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Chapter 15 - Oh Ship!

The episode starts with Jessie and her friends walking on a bridge. Jessie is looking at her Thunder Badge that she just earned. "My third badge, I just need five more to be able to compete in the Kanto Pokémon League Tournament!" She pulls out her badge case in her purse and inserts her Thunder Badge there and puts her badge case back in her purse.

"As her Pokémon journey continues, Jessie is one step closer to achieving her dream of becoming a Pokémon master! Last time, Jessie defeated the Vermilion City gym leader and earned a Thunder Badge!"

The title screen shows.

"Oh Ship!"

Jessie is seen looking at her gifted S.S. Anne ticket that she received from Bill. "It says the S.S. Anne should be here in the Vermilion City Harbor."

"That Bill guy better not have given us a fake ticket!" Meowth says.

The gang arrives at the Vermilion City Harbor and looks around and sees a lot of ships.

"Look at all the beautiful ships!" Domino awed.

"Any one of them could be the S.S. Anne," James says.

A montage happens with Jessie and her friends looking at every single ship in the harbor, trying to identify which one is the S.S. Anne, but can't.

Domino growls in frustration. "This would be so easy if they just put a label on every ship!"

"This ticket doesn't even tell us what the S.S. Anne looks like!" Jessie says.

Meowth looks at the ticket. "We have to get on today, the S.S. Anne takes off today!"

"Are you three looking for the S.S. Anne?" An unknown voice said, which caught their attention.

A male with a black suit, brown hair, and blue eyes approaches the gang.

"Yes sir, can you show us where it is?" James asked.

The black-suited male nods and points at one of the ships. "There it is, it's the one with the orange funnels."

"Thank you so much, sir!" Jessie says in delight.

The gang was about to rush to the S.S. Anne.

"Although, I'll be careful if I were you." The black-suited man says.

"Why?" Domino asked.

"I heard the S.S. Anne's staff like to slack off at their jobs. I wouldn't trust them if an emergency happened, just saying." The black-suited man expressed.

James starts shaking in fear. "You know Jessie, we should just skip the S.S. Anne. Don't you want to get ahead of Leaf? Surely you have no time to relax on a ship."

Jessie thinks for a little bit. "You're actually right, James. We should get to the next city immediately."

James sighs in relief as the gang were about to leave until Meowth points out something in the ticket.

"Hold on Jess, the ticket says the S.S. Anne will take us to Celadon City by the ocean, 'one of the fastest routes to get to Celadon.' The ticket also says."

Jessie immediately looks at her ticket to read it herself and pumps her fist in the air. "I can finally catch up to Leaf, this is an opportunity I can't pass up!" She sprints off to the S.S. Anne with Meowth on her shoulder.

"Hey, wait up!" Domino follows.

James growls in anger. "Dang cat can't keep his mouth shut!" He also follows along.

"…Enjoy your cruise." The black-suited man sighed and left, worried for the group of trainers.

It cuts to the Team Rocket trio who were spying on the gang in the bushes.

"The twerps are headed to the S.S. Anne. Do we have any money left for a ticket?" Cassidy asked.

"Take a guess! We're not borrowing money again." Butch says.

"We don't need money to buy a ticket! Hello, we're the bad guys, we simply just sneak in the S.S. Anne without paying a single penny!" Mondo says.

"You're right Mondo, but how are we going to sneak in?" Cassidy starts to think.

Butch and Mondo also join in the thinking.

Mondo ends up getting an idea. "Maybe we can create a fake S.S. Anne ticket. Make it look so real that you can pass the guard up front."

Cassidy applauds. "That's actually not a bad idea, Mondo!"

Butch nods. "Yeah, I have to admit to that."

It cuts to a random female, with blonde hair and brown eyes, walking towards the S.S. Anne, but they were stopped by the Team Rocket trio who were in different clothes to disguise themselves.

"Hello lady, are you about to enter the S.S. Anne?" Cassidy asked the female.

The female person nods in response. "Yes, I am. What's the occasion?"

