The Incredible Poke-Odyssey, chapter 3

First Roll to Freedom

The next morning, Prof Oak led his group of rebels along with Cameron
to the very end of the sewers. "Once you all step through that manhole 
up there", explained the Professor, "You'll be facing the very edge of 
the electric wall.  If Cameron's plan succeeds, you'll be on your way 
to bring back help and maybe even find Ash."

"And if Cameron's plan doesn't succeed", smiled Misty, "We'll all have 
plenty of time in the afterlife to blame him!"  Cameron looked 
nervously at Misty hoping they'd all make it through alive.

"Has everyone got everything they need?" asked Mrs. Ketchum.

"We sure have Mrs. Ketchum", said Brock, Misty, and Stella all together 
as they showed her their backpacks along with their Pokeballs.

"Cameron, I've made this backpack especially for you", smiled Mrs. 
Ketchum as she handed him a bright red backpack full of food, a 
sleeping bag, healing potions, bandages, hot chocolate, and of course 
clean you-know-whats ;)  "I also want you to take this", said Mrs. 
Ketchum as she showed Cameron something and placed it on his head.

"Ash's Pokemon League expo-hat!" said Cameron, "But are you sure you 
want me to wear this?"

"Yes Cameron", smiled Mrs. Ketchum, "That hat always seemed to bring 
Ash luck on his travels and maybe it will do the same for you.  And if 
you do find my Ash, please give it back to him and tell him that his 
mother misses him and wants him to come home.  Will you?"

"You can be sure I will Mrs. Ketchum", smiled Cameron.  Mrs. Ketchum 
gave him a warm motherly hug thanking him.

"Pi?!" asked Togepi who was in Misty's arms.

"No Togepi", said Misty, "This trip is too dangerous for you.  I want 
you to stay here with Mrs. Ketchum and I promise I'll return to you as 
soon as I can."

"Togepi!" cried Togepi as it kissed Misty.  Misty who was full of 
motherly tears kissed Togepi on the cheek and handed it to Mrs. Ketchum.

"Don't worry Misty", said Mrs. Ketchum, "I'll try to be a better 
mother to this one."

"Oh yes, Misty", said Prof. Oak, "I want you to take this with you." 
He handed her a Pokeball.

"Is this a new and powerful Pokemon just for me?" asked Misty 
excitedly.

"Not exactly", said the Professor.  The ball opened by itself and out 
popped a Pokemon.

"PSYDUCK?!!!" shouted Misty surprised and annoyed.

"I have a feeling you're going to need more than the two Pokemon you 
already have for this trip", said Prof Oak, 'Besides, I want that 
dimwit duck out of my lab for good!' he thought to himself.

"Oh, and Cameron", the Professor continued as he handed Cameron some 
items. "Here's your Pokedex which will identify any Pokemon you 
encounter and it will also serve as your I.D.  And here's a set of 
Pokeballs so you can catch some Pokemon. But I'm afraid you won't be 
able to catch any more than six, because I don't have my Pokemon 
transporter here with me."

"That's okay Professor", smiled Cameron, "Just going on an actual 
Pokemon journey is good enough for me!"

"Why do they get to go while I have to be stuck here?!" complained 
Gary, "I've got the toughest Pokemon of all of us put together!"

"Which is why I feel you should stay here Gary", said Prof. Oak, "We 
need your extra strong Pokemon to protect the citizens.  And besides, 
with Misty and Brock gone I figured that you'd be the perfect one to 
lead the Pallet Rebellion, but if you don't think you can handle the 
responsibility, Then you can just go on ahead with them."

"Are you kidding?!" asked Gary, "You should've made me the leader in 
the first place!  As usual, I'll make the daring sacrifice and stay 
here and protect my people!"

"Gary, he's now our leader.  Whoop-dee-doo!" said his emotionless 
cheerleading squad.

"Are you sure you girls can handle the rebellion without the three of 
us?" Stella asked her circus staff.

"Don't worry about us Stella", said the first girl, "We'll all be fine, 
you just concentrate on freeing us all."

"And if a battle ever does get bad for us", said the second girl, "We 
can always escape by using my Vaporeon's mist attacks."

"I just hope we can survive the super-ego of our new leader", thought 
the third girl who was watching Gary combing his red hair proudly.

