A True Battle

Part 3

By R.C. Angel

Wow I haven’t worked on this one in a long while. It’s been at least two or three months since I’ve worked on it. Well email me at rcangel13@hotmail.com with a review. If you review me, you’ll live a long happy life... no, actually I don’t know that for sure... sigh. Well, thanks for reading. You’ll enjoy the second to last part... yes I had to add another one cause I didn’t want a 20-page story... sheesh...

            " Brock! Oh my gosh you’re back!" Misty says while hugging him. Ash slaps him on the shoulder. Jen introduces herself to him. But Kasie, she stands back looking at him. Brock notices this.

            " Hey Kasie, you ok?" Brock asks. Kasie plainly nods. She was happy herself to see him, for she loved him. Of course, she never planned on telling him... and she couldn’t say anything, not knowing how he’d react. She smiles.

            " So, where’ve you been?" Kasie asks.

            " Around. When I saw a Team Rocket member take Rachelle, I had no choice but to follow." Brock says.

            " But didn’t they both get killed?" Ash asks.

            " Yep. I killed the Team Rocket member. No one kills the love of my life." Brock says. For some reason, Kasie could no longer take Brock talking about Rachelle anymore. She ran out of Professor Oak’s house.

            " Uh, I think something’s wrong with Kasie." Ash plainly states. Misty pulls out her mallet and starts to continuously whack him in the head.

            " ASH!!! Don’t you think we’ve figured that out??" Misty asks.

            " Well sorry, Ms. I know everything about girls!" Ash says, imitating Misty.

            " I’m warning you..." Misty says in a singsong voice.

            " Right..." Ash says, going on to imitate Misty. Misty slams her mallet into the back of Ash’s head. Ash lies on the ground while the rest of the crew go on to the Pokémon lab.

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After some reuniting...

            " Ok Ash, explain to me SLOWLY what happened to your mother." Brock says. (By the way, Kasie is back now... she was a little moody ><)

            " A Team Rocket member killed her!" Ash says.

            " Why?" Brock asks.

            " I don’t know. If we knew that, I don’t think our lives would be this complicated." Misty says.

            " I see." Brock says.

            " So I guess we’re gonna have to hack into the Team Rocket system to see why Ash’s mother was killed." Jen says.

            " I don’t know, is that safe??" Ash asks.

            " Maybe not, but it is the only way to figure out what actually happened." Jen says.

"Brock, that’s where you come in. You are the mastermind for trying to figure out how they set the traps." Ash says jokingly.

            " But how?" Brock asks.

            " Well, you can stand the most pain, and you’re quicker than the rest of us, and you might be able to come up with a decent idea. We’ve tried to figure out a way to get in, but we just can’t." Misty says, also joking a little.

            " What? Are you sacrificing me to be killed purposely or something??" Brock asks. Everyone laughs a little.

            " No! We only need you for ideas." Misty says.

            " Oh, that’s better..." Brock says.

            " So, anyways, now that Brock knows, we have to now come up with an idea." Kasie says. They start listing off as many ideas as they could think of. Within hours they narrowed two down.

            " So, ok, we could either disguise or we could or hack into their computer system." Jen concludes.

            " I think hacking might be easier." Ash says.

            " But more dangerous." Brock adds.

            " While disguising to get in Team Rocket’s hideout would be harder..." Jen says.

            " But overall, we wouldn’t get arrested." Misty says.

            " So, what are we gonna do?" Ash asks.

            " I think we should hack." Jen says.

            " I think we should do the disguises." Misty says.

            " Well, where are we gonna get our outfits?" Kasie asks. Ash grins and picks up the phone next to him.

            " Anyone know Duplica’s number?"

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In a few hours a car stops in front of the Oak residence. A girl with green hair, bright eyes, and a wide smile hops out of the car. She walks up to the house, and knocks on the door. Ash answers it.

" Duplica! You came!" Ash says, while hugging her.

" Yeah... it’s me all right." Duplica says sarcastically. They walk in to the living room.

" Duplica! Hey! What’s up?" Misty asks, going up to hug her.

" The sky... the ceiling... I see a light bulb..." Duplica says with a grin.

" Nice one." Misty says with a smile.

" How are your Dittos?" Brock asks.

" Good. I’ve caught another since you’ve seen Mini Dit." Duplica says.

" Wow." Misty says.

" So guys, what did ya call me here for?" Duplica asks.

" Well we have a problem." Brock says.

" And we need you for our plan." Misty says.

" So we were wondering if you could make us all look like Team Rocket members." Ash tells her.

" Sure! Disguising is my specialty." Duplica says excitedly.

" Great!" Misty says.

" I think hacking might have worked better..." Jen says.

" But you’re the only one who knows how hack..." Ash reminds her. " All of us have a price to pay."

" Oh, sorry, I forgot..." Jen says embarrassedly. (I know who acts like that... me! Of course, I have no idea how to hack...)

" That’s ok." Kasie says.

" So um, have you come up with a plan to get in?" Duplica asks.

" Uh, not quite yet..." Brock says. " We can work on it while you make the disguises."

" Already done. I carry most of my wardrobe in the car! So I can help you guys too!" Duplica says excitedly.

" Ok... let’s think."

One hour later...

" My brain can’t work anymore!" Misty complains, holding her head.

" I didn’t think coming up with a plan would be this hard." Ash says.

" Maybe we should have tried hacking into the mainframe." Brock says.

" Oh come on, don’t give up already!" Duplica says. " I came up with an idea!"

" Really? What is it?" Misty asks. All eyes are now on Duplica.

" We can go in from the roof. Now does anyone have an air balloon?" Duplica asks.

" A family friend of ours runs an air balloon company. Maybe he could lend us one." Brock suggests.

