ELP: Sorry about the miss-spelling of a name. Jesse should be Jessie. Okay, on to the next chapter! I own nothing.
``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Everyone gasped, minus the former members if Team Rocket, and Ken.
" What...... How did they?" James sighed.
" Joseph wanted out. He alerted the police about the underground lair in Celadon. Giovanni personally came after him and used some sort of needle....... He injected liquid glue into his system. It was un-avoidable. Now I think we'll be next......." Meowth whimpered a bit.
" And I thought the worst he could do was fire us.........." A diabolical laugh emitted from behind them. Giovanni and a large Machoke stood there, looking furious.
" You really thought you could quit and then divulge information? Hah! You must be kidding me. Foolish teens. I'll just have to dispose of you......" Ken smiled.
" But you won't. Because you need them." Giovanni stared blankly at Ken.
" Why? Why would I need an adopted, homeless teenage girl and a stuck up, formerly rich guy?" Jessie went blank. Utterly blank. Totally unreadable, shadowed by the moon. James snarled a bit, staring angrily at Giovanni. Ken stepped in front of the 2 humans.
" Because you need their crests in order to complete your plan......." Giovanni snarled, his Machoke ready to lunge, although it was trying to show off too much.
" How do you know of my plans? You cannot read minds, you are not psychic like Sabrina or the other one!" The corner of Ken's mouth raised in amusement.
" You are ignorant, aren't you? Psychic is no longer the most powerful type existing........" Ken's eyes flashed black, shining over once, then returning to normal. Giovanni blinked a few times.
" No way. Machoke, capture him! And the 2 teens....." Machoke started to dash, it's powerful feet pounding against the ground. Ken raised his hand, and Machoke was stopped in his tracks, being lifted right off the ground. Ken sighed.
" You know, I was really hoping you would just use common sense and go away. No matter now. 5 days from now you won't have anything." He stated, throwing Machoke back with a wrist movement. Giovanni backed up a bit.
" You'll never get to the shrine! You'll never make it past my security, my Pokemon, the archers......... It's utterly impossible! You shall not win!" Giovanni exclaimed, letting his gigantic Fearow out of it's Pokeball. He leapt on, and retreated Machoke, taking off it a large gust. Jessie blinked.
" We survived. We're alive!!!" She cried out, leaping around. James joined the jubilation dance, along with Meowth, who was doing back flips. Ken rolled his eyes, but suddenly he collapsed, eyes unfocused. Jessie, James and Meowth rushed to his side, along with little Wormmon. They rolled him over onto his back. Sweat plastered his hair to his forehead, and his eyes were open, but totally blank. He blinked a few times, very tiredly. His eyes slowly came into focus.
" I'm not trained to take that much energy. It really drained me. I'll just need about an hour sleep, then we can start traveling. We need to head to Saffron city. I need to speak to Sabrina. Then, I tell you what else we need to do........." Ken passed out, looking gaunt and deprived of sleep. Jessie and James picked Ken up, and hauled him over to a patch of leaves. They laid him down on it, and then covered him with a blanket they managed to swipe. Wormmon cuddled up to Ken.
" Who was that? And why are you here?" Ash asked, still suspicious. Jessie and James turned around, while Meowth curled up beside Ken.
" That was Giovanni. Leader and main boss of Team Rocket. And I was originally here because we got lost. Then, Ken was going to throw a rock at our knees, so we decided to be with him, not against him. Then, Giovanni showed up, and I'm sure you saw the rest." Misty nodded.
" Ash, Ken is officially responsible for their actions now. Don't worry, they don't have enough leverage at this time to beat us, if they try." Jessie and James sat down on the ground, beside Ken, and tried to keep warm. Miyako, being a bit more sympathetic, grabbed an extra blanket and handed it to them. Jessie took it warily.
" Um, thanks......" She said quietly. Miyako nodded.
" I think I can relate a bit to you. I'm not sure, but maybe." She whispered, going back to the group. James wrapped the blanket around him and Jessie. Jessie let Arbok out, and cuddled up to it, being wrapped up in it's snake like body. Everyone had gone back to sleep, other then Miyako and Misty, who were sitting and talking about siblings and things like that.
In the morning, Jessie and James were shaken awake by Ken. He looked much better, only more determined. Jessie and James got up, Arbok still lazily wrapped around Jessie. It's head was resting on her shoulder, the rest of it wrapped around her waist and shoulder. Weezing was floating around, yawning. Meowth meowed loudly, rubbing his eyes.
" We have to get going. We've got a lot of traveling to do. Oh yeah, take off those stupid over coats. You're not Rockets anymore." James and Jessie obliged, still wearing black underneath.
" Okay, let's get going. I packed a few things. Lot's of food, money, things like that. We're close to Saffron, so we'll stock up there. Here some breakfast. It's not much, but should get you going." Jessie blinked to wake up, and dug in with the others, eating what was left of the apples. Misty, Miyako and Ash ran out of the tent, along with the others.
" You didn't think you'd leave without us, eh?" Davis exclaimed, running over to Ken. Ken sighed.
