Ash decided not to quit, but to instead take a long break and leave the mission for a while. He decided the fate of the world could wait a bit longer. He wanted to be with his only family now, Pikachu. But his break would not last long. He was on the beach, still grieving over his mother when he was called upon by M.
"Ash, we need you now. We have found breaking evidence that Alexander is planning on destroying the world," M briefed. "It's been a month now Ash, will you please come back?"
"Maybe," Ash said and hung up the phone. He continued playing with Pikachu.
The Next DAY
"It seems that Ash may not be ready to take on this part of the mission," M said to the group who was meeting. The people in the room were herself, Misty, Professor Oak, and Brock. "Brock, it looks like you and Misty may be going on this leg of the mission."
"Yes!" Brock shouted. Everyone looked at him like he wasn't fit for the job.
"What do you mean I'm not ready?" Everybody turned around and Misty smiled when she saw who had just walked in the room. "I'm sure as hell ready to take Alexander down." Ash looked more determined than ever. Pikachu smiled and made a victory pose.
"Well, Brock," M said, "Heh, it looks like you've been replaced."
"Ah, man." Brock sat back down solemnly.
"Ash," M was serious now, "We have foudn that Drake might be preparing to launch missiles from an island south of Kanto. We need you to infiltrate that island. We are sending you on an underwater mission."
"Your Aston Martin has been upgraded to be able to adapt underwater," Professor Oak chimed in. "You're about to go for a deep descent."
Later that Day
"Ash, I'm kind of nervous," Misty said, getting in the Aston Martin. They were on a barge in the middle of the ocean about to drive off in a car. It sounded crazy to Misty, but like a lot of fun to Ash.
"Don't be," Ash got in the driver's seat. As soon as he was sure that they were ready, he rode off the ramp into the ocean. The vehicle transformed into an underwater being and adapted to the ocean. Ash looked around and saw a suspicious looking shipwreck.
"Go down there," Misty pointed. It appeared as if she found it suspicious, too. He steered the car to the remains of a ship. He looked to see that there was an opening and it led to a tunnel. They made their way through the tunnel until they saw an enemy sub ahead.
"Don't let them see you, Ash." Misty said this warning and then pointed to another route. Ash took this route and found a room leading to another route. Ash went this way and then he saw ahead what looked like 5 giant rockets.
"What's that?" Misty asked.
"M," Ash said, as if he were ignoring Misty's question. "It looks like our worst fear has been realized. Alexander is in fact storing large rockets here."
"Install trackers on each of them, Ash," M told him. Ash nodded but looked ahead to see an enemy submarine circling the rockets. Carefully and stealthily, he drove the car up to each of the 5 rockets and installed trackers on each of them. On the fifth one, though, he was interuppted by a missile making its way past the right of him.
"Ash!" Misty screamed and turned. "They've spotted us!"
"It's okay," Ash said and turned the car around. He had to be very careful about this situation, as the huge rocketships may be sensitive to explosives. He aimed his rockets carefully at the enemy submarine and shot. They both hit their target perfectly and it was destroyed, making a small underwater explosion. Ash then went through the other exit of the room, hoping to find more clues to the mystery. Was Alexander intent on destroying the world? Ash needed the answer to this and many other questions.
"Ash," Misty said, pointing ahead, "you should follow that submarine. It might lead us to more...interesting things."
"Good idea, Misty," he said. She giggled when he smiled at her. They followed the enemy submarine who did not seem to detect them through the maze of underwater paths.
They finally reached a point where Ash felt like they were in extreme danger. There was debris everywhere, and now there were huge missiles flying through the water at high speeds at the Aston Martin. Ash didn't know what to do, so he just fired missiles randomly. Misty screamed as the car was hit by a missile and dealt a great deal of damage. Misty turned to see there was a small leak in the back window.
"Ash!" Ash already knew though. He had to be fast about this.
"Try plugging it up!" Ash said. Misty nodded and took her overshirt off and tried plugging the hole with it. Ash kept shooting until he was convinced that the enemy had been anhilated. He drove forward and then they finally found some land, and he drove onto it. They got out of the car and went looking for a new ride.