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Jessiebelle cracked her whip at Jessie making her leap out of the way. She was getting tired, she was also losing a lot of blood. Jessie was feeling light headed and dizzy. As the moments went by, it was getting harder and harder to breath. She looked over at Meowth who was trying his best to get to her. He kept being blocked by Vileplume. He looked as terrible as she felt. Jessie glanced back at Jessiebelle in time to see her raise the whip again. Jessie ran and jumped out of the way this time but the whip still managed hit her leg, leaving an angry welt. Jessiebelle laughed evilly, sending chills down even Jessie's spine.

"Jessie dear, you're still not running properly. What a shame, James should have taught you better" she quietly. Her sweet smile was sinister and misleading. Jessie stood up and glared at her.

"He taught me more important things that he'll never teach you!" she spat. Jessiebelle's smile faltered for a brief second. Before Jessie had time to react, she raised the whip and struck her. The force of the nylon slashing her chest knocked Jessie to the ground. She crawled, gasping for air, over to the wall. She tried to pull herself up but was too weak. Jessiebelle laughed again and calmly walked over but was stopped again by Meowth.

"I'll kill youse before I'll let you kill Jessie!" he yelled. His claws were raised menacingly and he glowered at Jessiebelle with an intensity that Jessie had never seen from him before. Jessiebelle barley blinked in recognition.

"Vileplume, sleep powder on Meowth." She yawned. The flower sprayed a blue dust and the cat fell to the ground.

Jessiebelle kneeled down beside Jessie and cupped her chin in her hand. Somehow, her hands were freezing against Jessie's own hot flesh. She tried to pull away but Jessiebelle's grip was tight. She leaned in to Jessie's face, their noses just touching.

"You thought you could beat me to James? Silly girl, I'd never let that happen." She said gently. Jessie resisted the strong urge to spit into her face and instead remained calm.

"Don't kid yourself, he's never loved you. He's terrified of you!" she said angrily. Jessiebelle moved in even closer, her lips inches from Jessie's. She swallowed hard.

"He won't have a choice after tonight, there will be no more options for him." She whispered. Suddenly, the door to the dungeon burst open.

James stood there for a moment surveying the scene. He saw Meowth lying on the floor unconscious, being guarded by Vileplume. He whipped his head around trying to find Jessie and when he finally found her, he gasped at what he saw. Why was she covered in blood? Why was Jessiebelle so close? He ran over and shoved Jessiebelle out of the way, much to her displeasure. James grabbed Jessie's head in his hands gently. She looked up at him wearily but gave him a smile.

"Jessie! Jessie are you ok?" he said hastily. He looked down at her waist and panicked. She waved her hand in front of her face.

"Took you long enough to get here. Don't worry it's not as bad as you think." She said continuing to smile. He gave her a frown in return.

"Jess, we need to get you out of-" he started to say but was cut off when he felt something wrap around his leg. James was yanked hard and was pulled away from Jessie. He looked over and realized Jessiebelle was using her whip to drag him away. She had a grin on her face.

"James my sweet, you came back just in time for the wedding." She said almost excitedly. He was being pulled across a smooth floor, so he had nothing to grab onto. He was panicking, Jessie needed his help and so did Meowth.

His friends needed him, he couldn't let them down. He was afraid, terrified. James wasn't sure what he should do next. Jessiebelle was pulling him farther and farther away from Jessie. He looked at her and saw the fear she had in her eyes. It was faint, he had only seen it maybe once or twice before but he knew it well. At that moment, the anger towards everything his family had put him through his whole life came boiling to the surface.

In a flash of sped, no one saw coming, he sat up and yanked the whip out of Jessiebelle's hand. He stood up and glared at her.

"Let's see how you like it!" he yelled raising the whip high above his head. James swung it at her and instantly knew why Jessiebelle loved it so much. It was extremely exhilarating, he cracked it a few more times, hitting her some more until she fell to her knees. She looked up at James with uncertainty.

"James, what has come over you? Stop this immediately!" she yelled at him. He felt more rage fill his body.

"You can't tell me what to do anymore! I'm tired of being manipulated by you and my parents. I'll make my own decisions from now on." He exclaimed loudly. Jessiebelle looked like she was furious, which James got some satisfaction from.

"That's the problem, you can't make them for yourself. You'll always need me to make them for you!" she spat at him. He raised the whip again, giving her a evil grin like he had never had before.

"Well, how does this choice measure up?" he laughed. He swung it at her again so that it wrapped around her neck and he pulled it tight. Her eyes bulged and she tried desperately to claw at it to get it off. He jerked it up violently so it was even tighter. Jessiebelle's lips began to turn blue and she fell to the ground. She shook violently for a brief moment and then became still. James held on for a few more moments, then dropped the whip and ran over to Jessie. She was beaming at him. He threw his arms under her shoulders and helped her up.

"James that was so amazing, I really didn't think you had that in you." She said. He blushed slightly and then got flustered.

"Why did you come alone? You could have been killed? Hell, I'm not sure you weren't." he said sparing another glance down at her waist. Jessie rolled her eyes.

"That twit didn't know what she was doing, she just made me bleed a little." She said, now it was his turn to roll his eyes. He leaned her against the wall and bent down to give Meowth an awakening antidote. He woke up groggily at first but then his eyes snapped open when he saw James.

"Jessie! Save Jessie! She's in trouble…" he trailed off as he looked around the room. James smiled at him.

"Come on Meowth, let's go." He said. Just then Jessie cleared her throat and when James looked up at her. She pointed to the door and he followed her finger gesture, panic flooding back to his body. James' parents were standing at the door, surveying the scene much like he had. His mother's eyes darted from blood soaked Jessie and dead Jessiebelle. His father's mouth fell open and closed as if trying to find the right thing to say. James broke the silence.

"Uh…Hello Mummy, Daddy. Nice to see you again." He said sheepishly. For a brief moment he felt like a boy who had gotten caught stealing cookies before dinner. His father was not amused and finally found his voice.

"What the hell is going on?" he roared making all three of them cower. James swallowed before answering.

"Jessiebelle was trying to kill Jessie, I had to save her." He said weakly. As expected, his father scowled at him.

"You very well should not have! Dammit James, your still a child. I had hoped you would have grown up by now. What are we going to do with you?" He yelled. His mother raced over and cradled dead Jessiebelle in her arms and started crying.

"Now you can't marry Jessiebelle. Who's going to make you decisions for you?" she wailed as if it was the end of the world. James clenched his fist together as the anger welled up inside him again. Didn't anyone think he could make his own choices? It was his life. He let the anger overwhelm him again.

"I will! I never wanted Jessiebelle and if I had the option you wouldn't have been my parents. I choose Team Rocket as my family and I will always choose Jessie over anybody!" he thundered. He ran over and grabbed Jessie, throwing her onto his back. He scooped up Meowth and with his free hand dug a small black ball from his pocket. His parents looked horrified.

"What are you doing?" his father demanded. He just smiled at them.

"This is goodbye." he said calmly. He threw the ball onto the ground and black smoke filled the room. As his parents choked and sputtered, he ran out with his team mates in tow.

James made his way out of the mansion easily and began running toward the tree line. He felt Jessie kiss his neck gently and wrap her arms tighter around him.

"You'll always choose me huh?" she asked softly in his ear. He smiled as he jumped into the forest, heading back to the campsite.

"Of course, you're the best choice I have ever made." He said. Jessie laid her head on his shoulder. James grabbed her hand and gave it a little kiss as he kept on running.