Ash Ketchum: Formula One Driver

Disclaimer:

I don't own Pokémon or Formula One. Keith Terrell is mine!!!

Writer's Notes:

In the last chapter, Keith Terrell met former Elite Four member, Lorelei in Celadon City. Urged on by Suicune, Keith had a nice discussion about Pokémon with Lorelei. Until Keith accidentally told her that he's in Formula One and driving for Ferrari. Lorelei didn't get a chance to say something, because Butch and Cassidy came out of hiding and challenged Keith to a fight. Back in Pallet, Ash and Brock were still working on the Supra when Brock wanted to know if Ash had a girlfriend driving in F1. He said that women are trying to get him because he has over $30 Million big ones. Ash then told Brock that Michael Schumacher has over $400 Million bucks. After being shocked by Pikachu, Brock told Ash that he did have a girlfriend in Saffron City, but she cheated on him. The same thing happened to him again in Olivine City, so he decided to give up on love for a long time. In Celadon City, The fight became a Pokémon battle after Cassidy got the crap kick out of her, Butch slashed Keith in the chest and Keith breaking Butch's arm with no effort. The Rockets found out that Keith did know a few things about Pokémon and his Flareon even did a move that has been banned by the Pokémon League. Keith needed to escape, so he used a flash bomb he got from the military and he and Lorelei got the hell out of Celadon City before Butch and Cassidy knew they were gone. In Pallet Town, Ash and Brock finished repairing Ash's Supra and then, Misty returned to get her revenge on Ash again. She was followed by Daisy, Lily and Violet, telling her not to kill Ash. Ash heard Misty heading his way with mallet in hand, so he took out his baton and nailed Misty hard. What Ash didn't expect was to see Misty's sisters ask him for his autograph. After a talk, he learned that there are some people who are his fans, which made Ash's day.

Ash Ketchum: Formula One Driver
Created by Mario Alvarado
Chapter 10: Tracey Strikes and What Keith Thinks Of Kanto

News of Pokémon trainer turned Formula One Driver Ash Ketchum's friendship with Formula One God Michael Schumacher, spread like wildfire through Kanto and Johto. The anger they had for Ash and the FIA was now beginning to diminish because the real truth of what Team Rocket did to 3 F1 drivers has been revealed. The people of Kanto and Johto would have done the same thing if three of their people were killed. Meanwhile, two people were walking down a path to Pallet. Two people that know Brock and haven't seen him in a long time.

"Brock has to be here in Pallet. We've been everywhere else. I've heard that he and Ash Ketchum are good friends. And he has been staying here ever since Ash's return here." Zane said, looking at a newspaper that had Ash and Brock on the first page.

"It's been over 6 years since we last saw Brock. I hope he still remembers me." Suzie said depressed. She has wanted to see Brock for a long time, just to catch up on what's happened in life. But lately, Suzie has wanted to be with the breeder from Pewter City.

"I'm sure he will. He's not the type of guy to forget somebody like you. Or any girl he has met traveling with Ash Ketchum. But, some girls he met in the past few months say that he's changed. He doesn't go nuts over them anymore." Zane added,

"Really? Something traumatic must have happened to him." Suzie said, now sounding a bit concerned.

"You never know. Come on, Pallet is just a mile from here." Zane said as the two continued to walk to Pallet.

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Back in Pallet, a lot of Pokémon trainers were now asking for Ash's autograph and to take pictures with him. Brock was acting as Ash's agent, trying to get them to pay for Ash's signature, while Pikachu, Charizard, Chikorita, Feraligatr, Noctowl, Meowth, Cyndaquil and Heracross were in the backyard playing their favorite game, Blackjack. And Meowth was the dealer.

"Come on, people. Pay up. Ash's autograph is not for free." Brock said,

"Brock!!! All F1 drivers do this!! Hell, I like signing autographs for everybody here. Now I know they won't kill me." Ash said, handing a picture of himself and his Toyota to a girl trainer,

"Yeah, but I'm jealous of you, Ash. Mostly everyone here is female." Brock pointed out. A lot of female Pokémon trainers were there, trying to get Ash for themselves.

"I can't help it if I have money and I drive fast cars." Ash joked,

"I can't believe that my best friend is in F1 and has a ton of cash." Brock said,

"Yup. That's me. And stop telling everybody to give you money to have my autograph. You would make a crappy manager." Ash said as he started to sign another autograph,

"Oh, thank you for your support." Brock said mockingly,

"I'm just kidding, Brock. But one thing I know from racing in F1, is somebody you know from your past. Maybe somebody you know might show up to see you and only you." Ash said,

"Really? Who? Where? When?" Brock asked as he looked around, but saw nobody he knew and Ash just shrugged his shoulders. Delia Ketchum exited the house and looked for Ash in the throng of his fans.

