Episode 49: Attack of the Clones Part 2
Gary and Brenda are still standing outside of Mewtwo's barrier. Gary has his Blastoise out and using repeated Hydro Cannons on the barrier while Brenda is having Glitterfly attack with a continuous Solar Beam. Both Pokémon are concentrating their attacks on the same spot. Brenda complains, "It's worthless, these attacks aren't making a dent."
Gary declares, "We have to keep on trying! We have to get in there!"
Suddenly something from behind them roars. From behind the combination of an Overheat, Solar Beam, and Hydro Pump blasts forward and hits the barrier at the same point as Blastoise and Glitterfly's attacks. The combined forces of the attacks causes a segment of the barrier to shatter. As soon as it does, something flies by at too high speeds to be seen and flies through the hole created.
Brenda asks in surprise, "What was that!?"
Gary answers, "I don't know, but there's our entrance, and it's closing up!" The hole in the barrier is repairing itself. Brenda and Gary quickly recall their Pokémon and leap through the hole right before it seals completely.
Pikachu is falling. It shouts, "Chuuuuuuuu!"
Ash has just leaped off a building after it. He positions himself to dive headfirst, as to increase his speed. "Don't worry Pikachu, I'm coming!" He dives until he catches up with Pikachu and grabs it. "I've got you!" The two embrace as they continue to fall.
Just as all seems hopeless for them, they stop falling. Ash realizes this and opens his eyes. He looks up to see he's been caught by Charizard. He exclaims, "Charizard!" The dragon Pokémon responds by bathing Ash's head in fire, scorching it. Ash quickly shakes it off and the two laugh. Then, from behind Charizard's back, Squirtle and Bulbasaur peek out. "Squirtle and Bulbasaur too!" Ash grins joyfully. "Thank you so much, guys." He then swings around Charizard and plops down on his back. Pikachu climbs to the top of his head, while Squirtle and Bulbasaur each take a shoulder. Ash says with determination, "Now, we've got some business to attend to."
Misty and Brock have just watched Ash leap off the edge of a building. Both are in shock. Misty says with disbelief, "Ash…"
The Mewtwo seem to not care enough to worry. They have gone back to fighting.
Suddenly Brock raises his head and exclaims, "Misty, look!"
Misty looks up in surprise to see Charizard rising up with Ash, Pikachu, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur. She exclaims, "Ash! You're alright!"
Ash nods. "You bet I am. These guys saw us on the news and Charizard flew them all the way here at top speed." He looks up to the fighting Mega Mewtwo. "Come on guys, let's see if we can put an end to this fight!" Charizard lifts up at high speed towards the Mewtwo. "Charizard, Flamethrower! Bulbasaur, Razor Leaf! Squirtle, Hydro Pump! Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Charizard and Bulbasaur attack Mewtwo X while Pikachu and Squirtle attack Mewtwo Y. The unexpected attacks catch them off guard and all make contact. Very little damage seems to occur though.
This catches both of the Mewtwo's attention. Mewtwo X shouts, "I told you not to interfere!"
Ash sternly replies, "There's no way you're stopping me from interfering when you're causing so much destruction! I've said it before, and I'll say it again! This battle has to end! We'll put it to an end ourselves if we have to!"
Charizard roars, Squirtle adds, "Squirtle!" Bulbasaur declares, "Bulba!" and Pikachu shouts, "Pika!"
Mewtwo Y, speaking to the Pokémon but not Ash, says, "I do not wish to hurt other Pokémon. Stand down, now."
The Pokémon all refuse.
Mewtwo X declares, "You are a foolish boy. I may not have destroyed you before, but that seems to be what you wish for!"
Ash shouts, "We'll fight until the end if we have to!"
Both Mewtwo declare, "So be it!"
And so a massive three-way battle begins. Mewtwo X flings two Shadow Balls, one with each hand, with one aimed at Charizard and the other at Mewtwo Y. Mewtwo Y uses its psychic powers to capture the attack and fling it towards Charizard as well. In response to both attacks, Charizard flies straight up at a high velocity. Both Mewtwo X and Y fly up after it. As they're climbing, they exchange attacks of Shadow Ball and Aura Sphere respectively. Bulbasaur and Squirtle aim their Solar Beam and Hydro Pump attacks downward, each aimed at a different Mewtwo. Both Mewtwo create a psychic barrier that blocks the attack. They then each fling a Shadow Ball and Aura Sphere upwards at Charizard.
