Tee-hee! Here's a little chapter that I made up myself, and it's not based on an episode; and there's some hinting of romance. Don't own Pokemon, enjoy!
Chapter 33: Egg-sighting Surprise, Hostile Takeover
On a calm and beautiful day, Angelina was relaxing against a tree and reading her favorite novel "Harry Potter". She was taking a break from her travels toward Cinnabar Island, but the peacefulness of the forest outskirts was disrupted by human commands and Pokemon cries of a battle. She closed her book and placed it inside her backpack, then getting to her feet and onto her bike. She pedaled down the dirt road towards the Pokemon battle and was eventually met by Team Rocket vs. Ketchum-brigade; Arbok and Weezing vs. Pikachu.
"Ya know, it's against the rules using two Pokemon against one." Angelina pointed out and got everyone's attention.
"Team Rocket should take your advice," Misty said. "We could always use your help though."
"Sure, I'm not in the mood for them anyway," Angelina smiles and gets off her bike. She grabs a Pokeball off her belt and throws it out. "Let's go, Sparkette!"
The electric orange mouse appears and sighs, "Rai," and sits on the ground.
"Hey, what's up with Raichu?" Ash asked.
"She looks tired." Misty agreed.
"Angel, you're probably not giving your Raichu enough vitamins," Brock scolds.
"Or maybe she needs to lose some weight," Meowth suggests jokingly. "Raichu does look tubby."
Raichu gave Meowth a half-smirk-half-scared look and practically waddled over to him.
"What's Raichu going over to Meowth for?" Ash was confused, as was Misty, but Brock caught on and casted a suspicious look at Angelina.
Angelina glared daggers at Jessie and James, she knew how they were always after rare Pokemon and wasn't about to have hers stolen. "The battle's a draw, return your Pokemon!" the two Rockets seemed disappointed, but they obeyed for Meowth's sake and returned their Pokemon just as Ash called off Pikachu.
Angelina kept her hazel eyes on Raichu, "Hey sweetie, what's wrong?"
Raichu smiled and grabbed Meowth, starting to whisper in his ear.
Meowth's eyes widened to about five times their normal size and his jaw dropped. "Yer what? Yer not really…. Are ya?"
Raichu nodded and Meowth gulped a few times nervously.
Pikachu looked on curiously, "Pika, chu, piii?" (What did Raichu say?)
"Well, er, ya see…. Raichu is, um…. Expecting a…. happy delivery." Meowth mumbled, blushing brightly.
"Huh?" asked Jessie and James.
"She's gonna have a kid!" Meowth yelled.
"A kid?" Jessie repeated.
Angelina's eyes became extremely big and glittery, she clasped her hands together in excitement. "Awww! My Raichu's having a baby! That's sooooo cute!"
Everyone stared at Angelina strangely.
"What? I'm just as happy as any expectant mother should be," Angelina pouted slightly.
"But yous ain't an expectant mother," Meowth said.
"And if you were, we'd all be very worried." Misty muttered.
"Maybe the new Pokemon can battle for Team Rocket?" Jessie asked while James nodded at the idea.
"What? No kid of mine is gonna be battling for yous two!" Meowth yelled, about to Fury Swipe the Rockets.
"Actually, the baby Pokemon will have no involvement with Team Rocket for everyone's sake," Angelina announced, holding out Raichu's Pokeball. "Sparkette, return!"
"Jessie, what do we do now?" James asked, feeling very uncomfortable watching the twerps talk to Angelina excitedly.
"We leave of course," Jessie said, heading toward the Meowth balloon.
James followed after her. "Why?" he asked, once catching up with Meowth right behind.
"Because I'm not gonna attack pregnant Pokemon," Jessie replied.
"Dat's right!" Meowth agreed. "Yous ain't attacking no Pokemon carrying my kid!"
"Then I'm happy you made the right decision." James said, which his partner smiled back at him appreciatively.
Later on at a local Pokemon Center, Angelina waited in the lobby patiently with Ash and friends while Raichu was in the emergency room for her expected delivery.
"So you tried breeding your Raichu with Team Rocket's Meowth?" Brock asked Angelina, once Ash and Misty walked off for snacks and drinks.
The two teenagers were sitting on a couch talking about earlier's events, mostly Raichu's pregnancy. Since the snow storm back on the mountain and the explosion in Grandpa Canyon, Angelina had not one conversation with anyone her own age along her Pokemon journey. She kept close to Ash and his friends as possible, not that Angelina wanted to bother Team Rocket just for a friendly chat.
