Stand by You part 2 of 4

Chapter 47: Standing Together

The next morning Jessie and James were woken by a crying baby.

James sat up and looked at his watch. It was six in the morning.

"Is that Annastasia?" he asked Jessie.

"Well it's not me", she responded sleepily.

"She never cried before", he pointed out.

"I suppose it had to happen eventually", Jessie answered back.

"I got this", he said to Jessie.

James walked over to the bassinet and picked Annastasia up. He took her over to the table and changed her diaper.

"Thanks, doll", Jessie called from the bed.

"You have to get the next one!" he called back.

The rest of the day went by quick. Jessie and James gave Annastasia over to her great-grandparents so that they could spend some time alone. Everyone else slept late, except for a few teens that got up to train.

At 3:00pm, everyone gathered in the conference room to discuss the upcoming trials. Giovanni had brought along his Team Rocket agents that had been involved as well as some private detectives that had been helping him gather evidence. There were going to be 9 trials in total. Giovanni was suing the Morgans for breaking contract by withdrawing monetary support from Team Rocket and funding Team Firestar instead. He was charging the leaders of Team Firestar with conspiracy, abduction, theft, and unlawful holding and torturing of other agents. Harley, Sakura, Ritchie, Ash, Jessie, James, Domino, and Forrest were suing them for abduction and manipulation. Jessie and James were also suing for unlawful imprisonment, manipulation, and torture. When it came time to discuss Jessie's case, everyone except for Ash, Misty, Delia, James, Jessie, Giovanni, Dr. Liz Collina, and her attorney, a woman named Alana Sentei, left the room.

"Jessie, by now you must have realized that you are the key in bringing this organization down. If we win your case, we win all the others. The Morgans and all of their players will be imprisoned without bail", Giovanni told her. "Most importantly, Team Firestar will cease to exist".

"I know", said Jessie. "Just tell me what to do".

"You need to tell us everything that happened, in full detail, including what happened to Annastasia", said Delia. "Mrs. Sentei will be able to speak for you, but you can't leave anything out".

For the next hour they talked about the proceedings of the trial, and what each of them would say.

"I would like to talk with Dr. Liz and Mrs. Sentei alone", Jessie announced to the group. "James, you can stay here too".

"Right", said Delia. Delia, Ash, Misty, and Giovanni left the room.

When the business was finally taken care of, everyone decided to go to bed early so that they could be ready for the trials, which were going to be held the next day in Viridian city.

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"Time to wake up!" Delia exclaimed.

"Mime Mi Mr. Mime!" Mr. Mime added.

"Huh?" said Ash sleepily.

His mother and her Mr. Mime were standing over his bed. Mr. Mime was holding a dust-buster, which he had just used on Ash's face.

"We are leaving here in less than twenty minutes. It's a good thing I came to check on you. You must have ignored your alarm", Delia explained.

"Oh. I'll be down in five", said Ash, jumping out of bed.