1 Chapter 9: The Take-over begins
"Where the hell is she?" the guard demanded on finding his companion on the floor rubbing his head.
"The little bitch hit me" he groaned. He stood up dusting off his uniform.
"We have to find her," the first said grimly. "If we don't then Giovanni will have our heads"
"Come on. She can't have gone far"
"You really think you can beat me?" the leader of the Vermilion City gym sneered down at the two rockets. They did not seem intimidated by him in the least but Surge knew rockets were tough. He threw the Pokeball into the battle stadium. "Go Raichu!"
The male rocket, a young man of about 22 years old with brown hair smirked confidently and selected his own Pokemon. It was a Gloom, a grass Pokemon. Surge was smart; he knew that grass had the advantage over electric but his Raichu was at a very high level.
"Raichu mega punch!" he ordered.
No sooner did the commands leave his mouth did the rockets Gloom side step the attack and use an acid attack back. Surge was speechless. They knew what he was going to do! But that was impossible! Whilst he was stunned the Gloom used sleep powder. "Raichu return" Surge was still not very concerned. Sure the rockets were good but he was a gym leader. The only 2 trainers that had ever beaten him were just kids. Talented trainers from the town of Pallet. Surge knew they had talent because Professor Oak gave their pokemon to them. Surge knew the Professor well and Samuel only gave Pokemon to kids that he thought had a good chance of making it big in the pokemon world. Surge was proud to loose to those kids. But he would not loose to Team Rocket!
"Magneton go!"
The Rocket male stepped back and let his partner take over. "Bayleaf go!"
Surge smiled this would be over in a second. "Magneton swift attack"
Again as soon as he uttered the words the Rocket girl reacted a second faster. "Bayleaf poison powder!"
Surge hesitated and then was about to issue orders for a thundershock when Bayleaf dodged the swift attack and tackled Magneton. It fainted.
"This can't be happening!" Surge cried, he reached for another Pokemon when the whole gym started to fill with Rocket agents. "What is this?" Surge demanded.
The Rocket girl laughed "This battle was just to weaken you're Pokemon. Our Boss doesn't want you gym leaders interfering with our plans"
"What plans?" Surge demanded.
They both laughed "Our Boss has a new weapon that will crush every pokemon trainer and gym leader that opposes him so you'd do better to step aside now!"
Surge reached for another Pokeball. "Jolteon quick attack!"
But no sooner had Jolteon emerged from its Pokeball did it fall down. "What?" Surge cried seeing the remains of Bayleafs razor leaf. "You may as well give in" the rockets laughed. "You can never defeat us!"
Surge knew they were right. But what was this? They knew what he was going to do? But that was impossible wasn't it?
Giovanni put down the phone and turned to his slave. James was kneeling down on the floor of his office shaking from exhaustion. "The last Kanto gym has fallen" Giovanni said walking over to him.
James showed no interest and turned his head away from his Boss. "What is wrong with you? This is a great triumph" Giovanni snapped.
"I told you sir" James whispered bitterly "The viewings take a lot out of me"
"You are lying to me James" Giovanni hissed anger in those heartless black eyes. James took a deep breath and met Giovanni's gaze. "I am not sir"
The hatred was obvious in his tired hoarse voice. It took Giovanni aback slightly. He was beginning to think that giving James that serum was a mistake. The male had become pathetic and he did look unwell. The idea of telling him the truth was to crush any willpower James had left. Giovanni had succeeded in doing this but he was regretting it. Giovanni was starting to think he pushed James too hard. They had been through the remaining Kanto gyms and the Orange Island ones. In addition Giovanni had obtained a list of the best trainers in Kanto. It was this list he wanted to get started on now. Giovanni decided to get Lillian to take a look at him later. This list was important. He had to get rid of all that could oppose him. Giovanni did not want to kill these trainers…well not yet. They would be captured and held in the Saffron City Silph building along with the gym leaders. Giovanni had half of his combat unit guarding them. The gyms themselves destroyed. Nothing remained. The idea of challenging the gym leaders to a Pokemon match first was to tire the trainers/gym leaders pokemon out. That was so the Pokemon would not be able to help their trainers.
