say yous was lying"
James smiled to himself. That raid on the TM store had gone perfectly and so had their revenge against Ash. It had been planned to the last detail. James had seen what attacks Ash had his Pokemon use and got Jesse to memorise them. Then she had called up Krisa, an old friend of hers from Pokemon tech, and asked her which attacks of their Pokemon could stop the twerps ones before they did any damage. They knew every thing Ash was going to do and it had gone perfectly. The best part was they weren't interested in Pikachu. They wanted to make Ash loose in a match against them. That would show him that when they were playing the league rules Team Rocket were the better trainers. That embarrassment would hurt him even more than them just beating him up for Pikachu. And plus it was revenge for trying to get them all arrested.
James didn't understand how he had got this power and he didn't really care if he was really honest about it. He was just happy that at last he could prove to Jesse and Meowth and every one that he was not as stupid as every one thought he was. For one he couldn't wait to call Giovanni with news of their success. The only side effects of his 'future sight' as Meowth called it, after the Psychic Pokemon attack, was the extreme tiredness after one viewing. James would feel a little sleepy if it were a ten-minute viewing into the future. But the battle with the twerp took place a whole week into the future and left James exhausted. And he had to view it several times in order to memorise the attacks properly. James at last gave into sleep…
Author Notes: Ok then I hope that wasn't too confusing and hopefully it did explain what was going on.
Next chapter should be up later this week. And thanks ta every one who has reviewed so far!
Authors notes: Longest chapter so far but it explains a lot of things. Still a month before the prologue.
We won, we won. WE WON! Jesse repeated to herself in disbelief as they landed the balloon just outside Saffron City. She counted the money in her hand again just to make sure. In his anger the twerp had given them over £300! (Authors note: For Americans reading this I think it is $1.50 or a bit less to 1 of our £'s but I'm not sure). "What shall we do with our winnings Jess?" Meowth asked.
"Nothing yet" Jesse replied happily "I just want to gaze at it a while longer"
"Dat twerp is so dumb and da look on his face when we beat dat Pikachu. It was priceless!" Meowth continued to ramble on about their victory. "I could get a new charm" he said. "And a diamond collar"
"I could go on a shopping spree and get a manicure" Jesse said, she too caught up in the excitement.
"What do yous wanna do with da money Jimmy?" Meowth asked noting that his other human friend had been really quite since they got into the balloon. "HEY!" Meowth shouted, "He's asleep!" James was curled up in the bottom of the basket. "Let him sleep" Jesse grabbed Meowth round the neck and shook him roughly "Here" she counted out Meowth's share of the money. "Take this and buy the new charm or whatever"
Jesse put the rest of the cash back in her pocket. "How do I know yous ain't gonna keep da rest for yourself?" Meowth demanded
Jesse rolled her eyes "Because we owe James remember?"
"Ok" but Meowth didn't seem convinced and this annoyed Jesse further. Ok she had to admit she was selfish when it came to money but that was because she had grown up without vast amounts of it. But they were a team. They had all worked together on this plan to beat Ash Ketchum. Meowth saw the hurt look on Jesse's face because he relented. "I trust yous. See ya later" then he was gone. Jesse turned back to her sleeping partner. "James wake up?" she shook him gently.
"What?" James muttered opening his eyes.
"Get up" Jesse said handing him his share of the money. "You can't sleep here"
"Oh sorry Jess. I guess that battle tired me out"
"But you didn't do any thing" Jesse said before she could stop herself. "I mean…" she broke off praying he wasn't mad. James smiled slightly "The look on his face" he giggled "I thought he was going to explode with anger"
"Yeah" Jesse agreed. Then in a squeaky voice she added, "This is impossible. I'm twerpy Ash Ketchum. I always win! You must be cheating!"
Both of them collapsed in giggles at this. "Come on" Jesse said at last. "Meowth's already hit the shops. Shall we do the same?"
"You go" James replied. "I think I'm going to go to the base and have a sleep"
"Ok" Jesse said. "While I'm out I'll call the Boss. I'm sure he'll have some use for all those extra TM's we stole"
"Maybe he'll give us a bonus" James added.
