Amber smiled at the trio standing in front of her, blocking the trio behind her from view. "Hi, I'm Amber," She repeated, waiting for a response.

Ash stared at her, then whipped his head around, "Where'd Team Rocket go?"

Amber giggled, "I guess they went away in that cloud of smoke."

Ash seemed speechless then shook his head, "Uh, I guess so."

"You seem new in town. Need a place to stay?"

Misty spoke up, "We were planning on staying at a Pokemon Center."

"But we'd gladly stay anywhere with you!" Brock replied, his eyes turning into little hearts.

Shocked, but flattered, Amber pulls her hand out of his reach, "Um, okay then! My house is just down the road. Rather big. You'll each get your own room."

"Wait a minute," Brock said, snapping out of his lovey-dovey mood, "Is it that huge mansion we saw earlier, marble and everything?"

Amber laughed, hoping he didn't know much about the house's history, "Yes, yes it is."

"Hm, I think I read something about it in this guide book…" He flipped through the pages. Amber stiffened. If he found out that it was Giovanni's old mansion, then her planned would be ruined.

Quickly she gave him a peck on the cheek, and he dropped the book, dazed.

"Well come on then! We don’t have all day!" She said, leading the way, Team Rocket watching from the shadows.

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Jessie stepped out of the shadows, "I hope that kid knows what she's doing!"

James stood beside her, watching the boss's girl walk off with the Twerps, "I think she does. I mean, she has them going to her house, where they will sleep and leave their Pokemon all alone! They will be perfectly unprotected! Anyone could steal them!" Meowth nodded in agreement.

Jessie's eyes lit up, "Anyone could steal them…" She repeated. She turned to face James, "WE could go and steal them, we'll get the credit!"

James looked confused, "But Jess, wouldn't we be breaking our other assignment? Help out Amber?"

"SHE can catch a rare Pokemon herself! She seems to be doing well without us!" Jessie fumed.

James nodded, "I guess so…"

"Then lets go…"

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Amber opened the door to the huge marble mansion, glad that she had hidden all Giovanni portraits in the basement.

"Wow…" Misty said, looking around at the glass chandeliers, "Pricey."

"Yeah, it was…a present," She said. It was half true, a present to her deceased mother from Giovanni.

Brock's forehead wrinkled in though, but she brought it out of him, "You must be tired. I'll show you to your rooms…and you're Pokemon's."

"Our Pokemon get separate rooms?" Ash said, surprised.

"Of course! Each suited for a special type of Pokemon…" Amber said, still trying not to divulge much about the house.

"Wow, talk about classy!" Ash didn't even suspect Amber could steal his Pokemon.

Walking up the steps, Amber showed them the rooms for Pokemon; The aquarium for water types, the garden for grass type, the sand box for ground types. Finally she got to the last room, the electricity room. After saying good night, Ash put Pikachu in the room. Amber shut the door and herded her guests up to their rooms.

As she shut the door to Ash's room, she felt kind of bad. The whole way up he was going on about how much he loved his Pikachu…was she really this evil.

Its for your father. She reminded herself, sitting in the hallway. Only when she was sure Misty, Ash and Brock were asleep did she creep down the steps to the Pokemon Rooms.

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