" No, I didn't. But, you didn't look like you'd wake up anytime soon......" Davis sweat dropped.
" Uh, yeah........ Anyway, we're tagging along." Ken nodded.
" Okay. Just, try not to do anything completely stupid......." Ken murmered, turning back to Jessie and James.
" Okay, I'll tell you something...... Giovanni is obviously a very smart person. That's where I come in. Follow my orders directly, or you will die. Okay, let's head out! And if you don't like listening to me, then stay behind, 'cause it's about to get dangerous." Cody grumbled a bit, but silenced by a small kick from Pikachu. Cody looked down at the little mouse. It was glaring at him. Pikachu jumped up onto Ash's shoulder, very proud of himself. Cody rubbed his leg a bit, and then started to walk with the others, still wondering why the mouse kicked him. Ken was leading, walking at a good pace. Jessie and James were beside him, Meowth and Wormmon on Ken's shoulder, discussing speech and language. Ken suddenly dashed sideways, bolting silently through the forest. Everyone else followed. Ken stopped, silencing the others before they could speak.
" Perfect! We nabbed ourselves a nice Houndour! Let's get this to the boss before the trainer comes back for it!" Jessie was about to launch forward, because in a clearing was Cassidy, along with Butch. They had a Houndour in a net. It was hurt, and whimpering badly, but still trying to fight. Ken stepped out of the clearing, not noticed by the duo yet. Suddenly, he let out a roar.
" WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THIS POKEMON YOU FOOLS!!??!?!?!?! I'LL KILL YOU!!!!!" Ken shouted. Cassidy and Butch leapt 10 feet in the air, and took off running, leaving the Houndour. The others leapt out, helping cut the Houndour out of the net. It collapsed into Ken's arms. Ken lifted it up in his arms, staring at the little creature.
" It's trainer abused it. Terrible. Okay, you guys continue to Saffron at a normal pace. Wormmon, do you're stuff!" Wormmon hopped off his shoulder.
" WORMMON! DIGIVOLVE TO.......... STINGMON!!!" Wormmon was suddenly the powerful Stingmon, his bug wings flapping wildly. Jessie and James awed, along with the other Pokemon trainers.
" This is crazy! That thing is huge!" Meowth exclaimed, wondering how his little worm friend turned into such a powerful being. Ken jumped onto it's back, tucking the Houndour in his shirt. Jessie and James were picked up by Stingmon's arms, along with little Meowth, who was staring up at his friend.
" We'll be at Saffron city's Pokemon center! Try and hurry!" Ken shouted over the beating of wings. They took to the skies. Jessie and James were amazed by how high Stingmon could go, and how agile it really was.
" Wow, this is what you turn into, Wormmon?" Stingmon laughed, smiling at Meowth.
" Actually, now my name is Stingmon. I'll turn back into Wormmon later. Okay, Ken, where to?" Ken laughed loudly.
" To my cousin's house, Sabrina! Saffron city Pokemon center will be fine!" Stingmon nodded, and dove down, skimming the water, making the mist spray upwards, creating what looked like a boat crossing the water at high speeds. Stingmon rose again, flying towards Saffron city. They landed right in front of the Pokemon Center. Stingmon returned to his timid sized Wormmon, and everyone dashed into the Pokemon Center. Ken laid the Houndour on the main desk.
" I found him in the woods. He's been abused by his owner, and a bunch of Rockets were trying to steal him." Nurse Joy gasped.
" We'll get him fixed up in no time! Do you know who the trainer is?" She asked, very angry for some reason. Ken shook his head.
" No." Nurse Joy nodded, handing Houndour to Chansey.
" Take him to the emergency room." Chansey nodded.
" Now, since the owner abused him, would you like to take account for Houndour?" Ken nodded.
" I will. But, I'm not a Pokemon trainer, or anything." Nurse Joy smiled.
" That's okay. Just as long as you take responsibility for the poor thing. Anyway, could I get your name?" Ken nodded.
" Satoro Ichijouji Hunter." Jessie blinked. Nurse Joy quickly wrote the name down.
" Okay then, Mr. Hunter, could you maybe take a seat? We'll get the Houndour fixed in no time." Ken nodded, taking a seat beside Jessie and James.
" Hey, you're name is Hunter, right? That's Sabrina's last name, the leader of the Saffron city gym! But, you're other name is Ichijouji, right?" Ken nodded.
" Yeah....... Wait, how do you spell your name?" Ken asked suddenly, thinking for a moment. Jessie smiled a bit.
" J-E-S-S-I-E, why?" Ken snapped into attention.
" What's your last name?" Jessie blinked a few times.
" Ichi........ Hey, my last name is Ichijouji! I remember now! You're my cousin!" James blinked.
" Hey, I can see it now. You both have the same eyes. Weird......"
" I think this meeting was somehow predetermined........." Meowth predicted, thinking about it for a moment.
``````````````````````````````````
ELP: Okay, there may not have been much going on there, but hey, whatever!
Sammy: R&R!