Jesse hurried away down the road thinking of their next triumph. I'll suss out the Pokemon centre here while I'm shopping she thought. I could use the excuse that Arbok, Weezing and Victreebell are tired after the battle. Then I can tell James my plan and he'll see if it works. At this rate we'll be the Boss's favourite team again in no time at all.
James made his way down the road, after hiding the balloon, to the small Team Rocket base disguised as an old factory. As you entered the building it would seem to be deserted but a small trap door in the floor of the factory led down to the base. He and Jesse never came here that often as they were too busy after the twerp and his Pikachu for breaks but now they would be able to take vacations much more frequently and for longer. James climbed down the trap door and was met by Mondo. The assistant to them rarely joined them on missions and Giovanni had given him the job of guarding the base instead. Mondo had been so happy to be given an important job like this one. He had to make sure there were enough guards keeping look out and also make sure that the agents using the base signed and dated when they were using it. The base was really just a place for agents to rest up. Instead of like the HQ at Viridian City, the Saffron City base had one big room with beds to sleep in and a small cafeteria. The HQ in Viridian had rooms allocated for each team and they were all separated by which squad they were in. The black squad were in the north end of the HQ and the white squad in the south end. That way there was no fighting internally among teams. Giovanni didn't tolerate these squabbles and often stressed the point at team meetings that they had enough trouble fighting trainers and the law without fighting breaking loose between different teams. James was thankful of this because he was sure that there were a number of males in the black squad who would like nothing more than to beat him up. When they had been in training for Team Rocket that had often been the case too. James used to be terrified of using the smaller bases like the one in Saffron in case the bullies tried to beat him up there where there were no different sections and no proper guards to sort out fighting. But James didn't have to worry about that any more. He knew that there were only two of the white squad teams using the base as of the moment and Jesse was friends with both girls in the teams. "Hi James" Mondo greeted him cheerfully. "I thought you and Jesse were still in Johto?" Mondo blushed slightly as he said Jesse's name. It was well known that the 12-year-old assistant had a small crush on Jesse. Jesse, if she knew, didn't seem to care much. It just meant that Mondo would do any thing she asked him too.
"We were" James replied before telling Mondo that they beat the twerp.
"I thought you said he was impossible to beat?" Mondo asked wide-eyed.
James shrugged "Must have been dumb luck. Of course Jesse was the one who battled him" Jesse, James and Meowth had agreed to keep their secret a secret even from Mondo. It wasn't they didn't trust the boy it was just that they knew how much he worshipped them. If he knew what they did then he might think less of them. "So where's the Pikachu?" Mondo asked next
"We didn't want it" James explained "We just wanted to see the look of the twerps face when we beat him"
"But it was you're goal?"
"We want to bring the Boss some thing better than an electric rat"
"Like what?"
James grinned "Like the box full of TM's we stole from Goldenrod City"
"A box full of TM's?" Mondo repeated. "A whole box full?"
"Yes" James said. He was beginning to feel sleepy again. "Mondo all that stealing has made me tired. Do you mind if I just go and sleep for a bit?"
"No of course not" Mondo said hardly containing the grin that was forming across his face. He was so happy for them. Maybe now Giovanni would stop giving them such a hard time. "Just sign the book and go ahead"
James scribbled his signature in and hurried off. Mondo closed the book and sighed happily. Maybe Jesse would turn up later too.
James lay down in a bed in the corner of the normally busy main bedroom. He was so tired and desperately wanted to sleep but the excitement of the week's success was still fresh in his mind. What made it even better was that it was all down to him. Sure Jesse and Meowth had done a lot too but without him the whole plan would have failed. James himself didn't even understand it now. It was so sudden. It had happened one morning a week ago…
James had woke up to find Jesse's sleeping bag empty. They had been camping out in the woods outside Goldenrod City waiting for the twerp to come along and fall into the pitfall trap they had dug last night. James was still feeling a bit stupid about the encounter with Cassidy and Butch the day before. He had totally humiliated himself and Jesse in front of the twerps as well as their own team mates. He should have known the fortune books were a fake but ever since he was little James had wanted to be some one special and prove every one, including his own parents wrong about him.
