It took them fifteen minutes to hail a cab. The cab drove for an hour to the outskirts of town but wouldn't go any farther.
"Onix, go!" Brock called out and Onix appeared.
"We're not going on that thing are we!" Jesse exclaimed.
"You got a better idea, I'd love to hear it," Brock said back. They all got on Onix. With Team Rocket navigating, Onix reached a grove just outside the Team Rocket Headquarters in six hours. They dismounted.
"Six hours!" Misty yelled. "You said it would take four and a half hours!"
"I said I was being optimistic! Keep your voice down or the guards will hear you!" James said in a hushed voice.
"Who's there!" said a raspy voice. Five Team Rocket members appeared in front of them.
"Pikachuuuuuuuuu!" Pikachu thunderbolted the guards.
"Starmie, Staryu, Bulbasaur, Sqirtle, Charizard, Pidgeotto, Go!" Misty called out. Psyduck also came out of his pokeball.
"Geodude, Vulpix, Zubat, Go!" Brock called out.
"Call out your Pokemon!" Misty yelled to Team Rocket.
"Uhhh…Right. Wheezing, Victreebel, Go!" James called out. Victreebel bit James Head. Jesse sighed.
"Arbok, Lickitung, Go!" Jesse called out. James wrenched Victreebel off his head.
"All pokemon, attack Team Rocket except for Jesse and James," Misty told the pokemon.
"Charge!"
They all burst out of the grove. Charizard, Pidgeotto, and Zubat flew off and started making strafing runs on the guards on the roof. Pikachu, Starmie, Staryu, Bulbasaur, Sqirtle, Geodude, Vulpix, Wheezing, Victreebel, Arbok, and Lickitung attacked the guards on the ground. Onix was ramming the door down. The guards on the ground and on the roof were taken completely by surprise and were quickly overpowered. With one final tackle attack, Onix smashed the door down. Inside, alarms were shrieking and hundreds of Team Rocket members and their pokemon were all in the main hall. With one sweep of its tail, Onix knocked out a huge chunk of the Team Rockets. All the pokemon and Team Rockets were in a brawl. Misty noticed that Jesse, James, Meowth, Arbok, Weezing, Lickitung, and Victreebel were all headed down a side corridor.
"Hey where are you guys going?" Misty yelled to them.
"We have some things to take care of," Jesse yelled back.
"Take da turd elevator from da right ta da top ta get ta da Boss's office," Meowth yelled to Misty.
"Thanks for your help," Misty shouted to them.
"Staryu, Zubat, help Jesse and James," she called over all the noise. Staryu and Zubat broke away from the brawl and followed Team Rocket down the side corridor.
"Brock, Pikachu, I'm going to get that antidote," Misty yelled to them. She ran to the third elevator from the right and clambered inside it. Misty hit the top button and she was on her way to meet Boss Rocket.
Jesse, along with James, Meowth, and their pokemon, sneaked down narrow side corridors, stairs, and junctions deeper into the heart of the Rocket stronghold. There were no guards at the guard stations for they were all up in the main hall fighting off the twerp's attack. But after a while, they noticed they were being followed. As they rounded the next corner, they pretended to walk on. The followers were just on the other side of the corner when they jumped out at the chasers. Only to stop short seeing that it was Zubat and Starmie.
"Why are you following us?" Jesse asked. She was annoyed that they hadn't presented themselves sooner. After an explanation from Zubat Meowth translated.
"Dees two says dat dey were sent ta help us," Meowth said in his heavily accented English.
"Well then let's get going," James said, his voice taking an unusual tone of command, "We haven't a moment to lose." They walked on in silence for the next couple of minutes, James leading the way.
"Where are we going James? We should be helping in the twerps' attack upstairs," Jesse asked puzzled. James had led them down here saying he had a plan, but what that plan was she didn't know.
"We are helping them Jess. Here we are," James said stopping in front of a junction. "All right, you head down that corridor and stay right. That should lead you to the stolen pokemon storage facility. Free all the pokemon and bring them up to help with the battle. I'll meet you up there," James told them before heading down the opposite corridor, leaving all the protective pokemon behind.
"But James, where are you going?" Jesse asked him.
"I have a special plan," he called over his shoulder before disappearing around a corner. Jesse, Meowth, and the pokemon ran down their corridor staying right as planned. She just wished she knew what James was doing.
Brock surveyed the battle. They were holding their own for now, but the pokemon were getting tired. The sheer number of Rocket foes they had to face was enormous. He hoped Misty got the antidote quickly and Jesse, James, and Meowth got back from their special mission so they could retreat. Brock watched as Pikachu fried a bunch of enemies with a Thunderbolt, and Vulpix crisped another bunch. Onix took out a whole row with a sweep of his tail. Brock noticed a Rocket standing nearby that wasn't paying much attention to him. Brock ran over and punched him in the skull. The man fell unconscious to the floor. 'Hurry up guys,' he thought before continuing in the brawl.
The elevator pinged as it reached the top floor. The doors opened and Misty stepped out into Boss Rocket's office. The office was brightly lit and almost completely bare of furniture and decoration. The only furniture was a large wooden desk with a computer on it and a leather chair that faced away from it. The room appeared to be empty. Misty then noticed the open wall safe and ran over to it. She looked in it but there was nothing that looked like it could even possibly look like an antidote. What if there is no antidote? What if Ash dies? Misty was starting to panic when a smooth cool voice called.
"Are you looking for this?" the voice asked. Misty whirled to see Boss Rocket sitting in the chair, now facing her. In his left hand, he held a small vial of pale violet liquid. In the other was a small, but wicked-looking gun leveled at her.
"The antidote," she said in relief. Then, remembering who had it she ordered, "Give that to me."
"Or you'll do what?" Boss Rocket said smugly. He was right she couldn't do anything with that gun pointed at her. She had to get that antidote, but how?