"Good luck everyone", said Prof. Oak, Mrs. Ketchum, and everyone else 
who was watching Cameron, Misty, Brock, and Stella climb the ladder 
that led to the surface. "Pi pi.  Mommy!" said a tear filled Togepi.  
Misty suddenly grew some tears too. "I love you Togepi!" she smiled as 
she blew it a kiss and left the sewers.

*      *      *      *      *      *

The four of them found themselves on top of a grassy hill and down 
below the hill was the infamous electric wall. "Perfect", said Brock, 
"There's not a guard in sight!" They were about to go down the hill 
until they saw a giant six-foot orange dog marching back and forth near 
the wall.  They all went back up and hid behind the hill just before 
the dog turned its head.

"That was an Arcanine", said Cameron, "The evolved form of Growlithe."

"I forgot!  They always have those rotten mutts guarding the wall!" 
grumbled Misty.

"Leave this to me", smiled Stella as she reached into her backpack and 
pulled out a huge rubber bone. "I've been saving this in case I find a 
Growlithe or Arcanine to add to my circus, but now hard times calls 
for something different."

"But it still might attack us even if you do give it the bone", said 
Cameron.

"Not if I coat it with Tangela's sleep powder", smiled Stella as she 
took out a bottle of powder and sprinkled it all over the bone.

Arcanine looked up and saw a huge bone flying its way.  It leapt into 
the air and caught the bone and started gnawing on it like crazy.  
A few seconds later the Arcanine was on its back snoozing while the 
mangled up bone was stuck between its teeth.

"Nice job Stella", winked Brock.

"Thanks", said Stella blushing.

"Now's the time to put Cameron's plan into action", said Brock as he 
took out a Pokeball. "Go Onix!" he shouted as the giant rock-skinned 
python appeared right in front of them.

"Maybe I shouldntv'e suggested this plan", thought Cameron as he 
nervously stared at the gigantic snake remembering that he got wrapped
up by an Arbok the other day.

"Onix, we need you to protect us with your rocky coils so we can pass 
through that electric wall.  Are you up to it?" Onix roared and nodded 
its head and then wrapped up the four humans until no parts of their 
bodies were showing.  Then Onix rolled itself down the hill heading 
closer and closer to the wall.

*      *      *      *      *      *

"Hey guys", said Meowth as he was looking through his binoculars on 
the royal observatory, "Something's going on by the north side of our 
wall!" Jessie and James took out their binoculars and looked too.

"What in the world is that thing?!" asked James.

"It looks like an Onix all coiled up", said Jessie, "Just what is it 
doing?"

"I remember one of those brats had an Onix with him", said Meowth, 
"Do you think it's trying to bust out of our happy little kingdom?!"

"If it actually does escape, we have nothing to worry about", smiled 
Jessie, "After all, those rebels won't be able to come with it.  And 
if Onix does escape and never return, those poor little rebels won't 
have their big and powerful snake to protect them!"

*      *      *      *      *      *

The trio in the palace watched as Onix rolled even closer to the wall 
while the Pallet Rebellion watched too through Prof. Oak's monitor.  
Soon Onix had completely passed through the electric wall completely 
unharmed.  It loosened up its coils and out crawled Cameron, Misty, 
Brock, and Stella who all fell down onto the grass feeling completely 
dizzy but unharmed as well.

"No!  This can't be happening!" shouted Jessie.

"It's against the law for people to leave Rocketville!" shouted James, 
"At least not alive!"

"I told you it was a mistake to make dumb mutts guard that wall!" 
grumbled Meowth, "We cats have more brain power!"

"All right, then you go and guard it!" shouted Jessie as she picked up 
Meowth and threw him out of the observatory and right into the lap of 
the sleeping Arcanine waking it up.

"Uh you're just having a nightmare", said Meowth nervously, "Just go 
back to sleep and I'll soon be gone." And sure enough Meowth was gone 
for the angry Arcanine was chasing him throughout the town.

*      *      *      *      *      *

"THEY MADE IT!!!" shouted the Professor happily, "THEY'RE OUTSIDE!!!" 
Everyone in the sewers started cheering happily with glee.  Even Gary's 
cheerleading squad was cheering happily like they used to do in the old 
days.  Even Gary couldn't help but crack a smile of hope.    

Mrs. Ketchum was cheering while tossing Togepi up in the air and 
catching it. "I believe your mommy is going to be just fine", smiled 
Mrs. Ketchum, "And I believe this mommy right here is too!"

"TOGEPI!!!" cried the egg happily.

