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Cut to another long hallway. Ash and the others continue to search in different rooms.
MAX: I’m telling you guys, they’ve gotta be in the basement!
DANI: We don’t know how this person’s mind works, so don’t jump to conclusions.
MAX: But I’m used to being right all the time, it takes some adjustment to get out of that groove.
Ash closes another door and turns around to see May standing right behind him. He jumps.
ASH: Whoa! May, what is it?
MAY: Do you mind if I ask what you and Misty were talking about earlier?
ASH: Oh, it was nothing really important, she was just asking what the friendship between you and me is like.
MAY: And what’d you tell her?
ASH: I told her that we’re friends and that’s all there is to it. I mean, wouldn’t you agree?
MAY: Yeah, I would. But what else did you say?
ASH: Nothing, really, I just told her that she’s also my friend, same as you. Why are you curious?
MAY: Well, Misty seems to be thinking about something pretty deeply. She’s been that way ever since you talked to her.
ASH: Oh, she’s probably just concerned about the Pokémon like we are. Come on, let’s keep going.
Ash tries to move down the hall, but May puts a hand on his shoulder and stops him.
MAY: I don’t think that’s it, Ash.
Ash turns around and looks at May, then looks at Misty a few feet behind her. She’s looking down at the floor with her hands in her pockets, thinking about something. Ash walks over to her.
ASH: Uh...Misty?
MISTY: Yes?
ASH: Um, this may sound like crazy talk, but May and I get the strangest sensation that you’re unhappy about something. Is there anything you’d like to talk about? Because I’m right here, and I know it’s been a while since we last saw each other.
Misty puts her hands behind her back and looks at the floor again.
MISTY: No...no, there’s nothing, really...I’m just concerned about the Pokémon, that’s all.
ASH: Well, don’t worry about that. I get the feeling that we’re gonna find them before too long. Okay?
Misty looks up at Ash. Before she can say anything, Brock opens a door further down the hall.
BROCK (shocked): Whoa! Guys, come take a look at this! I think I’ve found something!
The others run down the hall to where Brock is standing. They look in the door and their jaws drop in surprise. Inside the room is a huge assortment of cages, tanks, and suspended animation tubes, each one inhabited by a different Legendary Pokémon. Raikou, Entei, and Suicune prowl around a large cage on the floor. Ho-Oh, Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres sit on a perch suspended from the ceiling, with their wings banded to their sides so they cannot fly. Celebi rattles a bird cage hanging from above, trying to get out. Mewtwo and Mew attempt to break out of their glass tubes, but cannot break them. Lugia and Kyogre are stuffed into a large aquarium with barely any room to move. Regirock, Regice, and Registeel charge the bars of their cage, trying to break out. Groudon, trapped in another cage, rattles the bars and roars. Rayquaza is stuck in a large glass display habitat in one of the far walls; in the area next to him is Deoxys, and hanging from another birdcage is Jirachi. Ash and the others look around, amazed.
ASH: Incredible!
YOSHI: How on earth did they capture every Legendary Pokémon?
May charges into the room.
MAY: Well, don’t just stand there! We’ve got to set them free!
May tries to open the door to the Legendary Dogs’ cage. As soon as she touches the bars, she’s immediately electrocuted and falls to the floor. Ash and Max run over to help her.
MAX: May! Are you okay?
MAY: Yeah...but remind me not to touch anything else.
BROCK: I don’t believe this! What kind of a person would do this?
Mewtwo knocks on the inside of his suspended animation tube to get everyone’s attention.
MEWTWO: <I can answer that...we were kidnapped by this woman in a giant zeppelin, you see...>
DANI: Yeah, we know about that part, she got our Pokémon too.
As Mewtwo “speaks”, the scene fades to his flashback. In the sky over the Kanto region, the zeppelin’s claws snatch Mewtwo and Mew out of the clouds and pull them into the ship.
MEWTWO: <Wait, I’m not done. Furthermore, I overheard her talking to herself about how she plans to capture every Pokémon in the world, then take them back to her secret base and destroy them all.>
MISTY: Destroy them? Why?
Still in flashback, Mewtwo glares at the woman as she operates the controls of her ship.
MEWTWO: <I attempted to read her mind and find out for myself, but she was ready to contain me.>
The woman picks up a taser and sticks Mewtwo in the side. Electrocuted, Mewtwo falls over paralyzed, and the woman recalls him into an Ultra Ball.
