By A. Jonathan Taylor
Ch. 2: Team Hunter's First Cameo
It has been 4 weeks since Jessie, James, & Meowth were resigned from Team Rocket... they lived as drunk hoboes for 3 weeks before being picked up... where they are now is still a mystery. In a very dark room, they're dressed in torn clothing and are having a major hangover. They each suddenly got (very hot) water thrown on them! As they woke up from the splash...
James said, "This is an interesting dark room." Jessie moaned, "Head very big." Meowth asked his companions, "What time is it?" James answered, "I don't know, maybe we all got drunk and entered that Tunnel of Infinite Darkness again." Jessie sighed, "I feel much better that we're off Team Rocket." James laughed, "Imagine us having to deal with Giovanni again."
Suddenly, an electrical zap struck James from behind (it was someone wielding a high voltage hand taser)! As he fell to the ground in shock... Jessie & Meowth suddenly realized that the situation that they're all in is serious!
Electrical lights automatically switched on, the 3 ex-members of Team Rocket are surrounded by a group of black suited men & women wearing the insignia of a Bowie knife drenched in red blood at the tip! As James (A.N.: Don't worry fans of James, he's still alive) saw blood on the floor, he thought it was his from the shock! James, feeling stunned, said, "Miss Jessie Parker, cleanup on Aisle 3."
In instant fury, Jessie grabbed the guy who zapped James and grounded him into submission with her bare hands! Jessie cried out, "YOU'VE KILLED MY BEST FRIEND, PREPARE TO DIE!" A bold yet mellow masculine voice (from behind) consoled her, "Don't worry, ma'am. He's just stunned."
Jessie quickly turned to see a handsome young man with gentle blue eyes, a nice Caucasian skin tone, and long blonde hair. He's dressed in white sandals (white Samurai armored from ankle to knee), white shorts, white muscle shirt, white Samurai vest robe (white Samurai shoulder guards), a black belt with twin gold-hilted swords, white Samurai armored cuffs, a white armored pair of headphones, and a black hair band that holds that incredible body of his hair in a large Samurai style ponytail (strange thing about this hair band is that it as a black hilt dangling from it between the start of the ponytail and the back of this man's head). The knife symbol is on the front-left side of his vest.
He politely waved at Jessie and smiled, and this smile is so addictive, the Devil can't help but be happy. A handsome little Growlithe (with a blue neckerchief) is following him like a loyal dog.
The man in white said, "Hello, I'm called Knight. But if you prefer long codenames, I go by Samurai." Meowth tried to resist Knight's smile, "Are you a friend or an enemy?" Knight chuckled, "I'm a friend. I'm a member of Team Hunter, an organization hoping to save the world." Jessie was curious, "Saving the world? From what?"
Knight turned around and called out to other members, "Amazon, come on down!"
Two more people came down from white stairs: a man in black and a woman in blue. The man in black's wearing black leather boots, a pair of swank black pants, a golden belt, a white muscle shirt with the Team Hunter insignia on his chest, a large black trench coat/overcoat, a pair of blood-red fingerless gloves, a large red scarf (which is wrapped around his face), a pair of black-tinted sunglasses, & a black fedora. From what Jessie could make out of that man is that he has a darkened Caucasian skin tone, spiky jet-black hair in a massive body (which explains why he has a large ponytail the size of a root), he is really tall (around 6' 2"), a muscular body, & the eyes are hidden away behind those sunglasses. He's got a Pikachu with what looks like claw marks across the back & its left cheek.
The woman in blue's wearing blue leather boots, a blue short skirt, a blue tank top, a blue vest with short sleeves, blue metallic gauntlets with thick cuffs, a huge pair of blue cylinder earrings, and a blue hair band that looks like it's made up of blue Poké Balls. She's raven-haired, well endowed (to Jessie's jealousy), athletic, and pretty faced. The Pokémon beside her is very unusual; it resembles a blue Growlithe but with more white bits of fur, plus it's got a Native American textured dog collar. (A.N.: Okay you horny boys, in case you were wondering; the girl in blue's bust size is 48F!)
