Chapter 3 – Destined encounter

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-Pewter City Gym – Brock’s room-

A few hours later, May stirred awake in Brock’s bed. Remembering she was shot, she quickly 
sat up in bed, immediately regretting the action when her shoulder throbbed painfully. What was 
she doing in bed? Where was she? Didn’t she die back at the Team Rocket base? It was too 
many questions too fast. Her eyes began to adjust to the darkness. There was a dresser with a 
television on top and a few posters of girls, mainly the blue haired police officer, Jenny, and the 
pink haired nurse, Joy. 

Obviously, this was Brock’s room.

She suddenly felt something shift next to her. It was Ash, and his head rested on the side of her 
bed, sound asleep. May’s heart took a leap. Ash must have saved her when the Team Rocket 
base was about to self-destruct. When she moved, she felt pain from her bullet wounds, but not 
as severe as she expected. The bullets were removed and bandages were wrapped firmly 
around her shoulder and leg.

‘Ash…’ May thought happily. She ran her fingers through his soft and messing black hair. Misty 
wasn’t the only one who had her eyes set on a young trainer’s heart. Ash was the only thing left 
for May, and she would do anything for him, even give up her life in an instant. Everything about 
Ash was amazing to her, but nothing put her heart in a vice grip more than his determination and 
heart. If only she could have his heart, her life would be perfect.

With a soft sigh, May slowly got out of bed and grabbed her equipment from the top of the 
dresser.  After arming herself, she was about to leave when she turned and glanced at Ash. She 
leaned towards him and left a kiss on his cheek. “Sweet dreams, my love…” She whispered. 
After pulling the cover over Ash’s shoulders, she left the room.

May was almost out the front door of the gym when a voice called out to her. “Going 
somewhere so late at night?” She whirled around to see Brock leaning against the wall, staring 
at her.

“Don’t scare me like that! You almost gave me a heart attack!” She chastised.

“At least you know how we felt when we found out who you were. Not exactly who we were 
expecting. You know, everyone is worried about you, and not just because of your injuries…”

May averted her gaze, feeling guilty about hiding her identity. “I know, but I just can’t tell you 
too much. The only thing I can say is that I am part of an underground covert ops group who 
save Pokémon and people all over the world. There are times when the police and other people 
can’t help and we have to help those who are sometimes beyond the help of the police.”

“Yeah, I think I’ve heard of your group before. I’ve also heard about other things, especially 
about how you—”

“Not everything I do I am especially fond of, but I have given my loyalties to Team Shadow. 
This isn’t something I can back down from easily, and sometimes, we have to do such things, 
otherwise more people would be killed.”

“Hmm…I think I understand. I guess it can’t be helped that you have your secrets. Go on 
ahead to your friends. I’ll just tell Ash you couldn’t be late for work.”

“Thanks Brock.” May activated her cloak and escaped Pewter. Brock shook his head 
dejectedly as he shuffled his way back to bed.

“Why does Ash get all the girls…?”

When morning arrived, Ash couldn’t help but feel a little rejected about May leaving without 
having a chance to talk with her. There were so many questions that needed to be answered. 
After Brock explained she had to leave, Ash understood, but was still curious. Why was she 
with Team Shadow? Did she have a secret objective? How come she couldn’t tell Ash 
anything? Nothing made sense! Frustrated as he was, Ash had no choice but to leave his 
thoughts behind. Hopefully, he would meet May in the future.

Later that morning, Ash and Misty were about to continue their journey to Pallet town when 
Brock made a startling announcement.

“You’re coming with us!?” Both Ash and Misty exclaimed.

“Yep! Things are too slow here. Seeing that my breeding center won’t have any success here, I 
might as well go and travel with you guys! It will be just like old times!”

“Sounds great! Welcome aboard Brock!” Ash welcomed, giving him a high five. “No time like 
the present! Let’s go!” Ash, Misty, and their new traveling companion, Brock, left Pewter city 
and started their travel towards Viridian city. Luckily, they caught a ride that rode all the way to 
Viridian city, which only took an hour and a half. 