"We were wondering if we three can see your S.S. Anne ticket for a quick second, just want to make sure the one that we have isn't a fake one." Cassidy lied.

"But we don't-"

Cassidy stomps on Butch's foot, cutting his sentence off as Butch holds in the pain.

"So, can we?" Cassidy asked.

"Oh, sure!" The blonde-haired woman pulls out her S.S. Anne ticket and hands it to Cassidy.

The Team Rocket trio both huddle together, facing away from the blonde-haired woman. Cassidy pulls out her phone, she fake sneezes the exact time her phone took a picture of the S.S. Anne ticket, so the woman couldn't hear the sound of her phone taking a picture.

"Bless you…" The woman said.

The Team Rocket trio both exit the huddle and give the woman her ticket back.

"Thank you so much!" Cassidy says with a smile.

"Oh, you're-"

The Team Rocket trio immediately flees the scene before the blonde-haired woman could even finish her sentence.

"Welcome?"

It cuts to the Team Rocket trio back behind the bush.

Cassidy holds her phone up to Butch and Mondo, a clear photo of the S.S. Anne ticket. "Let's get to working, boys." She grins.

Butch and Mondo both join in with a grin of their own as Team Rocket heads to a lighthouse nearby to work on creating a fake S.S. Anne ticket. It cuts to the gang walking up the stairway of the S.S. Anne as they arrive on board.

"Ticket please?" The guard asked.

Jessie shows her S.S. Anne ticket to the guard.

"Welcome aboard the S.S. Anne, this way!" The guard points to the main hall of the ship.

The gang headed in the direction where the guard pointed. They ended up arriving at the main hall, which is packed with a lot of Pokémon trainers.

Jessie looks around in amazement. "Woah, look at all the Pokémon trainers! I want to battle at least one of them."

"Are Pokémon battles even allowed on this ship?" Domino asked.

"Well of course they are!" An unknown voice replied to Domino.

Which got the gang's attention as they looked to see who it was. It was a person with a top hat and a red suit.

"Excuse me, sir, what's your name?" James asked.

"Name's Simon, it's very nice to meet you three." Simons bows his head to the gang.

The gang all start to introduce themselves to Simon

"I'm Jessie!"

"Domino's the name."

"And I'm James!"

"And-"

Jessie interrupts Meowth's introduction. "Since there are battles allowed, I challenge you to a battle, Simon!"

Meowth shoots a glare at his trainer for interrupting him.

Simon chuckles. "I can't say no to a challenge. Follow me to the battle area of the ship."

Simon starts heading to the battle area with Jessie and her friends following from behind.

Domino looks over at James. "You think this ship is making Jessie battle crazy?"

James shrugs. "I don't know, but I could watch a Pokémon battle right about now."

It cuts back to the stairway of the ship as we see Team Rocket heading up to the S.S. Anne.

Cassidy looks back at her partners-in-crime. "Let me do the talking here. I want both of you to keep your mouths shut when presenting the fake ticket."

Butch and Mondo immediately nod in response without saying a word. Team Rocket made it up to the entrance of the ship with the Team Rocket trio arriving on board the S.S. Anne, wearing regular clothes.

"Ticket please?" The guard asked, holding his hand out.

"Oh, sure!" Cassidy reaches into her pocket and pulls out the fake S.S. Anne ticket, that they made and hands it to the guard.

The guard happily accepts it and takes a look at the ticket that Cassidy handed over. "Hmm…" After a closer look, the guard couldn't tell it was a fake ticket because of how real it looked. "Alright, enjoy the S.S. Anne you three."

Cassidy nods. "Thank you very much!"

The Team Rocket trio happily enters the S.S. Anne and arrives at the main hall.

Mondo laughs. "Haha, the fake ticket plan worked!"

Butch grins. "We're on board."

"Now we just need to find that twerpette and steal that talking Meowth for the boss!" Cassidy declared.

Mondo starts fantasizing. "Just think, the big promotion we get if we steal a talking Meowth and hand it to the boss!"