"James get up," Giovanni said angrily. Any concern he might have was vanishing as his slave continued to lie there whimpering softly. James did try but he seemed to be totally wiped out. Giovanni sighed angrily. The list would have to wait. He picked up his phone "Lillian get in here now"
For James the day since he found out the truth moved slowly. He was too tired to question any thing and did the viewings just to keep Giovanni off his back. His Boss…he hated him more than any thing in the world. Giovanni had used him for a potentially lethal experiment and was now using him again. Both times James was being used for Giovanni's own gains. His real memories played tricks on him and he was sure the serum was making him see other things too. Past events long forgotten began to surface in his aching head. Oh he was so tired and his head hurt. The viewings were slowly killing him. Giovanni couldn't see it but James knew it. He had seen his own grave…
Meowth looked around. It was a day since Jesse left him. Meowth fought back the tears at this. Jesse left him. He needed her and she left. But of course her friendship with James was stronger than her friendship with Meowth. He had messed up by not telling Jesse that it was Cassidy and Butch sooner but he had been in so much pain that the thought of Jesse abandoning him was too much to bear. Now she had done. Jesse always tried to protect James but this was one time when she would fail. If Giovanni had him then there was nothing Jesse alone could do to help him. She would die in the attempt and Meowth would have lost them both. Well that couldn't happen. James had taken the balloon so Jesse would have had to walk or got herself some other means of transport. Meowth was sure that he could catch up with her. Well actually he wasn't sure if he could even walk let alone catch up with her but he was sure that he had to try. He may not be able to save James but he couldn't let Jesse throw her life away trying to. Meowth gritted his teeth and sat up. This jarred his leg and he whimpered softly. Cursing he realised that he would have to walk on all fours dragging his broken leg behind him like he had done on that painful journey back to the cabin the day Butch and Cassidy had got him. After some time working out how best to do this Meowth was able to limp towards the Pokemon centre door. Opening it wasn't a problem as he had seen Nurse Joy do it often enough. It was night outside and Meowth first thought, being a cat; he would have the advantage over Jesse. But he realised that he had no idea which direction she would have taken. Jesse might have tried to head for Goldenrod City to catch the train back to Kanto or she might have walked to New Bark Town and then across to Viridian City from there. The second option was the quickest way so deciding that Jesse must have gone that way Meowth took off back into the woods. Meowth reached the cabin an hour later. The front door was wide open. Meowth ventured inside. "Jesse?" he called softly. If the door was open then she must still be here. Silence was the only reply.
"Jesse?" Meowth called again. He saw a shape on the sofa. Meowth limped over to them. It was defiantly Jesse. She hadn't abandoned him after all! Meowth wasn't sure whether to feel relief at this or not. James needed Jesse too but yet she was here. Meowth didn't understand it. His calling her caused her to wake. "Meowth? What are you doing here?" she asked sleepily.
"I was worried," Meowth said coming closer. "I thought yous were gonna do some ting dumb"
"I was" Jesse admitted "But I realised that I couldn't leave you whilst you are hurt"
"Den why didn't yous come to da Pokemon centre?"
Jesse laughed "What and admit I was wrong? Meowth I didn't know what to do. If I went back then I felt like I was abandoning James but if I didn't then I was abandoning you"
"Yous know I wouldn't judge yous like dat"
"Meowth I think some thing bad is happening. I tried calling our HQ in Viridian City. I thought I might be able to find out something. The HQ isn't taking incoming calls. Everything is being diverted to the gym"
"We have to go to Viridian City" Meowth said. "Dey could do some ting ta him"
"I know" Jesse snapped. "But I don't know what to do Meowth. If the Boss has him then what can we do? Giovanni will kill us"
Meowth bit his lip. Jesse didn't know what to do? She had to know. Jesse always knew what to do. Meowth struggled to make up some sort of plan. "We can…get hold of Cassidy and Butch. Dey will know what dare doing to Jimmy"
"Meowth there are only 2 of us. Butch and Cassidy are bigger than you."