Charizard dodges with a barrel roll to the right and cancels its upward momentum. Both Mewtwo continue to fly straight up, not stopping in time to catch Charizard. Pikachu launches a Thunderbolt straight up at them. It is joined by a Water Gun, Razor Leaf, and Flamethrower. Each Mewtwo uses Psychic to take the attacks aimed at them, and deflect them towards the other Mewtwo. In the end, both are hit by this tactic. They then both fly straight down, returning to the same level as Charizard. They begin to circle around Charizard, each Mewtwo remaining at opposite sides of it as they rotate. Each launches a Shadow Ball and Aura Sphere. Charizard waits until the last moment and then flies straight upwards again. The two attacks pass by each other and then move on towards the opposite Mewtwo. Both Mewtwo deflect the projectile off to the side.
Getting close to the top of the barrier surrounding the city, Charizard stops flying upwards and dives down. Once it's flown downwards enough to give it space, it levels off and flies forward. The two Mewtwo are in hot pursuit once again. Bulbasaur climbs to a better position on Ash's back and then launches two seeds from its bulb. The seeds are harmless enough to go unnoticed and one lands on each Mewtwo. Once they do, vines begin to grow out them and ensnare the Mewtwo. Bulbasaur has successfully seeded them with Leech Seed. Ash cheers as the Mewtwo are slowed down by the tangling vines. Some of their health is sapped. However, both Mewtwo quickly begin to charge for a Psystrike. The resulting field of psychic energy around them burns up and destroys the vines. They then launch their attacks at each other, but also deflect the attack from the other. The deflected Psystrikes cause massive collateral damage to the surrounding buildings. The Mewtwo then go back to pursuing Charizard. Once again, they both launch their respective projectile attacks. However, this time they are not thrown centered at Charizard, but just off to the side, one on the left, one on the right. Charizard has no choice but to try to dodge. It moves to the right, to dodge the Aura Sphere, only to be hit in the wing by Shadow Ball on its right. This sends Charizard into a diving tailspin, plummeting towards the ground. Both Mewtwo count Charizard as finished and return their attention to battling each other.
Just as this happens, Brenda and Gary are running up underneath. Brenda points up, seeing Ash and his Pokémon falling. "Ash!"
Gary shouts, "I've got this!" He throws a Pokéball. "Go, Orbitross!" He sends out an Orbitross. "Use Tornado to cushion Charizard's fall!" Orbitross begins to flap its wings powerfully, which causes the air in front of it to spin around in a whirlwind. A full-fledged tornado is eventually made. This tornado is then flung towards Charizard.
As Charizard falls, the tornado catches it. Charizard is immediately slowed and begins to spin with the tornado as it continues to fall and decelerate. It then lands safely on the ground. Brenda runs up to him and asks, "Ash, are you okay?"
Ash nods, "Yeah…I'm fine." He looks up to see the two Mewtwo still fighting up above. He clenches his fist in anger.
Gary recalls Orbitross. "You're lucky we came along when we did. What were you thinking taking on those Pokémon all by yourself?"
As Ash is about to answer, Brock and Misty come running towards them, Misty shouts with relief, "Ash! You scared me back there! That's twice in barely any time at all that I thought you were a goner!"
Ash turns to Charizard and asks, "Are you alright?"
Charizard roars and breathes fire into the sky as a show of strength.
Ash begins to climb back onto its back. "Good, we need to get back up there."
Gary objects, "Whoa, hold up a sec. What do you think you're doing? You know as well as I do that there's nothing you can do to help up there. Even if it were only one Mewtwo you would be outmatched. You can't possibly hope to beat two."
Brock nods in agreement. "He's right Ash. That entire fight you placed on the defensive. Any actual attacks you launched were easily blocked, deflected, or countered."
Ash states, "Unless anyone has any better ideas, that's our only option."
Gary then says, "Well it's a good thing I have an idea then."
Misty asks, "Really, you do?"