James had got a little carried away on a few dumb coincidences. Jesse had been really nice about it afterwards but James still felt as if he had let her and Meowth down in some way. Finding her sleeping bag empty immediately concerned him. Meowth was still snoring so James got up and went in search of Jesse. They normally slept in their uniforms because it saved time and plus they usually carried spares as every day the twerp wrecked them with Pikachu's thundershock or some other Pokemon attack. It didn't take James long to find Jesse. She was sitting under one of the big oak trees by the river they had got water from the day before. James was about to make his presence known when Meowth came out of the bushes and sat down beside her. James frowned hadn't Meowth been back at the camp a few minutes ago? "Are yous ok?" the cat Pokemon asked her.
"Yeah" Jesse replied. "I know it's not his fault but every time Meowth."
"I don't tink he means it Jess. Jimmy can't help being stupid."
That hurt…he wasn't stupid was he? James knew that he wasn't as clever as Jesse or as devious as Meowth but he thought Meowth was teasing all those times when he called him thick. Jesse didn't think that did she? "He's just a bit slow" Jesse replied. "But I see you're point. Every time we plan a mission James messes it up"
A bit slow? James didn't know whether to be angry or crushed. Jesse thought of him as slow? That stung. Meowth had only been his friend for three years but Jesse had been his best friend for at least 9 now. Any way Jesse and Meowth messed up too. It wasn't just James was it? He didn't want to hear any more of this conversation. James careful made his way back to the campsite. He sat down on his sleeping bag and tried to control the anger inside him. It wasn't fair it just wasn't. He thought back to them both at the river. Laughing about him behind his back. What sort of friends were they? James could feel a sort of buzzing pain in his head. Great he had a headache coming on. That was all he needed. He lay back down on his sleeping bag and closed his eyes.
"They're over here Officer" Ash said loudly. "They're sleeping out in these woods"
"Thank you Ash. We have been after those three for months ever since they escaped us back in the Orange Islands" Officer Jenny replied.
Officer Jenny was here? James bolted up and looked around.
"Morning" Jesse said smiling at James. She was sitting on her sleeping bag brushing her hair. "Morning" he replied frowning in confusion had he dreamt it all?
"I woke up before and you were both gone" James said quietly.
"Yeah we went to da river for a bit" Meowth said.
So that hadn't been a dream. But what about Officer Jenny coming to arrest them?
"I think we should leave" James said at last. He recalled having a headache and lying down. Maybe he had been asleep? "Why?" Meowth demanded
James felt foolish telling them the truth but they already thought he was a fool. "Officer Jenny's coming this way. The twerps going to turn us in"
"James that's stupid" Jesse said. "Officer Jenny isn't any where near here"
As she said that they heard voices. "They're over here Officer. They're sleeping out in these woods"
"Thank you Ash. We have been after those three for months ever since they escaped us back in the Orange Islands"
Jesse gasped and Meowth muttered a swear word. "What do we do?" Jesse asked in panic.
"We won't get caught" James replied not knowing why he said that. "They'll get attacked by a Nidorina and the twerp will be forced to battle it. We'll have time to flee"
"How do you know that?" Jesse asked. James didn't reply. How did he know that? In short he didn't. It just came into his head. Suddenly they heard a roar. "It's a Nidorina!" Ash cried.
"Wow how did ya know dat Jimmy?" Meowth asked.
James shrugged helplessly. "I don't know"
"Come on" Jesse started to gather up their things. "We have to get away"
James found he was right again. They were safely away by the time Ash had beaten the Nidorina. Jesse set the balloon down north from Goldenrod City and demanded to know what was going on.
"I don't know" James said fear taking hold now. He related to them what had happened leaving out the part about him hearing their conversation down by the river. "So what you're saying is yous can predict stuff like dem flakes in a circus?" Meowth asked folding his paws across his chest.
"I suppose so" James said unhappily.