"Ash. Can you come inside? I need your help on something. And bring Charizard also." Delia called out,

"Coming." Ash said and he told his fans to stick around. He walked over to his Pokémon, who were still playing Blackjack. "Charizard, let's go." Ash said. Charizard was winning and didn't want to stop now.

"I'll hold on to Charizard's cash. And none of you are getting it!! Not unlike a certain water Pokémon we know." Meowth said as the cat Pokémon glared at Feraligatr.

(Note: In this chapter and for the rest of the fic, I debut my Poké Translator. This thing has been used in many fanfics that I have read. It translates all Pokémon talk and it's better than typing Pika Pika all the damn time. Mario.)

[What did you mean by that, Meowth?] Feraligatr asked harshly,

"You're the cheater here!!! Hell, you're worse than Chikorita!!!" Meowth said,

[I am not!!!] Chikorita shot back,

[Chikorita's the damn culprit!!! She's worse than I am!!!] Feraligatr argued,

[Everybody, shut up!!! It's my turn to be the dealer. Move over Meowth!!!] Cyndaquil said and stole the cards from Meowth.

"I'm the damn dealer, I'll kill you!!" Meowth yelled out as he started fighting Cyndaquil. The rest of Ash's Pokémon started to fight each other, while Pikachu and Noctowl just looked at each other for a second.

[These guys are going to kill each other.] Pikachu said,

[It's sad, but true. I am amazed on how Ash managed to keep us Pokémon in check all the time. At least Charizard is not a problem anymore.] Noctowl said,

[He's a good trainer.] Pikachu added. Noctowl nodded in response.

[Think we should break it up?] Noctowl asked,

[No. Let them fight.] Pikachu said. Ash and Charizard just finished putting back the tools that Ash used to fix his Supra inside the garage.

"That should do it. Now, I got to go back to my fans." Ash said,

[I'm surprised that they didn't kill you yet. When do we go back to F1?] Charizard said,

"Less than 3 days from now." Ash answered,

[I hope Eddie Irvine doesn't use me for his damn morning grill again.] Charizard added,

"I thought you liked being Eddie's pet grill." Ash said,

[I don't. I like the guy, but he tried to put out my flame at Barcelona once.] Charizard said,

"What did you do?" Ash asked,

[Before he got on the plane back to Jaguar HQ, I flew in and burnt him to a crisp. He deserved it too. I just wish you let me burn Ralf Schumacher to a crisp also. I hate that guy.] Charizard said,

"Don't worry, Charizard. You'll get your chance before I leave F1. Let's get you back to your Blackjack game." Ash said,

"Ash. Did you get all the stuff back inside?" Delia asked as she peeked inside the garage,

"Yeah. Anything else?" Ash asked,

"No. But, there's somebody here who wants your autograph. The person says that you know him." Delia said,

"Really? Well, let's go Charizard. I got to meet my fans." Ash said. As he walked to the front of the house where his fans were, Ash saw a person standing there. Someone from Ash's past, who is still pissed off about the F1 guys invading Kanto. Someone who now wants to kill Ash more than anybody else, and willing to do it right in front of tons of people. Ash knew the guy. It is Tracey Sketchit, Professor Oak's long time assistant.

"Welcome back Ash. Long time no see." Tracey said as the crowd of Ash's fans started to back away slowly,

"Tracey." Ash said as he glared evilly at the Pokémon Watcher.

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About 5 miles from Pallet, Lorelei was sitting in Keith's Ferrari 550 Maranello, watching him pump gas into his car and mutter stuff to himself about gas guzzing cars.

"This thing sucks up too much damn gas. 8 miles to the gallon!!! I love Ferrari, but I hate pulling into gas stations and pumping gas into this beast every 90 miles or so!!!!!" Keith said to himself,

"Well, that's what you get for driving this thing. Do you always say stuff to yourself when you're doing something?" Lorelei asked,

"Only when I have to get fuel into this damn thing. Hell, a Lamborghini Diablo gets better mileage than this!! A freakin' Chevrolet Corvette is cheaper than this and gets 19 miles!!! And the price for gas in this place is outrageous!!!! $2.74 for a goddamn gallon of crappy fuel?!!! This Ferrari sucks it up like nothing!!! In America, the gas is $1.20!" Keith said as he finished putting the gas in,

"You must be a die hard sports car fan." Lorelei said,

"Damn right I am. If it goes fast, looks good, handles well and doesn't suck up as much fuel as those damn SUV's, I'll drive it. There. That should do it." Keith said as he paid for the gas with a Ferrari team credit card,

"Does the Ferrari team pay for everything you buy?" Lorelei asked,

"Just gas, travel, airfare, food and hotel fees. I pay for everything else. I make a ton of money racing for Ferrari." Keith said, placing the credit card back inside his wallet.

