Journeys: A Beginning

Past Offenses

Summary: Jessie, James, and Meowth head back to HQ to regroup after the incident at Cinnabar Island, and with a lot on their plates

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~ Chapter 14 | Past Offenses ~

Giovanni spun around in his chair to face the front of the room, waving his hand to dismiss one of his top scientists, Dr. Zager, from a meeting they had just concluded.

As the older man walked out, he stopped, turning around. "This whole operation on Mew, you really have taken after your mother, haven't you?"

Mention of the former Rocket matriarch changed the atmosphere of the room completely. Very few knew about the former leader of Team Rocket, his mother, and those who did know feared mentioning it out of ignorance of Giovanni's true feelings. The mafioso was unsure of what to say at first, though laughter followed the silence.

"I wouldn't go that far, but her lust for Mew has been carried on in her name. An opportunity like that was too good to pass up. Besides, she sent Jessie's mother off to the mountains and that mission was a bust, she was effective in running the organizations, but when it came to individual missions, she had oversight that led to what happened to that very agent," Giovanni explained, taking a sip of his drink.

Zager nodded. "Ah, yes, I remember that mission. Miyamoto, she was the apple of your mother's eye in terms of the agents that worked for this organization. Truly a shame of what happened to her."

"Regardless, I think things worked out very well, especially having brought her daughter into our fold. She may very well possess the real grit that her mother had, but I think we haven't seen it because of one simple reason: she's been held back this whole time." Giovanni's brows furrowed at the thought of the frequently incompetent trio.

"Are you going to do something about it then?" Zager questioned.

Giovanni stood up and walked over to a filing cabinet, sifting through until he found Jessie's file. "No matter how you look at it, Mew is the goal. Who better to play a part in that mission than Jessie herself?"

Zager grinned mischievously. "Right."

Suddenly, everything began to shake, as if an earthquake was just beginning. It didn't faze Giovanni nor Dr. Zager, as they both knew where it really was coming from. The Rocket boss looked out the window, seeing crushed rocks laying amok, surrounding the creature that caused those rocks to scatter in the first place, as well as the shaking.

"Won't this be fun?"

...

"Dropping in unannounced, huh? Sounds like you guys." Petrel quipped, seeing the familiar trio and Wobbuffet walk through the HQ.

However, he got no verbal response, just the cold shoulder from the group as they passed by. This came as a surprise to him, normally by now they would've lost their temper and begun yelling at him. Right now, they were too serious, and it didn't feel right.

Following the debacle at Cinnabar Island, they headed straight for the HQ, the only place they could reconvene safely, although at the moment, they wanted all but the attention of anyone else in the organization. They were now in possession of a document that they, especially Jessie, were probably not meant to see.