Chapter 4

To Fight or not to Fight and Mysterious Identities

The sun shined through out the land. It even shined onto a metallic Pidgeot but there was no rare colored Pidgeot. It was Team Rocket's Pidgeot Jet. As the Pidgeot Jet flew across the blue sky, the Rockets inside were decided their plan. Jessie was making costumes just in case. James was reading up on Lake of Rage so they knew what to expect. Cassidy and Butch were looking over a map of Lake of Rage to see what was the best spot to attack. Meowth was sharpening his nails and Domino was preparing her rose weapons.

"So how do we do it? How do we make Giovanni like us?" asked Jessie.

"First of all, avoid the kid with the Pikachu." said Cassidy.

"Who?" James asked.

"You know the one with red cap who hangs around that red girl and that tall guy whose eyes are always shut." explained Butch.

"Ah, you mean the twerps." Meowth exclaimed.

"Twerp, kid with the Pikachu, people, people, we are getting off track. We know we have to avoid this kid but how?" Domino asked.

The group looked puzzled and went back to work. Over in the corner, Jessie was making some excellent judge costumes for the plan. She thought they could dress up as judges. Jessie's one ambition was to be a fashion designer. She had come up with every single costume for every heist they were going to make. Jessie had long red hair and very bad attitude not to mention a terrible temper. James was writing down all the facts. He was especially reading up on the Red Gyarados. James has blue hair and always somehow tagged alone with Jessie. Jessie gave the orders and he followed them. He never complained because he knew what would happen if he would complain. He was the son to rich parents and still is running from the horrible and scary Jessebell. Butch and Cassidy were agreeing what locations where they should land and where they should attack. Cassidy has golden hair and Butch had a sort of greenish aquamarine hair. They were rivals to Jessie and James after the Breeding Center plan. In fact, Jessie and Cassidy were friends until both of them joined Team Rocket. That is where things turned to worse. They always fail in their plans when Jessie and James came along. Meowth was now shining his headpiece. Meowth was a pokemon who could talk and walk like a human because of a love attack in Hollywood. He met a female Meowth and decided to become human to impress her. Unfortunately, she didn't care about his love towards her and called Meowth a freak. Domino was jousting with her rose weapon. Domino has black hair and had serious but deadly attitude. Her position was 009, Domino, or as her victims call her The Black Tulip. She is called Domino, 009 or the Black Tulip because truly no one knows her real name.

"I have the perfect way to make Giovanni happy!!!!!!" shouted James.

"How?" asked Jessie.

"Well, according to the history of the Lake of Rage, there is a red Gyarados. It is very rare. It is the one of its kind. It is a shiny pokemon and shiny pokemon are very very rare." explained James.

"A shiny pokemon, the boss has been hinting us at getting him one but we could never find one. It is really hard to find one. You have a one to millionth chance of finding one. You have better chances of being struck by lightning than find or catch a shiny pokemon." explained Butch.

"Isn't that the ratio for winning the Lottery?" James asked.

"Yeah, but winning the lottery is much easier than catching a Shiny Pokemon." Cassidy explained.

"Speak for yourself, Cassidy. My mom entered the Lottery lots of times and we only one two or ten dollars." Jessie explained.

"That's funny. My parents entered the lottery and they always won the prize amount like 5 million or even 27 million."

Right then, Jessie slammed James' head with a mallet. She really didn't want to hear about this. Sure, her family was poor, but they were able to make it this far. She didn't want to hear how James' family was rich and how he could afford everything they wanted. Meanwhile, Domino and Cassidy were fighting. Apparently, Cassidy insulted Domino's honor and her name. Domino insulted Cassidy by calling her a Blondie.

"Domino? You couldn't come up with any other better secret agent names? And what is with the rose weapons?" Cassidy laughed.

"Cassidy, aren't you going a little too far?" Butch asked.

"How dare you make fun of my name and my weapons!!! You blondie!!!!" Domino yelled!!!

"What did you say???" Cassidy growled.

"That's right. Blondie!!! Meaning you are dumb!!! Do you want me to get you a dictionary? That's right!!! You probably couldn't read it!!!!" Domino laughed.

"That's it, Domino!!! You are going down!!!" Cassidy shouted.

"Bring it on ... Blondie." Domino chuckled.

Domino and Cassidy jumped out at each other. Then they started to fight. Domino hit Cassidy in the knee with her foot. Cassidy hit Domino in her stomach with her foot. Butch was trying to break up the fight but got hit in the face.

"Hey guys and gals, check this out!!!!" exclaimed Meowth.

The fight stopped and now it was Meowth's turn in the spotlight. Jessie, James, Cassidy, Butch and Domino rushed over to see what Meowth was happy about. Meowth was on a Pentium laptop typing away. Meowth had still some contacts in Team Rocket. Despite that they failed all the times, he still could get some supplies. One of them was a Pentium laptop, which was platinum.