"Still heading back to Pallet?" Lorelei asked,

"Yeah. For some odd reason, something is going to happen to Ash. Something bad. And Michael will kill me if anything does happen to Ash." Keith said as he looked down he road to Pallet Town,

"Well, if it is bad, let's get going." Lorelei said. Keith got back into the Ferrari, started the car up and took off to Pallet.

Back in Pallet, Tracey all of a sudden tackled Ash to the ground and started beating him. Ash punched Tracey in the head to get rid of him, then the F1 driver went on the offensive and kicked the Pokémon Watcher like a soccer ball.

"I'm not dying today, buddy!!! You hear me?!!!" Ash yelled out. Tracey was much tougher than before. He grabbed Ash's foot and twisted it, making Ash fall to the ground. Tracey hit Ash in the face with his elbow, send the F1 driver to the ground. When Ash cried out in pain, Pikachu heard this and saw Tracey beating up Ash.

[Ash!!! Let's get him, everybody!!!] Pikachu said and all of Ash's Pokémon charged at Tracey,

"Not today." Tracey said as he took out a tranquilizer dart gun. Pikachu and the other Pokémon did not see the gun and were shot with tranquilizer darts, rendering them unable to fight. Meowth was the only one of Ash's Pokémon that missed the darts, so he ran to the house to get Brock.

"Hey, Brock!! Ash is getting his ass kicked by some guy with a headband. He took out Pikachu and the others with some darts." Meowth said,

"Tracey!! That son of a bitch!!" Brock said and he looked outside. Tracey got hit in the knee by Ash and took this opportunity to use his baton to smash it into Tracey's side, breaking 4 ribs in the process.

"Don't underestimate a Formula One Driver, Tracey. We always snatch victory from the jaws of defeat." Ash said as Tracey was gasping for air. The Pokemon Watcher took out a stun gun and shocked Ash. He then took out a piece of rope and began to choke Ash.

"Your foreign buddies aren't going to help you now." Tracey said as he started choking Ash with a piece of rope wrapped around Ash's neck. Moments later, Keith arrived and saw Ash being shocked by Tracey.

"Ash!! That punk is dead!!!" Keith said as he jumped out of the Ferrari and ran towards Tracey,

"Keith, where are you going?!!" Lorelei yelled out as she watched Keith sneak up on Tracey. With Brock down in the ground bleeding, Ash's Pokémon tranquilized and Ash injured and gasping for air, Keith went into "kill mode."

"Now, that this guy is out, time to finish the job." Tracey said as he looked at Brock's unmoving body. He turned his sights on a helpless Ash and walked slowly to him.

"You'll have to face me first, asshole!!!" Keith yelled out. Tracey turned around and was met by Keith's fist in his face. The punch broke Tracey's nose and it started bleeding.

"Who the hell are you?" Tracey asked has he held his bleeding nose,

"Keith Terrell. Driver for the Scuderia Ferrari team. And you're beating up my little friend over there." Keith said,

"Don't care. You're next." Tracey said as he ran up to Keith, and the American got ready to defend. All of a sudden, Tracey with fast reflexes grabs Keith and knees him hard in the stomach. Keith gasped for air and Tracey took out a metal pipe and smashed it over Keith's head. Blood was already coming from Keith's head as Tracey raised the pipe to hit Keith once again. Before Tracey nailed Keith once more, a bloody Brock snuck up from behind with a wrench and hit Tracey behind the head. The Pokémon Watcher was dazed long enough for Keith to grab him, push him to the ground face first, grab hold one of his legs and twisted it so hard that it broke with a sickening crack. Tracey screamed out in pure pain, but Keith wasn't finished. Not by a long shot. He grabbed Tracey's other leg and broke that as well.

"You're gonna pay!! You hear me?!!!" Keith yelled out,

"Never!!" Tracey said defiantly as he tried to catch his breath. Keith just shrugged his shoulder and looked at Brock. Brock grabbed Tracey's right wrist and Keith pointed to his Ferrari.

