A Rocket’s World- Part 3 By Bulbafreak9000 “Ash?” said Misty. Ash walked out of the doorway. “Ash! It is you!” Misty ran over to Ash and gave him a hug. Jake just stood there, dumbfounded. His dad had been right here, his whole life. Why hadn’t he shown himself to him? Why did he make him have to go through ten years of his life thinking his father was dead? Why? “Oh, Ash! I missed you so much!” said Misty. “I missed you too, Mist,” said Ash. “Aww! That’s so cute!” screeched Jessie. “I guess now nobody is wondering anymore why we’re here,” said James. “Shut up, James! You’re ruining the moment!” yelled Jessie. “Ash! How did you survive? A house fell on you!” said Misty. “Well, if you look over Samuel Oak’s old records, it says that my Bulbasaur once escaped a boulder falling on him by using dig, an attack he usually wouldn’t use. That’s what happened. Pikachu used teleport to get us out of there.” Misty let go of him. “What’s with those guys?” she asked as she turned to Jessie, James, and Meowth. “They’re spies. They became Giovanni’s most trusted agents after he thought I was gone. They became the best Poke’mon thieves in Team Rocket. I let Brock leak out a little info about us to Team Rocket, and Giovanni sent them on an under cover job. They came hear and said that they knew what we were doing and they wanted in. Of course they were in some tacky costume, but we knew who they were. We let them in, then like an idiot, they pulled of their costumes and said their motto, then Lance sent out one of his Dragonites and they started to cooperate. Gary sent out his Espeon to use Mind Reader, and found out that Giovanni had all his agents were under mind control from an Alakazam. Espeon was able to break the bind on the minds of these three. They then joined us for real, but kept pretending they were part of Team Rocket.” Jake snapped back into reality. “So, what, now that we know your alive everything is supposed to be okay? Just like everything never happened? Why didn’t you tell us?” asked Jake. “I didn’t want you to get hurt.” “OH, YEAH! YOU DID A FINE JOB! LETTING YOUR SON GROW UP BEING CHALLENGED BY WANNABE TRAINERS JUST BECAUSE HE HAS SOME FAMOUS POKE’MON! THEN LETTING HIM GET KIDNAPPED BY SOME JERK WHO CLAIMS HE IS YOUR GRANDFATHER! I HAVE NO IDEA WHY PEOPLE SAY YOUR SOME HERO, ‘CAUSE IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU’RE A COWARD!” “Look, you don’t know the whole story!” “OH, YEAH! IT MUST HAVE BEEN FUN HIDING AWAY UNDERGROUND WHILE EVERYONE YOU KNOW THINKS YOU’RE DEAD! FORGET YOU! I’M OUT OF HERE!” Jake started walking to the door. Ash ran in front of him. “Get out of my way,” said Jake. “Not until you hear what I have to say!” “I don’t care what you have to say! Leave me alone! You’ve done it for ten years, so you can probably do it again.” Jake pushed him out of the way and ran out the door. He jumped on Charizard and flew away before Ash could catch up. Misty ran up to Ash. “Don’t worry, Ash. He’s just a little shaken up,” said Misty. “I’m starting to think he’s right,” replied Ash. Jake landed on Route 12, deciding that it might cause a disturbance. He dismounted Charizard. “Good job, Charizard. You can go if you want,” said Jake. Charizard roared and flew away. Jake started walking towards Vermilion City. He knew that Giovanni was probably looking for him, and he didn’t know about his father. He decided that he was going to by a boat ticket with his Poke’mon battle winnings and go to Orre, the only region that doesn’t know who he, or his dad, is. As he walked into the busy city, he spotted the man in black that had kidnapped him. Jake started to panic. He knew he couldn’t be discovered. He ran to the docks. There was only one boat in the docks. On it were the words S.S. Agate. Jake saw some sailors loading crates onto the boat. “Hey!” yelled Jake. “Where is this boat going?” “Orre!” replied one of the sailors. Jake ran up to them. “What do you want, kid? This ain’t no cruise ship!” said one of the sailors. “I wanted to know if I could come with you guys to Orre. I’ll pay you back for anything I use,” said Jake. “Sure, why not kid. But you gotta help us load this stuff onto the boat.” “Thanks. I really need to get to Orre. Alright. Go, Typhlosion!” Typhlosion appeared with a red flash. “Nice Poke’mon, kid. Okay, just grab some boxes and follow me,” said the sailor. Meanwhile, back at the secret base Misty was getting worried. “What do you mean you can’t find him?” she yelled. “We looked everywhere!” said Brock. “We can’t find him!” “Bad news,” said James, as he, Jessie, and Meowth walked in. “We just came back from the Kanto Rocket HQ. Jake made Giovanni’s black list. I thought he was nice to his family members. He is always nicer to Jessie than me.” “It isn’t because he’s my uncle, bonehead!” said Jessie. “It was because I am a better agent then you in his eyes.” “I think the keywords there were ‘in his eyes.’ Anyway, why are we fighting about this? We don’t work for him anymore, sorta,” said James. Misty looked at the clock on the wall. It was 9:00. Everyone started to go home. First Brock, then Lance, then Jessie, James, and Meowth. Finally Gary left. It was only Ash, Misty, and Delilah left. “You guys should get some sleep. Team Rocket is probably looking for you, too, so you can stay here.” said Ash. “Thank you, Ash.” said his mom. “I think I’ll wait a little longer,” said Misty. “Alright. Let’s go, Mom.” Ash and Delilah walked through a door at the other end of the room. “Oh, Jake, I hope you’re alright,” whispered Misty. “Here’s your cabin,” said the sailor. “Thanks,” said Jake. “I forgot to ask, what is your name?” asked the man. “Jake. What’s yours?” “My friends call me Samuel.” “See ya tomorrow morning,” said Jake. “Tomorrow morning at 5:00, you mean. Better get some sleep, it is already 9:00.” Samuel laughed. Samuel walked out of the room. Jake through his book bag into the corner and laid down to go to sleep. No sooner had his head reached the pillow had he fallen asleep. He had a weird dream that night. He was riding on one of his Tauros when an Absol ran out in front of them. It growled and tackled Tauros. Tauros reared back and Jake fell off. Then he was dragged away two Team Rocket members. He was placed in front of Giovanni, who smiled and helped him up, then pushed him down into a hole. Jake landed on his back. He stood up and his father was in front of him. He pushed his father down and ran away. He stopped and suddenly he was in a plain white room. His mom was sitting on the floor, crying. Misty vanished in thin air and the room began to fill with water. When it was halfway filled, Samuel floated by on a boat and lifted Jake on. Ash, Misty, and Delilah are also on the boat. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, the Absol appears and knocks Ash off the ship first. Then Misty and Delilah, and finally Samuel. The Absol stands up on two legs and starts laughing manically. Jake notices a zipper on its stomach. He unzips it and the Absol skin falls off, revealing another Jake. The Jake that was in the Absol costume pushed the other Jake overboard. Then Jake woke up. “Who! That was weird,” he said to himself. He looked at the clock. It was 4:45. He decided to get dressed. Right as he finished, Samuel walked in. “I see your already up,” he said. “Well, come on. Breakfast is starting. We‘ll be at Agate Village b noon.” As they walked down the hall, Jake thought about his dream. “What was with that Absol?” he thought. “And the end, what happened… No! it was just a dream. It doesn’t mean anything. “ They turned a left and walked into a big room. It had about thirty table, all of which were filled with sailors, except a small one in the corner of the room. “That’s our table, right there in the back,” said Samuel. “Let’s get our food first.” They walked up to a counter on the side of the room. Samuel got two orders of bacon, and Jake got some eggs. As they were walking over to the table, Jake thought of something. “Hey, Samuel, I thought all sailors said ‘Aye’ and ‘Arg’ all the time.” “That’s a stereotype. Were not all like that.” “Oh.” After breakfast, Samuel let Jake use his fishing rod and they went fishing. All he caught was a Magikarp, which he let go. As the ship pulled into the harbor, Jake wondered what he was going to do now. Maybe he could try to start a gym. Or maybe he could compete in the tournaments at the coliseums. As he said goodbye to Samuel and walked off the boat, he looked around. Lots of people, a Poke’mon Center, a Poke’mart, it looked almost like Lavender Town, except no tower.