Jenny's eyes widened when she saw her wig in his hands. Her cover had been blown, it had been blown since they had originally come to this place to kill her but now she knew and felt it was really over. She looked at Ash and saw rage burning in his eyes. She could tell he was angry way more than angry, pissed off. Alice walked over to her partner and whispered something in his ear. Whatever it was it caused him to lower the gun and both of them walked a few feet from Jenny. Jenny was nervous enough as it was but she tried her best to keep calm, after all, in the academy they always encouraged them to always keep their calm in any sort of situation.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing is going on. Can't you see I'm trying to finish up here so we can leave?"
"That's not what I mean and you know it!" Alice barked back, tired of being left in Ash's shadow. Never really knowing what was going through his mind or knowing anything about him at all. Ash's facial expression remained the same, annoyed with a hint of carelessness but inside he was shocked. Alice never before yelled at him much less demanded to know something, she was the sort of person who you could order around and she would not question authority but now it seemed like she needed to know.
Ash sighed deeply and looked at Officer Jenny and then back at Alice. He was angry but he was not about to hurt Alice, he knew she was only curious. In the end if he was still angry there was still Officer Jenny to be taken care of.
"Two years ago I got a call that my mom was sick so I left home to see that she would get better. When she was fine I returned to where I had left off but along the way these two…" Ash sighed at the memory and clutching his fist he blatantly said, "sons of bitches conned me and I lost my best friend to them. There. You fucking happy!"
Ash's anger rose once more and in order not to take it out on his partner he aimed the gun at Officer Jenny but before he could pull the trigger Jenny said, "Wait! Wait, wait! I can help you find them!"
"I'm not interested in finding them."
Officer Jenny knew she was in danger so she thought of the next best thing to do. She quickly bent down to where the bar was and tossed it at Ash hitting him on the knee and giving her enough time to run away. Jenny ran past Ash and Alice and ran to find refuge from her assassins.
Once out of the alley she saw nothing but a field of abandoned warehouses in a dock. If they were to kill someone they had come to the right place. There was no one around, just warehouses and more warehouses and all of them seemed to be closed. Jenny frantically looked around and soon spotted one of the warehouses with a wide open door. She quickly ran towards it in hopes of hiding from Ash.
Once inside the warehouse Jenny saw it was crowded with old broken machinery and empty boxes. Several Pidgey were atop of the metal rails on the roof and most of them flew away as soon as they saw Officer Jenny barge into the warehouse.
Old tractors, several Xerox machines, car engines, as well as boat parts were scattered about. Some were so old and weathered the rust seemed to stain the ground they were over. Jenny looked around frantically trying to find both a hiding place and some sort of way out of being killed by Ash.
Jenny looked over the entire place and saw a door. Hoping the door would lead out the back she sprinted across the cemetery of machinery careful not to make loud noises but little did she know that she was being closely watched. As she reached the door she stood near it as she leaned on the wall to catch her breath.
As she was resting a sudden blast startled her. The shock sent a vibe from her feet to her face. Just inches from her hand which was placed on the wall several holes were made and from them some smoke was hissing out. Jenny looked at the holes and when she turned around she saw Ash standing just a few feet away and in his hands he held a SPAS-12 shotgun.
The smile on Ash's face let Jenny know he had no intention of sparing her so she ran. Once through the door Jenny became frustrated to see a long hallway. There were a few doors on each wall; the filthy, once-white tiles on the floor were covered in muck. The walls decorated with all sorts of stains. Officer Jenny ran towards the first door she could reach, the door had a filthy doorknob but she cared not for she was being chased and every delayed second could cost her life.
She gripped the knob tightly in her hands and twisted it only to find out that the door was locked. Jenny let out a frustrated and frightened groan. She quickly let go and ran towards the door on the other side but was just as unfortunate. Jenny kept telling herself not to panic for panic would only prove to be her one and only down fall but as much as she tried she felt her fear rising from within the pit of her stomach.
