Chapter 10

"The Interview"

The next morning after we had gotten a good night's sleep at the Pokemon Center, I decided to take her to the police station to get her to reveal as much information as she possibly could, so that my friends could began the long process of taking care of Team Rocket once and for all.  I then picked up the poke ball that was for Togetic, and it was sucked back inside its poke ball with a flash of red light.  As soon as Rosella was awake I decided to tell her my plans that I needed her for. 

I told her "Rosella, I'm going to take you to the Police Station, and get a meeting with Officer Jenny to file a current report about Team Rocket. 

I need you to come with me because you were taken into their headquarters and you probably were forced to speak to the Boss of Team Rocket.  In other words, you're a survivor of their cruelty." 

Lance's gaze dropped to my bandaged wrist. 

"I'll go with you." I replied softly. 

"You're a good girl, and I'm sorry that this happened to you." 

After Lance said that he took my left hand, and led me to the Police Station.  When we arrived at the station, we walked inside and Lance found Officer Jenny. 

Officer Jenny was a little bit surprised to see Lance, but she tried her best to maintain her cool because she said "Oh, Lance what brings you here?" 

I replied "Jenny, Rosella here was kidnapped only two days ago by Team Rocket." 

Jenny was immediately interested.  Lance then asked, "Jenny, did you see her right wrist?" 

Jenny replied, "I did." 

Then she asked, "why?" 

Lance replied, "Team Rocket put a chain around her wrist and it became so badly swollen it's not even funny." 

"Oh my gosh!" Officer Jenny exclaimed. 

Then she said, "Poor girl, she must have been terrified after all she's an orphan." 

"What!?!" Lance exclaimed. 

"You mean you didn't know?" 

She went on, "Rosella's parents Melanie and Edward Bell died in a plane crash when she was only twelve." 

Lance then asked, "You mean to tell me that Rosella has been on her own not really being taken care of by anyone for three years?" 

"I'm afraid so." Officer Jenny replied. 

"Why wasn't she adopted?" Lance asked. 

She replied, "We tried to find a family for Rosella, but no one wanted to take her in.  So we just had to leave her where she was, and its not like she was completely on her own." 

"What do you mean?" Lance asked. 

"I mean Rosella had been kept under a semi-watchful eye by the Elm family, who also lived in town, next door to Rosella in fact." 

"I see." Lance said. 

Then he asked, "So Rosella is still up for adoption is that it?" 

"It is." Jenny replied.  

Then she asked, "Would you like to adopt her?" 

I'll have to check with my wife first." 

"Go for it."  Officer Jenny replied.  Lance pulled his cell phone out of his cape pocket and called Lorelei back at the League. 

Lorelei answered the phone and asked, "Lorelei speaking, who's this?" 

"Lorelei, it's me Lance" 

"Oh hi, Lance, what is   going on, and how's Rosella doing?" 

"Rosella's doing fine, and the reason I called was because I had gone to the Police Station to file a report on Rosella's kidnapping and to give the police any information she might have, and when I was talking to Officer Jenny and she told me that Rosella is an orphan since her parents died in a plane crash when she was twelve." 

"Oh my gosh, I didn't know." Lorelei moaned. 

"Don't feel too badly, I didn't even know myself." He consoled. 

Then Lance said, "Officer Jenny asked me if I wanted to adopt her and if it's alright with you, I would like to go ahead and adopt her." 

"Of course, it's fine with me, go ahead and adopt her.  Oh by the way, make sure you ask Rosella if it's okay with her before you adopt her." 

Then Lorelei asked her husband "Lance, if you need me to be there to sign her adoption papers would you come on Aerodactyl to get me and bring me back there?" 

"Of course I will."  Lance replied. 

Lance then said "Well goodbye for now, Darling." 

After I said that, I ended the call on my cell phone and turned back to face us.  I told Officer Jenny, "My wife said it was okay with her, but I want to check with Rosella to make sure that this is alright with her." 

"Go ahead and do that."  Officer Jenny replied. 

I turned to Rosella and said "Rosella, if it's all right with you, my wife Lorelei and I would like to adopt you." 

Then I asked her, "Is that okay with you?" 

"It is."  Rosella replied. 

Then Officer Jenny tapped me on the shoulder and softly said, "Lance we need your wife to be here to sign Rosella's adoption papers." 

Lance replied, "I thought that was the case, so I worked out a way to get her here." 

Then he said "Jenny, please keep an eye on Rosella, I'm going on my Pokemon Aerodactyl to get my wife and then I'll be right back." 

Lance then walked out of the Police Station and sent out Aerodactyl, he then climbed on his Pokemon and he flew back to the Plateau. 

When Lorelei saw Lance and Aerodactyl, she ran out of the building and then climbed on his Pokemon and held on to Lance, and together we flew back to Goldenrod City. 

Aerodactyl landed in front of the police station, and together Lorelei and I walked back into the station, and we prepared ourselves to be bombarded with paperwork. 

Officer Jenny saw that Lance had returned with his wife so she asked them, "Are you ready for the paperwork that comes along with her adoption?" 

We both replied, "We are ready for it." 

Jenny replied, "That's great, you'll find the paperwork on the table next to where I'm standing.  There are two pens there too." 

"Okay, let's get started." Lance said to his wife." 

"Good idea." She replied. 

