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Author's note: It was a very difficult decision- to post this fic or not. I hope it will be suitable for Team Rocket fans. If you watch the series "Nikita", you'll find that the plot of my story reminds the kind of plots in the show a little. Pokemon and Team Rocket aren't mine, all rights reserved.
Jessie sat up and looked at James, who was sleeping peacefully next to her. She didn't want him to get hurt and she wanted to protect him, but he got hurt everyday in Team Rocket.
Jessie pulled herself closer to James, and her fingers brushed through his hair gently. It wasn't the first time that she had thoughts of leaving Team Rocket. Those thoughts came into her head many, many times in the past few weeks. Jessie and James joined Team Rocket as kids, and stealing Pokemon and living on the edge was a great adventure for young teens who had no where else to go to, but they weren't kids anymore. They were both about to enter the second decade of their lives soon.
Jessie then fell asleep and had a dream. In her dream, she was lying in a dark room and weeping. Suddenly, a bright light appeared, and when Jessie lifted her head, she saw her mother. She was wearing a white dress and looked just like an angel. She smiled at her daughter, a motherly smile.
When Jessie woke up, she knew the reason for staying in Team Rocket. She is doing it in the memory of her mother.
"What'cha think?" Meowth gazed at him, "I bet he don't wanna praise us for da good work."
"I hope he's not too mad at us. The last time the brat and his Pikachu beat us was really humiliating. What do you think, Jess?"
"Huh?" Jessie wasn't listening. She was too tired after a sleepless night.
"We were tryin ta guess what's the boss gonna tell us."
"I think we better off not knowing", She said pensively.
"It can't be that bad, can it?" asked James in a worried tone.
"You just hafta to scare us, huh, Jess?" added Meowth.
"Sorry, but you know how the boss is."
They continued walking in silence for a few more minutes, and then arrived to the headquarters.
"Ok, dat's it, lets get in and get it ova with." Said Meowth and walked through the big door, James was right behind him. Jessie was about to enter the HQ too, when she noticed that her hand-mirror had fallen out of her pocket, a few meters away from her. She went back and bent over to pick it up, when she heard a voice behind her.
"Jessica? Daughter of Miyamoto?"
Jessie raised her head and saw a tall woman standing next to her. The woman wore a short red dress and red shoes with very high heels. On her head she wore a matching red hat with very wide brim, which covered most of her face and blond hair.
"That's me", Jessie answered and pulled her self up from the ground.
The woman looked at her and smiled. "God, you look just like her."
"Excuse me, but who..."
"Please", the woman stopped her, "Can you spare me a few moments out of your time? It is very important."
"I really can't, I'm just on my way to..."
"Speak to Giovanni, the boss of Team Rocket."
Jessie looked at her, amazed. "How did you..."
"Please, Jessica, sit down", the woman pointed at one of the chairs of a little cafe-house that was just next to them.
Jessie decided to sit down, and the woman sat down too. When she lifted her head a bit, Jessie noticed her baby-blue eyes. She wasn't very young, but she was very pretty.
"How do you know my name and my mother? And how did you know I was on my way to the boss of Team Rocket?" Jessie started asking her a lot of questions and the woman smiled.
"I know a lot of things about you, Jessica. I've been following and studying you for a very long time."
"But why? Who are you?" Jessie started to feel very uncomfortable and a bit frightened.
"There's no need to be scared", the woman seemed to read her mind, "I'm only here for your best interest."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Jessie got up from the chair and was about to leave. She didn't like the whole situation not one bit.
"Jessica, sit down please, and let me explain everything", the woman said in a low quiet voice. Jessie looked at her suspiciously and sat down.
"Now tell me who you are and what you want from me." She demanded.
"Don't worry. I have many things to tell you, Jessica." She smiled at Jessie. "My name is Lauren Malone. I was a Rocket member a long time ago and I've known your mother for a short while, before she died. Too shortly unfortunately, she was an amazing woman. I remember once when she showed me a picture of you. A beautiful baby."
Jessie felt a weird pain clutching her stomach. This woman knew her mother, and Jessie never had a chance to speak with anyone who'd known her mother before. The name, Lauren Malone, sounded familiar to her, but she couldn't remember hearing it before.
Lauren continued: "Madame boss was the Team Rocket boss when your mother worked for the team. Back then, Team Rocket wasn't such an evil crime organization. We just caught rare Pokemon and studied them, sometimes we stole them if it was necessary, and we got a lot of money for the illegal research. But we weren't as violent as the team now, and we certainly didn't steal from 10 year olds." Jessie knew who she meant by that, and she smiled. Lauren continued: "When Giovanni took over, everything changed. He has no mercy and no dignity. He just wants to be rich and exploit his members. I was about your age when he became the boss and completely ruined Team Rocket. He was the one who advised his mother to send Miyamoto on a suicide mission."
"What?!" Jessie jumped as if she was bitten by something.
"He knew that your mother would never let him run the team the way he wanted to. She was too strong to agree with that."
"You're lying." Jessie couldn't believe that. "It can't be true."
"But it is", Lauren smiled a sympathetic smile. "She would have stopped him if she could, and I know you will do the same."
Jessie's eyes filled with tears, and she said quietly: "My mother was the best Team Rocket member. She died during a mission to catch Mew. She was sent to this mission because she was the only one who could do that."
"This is partially true. But Jessica, you know that Giovanni is capable of doing that."
"No", Jessie answered quickly, "My mother died during a mission. She was the only one who could catch Mew", She repeated herself, trying to convince herself.
"No one had ever told you what was team Rocket like before Giovanni. If you knew, you would have known the truth. But I know you will believe me. You see the way Team Rocket is today. You have been thinking of leaving the team for a long time now, haven't you?"
"How do you know that? I haven't told this to anyone."
"I told you I know many things about you. You want to protect your friend James, and you are very right. Giovanni's ways will only get you both jailed or killed."
"James..." Jessie wiped a few tears from her cheek as she remembered her partner and friend.
"I know you love him. Just like your mother loved you father. And Giovanni knows that you're strong and independent like you mother. He'll do everything he can to stop you, because he's afraid of you."
"Afraid of me? You're out of your mind."
"Oh, no I'm not. He knows you're capable of stopping him, and he will find a way to hurt you and your friends in the way."
"Why are you telling me all this? Who are you?" Jessie cried, "What do you want?"
"I have a proposal for you. A way to stop Giovanni."