*      *      *      *      *      *

"It's a miracle!" screamed Misty happily while dancing around, "We're 
free!!!  We're actually on the other side of the wall!  There are blue 
skies above us and green grass below us!  I almost forgotten what that 
stuff is like!"

"Way to go Onix!" said Brock as he patted his Pokemon on the head 
proudly.  "And to you too Cameron for coming up with that brilliant 
idea!"

"It was nothing", smiled Cameron while blushing.

"Nothing?!" asked Stella, "You've gotten some of us our freedom back.  
Now we have a chance to help the others as well."

"So who are we going to get to help us?" asked Cameron.

"We'll just find ourselves a nearby Officer Jenny", said Misty, "Then 
she can call up all her sisters and cousins and we'll have a whole 
police force as a cavalry!"

"And along the way we can head over to Mt. Moon and collect two pieces 
of the Moonstone so we can bring Ash back and send you back home 
Cameron", said Brock, "I hope you don't mind traveling with us until 
that time comes."

"I think it might be fun", said Cameron excitedly, "And maybe along the 
way I can try my luck at catching some real live Pokemon!  I've already 
got one so far." He opened up his Pokeball and out popped Sandy.

"What do you say Sandy?" asked Cameron, "Are you up to catching me 
some Pokemon?"

"Shrew!" replied Sandy who was eager to please his new master.

"Okay then, let's go everyone!" said Cameron as he and Sandy ran off 
into the horizon while the others tried to catch up with him.

"It's just like being with Ash!" smiled Brock.

"Don't remind me", sighed Misty who secretly missed those Ash's 
adventures days.

*      *      *      *      *      *

Jessie, James, and Meowth were all pacing around their throne room 
thinking about the situation.  Meowth wasn't actually walking.  He was 
limping from that unfortunate Arcanine attack. 

"I don't see what the big deal is", said Meowth, "So four measly humans 
got out.  We'll probably never have to see them again and we still have 
over a hundred subjects here to kick around."

"It's not the number, it's the principle of it all!" shouted James. 
"It makes us Rockets look bad if any of those peasants leave 
Rocketville without permission!"

"And if they got out, they could find a way to get back in!" shouted 
Jessie, "And bring in a whole army that'll end our ruling fun!"

"You think they're able to do it?" asked Meowth.

"If that little twerp can escape our dungeon and then escape through 
the wall with three others, who knows what else he's capable of!" 
said Jessie.

"Just when we think we've seen the last of one twerp another one takes 
his place!" moaned James. "It's like they spore!"

"There's only one thing to do!" said Jessie as she walked over to a 
huge door, put a card key through a slot next to it and the door 
opened.  There they saw their old balloon that had been gathering dust 
for quite a while.  "I'll open up a portal through the wall that's big 
enough for the balloon to fly through.  That way you two can retrieve 
those rebels either dead or alive.  Doesn't that sound like fun?"

"The two of us?" asked Meowth, "Ain't you coming with us?"

"No, someone has to stay here and boss around this kingdom", smiled 
Jessie, "And I guess I'll have to make the supreme sacrifice and stay 
behind." And she sat down on her throne and stuffed caviar and bon-bons
in her mouth.

"But we couldn't even defeat those twerps when it was all three of us", 
whined James, "Do you possibly think that only two of us would make 
things better?"

"Relax James", smiled Jessie, "I've got someone in mind who'll be 
joining you two on your mission."  She pushed a button on her throne 
and a door opened.  Out came a black whirling tornado heading directly 
at James and Meowth sucking them both in.  They soon found themselves 
tied up in knots and then saw the tornado slow down.  It was a girl who 
looked about 14.  She had long shiny black hair that was tied up in a 
braid, mean looking red eyes, and she was wearing a black ninja's 
outfit with an R on her chest and her nose and mouth were covered up 
with a black ninja's mask.

"James, Meowth", smiled Jessie, "I'd like you to meet Reiko, our new 
intern.  Not only can she whip up a good pot of java, she can also whip 
our enemies into a bloody pulp with her awesome ninja skills!"

"Pleased to meet you", said Meowth while huge hearts formed in his 
eyes and was about to kiss her hand.  Reiko only replied by grabbing 
his lips and tying them up in a cute little bow.

"Like the tiny innocent Caterpie that foolishly crawls into an open 
Pidgey's beak, you should never give any sort of affection to a 
probable enemy!" said Reiko in a pretty Japanese accented voice.

"But we're not your enemies", said James, "Jessie is our friend and 
your friend too so that makes us all friends!" he said while hearts 
formed in his eyes as well.  Reiko just grabbed James by the eyelids 
and flung him on his back.

