Chapter 2

Failures and Disgrace (Part Two)

The group of Rockets took a small break after hearing Jessie, James and Meowth's big bust. Team Rocket was supposed to be a great organization full of greatness but the six of them were bringing Team Rocket down. It was all because they couldn't defeat one trainer how on earth were they supposed to cause chaos and trouble when one trainer and its pokemon brought them down.

"Our story might not be as sad as yours but it is sad." Cassidy said.

Right after Jessie, James and Meowth got accepted back into Team Rocket, Giovanni sent the two of them to do an important job. It wasn't their fault that their plans go down the drain. Jessie, James and Meowth would always show up at the wrong time. This time they were going to do it right. With the Terrible Trio off somewhere else, they thought they had it in the bag. Unlike the Pokemon Breeding Center, the Fortune Teller operation, this one was full proof ... they were wrong.

"Step right up to see the greatest attraction ever known." Cassidy said in a witch's costume.

"Your pokemon will have a blast." Butch said in a wizard's costume.

The scheme was a Pokemon Amusement Park where Pokemon would be allowed to go on rides while the trainers ate in peace. But of course, the rides were traps to capture the pokemon. They thought the plan was full proof until Ash and company arrived. Cassidy and Butch tried to stay calm. Jessie, James and Meowth were only part of the equation but these kids were the whole problem.

"Hey, why doesn't your Pikachu ride the Ferris Wheel? It is one of the greatest rides here." Cassidy asked Ash.

"I don't know. It seems dangerous. What if something goes wrong?" Ash asked.

"Don't worry. Our workers make sure that all our rides are up to date. You and your friends just go and eat while your pokemon have fun." Butch explained.

"How about Togepi go on the ride with Pikachu?" Misty asked.

"Anything to make your pokemon happy!" Cassidy and Butch said in excitement.

Ash and Misty put their pokemon on the Ferris Wheel Ride and went to a food stand. Of course Brock wanted to fall in love with Cassidy but Misty pulled him away. But the piece didn't last for long. Trainers started to complain about their pokemon's strange disappearance. Butch explained that maybe a couple of thieves had sabotaged the rides to steal the Pokemon. But Ash knew that there was something more to that.

"Those two seem familiar." Ash said.

"Ash, you always think people are familiar." Misty said harshly.

"But something doesn't smell right. I feel like I have been in situation before." Ash explained to Misty and Brock.

"Of course you have ... Jessie, James and Meowth try to pull of a situation involving our Pokemon being stolen but I don't think there is involvement with Team Rocket this time." Misty said back to Ash.

"Maybe you are right. Wait, we are forgetting two other members." Ash said quickly.

"You don't think ... "Brock started to say.

"Yes, I should have seen it sooner." Ash said as he went to the two Rockets.

Cassidy and Butch watched Ash come to them. They thought he was just going to complain, but boy were they wrong? Ash looked at them. Then he realized what was going on. It was a Team Rocket trap and he knew what was going on. It was that obvious. Ash started to cause a commotion. Misty and Brock turned away like they didn't know him. Many of the visitors didn't like this. But Ash's plan was working.

"You brat! You are going to ruin our plan!" Butch said.

"What plan?" One of the customers said.

"Um ... our plan to make your pokemon feel happy." Cassidy said with a nervous voice.

"Don't believe them. They are part of Team Rocket." Ash shouted.

"Why you brat, Prepare for Trouble."

"You are going to get, so make that double."

Ash's plan worked perfectly. He knew a Team Rocket trap no matter who it is. All he needed to get Pikachu and Togepi back. Then he would send these two flying. This was going to be sweet.

"To infect the world with devastation."

"To blight all people within this nation."

"To show the beauty of truth and love."

"To bring wrath to the stars above."

"Cassidy!"

"Butch!"

"Team Rocket circling Earth all day and Night!"

"Surrender to us now because you will surely lose the fight!"

"Houndoom!"

"Hitmontop!"

Unfortunately, while Cassidy and Butch were doing their motto, Misty and Brock went to retrieve all the Pokemon. After that, Ash had Pikachu shocked Team Rocket into the air. He had never blasted Cassidy and Butch off but Team Rocket is Team Rocket. As the two finished their stories, they all agreed that the twerps were bad news.

"That might be the saddest disappointment to you guys but mine is sadder." Domino claimed.