-Viridian City-

As Ash and the gang got off the transit bus, they were amazed at the newly reformed Viridian 
city. The entire city turned into a gigantic metropolis, skyscrapers as far as the eye could see, 
and multiple highways and roads scattered across the city. 

“Whoa…so huge…” Ash gasped, staring upward at all of the tall buildings.

“Ash, why don’t we check out the city for a bit before heading to Pallet town? I’m sure there 
are some great sights.” Brock suggested.

“I’ve got a better idea! Take a look at this!” Misty pointed to a poster on the side of a building 
that read VIRIDIAN MUSEUM: GRAND OPENING. “It looks interesting. Let’s check it 
out.” A plan in mind, the three teens traveled through the city in search for the museum. After 
several minutes of walking, they found a large, elaborately designed museum with an exterior 
that resembled the ancient buildings of Rome. As they went inside, the gang saw a display case 
in the middle of the first floor, obviously the main item of the opening exhibition. There was a veil 
over it, meaning it wasn’t time for it to be revealed yet. Seeing nothing better to do until then, the 
gang ventured the Viridian museum’s halls, taking in all of the sights.

After an hour of waiting, everyone, including Ash, Misty and Brock, gathered at the center for 
the unveiling of the main event. Everyone watched as a short, old man with grey hair and a dark 
green kimono approached the front of the covered display case and faced the crowd.

“Hey, isn’t that Kurt, the famous Pokéball inventor?” Ash whispered to Misty, who nodded.

“It’s about to start.” Brock gestured Ash to quiet down while Kurt spoke.

“As you all now, the item for today’s grand opening is a special and ancient item with many 
secrets. Recently, I have managed to finally uncover most of its secrets after years of research 
and hard work. After the discovery of this item’s secrets, I have brought it out for all to see. 
Now, without further ado, allow me to reveal the ancient item of the past!” Kurt grabbed the 
velvet covering and tore it off. The crowd gasped at the beautiful looking item, but no one was 
more surprised than Ash.

“No way…that’s…the GS ball! Kurt finally figured it out!” Ash exclaimed, excited. After 
leaving the gold and white Pokéball with Kurt many years ago, he couldn’t help but wonder 
what was so special about it. But now, the secrets were finally discovered. This was getting very 
exciting!

Kurt began to tell the history of the GS ball. “This artifact is actually well over 5000 years old. 
This object was not made in the regions we know of today, but made in a place that has yet to 
be discovered by man. What we have found out however, is that GS stand for Guardian’s Soul. 
It was said that many years ago, a great and powerful wizard sealed the souls of five evil 
guardians who threatened to destroy the entire world! It has not been determined whether this 
was true or not, but the fact still remains that this ball cannot be opened. Not only that, but it has 
been confirmed that this is the first official Pokéball ever created!”

Ash, Misty and Brock stared at the GS ball, amazed. Never did they imagine they had carried 
evil souls with them the entire time. What if those evil guardians got out and tried to destroy the 
world like they tried to do in the past? Would Ash be able to beat them? But then…what if it 
was just a legend? It was over 5000 years ago, so maybe the danger was over. After the 
exhibition, Ash and the gang went to meet Kurt, who was pleasantly surprised.

“Well, well, it has been years since we’ve met, Ash. How have things been?”

“They’ve been really good. I’m glad you finally figured out the GS ball.” Ash said.

“Yeah, and it’s all thanks to you kids for giving it to me. Say, how about I treat all of you guys 
for lunch as a thank you gift?”

“Sounds great!” Everyone chimed.

CRASH!

Everyone turned towards the front exits and stared in horror. Multiple men in red, hooded 
uniforms rushed in, carrying weapons and sending Pokémon in to take out the security guards 
swiftly. Ash and the gang knew who they were.

Team Magma!