" Great, why don’t you call him and we can discuss how we are going to get in without actually getting caught." Duplica says, pushing him into Oak’s kitchen.

" Duplica... the phone is in the den!" Brock says. Duplica stops pushing and blushes.

" Whoops... well go in there then." Duplica demands.

" Ok, whatever..." Brock says with a sweat drop, and goes into the den.

" Uh, it might be me, but I don’t think he really likes me." Duplica says while sitting down on the floor.

" Nah, he gets weirded out by some people." Ash says. " Of course, he IS weird."

" Yah, I noticed that." Duplica says with a smile. " Now let’s get to work."

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            A few days later they are finally ready to act on their plan. They got a balloon, although it cost them... a lot.

            " Agh... I can’t believe that balloon cost $400!" Brock says freaking out.

            " Why are you so worried? I’ve said a million times I’d pay for it!" Duplica says. " I’ve got way more than that for running my Ditto show."

            " Yeah, and right now we have way more important things to care about, right Brock?" Kasie says, smiling at him. He notices the smile and grins back.

            " Yeah, you’re right." Brock says. They load into Duplica’s car to head to the Team Rocket main headquarters, the one in Rocket Town. It was about 11pm, and Kasie and Ash were almost falling asleep. Ash was already leaning on Misty’s shoulder, and Kasie was leaning uncomfortably on the window. Since Brock was sitting next to her, he put his arm around her shoulder, and propped her head on his shoulder.

            " They’ve been working really hard." Misty whispers to Brock. Brock nods his head. Kasie awakens enough to see that she was on Brock’s shoulder, but is still appearing to be asleep to the others. She listens to their conversation.

            " Yeah, I see a reason for Ash to work hard, but why Kasie? None of the people she knew died. She can be really sweet." Brock says. Kasie grins.

            " Wait a sec, are you implying that you have a crush on her?" Misty asks. Brock blushed a bit.

            " Possibly..." Brock said with a smile.

            " Oh my god you like Kasie!" Misty screams.

            " Shh... she might hear you. I don’t know if I’m ready for her to know how I feel. I don’t think she likes me back." Brock says.

" Brock, you can be such a player..." Misty turns her head to talk to the others, and Kasie yawns and pretends like she is waking up.

            " Man I was tired." Kasie said rubbing her eyes. She is still on Brock’s shoulder.

            " Yeah, you looked the part." Brock says. She looks in his eyes and says seriously,

            " I heard what you said."

            " Huh, what are you talking about?" Brock denies.

            " What you were talking about before I "supposedly" woke up." Kasie says.

            " You heard?" Brock says, a blush rising on his face.

            " Well, yeah." Kasie says. " I feel the same way about you."

            " Woah, are you kidding me?" Brock asks. Kasie smiled, grabbed his shoulders and kissed him smack on the lips. When the kiss was broken, Brock answered, " I take it you aren’t then... this is really awkward."

            " Yeah, kinda." Kasie says with a shy smile.

            " Your still tired, aren’t you?"

            " I guess."

            " You can sleep on my shoulder."

            " Really?"

            " Yeah." Kasie smiles and leans on his shoulder. She closes her eyes in complete comfort.

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            They arrive in Rocket Town at about 2a.m. Kasie and Ash are snoozing, the rest are wide-awake.

            " Agh, why do we have to do this so early?" Misty complains.

            " Well, we can’t really do this during the day..." Brock says. He looks at Kasie sleeping on his shoulder. " Do you think we should wake them up?"

            " Yeah. We should be at the headquarters in about 10 minutes." Duplica says, paying attention to the road."

            " Ok then." Brock says, while gently shaking Kasie. " Kasie, wake up." Brock says, while nudging her. She blinks her eyes tiredly and looks at Brock.

            " I’m up." Kasie says, and smiles. " I had a really weird dream..."

            " Really?" Brock asks. " About what?"

            " Uh... nothing too important..." Kasie says with a blush.

            " Right... come on, you can tell me." Brock says again. Kasie nods her head no. Brock sighs; knowing what she thought the dream was, though it was reality. He figures she must have been really tired.

            " So, are we there yet?" Ash asks in a sleepy voice.

            " Yeah, almost." Duplica says.

            " We should stop somewhere to make our plans finalized." Brock suggests.

            " Yeah, good idea." Misty says. They pull off the highway, and go to a nearby hotel on located near the highway. The quickly check into the hotel, and get three rooms. Ash and Misty share one, Brock and Kasie share one, and Duplica and Jen share the third one.

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In Brock and Jen’s room...

" Kasie, why do you take the bed? I’m fine with sleeping on the floor." Brock says. Kasie looks at him tiredly. (There is only one bed)

" Why don’t we share?" Kasie asks, a small blush rising on her cheeks.

" Are you sure?" Brock asks. Kasie nods yes. They both get into the bed, but cannot sleep, so instead they talk.

" Brock... I..." She starts.

" Kasie... I know what you are going to say..." Brock says, looking in her eyes.

" Really? How did you know I was gonna get water?" Kasie asks a bit puzzled. Brock sweat drops.

" I... thought you were going to say something else."

" Really? What?"

" Kasie... I love you too..." Brock blurts out. " Don’t you remember ANYTHING that happened in the car?"

" I thought it was a dream. It really happened?"

" Yes, Kasie girl, it did." Brock says, kissing her softly.

" Wow, this is so great! But uh, Brock?"

" Yeah, Kasie?"

" Can I get some water now?" Kasie asks.

" Oh, right... yeah... go ahead." Brock says with a smile. As she gets up, Brock has a huge grin on his face.

Interesting way to end a part, huh? Sorry I had to add an extra part! Don’t sue me!!!!!! Well, email me with a review! Thanks for reading!

Signing off,