A/N: I know the last chapter was short, and I usually post a lot at once, but I'll decide to try something new in this story. I'll decide to keep the chapter short, but post sooner. That okay? But still it took me so long to post up this chapter I made it a little longer.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon.
Chapter 2
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In another town not so far from here a trio of trouble makers was hiding out. "Jessie, dis the worst plan I never heard," moaned a cat Pokémon.
"You said you wanted to find a safe hiding place didn't you?" asked Jessie. She was a red head with a fiery temper.
"Yeah," mumbled the Pokémon.
"So what's wrong with this place?" asked Jessie.
"Gross," mumbled another's voice. A blue head popped out of a can with muck all down his hands. "Gross," mumbled the man.
"Uh, Jimmy what is that?" asked the Pokémon.
"It's… it's gross," muttered Jessie. She screamed as she watched James gently peel it off.
"That's another uniform gone to the washers," said James.
"See, I told you this plan was disgusting," muttered the Pokémon.
"Do you have a better plan on hiding from Cassidy and Butch, Meowth?" asked Jessie.
"No," muttered the Pokémon.
"Good, so stop whining. This is the only place that they wouldn't think we would be," muttered Jessie.
"Yeah, a garbage dump," muttered James. "You know, we'll in a heap of trouble with the Boss, Jess?"
"I know that James, and it doesn't help that he sold out on us either," snapped Jessie.
"I bet Botch and Cassidy tricked him into it?" whispered James.
"Cassidy probably flirted with him. The Boss always had a sore stop for the woman half of his team," sighed Jessie as she gave a smile blush under her eyes.
"How you know?" asked James questionably as he gave Jessie a sly look.
"I… well," started Jessie embarrassed. To her luck the feline part of their trio team decided to choose that point to hush them up.
"Will you guys hush dat up. You want to give us away? Hiding in this dump is bad enough, but to have Cassidy and Butch find us here is just especially embarrassing," snapped a pesky cat Pokemon as it turned around and let out its threatening claws.
"Meowth got a point," whispered James.
"Well I just hope Cassidy and Butch gets here soon this place is starting to smell," moaned Jessie as she held up one of her hands that was stuck to a crooked pole and covered with months old dinner special.
"Ahh!" screamed James falling over and landed in a heap of garbage.
"James, will you shut up! It's just apiece of garage," sighed Jessie throwing the pole into a garage pile a few feet away.
"Sorry," groaned James climbing out of the waste bin then started picking out the garbage.
"Both ya guys quiet it down I hear them," snapped Meowth causing a murmur from Jessie and James. Jessie and James quickly crouched closer. There was a small peek hole where they watched the gigantic Raticate balloon land not far away.
Two fine figured black robed rockets climbed out of the balloon. They seemed especially uneasy as they looked around. One had long blond pigtail style hair, and a man with a short green hairstyle that match James's.
"I can't believe those two aren't here yet," said Butch.
"No, you mean they got no direction sense? They were supposed to have met us there ten minutes ago," said Cassidy. She snapped as she tapped the waist watch on her arm.
"You don't think they left already do you?" asked Butch. He looked around and groaned at the broken down street.
"Nah, I don't think they're that smart," muttered Cassidy.
The two walked closer to the dump. "Gross, what's that smell," moaned Cassidy.
"It's the garbage dump. Well I know one place that those two won't be," said Butch. He grinned as he pointed to the dump causing Cassidy to burst out laughing.
"Yeah, like really," said Cassidy grinning. "Come on let's go inside that bar."
Butch hurriedly agreed as the two walked into the café that was located next to the dump. Cassidy laughed as she walked inside. "I can't believe anyone would build a bar near a dump."
A silent nudge was felt on her arm. Cassidy looked down and saw that Butch was tapping her arm uneasily. "What's wrong?" snapped Cassidy.
"Them," muttered Butch. Cassidy looked up and immediately sweat dropped. The tables were nearly full with short midget people giving her weird stares. They all looked angry as they stared at them. "Err," said Cassidy. She waved her hand here and there before reaching a vacant seat near the window. Butch immediately sat across from her.
Butch immediately placed his chin of the table. He reached for the empty water glass. "Cass, these people are freaking me out," muttered Butch.
"I know," muttered Cassidy. "Let's just hope that Jessie, James, and that annoying Meowth get here soon."
While unknown to them outside in the dump Jessie, James, and Meowth was hanging on the building. They had their ears pushed close to the window trying to hear what Cassidy and Butch were saying.