"Well I tink yous are lying to us" the cat said.
"I am not" James shouted, "And if it weren't for me you'd be in a Pokemon jail by now cat!"
Meowth looked ready to fury swipe James to pieces but luckily Jesse stopped him. "There is one way to tell if he's lying" Jesse said.
That hurt worse than this morning. Jesse didn't believe him. "Fine" James snapped feeling confidant now that he could see whatever she wanted him too. "The password show is one tonight. Tell me what the password is and we'll listen tonight on the radio and see"
"Ok then" James shouted. Now he was at a loss. How had he seen it before? He had just closed his eyes. Maybe he had to do that again? James did so but after a few minutes had passed nothing happened. No buzzing in his head like before.
"I told yous" Meowth said "He saw Jenny coming and went back ta bed forgetting to warn us!"
"Meowth that is stupid" Jesse said.
James wondered if he should think about tonight and the password show first. He could hear Jesse and Meowth fighting again. James blocked their voices from his head and just concentrated. This is hopeless he thought Meowth was right… Persian was the password. He could just hear the announcer saying it. James opened his eyes. "The password will be Persian" he said firmly.
Meowth's eyes widened and he leapt up and clawed James' face "Yous know I hate Persians!"
The rest of the day crawled by. They went out to try and capture Pikachu but ended up getting blasted off again. Then to kill time Jesse suggested they went back there and Ash had to beat them a record of 5 more times in one day. At last it was 6 O'clock and the password show came on. James didn't feel very nervous when the announcer started going on. "Today's password let me think…it's…"
She paused and Jesse rolled her eyes "If she can't even remember it then what hope is there for the people actually participating?"
"Persian. That's it"
"No way!" Meowth screeched "Yous can't have got it. It must have been a fluke!"
James smiled at Meowth "I guess I can see into the future. I always knew I was special" James couldn't contain his excitement any longer. "I knew it all along"
"Don't get carried away James" Meowth warned. "Remember da Moltres?"
"This is different. This is my own gift not some stupid little fortune book"
"Yous didn't tink it was stupid at the time" Meowth said.
"Ok then" James said. "We'll plan a raid of…" he looked around "That TM store over there. Then I'll look into the future and see how the raid goes and tell us what we do wrong. Then we can fix it when we do the raid"
"James that's brilliant" Jesse cried. "Then when the Boss hears about our success we'll be his favourites!"
"We can't tell any one" James said suddenly. He didn't know why but he felt they had to keep his gift a secret from every one. "Of course not" Jesse agreed. She seemed to have the same thoughts as James did. "No one else would believe yous" Meowth added. "Dey would just say yous was lying"
James smiled to himself. That raid on the TM store had gone perfectly and so had their revenge against Ash. It had been planned to the last detail. James had seen what attacks Ash had his Pokemon use and got Jesse to memorise them. Then she had called up Krisa, an old friend of hers from Pokemon tech, and asked her which attacks of their Pokemon could stop the twerps ones before they did any damage. They knew every thing Ash was going to do and it had gone perfectly. The best part was they weren't interested in Pikachu. They wanted to make Ash loose in a match against them. That would show him that when they were playing the league rules Team Rocket were the better trainers. That embarrassment would hurt him even more than them just beating him up for Pikachu. And plus it was revenge for trying to get them all arrested.
James didn't understand how he had got this power and he didn't really care if he was really honest about it. He was just happy that at last he could prove to Jesse and Meowth and every one that he was not as stupid as every one thought he was. For one he couldn't wait to call Giovanni with news of their success. The only side effects of his 'future sight' as Meowth called it, after the Psychic Pokemon attack, was the extreme tiredness after one viewing. James would feel a little sleepy if it were a ten-minute viewing into the future. But the battle with the twerp took place a whole week into the future and left James exhausted. And he had to view it several times in order to memorise the attacks properly. James at last gave into sleep…
Author Notes: Ok then I hope that wasn't too confusing and hopefully it did explain what was going on.
Next chapter should be up later this week. And thanks ta every one who has reviewed so far!