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Chapter 37: The Breeding Center Secret

Angelina had just arrived into town, pedaling through the streets and finally caught up with Ash and his companions.

"Hey guys!" Angelina greeted.

"Pi-pichu!" Cocoa waved.

"Hi Angel, smile for the camera!" said Todd Snap, a boy about ten years with curly brown hair and stormy gray eyes. He wore a pink and red striped t-shirt, blue jean shorts, and white socks with brown hiking boots. He energetically jumped in front of Angelina, holding up a black camera.

"Chu!" Cocoa whimpered and scurried into Angelina's arms for protection. The girl caught a glipse of a Weather Announcement from a big screen set onto a building behind them.

"POKEMON LOVE POWER!" interrupts a loud voice belonging to a woman with lavender colored eyes and long golden blonde hair that split into shooting stars. She wore tacky-pink triangle earrings and a purple sweater underneath a white lab coat. "Find it at our 5-Star Breeding Center, where every Pokemon is treated like a loved one!" She twirls on the screen and indicates the image of a Charmander behind her. "This guest evolved into a Charmeleon, and then into a Charizard in just a few short days! At the 5-Star Breeding Center, a little pampering goes a long way. Let out experts provide your Pokemon with our loving care. So why go through all the fuss, when you can bring your Pokemon…. To us!"

"What's that?" Ash asked.

"Looks like someone just opened up a new Breeding Center." Brock observed.

"The newest thing!" Snap interrupted. "Breeding Centers raise Pokemon for kids who can't themselves! It's like a Pokemon Spa!"

"A really excellent Breeding Center can even help your Pokemon evolve!" Misty exclaimed excitedly.

"Wow!" Ash gasped. "Let's check it out!"

"Hmm," Angelina murmured suspiciously at the blank screen. Then followed her friends towards a building where a huge crowd of trainers stood anxiously with their Pokemon.

"There's no need to push, we have plenty of room left in our luxury suites!" assures the blonde woman. "We guarantee your Pokemon will soon be like new and some may evolve!"

"She seems really nice," Misty smiled.

"Yeah, but looks are deceiving," Angelina warned, and she finally realized why the blonde-woman was very familiar. They were agents of Team Rocket, Cassidy and her partner Butch.

"And do you know why we're so popular? It's because we believe in love, we feel every Pokemon is lovable! We believe in Pokemon Love Power!" Cassidy exclaims, hugging a Sandshrew affectionately.

"LOVE POWER!" cheers Butch, a young man with glossy bluish-green hair, cut short and split down the middle of his head wearing a futuristic white lab coat.

"Luuuv…. Powww-ah," Brock awes the blonde woman.

"Wow! She sure knows how to attract customers!" gapes Snap, holding up his camera.

Angelina's eyes narrowed in utter annoyance. "Something's not right and I-"

"Got a perfect idea, Angel!" Misty grabbed the older girl by the arm excitedly. "Come on!" she dragged the older girl toward the doors of the Breeding Center.

"Uhm, okay?" Angelina turned and motioned for the guys to follow, they were even curious what Misty was doing.

Inside the 5-Star Breeding Center, Angelina watches a Charmander being set onto a conveyer belt behind the main desk and travel into the back room. She raised her eyebrow at the breeders, "Hey what's-"

"I HAVE A POKEMON, TOO!" Misty exclaimed, storming to the front desk and glaring at Cassidy menacingly.

Angelina blinked speechlessly, standing next to Misty and aware she was being watched.

"W-well, you're in the right place," Cassidy mumbles.

"So what do I have to do to check my Pokemon in here?" Misty growls confrontationally.

"Misty?" Ash asked. "You're leaving one here?"

"Yep, I'll give it a try!" Misty grins.

"But which Pokemon?" Snap asked. "Not your Stary-u!"

"Togepi's to young," Brock reminds her.

"MY PSYDUCK!" Misty proclaims, slamming the yellow duck Pokemon onto the desk. "I want to leave my Psyduck here with you!"

"It's cute!" Cassidy gasps. "Don't you just adore those eyes? They're bright and bouncy as ping-pong balls!"

"Yeah," Misty grunts. "And I wish I had a paddle."

"So then, is there anything special you'd like us to do?" Cassidy asks.

"Oh yes, knock some common sense into its big empty head. There's an awful lot of unused space in here." Misty growls, rubbing Psyduck's head and making the confused duck Pokemon grimace.