Domino started off with her story. Right after the Mewtwo loss, Giovanni had ordered Domino to go undercover at a fighting tournament. News of Team Rocket disappointments (a.k.a Jessie, James and Meowth) had entered a previous tournament to steal the King's Rock. This tournament was up in the Mt. Silver Plains. She had brought many other qualified Rocket Grunts to back her up but her plan was stopped. Cianwood's Gym Leader Chuck had invited Ash and Co. to watch or even participate in the tournament. Since her memories of her encounter with Ash had been wiped clean, she wasn't aware that this Ash kid was a threat to her plan. She was an excellent trainer. She distracted the champion with her excellent skills while the other Rocket Grunts stole the Trophy and any rare pokemon. She would have gotten away with it if Ash hadn't come to congratulate her on her victory. She told her fellow Rocket members of what happened next.

"Mystica, you are an excellent trainer. I would like to congratulate you and challenge you to a battle ... what's that?" Ash said until he saw some mysterious figures.

Domino's Rocket Grunts were dragging the Trophy and a bag of pokemon away. Then one of them ran up to Domino telling them that their plan was a success. She lashed out at them by telling them not to talk to her. That's when Ash turned on her. She didn't know how powerful he would was until she felt the force of his Pikachu's Thunder Attack. She went flying along with the Rocket grunts.

"That's how I failed Team Rocket." Domino sobbed.

"That's not a total disappointment. Ours are worse, Domino." Jessie said while trying to calm Domino down.

"But he trusted me. I lost my trust. What am I going to down now??" Domino cried some.

"Try to steal some pokemon and hope that he will forget any failures you made." James said.

The Rocket members looked at each other. They knew that it would be a long time. They had accomplished anything. They looked at the door to the headquarters of the Rocket Base. Inside, they would give their annual report. Inside, they would be torn apart for any mistake or failure they happened to make in the past few years. Jessie, James and Meowth sighed as they entered the electronic doors. Cassidy and Butch gulped as they entered the doors next. Domino stood there as the rest went in. She didn't want to here Giovanni's comments but she must face the facts. She was the one to enter last.

"You three are a disgrace to the Team Rocket name." Giovanni yelled.

Giovanni was surveying three groups of the rockets that he had trusted. He had given them all chances many occasions but they just seem to fail and fail him over and over. He was getting sick of these three. What was so hard that couldn't steal one pokemon? This made him angry even his best agents had failed him. Domino was his best secret agent and she failed him. There had to be a good reason why that his trusted agents had failed him.

"But Boss, it is the twerp. He is just too powerful. He..."

One kid could beat Team Rocket? Giovanni couldn't believe what he was hearing. It seemed impossible or could it? No, Giovanni thought, they were not trying hard enough. They were weak and lazy. This happened to every single agent that he entrusted, well except for a couple agents. Those agents never failed him. They never made up excuses to their boss. They were the perfect Rocket agents, unlike these pathetic three.

"Quiet. Jessie, James, Meowth, I can't believe one trainer can beat you so many times."

"It actually has been more than..."

Jessie, James and Meowth looked at each other. They nodded their heads in shame. The fact was that everything it was true that they been defeated by the twerp but it wasn't just the twerp. It was any other trainer that they had come against. Gary, Misty or any Wild Pokemon has sent them blasting off again. They had tried and tried but their master plans had always seemed to fail. Even if they had accomplished something, the twerp would stop them and send them blasting off again. No matter how they plan or accomplish something, they would always be defeated.

"I don't care. No trainer should be able to beat you. And you Cassidy and Butch, I trusted you and you get locked up three times. Let me guess, the same trainers who beats these sad bunch of losers."

Jessie, James, Cassidy, Butch and Meowth looked down in the dumps. Cassidy and Butch felt ever worse than Jessie and James. Sure, Jessie and James weren't Giovanni's favorites but he had trusted Jessie and James to do something right. He had placed the same trust with Cassidy and Butch. Both Cassidy and Butch looked at each other. It wasn't their fault. How were they supposed to know that they were going to face this powerful kid?

"Even you Domino, you disappoint me. You have even lost against the trainers that those two losers can't beat. I want you all to leave." Giovanni said as he pointed towards the door.

The three groups went outside of his office and into the kitchen to contemplate for a while. They all looked at each other. They all did their jobs. It was just that that kid had always messed up their plans once and while. If it weren't for Ash, Giovanni would be showering them with praise. They weren't being showered with praise; they were being force feed guilt. They should have tried harder. They were trying the best but this kid or any other trainer sent them packing.

"Do you think Giovanni was a little harsh on us?" said Domino.

"He should be harsh on us. We lost thousand of times to those brats, or whatever trainer or leader or pokemon that comes against us." said Jessie.