"What is it, Meowth?" Jessie asked.

"Well, according to this website, there is a contest for catching pokemon including the Red Gyarados. The winner gets a trophy now matter what pokemon you capture..."

"Wait, there are tons of water pokemon in the Lake of Rage???" asked Butch confusingly.

"Why do you think people stop at the place? It isn't a home for just Gyarados anymore." explained Meowth

"What do you mean 'it isn't a home for just Gyarados anymore', Meowth?" asked Domino.

"What I mean is that scientists found out that Gyarados get along with other pokemon even Dewgong and once they found out, they decided to experiment..." Meowth explained but Jessie interrupted him.

"Poor Dewgongs, or Squirtles or whatever water pokemon are..." cried Jessie but Meowth interrupted her.

"Before you cry on, I was about to say that they didn't need to. They found underground springs leading to the lake and found water pokemon getting along with the Gyarados, even the red Gyarados. This contest has gone on for 10 years and this is its eleventh year." explained Meowth.

"Then maybe we don't have to commit any crimes to get those pokemon!!!!" exclaimed James.

"We are Team Rocket Members, we have to cause trouble!!!" explained Domino.

"Normally, I would agree with you, Domino, but James does have a good point." said Cassidy.

"If we obey the laws and catch those pokemon lawfully, we can take the pokemon back to the boss without any of being arrested or being blasted off again." explained Butch.

"We will just explain that to the police. Sure, Officer Jenny might be a little suspicious but we can equally explain it to her." said Jessie.

"Hey, what if we don't get the Red Gyarados? That is what we are after in the first place." exclaimed Meowth.

"Well, we don't want to go back on our non-law breaking promise with Officer Jenny. Boy, this is a tricky situation." said Jessie while she walked around acting confused.

"I got it. We don't have to steal the pokemon. We will barter. Sure, that is not the Team Rocket way but if we barter and act lawfully, then we won't cause trouble and the boss will get his pokemon." explained Domino.

"So no surprise attack, no Team Rocket motto, no dealings with the twerp, we have a plan that can't fail!!!!!!" exclaimed Jessie.

"Meowth, tell the flier to land in an area that won't attract suspicion." explained Cassidy.

"Why would we do that, Cassidy???" asked Butch.

"Hey, we aren't going to commit any crimes, and if the police wants to know what we are doing, we will explain it truthfully. We aren't hiding anything." explained Cassidy.

"All right, to the approval of Giovanni and the return of our good but bad names!!!!" exclaimed Jessie.

"Yes!!" agreed James.

"We will be victorious!!!" said Cassidy and Butch.

"We shall not lose!!!!" said Domino and Meowth.

The six Rockets put their hands and paws on each other agreeing that this plan shall not fail as the Pidgeot jet headed for Lake of Rage. Meanwhile, in another part of sky somewhere in the opposite direction, somewhere around Silver Mountain, a Rocket chopper was lifting off and heading towards the Lake of Rage. Inside, the chopper was two cloaked Team Rocket Agents along with some valuable and rare pokemon.

"We did it this time, brother. We scored some pokemon that Giovanni will be pleased with." said one of the cloaked figures.

"Yes, I do agree that we needed some practice before we strike Lake of Rage." Said the other cloaked figure.

That cloaked figure was trying to remove his cloak but the other cloaked figure stopped him in time before the pilot could see what was going on.

"Patience, brother. Remember, not all rocket members have seen your true form. This one probably knows but let us make sure he doesn't." said the first cloaked figure.

"You are right, my brother. Those twerps at the Lake of Rage shall see our true terror." said the second cloaked figure as he was watching Ash and Company from a camera that was following them.

"So shall Jessie, James, and those other disgraceful rockets!!" said the first cloaked figure as he was also watching a camera that monitor Jessie, James, Meowth, Cassidy, Butch and Domino.

They laughed a little and looked back to see their capture. Pokeballs were inside a golden container. Inside those pokeballs were Golbats, Rhydons, Rhyhorns, Tyranitars, Donphans, Onixs, Gravelers, Misdreavuses, Golducks and Quagsires.

"We caught quite a haul and there will be nobody to stand in our way!!!" laughed the first cloaked figure.

"Yes, Team Rocket will surely go down in history thanks to us!!!!" laughed the second cloaked figure.

They laughed as the chopper headed towards Lake of Rage. Jessie, James, Meowth, Cassidy, Butch and Domino smiled as they had a plan of action. Somewhere on the path to Lake of Rage, Ash and Company was about to see the most amazing things happens; the surprising actions of Team Rockets had faced before and devastating actions of Rockets he had never seen. Ash had no idea what was in store for him, Misty or Brock.