Butch also starts fantasizing. "We will be the biggest top agents in Team Rocket history!"

Cassidy shushes Butch and Mondo. "Quiet! We're supposed to be in disguise so that we don't alert any police on this ship! Come on, let's find the twerps."

Team Rocket starts looking for the gang as it cuts to their current location, which is the battle arena of the S.S. Anne, as Jessie is getting prepared to fight Simon.

"One-on-one battle, Jessie. Is that okay with you?" Simon asked.

Jessie nods. "That's fine with me!"

Simon takes out a Poké Ball. "Poké Ball, go!" He sends out his Pokémon into battle.

It was a blue, bipedal amphibian Pokémon with a spherical body.

"Poliwhirl!" It cried out.

"Whoa, I wonder what Pokémon is that." Jessie reaches into her purse and pulls out her Pokédex.

"Poliwhirl, a water-type Pokémon. Capable of living in or out of water. When out of the water, it sweats to keep its body slimy."

Domino was awed at the sight of Poliwhirl. "A water-type?! I want one immediately!"

James chuckles. "Alright, let's calm down now."

Jessie puts her Pokédex away. "A water-type huh? Then an electric type should do the trick. Electabuzz, I choose you!" She sends Electabuzz into battle.

"ELEBUBUBUBUBU!" Electabuzz cried out.

However, before Jessie can even call out her first move, Electabuzz notices the color red of Simon's suit and starts getting angry.

Jessie starts to look worried. "Uhh… Electabuzz?"

Simon raises an eyebrow in confusion. "Did I do something?"

Domino remembers. "JESSIE, THE COLOR RED!" She screamed out.

"ELEBUBUBUBUBU!" Electabuzz starts dashing towards Simon, full of rage.

"AH!" Simon ducks and covers to protect himself.

"JESSIE, QUICK CALL IT BACK!" James also yelled out.

"AH! Electabuzz, return!" Jessie immediately recalls Electabuzz back into its Poké Ball as she and everyone else sighs in relief. Jessie immediately starts apologizing. "I'm so sorry about that, Simon. Electabuzz and the color red just slipped out of my mind!"

Simon stands up and dusts himself off. "I guess I'll let you pick a different Pokémon. This battle has to happen now because it appears we have gained a crowd."

Jessie looks around and sees a lot of trainers surrounding her and Simon, wanting to watch their Pokémon battle, and smiles in delight. "You're right!" Jessie turns her attention to Meowth. "Alright Meowth, I choose you!"

Meowth smirks and hops into battle with Simon's Poliwhirl. It cuts to the Team Rocket trio arriving at the battle arena of the S.S. Anne.

Mondo looks around in amazement. "Wow Cassidy, look at all the trainers here. Maybe we should try to steal other people's Pokémon here while we're at it."

Cassidy shakes her head in response. "No, we're only here to steal the talking Meowth, that's our main goal."

Butch groans in annoyance. "Why can't we steal other trainer's Pokémon other than the twerpette's Meowth?"

Cassidy turns her attention to Butch. "Because if we try that, the police on this ship will be up on our asses before we can even escape! Can you guys use your heads for once?"

Mondo spots a crowd gathering and points it out. "Hey, look guys!"

Cassidy and Butch look in the direction where Mondo is pointing.

"A battle is happening, let's check it out!" Cassidy says.

The Team Rocket trio walks towards the crowd and they spot Jessie battling with Simon.

"Meowth, Thunderbolt!" Jessie commanded.

Yellow sparks start to surround Meowth's body and it fires a bolt of yellow lightning from its body at the Poliwhirl. The move hits and Poliwhirl takes major damage.

"Poliwhirl!" Simon shouted.

Poliwhirl still looks ready to fight even after taking a Thunderbolt from Meowth.

Simon sighs in relief. "Submission, Poliwhirl!"

Poliwhirl starts spinning like a wheel toward Meowth.

"Dodge it, Meowth!"

Meowth quickly jumps out of the way to dodge the Submission.