"Hmm," Cassidy stares at Psyduck. "That's strange, it looks intelligent to me."

"WAAAA!" the guys (Ash, Brock, and Snap) and Pikachu plummet to the ground in shock. Angelina and Cocoa sweat-drop in embarrassment.

"And you have to change this clueless looking face," Misty continues, pulling Psyduck's downward sloping eyes back up angrily.

"That'll take a miracle," Ash said, getting back to his feet.

"Funny you should say that!" Cassidy laughs. "The motto here at our breeding center is, 'a little Pokemon love power works miracles'!"

With that, Psyduck is set onto the conveyer belt with a number 12 slapped to its round belly and travels through into the next room.

"Have fun, Psyduck!" Ash said.

"Bye Psyduck," Misty says, before adding, "Good luck."

"Psssy?" Psyduck looks on confused. (What for?)

Angelina giggled, "I'm sure Psyduck will be okay." she turns to leave with her friends until she felt a lite tapping on her shoulder.

"Excuse me, Miss," Butch's gravely and raspy voice made the girl turn around, "Don't you want to leave your Pokemon here, too?"

"Who me?" Angelina cursed herself for thinking the young man's almond-shaped dark brown eyes really stood out great against his turquoise colored hair. "Uhm…. n-no, I d-don't."

"Well you're missing a great opportunity," Butch smiled. "I also happen to be off work in half an hour. So why don't I take you to the best restaurant in this town?" he crossed his arms and stared into her eyes intensely.

Angelina tinged red slightly, biting her lower lip and looking around for her friends, whom were nowhere around.

"Don't worry about anything. I'm sure your friends will come back here and Cassidy will tell them where we went, won't-cha, Cass?"

"Just have a good time!" Cassidy smiled and waved to them.

"So it's all set! Let's go!" Butch started to push Angelina towards the sliding glass doors that parted for them.

"I'd rather stay here," Angelina pulled out of the guy's grasp and walked to a bench nearby.

"Fine," Butch sat down next to her. "We can always have a friendly conversation here."

"Pichu, pi-chu!" the baby mouse cried.

"I know, Cocoa! Here's your moo moo!" Angelina said, giving her a bottle full of milk.

"That Pichu must have came from a healthy Raichu." Butch commented. "How long have you been training Pokemon?"

Angelina nodded. "Three years to be exact. Cocoa hatched last week, and I'm enjoying every moment of it." she replied, watching her Pichu drink her milk happily.

"Seems like it," Butch said. "Although you should let me take you out sometime."

"How 'bout after my journey?" Angelina stood up quickly. "I'm sure it won't be hard to find you!"

Butch was taken aback, watching the girl run down the road before he could reply.

"Hey Angel!" Ash called out. "What's going on?"

"Oh, I was looking for you guys," Angelina said, catching her breathe.

"Come on, we have to get my Psyduck!" Misty interrupted annoyedly.

"What for? I'm lost here," Angelina frowned.

"We just walked by an 'All-U-Can-Eat' Restaurant and the owner said we could eat for free if we brought him Misty's Psyduck since the Pokemon is his favorite." Brock explained.

"Sounds good to me, I'm in!" Angelina said.

Upon arrival back at the Breeding Center, there was a white sign on the door that read in black: CLOSED.

"Ahh! It's already closed!" Misty pouted in shock.

"Ah, guess we'll have to come back tomorrow." Brock suggested.

"We won't get that free buffet today." Snap said dismayedly.

"NO WAY! I'M GETTING INTO THAT DESERT BAR NOW! THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANY ICE CREAM LEFT TOMORROW!" Misty yelled angrily. "Let's go see if there's a back way!" she storms off with the boys, Angelina, and Pokemon following.

'Hmm, and I thought it'd just be her time of the month.' Angelina chuckled in thought.

"Hello, anybody there? I need to get the Pokemon I left here! Please open the door so I can get back to that desert buffet!" Misty knocks on the door, then tries the doorknob in which it opens. "It's open!"

Ash and gang walk inside the breeding center, which had pink carpet, art on the walls, and Greek sculptures in the corners.

"Hello, is there anybody that could get my Pokemon? Is there anybody that could help me?" Misty called through the empty and quiet building.

"There's no body here." Ash said.

"Is there anyone here that could help us?" Misty said one last time as a door was opened; she and her friends peeked into the dark room. "It's so dark, I can't see!"