Meowth gawked at the Pokémon, "A loyal Growlithe, a serious Pikachu, and a cute Snowolf!" Jessie said to Meowth, "I've heard of Growlithe and Pikachu, but a Snowolf? What's a Snowolf?" The woman in blue spoke to Jessie "I, Amazon, will describe its bio to you."
Amazon opened up the bottom of her left cuff and pulled out something like a blue cell phone. She unfolded it, pointed it at her Snowolf, she also pressed a button, and then a 3-D hologram of Snowolf appeared above the device. A sexy female computer voice coming from Amazon's blue cell phone spoke, "Snowolf: the wolf cub Pokémon of the ice variety. This Pokémon is small but strong, even in the roaring blizzards in its ice-cold regions where it usually lives in. They hunt their prey in packs and they usually have an annoying habit of howling at the moon when it's full."
Meowth said, "Some people always wonder if Pikachu are more of canines than of mice. Apparently this proves their guess is right." Knight said, "So, Blade... what do you think of them?"
Blade (the man in black), in a serious tone of voice, said, "They'll linger. Do any of you have any more of those buckets?" A nearby female agent answered, "Here, sir." Blade got a red bucket of more hot water from her! He threw it on Jessie, James, & Meowth! Jessie shouted, "HEY, YOU SCARRED JERK; WE'RE ALREADY AWAKE!" Meowth added in "AND A WET MEOWTH IS A VERY UNPLEASANT MEOWTH! DON'T YOU KNOW I HATE WATER, ESPECIALLY WET WATER?" Blade explained, "That was for the smell." Pikachu agreed, "Pikachu. ("Sorry, but it's true.")"
They got to picking up the shocked and soaked James. It's surprising how strong Blade is, he's holding James with one hand like he was a single feather! They began taking the three former members of Team Rocket to a laboratory/hospital to help James in some way. James in pain asked Blade, "Level with me and my friends don't sugarcoat it, how bad is it?" Blade simply said, "It's nothing more than a mere shock. Nothing bad, but we'll have to help you recover your self-esteem and confidence, as well as cure you of the paralysis of your body."
James' Cacturne popped out of its Poké Ball, worried for her master. "Cacturne Cacturne Cacturne. ("Is he going to be okay?")" Meowth translated, "Cacturne is asking you people if Jimmy's going to make it." Amazon answered, "We do have the facilities to heal people physically, mentally, and spiritually. We can also help improve their character, figure, etc."
Jessie gave a very sly look as she said, "Is that so?" Knight chuckled, "Indeed. Where do you think I got these good looks? Just kidding, this charm is all natural." Jessie then said, "In that case, when you bring James back from his ailments, can you make him a little 800 stronger, smarter, & sexier?" Meowth was surprised, "Jessie!" James was the most surprised, "I heard that!" Meowth asked her, "And that's a bit over-sharing isn't it?" Amazon thought about it, "Make this man eight times even stronger, more intelligent, and yummier than usual? That's not a bad idea."
Blade placed James on the slab, while Amazon rubbed her hands together. Amazon concentrated and shouted out, "Aqua Heal" A blue aquatic sphere of energy, as big as a basketball, formed between Amazon's cupped hands. She placed it on top of James... soon he was surrounded with a blanket of blue aquatic energy... the energy sank into his body.
Surprisingly, Amazon has literally increased his charm by eight. Amazon asked James, "How do you feel, handsome?" James smiled, "Not bad." Then, like two magnets, Jessie was trying to resist James' newly enhanced charm!
Blade said, "The new and improved James Morgan, with more than quadruple the original muscle capacity." Jessie blushes, "He somewhat still looks the same as before, but there's something different about him." James said something to impress them, "Only one side of an isosceles triangle isn't equal to the remaining sides, which are."
Awestruck, Jessie & Meowth stood there in surprise! Jessie said, "Whoa! I'm impressed!" Meowth pulled out a notepad (from out of nowhere), and asked James, "Can you run that by me again?" Jessie asked James, "Um... James... what's the square route of 1,600?" James simply said, "Simple as the square route of sixteen; it is forty." Meowth said to Amazon, "Maybe you could do the same for us."
