"A dark and rainy sky casts an eerie pall over the surroundings..."
Score: 9/10
The heroes are walking along when a thunderstorm brews in literally three seconds. They see a mansion on a cliff, and because they have never seen a horror movie in their entire lives, when the front doors open on their own and no one answers their calls of "Is anyone in here?", they enter.
Elsewhere in the mansion, watching the heroes via cameras, Team Rocket laments that the heroes have accidentally found their new super-secret hideout. Team Rocket has earned the trust of four Litwick that live here. By the way, "Catch Pikachu and chase away the twerps" translates to "Ya ya yamask."
The heroes decide to spend their time in the entry room, but the Litwick start moving furniture, opening windows, and so on. When the heroes try to escape, the Litwick lock the doors. Team Rocket is confused as to why the Litwick didn't do as they were asked and chase away the heroes, but the Litwick continue to throw sharp objects at the heroes and move around clothing as if people were in them to freak them out.
Eventually, Pikachu catches the Litwick, and the heroes manage to catch one as the others escape. Ash tries to scan them with the pokedex, but it breaks down. Rather than take this as a sign that something is wrong, he shrugs and moves on. They ask if Litwick's trainer owns the place, but since they can't understand its response (even Pikachu, I guess?), they just take it with them, and they happen to run into Meowth.
Meowth runs off, and Team Rocket realizes that they all look exhausted and haven’t slept for days. James notices that the Litwicks' flames are larger than they were before, and we learn that the Litwick are misleading both the heroes and Team Rocket. Meanwhile, the Litwick kidnap Axew and Pikachu. Ash uses his pokedex again, which informs him that Litwick feed off your life energy and trick you into going into the ghost world.
Team Rocket calls up Doctor Monocle for help, and he tells them that Litwick feed off of life energy. Before he can say more, the Litwick stop Team Rocket’s skype call from working, but even Jessie and James can tell what's going on now. Before more can happen, the Litwick steal Meowth as well.
Jessie and James start searching for Meowth, and we get scenes that are literally taken straight out of The Shining.
The heroes find their kidnapped pokemon (and Meowth), but Jessie and James appear, and with Meowth, do their motto, barely forcing it out through their exhaustion.
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Started: July 6, 2005