Gary nods. "Back at the stadium, when Mewtwo first issued its ultimatum, it said it was looking for something called Project Viginti. In the heat of the moment it didn't occur to me, but I might actually have some information on what Project Viginti is. The other day, at the research lab I work at, I heard two of the executive Pokémon researchers talking on the down low about something. I'm certain I heard one of them mention Project Viginti. That must mean it's a project being conducted in secret at the labs. If we can find out what Viginti is, maybe we can figure out how to stop the Mewtwo."
Brock nods. "That sounds like a solid plan to me."
Ash nods. "Alright, let's do it."
Who's that Pokémon!?
This Pokémon's sturdy fangs grow steadily. To keep them ground down, it gnaws on rocks and logs. It may even chew on the walls of houses.
Gary has lead everyone else to his research facility. Charizard, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle still follow behind Ash. The building is currently abandoned. He steps up to a computer terminal and says, "Computer, where is Project Viginti operating?"
The computer responds, "Information on Project Viginti is restricted to authorized personal only. Please state your name and position to proceed."
"Gary Oak, Pokémon researcher."
"I'm sorry, but you do not have the authorization for information of Project Viginti. Have a nice day."
Gary curses, "Shoot!"
Brenda asks, "So what do we do now?"
Gary looks around. "Well…there's no one here to stop us from doing some snooping around. I do know the general area where all the top secret research is performed. Let's look around and see if we can dig up anything." He points ahead to a staircase going down. "All restricted research is performed in the below ground levels." He leads them all down.
They head down the stairs and find themselves in a dimly lit corridor that seems to stretch on for quite a while. Brenda marvels, "It's so big…" Her voice echoes through the corridor.
Gary explains, "I've never been down here before, but supposedly these corridors stretch across the entire city underground."
Brock asks, "If there's so many corridors, how are we supposed to find our one project?"
Gary thinks. "I suggest we split up into two groups. That way we can cover more ground. Brenda and I will go that way," he points behind them, "and you three will go forward." He pulls out a Pokéssistant and asks, "Do any of you have one of these?"
Brock nods. "Yeah, I do."
"Good. We'll use the phone app to keep in touch."
Ash nods. "Let's do it. We need to be as quick as we can."
Brenda says, "Alright guys, good luck."
Misty says, "The same to you two."
Without waiting any longer, Ash and his Pokémon run off. Misty and Brock run to catch up. Gary and Brenda head off in the opposite direction.
It's Raticate!
Back above ground, the fight of the two Mewtwo is currently at a standstill. Both simply float in the air as they watch each other carefully, gauging movement and looking for weaknesses. Mewtwo X thinks, Neither of us belong in this world. This knockoff has been fooled into believing she can stop me. I will see to it that that problem is not worsened. I would sacrifice myself to do so.
Mewtwo Y thinks, What could he possibly wish to accomplish? How could Project Viginti help him in any way? Neither he nor I belong in this world…we were just mistakes that shall not be repeated.
The thought of both is interrupted when a group of orb-shaped modules begin to orbit around each one of them. Mewtwo X demands, "What is this!?" The modules then generate an energy barrier that encapsulates each Mewtwo.
Mewtwo Y asks, "Who is foolish enough to attempt this?"
To answer this question, Team Rocket's balloon rises into sight. Jessie answers, "Prepare for trouble, we're twenty years strong!"
James declares, "Make it double, we're about to break out in song!"
"To be the very best, like no one ever was!"
"To catch them as our test, to steal them our cause!"
"To travel across the land, searching far and wide!"
"To understand the power that's inside!"
"A heart so true, Jessie!"
"Courage that will pull through, James!"
"Every challenge along the way, with courage Team Rocket will face!"
"We will battle every day to claim our rightful place!"
Meowth pops up. "Meowth! Gotta catch 'em all!"
"Wobbuffet!"
"Mime mime!"
Mewtwo X shouts with rage, "Team Rocket!?" He then uses Psystrike to rip right out of the energy cage he was trapped in. Mewtwo Y does the same.
Team Rocket is stunned. Jessie askes, "Meowth…didn't you say those cages would hold anything…?"
Meowth answers, "I believe my exact words were 'It would hold a raging Gyarados with ease.'"
James then says, "Newsflash: Mewtwo are more powerful than Gyarados!"
Meowth gulps nervously. "How was I supposed to know the salesman meant it literally? I thought it was a figure of speech to mean it will hold anything."