"Scratch!"

Meowth claws glow white as he scratches Poliwhirl with them leaving behind white trails of energy. Poliwhirl takes more damage. Meanwhile, it cuts back to Team Rocket in the audience, watching the battle.

Cassidy starts whispering to her partners-in-crime. "We definitely need to steal that Meowth."

Butch nods. "It's got some strength, looks like talking isn't the only thing this Meowth has."

"We need to think of a plan to steal it," Mondo suggested.

Cassidy and Butch both nod as the Team Rocket trio quietly leaves the crowd to think of a plan to steal Meowth. It cuts back to the battle between Jessie and Simon as the crowd looks interested in this battle.

"Alright Poliwhirl, use Hypnosis!"

Poliwhirl's eyes glow light blue, putting Meowth to sleep.

Jessie's eyes widened. "No, Meowth!"

It cuts to James and Domino watching the battle in the crowd.

"This looks really bad for Jessie and Meowth," Domino says, looking worried.

James nods in agreement. "Indeed. Meowth better wake up fast or we both can say that this battle is over for them."

It cuts back to the battle.

"Alright Poliwhirl, Submission!" Simon commanded.

Poliwhirl starts spinning like a wheel toward Meowth once more, but the Pokémon is asleep this time, so Submission hits and strikes Meowth as the Pokémon takes major damage.

"Come on Meowth, wake up!" Jessie shouted.

Meowth doesn't wake up and stays asleep.

"Poliwhirl, use Submission once more!"

For the third time, Poliwhirl spins like a wheel toward Meowth and strikes the Pokémon once more as it takes more major damage. Meowth wakes up and looks exhausted.

"Meowth, Thunderbolt!"

"Poliwhirl, Double Team, quick!"

Poliwhirl makes illusory copies of itself, confusing Meowth. Meowth still uses Thunderbolt but hits an illusion.

"Keep using Thunderbolt until you hit the real Poliwhirl!" Jessie commanded.

Meowth nods in response and keeps using Thunderbolt after Thunderbolt, hitting illusion after illusion.

"Poliwhirl, Submission!"

All the illusions go away and the real Poliwhirl quickly starts spinning toward Meowth.

"MEOWTH, QUICK!" Jessie yelled out.

Meowth quickly thinks fast and uses Thunderbolt right at Poliwhirl before the Pokémon can strike him with Submission. The move hits as Poliwhirl goes down and faints.

"Poliwhirl, no!" Simon says in disbelief.

Jessie jumps up and down to celebrate her victory. "We did it, Meowth!"

The crowd, including Domino and James, cheer and clap for Jessie's victory.

"Poliwhirl, return!" Simon recalls Poliwhirl back to its Poké Ball. "You did great Poliwhirl, you deserve a nice rest." Simon walks up towards Jessie, graduating on her victory. "I have to say, Jessie, your Meowth is really impressive."

Jessie smiles. "Thank you!"

Meowth grins. "You could say that!"

Simon and the crowd, minus Domino and James, all gasp in shock after hearing Jessie's Meowth talk.

"Your Meowth can talk?!" Simon says in shock.

Jessie chuckles and rubs her head. "Yeah, my Meowth can do that."

The crowd, minus Domino and James, who stayed in the background, immediately runs towards Jessie, shoving Poké Balls in her face.

"AH!" Jessie shouted.

"I will trade you my Sandslash for your Meowth!" One of the random trainers says.

"Oh yeah? I will trade you my Kadabra for your talking Meowth and you will have an Alakazam!" Another trainer says.

More trainers started begging Jessie to trade for her Meowth, but Jessie, with Meowth on her shoulder, pushes her out of the crowd to meet up with Domino and Jessie.

Jessie turns to the crowd. "My Meowth is off limits!"

The crowd, full of trainers, all sighed in sadness and walked away.

Meowth grins once more. "Everyone wants me!"

Jessie rolls her eyes. "Yeah, yeah."

Domino smiles. "That was a really impressive battle, Jessie!"