"I don't know either!" he shouted. "I want ta help James but I just don't know Jesse! I don't know why da Boss wants him and I don't know how we are gonna get him out of a HQ packed with other rockets ok!"
Meowth felt the tears coming again and made no effort to stop them. This was all his fault. He had always said he'd rather die than let any thing happen to Jesse or James but when it came down to it he couldn't keep his mouth shut. Jesse was surprised by his outburst. She picked the cat up careful not to hurt his leg as she did so. "We'll think of some thing Meowth. I promise you we will think of some thing" Even as she said these words Jesse was not convinced that she could save him. This knowledge tore her up inside. The situation was near hopeless. Giovanni obviously ordered them to stay at the cabin to keep them out of his way whilst he used James for the future sight Well whatever happened Jesse was certain about one thing. If Giovanni hurt James then she would kill the rocket Boss herself.
"That's odd," Brock said replacing the receiver back on the wall.
"What is it Brock?" Misty asked.
"I just tried to call home to check up on my brothers and sisters. No one answered so I tried the gym. The operator told me that the number no longer exists"
The gym trainer frowned and handed a few coins to the red head next to him. "I have a feeling my gym isn't the only one"
Misty nodded and dialled the number of her gym. Seconds later replaced the receiver. "The operator told me the same thing" she was starting to worry now. Pikachu and Togepi looked at each other and then tried to comfort both gym leaders.
Ash remained as clueless as ever. "Maybe they're on vacation" he suggested.
"I think some thing bad is happening" Brock said.
"Pika" Pikachu agreed.
"Well you're right" Officer Jenny came riding up on her motor bike.
Brock turned a funny shade of red but the present situation stopped him from making a beeline for Jenny like he normally would. "We've had reports of the gym leaders disappearing and the gyms have been destroyed"
"Destroyed? Who would do such a thing?" Ash demanded.
"We think its Team Rocket"
"Yeah that would be right," Ash said angrily thinking of Jesse and James. "That's just the kind of low down stunt they'd pull"
"Local trainers from the Kanto region have also gone missing. My sisters and cousins have been working really hard to find the missing trainers but so far they have found nothing"
"We want to help too," Ash said.
"I'd advise you all lie low until we can figure out exactly what is happening" Jenny said. Suddenly they heard the voice of another Jenny over the radio. "I have to go" Jenny said. "Just keep out of trouble"
"Don't worry I'll be a good boy for you" Brock called after her dreamily.
Misty frowned in worry. What was happening? Her sisters must be missing too. Still they had noticed nothing here. Some thing terrible was happening in Kanto and they had to go back and find out what it was.
Giovanni watched Lillian kneeling down beside James in the prison cell. Lillian sighed and shook her head. Giovanni swore to himself angrily. He should have known better than to use some one like James. He was too weak and Lillian was confirming Giovanni's worst fears.
"He has been using his abilities before" Giovanni spoke at last. "He was completing 5 missions or more a day. It never had this effect from what my sources tell me"
"Sir he was using the future sight to see some thing like half an hour to an hour into the future with regular breaks. You have sat him down in you're office and bullied him into long viewings one after the other and given him the serum when we discussed and agreed that on no account was it to be used. Then you lock him up down here in this filthy prison and give him one meal a day and even then it is just bread and water. What do you expect?" the young woman shouted.
"Hold you're tongue Lillian" Giovanni snapped.
"I was against this from the start" Lillian muttered angrily
"You wanted to study the effects it would have as much as the rest of us"
"I wanted to study the theory of giving a TM to a human not actually doing it!"