"Fine, you caught me," Angelina admitted with a sigh. "But I agreed with Meowth that we'd have equal responsibility. Besides, my Raichu adores Meowth, not only was he honest about his past but with very much convincing from myself."
"Well, okay." Brock said, with a slight grin. "Don't get yourself in too much trouble. Knowing Jessie and James, they'd be interest with a new Pokemon delivered from your Raichu anytime soon."
Angelina nodded, fully understanding. "Meowth doesn't want the baby to fight for Team Rocket, but I'll be careful since you care so much."
Brock smiled, he moved closer to Angelina and placed his arm around her waist. He was surprised she allowed him that close to her since the last time they were alone. "What do you think the baby's gender will be?"
"It doesn't matter to me," Angelina replied, leaning her head against his shoulder. "But I'd really like a male."
"You know, it'd be okay with me as long as the baby is fit and happy," Brock whispered assuringly.
Angelina shyly blushed, "Thanks, that's very sweet." She was leaning toward him slowly as he was doing the same.
"Excuse me?" a voice interrupts the two teenagers. They abruptly pull apart and blushed just as Nurse Joy approaches them holding a yellow egg spotted with small black lightning bolts. "Congratulations, Angelina."
"It's the egg!" Angelina took the object and squealed in delight to Brock, "This is it, the baby of my Raichu and Team Rocket's Meowth!"
"That egg will take a while to hatch," Nurse Joy replied. "So will it be in good hands?"
"Oh yes, Nurse Joy." Angelina nodded. "I will never let this egg out of my sight."
Since then, Angelina kept the egg warm and polished it daily. With each passing day and little shakes from the egg, Angelina grew anxious of the arrival of her Raichu's baby. Although there was one day she had to put her journey on pause and everything, including her thoughts and feelings, behind her when it came to the business of Team Rocket.
"I can't believe we're doing this..." Angelina told her best friend, Jeremy as they were walking around the Silph Coroporation late one evening. They were both on the highest-level of the criminal organization from their un-failed missions and Pokemon captures. Jeremy dressed like a male grunt with the black go-go cap and matching purple gloves and boots. Angelina wore a black long-sleeved dress with the red "R" on the front, short white-colored and fingerless dress gloves, a belt hanging off her and knee-high lace-up black leather boots.
Team Rocket had successfully taken over Silph, the leading manufacturer of Pokemon technology and Giovanni was after their newest type of Pokeball designed to catch any Pokemon without fail. Angelina and Jeremy were not surprised, but everyone in Saffron City took it seriously as everything in the huge metropolis had been sealed off. The Saffron Police Department even set up guards to make sure no one got into the city.
"What's Gary doing here?" Jeremy asked.
Angelina looked in the direction her friend was pointing. Down the corridor was Ash's rival standing around with his group of cheerleaders. "I hope he's not looking for Ash." she smirked at the thought of the trainer and his friends battling their way through the Rockets. "Then again, we have other plans to deal with."
They made their way to the top floor where the Silph Co. president's office was located. Inside it looked typical for a CEO; a big desk and a tall chair facing away from them. They knew Giovanni was located somewhere in the building and were told to wait for him.
Angelina saw something on the desk that caught her interest. It was a picture, and she stared in shock, even Jeremy joined in the astonishment. The picture had a man with matted black hair and dark eyes with his arm around a woman with long red hair tied back in a ponytail. Her stomach was round from pregnancy. They recognized the woman clearly as Delia Ketchum, Ash's mother. In her arms was a little girl with strawberry-blonde hair in pigtails wearing a mint-green dress.
"O-oh m-my! This explains alot!" Angelina said, feeling her head aching. She barely remembered anything when she was a baby, but seeing the picture made the puzzle pieces come together. Clarissa was only her step-mother, but they took the surname Murakami instead of Ketchum, which didn't make sense, so Angelina had to find out more information from Delia next time she returned to Pallet Town.
"I see you're meddling again," said a sharp voice from the door. The duo Rockets looked up and saw Giovanni. They could see a major age difference from the picture. Deep wrinkles formed under his eyes, his hair was shorter, and he wore a cherry-colored suit with a red "R" emblem on the left side. At his heels walked a Persian, the same one Angelina had seen her whole life.
Angelina took the picture off the desk and faced her father, more than just anger flickered in her eyes. "What happened exactly?"
Giovanni stared, also surprised his daughter found out. "That was... a very long time ago. Why do you even care?"
"I do if they're my family, Dad!" Angelina yelled. "You knew they lived right down the street in Pallet Town from the Swarovski's and I stayed with them ever since Clarissa died and Christina was born! I can't believe you kept that from me all this time!" she fought back tears leaking from her eyes.
