PART I

The Luck Machine
Chapter I

It was business as usual for our heroes and their enemies, depending on who you call the heroes. Ash, who was tied up with Misty and Brock, was struggling to reach his pokeballs; James and Meowth were struggling to put Pikachu in a bag. Taking pictures of herself with a camera she found.

Suddenly, Ash yelled, "Pokeball, go!", not knowing which pokemon would soon come to his aid. Upon realizing which pokemon it was, everyone yelled, "Oh, no!".

"I've still got 21 pictures to take," said Jessie, "I don't get to do this every day." It was Ash's unruly, fiery, lizard pokemon, Charizard.

"Flamethrower! Now!"

Charizard grinned as it turned toward its master and unleashed its devastating fire attack. Ash, Misty, and Brock, now totally fried, just sat there and blinked. They did not realize the attack had also destroyed the ropes restraining them.

"Hahaha!" Jessie and James were very pleased. Charizard turned to face them and used Flamethrower again. Now, both parties were lying on the ground, unable to move. It then threw each party whichever way it felt like and then settled down for a nice nap.

Awakening in the middle of a forest, Jessie, James, and Meowth awoke to find themselves Pikachuless... "Sigh. Why do none of our wonderful plans ever work?" said Jessie.

James said, "Maybe we just aren't destined to win."

"Or maybe it's just because the plan is carried out by two idiots!" said Meowth.

"Just shut up Meowth. After all, you come up with most of our plans."

"Well, now I have a plan that can't lose!"

"Yeah, like we even want to help you. We'll only get hurt," said Jessie.

"Well, no matter. I can do it by myself."

"No way! You know you need our help!" said James, seeming hurt that Meowth was not in need of he and Jessie's assistance.

"Nope, I can do it."

"Oh, come on! Tell us what it is!"

"OK, fine. I'll let you help. My plan is to construct The Luck Machine."

"A casino?" asked Jessie.

"No! I'll tell you what it is later. For now go get me three Chansey eggs and a Zapdos feather. In the meantime, I will build the machine."

"What for?" asked James.

"I'll tell you later, but the stuff is necessary for my device to work."

"Fine, we'll go get your stuff. You better have this whatchamajig done when we get back," said Jessie.

"And you better have the stuff here when I'm done!" replied Meowth.

Later, Jessie entered the Pewter City Pokemon Center disguised as a nurse. She could have been disguised as anything, because NO ONE in this world EVER sees through ANY of Team Rocket's disguises. "Hi, I'm a trainee nurse," said Jessie to Nurse Joy, "I'm supposed to come and watch for a day. My name is Jessie." N Hi, I'm the new nurse here. My name is Jessie." Of course, the name Jessie, the long, black boots and gloves, and the shiny spiraling hair was not enough to let Joy know who "Nurse Jessie" really was.

"Oh, you came at a pretty good time," said Nurse Joy, "We're not too busy, but the Chansey's are off duty. They have to part with their unfertilized eggs. It's very hard for them, as they are so motherly to even the unfertilized ones."

"Perfect!"

"What?"

"I mean, it must be hard for them. Maybe I should observe them for a little while."

"That's a good idea."

Jessie then went behind the large, white double-doors and followed her ears to where the Chansey were.

Later, at the Pewter City Museum, James entered in a guard's uniform.

It was 7:00 p.m. at the time, so James said he was reporting for the night shift. The real guard was aware the night shift did not start until 8:30, but he believed James was new and could be taken advantage of. "You're right on time," he said.

"OK, the museum closes at 8:00, right."

"That's right. Don't forget to lock up."

"Don't worry. I won't."

The real guard then left the museum and got in his car. As James saw him drive away, he walked over to a map of the museum. "Ah ha!" he said, "The Zapdos exhibit is right down the hall." He then got on the PA system and said, "The museum is closing in 15 minutes. We sugest you leave now."

Later, when all the people had finished complaining about the early closing and left, James cautiously approached the Zapdos exhibit. The room was bright, although it was dark outside and there were no lights on in the museum. James put his hands on the glass cover containing 3 feathers from the legendary bird. He lifted the cover and took a feather. The alarm immediately went off. James quickly exited through the back door.

Jessie and James were returning from Pewter City and Meowth had finished assembling the Luck Machine. When Jessie and James returned, they presented their steals with pride. "We got them and slipped away perfectly," said Jessie, "except Einstein here set off the alarm at the museum.

"Idiots," mumbled Meowth under his breath.

"Now, tell us again why you need this," said James.

"Because this machine produces "luck spray", and it has to make it from something. So, this is like its fuel."

"Oh."

Meowth then cracked the 3 Chansey egss, and had Jessie bring out Arbok. He needed some Arbok venom too. Then he inserted the Zapdos feather and the brew began to bubble. He poured it into a small hole on the side of his glimmering contraption, and within seconds a small bottle of "luck spray" was produced. "Now, spray some of this on," he said.

"Uh, where are you supposed to srpay it?" asked James.

"Just spray it on your face or something. It doesn't matter."

James sprayed a little of the spray on his face and handed the bottle to Jessie. She then sprayed it all over herself, saying it smelled like perfume. When her two colleages managed to pry the bottle out of her hand, there was barely enough left for Meowth.

After Meowth had used the remaining spray, he told Jessie and James to get the balloon ready. "Pikachu, here we come!"