Both Mewtwo launch another Psystrike. Team Rocket's balloon is completely destroyed and a massive explosion ensues. Team Rocket is sent flying into the air. They shout, "Looks like Team Rocket's blast-!" They're cut off when they slam into the top of Mewtwo's barrier. They then fall screaming.
The Mewtwo then launch back into their fight.
Ash, his Pokémon, Brock, and Misty are walking through the dimly lit underground corridor. Misty says, "Gee, this hallway seems to stretch on forever."
Brock states, "Well it has to end at some point."
Ash says, "And when it does, we'll figure out what this Project Viginti is."
Misty asks, "But how will we know it if we find Project Viginti?"
Brock guesses, "This hallway is so monotonous that something as important as Project Viginti's location should be immediately apparent."
They all suddenly halt as a blast of electricity is shot at their feet. They look up to see a strange floating spherical machine in front of them. It orders in an electronic voice, "You are trespassing in a restricted area. Leave immediately or be destroyed."
Ash shouts, "We're not going anywhere until we find Project Viginti." He looks to Charizard. "Use Flamethrower!" Charizard scorches the robot with a powerful breath of fire. Ash grins. "It's going to take more than a silly robot to stop us."
Misty says, "Um…Ash? I think your confidence might be a little unwarranted."
Not only is the robot still floating, but it has set off an alarm. Suddenly, more robots just like it are pouring in from all around. Brock shouts, "Run!" They all run forward. The robots give chase.
Ash and his Pokémon turn back to launch one combined attack to try to slow them down. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, Bulbasaur uses Vine Whip, Squirtle uses Water Gun, and Charizard uses Overheat. The attacks do very little. The robots retaliate with an electrical beam shot out of a gun attached to their underside. Ash and the Pokémon turn back around and run again.
Gary and Brenda are still walking through their corridor. Brenda, trying to make small talk, comments, "So you and Ash must go way back."
Gary nods. "You bet we do. We were neighbors growing up in Pallet Town. There wasn't a thing that the two of us wouldn't turn into a competition. I guess I can say that he's been my rival since I was a baby."
Brenda nods. "But if that's the case, why did you call it all off to become a Pokémon researcher?"
Gary shrugs. "I guess you can just say I found my calling." He suddenly gasps and leaps to push Brenda to the side. Where Brenda was just standing, an electric cannon is fired. Gary and Brenda look up to see another robot floating in front of them.
Brenda gasps, "What is that!?"
Gary answers, "It's a security drone. They must use them to make sure no intruders come down here. They're industrial grade and very hard to inflict any damage to."
The drone warns, "You are trespassing in a restricted area. Leave immediately or be destroyed." Despite this warning, it's already warming up its cannon for another attack.
Brenda asks, "What do we do?"
"Run!" Gary and Brenda turn around and run. The security drone attacks, only just missing them. It then pursues them. Gary throws a Pokéball. "Go, Umbreon!" His Umbreon appears. "Use Dark Pulse!" Umbreon launches a shockwave of dark energy at the drone, doing very little. A swarm of drones now comes into view and also gives pursuit.
Ash and the others are still being chased as well. Periodically, Ash and his Pokémon stop to give covering fire, but the drones aren't deterred.
Brock points up ahead. "Look, there's a door! Let's barricade ourselves in!"
Misty and Ash nod in agreement. Ash makes it to the door first. He ushers Brock, Misty, and his Pokémon in, before also going in, slamming the door just as the drones are about to catch up.
They find themselves in some sort of laboratory. Scientific equipment is all around. There are also Pokémon, such as Raticate, kept in cages all around. Misty asks, "What is this place?"
Brock answers, "It must be one of those secret labs Gary was talking about."
Ash points ahead to the front of the room. "Look up there!" Up ahead is a group of scientists hard at work at various scientific instruments.
A scientist looks up from his work and demands, "What do you think you're doing here!?" This alerts all the scientists, who all look up.
Ash steps forward and proclaims, "We're looking for Project Viginti, and we're not leaving until we find it."
An older scientist steps forward. It's the same one who was seen leading Project Viginti earlier, Morimoto. He demands with surprise, "How do you know about Project Viginti!?"
Ash asks with disgust and disbelief, "Do you really not know what's going on above ground!? There are two Mewtwo up there fighting to take Project Viginti!"
This stuns Morimoto. "Mewtwo…has found us…? Impossible."
