Ash awoke to two men holding him by gunpoint. "What is this May?" he asked.
"You'll see," she said. The helicopter then landed on what Ash recognized as the roof of the Rock Corporations Goldenrod headquarters building. The men dragged him out and he looked up to see Harold Alexander sitting at a table with Misty.
"I'd ask you to join us, Mr. Ketchum," Alexander said, "But why waste caviarre on a man who won't live long enough to enjoy it?"
"Give mine to May," Ash said, giving a dirty look to May. "She deserves it."
Alexander laughed. "Don't take it personally. Women have a power over men. They can blind us with love," he said looking over to Misty. "But that's why we have eyes to watch over them. Like the camera in the stairwell."
"I don't understand," Misty said innocently.
"Oh you'll love this, as well, Ash," Harold said. "Bring her out."
Ash gasped as two men escorted who he knew as only one person. Mom. "Mom!"
"Ash!" his mother cried, shaking out of the men's clutches and running over and hugging Ash. "I missed you so much."
"Ah," Harold said, "This is quite touching. Pardon my interuption, but I have something to say to you Misty. I have fallen quite hard for you, and now it is time for you to do the same for me. Take these two lovely women to the helipad. And take care of the bodies."
"No!" Ash screamed but was hit by one of the gunmen.
"I love you, Ash. Always remember that!" Ash's mother cried. Ash tried his best to hold on to his mother's hand, but then she finally let go. She and Misty were being taken to the helipad by gunpoint by May. Misty looked over at Ash's mom and knew she had to do something. They were on the walked way between the roof and the helipad when Misty elbowed May in the stomach, than while May was in shock Misty punched her.
Ash knocked over the table and the guards started shooting. May got up and punched Misty and as Delia was trying to run away, May high kicked her off the ledge.
"NO!!!" Ash screamed and ran to the ledge, watching his mother reach her death.
"Ash, come on," Misty had gotten away from May and was now running towards the ledge. "Onto the elevator!" She jumped off and Ash did the same. Ash had grabbed a gun off the table and shot the glass of the elevator, causing it to shatter everywhere. He and Misty jumped into the elevator and went into the hallway that led to Chase's former office.
Ash spotted a man who was trying to shoot them in the hallway and shot him twice to kill him. "This way," Ash said. "I know this building well." He led Misty to the stairwell he had climbed earlier. Men were everywhere on the stairwell. They all had machine guns. Knowing that Misty didn't have proper armour, Ash went first killing everyone he saw. He shot everyone and then heard shots coming from above. He looked to see a shooter sliding down the cable hanging down the middle of the stairwell. Ash shot him, and he was sent falling down at least 4 stories.
"Ouch," Misty said. They then ran to the door that Ash had come through before. He ripped the body armour off of a dead man and gave it to Misty, who was slightly disgusted by the offer.
"It's your only chance." Misty nodded at Ash's statement and put it on. They both then went through the door and found it was quiet. A woman walking through screamed though, and gunmen started shooting at them. Ash spotted a red laser aiming at Misty's head and he tackled her, saving her life.
"What did you do that for?" she asked. He didn't answer, only shooting at the men. He shot two men and then led Misty to the security room. He turned the main elevator on and then placed a timed bomb on the bulletproof glass that seperated them from a walkway to their destination elevator. It exploded and glass shattered everywhere.
"Come on," he said. They walked through the destroyed windows and made their way to the elevator. Ash threw a grenade into the room he knew was barracaded that led to the elevator. After the explosion, he and Misty made their way to the elevator, only to find that the couldn't get in. Instead they had to stay on top of the elevator. They got on and made their way down. On the way down, shooters were in open elevator doors shooting at them. Ash managed to take most of them out until Misty screamed.
"What's that?!?" She shouted, pointing at what Ash knew as a satchel charge. It had a 10 second waiting period before it would explode. The only thing Ash could think to do was to manipulate the time. He got out his laser wristwatch and lasered the timer, making it malfunction. This would either cause it to explode instantly, or to stay unexploded forever. Ash hoped for the latter. After a few seconds, he decided it had stopped and would not explode but before he could celebrate, another one was thrown onto the roof of the elevator. The same thing happened when Ash shot it with the laser. Ash then looked up to see a man putting one of those satchel charges on the cable holding the elevator up.
"Hold on!" Ash shouted as it exploded. Misty screamed as the pace of the elevator picked up. Luckily, they hadn't been so high up that the elevator falling would kill them, but it did give Misty quite a startle. Ash opened the door to the roof of the elevator and he and Misty dropped down into the elevator. He got his gun out and to his surprise there were many men waiting for them. "Run!" Ash shouted. He was shooting people, taking each of them out as he made his way to the security room in the lobby to open the gate to get out. Ash felt pain ash bullets kept hitting his full body armour and almost stopped. He didn't, and the two finally made it to the security room. He pushed the button to open the gate. Tehn they ran out of the security room to leave through the gate. Through the gate, they made it to the front desk and took cover. To their surprise, Misty turned and saw the glass of the windows that covered most of the front wall shatter and headlights come closer to them. A black BMW made its way through the lobby. The passenger side's front and back doors opened.
"Need a lift?" to the surprise of Misty, and shocking to Ash it was the voice of M. "Get in, quickly!" The two agents jumped in the car and were driven off.
Through all the excitement and danger, the thought of Ash's mother's death never left Ash's or Misty's mind. Ash tried to play the tough guy, but he could not hold it in any longer. Tears started rolling down his eyes as he watched Goldenrod City zoom by. Seeing Ash's tears made Misty very sad, and tears started rolling down her face as well. The mood in the car was very tense.
"M, you said they weren't going to kill her!" Ash screamed. "You lied! They killed my mother right in front of my eyes!"
"I'm...I'm..." M was something she had never been in her life. She felt sympathetic, sad, angry, and most shocking of all, she was speechless for what seemed like the first time in her adult life. Misty saw something she never expected to see from a cold woman like M, she saw a single tear fall down M's face. "I'm so...sorry Ash."
"You know what?" Ash yelled. "Sorry won't bring back my mother. I quit this stupid job!"
"Ash!" Misty shouted from the backseat.
"Ash," M said in a sympathetic voice, "you need to finish this mission. Finish it to save the world. Finish if for the land of Kanto. Most of all, finish it for your mother."
Ash did not talk the rest of the night.