"Shut up" Giovanni turned to Jill Andrews, who had been watching the argument silently.
"The viewings take a lot out of him. By forcing him into doing those extra ones and giving him the antidote to the memory loss formula you may have jeopardised the entire project" she said reluctantly agreeing with Lillian.
"Meaning what Jill?"
"Meaning if you continue to force him to view the future whilst he is weak he will die"
"How long?"
"What sir?"
"If he continues to view for me?"
"A few days sir maybe less. His brain won't take the strain and he will slip into a coma and die"
"Is that enough time to take control?" Giovanni turned back to his guards.
"Yes sir. If we wait then the Police could take the operation down" was the reply.
"Jill you're services are no longer needed. You're dismissed"
"Sir you are going to sacrifice a life just because you have to wait a few days?" Jill said angrily "That experiment cost us thousands and you are going to throw it all away?"
"No Jill you see this is what I had planned from the beginning. I won't need James when the operation is completed. It makes sense for him to die"
"Sir all that money" Jill protested "Surely you can just hold off long enough for him to rest up?"
"We won't wait" Giovanni snapped his fingers and with one single shot Jill crumpled to the floor. The guard re-holstered his gun and awaited further orders. "Find the girl" Giovanni hissed. "Or I will lie you out next to the scientist!"
"Yes sir" the guards left Giovanni alone. He unlocked the prison door and knelt down beside his slave.
James was sleeping for now. "Sir you can't be serious about this?" Lillian whispered. He nodded and told Lillian to get out. He did not want her in here again. Giovanni had got the information he wanted. All the Kanto gyms were now gone just the trainers left. Once all the gyms had gone from Johto and the Orange Islands Giovanni would almost have complete control. Then after the gyms had fallen the police force would crumble and then all that would remain was Lance and the elite 4. After them nothing would stop him and he would no longer need James. Let him die viewing, it wouldn't matter to Giovanni, not once he had full control.
"Where the hell is she?" the guard demanded on finding his companion on the floor rubbing his head.
"The little bitch hit me" he groaned. He stood up dusting off his uniform.
"We have to find her," the first said grimly. "If we don't then Giovanni will have our heads"
"Come on. She can't have gone far"
"You really think you can beat me?" the leader of the Vermilion City gym sneered down at the two rockets. They did not seem intimidated by him in the least but Surge knew rockets were tough. He threw the Pokeball into the battle stadium. "Go Raichu!"
The male rocket, a young man of about 22 years old with brown hair smirked confidently and selected his own Pokemon. It was a Gloom, a grass Pokemon. Surge was smart; he knew that grass had the advantage over electric but his Raichu was at a very high level.
"Raichu mega punch!" he ordered.
No sooner did the commands leave his mouth did the rockets Gloom side step the attack and use an acid attack back. Surge was speechless. They knew what he was going to do! But that was impossible! Whilst he was stunned the Gloom used sleep powder. "Raichu return" Surge was still not very concerned. Sure the rockets were good but he was a gym leader. The only 2 trainers that had ever beaten him were just kids. Talented trainers from the town of Pallet. Surge knew they had talent because Professor Oak gave their pokemon to them. Surge knew the Professor well and Samuel only gave Pokemon to kids that he thought had a good chance of making it big in the pokemon world. Surge was proud to loose to those kids. But he would not loose to Team Rocket!
"Magneton go!"
The Rocket male stepped back and let his partner take over. "Bayleaf go!"
Surge smiled this would be over in a second. "Magneton swift attack"
Again as soon as he uttered the words the Rocket girl reacted a second faster. "Bayleaf poison powder!"
Surge hesitated and then was about to issue orders for a thundershock when Bayleaf dodged the swift attack and tackled Magneton. It fainted.
"This can't be happening!" Surge cried, he reached for another Pokemon when the whole gym started to fill with Rocket agents. "What is this?" Surge demanded.