Ash asserts, "It's possible, and unless you hand it over to him, the entire city is going to be destroyed."
"I am sorry boy, but Project Viginti is my life's work, it's not going anywhere."
Misty and Brock have been looking around the room. Brock calls, "Ash, come look at this!"
Ash runs over to them. They're looking at the strange Pikachu in the tank. It still looks to be in incredible pain. Ash's Pikachu says, "Pi…" sadly upon seeing it.
Misty demands, "This is your life's work!? You're hurting this innocent Pokémon."
Morimoto laughs. "A necessary evil. Besides, I assure you, that is no Pokémon."
Ash takes a closer look at it and suddenly gasps. "I know that Pikachu!" He has a flashback to the last time he met Mewtwo. This Pikachu is the clone of his own Pikachu, Pikachutwo.
Morimoto explains, "That Pikachu is nothing but a clone. It's not even a real Pokémon. The pain it feels is inconsequential."
Brock sneers, "You sicken me. It's still a living being and deserving of as much respect as you or I."
And then Ash adds, "And it's no wonder Mewtwo is after you, this is his friend!"
Morimoto laughs. "You're nothing but ignorant kids. This Pikachu is the key to unlocking the secrets of life itself! Once I have fully duplicated the process that was used to create it, I will be able to make any Pokémon I desire! Forget Mewtwo, I will have created Mewthree!"
Ash and his Pokémon get in a fight stance. Ash shouts, "I can't let you do that!"
"And I'm afraid that I can't let you get in my way." He flips a switch on a nearby control panel, and suddenly several mechanical arms extend out from the roof and grab a hold of Ash and friends. They struggle to break out of the grip, but to no avail.
Misty demands, "Let us out you creep!"
Morimoto shakes his head. "I won't let you get in the way of my research."
Brock shouts, "Can't you see that you're destroying this city!? Mewtwo won't leave until you've stopped this madness!"
The scientist shakes his head. "No, I assure you that Mewtwo won't be a problem for long." He points to tank in the center of the room filled with a strange orange liquid. Suspended in that liquid is a formless mass. "Remember when I mentioned the creation of a Mewthree? I wasn't joking. There it is. In less than an hour's time that biomass will be shaped into the most powerful Pokémon to have ever existed, even more powerful than Mewtwo. It will drive out the Mewtwo invaders you speak of effortlessly."
This revelation shocks Ash, Brock, and Misty. Ash accuses, "Can't you see you're tampering with forces you don't understand!? You'll never be able to control a Pokémon that powerful! You'll only create an enemy worse than Mewtwo!"
"No! I will be Mewthree's master! It will live to serve me!"
That's when someone asks, "Do you really believe that?"
Everyone looks over towards the entrance to see Gary and Brenda. Umbreon is in front of Gary and poised to attack. Ash exclaims, "Gary!"
"Did you miss me, Ashy-boy?" He then looks back to the head scientists, "Mr. Morimoto, do you really think that you could control such a Pokémon? You're not as smart as I thought you were."
Morimoto responds angrily, "Gary Oak, what are you doing here? You don't have the authorization to be down here."
"Yeah, and I say you don't have the authorization to be harming innocent Pokémon, putting this city at risk, and tampering with things you can't begin to fathom, and yet here you are."
Morimoto demands, "Get me a dispatch of security drones!"
Gary chuckles. "Sorry, but I might have found their central control unit and disabled them all." He then looks down to Umbreon. "Umbreon, use Psychic!" Umbreon uses Psychic to break the mechanical arms trapping Ash and the others. They instantly prepare for battle.
As soon as they're free, Ash orders, "Bulbasaur, use Leech Seed!" Bulbasaur fires off several Leech Seeds and ensnares all of the scientists in the room so that they can't escape or interfere.
Morimoto shouts angrily, "You'll never work here again Gary!"
"Good, because I quit." He looks to Ash and asks, "What's the plan Ash?"
Ash points to Pikachutwo. "We need to get that Pikachu up to the surface and show Mewtwo that it's alright." He looks to the tank where Mewthree is being formed. "We also need to figure out what to do with that." He looks to Charizard and asks, "Can you break the container holding the Pikachu?"