"Hey, I got a light." Brock pulls put a flashlight and shines it about the walls and floor revealing cages of Pokemon.

"What is this?" Misty exclaimed.

"It's the Pokemon!" Brock said.

"This doesn't look like a luxury hotel." Ash proclaims.

"Yeah I know." Angelina agrees.

"This is cruel, they're crampin' the cages!" Snap points out, then adding, "I don't think these Pokemon want to smile for the camera."

Angelina walked around the cages and eyed the upset and sad Pokemon, about to comment herself when a cage nearby being lifted by a mechanical hand caught everyone's attention.

The cage was carried to another conveyer belt (like the one out front) and travels through the flaps and into another room.

"Guys, come here!" Angelina hissed, she and the gang gathered around the conveyer belt and listened to voices on the other end.

"Yeah, just goes to prove that a lot of Pokemon Trainers are suckers." Cassidy said, very pleased. "Now all we have to do is pick out the choice Pokemon and ship them out to the Boss."

"We'll be his absolute favorite!" Butch said.

"And we'll be in for a big bonus!" Cassidy adds excitedly.

"This breeding center was a great idea!" Butch notes, just as excited.

"We believe in love power that's because we love power." The two fake-breeders laugh evilly.

"So it's all a fake." Ash said.

"Oh, they're really asking for it," Angelina growled.

"We have to do something to stop them!" Misty insists urgently.

"We can't let them treat Pokemon like this!" Brock agrees.

"Hey, I think I have an idea!" Snap exclaims, holding up his camera. "I'll take pictures of this place so everyone can see what's happening!"

"Yeah, that's a great idea!" Misty nods.

While Snap takes pictures, Angelina was heavily in thought of how she'd explain that Team Rocket was heisting from innocent trainers. Her ears perked at a new voice on the other side of the conveyer belt.

"I want to congratulate the two of you on your splendid work on this project unlike those other blundering idiots!"

"Giovanni!" Angelina hissed in distaste and aggitation.

"Just doing our job," Cassidy says. "But I don't know how you put up with that Jessie or her stupid partner, James? They're an embarrassment."

"They are completely unreliable," agrees Giovanni. "It's a good thing we didn't tell them about this plan, they would have ruined it! Butch, Cassidy, you know I'm relying on you."

"Yes sir!" Cassidy agreed. "We won't disappoint you."

"Oh we'll see about that," Angelina growled angrily, then a sudden flash makes her jump. "Oh no, it shown through the other side!" she said just as everyone heard that Butch saw the flash and would check it out.

"This way!" Ash motions to his friends, they hide behind cages and Pikachu gives off a weak charge of electricity inside an opened cage.

The door is heard opened and Butch's footsteps follow as he nears closer to Pikachu's cage.

"The light was only from this Pikachu!" Butch laughs and leaves the room.

Ash and friends sight in relief, and head out of their hiding spot as Pikachu steps out of its unlocked cage as well.

"You pulled it off, Pikachu!" Ash compliments his Pokemon.

"I think I have all the shots I need!" Snap figures.

"Good, we better get out of here quick." Brock warns.

"Wait, we can't! Psyduck!" Misty refuses to leave, running to Psyduck's cage.

"What's wrong?" Ash asks.

"The cage is locked! I just can't leave Psyduck here trapped in the awful place!" Misty pleads.

The windows are heard rattling; Ash and friends hide behind the cages. They peak out and see Team Rocket sneak in.

"Oh no, not them." Angelina groans.

"Breaking into the breeding center was genius; it's a burglar's dream." Jessie grins quietly.

"I told ya this place was going tah be packed with Pokemon!" Meowth laughs.

"And we're going to steal every last one," Jessie adds.

"Dat'll put us back on the Boss' good side." Meowth squeals a happy whisper.

"But we've never been on his good side befooooore," moans James from the floor.

A little later, James is picking at a cage with his lock-pick; Ash and friends sneak behind unnoticed.

"Almost got it," James whispers.

"All da Pokemon we could evah want!" Meowth gushes happily.

"HEY!" Ash yells, terrifying Team Rocket, they turn abruptly.

"What are you doing here?" Snap demands.

"I put dat very same question to you!" Meowth retorts angrily.

"Keep quiet." Ash hissed at them sharply.

"How'd you get in here before us?" Jessie asks.

"Don't tell me you goody-goodies have finally decided to become baddy-baddies!" Meowth taunted.

"When hell freezes over," Angelina harshly said.

