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Meowth's Point Of View
I trailed behind, lost in thought as Mondo lend our little group towards wherehe'd left his jeep. I couldn't believe what Butch had just told us, could Jessie and James really still be alive? I couldn't think of any reason why they would risk their lives for two people they claimed to hate, but then I couldn't think of any other reason The Boss would call them traitors either. It was all rather confusing. We reached the jeep in record time and we all climbed in, Mondo and Cleo in the front, Butch and Cassidy in the back and me on Cleo's lap.
Mondo started the jeep up and speed of before asking if anyone had any idea where we should gosince we were now all on the run from Team Rocket. That thought scared the hellout of me, I knew what The Boss would do with us if he either caught up with us. I glanced over at Butch and Cassidy, they were whispering quietly to each other before Cassidy turned to Mondo and told him to take us to Pallet Town. I looked at them in confusion, why the hell would they want to go there? so I asked them.Cassidy looked at me before saying
"You'll see when we get there." That answer didn't help me any. So I decided to ask them he question that had been bugging me ever since we had found them.
"Why didn't you kill Jessie and James?" Mondo made a funny choking sound from the drivers seat, and Butch glanced quickly at Cassidy, she nodded and said,
"I was trying to make up for the past." I supposed that made some kind of sense, I knew that Jessie and Cassidy hadbeen friends once, and James had once said he'd known her too back then, I guess it takes a lot to kill people you were once friendly with. I nodded letting the subject drop and Cassidy sank thankfully into Butch's arms. They seemed very close all of a sudden, but I guess a brush with death can do that to you. I curled up on Cleo's lap and lost myself in my own thoughts as we drove along.
A couple of hours later we arrived at Pallet Town and I still hadn't worked out why we were here. Mondo parked the jeep in a small car park and then we followed Butch up towards what was once Professor Oak's Lab. Why were wegoing there? This mystery was just getting deeper.
Butch knocked on the front door and a couple of minutes later it opened to revive a young woman I'd never seen before. She had medium length brown hair and brown eyes and when she saw us her happy expression changed from one of happiness to one of extreme annoyance. I wasn't surprised I can't think of anyone who'd be happy to see four Team Rocket members turn up on their doorstep.
"What do you want?" she asked us angrily. Butch sighed slightly and was about to say something, but Cassidy placed her hand on his arm and said,
"Please can we come in? We mean you no harm and we really need your help." The woman sighed softly, but some of the anger left her face and nodded, moving out of the way so we could all get in. As soon as we were all in she shut the door quickly and led us through another pair of doors into a huge living room. I could smell food cooking and my stomach rumbled reminding me I hadn't eaten since breakfast.
She motioned that we should all sit down and the four humans slumped down onthe sofa looking kind of nervous. I hopped up and placed myself on the sofa armand waited to see what was going to happen now. The woman seated herself in a chair opposite to the sofa and said,
"Why did you come here, the real reason." Butch looked at Cassidy slightly before replying,
"It's true we do need help, but the real reason is that we have to warn Jessie and James."
"About what?"
"The Boss knows they're alive." The woman looked shocked at that and glanced at the back doors before returning her gaze back to us.
"How did he find out?"
"He found their old costumes." Cassidy answered. The woman shook her head and sighed softly,
"OK, you can stay here for the rest of the day but I want you gone by tomorrow. I don't want other Rocket's tracking you here. Do you understand?" Cassidy nodded softly,
"Thank you." The woman nodded and said,
"You can call me May. Your welcome to eat with us if you wish. I don't mean to seem harsh but I must protect my family you understand. I've already lost my grandfather to Team Rocket I won't lose anyone else." She was Professor Oak's granddaughter then, I still couldn't work out why she was being nice to us now, or why we had come here to warn Jess and James but she'd offered us food and right now that was all I could think about. I smiled at her and said
"We'd love to eat with you." She glanced at me in shock before saying,
"Wow, you can talk?" I nodded,
"Yeah amazing ain't."
"That means you're Jessie and James's Meowth, right?" I nodded softly, although I wasn't really theirs but what the hell, it madethinks easier just to agree.
"This changes things slightly," she said, "wait here." With that she got up, reached out and stroked my head, before turning and disappearing into one of the back rooms. I looked at my four companions, Mondo looked confused as did Cleo, Butch was hugging Cassidy who was smiling softly. I knew I'd done the right think by speaking up and that for now at least we were safe.