"Jessie, did you see what she did to us?!" cried James, "The very two 
kings of Rocketville?"

"Yes I did", smiled Jessie, "If she can do that much damage to royalty, 
she definitely will do something worse to those runaway rebels.  Reiko 
my dear, I'm putting you in charge of these two.  Are you sure you can 
handle them?"

"Like the gum cutting braces that keeps crooked rebel teeth in line, 
You can be sure that I will keep these two males straight Your 
Majesty!" said Reiko as she grabbed James by the collar and Meowth by 
the tail and headed over to the balloon.

"This shouldn't happen to a king!", whined James.

"MGGMLPHLBRG", replied Meowth trying to get his lips untied.

*      *      *      *      *      *

It was nighttime and our heroes had set up camp in a quiet spot in the 
forest.  They were all roasting hot dogs and marshmallows over an open
fire thanks to Vulpix's ember attack.  Cameron smiled as he held a stick
with a plump hot dog on it to Sandy who was nibbling it happily.

"It sure is great to see an unsmogged stary night again", sighed 
Stella, "And look Brock, there are all my favorite constellations.  
There's Leo the Persian, Pisces the Magikarp, Cancer the Krabby, and 
Tauros the Tauros!" Cameron was a little confused but then remembered 
that he was in the Pokemon world now.

"If I could, I'd catch every one of those stars in a Pokeball and train 
them to form a constellation of you my lovely Stellar Stella!" smiled 
Brock as he put an arm around his smiling love.

"Oh please!" said Misty as she turned around and put her finger in her 
mouth while quietly gagging.

Cameron smiled too and then looked into his jeans' pocket.  He pulled 
out what looked like a red Gameboy and turned it on.

"I am Dexeena", said the Pokedex in a girl's voice, "I am the official 
Pokedex of Cameron Fusterman, age 13, birthplace Trenton New Jersey.  
I was given to him by Professor Oak.  I provide Cameron with 
information on all types of Pokemon and serve as his I.D.  If lost or 
stolen, I cannot be replaced."

"Trenton?" asked Misty, "What kind of Pokemon do you have in Trenton?"

"Actually we don't have any Pokemon in Trenton", said Cameron, "Or any 
kind in my world."

"A world without Pokemon?" gasped Brock, "You mean there are only 
humans in your world?"

"Oh no, we do have these creatures called animals", said Cameron.

"An-nuh-mulz?" asked Misty, "That's a funny word."

"The only Pokemon I've seen in Trenton were the toy ones they gave out 
at Burger King a month ago" said Cameron. "Gee, it's been two days 
since I left my room and ended up here.  I'm starting to miss Trenton 
already!"

"And I bet you miss your mom and dad too", said Misty concerned.

"Actually all I have is a dad", replied Cameron, "My mom died when I 
was two.  I bet he's calling up every police station in New Jersey 
looking for me!" said Cameron wiping the tears through his glasses.  
Sandy saw the sad look on his master's face and hugged his leg saying 
a comforting, "Shrew."

"I know what you're going through kid", said Brock, "I haven't seen my 
Dad or my brothers and sisters for years.  They're probably worried 
sick about me too!" Stella patted Brock's arm comforting him as well.

"It's not likely, but I bet my stuck-up sisters are worried about me 
too!" groaned Misty.  She suddenly felt something wet kissing the back 
of her arm.

"PSYDUCK?!!" shouted Misty as she turned around and saw the clueless 
looking duck smiling at her.  She was about to yell at him, but instead 
picked him up and said, "At least I know you'll miss me if I'm ever 
gone", she smiled. "Psy", said the happy duck.

"And I haven't seen my Mr. Mime in years", sighed Stella, "I miss him 
terribly."

"Don't worry Stella", said Brock while wiping the tears from her eyes, 
"As long as we all stick together, we'll get through this rough time 
and be reunited with our loved ones soon!  I promise!"

Cameron smiled at the hope that suddenly surrounded the campsite.  He 
then noticed Sandy trying to pull some kind of vegetable out of the 
ground. "You're still hungry?" asked Cameron, "I already gave you a 
whole hot dog."

"I guess even Sandshrews need their roughage", said Misty.  Sandy kept 
pulling at the plant until he finally succeeded causing him to roll 
back into Cameron's lap.  They suddenly saw the thing Sandy had pulled 
out.  It was a small blue radish with green leaves on top, a little 
face, and tiny feet.  It replied, "Oddish!" Cameron pulled out his 
Pokedex and aimed it at the plant.