Fade back to the present.
MEWTWO: <Not even my powers would allow me to escape - I had been weakened too much. The same thing happened to all the other Pokémon you see here.>
ASH: So, this woman, whoever she was, wants to kill every Pokémon on earth? That’s sick!
The door to the room suddenly swings open. Everyone turns and gasps when they see the woman standing there, holding her taser.
WOMAN: I don’t recall asking for your opinion, boy.
MAY: So you’re the one who stole our Pokémon! You give ‘em back right now!
The woman laughs uproariously.
WOMAN: You expect me to just surrender to you like that? You expect me to just roll over and give up just because you ask me to? Oh, it’s going to take much more than words to beat me.
Ash twists his hat backwards.
ASH: Good, because I’ve always said that actions speak louder than words!
Ash charges at the woman, ready to tackle her, but she whips out her taser and jabs Ash in the stomach. Electricity courses through his body for a moment, and he falls to the ground. Misty rushes over to him.
MISTY: Ash! Are you all right?
Ash gets to his feet.
ASH: Yeah, I’m fine. Years of living with Pikachu have helped me build up an immunity to that stuff.
WOMAN: Well, see if you’re immune to this!
The woman takes a tiny black ball out of her pocket and throws it on the floor. It immediately bursts open, spraying a pink mist in Ash’s face. The others are soon encased by it, coughing, and they all fall to the floor, asleep. The woman, covering her mouth and nose, puts her taser back on her hip.
WOMAN: And now the fun really begins.
Cut to the dark room where Meowth and Pikachu have been stashed. Meowth paces in circles as Pikachu attempts to sleep. He can’t do so, as he’s too worried. Meowth suddenly stops pacing and looks at the wall. He then runs over to Pikachu and shakes him.
MEOWTH: Hey, mouse, get up! I think I found our way out of here!
PIKACHU (confused): Pika pika?
MEOWTH: Look!
Meowth points to a hole between the wall and floor. Obviously, Pikachu can’t see anything.
PIKACHU: Pikachu! Pika pi pika...
MEOWTH: Well, yeah, my nighttime vision is six times better than yours. Now come on, I’m gonna get you outta here with me!
Meowth makes a run for the hole. Pikachu grabs him by the tail and stops him.
PIKACHU (suspicious): Pika pikachu? Pi pika?
MEOWTH: Because if you don’t get out of here alive, I’m gonna be out of a job! My boss pays me to chase after you, remember?
PIKACHU: Pika pika?
MEOWTH: Well, no, he hasn’t ever said that, but I’m pretty sure he’d want you anyway.
PIKACHU: Pika pi...Pika pikachu chu pikachu.
MEOWTH (offended): What? Jessie and James? Those jerks? Forget them, as soon as we get out of here, I’m headin’ straight back to Team Rocket headquarters and askin’ for new partners. Partners who’ll actually respect me for once! Now come on, I gotta get my charm back before I do anything else.
Meowth tries to squeeze through the hole, but he can’t fit on his own.
MEOWTH (straining): Rrrgh...hey, mouse, come here and give me a push.
Pikachu leans against Meowth’s backside and tries to push him further into the hole. Suddenly, Pikachu’s ears perk up.
PIKACHU (scared): Pika pika! Pikachu!
MEOWTH (muffled): Whaddya mean she’s comin’ back? Quick, push me the rest of the way through!
Pikachu continues to shove as the woman’s footsteps draw closer outside the room. Finally, one last push sends Meowth disappearing into the wall - just as the woman opens the door. Pikachu stands over the hole and tries to look innocent. The woman walks in and grabs him.
WOMAN: Come with me, rat - we’ve got business to tend to.
She walks out, carrying Pikachu, and slams the door behind her.
Cut to the exterior of the mansion, overlooking the cliffside. Ash and the others are lying on the ground, still asleep. The woman walks up to them and kicks Ash awake.
WOMAN: Get up, kid.
Ash stirs, as do the others. They look up and stare at the woman - no longer obscured by any shadows. Her long brown hair blows in the night wind, and her dark vest and skirt are nearly indistinguishable from the night sky. She is still holding Pikachu. Ash notices this and makes a grab for him.
ASH: Pikachu!
But when Ash lifts his arms, he sees that he’s been handcuffed. Everybody else has been too. Ash glares at the woman angrily.
ASH: What are you going to do with him?