James nods in agreement. "Yeah, and it was like you gained popularity there as well."

Meowth groans in tiredness. "That battle also took all of my energy. Can we stop at a Pokémon Center, Jess?"

"I don't think there's a Pokémon Center here, Meowth…" Jessie replied.

"Surely there has to be a mini one on this ship!" Meowth replied right back.

"I guess it won't be bad to look for one," James suggested.

Domino nods. "Yeah, let's go look for one."

It cuts to a montage of Jessie and her friends running all away around the ship for a Pokémon Center on the S.S. Anne, but no luck.

Jessie is seen catching her breath. "I think we looked everywhere."

"Now I'm tired," Domino complained.

James groans. "I should keep my mouth shut."

"Yeah, you should!" Meowth scratches James in anger.

"EEP!" James screams in pain.

"MEOWTH!" Jessie yelled directly to the Pokémon. "What did I say about scratching friends?!"

"I'm sorry Jess, I just want to find a Pokémon Center to heal. I'm exhausted!" Meowth replied to his trainer.

"Are you three looking for a Pokémon Center on this ship?" An unknown voice says, which catches the trio's attention.

Three people that look like staff members of the ship walk up towards the trio, one of them is female with golden hair, another is a male with green hair, and the last one is another male with brown hair.

Jessie nods at one of the staff members. "Yes, ma'am. Is there one on the S.S. Anne?"

The blonde-haired staff woman nods back. "There certainly is! We will take your Meowth right there right away!"

The green-haired staff man quickly grabs Meowth as the staff people run away with Meowth screaming.

"HEY!" Jessie immediately starts chasing the three suspicious staff members.

Domino and James immediately follow Jessie, chasing them as well. The suspicious staff members run downstairs to the basement of the ship with the gang following from behind.

"There!" The brown-haired suspicious staff member pointed to a door that leads to a room with a bookcase right near the door.

The suspicious staff members run up to the door.

The green-haired staff member grabs the doorknob and tries to push it. "It won't open!"

"You pull it, you moron!" The golden-haired pushes him out of the way, grabs the doorknob, and pulls it open as they head inside.

It cuts to the gang arriving at the door.

"I'm sure those staff members went inside here," Jessie says.

Domino and James both nod in agreement as they pull the door open and head inside. The room is huge with shelves everywhere filled with random stuff. The gang looks around in amazement.

"Wow, look at all of this stuff," Jessie says in amazement.

"This room is huge," James added.

"We must be in the storage room of the S.S. Anne," Domino confirmed.

"Those staff members could be anywhere with Meowth." Jessie starts to look around in the storage room with her friends following from behind.

It cuts to the spot where the three suspicious staff members are hiding.

The golden-haired staff member starts whispering. "Okay, if we just keep quiet."

Meowth, who was still in the grasp of the green-haired staff member, bites their hand.

"OW, FUCK!" The green-haired staff member yelled out in pain, giving away their hiding position. They throw Meowth in the air.

"BUTCH!" The two suspicious staff members yelled out in frustration, also giving away their identities.

Meowth was screaming in the air but was immediately caught by Jessie before he could hit the ground.

"Got you, Meowth!" Jessie glares at Team Rocket, who was in disguise. "Alright, the jig is up, you three!"

"Reveal yourselves!" Domino added in.

Team Rocket grins as Cassidy speaks up. "Prepare for trouble!"

"And make it double!" Butch added.

"To infect the world with devastation!"

"To blight all people in every nation!"

"To denounce the goodness of truth and love!"

"To extend our wrath to the stars above!"

Cassidy rips off her disguise. "Cassidy!"

Butch also rips off his disguise. "And Butch, of course!"

"We're Team Rocket, circling Earth all day and night!"

"Surrender to us now or you will surely lose the fight!"

Mondo soon also rips off his disguise. "I'm Mondo alright!"

"TEAM ROCKET!" The trio yelled out.

"That's right! Now hand over your talking Meowth!" Cassidy demanded.