Giovanni narrowed his eyes, looking very annoyed. "You will never understand and I don't ever plan to explain anything to you. Get back to work!" he muttered, taking the picture from Angelina, who looked surprised.
"What makes you think I won't? And we're still going through with that?" Angelina asked her father, the silence didn't help matters although his glaring eyes read other thoughts.
In a few hours time, a group of trainers made their way through the Silph building and entered then president's office. It was Danielle Yoshiko, Tracey Sketchit, and Amber Trainum. Jeremy made the phone call to them saying Team Rocket invaded Saffron City, and he warned them not to bring the legendary Mew that Danielle received as a gift.
The Rockets separated the three trainers. Tracey and Amber were held hostage in another room while Danielle was knocked out with chlorofoam and strapped down to a metal chair. She didn't open her eyes for an hour, and an electronic headpiece was around her forehead. She was in shock, and things became clear when she saw Angelina wearing a Rocket uniform.
"Danielle, you finally made it." Angelina smiled evilly. Several men in their dark uniforms stood nearby, jeering and smirking with crossed arms. Even Jeremy was there leaning against the wall with his arms folded with an undeciding expression; he too was wearing a male Rocket uniform of a black go-go cap, a black long-sleeved shirt with a red 'R' on the front and a purple collar, black pants with a white belt, purple gloves and boots.
"You and Jeremy were with Team Rocket this entire time!" Dani talked indistinctly, the effects of the chloroform still imminent. "It all makes sense now!"
"And you were the last to realize that," Angelina smirked.
"You…. you were with them this entire time?"
"That's right. I've been taking pictures and notes on that special little Pokémon of yours. The original plan was to steal it and hand it over to my boss, but it changed."
"Correct." Giovanni appeared, an evil smile on his face. "Project 151 was to capture Mew and to use its DNA to create a super Pokémon. But then a group of scientists discovered a strange fossil with a Mew's eyebrow hair. Using it, they had already begun the cloning of it. Taking advantage of the fact those scientists were in desperate need of money, I soon became their leader as well, and the special Pokémon they are creating is soon to be mine."
"And then the operation to capture Mew was changed." Angelina added. "We still wanted Mew, but not for the same purposes. I was sent to follow you and find out the best way to capture it. I realized your telepathic connection to it, so Project 151 was appropriately renamed Project Dark Sakura, after you."
"I'm so flattered….." Dani muttered sarcastically. "….What did you do with Tracey and Amber….?"
"They're fine." Angelina quickly told her.
"And exactly where is the Pokémon?" Giovanni inquired.
"Umm…. sir," Jeremy spoke up. "The Pokémon left shortly. I think it is curious about the cloning, and being a psychic it can sense such things…."
"This project is a failure, in other words." Giovanni coldly stopped him. "But we didn't need it anyway. You and Angelina have pleased me enough. Being the top elites of all my workers, I expected more of you both. But sooner or later you will have failed, and we have no need for her anymore." He nodded toward Dani and then started to leave.
"Just let her go?" Angelina asked.
"….You know what I want you to do." Giovanni stood in the doorway. "If you just release her, she has learned quite classified information that she could spread." Angelina opened her mouth to intercede, but he stopped her. "Kill her. It's the only way."
"I…. can't!" It dawned to Angelina what he was asking. "She's…. my best friend. Even if-"
"You can't disobey my orders." Giovanni stared at the girl harshly. "Angelina, you have done much to please me. Do not throw away your grand place in the Rocket Gang by refusing to go through with such a trivial matter…."
"No!" Angelina stepped forward, unafraid. "I didn't bring my friend here to die. And she won't, as long as I'm here!" she kicked at him, hitting him painfully in his stomach.
"Ah!" Giovanni fell down, but was quick to stand up again, his eyes burning into hers. "Fool. Then you won't be here. I regret doing this but you leave me no choice."
The other Rockets already left quickly, except Jeremy as he stayed in the shadows of the room. Giovanni slapped Angelina and sent her falling to the ground. She sat there rubbing her cheek as he stepped back out the door, a strange device in his hand. He hesitated for a second, but then pressed the button on it. Strange hoses poked out of the walls, and they started to spray a strange dark gas into the room. The steel door slammed shut, clicking as it was sealed. Angelina looked around and screamed, realizing what was happening.
The gas had very slowly begun to leak into the room. Angelina quickly ran over to the desk and grabbed Dani's badges and belt of Pokéballs while Jeremy ran over to Dani and unlatched her from the chair.