A popping sound filled the air, as if a secret compartment opened somewhere... then came a ring tone similar to Michael Jackson's "Bad". Blade reached back and pulled out a golden cell phone device similar to Amazon's. He opened it like an ordinary cell phone and spoke into it. Blade spoke into it, "Yes? pauses Oh, okay. What about Jessica Parker, James Morgan, & their little friend? pauses Okay, we'll get right on it." He presses a button on it as it beeped!
Jessie was curious about the strange device, "What's that?" Blade explained, "A Poké Cell, it works like a combination of a Pokédex, Pokémon Navigator, cell phone, you name it." As Blade puts away his Poké Cell in his belt (where it came from), he led the former Team Rocket trio to some indoor pools to get them washed up.
In Jessie's side... Jessie stretched as she bathed, "This is quite refreshing!" Amazon who was with her, "You'd be surprised. We're preparing you to meet our leader." James and the men are having the same conversation: James asked, "Leader? Who is he?" Knight simply said, "You'll know soon."
As soon as they dried up, the former members of Team Rocket are taken to a dark room... a large holographic monitor illuminated before them! In the image was a dark figure sitting before them all... they figured he's the leader of Team Hunter. Knight, Blade, & Amazon spoke, "Here are the ones we talked about, sir."
The leader of Team Hunter said, "Excellent." Meowth frowned, "I don't like theatrics." The leader said, "After so many railroad tracks, being underground isn't affecting your mood, I see..."Jessie asked, "Who are you, sir?" The leader answers, "I am known by many names, Ms. Parker. My underlings call me Sir. My superiors call me K." James asked, "K?" K said, "Just call me 'K.'" Meowth said, "Well, that's very alphabetic." Jessie joked, "Where are your superiors, A thru J?" At that Knight & K laughed out loud! Knight chuckled out, "Good one, Jess!"
James noticed that Blade is the only one who isn't laughing! James thought to himself, "I've got a weird feeling about Blade, either he's got the blood of an iceberg or he's really determined for something much more at stake." James asks Blade, "Say, Mr. Blade?" Blade responds, "Please, call me Blade. Or Paladin." James asked Blade, "Blade, is there a war coming around?"
Blade explains, "Team Rocket is allying with other surviving organizations that cause trouble around the world to form a more powerful force called the W.D.R.; that stands for World Domination Regime." Knight helped in even though he's still smiling, "They're getting the regime, but they need Poké-World to dominate."
Jessie said, "And with the last surviving members of each evil team––" Meowth calculated, "The entire world may fall into horrible chaos!" Amazon finished, "Which lead to war: a Poké-World War." Meowth asked, "And that operatic notion makes you sweat?"
K said, "Enough of that; Let me show you the Team Hunter armies." K disappeared from the screen to show thousands among thousands of armed soldiers in silvery armor bearing the Team Hunter insignia (A.N.: This scene is sort of similar to those Clone Troopers in "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones").
Meowth said, "Holy macaroni!" Jessie said, "That's a lot of Hunter troopers!" Knight asked, "How'd you figure out what each of them are called?" Jessie asked, "Are you the only one who has seen 'Star Wars?'" Everyone else in unison said, "No." K's voice was heard, saying, "Each human and Pokémon in the army knows his or her duty, are vastly intelligent, take orders without question, and are important for any mission."
James asked, "Is there any test we're supposed to fulfill into joining Team Hunter?" K answered, "Yes. Blade is going to put you on the Elemental Tests. They're each very advanced for beginners." Jessie bravely said, "Bring it on."
The first test was the Earth Test; which consisted on skateboarding through huge earthquakes and violent gorges. Jessie didn't enjoy it, since it felt like a roller coaster to her. James went through it without any trouble. And Meowth glided right through it.
The next test was the Fire Test; where the challengers have to cross red-hot coal barefooted to rescue baby dolls (playing victims) in a house that's burning down before lava from an erupting volcano hits it and back again. Jessie drew in her courage and ran as fast as she could, she did well. James focused all the heat in his body into his hands so he would keep his feet cool when he did his assignment. Meowth watched out from getting his fur burnt while doing the "rescue"!
The next test was skydiving from 3 miles above the ground while trying to get through violet windstorms and hurricanes when trying to hit the target-landing zone. Jessie, James, and Meowth all did it well!
