Ash was in jail which had just one dim lightbulb. Ash had nothing to do so he reminiscences about what happened to him.
Five Years Ago...
Ash was in his mansion and was happy to become the Pokemon Legend. He had been good to May and had done what May wanted him to do. The traitors were in jail for their crimes. Ash walked into the corridor, reached the hall, and looked at May, his companion doing what he never expected. She was again kissing Drew profusely. May parted from Drew and then she saw him.
May grinned and said, "See my new boyfriend, Drew, he is so much cooler than you ever were."
Ash then said, "May, you cannot..."
May said, "Good girls like bad boys, I felt it would be exciting to be with Drew so goodbye, Ash!" Ash said on hearing that, "GET OUT!" Drew smirked and said "I am appointed by Team Flare to be the Pokemon Legend, so this isn't your house as this house is for a Pokemon Legend. You get out in five minutes."
Ash called Officer Jenny's number and said, "I am Ash, the Pokemon Legend and I want Drew and May removed from my house." he received a response "I would have you removed as I am a Team Flare Grunt, you will soon be arrested for going against Team Flare."
Ash then saw Team Flare grunts rush with Professor Oak leading them and he said "Nice to see you, Ash! You are a plain criminal for going against my orders." Ash spat "Down with Team Flare!" Professor Oak smiled and said, "The Alola League is the one that is gone."
Professor Oak then shared some pictures with Ash which showed many Gym Leaders apprehended and Ash was very furious. Professor Oak then said "We, the ones who were traitors to you, won, it is that simple. You are just going to jail. As for Delveon and Rainbow Yzerlock, they were all taken by us, and due to my technology, Team Flare incorporated them and used them. We own many Ultra Beasts and now rule the world with them."
May then said, "That is excellent, Professor Oak!"
Present
Ash then saw a redhead woman, his first crush, Misty, in a Team Rocket uniform run and reach the gate. She then released a Heatran and said "Flamethrower!" Heatran used Flamethrower and the jail door melted then she entered the jail.
She then said, "I know I betrayed you, I am sorry and I am ready to await your acceptance of my apology as long as possible, I am ready to get any punishment that you give me for betrayal, but first, we need to run and escape!"
Misty then went to Ash, grabbed his hand, returned Heatran to the Pokeball, and then she ran with Ash following her. There were Team Flare grunts who were running and Ash and Misty were rapidly running. Ash and Misty soon saw the entrance to the balcony.
Ash and Misty ran and soon reached the entrance where Ash and Misty ran through the entrance to reach the balcony. Ash and Misty saw a black helicopter and Misty jumped and entered the helicopter and then pulled Ash to the helicopter. The helicopter then flew high and then the helicopter rapidly flew away from the jail.
Misty looked at Ash and said, "I was forced to betray you, I know you would not believe me but still I am ready to do what it takes to gain back your trust." Ash said "After May betrayed me to be with Drew and support Professor Oak, I can believe you also. I am just a gullible fool."
Misty said, "You are not a fool, you are a Pokemon Legend, in spite of the propaganda that says that Team Flare is the best group to rule the world and the world was in bad hands when you were the Pokemon Legend."
Ash then said, "You benefited from Team Flare, and then now you are jumping ship to Team Rocket for reasons I do not know, maybe you were too greedy for having more of a share, and you were kicked out. I know you will make me be Giovanni's slave just like how you are. If your group wins, I will be the Pokemon Legend but Giovanni would be the one who would control me."
Misty smiled and said "For starters, Giovanni is not the current boss of Team Rocket. Lance is the boss of Team Rocket. Team Rocket or rather Team Neo Rocket, aims to restore the Pokemon League system and the Pokemon Legend title."
Ash was curious to hear more about his friend, Lance, and asked "Why is Lance in Team Rocket?" and Misty answered "Because Team Rocket is the only organization remaining to counter Team Flare. Team Rocket and the Pokemon League were always linked. Team Rocket is just the shadow Pokemon League. That means Team Rocket and Pokemon League cooperated with each other as a good cop, bad cop. When the world is in a crisis as like now, Team Rocket would come out to fight against the ones causing the crisis."
Ash felt like whatever he learned was a lie if he never knew about this, he was reluctant to believe Misty, but that explained why Team Rocket existed despite the other teams being closed, well, other than Team Flare.
Ash then asked "Why did I never know about this?" and Misty answered "This answer would have been revealed after three months since you became the Pokemon Legend but you were arrested by Team Flare before that. This information is the top secret of the Pokemon League."
Ash nodded, he still was very sad about May betraying him. Misty looked at him with concern and Ash was surprised to see her looking at him like that. Misty then said "Do not be sad, the Gym Leaders, Elite Fours, and Champions support Team Rocket, we are a powerful group, we can crush Team Flare for once and for all."
