"A guidance device that was supposed to be oribiting the Earth's atmosphere has been stolen," M started briefing the two for their mission. A map showed up on the screen and the room got dark. Pictures of each thing M started explaining showed up on the map. "The United Nations have a strong want for this device to be recovered. A source tells us that a man who goes by the name Harold Alexander, who leads Rock Industries, has been involved in this incident. The same source tells us that Taylor Chase, who heads Rock Industries Goldenrod City headquarters, is on route to Alexander's chateau getaway in the mountains near Cerulean City. There is apparently a party being held there for all people Harold considers that have great Pokemon."
"So we might get to ski?" Ash joked. It was winter time and snow covered the mountains. M did not appear to be amused by him.
"We need you two to infiltrate Alexander's castle. Misty will be going with Brock, who will be acting as a wealthy banker. Ash you will be 'dropping in' on the party," M said.
"Sounds like fun," Ash smirked.
"Go!" the pilot said. Ash jumped out of the roaring plane to a snowy mountain. Ash could hardly see the estate, but noticed an arch with the perfect landing place upon it. Ash released his parachute and landed perfectly on his target. He got out his beloved golden P2K and put the silencer on it. He saw the stairs and quietly walked down them. At the end of them was a man standing, but facing away. Ash put his gun to the man's back.
"Give me the gun," Ash said. The man innocently gave him the gun but when Ash turned to check the bullets in the gun, the man pulled out a handgun. "Shoot."
"That's right," the man laughed. Ash focused his eyes to just beyond the man's right shoulder and the man fell for the trick and turned to see what he might be looking at. Ash shot silently and the man fell down dead. Ash heard a truck coming and got a brilliant idea. He ran back up to the top of the arch and looked over to see that it was a wine truck, aiming to deliver to the party. Ash jumped from the arch into his new hiding place and waited. He finally felt the truck come to a stop and he looked up to see his plan had worked. He was almost in.
When the truck finally came to a stop and he heard the driver get out and talk to a man, he decided this was the time to jump out. he shot the bad guy and left the wine deliverer to wimper in fear. He turned around and went through a large gate to be standing in a courtyard with a well. There were two men standing and talking and one of them noticed Ash. Ash silently took both of the men out. He went to another courtyard and took out another man, but one man who had been inside a small room had seen it and started shooting. Ash took cover behind the fountain and reloaded the gun. He then stood up, aiming perfectly at the man's chest to kill him. He walked over to the room and saw an electrical box that read "Alarm" on it. Ash opened it to find two wires, a red and a green one. Ash knew that the red wire was always the one to be snapped, so he took out his wrist watch and zapped it.
Ash learned that that was a bad choice. An alarm started ringing through Ash's ears and he knew he was going to have to move quickly now. He went through another door in the room and closed it just as a man with a gun had entered through the other door. He ran up some stairs and found himself in yet another courtyard, except this time there were many shots being fired at him. He ran as fast as he could, taking cover where he needed. He knew he had his Pokemon with him, but didn't want to risk losing them to the bullets. He jumped down a story and went through a corridor that led to a courtyard where he finally found the front door. Ash stepped to the side of the door and took off his military-like black suit to reveal a dashing tuxedo.
"A secret agent will grace you presence in the library. Keep your weapons hidden to maintain a low profile," M warned. Ash knew that M was talking about Misty. Ash knocked on the door and showed the guards his invitation when they opened it. He walked in to see a grand, rich looking hallway. He walked through until he was in a room. He looked to see someone he was actually quite shocked to see.
"May?" Ash asked to himself. He walked up to May and she looked pleasantly surprised to see him. May looked very nice, and Ash felt very shocked. She had a new haircut that looked much more sophisticated. "Hello, May."
"Ash?" She asked. She walked up and hugged him. "It's so nice to see you."
"Are you here with anyone?" he asked her. She nodded and pointed over to a green haired fellow Ash knew as Drew. "Oh. Well I'll talk to you later."
"Ash!" she said but he ignored her and walked away. He had other things on his mind, but he could not help but hate Drew for inadvertantly stealing his girlfriend of two years. Drew hadn't really meant to, but he and May's relationship made Ash's heart hurt. Ash shook it off and continued on his mission. He walked upstairs and to a balcony over the grand ballroom. He saw a crowd of people standing with Pokemon, some magnificent while others looked quite normal.and looked for Misty, but he couldn't find her. He got out his lighter/camera and zoomed through the crowd to find her, but no luck. Finally, the man he recognized as Harold Alexander stepped down the stairs escorting a familiar face.
"No," Ash said, shaking his head. "It can't be." But it was. It was Misty he was escorting.
"Ash," M said over the speaker. "I'm sorry, but we needed a distraction to keep Harold's attention off of us. Misty is that distraction. We actually had it planned that she would be escorted by Harold the whole time."