The Rocket girl laughed "This battle was just to weaken you're Pokemon. Our Boss doesn't want you gym leaders interfering with our plans"
"What plans?" Surge demanded.
They both laughed "Our Boss has a new weapon that will crush every pokemon trainer and gym leader that opposes him so you'd do better to step aside now!"
Surge reached for another Pokeball. "Jolteon quick attack!"
But no sooner had Jolteon emerged from its Pokeball did it fall down. "What?" Surge cried seeing the remains of Bayleafs razor leaf. "You may as well give in" the rockets laughed. "You can never defeat us!"
Surge knew they were right. But what was this? They knew what he was going to do? But that was impossible wasn't it?
Giovanni put down the phone and turned to his slave. James was kneeling down on the floor of his office shaking from exhaustion. "The last Kanto gym has fallen" Giovanni said walking over to him.
James showed no interest and turned his head away from his Boss. "What is wrong with you? This is a great triumph" Giovanni snapped.
"I told you sir" James whispered bitterly "The viewings take a lot out of me"
"You are lying to me James" Giovanni hissed anger in those heartless black eyes. James took a deep breath and met Giovanni's gaze. "I am not sir"
The hatred was obvious in his tired hoarse voice. It took Giovanni aback slightly. He was beginning to think that giving James that serum was a mistake. The male had become pathetic and he did look unwell. The idea of telling him the truth was to crush any willpower James had left. Giovanni had succeeded in doing this but he was regretting it. Giovanni was starting to think he pushed James too hard. They had been through the remaining Kanto gyms and the Orange Island ones. In addition Giovanni had obtained a list of the best trainers in Kanto. It was this list he wanted to get started on now. Giovanni decided to get Lillian to take a look at him later. This list was important. He had to get rid of all that could oppose him. Giovanni did not want to kill these trainers…well not yet. They would be captured and held in the Saffron City Silph building along with the gym leaders. Giovanni had half of his combat unit guarding them. The gyms themselves destroyed. Nothing remained. The idea of challenging the gym leaders to a Pokemon match first was to tire the trainers/gym leaders pokemon out. That was so the Pokemon would not be able to help their trainers.
"James get up," Giovanni said angrily. Any concern he might have was vanishing as his slave continued to lie there whimpering softly. James did try but he seemed to be totally wiped out. Giovanni sighed angrily. The list would have to wait. He picked up his phone "Lillian get in here now"
For James the day since he found out the truth moved slowly. He was too tired to question any thing and did the viewings just to keep Giovanni off his back. His Boss…he hated him more than any thing in the world. Giovanni had used him for a potentially lethal experiment and was now using him again. Both times James was being used for Giovanni's own gains. His real memories played tricks on him and he was sure the serum was making him see other things too. Past events long forgotten began to surface in his aching head. Oh he was so tired and his head hurt. The viewings were slowly killing him. Giovanni couldn't see it but James knew it. He had seen his own grave…
Meowth looked around. It was a day since Jesse left him. Meowth fought back the tears at this. Jesse left him. He needed her and she left. But of course her friendship with James was stronger than her friendship with Meowth. He had messed up by not telling Jesse that it was Cassidy and Butch sooner but he had been in so much pain that the thought of Jesse abandoning him was too much to bear. Now she had done. Jesse always tried to protect James but this was one time when she would fail. If Giovanni had him then there was nothing Jesse alone could do to help him. She would die in the attempt and Meowth would have lost them both. Well that couldn't happen. James had taken the balloon so Jesse would have had to walk or got herself some other means of transport. Meowth was sure that he could catch up with her. Well actually he wasn't sure if he could even walk let alone catch up with her but he was sure that he had to try. He may not be able to save James but he couldn't let Jesse throw her life away trying to. Meowth gritted his teeth and sat up. This jarred his leg and he whimpered softly. Cursing he realised that he would have to walk on all fours dragging his broken leg behind him like he had done on that painful journey back to the cabin the day Butch and Cassidy had got him. After some time working out how best to do this Meowth was able to limp towards the Pokemon centre door. Opening it wasn't a problem as he had seen Nurse Joy do it often enough. It was night outside and Meowth first thought, being a cat; he would have the advantage over Jesse. But he realised that he had no idea which direction she would have taken. Jesse might have tried to head for Goldenrod City to catch the train back to Kanto or she might have walked to New Bark Town and then across to Viridian City from there. The second option was the quickest way so deciding that Jesse must have gone that way Meowth took off back into the woods. Meowth reached the cabin an hour later. The front door was wide open. Meowth ventured inside. "Jesse?" he called softly. If the door was open then she must still be here. Silence was the only reply.
