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One Day I'll Fly Away

"And don't let me see you again until you get that Pikachu!!" Giovanni hurled a book at Jessie, James, and Meowth as the trio scampered out of his office.

"Are you okay, Jessie?" James asked once they were safely away.

"I'm fine, James," Jessie said, touching the bruise on her cheek where Giovanni had hit her.

"We really got to change our game plan," Meowth said, "Or the Boss'll never give us our paychecks!"

"Oh, who cares!" Jessie suddenly yelled. "I'm tired of being at the beck and call of the Boss!"

"Jessie…" James said.

"Look at this dump!" Jessie flicked her hand around TRHQ. "Cracked walls, rotting floors, leaky ceiling, tearing wallpaper, termites. Is this what we deserve?"

"Jessie!" Meowth exclaimed.

"I'm sick of this! This is it! I'm getting out of here while I still can!"

Jessie turned and walked out the door, slamming it behind her.

James looked up from his book. His and Jessie's room were separated by a wall, and it was easy to hear through the decaying wall. James heard Jessie mumbling to herself. Quickly, he got up and pressed his ear against the wall.

"Always obeying his orders…constantly under his threats…starving for him…no respect for us. I'm sick of it!" James heard Jessie slam a suitcase on her creaky bed and start throwing her possessions into it.

James was horror-stricken. Jessie was serious! She was leaving!

He ran out his door and went to hers, throwing it open. She stared up at him, shocked.

"Jessie, you can't be serious! You can't leave! What will Meowth and I do without you?"

"If you want to come with me, you can." Jessie zipped her suitcase and picked it up by the handle. "But nothing you can say will change my mind."

James barred the door. "You're not getting out through here!"

Jessie smirked. "This is only two-stories up. I have no problem pulling a Wesley Snipes out this window." Jessie turned and went for the window.

"Jessie, why!" James shouted. "Why are you leaving us? We can't function without you. I want you to stay…I need you to stay! Why are you leaving me?"

Jessie halted just a few feet from the window. Slowly, she put her suitcase down. "I follow the night."

"What?"

"Can't stand the light. When will I begin to live again?"

"Jessie, you can't leave us," James insisted. "Not now."

Jessie turned around to face James, and he saw tears running down her face. "One day I'll fly away! Leave all this to yesterday!"

James stepped towards her, but she backed away. "What more could your love do for me? When will love be through with me?"

"What about your dreams, your goals? I won't let you give it all up. Jess…"

But Jessie put her finger over James's lips. "Why live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends?" She smiled at him. "Come with me! You know you want to leave this."

"Jessie, I…I will." James looked at her with wonderment and love. She had convinced him. "I'll go with you. I can't stand to be without you. How wonderful life is now you're in the world…"

Jessie broke out in a grin and jumped backwards onto the bed, throwing her arms out wide. "One day I'll fly away! Leave all this to yesterday! Why live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends?"

James joined her on top the bed, and wrapped his arms around her. "We'll leave first thing tomorrow. You, Meowth, and I will leave all this behind!"

Jessie wrapped her arms around James and sang. "One day I'll fly away! Fly…fly…"

Giovanni burst in through the door. "What are you ninnies babbling about? Where are you flying?"

"…Away…" Jessie sang.

Giovanni smirked. "Oh, you're not going anywhere."

"We are leaving," James said, with more force than he normally had. "You can't hold us here."

"Oh, I can." Giovanni reached into his pocket and pulled out a gun. "You can leave. But not until I get what I want."

AAAAHHHH! Evil cliffy! The next chapter will tell what he wants. Until then, REVIEW!!