A sudden urge rose once more as she realized Ash was on his way over to her so she took off and kept trying to open the doors in the hall. Door after door she failed to open any of them until she got to the last door. Jenny grabbed the doorknob and turned the doorknob but to her surprise the door sung open causing her to fall face first into the floor.
Jenny quickly picked herself up but to her disgust found her face and clothes smothered in gunk and mud. She shrieked as she wiped some of it off. Her self conscious was soon disrupted as she heard heavy footsteps coming from behind her.
Ash knew each and every single one of the doors in that hallway were locked so he did not bother to try to look inside. He knew the one at the end of the hall was unlocked and he knew it was the men's room.
Ash slowly walked towards the bathroom and saw the door wide open, giving him less doubt that Officer Jenny was hiding in the bathroom. The stalls inside were all closed and no sound was heard from any of them so he improvised.
Ash aimed the shotgun at the first stall and fired three shots: one in the middle, another at a lower angle and a third at a higher angle. Ash lowered the weapon and kicked the door open but there was no one inside. Ash proceeded to the other stall and made the same move on the rest of the stalls.
Once at the last stall he kicked the door open but found no one inside. This of course puzzled him. He was sure Officer Jenny was inside the bathroom. Ash was beginning to get irritated so he turned around to walk out as he cursed under his breath, "Goddamn it…"
Once Ash was past the third stall he suddenly felt a blow to the back of his head and at full force he fell on his face and the shot gun slid across the floor and stopped several feet from him. Ash turned around and saw Officer Jenny standing over him aiming a gun to his face. Her serious expression only enlightened him. He smiled in an effort to infuriate Officer Jenny and it worked. No matter how many blows he would receive Ash always managed to still display that defying smirk that was beginning to rub off on Jenny.
"Don't move." Officer Jenny grasped the gun tightly in her hands and watched Ash's every move in case he would pull a stunt that would cost her dearly.
"The dagger!" Ash thought to himself as he looked straight into Officer Jenny's eyes. He had conducted a full plan but all he needed to hear were a few words that to his surprise were the very that disrupted his train of thought.
"Slowly…very slowly get up."
Perfect. That was all Ash needed to hear. Ash slowly used his hands to lift himself up and as he did he slid from under Officer Jenny and as soon as his legs were in front of hers he kicked her on her left knee causing her to fall on both knees.
Jenny groaned painfully and loudly but she managed to grab Ash's legs as he slithered his way towards the shotgun. Aggravated Ash tried to kick Jenny but missed as she swerved to the side. Still holding his leg Jenny felt something fall from the struggle. At the end of his pant legs she saw an object that shinned when the faint light of the old light bulb on the roof hit it.
Ash struggled to reach the shotgun; he pulled himself towards it using the doorframe but just as he was mere inches from it Ash let out an agonizing scream. The pain was coming from the back of his right leg and as soon as he turned around and looked he saw Officer Jenny holding his own dagger up to the back of his leg.
Ash had had enough, he had been merely playing around with Jenny but now he felt the entire situation was lagging so he decided to finish was he had been sent to do. With his other leg he managed to push Jenny away far enough to give him time to get back up.
Amazed that not even a stab wound could slow him down Officer Jenny got up quickly and ran towards the shotgun. Just before Ash could grab it she kicked it and it slid across the floor even further. This of course enraged Ash so he pulled out the dagger which was still inserted into his leg and swung it at Officer Jenny managing to cut her across the stomach. Jenny backed away and saw the trail of blood adorning her shirt as it was ripped open.
Jenny knew just how serious Ash was, evidently she had not taken him as serious as she should have and now it was too late to negotiate so in her defense she fought back. Ash launched towards he so Jenny turned her back on him and as soon as she felt he had a good grip on her she grabbed his arm and flipped him over.
This was a method of self defense she had learned as a young teenager and one she had used more than once to help safe her life but something she was not counting on happened. As soon as Ash hit the floor hard he grabbed Jenny's arm and while she was still leaning he managed to pull her arm with enough force to flip her over him.