"Jesse?" Meowth called again. He saw a shape on the sofa. Meowth limped over to them. It was defiantly Jesse. She hadn't abandoned him after all! Meowth wasn't sure whether to feel relief at this or not. James needed Jesse too but yet she was here. Meowth didn't understand it. His calling her caused her to wake. "Meowth? What are you doing here?" she asked sleepily.
"I was worried," Meowth said coming closer. "I thought yous were gonna do some ting dumb"
"I was" Jesse admitted "But I realised that I couldn't leave you whilst you are hurt"
"Den why didn't yous come to da Pokemon centre?"
Jesse laughed "What and admit I was wrong? Meowth I didn't know what to do. If I went back then I felt like I was abandoning James but if I didn't then I was abandoning you"
"Yous know I wouldn't judge yous like dat"
"Meowth I think some thing bad is happening. I tried calling our HQ in Viridian City. I thought I might be able to find out something. The HQ isn't taking incoming calls. Everything is being diverted to the gym"
"We have to go to Viridian City" Meowth said. "Dey could do some ting ta him"
"I know" Jesse snapped. "But I don't know what to do Meowth. If the Boss has him then what can we do? Giovanni will kill us"
Meowth bit his lip. Jesse didn't know what to do? She had to know. Jesse always knew what to do. Meowth struggled to make up some sort of plan. "We can…get hold of Cassidy and Butch. Dey will know what dare doing to Jimmy"
"Meowth there are only 2 of us. Butch and Cassidy are bigger than you."
"I don't know either!" he shouted. "I want ta help James but I just don't know Jesse! I don't know why da Boss wants him and I don't know how we are gonna get him out of a HQ packed with other rockets ok!"
Meowth felt the tears coming again and made no effort to stop them. This was all his fault. He had always said he'd rather die than let any thing happen to Jesse or James but when it came down to it he couldn't keep his mouth shut. Jesse was surprised by his outburst. She picked the cat up careful not to hurt his leg as she did so. "We'll think of some thing Meowth. I promise you we will think of some thing" Even as she said these words Jesse was not convinced that she could save him. This knowledge tore her up inside. The situation was near hopeless. Giovanni obviously ordered them to stay at the cabin to keep them out of his way whilst he used James for the future sight Well whatever happened Jesse was certain about one thing. If Giovanni hurt James then she would kill the rocket Boss herself.
"That's odd," Brock said replacing the receiver back on the wall.
"What is it Brock?" Misty asked.
"I just tried to call home to check up on my brothers and sisters. No one answered so I tried the gym. The operator told me that the number no longer exists"
The gym trainer frowned and handed a few coins to the red head next to him. "I have a feeling my gym isn't the only one"
Misty nodded and dialled the number of her gym. Seconds later replaced the receiver. "The operator told me the same thing" she was starting to worry now. Pikachu and Togepi looked at each other and then tried to comfort both gym leaders.
Ash remained as clueless as ever. "Maybe they're on vacation" he suggested.
"I think some thing bad is happening" Brock said.
"Pika" Pikachu agreed.
