Ash, Brock, and Misty were on their way through a balungi grove near Olivine City, grabbing as much balungi they could until Ruby ran towards them, stick in hand. I got wewe now! she alisema running towards Brock, Ash, and Misty Miss! Please! We're not the thieves! alisema Brock, flirting with Ruby until Misty dragged him away If wewe three aren't the thieves, then who are? asked Ruby We don't know. That's why we're hoping wewe can answer that swali for us. alisema Ash Okay. Then why don't wewe three come with me so wewe can answer that swali for me. alisema Ruby (With Ruby, Brock, Ash, and Misty after they left) What that girl doesn't know is we were the ones who aliiba her grapefruit. alisema Meowth (Back with Ruby, Brock, Ash, and Misty) So wewe don't know who aliiba your grapefruit? alisema Ash No. But i did notice a good number of them missing. alisema Ruby (Back with Jessie, James, and Meowth) Save some of those for us! alisema James, getting ready to grab some balungi from Wobbuffet. Wobbuffet simply stopped James from taking the balungi from him (Back with Ruby, Misty, Brock, and Ash) So what did the thieves look like? asked Ash There was one guy, one girl, and a talking Meowth. alisema Ruby It's Team Rocket! alisema Ash, Brock, and Misty at the alisema time In a matter of seconds, Misty, Brock, Ash, Ruby, and Ruby's workers ran to where Team Rocket was keeping a whole stash of balungi for themselves. Stop right there! alisema a few of Ruby's workers Arbok! Go! Deal with them! alisema Jessie She sent in Arbok and it swung its strong tail towards them, knocking them out of its way. Weezing! Go! alisema James He sent in Weezing to help with making a getaway Weezing! Use your Smokescreen! alisema James Weezing filled the air with brown smoke Ash sent in Heracross to battle, which right away was distracted from battling until it slammed into Weezing and tackled Arbok. Weezing! Return! Victreebel! Get in there! alisema James, swapping out Weezing and sending Victreebel in. Heracross responded kwa grabbing Victreebel kwa its long vine and swinging it into Meowth. Victreebel got ready to use Sleep Powder on Heracross and Heracross stopped it with Horn Attack, Victreebel used Vine Whip, which Heracross dodged and used Fury Attack on Victreebel. Wow. That Heracross of his sure doesn't waste any time getting to taking care of that Victreebel. alisema Ruby, observing the battle Now Heracross! Tackle! alisema Ash After Heracross defeated Victreebel, zaidi of Ruby's workers showed up. There they are! Don't let them get away! alisema the rest of Ruby's workers Team Rocket panicked at the sight of Ruby's workers, but made their getaway in their balloon Heracross! Use your Take Down! alisema Ash Heracross slammed into their balloon, sending them blasting off We're blasting off again! they alisema at the same time (Later that afternoon) Goodbye! Thanks for stopping those thieves. alisema Ruby No problem. alisema Ash With that, they headed on to Olivine City So that girl must of have been the same one from before when wewe last saw her in the machungwa, chungwa Islands, right? asked Brock Yeah,but how do wewe know about her? wewe weren't there with me and Misty that time. alisema Ash Yeah. How do wewe know about her? asked Misty