Ash was about to grab his Pokéball when a several rings flew through the air, immobilizing Ash 
and everyone’s arms.

“Now, now, we wouldn’t want you to call out your Pokémon would we?” A Team Magma 
administrator sneered. He noticed Ash’s Pikachu next to Ash, his cheeks cackling with 
electricity. “Tch, yeah right…”

Clink!

“Pika!” Pikachu was caught in a steel ring similar to Ash’s. Pikachu tried to use a Thunder 
Shock attack, but the ring absorbed it and shock Pikachu instead.

“No, Pikachu!” Ash cried, kneeling next to him. He glared at the Team Magma supervisor. 
“What do you guys want!?”

“That is none of your business Ketchum. We knew you would be here, so we came prepared. 
As long as your arms are bounded, you can’t summon your Pokémon, leaving you and your 
friends helpless.” The administrator turned to one of his subordinates. “Make sure everyone’s 
hands and arms are tied. Scour the place and take whatever you can.”

“Sir!” The grunt and several others went to their duties, tying everyone’s hands with rope and 
scouring the place. Ash gritted his teeth angrily. He couldn’t let Team Magma get away with 
this. He had to break free and save everyone…but how?

-Viridian Police HQ-

A man in his late 30’s sat in his office, his feet lazily placed on top of his desk. He had a 
trimmed black mustache and neatly cut black hair. The man in the beige trench coat sighed in 
sheer boredom. There haven’t been any exciting missions within the past month. If something 
didn’t happen soon, he would most likely be bored to death.

Bling!

“Ah, finally!” The man glanced at the laptop in front of him and checked the message. When he 
read the message, he grinned widely. A new mission has come up! He picked up a nearby 
phone and dialed one number. After three rings, someone answered the phone.

“What’s up Boss man? Did a new mission finally come up?”

“You bet! I will brief you all on the details. Come to meeting room ASAP.”

“You got it!”

Click!

Boss man stood up and stretched his arms. Finally, some action! After walking the halls of the 
police HQ, Boss man stepped in a dimly lit room. Five teens sat at their designated chairs, 
waiting to hear their mission details. “Alright, here’s the situation.” A green wire frame map lit 
the side of the wall, revealing a map of a large building. “1 hour and 30 minutes ago, Team 
Magma took over the Viridian Museum. Currently, Team Magma has captured over 100 
kiddies, including some sissy staff members and their pinch-a-penny rental cops. There are 50 
live ones and each have about two to three Pokémon, obviously all fire, dark and rock types.  
Magma’s weaponry includes peashooters, hula-hoops, and breadsticks. They got five guys 
chillin’ on the roof and some taking guard at several of the obvious points of entry. Needless to 
say, we’re dealing with a bunch of amateurs who don’t know who they’re dealing with. Your 
mission is simple…”

“We just have to bust in and kick ass, right?” One of the teens interrupted rudely.

“Quit interrupting me, moron!” Boss man chided. The teen who spoke up sank in his seat, 
pouting. “Anyway, first off, these guys aren’t about to pull anything hasty, not at least until they 
got whatever they wanted. They got everything covered inside, but we will strike them where 
they least expect. We’ll be knocking on their front door. We’ll have three groups. First, you 
three…” He pointed to the three who sat in the middle. “You will go through the front and bust 
their chops. Then you…” He pointed to the teen on the far left. “You’ll be keeping the front 
guarded in case the goons chicken out and run home for their mommies.” 

“Oh, oh, can I use my precious? Pretty please?” The girl begged. Boss man nodded.

“That’s what I’m counting on. Alright, that means you’ll be back up in case we’re playing 
against a loaded deck.” He said to the last one on the far right. “Now, hit em’ hard and fast and 
show them who they’re messing with! Grab your presents and birthday suits kids because we’re 
going to crash a party!” All of the teens eagerly left the room to suit up in their gear and 
weapons.

