Part 4

“Jessie, what are you doing?" James screamed in horror when Jessie pulled out the gun and pointed it to his head. “Jessie!”

“I’m sorry, James...” she cried.

“What’s going on?" James' eyes filled with tears, “What are you doing?!"

“James...” She wiped the tears out of her face with her free hand.

“Amy, do something!” He cried to Amy, but the girl just stood there, folding here hands on her chest with no expression on her face.

“Amy?!” He screamed. She didn't come to help him, and he didn’t understand what was going on.

“Don’t do it, Jess, please... I’m your best friend, remember? Don’t hurt me...” He cried and fell to his knees.

It broke Jessie’s heart and she cried with him hysterically. “I’m so sorry, James, I’m so, so sorry.”

Everything was a blurt and she felt like somebody else was standing there instead of her and pointing the gun to James’ head, and she felt like an outsider, screaming and crying behind a glass wall but no one can hear her.

She looked at her partner and her best friend, who was on his knees crying in front of her, and all the times that they’d shared passed in front of her eyes. The Poke-Tech, The Bridge bike gang, Lil’ Jim with his training wheels... He was so cute! And then Team Rocket- following Ash, trying to steal Pikachu, getting blast every time... She was always the strongest member of the team, and all this time it was her job to protect James...

No, he’s not going to die tonight. She is going to do her job for once, and no way she’s going to let him die.

Jessie lowered her gun, then looked at it, closed her eyes and pointed it to her own head.

“Jessie, no!” James screamed in horror, trying to stop her.

Then she turned around quickly and pulled the trigger. She probably should have killed her, but she couldn’t. She was not a murderer. Amy screamed and fell down, holding her wounded leg and crying in pain.

Jessie grabbed James' hand and pulled him up from the floor. “Let’s go, now!”

And they both started to run towards the door.

“But Amy...” He tried to reach out and help her but Jessie pulled him away from her. He obviously still didn’t understand what was happening.

“We don’t have time, James, Let’s go!”

James jumped out of the van and Jessie was about to jump after him, when she felt a hand grabbing her leg. It was Amy’s hand. Jessie screamed and pointed the gun to Amy.

“I... I’ll tell the boss... that I killed you both.” She whispered weakly and Jessie smiled at her.

Amy wasn’t a heartless girl after all. She left the girl in the van, after she made sure that someone will find her and help her by pressing the bottom which connected the van to the Team Rocket HQ, and then she jumped out of the van after James.

They both ran in the rain through the woods, and after a while James grabbed Jessie’s hand and stopped her.

“Will you tell me what the hell is going on?” He yelled.

“Not now! We have to get out of here!” She yelled back. They were both cold and wet from the rain.

“No Jessie! Tell me now!”

She pulled out her mallet and whacked him on his head. “Stop bugging me! We don’t have time!”

She started running and James limped after her.

“Can you at least tell me where are we going?”

“We’re going to Mondo’s home.”

“Mondo?” James was surprised, but couldn’t ask her anything because she was running fast and he had to keep up with her.

Mondo’s house was a little house in the end of the forest, surrounding with tall, big trees. Jessie and James came running to the door, and Jessie knocked on the door, but no one answered.

“Maybe he can’t hear the door because of the rain.” Suggested James.

“Mondo!” She knocked harder and shouted. “Mondo, are you there?”

“Mondo!” James joined her shouting but still no one opened the door.

“Oh, damn it”, Jessie wiped the water from her face,

“I have to do *everything* my self.” And she reached out and pulled a little key from under the mat that was under the door, and used it to open the door.

“How did you know he had a key there?” James asked, surprised.

“Well...” She blushed, “I know everything I need to know.”

They both entered the small house and saw it was dark and quiet. Mondo was obviously not home.

“What are we going to do now?” asked James.

“What do you mean?” Jessie was already taking off her Team Rocket uniform, “Let’s get out of these wet clothes and find something to eat!”

“You think his going to mind us taking his food and taking his clothes?”

“Oh, come on”, She smiled ,”I’ll just give him a little kiss and he will forgive us for everything.”