I'll tell you one thing: I wouldn't want to be bitch-slapped on national television, nor do I want my Pokemon-catching equipment going haywire on me.


#3: Death by Machine Malfunction

"What about this one?"

"Nah…we've used that one before…"

"Search harder! There's gotta be something we can us to snag Pikachu with!"

It was a rainy day, and Jessie, James, and Meowth were inside a warehouse in an undisclosed location, searching through their stockpile of machines and gadgets they use whenever they want to grab rare Pokemon. After an hour of sorting through tons of failed and used devices, Meowth comes across a rather unique-looking robotic device.

"Hey! What is this thing?" Meowth points out, lugging the light-weight, human-sized robot out from amongst the other junk.

"Oh that…it's a prototype James built a while back that's suppose to aggressively catch Pokemon on command," Jessie explains.

"Unfortunately it's yet to work like we want it too," James adds. "I tell it to do something, but it does something random instead."

"How do you control it?" Meowth asks.

"Oh, you can make it work by either voice command, or using virtually any remote device near it," James says.

Shortly after James spoke, Team Rocket hears voices from outside the warehouse.

"Dawn, Brock! How about we rest here inside this warehouse until the rain stops?" says Ash's voice from outside.

"Good idea! I'm getting soaked!" Dawn responds.

The three Team Rocket members all look at each other with wide grins on their faces.

"This is too god to be true! Here's our chance to successfully steal their Pokemon for once!" Jessie says.

"Shall we go and ambush them?" James asked.

"I've got a better idea! Why don't we use this machine you built instead?" Meowth suggests.

"Meowth, I told you already, it doesn't work properly! It's unreliable!" James reminds him.

"I don't care! Let's just use it already! It's got to do something worthwhile!" Meowth says sternly.

Jessie and James look at each other, then sighs.

"Fine…just flip on the switch," James instructs Meowth.

Meowth did just that. One turns on, the light across the robotic machine's eyes glowed a dim red, ready to go.

At that very moment, the large warehouse doors slide open, and in came Ash, Dawn, and Brock.

It wasn't long before they saw Team Rocket standing before them in the middle of the place.

"What?! Team Rocket?! What are you three doing here?" Ash says in annoyance.

"You've stumbled into our reserve of Pokemon-snatching equipment, and now you're going to get it!" Meowth says.

"With that said…Prepare for trouble…" Jessie begins.

"And make it double!" James adds.

"To protect the world from-" Jessie continues with their motto…

KABLAAAAAAM!

…until the robot suddenly explodes for no reason sending Team Rocket flying across the warehouse at high speeds as all three crash into the pile of metallic equipment, killing them instantly.

Ash, Dawn and Brock all stare in disbelief at what happened.

"Um…we didn't see anything…right guys?" Ash says to the others.

"Right!" Dawn and Brock reply simultaneously.

The three heroes turn and quickly leave the warehouse.


ALTERNATE ENDING!

At that very moment, the large warehouse doors slide open, and in came Ash, Dawn, and Brock.

It wasn't long before they saw Team Rocket standing before them in the middle of the place.

"What?! Team Rocket?! What are you three doing here?" Ash says in annoyance.

"You've stumbled into our reserve of Pokemon-snatching equipment, and now you're going to get it!" Meowth says.

"With that said…Prepare for trouble…" Jessie begins.

"And make it double!" James adds.

"To protect the world from-" Jessie continues with their motto…

Jessie, James, and Meowth's motto is interrupted when they turn around and sees the robot starting to act very erratic.

"What the?! What the heck is that robot doing?" Meowth asks.

"I don't kn-GAAAHHHH!" James says, before the robot suddenly lunges toward him, grabbing him around the neck as it proceeds to spin him around and toss him across the warehouse, with James crashing into the pile of sharp, pointy electric devices.

"Uh oh! This isn't-WAAAHHH!" Jessie yelps, as the robot then proceeds to grab Jessie by the hair and uses it like a rope and chokes her with it unit she turns black and blue, passing out shortly after.

"Yikes! James was right!" I'm outta h-YEEEOW!" Meowth screeches as the robot then reaches over and grabs him by the tail and proceeds to slam him back and forth onto the hard cement floor, before chucking him through a glass window on the side of he warehouse.

Ash and Brock stare at the incident with total disbelief.

"What…what just happened?" Ash says, aghast at the event that had taken place.

It wasn't long until they both notice that Dawn had just finished messing with her Pokedex, missing the entire beat-down of Team Rocket. The robot then shuts down shortly after.

"…What happened? Did I miss something?" Dawn asks.

"…Maybe…her Pokedex had something to do with the robot going nuts? Remote control maybe? Just a guess…" Brock says, scratching his head.

"Oh well…now that they're gone, let's rest up!" Ash says to his friends.

"Right!" Dawn and Brock reply simultaneously.


Ouch…I don't know what's worse…Team Rocket's stupidity to use the unreliable machine or Dawn's obliviousness to the whole situation. Please review and stay tuned to the next!