-Team Shadow’s Arch Angel-

May walked within the high-tech halls of the Arch Angel. As she stepped up to a door, the 
automatic doors opened up for her. She made her way towards the middle of the room, where 
an older woman around her mid twenties and two girls around May’s age resided. They stood 
at the four sides of a table and stared at the holographic and well detail image of the Viridian 
museum.

“Alright, if everyone’s here, let us get started. Recently, the Viridian museum was captured by 
Team Magma. It would seem that Team Magma caught wind about the GS ball and now they 
want it for themselves. May, you will lead a three-man cell into the installation and retrieve the 
artifact before they can escape with it. There has been some chatter over the information 
network about them arriving at the same location, so you must be on your best guard.”

“Right.” May nodded.

“There are 50 Team Magma soldiers. Each member has at least two Pokémon, mainly 
consisting elements of fire, dark, and rock. The weapons analysis detected the use of capture 
rings, M9 pistols, and stun staves. May, your team will infiltrate from the roof. There are five 
guards, so they should be sniped upon entry. Make your way down the levels until you reached 
where the GS ball is located. The enemy has a small defense force on the second floor, so it is 
up to your team to make it through them. We will be nearby for back up in case of any trouble, 
or for extraction. Any questions?” No one answered. “Good, now suit up and grab your 
weapons. Depart for the mission immediately after.” 

“Ma’am!” May and her team saluted by placing a curled fist over their chest, then left for the 
armory.

-Viridian Museum-

2 hours had past since the museum was taken over. During that time, Ash had been trying to 
think of a way to break free and defeat Team Magma. There were three guards watching over 
him, Misty and Brock, so they couldn’t do anything without them knowing. He watched as one 
grunt approached the Team Magma administrator and whispered in his ear. The administrator’s 
eyes widened with fear when he heard the news.

“Team Nova is on their way here!?” The administrator shouted in surprise. Every single Team 
Magma member turned and faced their leader, a look of horror plastered on their faces. “Alright 
men, change of plans! Prepare for immediate departure! Hurry!” Ash watched as everyone was 
rushing around, gathering whatever they could. The Magma team leader broke the glass of the 
GS ball’s display case and snatched it. He glanced at Ash’s group and thought of a way to buy 
time in case he didn’t get out fast enough.

A hostage.

He grabbed Misty’s ring and pulled her next to him. “You’re going to be our ticket out of here!”

“Let. Go!” Misty struggled, but the man jerked her forcefully, throwing her off.

“NO, MISTY!” Ash and Brock shouted. They tried to tackle the Magma team leader, but two 
grunts tackled them first, pinning them on the ground.

“Nice try. We’ll be taking your precious girlfriend with us. It’s too bad you won’t ever see her 
again, or leave here alive. Do it!” The team leader ordered the grunts. The two grunts pulled out 
their pistols and aimed at Ash and Brock.

“ASH, NO!!!” Misty cried out. Ash and Brock closed their eyes, expecting the worst.

BANG, BANG!

The sound of two guns dropping resounded through the now silent museum. “Oh, I’m sorry; did 
we come at a bad time?” A teenage boy said cockily. Everyone turned to see the owner of the 
voice. The boy looked to be 15 years old, wearing a blue trench coat with long black gloves, 
muscle shirt/turtle neck combination, pants and boots. His left arm was equipped with a red and 
black device that resembled an arm guard. On his wrist and ankles were spiked, silver bracelets 
and a pair of steel, silver goggles rested on top of his long, thick, silver spiky hair. A white line 
streaked across the boy’s face. His golden eyes gleamed with excitement as he twirled his pistol 
expertly and blew off the smoke coming from the head. 

Two other people were next to him. One of them was a 14 year old white haired boy, wearing 
a black sweat suit with red and yellow outlines, red and black cross trainers, yellow fingerless 
biker gloves, and a black headband. Over his ruby eyes were a pair of prescribed glasses, 
indicating high intelligence and also seemed to fit him perfectly. The 15 year old, muddy brown 
haired teen in the middle wore a dark purple long sleeve shirt and dark teal pants tucked into his 
long, beige boots. 

