At Team Rocket's base…

Giovanni sat in his chair, smoking a cigar.

"How's plan Mew going?" Giovanni asked Butch, leaning back in his chair, getting comfortable.

"Just as plan, sir…" Butch answered, with sheer pride in his voice.

"And the destruction and vulnerability percent?" He asked again, raising an eyebrow.

"70 percent destruction and 30 percent vulnerable, Boss." Cassidy answered, while holding a clipboard.

"We have to work that away… start the girl on training session level 7." Giovanni ordered, while letting out a big O smoke breath…

At the Pokémon centre…

Ash, Brock and May were eating their dinner in the café, while Max was petting a Vulpix who was also there. Everybody was holding a beautiful conversation until they all heard an explosion and a miniature, but rather violent, earthquake swept over the area.

"What was that?" Brock yelped, while running to the blast.

"I don't know…" May replied, running as fast as she could.

" I only hope it isn't what I think it is…" Ash said, with sheer fear lacing his voice. He wasn't looking forward to finding out.

"And what's that?" Max asked.

"Misty…" Ash whispered, in fear, trying not to let the others hear.

As they reached the open spot they only saw black smoke as the smell of burning flesh hang heavily in the air. Pink flashes were the only source of light in the twilight of the cloudy evening, as gun shots were followed by screams of pain. New shots were now followed by a "Mew!" that said that she was also hit. Quiet ruled as the smoke pulled away. As the smoke cleared, Ash and the gang could only stare in horror, as they caught a glimpse of Misty. There she was, holding a cop round the throat. He was begging for the mercy. But his desperate pleas didn't go through Misty's white, clouded eyes, until…

"Misty…" Ash said on such a high, emotional, almost whisper, tone.

An almighty thud was heard, as she let the man fall to the ground and she turned around and let her hair hang to a side as she lifted up her pink glowing him and swallowed Ash in a pink orb.

"Aaaah…" Ash let out in pain as the attack kept hurting him. The orb looked like a plasma orb in reverse, with the electricity coursing inward, and into Ash's body. " Misty… you don't have to do this… We're friends… don't you remember a thing" Ash said, trying to stay alive under the influence of her attack. His voice was straining, and his grip on consciousness was slowly fading.

"She doesn't care anymore, you silly boy… She doesn't remember you anymore or herself… she only remembers what we told her to do." Butch said, hurting Ash even more with these words.

"NO… Misty… This isn't you!" Ash shouted up to her. He looked up at her, with pleading eyes, only to see the blood that made a red line down her pale skin, as it trickled away from the shot wound in her shoulder. "Fight against it!…"

Silence fell. It lingered for an agonisingly long amount of time, with tension so thick, the air could be sliced with a butter knife. The silence was only broken when red blood droplets fell to the ground. As they did, they turned pure white and hit the ash-laden dirt as ice.

"Ash…" Misty said almost in a whisper as she released him from the pink orb.

"ATTACK… I said kitten." Butch yelled as he grabbed a controller closer to his chest, fiddling manically with the buttons, and levers.

"Ash… forget about me… run!" She screamed, as she grabbed her head, trying to control herself.

"But I can't leave you… Misty!" Ash retaliated, with a pained tone in his voice. Whether this was because of the orb that attacked him, or because of Misty's words is anyone's guess.

"Ash… you have to… I can't control myself… I don't want to end up killing you." Misty said struggling with herself.

"But…" Ash wanted to say but was cut off.

"No Ash… just leave… Can't control myse…" She wanted to say, but was stopped as Team Rocket was controlling her again. She had her head hang again and only said "Mew."

Eyes went back to white mirrors… memories were lost again…

"Ash we must leave… It's too late now…we'll find a way to bring her back again… I promise." Brock said as he helped Ash up and ran away…

Another city's fate was sealed…