Chapter One
Delhia Cried as Ash slowly closed his eyes while lying on the bank of the Viridian City River. "Ash, please don't leave me!" She said crying, kneeling over Ash's body.
Standing behind Delhia was Giovanni. "He'll be alright,' He said comforting Delhia,' Our..Son will overcome the darkness in his heart; we will just have to be patient."
2 Weeks Earlier
"Mom.. Why won't you ever talk about my Dad?" said Ash as he and his Mom were sitting at their kitchen table drinking tea. She stopped drinking her cup of tea and slammed it down on the table, hard.
"Because.. Because I.. You.. I want to keep you safe!" She answered," Now please, stop asking me about him!"
"Okay," said Ash sighing," Can you at least tell me the last time you talked to him."
Delhia has an instance flashback of the last time she talked to her husband
"I thought I told you to keep you son away from me!" said a distressed Giovanni on his mobile. He appeared to be in a pitch black room, lying next to him was his Persian.
"What do you mean "My" son? He is yours too!" said Delhia from her home in Pallet Town.
"Look, he already jeopardized my last project, which involved the most powerful Pokemon ever to walk this earth, Mewtwo! He got in the way, if he wasn't your son I would of.. Would of, had to take proper action!"
Delhia sighed," Look, he's a Pokemon trainer, and there's nothing that can stop a trainer from loving pokemon! That's just out of my power or anyone else's Giovanni! You just can't do it!"
She slammed down the phone and looks at a picture sitting next to the phone, of her and Ash at Professor Oak's house.
End of flashback
"Sorry Ash," said Delhia shaking her head and facing away from Ash," I just can't, can't remember."
"Don't worry about it mum," said Ash, he stood up," It's about time I start heading back to Jhoto but before I do I have to pick up all my pokemon from Professor Oak's lab."
He hugged her and was on his way.
Delhia opened a necklace which was always worn around her neck. Inside contained a photograph of Ash. She gently took the photograph out of it and looked at another picture underneath. It was a photo of a younger, happier Giovanni.
"Giovanni…," She said to herself, a tear trickled down her left cheek," Please come back.. What happened to you? What made you turn.. evil all of a sudden?"
"Sir everything is set for tonight... Sir?"
Giovanni was sitting in his helicopter which was grounded. With one hand he was patting his Persian and in the other he was examining a photograph. It was a picture of a woman and a young boy standing in front of a house in a small town. The front yard was full of beautiful and colourful flowers and plants. The young boy had a picture on his shoulder.
He turned the photo over and read a sentence which was on the back.
Thought you might want to see how your little boy is growing up.
Giovanni got angry and scrunched the photo up and threw it in a bin nearby.
"Uhh, sir?" said a Team Rocket...Member person. (I don't know what they're called.. You know what I'm talking about, hopefully)
"What?" said Giovanni," Can't you see I'm busy?"
"Sor.. Sorry sir," stuttered the.. Team Rocket guy," I just wanted to know if you wanted to continue with this operation."
"Of course I want to continue with it you fool," said Giovanni, he stood up," Soon the most legendary Pokemon, Ho-Oh will be mine, and I can use Ho-Oh to get to Mewtwo!"
"Pika, Pika!"
"What's wrong Pikachu?" asked Ash, they were in the a forest on the way to Viridian City," We're gonna see Misty and Brock soon.. Remember, we're meeting them in Viridian City."
Pikachu shook it's head and pointed to a clear space in the woods to the left. Stationed on the grass was a helicopter, but not just any helicopter, it had a big, bright 'R" on the front of it in Red.
"It's Team Rocket!" Stated Ash,' Wonder what they are up to, probably no good like always. C'mon Pikachu, let's check it out."
Pikachu nodded.
They slowly and quietly crept up to helicopter, taking cover behind tress and shrubs. They soon were as close to the helicopter as they could get.
"Okay Pikachu, get your Thundershock charged up!" said Ash, preparing to jump out from the tress and shrubs.
Before they could do anything else, though, a door on the side opened. A Rocket Grunt (?) jumped out, followed by a man in an orange suit.
"To think, before midnight tonight, Ho-Oh will be mine!" said the man in the orange suit, he laughed. The Rocket Grunt joined in.
"Pikachu," said Ash," That's the leader of Team Rocket! Remember the time they tried to steal Mewtwo? Well now he's going to catch Ho-Oh!"
"Pika!" said Pikachu, sparks started to come out of it's cheeks and before Ash could say anything else Pikachu jumped out into the clearing and did a Thundershock to the two men.
The Rocket grunt jumped out in front of the leader of Team Rocket, taking all the impact. He fell stunned to the ground in front of Giovanni.
Ash jumped out of the bushes.
"Pikachu," said Ash pointing at Giovanni," Thundershock!"
"Pik-" said Pikachu, but was interrupted by Giovanni.
"Wait Ash," he said.
Pikachu and Ash were absolutely stunned.
"How do you know my name?" asked Ash," And why should I listen to you, because if I do then Ho-Oh will be yours."
Giovanni just starred at Ash for a while, "He looks so much like Delhia," he thought.
"That's none of your business!" said Giovanni," Hmm, I can see that you're a pokemon trainer. Ash, what about a little battle?"
"No way!" said Ash," You're not even worth it."
"Is Ho-Oh worth it?" asked Giovanni raising an eyebrow.
"Fine you're on!" said Ash, taking a pokeball off his belt," This will be a battle you will never forget."
Giovanni smiled, "We'll see about that."
