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Notes: Yay! Mondo's in this! Oh! And Ishcah is pronounced Ish-nah because I'm annoying. That's it! Email feedback here! Jupiter_Blossem@hotmail.com 06/10/03-SORRY, this has taken so long. Been busy with reintegration into school and stuff! Sorry!
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Chapter Four: "Tell us, Mondo!"
"So, Mondo, what exactly is this place?" asked Jessie.
"And what's going on?" added James.
"Well, this place is called the Team Rocket Fighting Squad Base. It trains teenagers over 16 to become master fighters to fight against an organization far more evil than Team Rocket has ever been. The Pokemon Experimental Laboratory.or P.E.L. for short."
"The P.E.L.," Jessie repeated.
"That's the name that tour guide said," said James. Meowth nodded.
"Probably," said Mondo. "Many people much prefer Team Rocket to the P.E.L. The P.E.L. is just pure cruel."
"How so?" asked Meowth.
Mondo thought for a while. "Well.take, for instance, if they wanted to kill someone. Instead of just killing them quickly they'll do something like shooting that person in the leg and making them run while bleeding to death." All four shuddered.
"That's just sick!" cried Jessie.
"What kind of organization is this P.E.L.?" asked James. Meowth and Jessie rolled their eyes.
"An experimental laboratory," answered Mondo with a chuckle. "They experiment on Pokemon and humans to create unbeatable fighting machines to help them in their quest for world domination and obliteration. They've created horrible and lethal monsters from their experiments and have already taken over half of France. And may I remind you that France is way bigger than Japan." Jessie looked at him closely. Something just wasn't right with his face.something was missing.in his eyes. She frowned.
"Aren't the monsters they've built good enough, though?" asked James.
Mondo shook his head. "Not even close. They did build one amazing creature once, but she escaped and joined Team Rocket. I've seen her in action. It's amazing to watch her."
"Why?"
"Because she's not fully human."
"What do you mean?" Jessie asked.
"She's half Meowth."
"No way!" cried Jessie, James and Meowth.
"Maybe dat was the Meowth woman you saw in the forest, Jessie!" exclaimed Meowth.
Mondo looked at her, not without blushing. "It couldn't have been. She'd have killed you! What did she look like?" Jessie told him and Mondo looked puzzled. Then he seemed to realize something.
"Was she wearing glasses?" he asked Jessie. She shook her head. "Well then, that's why! She can't see without them! You were very fortunate."
"Would she have really killed me?"
"Yes. She's completely nuts as a result of the experiments. Everybody here has heard and is terrified of the name Sailor Meowth!"
"Sailor Meowth?" the trio said in unison. Before Mondo could reply, a small alarm sounded.
"That means it's break time! I can show you around now and introduce you to some people!" He got up and motioned for them to follow him. He led them out of the door and down the steely corridor. After a while they came to another door.
"Here's one of the break rooms." He said and he led them in. It was a rather poorly furnished room, but it was light, which was nice for a change. A small radio was in the corner. It was blaring music to which a young man was bouncing up and down to, his curtained fringe rising and falling in time to the music.
"Salut, Mondo!" he said, not missing a beat.
"Hi!" Mondo replied, and then turned to Jessie, James and Meowth. "This is Jeremy Lauette. He's Sailor Meowth's brother-in-law! Jeremy, this is Jessie, James and Meowth. They're from another part of Team Rocket."
"Hi!" he greeted them with a manic smile and looked Jessie up and down. "Haven't I seen you lot somewhere before."
"'Course ya 'ave," came a voice from the corner of the room. A redheaded girl walked into the center of the room. Mondo blushed.
"Oh.er.this is Meli Mula Azaki," he said. Meli took no notice of him.
"They were on that pier this arf'ernoon, don' ya 'member?"
"Shut up, Meli, you tart!" said Jeremy, still smiling. Meli frowned and retreated back to the corner of the room. Jeremy smiled even more and stopped bouncing. He pointed to James. "Are you related to K-chan Himeno?"
"Who? Oh, her! Yes."
"Cool! I think she's well sexy but Tobi's already got her."
"Huh?"
"Never mind!" Jeremy's grin took a rather mischievous turn. "You'd better watch out. If you're any relative of K-chan, the P.E.L.'ll want your blood." He started laughing like a maniac. Mondo sweat dropped and pushed the trio out of the door.
"Ignore him. He's nuts!" he said. Before they left, Jessie took one last look at Meli and Jeremy and gasped. They both had the same look in their eyes as Mondo. It was almost the kind of look you'd get locked up for.