WOMAN: In good time, kid. For now, I want you to savor this view of the ocean. Pleasant, isn’t it? You’d better enjoy it, too, because this is the last time you’ll ever be outside.
BROCK: Look, who are you anyway?
The woman turns to face them.
WOMAN: Well, since you won’t get to tell anyone anyway...my name is Laura Costantino. You may remember me as the one who stole all your Pokémon.
MAX: Yeah, we know who you are! What’s your problem, anyway?
Laura leans over and gets right in Max’s face.
LAURA: My problem is none of your concern. All you need to know is that you’ve all reached the end of your Pokémon journies...just like I was forced to reach the end of mine so early in life.
YOSHI: So that’s it, then? You’re trying to compensate for the fact that you’re not a trainer anymore? And your idea of doing so is killing every Pokémon in the world?
MISTY: That’s not even close to sensible, let alone fair!
Laura, who has turned around to face the sea again, suddenly stops. She slowly turns back towards Misty.
LAURA (eerily calm, becoming increasingly angry): Fair? You’re telling me what is and isn’t fair? Let me tell you a little something, then. A little story about a girl, age 10, who set off to become a Pokémon trainer with the hopes of vanquishing the Elite Four and becoming the greatest Pokémon Master of all time. But this girl got dealt the wrong hand in life. This girl came out last in every battle she participated in. This girl couldn’t catch any decent Pokémon. This girl was taunted and teased by every gym leader and trainer she ever met! This girl was knocked out of the Pokémon League Finals after only one battle! And this girl has been stewing in her own hatred for years, and now she’s finally exacting her revenge on the Pokémon world that treated her so badly! That’s an eye for an eye! A tooth for a tooth! AND YOU HAVE THE GALL TO SIT THERE AND TELL ME WHAT IS AND ISN’T FAIR?!?!
Misty trembles a little bit.
MISTY (frightened): B-b-but just because you weren’t a great trainer, it doesn’t mean you have to exact revenge...
LAURA: Did I say that stuff happened to me?
MISTY: No, but it’s obvious it did...
LAURA: Did I say that stuff happened to me?
MISTY: ...No...
Laura grabs Misty by the collar and backhands her in the face on every word she says.
LAURA: THEN - DON’T - PUT - WORDS - IN - MY - MOUTH!
ASH (infuriated): LEAVE HER ALONE!
Laura lets go of Misty and turns her flaming eyes towards Ash. Misty huddles on the ground, crying.
ASH: Don’t you dare hit Misty again! If you have a problem with her, you have a problem with me!
Laura picks up Pikachu again.
LAURA: This is your Pikachu, right?
ASH (apprehensive): Yes...
LAURA (insanely angry): WELL THEN, YOU GO GET HIM!!!
Laura suddenly hauls back and throws Pikachu off the cliff. Everyone gasps, but Ash leaps after him, running toward the edge of the cliff.
ASH: PIKACHU!
MISTY (terrified): ASH, NO!
She’s too late - Ash takes a running jump off the edge of the cliff and dives after Pikachu. Misty runs to the cliff’s edge and watches them fall. Ash reaches for Pikachu in midair and realizes his hands are still cuffed together. He manages to grab Pikachu nonetheless.
PIKACHU (scared): Pika pi!
ASH: I wasn’t going to let her win, Pikachu - we started our journey together, and we’re gonna end it together.
And with that, Ash and Pikachu hit the water with a huge splash.
MISTY (horrified): NOOOOOO!!!
The remnants of the splash disappear in the waves as they crash against the rocks. Ash and Pikachu are nowhere to be seen. Misty tries to fight back her tears, but can’t do it and starts all-out sobbing. Her eyes suddenly flash with anger and she lunges at Laura.
MISTY (infuriated): YOU MONSTER! HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND! HE WAS THE ONLY THING I HAD!
Laura manages to wrestle Misty off of her. With one fluid motion, Laura then draws a gun on the group.
LAURA: Anyone who so much as THINKS of attacking me again, you have to answer to this, understand? Now, inside! GO!
May, Max, Brock, Dani, Yoshi, and Misty all carefully get up and head for the rear entrance. Laura keeps her gun trained on them as they reluctantly return inside. The camera wides out and pans down the cliff to the sea, where the waves continue to crash against the rocks - and suddenly, Ash and Pikachu burst out of the water, gasping.
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To be continued...