"I saw this on a movie once. This guy is a Pokémon Watcher?" Keith asked,

"Yeah. He uses his hands to sketch Pokémon. You thinking what I'm thinking?" Brock asked,

"Hell yeah. Drag his ass to the Ferrari and open the door." Keith said and the two dragged Tracey to the 550 Maranello. Brock opened the door and placed Tracey's hand in side. Without any warning, Keith slammed the door on Tracey's hand, breaking it upon impact.

"Oh, that has to hurt real bad." Brock said as he watched Tracey hold his broken hand,

"That hurt him a whole lot more than it hurt us." Keith said and he started to laugh,

"What is going on here?" A voice called out. Everybody turned his or her attention from the bloody fight to Oak Laboratories where Professor Oak came out looking for his assistant, Tracey who was now suffering from a broken hand and two broken legs.

"What does it look like?" Brock asked as he stood next to Keith,

"What are you doing with Tracey?" Prof. Oak asked,

"He attacked Ash Ketchum, grandpa!!!" Keith answered,

"Don't address me in that tone, sir. Just who do you think you are, anyway?" He asked once again,

"I am Keith Terrell. An American driver for the Ferrari Formula One team. Who the hell are you?" Keith answered, wiping off some blood from his face.

"I am Professor Samuel Oak. I order you to release Tracey now, before I call the police." Prof. Oak said sternly but Keith and Brock weren't worried.

"Do it, old man. Michael Schumacher and the others overpowered your cops with ease when they were here to exact revenge. And I will do the same." Keith said confidently,

"Actually... let's have a Pokémon Battle to decide the outcome. If you know how to battle." Prof. Oak said confidently as he took out a Poké Ball. Keith pushed Tracey away with his foot and got out his Poké Balls as well. Before Prof. Oak tossed his Poké Ball out, a gunshot was heard and the ball was knocked out of his hand.

"You forgot about me." Keith and Brock turned around and they saw Ash with his gun in his hand, while Delia and Lorelei were supporting him.

"Whoo-hoo!! Ash Ketchum is alive and back!" Brock yelled out,

"Ash? Ash Ketchum? Is that you? Why are you hanging around with those F1 guys?" Prof. Oak asked. He was very surprised to see Ash after four years, but was surprised to see him siding with the FIA.

"They are my friends. And if I happen to get killed here, you guys will feel the FIA's wrath once again." Ash said,

"But, if you kill me... not only will the FIA be after you, but the United States of America will bomb this place to hell, just like what we did to those terrorists bastards in 2001." Keith said,

"Attacks? What attacks? I have no idea what you're talking about!" Prof. Oak said, sounding a bit confused.

"WHAT?!! You never watch the damn news?!!! You've never heard of the United States nuclear genocide offensive act of 2003?!!!" Ash yelled out in shock,

"Don't you have cable? Don't you read the papers?!!" Keith asked,

"What the hell is wrong with you?!! You are so behind in world events!!" Brock added,

"You got the Internet? Let me show you what I'm talking about." Keith said.

"Keith. Are you going to be fine? You've been attacked to many times today." Lorelei asked as she started to wipe off some blood with a handkerchief,

"I've had worse than this, Lorelei. I'll be fine after I get stitched and cleaned up." Keith said. After entering Prof. Oak's lab, Keith got on the Internet and connected to a news site. He checked for the major stories of the United States since 2001. He found them and started telling everybody about 9/11, the total annihilation of Iraq, the attacks on Dallas, Los Angeles and Chicago in 2002, the nuclear destruction of the middle east because of the United States nuclear genocide offensive act of 2003 and the new united alliance of the U.S., Russia, Great Britain, France, China, Canada, Mexico and Germany.

"I never knew all of this was happening. I have been so busy with my research that I forgot to watch the news." Prof. Oak said,

"3 years without watching the news? I couldn't last that long without my soaps." Delia said,

"Wow. I never knew all this happened in less than 4 years. But, the U.S. did deserve those attacks." Prof. Oak said, causing Keith's fist to tighten up in pure rage.

"Oh, shit!! He said it!!! Hit the deck!! Keith's going to blow!!!" Ash yelled out,

"I've seen this before!! We better hide." Brock added. Everybody saw Keith become very angry and he clenched his fists. They heeded Ash's warning and ducked behind a lot of stuff.