"Never!" Jessie responded. "How did you even get on the S.S. Anne?"

"That's a secret we won't tell!" Mondo replies.

However, Team Rocket and the gang feel a vibration from the ship.

"Wh-what's that?" Cassidy says, worried.

It cuts to the outside of the ocean, big waves are hitting the S.S. Anne, which is causing the vibration. A giant wave hits the S.S. Anne. It cuts back to the storage room as a bigger vibration is felt which flung the gang and Team Rocket against the wall while they were all screaming. It cuts to the outside of the storage room where the tall bookshelf is, near the door of the storage room. The vibration of the giant wave causes the tall bookshelf to fall over and block the door, which is the only exit for the gang and Team Rocket.

Jessie slowly gets up. "What was that?"

James also gets up and grabs the doorknob and pulls it, but it won't open. "Guys, the door won't open!"

Meowth facepalms. "You push it, Jimmy…"

"Oh…" James pushes it this time, but it still won't open. "Guys, the door won't open!"

"Out of the way!" Cassidy shoves James away and tries to open the door, but it won't budge. "Come on, stupid door!" She tries again, but can't open it.

"It's no use, the door is blocked from the outside!" Domino says.

"How the fuck?" Butch questioned.

"Before we entered the storage room, I did see a tall bookshelf near the door," Mondo explained.

Domino nods. "I did too. The huge wave from earlier must've caused the bookshelf to fall and block the door."

"So that means… we're stuck in here?!" Jessie says.

Butch rolls his eyes. "Oh please, no bookshelf isn't gonna block this muscular dude!" Butch runs towards the door and tries to break it open with his shoulder, but no good. Butch hurts his shoulder in the process. "FUCK, THAT HURT!"

"Maybe we can use all of our Pokémon to help get that door open?" Mondo suggested.

"Hey, that's not a bad idea Mondo!" Jessie phrased.

The gang and Team Rocket all send out their Pokémon.

"Alright everyone, get that door open!" Jessie commanded.

All of the Pokémon used a bunch of moves all at once to burst the door open, but nothing is working at all.

"What is this door made of?!" Meowth immediately questioned.

"Okay, clearly this isn't working," Domino says.

All the Pokémon stop.

"How about we wait for one of the staff members or someone to come down here and help us?" James suggested.

However, Domino reminded them about something. "Don't you remember what that gentleman said earlier before we got on the S.S. Anne?"

It cuts to a flashback of the gentleman's quote from earlier. "I heard the S.S. Anne's staff like to slack off at their jobs. I wouldn't trust them if an emergency happened, just saying." The flashback is over.

James is now worried. "I don't want to be trapped here forever!"

"Don't worry James, someone has to come down here at any moment," Jessie says.

It cuts to the first floor of the S.S. Anne where the stairs to the basement are. We see one of the staff members of the S.S. Anne, putting up safety tape around the stairs. Another staff member walks up to them.

"What are you doing?" The second staff member asked.

"I'm surrounding the stairs with safety tape. So that no one won't go down here." The first staff member answered.

"Oh! Do you want to check down there, just in case?" The second staff member asked another question.

"I already put the tape down, besides, people already know not to go down there, I'm sure no one is dumb." The first staff member answered once more.

It cuts back to the storage room of the basement where the gang and Team Rocket are trapped. An hour went by, and any ideas they had were useless.

"Mmm, I tried to call customer care, but they didn't answer… May I start panicking now?" James asked.

"You idiot, you got no service down here." Meowth groaned.

Butch once again is trying to open the door, but can't. "Come on, you stupid fucking door!"

"Butch, it's useless! If everyone's Pokémon can't open, neither can you!" Cassidy says. However, that made Cassidy get an idea. "That's it!"

"What is it, Cassidy?" Jessie asked.

Cassidy starts explaining her idea. "We use our Pokémon to make a hole in the room, big enough to fit all of us when we go through it. That's how we escape!"

Butch praises the idea. "I like that idea!"

"Same here!" Mondo added.

