Last Chance

Part III

	James and Ash ran down the hall, desperately searching for Jessie
 and Misty.  They came to a fork. 
	"I’ll take the left if you take the right," said Ash.
	"Sounds good," said James, already running down the hall.
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	Jessie awoke to a familiar face. "Giovanni?"
	"Yes," said the Rocket boss. "Since you were traveling with your 
targets, I thought I might drop in. You seem to be doing so well with the
job, I decided to shorten your time limit."
	"How-How long do we have?" asked Jessie.
	"Hmm... I’ll give you until exactly a week has passed. Meet me in
my office at 5:30 sharp. The boy must be dead and you must have umm... 
what’s her name?"
	"Misty?"
	Giovanni continued. "Yes, yes Misty. And his Pikachu. Remember 
this: if the job is not complete you will be kicked off of Team Rocket.
Forever. Now go get started"
	"Yes, sir." She hurried out of the room. That was hard because 
her body was so sore and she felt so weak.
	Someone ran into her and knocked her over. "Watch it!" she yelled.
	The person stopped. "Jessie?"
	"James!" James ran to each her and they embraced. "Oh James, I can
 barely move."
	"Then I’ll carry you," said James, scooping her up.
	Jessie suddenly remembered. "James, Giovanni shortened the deadline
for our mission!"
	"'Til when?" he asked.
	"A week from today at 5:30 in his office."
	"Oh brother. We have to find Ash and Misty."
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	Ash found Misty in a locked cage. The two couples found each other 
and left the building. A train was waiting for them. It took them to 
Goldenrod City. But on the trip, Jessie became ill. Very ill. They 
took her to a Pokemon Hospital to have Nurse Joy look at her.
	"Wait here," said the nurse.
	A half hour, later she came back out. 
	Ash,Misty, and James started asking questions all at once. "Is she 
okay?" "Will she be alright?" "How bad is it?"
	She looked up with tears in her eyes. "It’s not good. She had a 
terrible disease. We may lose her."
To be continued...