The Road to our Destiny

Chapter 7

Giovanni has been sitting in his office silently since this morning. Except for his loyal Persian, not one soul is with him as he lurks. For the last couple of weeks, all of Team Rocket has been hard at work to carry out various steps to his new plan. News of Team Flare's defeat in Kalos has lifted moral all over the crime organization, knowing that only they remain. Even Giovanni himself has found a twisted sense of pleasure after learning that Lysandre was killed in the process.

Suddenly, Giovanni hears a beep on his phone, and he frowns as he presses the intercom button.

"Yes, Matori, what is it?" He asks.

"Sir, the group you sent to Kalos, has arrived as ordered," Matori answers through the intercom.

"Ah, yes. Send them in," Giovanni says with a smirk.

"At once," Matori says professionally.

Giovanni takes a deep breath and resets his posture just in time for the door on the other side of his office to open to reveal Jessie, James, and Meowth entering with serious looks on their faces. They walk until they are a couple of feet away from Giovanni's desk and simultaneously put their feet together and salute shouting, "Sir!"

"At ease," Giovanni says with a wave of his hand. "So good to have you all back. You all have more than just a dramatic video to confirm that Team Flare is no more, I hope?"

"Yes, sir," James answers. "We can confirm that Lysandre attempted to destroy Kalos with his own ginormous Zygarde with the help of two Zygarde that he captured. Through the energy he collected from Mega Evolution, Team Flare took control of the Zygarde and used a machine to create large, roots that destroyed much of Lumiose City."

"Indeed," Giovanni says, listening intently. "Tell me, how did you manage to stop them?"

Jessie clears her throat and says, "We managed to sneak into the Lumiose City Gym where they placed their machine and destroyed it, which helped free the Zygarde. The Zygarde, in turn, fought Lysandre's monstrosity and ultimately destroyed him."

"And judging by how little of them were mentioned in your report, I take it you three failed to capture either of the Zygarde for Team Rocket?" Giovanni asks.

Jessie, James, and Meowth wince in fear for a moment before they return to their formal poses, and Meowth answers, "Yes, sir. The Zygarde disappeared afterward before we could try to catch them."

Giovanni frowns disapprovingly and strokes his Persian.

"That is disappointing news. Having the power of two Zygarde would have been tremendous," he says before his frown turns into a smirk. "Still, it's delightful to know that Lysandre was killed by the powerful Pokemon he used for his plans. I could not have planned for a better, more humiliating defeat for that fool than that. For that, I am very pleased."

"Sir," the trio says firmly.

Giovanni's smirk grows, and he gets up and walks over to the trio with his hands behind his back.

"All of that to say, I am satisfied with your work in the Kalos region," he says. "To be frank, I find you three to be the most pathetic and incompetent group in all of Team Rocket history. Despite that, however, you three have pulled your weight when necessary at times with Lysandre's defeat on top of defeating Team Galactic, Team Plasma, and your work on my attempt to gain control of the Forces of Nature in the Unova region."

Secretly, Jessie James and Meowth ease up, thankful that their boss still believes their lies in single-handedly defeating Team Flare, Team Galactic and Team Plasma.

"Furthermore, I have another assignment for all of you," Giovanni says as he walks back to his desk and presses a couple of buttons that causes the lights in the office to dim and a holographic screen to appear above him. "What you are about to see is top secret information. Not one word is to be uttered outside this room. Understood?"