"ODDISH, the weed Pokemon", replied Dexeena, "During the day, it keeps 
its face buried in the ground.  At night, it wanders around sowing its 
seeds."

"Wow, I'm gonna catch it!" smiled Cameron as he took out an empty 
Pokeball. "Go ahead Sandy, battle that Oddish until its weak enough for 
me to catch!"

"Shrew!" replied a scared Sandy as he hid behind his master's legs.

"Sandy, what's wrong with you?" asked Cameron, "You can take on that 
little plant with your fury swipes attack, can't you?" Sandy started to 
run around in a panic as the Oddish started chasing him with a huge 
smile on its face.

"Quick Cameron, throw your Pokeball at Oddish before Sandy's done for!" 
shouted Brock.  Cameron quickly replied and threw his Pokeball at the 
little plant.  The ball opened up and Oddish got sucked in.  The ball 
fell to the ground, started shaking around and then it stopped.

"All right!" shouted Cameron as he picked up the ball. "I caught 
Oddish!"

"He's definitely like Ash", thought Misty as she watched Cameron hold 
up the ball while wearing Ash's hat.  Just like the time when she saw 
Ash catch his first Pokemon.

"Way to go Cameron!" said Brock giving him a thumbs up."

"And you didn't even have to weaken it either", said Stella.

"Yeah", said Cameron as he saw Sandy hiding behind a stump shaking 
nervously. "I don't know why you're afraid of this cute little thing", 
said Cameron, "But now that I've caught it, its now on our side.  Why 
don't you go ahead and make friends." He opened up the Pokeball and 
released Oddish on the ground right in front of a nervous Sandy.

"Sandshrew?!" said Sandy which meant hello in the Sandshrew language.  
Oddish just looked at Sandy with hungry dots-for-eyes and jumped onto 
Sandy's head.

"SHREW!!!" cried Sandy who was running around while Oddish was clung 
on tight to him.

"Oddish, what are you doing to Sandy?!" asked Cameron.

"It's absorbing all the minerals from Sandy's body!" said Brock.

"Cameron, Oddish is a grass Pokemon and Sandy's a ground Pokemon", 
said Misty, "Haven't you learned from your TV show and your Gamekid 
thing that ground Pokemon are weak against grass Pokemon?!"

"That's right, I forgot!" cried Cameron as he ran over to Sandy and 
pried Oddish off of his head.

"We'll have none of that on my team Oddish!" scolded Cameron as he put 
Oddish back in its Pokeball.  He then looked at the poor Sandshrew who 
was totally weakened.  Cameron took a bottle of full-restore potion 
from his backpack and gave it to Sandy.

"I'm sorry Sandy", said Cameron who was cradling his friend in his 
arms. "I didn't know Oddish would do that to you.  But don't worry, 
I'm gonna train Oddish hard so it won't attack you like it just did.  
And I'll always keep it in its Pokeball whenever you're outside of 
yours."

"Sandshrew!" said Sandy in a forgiving voice.  Cameron smiled as he 
hugged the first friend he ever made in this exciting world.

"I don't think Ash has ever had the kind of experience we just saw with 
his Pokemon", said Brock.

"I miss those days!" sighed Misty as she looked up in the stars and 
saw a constellation of Ash.

*      *      *      *      *      *

A few minutes later, the four were all tucked into their sleeping bags 
ready for the big journey ahead tomorrow. "Cameron", asked Misty who 
was across from him, "In the TV show from your world, does anyone ever 
see me taking a bath all naked?"

"No, I don't think anyone in America has ever seen you naked on the 
show", said Cameron.

"Thank goodness", said Misty relieved.

"But in the Japanese version, I'm not sure", said Cameron.

"AAAAAHHHH!!!!" screamed Misty.

That scream attracted the ears of a Pokemon.  It started to run over to 
camp making loud barking sounds.  "What's that?" asked Cameron as he 
stood up still in his sleeping bag.  The others stood up still in their 
sleeping bags too until they looked like four huge slugs.  Out of the 
bushes came a vicious Growlithe.

"A Growlithe!" shouted Brock, "Team Rocket must've gotten through the 
wall and they're trying to hunt us down!"

"Heal Growlithe!" called out a familiar voice.  Out of the shadows came 
a pretty blue-haired woman wearing a police uniform.

