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Chapter 2:  A “Timed Plan”

Engineer:  Giovanni sir, Chrono Shift Project is almost complete.

Giovanni:  Very well, I shall leave immediately, I want to see this for myself.

The screened turned off and the monitor returned to its place.  Giovanni turned towards his computer and booted up his personal files.  He opened a file entitled, “Diary”, he begun to type.

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Login:  Giovanni
Password:  ******
8/1/99
 Dear Diary,

 The final phases of my time machine are about complete.  Today’s pokemon will be much stronger and higher in level in the future.  All the low-level pokemon at the Rocket Pokemon Center will be much stronger in the future I would be able to recall them to this “time” and use them.  My scientists believe traveling back into time is very dangerous to the outcome of the present, so the time machine may only travel to the future and to the present time, according to the report anything tampered in the past will change the future.  This will be less risky than traveling back into time.  In the event that I some how change history’s future then all future things I have taken will go through the fade theory, fade into nothing.

If there is one thing I want to do with this time machine is I wish I could travel to the past to save my daughter’s pokemon from passing away.  Young Juliet, sweet and innocent, I’ll replace her beloved pokemon that she dearly loved the most.  That pokemon was her only true friend, not even I spent enough time with her, with all my work.  Now I will find a way to wake her up from her coma.  In the meantime those weak leveled pokemon will be strong enough to defeat even the pokemon of the elite four, easily.  All that must be done now is to wait for the right time.

Giovanni
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*****

Scientist:  Sir, this is the Chrono Shifter Future.  A device that lets you travel into the future.  We have also constructed a Chrono Shifter Past which let’s you travel back to this era.  This devices are door ways, a door way in and a door way out.  In the future the Chrono Shifter Past will be placed in the least likely place of all of Team Rocket, which will be in the Rocket Resort Hotel basement level, to prevent police from confiscating it.  Currently we are training a growlith to travel into the future recover a newspaper and return to the past.  At this moment the Chrono Shifter Future is set for the destination Rocket Resort Hotel.”

Giovanni:  Excellent!  I want results as soon as possible.

Scientist:  Yes sir.

*****

 At the Blizzard 32 flavors of ice cream, Jessie and James along with Ash, Misty, and Brock ate and conversed at a table.

Ash:  So your boss gave you a vacation just like that.

James:  Yup, oh pass me those sprinkles Jessie.

Brock:  Has your boss ever given you a vacation?

Jessie:  Not really, just time away from work but still work.

Brock:  Something’s fishy, magicarp fishy.

James:  Magicarp, everytime I heard that name my blood boils.  (his ice cream melted too)

Brock: Uh sure, we all know why.  Anyway are you sure your boss never fired you?

James almost choked.

James:  He wouldn’t fire us!

Jessie:  He made a promise to us!

James:  I remember it as if it was like a dream, a boy and his pet growlith growlie . . . YAAAOOWWW!!”  (Jessie bonked him over the head)

Jessie:  Don’t start that again!  Let me tell the flash back.  It was like this . . .

*****

James:  What do we do now Jessie, we flunk Pokemon Tech and we can’t go back home.

Jessie:  I don’t know but we have we’ll find a way to get by.

Jessie and James walked down the street finding a place to sleep for the night.  Being expelled from Pokemon Tech left them without a dorm to sleep in.  The sun was setting and the cold night air started to blow.  The two stopped at the park to sit and think things over.

James:  It’s seven now Jessie, where we gonna go now?

Just then several teenagers on bikes rode by and all around them.  They laughed and did tricks, which were very intimidating.  Everyone stopped then the main leader came.

James: W-who are you?

BikerLdr:  Hey, look at these small fries.  Wearing pokemon tech uniform I see, why you must be rich, why don’t you hand over your cash to us now and maybe you could see tomorrow.

James:  Jessie, I’m scared Jessie.

Jessie:  James . . . don’t worry.  Go EKANS!

Jessie threw her pokeball, Ekans jumps out and attacked the bike gang.

Jessie:  “Go Ekans, wrap them up!

The leader saw his members being squeezed and wrapped around by the girl’s Ekans, she could be useful along with her boyfriend.

BikerLdr:  Call of your Ekans!  We’ll leave you alone.

Jessie:  Ekans return.

BikerLdr:  That was pretty impressive.  Do you two want to join our bike gang, we’ll take care of you like a family.

James:  Does this mean food also?  Great, I’m James, this is Jessie.

BikerLdr:  Alright little Jim, lets head out.

*****

 After spending some time in the bike gang Jessie and James moved up in the rankings.  Their first leader got arrested for mooning officer Jenny and other members filled the role.  Time passed, until one faithful day, which changed their lives forever.

James:  Hey look Jessie, there’s the skateboard gang.

Jessie:  I see them, there’s three of them.  Think we should cause some trouble.

James:  I’m with you, we also have a chance to try out our motto.

In the alley three members of the skateboard gang were moving in on a little girl.

Sktbrd1:  Hand over the cash and you can go home to your daddy.

Just as the girl was about to hand over all her money Jessie and James appeared.

Jessie:  Prepare for trouble.

James:  And make it double.

Jessie:  To protect the bike word from devastation

James:  To keep bikes within fashion

Jessie:  To denounce the evils of truth and love

James:  To extend our reach to the skies above

Jessie:  Jessie

James:  James.

Jessie:  We are the bike gang, we are for life

James:  Surrender now or prepare to fight

Everyone but Jessie and James had a strange look and sweatdrops.

Sktbrd2:  Huh?  Bike gang.  So you’re part of the bike gang.

Jessie:  That’s right.  Now why don’t we start something here.

The three skateboarders skated towards Jessie and James.

Sktbrd1:  Let’s go, it’s a fair fight, three versus two.

James:  Right, go get’em Jessie!

Jessie:  Go EKANS!

Ekans emerged out of the pokeball and wrapped the skateboard gang together and squeezed them.

Jessie:  Ha ha ha, this is now our territory.

Just as Jessie was about to give the order for Ekans to wrap it harder a man tapped Jessie and James from behind.

Man:  Did you save this young girl?

James:  Hm?  Young girl.

James saw the little girl that the skateboard gang was going to steal money from.

James:  Oh her, she was just . . .

Man:  This is my daughter, Juliet.  When I was told that my daughter had left the school premises before her escort could pick her up I thought she was in trouble.  Luckily you two kept her away from the skateboard gang.  My name is Giovanni.  What are your names?

James:  I’m James, this is Jessie.

Giovanni:  I would like to thank you two, Jessie, James.  Young Juliet could have been hurt, I am in debt to you.  Where do you live?

James:  In this back alley of 4th and oooafff . . .

Jessie:  What James means is, we don’t actually have a place to live.  We just stay wherever there’s shelter.

Giovanni:   You are homeless?

Jessie:  Not exactly.  We don’t want to go back home.  We ran away.

Giovanni:  I see.  I am very grateful for you saving my daughter.  I see you train pokemon.  How would you like to enroll in Team Rocket.

James:  Team Rocket?

Giovanni:  Just one of my side organizations.  I will give you shelter and everything else you need.  It teaches pokemon trainers too.

Jessie:  We gladly accept sir.

Giovanni:  I promise to you two, that you will always be part of Team Rocket.

Next Issue:  Discoveries