When Ash saw the browned haired teen, his jaw dropped, nearly cracking the ground. 
“Gary!?”

Gary noticed Ash and had the same reaction he did. “Ash? What are you doing here?”

“I was about to ask you the same thing!”

The Magma squad leader gritted his teeth. He really didn’t expect them to show up so soon. 
His mission had just gotten extremely complicated. Team Nova was notorious among the Team 
Rocket, Aqua, and Magma ranks as a destructive and very dangerous squad. Those who faced 
Team Nova never made it without a scratch…if they did at all. It would probably take a miracle 
for him to make it out in one piece.

“Brendan, how strong are their Pokémon?” Gary asked the white haired 14 year old. Brendan 
pulled out a small device that resembled a Pokédex and scanned several of the Pokémon. 
Brendan’s face was contorted in disgust after reading the numbers, fixing his glasses out of 
habit.

“Only level 25 to 30. They’re nothing but wimps.”

“How dare you insult our Pokémon!” One of the Magma members shouted, incensed. The 
Magma subordinate sent out two Pokémon, a black dog and a red lizard. “Go, Houndoom, 
Charmeleon , go and take them down!” The two Pokémon charged at the three boys, baring 
their fangs.

Gary sighed, feeling disappointed. “Do your thing Wes.”

“Will do!” The silver haired teen unclipped a Pokéball from his belt and tossed it at the 
opposing Pokémon. “Come on out, Espeon!” He summoned a purple, cat like Pokémon with 
long ears and a tail that forked at the end. A red jewel was embedded in Espeon’s forehead. 
“Use Psybeam on Charmelon!” Espeon shot an invisible, psychic wave that was powerful 
enough to knock out Charmeleon in one attack!

“Hah, fool! Don’t you know psychic attacks can’t harm dark Pokémon? Now you are at my 
mercy! Houndoom, hurry and use Crunch on Espeon!” The Magma peon called out. 
Houndoom’s jowls were inches from Espeon.

“Teleport and double team.” Wes called out calmly. Espeon disappeared just as Houndoom’s 
attack was about to connect and reappeared as several Espeons. Houndoom looked back and 
forth between the dozen Espeons, unsure of who to target first. “While it’s confused, solidify 
and use faint attack.” Espeon powered itself and its copies and slowly faded from sight. One by 
one, the copies reappeared and slammed into Houndoom with a tackle attack. After the final 
blow, Houndoom collapsed to the ground, defeated.

“Ah, no!” The Magma grunt recalled his two defeated Pokémon. How could he be so easily 
defeated by one Pokémon?

“Oh, what were you saying about me being at your mercy?” Wes taunted. He saw three 
Magma guards taking out their pistols. With insane speed, Wes took out his pistol and shot the 
guns out of their hands. The gun shots sounded like one gun shot, but were actually three. “Hey, 
if you want to make this a rupture battle, that’s fine by me.”

Brendan caught something in the distance by the stairway. It was almost invisible, except for the 
slight distortion in the visual detail. That only meant one thing… 

“WES, LOOK OUT!” Brendan knocked Wes over, barely avoiding the sniper bullet that 
whizzed past his face. In mid air, Brendan took out his special pistol and shot at the source. 
When the bullet embedded itself on the wall, a small EMP wave emanated from it, disabling the 
cloaking devices from the three intruders. Ash couldn’t believe his eyes. He immediately knew 
who the intruders were, one of them being May. What really surprised him were the two other 
girls next to May, aiming their rifles over the banister. One of the two 15 year old girls had 
bluish green hair and brown eyes, while the other had auburn hair and light blue eyes.

“You have got to be kidding me! That’s Duplica and Melody!” Ash gasped.

“What? Are you serious?” Brock turned to see it was the said girls. “It is! They are also with 
Team Shadow?”