"Don't you dare try to take over our territory!" hisses Jessie angrily.

"I KNEW ALL ALONG WE COULDN'T TRUST YOU!" James proclaims.

"Will you shut up!" Ash hisses.

"This time you're in way over your heads," Misty warns.

"She's right," Brock nods. "We better get these Pokemon out of here fast, or we're all in danger."

"I know what you're trying to do," Jessie sniffs knowingly. "You're trying to trick us into helping you steal all the Pokemon for yourselves."

"Believe what you want," Angelina growls, and suddenly florescent lights flash on and flood the room with light. "Eep! We're done for!"

"I knew I could smell something rotten back here," Cassidy sneers, standing with Butch as they stare down their intruders, "And I was right, looks like rats have snuck in."

"What should we do?" Butch asks with a smile.

"We'll exterminate them." Cassidy grins.

"We're not afraid of creeps like you," Ash blusters.

"LET'S MIX IT UP!" Meowth roars.

"You don't know who you're dealing with," Cassidy smirks, crossing her arms.

"But we'll be glad to show you," Butch laughs.

"Prepare for trouble and make it double!" the fake-breeders cried together, throwing their lab-coats and revealing black Team Rocket uniforms.

"To infect the world with devastation," Cassidy starts.

"To blight all peoples in every nation," Butch adds.

"To denounce the goodness of truth and love."

"To extend our wrath to the stars above."

"Cassidy," Cassidy cries.

"And Butch," Butch adds.

"We're Team Rocket, circling earth all day and night."

"Surrender to us now or you'll surely lose the fight."

"That's right!" Cassidy finishes, just as a Raticate jumps forward.

"RAAAAAAAATICATE!"

"Copycats!" Meowth said, pointing a claw at the black-uniformed Rockets accusingly.

"Does this mean you belong to Team Rocket, too?" James asked.

"Jessie," Cassidy smiles, "It's been awhile."

James' eyes widened, "Do you know that girl?" he asked his embarrassed and annoyed partner.

"She used to hang around me," Jessie growls, "She was jealous because I'm so beautiful."

"You haven't changed a bit," Cassidy retorts, "Unfortunately."

"And YOU'RE still a selfish little brat," Jessie retorts, "How dare you use that motto!"

"IT'S AN OUTRAGE!" Meowth splutters, "It took us months to find a motto we could swipe!"

"Steal your own slogan!" James growls.

"Save your arguments for the Boss when he finds out you're stealing HIS Pokemon." Cassidy informs.

"AHHH-OOOOH!" screams Jessie, James and Meowth.

"We're in trrrrouble!" Meowth said.

"The Boss is really ticked off that he hasn't heard from you!" Butch growls, "He thinks it's insulting!"

"Like your voice? It sounds like a dying frog," Angelina smirked behind her criticism, not caring that Butch looked very hurt while everyone laughed.

"Sweet girlfriend you got there, Biff," Cassidy snickered sarcastically.

"It's not Biff, it's Butch."

"I am not his girlfriend."

Butch and Angelina had spoken almost simultaneously. They both blinked and stared at each other.

"We can't call the Boss until we do something wrong right!" James said.

"We got this mission because the Boss can't trust you," Cassidy delightedly explains. "When he finds out that you managed to bungle it anyway... well I hate to think what might happen to you but I suppose getting thrown off the team is the best you could hope for after this... isn't that right, Jess?"

Jessie growls angrily but before she can retort, Meowth tackles her and James to the ground.

"We'd be infernally grateful if you could forget this ever happened!" Meowth sobs.

"Hmmm, what's it worth to you?" Cassidy asks, then suddenly yells, "NOT SO FAST CHILDREN!" at the corner of her eye, she saw them trying to sneak away Scooby-Doo style.

"Ehh!" Ash jumps slightly, eyes growing wide as Cassidy turns to stare at them.

"Now that you know our little secret I'm afraid we can't let you leave."

"We don't know anything about any secrets!" Ash cries as the group takes off down the hallway.

"We were just trying to get a free all you can eat buffet!" Brock yells back.

"You kids can't get away from me," Cassidy smirks, "I'm not a little pushover like Jessie."

Out in the hallway, Ash and friends continue running and near the main door.

"There's the exit!" Ash exclaims.

Suddenly, a cage from the ceiling falls on them, trapping Ash Brock, and Snap; leaving Misty, Angelina, Pikachu, Cocoa, and Togepi free.

