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#62: A New Directive

Back inside, the audience within the courtroom wait with abated breath as Team Rocket and Ash were about to battle head-first against Trainer Red and his Mewtwo.

"So, you ready for me to put you all in your place?" Red says menacingly to his opponent as Mewtwo stands ready to act.

"Anywhere, anytime! Ash responds, adjusting his cap in the process while his Pikachu charges himself up.

"We're not going to be made fools again. We are the original villainous trio and you'll feel our wrath once and for all!" all three members of Team Rocket says in unison as they stand beside Ash and Pikachu.

"Very well, let's get this bat-" Red stated to say…

CLICK!

…when suddenly the lights in the entire courtroom are immediately shut off.

Ash: Huh? What's going on?

Red: Hey, who turned off the lights?!

Scottish-Sounding Girl: Alrecht a' fowk, grab them all while they cannae see us!

Jessie and James: H-hey, what the…get off of us!

Butch and Cassidy: Woah! *cough* Is this…gas?!

Paul, Brock, and Serena: W-wait a minute, unhand us!

Ash and Pikachu: Mfff mmff! *gagged*

Red and Mewtwo: How dare you, whoever you are…get OFF!

The sound of in-fighting and struggling could be heard as a huge brawl commenced in total darkness. The sound of several persons storming the courtroom could be heard from within the chaos. This sudden intrusion lasted for several minutes before everything became silent.

Judge: Somebody turn the damn lights on!

The lights of the courtroom are finally restored. The only persons who remained were Phoenix Wright, Gadot, the judge, Meowth, and the general audience and jury.

James, Jessie, Ash, Red, Brock, Paul, Serena, Butch, Cassidy, and Pikachu, were all gone.

"What…what just happened?!" Mewoth says out loud, confused at the current state of affairs.

"It appears we were ambushed by an unknown group of assailants," Gadot comments, reaching for his cup of coffee, but even that had been stolen as well, causing him to slam his fist on his desk in response.

"And with them they must have kidnapped nearly all of the defendants and plaintiffs," Phoenix adds, looking around in confusion.

"Well what do we do now?!" Meowth says, not knowing what to do.

"Hey wait, I found something," Phoenix says, pointing his finger toward a note that was nailed to the wall of the courtroom.

Meowth jogs forward and snatches the letter to read it.

"What does it say?" the judge asks.

Meowth opens the note and quickly scans it. "It's written in a heavy Scottish accent, but I'll try to translate it…"


"Dear Idiots…

…we have kidnapped your friends and are holding them all ransom across the world. You must defeat the boss leaders in Hoenn, Unova, Sinnoh, Kalos, and Alola. If you want to see them again, then you are more than happy to try…if you have the strength to defeat all my henchmen. If you succeed, then you and your friends can come face me in the Galar region for one final showdown.

Don't keep me waiting now."

Signed… Gloria


The audience in the courtroom began to clamor loudly upon Meowth finishing the note.

The judge bangs his gavel to quiet everyone down.

"It's apparent that a serious crime has been committed here. Because of that, we cannot continue the trial until all missing persons are re-collected," the judge announces.

"Then there's nothing more Gadot and I can do right now," Phoenix says to Meowth.

"Then it is up to me to rescue everyone on my own," Meowth responds, clenching his paw.

"You? What could you possibly do?" Gadot questions him in an amused tone.

"I've traveled all over the world with Team Rocket throughout the past twenty plus years, so I'm very familiar with every region listed in this ransom note. I can make my way around…if I had my own means of transportation, that is," Meowth responds, with an embarrassed laugh.

"I know you can do it. From the records I've read about you and your friends, you've seemingly endured the impossible up to this point. That's very impressive, even to me," Phoenix says confidently to Meowth while rubbing his chin.

"Yeah…only by the grace of this fic's author that we're still alive…" Meowth said to himself with a nervous laugh.

"Then the court will issue you a means of travel if you promise to rescue all of your friends and foes from this new threat and drag that Scottish Trainer and her army of Pokemon Teams back to my court for sentencing. If you succeed, then I'll consider dropping all charges against Team Rocket and Team Ash," the judge states.

Meowth salutes and nods his head in response.

"So the cat's out of the bag now. Looks like its up to me to save the day for the next few chapters…" Meowth thought to himself.


It looks like Meowth is here to save the day! Will he succeed in bringing everyone back from the clutches of the massive super-army of Pokemon Teams? Please review and stay tuned to the next chapter!