"No clue"

Professor Oak watched Ash leave and let out a sigh of relief.

While it was very concerning that his granddaughter Karen was now a pokemon, having her here would be more dangerous for both of them.

Three more impacts on his firewall indicated that someone was still trying to hack his system. If he had a commercially available firewall/virus shield no doubt he'd already have been hacked.

Someone wanted the details on the new pokemon and badly. He had no doubt that burglars or worse would be visiting his home soon. With no idea where Ash was, his odds of survival were greatly increased.

What he did was go to the phone and punch in a number. "Hello. This is Hyram Oak. I need assistance."

He dialed a few other numbers and got similar replies, then called Ash's mother. He'd also need someone to bring groceries.

There would have to be a major upgrade in security before he could get Ash to return and leave his grand-daughter behind. The sooner that process was begun, the better.

Ash frowned. "Where do you think would be best?"

"Viridian Forest," suggested Misty.

"How about a beach," suggested Pikachu who wanted to try a swimsuit out.

"I'd like to try investigating that crash site," was Karen's input.

"I just want to take a nap," complained Growlithe.

"This is all so strange," griped the Chansey.

"At least let's go get my motorcycle," returned Jenny.

"Or we could go visit a pokemon center," brought up Joy. "I'd like to follow up on the Professor's e-mail."

"Oh dear," said Ash. "How about we-"

"Prepare for trouble!"

"Mari! Mari marionette!" (and make it double!)

"It don't quite have the same ring that way, do it?"

Ash and his group turned to see a Meowth, a humanoid robot, and an effete looking guy posing. "Who're you?"

"Mari mari mari net net net ori." (We're Team Rocket and we're telling you to hand over your humanoid pokemon.)

"Team Rocket?" Ash asked.

"You understoid her?!" The Meowth yelped.

"Yeah, I can understand pokemon. Long story. So what's a Team Rocket?"

"Jenny jen jen jenNY!" (They're pokemon thieves, and petty CROOKS!)

"HEY! I resemble that remark!" Meowth complained.