"Drats! I can't hear a word they're saying," snapped Jessie.
"Meowth," said Meowth agreeing.
"I say we just go inside," said James. He was getting annoyed at trying to hear what the two rockets inside were saying.
"We can't James. It might be bad," muttered Jessie.
"Like how bad? Bad as getting trashed?" asked James. He looked around at the trash surround him. It was making him deadly nervous.
"No!" snapped Jessie. "Even worse. You know what the boss does to bad rockets don't you?"
James and Meowth both shook their head. Suddenly a scary thought crossed Meowth's mind. "Wait! Meowth does… kind of," muttered the Pokémon. "When I was top cat, I knew what the Boss did. I didn't like rockets who messed up too much. He takes them to a room, and you never see them again."
"Exactly. The boss kills the weak one," said Jessie.
"Gulp. You mean?" asked James. He ran a finger though this throat.
Jessie nodded as she mimicked James's motion. James once again gulp before throwing himself to Meowth's feet.
"I don't want to die!" sobbed James.
Jessie sighed as she looked at her partners. Meowth had helped James up, and the two were hugging each other with tears pouring for their eyes. She looked up at the streets. A building across the street caught her eyes. "I got it!" said Jessie excitedly.
"What?" asked James and Meowth together.
"Incognito," said Jessie excitedly.
Meowth's face immediately dropped. "Bless you."
"No! She means incognito," said James. He grinned at Jessie's plan.
"Come again?" asked the feline Pokémon.
"Incognito," said Jessie again.
"Costumes, masks," said James trying to explain things so that the Pokémon could get it. Meowth's face immediately brightened.
"Meowth like costumes," said the Pokémon.
A thought hit James. "Wait! Where we going to get costumes? Cassidy and Butch knows all the Team Rocket costumes?"
Jessie grinned. "I'm glad you asked my dear Jimmy," said Jessie. She was holding a posture much like that of Sherlock Holmes. She turned around and pointed to the building across the street. "Incognito," said Jessie.
James sighed as he saw the building. He dug into the pockets and pulled them out. "I don't have any money."
"Me neither," said Meowth.
Jessie sighed. "I'm the only one who remembers that we belong to Team Rocket?" asked Jessie.
"SO?" asked Meowth.
Jessie sighed as she pulled out a small wallet. From it pulled out a card.
"A card?" asked Meowth.
Jessie groaned. "Not any card, Meowth. The Team Rocket card, you know the one Mondo gave us?" asked Jessie.
"Oh yeah," said James.
'Well then let's go," said Jessie. The three rockets ran into the incognito shop. Their eyes twinkled at all the costumes that were available at the shop.
"Whoa!" grasped Meowth.
"May I help you?" asked a small voice. James looked around and saw no one. He scratched the back of head.
"Jess, am I hearing things?" asked James. There was no reply. James looked around and saw that Jessie was being pushed around the shop with… with AIR.
"Ahhh!" screamed James.
"Uhmmm," said the voice again.
James once again looked up. "Who's there?"
James felt a tug on his pants. He looked down and grasped. He immediately pushed himself back. "Err," muttered James.
"Can I help you?" asked the voice.
"You… you," muttered James. He was facing a talking pile of clothes
A small pink hand reached out of the clothes. The hand reached for its hat revealed a small pink face of a man. "I'm a midget," said the voice.
"Err," said James. He sweat dropped as he gave his hand to small man.
Ten minutes later three weirdly dressed people walked out of Midget's Incognito. One of them flipped up a pair of specks to talk to the other two. "Now we're ready."
Another nodded simply before raising the top hat. "Uh Jess," said the voice.
"Yeah, James," said the other with the specks.
"What's this town called again?" asked voice uneasily.
"Uh… I think it's called… let me get back to you on that, why?" asked the first voice.
"Never mind," muttered the voice.
James was dressed in a jacket that way to big for him. A pair of brown pants was a foot too long that matched the jacket. A weird hat covered most of his face. James's hair was now green from the fuzzy wig that covered his hair. He was wearing a pair of black specks. The other two next to him were his partners. Jessie was wearing a long gown that had sparkles all over it. She was wearing huge amounts of fake jewelry. Long white gloves covered her hands. High highs that looked like it made it hard for her to walk. Her hair was no longer red but blond and tied back in a ponytail. She was also wearing a pair of specks that were green. A small leg high Meowth was standing next to them. His face was painted peach. He was wearing an over large sombrero that covered the rest of his face. He was wearing a too large shirt that lagged a foot behind him. Meowth was also wearing black pants he even wore a pink wig. Meowth was wearing a pair of brown specks that just didn't seem to match.