“Team Shadow!?” The Magma leader held tightly onto Misty’s ring and the GS ball. His only 
hope now would be to escape while Team Nova’s attention was directed to Team Shadow. 
“Let’s go, NOW!” He commanded. He shoved Gary out of the way as he and several of his 
escort guards left the museum. Just as the Magma leader left, a big shootout erupted between 
the three teams.

“No, MISTY!” Ash tried to follow him, but Brock knocked him down in time to avoid a 
ricocheting bullet.

“Get down! This is a gun fight! We’ve got to go by this carefully!” Brock said.

“But they got Misty! We’ve got to save her!”

“I know Ash, but we’ve got to stay alive if we are going to save Misty. Let’s try to reach Gary 
without getting shot first. We need to get out of these stupid rings first!”

No matter how much Ash wanted to save Misty, he knew Brock was right. Ash, Brock and 
Pikachu carefully, but quickly made their way towards Gary. Gary gave the hand signal to 
Brendan, telling him to protect Ash. Brendan ran towards Ash and slipped on a pair of specially 
designed gloves.

“Protective force!” An electromagnetic shield was erected in front of Brendan, redirecting any 
bullets that were heading towards Ash. After safely guiding him to safety, Brendan helped to 
break Ash, Brock and Pikachu free of the rings. “Are you guys alright?”

“Yeah, thanks.” Ash nodded. He was about to run towards Misty when Wes grabbed his 
shoulder.

“Not so fast! Don’t worry, that girl will be fine…”

“How can you be so sure?” Ash asked. 

“Because our partner is out there waiting for them.”

Just then, Ash felt a slight tremor in the earth. “What on earth is that?” He asked, bewildered.

Wes grinned widely. “That would be my partner…”

Outside, the Team Magma leader stood stone still, sweat-dropping in fear, along with a very 
frightened Misty. In front of him stood a 25 foot tall blue, high tech humanoid robot, pointing at 
them with a thick battle rifle as well as two missile launchers armed and ready. “Stop right there 
mister Team Lava man!” A young girl’s voice was heard through the mech’s speakers.

“It’s Magma, not lava!” The Magma leader corrected.

“Well whatever you are, can you please let go of the nice little hostage so I can shoot you?”

Misty sweat-dropped profusely. She called that negotiating!?

“Yeah right! Like I’m going to let go of my hostage! Back off or she gets it!” The Magma boss 
held a gun to Misty’s head.

“I’m sorry you feel that way mister, but you have I count to zero to comply, or I will be forced 
to convince you otherwise. 5…”

The Magma leader grinned. The girl was obviously bluffing. There was no way she would shoot 
him with a hostage!

“4…3…”

It was then he remembered the stories he heard about a crazed little girl who loved machines 
and weaponry with a passion. That same girl used a high-powered rocket launcher at a group of 
Team Magma members during a hostage situation similar to this one. What were the chances 
this was the same, crazy mech pilot?

“2…1…” The girl loaded a clip into the chamber of her rifle. Everyone including Misty was very 
afraid at this moment. This girl had to be bluffing! There was no way she would disobey priority 
and…

“0!” The girl unleashed a huge payload of bullets and missiles at the group, who paled in horror.

BOOM!

Multiple Magma members were tossed into the air, courtesy of the explosions caused by the 
girl’s missiles. Misty nearly fainted from shock. That girl was nuts! After the hellish 
bombardment, half of the Magma escort guards were out of commission. The mech pilot was 
about to fire again when a hail of missiles struck her mech. The Magma boss looked up and saw 
several black jets circling the area. Never was he so gratefully for Team Shadow’s intrusions. 
He hurriedly escaped to his extraction point and drove off in the truck, along with the few 
remaining escort guards and Misty in tow.

Inside the museum, May hid behind some cover from the rain of gun shots. She really didn’t 
expect to see Ash so soon, but she couldn’t worry about him now, Team Nova was here and 
being an extreme pain as usual. Thankfully, her sources detected a mech in front of the 
installation and sent a squad of bombers to take out the mech. The giant robot was putting up 
great resistance though, and according to her recent message, Team Magma still had possession 
of the GS ball! Times were troubling.

