Author's note:

Hi everyone! How have y'all been? Once again, thank you FrozenSpace, SairentoNeko, razmacka, and razzmatazzportal2 for being awesome! And thank you to all of my other readers for also being awesome! This chapter is pretty long because it'll probably be the last one I post for a while, since school is coming up so fast, and I haven't posted one for some time. Sorry for the cliff hanger. Please R&R everyone! It makes me upload faster ^.^

Disclaimer: I own Pokémon cards, and a TR shirt, and this plot, but I don't own Pokémon.

"Prepare for trouble!"

"Make it double!"

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To delight… daylight… unite all peoples within our nation"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love..?"

"To extend our reach to the stars of love… I mean above… yea"

"…Jessie!"

"Ja- aaaaaargh ow,"

James stopped in the middle of their motto, something he had never done, and bent over, hands on his knees. He had been out of the hospital for about a month, and they had just put their latest pikachu snatching plan into action. The twerps watched as James stood like that for a moment, breathing heavily.

"James, you messed up the motto," Jessie said. She looked concerned.

"Oh, sorry. I just… aw man, is it okay if I sit this one out? I'm not in the mood for getting blasted off again," James whined.

"Uh… I guess…?" Jessie said, confused. James walked away from Jessie and sat in front of a nearby tree, wincing as he did so, and used it as a back rest.

"Uh… Meowth, that's right!" Meowth exclaimed.

"Oh… You guys again! You won't ever get pikachu, so why don't you give up!" Ash yelled.

"This time we're sure to snatch dat pikachu! Ja- oh, uh Jessie! Start da machine!" Meowth retorted. Jessie nodded, smiling confidently, and looked at the controls for the machine.

"Uh… Meowth I don't know what any of these do. James always does this kind of stuff," she said. Meowth glanced at James. He was lying on his back under the tree and complaining to the tree quietly. "JAMES!" she yelled. He jumped and turned around.

"What?" he asked quietly.

"How do you work these controls?!" Jessie asked. His eyes were closed, and he was breathing very slowly. He didn't answer. "JAMES!" she yelled. He jumped again and his eyes shot open.

"Jessie I wanna go hoooooome," he whined. She looked at the twerps. They looked moderately concerned.

"uh… one second…" she mumbled as she walked over to James and kneeled by him. "James, what's the matter? You're ruining our chance to catch pikachu!"Jessie whispered to him. Ash yelled something. Jessie waved her hand in a gesture for him to be quiet.

"Aw man, Jessie, I just feel awful. I think we should go back to the campsite and-"James was interrupted by Jessie.

"James! We can't go back to the campsite, what if this is our chance to catch…" Jessie stopped. James had that look in his eyes for the second time in this fanfiction. She ignored the pang of guild in her heart and whispered, "All right, we'll go back." She stood up and faced the twerps.

"You twerps are lucky! You're little electric rat will be safe, and meanwhile, we will make our plan stronger, better, and… yes," she said.

"What?! We can't just leave! I worked so hard on dis plan!" Meowth complained.

"Is James okay?" the squinty twerp asked. Jessie looked at him, surprised. Why should he care?

"That's none of your business!" she countered. James moaned softly. "Uh… c'mon Meowth, let's get out of here," she said as she reached down and gently grabbed his arm so she could pull him up.

"AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRGH" he screamed in pain. Jessie instantly let go.

"Wut are ya doin to him?!" Meowth shouted, sprinting over to where Jessie and James were.

"I didn't do anything!" she shouted back. She looked back at James. He was crying. Suddenly, she noticed the twerps were behind her at a respectable distance. She turned around. They were concerned for James? Why should they care? Meowth bounded over and stood by James' face. James looked at him, his eyes full of pain. Meowth gently, gently (gently) reached out his gentle fluffy paw and lowered it, slowly, gently, cautiously, to James' face. He reached out one paw finger thing, and as gently as possible, touched James' face.

"OOOWWWW!" he screeched. Meowth quickly withdrew his paw.

"I don't tink we can get him out of here," he said. Jessie sighed.

"We don't mind if he stays in our campsite!" Misty spoke up. Jessie and Meowth jumped. They had forgotten where they were, and they had forgotten that the twerps were there. Ash and Brock looked at Misty. They had the same sympathetic look in their eyes, but they looked as if they didn't know how to show it like Misty did to someone like Jessie. Jessie looked at Misty. Misty was smiling kindly, as she reached out her hand. "Why don't we make a temporary truce until James gets better?" she asked. Jessie looked at Misty's hand, and then shook it. Meowth, Ash and Brock were amazed. It was just a handshake, but it seemed to symbolize so much more. Misty and Jessie were probably the most hostile in the two groups, and here they were, shaking hands and smiling. "Brock knows a little bit about medical stuff, why don't you let him take a look at James?" Misty suggested. Jessie nodded, and stepped back.

"Oh… okay" Brock mumbled, stepping forward and looking at James. James had a stupid confused look in his eyes, like he had no idea what was going on. "Hi, James. Can you hear me?" Brock asked. James looked at him, his brow furrowed and his mouth gaping slightly. His eyes looked around, and came to rest on Misty and Jessie sitting by each other, watching James. He laughed a stupid confused jumbled laugh, and looked at Ash, and finally at Pikachu. He laughed the same laugh and returned his attention to Brock. Brock looked confused. "Uh… okay, James, can you say anything?" he asked. James sat himself up as best as he could on his elbows, and then he turned to one side and threw up. He laughed again as Jessie moved next to Brock. Something was different about his laugh this time. It wasn't that donkey-like goofy, contagious laugh; it sounded more… demonic if that makes any sense. It was deeper and sounded serious even though it was just a laugh. It echoed menacingly around the campsite, and nearby pidgeottos flew away and rattatas scrambled out of that area as if they sensed something evil.

"What do you think, Brock?" she asked. Brock looked at her, then at Misty, then at Ash who was standing by Misty. Pikachu moved next to Meowth by James' head reluctantly. Something didn't feel right to the Pokémon.

"Pikachu…" Pikachu said sadly.

"Pikachu," James repeated. "Pika pi pikachu, pi pika pi," he added. Pikachu's ears went up and Meowth's jaw dropped. Meowth and Pikachu interrupted Brock at the same time.

"Pikachu!"

"GUYS something freaky is goin on here and I don't like it!"

"What is it, Meowth?" Jessie asked, slightly annoyed that Meowth had interrupted them.

"James… he's speakin in Pokemon!" Meowth shouted.

CLIFF HANGER! (dramatic reverb)