"What did I say?" Prof. Oak asked surprised,

"Son of a BITCH!!!!" Keith yelled out as he attacked Prof. Oak and they crashed into a computer. Keith started punching the older man. It didn't matter if you were young, old, a man or a woman. If you say something bad about America within Keith's hearing range, you're in for a beating.

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"Is he nuts? Prof. Oak is the most well respected Pokémon scientist in the world." Lorelei said, watching Prof. Oak punch Keith in the head,

"Not in the United States. They have never heard of him." Ash said,

"Say anything bad about the U.S. when Keith is in hearing range, start writing your will. He can kill people. Ash and I have seen him do it." Brock said. Prof. Oak sprayed Keith in the face with some air freshener and tossed out a Poké Ball for protection.

"Go, Tyranitar!" Prof. Oak said and the giant Rock/Dark Pokémon appeared, ready to kill. Keith then took out his Poké Ball and Scizor came out, still a bit weary from his earlier fight.

[Hey, Keith. What happened to your ass?] Scizor asked,

"Ahh! Son of a bitch sprayed me with some shit!! I got to find Suicune's Ball." Keith said as he searched for Suicune's Poké Ball.

"Attack that guy, Tyranitar!" Prof. Oak ordered,

[Oh, no you don't!!! You'll have to face my ass first!!!] Scizor said as the Bug/Steel Pokémon stopped the giant Pokémon in its tracks, but Scizor is still weak. Keith found all of his Poké Balls and tossed them into the room.

"Everybody, get your asses out here!!" Keith said out loud and Suicune, Jolteon, Flareon, Pidgeot and Marowak came to Scizor's rescue.

[Scizor, I'll take it from here. That giant Tyranitar is weak to water.] Suicune said as the legendary Pokémon used Leer and made Tyranitar back off.

[Whew. He's all yours.] A weakened Scizor said and Keith recalled the Bug Pokémon.

"Amazing. You actually have captured Suicune. You must be a great trainer." Prof. Oak said,

"I'm not a trainer. I found Suicune wandering around the Ferrari base. It was wounded, so I took care of him. I didn't know didily shit about Pokémon until I met Ash Ketchum and Pikachu in France." Keith said. His vision was starting to come back. Suicune used Bubblebeam on Tyranitar and was about to finish the job, until Keith ordered the Pokémon to stop. "Suicune, cease!!!" Suicune looked at Keith for a second and came up to the American driver.

[Stop? Why did you want me to stop?] Suicune asked,

"Hell, it's not worth fighting these people. They are so scared of Team Rocket that they just let their evil manifest." Keith said, placing his hands around the giant dog Pokémon's neck.

"Manifest? Team Rocket hasn't been seen in over 4 months." Prof. Oak said,

"Keith's right. Team Rocket is using scare tactics to control everybody in Kanto and Johto. You say that you got everything under control is because you don't want any help from the United States. You're scared of what Team Rocket will do to this place." Brock said,

"It's true. Even the Elite Four don't want to mess with them. I've heard Lance tell this to some of the other Pokémon League Officials." Lorelei added,

"But, the U.S.A. are not scared of anybody. We've been attacked many times and you don't see us covering in the corner." Keith said,

"Are you saying that we let Team Rocket control us?" Prof. Oak asked,

"Yes, you are. You're so weak, Michael and the others almost took over this place. You couldn't stop them, even if you tried!!" Ash said,

[Damn, he's right.] Marowak said,

[Of course he's right. Everybody here acts mean, but they are not.] Jolteon said,

[They are scared. Hell, Michael should have taken over this place.] Flareon added,

"You're just waiting for Team Rocket to take over this place. I bet you people are in a conspiracy with them to take over the U.S.!!!" Keith yelled out,

"We are not!! We don't want any help, because we can beat Team Rocket ourselves."

"That's what Iraq said before we came in and trashed the place and nuked it to hell." Keith said. He started to push on Suicune, telling the dog Pokémon to get them the hell out of there. As everybody was leaving the lab, Prof. Oak wondered why Lorelei, former member of the Elite Four, sided with Ash and Keith and not with him?

"Lorelei. Why are you siding with Ash and that other guy?" Prof. Oak asked,

"Because I am sick and tired of everybody in this place scared of Team Rocket. Keith was up against two Rocket members, but he never showed any fear. In fact, he was ready to kill them." Lorelei answered,

"If I did kill those Rockets, I would be treated like a hero in the U.S. Let's go, Suicune." Keith said. After the group exited Prof. Oak's lab, Tracey released a Poké Ball and out came his Scyther, powerful than ever before!! Suicune got into battle position.