However, Domino notices something about the plan. "Whoa, hold the phone here!"

Cassidy raises an eyebrow. "What is wrong with the plan? It's the only way we can escape!"

"Cassidy, this storage room is located in the basement, below the ship. Which means we are completely underwater-"

"AH, I HATE WATER! ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S WET!" Meowth yelled, interrupting Domino's explanation as the Pokémon hid under Jessie's pink hat.

Domino continues her explanation. "As I was saying… If we make a hole in this room, water will immediately start filling up, which will cause the S.S. Anne, the ship. to sink, we will endanger many people's lives!"

However, Cassidy brushes off Domino's explanation. "I say we still do it."

"WHAT?!" Jessie, Domino, and James all say in shock.

"Cassidy is right. No one is going to find us here in the storage room. We're gonna starve to death if we don't get out of here immediately." Butch says.

"It's either their lives or our lives!" Mondo added.

"But… the other people. Team Rocket, are you serious? I know you're supposed to be villains, but I never thought you guys were fucked up people as well!" Jessie says.

James takes a big sigh. "Jessie… Domino… I think we have to think about it more."

"James… don't tell me you're siding with them?!" Domino says in disbelief.

"We tried every possible situation to bust that door open, but all situations failed. Team Rocket is right, it's either our lives or their lives." James responded.

"B-but what about the other people on the ship?" Jessie says, also in disbelief.

"I'm sure everyone will survive, right?" James says.

Domino immediately shakes her head. "No James, not everyone will! James, I can't believe what you are saying!"

Cassidy interrupts. "Well, do you have any other ideas than on escaping, or do you just want to die in here, because you want to be a goody two shoes?"

Domino takes a moment to think about this. After a minute has passed, she sighs and slowly nods. "Okay… let's do it."

Jessie immediately turns her attention to Domino in disbelief. "DOMINO?!"

"Jessie… I'm afraid we have no choice, I'm so sorry." Domino says, shedding tears.

"But, if anyone dies, their blood would be on our hands! We will feel guilty for the rest of our lives! We could go to jail for this!" Jessie says.

"Yeah, we could, but this is the reason why snitches get stitches!" Butch says.

Cassidy nods. "Exactly, we just don't tell anyone at all, it's easy."

"Come on twerpette, your friends already want to go through with this idea, you might as well join them," Mondo says.

Jessie sits down near the corner and starts quietly thinking to herself. "If we don't do anything, we will die from starvation, however going through this plan will endanger everyone's lives. I-I-I…" She closes her eyes and clutches her fist in frustration. She immediately gets up and dashes towards the door, screaming at the top of her lungs. Jessie hit the door with her shoulder as powerful as she could as she fell on the floor from the collision, hurting her shoulder in the process.

"JESSIE!" James and Domino both immediately run toward Jessie to help her up.

However, even with all of Jessie's strength, the door still blocked off from the bookshelf outside.

Butch chuckles. "Idiot, I already tried doing that! If I couldn't budge it open, no way in hell you weren't going to."

Jessie holds her shoulder and glares at Butch. "Shut up, I was making a last effort, so that I won't have to make this decision."

Cassidy shrugs. "Well, your last effort failed. You might as well go through with this idea, twerpette."

"Yeah, we have no other options!" Mondo says.

Jessie slowly looks at Domino and James. Both of them look away in guilt as they feel like they didn't want to go through with this plan too, but it's the only option.

Jessie lifts her pink hat to ask Meowth. "Meowth?"

"I don't care, I'll just be protected from the water with your pink hat, now close it!" Meowth demanded.

Jessie closes her pink hat. She once again starts thinking about whether or not to contribute to this plan or just stay in the background while the others make a hole. "If only I didn't go on this dumb cruise ship in the first place…"

"Our heroes and Team Rocket are trapped in the storage room of the S.S. Anne. With only one option left, what will Jessie do? Will she join her friends and go through this, or will she still refuse? It looks like Jessie is in a pickle here. Find out soon as the journey continues!"