"I'd watch out for him, if I were you Jessie," warned Mondo. "Or if I were any girl actually. He's a complete pervert and a flirt. He's constantly chasing girls, especially Meli."
With a skirt like that, it's no wonder, Jessie thought, thinking of Meli's 'belt'. As Mondo led them down yet another steely corridor, they met the blonde girl, the Cassidy look alike and a boy they hadn't seen before. He looked rather shy and had black hair with green and red bands entwined in it. The Cassidy look alike came up to Mondo and greeted him in what Jessie thought was a rather flirty way. She then beamed at both Jessie and James.
"Who are these two?" she enquired. Her eyes widened. "Oh, I know you! You were on the pier this afternoon! Thanks for your distraction!" She giggled, not in an air headed way, but more of a playful way. The blonde girl smiled politely but obviously couldn't quite figure out why. Mondo introduced the Cassidy-look-alike as Lydia Evans, the blonde girl as Marie Duprè and the black-haired boy as Alpha Roman. Jessie looked closely at them. Lydia and Alpha was the first people she'd met here that didn't have that look in their eyes. Marie, on the other hand, looked very sweet but that look was still there. Jessie shivered, as they left. Mondo looked at his watch, and led them off again. James pulled Jessie back a little.
"Jessie," he started
"Hmmm?" she replied.
"Have you noticed something strange," he said, "or is my mind playing tricks on me?"
"You mean their eyes?"
"Yeah. They all look nuts!"
Jessie nodded, but before she could answer, Mondo opened another door.
"This is room C," he said. It was a poorly decorated room with a garish yellow lino floor. There was only a pale green chair in the middle and a phone in the corner. "You can phone immediate family or spouse's from here, but not for long and calls cannot be traced." He took them out again and led them all to the next room. A small round table with four battered chairs was all that occupied it. It reminded James and Meowth of food and their stomach's growled. Mondo laughed and they blushed.
"Sorry," said James. "We haven't eaten in a while."
"Yeah," Meowth agreed. "Any chance of some food?" Jessie rolled her eyes.
"Well," said Mondo, looking a little abashed. "Not what you'd call food exactly. All we get here is horrible stuff called Lowcal. It's a drink that gives you everything you need and fills you up, but it taste like chalky, tasteless milk."
"What?!" James shrieked. "I can't live on that!" Mondo held up his hands, as if to protect himself and saw his watch. He gasped.
"It's getting late!" he said quickly. "I'd better wrap up this tour and show you to your dorms!"
"More dorms."groaned Jessie, but Mondo was already out of the room. She followed with James and Meowth and Mondo opened another door. In this darkish room there was a receptionists desk, a computer and a filing cabinet. Mondo pointed to the filing cabinet and said, "That has files on nearly everyone in Calais who are on Team Rockets side." He then left, beckoning Jessie, James and Meowth to follow him. He took them across the large, steel corridor to a huge dark, metal door that would have been impossible to spot if you didn't know it was there.
"This is the male dormitory," he said and opened the door with a little difficulty. The room was covered in metal and there was soft padding from the bottom to half way up the walls, which made one a little worried. There were five made up beds and one empty one. Next to each bed there was a very, very small chest of drawers. Mondo indicated the bed on the left of the door. Beyond it was the empty bed.
"That's your bed, James," he said. James stared at it as if it was a dancing shoelace.
"You mean we were expected?" he said. Mondo put his cute head on one side.
"You mean, you didn't know you were coming?" he asked.
"No."
"We were offered a holiday in France and through some strange events, wound up here," said Jessie. Mondo looked a little surprised.
"Really? I was kidnapped and then told I was to join here."
"So dat's were ya went disappearin' off to," said Meowth, who had been strangely quiet. Mondo nodded.
"Who else sleeps here?" asked James.
"Well, I sleep there," he answered, pointing to the bed on the right of the door. "Next to me sleeps Alpha Roman, he's the newest trainee." He then indicated two beds next to another door, opposite them. "In those two sleep Jeremy and Peter."
"And what about the empty bed, Mondo?" Jessie was compelled to ask. There was a creepy feel to it. It looked so desolate.
"Oh, some guy slept there. He was stupid enough to get himself killed," he said with absolutely no feeling at all.
"What?!" cried Jessie, James and Meowth in unison. Mondo looked at them blankly.
"Hey, in this squadron you have to get used to people dying. It's like weeding out the weak, survival of the fittest. If you're stupid enough to get yourself killed, that's your own fault." The trio stared back at him. This was not the Mondo they knew. What had happened?
