Jessie drove almost non stop for ten hours before she reached her destination. 
"What are we doing in this dump?" demanded Cassidy, as she read the name of the 
town on the sign post. 
"The local gym leader owes me and Meowth his life," said Jessie "right Meowth?" 
"Dats right," answered Meowth, and that familiar phase brought tears to Jessie's 
eyes. 
"If the gym leader here is who I think it is then he owes you nothing," said 
Cassidy. 
"That is where you are wrong sister dear, very wrong," said Jessie. 
"Misty went mad, for a personal reason," said Meowth "she tryed to kill him." 
"We stepped in just in time," said Jessie. 
The gym was huge, but Jessie didn't see the beauty in it. She rang the bell 
again, and the stood back, glancing around. The doors slowly opened, to reveal 
Brock standing in the hall. 
"Hi lover boy, is your boyfriend home?" asked Jessie. 
"Oh god Jessie, what are you doing here?" demanded Brock. 
"We need some protection," said Jessie. 
"We, who the fuck is WE?" asked Brock. 
"Me and Cassidy, plus a few others," said Jessie "you have to let us in." 
"Ok come in," said Brock,gesturing for them to come into the gym "Ash isn't 
going to be happy." 
"He very rarely is," whispered Cassidy. 
Ash slowly nodded his head. 
"Ok but I want to know if the reason why you are demanding protection could 
endanger us," said Ash. 
"When the hell did you become so smart?" demanded Jessie. 
"Jessie are we being targetted?" asked Brock. 
"No, you're not being targetted," said Jessie "we are, by a psychotic rapist who 
has a thing for Cassidy." 
"Oh god no," hissed Ash. 
"You're not going to be hurt," said Cassidy "he hasn't got anything for men." 
"Except when he's forcing dem to rape dere best friends," said Meowth, and 
Jessie's blue eyes visibly darkened. 
"I'm going to call my uncle and ask him to send some protection," said Jessie. 
"Police?" asked Brock. 
"Team Rocket," whispered Cassidy. 
"Not more of you lot," said Ash. 
"They are the best and only safety we have," said Jessie. 
"Please just help us until we know we're safe," said Cassidy, clinging to 
Emily's hand "do it for my daughter." 
"Ok," said Ash. 
"Is it James?" suddenly asked Brock. Jessie's breath caught on an inward gasp, 
she was amazed at the affect his name still had on her. 
"No," said Meowth. 
"Its just that if he wasn't here with you," said Ash "we just jumped to 
conclusions." 
"Its Butch causing this fear, not James," said Jessie "never my James." 
The face on the videophone frowned and then cleared its throat. 
"I don't know why I was never informed of his release," said the man at the 
other end. 
"I found out from Daniel and Danielle," said Jessie "please uncle Giovanni, 
please help us." 
"Of course I'll help you," said Giovanni "I can't let my two favourite neices be 
tracked down like animals." 
"Thank you," breathed Jessie. 
"I only have one protection team not operating at the moment," said Giovanni, he 
hesitated for a moment. 
"Please, he probably already knows we're here," said Jessie. 
"Ok, I'll send them, but Jessie promise you'll send them back," said Giovanni. 
"Of course I will," answered Jessie "why wouldn't I." Giovanni was silent to 
that.