While they were filling out forms, Officer Jenny turned to me and said

"Rosella, please tell me everything that happened to you from the time of your capture to the time of your rescue." 

I replied "Well it all started after I had a battle with a boy named Timothy.  After I had recalled my Pokemon, a net came flying from where it seemed almost out of nowhere." 

Then Jenny interrupted and asked, "Where was Lance when this happened?" 

I replied, "He was on the sidelines, since he had refereed the battle that had taken place between Timothy and I." 

"I see, go on with your story." 

"Well after I was trapped by the net, Lance was surrounded by ten rocket grunts and it seemed to me from where I was that their primary mission was to keep Lance away from me.  They distracted Lance enough by getting him involved in battles with them that while he was trying to get them off of him, a Rocket Executive walked over, grabbed the netting that I had been trapped it, pulled it off of me, an then seized before he dragged me off to their hideout." 

Then Jenny asked, "What happened when you got there?" 

I answered, "Well, when the Executive and I arrived at their hideout, the first thing the executive did was tie me up and then he took me to see their boss."  

"Hold everything!" Officer Jenny exclaimed. 

Lance and Lorelei looked up and looked at her for a minute before Officer Jenny said "Lance, Lorelei, Rosella was forced to speak with the Rocket's Boss." 

"What!?!" They both exclaimed. 

Before they could get ahead of themselves I said, "It wasn't like a real conversation it was very brief, mostly because of the fact that I started crying near the end of it." 

Lorelei soothed, "Come on, Sweetie anyone in your place would have had the same reactions you did.  So don't feel too badly, everything that you do know is good enough for us." 

Lance and Lorelei then seeing that I felt a little better, they went back to the stack of forms that were still left for them to fill out. 

Officer Jenny then asked, "Rosella, what happened after you met the Boss?" 

I replied, "After I met the Boss, the executive that had brought me there was called back in." 

"Just a second, did you by any chance get his name?" 

"I did."  I replied. 

"The executive's name was Todd." 

"Okay, go on." Officer Jenny said. 

"Well, his boss told him to take me down to their detention block and to put me in one of the cells that were down there." 

Then officer Jenny said, "Once he led you into a cell he must have put that chain around your wrist and then he probably left you in the cell to wait until they wanted you again." 

Next she asked, "Is that what happened?" 

I replied "Yes, that is exactly what happened." 

Then Officer Jenny asked me, "When they wanted you again, what did they ask you and what did they want?"

I replied, "When they took me out of the cell they took me back up to speak to the Boss of Team Rocket."

"Whoa!  Wait just a minute!  You were forced to speak to the Boss of Team Rocket twice!?!"  Officer Jenny practically shrieked.

Once again Lance and Lorelei looked up and gave her a strange sort of look before she said "Lance, Lorelei, it turns out that Rosella wasn't just forced to speak to the Boss of Team Rocket once, but twice!" 

"What!?!" They exclaimed.

Now Lance asked me "Rosella is this true that you were forced to speak to Giovanni twice?"

I looked him in the eyes and replied "Yes, it's true."

"May I please get the answer to my question?"  Officer Jenny asked.

Lance replied "Of course, sorry about that.  Rosella is just so special to me and I don't want to lose her again."

"That's understandable."  She replied.

Lance and Lorelei were listening intently as Officer Jenny asked the next question.

Now she turned back to face me before she asked, "Rosella what did happen when you were brought up from your cell to the Boss's office?"

I replied, "I was forced to sit on a wooden chair and then the Executive tied me very tightly to it."

Lance looked very angry at how cruelly they had treated me.

"Go on, Rosella." Officer Jenny said.

I went on, "After I was tied up, Giovanni started talking to me."

"What did he say?"  Officer Jenny asked me.

I replied a little shakily, "He asked me to join Team Rocket."

Lance and Lorelei gasped as did Officer Jenny.

I quickly went on, "I refused his offer and when I refused he slapped me across my right cheek."

Lance looked completely outraged.  I was trembling at this point, so Lance and Lorelei rushed to my side and wrapped me in a giant hug to let me know that everything was going to be alright. 

When I felt better, they went back to the stack of papers, while Officer Jenny said "Oh, Rosella, it's going to be okay.  So now if you would please tell me about how you were rescued." 

I said "Well, Lance got the two keys from the key ring.  He then took the key to the cell door, which was the larger of the two and unlocked the door.  Then he walked inside and saw the chain that was securely fastened around my wrist.  So he took the other key, which was the smaller of the two and inserted it into the lock on the chain and turned it and removed the chain from around my wrist.  Then he gathered up my things, before he scooped me up in his arms and carried me out of their hideout." 

"Thanks for the information, Rosella, I've got it all right here on this tape recorder. She held it up for me to see. 

I recorded it all, just in case that if we have another question we can go back to the tape and listen to it and try to piece together the answer to our question."  Officer Jenny said. 

When Lance and Lorelei had finished filling out adoption forms, they both knew that Rosella was now their adopted daughter and that they were her parents now. 

Since the paperwork was fully complete, Lance and Lorelei walked over to Rosella and wrapped her in gentle hugs to let her know that they would always be there for her no matter what happened. 

They also knew that they would have to tell Bruno and Agatha about Rosella's adoption. 

They knew without a doubt that they would give their approval, or they wouldn't have helped to make plans to rescue her from Team Rocket's clutches.