Charizard nods. It stomps towards the tank and uses Dragon Tail to break it open. Pikachutwo tumbles out. Ash grabs it. "Come on guys, let's get back up to the surface and stop those Mewtwo from fighting. Everyone turns to leave the room. Gary is the last to leave and stops just as he's leaving the room.
Morimoto struggles to break free of the vines. "You come back here! Come back here now!"
Without turning to face Morimoto, Gary raises his hand upwards and says, "Smell ya later Morimoto." Then he walks out.
Morimoto screams in frustration.
And so they get back to the surface. Up above them, the two Mewtwo are still fighting, still destroying the city around them. Wasting no time at all, Ash hops onto Charizard's back and points up towards a building near where they're fighting. "Take me to the top of that building, quickly!" Charizard nods. Pikachu, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle also hop on. They take off.
Charizard brings them right up to the rooftop. Ash dismounts and runs to the edge of the roof, cradling Pikachutwo in his arms. He shouts, "Mewtwo! You need to stop fighting! Look at who I found!"
The Mewtwo pay him no heed this time. They keep on fighting. There fighting ends up moving closer to Ash now, as they hover right over the roof as they exchange attacks.
Ash shouts in frustration, "Mewtwo!" Still no acknowledgement. Ash is angered. He sets Pikachutwo down on the ground and then runs at the Mewtwo. What he doesn't realize is that both have just begun to charge energy for a Psystrike. Ash runs right up in between them to get their attention, and in doing so ends up in the crossfire of their attacks. Both attacks are unleashed before the Mewtwo realize Ash is in the way.
Mewtwo X quickly realizes its mistake and thinks, Again!?
Mewtwo Y wonders, What is he doing!?
Back on the ground, Misty, Brock, Brenda, and Gary can see this unfolding. They all shout, "Ash!" at once.
Pikachu also watches in horror as the two blasts of energy close in on Ash.
There's a massive explosion. Pikachu cries out, "Pika pi!" Charizard, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle lower their heads in despair. Tears come to eyes of all four Pokémon.
Watching while hiding nearby is Team Rocket. James asks, "Did the Twerp just…bite the dust?"
Mewtwo X shouts, "You foolish boy! To what end!?"
But then the obscuring aftereffects of the explosion clear. Suspended where the two attacks collided is a pink bubble. Floating inside the bubble is Ash. The bubble pops and Ash returns to the ground. He looks around in surprise. "What…happened?"
Then out from behind him flies Mew. It happily flies in a circle around Ash, waves at him, and declares playfully, "Mew mew!"
Jessie asks, "Who's that Pokémon?"
James and Meowth both answer, "It's Mew!"
Mewtwo X and Y both declare, "Mew!?" with shock.
Ash grins at Mew. "Thank you Mew. You saved me." He then looks up to the Mewtwo. "You two have to listen to me! We found Project Viginti! Look!"
Pikachu and the other Pokémon walk up. Charizard is carrying Pikachutwo.
Mewtwo X gasps. "You found him…" He uses his telekinesis to lift Pikachutwo from Charizard's arms and float it over to him. He reverts back from his Mega form to normal Mewtwo.
Mewtwo Y asks, "That Pikachu came from Project Viginti?"
Ash nods. "Project Viginti was trying to use it as a template to create a new Mewtwo…a Mewthree. I imagine that's why you two were fighting over it."
Mewtwo declares, "I was attempting to destroy it, and protect it from the likes of her," pointing to Mewtwo Y.
Mewtwo Y demands, "What do you mean!? I was trying to destroy Project Viginti! It was you who was trying to protect it to use it!"
Mewtwo asserts, "No. I refuse to believe that." Both Mewtwo suddenly take up fighting stances.
But then Mew flies up in between them. It begins to say something. "Mew, mew mew mew. Mew mew, mew mew." It continues on with a speech.
Jessie nudges Meowth. "What's it saying?"
Meowth translates, "It's saying that those two have got to stop fighting. It says they never had a real reason to fight in the first place. They created their reason so that they would have an excuse. It claims that in the end, a Mewtwo fighting a Mewtwo is only a reflection of a Mewtwo wanting to fight itself. Both of them are angry at themselves for being created in the first place, and that anger was made worse by the thought of yet another being made. They took their anger at themselves out at each other. He says, in the end three of them not only share their DNA, but also the Earth, living under the same Sun and Moon…" In an aside, he comments, "Hey, don't you think those would make some great game titles?" Continuing the translation, he says, "As long as that is all the case, there's no reason to fight each other. No reason to hate themselves." He then adds his own commentary, "Wow, that's deep."