"I look horrible," cringed James. "I look like a clown," snapped James.
"Talk for your self, James," snapped Jessie.
"Whatever," said Meowth. "Let's just get this over as fast as we can. I'm not use to wearing clothes."
"Right," said Jessie. The three walked across the street. There they saw that Butch and Cassidy were still there. Hurriedly they walked inside Jessie and James made a lot of noise trying to attract attention. The The three picked a table very close to Butch and Cassidy. The three pretended that they were reading the menu on the table when really they were ears dropping on Butch and Cassidy's confession.
Butch snickered as he looked at the three. "Those three are the most hideous people I have ever seen."
Cassidy pulled out a mirror and shined it on them. "I know," said Cassidy. "They make Jessie and James look good." Cassidy snickered as she placed the mirror back into her pocket.
Behind them the three rockets were boiling with angrier.
"Why I ought to," said Jessie.
James sighed as he reached to pull her back down. "No, we can't blow our cover now, Jess," snapped James.
Jessie sighed as she un clasped her hand. Her head was still burning with angrier as she was pulled back out.
"If you two don't keep it out we'll be found," snapped Meowth.
"Meowth's right you know?" asked James.
Jessie sighed since she knew she was out numbered. "Fine, I'll be quiet," mumbled Jessie.
She sighed as she plainly sat down in a chair adjacent to James's. She placed her head on the table and sighed.
Butch looked around the building uneasy. It was clear that he had a certain fear of midgets. Butch reverted his glaze back to Cassidy. "Uh Cass. What time is it?" asked Butch.
Cassidy sighed as she looked at her waist watch. "One o'clock. They should have been here hours ago," snapped Cassidy.
"Well, I hope the boss gives it to them good when we take them to the lab in Viridian," snapped Butch.
"They should from what I heard the Boss say. He wants to experiment with people using his latest find," giggled Cassidy. "I kind of feel sorry for them right now."
"Not!" said Cassidy and Butch. The two burst out laughing while the three rockets behind them sweating from panic. They knew how all the boss's experiments turned out to be like. It was all ways the same. It ended with a painful death.
"Yeah, I know, and we all know how the Boss's experiments turn out don't we, Cass?" asked the man.
"Course we do Butch," giggled Cassidy with a tab of sinister in it.
"They'll be just like lab rats to the Boss. Good thing you got the Boss to use one of them losers huh?" asked Butch.
"Yeah, it serves them right for standing us up like this," smirked Cassidy as she twirled a strand of hair around her forefinger.
"Yeah," said Butch. He was struggling even more in his seat. "Specially with midgets dressed like these," muttered Butch.
Cassidy rolled her eyes before looking at her partner. "Okay Butch. Tell me what's gotten in to you? You'll been acting like this since we got into town."
"Nothing, Cass. Just that I don't feel very comfortable here," muttered Butch.
"Well get over it!" snapped Cassidy.
"Right, can we leave yet?" asked Butch. Sweat was pouring even harder from his face.
"No, we have to wait for Jessie and James," snapped Cassidy.
"But we only need one of them," muttered Butch.
"Yeah, so?" asked Cassidy. She was getting annoyed at her partner's antics.
"I say we go for James. The blue blob got this one coming," said Butch with hatred. He hadn't gotten over James for standing his up years ago."
"No, Jessie would be a better candidate. She's younger of the two and tougher than James. She'll be more likely to survive the process," stated Cassidy.
"We care if they live why?" asked Butch.
"Because the boss plainly stated, if the experiments goes down he'll have our hide," snapped Cassidy.
Butch's face paled. "Oh yeah. I forgot about that, so what are we going to do with the annoying talking cat?" asked Butch with an annoyed look on his face.
"The Boss only wants people. We'll spare the cat this time," replied Cassidy in annoyed way.
"Alright, so Jessie it is. But we'll taking James too case the Boss needs two candidates for the mission." Butch grinned as an image of James in a rat costume appeared on his face.
"Jess? What are we going to do?" asked James. He was petrified at what he heard.
"Stay calm I have a plan," muttered Jessie.
"Which is?" asked James.
"First we got to get them out of the bar," muttered Jessie.
"How?" asked James.
Jessie rolled her eyes before getting out of her seat. She grabbed a napkin before painfully walked to the phone. Much to her luck the phone was in reach. She unrolled the napkin and saw the phone number of the bar on the napkin. She dialed the number. She grinned as she watched the bar tended pick up phone.
