CHAPTER 4

"Misty," Ash said following the red head into the jungle. "Misty wait."

Misty walked a good distance into the woods then stopped and turned around. She glared at him. "Stop following me!" she ordered.

"But, Misty," Ash began. "I don't want you mad at me. Why do you have to be that way anyway?"

The red head sighed. What should she say to him? That what he was planning to do was stupid? She already told him that more than enough times already. "Ash," she began, trying a more gentle approach. "You don't seem to understand what that girl is saying."

"What do you mean?"

She gestered at the forest where they stood. "Look around you," she ordered. "Do you see all these trees and stuff? Do you see what's growing on them?"

Ash looked around for a minute, taking in all the trees and plants growing around him. If he listened hard enough he could hear the pokemon living in all this growth. He sighed. He looked back at her and began to speak when suddenly the wind picked up and started blowing everything around. "What's going on?" Misty asked, holding her hair in place.

Ash looked into the sky. For a second he thought he saw something flying over the trees. "Let's get back to the beach," he adviced.

She looked at him and nodded. They ran back.

Karen thought she saw something in the sky as she and Mewtwo flew back to the other beach. She looked up at him to see if he'd seen it too but he gave no indication that he had. She decided not to say anything about it. It probably wasn't important anyway. Besides; Mewtwo already knew what it was.

(Where are the others?) Mewtwo asked, looking at the ground.

Karen looked down and spotted them near the water. "There!" she exclaimed, pointing.

Mewtwo spotted the ground and changed course, flying down to them. As they got closer to the spot Karen saw Maya look up and spot them. She looked at the others then pointed into the sky and said something. The others looked where she pointed and, when they spotted the two in the sky, they waved and shouted something.

Mewtwo landed on the beach a minute later and set Karen down on the sand. "Karen!" Maya exclaimed, as she and the others ran up to the two. She nodded at Mewtwo. "I see you found him."

"Yes," Karen replied. "But there's something important I have to tell you all."

"What is it?" Misty asked.

"It might not seem that important to you all but," she paused a moment and glanced up and Mewtwo who nodded at her. "Team Rocket's here."

Maya stared at her. "What?" she said. "What are they doing here?"

"They said they were after Mewtwo," she replied, looking up at her Pokemon again. His eyes flashed blue for a second then returned to normal. "I think they might be after the rare pokemon that's on this island as well."

Maya frowned. "This isn't good," she said, folding her arms. "If they capture that pokemon this island will be destroyed. Everything will die. I understand why they might want Mewtwo but..." she noticed him staring at her. "Sorry."

(It's okay,) he informed her.

Brock thought about what she had said for a moment then asked, walking to the front. "Tell me, Karen, did those Team Rocket people have a talking Meowth with them?"

The raven haired girl nodded. "He had a bit of an attitude and they said their names were Jessie and James," she told him. She saw the look on his face. "Huh? Do you know them?"

"Let's just say we've had quite a few run ins with them over the years," Brock said. "They make a big performance but they're not really anything wortht worring about."

Karen wasn't convinced. "They might be harmless on their own," she said. "But if they call their boss and tell him where I am things won't be so simple."

"Karen's right about that," Maya agreed. "I know that their boss is still after Mewtwo so if they do tell him that he's here..."

"Well then we'll just have to make sure they don't," Ash spoke up.

Maya gave him a doubtful look. "How do you plan on doing that?" she asked.

"Like this..." and he began to explain.

"You have to call him!" James said, shoving a cell phone into Jessie's hand.

She shoved it back. "Why do I have to call him?" she demanded.

"Because you're the one who killed her!" Meowth explained.

"That was an accident!" she shot back. "How was I suppost to know it would kill her? Things like this usually don't happen to us!"

"Well it did so you have to call him!" James told her, slapping the phone into her hand. "Now call him!"

Jessie whimpered and turned away to make the call. "He's not going to be happy about this," she mumbled. She dailed the number then put the phone to her ear. "It's ringing," she told the others.

Two more rings then. "Hello?"

Jessie cast a fearful glance at James and Meowth. They gestured at her to talk. "Uh boss," she said.

"Yeah who is this?"

"This is umm Jessie and..."

"And what?" he demanded. "You'd better not be calling to recite your motto again."

"Uh no I have some news," she said.

"What kind of news?"

"Well you know that girl who captured Mewtwo?"

"Yeah?" Now Giovanni sounded interested. "What about her? Did you find her?"

Jessie sweat dropped. "Yes and umm," she hesitated then blurted. "But I kinda killed her before she could hand him over."

"YOU WHAT?!"

"Umm I blew her up," Jessie said. "And I think I vaporized her and all her Pokeballs when I did. So I think I killed him too."

"YOU IDIOT!" Giovanni roared so loudly he hurt her ear. "How could you do something so stupid!? How many times have I told you to not carry bombs around!?"

"Ummm about one hundred," she said laughing nervously.

Giovanni started yelling words that were too obscene to be written down then hung up so loudly it make Jessie's ears buzz. She put a finger in her ear and turned to the others.

"What did he say?" James asked.

"Uh...," she said. "It was too graphic to repeat. But now he's really mad at me and is thinking about firing us."

"He can't do that!" James exclaimed all worried. "We have to do something to appease him!"

"Like what?" she demanded.

"Like capture that rare pokemon people have been seeing around here," Meowth replied.

"Good idea, Meowth!" James exclaimed, hugging the cat pokemon.

"Yes it is a good idea," Jessie agreed. "But first we have to find it."

Karen listened to Ash's plan but she didn't feel any better about it. Being a naturel worrier didn't help either. Karen had always been a bit paranoid about things though she was trying to get over that bad habbit.

(You don't have to worry about me,) Mewtwo told her, putting a hand on her shoulder.

She looked up at him. "Easy for you to say," she told him, frowning. "I don't have any powers to save me if I run into trouble."

(That's why I'm here,) he told her. (If you run into trouble you can just ask me for help.) he gave her a small smile.

She smiled back and felt her face getting red for some reason. "Thanks," she said, looking away. What am I blushing for? He's a pokemon

"Okay," Ash said finishing up his plan, just then. "Does everyone know what they have to do?"

They all nodded but Maya wasn't the only one who looked doubtful about the plan. Misty didn't seem to like it either but she said nothing.

"Let's go," Ash said starting into the woods.

The others followed.

A/N

The real fun starts in the next chapter. hehehe. I'm really trying to make this story interesting but I have writer's block and it might take awhile for me to update again. I hope you all can be patient and I hope you liked this chapter even if it was a bit short.

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