"Well you're right" Officer Jenny came riding up on her motor bike.
Brock turned a funny shade of red but the present situation stopped him from making a beeline for Jenny like he normally would. "We've had reports of the gym leaders disappearing and the gyms have been destroyed"
"Destroyed? Who would do such a thing?" Ash demanded.
"We think its Team Rocket"
"Yeah that would be right," Ash said angrily thinking of Jesse and James. "That's just the kind of low down stunt they'd pull"
"Local trainers from the Kanto region have also gone missing. My sisters and cousins have been working really hard to find the missing trainers but so far they have found nothing"
"We want to help too," Ash said.
"I'd advise you all lie low until we can figure out exactly what is happening" Jenny said. Suddenly they heard the voice of another Jenny over the radio. "I have to go" Jenny said. "Just keep out of trouble"
"Don't worry I'll be a good boy for you" Brock called after her dreamily.
Misty frowned in worry. What was happening? Her sisters must be missing too. Still they had noticed nothing here. Some thing terrible was happening in Kanto and they had to go back and find out what it was.
Giovanni watched Lillian kneeling down beside James in the prison cell. Lillian sighed and shook her head. Giovanni swore to himself angrily. He should have known better than to use some one like James. He was too weak and Lillian was confirming Giovanni's worst fears.
"He has been using his abilities before" Giovanni spoke at last. "He was completing 5 missions or more a day. It never had this effect from what my sources tell me"
"Sir he was using the future sight to see some thing like half an hour to an hour into the future with regular breaks. You have sat him down in you're office and bullied him into long viewings one after the other and given him the serum when we discussed and agreed that on no account was it to be used. Then you lock him up down here in this filthy prison and give him one meal a day and even then it is just bread and water. What do you expect?" the young woman shouted.
"Hold you're tongue Lillian" Giovanni snapped.
"I was against this from the start" Lillian muttered angrily
"You wanted to study the effects it would have as much as the rest of us"
"I wanted to study the theory of giving a TM to a human not actually doing it!"
"Shut up" Giovanni turned to Jill Andrews, who had been watching the argument silently.
"The viewings take a lot out of him. By forcing him into doing those extra ones and giving him the antidote to the memory loss formula you may have jeopardised the entire project" she said reluctantly agreeing with Lillian.
"Meaning what Jill?"
"Meaning if you continue to force him to view the future whilst he is weak he will die"
"How long?"
"What sir?"
"If he continues to view for me?"
"A few days sir maybe less. His brain won't take the strain and he will slip into a coma and die"
"Is that enough time to take control?" Giovanni turned back to his guards.
"Yes sir. If we wait then the Police could take the operation down" was the reply.
"Jill you're services are no longer needed. You're dismissed"
"Sir you are going to sacrifice a life just because you have to wait a few days?" Jill said angrily "That experiment cost us thousands and you are going to throw it all away?"
"No Jill you see this is what I had planned from the beginning. I won't need James when the operation is completed. It makes sense for him to die"
"Sir all that money" Jill protested "Surely you can just hold off long enough for him to rest up?"
"We won't wait" Giovanni snapped his fingers and with one single shot Jill crumpled to the floor. The guard re-holstered his gun and awaited further orders. "Find the girl" Giovanni hissed. "Or I will lie you out next to the scientist!"
"Yes sir" the guards left Giovanni alone. He unlocked the prison door and knelt down beside his slave.
James was sleeping for now. "Sir you can't be serious about this?" Lillian whispered. He nodded and told Lillian to get out. He did not want her in here again. Giovanni had got the information he wanted. All the Kanto gyms were now gone just the trainers left. Once all the gyms had gone from Johto and the Orange Islands Giovanni would almost have complete control. Then after the gyms had fallen the police force would crumble and then all that would remain was Lance and the elite 4. After them nothing would stop him and he would no longer need James. Let him die viewing, it wouldn't matter to Giovanni, not once he had full control.