Deciding to change the subject, Jessie asked, "Who am I with?" Mondo looked at her, confused for a second, then answered. To the trio's relief, his voice was back to normal.
"Oh! You're with Meli, Lydia and Marie, Jessie."
"Oh." Jessie had not liked the look of either of the three when she had met them. Meli looked as if she could be really nasty and her sense in fashion, well! It was degrading! She looked like a prostitute! Lydia looked too much like Cassidy for her liking and Marie, well, Marie looked sweet, but she had that awful look in her eyes.
"Hey, Mondo! Where does Meowth sleep?" asked Meowth. Before Mondo could answer, the door to the dorm opened and in came a tall, unshaven Dan'in. His hair, although greasy, stuck out on each side giving him the appearance of a scarecrow. He scowled and sneered at the same time, if that's possible.
"Hey, squirt," he growled, addressing Mondo. "I'm in charge now, so buzz off and take the cat to the Pokemon quarters, right?" Mondo scowled and mumbled a yes. He motioned to Meowth to follow him and left, Meowth trailing along after him. The Dan'in immediately turned to Jessie and James.
"You new 'ere?" he asked, looking closely at them both. Without waiting for a reply, he said, "I'm Grunter and while I'm on duty, what I say goes, got it?" Another bell rang, and the corridor outside buzzed with sudden activity. Grunter growled and said to Jessie, "You go to the girls dorm on the left of this. You need an escort?"
Jessie took one look at his expression and quickly said no. Grunter grunted (O.o) and left. Jessie turned to James.
"Um."she started.
"Yeah.?"
"Er." What was this? Jessie mentally kicked herself. She was getting tongue-tied saying goodnight to James?! How stupid! She knew why though. This place was so cold and creepy, and she was scared of leaving James. She jumped as James touched her arm, hesitantly. Her first reaction was to snap his head off, but he smiled into her eyes and she forgot.
"Don't worry, Jess. Goodnight!" he said cheerfully. Jessie was shocked, but she'd always suspected he could read her. She swam (not literally) in his eyes for a few seconds, then Grunter came back in. He grabbed hold of Jessie's arm and roughly propelled her out of the room.
"Get out!" he shouted, and he closed the door, shutting her off from James.
End Chapter 4. 21/10/03-*gasp* My goodness!! Has it taken this long!!??! Sorry! And sorry for the rather lame ending to this chapter!
Notes: Yay! Mondo's in this! Oh! And Ishcah is pronounced Ish-nah because I'm annoying. That's it! Email feedback here! Jupiter_Blossem@hotmail.com 06/10/03-SORRY, this has taken so long. Been busy with reintegration into school and stuff! Sorry!
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Chapter Four: "Tell us, Mondo!"
"So, Mondo, what exactly is this place?" asked Jessie.
"And what's going on?" added James.
"Well, this place is called the Team Rocket Fighting Squad Base. It trains teenagers over 16 to become master fighters to fight against an organization far more evil than Team Rocket has ever been. The Pokemon Experimental Laboratory.or P.E.L. for short."
"The P.E.L.," Jessie repeated.
"That's the name that tour guide said," said James. Meowth nodded.
"Probably," said Mondo. "Many people much prefer Team Rocket to the P.E.L. The P.E.L. is just pure cruel."
"How so?" asked Meowth.
Mondo thought for a while. "Well.take, for instance, if they wanted to kill someone. Instead of just killing them quickly they'll do something like shooting that person in the leg and making them run while bleeding to death." All four shuddered.
"That's just sick!" cried Jessie.
"What kind of organization is this P.E.L.?" asked James. Meowth and Jessie rolled their eyes.
"An experimental laboratory," answered Mondo with a chuckle. "They experiment on Pokemon and humans to create unbeatable fighting machines to help them in their quest for world domination and obliteration. They've created horrible and lethal monsters from their experiments and have already taken over half of France. And may I remind you that France is way bigger than Japan." Jessie looked at him closely. Something just wasn't right with his face.something was missing.in his eyes. She frowned.
"Aren't the monsters they've built good enough, though?" asked James.
Mondo shook his head. "Not even close. They did build one amazing creature once, but she escaped and joined Team Rocket. I've seen her in action. It's amazing to watch her."
"Why?"
"Because she's not fully human."
"What do you mean?" Jessie asked.
"She's half Meowth."
"No way!" cried Jessie, James and Meowth.
"Maybe dat was the Meowth woman you saw in the forest, Jessie!" exclaimed Meowth.
Mondo looked at her, not without blushing. "It couldn't have been. She'd have killed you! What did she look like?" Jessie told him and Mondo looked puzzled. Then he seemed to realize something.