"Uhmm, mister," said Jessie in a tender voice. There was a silence before Jessie continued. "Uh are there two people in your bar with blonde and green hair wearing all black…." Jessie looked into the bar and saw that Cassidy and Butch had a bored look on their face. There was a silence as Jessie answered with a huhmm. "I was to meet them at the bar up we got a flat. Could be tell them we'll meet them later at the lab?"
There was a long silence. Jessie looked up and saw the bar tender writing down the message. "Thank you." With that she returned to her seat.
"What you do?" asked James curiously.
Jessie simply rolled her eyes as she watched the bar tender walk over to them. He placed their seat and walked over to Butch and Cassidy.
"I have a message," said the tender importantly.
"Eep." Butch jumped a foot high from a seat causing Jessie and tender to roll his eyes. Butch landed an inch from seat and fell face down in front of another customer. Butch looked up and laughed stupidly. The customer didn't look happy. He reached from the plate that was snuck to Butch's hand. Butch grasped in scare doom as she felt someone pick him up by the collar. Butch turned around and sighed. It was only Cassidy.
"Sorry, my partner is a little clumsy sometimes," said Cassidy. She whispered something in Butch's ear. He immediately grinned as the two rockets walked out the door leaving the three remaining rockets to find a way to get out of their fate that their boss had marked on them.
"Come on let's get out for here," said Jessie.
"Uh huh," muttered James. Hurriedly the three rockets ran out the door and back into the dump much to James's disgust.
The words had finally snuck in of what Butch and Cassidy said. "Oh man, Jess, we're in trouble," moaned James. By now he didn't care where he was and sat down puddle of muck.
"Oh shut up. I'm the one that's only to be the lab rat," snapped Jessie.
"The Boss finally done us in," moaned James. He dug his index finger into the ground and started drawing circles.
"It's all cause of that twerp and his stupid Pikachu," hissed Meowth. A light bulb flashed over him as he gave a sly smile. "Wait a minute! That's it."
Jessie and James turned to face their feline partner. "What's it?" asked James and Jessie curiously at their feline friend.
"The twerp," stated Meowth.
"What about the twerp?" asked James with a dense look on his face.
"The twerp is key. We'll kidnap dat twerp and give him to the boss. He's younger then us all, easier to control, and he's a Pokemon trainer," exclaimed Meowth looking at his partners in crime. James gave a bright smile, but Jessie held a certain doubt in her face.
"But won't the twerp's friends notice him gone?" asked Jessie causing the smile to disappear from James's face.
"Nope," retorted Meowth. He crossed his hands and held a smug face on his face.
"What?" asked James and Jessie both with a puzzled look on their face.
"Yesterday when you guys were napping I overheard the twerp and his redhead friend arguing. He said that one day he would leave them behind. All we got to do in kidnap him, and the others will think the twerp's just making good one his promise. The twerp will be long gone both they realize he's been kidnapped," chuckled Meowth. "So you think we can do it?"
"Him or us?" questioned James.
"Him," shouted Jessie and James.
"Shhh," snapped Meowth. "We got to find the twerp before Cassidy and Butch finds you two."
Both James and Jessie nodded in approve. "So let's get going," said Jessie.
"Wait," said James pulling at Jessie's clothes.
"What?" asked Jessie.
James immediately went red. "Can we get rid of these clothes first?" asked James.
Jessie looked down at what she was wearing. She had almost forgot she was going a foot tall.
"Uh yeah," said Jessie. The rockets pulled off their clothes and found the right box to them all. James took the stilts that Meowth was on. Hurriedly the three run back to incognito shop to return their borrowed clothes. The midgets inside immediately accepted them back. With clothes returned the rockets were ready to plan on the capture of the in expecting Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum.
Meowth pulled out the remote to their infamous Meowth shape balloon. The rockets hurriedly jumped in. They were on a time limit. They had to find Ash before Butch and Cassidy found them. As they were reaching the city limits of the town a thought hit Jessie. "James do you still want to know the name of the city?" asked Jessie questionably. James who was leanly from the balloon basket had already saw the name of the city. He gulped at the name. "No," muttered James. Today's events had edged a not so good experience in his brain.
Jessie shrugged her shoulders as their balloon cruised out of the City of Devine Cross Dressers.
A/N: Well how was this chapter? It's another short chapter I know. Did you get the ending? Did you? Did you? If you don't I'll explain it in the beginning of the next chapter. Four reviews before I continue course I'm not sure if anyone likes it.