"We're so sorry!" Jeremy kept repeating. "This is all our fault! We shouldn't have tricked you into this!"
"….The door…." Dani started to cough as more gas poured in. "Is it locked?"
"It's is, but Jeremy has a psychic Pokemon that can teleport us out of here." Angelina coughed also. "We're so sorry, Danielle!"
"…Hurry…. We have to leave…." the dazed girl stood up from the chair but stumbled to the ground, where Angelina had already fallen.
"G-go, Alakazam!" Jeremy tossed out a Pokeball and revealed his whickered psychic Pokemon holding silver spoons. "Use Teleport, now!"
Alakazam closed its eyes, it along with Jeremy, Angelina, and Dani glowed blue-and-purple and disappeared out of the room.
"Danielle!" Tracey called out in the hallways. He and Amber were frantic and afraid. She suddenly appeared above him, forming in the air and falling into his arms. "What the-?"
"Ugh…. Tracey…." Dani cracked her eyes open slightly, moaning and then coughing.
"We have to get outta here!" Jeremy said, now holding Angelina in his arms after he had recalled his Alakazam as it was injured from the poison gas.
The group of friends finally arrived on the first floor and at the door. As soon as they had flung the door open to run out, there was a blinding flash and a deafening explosion.
It wasn't long until Angelina and Jeremy woke up to the morning sun with bruises and bleeding from last night's events. Danielle was resting peacefully in Tracey's arms, a deep scratch on her forehead, and her breathing labored. After being found by Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy, they were safely transported to the Swarovski's to recouperate while Danielle and Tracey were sent to the Viridian City hospital for their serious injuries.
The news about what happened to the Silph Corporation was all over Kanto, Aunt Vicky was not thrilled for Angelina and Jeremy's actions but she was relieved they were alive. Although it didn't take long for the news to make its way into Pallet Town, and Angelina received a visit not only from Professor Oak, but also Delia Ketchum.
"What were you thinking getting into such grave danger like that?"
"I'm surprised you care all of a sudden. It's not like you haven't for the past thirteen years!" Angelina said, her eyes narrowed angrily at Delia's shocked expression. "And I'm sure you knew he owns Team Rocket, no doubt that's the reason why you left."
Delia sighed, "To be honest sweetheart, when I was pregnant again, your father wanted Ash to be the next leader of that organization. I didn't like it at all and I refused to have your brother involved, so I wrote a letter of sincere appology for leaving and fled here to Pallet Town. I was also good friends with Clarissa at the time, so I left you in her care, and when I found out her marriage to Giovanni, I was in daily contact with her and your whereabouts all these years."
Now it was Angelina's turn to be in shock. "Wow, it makes a lot of sense though." she walked over to the couch where her mother was sitting, and sat down beside her. "I understand you were worried about me when I started out as a Pokemon trainer, and right now I'm pretty much looking after Ash on his journey."
Delia smiled in appreciation at her daughter. "I'm glad you two are doing your best, and as a mother, I couldn't be happier knowing you'll come home to people who love you."
"Of course!" Angelina said, embracing her mother in a gentle hug.
After the touching mother-daughter moment, Angelina and Jeremy retired upstairs for a good nights' sleep. They would be leaving in a few days' time so Angelina could finish collecting her last two Indigo League badges.
§To Be Continued§
*Angelina's Raichu is pregnated by Team Rocket's Meowth, Angelina takes care of the egg.
*Team Rocket taking over Silph Corporation in Saffron City refers to what happens in the FireRed and LeafGreen video games; Giovanni was after the Master Ball and attempts to steal the legendary Mew from Danielle Yoshiko.
*Angelina and Jeremy discovers a picture in Giovanni's office; Delia Ketchum is Angelina's bio-logical mother and Ash is her brother. Giovanni kept this information secret for ten years.
*Gary Oak's appearance refers to the games' rival awaiting to battle before continuing onward to defeat the Rocket Boss and save Silph Co.
*Angelina and Jeremy followed Danielle and recorded information reguarding Mew and Team Rocket's project Dark Sakura; Mew was released, and because of other actions, Giovanni announced the project failure and orders Danielle to be killed.
*Angelina and Jeremy refuse to obey Giovanni; they almost died from poisonous gas inhalation and narrowly escaped as the Silph building exploded.
*Angelina confronts Delia in Pallet Town while recovering at the Swarovski's. Delia reveals she left Giovanni because Ash would be the next Team Rocket leader, but never abandoned Angelina as she knew her whereabouts through Clarissa.
Next chapter will be up soon. Until next time, thanks for reading!