"Was she wearing glasses?" he asked Jessie. She shook her head. "Well then, that's why! She can't see without them! You were very fortunate."
"Would she have really killed me?"
"Yes. She's completely nuts as a result of the experiments. Everybody here has heard and is terrified of the name Sailor Meowth!"
"Sailor Meowth?" the trio said in unison. Before Mondo could reply, a small alarm sounded.
"That means it's break time! I can show you around now and introduce you to some people!" He got up and motioned for them to follow him. He led them out of the door and down the steely corridor. After a while they came to another door.
"Here's one of the break rooms." He said and he led them in. It was a rather poorly furnished room, but it was light, which was nice for a change. A small radio was in the corner. It was blaring music to which a young man was bouncing up and down to, his curtained fringe rising and falling in time to the music.
"Salut, Mondo!" he said, not missing a beat.
"Hi!" Mondo replied, and then turned to Jessie, James and Meowth. "This is Jeremy Lauette. He's Sailor Meowth's brother-in-law! Jeremy, this is Jessie, James and Meowth. They're from another part of Team Rocket."
"Hi!" he greeted them with a manic smile and looked Jessie up and down. "Haven't I seen you lot somewhere before."
"'Course ya 'ave," came a voice from the corner of the room. A redheaded girl walked into the center of the room. Mondo blushed.
"Oh.er.this is Meli Mula Azaki," he said. Meli took no notice of him.
"They were on that pier this arf'ernoon, don' ya 'member?"
"Shut up, Meli, you tart!" said Jeremy, still smiling. Meli frowned and retreated back to the corner of the room. Jeremy smiled even more and stopped bouncing. He pointed to James. "Are you related to K-chan Himeno?"
"Who? Oh, her! Yes."
"Cool! I think she's well sexy but Tobi's already got her."
"Huh?"
"Never mind!" Jeremy's grin took a rather mischievous turn. "You'd better watch out. If you're any relative of K-chan, the P.E.L.'ll want your blood." He started laughing like a maniac. Mondo sweat dropped and pushed the trio out of the door.
"Ignore him. He's nuts!" he said. Before they left, Jessie took one last look at Meli and Jeremy and gasped. They both had the same look in their eyes as Mondo. It was almost the kind of look you'd get locked up for.
"I'd watch out for him, if I were you Jessie," warned Mondo. "Or if I were any girl actually. He's a complete pervert and a flirt. He's constantly chasing girls, especially Meli."
With a skirt like that, it's no wonder, Jessie thought, thinking of Meli's 'belt'. As Mondo led them down yet another steely corridor, they met the blonde girl, the Cassidy look alike and a boy they hadn't seen before. He looked rather shy and had black hair with green and red bands entwined in it. The Cassidy look alike came up to Mondo and greeted him in what Jessie thought was a rather flirty way. She then beamed at both Jessie and James.
"Who are these two?" she enquired. Her eyes widened. "Oh, I know you! You were on the pier this afternoon! Thanks for your distraction!" She giggled, not in an air headed way, but more of a playful way. The blonde girl smiled politely but obviously couldn't quite figure out why. Mondo introduced the Cassidy-look-alike as Lydia Evans, the blonde girl as Marie Duprè and the black-haired boy as Alpha Roman. Jessie looked closely at them. Lydia and Alpha was the first people she'd met here that didn't have that look in their eyes. Marie, on the other hand, looked very sweet but that look was still there. Jessie shivered, as they left. Mondo looked at his watch, and led them off again. James pulled Jessie back a little.
"Jessie," he started
"Hmmm?" she replied.
"Have you noticed something strange," he said, "or is my mind playing tricks on me?"
"You mean their eyes?"
"Yeah. They all look nuts!"
Jessie nodded, but before she could answer, Mondo opened another door.
"This is room C," he said. It was a poorly decorated room with a garish yellow lino floor. There was only a pale green chair in the middle and a phone in the corner. "You can phone immediate family or spouse's from here, but not for long and calls cannot be traced." He took them out again and led them all to the next room. A small round table with four battered chairs was all that occupied it. It reminded James and Meowth of food and their stomach's growled. Mondo laughed and they blushed.
"Sorry," said James. "We haven't eaten in a while."
"Yeah," Meowth agreed. "Any chance of some food?" Jessie rolled her eyes.
"Well," said Mondo, looking a little abashed. "Not what you'd call food exactly. All we get here is horrible stuff called Lowcal. It's a drink that gives you everything you need and fills you up, but it taste like chalky, tasteless milk."
"What?!" James shrieked. "I can't live on that!" Mondo held up his hands, as if to protect himself and saw his watch. He gasped.