Jenny hit her back hard but before she could even catch her breath she was tossed over and Ash quickly grabbed her throat. Ash pushed down on his hands and closed his hands tighter and tighter as he watched how Officer Jenny struggled effortlessly but in vain.
Jenny helplessly watched as her attacker sat on her and strangled the life out of her. Jenny was beginning to fell the last traces of oxygen in her lungs burn up as she tried her best to shove Ash off. Slowly but surely she felt as her brain tried to make use of the little oxygen left but it was not enough, she slowly let go of Ash's arms and as her hands dropped to the floor her vision became a stir of blurry colors wildly running around. She could still feel Ash's hands around her neck but that was all she felt as all feelings abandoned her body.
Suddenly, there was darkness.
A blanket of cold darkness seemed to wrap itself around Jenny's body. She knew she was somewhere but where exactly was the question at hand.
Her eyelids suddenly fluttering rapidly as her vision bettered and she could make out the details better. She was lying on a cold filthy floor, the wall, as she rolled her eyes up was just as filthy but a few small spatters of crimson caught her attention. There were several spatters of blood on the wall as if someone had been severely hit with a blunt object. This worried her as she tried to collect the last few minutes before blacking out. But then it hit her like a ton of bricks.
"The shot gun, Ash…where did he go?"
Officer Jenny turned her gaze towards the hallway but as she did pain struck her neck. She put her hand on her throat and rubbed it trying to relive some of the pain. She had never been strangled before and now that she knew what it felt like she wished she had never known in the first place.
"Hold still and listen to me!"
The shouts came from in front of Officer Jenny so she looked over and saw Alice pinning Ash against the wall using the very shotgun he had so badly tried to shoot her with. Alice held the shotgun tightly against Ash's neck as she whispered at him; Jenny could barely make out what they were saying.
"How can you be this stupid? You're gonna let an opportunity like this slip through your fingers?"
"What the hell are you talking about!"
"I mean, we can use Officer Jenny to lead us to the people who conned you, jackass!"
Ash fell silent as he thought about what Alice said. Officer Jenny had been under cover working as a mole for the very people who conned him. He looked beyond Alice and then slowly turned his gaze upon Officer Jenny who backed up a little as she saw him looking at him.
His eyes formally dressed in utter rage swiftly fell upon his partner's eyes once more as he said, "Back off."
The anger in his tone indicated he was not in a stable moment and fooling around with his temper was not a wise thing to do as Alice had been so blatantly shown. Alice removed the shotgun from his throat and Ash walked over to Jenny who through out all this was still lying on the floor.
Ash slowly walked over to her and kneeled next to her and said in a low and whispering tone, "You're undercover, aren't you? And as an undercover officer you were assigned to infiltrate the people who have been in the Pokémon trafficking business, right?"
"Th—that's right…Then these people had me go undercover as a Team Rocket member to steal some of the powerful Pokémon they had."
Ash simply nodded as he rose up and stood next to his partner who looked at him nervously. Jenny could tell Alice feared him and she did as well. Even though Ash was young he had a certain nature about him that sent chills down your spine. Just looking at him at first glance let you know he was dangerous.
"Meet us back in the car and don't run 'cause we'll hunt you down." Alice's warning was firm as the look on her face. Officer Jenny knew she was in enough trouble so she avoided more by getting up and heading out towards the car they brought her in. As soon as Jenny was out of sight Ash pushed Alice against the wall and held the bloody dagger to her face as Ash said in a serious tone.
"If you ever, ever hit me like that again I swear to God I will, slash your pretty little face in such a way that not even the entire cast of Nip/Tuck could possibly put you back together again…"
Ash let go of her and yelled out, "Is that in any way unclear!"
"No…" Alice answered fearfully and watched as Ash walked towards the exit, his leg injured leg almost dragging behind him. Alice sighed deeply as soon as Ash was gone. She knew she had to be more careful around him but this was something she had to do in order to set things right and perhaps his bitterness would subside once he set things right with the people who so wronged him two years ago.