Mew finishes its speech. Both Mewtwo are silent. The original Mewtwo breaks the silence by saying, "You are right Mew. We had no reason to fight."
Mewtwo Y agrees, "The smallest amount of actual talk would have cleared this problem from the beginning."
Mew grins and does an aerial summersault. "Mew!"
Mewtwo looks to Ash. "And this is what you were trying to tell us all along. That we shouldn't have been fighting."
Ash nods.
"I commend the bravery of you and your Pokémon. You put yourself at risk to stand up to me and save this city."
Mewtwo Y adds, "You are certainly one of a kind. I noticed that before, and I see it again now."
Mewtwo then looks to Mewtwo Y. "We may both think of ourselves as abominations, but we are the same, whether we like it or not."
Mewtwo Y nods. "I agree."
Mewtwo then looks back to Ash. "Take us to the location of Project Viginti. We must ensure that the project is entirely destroyed."
Ash nods. "I'll lead you there."
So he, along with Brock, Brenda, Misty, and Gary, show the Mewtwo and Mew down to the underground lab. They all gasp as soon as they enter the room. All of the scientists and equipment are gone. Brenda asks, "How did they escape? They were all tied up good."
Brock says, "We must have given them too much time."
Mewtwo says with some anger, "So not only have they escaped, but they escaped with a template for Mewthree. I must hunt them down again now."
Gary steps forward. "Actually, I don't think you'll have to worry. They were using your Pikachu as a step-by-step reference guide when building the clone's genes. Without a reference, there's no way they'll ever complete the project. And the clone base will only survive for a few hours without new inputs. I don't think you have to worry about a thing."
Both Mewtwo nod.
Back above ground, Mewtwo has lifted the barrier around the city. Pikachutwo is healthy again and standing at Mewtwo's side. Mewtwo declares, "It is time for me to leave."
Mewtwo Y says, "I cannot not stay here any longer as well."
Ash steps up to the Mewtwo and asks, "Will I ever see you again?"
Mewtwo looks down to Ash and answers, "This is three times I have met you. Destiny seems to have weaved the two of us together. I am certain I will see you again."
Mewtwo Y says, "As am I."
Mew then cheers, "Mew mew mew!"
The three then fly off into the sky, disappearing into the distance. Piakchutwo is lifted by Mewtwo as well. The group waves goodbye. Ash shouts, "Goodbye Mewtwo! Goodbye Mew!" He suddenly stops and thinks for a moment. "Wait a second…I've only met that Mewtwo twice…not three times…"
Misty says, "I guess that there are some things you'll just never know about."
Slowly the scene begins to zoom out, showing the entire city. And Ash will probably never remember his first encounter with Mewtwo, but this isn't a time to dwell on what we've forgotten. Instead, embrace your memories. Look to the past and celebrate it, for there is nothing more valuable. But also do not forget the future. Twenty years may have past, but we have many more ahead of us. The Sun may set, but the Moon also rises. And don't forget…train on!
The scene has zoomed out so much that the entire Earth and outer space can now be seen. Mewtwo flies across the view and then a glowing blue Mew comes straight forward from the Earth.
To Be Continued…
20 years...it's hard to believe. I was born in 1996, the same year as Pokémon first came out, so you could say we share a birthday. I cannot imagine my life without Pokémon because literally my life has never been without Pokémon. I grew up watching the show, and right from the beginning I always knew there was something special about Pokémon, something appealing to me that no other cartoon had. It was during these early years of watching the show that I designed my first ever custom Pokémon, beginning a process which would culminate in this story. When I was 11 I got my first handhold system, and with it my first Pokémon game, Pearl Version. Ever since then I have become a bigger and bigger fan. It's only in recent years that I have realized why I love the series so much. It's the world. The World of Pokémon is an amazing place, a place that even as an adult I long to be in. By watching the show, playing the games, and writing this story I do all that I can to enter into this wonderful place known as the World of Pokémon. Never stop catching 'em all and train on!
What's your Pokémon story? Help me in celebrating the 20th Anniversary by sharing it in a review of this episode.