And last but definitely not least, the Water Test; where they had to surf though gigantic tsunamis during a monsoon of a rainstorm and a hurricane! Jessie kept clung to her board when trying to get back to shore, James felt new courage when he was braving the cold damp weather and feeling his balance, while Meowth did the same as Jessie only frustrated; he still hates water.
As they got back to Team Hunter HQ... Blade shook their hands, "Congratulations, you've each passed the Elemental Tests." Jessie asked, "So we're in?" Knight said and chuckled, "We need to make a few modifications on you two first, as we did Jim here."
After 2 days of that work... in a dark room, before K... a spotlight showed its light on Knight, with a microphone hanging from the ceiling before him.
Knight spoke through it, "Behind Curtain Number One, she's ten tons trouble for our opponents out there. She'll help us protect the world from devastation, and help all women protect the rights of truth and love. Shake your rattles for excitement for that Princess of Pythons, the Tsarina of Serpents... Scarlet Python!" Out of the darkness of the first curtain and into another spotlight is now a woman dressed in a red Chinese dress similar to Amazon's. With a few golden coiling cobras styled jewelry with ruby eyes as an addition, along with a pair of blue-tinted sunglasses. Her earrings however are green orbs half as big as oranges, and her hair is red and placed in a huge ponytail. She's Jessie, now a part of Team Hunter!
Knight spoke into the microphone again, "Behind Curtain Number Two, he's double the trouble as Scarlet Python. He'll help us unite all people in every nation with us, and help us extend our reach of protection to the stars above. Gather your flowers for him ladies; he's the Prince of Petunias, Sultan of Sunflowers, the Baron of Buttercups... Blue Rose!" Out of the darkness of the second curtain and into another spotlight is now a man dressed in blue Samurai armor similar to Knight's. With a few golden flower styled pieces of jewelry with blue petals as an addition, along with a pair of green-tinted sunglasses, his hair however is lengthened and placed in a long ponytail. He's James, now a part of Team Hunter!
Knight once again spoke into the mike, "And finally, he was the top cat of Team Rocket, he can talk and act like a human, put your paws together for the Prince of Persian, the Sultan of Siamese, the Baron of Burmese... Solar Charmer!"
K said to Knight, "Hey, Knight!" Knight smiled (but sweat drops), "Yes, sir?" K answered, "When the War is over... why not getting a job as an announcer?" Knight asked, "Why?" K explained, "Because I'd say 'Don't give up your day job.'" Knight sighed and returned to being happy, "Sheesh! Yes sir." Knight sure knows how to keep his cool. Meowth the Solar Charmer jumped from above and landed on the shoulders of his companions!
Knight said, "They told me that if they recite a motto like they used to, their battle spirits are high." K commanded the new recruits, "Recite then."
Scarlet Python (Jessie) started, "Okay villains, prepare for trouble. "
Blue Rose (James) followed, "While you're at it, make it double."
"We're here to protect the world from devastation."
"And unite all peoples within every nation."
"And protect the rights of truth and love."
"And to extend our reach beyond the stars above."
Scarlet Python pulls out a blue bullwhip and shouts out, "Scarlet Python!"
Blue Rose pulls out a red rose and shouts out, "Blue Rose!"
"Team Hunter saving the world at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now, or prepare to lose the fight!"
Solar Charmer (Meowth) came to finishing, "Meowth, the Solar Charmer, that's right!"
Wobbuffet popped out crying out, "Wobbuffet! ("Hunter Heart!")"
(A.N.: "Hunter Heart" is supposed to be like Scrappy-Doo's "Puppy Power!")
They got a polite applause from their audience.
Scarlet Python said, "With W.D.R. taken out, I'll be the snake to squeeze that prey!" Blue Rose said, "And I'll be the garden to have them for fertilizer!" Solar Charmer finished, "And I'll be the cat to catch that mouse!" K smiled, "Team Hunter officers who have a way with metaphors, I'm impressed! You're in!"
To be continued...
I'll try to continue writing this story; it takes patience to write such long and vigorous work. Plus I plan to work on others as well.
Whoever says my story is crap should eat mud because those who say that in fact are the ones who are the crap! (I'm using the swear words against them)
I try to improve the grammar. Don't sue me, please! It's the computer's fault! Okay? You should see my Author's profile; Star AJT 84. I do plan to work on others too.