May turned to Duplica, who was peeking off the side and shooting with her automatic rifle. 
“Duplica, Team Magma has the GS ball! Can you and Melody take care of the situation here 
while I go ahead?”

Melody tossed a stun grenade down the stairs, taking out 5 Magma grunts. “Sure thing. We’ll 
keep Team Nova busy with suppression fire while you go through the back. Good luck.”

“Thanks.” May snuck under the cover of the upper level banisters while Duplica and Melody 
opened fire upon the enemies on the lower level. 

With Ash and Team Nova, Gary received a call from his female partner in the mech. “Rui, 
what’s wrong? Didn’t you catch the bad guys?” Gary asked.

“Sorry, but Team Shadow sent a bomber squad after me and—AHH! Get away! GET 
AWAY! BAD MISSILE! BAD!” Explosions could be heard in the background, causing Gary to 
sweat-drop. “Ugh…I’m going to be busy with these guys for awhile. Me and Ritchie are 
doing all we can to keep them at bay.”

“Alright. You two be careful out there.”

Click!

Gary turned to Wes. “Wes, Rui is too busy intercepting Team Shadow to catch the guys. Take 
Ash along with you to catch up with them. Me, Brock and Brendan will take care of the civilians 
and Team Shadow. Team Magma is almost completely eliminated, so there isn’t much more to 
worry about.”

“Right. Come on Ash!” Wes hurriedly guided Ash outside. The streets of Viridian were a mess. 
Cars and buildings suffered a lot of damage from Rui’s mech and Team Shadow’s artillery fire. 
While running with Wes, Ash could’ve sworn he saw his old friend Ritchie on the rooftops, 
summoning his Pokémon and shooting at the planes with a sniper rifle. Rui was jumping from 
rooftop to rooftop, avoiding missiles and shooting her own at the swift jets. Ash couldn’t believe 
the chaos that was going on. Most of his friends were not only fighting each other, but were 
from secret organizations he didn’t even know existed! It was enough to make his head spin.

“Here we are.” Wes said, pointing to a well detailed and impressive motorcycle. Ash whistled 
when he saw the neon blue bike.

“Nice!” Ash complemented. Wes slapped on the back of his bike and flipped onto his seat. 
Suddenly, the bike turned on.

“Good afternoon Master Wes.” A female, computer voice said.

“What’s up EVA?” Wes greeted. Ash sat on the back of the motorcycle.

“EVA? What’s that?” Ash asked.

“This is our super computer, EVA. She’s the coolest computer you’ll ever meet; complete with 
a kick butt A.I. and other cool features. Alright EVA, we got someone to chase, so let’s not 
waste time!”

“Yes Master Wes. Any preferences?”

“Of course! Track 39, loop it.”

“Yes Master Wes. Now playing ‘The chase of highway’.” Fast paced, highway chasing music 
started to play from the bike’s stereos. Wes slapped his fist together and then gripped the bike 
handles tightly.

“Now that’s more like it! You better hang on Ash; this is going to be one wild ride!” Ash took 
Wes’s advice and held onto Wes’s waist.

VROOM!

The bike shot off like a rocket. Pikachu nearly flew off Ash’s shoulder due to the exceedingly 
fast speed.

The chase was on!

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Things are getting exciting aren’t they? The excitement is only beginning. Prepare for the next 
exciting chapter – the big chase on the Viridian highway! The next chapter is going to knock 
your socks off with a shocking secret revealed! Review if you like this story! Many thanks for 
reading!

Song – the start of the chase (The chase of highway – Final Fantasy 7, advent children)

Note: This song will continue on for most of the next chapter.

Note 2: Rui’s mech can be related to the Evas in neon genesis evangelion. Think of it as Eva unit 
1.