Chapter 9

The Secret Garden

Professor Birch walked across the fields near his lab to see four members of Team Rocket standing nearby.

'Team Rocket,' he yelled. 'Get away from my lab.'

'Prepare for trouble,' Cassidy announced.

'Make it double,' Butch followed up with.

'Stop with the motto,' Professor Birch said, 'It's really me, Petrel.'

The male grunt watching said, 'Cassidy, Buzz–'

'It's Butch, not Buzz!' Butch yelled.

'Sorry,' the grunt said, 'But if you use the motto you will blow our cover.'

'He's right,' Petrel said and before Butch tried to correct him he continued, 'and if we call you the wrong name don't correct us because that might also blow our cover. Got that Cassidy?'

'Yes.'

'You too Bill?' Petrel quickly raised a finger when he realised the got Butch's name wrong. Butch just nodded and then whispered to Cassidy, 'But it's Butch,' as Petrel walked off. They all put on lab coats in order to look like scientists and maintain a good disguise.

'Petrel sir,' Cassidy said, 'I like your disguise but what if the real Professor Birch sees you?'

'Dress up as the twerp called Brendan,' the female grunt behind said, 'He's Birch's son.' As Petrel was quickly changing his appearance the male grunt's Pokégear beeped.

'What is it?' the female grunt asked.

'It's from Red,' the male replied. 'He's on the ship.'

'How do I look?' Petrel said after he finally finished.

'Like a little twerp,' Cassidy said. They kept walking towards the garden. They heard the occasional, 'Hey Brendan,' but they didn't see or hear Professor Birch and with this they finally arrived at he garden. They got a net and started scooping up twenty Treecko, Torchic and Mudkip at a time and even found some of their evolved forms, Grovyle, Combusken, Marshtomp, Sceptile, Blaziken and Swampert.

'What do you think you're doing Brendan?' Professor Birch's voice came from the top of the hill.

'Say it now,' Petrel said to Butch and Cassidy.

'Prepare for trouble!' Cassidy announced.

'Make it double!' Butch said.

'To infect the world with devastation!'

'To blight all peoples in every nation!'

'To denounce the goodness of truth and love!'

'To extend our wrath to the stars above!'

'Cassidy,' she pulled off her coat as Butch pulled off his saying, 'and Butch of course!'

'Team Rocket circling the earth all day and night!'

'Surrender to us now or you'll surely lose the fight!'

'That's right!' Petrel said he then tore off his disguise, 'I'm Petrel, Executive of Team Rocket. You've already lost Birch. We have what we need. Goodbye.' The five of them ran away towards the big black ship waiting for them. As they were running the female grunt said, 'Will we have a motto?' The male grunt said that it would be better than Butch and Cassidy's.

'Did it work?' Proton asked them as they boarded.

'It did,' Petrel replied. 'The boss will be happy with these. Once we have the Celadon Game Corner back we can sell these and get rich.' A helicopter came out of the sky and landed right on the deck of the ship. Giovanni walked out with his Persian followed by Ariana, Jessie, James and Meowth. The male grunt saw Red and Blue on the boat and went over to them.

'Good disguise,' he whispered, 'We can't use any names here. It will ruin our cover.'

'What happens next?' Red asked.

'You will blow your cover,' the grunt said, 'Then we will catch you and reveal ourselves.'

'When will this happen?' asked Blue.

'When we're very close to Kanto,' the grunt replied, 'I've called some people who will send out boats making it impossible for this ship to go back to Hoenn.' The boat started to set sail away from Hoenn and leaving behind many Team Rocket grunts but Giovanni and all the executives were on the ship going to Kanto.