"Officer Jenny!" shouted the four all smiling especially Brock.

"You must be Team Rocket soldiers up to no good!" said a serious Jenny, 
"Only Rockets would come from that trapped town over there!"

"But we're not Rockets", said Cameron, "We all just escaped from that 
place."

"Sounds like a crafty Rocket trick to me", said Jenny, "You all can 
tell your story at my station.  You will all come with me and if any of 
you even think of running away, my Growlithe will trap you in a very 
hot fire spin!"

"Groooowl!" howled Growlithe as it spouted smoke through its nostrils 
showing them it was serious.

*      *      *      *      *      *

Next we find our friends in Jenny's police station which was actually 
a small log cabin.  She was looking at all the info in Cameron's 
Pokedex. "Okay, I guess you're all clean", said Jenny as she handed the 
Pokedex back to Cameron.

"And you look very nice and clean too!" said Brock while blushing.  
Stella suddenly grew an angry face and whacked Brock over the head.

"Forgive me my sweet!" begged Brock, "It's been a while since I saw an 
Officer Jenny and that was just an old habit that popped out of me.  
You're the one I really love!"

"Why don't you put that in writing", said Stella now smiling, "On the 
next fogged up window you see with your tongue!"

"Yes my love", said Brock feeling very small. 

Jenny giggled for she knew how almost all men everywhere dreamed about 
dating or marrying an Officer Jenny. "I'm surprised that you've all 
gotten through that wall", she said, "I haven't even seen a Rocket go 
through it in the five years I've been patrolling this forest."

"We were hoping we could find you", said Misty, "So you could help us 
free Pallet Town."

"I would very love to do so", said Jenny, "I use to be the official 
policewoman of Pallet Town.  Five years ago, I got a report that some 
Rockets were sneaking around the forest near the town.  My Growlithe 
and I went to investigate.  But when we got there, we fell into a deep 
pit that the Rockets had probably dug just for us.  When we finally 
escaped, we found all of Pallet Town surrounded by an evil looking 
electric wall.  I've failed my town!" she cried while Growlithe licked 
her hand trying to comfort her.

"Can't you call all your sisters and cousins from the other towns and 
cities to come and help you?" asked Cameron.

"I tried doing that a few years ago", said Jenny, "Some of us tried 
putting on rubber suits so we could walk through the wall without any 
harm.  But we didn't count on all of those bad Growlithes and Arcanines 
guarding the wall from the inside.  Once they got through, those dogs 
burned the rubber suits off of their bodies causing them all to get 
trapped too.  As for me and my good Growlithe, we both took refuge in 
this abandoned cabin hoping one day we'd find a way to break down that 
wall.  You four are the first people I've ever met to actually escape.  
How'd you do it?"

"With the help of my Onix",said Brock, "But I don't think it's big 
enough to carry a whole police force back through the wall."

"Probably not", sighed Jenny, "So where are all of you heading now that 
you've escaped?"

"We were on our way to Mt. Moon to collect some pieces of the 
Moonstone", said Brock.

"We need them as a big part to bring back a friend who might be able 
to defeat those Rockets once and for all", said Misty.

"And maybe along the way we can convince a very powerful gym leader to 
help us", said Cameron.

"Then that's settles it!" smiled Jenny, "Tomorrow morning I'm going to 
give you all a full police escort to Mt. Moon so we can get my home 
town back!"

"Thank you Officer Jenny", said Cameron with grateful eyes.

"Just call me Jenny kiddo", winked Jenny as she pinched Cameron's cheek.

*      *      *      *      *      *

Back at Rocketville, AKA Pallet Town, a portal opened up around the 
very top of the electric wall, a huge Meowth shaped balloon flew out 
of it, and the portal closed up.

"It's just like the good old days, eh Meowth?" asked James as he was 
admiring himself in his old Rocket uniform.

"Yeah", said Meowth, "Only it's even better now that Jessie isn't here 
to whack us on the heads." But they did get whacked on the heads by two 
fans that were held in the dangerous hands of Jessie's new intern.

"Like the pin you throw when you're supposed to be throwing the 
grenade, Never enjoy a serious mission too much or else it might 
backfire on you!" said Reiko while James and Meowth were seeing stars 
and Pidgey's flying around their heads.

TO BE CONTINUED

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Well it looks like Cameron now has two Pokemon and a beautiful long arm 
of the law on his side.  And just how dangerous is this newest member 
of Team Rocket.  Stay tuned for chapter 4 to find out! ;)