"We ought to do something that will make Giovanni except us." said Cassidy.

"Yeah, show Giovanni that we are not a bunch of failures. We should beat the twerp once and for all." exclaimed James.

"Not so fast, Jimmy Boy. We should go after something more precious than the twerp's Pikachu." said Meowth.

"What is more precious than that kid's Pikachu?" asked Butch.

"There is a festival going on at the Lake of Rage. It is Water Type Festival. There will be trainers with Gyarados, Blastoise, Dewgong, Mantine, and other Water pokemon that you can stick you teeth into." said Meowth.

"We will make Giovanni proud" said Jessie and James.

"We will regain Team Rocket's honor." said Cassidy and Butch.

"We will show the world that Team Rocket is no laughing matter." said Domino.

"And I'll get the boss to trust me again." said Meowth.

Cassidy, Butch, Domino, Jessie, James and Meowth put their hands together agreeing that they will succeed.

Meanwhile back in Giovanni's room, Giovanni was checking the news about the Water Pokemon Festival. He knew that there would be some rare and valuable pokemon there. One of those rare and valuable pokemon was the Red Gyarados. Giovanni needed some Rocket Agents who were reliable. Giovanni knew actually what Rocket Agents to choose. The Venemas were the most trusted agents. They have been here ever since Team Rocket got started. It was a tradition for every Venema to join.

"If only those three still had my trust, it would be them going to the festival." Giovanni sighed.

A door opened and Giovanni turned around. Two cloaked figures walked through the door. Giovanni knew why these Rocket Agents were cloaked. His or her identities must be not revealed to anyone. Only Giovanni and a few Rocket Executives knew these Rockets true identities. These two rockets were the Twin Terrors. The Twin Terrors were Giovanni's most trusted agents. They had brought him rare pokemon, money, jewels and valuable pieces of artwork.

"Ah, the Twin Terrors, you know why you have been summoned." Giovanni said.

The Twin Terrors stared at Giovanni. Another assignment for Giovanni meant another way to look to him. They have stolen from many rich residents of the Pokemon world. From Museums to Companies, there was nothing that the Twin Terrors could not do. Though an event involving many pokemon trainers was not one of their usual missions, it couldn't be that hard.

"Yes, the Water Pokemon Festival. Although we don't do festivals, this will be a expectation."

"Yes, we won't fail you like those fools that you have relied on."

They left the room and headed for the hanger. They would stop by Mount Silver and steal some rare pokemon. There was supposed to be a lab that studied pokemon from Mount Silver. It was the perfect opportunity to test their skills before they can take this new assignment. Both of the Twin Terrors had been practicing their skills for months. It had gotten better and better. They knew that nothing could stand in their way. Giovanni knew that or he would have trusted them to take this assignment.

"Ah, Team Rocket's name will go down in History after this and to think, I trust those three to do something right."

Giovanni sat back and petted his Persian waiting for his new pokemon. If anybody could do something right, it had to be the Twin Terrors. Unlike Jessie and James, they were not sent blasting off again. Unlike Cassidy, Butch or Domino, they weren't arrested. The Twin Terrors always got away in the nick of time. Dragons and Poison were their ways of method and it always worked every time.

Meanwhile, Jessie and company was heading for the hanger. Meowth had chosen a Pidgeot Jet. They wanted to impress Giovanni by stealing those pokemon for him. They wanted to do something right for a change. With Meowth's incredible ideas, they would be able to win. With Domino's rose weapons, they would be able to strike their enemies down. With Cassidy and Butch's Drowzee, they would be able to stop the competition. This would be one time Giovanni would be able to trust Jessie, James, Meowth, Cassidy, Butch, and Domino again.

"This one is electric proof; just in cause the twerp is there. We shall make Giovanni proud." said Meowth.

As the three determined groups had off to the hanger, a chopper left the hanger bay. Jessie wondered who could be in that chopper and where were they headed but she shook her head. Jessie had more important matters. If they could triumph this, they would impress Giovanni. As all of three Rocket groups got in the Pidgeot Jet, James wondered if Giovanni had sent other agents to the Lake of Rage. It was a target for rare pokemon. James shook his head and told himself they would cross that bridge when they came to it. The Pidgeot lifted off and head out the hanger doors. It headed straight towards Lake of Rage. It would be a long flight. Little did any of these Rocket groups know, the Twin Terrors were on the same direct course with a pit stop at Mount Silver. These ambitious Rockets were about to meet the greatest Rocket Team ever known and things were certainly going to change.