"Ahh, we're trapped!" Ash yells.

"What'll we do?" Misty cries.

"You better hide." Brock warns the girls.

"Right," Angelina nods, grabbing Misty's arm. "Come on." They quickly hide behind boxes and watch Butch and Cassidy approach their captured prisoners.

"Our rat-trap worked!" Cassidy snickers.

"You crooks better let us outta here!" Ash threatens.

"What's that?" Butch ignores Ash and takes Snap's camera.

"It's mine!" Snap said defendedly.

"You won't be needing this." Butch laughs, then he took a second look at the young trainers in the cage. "Hey, weren't there five of you?"

"The girls must've got away. So much for having a play toy, huh Brad?" Cassidy said, smirking as her partner growled and his hands were shaking, but held back from crushing the camera.

Meanwhile, Angelina and Misty sneak out the back door and into an alley-way. They watched the police arrive.

"Burglars! Oh, I'm still shaking like a leaf! Officer, thank goodness our security system stopped them before they hurt the Pokemon, oh!" Cassidy cries, once dressed in her breeder outfit.

"Don't worry, we'll make sure those thieves are punished." Officer Jenny assures. "Thanks to you, our city is a little safer!"

While that goes on, the cage containing Ash, Snap, Brock, Jessie, James, and Meowth (and Victreebel) is rolled out by another officer.

"I'm telling you, you're arresting the wrong guys! We're innocent!" Ash protests.

"Those guys are the crooks, not us!" Snap explains.

"Hey, speak for yourself!" Meowth agrees.

"Look in the warehouse, then you'll see!" Ash begs.

"Save your story for the station house!" Jenny says disbelievingly, shutting the patty-wagon doors while Butch and Cassidy wave goodbye.

"Misty, what're we gonna do?" Angelina panics in shock.

"Something to convince Jenny that they're innocent." Misty suggested, just as worried.

"Pika!" Pikachu agreed. (Hopefully)

"C'mon, we gotta think!" Angelina encouraged; she and Misty were pacing frantically. "There's gotta be some way!"

"Ah, I got it!" Misty exclaimed. "All we have to do is show Jenny some of the pictures that Snap took!"

"That's brilliant, Mist!" Angelina said happily. "We'll get your Psyduck back and Snap's camera!"

"And no sooner will we save the guys and eat all the desert we could ever want!" Misty adds excitedly.

The very next day, Angelina waits outside the 5-Star Breeding Center for Misty to retrieve her Psyduck. After ten minutes, Angelina was about to head inside when the doors open and Misty runs out holding Psyduck and Pikachu while carrying Snap's camera.

"Yay, you got it!" Angelina cheered, once Misty had shed herself of the disguise.

"Let's get these pictures developed," Misty insists hurriedly. "There's no time to lose."

While searching through the city and finding a One-Hour Photo Shoppe, Misty and Angelina head off to the police station to release their friends.

"This way, I hear them!" Misty walks down a hallway inside the police station, Angelina and Pikachu following right behind.

"Let us out, we're not crooks!" Ash roars.

"Those two at the breeding center are the criminals!" Brock snaps.

"Just go there and see for yourself!" Ash pleads.

"If you're trying to win sympathy, it won't work," Jenny tells them. "The judge is going to throw the book at you Pokemon Snatchers!"

Misty and Angelina finally arrive inside the room containing the jail cells.

"You're making a mistake!" Misty proclaims.

"Pika-pika!" Pikachu agrees.

"Preee!" Togepi grins.

"Misty! Pikachu! Angelina!" Ash cries happily.

"These guys have been telling the truth, Officer Jenny!" Angelina steps forward and shows Snap's photos. "And these photographs prove it!"

"Oooh, what a pretty Pikachu!" Officer Jenny coos.

"Huh?" Angelina blinks, confused.

"Angel, wrong photos!" Misty nudges her.

"Oops, you're right!" Angelina looks at the cutesy photos that Snap took, then reaches into her backpack and reveals the other photos. "Look at these!"

"Oh no, that's terrible!" Jenny gasped.

"That place isn't a real breeding center; they just steal the best Pokemon that are brought in!" Misty explained.

"Those two told me that the breeding center was like a spa." Jenny replied, confused.

"That was a lie!" Angelina corrected.

"They crammed the Pokemon into cages!" Snap informed.

"That's why they told you we were the crooks because we found out about their plans!" Ash added.

"They…. tricked me?" Jenny was shocked.

