Chapter 16

White Wedding

Sakura and Casey came to Indigo Plateau, as they had been invited to Lance and Lorelei's wedding by Lorelei. The wedding was in the evening, so they decided to visit Giselle first, as they had become friends with her during the Pokémon League tournament.

"Hey, Giselle!" Sakura said, seeing Giselle relaxing in a lounge in the Pokémon League headquarters.

"How are you two?" Giselle said.

"We're fine," Casey said. "Sakura's been training at her home of Ecruteak City, while I've been trying to catch baseball games of the Electabuzz."

"That sounds interesting," Giselle said. "What brings you here to Indigo Plateau? Have you come to learn from the champion?"

"I'm sure there's a lot you could teach us," Sakura said. "But we're really here for the wedding."

"What wedding?" Giselle asked.

"You know, Lance and Lorelei's wedding," Sakura said. "Don't tell me you forgot about it."

"Forgot? I never knew about it!" Giselle said angrily. "I've been left out before by those other Elite trainers, but they've gone too far this time!"

"Well, I'm sure they wouldn't mind if you showed up," Casey said.

"No, they would," Giselle said. "I can't stand being left out like this."

That evening, Lance and Lorelei's wedding took place. Agatha returned for the wedding, and many of the friends of both trainers were present. Giselle herself was not there, much to Lance's pleasure. He came down the aisle first, before Lorelei.

Lorelei came walking down the aisle in her white dress, looking more beautiful as ever to Lance. She met him at the altar, and the two said their vows. Then came the kiss- a kiss of a lifetime between Lance and Lorelei, as they knew that they were finally married.

Later in the evening, the cake was brought out for the guests to eat.

"You got a very large cake," Lorelei said to Lance.

"Well, I didn't know how big it should be…" Lance said.

All of a sudden, pieces of the cake started flying at guests. Within seconds, the cake was torn apart enough for Lance to see Giselle's Cubone inside it, throwing cake at everyone in sight.

"I hate that Giselle!" he screamed.

Giselle poked her head out from a corner and snickered. She believed in sweet revenge- and this was exactly what she wanted.

In the meantime, Archie, Shelly, Maxie and Tabitha had taken a ship to Vermillion City. There they met up with Lt. Surge, who had returned from Olivine City after spending some time with Officer Jenny.

"Lt. Surge," Archie said. "We were freed from jail and told to restart Team Rocket. Was it you who did that?"

"No," Lt. Surge. "But I will tell you that Team Rocket is back in business. Our operations are being done in ultimate stealth. I'll tell you what I need you four to do for me."

Lt. Surge sent the four Team Rocket members to Fuchsia City, where they were to go to the gym.

"What a waste of time this is!" Maxie said. "I don't feel like battling a gym leader!"

"Oh, come on, it's not that bad," Archie said.

"Yes it is!" Maxie said.

"You know, the last time you two argued, we ended up almost getting killed, and a lot of our friends did get killed," Shelly said. "Let's just obey Surge's orders and take our payment when we return."

The four Team Rocket members walked into the Fuchsia City gym, where they saw Janine practicing martial arts.

"That's the girl we're looking for," Tabitha said.

Tabitha tried walking up to Janine, but he walked straight into an invisible wall. Janine noticed the four Team Rocket members and walked through a certain pathway to meet them.

"Have you come to challenge me?" she asked.

"Absolutely not!" Maxie said.

"Good," Janine said. "I've been struggling lately anyway. Ever since the death of my father…"

"Hey, that's what we wanted to talk to you about," Archie said.

Archie and the others began a discussion with Janine. Janine seemed to agree with what they were saying.

"Okay," Janine said, at the end of their conversation. "This is exactly what I want most… and I'm going to get it."

"We'll even pay you," Shelly said, as the four Team Rocket members left.

Yes, Janine thought. All I want is revenge, and if this is my way of getting it, it will all be worth it.