@rocketlawyerjade (continued from here)
Things were still a painful blur, but James’ senses were gradually returning, and he picked up most of what the man was saying.
“Cops?” he muttered, honing in on the most worrying detail, and then yelped as his mystery rescuer started to run.
Actually, now he took a good look at him, not so mystery.
He’d seen the guy around HQ, always buried in paperwork or chattering to higher-ups; James wasn’t entirely sure what it was he did in Team Rocket, but it seemed important.
“Oh!” he exclaimed suddenly, paying no mind to the instruction to be quiet. “I remember now! We were in the middle of robbing that building and then...” He looked up at Jade mournfully. “Those twerps had the nerve to destroy our robot!” he whined.
James glanced up. Were those sirens?