"When we heard what those crooks were up to, we went to stop them, too!" Meowth piped in.

"It's true, honest!" Jessie nodded.

"Yeah, we're good guys!" James muffled through Victreebel's mouth.

"Puh-lease," Angelina rolled her eyes. "They broke into the breeding center just to steal Pokemon."

Jessie, James, and Meowth fall to the floor and give up to a chance of not helping.

Now assisting Officer Jenny, Ash and friends arrive back at the 5-Star Breeding Center. Storming into the back room where Cassidy and Butch were now dressed in their Rocket attire.

"So, you thought you could frame these kids when it was YOU who were stealing Pokemon. You're under arrest!" Jenny proclaims.

"But we're not-" Cassidy began, but was interrupted by Jenny.

"We already know everything, there's no use resisting!"

"Raticate, go!" Cassidy throws out a Pokeball revealing the rat-like Pokemon.

"Go Pikachu!" Ash yells.

"Pi-kaaa-chuuuuu!" Pikachu electrocutes Raticate with its Thundershock attack.

"Raticate got fried!" Cassidy whimpered.

"Tough break!" Butch agreed.

"Let's go!" Cassidy turns heel, with her partner in toe.

"Bulbasaur, I choose you!" Ash threw out a Pokeball and his Seed Pokemon appears. "It's Vine Whip time!"

"Bulba!" Bulbasaur releases long vines from its bulb and wraps them around Butch and Cassidy.

"Love power?" the black-attired Rockets moan in daze as they're now inside the paddy wagon and driven away to jail.

"Pikachu's the one who snuck into the breeding center and got the camera back!" Misty explained.

"Pikachu, you're the best!" Ash praises.

"Pika!" Pikachu smiles.

"Ha, good thing Snap takes great pictures!" Brock adds.

"Yeah!" Snap beams proudly.

"So thanks to all of us, Team Rocket's in jail and all the Pokemon are free!" Angelina exclaimed happily.

"And you all did a great job!" Jenny agrees, stepping forward. "Now we'll return all the Pokemon to the rightful owners."

"That's great, Jenny." Ash said.

"Anybody hungry?" Jenny asked.

"Huh!" Ash and friends blink, almost forgetting about the buffet.

A little later, and now at the "All-U-Can-Eat" Restaurant….

"Mooore ice-cream!" squeals Misty happily on her fifth plate of ice-cream while Angelina just started on her first dish of ice-cream and the boys were still on their main meal.

"Take it easy," Ash admonishes.

"Yeah, leave some for the other customers," Brock suggests.

"Pikachu-pi," Pikachu offers sagely. (Come on, Misty)

"Don't worry, there's plenty of ice-cream left, Misty," smiles Officer Jenny over at the bar, behind which stands the restaurant-owner and on top of which sits Psyduck.

"And all of it's free since you brought me this cute little Psyduck to visit this restaurant!" adds the owner, cooing over Psyduck.

"You have good taste!" Misty notes happily and tucks into her sixth helping of ice cream.

"Lucky for her though," Angelina giggles, finally soothing her Pichu to sleep and able to finish her ice-cream.

Once leaving the town and saying goodbye to the restaurant-owner and Officer Jenny, Ash and friends reach a fork in the road which means a parting of ways.

"I guess you guys are heading to Cinnabar Island, right?" Snap asked.

"That's right," Ash agrees.

"Ditto," Angelina nods, now sitting on her 10-speed shiny blue bike.

"Well, I think I'm going to head up to the mountains so I can get some new shots of wild Pokemon." Snap informs.

"That's great!" Brock smiles.

"We'll miss you!" Ash adds.

"I hope we meet again real soon," Misty finishes.

"Mm, hm!" Snap nods, then waves goodbye.

Thanks to a few photographs, getting out of jail was a snap for our heroes. As they continue their journey, who knows what adventures lie ahead…. Or below….

§To Be Continued§

*Ash and his friends encounter Cassidy and Butch, Angelina already knew who they were.
*Angelina declines Butch's attempts to take her on a date.

*Todd leaves the group.
*Cassidy and Butch's motto is said for the first time.
*James asks Jessie who Cassidy is and if she knows her. This would later become contradictory to the events in Training Daze where James would have known who Cassidy was because they were in a competition against each other.

Okay, I spent a lot of time on this chapter; twenty-four pages, and I appreciate that you spent your time reading every word of it! Thank you and the next chapter will be up soon!