"I'm not that mad," Ash said, but Ash knew better. He knew he was jealous, mad, sad, and hurt all at the same time. He put it aside and guessed it was for the mission anyways.
"Now get to the library, the agent is meeting you there," M ordered. Ash nodded and made his way to the library. On the way there he had spotted May and Drew heading through a door past some guards. Ash decided to see what they were doing and followed them but was stopped by the guard.
"You can't go past here," the guard said. Ash turned back and wondered what could be so secretive that May and Drew could go in, but other party guests could not.
He finally arrived at the library. When he got there he saw, unsurprisingly, Misty waiting for him.
"Ash," Misty said. "Don't be mad."
"I'm not," he said. Misty wished he was. She wanted him to be jealous, to be angry, to be sad, and perhaps to be hurt, but she knew he would never feel that way about her. Ash thought she looked stunning tonight in her blue cocktail dress, but preferred not to say anything.
"Hello, Ash," a girl's voice said. Ash and Misty turned to see Dawn in a red dress. Dawn was the only female companion Ash had really had no feelings further than friendship for. "Didn't mean to interrupt."
"Oh, you weren't," Misty said.
"Taylor Chase has arrived with the guidance device. They are about to have a meeting in the dining room," Dawn told them.
"I better get back to the party before I am missed," Misty said, leaving the library.
"Good luck, Ash," Dawn said as she also left the room.
"Ash," M said through the earpiece. "Get to that meeting. Use whatever means necessary." Ash knew that this meant he had to get his P2K out. He ran through the rooms he had gone through before but this time went through the door that May and Drew had gone through, which was left unguarded. He got to a room and went around the corner to see 5 men standing around. He took them all out with precision and skill. He went through the next door to find a room with an L shaped huge staircase and a man was running up them, shooting at him. He shot the man and he went down. There were tow more at the landing of the stairs and Ash yet again killed them with no problem.
Then it came to him. Never before this day of his life had he killed someone. And so far he had killed how many people? Seven perhaps? Strangely, he only felt a small bit of remorse for this task. This was the right line of work for him. He went through the parlor and then got to another balcony and looked down in the dining room to see, to his surprise, May and Drew sitting with Taylor Chase and Harold Alexander.
"Here it is," Chase said putting a suitcase on the table.
As they were discussing the guidance device, a man came in holding a struggling Dawn. "Hey, let me go!" She screamed.
"And what were you doing away from the party?" the guard asked.
"I got lost looking for the powder room," she answered, still struggling.
"With a 9 millimeter?" he asked.
"Hey," she said, "It's a tough neighborhood."
"If this security breach leads back to Goldenrod, it's your head, Chase," Harold said, "I doubt she's alone. Lock the castle down. And take her to the gondola tower, I don't want her interrogation to upset the guests."
"Interrogation?" Dawn asked. "What kind of party is this anyways?"
May and Drew had been strangely silent and left the room along with the other two. 5 guards where left and started talking amongst themselves. Ash decided to be bold and took out the 5 of them in 5 shots. Ash was getting very used to this.
He jumped off the balcony and traveled into a stairwell. He shot some people and then stopped when he saw a room with an electric lock. He got out his laser wristwatch and destroyed the lock. Inside a man started shooting at him. He threw a blinding grenade in the room and covered his eyes. While the man was blinded, Ash knowck his out by hitting his head with his gun. He found a safe inside the room and used his laser to open it by melting the hinges. Inside was the guidance chip and also a guided missile launcher. He grabbed them both and ran down the stairwell to the bottom level. He went into the gondola tower and took out all the people inside and went to the last door. He opened the door to see Dawn trapped inside a gondola, shooting at some men. Ash killed the men.
"Thanks," she said, "Now let's get out of here."
"If we must." Ash pushed the button that said go and got in the gondola. They traveled and then the gondola stopped suddenly.
"Look out!" Dawn screamed and pointed at a helicopter shooting missiles. Luckily, the missiles missed the gondola. Ash got his guided missile launcher out and pointed it towards the helicopter. He put down the scope for a second and gasped when he saw who was driving the helicopter.
"That's right," Drew mouthed from the cockpit of the helicopter. Ash got angrier and shot two missiles in a row, which both hit the helicopter. He smiled when a third missle hit the helicopter and it caught on fire. Ash and Dawn got on top of the gondola and Ash put a sliding device on the cables holding the gondola's up.
"Grab on, Dawn," Ash said. She nodded and held on to Ash as he jumped and they slid down the cable. Dawn looked back to see that the helicopter hit the gondola and then went crashing into the ground. Ash let go and they safely dropped onto a soft pile of snow and were safe.
"Thank you so much, Ash," Dawn said, picking herself up off the ground.
"Yeah, sure," Ash said. He acted cool and calm, but on the inside he was feeling a bit of pain. "The first mission always makes you feel terrible," He remembered M saying. "Don't let that feeling stop you."