"Scyther!! Get those damn F1 drivers!!!!" Tracey yelled out. As Scyther went to attack Keith and Ash, Meowth appeared and used Thunder on the Bug Pokémon.

"You forgot all about me, buddy!" Meowth said,

"Meowth!! Glad to see that you're all right." Ash said,

"Yup. I was just de-paralyzing the Pokémon." Meowth said,

"Scyther, Fury Cutter!!" Tracey ordered,

"Agility, Meowth!" Ash yelled out. Scyther used its faster than the eye blade movements to cut up Meowth, but the cat Pokémon was faster.

"Dammit!! Use Slash!!" Tracey yelled out,

"Finish it with Thunder!!!" Ash yelled out. Meowth leaped in the air, avoiding Scyther's Slash attack and delivered the final blow to Scyther, in the form of a powerful Thunder attack. Scyther was well done and fell to the ground. After the battle, the group walked back to Ash's house, while kicking Tracey on the way for good measure. Suzie and Zane watched, as Brock didn't notice them or look up to see them, because he was worried about his injuries.

"He didn't even notice me. And I was standing right here." Suzie said, saddened that Brock didn't see her at all.

"I think we should leave him alone tonight. This has been one rough day, getting beat up and all that. We'll come back tomorrow." Zane said as he tried to reassure her,

"Yeah. You're right. We'll try again tomorrow." Suzie said sadly and the two headed for Viridian City.

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Night approached the Ketchum house, but nobody inside was about to go to sleep yet, because of the events of the day. Keith fully got his vision back and was on his cell phone, talking to Michael Schumacher and the Ferrari team.

"Dammit, you dirty German!! I almost died protecting your little buddy three times!! I was attacked by Team Rocket twice!!! I've lost a ton of blood today!! You should have told him not to come to Kanto!! The damn kid hasn't even made a decision about what to do in 2006!! You, Todt, Brawn and Montezemolo will owe me big this time!!!" Keith said,

"Terrell. We already talked about this." Michael said,

"Michael. If this keeps up, I might have to start drinking again!! At least you've never dealt with this shit in you life!! You guys will owe me big time!!!" Keith said,

"Keith, calm down and listen... drinking? What do you drink?" Michael asked,

"When you're depressed and worried about shit, just about anything and everything." Keith said. Ash, Delia, Brock and Lorelei watched Keith talk to Michael about beer, vodka, whiskey and mixed drinks.

"Once Michael and Keith start talking about beer, those two will talk for hours." Ash said,

"Is that so? I didn't know Michael Schumacher drinks." Brock said,

"Well, Michael was seen hanging out with former rival Mika Hakkinen, having stiff drinks every now and then. Hell, I've seen them knocking back beers together once." Ash said,

"Gin and tonic is good. I like to mix Vodka, Run and Coke together. Ronin tried that mix once and he was smashed for the rest of the night. I was laughing so hard." Keith said,

"He's only like this when there is a party after the race." Ash said,

"Ash. We now know that some people want the two of you dead more than others." Brock said,

"I know. But, Keith and I don't know when Ferrari is sending their jet here to pick us up." Ash said,

"I hope you don't mind me being here with you. I don't want to be an inconvenience to any of you." Lorelei said, sounding a bit worried,

"It's not a problem. It's been a while since I had a lot of people staying. It's kind of nice having a lot of people here." Delia said,

"Yeah. It feels like the house is back to normal with Brock and Keith here." Ash said,

"What? Oh, god. You... you've got to be kidding me!!! You're not? Shit!! Oh, goddammit!!! Yeah. Son of a bitch!!" Keith said and he hung up,

"Keith. How much longer before the Ferrari jet comes to get us out of this deathtrap?" Ash asked,

"Um... Michael said the jet is having an overhaul done on it. It will be completed in two days. Ash, if you don't believe in God... start praying to him right now, because I don't think we will live to see Belgium. As for me, I'm going to start drinking." Keith said as he reached into his bag and took out a giant bottle of liquor and started drinking. "I picked a bad time to quit also." Keith added as he continued drinking.

To Be Continued...

Great. Looks like Keith and Ash have to stay in Pallet for 2 more days before they can go back to Formula One. So, what will happen next to the two drivers? This might be the calm before the storm as some people say.

If you have any questions, comments or flames, send them to Hornet19us@Yahoo.com. If you like Hotmail. I also got a Hotmail address. It is formulamario@hotmail.com.

Got to start work on chapter 11.
See you soon!
Mario Alvarado
7/1/2002