"It's getting late!" he said quickly. "I'd better wrap up this tour and show you to your dorms!"
"More dorms."groaned Jessie, but Mondo was already out of the room. She followed with James and Meowth and Mondo opened another door. In this darkish room there was a receptionists desk, a computer and a filing cabinet. Mondo pointed to the filing cabinet and said, "That has files on nearly everyone in Calais who are on Team Rockets side." He then left, beckoning Jessie, James and Meowth to follow him. He took them across the large, steel corridor to a huge dark, metal door that would have been impossible to spot if you didn't know it was there.
"This is the male dormitory," he said and opened the door with a little difficulty. The room was covered in metal and there was soft padding from the bottom to half way up the walls, which made one a little worried. There were five made up beds and one empty one. Next to each bed there was a very, very small chest of drawers. Mondo indicated the bed on the left of the door. Beyond it was the empty bed.
"That's your bed, James," he said. James stared at it as if it was a dancing shoelace.
"You mean we were expected?" he said. Mondo put his cute head on one side.
"You mean, you didn't know you were coming?" he asked.
"No."
"We were offered a holiday in France and through some strange events, wound up here," said Jessie. Mondo looked a little surprised.
"Really? I was kidnapped and then told I was to join here."
"So dat's were ya went disappearin' off to," said Meowth, who had been strangely quiet. Mondo nodded.
"Who else sleeps here?" asked James.
"Well, I sleep there," he answered, pointing to the bed on the right of the door. "Next to me sleeps Alpha Roman, he's the newest trainee." He then indicated two beds next to another door, opposite them. "In those two sleep Jeremy and Peter."
"And what about the empty bed, Mondo?" Jessie was compelled to ask. There was a creepy feel to it. It looked so desolate.
"Oh, some guy slept there. He was stupid enough to get himself killed," he said with absolutely no feeling at all.
"What?!" cried Jessie, James and Meowth in unison. Mondo looked at them blankly.
"Hey, in this squadron you have to get used to people dying. It's like weeding out the weak, survival of the fittest. If you're stupid enough to get yourself killed, that's your own fault." The trio stared back at him. This was not the Mondo they knew. What had happened?
Deciding to change the subject, Jessie asked, "Who am I with?" Mondo looked at her, confused for a second, then answered. To the trio's relief, his voice was back to normal.
"Oh! You're with Meli, Lydia and Marie, Jessie."
"Oh." Jessie had not liked the look of either of the three when she had met them. Meli looked as if she could be really nasty and her sense in fashion, well! It was degrading! She looked like a prostitute! Lydia looked too much like Cassidy for her liking and Marie, well, Marie looked sweet, but she had that awful look in her eyes.
"Hey, Mondo! Where does Meowth sleep?" asked Meowth. Before Mondo could answer, the door to the dorm opened and in came a tall, unshaven Dan'in. His hair, although greasy, stuck out on each side giving him the appearance of a scarecrow. He scowled and sneered at the same time, if that's possible.
"Hey, squirt," he growled, addressing Mondo. "I'm in charge now, so buzz off and take the cat to the Pokemon quarters, right?" Mondo scowled and mumbled a yes. He motioned to Meowth to follow him and left, Meowth trailing along after him. The Dan'in immediately turned to Jessie and James.
"You new 'ere?" he asked, looking closely at them both. Without waiting for a reply, he said, "I'm Grunter and while I'm on duty, what I say goes, got it?" Another bell rang, and the corridor outside buzzed with sudden activity. Grunter growled and said to Jessie, "You go to the girls dorm on the left of this. You need an escort?"
Jessie took one look at his expression and quickly said no. Grunter grunted (O.o) and left. Jessie turned to James.
"Um."she started.
"Yeah.?"
"Er." What was this? Jessie mentally kicked herself. She was getting tongue-tied saying goodnight to James?! How stupid! She knew why though. This place was so cold and creepy, and she was scared of leaving James. She jumped as James touched her arm, hesitantly. Her first reaction was to snap his head off, but he smiled into her eyes and she forgot.
"Don't worry, Jess. Goodnight!" he said cheerfully. Jessie was shocked, but she'd always suspected he could read her. She swam (not literally) in his eyes for a few seconds, then Grunter came back in. He grabbed hold of Jessie's arm and roughly propelled her out of the room.
"Get out!" he shouted, and he closed the door, shutting her off from James.
End Chapter 4. 21/10/03-*gasp* My goodness!! Has it taken this long!!??! Sorry! And sorry for the rather lame ending to this chapter!